6V THE I AMERICAN MISS~ONARY. VpL. XLIV. JANUARY, 1890. No.. ~m~ttA~U ~ ~ss~cTh~thrn. NEW YEARS GREETINGS. The New Year opens upon this Association auspiciously. The setting sun of our old year went down in a bright sky. Revivals of religion and an increased membership was the joyful record of our churches ; by the gen- erous aid of the Daniel Hand Fund, our schools showed a greatly enlarged attendance, and the faithful work of the teachers brought forth most satis- factory results ; the threatened debt that darkened several months of the year was happily averted by good showing on the right side of the ledger. It is from this bright setting sun of the last year that we turn with faith and hope to the opening of the new year. We believe, the work is the Lords and that he will provide. But our faith alone will not save us. It is our duty to inform and arouse our constituents as to the needs and ur- gency of our work. We will specify in a few particulars i. As to funds. Our last years favorable showing was due in large part to legacies. These are variable, and we must rely on the gifts of liv- ing donors. Unless, therefore, the churches and individuals make larger contributions than last year, we have no assurance of an escape from debt, even if the work be maintained merely as at present. We wish most earn- estly to press this fact, upon the friends of the Association. 2. But this is not all. Growth is imperatiMe. The people at the North are alarmed by the disturbed condition of the South, and are awakening afresh, as they were at the close of the war, to a sense of responsibility to the colored people. The aroused feeling at that time took a practical turn, and money, men and women were sent without stint to enlighten and ele- vate. Shall it be so now, or will mere sympathy or useless regret suffice? No! Something, the rz~-kt Iking, can be done. Fair-minded men, both North and South, realize that all schemes involving fraud, violence, dis- franchisement or deportation, are impracticable. but all are agreed as to 2 Now Concerning the Collection. the value of Christian enlightenment, enabling the Negro to earn property and to become an intelligent and virtuous citizen. This is the line on which the Association has perseveringly toiled since it opened its first school at Fortress Monroe in r86r, and it is not too much to say that noth- ing more effective has been done in all these years. Can anything of a better sort be done in the future ? Amid all the jarring discords at the South, the people there, both white and black, welcome the efforts of the Association. They feel that we are not disturbers, that we have a single honest aim, and are working at the only true solution of the great problem. We a~k the people of the North, therefore, to come to the rescue once more by practical, self-denying liberality. 3. But this is not all. A work so vital to the interests of the nation and of the cause of Christ needs to be uplifted by the prayers of Gods people. Deliverance cannot come from political parties, governmental authority or theories of industrial reform. The power of God must be in it. We therefore respectfully but earnestly ask our brethren in the ministry to re- member this work in their prayers in the great congregation, and we ask our fellow Christians to remember it in the prayer-meeting, at the family altar and in the closet. Now, concerning the collection. These are not the words of a beg- ging agent, but of Paul the Apostle, and they come from his pen just after he had closed that wonderful fifteenth chapter of First Corinthians on the glorious resurrection and the victory over death and the grave. These words are fit, therefore, in any assembly and at the close of any discourse however exalted. Brethren remember the collection. The Corinthian church seems, like some churches in recent times, to have been remiss in sending on the collections, and hence we find Paul, a year later, to be After Money Again. He writes so nobly, so kindly, that we are tempted to quote a few sentences For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich. And herein I give my advice: for this is expedient for you who have begun before not only to do but also to be forward a year ago. Now therefore perform the doing of it. As it is written, He that had gathered much had nothing over; and he that gathered little had no lack. The National Council has appointed Committees to take into considera- tion the consolidation of the missionary magazines and the re-adjustment of the work of the several Congregational missionary societies. We are happy to furnish these committees with all the facts in our possession on these

2 Now Concerning the Collection. the value of Christian enlightenment, enabling the Negro to earn property and to become an intelligent and virtuous citizen. This is the line on which the Association has perseveringly toiled since it opened its first school at Fortress Monroe in r86r, and it is not too much to say that noth- ing more effective has been done in all these years. Can anything of a better sort be done in the future ? Amid all the jarring discords at the South, the people there, both white and black, welcome the efforts of the Association. They feel that we are not disturbers, that we have a single honest aim, and are working at the only true solution of the great problem. We a~k the people of the North, therefore, to come to the rescue once more by practical, self-denying liberality. 3. But this is not all. A work so vital to the interests of the nation and of the cause of Christ needs to be uplifted by the prayers of Gods people. Deliverance cannot come from political parties, governmental authority or theories of industrial reform. The power of God must be in it. We therefore respectfully but earnestly ask our brethren in the ministry to re- member this work in their prayers in the great congregation, and we ask our fellow Christians to remember it in the prayer-meeting, at the family altar and in the closet. Now, concerning the collection. These are not the words of a beg- ging agent, but of Paul the Apostle, and they come from his pen just after he had closed that wonderful fifteenth chapter of First Corinthians on the glorious resurrection and the victory over death and the grave. These words are fit, therefore, in any assembly and at the close of any discourse however exalted. Brethren remember the collection. The Corinthian church seems, like some churches in recent times, to have been remiss in sending on the collections, and hence we find Paul, a year later, to be After Money Again. He writes so nobly, so kindly, that we are tempted to quote a few sentences For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich. And herein I give my advice: for this is expedient for you who have begun before not only to do but also to be forward a year ago. Now therefore perform the doing of it. As it is written, He that had gathered much had nothing over; and he that gathered little had no lack. The National Council has appointed Committees to take into considera- tion the consolidation of the missionary magazines and the re-adjustment of the work of the several Congregational missionary societies. We are happy to furnish these committees with all the facts in our possession on these AfricaIts Shadow and Sunshine. 3 subjects, and this Association will, in accordance with its fundamental theory, cheerfully acquiesce in what shall be found to be the deliberate and ultimate decision of the churches. In the meantime, it may not be out of place for us to say that missionary periodicals and missionary societies are growths and not manufactured articles, and that plans for modification should be very carefully considered. We venture, therefore, to suggest that counsel be taken of the Town Clerk of Ephesus, to do nothing rashly. AFRICA.ITS SHADOW AND SUNSHINE. The shadow is still broad and dense, well nigh covering the continent. The heroic Stanley has found that shadow as dark as when he first trav- eled beneath it. The malarial climate and the bitter hostility of the natives are there yet. The accursed slave trade is as extensive as ever, embittering the lives of its victims, instigating wars among the tribes and obstructing agriculture, commerce and civilization. The failures to suppress it are discouraging. Sir Samuel Bakers well-equipped mili- tary force, Col. Gordons intrepid courage, and Emin Pachas brave endurance have all succumbed before it. Its flow, pushed back for a time, now returns with its old-time flood. Then, too, the Mahdi up- rising, seemingly suppressed, still lives and is likely to hold the Soudan if not to harass Egypt. When Emin Pacha, under the protection of the heroic Stanley, abandoned his litile sovereignty, it was a farewell, humanly speaking, to a speedy establishment of missions in that territory. But there is a bright lining around all this darkness. For one thing the eyes of the civilized world are turned toward Africa with increasing intensity. The rainbow fringe of missions around the coasts is still sus- tained by the gifts and prayers of Christians, and by the blessing of God. The multiplied efforts of the European States to colonize the dark conti- nent are facts full of encouragement. The motive may be selfish; the method sometimes unwise and cruel, and the conflict of contending inter- ests may be hindrances, but the results will be good. All these movements aim at commerce, and commerce can only flourish on the ruins of the slave-trade, and among peaceful tribes with growing industries, intelligence and civilization. The Congo Free State, with its railroad in construction, its steamboats on the rivers and its civilized settlements, is a bright omen of the future. Surely Gods people should pray for Africa, moved by pity and by hope. Christians in America can do more than praythey can help to answer their own prayers. They can raise up the sons and daughters of Africa, trained in our schools, to go forth as missionaries and colonists to the land of their fathers. The experiment has been tried with success. Missionaries of African descent can endure the climate better, and can

AfricaIts Shadow and Sunshine. 3 subjects, and this Association will, in accordance with its fundamental theory, cheerfully acquiesce in what shall be found to be the deliberate and ultimate decision of the churches. In the meantime, it may not be out of place for us to say that missionary periodicals and missionary societies are growths and not manufactured articles, and that plans for modification should be very carefully considered. We venture, therefore, to suggest that counsel be taken of the Town Clerk of Ephesus, to do nothing rashly. AFRICA.ITS SHADOW AND SUNSHINE. The shadow is still broad and dense, well nigh covering the continent. The heroic Stanley has found that shadow as dark as when he first trav- eled beneath it. The malarial climate and the bitter hostility of the natives are there yet. The accursed slave trade is as extensive as ever, embittering the lives of its victims, instigating wars among the tribes and obstructing agriculture, commerce and civilization. The failures to suppress it are discouraging. Sir Samuel Bakers well-equipped mili- tary force, Col. Gordons intrepid courage, and Emin Pachas brave endurance have all succumbed before it. Its flow, pushed back for a time, now returns with its old-time flood. Then, too, the Mahdi up- rising, seemingly suppressed, still lives and is likely to hold the Soudan if not to harass Egypt. When Emin Pacha, under the protection of the heroic Stanley, abandoned his litile sovereignty, it was a farewell, humanly speaking, to a speedy establishment of missions in that territory. But there is a bright lining around all this darkness. For one thing the eyes of the civilized world are turned toward Africa with increasing intensity. The rainbow fringe of missions around the coasts is still sus- tained by the gifts and prayers of Christians, and by the blessing of God. The multiplied efforts of the European States to colonize the dark conti- nent are facts full of encouragement. The motive may be selfish; the method sometimes unwise and cruel, and the conflict of contending inter- ests may be hindrances, but the results will be good. All these movements aim at commerce, and commerce can only flourish on the ruins of the slave-trade, and among peaceful tribes with growing industries, intelligence and civilization. The Congo Free State, with its railroad in construction, its steamboats on the rivers and its civilized settlements, is a bright omen of the future. Surely Gods people should pray for Africa, moved by pity and by hope. Christians in America can do more than praythey can help to answer their own prayers. They can raise up the sons and daughters of Africa, trained in our schools, to go forth as missionaries and colonists to the land of their fathers. The experiment has been tried with success. Missionaries of African descent can endure the climate better, and can 4 Conventions ~t Colored PeopleSchool Echoes. more readily reach the people than those of the white race. There is a call in these facts for the means to give special instruction in Biblical truth to those who can thus be prepared for this great mission work. CONVENTIONS OF COLORED PEOPLE. The proposed National Conventions of colored people to be held in Chicago and Washington are significant facts. They indicate that the colored people are suffering wrongs, and that they feel a call to seek re- dress. Their right to hold such conventions is unquestioned; the wisdom of holding them will be vindicated, we hope, by their just and reasonable utterances and plans. Intemperate language and rash and impracticable measures will not help, and we have so much confidence in the discretion of our colored friends that we believe none such will be said or proposed. Our colored brethren must not forget that much is being done for them and that they are doing much for themselves. It would be unwise to over- look this in any attempt to reach something less tangible. Their appeal to the justice of the Nation, to the Constitution and the laws can be made invincible, but it will be well to keep in touch with the sympathy of the North and with the conscience of the South, for in spite of all the wrongs inflicted on the colored people in the South, we believe there is a large and growing number of Southern people who look upon this whole question conscientiously, and although perplexed desire that the right shall be done. For the colored people themselves, while conventions are good, yet the accumulation of property, growth in intelligence, and character are better. SCHOOL ECHOES. A boy4in one of the arithmetic classes was given an example which be- gan with the statement, that a man deposited a certain sum of money in a bank. He was asked if he knew what a bank was. He replied; Yes, it is a place where you dig coal. What is the shape of the earth ? The earth is square. Pap says so, and he says the Book says so too. He says if there warnt four corners, how could the four angels stand on em. I hear youuns have taken your children out of school. What did you do that for ? Ill tell ye. I yaint goin to send my child to any such fool-teacher as that ar. Why, he tole em that the world was roun, an any fool knows better.

4 Conventions ~t Colored PeopleSchool Echoes. more readily reach the people than those of the white race. There is a call in these facts for the means to give special instruction in Biblical truth to those who can thus be prepared for this great mission work. CONVENTIONS OF COLORED PEOPLE. The proposed National Conventions of colored people to be held in Chicago and Washington are significant facts. They indicate that the colored people are suffering wrongs, and that they feel a call to seek re- dress. Their right to hold such conventions is unquestioned; the wisdom of holding them will be vindicated, we hope, by their just and reasonable utterances and plans. Intemperate language and rash and impracticable measures will not help, and we have so much confidence in the discretion of our colored friends that we believe none such will be said or proposed. Our colored brethren must not forget that much is being done for them and that they are doing much for themselves. It would be unwise to over- look this in any attempt to reach something less tangible. Their appeal to the justice of the Nation, to the Constitution and the laws can be made invincible, but it will be well to keep in touch with the sympathy of the North and with the conscience of the South, for in spite of all the wrongs inflicted on the colored people in the South, we believe there is a large and growing number of Southern people who look upon this whole question conscientiously, and although perplexed desire that the right shall be done. For the colored people themselves, while conventions are good, yet the accumulation of property, growth in intelligence, and character are better. SCHOOL ECHOES. A boy4in one of the arithmetic classes was given an example which be- gan with the statement, that a man deposited a certain sum of money in a bank. He was asked if he knew what a bank was. He replied; Yes, it is a place where you dig coal. What is the shape of the earth ? The earth is square. Pap says so, and he says the Book says so too. He says if there warnt four corners, how could the four angels stand on em. I hear youuns have taken your children out of school. What did you do that for ? Ill tell ye. I yaint goin to send my child to any such fool-teacher as that ar. Why, he tole em that the world was roun, an any fool knows better. Address o/ President Eaton. 5 A Methodist minister in North Carolina, preaching from the passage about standing at the corners of the streets to pray, told his people that if they wanted to see a first class hypocrite, see anybody who would stand up to pray. The standing up was what he thought Jesus reproved. A man in the South writes to us as follows, making an unusual inquiry: I write you this to ask you do you take married ladies in your school, and if so I want to send my wife at once. Please send me the terms of the school and what she will need. My wife wants an education and my desire is to give it to her. You will greatly oblige me to answer this on return mail. ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT EATON, AT THE ANNUAL MEETING IN CHICAGO. God, who writes his thoughts in the development of a nation, not less than in the grouping of constellations or in the drama of the physical world, has spoken in the birth and history of our land with startling distinctness. In every people we may see an ideal of God embodied, however imperfectly realized by human achievement. Happy is that people who can see Gods ideal for them, and those statesmen who have it in their hearts to lead the people along the line of Gods thought. To get at something of Gods thought for us, we must go back even into those dark Teutonic forests into which the Roman world peered with so much fear and awe, and out of which came those freemen who knew how to leap upon that Roman world in its pride and its weakness and re-assert human liberty. Those old ancestors of ours knew what freedom was ; but as they came against that Roman world, they themselves were in part conquered by it, and they lost something of that freedom. But God set apart one corner of the European world for them, and called over the English Channel in the fifth century those forefathers of ours, there to watch for a century and a half that tremendous conflict in which the very plow-share of the Teutons went through the roots of the Roman life in Britain and left nothing but Teutonic fields remaining. And then God brought into this Britain, thus set apart, the gospel of Christ, and our forefathers became Christiansnot Christians such as there were in other parts of Europe, but having that free and independent Christian life that shone forth in men like Wyckliffe, denying the power of the keys to Rome except where Rome spoke with Christs voice, and in men like Latimer, before whom the proud Henry trembled. All over England were sown these seeds of a free Christian faith ; so that when Luther came, it was in England as in our country when the forest fires have ceased, and suddenly there spring up from the sod a new forest because the seeds lie in the prairie from age to age. So in our English soil there were those seeds of Christian freedom that sprung forth

Address o/ President Eaton. 5 A Methodist minister in North Carolina, preaching from the passage about standing at the corners of the streets to pray, told his people that if they wanted to see a first class hypocrite, see anybody who would stand up to pray. The standing up was what he thought Jesus reproved. A man in the South writes to us as follows, making an unusual inquiry: I write you this to ask you do you take married ladies in your school, and if so I want to send my wife at once. Please send me the terms of the school and what she will need. My wife wants an education and my desire is to give it to her. You will greatly oblige me to answer this on return mail. ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT EATON, AT THE ANNUAL MEETING IN CHICAGO. God, who writes his thoughts in the development of a nation, not less than in the grouping of constellations or in the drama of the physical world, has spoken in the birth and history of our land with startling distinctness. In every people we may see an ideal of God embodied, however imperfectly realized by human achievement. Happy is that people who can see Gods ideal for them, and those statesmen who have it in their hearts to lead the people along the line of Gods thought. To get at something of Gods thought for us, we must go back even into those dark Teutonic forests into which the Roman world peered with so much fear and awe, and out of which came those freemen who knew how to leap upon that Roman world in its pride and its weakness and re-assert human liberty. Those old ancestors of ours knew what freedom was ; but as they came against that Roman world, they themselves were in part conquered by it, and they lost something of that freedom. But God set apart one corner of the European world for them, and called over the English Channel in the fifth century those forefathers of ours, there to watch for a century and a half that tremendous conflict in which the very plow-share of the Teutons went through the roots of the Roman life in Britain and left nothing but Teutonic fields remaining. And then God brought into this Britain, thus set apart, the gospel of Christ, and our forefathers became Christiansnot Christians such as there were in other parts of Europe, but having that free and independent Christian life that shone forth in men like Wyckliffe, denying the power of the keys to Rome except where Rome spoke with Christs voice, and in men like Latimer, before whom the proud Henry trembled. All over England were sown these seeds of a free Christian faith ; so that when Luther came, it was in England as in our country when the forest fires have ceased, and suddenly there spring up from the sod a new forest because the seeds lie in the prairie from age to age. So in our English soil there were those seeds of Christian freedom that sprung forth 6 Address of President Eaton. and gave us a free and Protestant England. And then, in the reaction, when Mary was on the throne, and the fire at Smithfield was kindled, the Christian men of England went to Geneva and there met John Calvin, whose system of Christian thought set the soul of man forth, in his awful agony of sin, and in Gods redemption for himset him forth independent of kings and rulers, and in whose sight a king was but Gods vassal. When Eng- lishmen had to come in contact with John Calvin, the iron of his free spirit became steel, and then Puritanism was born, and at that time God raised the curtain that hung over a whole hemisphere, and gave that hemisphere to these free Teutonic English people. We know how they conquered the country for this free spirit, and how the Revolutionary War came on, and Samuel Adams, awakening to the sound of those cannon at Concord on that spring morning, said, in spite of all the forebodings of a long and dead- ly struggle, How glorious is this morning, because he foresaw what God could work here in a free Christian land. And so on that following Fourth of July those men assembled in Philadelphia and put forth the Declaration of Independence. There is no better commentary on it than Lincolns words when he said, in those dark days just before the war: In their enlightened view nothing stamped with the divine image and likeness was sent into the world to be trodden on or degraded or imbruted by its fellows. They set up a beacon for their children and their childrens chil- dren. Wise statesmen as they were, they knew the tendency of pros- perity to breed tyrants, and so they established these great self-evident truths, that when at some remote time some man, or faction, or interest should arise, and say that none but rich men, or none but white men, or none but Anglo-Saxon white men were entitled to life, liberty, and the pur- suit of happiness, their childrens children should look back to the Declar- ation of Independence, and should take heart to begin again the battles their forefathers fought, that thus truth and liberty and righteousness and justice and all the Christian virtues might not be lost in the land; and none might dare limit and circumscribe the principles on which the temple of liberty was being built. Thus, by these centuries of growth and life God said to our people, I have given you this key to your history, the union of liberty and an enlightened faithfaith and freedom. Be true to these. This do and thou shalt live. It seems plain enough. And yet, in this garden of liberty there were sown tares. In the bosom of this free land the deadly foe of freedom, slavery, was here. In slavery was the evident and necessary foe of all that God had foreplanned for our Nation, because sla- very denies the rights of men. Men tried to deal with this problem ; they tried to circumscribe it ; they said it was a local question, and Webster stood in the Senate and boasted that he had never spoken of slavery on that floor. Flow the way of liberty was choked, how the tree of liberty withered! And then God spoke in the earthquake, and the fire, the war came on, and Address 0! President Eaton. 7 the slave was set free ; and it seemed as if again we had come into sight of Gods plan for the race, that liberty and Christian faith should be the watchword of our national life. Now again, at last, it seems as if that which we are accomplishing and that which God has spoken in all these ages is again jeopardized, and as if this human right shall be denied in the South. Men doubt whether there is in the Negro more than the capacity of a subordinate race, and say that to educate him is to lift him out of his sphere. Brethren and friends, there is manhood in the Negro race. There was humanity in those slaves who toiled their way over mountains and through swamps before the war, with their eyes focussed upon the North star of freedom. And there was humanity in those mothers who clasped their babes to their breast and fled before the bloodhounds that they might escape the enslavers of men. There was manhood in those one hundred and seventy-eight thousand Negro soldiers who seized their muskets and went to the front and fought for us, and with us, in those dark days of 1864, when the draft was failing and when volunteering had failed, that there might be soldiers to stand in the front and to dig in the trenches, and of whom eighty thousand gave their lives for us. There was manhood in those cabins in which all Over the South, our fleeing soldiers, escaping from prison, never failed to find support, help, and guidance. Oh! how disastrous a business it is that that manhood, which all those years of slavery could not extinguish, should now be extinguished by the priests of a proud, arrogant, and selfish aris- tocracy. But, my friends, as we felt in those days, and feel to-night, there is still no help for us but in the Christian solution of this problem and in the Christian destiny God has given to us. Liberty and faith, the two ele- ments, must be conjoined. For us to deny the rights of the Negro now is to say that God did not make man in his image. It is to say thai liberty is not a sacred right, but a selfish acquisition; that government does not exist to establish rights, but to protect privileges, and that mankind are not brothers, but foes. It is to turn the shadow upon the dial of human prog- ress backward toward the ages of oppression and chaos. And just there is the problem that confronts us, South and North to- gether~ What shall be done in this dire extremity? I remember years ago hearing of a fire in Charleston in which that beautiful spire of St. Michaels took fire and some one had to be found to go up beyond the reach of the hose to put out the flame kindling and flickering there. No one was found until a Negro stepped forth and climbed that tower, taking his life in his hands, and put out that flame. And when he came down again, one man said, Name your reward, and he replied, Let me but be counted a man. And that we have got to do, or God will shake down our civilization and our Nation as he shook down that spire of St. Mi- chaels in the earthquake three years ago. It is certain tO come unless we 8 A ddress ot President Eaton. follow the line of Gods appointing that this must be a free Nation, abso- lutely free, free everywhere. As yet, emancipation is but an outward and formal thing. XVhat we wait for now, is the emancipation of a true and an elevated will in the South, and Christian citizenship. Into that, this Asso- ciation pours its strength, its money, and its life. It took half a million lives to emancipate the slaves outwardly, and it may yet take hundreds and thousands of livesour livesour childrens livespoured in upon this problem, that so we may lift the Negro to that point where he feels himself, and where we feel him to be, a mantaught to labor, pro- tected in the enjoyment of the fruits of his labor, without which the strongest arm grows palsied, trained in a strong, self-reliant Christian man- hood, holding the reins firmly on the neck of all passiona man. And that we will do; and the very greatness of the problem, I believe, is our redemption. It was the greatness of the crisis that thrilled the Nations heart when the war burst upon us. It is the very greatness of our present problem that calls in trumpet tones to men and women and children all over the land: Come and help solve this problem for Christ. A few weeks ago, in one of the beautiful towns of Northern Illinois, a young man, the only son of his father and mother, hearing at Sabbath evening the alarm of fire, sprung forth and took his place upon the burn- ing building and there did the work of a fireman. In the attempt to put out the fire he was hurled headlong and in one moment his life had gone hence. A few weeks afterward, as a friend was talking with his mother about it, she said, Our son was always so swift to heed any call of need or duty, it seems to me as if he heard suddenly some call from God from some farther clime and sprung forth and was gone from our sight. Blessed, heroic faith! But, brethren and friends, fathers and mothers, we need that same faith for our living sons and living daughters, to send them forth into this work of God. When the Christ child was on the back of the giant Christo- phorus crossing the stream, how heavy he grew as the giant plunged his way through the waters. God weighs heavily upon this Nation tThs great- est of all national problems, what to do with these despised ones. But bear the burden we must, and bear it through we must to the farther shore of a Christian solution, or we and it will go down the flood together. There is no help for us except in this solution which makes brothers of these men. I see a possible issue in this large Christian faith of our land ; and I see the time coming when the black and the white shall dwell together in a mutual helpfulness, with a more complete national feeling, a deeper depend- ence upon him from whom alone comes strength, less display of material re- sources, but more faith in God. That time must come. And then I see the army enlisting for the conquest of that dark continent of Africa, shrouded in gloom, so long robbed of her children, but now at last finding that, like Joseph, they were taken from her that they might come back to Field Notes. 9 save life. So our Nation shall be not a mirage awakening the hopes and aspirations of mankind but to mock them, and leaving the sands of human experience still more arid and barren; but it shall be a mountain of God, its base resting on the eternal foundations of law and liberty; its summit drawing down from the willing heavens the streams of prosperity which shall enrich all the lands of the earth. THE SOUTH FIELD NOTES. By REV. FRANK E. JENKINS. I reached Little Rock, Arkansas, late one Saturday night and on Sun- day morning found my way to our church service. Arriving a few minutes late, I found the service already begun. It was a fine looking audience and as quiet and orderly as any New England congregation. The service was well arranged and conducted in a very happy manner. The sermon was thoughtful, earnest and inspiring. The pastor, Rev. Yancy B. Sims, is a graduate of Talladega College and an honor to his Alma Mater. On Mon- day I visited, with the pastor, several of the homes of the people. What a contrast between these refined homes and the hut of the slave quarters of twenty-five years ago! The ladies of this church had just finished a silk block for a quilt which a home mission church in Washington Territory is making from blocks made in each State in the Union, with the hope of sell- ing it to increase its fund for building a house of worship. It was a beauti- ful block of rich material and the most delicate workmanship. The faces of these ladies showed great delight in the thought that they were helping others who needed help. Do the colored people vote here without opposition? I asked of an intelligent colored man. Oh, yes ! he replied. And are the votes always counted ? Yes, except in a pinch I was the answer. This is much better than in most places which I am called upon to visit. From Little Rock I went to Paris, Texas. This growing city has a popu- lation of about twelve thousand, five thousand of whom are colored. Our pastor here is a graduate of Fisk University, as also is his wife. The need of our church work in this city and in the State is two-fold, direct and indi- rect. Our Congregational churches are quite as useful for toning up other churches and their ministry as in the direct work done by them. Dodds, Roxton and Dallas in Northern Texas were next visited, and in each a small church is established and doing a good work. At Austin, I found our Tillotson Institute rapidly filling with students bright and earnest. A girls hall is greatly needed here at once. This in- stitution with its unlimited opportunities in the great State of Texas ought

Field Notes. 9 save life. So our Nation shall be not a mirage awakening the hopes and aspirations of mankind but to mock them, and leaving the sands of human experience still more arid and barren; but it shall be a mountain of God, its base resting on the eternal foundations of law and liberty; its summit drawing down from the willing heavens the streams of prosperity which shall enrich all the lands of the earth. THE SOUTH FIELD NOTES. By REV. FRANK E. JENKINS. I reached Little Rock, Arkansas, late one Saturday night and on Sun- day morning found my way to our church service. Arriving a few minutes late, I found the service already begun. It was a fine looking audience and as quiet and orderly as any New England congregation. The service was well arranged and conducted in a very happy manner. The sermon was thoughtful, earnest and inspiring. The pastor, Rev. Yancy B. Sims, is a graduate of Talladega College and an honor to his Alma Mater. On Mon- day I visited, with the pastor, several of the homes of the people. What a contrast between these refined homes and the hut of the slave quarters of twenty-five years ago! The ladies of this church had just finished a silk block for a quilt which a home mission church in Washington Territory is making from blocks made in each State in the Union, with the hope of sell- ing it to increase its fund for building a house of worship. It was a beauti- ful block of rich material and the most delicate workmanship. The faces of these ladies showed great delight in the thought that they were helping others who needed help. Do the colored people vote here without opposition? I asked of an intelligent colored man. Oh, yes ! he replied. And are the votes always counted ? Yes, except in a pinch I was the answer. This is much better than in most places which I am called upon to visit. From Little Rock I went to Paris, Texas. This growing city has a popu- lation of about twelve thousand, five thousand of whom are colored. Our pastor here is a graduate of Fisk University, as also is his wife. The need of our church work in this city and in the State is two-fold, direct and indi- rect. Our Congregational churches are quite as useful for toning up other churches and their ministry as in the direct work done by them. Dodds, Roxton and Dallas in Northern Texas were next visited, and in each a small church is established and doing a good work. At Austin, I found our Tillotson Institute rapidly filling with students bright and earnest. A girls hall is greatly needed here at once. This in- stitution with its unlimited opportunities in the great State of Texas ought 10 Eteld Notes not to be cramped in any way, but to be given every facility. Who will give it at once what it so urgently needs? I found several intelligent people here greatly desiring a Congregational church in the city-the school- church being too far away to reach the mass of the people. Said an edu- cated colored man to me: Our most intelligent people cannot endure the ignorant worship of these old churches much longer. We want Congrega- tionalism, but if we cant have that, we must look elsewhere. We must have something to hold our educated young people from falling into infi- delity. And so they must, for that is a coming danger. At Helena, I found a most interesting state of things. Our church is in a country place called The Colony. The church and the colony began their existence together, and a more prosperous community of colored people it would be hard to find. They own several thousand acres of land, and are in every way ahead of their white neighbors. The school house of the latter was a poor tumble-down affair and the children were untidy, while the school house of the former was a neat, painted and well-kept building, cro xvded in school hours with bright, enthusiastic childrenclean and polite. The teacher was from Talladega College and has taught here for five years. His school is pronounced the best in the region for white or colored. The pastor of this church has charge also of the Congrega- tional Church at Goliad. Corpus Christi is a curious town on the Gulf of Mexico. It has about 6,ooo peopleAmericans, Mexicans, Negroes, Italians, Greeks and Chi- nese. The Negroes here hold an unusual position, being regarded as in every way superior to the Mexicans and Italians. Our pasto~r here is pop- ular with all classes and has been chosen an alderman of the city, and is treated with as much consideration as any other of the City Council. Our church is one of the oldest Congregational churches in the South, and has had a very interesting history. With the exception of the Roman Catholic church it has the best house of worship in the city. On Sun- day afternoon, Rev. Mr. Strong, the Congregational pastor, and myself attended service at the Roman Catholic church. We went into the body of the church and took a first class seat, and the fact that one was colored did not even draw attention to us. It was taken as a matter of course. The colored people of Texas are taxed for $20,000,000 of property. In the cities they make up about one-third of the population. An enlarge- ment of our church work in this State is greatly needed. Straight University in New Orleans, La., is an inspiring place. I found the buildings packed fullseats full, chairs in the aisles, in the corners and on the teachers platformsall full. About one hundred and fifty appli- cants had already been sent away for want of room, and they were still coming, as many as ten often being refused in a single day. They were here not only from the States, but also from Mexico, the West Indies and Central America. I saw here some remarkable work in moulding done by Revival at TT7a8hin~qton. 11 a student in the fifth grade, who had never been trained, but who seems to be impelled by real genius. Straight University has a unique position and Opportunity. Its influence is now great; it is destined to be boundless. From the Chicago meeting I made this trip. The meeting was inspir- ing, but what I saw in the field, of character-building and the uplifting and refining of a race, was more than inspiringit was thrilling. At Dodds and Roxton a few hymn books are needed. A dozen or two Gospel Hymns or other singing books for each church would do great good. Papers for the children are also needed. They should be sent to Rev. Mark Carlisle, Dodds, Texas. Papers for the children could be well used at Paris, Texas, Rev. J. D. Pettigrew; Dallas, Texas, Rev. Mr. Holloway; Helena and Goliad, Texas, Rev. M. Thompson; Corpus Christi, Texas, Rev. J. W. Strong. REVIVAL AT WASHINGTON, D. C. BY REV. GEO. W. MOORE. There have been over forty conversions reported and thirty have been added to our church on profession of faith. There is a revival now in progress at the Freedmens Hospital as a direct outgrowth of our meet- ings. Several of the young people of our church, including some of the converts, were instrumental in leading a number to the Saviour. I am planning to assist them in dealing with inquirers there, to-night. There have been revival services in three other churches. The meetings held in our place were indeed a season of refreshing from the presence of the Lord. Our chapel was crowded on Thanksgiving morning; the sermon was preached by Rev. Dr. Grimke, pastor of the Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church, followed by an address by myself. The pastors of the Berean Baptist Church, Methodist Church and the Lutheran Mission were on the platform, the Plymouth Church holding a service of their own. In the even- ing we held a Thanksgiving praise service, in which about one hundred persons, including thirty-five of the converts, gave short thanksgiving testimonies. Last Sabbath I baptized fourteen by immersion and received twenty- seven into the church on profession of faith, and three since, making a total of thirty. Rev. Eugene May of Osage, Iowa, one of the dele- gates I met at the XVorlds Sunday-school Convention this summer in London, gave us a powerful sermon on the characters of Dives and Lazarus Contrasted. In the evening I preached a sermon to the church on The Christian Armor and we had the Lords Supper. Last night, after addressing the young Christians on The Way to God, as illustrated by the worthies of Hebrews eleventh, we had them testify on how they came to Christ, the one thing they did and what they got. The

Revival at TT7a8hin~qton. 11 a student in the fifth grade, who had never been trained, but who seems to be impelled by real genius. Straight University has a unique position and Opportunity. Its influence is now great; it is destined to be boundless. From the Chicago meeting I made this trip. The meeting was inspir- ing, but what I saw in the field, of character-building and the uplifting and refining of a race, was more than inspiringit was thrilling. At Dodds and Roxton a few hymn books are needed. A dozen or two Gospel Hymns or other singing books for each church would do great good. Papers for the children are also needed. They should be sent to Rev. Mark Carlisle, Dodds, Texas. Papers for the children could be well used at Paris, Texas, Rev. J. D. Pettigrew; Dallas, Texas, Rev. Mr. Holloway; Helena and Goliad, Texas, Rev. M. Thompson; Corpus Christi, Texas, Rev. J. W. Strong. REVIVAL AT WASHINGTON, D. C. BY REV. GEO. W. MOORE. There have been over forty conversions reported and thirty have been added to our church on profession of faith. There is a revival now in progress at the Freedmens Hospital as a direct outgrowth of our meet- ings. Several of the young people of our church, including some of the converts, were instrumental in leading a number to the Saviour. I am planning to assist them in dealing with inquirers there, to-night. There have been revival services in three other churches. The meetings held in our place were indeed a season of refreshing from the presence of the Lord. Our chapel was crowded on Thanksgiving morning; the sermon was preached by Rev. Dr. Grimke, pastor of the Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church, followed by an address by myself. The pastors of the Berean Baptist Church, Methodist Church and the Lutheran Mission were on the platform, the Plymouth Church holding a service of their own. In the even- ing we held a Thanksgiving praise service, in which about one hundred persons, including thirty-five of the converts, gave short thanksgiving testimonies. Last Sabbath I baptized fourteen by immersion and received twenty- seven into the church on profession of faith, and three since, making a total of thirty. Rev. Eugene May of Osage, Iowa, one of the dele- gates I met at the XVorlds Sunday-school Convention this summer in London, gave us a powerful sermon on the characters of Dives and Lazarus Contrasted. In the evening I preached a sermon to the church on The Christian Armor and we had the Lords Supper. Last night, after addressing the young Christians on The Way to God, as illustrated by the worthies of Hebrews eleventh, we had them testify on how they came to Christ, the one thing they did and what they got. The 12 A Clad Thanksgiving. answers were all intelligent and to the point. Decision was what they did, and Christ was what they got, were the answers put in various forms. At the close of the meeting I asked a gentleman, a member of another church, the Berean Baptist, who always attends our special services, to say a few words. He testified to the help and inspiration he had received from the meetings ; that he had never listened to clearer testimonies of conver- sion than those given by the converts, and that they were doubly blessed in having our pastor, yes, he said, I will say our pastor, for he is pas- tor to this whole community and city, lead you to Christ, and train you for service. His remarks were warm and sympathetic, but too personal for me to report more than the above, which is but the key-note of the kindly feeling that many of the best Christian people of other churches have toward us, as they have seen our little church come up from almost nothing to its present position of service in this community. It has been the Lords doings and it is wondrous in our eyes. We have already begun the work of training these young disciples for service, while we have our nets still spread to catch sinners for Christ. Our motto for the year is To win souls for Christ and to train them for His service. A GLAD THANKSGIVING. BY MISS MARY A. BYE, WILLIAMSBURG, KY. If any one had been the least bit homesick or unhappy from any cause on Thanksgiving day, it would have done him good to spend the day at Williamsburg Academy. Our boys and girls were so happy all the day that no one could feel tired or sad. After breakfast the boys thought it hardly fair for them to have all the holiday while the girls had to work, so they borrowed aprons and helped the girls. Dishwashing, sweeping and all the various branches of housework were done in a very short tin~ie, and every- body was as merry as could be. The boys declared that they were glad to have learned something which they did not know before, about the work the girls had to do. Our very tallest boy, over six feet in height, was instruct- ed in the mysteries of scouring knives. He said he had no idea how knives were cleaned, and thought his Thanksgiving lesson worth learning. After the housework was done the boys gathered a great quantity of holly, and our pretty new dining-room was profusely decorated. All the family then attended the Thanksgiving services in the Christian Church; that is all except the Mother, who must needs watch the dinner in pro- cess of preparation. We had a real Thanksgiving feast, in all except that our turkey was fried chicken. Mr. Tupper contributed oranges, which were quite a treat. One of the girls came to mother very much excited, eyes wide open and hands up, exclaiming 0, Mrs. Bye, what are them big yeller things in the dining room ? When told that they were oranges, she said, Law! I never seed

12 A Clad Thanksgiving. answers were all intelligent and to the point. Decision was what they did, and Christ was what they got, were the answers put in various forms. At the close of the meeting I asked a gentleman, a member of another church, the Berean Baptist, who always attends our special services, to say a few words. He testified to the help and inspiration he had received from the meetings ; that he had never listened to clearer testimonies of conver- sion than those given by the converts, and that they were doubly blessed in having our pastor, yes, he said, I will say our pastor, for he is pas- tor to this whole community and city, lead you to Christ, and train you for service. His remarks were warm and sympathetic, but too personal for me to report more than the above, which is but the key-note of the kindly feeling that many of the best Christian people of other churches have toward us, as they have seen our little church come up from almost nothing to its present position of service in this community. It has been the Lords doings and it is wondrous in our eyes. We have already begun the work of training these young disciples for service, while we have our nets still spread to catch sinners for Christ. Our motto for the year is To win souls for Christ and to train them for His service. A GLAD THANKSGIVING. BY MISS MARY A. BYE, WILLIAMSBURG, KY. If any one had been the least bit homesick or unhappy from any cause on Thanksgiving day, it would have done him good to spend the day at Williamsburg Academy. Our boys and girls were so happy all the day that no one could feel tired or sad. After breakfast the boys thought it hardly fair for them to have all the holiday while the girls had to work, so they borrowed aprons and helped the girls. Dishwashing, sweeping and all the various branches of housework were done in a very short tin~ie, and every- body was as merry as could be. The boys declared that they were glad to have learned something which they did not know before, about the work the girls had to do. Our very tallest boy, over six feet in height, was instruct- ed in the mysteries of scouring knives. He said he had no idea how knives were cleaned, and thought his Thanksgiving lesson worth learning. After the housework was done the boys gathered a great quantity of holly, and our pretty new dining-room was profusely decorated. All the family then attended the Thanksgiving services in the Christian Church; that is all except the Mother, who must needs watch the dinner in pro- cess of preparation. We had a real Thanksgiving feast, in all except that our turkey was fried chicken. Mr. Tupper contributed oranges, which were quite a treat. One of the girls came to mother very much excited, eyes wide open and hands up, exclaiming 0, Mrs. Bye, what are them big yeller things in the dining room ? When told that they were oranges, she said, Law! I never seed Straight Univer8ity, New Orleans. 13 none before. There were others who had never tasted them, and they watched closely to see how the teachers managed them, before they ven- tured to eat theirs. Two of the teachers had written Thanksgiving verses on cards tied with ribbon, and placed at each plate. After dinner we moved our chairs back and read our verses, after which we sang Praise God from whom all blessings flow, and I think it is rarely sung more heartily. Then again the boys donned the aprons and cleared the tables and washed the dishes, while the teachers watched the fun and laughed un- til we were tired. While the molasses was boiling, the scholars played games in the sitting-rooms. Then came the candy-pull, and very sweetly closed the days festivities. I am sure we went to prayer meeting in the evening with very thankful hearts. Some of the scholars said it was the happiest day they had ever known. It is a constant wonder to me to see the improvement in our girls, and their interest in their work. They are so eager to learn to do things well that I cannot think of my work as one of sacrifice, as some work may be, for the joy of it overcomes all such thought. STRAIQHT UNIVERSITY, NEW ORLEANS. REV. C. H. CRAWFORD. Much interest is manifest in our meetings for prayer, a number of stu- dents having expressed a desire to become Christians. I have organized a class for the instruction of Christian workers. It is composed of both teachers and students, and numbers about twenty-five. A young man came to my study to be shown how to become a Chris- tian. After instructing him and showing him the promises, there still seemed to be something in the way. Questioning him, I found that he was expecting some wonderful experience. He had specially in mind the remarkable conversion of a certain young man of his acquaintance. He was hoping for the same. I said to him, Now you want to know that you are a Christian. Which would you rather have for evidence, an experi- ence such as that young man had, or Gods word for it? After waiting a moment to take in my meaning he replied, Gods word. Do you believe on Jesus Christ? Yes. Well, here you have Gods word, John, ~: 36, He that believeth on the Son hath eternal life. Will you take Gods word? After a moments deliberation came the answer, Yes, I will. Then we knelt down and prayed. This, I trust, was a soul born into the kingdom. One of our theological students reports the following admonition from an ignorant preacher much older than himself: You go to school and get education. In five or ten years the people will not listen to such preachers as I am.

Straight Univer8ity, New Orleans. 13 none before. There were others who had never tasted them, and they watched closely to see how the teachers managed them, before they ven- tured to eat theirs. Two of the teachers had written Thanksgiving verses on cards tied with ribbon, and placed at each plate. After dinner we moved our chairs back and read our verses, after which we sang Praise God from whom all blessings flow, and I think it is rarely sung more heartily. Then again the boys donned the aprons and cleared the tables and washed the dishes, while the teachers watched the fun and laughed un- til we were tired. While the molasses was boiling, the scholars played games in the sitting-rooms. Then came the candy-pull, and very sweetly closed the days festivities. I am sure we went to prayer meeting in the evening with very thankful hearts. Some of the scholars said it was the happiest day they had ever known. It is a constant wonder to me to see the improvement in our girls, and their interest in their work. They are so eager to learn to do things well that I cannot think of my work as one of sacrifice, as some work may be, for the joy of it overcomes all such thought. STRAIQHT UNIVERSITY, NEW ORLEANS. REV. C. H. CRAWFORD. Much interest is manifest in our meetings for prayer, a number of stu- dents having expressed a desire to become Christians. I have organized a class for the instruction of Christian workers. It is composed of both teachers and students, and numbers about twenty-five. A young man came to my study to be shown how to become a Chris- tian. After instructing him and showing him the promises, there still seemed to be something in the way. Questioning him, I found that he was expecting some wonderful experience. He had specially in mind the remarkable conversion of a certain young man of his acquaintance. He was hoping for the same. I said to him, Now you want to know that you are a Christian. Which would you rather have for evidence, an experi- ence such as that young man had, or Gods word for it? After waiting a moment to take in my meaning he replied, Gods word. Do you believe on Jesus Christ? Yes. Well, here you have Gods word, John, ~: 36, He that believeth on the Son hath eternal life. Will you take Gods word? After a moments deliberation came the answer, Yes, I will. Then we knelt down and prayed. This, I trust, was a soul born into the kingdom. One of our theological students reports the following admonition from an ignorant preacher much older than himself: You go to school and get education. In five or ten years the people will not listen to such preachers as I am. 14 Tillotson Ifl8tituteLiJe among Dakota Indians. TILLOTSON INSTITUTE, AUSTIN, TEXAS. Our school is opening very auspiciously. Never before have so large a number been here at the beginning of the term. And the requests for the privilege of coming are numerous, so that if all come who are asking to do so, we shall be over-full. We are greatly pleased with the spirit with which the new years work is taken up. There are more each year who come prepared to enter the higher grades, which shows that the common schools of Texas are improving. The Christian Endeavor Societies, of both the young men and the young women, have elected their officers and are ready to begin work again, and the Temperance Society will do the same, this week. One of the students who has been with us from the beginning of our school, has left us this year and gone to Oberlin, where he has entered the Sophomore class. We miss him much, but bid him God Speed, for the need of workers is great, and we are hoping much from him, in the way of work among his own people. R.M.K. THE INDIANS. MISSIONARY LIFE AMONG THE DAKOTA INDIANS. By MRS. J. F. CROSS. It is hard to get the most interesting experiences of a missionarys life, because they belong to the daily routine and so are often unmentioned. But here is a description of life and travel among the Indians, by the wife of a missionary just going to the t~akotas: The land of the Dakotaswhat a distance! How long the miles seemed from my home! How frightful the land seemed to me, from the tales of blizzards and cyclones! How strange to go to live among the Sioux Indians, known to me principally for the Minnesota, Fort Fetterman and Custer massacres; to be a friend to Sitting Bull, Brave Bull, Gall, Grass, Swift Bear, Red Cloud and many others with names no less pictur- esque! With such impressions I left my home to accompany my husband to his home and work at Rosebud Agency, South Dakota. I was soon relieved of the idea of the distance, for only a few hours took us across Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota to the bor- der of Dakota. Here we left the railroad to attend the general conference of the Dakota Mission at Flandreau. How quickly all the impressions of years can be changed, when the impressions are wrong and we see the true state of affairs. In this case, seeing hundreds of bronzed faces, lighted up with joy, as they sung I hear Thy welcome voice in their own tongue, there was enough to change all my former opinions of Indians in general and of the Dakota Indians in particular. It was like coming into a new world. That is,it was finding those whom I thought belonged to another,

14 Tillotson Ifl8tituteLiJe among Dakota Indians. TILLOTSON INSTITUTE, AUSTIN, TEXAS. Our school is opening very auspiciously. Never before have so large a number been here at the beginning of the term. And the requests for the privilege of coming are numerous, so that if all come who are asking to do so, we shall be over-full. We are greatly pleased with the spirit with which the new years work is taken up. There are more each year who come prepared to enter the higher grades, which shows that the common schools of Texas are improving. The Christian Endeavor Societies, of both the young men and the young women, have elected their officers and are ready to begin work again, and the Temperance Society will do the same, this week. One of the students who has been with us from the beginning of our school, has left us this year and gone to Oberlin, where he has entered the Sophomore class. We miss him much, but bid him God Speed, for the need of workers is great, and we are hoping much from him, in the way of work among his own people. R.M.K. THE INDIANS. MISSIONARY LIFE AMONG THE DAKOTA INDIANS. By MRS. J. F. CROSS. It is hard to get the most interesting experiences of a missionarys life, because they belong to the daily routine and so are often unmentioned. But here is a description of life and travel among the Indians, by the wife of a missionary just going to the t~akotas: The land of the Dakotaswhat a distance! How long the miles seemed from my home! How frightful the land seemed to me, from the tales of blizzards and cyclones! How strange to go to live among the Sioux Indians, known to me principally for the Minnesota, Fort Fetterman and Custer massacres; to be a friend to Sitting Bull, Brave Bull, Gall, Grass, Swift Bear, Red Cloud and many others with names no less pictur- esque! With such impressions I left my home to accompany my husband to his home and work at Rosebud Agency, South Dakota. I was soon relieved of the idea of the distance, for only a few hours took us across Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota to the bor- der of Dakota. Here we left the railroad to attend the general conference of the Dakota Mission at Flandreau. How quickly all the impressions of years can be changed, when the impressions are wrong and we see the true state of affairs. In this case, seeing hundreds of bronzed faces, lighted up with joy, as they sung I hear Thy welcome voice in their own tongue, there was enough to change all my former opinions of Indians in general and of the Dakota Indians in particular. It was like coming into a new world. That is,it was finding those whom I thought belonged to another,

14 Tillotson Ifl8tituteLiJe among Dakota Indians. TILLOTSON INSTITUTE, AUSTIN, TEXAS. Our school is opening very auspiciously. Never before have so large a number been here at the beginning of the term. And the requests for the privilege of coming are numerous, so that if all come who are asking to do so, we shall be over-full. We are greatly pleased with the spirit with which the new years work is taken up. There are more each year who come prepared to enter the higher grades, which shows that the common schools of Texas are improving. The Christian Endeavor Societies, of both the young men and the young women, have elected their officers and are ready to begin work again, and the Temperance Society will do the same, this week. One of the students who has been with us from the beginning of our school, has left us this year and gone to Oberlin, where he has entered the Sophomore class. We miss him much, but bid him God Speed, for the need of workers is great, and we are hoping much from him, in the way of work among his own people. R.M.K. THE INDIANS. MISSIONARY LIFE AMONG THE DAKOTA INDIANS. By MRS. J. F. CROSS. It is hard to get the most interesting experiences of a missionarys life, because they belong to the daily routine and so are often unmentioned. But here is a description of life and travel among the Indians, by the wife of a missionary just going to the t~akotas: The land of the Dakotaswhat a distance! How long the miles seemed from my home! How frightful the land seemed to me, from the tales of blizzards and cyclones! How strange to go to live among the Sioux Indians, known to me principally for the Minnesota, Fort Fetterman and Custer massacres; to be a friend to Sitting Bull, Brave Bull, Gall, Grass, Swift Bear, Red Cloud and many others with names no less pictur- esque! With such impressions I left my home to accompany my husband to his home and work at Rosebud Agency, South Dakota. I was soon relieved of the idea of the distance, for only a few hours took us across Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota to the bor- der of Dakota. Here we left the railroad to attend the general conference of the Dakota Mission at Flandreau. How quickly all the impressions of years can be changed, when the impressions are wrong and we see the true state of affairs. In this case, seeing hundreds of bronzed faces, lighted up with joy, as they sung I hear Thy welcome voice in their own tongue, there was enough to change all my former opinions of Indians in general and of the Dakota Indians in particular. It was like coming into a new world. That is,it was finding those whom I thought belonged to another, Missionary Li~/e among Dakota Indians. 15 lower, baser life, living the same life with myself; rejoicing in that which is my greatest joychildhood with God the Father. And after meeting Ehnamani, Grey Cloud, John Wakeman, Spotted Bear, and many others; after hearing them discuss living topicsliving topics to them because they belong to the change from heathen to Christian life; after hearing them praythough I could not understand a word, yet from their earnestness I could understand the spirit of their prayer; after all this, I could scarcely believe that these men had ever been Indians in paint, feathers, dances and on the war path. Thus I spent my first four days among Indians. And even if preaching, prayers, discussions were in an unknown tongue, I per- haps, understood as much as I would at many a Presbytery or Conference meeting. And I got as much good from the Dakota sermon as I have from many an English sermon. Not the least pleasing of my new impressions were those made by the missionaries present. Rev. John P. Williamson, of Yankton Agency; Rev. A. L. Riggs, D.D., of Santee Mission and Normal School; Rev. T. L. Riggs of Gahe, or rather the apostle to the Tetons, were the life of the meet- ings whether in English or Dakota. They came from and returned to the work to which their lives are given. I did not meet these men with the greetings of a certain minister there, who asked, How many years have you been in the Indian work. About twenty, was the reply. Then the minister said: Well, you have been in the work so long that you wo~uld not be much good anywhere else. My impression was that such men would be now, as they always have been, successful in any field of labor. But I must leave Flandreau with its citizen Indians, ready to vote for prohi- bition in the Constitution of South Dakota, for this is not our field of labor. The next scene is one which I shall long rememberour reception at a mission home. Other homes may be happy and other people may wel- come me to their homes; but fewnone that I have metcan welcome one so cordially as Mrs. Riggs welcomed us to her home at Oahe. This is a long-to-be-remembered experience. And after spending a week at Oahe, meeting the teachers and pupils of the school, and the citizen Indians there, we started for our own home and work, Park Street Church Station. This place has been the home of my husband for a year. Crossing the Missouri is one of the first of our experiences. The team and wagon are loaded on the boat, the men row a few rods, then the boat stops. Bar, remarks Mr. Cross, got to tow; when, horrors! Is this a missionary I see ? Mr. Cross is in the water, sometimes to his knees, sometimes to his waist. Thus they tow the boat a half mile. From the way they hold their breath the water must be cold. Well, it is October 10, in blizzard-swept Dakota. But after two hours of work we are safely landed on the west side of the river and soon ~ve are toiling slowly out of the breaks of the river. After a ride of a few hours vie come to a creek with no water but plenty of wood. Here dinner is announced. This is 16 Fort Yates, North Dakota. camping in earnest. This is not play. Camping in the East is generally within sound of the cackle of the hen and the low of the cow. But here you must live off of the land or out of your mess-chest. We combine the two. Many hotels and families could learn a good lesson from an experi- enced traveler and camper. In less than thirty minutes from the time we stop, horses are unharnessed, fire built, prairie chicken dressed and cooked, coffee made, table spread, blessing asked and we busy with the tender and juicy chicken. This is the same order at each meal. At night we sleep on the earth and under the sky, with but little be- tween us and either sky or earth. This is a new and somewhat larger bed- room than I have been used to. But with no house within twenty miles we are unmolested. What a place I listen. All the air a solemn stillness holds. I look. So lonesome it is that God himself scarce seems to be there. But the clear air and quiet night soon lull me into unbroken slumber. Thus we travel until we reach Park St. Church Station, where we find our comfortable log house of one room ready to receive us. Though we reach the house at eleven oclock at night, a full half dozen come to greet us, saying, Catka, winyau waste luha, lila caute ma waste. Left Hand, (Mr. Cross) you have a good woman, so I am happy. Sunday comes; at eleven oclock we go to the neat little room, chapel and school- room. Here fifty men and women with children of all ages, listen with eager- ness and attention to Mr. Cross as he tells them of the wise men who came to seek Jesus. Some of the faces are dirty, and so is much of the cloth- ing. But all listen as if they perhaps might see this same Jesus. This is Dakota, our field, our people to save. NEW CHURCH AT FORT YATES, NORTH DAKOTA. REV. T. L. RIGGS. On Sunday, the 8th, we took steps here in the organization of a new church. By invitation, two of our Gahe Church, Solomon Bear Ear and David Lee, were present from the Cheyenne River Agency, and it was judged wise to organize. The Apostles Creed and a short Covenant were offered as Articles of Faith and the pledge. The nine members of our Gahe church whose homes are at Grand River and Fort Yates will become members here on dismission at Gahe, and the native workers and other missionaries will also transfer their connection, so that if all do so, the new church will have a membership of eighteen or twenty. In connection with these services the new chapel was dedicated to the Masters service by public expression; it has already been so consecrated, I doubt not, in the heart of the giver of the funds, as well as by the prayers of all who have been interested in it. Is is a bright, pleasant room within, and has a snug appearance from without. I think Mr. Reed has made a very creditable success in this his first building.

16 Fort Yates, North Dakota. camping in earnest. This is not play. Camping in the East is generally within sound of the cackle of the hen and the low of the cow. But here you must live off of the land or out of your mess-chest. We combine the two. Many hotels and families could learn a good lesson from an experi- enced traveler and camper. In less than thirty minutes from the time we stop, horses are unharnessed, fire built, prairie chicken dressed and cooked, coffee made, table spread, blessing asked and we busy with the tender and juicy chicken. This is the same order at each meal. At night we sleep on the earth and under the sky, with but little be- tween us and either sky or earth. This is a new and somewhat larger bed- room than I have been used to. But with no house within twenty miles we are unmolested. What a place I listen. All the air a solemn stillness holds. I look. So lonesome it is that God himself scarce seems to be there. But the clear air and quiet night soon lull me into unbroken slumber. Thus we travel until we reach Park St. Church Station, where we find our comfortable log house of one room ready to receive us. Though we reach the house at eleven oclock at night, a full half dozen come to greet us, saying, Catka, winyau waste luha, lila caute ma waste. Left Hand, (Mr. Cross) you have a good woman, so I am happy. Sunday comes; at eleven oclock we go to the neat little room, chapel and school- room. Here fifty men and women with children of all ages, listen with eager- ness and attention to Mr. Cross as he tells them of the wise men who came to seek Jesus. Some of the faces are dirty, and so is much of the cloth- ing. But all listen as if they perhaps might see this same Jesus. This is Dakota, our field, our people to save. NEW CHURCH AT FORT YATES, NORTH DAKOTA. REV. T. L. RIGGS. On Sunday, the 8th, we took steps here in the organization of a new church. By invitation, two of our Gahe Church, Solomon Bear Ear and David Lee, were present from the Cheyenne River Agency, and it was judged wise to organize. The Apostles Creed and a short Covenant were offered as Articles of Faith and the pledge. The nine members of our Gahe church whose homes are at Grand River and Fort Yates will become members here on dismission at Gahe, and the native workers and other missionaries will also transfer their connection, so that if all do so, the new church will have a membership of eighteen or twenty. In connection with these services the new chapel was dedicated to the Masters service by public expression; it has already been so consecrated, I doubt not, in the heart of the giver of the funds, as well as by the prayers of all who have been interested in it. Is is a bright, pleasant room within, and has a snug appearance from without. I think Mr. Reed has made a very creditable success in this his first building. China /or Christ. 17 THE CHINESE. CHINA FOR CHRIST. BY REV. WM. C. rOND, D.D. It is quite possible (though I do not distinctly remember about it,) that our readers have seen this caption at the head of my articles more than once already. Be that as it may, I am sure that such persons as read this Magazine cannot be weary of it. It is the motto of our corporation adopted twelve or thirteen years ago. It then looked rather magnilo- quent for a work so humble as ours; but there was promise in it, and prophecy, and nothing less would satisfy either our Chinese brethren or myself. This promise and prophecy begin to be fulfilled. We hoped then, and now we are gladdened by oft-recurring confirmations of our hope, that we were laboring not only for these sojourners in our own land, but for a mighty multitude to be reached by their testimony, and to be leavened by the influence of their example. This will be illustrated for our readers by the following extract from an address delivered by one of our brethren at the last anniversary of our mission at Santa Cruz. His English will require a little straightening, but for the most part, I will give it just as spoken Dear Friends: I am glad to see you all here this evening; and that you have an interest in the Chinese work. I will tell you a few words about myself, what experience I had in my native land. I left California to go to China, July 15, 1887, and after thirty-one days, reached my home. I found a piece of red paper on the wall above my cooking place, with the name of the stove-god written on it. We call it Doy Shin; Doy means Stove, Shin means god. Every family worships the stove-god at the cook- ing place. The first of every month they burn some punk, and twice every month make a fresh cup of tea, which is left standing on the stove. I found that several thousands of punk had been burned during my ab- sence, and the ends of the sticks were left in the bowls. I felt very sorry for it; so I tore up the paper and break the punk-sticks in pieces and burn th~m up. My wife felt very indignant, and was afraid the stove-god might be angry and make me sick, and punish me. I say: Nothing to be afraid of. But I am only afraid that the true God in heaven will punish me if I do not tear up the paper and burn up the punk-sticks. I say: I must entirely abandon this superstition and must give this testimony for Christ. For he is the only God that can preserve my life, and the only ~ne that can take it away. In the mean time, a Chinese preacher who was supported by the Meth

China /or Christ. 17 THE CHINESE. CHINA FOR CHRIST. BY REV. WM. C. rOND, D.D. It is quite possible (though I do not distinctly remember about it,) that our readers have seen this caption at the head of my articles more than once already. Be that as it may, I am sure that such persons as read this Magazine cannot be weary of it. It is the motto of our corporation adopted twelve or thirteen years ago. It then looked rather magnilo- quent for a work so humble as ours; but there was promise in it, and prophecy, and nothing less would satisfy either our Chinese brethren or myself. This promise and prophecy begin to be fulfilled. We hoped then, and now we are gladdened by oft-recurring confirmations of our hope, that we were laboring not only for these sojourners in our own land, but for a mighty multitude to be reached by their testimony, and to be leavened by the influence of their example. This will be illustrated for our readers by the following extract from an address delivered by one of our brethren at the last anniversary of our mission at Santa Cruz. His English will require a little straightening, but for the most part, I will give it just as spoken Dear Friends: I am glad to see you all here this evening; and that you have an interest in the Chinese work. I will tell you a few words about myself, what experience I had in my native land. I left California to go to China, July 15, 1887, and after thirty-one days, reached my home. I found a piece of red paper on the wall above my cooking place, with the name of the stove-god written on it. We call it Doy Shin; Doy means Stove, Shin means god. Every family worships the stove-god at the cook- ing place. The first of every month they burn some punk, and twice every month make a fresh cup of tea, which is left standing on the stove. I found that several thousands of punk had been burned during my ab- sence, and the ends of the sticks were left in the bowls. I felt very sorry for it; so I tore up the paper and break the punk-sticks in pieces and burn th~m up. My wife felt very indignant, and was afraid the stove-god might be angry and make me sick, and punish me. I say: Nothing to be afraid of. But I am only afraid that the true God in heaven will punish me if I do not tear up the paper and burn up the punk-sticks. I say: I must entirely abandon this superstition and must give this testimony for Christ. For he is the only God that can preserve my life, and the only ~ne that can take it away. In the mean time, a Chinese preacher who was supported by the Meth 18 China tor Christ. odist Mission was very sick. His children were very small and his wife cannot walk. There was nobody to go after a doctor for him. So he sent for me to call doctor and get medicine. He and myself were the only Christians inside the walls of the city. Outside in the villages were a few Christians, but fifteen or twenty miles away. My wife advised me not to go to his house lest I get sick also, for my health was not very good. I say to her, that only he and I are Christians in this place. I have to go to his house. I rather die than not go. In about twenty days he die. We sent for the Christian friends, from different partssome thirty to fifty miles awaysome nearer. So we bury him the Christian way. The men carry the coffin. They charge four dollars to bury him, because he i~ Christian. The others they charge only two dollars. We also hire music for the funeraldifferent from the heathen funeral. Several hundred peo- ple were standing on the way, watching us pass by. Some say: How funny the burying of the Yason dog,i. e., the Jesus boy. After the funeral I was very sick, and my whole body trembling with cold. Many blankets put upon me, but cannot make me warm. My wife begin to cry. My cousins and all said it was because I went to the dead mans house and catch the sickness. Some of them said it was because I tore up the paper and burned the punk-sticks of the stove-god. But my wife, sitting on the bed-side crying, suggested the medicine which I brought from California; the namesulphate of quinine. So she ask me to take that ; but I say: I never have been this way before, and never use that medicine for this kind of sickness. But she ask me to try; so I take a very little with a little water. Not more than, three minutes my whole body stop shaking, and I felt a great relief. I thank God for his help, and soon I got all well. Another Chinese preacher came from Canton to my district to take the dead preachers place; also, to live in his house. Next day, he and his wife and boy all taken very sick. They grow worse and worse, every day appointed to death. I felt very much dismayed because many people say, The Death Spirit make them very sick because they will not worship him. But I pray to God to make him well. I say : Oh Lord, if you let this family die also, all the people in this place will not like to hear thy Gospel, and I also may be tempted by the super- stition. I ask thee, oh God, let thy mercy be upon them and not let this family going to die; so let all this people of darkness see thy power, and thy glorious light appear to their sight. I believe that God answered this prayer, for they grew better and better every day, though they were so sick they expected to die. I will tell you of another trial which I encountered. I live inside the wall, and all the people inside are divided into six societies. I belong to No. 4. Once in three years we have what we call festival. So a man who had charge asked me to sign my name to give twenty-five cents to buy Womans Home Missionary Unions. 19 some pork and other things for offerings to the idols. The temples have some property, but they use the temple money for other expenses. I refuse to subscribe. So he advised me and said: While you are in the foreign country, imitate foreign customs, but now you are in China, you have to obey Chinese customs. They try to compel me to give. I stand up and say: If these six societies could not have this festival to the idols because I refuse, do the people depend on me? If so, then all the people are without hope, and may despair of the blessing of the idols. Is that what you believe? Because you worship the idols you give offerings to them, and expect blessing from them. I do not worship the idol, and he would not give me the blessing. I do not wish for the idols blessing. It is not because I am stingy that I will not give to the offering of the idol, but because it is against the true God in heaven, whom I trust, and whose blessing I do greatly desire. So they could not compel me to give, and they let me alone, but they felt very much indignation and were hostile to me. A Christian in China has sometimes a very hard time. But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. Yet more and more are believing the Gospel of Christ every year in China. A year has passed since this brother returned to America; but is there any hazard in affirming that those towns-people of his in China have thought more or less, even to this day, of the stand he took and the God in Christ to whom he testified? BUREAU OF WOMANS WORK. MISS D. E. EMERSON, SECRETARY. MASS MEETING OF THE WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNIONS. The first meeting of the Womans Home Missionary Unions in connec- tion with the American Missionary Association was a genuine success. The programme was put in the hands of Mrs. E. S. Williams of Minnesota by vote of the ladies at Saratoga in June last, and the interested group who filled the large and pleasant Sunday-school rooms of the New England Church in Chicago, October 29th, rejoiced in their new and forward move- ment for home and native land. Mrs. Lane of Michigan gave Mrs. Williams genial help in presiding. Mrs. Palmer of Massachusetts led in prayer. Mrs. Burke Leavitt, President of the Illinois Union, gave to the ladies a felicitous welcome to the city and to the sympathy of the workers of the great state of Illinois. Mrs. E. W. Blatchford greeted the women in behalf of the New England Church and of their co-workers in the W. B. M. I. If only all good women saw and felt, as this wise sister did, that all Christs work is one, and that all work for him outside of our own

Womans Home Missionary Unions. 19 some pork and other things for offerings to the idols. The temples have some property, but they use the temple money for other expenses. I refuse to subscribe. So he advised me and said: While you are in the foreign country, imitate foreign customs, but now you are in China, you have to obey Chinese customs. They try to compel me to give. I stand up and say: If these six societies could not have this festival to the idols because I refuse, do the people depend on me? If so, then all the people are without hope, and may despair of the blessing of the idols. Is that what you believe? Because you worship the idols you give offerings to them, and expect blessing from them. I do not worship the idol, and he would not give me the blessing. I do not wish for the idols blessing. It is not because I am stingy that I will not give to the offering of the idol, but because it is against the true God in heaven, whom I trust, and whose blessing I do greatly desire. So they could not compel me to give, and they let me alone, but they felt very much indignation and were hostile to me. A Christian in China has sometimes a very hard time. But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. Yet more and more are believing the Gospel of Christ every year in China. A year has passed since this brother returned to America; but is there any hazard in affirming that those towns-people of his in China have thought more or less, even to this day, of the stand he took and the God in Christ to whom he testified? BUREAU OF WOMANS WORK. MISS D. E. EMERSON, SECRETARY. MASS MEETING OF THE WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNIONS. The first meeting of the Womans Home Missionary Unions in connec- tion with the American Missionary Association was a genuine success. The programme was put in the hands of Mrs. E. S. Williams of Minnesota by vote of the ladies at Saratoga in June last, and the interested group who filled the large and pleasant Sunday-school rooms of the New England Church in Chicago, October 29th, rejoiced in their new and forward move- ment for home and native land. Mrs. Lane of Michigan gave Mrs. Williams genial help in presiding. Mrs. Palmer of Massachusetts led in prayer. Mrs. Burke Leavitt, President of the Illinois Union, gave to the ladies a felicitous welcome to the city and to the sympathy of the workers of the great state of Illinois. Mrs. E. W. Blatchford greeted the women in behalf of the New England Church and of their co-workers in the W. B. M. I. If only all good women saw and felt, as this wise sister did, that all Christs work is one, and that all work for him outside of our own 20 Mass Meeting of Womans Unions. home and church is mission service, their appeals to their sisters would have more irresistible force, and the Saviours prayer be nearer answered, That they all may be one. Miss Emerson, of the American Missionary Association, spoke with her usual straightforward effectiveness of the joy of the Association in their share of the work of the Unions. These greetings were followed by the roll-call of State Unions, with brief responses. Mrs. Williams represented Minnesota; Mrs. Palmer, Mass- achusetts and Rhode Island. She also read a letter from Miss Nathalie Lord of Boston. Mrs. Grabill responded for Michigan, Mrs. Cowles for Ohio, Mrs. Morgan for New York, Mrs. Miner for Wisconsin, Mrs. Bronson for Missouri, Mrs. Taintor for Illinois, Mrs. Douglass for Iowa, Mrs. Leavitt for Nebraska, and Miss Emerson for Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas and North Carolina. A telegram was received from Mrs. Gale of the Florida Union, letters from Mrs. Swift of Vermont and Mrs. Andrews of Alabama, and a warm message from Louisiana came just too late for public hearing. Greetings also came from Northern and Southern California, Oregon and Colorado. After prayer by Mrs. Douglass, of Iowa, Miss Hand gave a brief, but very effective address on What the New West needs from our Women prayer, consecrated effort, contributions. In the afternoon, Mrs. Lane gave a complete summary of Foreign Missions at Home. What have we done? What have we left undone? What ought we to do now ? No brief mention can give any adequate idea of the amount of information which was crowded into this address, or the earnestness of its presentation. Mrs. Regal, of Oberlin, presented the report of the Bohemian Bible Readers Home, in Cleveland. Mrs. E. M. Williams answered effectively the question, How can we induce women of wealth to give to Home Missions ? She thought lack of information was the cause of most of the indifference from which the work suffers, and recommended individual effort as likeliest to be successful. Mrs. Bailey, of Ogden, Utah, gave a stirring address on the Need of Pure Homes and True Churches in the West. Elizabeth Winyan, a Christian Indian woman of the Dakotas, next ad- dressed the meeting in her native language, Rev. Mr. Riggs acting as her interpreter. Elizabeths manner is very calm and dignified, and her ges- tures are graceful and forcible. Her language is eloquent even though tram- meled by the necessity of having an interpreter. When she shakes hands with us in her heart, we know she means it, and when she has said enough, we know she is done. A Free Parliament for the discussion of practical questions was con- ducted by Mrs. Regal, of Ohio. The subjects of Missionary Literature, Life-Membership, Dangers threatening the Unions, Holding meetings in connection with or separate from local and State Conferences, and Word8 from our Annual Meeting. 21 National Organization, were discussed, a large number of ladies partici- pating freely. Mrs. Goodell, of St. Louis, conducted a Sweet Hour of Prayer, which closed the days sessions, and the earnest group dissolved only to swell the throngs at the best meeting the American Missionary Association ever held. WORDS FROM OUR ANNUAL MEETING, OF SPECIAL INTEREST TO WOMEN. Tw~nty-six Womans State Organizations now co-operate with us in our missionary work. Each year shows the increasing importance and help- fulness of the Womans Bureau. From it go counsel, help and inspiration to the lady teachers in the field, and missionary news and helpful sugges- tions to the ladies of the State Associations. Through it pass the sympathy and the help of the earnest workers in the older churches to the earnest workers in our mission churches and schools. The people for whom we labor can not be saved either for this world or the next unless the women who make the homes are lifted out of coarseness and vice, and taught true womanhood and womanly duties and arts. The Womans Bureau is a most potent factor in the work of bringing the gospel to the rescue of womanhood in our mission fields.Annuai Report of Executive Committee. Our laborers are faced by all the serious problems of the foreign land problems unrelieved by a single romantic charm. When we send our missionaries to Africa they go to labor among the Africans; and when we send them down South they go to teach niggers. I believe that the American Missionary Association, in its calm and unimpassioned history, is one grand and splendid eulogy of woman. Our sisters went South while the sky was yet heavy with the clouds of war; they went to the rude dwellings where those people sat in stupor and in darkness after the first thrill of the new found liberty; they went from homes of refinement and culture and wealth and religion; they bore to this darkness light, to this dullness life ; they carried down there in their white hands the great tree of Calvary, the cross of Christ, and planted it in the land of the magnolia and the palm. I say that the history of this Association is a grand and glowing eulogy of woman because these were willing to be called teach- ers of niggers for their love of humanity.Rev. C. W. Hiatt. It is one of the most astonishing signs of the times that really into the feeble hand of womanhood is given the key of the situation. They respect these educated girls, they reverence them and give them a place of dignity in their hearts. That makes it possible for these women to do a large and splendid work in the South.

Word8 from our Annual Meeting. 21 National Organization, were discussed, a large number of ladies partici- pating freely. Mrs. Goodell, of St. Louis, conducted a Sweet Hour of Prayer, which closed the days sessions, and the earnest group dissolved only to swell the throngs at the best meeting the American Missionary Association ever held. WORDS FROM OUR ANNUAL MEETING, OF SPECIAL INTEREST TO WOMEN. Tw~nty-six Womans State Organizations now co-operate with us in our missionary work. Each year shows the increasing importance and help- fulness of the Womans Bureau. From it go counsel, help and inspiration to the lady teachers in the field, and missionary news and helpful sugges- tions to the ladies of the State Associations. Through it pass the sympathy and the help of the earnest workers in the older churches to the earnest workers in our mission churches and schools. The people for whom we labor can not be saved either for this world or the next unless the women who make the homes are lifted out of coarseness and vice, and taught true womanhood and womanly duties and arts. The Womans Bureau is a most potent factor in the work of bringing the gospel to the rescue of womanhood in our mission fields.Annuai Report of Executive Committee. Our laborers are faced by all the serious problems of the foreign land problems unrelieved by a single romantic charm. When we send our missionaries to Africa they go to labor among the Africans; and when we send them down South they go to teach niggers. I believe that the American Missionary Association, in its calm and unimpassioned history, is one grand and splendid eulogy of woman. Our sisters went South while the sky was yet heavy with the clouds of war; they went to the rude dwellings where those people sat in stupor and in darkness after the first thrill of the new found liberty; they went from homes of refinement and culture and wealth and religion; they bore to this darkness light, to this dullness life ; they carried down there in their white hands the great tree of Calvary, the cross of Christ, and planted it in the land of the magnolia and the palm. I say that the history of this Association is a grand and glowing eulogy of woman because these were willing to be called teach- ers of niggers for their love of humanity.Rev. C. W. Hiatt. It is one of the most astonishing signs of the times that really into the feeble hand of womanhood is given the key of the situation. They respect these educated girls, they reverence them and give them a place of dignity in their hearts. That makes it possible for these women to do a large and splendid work in the South. 22 Words /rom our Annual Meeting. Once let these girls that come under the influence of our Christian Northern women who go there as teachers, and the graduates of these various colleges and schools that we have planted, and are about to plant in the South ; once let common womanhood in the South that has been so much under the heel of this oppression; once let girlhood feel the power that has come to girlhood, that to them as young women in the cradle of these hills, under this fair sky, is given the power to turn over in not less than thirty or forty years this whole country for God and humanity, for enlightenment and for Christian peace ; once let that idea get into the minds of those girls, and we have not the same problem that we have to-day. Rev. D. if. fzsk. There were deeds of valor by mountain heroines that shine as brightly as those of a Molly Stark or Barbara Frietchie. Mrs. Edwards, of Camp- bell County, marched 150 miles in inclement weather, over the mountains, to carry information to Union troops. Immediately upon arriving at home, having received some valuable information, she pushed her way through the rain, on horseback, alone, and saved the Union General Spears from capture. Again and again this same woman took perilous journeys to carry information to Union officers. Nor was she the only heroine among the mountain women. During the siege of Knoxville, General Grant desired to send an important message to General Burnside. So overrun was the territory between Chattanooga and Knoxville by Confederate troops that it could only be delivered, if at all, with great difficulty and hazard. At length Miss Mary Love, of Kingston, Tenn., agreed to take the message through the Confederate lines. She got as far as Louisville, Tenn., but could get no farther. There she found but one person who was willing to run the risk of taking the message through the lines, and he was a boy only thirteen years of age, John T. Brown. He carried the dis- patch safely through the lines and delivered it to General Burnside. Let us build school-houses and churches, where their better cabins have risen from the ashes of the past. Let us invade their coves and press up their mountain sides with an army of .Christian teachers and preachers, until the gray old forests that echoed with the shout of these loyal High- landers shall again echo with the sound of church bell and school bell, and they who took from us the larger sacrifice of war, shall find that we are ready to share with them the blessed fruits of peace.Secretary C. J. Ry- der. There is, furthermore, a peaceful Christian invasion of this land. We scarcely realize how much these gospel songs mean to those Southern peo- ple, and how they listen with eagerness at once to the sweetness of the tune and to the gospel that is within it. It is an entering wedge to a new Words trom our Annual Meeting. 23 life there. A dear girl of my acquaintance taught from thirty to fifty of these women; they listened eagerly, and the tears rolled down their cheeks, and they said to her, Oh, come and tell us more about Jesus, for we want to be different kind of women, different kind of mothers. There was one girl who came out to one of our commencements and wentback with the arrow in her heart, saying, I would give all the world if I had it, if I could write a piece, and git up thar and read it like them. She went home determined she would go to college. She was a large girl, fifteen years old, yet did not know a single letter. She walked fifty miles nearly, and came and said to the college president, that she wanted to work for her board, so that she could enter the school. What could she do? He found that really she was incapacitated for doing any- thing ; but she said ; I can hoe corn like a nigger. Finally she was set at some sort of work, and that girl, after three or four years, went out as a school teacher into a district where young men dared not go, where her eyes were blistered with the sights she sawmen shot down before her face and eyes by the whiskey distillersand she was asked to organize a Sunday-school there. When any one starts a Sunday-school he is ex- pected to preach, and so that girl had to become a preacher, and to- day she is preaching the gospel of God and spreading the work there. And yet she came from one of the very humblest classes.J?ev. D. ~lf. Fisk. There is another influence of which I would speak, the influence of the home. Here in our happy homes we know but very little of what that means to the Indian. An Indian has no home, in our sense of the word. There is at Santee Agency a piece of limestone, perhaps three feet wide by five feet long, which was the hearthstone of our Dakota mission home. It was taken a few years ago by my brother, from Minnesota, where it had served the purpose of a hearthstone in one of the original buildings of the mission. He took it to Santee Agency, and ~very time I go to Santee, I go out and look at that stone. There is the hole in the stone into which we poured milk to feed the cat, and on another corner is the place where we used to crack nuts. That stands for our boyhood home. The Indian has nothing of the kind. The Dakota Indian lives in a region, not in a place. The Christian home coming into the midst of a village carries there an ideal of which the Indian knows nothing, and he is taught by the power of example day after day. The Christian woman in that home keeps her house clean, keeps her children clean, and stands here as a persistent example of the power of the gospel of soap.Rev. 7. L. Riggs. Carlyle tells the story of a woman in the North of Scotland in the old days before charity was organized, who wanted help. She was poor and 24 Womans State Organizations. sick, and they said to her, You may look out for yourself. Finally she was taken sick with typhus fever, and died, and because they didnt take very good care of her in the place where she was sick, she killed seventeen others with her poison. Carlyle says: You said she was not your sister and she said, I am, and I will prove it; and she did, though it cost sev- enteen good lives to prove it. There will be a typhus fever in this land infinitely worse than any pestilence that kills the body unless this deadly germ be killed by putting education where there is ignorance, and putting honor and truth where there is degradation to-day. Look out for No. i ? Aye, it is our business to look out for ourselves. May God Almighty help us that we fail not to attend to it. There is just one way to save our- selves. We learned that long ago at the feet of Him who said: He that loseth his life shall save it. That is the only way. It is just as true for a nation as for an individual.Presiden/ George A. Ga/es. WOMANS STATE ORGANIZATIONS. CO-OPERATING WITH THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION. MAINE. WOMANS AID TO A. M. A. Chairman of CommitteeMrs. C. A. Woodbury, Woodfords, Me. VERMONT. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION. PresidentMrs. A. B. Swift, 167 King St., Bur- lington. SecretaryMrs. E. C. Osgood, 14 First Ave., Mont- pelier. TreasurerMrs. Win. P. Fairbanks, St. Johns- bury. MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND. woMANS HOME MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION. PresidentMrs. Alice Freeman Palmer, Cam- bridge, Mass. SecretaryMiss Nathalie Lord, 32 Congregational House, Boston. TreasurerMiss Ella A. Leland, 32 Congrega- tIonal House, Boston. CONNECTICUT. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION. PresidentMrs. Francis B. Cooley, Hartford. Secretary Mrs. S. M. Hotchklss, 171 Capitol Ave., Hartford. TreasurerMrs. W. W. Jacobs, 19 SprIng St., Hartford. NEW YORK. WOEmS HOME MISSIONARY UNION. PresidentMrs. Win. Kincaid, 483 Greene Ave., Brooklyn. SecretaryMrs. Win. Spalding, 6 Salmon Block, Syracuse. TreasurerMrs. L. H. Cobb, 59 Bible House, New York City. OHIO. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION. PresidentMrs. J. G. W. Cowles, 417 Sibley St., Cleveland. SecretaryMrs. Flora K. Regal, Oberlin. TreasurerMrs. Phebe A. Crafts, 95 Monroe Ave., Columbus. INDIANA. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION. PresidentMrs. C. B. Safford, Elkhart. SecretaryMrs. W. E. Mossman, Fort Wayne. TreasurerMrs. C. Evans, Indianapolis. ILLINOIS. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION. PresidentMrs. B. F. Leavitt, 409 Orchard St., Chicago. SecretaryMrs. C. H. Taintor, 151 Washington St., Chicago. TreasurerMrs. C. E. Maitby, Champaign. IOWA. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION. PresidentMrs. T. 0. Douglass, GrinnelL SecretaryMiss Ella E. Marsh, Box 232, GrInnell. TreasurerMrs. M. J. Nichoson, 1513 Main St., Dubuque. MICHiGAN. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION. President-Mrs. George M. Lane, 47 Miami Aye., Detroit.

24 Womans State Organizations. sick, and they said to her, You may look out for yourself. Finally she was taken sick with typhus fever, and died, and because they didnt take very good care of her in the place where she was sick, she killed seventeen others with her poison. Carlyle says: You said she was not your sister and she said, I am, and I will prove it; and she did, though it cost sev- enteen good lives to prove it. There will be a typhus fever in this land infinitely worse than any pestilence that kills the body unless this deadly germ be killed by putting education where there is ignorance, and putting honor and truth where there is degradation to-day. Look out for No. i ? Aye, it is our business to look out for ourselves. May God Almighty help us that we fail not to attend to it. There is just one way to save our- selves. We learned that long ago at the feet of Him who said: He that loseth his life shall save it. That is the only way. It is just as true for a nation as for an individual.Presiden/ George A. Ga/es. WOMANS STATE ORGANIZATIONS. CO-OPERATING WITH THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION. MAINE. WOMANS AID TO A. M. A. Chairman of CommitteeMrs. C. A. Woodbury, Woodfords, Me. VERMONT. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION. PresidentMrs. A. B. Swift, 167 King St., Bur- lington. SecretaryMrs. E. C. Osgood, 14 First Ave., Mont- pelier. TreasurerMrs. Win. P. Fairbanks, St. Johns- bury. MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND. woMANS HOME MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION. PresidentMrs. Alice Freeman Palmer, Cam- bridge, Mass. SecretaryMiss Nathalie Lord, 32 Congregational House, Boston. TreasurerMiss Ella A. Leland, 32 Congrega- tIonal House, Boston. CONNECTICUT. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION. PresidentMrs. Francis B. Cooley, Hartford. Secretary Mrs. S. M. Hotchklss, 171 Capitol Ave., Hartford. TreasurerMrs. W. W. Jacobs, 19 SprIng St., Hartford. NEW YORK. WOEmS HOME MISSIONARY UNION. PresidentMrs. Win. Kincaid, 483 Greene Ave., Brooklyn. SecretaryMrs. Win. Spalding, 6 Salmon Block, Syracuse. TreasurerMrs. L. H. Cobb, 59 Bible House, New York City. OHIO. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION. PresidentMrs. J. G. W. Cowles, 417 Sibley St., Cleveland. SecretaryMrs. Flora K. Regal, Oberlin. TreasurerMrs. Phebe A. Crafts, 95 Monroe Ave., Columbus. INDIANA. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION. PresidentMrs. C. B. Safford, Elkhart. SecretaryMrs. W. E. Mossman, Fort Wayne. TreasurerMrs. C. Evans, Indianapolis. ILLINOIS. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION. PresidentMrs. B. F. Leavitt, 409 Orchard St., Chicago. SecretaryMrs. C. H. Taintor, 151 Washington St., Chicago. TreasurerMrs. C. E. Maitby, Champaign. IOWA. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION. PresidentMrs. T. 0. Douglass, GrinnelL SecretaryMiss Ella E. Marsh, Box 232, GrInnell. TreasurerMrs. M. J. Nichoson, 1513 Main St., Dubuque. MICHiGAN. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION. President-Mrs. George M. Lane, 47 Miami Aye., Detroit. Womans AState Organization8. SecretaryMrs. Leroy Warren, Lansing. TreasurerMrs. E. F. Grabill, Greenville. WISCONSIN. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION. PresidentMrs. H. A. Miner, Madison. SecretaryMrs. C. Matter, Brodhead. TreasurerMrs. C. C. Keeler, Beloit. MINNESOTA. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION. PresidentMrs. Elijah Cash, 927 Temple St., Los Angeles. SecretaryMrs. H. K. W. Bent, Box 426, Pasa- dena. TreasurerMrs. H. W. Mills, ~So. Olive St., Los Angeles. CALIFORNIA. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY. PresidentMrs. E. S. Williams, Box 464, Minne- apolis. residentMrs. H. L. Merritt, 686 34th St., Oak- SecretaryMiss Gertude A. Keith, 1350, Nicollet land. Ave., Minneapolis. ecretaryMiss Grace E. Barnard, 677 21st. St., TreasurerMrs. M. W. Skinner, Nortlifleld. Oakland. TreasurerMrs. J. M. Havens, 1329 HarrIson St., NORTH DAKOTA. Oakland. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY. PresidentMrs. A. J. Pike, Dwight. SecretaryMrs. Silas Daggeit, Harwood. TreasurerMrs. J. M. Fisher, Fargo. SOUTH DAKOTA. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION. PresidentMrs. A. H. Robbins, Bowdie. SecretaryMrs. T. M. Jeifris, Huron. TreasurerMrs. S. E. Fifield, Lake Preston. NEBRASKA. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION. PresidentMrs. T. H. Leavitt, 1216 H. St., Lincoln. SecretaryMrs. L. F. Berry, 724 No. Broad St., Fremont. TreasurerMrs. D. E. Perry, Crete. MISSOURI. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION. PresidentMrs. C. L. Goodell, 3006 Pine St., St. Louis. SecretaryMrs. E. P. Bronson, 3100 Chestnut St. St. Louis. TreasurerMrs. A. E. Cook, 4141 Bell Ave., St. Louis. KANSAS. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY. PresidentMrs. F. J. Storrs, Topeka. Secretary--Mrs. George L. Epps, Topeka. TreasurerMrs. J. G. Dougherty, Ottawa. COLORADO AND WYOMING. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION. LOUISIANA. WOMANS MISSIONARY UNION. PresidentMrs. H. D. Hitchcock, New Orleans. SecretaryMiss Jennie Fyfe, 490 Canal Si., New Orleans. TreasurerMrs. C. S. Shattuck, Hammond. MISSISSIPPI. WOMANS MISSIONARY UNION. President-Mrs. A. F. Whiting, Tougaloo. SecretaryMiss Sarah J. Humphrey, Tougaloe. TreasurerMiss S. L. Emerson, Tougaloo. ALABAMA. WOMANS MISSIONARY UNION. President-Mrs. H. W. Andrews, Talladega. SecretaryMiss S. S. Evans, 2612 Fifth Ave., B~r- Iningham. TreasurerMrs. G. Baker, Selma. FLORIDA. WOMANS HOME MIsSIONARY UNION. PresidentMrs. S. F. Gale, Jacksonville. SecretaryMrs. Nathan Barrows, Winter Park. TreasurerMrs. L. C. Partridge, Longwood. TENNESSEE AND ARKANSAS. WOMANS MISSIONARY UNION OF THE CENTRAL SOUTH AsSOCIATION. PresidentMiss M. F. Wells, Athens, Tenn. SecretaryMiss A. M. Cahill, Nashville, Tenn. TreasurerMrs. G. S. Pope, Grand View, Tenn. PresidentMrs. J. W. Pickelt, White Water, Colorado. SecretaryMiss Mary L. Martin, 106 Platte Ave., NORTH CAROLINA. Colorado Springs, Colorado. WOMANS MISSIONARY UNION. TreasurerMrs. S. A. Sawyer, Boulder, Colorado. PresidentMiss E. Plimpton, Chapel Hill. TreasurerMrs. C. T. Goodell, 24th and Eddy Sts., SecretaryMiss A. E. Farringion, Raleigh. Cheyenne, WyomIng. j TreasurerMiss Lovey Mayo, Raleigh. For the purpose of exact information, we note that while the W.H.M.A. appears in this list as a State body for Mass, and H. I., it has certain auxiliaries elsewhere. We would suggest to all ladies connected with the auxiliaries of State Missionary Unions, that funds for the American Missionary Association be sent to us through the treasurers of the Union. Care, however, should be taken to designate the money as for the American Missionary Association, since uriclesignafed funds will net reach us. 25 26 Receipts. RECEIPTS FOR NOVEMBER, 889. 4---- THE DANIEL HAND FUND, For the Education of Colored People. FROM Mr. DANIEL HAND, GUILFORD, CONN. Income for October, 1889 $960 00 CURRENT RECEIPTS. MAINE, $235.81. Bangor. Central Cong. Cli. and Soc Bath. Sab. Sob, of Central Cli..... Bluehull Mrs. Anna B. Hinckleys S. S. Class, on True Blue Card. Brewer. M. Hardy, adl to conet. MRS. MARGARET FRASER and MRS. JENNIE GETCHELL L. M.s Castine. Ladies of Cong. Sew. Circle, BbL of C., for Lezingt on, Ky Cumberland. Silas M. Rideout Ellsworih. Cong. Cli Norridgewock. Cong. Cli. and Soc Sherman Mills. Washburn Memorial Cli. Topsham. Cong. CLL, Bbl. of C.; By Mrs. M. E. Flye, for Freight, 2 50: Miss Nellie Alexander, for Student Aid, 1; By Bessie Grover, 6 cents,for Selma, Ala. Woolwich. Cong. Cli NEW HAMPSHIRE, $i2~.6). Concord. A. Friend, 20; Jos. T. Sleep- ers S. S. Class, So. Cong. Cli., 10, for Gregory Institute, Wilmington, N. C Hillsboro Bridge. Kings Daughters, Bbl. Clothing and House Supplies, for Macon, Ga Hindsdale. Cong. Cli. Manchester. First Cong. Cli. and Soc. to const. CHARLES JOSEPH ADAMS [~..M - Nashua. Sab. Soli. of Pilgrim Cli., for In- dian M Nashua. Y. P. 5. C. E, of Pilgrim Cli., for Indian Schp Pembroke. i~irs. Mary Thompson, 10; Mrs. S. Fellows, 10 Miss Sarau Fellows, 10, for Gregory Institute, Wilmington, N.. c Peterboro. M. A. and M. D. Whitney.... Warner. Cong. Cli VERMONT, $120 79. Brattleboro. Center Cong. Cli Fairlee. Mrs. L. D. Spear Monipelier. Miss L. S. Taplin, for Charts, Meridian, Miss Saint Albans. Cong. Cli Saint Johusbury. South Cong. Soc Saint Johusbury. North Cong. Cli., for Indian M Swanton. Cong. Cli Townshend. Miss EliEa M. Burnap, to coust. ERNEST A.. PRENTISS L Wallingford. A Friend, for Santee In- dian Sch... Wallingford. Cong. Cli. and Soc., BbL of C., for Mcintosh, Ga Womans Home Missionary Union of Vt., by Mrs. WillIam P. Fairbanks, Treas., for Womans Work: Barton. Mrs. 0. D. Owen. for Mc Tnt osF~, Get 500 50 00 Castleton. W. H. M. S., for 15 00~ Mcintosh, Ga 3 03 Dorset. W. II. M. S., for Mc- 500 lntosh,Ga 500 Dorset. W. H. M. S., for Marshalletille, Gz 20 00 50 00 Granby. L. E. and L. B. Rlce,for Mcintosh, Ga 1 00 Royalton. Sarah Skinner, 10 25 Mom. Soc., for Mcintosh, so 00 Ga 20 00 3900 540.3 5 00 MASSACHUSETTS, $8,698.46. Amesbury and Salisbury. Union Evan. 356 Cli lIlt) 8 00 Amherst. Y. P. 5. C. E.,for Indian M 26 60 Andover. Mrs. Phebe A. Chandler, for Chandler Normal School Building, Lex. ington,Kg .2,653 47 Ashburnham. First Cong. Cli 18 63 Athol Center. William A. Eaton and 30 00 Emily Eaton 2 00 Barre. L. H. M. Soc., Freight to Tougalco, Miss 3 00 Berkley. First Cong. Cli., adl 1 63 7 -~ Boston. C. A. Hopkins, for Pleas ant Hill, Tenn 250 00 59 37 Womans Home Missy Soc., for Student Aid, 50 00 Fisk U 8 00 Mrs. Emily P. Eayre 5 00 1501 A Friend. 400 South Boston. Phillips Cong. Cli 3920 306 20 30 00 Boxboro. Cong. Cli 13 00 s 00 Bridgewater. Central Square Cli. and 848 Soc 2500 Brockton. Mrs. J R. Perkins 5 00 Cambridge. North Ave. Cong. Cli., for IndianM 18 44 15 00 Cambridgeport. Mrs. Anna E. Douglass, 1 00 for P~easant Hill, Tenn 10 00 Campello. South Cong. Cli., to const. 5 00 REv. N. B. THOMPSON L. M 100 00 117 62 Chester. Second Cong. Cli , 4 85 50 05 Chesterfield. Cong. Cli 5 09 Cohasset. Second Cong. Cli 25 00 25 00 Dauvers. Maple St. Cong. Cli., to consi. 12 09 PERCY W. DAMON, HARLAN P. BRAD- STREET, MRS. ELLEN M. EATON, MRS. 40 00 ANGELINE (4. HULL and Mas. PHEBE M. PATCHLM.S 15169 1 00 Dedham. First Cong. Cli 96 28 Dover. Second Cong. Cli 4 45 Eastliampton. First Cong. Cli 75 76 Fall River. Sab. Soli. of Central Cong. Cli., for Indian Schp...... ... . 35 00 Framingliam. Friends, for Indian M 100 00 Franklin. First Cong. Cli 11 00

26 Receipts. RECEIPTS FOR NOVEMBER, 889. 4---- THE DANIEL HAND FUND, For the Education of Colored People. FROM Mr. DANIEL HAND, GUILFORD, CONN. Income for October, 1889 $960 00 CURRENT RECEIPTS. MAINE, $235.81. Bangor. Central Cong. Cli. and Soc Bath. Sab. Sob, of Central Cli..... Bluehull Mrs. Anna B. Hinckleys S. S. Class, on True Blue Card. Brewer. M. Hardy, adl to conet. MRS. MARGARET FRASER and MRS. JENNIE GETCHELL L. M.s Castine. Ladies of Cong. Sew. Circle, BbL of C., for Lezingt on, Ky Cumberland. Silas M. Rideout Ellsworih. Cong. Cli Norridgewock. Cong. Cli. and Soc Sherman Mills. Washburn Memorial Cli. Topsham. Cong. CLL, Bbl. of C.; By Mrs. M. E. Flye, for Freight, 2 50: Miss Nellie Alexander, for Student Aid, 1; By Bessie Grover, 6 cents,for Selma, Ala. Woolwich. Cong. Cli NEW HAMPSHIRE, $i2~.6). Concord. A. Friend, 20; Jos. T. Sleep- ers S. S. Class, So. Cong. Cli., 10, for Gregory Institute, Wilmington, N. C Hillsboro Bridge. Kings Daughters, Bbl. Clothing and House Supplies, for Macon, Ga Hindsdale. Cong. Cli. Manchester. First Cong. Cli. and Soc. to const. CHARLES JOSEPH ADAMS [~..M - Nashua. Sab. Soli. of Pilgrim Cli., for In- dian M Nashua. Y. P. 5. C. E, of Pilgrim Cli., for Indian Schp Pembroke. i~irs. Mary Thompson, 10; Mrs. S. Fellows, 10 Miss Sarau Fellows, 10, for Gregory Institute, Wilmington, N.. c Peterboro. M. A. and M. D. Whitney.... Warner. Cong. Cli VERMONT, $120 79. Brattleboro. Center Cong. Cli Fairlee. Mrs. L. D. Spear Monipelier. Miss L. S. Taplin, for Charts, Meridian, Miss Saint Albans. Cong. Cli Saint Johusbury. South Cong. Soc Saint Johusbury. North Cong. Cli., for Indian M Swanton. Cong. Cli Townshend. Miss EliEa M. Burnap, to coust. ERNEST A.. PRENTISS L Wallingford. A Friend, for Santee In- dian Sch... Wallingford. Cong. Cli. and Soc., BbL of C., for Mcintosh, Ga Womans Home Missionary Union of Vt., by Mrs. WillIam P. Fairbanks, Treas., for Womans Work: Barton. Mrs. 0. D. Owen. for Mc Tnt osF~, Get 500 50 00 Castleton. W. H. M. S., for 15 00~ Mcintosh, Ga 3 03 Dorset. W. II. M. S., for Mc- 500 lntosh,Ga 500 Dorset. W. H. M. S., for Marshalletille, Gz 20 00 50 00 Granby. L. E. and L. B. Rlce,for Mcintosh, Ga 1 00 Royalton. Sarah Skinner, 10 25 Mom. Soc., for Mcintosh, so 00 Ga 20 00 3900 540.3 5 00 MASSACHUSETTS, $8,698.46. Amesbury and Salisbury. Union Evan. 356 Cli lIlt) 8 00 Amherst. Y. P. 5. C. E.,for Indian M 26 60 Andover. Mrs. Phebe A. Chandler, for Chandler Normal School Building, Lex. ington,Kg .2,653 47 Ashburnham. First Cong. Cli 18 63 Athol Center. William A. Eaton and 30 00 Emily Eaton 2 00 Barre. L. H. M. Soc., Freight to Tougalco, Miss 3 00 Berkley. First Cong. Cli., adl 1 63 7 -~ Boston. C. A. Hopkins, for Pleas ant Hill, Tenn 250 00 59 37 Womans Home Missy Soc., for Student Aid, 50 00 Fisk U 8 00 Mrs. Emily P. Eayre 5 00 1501 A Friend. 400 South Boston. Phillips Cong. Cli 3920 306 20 30 00 Boxboro. Cong. Cli 13 00 s 00 Bridgewater. Central Square Cli. and 848 Soc 2500 Brockton. Mrs. J R. Perkins 5 00 Cambridge. North Ave. Cong. Cli., for IndianM 18 44 15 00 Cambridgeport. Mrs. Anna E. Douglass, 1 00 for P~easant Hill, Tenn 10 00 Campello. South Cong. Cli., to const. 5 00 REv. N. B. THOMPSON L. M 100 00 117 62 Chester. Second Cong. Cli , 4 85 50 05 Chesterfield. Cong. Cli 5 09 Cohasset. Second Cong. Cli 25 00 25 00 Dauvers. Maple St. Cong. Cli., to consi. 12 09 PERCY W. DAMON, HARLAN P. BRAD- STREET, MRS. ELLEN M. EATON, MRS. 40 00 ANGELINE (4. HULL and Mas. PHEBE M. PATCHLM.S 15169 1 00 Dedham. First Cong. Cli 96 28 Dover. Second Cong. Cli 4 45 Eastliampton. First Cong. Cli 75 76 Fall River. Sab. Soli. of Central Cong. Cli., for Indian Schp...... ... . 35 00 Framingliam. Friends, for Indian M 100 00 Franklin. First Cong. Cli 11 00 Receipts. Gardner. Ladles Missy Soc.. by Mrs. Helen M. Rolfe, for Tougaloo U Gardner. W. W. Tandy, for Freight, to Jellico, Tenn.... . Gilberivilie. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Cii., for Student Aid, Fisk U Graf ton. Evan. Cong. Cii. and Soc Granville. Mr. and Mrs. C. Holcomb Hanson. Ladies Soc. of Cong. Cii., for Tougaloo U Hatfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc Holliston. Bible Christians. Hopklnton. Kings Daughters, for Freight, to Plea& eot Hill, Tenn Ipswich. Ladies Benev. Soc. of First Parish (2 of whichfor Freight) Ipswich. Linebrook Cong. afil Lee. FlrstCong. Ch. and Soc., 75, to consi. MORRISON A. HOLMES and Miss hATTIE I. MARTIN L. M.s; Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Cii., 100 Lexington. Hancock Cong. Ch. and Soc. Mansfield. Ortho. Cong. Ch Meirose. Orthodox Cong. Ch.. Merrimac. John K. Sargent... Millbury. Sscond Cong. Ch. and Soc..... Milton. A Friend. Mittineague. Southworth Co., Case of Paper, for Tklladega C Mittineague. Southworih Co., Case of Paper, for Fisk U Monson. Miss Hattie R. Pease, 3 Carpets, 4 Rugs, 4 Hassocks and BbL of C., for Beach !ntiftete, Savannah, Ga. Newburyport. North Cong. Ch. and Soc. North Acton. Mrs. S. D. M. Northampton. A. L. Williston Northampton. Miss Judith B. Kingsley and Sister, for Indian H Orange. Win. A. Bliss Oxford. Primary Dept. Cong. Sab. Sch.. Oxford. Womans Missy Soc., by Miss L. D. Stockwell, Treas.,fcr Tougaloo U Pepperell. Cong. Ch. Pittsfield. First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., for Student Aid, Fisk U Quincy. Y. P. 5. C. E., for Studenj ~ Wilmington, N. C Rockdale. Cong. Ch Salem. Tabernacle Cii. and Soc., 192 65; Mattie Wilson, on True Blue Card, 5.. Somerville. Sab. Sch. of Frankiln St. Or- thodox Ch.,for Indian M., SanteeAgency, Neb Somerville. Mrs. James H. Rose South Framingham. Grace Cong. Sab. Sch.,for Student Aid, Atlanta U South Framingham. Y. P. 5. C. E., for Indian Schp. Southampton. Cong. Ch.. 38.57; The Cheerful Givers, by Miss Grace A. Sheldon, Treas., 10 South Weymouth. Union Cong. Sab. Sch., for Gregory Inst., Wilmington, N. C Taunton. Trin. Cong. Ch. to coust. REV. SAMUEL V. COLE, MRS. ANNIE T. COLE. Miss MABEL W. SMITH ~1 RS. MARGARET F. NIcKEstsoN and MISS PARTHIA H. CROCKER L. M.s Templeton. Trin. Sab. Sch.,for Aiountaii Work Wakefield. Y. P. 5. C. E., adl, for Moun- tain Work Waltham. Trin. Cong. Ch Ware. Sab. Sch. East Cong. Cii., for Home, Santee Agency, Neb. 25; H. B. An- dersons 8. S. Class, for Indian SoAp, 17.50; Miss Spragues Class, East Cong. S. S., for Indian M., 6. Warren. Ladies H. M. Soc. of Cong. Cii., for Mountain Work Wellesley Hills. Q Westboro. Cong. Cii Wesuboro. Lidies Freedmen Assn, for Freight, to Pleasant Hill, Tenn West Boylston. First Cong. Cii. and Soc. 50 00 1 00 50 00 10 00 10 00 9 00 54 57 100 00 200 7 00 300 175 00 15 00 6 87 141 69 1 00 96 01 6 43 40 00 10 00 300 00 10 00 30 15 12 00 6 00 8 43 14 87 10 00 4 50 197 65 40 CO 1 00 17 80 17 50 48 57 75 00 174 58 5 53 50 13 09 4810 87 50 380 03 105 76 3 00 20 18 27 West Newton. Second Cong. Cii 286 66 Whutinsville. Cong. Cii. and Soc.. 1,402 81 Worcester. Central Cong. Cii., 142.02; Plymouth Cii., 53.16 195 18 Worcester. Central Cii. Sab. Sch., for Student Aid, Marion, Ala 8 00 . A Massachusetts Friend, for Native Indian Missionary 50 00 Hampden Benevolent Association, by Charles Marsh, Treasurer: Chicopee. Second 41 40 Ludlow. Central 19 24 Monson 30 56 Palmer. First 17 70 Springfield. First 18 00 Springfield. Olivet S. S 22 14 West Springfield. Mitti- neague 5 29 ESTATE. 154 38 $8,223 36 Fitchburg. Estate of Aaron Eaton, by E. B. Rockwood, Trustee 475 10 $8,698 46 cLOTHING, BOOKS, ETC., RECEIVED AT BOSTON OFFICE. Wells, Maine. Second Cong. Cii., Pack- age Books, for New Decatur, Ala Boston. Ladiesof Homeland Circle, Park St. Cii., BbL, for Straight U Cav.ibrldgeport, Mass. Kings Daughters, by Mrs. Anna E. Douglas, BbL, for Pleasant Hill, Tenn Charlton, Mass. Ladies Benev. Soc., of Cong. Cii., Package Dorchester, Mass. Harvard Cong. Cii., BbL,forSelma,Ala Ipswich, Mass. Ladies Benev. Soc., Bbl. Val. 30 Wesiboro, Mass. Ladles Freedmens .& ssn, 2 Bbls., VaL 60, for Pleasant Hill, Tenn Wesuboro, Mass. Mrs. Fanny C. Hast- ings, Bbl RHODE ISLAND, $180.00. Barrington. Cong. Cii 80 00 Providence. Beneficent Cong. Cii lOu 00 CONNECTICUT, $2,072 11. Bridgeport. Second Cong. Cii 78 89 BristoL Y. P. 5. C. E. of Cong. Cii o 42 Buckiugham. Ladles Sewing and Mis- sion Circle,for Conn. mdl ,Sch., Ga 10 00 Collinsville. Cong. Cii. and Soc 45 00 East Canaan. Cong. Cii 6 10 Farmington. Cong. Cii., 2.33 and Sab. Sch., 52 67 55 00 Glastonbury. First Cong. Cii 69 66 Glastonbury. On True Blue Card, by Miss Louise Williams, for Rosebud In- dianM 500 Guilt ord. First Cong. Cii., to consi. LEVI W. THIIALL L. M 30 oo Hafidam Neck. Cong. Cii 3 00 Hartford, Pearl St. Cong. Cii s~ 05 Ivoryton. Thank Offering from A. H. S. for Mountain Work 20 00 Lakeville. Mrs. Burralls S. S. Class, for Conn. mdl Sch., Ga s co Lisbon. Cong. Cii., for Conn. mdl SclL, Ga bOO Manchester Center. Ladies Benev. Soc. of Cong. Cii., for Conn. mdl SeA., Ga 22 00 Meriden. Sab. Sch. First Cong. Cii., for Student Aid, Fisk U 50 00 New Britain. Friead,for Williamsburg, 900 Ky New Haven. Boys Prayer Meeting, Humphrey St. Cii., for Indian ScAp 45 00 Newlngton. Cong. Cii 29 95 28 Receipts. Newington. Jedediali Deming, for Tow. galoo U. North Stonington. Sab. 5db. of Cong. Cli. Plantsville. Sab. Seli. of Cong. Cli., for Atlanta U Redding. A Friend, Soutliport. Miss Georgie A. Bulkley, for Girls Hall, Pleasant Hill, Tenn. 25.; Miss Eflza A. Bulkley, for Student Aid, Talla- dega C. 25.; A Friend, 20... Soutliport, A Friend, 30., FC1end~ 25...... Stamford. First Cong. Cli., A Friend,. Suffield. First Cong. Cli. Sab. Sch., for Rosebud Indian M Thomaston. Cong. Cli Thompson. Ladies of Cong. Cli. and Soc., for Conn. lndl Seh., Ga Thompson. Cong. Cli Vernon. Cong. Cli Wallingford. Miss M. F. Hall, fe.*~~ 1~ian K. Washington. F. A. Frisbie. Waterbury. Sunshine Circle,for Beach Inst., Savannah, Ga Waterbury. Friend, West Hartford. Friend, for Indian Schp Westport. Saugatuck Cong. Sab Seli Winsted. Y. P. 5. C. E. of First Cong. Cli., for Rosebud Indian K Friends in Connecticut, for Native Indian Missionary . forHope Station, Indian A Connecticut Friend, for Well, Fort Berthold, Dak Connecticut Womans Home Missionary Union, for Womans Work: Huntington. Ladies of Home Missionary Union, Cong. Cli.. for Mountain Work 5 00 C. W. H. M. U., for Conn. InalSeh., Ga 12 50 I Gaines Cong. Cli., 1741 and Sab. Sch., 1000~ 566 230 10 00 ~ewis. Home Missy Soc. of First Cong. Cli., for Chandler Normal & h., Lexington, soco Ky 500 5 00 IAma. Miss Clara M. Janes 2 00 Newark Valley. Cong. Cli 11 22 New York. Sab. 5db. of First Reformed Episcopal Church, for Indian M.. 100; 70 00 Bethany Sab. Sch., for Student Aid, Fort Bert hold, Dak., 40; Miss Ellen Collins, for CO IndianM.,30 17000 1 00 ~{ew York. Tremont Cong. Ch., 50 00; Mrs. C. W. Wicker, to const. Miss ADA 25 00 ii. CALLENDER L. M., 30 00 ; 80 00 26 20; Nortliville. S. S. Class of six boys by Miss ~annie Benjamin, 9;Box Clothing, 23 00 etc., for Williamsburg, Kg 9 00 12 70 Orient. Missionary Circle, to const. 38 09 PEA. D. L. BEEBE L.M 30 00 Perry Center. Cong. Cli. and Soc 32 87 3 00 Pouglikeepsie. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Cli., 1 00 formndianSchp 20 Co Sing Sing. Mrs. Harriet M. Cole, to const. 5 00 REV. SPENCER SNELL L. M 30 00 5 00 Spencerport. A. Webster 5 00 Syracuse. Kings Daughters, Carpet, 70 00 for Room, Macon, Ga 6 43 Windliam. Mrs. G. W. Bullard 1 50 Womans Home Missionary Union of N. 1 43 Y., by Mrs. L. H. Cobb, Treas., for Wo- mans Wosk: 90 00 Homer. Band of Hope.. 5 00 Homer. Ladies Aux 1 00 150 00 Syracuse. Ladies Soc. God- 50 00 des Cong. Cli 5 00 11 00 NEW JERSEY, f417.tO. Bernardsville. Miss Marion L. Roberts, Box of Books, for Williamsburg, Ky East Orange. Trinity Cong. Cli. to const. THOMAs S. CRANE, OGDEN H. BowERs 17 50 and ROBERT P. WEEKS L. Ms, 11721; ___ Grove St. Cong. Cli., 29 04. . . 146 25 *1.272 11 Jersey City. Christian Endeavor ~oc. ESTATE. BliL Clothing and House Supplies, for Macon, Ga. - . North Haven. Estate of Mrs. Thalia M Montclair. Sab. 5db. Class, for Student Painter, by Rev. W. T. Reynolds, Exe- Aid, Taladega, Ala 5 00 cutor 800 00 Morristown. Mrs. F. W. Owen, for Native indian Missionary 150 CO *2.072 11 Trenton. Mrs. E. B. Fuller 5 00 NEW YORK, *2.150 93. Westfield. Cong. Cli 86 25 Westfield. Mission Band, for Indian M., Adams Basin, Mrs. Harriet Clark 10 00 Santee Agency, Neb.... 2500 Adams Basin. Miss Ella H. Clark,for Stu dent Aid, Chandler Normal Sch 3 00 PENNSYLVANIA, $134.00. Brooklyn. A Friend, 1000; Plymouth Guys Mills. Ladies H. M. Soc. of Cong. Cli., adl, 106.; Two Friends, Lewis Cli., 10; Mrs. F. Maria Guy, 2 12 00 Ave. Cong. Cli., 15.; Womans Missy Le Raysville. Cong. Cli 5 00 Soc., Lewis Ave. Cong. Cli., 10.; Friend, Providence. Welsh Cong. Cli 2 00 425 1135 25, Scranton. F. E. Nettleton 15 00 Brooklyn. Kings Daughters, by Miss West Alexander. Mrs. Jane C. Davidson 100 00 Amelia H. Benjamin, for Mountain Work 500 00 Brooklyn, Park Ave. Cli., 9.; Miss M. Mor- rison, 4, for Student Aid. Willlamsburg, OHIO, $416.97. Ky.; A Friend,for Williamsburg, Ky., Chatham Center. Chatham Mission Band, SOc. . . 13 50 10; Christian Endeavor Soc., 5; Mrs. W. Big Hollow. Nelson Hitchcock 5 00, Dyer, 1. for Reading Room. Tillotson Inst 16 00 Buffalo. Chas. E. Potter, for Rosebud In- Cleveland. Jennings Ave. Cong Cli 25 00 dian K 5 00 Conneaut. Mrs. Jane Wright, for Stu- Canaan Four Corners. Y. P. 5. C. E.,for dent Aid, Fisk U s 00 Indian K 10 00 Dover. Cong. Cli 1 50 Churchville. Sab. Sch. and Mission Band Farmdale. Isaac Newton, for Williams: of Cong. Cli., Box C., for Student Aid, , burg, Ky 5 00 Macon, Ga Hampden. Cong.. Cli 5 00 Danby. Sab. 5db. of Cong. Cli 12 57 Rarbor. Cong. Cli 5t17 Deansville. Y. P. 5. C. E., for Student Aid, Medina. Friends 164 00 Avery Inst 10 00 Mount Vernon. Mr. Murphy, for Student Fredonia. Presli. Cli., 5.70; Mary F. Lord, Aid, Fisk U 1 00 5 10 70 North Kingsville. Friends, by Miss E. Fredonia. Friends,~ for Student Aid, S. Cummings, for Student Aid, Emsrson Williamsburg, Ky 500 Inst 900 Receipts. North Ridgeville. Cong. Cli. North Ridgeville. Rev. J. P. Riedinger, for Willuzmsburg, Ky Obsrlln. First Cong. Cli., 22.50; Second Cong. Cli. 22.59, for 100 Hymn Books,for Church, Aust en, Texas Oberlin. Mrs. Geo. Clark, 10; Mrs. L. G. B. Hills, 10 Olmetead. Sab. Sch. of Second Cong. Cli. Perrysburg. Rev. J. K. Deering Ruggles. Cong. Cli Sheffield. M. Kinney, for Austin, Texas.. Wauseon. Ladles H. M. Soc. of Cong. Cli. Blil. C. and House Supplies, for Mocon, Ga Wauseon. Cong. Cli Ohio Womans Home Missionary Union, by Mrs. F. L. Fairchild, Treasurer, for Wom4ns Work: North Bloomfield. Kings Daughters of Cong. Cli., for StudentAid, Atlanta U 6 00 Wasliington. W o ma n 5 Missy Soc. of Washington St.Cli 800 West Williamsfleld, Wil- ling Workers, for Moun- tam Work 5 00 W. H. M. U. of Ohio, for an Organ for Miss Collins... .. 35 50 5 05 300 45 00 20 00 2 00 2 00 20 00 25 25 50 54 50 ILLINOIS, 1609.14. Danville. Mrs. Anna W. Snow Dover. Cong. Cli..... Concord. Bol. of C., for Mobile,A Cliandlerville. Cong. Cli Chicago. Randolph St. Mission and Friends,for Indian M., 100; ~Foiends in First Cong. Cli. for Indian AL. 75..... Chicago. Leaviti St. Cong. Cli., 33 24; First Cong. Cli., 15.22. for Sehp Endowment Fisk U Earlville. J. A. D. Elmwood. Cong. Cli Evanston. Sab. Scli of Cong. Cli Hlnsdale. Sab. ~ch. of Cong. Cli., for & hp Endowment, Fisk U Hyde Park. J. A. Coles S. S. Class, 6; Anna C. Arms S. S. Class, 1 50, for Stu- dent Aid, Marion, Ala Marseilles. for Reading Room, Tillofson Inst Peoria. Box of C.. for Mobile, Ala... Princeton. Rev. F. Bascom, for Freight to Talladega, Ala Princeton. Rev. F. Bascom, D.D. Bb1. of Books, 2 for Freight, for Tillotsor Inst... Ridgeland. Cong. Cli. Sterling. First Cong. Cli Waverly. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Cli Iflinois Womans HomeMissionary UnIon, by Mrs. C. E. Maliby, Treas., for We- snails Work: Amboy 24 61 Elgin 10 00 IlL W.H. M. U 5000 MICHIGAN, 1305.44. Armada. Cong. Cli. 34.13, and Sab. Scli. 3 06 .. Adrian. A. J. Hood, for Tougaloo U Bay City. Cong. Cli Benton Harbor. Cong. Cli Chelsea. Cong. Cli Galesburg. Cong. Cli Grass Lake. Cong. Cli Hudson. First Cong. Cli Kalamazoo. First Cong. Cli Milford. William A. Arms, to conat. Hxw- BIETTA M. ARMS L.M Union City. Cong. Cli. 5 00 10 00 17 02 175 00 48 46 25 00 27 00 62 23 25 00 7 50 5 00 2 74 2 00 4576 43 00 20 50 Womans Home Missionary Union of Miclilgan, by Mrs. E. F. Grabill, Treas, for Woman. Work: Flint. Y. P. M. S 5 00 GrandBlanc. W.M.S 250 Portland. W. H. M. S 10 00 29 17 SlY WISCONSIN, 1331 50. Bristol and Paris. Y. P. 5. C. E Clintonville. Cong. Soc Eau Claire. Clieerful Givers Mission Band, First Cong. Cli Hartland. Cong. Cli Janeaville. Mrs. Little, for Tillotson Inst, Lake Geneva. Y. P. 5. C. E., for Student Aid, Fisk U Leeds. Cong.Ch Menaslia. E. D. Smith, 150; Cong. Cli., 17.84 Stoughton. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Cli West Salem. Mrs. Sarah Hayes Wisconsin Womans Home Missionary Union for Womans Work: Baraboo. W. H. M. S 2 00 Bloomington. W. H. M. 5.. 2 00 Columbus. Cong. Cli 18 16 Columbus. Sab. Scli 5 00 Darlington. W. H. M. ..... 1 50 Dulutli, (~inn.) Mrs. Dewey. 1 00 Eau Claire. V. L. M. S 15 00 Green Bay. V. P. 5. C. E 3 50 Green Bay. Childrens Mis- sionary Soc 46 Lancaster. W. H. M. S 10 00 Madison. Primary Sab. Sch. 10 00 Milwaukee. Grand Ave., W.H.M.S . 2000 Old Johnstown. S. S 1 62 Potosi. Mrs. M. W. Corey.. 1 00 IOWA, $18621. Chester Center. Cong. Cli Charles City. Mrs. Nobles S. S. Class, for Beach inst Clay. Cong. Cli. 6, and Sab. Scli. 2.94..... Fairfield. William J. Seelye Farragut. Cong. Cli Montour. Cong. Ch Posiville. Cong. Cli Pleasant Prairie. Cong. Cli Washburn. Presli. Ch.,for Williamsburg, Ky Waterloo. Cong. Cli.. for Mountain Work, 22 49; Rev. M. K. Cross, 10 3 60 8 41 6 62 1 00 30 00 14 00 167 84 1 010 2 50 91 24 16 07 14 39 8 94 25 00 20 75 ~7 71 20 86 2 00 8 00 32 49 MINNESOTA, 1211.14. Alexandria. Cong. Cli Belgrade. Cong. Cli Dulutli. Pilgrim Cong. Cli Fergus Falls. Cong. Cli Litchfleld. Four Ladles, for Stucleni Aid, Meridicen, Miss Minneapolis. Park Me. Cong. Cli., 16; Vine Cong. Cli., 510..... 84 63 Minneapolis. Cheerful Workers,Bun- dle Basted Work, for Jonestioro, Tenn... Morris. Cong Cli . New Ulm. Cong. Cli Nortlifleld. Cong. Sab. Sch., for Talla- 3719 degceC 10 00 Saint Cloud. Cong. Cli 16 31 Saint Paul. Mrs. C. C. Jolinsons S. S. 8 63 Class,for Student Aid, Talladega C 19 00 Sana Center. Cong. Cli ~ 06 Spring Valley. Cong. Cli 13 54 Sciliwater. Grace Cong. Cli 14 37 Waterville. Ladies Missy Soc., Box 52 09 Papers, for Jones boro Tenn 30 00 MISSOURI, $70.00 77 75 Kansas City. First Cong. Oh 5 81 5 00 90 50 5 70 20 50 21 10 9 14 10 00 52 82 6 4S 2 25 5 57 14 00 2 50 70 00 ~3O Receipts. KANSAS, 128 80. Highland. Miss Annie Kioss, for Student Aid,FislcLT 000 Kiowa. Rev. J. L. Halliday 11 00 Partridge. Harvest Home Festival. Cong. Sab. Sch 6 80 Topeka. First Cong. Ch., adi 1 00 NORTH DAKOTA, $89.77. Dwight. Cong. Ch 6 10 Fargo. First Cong. Ch., in part 12 92 Jamestown. Cong. Ch 8 25 Valley City. Cong. Ch S iS Wahpeton. Cong. Ch 7 25 SOUTH DAKOrA, 13858. Rapid City. Cong. Ch., to consi. MRs. ALICE GOssAGE L. M 30 20 South Dakota Womans Home Mission- ary Union, by Mrs. S. E. Fifleld, Treas.; Yankion. W. M. S 3 38 3 38 NEBRASKA, $47 37. New Castle. Cong. Ch 1 87 Nebraska Womans Home Missionary Union by Mrs. D. B. Perry, Treas.: State Union 43 00 Dover 2 50 4550 COLORADO, 937.25. Colorado Springs. First Cong. Ch 34 75 Denver. T. S. Spylen, for Student Aid, Tillotuon Inst 2 50 IDAHO, $3.00. l3oise City. H. B. Ellinwood 3 00 WASHINGTON, $10. 00. Anacortes. Pilgrim Cong. Ch 10 00 CALIFORNIA, $5 00. Murphys. Mrs. C. K. Sanger, for Afoun tam Work 5 00 MARYLAND, $15 00. Baltimore. Mrs. A. B. Woodford, for Stu dent Aid, Fi8kU 1500 KENTUCKY, $5.00. Lexington. Friends, 3.50; Miss Etta Hitchcock, 75c; Miss Mary Knox, 75c, by Prof. Foster 5 00 NORTH CAROLINA, $28.44. Asheville. F. W. Van Wagener, f& r Stu- dent Aid, Talladega C 26 50 Dry Creek. Cong. Ch . ... Pekin. Cong. Ch S GEORGIA, $1.00. Woodville. Rev. J. H. H. Sengstacke 1 00 TEXAS, $5.00. Corpus Christi. Cong. Ch s 00 CANADA, $5.00. Montreal. Chas. Alexander 5 00 SANDWICH ISLANDS, $5,005 00. Sandwich Islands, A Friend. 5000 00 SandwIch Islands. Mrs. Atherton 5 00 Donations $20600 26 Estates 1,215 10 $21 875 36 INCOME, $3,036.15. Avery Fund,for Mendi A! 702 40 Brown Schp Fund, for Talladega C 2100 DeForest Fund, for Presidents Chair, Tatladega C 503 75 General Endowment Fund, for Freedmen 30 00 Graves Library Fund, for Atlanta U 150 00 Hammond Fund, for Straight U 137 50 Hastings Schp Fund, for Atlanta U 2500 Howard Theo. Fund, for Howard U 712 50 H. W. Lincoln Schp Fund,for Tal- ladega C 30 00 Le Moyne Fund~ for LeMoyne Sch.. 257 50 Luke Memorial Schp Fund, for Taltadega C 10 00 Rice Niemorial Fund, for Talladega ~ ~ 1125 U . - 5000 Scholarship Fund, for Straight U 75 00 Stone Schp Fund, for Talladega C 25 00 Talladega ~chp Fund, for Tallade- ga C 2500 Theological Fund,for Fisk U 7 50 Tutbill King Fund, for Berea C... 125 00 Tuthill King Fund, for Atlanta U. 125 00 Yale Library Fund, for Talladega C 1275 3036 15 TUITION, $4,256.68. Lexington, Ky. Tuition .. 195 75 Williamsburg, Ky. Tuition 45 25 Chapel Hill, N. C. Tuition 4 52 Troy, N. C. Tuition 7 25 Wilmington, N. C. Tuition 239 25 Charleston, S. C. Tuition 238 12 Greenwood, S. C. Tuition 13 60 Jellico, Tenn. Tuition 101 50 Jonesboro, Tenn. County Fund 34 00 .Jonesboro. Tenn. Tuition 1 00 Memphis, Tenn. Tuition 540 75 Nashville, Tenn. Tuition 751 69 Pleasant Hill, Tenn. Tuition S SO Sherwood. Tenn. Tuition 52 00 Savannah, Ga. Tuition 239 25 Macon, Ga. Tuition 375 72 Thomasville, Ga. Tuition 65 25 Athens, Ala. Tuition 89 25 ~Iarion, Ala, TuItion 38 75 Mobile, Ala. Tuition 199 85 Selma, Ala. Tuition 93 90 Meridian, Miss, Tuition 65 00 Tougaloo, Miss. Tuition. . 304 00 New Orleans, La. Tuition 382 00 Austin, Texas. Tuition 173 53 -4,256 68 United States Government for the Educa tion of Indians 3 349 20 Total for November .132,517 39 SUMMARY. ~)onations $34,462 56 Estates 12,997 30 $47,459 86 Income 3,036 15 Tuition 4,722 61* United States Government for the Edu- cation of Indians 4 367 15 Total from Oct. 1 to Nov. 30 $59 585 88 FOR THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY. ~ubscriptions for November $ 35 90 Previously acknowledged 31 86 Total $ 67 ~6 H. W. HUBBARD, Treasurer, 56 Reade N. Y.

THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY. VOL. XLIV. FEBRUARY, 1890. No. 2. ~nte~b~tu Assb~rnIx~3 ~sod~thrn. OUR MISSIONS AND MISSIONARIES. It is our custom to publish in the second issue of the Magazine for each year a catalogue of the churches, institutions and schools into which we place the offerings devoted by those who send them, to the great work of the American Missionary Association. If our readers will look carefully at this, and preserve it for future ref- erence, they will come into sympathy more easily and truly with those who have gone from our Christian homes and churches in the name of Christ and for his sake. These pages of names and places represent many things: First.The work. Our missionaries are among four races, the white, the black, the red and the yellow. These are children of a common Father; they are under the dominion of a common sinfulness; they are the possible heirs of a common Saviour. We go to them with the same gospel, which is able to save them to the same fellowship of faith and love on earth and to the same heaven. Secondly. The missionaries and the characteristics of their work. There are represented in this list, teachers of theology, teachers of language, of history, of philosophy and of science. There are teachers of com- mon branches and higher branches. There are teachers of industries for men and women, house-makers and home-makers. There are preachers to organized churches and preachers at large whose work is to gather churches. They are all alike missionaries. Notice, also, what a large proportion of our missionary work is being done by Christian women. Well did Secretary Hiatt say, The history of this Association is a grand and splendid eulogy of woman. Our sisters who went South while the sky was yet heavy with the clouds of war from the homes of refinement and culture and religion, are many of them re 32 Rev. Prank B. Jenkins. maiiiing until now, and they are continually re-enforced from our best in- stitutions of learning in the East and in the West. There is a common fidelity on the shores of the Gulf, in the mountains of the South and among the tribes of the plains. These men and women in our churches and schools who have given themselves in consecration and sacrifice to this service are leading those who have been crushed by oppressions and wrongs of men, and who have been degraded in ignorance and in sin, to rise into a new life, and into new habits of thought and feeling. They are working to rescue millions from the woful inheritances of the pitiless centuries. They are teaching those who are to be the teachers of their people. They are preparing those who shall lead their own peo- ples. It is not a work of a score of years, nor of half a century. It is a part of the work of Christianity, whatever time it may take, and we ask those who pray /iy kingdom conie to remember these missionary teach- ers and preachers before God that they may be of good courage, faithful and patient in their ministering. li/iirdiy. 11/i ese Jciges rejresen/ also the faii/i and sacrifices of Christians by which this service of Jesus C/iris/goes on. Brethren and sisters, you who contribute to this work, read in these names assurances to gladden your hearts and cheer your faith. See what solid regiments of the Masters army are in the land where slavery has perished, but where the problems which follow it are larger than ever before. Look up the locations of these missionaries on the map, and see where they are, in the valleys and on the mountains of the South, in plains of the far West, and on the shores of the Pacific sea. They report cheering tidings. Their schools are overflowing. Converts are being added to their churches. Our insti- tutions are in harmony and zealous emulation. The year has opened auspiciously, And the best of all is, God is with us. THE REV. FRANK E. JENKINS, who succeeded the Rev. C. J. Ryder as a Field Superintendent,and who has served the Association since that time with an untiring devotion and with signal ability, has at his own urgent request been transferred from this general work to a specific part of the field. He has accepted the pastorate of the Congregational Church of New Decatur, Ala., with which we are in co-operation. Our consent to this change would have been the more reluctant but for the fact that we are in heartiest sympathy with the missionary purposes contemplated in this ex- change of service. We congratulate the New Decatur church upon its entrance into its tasteful edificerecently dedicated,with a pastor whom we relinquish from the relationships of Field Superintendent only upon his own repeated convictions of duty, and in view of his preference for this particular work.

32 Rev. Prank B. Jenkins. maiiiing until now, and they are continually re-enforced from our best in- stitutions of learning in the East and in the West. There is a common fidelity on the shores of the Gulf, in the mountains of the South and among the tribes of the plains. These men and women in our churches and schools who have given themselves in consecration and sacrifice to this service are leading those who have been crushed by oppressions and wrongs of men, and who have been degraded in ignorance and in sin, to rise into a new life, and into new habits of thought and feeling. They are working to rescue millions from the woful inheritances of the pitiless centuries. They are teaching those who are to be the teachers of their people. They are preparing those who shall lead their own peo- ples. It is not a work of a score of years, nor of half a century. It is a part of the work of Christianity, whatever time it may take, and we ask those who pray /iy kingdom conie to remember these missionary teach- ers and preachers before God that they may be of good courage, faithful and patient in their ministering. li/iirdiy. 11/i ese Jciges rejresen/ also the faii/i and sacrifices of Christians by which this service of Jesus C/iris/goes on. Brethren and sisters, you who contribute to this work, read in these names assurances to gladden your hearts and cheer your faith. See what solid regiments of the Masters army are in the land where slavery has perished, but where the problems which follow it are larger than ever before. Look up the locations of these missionaries on the map, and see where they are, in the valleys and on the mountains of the South, in plains of the far West, and on the shores of the Pacific sea. They report cheering tidings. Their schools are overflowing. Converts are being added to their churches. Our insti- tutions are in harmony and zealous emulation. The year has opened auspiciously, And the best of all is, God is with us. THE REV. FRANK E. JENKINS, who succeeded the Rev. C. J. Ryder as a Field Superintendent,and who has served the Association since that time with an untiring devotion and with signal ability, has at his own urgent request been transferred from this general work to a specific part of the field. He has accepted the pastorate of the Congregational Church of New Decatur, Ala., with which we are in co-operation. Our consent to this change would have been the more reluctant but for the fact that we are in heartiest sympathy with the missionary purposes contemplated in this ex- change of service. We congratulate the New Decatur church upon its entrance into its tasteful edificerecently dedicated,with a pastor whom we relinquish from the relationships of Field Superintendent only upon his own repeated convictions of duty, and in view of his preference for this particular work. Southern Notes. 33 SOUTHERN NOTES. BY SECRETARY A. F. BEARD. The sleeper had been transformed into a parlor car, which was used that day chiefly by the colored porter and myself. The paper-boy came through and offered me a New York Illustrated Weekly, adorned on the first page with the portrait of Jefferson Davis, for whom the South was then mourning with great abundance of white and black cotton cloth. After I had declined with thanks to invest in this picture, I turned to the colored porter who was travelling in the white mans car in apparent social equality and casually remarked, Your people should feel very grateful to Jefferson Davis for what he did for you. You ought to have that picture. With a surprise that he could not conceal, he intimated that he did not understand me. He didnt care for it, and didnt know what Jeff Davis had done for his people. Time being at some discount, I undertook to tell him that Jefferson Davis did more than any other person to take the South out of the Union. He was chief among the secessionists. Then, as President, he made so many mistakes, he did more than any other man to prevent the success of the Confederacy. He did more to bring about the freedom of the slave than any other man. Since the emancipation of your race came on as a consequence of secession, why should you not be grateful to Jefferson Davis and cherish his memory? The black man by this time had gathered himself up for his reply to my Q. E. D. Not knowing what my sympathies might be, he replied in a slow and careful way, Well, sir, I cant see it as you do. The way it looks to me is this, you know. In these days there are a good many people who dont believe in Godnot muchbut I reckon it was God who set my people free. You see, he didnt want that condition of things any longer. It was God who did it, sir, thats what I think, and I dont believe it was Jeff Davis. Thats my view. I did not argue the question further. When one gets down solid upon the decrees, then I stop. But as the car rolled along with the speed usual on Southern railways, I pondered the text, The wrath of man shall praise Him, and the remainder thereof shall he restrain. He was a colored porter, and I may have transgressed the laws of social equality in asking him aught other than to make up the berth, and to call me early. With the judgment resting upon Geo. W. Cable who is never to be forgotten or forgiven because he had conference with some colored people in Nashville, and did not insult themone should be very careful of his social equality. Nevertheless, I ventured to talk with this colored porter. I asked him what he knew about his race, and what he thought of his people and their prospects.

Southern Notes. 33 SOUTHERN NOTES. BY SECRETARY A. F. BEARD. The sleeper had been transformed into a parlor car, which was used that day chiefly by the colored porter and myself. The paper-boy came through and offered me a New York Illustrated Weekly, adorned on the first page with the portrait of Jefferson Davis, for whom the South was then mourning with great abundance of white and black cotton cloth. After I had declined with thanks to invest in this picture, I turned to the colored porter who was travelling in the white mans car in apparent social equality and casually remarked, Your people should feel very grateful to Jefferson Davis for what he did for you. You ought to have that picture. With a surprise that he could not conceal, he intimated that he did not understand me. He didnt care for it, and didnt know what Jeff Davis had done for his people. Time being at some discount, I undertook to tell him that Jefferson Davis did more than any other person to take the South out of the Union. He was chief among the secessionists. Then, as President, he made so many mistakes, he did more than any other man to prevent the success of the Confederacy. He did more to bring about the freedom of the slave than any other man. Since the emancipation of your race came on as a consequence of secession, why should you not be grateful to Jefferson Davis and cherish his memory? The black man by this time had gathered himself up for his reply to my Q. E. D. Not knowing what my sympathies might be, he replied in a slow and careful way, Well, sir, I cant see it as you do. The way it looks to me is this, you know. In these days there are a good many people who dont believe in Godnot muchbut I reckon it was God who set my people free. You see, he didnt want that condition of things any longer. It was God who did it, sir, thats what I think, and I dont believe it was Jeff Davis. Thats my view. I did not argue the question further. When one gets down solid upon the decrees, then I stop. But as the car rolled along with the speed usual on Southern railways, I pondered the text, The wrath of man shall praise Him, and the remainder thereof shall he restrain. He was a colored porter, and I may have transgressed the laws of social equality in asking him aught other than to make up the berth, and to call me early. With the judgment resting upon Geo. W. Cable who is never to be forgotten or forgiven because he had conference with some colored people in Nashville, and did not insult themone should be very careful of his social equality. Nevertheless, I ventured to talk with this colored porter. I asked him what he knew about his race, and what he thought of his people and their prospects. 34 Paragraphs. He said, I was raised in North Carolina, never had much chance my- self, had only a country school to go tokept by a colored mannot very good teacherpretty good-better than none. But theres good many good schools now, and good many smart colored people by this time, sir. Theres a good many risin all the time. Old Fred. Douglass is a right smart man, you know; but then he sort o left his race when he married a white woman. We dont think so much of him as a leader as we used to. The car rolled on. It was two hours late at my station. The bus man who stood in the stage door and collected the fares was conversational. He was unaware that by my ride and conversation in the car, I had for- feited my social equality with him. Hence he did not ostracise me; but smiling, said, Train very late to-day, sir. Isnt it usually as late as this ? I asked. Invariably, sir, except when its later. PARAGRAPHS. DR. RAN KIN, the newly-elected President of Howard University, writes: EVERYTHING at the University begins very promisingly. We had a crowded preaching service on Sunday night, and are observing the week of prayer at 12:30 noon. The meetings are full and impressive. If a donor should give a great material gift to the University, I am sure I ought to write you. But the great Giver is giving us the choicest of spiritual gifts. Eight of the students, one of them a senior, this noon ex- pressed a desire for prayers. We continue the daily meeting at noon. THE immigration into the United States is steadily declining, as appears by the figures reported in the papers, while the blending of the foreigners here is steadily and rapidly going forward, rendering them speedily one people. On the other hand, the colored population in the Southern States is steadily augmenting, while the alienation between the black and white races in the South is becoming more pronounced. The Southern problem is the more difficult of solution. A clergyman in a Southern town who is connected with families of great influence, and who ministers to a large white church, is accustomed to preach every afternoon in a colored church under the care of this Associa- tion. He usually repeats to the colored church the sermon preached in the forenoon to his own people, and finds that those who hear it in the afternoon appreciate it fully. The two remarkable facts in this incident are that the gentleman should consent to do this gratuitous labor for the colored church, and that the colored church should understand and appre- ciate the sermon prepared for the cultured white congregation.

34 Paragraphs. He said, I was raised in North Carolina, never had much chance my- self, had only a country school to go tokept by a colored mannot very good teacherpretty good-better than none. But theres good many good schools now, and good many smart colored people by this time, sir. Theres a good many risin all the time. Old Fred. Douglass is a right smart man, you know; but then he sort o left his race when he married a white woman. We dont think so much of him as a leader as we used to. The car rolled on. It was two hours late at my station. The bus man who stood in the stage door and collected the fares was conversational. He was unaware that by my ride and conversation in the car, I had for- feited my social equality with him. Hence he did not ostracise me; but smiling, said, Train very late to-day, sir. Isnt it usually as late as this ? I asked. Invariably, sir, except when its later. PARAGRAPHS. DR. RAN KIN, the newly-elected President of Howard University, writes: EVERYTHING at the University begins very promisingly. We had a crowded preaching service on Sunday night, and are observing the week of prayer at 12:30 noon. The meetings are full and impressive. If a donor should give a great material gift to the University, I am sure I ought to write you. But the great Giver is giving us the choicest of spiritual gifts. Eight of the students, one of them a senior, this noon ex- pressed a desire for prayers. We continue the daily meeting at noon. THE immigration into the United States is steadily declining, as appears by the figures reported in the papers, while the blending of the foreigners here is steadily and rapidly going forward, rendering them speedily one people. On the other hand, the colored population in the Southern States is steadily augmenting, while the alienation between the black and white races in the South is becoming more pronounced. The Southern problem is the more difficult of solution. A clergyman in a Southern town who is connected with families of great influence, and who ministers to a large white church, is accustomed to preach every afternoon in a colored church under the care of this Associa- tion. He usually repeats to the colored church the sermon preached in the forenoon to his own people, and finds that those who hear it in the afternoon appreciate it fully. The two remarkable facts in this incident are that the gentleman should consent to do this gratuitous labor for the colored church, and that the colored church should understand and appre- ciate the sermon prepared for the cultured white congregation. Beautiful 6~ft.The & uthern 8ituation. 35 A BEAUTIFUL GIFT. Mr. Silas M. Rideout, of Cumberland, Maine, has presented to the American Missionary Association, through the Boston office, a most beau- tiful box for keepsakes. It is about 6 inches in width, 9 in length and 4 in depth, made of inlaid woods of different colors very tastefully arranged, American Missionary being set in the cover. The inside is lined with plush. On a card in the box the following was written by a friend: This box was presented to the American Missionary Association by a good man living in a small town in Maine, who, like that good fisherman of whom we have heard, gives such as he had. This dear brother of four- score and two years, made this box and presented it to the American Mis- sionary Association, with its contents $10.25, which was contributed by such of his friends as desired to have a look at the skill of their aged brother in. his work of love for the cause of Christ. It was intended by our venerable friend that this box should draw other contributions and finally be sold, the proceeds to be devoted to the work of the American Missionary Association in which Mr. Rideout has been so deeply inter- ested for many years. A gentleman in Boston offers $12 for the box. Will not some one make a better offer, and in this way recognize the re- markable skill of this aged friend in his effort to increase the income of the Association to help the needy millions among whom our mission- aries labor? THE SOUTHERN SITUATION. SOME SUGGESTIVE FACTS. First Fact. The condition of the colored man in the South is becom- ing more pitiable and precarious. Mr. Grady, in his last speech, announced the unalterable purpose of the Southern whites never to submit to Negro rule, and we read not long since of a quiet election held in a Southern city, because the colored people, duly warned, kept away from the polls~ We know something, also, of the struggles of that people against almost insuperable ~Iifficulties in trying to obtain food, homes and education. In addition to all this, the public press keeps us informed with sad frequency of the repeated murders inflicted upon the defenceless colored people. Second Fact. We learn with gratification that Southern people of high standing denounce these outrages. Governor Richardson, of South Caro- lina, assured a colored delegation that called upon him, that he had offered a reward for the apprehension of the Barnwell murderers, and pledged his sacred word that nothing would be undone on his part to bring the lynch- ers to condign punishment. Senator Wade Hampton is said to have en- dorsed the sentiments of the Governor, and leading Southern papers have censured in unmeasured terms this outrage. But as yet these murderers have not been arrested, and we presume that

Beautiful 6~ft.The & uthern 8ituation. 35 A BEAUTIFUL GIFT. Mr. Silas M. Rideout, of Cumberland, Maine, has presented to the American Missionary Association, through the Boston office, a most beau- tiful box for keepsakes. It is about 6 inches in width, 9 in length and 4 in depth, made of inlaid woods of different colors very tastefully arranged, American Missionary being set in the cover. The inside is lined with plush. On a card in the box the following was written by a friend: This box was presented to the American Missionary Association by a good man living in a small town in Maine, who, like that good fisherman of whom we have heard, gives such as he had. This dear brother of four- score and two years, made this box and presented it to the American Mis- sionary Association, with its contents $10.25, which was contributed by such of his friends as desired to have a look at the skill of their aged brother in. his work of love for the cause of Christ. It was intended by our venerable friend that this box should draw other contributions and finally be sold, the proceeds to be devoted to the work of the American Missionary Association in which Mr. Rideout has been so deeply inter- ested for many years. A gentleman in Boston offers $12 for the box. Will not some one make a better offer, and in this way recognize the re- markable skill of this aged friend in his effort to increase the income of the Association to help the needy millions among whom our mission- aries labor? THE SOUTHERN SITUATION. SOME SUGGESTIVE FACTS. First Fact. The condition of the colored man in the South is becom- ing more pitiable and precarious. Mr. Grady, in his last speech, announced the unalterable purpose of the Southern whites never to submit to Negro rule, and we read not long since of a quiet election held in a Southern city, because the colored people, duly warned, kept away from the polls~ We know something, also, of the struggles of that people against almost insuperable ~Iifficulties in trying to obtain food, homes and education. In addition to all this, the public press keeps us informed with sad frequency of the repeated murders inflicted upon the defenceless colored people. Second Fact. We learn with gratification that Southern people of high standing denounce these outrages. Governor Richardson, of South Caro- lina, assured a colored delegation that called upon him, that he had offered a reward for the apprehension of the Barnwell murderers, and pledged his sacred word that nothing would be undone on his part to bring the lynch- ers to condign punishment. Senator Wade Hampton is said to have en- dorsed the sentiments of the Governor, and leading Southern papers have censured in unmeasured terms this outrage. But as yet these murderers have not been arrested, and we presume that 36 The Southern Situation. no one expects they will be. The murderers of Mr. Clayton, of Arkan- sas, who presumed to ;un as an independent candidate for Congress, were denounced by the authorities of the State, and rewards were offered for their apprehension. But, though many months have elapsed, they have not been arrested, and no one, North or South, imagines that they will be punished. Kind words from Southern officials will not solve the great problem. Third Fact. The colored people bear up well under all these trying circumstances. We should suppose they would be utterly discouraged, for they see little prospect of securing their rights as men and citizens, and even life and property are not safe. They are allured to a change of loca- tion by flaming handbills, making tempting but deceptive offers of better wages and better homes. They are hunted down and massacred, and yet their wrongs are unredressed. But in spite of all this, they struggle on, constantly gaining property and homes, some of them acquiring wealth. If they are deceived on reach- ing some new Eldorado, losing their all in making the change, they do not give up, but strike in again. If they are not safe in some rural districts, they go to the cities. But best of all, their educated men are showing great wisdom and moderation, as witness the calm and dispassionate action of the Convention of the most intelligent and influential colored men in Charleston, S. C., after the Barnwell massacre. They passed resolutions of dignified condemnation of the wrong, yet urged their people to remain quiet, and let the proper authorities vindicate the law. The forbearance of that meeting has won the commendations of leading white men in the .South. And here let us say, that the white people of the South make no greater mistake, than when they imagine that it is a dangerous thing to educate the colored people. On the contrary, we believe that the facts make it manifest that it is by these educated men that their race will be guided wisely and safely through this great crisis, and that if a war of races is to be avoided, these educated colored men will be a grand factor in avert- ing it. Four//i Fact. It is conceded by all right-thinking people, that the edu- cation of the colored race is the only true solution of the Southern prob- lem. This has been declared in Presidential messages, in the utterances of such candid men as Dr. Curry, Dr. Haygood and Colonel Keating, by wri- ters in all the Northern religious papers, and is, we believe, the accepted and settled opinion of Christian people at the North. Everybody admits, also, that there is a crisis coming, and that what is done for Negro educa- tion must be done quickly. The North has a duty in this matter, and ad- mits it. Our constituents have a special duty in the case, and they feel it. They have done nobly in the past, and have assumed great responsibilities which cannot now be neglected or deferred. But here is the strangest of Dr. PattonBevival at Straight University. 37 all the facts in this series With the urgency before them, our constituents do not make a corresponding increase in tkeir donations. We feel impelled to urge this upon the attention of pastors, churches and individuals. Brethren and friends, do not delay as in the case of sla- very, till the conflict comes Do not expect that everybody else is doing what is needed. The responsibility is personal and pressing, and each in- dividual and church can meet it only by making larger giftsnot from an impulse, but from a deliberate purpose formed under a sense of obliga- tion to the Negro, the Nation and to Christ. REV. W. W. PATTON, D.D., L.L.D. The sudden and unexpected death of Dr. Patton takes away a man who has made a shining mark in the various relations of pastor, secretary, edi- tor and president of a university. All these responsible positions he has filled with great fidelity and success. It becomes us to speak especially of his relations to this Association, which have been intimate and special. He was one of the few men present at the formation of the American Mission- ary Association in Albany in 1846, encountering the obloquy and ostracism which was then attached to those who favored the new movement. In i868 he became the Western Corresponding Secretary of the Association in Chi- cago, and held this position for about two years. In 1877 he accepted the Presidency of Howard University in Washington, D. C., the theological department of which is under the care of the Association, and in which Dr. Patton was a teacher. Thus from the founding of the Association till the time of his death, Dr. Patton had been connected with it, sometimes officially, and always with deep sympathy and earnest co-operation. He was in usual health, with his wonted vigor of body and mind, till within a few hours of his death, and on the day on which that occurred, his Presidency of Howard University expired by the terms of his resignation. He seemed to be fitted for further usefulness, and had looked forward with the expectation of using his pen and voice in the interests of the Master whom he had so faithfully served, but the scene of his active enjoyment and services was by that Master transferred to the higher realm. REVIVAL AT STRAIGHT UNIVERSITY. President Hitchcock writes from Straight University Our meetings during the week of prayer, took on the character of revival meetings, and I have never before seen the school so stirred. Every girl boarding in Stone Hall is professedly converted, and there are not more than eight or ten boys who are not in the same good way, and every one of these is in- terested and has asked for prayers. Rejoice with us and pray for us.

Dr. PattonBevival at Straight University. 37 all the facts in this series With the urgency before them, our constituents do not make a corresponding increase in tkeir donations. We feel impelled to urge this upon the attention of pastors, churches and individuals. Brethren and friends, do not delay as in the case of sla- very, till the conflict comes Do not expect that everybody else is doing what is needed. The responsibility is personal and pressing, and each in- dividual and church can meet it only by making larger giftsnot from an impulse, but from a deliberate purpose formed under a sense of obliga- tion to the Negro, the Nation and to Christ. REV. W. W. PATTON, D.D., L.L.D. The sudden and unexpected death of Dr. Patton takes away a man who has made a shining mark in the various relations of pastor, secretary, edi- tor and president of a university. All these responsible positions he has filled with great fidelity and success. It becomes us to speak especially of his relations to this Association, which have been intimate and special. He was one of the few men present at the formation of the American Mission- ary Association in Albany in 1846, encountering the obloquy and ostracism which was then attached to those who favored the new movement. In i868 he became the Western Corresponding Secretary of the Association in Chi- cago, and held this position for about two years. In 1877 he accepted the Presidency of Howard University in Washington, D. C., the theological department of which is under the care of the Association, and in which Dr. Patton was a teacher. Thus from the founding of the Association till the time of his death, Dr. Patton had been connected with it, sometimes officially, and always with deep sympathy and earnest co-operation. He was in usual health, with his wonted vigor of body and mind, till within a few hours of his death, and on the day on which that occurred, his Presidency of Howard University expired by the terms of his resignation. He seemed to be fitted for further usefulness, and had looked forward with the expectation of using his pen and voice in the interests of the Master whom he had so faithfully served, but the scene of his active enjoyment and services was by that Master transferred to the higher realm. REVIVAL AT STRAIGHT UNIVERSITY. President Hitchcock writes from Straight University Our meetings during the week of prayer, took on the character of revival meetings, and I have never before seen the school so stirred. Every girl boarding in Stone Hall is professedly converted, and there are not more than eight or ten boys who are not in the same good way, and every one of these is in- terested and has asked for prayers. Rejoice with us and pray for us. 38 The Field Workers. THE FIELD. 1889-1890. The following list presents the names and post-office addresses of those who are employed in the Churches, Institutions and Schools aided by the American Missionary A8sociation. THE SOUTH. WASHINGTON, D. C. THEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT, HOWARD UNIVERSITY. Rev. J. E. Rankin, D.D., LL.D., Washington, D. C. J. G. Craighead, D.D., A. W. Pitzer, D.D., S. M. Newman, D.D., John G. Butler, D.D., G. W. Moore, WASHINGTON, (LINCOLN MEMORIAL CHURCH). Pastor and Missionary, Rev. G. W. Moore, Washington, D. C. Mrs. G. W. Moore, WASHINGTON, (PLYMOUTH CHURCH). Minister, Rev. S. N. Brown, Washington, D. C. Rev. H. B. Frissell, Mr. James R. Barrett, VIRGINIA. HAMPTON. Minister, DANYILLE. Teacher, Hampton, Va. Danville, Va. NORTH CAROLINA. WILMINGTON. Minister, Rev. Geo. S. Rollins, Monson, Mass. GREGORY INSTITUTE. (613 Nun Street). Princii5ai.Geo. A. Woodard, Weymouth, Mass.

38 The Field Workers. THE FIELD. 1889-1890. The following list presents the names and post-office addresses of those who are employed in the Churches, Institutions and Schools aided by the American Missionary A8sociation. THE SOUTH. WASHINGTON, D. C. THEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT, HOWARD UNIVERSITY. Rev. J. E. Rankin, D.D., LL.D., Washington, D. C. J. G. Craighead, D.D., A. W. Pitzer, D.D., S. M. Newman, D.D., John G. Butler, D.D., G. W. Moore, WASHINGTON, (LINCOLN MEMORIAL CHURCH). Pastor and Missionary, Rev. G. W. Moore, Washington, D. C. Mrs. G. W. Moore, WASHINGTON, (PLYMOUTH CHURCH). Minister, Rev. S. N. Brown, Washington, D. C. Rev. H. B. Frissell, Mr. James R. Barrett, VIRGINIA. HAMPTON. Minister, DANYILLE. Teacher, Hampton, Va. Danville, Va. NORTH CAROLINA. WILMINGTON. Minister, Rev. Geo. S. Rollins, Monson, Mass. GREGORY INSTITUTE. (613 Nun Street). Princii5ai.Geo. A. Woodard, Weymouth, Mass. The Field Workers. 39 Miss F. E. Breckenridge, Mina L. Lewis, Alice J. Patch, Flora J. Mallory, Katherine M. Jacobs, Minnie T. Strout, Helen M. Hanson, Mrs. EllenLewis, Ware, Mass. Columbus, Ohio. Galesburg, Ill. Franklin, N. Y. South Hadley Falls, Mass. Salem, Mass. Somerville, Mass. Columbus, Ohio. BEAUFORT. Ailznister, Rev. Michael E. Jerkins, Beaufort, N. C. WASHBURN SEMINARY. Princzjpai.Miss M. El Wilcox, Miss H. J. Allyn, Cornelia P. Lewis, Miriam P. Harvey, Madison, Ohio. Lorain, Ohio. St. Paul, Minn. Aurora, Ill. RALEIGH. M:nister, Rev. A. W. Curtis, Miss A. W. Farrington, Crete, Neb. Sj5eciai Missionary, Portland, Me. OAKS, CEDAR CLIFF AND MELVILLE. Rev. A. W. Curtis, Miss E. W. Douglas, Minister and Teacher, Crete, Neb. Decorah, Iowa. MoLEANSYILLE AND CHAPEL HILL. Rev. Alfred Connet, Miss Nettie Connet, Mr. 0. Connet, Minister and Teachers, Solsberry, Ind. STRIEBY AND SALEM. Rev. Z. Simmons, Mrs. Elinor Walden, Minister and Teacher, Strieby, N. C. NALLS. Minister an(i Teaeher, Rev. M. L. Baldwin, Nalls, N. C. 40 The Field Workers. HILLSBORO. Miss Myrie Connet, Addie Connet, Rev. Jno. XV. Freeman, Rev. A. W. Curtis. Miss Bessie Bechan, Florence Watt, Miss Kate Powell, Teachers, DUDLEY. A/mis/er and Teacher, TROY. Minis/er, Teachers, DRY CREEK. Teacher, McLeansville, N. C. Newark, N. J. Crete, Neb. Fergus, Ont. Ware, Mass. Dry Creek, N. C. ALL HEALING SPRINGS. Teachers, Princ:~pai.Miss E. C. Prudden, Miss Alice E. Peck, Jennie Rawls, Mary Lee, Agnes Davis, Mrs. Lee, Blowing Rock, N. C. Alexandria, N. Y. All Healing, N. C. 0 BLOWING ROCK. Teachers, Princz:pal.Miss E. C. Prudden, Miss Abbie L. Perkins, Mary E. Kelley, Anna L. Wilson, Blowing Rock, N. C. Monticello, Minn. Wheaton, Ill. Blowing Rock, N. C. SOUTH CAROLINA. CHARLESTON. Rev. Geo. C. Rowe, Afinis/er, Charleston, S. C. AVERY INSTITUTE. ~ Bull Street). Principai.Morrison A. Holmes, Miss A. Merriam, Emma Allen, Mr. E. A. Lawrence, Miss Grace Dow, Lee, Mass. Westboro, Mass. Merrick, Mass. Charleston, S. C. Charlotte, Mich. The Field Workers. 41 Miss May Holmes, Mary L. Deas, Mrs. M. A. Holmes, Lee, Mass Charleston, S. C. Lee, Mass. GREENWOOD. BREWER NORMAL SCHOOL. Rev. J. E. B. Jewett, Mrs. J. E. B. Jewett, M. M. Pond, Miss C. M. Day, Pepperell, Mass. Spencerport, N. Y. GEORGIA. AIinister, Rev. C. W. Francis, Atlanta, Ga. ATLANTA UNIVERSITY. President.Rev. Horace Rev. Cyrus XV. Francis, A.M., Myron W. Adams, John H. Hincks, A.B., Mr. Clarence E. Tucker, Edgar H. Webster, John W. Young, Elijah H. Holmes, Walter D. Smith, D. R. Lewis, Miss Emily H. Abbot, Mrs. Lucy E. Case, Hattie N. Chase, Miss Susan A. Cooley, Jennie Dow, Lydia M. Hardy, Carrie E. Jones, Gwendoline Lyman, Rebecca Massey, Ella W. Moore, Mary A. Richardson, Mary E. Sands, Idella M. Swift, Olive A. Thompson, M. Agnes Tuck, Mrs. E. L. S. Vincent, Miss Emma C. Ware, Bumstead, D.D., Atlanta, Ga. Atlanta, Ga. Fitchburg, Mass. Boston, Mass. Atlanta, Ga. ~ Millbury, Mass. West Randolph, Vt. Bavaria, Kan. Atlanta, Ga. Oberlin, Ohio. Chicago, Ill. Atlanta, Ga. Saco, Me. Atlanta, Ga. Durham, N. H. Exeter, N. H. Atlanta, Ga. Norfolk, Mass. 42 The Field Workers. ATLANTA, (FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH). Rev. Samuel P. Smith, Miss Lizzie Stevenson, Rev. John R. McLean, Aifln:szer, Halifax, England. Special Missionary, Bellefontaine, 0. MACON. Minis/er, BALLARD NORMAL SCHOOL. Princ~i5al.Mrs. L. A. Shaw, Miss B. L: Patten, A. J. Coleman, E. B. Scobie, Myrtie Harlow, S. F. Clark, Bertha N. Anthony, J. F. Maynard, Anna L. Bishop, Altha M. Benton, Mrs. F. B. Green, Mr. E. B. McKibban, Macon, Ga. (8o6 Pine Street). Oswego, N. Y. Somers, Conn. Cannonsburg, Pa. Peninsula, Ohio. Bangor, Me. Medina, Ohio. Rochester, N. Y. Keene, N. H. Rocjhester, N. Y. Macon, Ga. SAVANNAH. *Rev. L. B. Maxwell, Minis/er, BEACH INSTITUTE. Princz 5a1.Adele A. Holmes, Miss Rose M. Willey, Hattie J. Brown, C. M. Dox, H. I. Martin, Ruth B. Stinson, Julia Fitch, Julia C. Andrews, Savannah, Ga. (30 Harris Street). Lee, Mass. Maplewood, N. H. So. Sudbury, Mass. Kalamazoo, Mich. Toledo, Ohio. Woolwich, Me. Aurora, Ill. Milltown, N. B. THOMASYILLE. NORMAL AND INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL. Princz/al.Mrs. W. L. Gordon, Richmond, Mich. Miss J. A. Goodwin, Mason, N. H. Alice E. Jewell, Olivet, Mich. B. M. Landfear, New Haven, Conn. R. W. Hulsizer, Sidney, N. J. Clara Dole, Oberlin, Ohio. Thls church ha8 assumed self-support. The Field Workers. 4g Miss Anna M. Poppino, A. D. Gerrish, Mrs. E. M. Holton, Rev. F. R. Sims, New Wilmington, Pa. Warren, Mass. Upper Alton, Ill. McINTOSH. Afhnzster, McIntosh, Ga. DORCHESTER ACADEMY. PrinczPai.Payson E. Little, Columbia, Conn. Miss Lizzie M. Kuhi, Lawrenceville, Pa. Lizzie Thompson, Chicago, Ill. Ella C. Abbott, Winchester, Mass. Mrs. Payson E. Little, Columbia, Conn. Miss M. L. Santley, Wellington, Ohio. Rev. James S. Walker, Mrs. James S. Walker, CYPRESS SLASH. li/mister and Teachers. Cypress Slash, Ga. MILLERS STATION. A/mister, Rev. Wilson Callen, Rev. Geo. V. Clark, Mr. Lewis S. Clark, Mrs. A. W. Richardson, Mr. Edw. Richardson, Rev. J. H. H. Sengstacke, Mr. J. Lloyd, Rev. Mr. F. H. Henderson, Savannah, Ga. ATHENS. Minister and Teacher, Atlanta, Ga. Athens, Ga. MARSHALL VILLE. Teachers, Marshailville, Ga. WOODVILLE. Minister and Teacher, Savannah, Ga. MARIETTA. Minister and Teacher, CUTHBERT. Teacher, Cuthbert, Ga. ALBANY. Mr. W. C. Greene, Teacher, Albany, Ga. 44 The Field Workers. BAINBRIDGE. Mr. A. W. Hall, Teacher, Bainbridge, Ga. RUTLAND, ANDERSONYILLE AND BYRON. Rev. (Charles F. Sargent, Minister, Macon, Ga. Rev. J. A. Jones, MILFORD. Minister, Talladega, Ala. FLORIDA. FAIRBANKS. Miss E. M. Caughey, Helen Barton, Rev. W. A. Benedict, Rev. G. W. Andrews. D.D., Teachers, N. Kingsville, Ohio. Terre Haute, md. ORANGE PARK. Minister, ALABAMA. Minister, Orange Park, Fla. Talladega, Ala. TALLADEGA COLLEGE. PresidentRev. H. S. DeForest, D.D., Talladega, Ala. Rev. G. W. Andrews, D.D., Mr. H. W. Marsh, A.B., Fredk Reed, AM., LL.B., John Orr, E. A. Bishop, E. C. Silsby, Miss May L. Phillips, E. J. Peck, J. A. Ainsworth, Carrie E. Wheeler, Carrie E. Parkhurst, Carrie B. Chamberlain, Harriet J. McElree, Jessie 0. Hart, SaraJ. Elder, Cannonsburg, Pa. Bristol, Conn. Newton Highlands, Mass. Union City, Pa. Manchester, N. H. Allegheny City, Pa. Pa. W. Cornwall, Conn. Melrose, Mass. Easton, Pa. Boston, Mass. Clinton, Mass. Talladega, Ala. The Field Worker8. 45 Mrs. H. W. Marsh, I\liss Alice F. Topping, Mrs. H. S. DeForest, G. W. Andrews, Rev. F. G. Ragland, Easton, Pa. Olivet, Mich. Talladega, Ala. MOBILE. Minister, Mobile, Ala. EMERSON INSTITUTE. Principal. Charles M. Stevens, Clearwater, Minn. Miss Alice M. Patten, Topham, Me. H. C. Whitsey, Dover, Ohio. A. Z. Woodruff, Oberlin, Ohio. Mrs. H. C. Hecock, Elyria, Ohio. Miss Mary R. Whitcomb, Redfield, Dak. Anna Richard, L. A. Pingree, Nellie Murray, Bellevue, Mich. Denmark, Me. Union City, Pa. MONTGOMERY. Rev. R. C. Bedford, Minister, Watertown, Wis. ATHENS. Minister, Rev. H. S. Williams, Athens, Ala. TRINITY SCHOOL. Princ~i5aZ.Miss M. F. Wells, Miss Kate E. Sherwood, Alice M. Whitsey, Louise Merrick, Mary E. Perkins, Rev. W. I. Larkin, Princz~bal.Walter H. Miss Emma F. King, Mary Hoyt, Mrs. W. H. Perry, Miss 0. E. Angell, Louise Holman, Ann Arbor, Mich. St. Joseph, Mich. Dover, Ohio. Canton, Pa. Norwich, Conn. MARION. Minister, Devonshire, England. NORMAL SCH0OL, Perry, New Britain, Conn. Oak Park, Ill. New Britain, Conn. Greenville, R. I. Lincoln, Neb. SELMA. Minister, Rev. E. J. Penney, Selma, Ala. 46 The Field Workers. BURRELL Princ4~ai.Amos W. Farnham. Miss Alice E. Jewell, C. H. Loomis, Mary D. Hyde, Anna D. Harrison, Mary W. Smith, Mary A. Dillard, Mrs. C. A. Fitch, Miss M. K. Lunt, Rev. A. Simmons, SCHOOL. Hannibal, N. V. Olivet, Mich. Denver, Col. Zumbrota, Minn. Selma, Ala. Hannibal, N. V. New Gloucester, Me. KYMULGA. Minister. Talladega, Ala. LAWSONVILLE AND COVE. Minis/er and Teacher. Talladega, Ala. Rev. E. E. Sims, Mr. Washington Hamilton, JENIFER AND IRONATON. Minister, Rev. J. B. Grant, Rev. J. R. Sims, Talladega, Ala. SHELBY IRON WORKS. Minister, Talladega, Ala. CHILDERSBURG. Minister, Rev. H. W. Conley, Miss Mary E. McLane, Isabel Kimball, ANNISTON. Minister, Teachers, Talladega, Ala. New Haven, Conn. Wentworth, Iowa. Rev. Spencer Snell, Miss S. S. Evans, BIRMINGHAM. Minister, Missionary, Birmingham, Ala. Fryeburg, Maine. NEW DECATUR. PLYMOUTH CHURCH. Minister, Rev. F. E. Jenkins, South Coventry, Conn. The Field Workers. 47 Rev. Thos. J. Austin, Mrs. Katie L. Austin, Rev. Geo. S. Smith, Mr. A. L. De Mond, FLORENCE. Minister and Teachers, Jackson, Tenn. FORT PAYNE. Minister und Teacher, Raleigh, N. C. Fort Payne, Ala. COTTON VALLEY. Teachers, Miss Lilla V. Davis, Alice A. Torbert, Boston, Mass. Tuskegee, Ala. TALLASSEE. Teachers, Miss Emma C. Stevens, Mrs. Missouri C. Blanko, Tuskegee, Ala. SOCIETY HILL. Teacher, Mrs. J. C. Tyson, Society Hill, Ala. FRANKFORT, (P. 0. RocK CREEK). Teacher, Miss A. W. Barnes, Evans Mills, N. Y. TENNESSEE. NASHVILLE. Minister, Rev. Henry S. Bennett, D.D., Nashville, Tenn. FISK UNIvERSITy. President.Rev. E. M. Cravath, D.D., Nashville, Tenn. Rev. A. K. Spence, A.M., H. S. Bennett, D.D., F. A. Chase, A.M., Prof. H. C. Morgan, A.M., H. H. Wright, A.M., E. C. Stickel, Mr. Price Jackson, Miss A. T. Ballantine, Fanny Andrews, Anna M. Cahill, Oberlin, Ohio. State College, Pa. Oberlin, Ohio. Milltown, N. B. Nashville, Tenn. 48 The Field Workers. Miss Mary Fuller Penfield, Charlotte Vanderveen, Myrta L. Preston, Miriam E. Carey, Ida M. Tindale, Mrs. L. R. Greene, Miss J. A. Robinson, Gertrude M. Hale, L. A. Parmelee, M. A. Kinney, Frances Yeomans, Mrs. W. D. McFarland, Mr. M. H. Stevens, Miss S. M. Wells, Rockford, Ill. Montague, Mich. Grinnel], Iowa. Huntsburg, 0. Pontiac, Ill. North Amherst, Mass. Oberlin, Ohio. Winchendon, Mass. Toledo, Ohio. Whitewater, Wis. Danville, Ill. Winsted, Conn. Nashville, Tenn. Middletown, N. Y. NASHViLLE (HOWARD CHURCH.) Rev. R. B. Johns, Minister, Reading, Pa. NASHVILLE (THIRD CHURCH.) Minister, Rev. R. B. Johns, Reading, Pa. GOODLETTSYILLE. Minis/er, Rev. J. D. Miller, Nashville, Tenn. SPRINGFIELD. Miss Justine H. Brown, *Rev. B. A. Lines, Teacher, MEMPHIS. Minister, LEMOYNE INSTITUTE, Princzz5ai.-Andrew J. Steele, Miss E. A. Barnes, Emma C. Williams, Susie Walker, C. R. Goldsmith, Emma Goldsmith, Mattie A. Henderson, Zulee Felton, Frances M. Carrier, Springfield, Tenn. Oberlin, Ohio. (294 Orleans St). Whitewater, Wis. Tallmadge, Ohio. Glenwood, Iowa. South Weymouth, Mass. Chester, N. H. Memphis, Tenn. Beloit, Wis. ThIs church has assumed self-support. The Field Workers. 49 Miss F. A. McCullough, Mrs. M. L. Jenkins, Mr. Thos. P. Rawlings, B. F. Woodson, Rev. Samuel Rose, Miss Anna R. Miner, Belle R. Parmenter, Mrs. Grace M. Rose, Rev. Eugene A. Johnson, JONESBORO. Minister, Teachers, KNOXVILLE. Minister, Memphis, Tenn. Marion, Kan. Memphis, Tenn. Poquonock, Conn. Lyme, Conn. Rockford, Iowa. Poquonock, Conn. Knoxville, Tenn. CHATTANOOGA. Minister, Rev. Jos. E. Smith, Rev. G. Stanley Pope, Chattanooga, Tenn. TENNESSEE MOUNTAIN WORK. General Missionary, Grand View, Tenn. GRAND VIEW. Minister and Instructor in Biblical Detartment Rev. A. J. Chittenden, Teachers, Princzpal.R. E. Dickson, Miss Lillie E. Dougherty, Josephine Kirkby, ~ Martha H. N. Gorbold, Wheaton, Ill. Poquonock, Conn. Oberlin, Ohio. Chicago, Ill. Venice, Ohio. PLEASANT HILL. Minister, Rev. W. H. Thrall, Derby, Conn. PLEASANT HILL ACADEMY. Principal.Rev. W. H. Thrall, Miss Ninette Hayes, Mary E. Wylie, Lizzie C. Hayes, Derby, Conn. Portsmouth, N. H. Brooklyn, N. Y. Portsmouth, N. H. General Minister,. Rev. B. Dodge, Centre Lebanon, Me. 50 The Field Workers. POMONA. Minister and Teacher, Rev. W. H. Thrall, Derby, Conn. Mrs. Alice Graves, Pomona, Tenn. CROSSYILLE AND NORTHYILLE. Minister, Rev. F. M. Cooley, Crossyille, Tenn. Teachers, Mr. W. F. Cameroh, Montevideo, Minn. Mrs. Eva L. Barron, Crossville, Tenn. ATHENS, MT. VERDE AND KNOXVILLE JUNCTION. Minister, Rev. E. N. Ruddock, Benson, Minn. Teacher at Mt. Verde, Miss Sarah E. Ober, Beverly, Mass. DEER LODGE, OAK GROVE, PILOT MOUNTAIN AND SLOWERS. Minister, Rev. George Lusty, Oberlin, Ohio. Teacher at Deer Lodge, Miss Ina A. Chadbourne, Deer Lodge, Tenn. GLEN MARY, HELENWOOD, ROBBINS AND RUGBY ROAD. Minister, Rev. E. A. Bridger, Granby, Mo. Teacher at Robbi,zs. Miss Kate B. Clarke, Robbins, Tenn. OAKDALE. Teacher, Miss Belle Hodge, Deer Lodge, Tenn. RODDY AND LORAINE. Minister, Rev. A. J. Chittenden, Wheaton, Ill. SHERWOOD. Minister, Rev. Stanley E. Lathrop, New London, Wis. Teachers, Mr. Geo. 0. Hannurn, Sherwood, Tenn. Miss Clara E. Morse, Piper City, Ill. Mrs. Geo. 0. Hannum, Sherwood, Tenn. The Field Workers. 51 JELLICO. Minister and Missionary, Rev. A. A. Myers, Mrs. A. A. Myers, Mr. E. Frank Dizney, Miss Amelia Ferris, Teachers, J ellico, Tenn. J ellico, Tenn. Oneida, Ill. PINE MOUNTAIN. Rev. A. A. Myers, Miss Emily M. Peck, Lucy P. Bement, Minister, Teachers, J ellico, Tenn. Mansfield, Ohio. Bement, Ohio. KENTUCKY. LEXINGTOTh CHANDLER NORMAL SCHOOL. Princzpal. Frederick Foster, Castine, Me. Miss E. M. Hitchcock, Lewis, N. V. Mary Knox, Springfield, Mass. Flora Clough, Meriden, N. H. Kate Clough, Harriet E. Conklin, DANIEL HAND SCHOOL. Mrs. Agnes H. Mooney, Miss Lena V. Lovell, Mrs. Frederick Foster, Marlboro, Mass. Cortland, N. V. Castine, Me. Tuscarora, N. V. LOUISVILLE. Minister, Rev. G. M. McClellan, Mrs. Geo. M. McClellan, Rev. A. A. Myers, Louisville, Ky. WILLIAMSBURG, S. WILLIAMSBURG AND PLEASANT VIEW. Minister, Rev. William M. Gould, Brooklyn, N. V. Special Missionary, Louisville, Ky. KENTUCKY MOUNTAIN WORK. General Missionary, J ellico, Tenn. 52 The Field Worker8. WILLIAMSBURG Princ:~5ai.Rev. L. E. Tupper, Miss Mary A. Bye, Mrs. L. E. Tupper, Miss M. Amelia Packard, Maria M. Lickorish, Edith A. Bingham, Mrs. Harriet Bye, Mr. Chas. Farnsworth, Rev. L. E. Tupper, Miss M. A. Lyman, ACADEMY. Williamsburg, Ky. Lake City, Minn. Williamsburg, Ky. Brooklyn, N. V. North Ridgeville, Ohio. Mount Morris, N. V. Lake City, Minn. Lockport, N. V. ROORHOLD. Minister and Teacher, Post Mills, Vt. Huntington, Mass. CORBIN AND WOODBLNE. Mr. Chas. Farnsworth, Minis/er, Lockport, N, V. DOWLAIS AND SAXTON. Minister, Rev. A. A. Myers, Jellico, Tenn. ORLANDO. Teacher, Miss Flora M. Cone, Masonville, N. V. CLOVER BOTTOM, GRAY HAWK AND COMBS. Minister, Rev. Mason Jones, Berea, Ky. KANSAS. TOPEKA. Minister, Rev. B. F. Foster, Topeka, Kan. LAWRENCE. Rev. Andrew B. Jackson, Minister, Topeka, Kan. Rev. V. B. Sims, Mr. W. E. Youngblood, ARKANSAS. LITTLE ROCK. Minister and Teacher. Talladega, Ala. The Field Worker8. FAYETTEVILLE. Minister and Teacher, MISSISSIPPI. TOUGALOG. Minister, Rev. Frank G. Woodworth, Wolcott, Conn. TOUGALOG UNIVERSITY. PresidentRev. Frank G. Woodworth, A.M., Wolcott, Conn. Mr. A. S. Hill, A. M., Graytown, Ohio. Win. D. Hitchcock, Jackson, Mich. H. P. Kennedy, J. C. Klein, H. M. Sessions, Miss A. L. Steele, Alice Flagg, Mary E. Flagg, Sarah Humphrey, Clara E. Walker, Mary Van Auken, Edith Hall, Mary G. Kennedy, Elizabeth Parsons, S. L. Emerson, MERIDIAN. Minister, Mrs. H. I. Miller, Miss K. T. Plant, Bertha E. Lovewell, Teachers, E. Corinth, Vt. Minneapolis, Minn. Topeka, Kan. Stockbridge, Mich. Blandford, Mass. New Hartford, Conn. Jeffersonville, Vt. Minneapolis, Minn. East Saginaw, Mich. Lorain, Ohio. Alpena, Mich. Oberlin, Ohio. St. Paul, Minn. Mt. Morris, N. Y. Hallowell, Me. NEW RUHAMAH, PLEASANT RIDGE AND SALEM. Minister, Rev. Eli Tapley, Columbus, Miss. GREENVILLE. Minister, JACKSON. Rev. C. L. Harris, Minister, Jackson, Miss. 53 54 The Field Workers. LOUISIANA. NEW ORLEANS. Rev. C. H. Crawford, .Miznzster, STRAIGHT UNIVERSITY, Presiaen /.Rev. R. C. Hitchcock, Rev. C. H. Crawford, Mr. A. L. McClelland, A.B., E. J. Pond, Mr. E. C. Rose, Miss Anna Condict, Mary J. Oertel, Mrs. R. C. Hitchcock, Miss Louise Denton, Lorena Lyon, Caledonia Philips, A. H. Levering, Mrs. E. J. Pond, Miss Jennie Fyfe, Sarah A. Coffin, Sibyl M. Noble, Glenwood, Iowa. (490 Canal St.) Thompsonville, Conn. Glenwood, Iowa. Brandon, Wis. New Orleans, La. New Orleans, La. Adrian, Mich. Prairie Du Sac, Wis. Thompsonville, Conn. New York City, N. Y. Oberlin, Ohio. Cannonsburg, Pa. Philadelphia, Pa. New Orleans, La. Lansing, Mich. Beloit, Wis. Norwichtown, Conn. NEW ORLEANS (CENTRAL CHURCH.) Rev. Geo. W. Henderson, Minister, North Craftsbury, Vt. NEW ORLEANS (SPAIN STREET CHURCH.) Minister, Rev. C. H. Claiborne, New Orleans, La. NEW ORLEANS (MORRIS BROWN CHURCH.) Rev. I. H. Hall, Minis/er, New Orleans, La. NEW IBERIA. Minister, Rev. J. B. Williams, New Iberia, La. FAUSSE POINT AND BELLE PLACE. Rev. Win. Butler, Minister, NT ew Iberia, La. CHACAHOULA. Minister, Rev. I. H. Hall, New Orleans, La. The Field Workers. 55 HAMMOND AND ROSELAND. Minis/er, Rev. C. S. Shattuck, Amite, La. TEXAS. AUSTIN. JWin is/er, Rev. William M. Brown Blue Rapids, Kan. TILLOTSON INSTITUTE. PresidentRev. William M. Brown, A.B., Blue Rapids, Kan. Mr. Chas. H. Smith, B. S., New Haven, N. Y. Miss Fanny Webster, Sheboygan, Mich. Adelia Hunt, Webster City, Iowa. Florence Sperry, Rock Creek, Ohio. Mrs. F. M. Smith, New Haven, N. Y. Miss Carrie W. Lewis, Wheaton, Ill. Edith Thatcher, Chatham Center, Ohio. P. B. Parsons, Marcellus, N. Y R. M. Kinney, Oberlin, Ohio. H. E. Leach, Norwich, Conn. M. J. Adams, Columbus, Wis. HELENA AND GOLIAD. Minister, Rev. Mitchell Thompson, Mrs. J. R. S. Hallowell, Helena, Tex. Teacher at Goliad, Goliad, Texas. CORPUS CHRISTI. Minister, Rev. J. W. Strong, Talladega, Ala. PARIS. Minister, Rev. J. D. Pettigrew, Rev. Mark Carlisle, Rev. R. J. Holloway, Mrs. R. J. Holloway, DODD AND BOIS DARC. Minister and Teacher, Talladega Ala. DALLAS. Minister and Teachers, Dallas, Tex. Paris, Tex. 56 The Field Workers. INDIAN MISSIONS. SANTEE AGENCY, NEBRASKA. NORMAL TRAINING SCHOOL. Superintendent and Minister, Rev. A. L. Riggs, D.D., Mr. Joseph H. Steer, Mr. J. A. Chadbourne, Miss Harriet B. lisley, Edith Leonard, Mary B. Benedict, Henrietta B. Williams, Addie A. Rideout, Miss Eugenia La Moure, Miss L. H. Douglass, (Dakota Home). Miss Harriet A. Brown, (Birds Nest), Miss S. Lizzie Voorhees, (Boys Cottage), Miss E. Jean Kennedy, (Perkins Hall), Mrs. E. E. Scotford, (Whitney Hall), Miss Nettie Calhoun, (Dining Hall), A. L. Riggs, J. A. Chadbourne, J. H. Steer, A. H. Stone, C. R. Lawson, I. P. Wold, Mrs. Treasurer, Teachers, Santee Agency, Nebraska. Santee Agency, Nebraska. Santee Agency, Nebraska. Newark, N. J. Rochester, Mass. North Walton, N. V. Paddys Run, Ohio. Hudson, Ohio. Native Teacher, Brown Earth, South Dakota. Matrons. New Haven, Conn. Rocky Point, N. V. Rocky Hill, N. J. Montrose, Iowa. Santee Agency, Nebraska. Kenton, Ohio. Missionaries, Santee Agency, Nebraska. Joseph H. Steer, A. H. Stone, Edgar H. Scotford, Iver P. Wold, Industrial Department, Blacksmithing, Santee Agency, Nebraska. Farming, Carpentry, Shoemaking, The Field Worker8. 57 Superintendent Printing Office. Chas. R. Lawson, Rev. Artemas Ehnamani, Mr. Eli Abraham, Rev. J. E. Smith, Mrs. J. E. Smith, Santee Agency, Nebraska. BAZILLE CREEK. Native Pastors and Helpers, Santee Agency, Nebraska. PONCA AGENCY. Minister and Teacher, De Smet, Dakota. CHEYENNE RiVER AGENCY. Rev. T. L. Riggs, General Missionary. CENTRAL STATION, OAHE, SOUTH DAKOTA. Rev. T. L. Riggs, Mrs. T. L. Riggs, Oahe, South Dakota. Minis/er, Rev. Eli Spotted Bear, Oahe, So. Dakota. INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL. Principal.Elias Jacobson, Miss Julia E. Fratt, Lena Lindemann, M. A. Wright, Goldie Slutz, Flora E. Farnum, Qahe, South Dakota. Essex, Conn. Oahe, South Dakota. Oberlin, Ohio. Cleveland, Ohio. Pierre, South Dakota. BAD RIVER. Rev. James Garvie, Mrs. James Garvie, Santee Agency, Nebraska. *FORT PIERRE BOTTOM. Mr. Win. Lee, Mrs. Win. Lee, Cheyenne River Agency. t CHEYENNE RIVER NO. I. Mr. James Brown, Mrs. James Brown, Santee Agency, Nebraska. Supported by the Indians themselves. t8upported by Native Missionary Society. 58 The Field Workers. CHEYENNE RIVER NO. 3. Mrs. Elizabeth Winyan, Miss Katie Howard, Sisseton Agency, S. Dakota. Cheyenne River Agency. ~CHEYENNE RIVER NO.4. Rev. Edwin Phelps, Mrs. Edwin Phelps, Sisseton Agency, S. Dakota. CHEYENNE RIVER NO. 5, (Sankey Station). Mr. Clarence Ward, Mrs. Clarence Ward, Cheyenne River Agency. CHEYENNE RIVER NO. 7. Mr. Joseph Bird, Mrs. Joseph Bird, Sisseton Agency, S. Dakota. MOREAU RIVER. Mr. John Bluecloud, Mrs. John Bluecloud, Brown Earth, South Dakota. STANDING ROCK AGENCY. CENTRAL STATION. Rev. George W. Reed, Mrs. George W. Reed, S. W. Devoll, M.D., Miss Ellen Kitto, Springfield, Mass. Brookline, Mass. Santee Agency, Nebraska. GRAND RIVER NO. I. Miss Mary C. Collins, Josephine E. Barnaby, Mr. Elias Gilbert, Mrs. Elias Gilbert, Keokuk, Iowa. New Haven, Conn. Sisseton Agency, S. Dakota. GRAND RIVER NO. 2. Mr. Adams Wakanna, Mrs. Adams Wakanna, Sisseton Agency, S. Dakota. t UPPER VILLAGE. Mr. James Oyemaza, Mrs. Martha Oyemaza, Santee Agency, Nebraska. ~Supported by the Society for Propagating the Gospel, Boston, Mass. The Field Workers. 59 ROSEBUD RESERVATION, SOUTH DAKOTA. ROSEBUD AGENCY. Rev. James F. Cross, Rosebud Agency, S. Dakota. Mrs. James F. Cross, Miss Jennie W. Cox, Santee Agency, Nebraska. BURRELL STATION, (Keya Paha). Mr. Francis Frazier, Santee Agency, Nebraska. Mrs. Francis Frazier, PARK STREET CHURCH STATION, (White River). Mr. Louis De Coteau, Sisseton Agency, S. Dakota. Mrs. Louis De Coteau, Miss Rosalie De Coteau, NORTHFIELD STATION, (Black Pipe Creek). Mr. Eli Waktegli, Oahe, South Dakota. Mrs. Eli Waktegli, FORT BERTHOLD AGENCY, NORTH DAKOTA. Superintenden/, Rev. C. L. Hall, Fort Berthold, North Dakota. Teachers, Miss Grace L. Williams, Minneapolis, Minn. One V. Armstrong, Bathgate, North Dakota, Roanna F. Challis, Freeborn, Minn. Mrs. C. L. Hall, Fort Berthold, North Dakota. Mr. Frank E. Tobie, Windsor, Wis. MOODY STATION NO. i, ( Elbow Woods.) Mr. George K. Bassett, Fort Berthold, North Dakota. MOODY STATION NO. 2, ( Independence.) Mr. George K. Bassett, Fort Berthold, North Dakota. REE SETTLEMENT. Rev. C. L. Hall, Fort Berthold, North Dakota. FORT STEVENSON. Rev. C. L. Hall, Fort Berthold, North Dakota. 60 The Field Workers. SKOKOMISH AGENCY, W. T. Missionary, Rev. Myron Eells, Skokomish, W. T. SANTA Fit, NEW MEXICO. RAMONA SCHOOL. Teachers, Princ:~ai.Elmore Chase, Mrs. M. H. Chase, Miss Daisy Lane, Ida J. Platt, Rev. Win. C. Pond, D.D., Miss Jessie S. Worley, Loo Quong, FRESNO. Teachers, Jacksonville, Ill. Santa F~, New Mexico. San Francisco, Cal. Fresno, Cal. Mrs. C. A. Sheldon, Miss Jennie M. Sheldon, LOS ANGELES. Teachers, Los Angeles, Cal. Miss Lilian F. Lamont, Yong Jin, Miss Zilla Deuel, Mrs. M. H. Colby, Hong Sing, Mrs. James G. Kyle, Miss M. M. Elliott, Chin roy, OAKLAND. Teachers, OROVILLE. Teacher, San Francisco, Cal. Oakland, Cal. Oroville, Cal. PETALUMA. Teachers, Petaluma, Cal. RIVERSIDE. Teacher, SAN DIEGO. Teachers, Riverside, Cal. San Diego, Cal. CHINESE MISSIONS. Suprin/endeni, The Field Workers, 61 SAN FRANCISCO, (CENTRAL). Miss Effie D. Worley, Mrs. M. A. Green, Miss Rosa E. Lamont, Violet W. Lamont, Mrs. A. T. Ruthrauff, Jee Gain, Mrs. H. W. Lamont, Wong Gain, Miss F. N. Worley, Chin G. Gang, Teachers, San Francisco, Cal. 4 SAN FRANCISCO, (BARNES). Teachers, SAN FRANCISCO, (WEST). Teachers, San Francisco, Cal. San Francisco, Cal. SANTA BARBARA. Miss C. K. Barker, Teacher, Santa Barbara, Cal. SANTA CRUZ. Miss Mary L. Perkins, Pon Fang, Mrs. M. H. Langdon, Teachers, Santa Cruz, Cal. STOCKTON. Teacher, Stockton, Cal. VENTURA. Miss M. L. Peck, Teacher, Ventura, Cal. ADDENDA. ATLANTA, GA. STORES ScHOOL (104 Houston St.) (To be opened February 1st). !rinci25al.Miss Ella B. Roper, Worcester, Mass. TALLADEGA, ALA. OUTLYING MISSION SCHOOLS. McCANNVILLE, CLINTON CHAPEL, DRY CREEK SETTLEMENT, KNOXVILLE SETTLEMENT, NEEDMORE CHAPEL, MOUNT CLEVELAND, JENKINS SETTLEMENT, ROCKY MOUNT, THORN HILL. 62 The Indian. THE INDIAN. Adxlress at the Annual Meeting in Chicago, BY RT. REV. H. B. WHIPPLE. I accepted the kind invitation of my good brother, Rev. Dr. Strieby, to address you, because I do believe that if the hedges which have been builded in the garden of the Lord are ever taken away, it will be by hearty, believing work for our Saviour. The history of the North American In- dians is a sad story of wrongs. You may begin far back in the days of our Puritan fathers, when Christian men marched to the music of a fife and drum, with the head of King Philip on a pole, and then after prayer, de- cided that the sins of the father ought to be visited on the children, and therefore sold his son as a slave to Bermuda; and you may follow down to where the saintly Worcester, a Congregational missionary, was tried, sen- tenced, and went to the Penitentiary in Georgia for teaching Indians to read; and so on to where a Moravian church of Christian Indians were cruelly tortured and murdered ; and so on to the last of our Indian wars, and it is a dark story of robbery and wrongswe have spent five hundred millions on Indian wars, and have killed ten of our own people to every one killed of the Indians. Thank God that by the efforts of Christian men, the heart of the Nation has been touched, and to-day willing hands and hearts are laboring for their Christian civilization. When I went to my diocese thirty years ago, there were over twenty thousand Indians in Minnesota. They had sunk to a depth of degrada- tion their heathen fathers had not known. Friends told me it was hope- less, that they were a perishing race. I said if they are perishing, the more reason to make haste to give to them the gospel. The picture was dark, but not darker than that drawn by the pen of divine Inspiration in the first chapter of Romans. I carried it where I have learned to take all which troubles me, and at my blessed Saviours feet I promised I would never turn my back on the Indian whom God had placed at my door, and I have tried to keep the vow. I can tell you the story of Indian missions by relating one incident. Some years ago, Rev. Lord Charles Hervey went with me to the Indian country. We had delightful services. After the Holy Communion we were sitting on the green-sward near a house. The head chief said, Your friend came from across the great water; doesi he know the Indians his- tory ? I said No. He said I will tell him. Before the white man came, the forests and prairies were full of game, the rivers and lakes were full of fish, the wild rice was Manidou gift to the red man. Would you like to see one of these Indians? There stepped out on the porch an Indian man and woman dressed in furs, ornamented with porcupine quills. There, said the chief, my people were like those before the white man came. Shall I tell you what the white man did for us? He came and told

62 The Indian. THE INDIAN. Adxlress at the Annual Meeting in Chicago, BY RT. REV. H. B. WHIPPLE. I accepted the kind invitation of my good brother, Rev. Dr. Strieby, to address you, because I do believe that if the hedges which have been builded in the garden of the Lord are ever taken away, it will be by hearty, believing work for our Saviour. The history of the North American In- dians is a sad story of wrongs. You may begin far back in the days of our Puritan fathers, when Christian men marched to the music of a fife and drum, with the head of King Philip on a pole, and then after prayer, de- cided that the sins of the father ought to be visited on the children, and therefore sold his son as a slave to Bermuda; and you may follow down to where the saintly Worcester, a Congregational missionary, was tried, sen- tenced, and went to the Penitentiary in Georgia for teaching Indians to read; and so on to where a Moravian church of Christian Indians were cruelly tortured and murdered ; and so on to the last of our Indian wars, and it is a dark story of robbery and wrongswe have spent five hundred millions on Indian wars, and have killed ten of our own people to every one killed of the Indians. Thank God that by the efforts of Christian men, the heart of the Nation has been touched, and to-day willing hands and hearts are laboring for their Christian civilization. When I went to my diocese thirty years ago, there were over twenty thousand Indians in Minnesota. They had sunk to a depth of degrada- tion their heathen fathers had not known. Friends told me it was hope- less, that they were a perishing race. I said if they are perishing, the more reason to make haste to give to them the gospel. The picture was dark, but not darker than that drawn by the pen of divine Inspiration in the first chapter of Romans. I carried it where I have learned to take all which troubles me, and at my blessed Saviours feet I promised I would never turn my back on the Indian whom God had placed at my door, and I have tried to keep the vow. I can tell you the story of Indian missions by relating one incident. Some years ago, Rev. Lord Charles Hervey went with me to the Indian country. We had delightful services. After the Holy Communion we were sitting on the green-sward near a house. The head chief said, Your friend came from across the great water; doesi he know the Indians his- tory ? I said No. He said I will tell him. Before the white man came, the forests and prairies were full of game, the rivers and lakes were full of fish, the wild rice was Manidou gift to the red man. Would you like to see one of these Indians? There stepped out on the porch an Indian man and woman dressed in furs, ornamented with porcupine quills. There, said the chief, my people were like those before the white man came. Shall I tell you what the white man did for us? He came and told The Indian. 63 us we had no fire horses, no fire canoes, no houses. He said if we would sell him our land, he would make us like white men. Shall I tell you what he did? No, you had better see it. The door opened, and out stepped a poor, degraded looking Indian, his face besmeared with mud, his blanket in rags, no leggins, and by his side a poor, wretched looking wo man in a torn calico dress. The chief raised his hands and said, Manido Manido, is this an Indian? The man bowed his head. How came this ? The Indian held up a black bottle and said, This was the white mans gift. Some of us bowed our heads in shame. Said the chief, If this were all, I would not have told you. Long years ago a pale-faced man came to our country. He spoke kindly, and seemed to want to help us, but our hearts were hard. We hated the white man and would not listen. Every summer when the sun was so high, he came. We always looked to see his tall form coming through the forest One year I said to my fellows, what does this man come for? He does not trade with us, he never asks anything of us. Perhaps the Great Spirit sent him. We stopped to listen. Some of us have that story in our hearts. Shall I tell you what it has done for us ? The door opened and out stepped ayoung mana clergymanin a black frock coat, and by his side a woman neatly dressed in a black alpaca dress. Said the chief, There is only one religion in the world which can lift a man out of the mire and tell him to call God Father, and that is the religion of Jesus Christ. We have had many deferred hopes, and sometimes it has been dark as midnight. After nearly three years of hard work, I had both of my Indian missions destroyed, church and mission house burned, and our western bor- der for three hundred miles desolated by an Indian massacre, which de- stroyed the fairest portion of our State, and left eight hundred of our citizens sleeping in nameless graves. It was needed to teach us that na- tions as well as individuals reap exactly what they sow. We began again. Here and there some Indian would listen, and the gospel was the same to him as to us. One day an Indian came to our missionary and said, I know this religion is true. The men who have walked in this new trail are better and happier. But I have always been a warrior, and my hands are full of blood. Could I be a Christian? The missionary repeated the story of Gods love. To test the man he said, May I cut your hair ? The Indian wears his scalp lock for his enemywhen it is cut it is a sign he will never go on the war-path again. The man said, Yes, you may cut it; I shall throw my old life away. It was cut. He started for home and met some wild Indians who shouted with laughter, and with taunts said Yesterday you were a warrior, to-day you are a squaw. It stung the man to madness, and he rushed to his home and threw himself on the floor and burst into tears. His wife was a Christian, and came and put her arms about his neck and said Yesterday there was not a man in the 64 The Indian. world who dared call you a coward. Cant you be as brave for Him who died for you as y6u were to kill the Sioux? He sprang to his feet and said, I can and I will. I have known many brave, fearless servants of Christ, but I never knew one braver than this chief who is now in Paradise. I wish I could take you to a Christian Indians home. You might see nothing but a plain log house, and you might wonder why the tears came in my eyes as he said to me, That is my daughters room; the boys sleep up stairs ; this is for me and my wife. They are tears of joy, for I knew them when they herded as swine, in a wigwam. It is the religion of Christ which has brought respect for womanhood. I want to take you far away in the forest to Red Lake. The head chief, Mah-dwah-go-no-wind, was a remarkable man as a wild man, true, honest and brave. He came and asked me to give him a missionary. I loved him and we were warm friends. I said I cannot give you a missionary for the American Missionary Association has a missionary now in that field. The chief came again and again to see me. He said: I want your reli- gion. If you refuse I will ask the Roman Catholics. I wrote Rev. Dr. Strieby, and told him the situation. I said The field is in my diocese. I have the right to send a missionary there, but ask your consent because I will never be a party to present Christian divisions to heathen men. After due deliberation, the Asociation consented. I am happy to tell you that that old chief and nearly all the adults of his band are faithful communicants. At my last visit, the chief came to me and said, My Father, since you were here, my old wife with whom I have lived fifty years, has gone to sleep in the grave. I shall go to lie by her side. I have heard that white Christians bless the place where they sleep as belonging to God. Will you bless the place where my wife sleeps and ask God to care for it until he calls his children out of the grave ? We formed a procession of the Indians, the clergy and the old chief and myself, and marched around the place singing in Ojibway, Je- sus lover of my soul ; then I read appropriate scripture, made an address and offered prayer, and asked blessing on this acre of God. After the service the chief said : I thank you for telling me I have a Saviour. I thank you for blessing the place where my wife sleeps. I have your face on my heart. Good bye. I could keep you longer than I ought telling you of the lights and shad- ows of missionary life. The North American Indian is the noblest type of a wild man on the earth. He recognizes a Great Spirit, he loves his home, he is passionately devoted to his people, and believes in a future life. The Ojibway language is a marvel. The verb has inflections by thousands. If an Indian says I love and stops, you can tell by the inflection of the verb whether he loves an animate or inanimate object, a man or a woman. The nicest shade of meaning in St. Pauls Epistles could be conveyed in Ojibway, and I have heard a missionary say, A classic Greek temple stand- The Indian. 65 ing in the forest would not be more marvelous than this wonderful lan- guage. The Indians are heathen folk and will often come to the Christian life fettered by old heathen ideas, and some may stumble and fall; they did in St. Pauls time; but I can say that some of the noblest instances of the power of religion I have ever known have been among these poor red men. I can recall death-beds where an Indian looked up in my face and said, The Great Spirit has called me to go on the last journey. I am not afraid to go, for Jesus is going with me, and I shall not be lonesome on the road. I am happy to tell you that the clouds are breaking. Thousands of this poor race are rejoicing in the light of the Gospel. The heart of the nation has been touched, and thousands are laboring for their salvation. The Indians are not decreasing. It is due to the absence of internecine wars, to their protection from dangerous contagious diseases, to better medical care and a wiser administration. In the future, Indians must have citizen- ship, but not until they are prepared for this precious boon. The ballot cannot redeem humanity. I was asked by President Cleveland what I thought of making the Indian a voter. I said, It has been tried. Un- der an old territorial law, any Indian who wore the civilized dress could vote. I have heard of an election where a tribe of Indians were put through a hickory shirt and pair of pants, and we know how that election went. The Indian must have the protection of law. In his wild state he has the lex talionis. He becomes a Christian. A drunken wild man kills his cow or insults his wife. He could punish the brute, but we have taught him that he must not revenge his wrongs, and so the Christian In- dian is pitiably helpless. I can take you to an Indian village where prop- erty and life are safe, where childhood, womanhood, and old age are cared for, and it is due to the Gospel of Christ. While missionary work must be carried on in the native tongue, the schools ought to teach the English languageif schools are conducted only in the heathen tongue, you not only have no Christian ideas, but when the child has learned to read, he has no books. He should be taught in a language which opens to him the literature, the science and the Christian teaching of the Christian world. The Gospel of Jesus Christ will do for the Indian what it has done for others through all the agesgive him home, manhood and freedom. Lastlywe are living in eventful times. One hundred years ago the people who spoke the English tongue were less numerous than some of the Latin races of Europe. To-day one hundred and fifty millions of people speak the English language. When we remember how God made the Greek tongue the language of the world to prepare for the first preaching of the Gospel of His Son, may we not believe he designs to use our Eng- lish tongue to prepare for the second coming of our Lord? 66 Letter from JJIi88 Collins. Brethren, we hear a great deal about Indian problems, Negro problems, and problems which hinder all work for God and man. When General Sherman and other officers of the army were sent out to investigate that awful massacre in Colorado, they wrote in their report: The Indian prob- lem, like all other human problems, can be solved by one sentence in an old book Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. LETTER FROM MISS COLLINS. I went to Oahe to take two girls to school, and was gone eleven days. I travelled nearly three hundred miles, driving my ponies myself, and last Sabbath held the services for Spotted Bear in the morning, as Mr. Riggs was absent; taught a class in the afternoon, and returned to Cheyenne agency on Monday, to find that the Indian man who went with me had re- turned home. I visited the Government school there, and witnessed Major McChesney issue the annuities to the Indians; found a party of Indians coming this way as far as the Itazipco camp on the Moreau; came with them so farabout forty-five miles from hereand from there Bessie, Jumbo (my ponies) and I came on alone. I drove the forty-five miles in one day, arriving here at dark. At Cheyenne a number of fine-looking, well-dressed young Indian men came up to me and addressed me in English. I did not recognize some of them, and they told me they went to school to me in 75, 76 and 77. I remember them as dirty little long-haired, blanket Indians. It made my heart strong to take these manly young men by the hand and to hear them say, You were my first teacher. One night, when I was coming home, we got into camp, and the Indian tent had on one side a man and his wife, his son and daughter, and his baby twins. On the other side of the fire, another man, wife and child, four dogs, two puppies, and back of the fire a man and his wife and two young men and myself. When supper was ready, the dogs were put outside, the children hushed, and the head man said, Winona pray. They were all strangers to me but two of them, so you may know I was surprised. I prayed, and when I finished, all said,Ho, ho, ho, that is, all the men. I was again surprised at the universal consent or endorsement of the petition. I had some rich experiences, many hardships new to me, but I sowed seed which I doubt not will spring up. A half-breed Indian, Joe Hodgkiss, and his wife, were very kind to me. When I got in sight of the house here, men stood all along the road waiting to shake hands with me. I should not have undertaken the trip, but the girls were about fifteen years old, and if they were not in school this winter they never would be. I could not see the good material in them wasted. Mr. Reed could not go, and he did not want Elias to leave his

66 Letter from JJIi88 Collins. Brethren, we hear a great deal about Indian problems, Negro problems, and problems which hinder all work for God and man. When General Sherman and other officers of the army were sent out to investigate that awful massacre in Colorado, they wrote in their report: The Indian prob- lem, like all other human problems, can be solved by one sentence in an old book Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. LETTER FROM MISS COLLINS. I went to Oahe to take two girls to school, and was gone eleven days. I travelled nearly three hundred miles, driving my ponies myself, and last Sabbath held the services for Spotted Bear in the morning, as Mr. Riggs was absent; taught a class in the afternoon, and returned to Cheyenne agency on Monday, to find that the Indian man who went with me had re- turned home. I visited the Government school there, and witnessed Major McChesney issue the annuities to the Indians; found a party of Indians coming this way as far as the Itazipco camp on the Moreau; came with them so farabout forty-five miles from hereand from there Bessie, Jumbo (my ponies) and I came on alone. I drove the forty-five miles in one day, arriving here at dark. At Cheyenne a number of fine-looking, well-dressed young Indian men came up to me and addressed me in English. I did not recognize some of them, and they told me they went to school to me in 75, 76 and 77. I remember them as dirty little long-haired, blanket Indians. It made my heart strong to take these manly young men by the hand and to hear them say, You were my first teacher. One night, when I was coming home, we got into camp, and the Indian tent had on one side a man and his wife, his son and daughter, and his baby twins. On the other side of the fire, another man, wife and child, four dogs, two puppies, and back of the fire a man and his wife and two young men and myself. When supper was ready, the dogs were put outside, the children hushed, and the head man said, Winona pray. They were all strangers to me but two of them, so you may know I was surprised. I prayed, and when I finished, all said,Ho, ho, ho, that is, all the men. I was again surprised at the universal consent or endorsement of the petition. I had some rich experiences, many hardships new to me, but I sowed seed which I doubt not will spring up. A half-breed Indian, Joe Hodgkiss, and his wife, were very kind to me. When I got in sight of the house here, men stood all along the road waiting to shake hands with me. I should not have undertaken the trip, but the girls were about fifteen years old, and if they were not in school this winter they never would be. I could not see the good material in them wasted. Mr. Reed could not go, and he did not want Elias to leave his Grand View, Tenn.Bureau ot Womans Work. 67 school to go. So I hired a team and went. I am glad I did. God meant me to get into the homes and hearts of those strangers, and I had no fear but that he planned it all. GRAND VIEW, TENN. A teacher writes Doubtless you have learned how full our school is. We all feel that we must do something in some way to have more buildings. Several were obliged to go away last week, being unable to secure boarding- places. The dormitory is more than full. There are sixteen boys in four small rooms; three boys occupy one end of the old store house near the railroad. This warm weather is certainly favorable for them. Twenty new pupils came one day. Others are expected to-morrow. Where shall we put them? Nine in the main room are now without seats; chairs were placed in the aisle. In the primary room it is just as full, forty-two being crowded into space intended for thirty-two. Another: We are blessed with a deep religious awakening, which has reached many of the students. BUREAU OF WOMANS WORK. MISS D. E. EMERSON, SECRETARY. In reading our list of Missionaries and Mission Stations, ladies will recognize many familiar names of those in whom they have become partic- ularly interested through contributions to the work. Maine ladies will find their four teachers for whose support they have become responsible. Vermont ladies will look at the McIntosh School with a sense of pro- prietorship, and rejoice in its enlargement. Massachusetts and Rhode Island may find their four teachers sustained by the Womans Home Missionary Association, and many Massachusetts ladies who have been especially interested in the school at Tougaloo may rejoice to be connected with such an institution. Connecticut Jadies have done much for their school at Thomasville, Ga., although not as largely through their State Union. This school was begun through the liberality of a Connecticut lady, and for its continuance and development this Association depends upon the Bureau of Womans Work. Contributions from all sources are solicited. The New York Union abides by its principles to increase its contribu- tion each year, and in addition to the support of three missionaries, pledges six hundred dollars to the general work.

Grand View, Tenn.Bureau ot Womans Work. 67 school to go. So I hired a team and went. I am glad I did. God meant me to get into the homes and hearts of those strangers, and I had no fear but that he planned it all. GRAND VIEW, TENN. A teacher writes Doubtless you have learned how full our school is. We all feel that we must do something in some way to have more buildings. Several were obliged to go away last week, being unable to secure boarding- places. The dormitory is more than full. There are sixteen boys in four small rooms; three boys occupy one end of the old store house near the railroad. This warm weather is certainly favorable for them. Twenty new pupils came one day. Others are expected to-morrow. Where shall we put them? Nine in the main room are now without seats; chairs were placed in the aisle. In the primary room it is just as full, forty-two being crowded into space intended for thirty-two. Another: We are blessed with a deep religious awakening, which has reached many of the students. BUREAU OF WOMANS WORK. MISS D. E. EMERSON, SECRETARY. In reading our list of Missionaries and Mission Stations, ladies will recognize many familiar names of those in whom they have become partic- ularly interested through contributions to the work. Maine ladies will find their four teachers for whose support they have become responsible. Vermont ladies will look at the McIntosh School with a sense of pro- prietorship, and rejoice in its enlargement. Massachusetts and Rhode Island may find their four teachers sustained by the Womans Home Missionary Association, and many Massachusetts ladies who have been especially interested in the school at Tougaloo may rejoice to be connected with such an institution. Connecticut Jadies have done much for their school at Thomasville, Ga., although not as largely through their State Union. This school was begun through the liberality of a Connecticut lady, and for its continuance and development this Association depends upon the Bureau of Womans Work. Contributions from all sources are solicited. The New York Union abides by its principles to increase its contribu- tion each year, and in addition to the support of three missionaries, pledges six hundred dollars to the general work.

Grand View, Tenn.Bureau ot Womans Work. 67 school to go. So I hired a team and went. I am glad I did. God meant me to get into the homes and hearts of those strangers, and I had no fear but that he planned it all. GRAND VIEW, TENN. A teacher writes Doubtless you have learned how full our school is. We all feel that we must do something in some way to have more buildings. Several were obliged to go away last week, being unable to secure boarding- places. The dormitory is more than full. There are sixteen boys in four small rooms; three boys occupy one end of the old store house near the railroad. This warm weather is certainly favorable for them. Twenty new pupils came one day. Others are expected to-morrow. Where shall we put them? Nine in the main room are now without seats; chairs were placed in the aisle. In the primary room it is just as full, forty-two being crowded into space intended for thirty-two. Another: We are blessed with a deep religious awakening, which has reached many of the students. BUREAU OF WOMANS WORK. MISS D. E. EMERSON, SECRETARY. In reading our list of Missionaries and Mission Stations, ladies will recognize many familiar names of those in whom they have become partic- ularly interested through contributions to the work. Maine ladies will find their four teachers for whose support they have become responsible. Vermont ladies will look at the McIntosh School with a sense of pro- prietorship, and rejoice in its enlargement. Massachusetts and Rhode Island may find their four teachers sustained by the Womans Home Missionary Association, and many Massachusetts ladies who have been especially interested in the school at Tougaloo may rejoice to be connected with such an institution. Connecticut Jadies have done much for their school at Thomasville, Ga., although not as largely through their State Union. This school was begun through the liberality of a Connecticut lady, and for its continuance and development this Association depends upon the Bureau of Womans Work. Contributions from all sources are solicited. The New York Union abides by its principles to increase its contribu- tion each year, and in addition to the support of three missionaries, pledges six hundred dollars to the general work. 68 Bureau of Womans Work. The Ohio Union comes forward also with an appropriation to the general work, additional to the support of four missionaries. The Illinois Union continues its support to two missionaries, and hopes for a third during the year. If the ladies of Michigan will look at the Athens, Ala., Trinity School in our list, they will see their own State represented there, an incentive, we trust, to special effort toward the sum recommended by the officers of their Union. The ladies of Minnesota have the opportunity to aid the school at J onesboro, Tennessee, and if they carry out the recommendation of their Minnesota Missionary Society, they will this year sustain in full the two lady teachers. The other Missionary Unions represented in our list have shown espec- ial interest, and nearly all have made such pledge of help as will soon se- cure them a special representative in the field. A Childrens Missionary is sustained by ladies and children, and spe- cial work is also assigned to Christian Endeavor Societies. Thus it will be seen that the long list of Ladies Societies shown each month as co-operating with us, is not merely in name. We really have their help, and a careful reading of our list of missionaries will make clear that we not only need their help, but can give them much more to do. A lady recently brought to us five hundred dollars as the result of her personal effort, and when we expressed to her our thanks she exclaimed, Dont say a word; it is my work as well as yours. Let us be workers together. In sending your money to your State officers, do not fail to designate it as for the American Missionary Association. THE WAY ONE MissioN BAND IN IOWA RAisED urs MONEY Our society was organized in i888, and the first year we sent twenty dollars for Beach Institute. We have about twenty members, from five to thirteen years of age. We meet once a month through the summer, but close for the win- ter. Last summer I gave to all over ten years of age a nickel, and those under ten a penny to see how much they could gain. These are a few of the reports. One little boy with his nickel bought a sitting of eggs from which he raised eleven chickens, which he sold for two dollars and twenty cents. Another raised nine chickens which he sold for two dollars. Another bought a little turkey, which he sold at Thanksgiving for a dollar and ten cents. Another with a penny bought a squash vine, from which he sold five large squashes for fifty-five cents. Another bought a row of potatoes for which he received fifty cents, and so the pennies multiplied. I gave mite boxes to all in the spring, and so at the end of the year we are able again to send you the neat little sum of twenty-five dollars.

68 Bureau of Womans Work. The Ohio Union comes forward also with an appropriation to the general work, additional to the support of four missionaries. The Illinois Union continues its support to two missionaries, and hopes for a third during the year. If the ladies of Michigan will look at the Athens, Ala., Trinity School in our list, they will see their own State represented there, an incentive, we trust, to special effort toward the sum recommended by the officers of their Union. The ladies of Minnesota have the opportunity to aid the school at J onesboro, Tennessee, and if they carry out the recommendation of their Minnesota Missionary Society, they will this year sustain in full the two lady teachers. The other Missionary Unions represented in our list have shown espec- ial interest, and nearly all have made such pledge of help as will soon se- cure them a special representative in the field. A Childrens Missionary is sustained by ladies and children, and spe- cial work is also assigned to Christian Endeavor Societies. Thus it will be seen that the long list of Ladies Societies shown each month as co-operating with us, is not merely in name. We really have their help, and a careful reading of our list of missionaries will make clear that we not only need their help, but can give them much more to do. A lady recently brought to us five hundred dollars as the result of her personal effort, and when we expressed to her our thanks she exclaimed, Dont say a word; it is my work as well as yours. Let us be workers together. In sending your money to your State officers, do not fail to designate it as for the American Missionary Association. THE WAY ONE MissioN BAND IN IOWA RAisED urs MONEY Our society was organized in i888, and the first year we sent twenty dollars for Beach Institute. We have about twenty members, from five to thirteen years of age. We meet once a month through the summer, but close for the win- ter. Last summer I gave to all over ten years of age a nickel, and those under ten a penny to see how much they could gain. These are a few of the reports. One little boy with his nickel bought a sitting of eggs from which he raised eleven chickens, which he sold for two dollars and twenty cents. Another raised nine chickens which he sold for two dollars. Another bought a little turkey, which he sold at Thanksgiving for a dollar and ten cents. Another with a penny bought a squash vine, from which he sold five large squashes for fifty-five cents. Another bought a row of potatoes for which he received fifty cents, and so the pennies multiplied. I gave mite boxes to all in the spring, and so at the end of the year we are able again to send you the neat little sum of twenty-five dollars. TVomans State Organzzations. 69 WOMANS STATE ORGANIZATIONS. CO-OPERATiNG WITH THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION. MAINE. IOWAl WOMANS AID TO A. M. A. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION. Chairman of CommitteeMrs. C. A. Woodbury, PresidentMrs. T. 0. Douglass, Grinneli Woodfords, Me. SecretaryMiss Ella E. Marsh, Box 232, Grinnell TreasurerMrs. M. J. Nichoson, 1513 Main St., VERMONT. Dubuque. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION. MICHiGAN. PresidentMrs. A. B. Swift, 167 King St., Bur- WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION. linglon. SecretaryMrs. E. C. Osgood, 14 First Ave., Mont- PresidentMrs. George M. Lane, 47 Miami Ave., pelier. Detroit. TreasurerMrs. Win. P. Fairbanks, St. Johns- SecretaryMrs. Leroy Warren, Lansing. bury. lreasurerMrs. E. F. Grabill, Greenville. WISCONSIN. MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION. PresidentMrs. H. A. Miner, Madison. President-Mrs. Alice Freeman Palmer, Cam- SecretaryMrs. C. Matter, Brodhead. bridge, Mass. rreasurerMrs. C. C. Keeler, Beloit. SecretaryMissNathalie Lord, 32 Congregational House, Boston. TreasurerMiss Ella A. Leland, 32 Congrega- tional House, Boston. MINNESOTA. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY. PresidentMrs. E. S. Williams, Box 464, Minne apolis. SecretaryMiss Gertude A. Keith, 1350, Nicollet Ave., Minneapolis. TreasurerMrs. M. W. Skinner, Northileld. CONNECTICUT. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION. President-Mrs. Francis B. Cooley, Hartford. SecretaryMrs. S. M. Hotchkiss, 171 Capitol Ave., Hartford. NORTH DAKOTA. TreasurerMrs. W. W. Jacobs, 19 Spring St., WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY. Hartford. I PresidentMrs. A. J. Pike, Dwight. SecretaryMrs. Silas Daggett, Harwood. TreasurerMrs. J. M. Fisher, Fargo. NEW YORK. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION. PresidentMrs. Win. Kincaid, 483 Greene Ave., Brooklyn. SecretaryMrs. Win. Spalding, 6 Sallnon Block, Syracuse. Treasurer-Mrs. L. H. Cobb, 59 Bible House, New York City. OHIO. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION. PresidentMrs. J. G. W. Cowles, 417 Sibley St., Cleveland. SecretaryMrs. Flora K. Regal, Oberlin. TreasurerMrs. F. L. Fairchild, Box 932, Mt. Vernon, Ohio. 1NDIANA. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION. President-Mrs. C. B. Safford, Elkhart. SecretaryMrs. W. E. Mossinan, Fort Wayne. TheasurerMrs. C. Evans, Indianapolis. ILLINOIS. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION. PresidentMrs. B. F. Leaviti, 409 Orchard Si., Chicago. SecretaryMrs. C. H. Taintor, 151 Washington St., Chicago. TTeasurerMrS.~C. E. Maliby, Champaign. SOUTH DAKOTA. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION. PresidentMrs. A. H. Robbins, Bowdie. SecretaryMrs. T. M. Jeifris, Huron. TreasurerMrs. S. E. Fifleld, Lake Preston. NEBRASKA. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION. PresidentMrs. T. H. Leaviti, 1216 H. St., Lincoln SecretaryMrs. L. F. Berry, 724 No. Broad Si., Fremont. TreasurerMrs. D. E. Perry, Crete. MISSOURI. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION. PresidentMrs. C. L. Goodell, 3006 Pine St.,~Si Louis. SecretaryMrs. E. P. Bronson, 3100 ChestnutSt. St. Louis. TreasurerMrs. A. E. Cook, 4145 Bell lAve., St Louis. KANSAS. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY. President-Mrs. F. J. Storrs, Topeka. SecretaryMrs. George L. Epps, Topeka. TreasurerMrs. J. G. Dougherty, Ottawa.

TVomans State Organzzations. 69 WOMANS STATE ORGANIZATIONS. CO-OPERATiNG WITH THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION. MAINE. IOWAl WOMANS AID TO A. M. A. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION. Chairman of CommitteeMrs. C. A. Woodbury, PresidentMrs. T. 0. Douglass, Grinneli Woodfords, Me. SecretaryMiss Ella E. Marsh, Box 232, Grinnell TreasurerMrs. M. J. Nichoson, 1513 Main St., VERMONT. Dubuque. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION. MICHiGAN. PresidentMrs. A. B. Swift, 167 King St., Bur- WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION. linglon. SecretaryMrs. E. C. Osgood, 14 First Ave., Mont- PresidentMrs. George M. Lane, 47 Miami Ave., pelier. Detroit. TreasurerMrs. Win. P. Fairbanks, St. Johns- SecretaryMrs. Leroy Warren, Lansing. bury. lreasurerMrs. E. F. Grabill, Greenville. WISCONSIN. MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION. PresidentMrs. H. A. Miner, Madison. President-Mrs. Alice Freeman Palmer, Cam- SecretaryMrs. C. Matter, Brodhead. bridge, Mass. rreasurerMrs. C. C. Keeler, Beloit. SecretaryMissNathalie Lord, 32 Congregational House, Boston. TreasurerMiss Ella A. Leland, 32 Congrega- tional House, Boston. MINNESOTA. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY. PresidentMrs. E. S. Williams, Box 464, Minne apolis. SecretaryMiss Gertude A. Keith, 1350, Nicollet Ave., Minneapolis. TreasurerMrs. M. W. Skinner, Northileld. CONNECTICUT. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION. President-Mrs. Francis B. Cooley, Hartford. SecretaryMrs. S. M. Hotchkiss, 171 Capitol Ave., Hartford. NORTH DAKOTA. TreasurerMrs. W. W. Jacobs, 19 Spring St., WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY. Hartford. I PresidentMrs. A. J. Pike, Dwight. SecretaryMrs. Silas Daggett, Harwood. TreasurerMrs. J. M. Fisher, Fargo. NEW YORK. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION. PresidentMrs. Win. Kincaid, 483 Greene Ave., Brooklyn. SecretaryMrs. Win. Spalding, 6 Sallnon Block, Syracuse. Treasurer-Mrs. L. H. Cobb, 59 Bible House, New York City. OHIO. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION. PresidentMrs. J. G. W. Cowles, 417 Sibley St., Cleveland. SecretaryMrs. Flora K. Regal, Oberlin. TreasurerMrs. F. L. Fairchild, Box 932, Mt. Vernon, Ohio. 1NDIANA. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION. President-Mrs. C. B. Safford, Elkhart. SecretaryMrs. W. E. Mossinan, Fort Wayne. TheasurerMrs. C. Evans, Indianapolis. ILLINOIS. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION. PresidentMrs. B. F. Leaviti, 409 Orchard Si., Chicago. SecretaryMrs. C. H. Taintor, 151 Washington St., Chicago. TTeasurerMrS.~C. E. Maliby, Champaign. SOUTH DAKOTA. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION. PresidentMrs. A. H. Robbins, Bowdie. SecretaryMrs. T. M. Jeifris, Huron. TreasurerMrs. S. E. Fifleld, Lake Preston. NEBRASKA. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION. PresidentMrs. T. H. Leaviti, 1216 H. St., Lincoln SecretaryMrs. L. F. Berry, 724 No. Broad Si., Fremont. TreasurerMrs. D. E. Perry, Crete. MISSOURI. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION. PresidentMrs. C. L. Goodell, 3006 Pine St.,~Si Louis. SecretaryMrs. E. P. Bronson, 3100 ChestnutSt. St. Louis. TreasurerMrs. A. E. Cook, 4145 Bell lAve., St Louis. KANSAS. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY. President-Mrs. F. J. Storrs, Topeka. SecretaryMrs. George L. Epps, Topeka. TreasurerMrs. J. G. Dougherty, Ottawa. 70 Receipts. COLORADO AND WYOMING. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION. PresidentMrs. J. W. Pickett, White Water, Colorado. SecretaryMiss Mary L. Martin, 106 Platte Ave., Colorado Springs, Colorado. TreasurerMrs. S. A. Sawyer. Boulder, Colorado. TreasurerMrs. W. L. Whipple, Cheyenne, Wyoming. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION. PresidentMrs. Elijah Cash, 927 Temple St., Los Angeles. SecretaryMrs. H. K. W. Bent, Box 426, Pasa- dena. TreasurerMrs. H. W. Mills, So. Olive St., Los Angeles. CALIFORNIA. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY. President-Mrs. H. L. Merritt, 686 34th St., Oak- land. SecretaryMiss Grace E. Barnard, 677 21st. St., Oakland. TreasurerMrs. J. M. Havens, 1329 HarrIson St., Oakland. LOUISIANA. WOMANS MISSIONARY UNION. President-Mrs. H. D. Hitchcock, New Orleans. SecretaryMiss Jennie Fyfe, 490 Canal St., New Orleans. TreasurerMrs. C. S. Shattuck, Hammond. MISSISSIPPL WOMANS MIsSIONARY UNION. President-Mrs. A. F. Whiting, Tougaloo. SecretaryMiss Sarah J. Humphrey, Tougalo. TreasurerMiss S. L. Emerson, Tougaloo. ALABAMA. WOMANS MISSIONARY UNION. President-Mrs. H. W. Andrews, Talladega. SecretaryMiss S. S. Evans, 2612 Fifth Ave., Bir- mingham. TreasurerMrs. E. J. Penney, Selma. FLORIDA. WOMANS HOME MISSIONMtY UNION. PresidentMrs. S. F. Gale, Jacksonville. SecretaryMrs. Nathan Barrows, Winter Park. TreasurerMrs. L. C. Partridge, Longwood. TENNESSEE AND ARKANSAS. WOMANS MISSIONARY UNION OF THE CENTRAL SOUTH ASSOCIATION. PresidentMiss M. F. Wells, Athens, Ala. SecretaryMiss A. M. Cahill, Nashville, Tenn. TreasurerMrs. G. S. Pope, Grand View, Tenn. NORTH CAROLINA. WOMANS MISSIONARY UNION. President-Miss E. Plimpton, Chapel Hill. SecretaryMiss A. E. Farrlngton, Raleigh. TreasurerMiss Lovey Mayo, Raleigh. For the purpose of exact information, we note that while the W.H.M.A. appears in this list as a State body for Mass, and H. I., it has certain auxiliaries elsewhere. We would suggest to all ladies connected with the auxiliaries of State Missionary Unions, that funds for the American Missionary Association be sent to us through the treasurers of the Union. Care, however, should be taken to designate the money as for the American Missionary Association, since undesignafed funds will nef reach us. RECEIPTS FOR DECEMBER, 1889. 4---- THE DANIEL HAND FUND, For the Education of Colored People. FROM Mr. DANIEL HAND, GUILFORD, CONN. Income for October, 1689 $9~() 90 CURRENT RECEIPTS. MAINE, $722.09. ~almouth. Reuben Merrill 10 00 Farmington Falls. Cong. Ch. and Soc 5 10 Auburn. Saml J. M. Perkins 10 00 Foxcroft and Dover. Cong. Ch 10 00 Bangor. First Cong. Ch. and Soc 29 00 Foxoroft. Mrs. D. Blanchard 1 00 Bath. Mrs. Anna CoveL 1 00 Gorham. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. (16 of Belfast. First Cong. Ch 29 55 which for Cal. Chinese M) 40 26 Brewer. First Cong. Ch, and Soc., 17.25; Harrison. Cong. Ch 10 00 Sab. SCh. of First Cong. Ch., 15 32 25 Limerick. Cong. Ch. and Soc 5 00 Browaville. Mrs. A. H. Merrill 100 00 Minot Center. Miss LixEle E. Wash- Cumberland Mills. Warren Ch. to consi. burns S. S. Class, for Mountain Work. - - 10 00 CHARLXsW. MACE, WARRENL HUNTand Newcastle. Cong. Ch.,for Chinese M 12 00 GEORGE C. GRAHAM L. Ms 125 78 New Gloucester. Cong. Ch 51 50 Cumberland Mills. Y. L. Mission Band, North Bridgton. Cong. Ch 10 00 by Mrs. E. M. Cousins, for Freight, to North Buxton. Cong. Ch s 20 Selma, Ala 2 00 Norway. Mrs. M. K. Frost 1 0(1

70 Receipts. COLORADO AND WYOMING. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION. PresidentMrs. J. W. Pickett, White Water, Colorado. SecretaryMiss Mary L. Martin, 106 Platte Ave., Colorado Springs, Colorado. TreasurerMrs. S. A. Sawyer. Boulder, Colorado. TreasurerMrs. W. L. Whipple, Cheyenne, Wyoming. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION. PresidentMrs. Elijah Cash, 927 Temple St., Los Angeles. SecretaryMrs. H. K. W. Bent, Box 426, Pasa- dena. TreasurerMrs. H. W. Mills, So. Olive St., Los Angeles. CALIFORNIA. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY. President-Mrs. H. L. Merritt, 686 34th St., Oak- land. SecretaryMiss Grace E. Barnard, 677 21st. St., Oakland. TreasurerMrs. J. M. Havens, 1329 HarrIson St., Oakland. LOUISIANA. WOMANS MISSIONARY UNION. President-Mrs. H. D. Hitchcock, New Orleans. SecretaryMiss Jennie Fyfe, 490 Canal St., New Orleans. TreasurerMrs. C. S. Shattuck, Hammond. MISSISSIPPL WOMANS MIsSIONARY UNION. President-Mrs. A. F. Whiting, Tougaloo. SecretaryMiss Sarah J. Humphrey, Tougalo. TreasurerMiss S. L. Emerson, Tougaloo. ALABAMA. WOMANS MISSIONARY UNION. President-Mrs. H. W. Andrews, Talladega. SecretaryMiss S. S. Evans, 2612 Fifth Ave., Bir- mingham. TreasurerMrs. E. J. Penney, Selma. FLORIDA. WOMANS HOME MISSIONMtY UNION. PresidentMrs. S. F. Gale, Jacksonville. SecretaryMrs. Nathan Barrows, Winter Park. TreasurerMrs. L. C. Partridge, Longwood. TENNESSEE AND ARKANSAS. WOMANS MISSIONARY UNION OF THE CENTRAL SOUTH ASSOCIATION. PresidentMiss M. F. Wells, Athens, Ala. SecretaryMiss A. M. Cahill, Nashville, Tenn. TreasurerMrs. G. S. Pope, Grand View, Tenn. NORTH CAROLINA. WOMANS MISSIONARY UNION. President-Miss E. Plimpton, Chapel Hill. SecretaryMiss A. E. Farrlngton, Raleigh. TreasurerMiss Lovey Mayo, Raleigh. For the purpose of exact information, we note that while the W.H.M.A. appears in this list as a State body for Mass, and H. I., it has certain auxiliaries elsewhere. We would suggest to all ladies connected with the auxiliaries of State Missionary Unions, that funds for the American Missionary Association be sent to us through the treasurers of the Union. Care, however, should be taken to designate the money as for the American Missionary Association, since undesignafed funds will nef reach us. RECEIPTS FOR DECEMBER, 1889. 4---- THE DANIEL HAND FUND, For the Education of Colored People. FROM Mr. DANIEL HAND, GUILFORD, CONN. Income for October, 1689 $9~() 90 CURRENT RECEIPTS. MAINE, $722.09. ~almouth. Reuben Merrill 10 00 Farmington Falls. Cong. Ch. and Soc 5 10 Auburn. Saml J. M. Perkins 10 00 Foxcroft and Dover. Cong. Ch 10 00 Bangor. First Cong. Ch. and Soc 29 00 Foxoroft. Mrs. D. Blanchard 1 00 Bath. Mrs. Anna CoveL 1 00 Gorham. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. (16 of Belfast. First Cong. Ch 29 55 which for Cal. Chinese M) 40 26 Brewer. First Cong. Ch, and Soc., 17.25; Harrison. Cong. Ch 10 00 Sab. SCh. of First Cong. Ch., 15 32 25 Limerick. Cong. Ch. and Soc 5 00 Browaville. Mrs. A. H. Merrill 100 00 Minot Center. Miss LixEle E. Wash- Cumberland Mills. Warren Ch. to consi. burns S. S. Class, for Mountain Work. - - 10 00 CHARLXsW. MACE, WARRENL HUNTand Newcastle. Cong. Ch.,for Chinese M 12 00 GEORGE C. GRAHAM L. Ms 125 78 New Gloucester. Cong. Ch 51 50 Cumberland Mills. Y. L. Mission Band, North Bridgton. Cong. Ch 10 00 by Mrs. E. M. Cousins, for Freight, to North Buxton. Cong. Ch s 20 Selma, Ala 2 00 Norway. Mrs. M. K. Frost 1 0(1 Receipts. Rockland. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Cli 5 00 South Berwick. Cong. Cli. and Soc. to const. FRANK BEAVEN, CALVIN MORRI- SON and MOSES SMITH L. Ms 100 00 South karis. Cong. Cli 10 50 Vassalboro. Sab. Sch. of Riverside Cong. Cli 100 York. First Cong. Cli 16 50 Kennebunkport, Maine 5 00 Friend in Maine, fer Pleasant Hill, Tenn Womans Aid to American Missy ASSn, by Mrs. C. A. Woodliury: Portland. Ladies of Second Parish Ch, for Acres Me- nLorial Reom, Selma, Ala... NEW HAMPSHIRE, $264.44. Brookline. Cong. Cli Concord. South Cong. Cli. 53.94 to const. GEORGE H. WHITMAN L. M.; Friend 5. HampStead. Cong. Cli. to consi. DEA. CHARLES W. PRESSEY L M Hanover. Mrs. Susan J. Kellogg.... Hudson. E. A. Warner, for Student Aid, Wilmington, N. C Keene. Primary Dept Second Cong. Cli., for Wilmington, N. C Kensington. Cong. Cli. and Soc Lyme. Cong. Cli., to const. DRA. L. D. WARREN L. M Manchester. Mrs. David Cross, for Indian Merrimack. First Cong. Cli. and Soc Mount Vernon. Lucia E. Trevittis 5. 8. Class, Christmas gift Milton. Cong. Cli and Soc Newmarket. Thomas H. Wiswall Northampton. E. Gove Pittsfield. Cong. Cli..... South Newmarket. Miss H. L. Fitts, for Wilmington, N. C. West Rindge. Geo. G. Williams, for Moun tain Work . VERMONT, $389.96. Barton Landing. Childrens Missy Soc., by Kate 13. Joslyn, Treas., for Indian M. Bellows Falls. First Cong. Cli., to const. JAMES BLANCHARD, JOHN B. MORSE and E. B. SEARLE L. Ms Brownington. A Widow Burlington. College St. Cong. Cli Cabot. Mrs. Sarah S. Russell, 2.50; Mrs. L. kicAlister, SOc . Choster. Ladies Missy Soc. of Cong. Cli., Bbi. of C.. for McIntosh, Ga Danville. Cong. Cli. 21, and Sab. Sch. 11, to const. REV. WR. H. STUART L. M East Hardwick. Mrs. J. R. Delano, for Christmas, Mcintosh. Ga Fairlee. A Friend, Holland. Cong. Cli I~ewbury. Mrs. Edward P. Keyes Norwich. Mrs. H. Burton. Saxtons River. Cong. Cli. and Soc Slioreham. Nellie A. Tottingliam Walllngford. , for Christmas Dinner, Mcintosh, Ga Waterbury. Rev, and Mrs. L., H. Elliot. West Barnet. Mission Band (eight little girls), by Margaret S. Bole, for Indian M West Brattleboro. Benev. Soc. Cong. Cli. by Clara M. Stedman, for Freight to Mc- Intosh, Ga Westminster West. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Cli. bal. to const. WILLIAM E. HITCHCOCK L. M Womans Home Missionary Union of Vt., by Mrs. William P. Fairbanks, Treas., for Mcintosh, Ga.: Barnet. Voluntary Off. Soc. Brattleboro. Sab. Sch. (spe- cial) Mclndoes Falls. Sab. Sch.. Montpelier. W. H. M. S.... Newport. Ladies 71 9 67 10 00 808 500 21 30 54 05 MASSACHUSETTS, $15,186 89. 10 00 Abington. First Cong. Cli 43 75 Amherst. Second Cong. Cli 8 75 Andover. A Friend,for Girls Dormitory, Macon, Ga 1,384 98 Andover. West Cong. Cli., 50; M. E. Man ning, 10 60 03 70 45 Andover. Juv. Missy Soc. of West Cli., for Pleasant Hill, Tenn 25 00 Aslifield. A Friend. 1 80 Attleboro. Second Cong. Cli 89 87 2 00 Auburndale. Cong. Cli 352 62 Bedford. Church of Christ 10 00 58 94 Boverly. Dane St. Cong. Cli., for Mission- ary Teacher 102 02 43 50 B ston. Mount Vernon Cong. Cli. 544 99 10 00 Mount Vernon Cli., Ed- ward A. Strong 25 00 10 00 Shawmut Cong. Cli 237 06 Miss Cornelia Warren, 5 00 for Student Aid, Fisk U. 100 00 5i0 M.L.E. 1000 Mrs. J. B. Potter. for Ste.- 31 10 dent Aid, Wilmington, N.C 800 10 00 Dorchester. Village Cli 31 06 9 so Harvard Cong. Cli. 20 00 Roxbury. Immanuel Cli 163 32 5 40 Eliot Cong. Cli 61 74 10 0O~ Highland Branch 10 00 Sab. Sch., for In- 1000 dianM 485 5 00 1206 02 Braintree. First Cong. Cli 23 75 25 00 Brighton. Ladies, BbL of C., etc., for Sherwood, Tenn 11 00 Brimfield. Ladies Union of Second Cong. Cli., BbL of C., etc., 2 for Freight, for Sherwood Tenn 2 00 Brimfield. Ladies Home Missy Soc. First Cong. Cli., B. of C.. for Tougalee U 10 00 Campello. A Friend, for Mountain Work 50 00 Chelsea. Third Cong. Cli 41 19 93 12 tJambridgeport. Dea. R. L. SNOW, for L. 1300 M 3001 90 51 Cambridgeport. Helping Circle of Kings Daughters. Pilgrim Cong. Cli., 3 w for Student Aid, Fisk U 50 00 Cambridgeport. Sab. Sch. of Prospect St. Cong. Cli, for S. S., Talladega, Ala 19 50 Cambridgeport. Mrs. Anna E. Douglass, 32 00 for Freight to Pleasant Hill, Tenn 1 50 Centreville. Cong. Cli. and Soc 5 00 s 00 Chelsea. First Cong. Cli 39 10 1 00 Chicopee. Mrs. Mosmans Class, 9; Miss ~ ~ Woodwortlis Class, 3 38. Sab. Soli. of 10 00 Third Cong. Cli.. for indian Schp 12 3~ 2 00 Dalton. Mrs. Louise F. Crane, 100; Miss 2S 00 Clara L. Crane, 100; W. M. Crane, 160 300 00 3 13 Deerfield. A. C. Williams 3 00 D uglass. Mrs. James wells, 5, and Mrs. 1 6~ Wells S. S. Class, 5, for StudentAid, Ton- ~ ~ galee U 10 00 Dracut. Cong. Cli 15 U0 East Bridgewater. Union Cong. Cli 10 88 s 00 East Cambridge. Miss M. F. Aiken 5 00 Easthampton. Payson Cong. Cli. (6 of whiclifor indian M) 23S SO 2 00 Easthampton. Sab. Sch. First Cong. Cli., fr Teacher, Indian M 50 00 Edgartown. Cong. Cli 1~ 08 2115 i~rving. Cong. Cli. and Soc 3 00 Essex. Cong. Cli. and Soc 86 00 Everett. Cong. Cli.. adl 50 Falmouth. Cong. Cli 20 00 Fall River. Central Cong. Cli. (70 of which 72 .Receipts. from Y. P. S. of C. E., for Indian Schp).. Fitchburg. Cal. Cong. Cli Franklin. First Cong. Cli Georgetown. Peabody Memorial Ch., (30 of which from Sab. 5db. to consi. ELLA W. MACE L. M.) Globe Village. Free Evan. Soc. (30 ~ which to consi. FREDERICK G. BLAN- CHARD I. M.) Gloucester. Lanesville Cong. Ch. Granby. Cong. Soc.... Great Barrington. First Cong. Cli. and Soc Greenfield. Second Cong. Ch Hardwlck. Cal Cong. Cli Haverhill. C. Coffin Haydenville. Cong. Ch. and Soc Holbrook. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Cli., for Sfudent Aid. Fisk U Holbrook, Mrs. J. V. Thayer, for Freight te Dakofa Holliston. Bible Christians, Holliston. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., 15; Friends, 6. for Student Aid, Fisk U. ... Holyoke. Mrs. Mary E. Rust Hopklnton. First Cong. Ch Hopkinton. Mrs. Wings S. S. Class, for Emerson Inst.,Mobile,Ala. Hyde Park. First Cong. Cli Ipswlch. First Cong. Cli. and Soc Lakeville. ~1 Iss Beisey Kinsley Lee. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Cli..... Leorninster. Orthodox Cong. Cli., for new building. Williamsburg, Ky... Lincoln. Sab. 5db. First Cong. Cli., f~r Student Aid, Atlanta U . Litilelon. Cong. Ch Lowell. Kirk St. iJong. Cli.. 50, to coost. F. W. ELY. L. M; John St. Cong. Cli., 32 19; Miss S. H. Harlow, 1 Lynn. First Cong. Cli Maiden. First Cong. Cli Marlboro. Union Cong. Cli., to const. ELMER D. HOWE L. M., for Indian Schp. Medway. Village Ch Medway. g.~ F. Richardson, BbL of C., etc., for Sherwood, Ten~i Meirose. Frontier Aid Soc. for S1raightU~ Meirose. Ladles of Cong. Cli., for Student Aid, Fisk U Methuen. First Cong. Cli. and Soc Milford. Kings Daughters, by Mrs. Webster Woodburv, for furnishing two rooms Pleasant Hill, Tenn Milford. Cong. Cli. and Soc Mill River. Cong. Cli. and Soc Monson. Mrs. John Packard Montague. First Cong. Cli Newburyport. Prospect St. Cli., 41 86; Whitefield Cong. Cli., 20 01 Newton. Eliot Cong. Cli...... Newton Highlands. Miss E. H. Craft North Adams. Cong. Cli North Amherst. Sab. 5db. of Cong. Cli. for Indian 31 Northampton. B North Attleboro. Frank H. Bennett, for Mountain Ww k Norilibridge. First Cong. Cli. and Soc... North Brookfieid. First Cong. Cli. and Soc., to consi. MRS. J. E. PORTER and JOHN S. COOKE L. Ms Norton. Trin. Cong. Cli., 9 78; Mrs. E. B. Wheaton, 30, to consi. SILAs H. COSH L M Nortli Weymouth. A Friend, for Stu.. dent Aid, Tatladega C Nortli Weymouth. Miss Edith M. Bates.. Oxford. Cong. Cli Peabody. Sab. Sch. Soutli Cong. Ch., for Teacher, Indian 31 Peabody. Prof. J. K. Cole. Books etc., for Lathrop Library, Sherwood, Penn Peru. Rev. S. W. Powell Pittsfield. First Cong. Cli., 65; South Cong. Cli. and Soc., 4097 32~ 40 Pittsfield. Sab. Sch. of First Cli., for Jloun 17 00 fain Work 30 00 26 00 Quincy Point. Ladies Missy Soc 60 Reading. Cong. Cli iS Oil Rockdale. Cong. Cli. and Soc 4 25 102 CO Salem. Nab. Scii. of Tab. Cli., for Student Aid, Tillotson Inst 25 00 Salem. Mrs. Lucy E. Friend, Box Books, 53 05 for Lathrop Library, Sherwood, Tenn 12 25 Southamptoa. Cong. Cli I CO 50 00 Souihboro. Pilgrim Ch 33 88 South Dennis. Cong. Cli 3 14 75 00 South Weymouth. Cong. Cli. (20., of wh. 27 46 from Primary Dept. of Sab. Scli. for Stu- 4 l~5 dent Aid, Macen, Ga.) 43 00 50 Springfield. Miss N. Burnham, for Moun. 25 00 tam Work 20 00 Stockliridge. Cong. Cli 60 50 12 00 Stoneham. Cong. Ch 33 00 Sudbury. Cong. Cli 34 82 70 Sunderiand. Ladies Sew. Soc., BiJI of C., 50 00 for Tougaloo U Ware. First Cong. Cli.,for Mountain Work 18 00 21 00 West Barnstable. Cong. Cli 10 00 1 00 Wesiboro. Friend, for Indian M 1 00 69 56 West Boxford. Cong. Cli. .. . . . . 7 00 West Boylsion. First Cong. Cli. and Soc 7 33 12 00 West Brookfield. Miss Emily S. Woods 17 00 and her Sab. Scli. Class, for Mountain 3100 W k 1000 4 50 West Dennis. Mrs. S. S. Crowell 1 50 25 00 Westfield. Primary Class Cong. Sab. Sch., for Straight U 15 00 64 70 Westfield. Mrs. C. W. Fowler, Box S. S. Material and Books; 3.75 for Freight, 20 00 etc, for Sherwood. Penn... 13 78 West Gardner. Young jj~jj~ ~l~ss~ ~ Soc. for indian Schp 35 00 West Medford. Cong. Cli .... . 11 04 83 39 West Medway. Third Cong. Cli., to consi. 11 53 Miss EMMA C. PARTRIDGE L. M 30 00 33 03 West Somerville. Cong. Ch 6 00 Wllliamstown. First Cong. Cli 33 46 75 00 Winchester. Ladies Western Missy Soc., 50 00 edt. for Girls Dormitory, Pleasant Hill~ Penn 10 00 Woburn. First Cong. Cli 328 36 10 00 Wollaston. A Friend 1 00 n7orcester. Miss Sarah E Wheeler 5 00 2 75 Yarmoulli. First Cong. Cli.... 50 00 14 69 itampden County Benevolent Society, by ~harles Marsh. Treasurer: 50 00 Chicopee, Third 8.03 43 30 Holyoke, First 20.52 21 00 Westfield, Second 56 99 1 00 West Springfield, MIttineag 3(7 Park St 39.11 15 50 Park St. 65 87 Sab. 5db. for ed. of a young 50 00 Indian . 21.65 100 14937 150 69 Womans Home Missionary Association, for Salaries of Teachers 880 00 2244 300 $826392 s 00 ESTATES. 18 0.; 65 07 39 78 .Iest Roxbury. Estate of E. W. Tolman, by Rev. N. (4. Clark. Ex.. Worcester. Estate of DwiglitReed,byE. 172 97 J. Whuttemore. Admr 6750 00 $15186 89 10 00 CLOTHING, BOOKS, ETC., RECEIVED AT BOSTON OFFICE. 2 00 20 tO Cumberland Mills, Me. Young Ladies Mission Band, BliL. for Selma, Ala 50 00 West Faimouth, Me. Rev. Win. H. Has- kelL Bhl., for Prey, N. C Auburndale. Mass. Miss Alice Williston, 5 00 BliL, for Greenwood, S. C Aslifield. Mass. Cong. Cli., by Mrs. Dan- 105 97 lel Williams, Bbl.,for McLeansville, N. C. .Receipts. 73 Marshuleld, Mass. Rev. E. Alden, 2 Bbls., val. 51.25 for Williamsburg, Ky West Roxhury. Mass. Y. P. 5. C. E. of So. Evan. Cli., 2 Bbls., for Chapel Hill. N. C.. Worcester, Mass. Miss S. E. Wheeler, Bbl., for Wilmington, N. C RHODE ISLAND, 1372.74. Central Falls. Cong. Cli East Providence. S. Belden East Providence. Newman Cong. Cli., to const. DEA. WILLIAM W. ELLIs L. M.... Kingston. Cong. Cli Providence. Pilgrim Cong. Cli Providence. Union Cong. Cli., 12; North Cong. Cli., 11; Free Cong. Cli., 5,/or new building, Williamsburg, Ky Tiverton. Cong. Cli.. 21; Church Supply, 10; for new building, Williamsburg, Ky... CONNECTICUT, IS,266 04. Abington. Cong. Cli Rerun. Second Cong. Cli Bethel. Young Ladies Mission Circle of Cong. Cli., 30: for Pleasant Hill, Tenn. and 30 for Talladega C Black Rock. Cong. Cli Bloomfield. Cong. Cli... Bridgeport. Park St. Cong. Cli., 37.76; Y. P. 5. C. E. of South Cong. Cli., 5 Bristol. J. J. Jennings S. S. Class, for Student Aid, Tougaloo U Burlington. Cong. Cli Canton Center. Cong. Cli. and Soc Central Village. Cong. Cli Clinton. Cong. Cli. and Soc Collinsvllle. Cong. Cli., for Talladega C... Columbia. Cong. Cli. Danbury. First Cong. Cli.. 101.32; Second Cong. Cli. and Soc., 27 Danielsonville. Westfield Cong. Cli. and Soc Deep River. Cong. Cli., to const. FREDERIC C. PRATT L M Easiford. Cong. Cli Enfield. Friends in First Cong. Cli,fcr Indian M., Native Pastor Greeneville. Cong. Cli.. baL to const. REV. THOMAs SIMM5 L M Griswold. First Cong. Cli Guilford. A Memorial Offering.... Haddam. Cong. Cli Higganum. Cong. Cli., 29; Mrs. Susan Gladwin, 5 Hartford. Mrs. Mary C. Bemis Hartford. Warburton Cliapel Sab. Sch., for Pleasant Hill, Tenn. Girls mdl. Hall. lThntington. Cong. Cli Kensington. Mary Frost, deceased, by Mrs. E. S. Tulbs Litchuleld. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Cli., for Tougaloo U Madison. Cong. Cli..... Manchester. First Cona. Cli Meriden. Sab. Scli. of First Cong. Cli.... Meriden. Robert P. Rand Middlefield. Cong. Cli. to const. JAMES LYMAN and ALBERT R. TUCKER L. Ms... Middletown. First Cong. Cli. Milford. First Cong. Cli Milford. Sab. Scli. of Plymouth Cli Mount CarmeL Mrs. J. M. Swift New Britain. South Cong. Cli., to const. JOHN B. SMITH. F. A. GIDDINGs, G. E. ROOT and MARTIN S. WIARD L. Ms New Canaan. Cong Cli New Haven. College St. Cong. Ch New Haven. Sab. Sch. of Center Ch., for Student Aid, Atlanta U New Haven. H. C. Rowe, for Ballard Nor- mal Sah. New London. Trust Estate of Henry P. Haven (70. of which/or Indian Schp).... New London. Sab. Scli. of Second Cong. Cli. 70. Mrs. L. E. Learned and Daugh- ters 17.50, for Indian Schps. 87 50 New London. A Friend for Chinese M. 50 New Milford. First Cong. Cli., 80.16; Friends 10 90 16 ~Iewington. Cong. Cli 24 36 New kreston. Mrs. Betsy AverilL for Mountain Work 10 00 Norfolk. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Cli., for In- 47 72 dran Sohp 15 27 50 00 Norwalk. First Cong. Cli 63 09 Norwich. Buckingliam Sab. Scli 25 00 30 0~ Old Saybrook Cong. Cli. and Soc 40 64 41 74 Plainville. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Cli., for 144 28 Oaks, N. C 20 00 Pomtret. Friends 50 Poquonock. Sab. 5db. Cong. Cli, for 28 oo Mountain Work 15 00 Prospect. B. B. Brown 20 00 si oo Putnam. Second Cong. Cli 20 91 Roxhury. Mrs. D. H. Beardsley 4 50 Roxhury. Mrs. J. S. Beardsley, Pkg. patchwork, for Sherwood, Tenn 5 00 Sharon. John H. Cleaveland 5 00 44 80 Simsbury. James Reid 1 50 Stamford. Y. P. 5. C. E., by Grace S. Bean 1 50 60 00 Stratford. Cong. Cli 27 36 27 00 South Manchester. First Cong. Cli., adL 5 00 4 50 South Norwalk. Cong. Cli. and Soc. to const. MRS. SUsAN M. HALL, Miss MAY 42 76 Q. SMITH and hlRs. MARY GRAVES L Ms 95 00 Somers. Cong. Cli 7 50 10 00 Somers. Henrietta and Harriet, Me- 1 00 mortal Offering, Carpet and BbL ot 10 00 Goods, 2.45 for Freight,for Beach Inst 2 45 4 0 Soutlibury. Cong. Cli 5 00 40 38 South Killingly. Cong. Cli . 5 50 31 00 South Wethersifeld. Sab. Sch Class, by 19 55 Bertha H. Griswold, for Womans Work 2 00 Talcottville. Cong. Cli 60 00 128 32 Thomaston. Cong. Cli 11 23 Thomaston. Ladies Benev. Soc.. by Mrs. 20 28 G. A. Lemmon, Sec., for Conn. Indl Sch., Ga 3000 35 00 Thompson. Sab. Seli. of Cong. Cli., for 14 56 Mountain Work 3 75 Thompson. Ladies, by Miss Julia Sliaw, 150 00 adl,for Conn. lndlSch., Ga.. Torriigton. Helpmeet Circle of ~ 25 10 00 Daughters, for Grand V w, Tenn 10 00 30 00 Waterbury. Mrs. G. C. Hill, Pkg. Patch- 200 00 work, for Sherwood, Tenn 9 75 West Haritord. First Church of Christ 102 96 West Hartford. Mrs. E. W. Morris, for 34 00 Mountain Work 10 00 20 00, Westbrcok. Cong. Cli. and Soc 25 60 Williamsville. Cong. Cli 5 00 17 75 Windsor. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Cli. 11 00 30 for Tougaloo U. and 2ofor Grand View, Tenn 50,00 3 Co Winsted. Mrs. M. A. MitchelL for Student Aid, Talladega C 25 00 10 00 Woodstock. First Cong. Cli 56 60 5 80 . A Friend, 500 00 91 2 Womans Home Missionary Union of 15 00 Connecticut, by Mrs. Wilder Smith, Sec., 3 50 for Conn. lndl Soh., Ga. Suffleld. Aux 5 00 5 00 6464 11255 $3,766 04 150 00 10 87 10 00 ESTATES. Norwich. Estate of HeEekiah F. Rudd, by John M. Johnson. Executor 3.500 00 Thompson. Estate of Levi B. Mowry, by 290 80 H. E. Holmes, Trustee 1,000 00 2421 . 54 50 $8,266 04 NEW YORK, 1962.94. 25 00 Albany. First Cong. Cli.. 51; Miss E. L. 1000 11111,1 5200 Albany. Mrs. M. H. Williams, Pkg. Kin- 170 00 dergarten material, and PEg. Patch- work, for Sherwood, Tenn 74 Receipts. Alfred Center. Mrs. Ida F. Kenyon Binghamton. First Cong. Ch. Binghamton. Girls Mission Band of Cong. Ch., Faithful Workers, by Cornella Sturtevantjor Student Aid, Aeasant Hill, Tenn Brooklyn. South Cong. C h., 75.; A Friend, to const. HON. THOMAS B. REED L M. 80 Brooklyn. Julius Davenport, for Atlanta U Brooklyn. Miss Prentices Class, Sab. Sch. Ch. of the Pllgtlms, for Indian Schp Brooklyn. Central. Cong. Sab. Sch., for Santee Indian M Brooklyn. Mrs. Rev. Geo. Hollis, for Mountain Work . Brooklyn. Lewis Av. Cong. Ch., Commu- nion Set Buffalo. First Cong. Ch 4Janandalgua. First Cong. Ch., for Indian Schp Chateaugay. Joseph Shaw Cortland. Cong. Ch. to const. MRS. JANE R. SAMSON L. M Fatrport. Primary Classes Cong. Sab. Sch., by Miss S. E. Dowd, for Dakota Home Fairport. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. . .. Franklin. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch Fulton. A Friend Greene. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch Honeoye. Sab Sch. of Cong. Ch Jamestown. First Cong. Ch LeRoy. Mrs. D. A. PhIllips, 10; Mrs. Alex. McEwen, 10; A Friend, 1 Lysander. Cong. Ch Millers Place. Cong. Ch New York. Frank C. Overton, 10; A. Welherin. 10, for Student Aid, Lincoln N. In8t.. Maroon, Ala New York. Albert T. Hall, Trunk of Books Oneonta. Mrs. L. J. Safford Phoenix. Primary Class, Cong. S. S., for Student Aid, Talladega C Portchester. Milo Mead Rochester. Geo. Thayer, 25; Geo. W. Thayer, 10; Mrs. E. M. RIder, 4.50 Sag ilarbor. Charles N. Brown, to const. WILLIAM H. YOtoNos L. M Sing Sing. Mrs. C. E Judd, to const. REV. LELAND E. TUPPER L. M Utica. Bethesda Welsh Cong. Ch Womans Home Missionary Union of N. Y., by Mrs. L. H. Cobb, Tress., for Wo- mans Wook: Aquebogue. Ladles Aux. ... 15 00 Rochester. Ladies A u x. South Ch 5 00 NEW JERSEY, 22.11. Bound Brook. Cong. Ch PENNSYLVANIA, $107.60. Elvilla. Thomas McCleery Germantown. Freedmans Concert, by Mission Guild of First Cong. Ch North East. Miss C. A. Talcoit. Philadelphia. Miss S. Longstreth, f()~~ Mountain Work xhlladelphia. Sab. Sch. of Central Cong. Ch., for Straight U~ Shire Oaks. Jane Wilson OHIO, $442.69. Akron. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., for Stu dent Aid, Fisk U . Akron. Sab. Sch. First Cong. Ch.,for Stu- dent Aid, Ballard Normal SeA Alexis. Cong. Ch 5 00 Andover. Cong. Ch 100 56 Ashiabula. First Cong. Ch Belpre. Cong. Ch Berlin Heights. Cong. Ch.. Cleveland. Young People of C., by Miss 15 00 E. A. Johnson. for Mountain Work.. Claridon. Cong. Ch Cincinnati. Walnut Hills. Cong. Ch.. 105 00 76.52; Lawrence St. Welsh Cong. Ch., 20 100 00 Columbus, C. E. Dunham; for Wilmington. N. C Lindenville. Mrs. Lydia C. Beares 70 00 Lorain. Cong. Ch., 38 18; Y. P. 5. C. E., 10 37 50 Medina. Ladies Mlssy Soc., Box Bed- ding, 1.05 for Freight, for Ballard Normal 5 00 ,Sch Mesopotamia. Ladies Benev. Society of Cong. Ch.. BbL of C., 2 for Foeigho, for 100 00 Vougaloo U Oberlin. Dudley Allen, M.D., 10. to const. 25 75 PROF. JOHN F. PECK L. M.; Sab. Sch. of 4 50 FIrst Cong. Ch., 10.91 Pittsfield. Cong. iSab. Sch., for Mountain 30 00 Work... Rochester. Cong. Ch Radnor. Edward D. Jones..... 40 00 Talimadge. Ladies H. M. Soc., for We- 18 58 mans Work 1 00 Unionvllle. Cong. Ch 1 00 WellIngton. Ladies Soc. of Cong. Ch., 310 forStudentAid,Fisk U 7 00 Womans Home Missionary Union of Ohio 48 00 by Mrs. M. C. Morrison. for an Organ for 21 00 Miss Collins Indian Work 7 15 INDIANA, $1.00. S 00 BraEil. Mrs. C. Clark Indianapolis. Friend, Box Sewing Sch. 20 00 Material, for Sherwood, Tenn 2 00 1 30 500 39 50 30 00 30 00 10 00 20 00 2 11 10 00 14 60 100 10 00 30 00 2 00 50 00 50 00 600 400 17 25 13 00 7 70 4 50 22 46 96 52 4 00 5 00 48 18 1 05 200 40 91 3 62 1 15 5 00 20 00 4 80 5 00 30 55 100 ILLINOIS, $6,478.57. Amboy. Mrs. Andrews, Patchwork and Bibles, for 3fobzle, Ala... Big Rock. Cong. Ch 6 00 Chicago. R. A. W. 50O~ New England Cong. Ch.. 107.46; South (~Iong. Ch., 65.55; Rev. Henry Willard, 25. FIrst Cong. Cli., 186 72; South Park Cong. Ch., 18.36 903 09 Chicago. Friends In First Cong. Ch., for Teacher, Indian M 25 00 Chicago. Ladies of First Cong. Ch.. by Mrs. E. P. GoodwIn, for Fort Berthold Indian M 20 00 Chicago. Prof. A. M. Bacon, for Student Aid, Tougaloo U 5 00 Chicago. Plymouth Cong. Sab. Sch. and Friends, Box of C., etc.,for Sherwood, Houghton 15 0 Downers Grove. Cong. Ch 13 09 Galesburg. Mrs. S. P. M. Avery 15 00 Galva. Ladles Missy Soc. of Cong. Ch., for Talladega C 7 55 Geneseo. Mrs. E L. Atkinson 5 00 Granville. Stephen Harrison 10 00 Jacksonville. Cong. Ch 49 66 NiarshaiL Rev. Dana Sherrill 5 90 Morrison. Ellen S. Brown 1 00 Oak Park. Cong. Ch 224 15 Poplar Grove. Cong. Ch 11 30 Princeton. First Cong. Ch., 13 10; Mrs. P. B. Corss, 10 23 50 Rockford. First Cong. Ch - 76 00 Saint Charles. Cong. Ch 6 00 Toulon. Ladies of Cong. Cli., 2 Boxes Clothing, Books, etc.,forSherwocd, Tenn. Waverly. Cong. Cli 23 67 t4~ heaton. College Cong. Cli 27 46 Woodstock. 0. Hobart 2 00 York Center. Mission Sab. Soli 8 20 $1,478 57 Receipts. ESTATE. LaSalle. Estate of Mrs. Sarah Latlirop, Hon. J. H. Miller, Ex 5000 00 $6.478 57 MICHIGAN, 1359.02. Adrian. First Cong. Cli Ann Arbor. Ladies Missy Soc. of Cong. Cli., Bbl. of C.,for Athens, Ala Battle Creek. A Friend, Bay City. Sab. Scli. of Cong. Cli Benzonia. Amasa Waters Calumet. Helping Hand Soc., by Annie Grh~rson, for Marie Adlof Fund Detroit. First Cong. Cli . Dexter. Dennis Warner Eaton Rapids. First Cong. Cli East Saginaw. Sab. Soli. of Cong. Cli., for Student Aid, Fisk U East Saginaw. Dea. N. H. Culver Grand Rapids. Mrs. S. A. B. Carrier Greenville. ong. Cli Lansing. Plymouth Cli LeRoy. Cong. Cli Olivet. Cong. Cu South Haven. Cong. Cli Tecumseh. James Vincent Womans Rome Missionary Union of Michigan. by Mrs. B. F. o*rabill, Treas, Jbr Womans Work; Bay City. Mrs. M. M. An- drews, for Trinity Sch 1 50 Benton Rarbor. W. a. M. S., for Trinity SeA 5 00 Clieboygan. Sab. Scli., for Freedmen and Mountain Work Detroit. Mount Sub. 1 50 Sch., for Mou tam Work.... 2 59 Highland Station. W. hi. S., for Trinity Sch 3 85 17 67 50 9 42 14 00 20 00 68 17 20 00 10 00 12 50 100 1 00 50 00 2700 4 25 75 97 3 10 10 00 14 44 WISCONSIN, $150.44. Appleton. Mrs. J. T. Reeve 5 00 Berlin. Mission Band, Young Con- querors, by Rev. A. B. Penniman, for Librarian of Fisk U 386 Beloit. Second Cong. Cli 32 13 Beloit. Ladies of First Cong. Cli., 2 Blils. of C. etc., for SAe,-wood, Tenn Bristol and Paris. Womans Missy Soc., Bbi. C. etc.,for Sherwood, ....... Delavan. C. T. Smith 44 00 Fox Lake. Cong. Cli 5 30 Lake Geneva. MILO BARNARD to const. himself L. M 30 00 Menomonie. First Cong. Cli 16 03 Menomonie. Mrs. V. A. Knapp. BbL of C. etc., for Sherwood, Teen Milwaukee. Plymouth Cli 14 12 Sturgeon Bay. Friends, Box of C. etc., for Sherwood, Teen IOWA, $441.35. Ames. First Cong. Cli Chester Center. Cong. Cli Cresco. Willard Converse Denmark. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Cli Doon. Mr. and Mrs A. (4. Matlier Dubuque. Cong. Cli., 12; Sab. Sch. of Immanuel Cong. Cli., S Eldora. Cong. Cli. (138 of which from Sab Sch.), for Attaeta U Goldileld. Clias. Philbrook Grinnell. Cong. Cli Independence. New England Cong. Cli.. Magnolia. Cong. Cli. 946. andSab. Scli. 10. Maquoketa. Y. P. 5. C. B.. Box of C., for Tougaloo U McGregor. Cong. Cli. (5. of which for Fisk U) 15 05 12 85 5 00 15 00 15 00 17 00 109 75 ~2 00 9 15 6 50 lii 46 Newton. Childrens Mission Band of Wit- tenberg Cong. Sab, Scli., for ,savannah, Ga Newton. Cong. Cli Shenandoah. Cong. Cli. 20.85. and Sab. Sch. 1.68 Sioux City. First Cong. Cli Spencer. First Cong. r4ab. Sch. 5.; Birth- day Missionary Box of First Cong. S.8.5. Tipton. Ladies MIssy Soc. of Cong. Cli., for Grand View, Teen. Womans Home Missionary Union of Iowa, for Womans Work: Cedar Falls. L. M. S 2 99 Dubuqne. L. M. S 10 67 Fairfield. W.M. S 5 00 GrinnelL W. H. M. U 13 16 Hampton. L. M. S 5 00 Magnolia. L. M. S 2 50 Mason. L. M. S 6 50 Sheldon. L. M. S 2 00 25 68 15 92 22 53 37 62 10 OG 568 47 82 MINNESOTA, $296.52. Anoka. Cong. Cli 2 41) Crookston. Cong. Cli 3 45 Elk River. Cong. Cli 5 00 Granite Falls. Cong. Cli 8 60 Mankato. Cong. Cli . 14 41) Mapleton. Cong. Cli 3 00 Minneapolis. First Cong. Cli. 36.50; Sil- ver Lake Cong. Cli. 13; Union Cong. Cli. 6.10; Pilgrim Cong. Cli. 10; Corno Av. Cong. Cli. 521; Plymouth Cli., Life Member 5 75 81 & orthtleld. First Cong. Cli 37 5~ Plainview. Miss M. If. Carpenter. Box Books and Papers/or Jonesboro. Teen.... Saint PauL Pacific Cong. Cli. 10; Ply- mouth Cong. Cli. 9.32 19 32 Sterling. Cong. Cli 2 00 Wadena. Cong. Cli 6 00 Waseca. Cong. Cli. 7.82; Rev. J. E. Smith 5 1282 Watervilie. Cong. Cli 4 12 Womans Home Missionary Society of Minnesota by Mrs. M. W. Skinner. Treas. for from.izns Work: Austin 9 68 Duluth, Pilgrim Cli.. for Meridian. Miss 2000 Janesville. S. S 88 Minneapolis. Park Av 17 00 Minneapolis. Plymouth.... 25 7c Minneapolis. Plymouth Y. L 1023 Saint Paul. Atlantic, fcr Santee Agency 5 00 West Dora Si Winona. Sab. Sch. of First Ch.,forSanteeAgency 5 00 Saint Cloud 10 00 ~0204 MISSOURI, $56.70 Ironton. J. Markham 2 50 Laclede. Clara A. Seward, for Womans Work 2 00 8~eoslio. Cong. Cli 4 65 Saint Joseph. Tabernacle Cong. Cli - 47 55 ARKANSAS, $2.22. Little Rock. Sab. Sch. of Pilgrim Ccng. Cli 222 KANSAS, $64.02. Atchison. First Cong. Cli Highland. Mrs. Daniel Kloss, for Student Aid, Fisk U Leavenworth. First Cong. Cli 50 70 Onaga. Cong. Cli 3 27 5 00 S2 S2 3 22 76 Receipts. NORTH DAKOTA, $12.14. Jamestown. Mrs. M. S. Wells.... Fargo. First Cong. Oh., adi SOUTH DAKOTA, *24 63. Chamberlain. Cong. Ch. ... Erwin. Cong. Ch South Dakota Womans Home Missionary Union, by Mrs. S. E. Fifield, Ireas., for Womans Work: Armour. W. M. S 2 00 Chamberlain. W. M. S 2 00 Lake Preston. W. M. S 3 50 Sioux Falls. W. M. S S 00 NEBRASKA, $79.35. Ashlan6. Cong. Oh.... Clarks. Cong. Oh Fairmont. Cong. Oh Lewiston. J. B. White... Omaha. W. H. Rolcomb, Sen Rising City. First Cong. Oh COLORADO, $81 00. Denver. First Cong. Oh OREGON, $35 00. Forest Grove. Cong. Oh..... Portland. First Cong. Oh Portland. Miss Libbie D. Kelsey,for Stu- dent Aid, Sherwood, Tenn WASHINGTON, $1.05. Anacortes. Pilgrim Cong. Oh , adl DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $179.31. 3 00 9 14 10 00 2 13 12 50 3 50 7 00 7 35 30 00 2 00 29 50 81 00 10 00 20 00 5 00 1 05 Washington. Mount Pleasant Cong. Oh. to const. BENJAMIN HOWARD DAVIS L. M., 4933; Anonymous, 30 79 33 Washington. A Friend, through Rev. W. W. Patton, D.D., for Theo. Dept, How ard U 100 00 NORTH CAROLINA, $10.62. Chapel Hill. Mrs. C. E. Jones 4 00 Dry Creek. Cong. Oh 06 Nails. Cong. Oh 45 Troy. Cong. Oh 30 Wilmington. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Oh., for Rosebud Indian M 4 ~1 Wilmington. Prof. G. A. Woodard 1 00 GEORGIA, $5.00. Milford. Rev. J. A. Jones FLORIDA, $7.28. Daytona. Cong. Oh ALABA~iA,~$16.26. Talladega. Rev. H. S. DeForest, for Tat- ladega C Marion. Two valuable Ebis. Clothing and Christmas Toys, for Lincoln N. Inst 5 00 7 28 16 26 TEXAS, $3 40. Dalias. Cong. Oh 3 40 TENNESSEE, $73.98. Chattanooga. First Cong. Oh 10 46 Deer Lodge. Cong. Oh. Thanksgiving Coil s 50 Jotiesboro. Cong. Oh. 16.33, and Sab. Sch. 4.19. 20 52 Nashville. Cong. Oh Nashville. Prof. F. A. Chase,for Scientif- IcDept, Fisk U MISSISSIPPL Meridian. Mr. Parish, Ton of Coal. ENGLAND, $10.00. ChigwelL Miss S. L. Ropes 25 00 12 50 BULGARIA, $6.00. Samokov. Rev. J. F. Clark 6 00 Donations $18 689 41 Estates 16,422 97 $35,112 35 INCOME, $340.00. Avery Fund, for Mendi Al 190 00 C. F. Dike Fnnd,for Straight U 50 00 General Endowment Fnnd, for Freedmen 50 00 Piumb Schp Fund, for Fssk U. ... 50 00 340 00 TUITION, $4,061.15. Lexington, Ky. Tuition 207 35 Jonesboro, Tenn. Tuition 2 00 Memphis, Tenn. Tuition 563 65 Nashville, Tenn. Tuition 595 60 Pine Mountain, Tenn. Tuition 47 18 Pleasant Hill, Tenn. Public Sch. Fund 30 00 Pleasant Hill, Tenn. Tuition 7 50 Sherwood. Tenn. Tuition 35 00 Chapel Hill, N. C. Tuition 6 50 Troy, N. C. Tuition 9 00 Wilmington, N. C. Tuition 190 12 Charleston, 8. 0. Tuition 240 50 Greenwood, S. C. Tuition 38 10 Macon, Ga. Tuition 407 60 McIntosh, Ga. Tuition 34 37 Savannab, Ga. Tuition 256 05 Thomasville, Ga. Tuition 82 10 Athens, Ala. Tuition 84 25 Marion, Ala. Tuition 45 ~5 Mobile, Ala. Tuition 264 35 Selma, Ala. Tuition 94 80 Meridian, Miss. Tuition 79 15 Tougaloo, Miss. Tuition 184 50 New Orleans, La. Tuition 395 75 Austin, Texas. Tuition 151 48 4,06115 United States Government for the Educa tion of Indians 702 00 Total for December $40,215 53 SUMMARY. Donations $53,151 91 Estates 29,420 27 $82,572 24 Income 3,376 15 Tuition 8,783 84 Untied States Government for the Edu- cation of Indians 5,069 18 Total from Oct. 1 to Dec. 31 *99.801 41 FOR THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY. Subscriptions for December $139 09 Previously acknowledged 67 76 Total $206 85 H. W. HUBBARD, Treasurer, 56 Reade N. Y.

THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY. VOL. XLIV. MARCH, 1890. No. 3. REMOVAL. The Rooms of the American Missionary Associ- ation are now in the Bible House, New York City. Correspondents will please address us accordingly. Visitors will find our Rooms on the sixth floor of. the Bible House, corner Ninth Street and Fourth Avenue; entrance by elevator on Ninth Street. The Association opened its office first in humble quarters in Spruce street, and since then it has occupied rooms in Beekman, John and Reade streets. These down-town locations have served some valuable purposes. They were accessible to the teachers and workers in passing to and from the South, and in the shipment of goods to the South and to Africaonce a large item in our business. In the change now made, we shall gain the advantage of more convenient rooms, of association with our brethren of the other missionary societies and more frequent opportunities of fra- ternal greetings with pastors and friends coming to the city. KEEP PEGGING AWAY. Abraham Lincoln packed into these homely words the expression of his heroic faith and indomitable perseverance. When victory forsook our armies, when elections at the North pronounced against the administration, and when timid and disloyal people were clamoring for peace at any price, this great man, discerning clearly that only by arms could the rebel- lion be crushed, acted upon this motto. He did not mean by this that a mere

THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY. VOL. XLIV. MARCH, 1890. No. 3. REMOVAL. The Rooms of the American Missionary Associ- ation are now in the Bible House, New York City. Correspondents will please address us accordingly. Visitors will find our Rooms on the sixth floor of. the Bible House, corner Ninth Street and Fourth Avenue; entrance by elevator on Ninth Street. The Association opened its office first in humble quarters in Spruce street, and since then it has occupied rooms in Beekman, John and Reade streets. These down-town locations have served some valuable purposes. They were accessible to the teachers and workers in passing to and from the South, and in the shipment of goods to the South and to Africaonce a large item in our business. In the change now made, we shall gain the advantage of more convenient rooms, of association with our brethren of the other missionary societies and more frequent opportunities of fra- ternal greetings with pastors and friends coming to the city. KEEP PEGGING AWAY. Abraham Lincoln packed into these homely words the expression of his heroic faith and indomitable perseverance. When victory forsook our armies, when elections at the North pronounced against the administration, and when timid and disloyal people were clamoring for peace at any price, this great man, discerning clearly that only by arms could the rebel- lion be crushed, acted upon this motto. He did not mean by this that a mere 78 Calls for Enlargement. idle pretense of doing something should be kept up he meant a steady pressure growing constantly more intense and effective; when volunteering flagged, he offered bounties; when bounties failed, he resorted to drafting. The army must be kept up and it must be fully equipped, and never did a more splendid army tread the earth, and never was money poured out with so lavish a hand. The end came, and it was worth all it cost. The war settled two thingsthe unity of the nation and the freedom of the slave. One thing it did not settlethe future of tbe Negro. That question must be settled by his Christian education. This is just as plain to thoughtful men as it was to Lincoln that military force only could save the nation. But now as then, there are men who are discouraged and who say that this process of education will take a long time, and so, once more, the air is full of impracticable remediesto take the ballot from the Negro to transport him to Africa, to the West, t~the North The cry is, the white mans supremacy at any price. Now, again, is the time for Lincolns motto, keep pegging away, and that not merely in a perfunc- tory way, but by pushing more and more vigorously. In this moral war- fare, volunteers must be encouraged. There is no need of special boun- tiGs, nor of drafting; only furnish the means to meet the meagre salaries, and the recruits will crowd to the field in abundance, but their numbers must be greatly enlarged. Hence the great need, as in the dark days of the war, of multiplying the means of equipment. The money should be poured out with a lavish hand to sustain a vastly enlarged working force. Money can never be spent at a better time, nor for a better purpose. $500,000. This is the sum recommended for the use of this Association by the National Council, and by our own Annual Meeting. These figures have not only these indorsements, but also the far greater one of the needs of the field. Some of our schools are packed to overflowing and scholars are turned away because there is no room, places are opening for enlarged church work which we ought to have the means of entering, and industrial facilities should be increased. The need for such enlargement is illustrated in I)art by the items which follow. CALLS FOR ENLARGEMENT. Our schools, with scarcely an exception, are asking for more teachers for their over crowded rooms, and two or three pulpits stand vacant be- cause we have not suitable pastors for them. We are able to report great enthusiasm along every line of our work and a spirit of uncommon conse- cration among all our teachers this year. We are having a noble year of thorough work.

78 Calls for Enlargement. idle pretense of doing something should be kept up he meant a steady pressure growing constantly more intense and effective; when volunteering flagged, he offered bounties; when bounties failed, he resorted to drafting. The army must be kept up and it must be fully equipped, and never did a more splendid army tread the earth, and never was money poured out with so lavish a hand. The end came, and it was worth all it cost. The war settled two thingsthe unity of the nation and the freedom of the slave. One thing it did not settlethe future of tbe Negro. That question must be settled by his Christian education. This is just as plain to thoughtful men as it was to Lincoln that military force only could save the nation. But now as then, there are men who are discouraged and who say that this process of education will take a long time, and so, once more, the air is full of impracticable remediesto take the ballot from the Negro to transport him to Africa, to the West, t~the North The cry is, the white mans supremacy at any price. Now, again, is the time for Lincolns motto, keep pegging away, and that not merely in a perfunc- tory way, but by pushing more and more vigorously. In this moral war- fare, volunteers must be encouraged. There is no need of special boun- tiGs, nor of drafting; only furnish the means to meet the meagre salaries, and the recruits will crowd to the field in abundance, but their numbers must be greatly enlarged. Hence the great need, as in the dark days of the war, of multiplying the means of equipment. The money should be poured out with a lavish hand to sustain a vastly enlarged working force. Money can never be spent at a better time, nor for a better purpose. $500,000. This is the sum recommended for the use of this Association by the National Council, and by our own Annual Meeting. These figures have not only these indorsements, but also the far greater one of the needs of the field. Some of our schools are packed to overflowing and scholars are turned away because there is no room, places are opening for enlarged church work which we ought to have the means of entering, and industrial facilities should be increased. The need for such enlargement is illustrated in I)art by the items which follow. CALLS FOR ENLARGEMENT. Our schools, with scarcely an exception, are asking for more teachers for their over crowded rooms, and two or three pulpits stand vacant be- cause we have not suitable pastors for them. We are able to report great enthusiasm along every line of our work and a spirit of uncommon conse- cration among all our teachers this year. We are having a noble year of thorough work. Calls Jor Enlargement. 79 From Greenwood, S. C., comes this word: For the last month we have had over two hundred and thirty students, and have refused between sev- enty-five and one hundred applications for admission because there was not one inch of room for them. Our school at Meridian has outgrown the building erected for it, and has overflowed into the church. It is another illustration of the fact that the children of the emancipated freedmen are as earnest for education as were their fathers and mothers when they swarmed into the temporary schools provided for them. A letter from Wilmington, N. C., says: Without another teacher, I do not know what to do, unless it be to send away about twenty-five pupils. This I would be very sorry to do, as I would hardly know which ones to send and there would be no school for them to re-enter, as the public schools are full to overflowing; besides, many would consider it a calamity to be thus dropped out. We have just opened anew the Storrs school, which was not re-opened in October with the other schools. The Principal writes us : The joy of the people at witnessing the preparations is extravagant. One old man said to-night, There will be seven hundred scholars there when you open. These are not the words of soberness, probably, but the enthusiasm with respect to the re-opening of school is beyond all expectation. Five teach- ers have been sent and more are called for. Our teachers in Troy, N. C., write us : Can you not send us a pastor? There is such an earnest need of one. We really do not think the work here can prosper unless we have a pastor. We do the best we can. The prayer meetings are all well attended, but it makes ones heart fail, to think of these sheep without a shepherd. The work is very absorb- ing. Is there no one you could send here, if only for a time? Through certain interferences with one of our schools at the South, on the part of some ambitious people there, it seemed at one time that we should feel it a necessity to reduce the grades and place two or three teachers in some other schools which are calling on us for help. We telegraphed them to remain, however, and the result is thus given: Your telegram came this afternoon and the children were half wild when they got out of the school-house, running up and down the streets to tell the good news. A company of them met the chairman of the local school board, whom they did not regard as altogether friendly, and they shouted to hin~,We have got our teachers We have got our teachers The man says they can stay. One old auntie came this afternoon to say, Ise heerd how they is trying to get the teachers away and I prayed and prayed to the good Lord to keep em. Some of the boys are waist-deep in the water after clams to get their fifty cents for their weeks tuition. It has been a 80 Notes from New England. great joy to me to see the character of the people when the unfriendly ones tried to break us up. They have shown much thought and ability, and they win our hearts by their faith in God. NOTES FROM NEW ENGLAND. BY REV. C. J. RYDER, DISTRICT SECRETARY. An exceedingly good plan for increasing the collections for benevolent objects has been hit upon by some members of a Boston church. They have what they call an Extra Cent-a-Day Band. Each member pledges himself to lay aside one cent each day for some benevolent object. They elect a treasurer and put into his hands this Cent-a-Day fund, as they please, some paying frequently, others waiting until considerable has ac- cumulated. At a given time each month they divide the accumulated con- tributions among the different societies as they may elect. The American Missionary Association has occasion to be grateful for this Extra Cent-a- Day plan in the pledge of about thirty dollars to its treasury. I pass it along in these Notes, as these friends hold no patent right upon the method, and would gladly see it adopted in many churches. * * * There seems to be a great focalization of patriotic Christian thought in New England upon the Southern problem now, as there has not been since the war closed. I bought recently one of the leading magazines on the train, and the leading article in it was on the Southern problem. I picked up the Forum, and the leading article was on the Southern problem. Mr. Grady comes from the South to address the business men of Boston, and turns aside from questions which would naturally be discussed to speak of the Southern problem. At a recent meeting of the Old Colony Congre- gational Club at Brockton, Massachusetts, they invited two Secretaries to speak upon this Southern problem, and listened with patience to two long addresses. The discussion which followed indicated that the churches represented in that large and intelligent club were most earnestly ponder- ing this Southern problem. In its importance, it overtops every other con- sideration before the citizens and churches of America to-day Thought- ful people are coming more than ever to realize this. The processes of thought through which they have passed already, and the facts they have settled in their own minds, indicate a very hopeful condition of things. In the first place, they are sure that this is not a local or sectional question. It is a National question, and will involve the whole country in anarchy and misrule, unless the anarchy and misrule of the Southern whites are stopped. New England 5 voice will be heard in solemn and earnest pro- test, unless there is a radical change in the conduct of the dominant race of the South very soon. Such outrages as those at Barnwell, S. C., and Jackson, Miss., which are only types of many such, must be stopped.

80 Notes from New England. great joy to me to see the character of the people when the unfriendly ones tried to break us up. They have shown much thought and ability, and they win our hearts by their faith in God. NOTES FROM NEW ENGLAND. BY REV. C. J. RYDER, DISTRICT SECRETARY. An exceedingly good plan for increasing the collections for benevolent objects has been hit upon by some members of a Boston church. They have what they call an Extra Cent-a-Day Band. Each member pledges himself to lay aside one cent each day for some benevolent object. They elect a treasurer and put into his hands this Cent-a-Day fund, as they please, some paying frequently, others waiting until considerable has ac- cumulated. At a given time each month they divide the accumulated con- tributions among the different societies as they may elect. The American Missionary Association has occasion to be grateful for this Extra Cent-a- Day plan in the pledge of about thirty dollars to its treasury. I pass it along in these Notes, as these friends hold no patent right upon the method, and would gladly see it adopted in many churches. * * * There seems to be a great focalization of patriotic Christian thought in New England upon the Southern problem now, as there has not been since the war closed. I bought recently one of the leading magazines on the train, and the leading article in it was on the Southern problem. I picked up the Forum, and the leading article was on the Southern problem. Mr. Grady comes from the South to address the business men of Boston, and turns aside from questions which would naturally be discussed to speak of the Southern problem. At a recent meeting of the Old Colony Congre- gational Club at Brockton, Massachusetts, they invited two Secretaries to speak upon this Southern problem, and listened with patience to two long addresses. The discussion which followed indicated that the churches represented in that large and intelligent club were most earnestly ponder- ing this Southern problem. In its importance, it overtops every other con- sideration before the citizens and churches of America to-day Thought- ful people are coming more than ever to realize this. The processes of thought through which they have passed already, and the facts they have settled in their own minds, indicate a very hopeful condition of things. In the first place, they are sure that this is not a local or sectional question. It is a National question, and will involve the whole country in anarchy and misrule, unless the anarchy and misrule of the Southern whites are stopped. New England 5 voice will be heard in solemn and earnest pro- test, unless there is a radical change in the conduct of the dominant race of the South very soon. Such outrages as those at Barnwell, S. C., and Jackson, Miss., which are only types of many such, must be stopped. Notes from New England. 81 Another fact that has been settled in the minds of the people here, is that the education and moral elevation of the Negroes is a matter of pain- ful exigency; that the forces employed by the American Missionary As- sociation in that field must be largely multiplied. The President of the Old Colony Club summed up the discussion of the evening by saying most earnestly that all this meant that the contributions to the American Mis- sionary Association must be largely increased among the churches repre- sented in that Club, if we would solve this terrible Southern problem, and save our country from this threatened danger. * * * In this connection I was interested the other day in making an investi- gation as to the per cent. of church membership in the South and North. I discovered the following rather surprising comparison. The per cent, of church membership in some of the New England States as compared with that in the Southern States is as follows, not including the Roman Catholics: Massachusetts, 13 per cent.; Connecticut, 20 per cent.; New Hampshire, 19 per cent.; South Carolina, 32 per cent.; Georgia, 28 per cent.; Florida, 25 per cent. It is evident from the comparisons that a larger percentage of the pop- ulation in these Southern States are members of Protestant churches than in the Northern States. Notwithstanding this, this horrible system of per- secution goes on. There are noble and true men who protest against it, but if the churches united in condemning it, we all know it would be stopped. What they need is not more churches, but better churches, those who emphasize the brotherhood of man as well as the fatherhood of God in this Southern portion of the land. * * The stereopticon lectures which are being delivered by Rev. S. E. Lathrop, are attracting much attention and receiving general commenda- tion. Last Sunday, at Peabody, the people were so enthusiastic that they took a special collection of nearly one hundred dollars. Many churches in New England have enjoyed this treat, and receive the inspiration which the facts of the American Missionary Association must always give when really known and understood. Brother Lathrop is on his way into New Hampshire and Maine, where arrangements have been made in many churches. * * * Some benevolent New England friends who have been in Florida, and have seen the destitution of the colored people there, have put into our hands five thousand dollars for the establishment of a new school in one of the destitute regions of that State. The good friends who are interested so largely in this move desired that the Secretary should go from New England with Secretary Beard, to determine just where this school should be located. 82 Revivals. THE SOUTH REVIVALS. A gracious revival in Straight University, New Orleans, brings us glad tidings of the hopeful conversion of about fifty students. Interesting reports from Talladega College give us information of a re- vival of religious interest in the school and church there. The college is looking forward to an enlargement of its theological study and Faculty. Rev. Sterling N. Brown writes from Washington, D. C.: We are in the midst of a most precious awakening. Forty-six souls have accepted the Saviour. Our meetings have been quiet, orderly and heart-searching. The Master is leading us. Professor Payson E. Little, of Mcintosh, Ga., reports an interesting work of grace in connection with the church and school at McIntosh. This is the place where the pretended Christ last summer appealed to the superstitions of the Negroes advanced in age and ignorant. It is pleasant to know that nearly all of those who were brought under the influence of this crazy fanatic, have now returned to their churches thoroughly ashamed of their experience. A WATCH-NIGHT MEETING. The very interesting sketch given below shows that the old-time religion in the South has not passed away, for this scene took place in one of the large cities and where schools have been sustained for years. The picture of the honored and worthy old preacher stands out conspicuously in the midst of this confused worship. After the New Years entertainment in our own church, we thought it would be interesting to some of the new teachers on our force to attend a watch-meeting at one of the churches near, so we started for a large barn-like structure bearing the imposing name of . We found the building filled to its utmost, and instead of slipping into some seats in the rear un- noticed, as we had hoped, we found ourselves forced to the front bench where the stewards held posts of honor, which were immediately vacated for the teachers. Many of these men then went behind the railing and stood in solemn state around the pastor as he exhorted the people in most earnest words to get their records clean before the opening of the new year. I wish I could picture him to you as he stood before us that night, his hair just turning gray, indicating in one of this race extreme old age; a real Uncle Tom in appearance, and in character, I think ; his history taking in much of slavery and of life as Presiding Elder. Many times has he stood on guard between Northern teachers and Ku Klux Kians. He

82 Revivals. THE SOUTH REVIVALS. A gracious revival in Straight University, New Orleans, brings us glad tidings of the hopeful conversion of about fifty students. Interesting reports from Talladega College give us information of a re- vival of religious interest in the school and church there. The college is looking forward to an enlargement of its theological study and Faculty. Rev. Sterling N. Brown writes from Washington, D. C.: We are in the midst of a most precious awakening. Forty-six souls have accepted the Saviour. Our meetings have been quiet, orderly and heart-searching. The Master is leading us. Professor Payson E. Little, of Mcintosh, Ga., reports an interesting work of grace in connection with the church and school at McIntosh. This is the place where the pretended Christ last summer appealed to the superstitions of the Negroes advanced in age and ignorant. It is pleasant to know that nearly all of those who were brought under the influence of this crazy fanatic, have now returned to their churches thoroughly ashamed of their experience. A WATCH-NIGHT MEETING. The very interesting sketch given below shows that the old-time religion in the South has not passed away, for this scene took place in one of the large cities and where schools have been sustained for years. The picture of the honored and worthy old preacher stands out conspicuously in the midst of this confused worship. After the New Years entertainment in our own church, we thought it would be interesting to some of the new teachers on our force to attend a watch-meeting at one of the churches near, so we started for a large barn-like structure bearing the imposing name of . We found the building filled to its utmost, and instead of slipping into some seats in the rear un- noticed, as we had hoped, we found ourselves forced to the front bench where the stewards held posts of honor, which were immediately vacated for the teachers. Many of these men then went behind the railing and stood in solemn state around the pastor as he exhorted the people in most earnest words to get their records clean before the opening of the new year. I wish I could picture him to you as he stood before us that night, his hair just turning gray, indicating in one of this race extreme old age; a real Uncle Tom in appearance, and in character, I think ; his history taking in much of slavery and of life as Presiding Elder. Many times has he stood on guard between Northern teachers and Ku Klux Kians. He A Watch-Night Meeting. 83 told us that night that the grace of God in a mans heart would make him shine all over; he had seen it make a man who had not combed his hair for a year, grease his boots and his hair too, and then what a shining! And so on through his talk were the most earnest exhortations with his striking illustrations. One of the members there once in praising a sister to me spoke of her having the ability to groan so beautifully, and that night it seemed a special gift bestowed upon all. All through the pastors exhortation the audience were keeping up a sort of rhythmic accompaniment with both body and intonations. Their responses during the prayers certainly have the virtue of fervency, if not of intelligence. At some times so great was the noise it was almost impossible to distinguish any leader whatever. One old Father in Israel seemed to be specially delegated to encourage the praying ones by calling out above all the din, Come on, son, come on, right in the midst of the prayer. One woman near us got the power and went off into spasms. Then the pastor gave the invitation for all mourning ones to come to the altar, and about sixty answered the call. Then the groans and ejaculations became more intense, until at least three whom we could see were in religious spasms or frenzies. I know not how many others had the power, that is, were able to scream above all the groaning at certain intervals. At midnight a hush fell upon all, and the pastors prayer told us a new year had begun. Then all started up an old-time plantation song, the only words being A Happy New Year in all its changes, and we found we were expected to shake hands with everyone, and not any ordinary shak- ing hands was it, but the tighter our hands were clasped, the better did it show the individuals religious zeal. Before this, it had seemed as though some of our teachers would get struck by the mourning ones as they threw their arms around in their frenzy, but when the hand-shaking began and each one danced up to us, keeping time with the music and shook our hands in time, until the measure changed and they passed on to the next, we realized that we had, indeed, been taken right in. Thus the meeting closed, and many lefttwo, rigid in their spasms, lying on the benches. But we found that the more devoted ones were to stay longer still, and as one of the sisters came up and asked me to stay and see them get real happy shouting, we did so. And now commenced a religious dance, per- fectly indescribable, and as long as I have been in the South it was per- fectly new to me. The leader started down one of the aisles chanting a weird plantation song, and every joint in his body moving in time with the measure ; the sisters took it up and followed two by two until there was a complete circle all around the church, all dancing in time with the music. We were told that they would keep that up until morning. It is rarely that we attend anything of this kind, but I think we had enough of the old-time religion to last us through 1890 at least. We have 84 Watch-Ni~qhe MeetingBamona School. a number of scholars from this church, and it makes my heart sad when I think how hard it will be for them to put what they are taught in. school with the example of their parents in this church. We have had many in- quiring ones in school lately, and it is difficult for them to see how sim- pie is the entrance to the narrow way contrasted with all the excitement in their church religion. A DIFFERENT WATCH NIGHT MEETING. Since the foregoing article was in type, we have received the following sketch of a Watch Night meeting in one of the churches of our Association. It is quite a custom among the colored people to hold Watch Night meetings. These meetings are largely attended and are full of fervor and interest. Our Watch-Night was a very precious oneit was held from io to 12 oclock: it was divided into four half-hour services, viz: iPrayer and praise; 2Bible reading; 3Address by pastor, and 4A testimony meeting. The last five minutes was spent in silent prayer, and at 12 oclock, when the New Year was announced by booming of cannon and the ringing of bells throughout the city, we united in singing our song of New Year greeting, XVhat a Happy New Year, while extending to one another the right hand of fellowship. At the close of the service all present pledged themselves, by standing, to abstain from the use of intoxicating liquors as a beverage during 1890. THE INDIANS. THE RAMONA SCHOOL. BY nIsT. SEc. J. E. ROY. I had the pleasure, in Santa F6, January ~3th, of attending an enter- tainment given by the Ramona pupils in honor of Miss Platt, one of their teachers. Gov. Prince and his wife, and several of the citizens, were pres- ent as invited guests. After the singing of several songs, and a statement made by Prof. Elmore Chase, the Principal, fourteen of the scholars ren- dered, in the action of nature and the speaking of English, Mrs. Bentleys dialogue, The Old Years Vision and the New Years Message, as found in the January number of The You/ks Temferanee Banner. One of the large boys first came in as an old man, clad in a mantle and trembling on a staff, to repeat the Old Years Vision. Then came in, one after another, a dozen boys and girls, to recite the greeting of the several months. It was a temperance exhibit, and so each one had a testimony for that cause. January, bearing a New Years card in hand, declared: Ive promised

84 Watch-Ni~qhe MeetingBamona School. a number of scholars from this church, and it makes my heart sad when I think how hard it will be for them to put what they are taught in. school with the example of their parents in this church. We have had many in- quiring ones in school lately, and it is difficult for them to see how sim- pie is the entrance to the narrow way contrasted with all the excitement in their church religion. A DIFFERENT WATCH NIGHT MEETING. Since the foregoing article was in type, we have received the following sketch of a Watch Night meeting in one of the churches of our Association. It is quite a custom among the colored people to hold Watch Night meetings. These meetings are largely attended and are full of fervor and interest. Our Watch-Night was a very precious oneit was held from io to 12 oclock: it was divided into four half-hour services, viz: iPrayer and praise; 2Bible reading; 3Address by pastor, and 4A testimony meeting. The last five minutes was spent in silent prayer, and at 12 oclock, when the New Year was announced by booming of cannon and the ringing of bells throughout the city, we united in singing our song of New Year greeting, XVhat a Happy New Year, while extending to one another the right hand of fellowship. At the close of the service all present pledged themselves, by standing, to abstain from the use of intoxicating liquors as a beverage during 1890. THE INDIANS. THE RAMONA SCHOOL. BY nIsT. SEc. J. E. ROY. I had the pleasure, in Santa F6, January ~3th, of attending an enter- tainment given by the Ramona pupils in honor of Miss Platt, one of their teachers. Gov. Prince and his wife, and several of the citizens, were pres- ent as invited guests. After the singing of several songs, and a statement made by Prof. Elmore Chase, the Principal, fourteen of the scholars ren- dered, in the action of nature and the speaking of English, Mrs. Bentleys dialogue, The Old Years Vision and the New Years Message, as found in the January number of The You/ks Temferanee Banner. One of the large boys first came in as an old man, clad in a mantle and trembling on a staff, to repeat the Old Years Vision. Then came in, one after another, a dozen boys and girls, to recite the greeting of the several months. It was a temperance exhibit, and so each one had a testimony for that cause. January, bearing a New Years card in hand, declared: Ive promised

84 Watch-Ni~qhe MeetingBamona School. a number of scholars from this church, and it makes my heart sad when I think how hard it will be for them to put what they are taught in. school with the example of their parents in this church. We have had many in- quiring ones in school lately, and it is difficult for them to see how sim- pie is the entrance to the narrow way contrasted with all the excitement in their church religion. A DIFFERENT WATCH NIGHT MEETING. Since the foregoing article was in type, we have received the following sketch of a Watch Night meeting in one of the churches of our Association. It is quite a custom among the colored people to hold Watch Night meetings. These meetings are largely attended and are full of fervor and interest. Our Watch-Night was a very precious oneit was held from io to 12 oclock: it was divided into four half-hour services, viz: iPrayer and praise; 2Bible reading; 3Address by pastor, and 4A testimony meeting. The last five minutes was spent in silent prayer, and at 12 oclock, when the New Year was announced by booming of cannon and the ringing of bells throughout the city, we united in singing our song of New Year greeting, XVhat a Happy New Year, while extending to one another the right hand of fellowship. At the close of the service all present pledged themselves, by standing, to abstain from the use of intoxicating liquors as a beverage during 1890. THE INDIANS. THE RAMONA SCHOOL. BY nIsT. SEc. J. E. ROY. I had the pleasure, in Santa F6, January ~3th, of attending an enter- tainment given by the Ramona pupils in honor of Miss Platt, one of their teachers. Gov. Prince and his wife, and several of the citizens, were pres- ent as invited guests. After the singing of several songs, and a statement made by Prof. Elmore Chase, the Principal, fourteen of the scholars ren- dered, in the action of nature and the speaking of English, Mrs. Bentleys dialogue, The Old Years Vision and the New Years Message, as found in the January number of The You/ks Temferanee Banner. One of the large boys first came in as an old man, clad in a mantle and trembling on a staff, to repeat the Old Years Vision. Then came in, one after another, a dozen boys and girls, to recite the greeting of the several months. It was a temperance exhibit, and so each one had a testimony for that cause. January, bearing a New Years card in hand, declared: Ive promised The Chine8e. 85 that not a drop of wine shall touch these temperance lips of mine. Feb- ruary bore a fancy valentine, with an appropriate motto. March lifted aloft a new kite, with Kites may sail far up in the sky, but on strong drink Ill never get high. July, bearing a flag and a bunch of fire-crackers, de- clares : I tell you I mean to celebrate, with something that wont intoxi- cate: while December resolves: No brandy fumes in my Christmas pie; no wine-sauce in my pudding, say I. Then comes in a beautiful maiden, clad in white and crowned with flowers, to be greeted by a chorus of voices: The king is dead; long live the queen! and then to recite the Message of the New Year. Then comes another song in English, and then the second unloading of the Christmas tree, which has kept its place in the chapel since its proper day of Christmas cheer. Then the whole occasion is honored by an address from the Governor, in simple words, with smiling face and transparent good feeling. It is not every childrens holiday that has a Governor at hand to grace the occasion. As the President of the Board of Trustees which, under the A. M. A. fosters the Ramona, and as Governor of a terri- tory which has nineteen Pueblo villages and the reservations of the Nava- joes and the Mescalero and Jicarilla Apaches, he is a faithful friend of the Indians. This is apparent from his first report just made to the Secretary of the Interior. The 21,000 of the Navajoes he reports as possessing 250,000 horses, 500 mules, i,ooo burros, 5,000 cattle, 700,000 sheep and 200,000 goats. Their wool-clip the last year reached 2,100,000 pounds. Here is a grand field for a mission. THE CHINESE. THE UNBELIEVING WIFE SANCTIFIED IN THE BROTHER. I Cor. vii: 14. (Revision.) Our Chinese brethren have their full share in the family feeling which for ages has been nurtured in their race. This feeling is even intensified by their new life in Christ. They long for what they hope to make a Christian home, and greatly desire to perpetuate themselves in children who may follow them in following Christ, But what are they to do for wives? Many live in a virtual celibacy that is hopeless, because enforced by the betrothals made for them in China by their parents or elder brothers. These are accounted sacred, and are honored by our brethren with an oblivion of their own fancies or affinities that will be adjudged to be either stolid or heroic, according as the person judging is disposed to think kindly or unkindly of this people. Many have returned to China for the express purpose of consummating this betrothal in marriage. They remain a few months with their wives, and then return to California to find

The Chine8e. 85 that not a drop of wine shall touch these temperance lips of mine. Feb- ruary bore a fancy valentine, with an appropriate motto. March lifted aloft a new kite, with Kites may sail far up in the sky, but on strong drink Ill never get high. July, bearing a flag and a bunch of fire-crackers, de- clares : I tell you I mean to celebrate, with something that wont intoxi- cate: while December resolves: No brandy fumes in my Christmas pie; no wine-sauce in my pudding, say I. Then comes in a beautiful maiden, clad in white and crowned with flowers, to be greeted by a chorus of voices: The king is dead; long live the queen! and then to recite the Message of the New Year. Then comes another song in English, and then the second unloading of the Christmas tree, which has kept its place in the chapel since its proper day of Christmas cheer. Then the whole occasion is honored by an address from the Governor, in simple words, with smiling face and transparent good feeling. It is not every childrens holiday that has a Governor at hand to grace the occasion. As the President of the Board of Trustees which, under the A. M. A. fosters the Ramona, and as Governor of a terri- tory which has nineteen Pueblo villages and the reservations of the Nava- joes and the Mescalero and Jicarilla Apaches, he is a faithful friend of the Indians. This is apparent from his first report just made to the Secretary of the Interior. The 21,000 of the Navajoes he reports as possessing 250,000 horses, 500 mules, i,ooo burros, 5,000 cattle, 700,000 sheep and 200,000 goats. Their wool-clip the last year reached 2,100,000 pounds. Here is a grand field for a mission. THE CHINESE. THE UNBELIEVING WIFE SANCTIFIED IN THE BROTHER. I Cor. vii: 14. (Revision.) Our Chinese brethren have their full share in the family feeling which for ages has been nurtured in their race. This feeling is even intensified by their new life in Christ. They long for what they hope to make a Christian home, and greatly desire to perpetuate themselves in children who may follow them in following Christ, But what are they to do for wives? Many live in a virtual celibacy that is hopeless, because enforced by the betrothals made for them in China by their parents or elder brothers. These are accounted sacred, and are honored by our brethren with an oblivion of their own fancies or affinities that will be adjudged to be either stolid or heroic, according as the person judging is disposed to think kindly or unkindly of this people. Many have returned to China for the express purpose of consummating this betrothal in marriage. They remain a few months with their wives, and then return to California to find 86 The Chinese. work and provide for them. Such persons are obliged by their principles to live in virtual celibacy. Some greatly desire to send for their wives, but not only does the Re- striction Law bar the entrance, but the father in China will probably raise effectual objection. A son is as much the property of his father at sixty as at six, and all he has, not only in property, but in wife and children as well, is under the fathers control. The daughter-in-law, if strong and will- ing, is a very serviceable person about the old homestead in China, and the appeals of the son for the enjoyment of his wifes society in California are answered with the advice to get him another wife here. One in China and one in America seems to them a very safe arrangement. Eight thousand miles of ocean intervene and assure against domestic broils. Some, however, of our brethren have in one way or another been set free from these early betrothals, and are at liberty to seek wives for them- selves. Such are very glad if among the inmates of the mission-homes for Chinese women they can find a Christian for a help-meet. But this is often impossible. There are not enough Chinese Christian women to meet the demand. And therefore it has seemed to me not to be my duty strenuously to insist on the restriction placed on union with unbelievers, but rather when such a union has been arranged for, and is to be consum- mated, to hold out a hope that the unbelieving wife may be, not only in form and in her relation to the churchwhich seems to be the sense of the text citedbut in truth and fact sanctified in the brother. This hope was fulfilled some years ago in the home of our oldest mis- sionary helper, Jee Gain. His father having at last yielded to the son s entreaties and sent his wife to him, the narrow quarters in our Central Mission House to which the bride was brought became at once a sanctu- ary, and the Family Altar was established and the Family Saviour recog- nized and worshiped. When a son was born to them, he was brought in due time to our Bethany to be baptized, the heathen mother consenting and attending. It was not long after that the mother herself stood with us to enter into covenant and be baptized, and since then,though preferring to live in her home in a seclusion which American ladies would regard as imprisonment and torture,she has sought there to do service to her Master in bringing up her children in the nurture of the Lord. In her husbands absence from home she takes his place at the family altar, and many an American mother might well pattern after her fidelity in teaching her children the good and right way. Several years ago, one of our steadfast Chinese brethren in Sacramento requested me to come and conduct his marriage service. He had procured the bride in Marysville, purchasing her (I suppose) of her parents after the Chinese custom. I obeyed the summons; obtained for him the necessary license, and then at the Mission House awaited the coming of the bride. That which at length arrived resembled more a moving package of rich The Chinese. 87 and brilliant dry-goods of Chinese manufacture than a bright and blushing bride. Something could be seen of the shoes she wore, and when at length, in the course of the service, I somewhat firmly insisted on a joining of hands a hand was made to appear, but there was no bridal kiss, nor any sight or semblance of a face beneath the quadrupled or quintupled veils. However, the marriage was effected in a Christian way, and the next morning there came to me an invitation to call upon the bride. I found her to be the most beautiful Chinese girl I had ever seen, with manners all the more pleasing because so very shy. Her husband had prepared quar- ters for her which, as compared with the average Chinese home, were al- most palatial, and everything seemed to promise a future peaceful and joyous. After a few months the mother-in-law made her daughter a visit as she passed through Sacramento on her way back to her native land. What passed between mother and daughter we do not know, but a few days after her departure, Fong Bow returning to his home was shocked to find his little wife suspended by the neck in an attempt at suicide. He rescued her, and when she was restored asked for the reason. She acknowledged that she had a good home and a kind and generous husband, but there was no shrine in the house, no ancestral tablet, no Joss, and she was con- vinced that some great evil must be impending from spirits thus neglected and provoked. She preferred to sacrifice her pres~nt comfort rathet than incur the woes approaching,all the more dreadful in her apprehension because utterly unknown. Whereupon Fong Bow told her that while he himself could not worship such things, and knew that an idol was nothing in the world, he did not and would not forbid her to do what she thought right, and thus she provided herself with a shrine and gods and was com- forted. Meanwhile, the husband lived a Christian life before her, and she her- self was willing to receive instruction from Mrs. Carrington and others. It is not improbable that she saw the difference between a home even half Christian, like her own, and those where heathen customs made of a hus- band less a protector than a lord. Doubtless she thought much in silence before coming to the decision which changed the current of her life. It is singular that the crisis came in consequence of her observing at a marriage of Chinese persons making no profession of Christian faith, the absence of the rites which had been, in her view, the only safeguards against evil. This brought her to decision. With her own hands she removed the shrine she had erected, and then declared her purpose to worship her hus- bands God. Those who know herboth Chinese and Americanssee in her the tokens of a real and radical change; and it was with great joy that I heard, some weeks ago, that she had been baptized and welcomed to the Congregational Church in Sacramento, to which her husband has belonged these many years. WM. C. PoND. 88 The Future of the Negro in our Country. THE FUTURE OF THE NEGRO IN OUR COUNTRY. Address at the Animal Meeting in chicago, BY THE REV. C. H. RICHARDS D D Deeper than the question, what shall we do with the Negro, lies the more fundamental question What does God mean to do with the Negro in our country? Many a so-called solution of the race problem has been a foredoomed failure, because it ran counter to the Providential plan. Some have hoped that time would settle the burning question ; if people would only stop talking about it, especially meddlesome people far away from the real pinch of the trouble, they fancy that somehow the mere flight of years would adjust differences and secure to all their rights. Others think the short way to peace is by force, keeping the Negro down with a strong hand, and keeping the Anglo Saxon on top by any vigorous means that may he needed. Others, again, think there never can be any solution of the problem so long as the two races occupy the same territory, and they propose some mammoth scheme of colonization to take the blacks away to some quarter of the world where they can be by themselves. But these and other remedies are utterly futile, because they are in collision with Gods plan, as indicated by certain manifest facts. Meantime, while men are so busy trying to get around the difficulty instead of solving it in a straightforward way, the problem gets a little bigger every year. The caste question agitates our great religious assemblies. The spoliation of the civil rights of the Negro is one of the most menacing features in our poli- tics. Bitter race prejudices keep Southern cities in a ferment, and even break out in dreadful massacres. This race prohlem will continue to be one of the most momentous and disturbing questions in American public life, until somehow we learn how to get into line with Providence, and find some solution that harmonizes with the great movements that have the hand of God in them. It is time to ask then, with searching inquiry, What is the divine plan with regard to the Negro here, or, in other words, What is to be the future of the Negro in America? In certain significant facts and tendencies of his past and present, we may see the finger of Providence pointing on to that future. Let us look at some of these facts and their bearings. First of all, the Negro is here, and that not of his own consent. He has not forced himself upon the country ; he has been forced to make this his home against his will. We of the white race are responsible for his pres- ence. We invited him here in the most pressing manner, and would not take no for an answer. And he is here to stay. All the ingenious schemes for settling this trou- blesome question by taking up the black race bodily and dropping it in some roomy region far away from all possible contact with white people, are utterly delusive. The Negro does not want to go elsewhere. Having

88 The Future of the Negro in our Country. THE FUTURE OF THE NEGRO IN OUR COUNTRY. Address at the Animal Meeting in chicago, BY THE REV. C. H. RICHARDS D D Deeper than the question, what shall we do with the Negro, lies the more fundamental question What does God mean to do with the Negro in our country? Many a so-called solution of the race problem has been a foredoomed failure, because it ran counter to the Providential plan. Some have hoped that time would settle the burning question ; if people would only stop talking about it, especially meddlesome people far away from the real pinch of the trouble, they fancy that somehow the mere flight of years would adjust differences and secure to all their rights. Others think the short way to peace is by force, keeping the Negro down with a strong hand, and keeping the Anglo Saxon on top by any vigorous means that may he needed. Others, again, think there never can be any solution of the problem so long as the two races occupy the same territory, and they propose some mammoth scheme of colonization to take the blacks away to some quarter of the world where they can be by themselves. But these and other remedies are utterly futile, because they are in collision with Gods plan, as indicated by certain manifest facts. Meantime, while men are so busy trying to get around the difficulty instead of solving it in a straightforward way, the problem gets a little bigger every year. The caste question agitates our great religious assemblies. The spoliation of the civil rights of the Negro is one of the most menacing features in our poli- tics. Bitter race prejudices keep Southern cities in a ferment, and even break out in dreadful massacres. This race prohlem will continue to be one of the most momentous and disturbing questions in American public life, until somehow we learn how to get into line with Providence, and find some solution that harmonizes with the great movements that have the hand of God in them. It is time to ask then, with searching inquiry, What is the divine plan with regard to the Negro here, or, in other words, What is to be the future of the Negro in America? In certain significant facts and tendencies of his past and present, we may see the finger of Providence pointing on to that future. Let us look at some of these facts and their bearings. First of all, the Negro is here, and that not of his own consent. He has not forced himself upon the country ; he has been forced to make this his home against his will. We of the white race are responsible for his pres- ence. We invited him here in the most pressing manner, and would not take no for an answer. And he is here to stay. All the ingenious schemes for settling this trou- blesome question by taking up the black race bodily and dropping it in some roomy region far away from all possible contact with white people, are utterly delusive. The Negro does not want to go elsewhere. Having The Future of the Negro in our country. 89 been compelled to make his home here for two centuries, he is domesti- cated here, and has as good a right to remain as the white man. More- over, he can see as well as any one that this is the best country in the world to live inthe land offering greatest opportunity for advancement, the poor mans Paradise. Brought by force, he will not relinquish his rightful hold here except by force. And we may be sure that our National Government will never undertake the chimerical experiment of deporting him to some other land, and pay the enormous expense of it out of the National Treas- ury. Having been brought by the providence of God to expiate its former wrongs to the black man at such immense cost of treasure and blood, the Nation will be slow to tax itself enormously to do him another wrong. Moreover,it is not necessary that the races should be separated in or- der to settle the difficulty that now disturbs us. All the Negro asks is to be treated with justice and equity, and to be given a fair chance in life. We have simply to apply the elementary principles of our common Chris- tianity to the problem and deal with the Negro in the spirit of the Golden Rule and the whole difficulty vanishes. It looks as though God had made this a polychromatic country-red, black, white and yellowon purpose that we might give a gospel illustration of the essential unity of all races, and show how these rainbow tints are to be blended in the white light of Christian brotherhood. Nor is it desirable that the black man should leave us, even if he wanted to. It would impoverish us in no small degree and cripple us in our ad- vancement. He is the natural laborer of the South, and has added, as we shall see, immensely to its prosperity since the war, and he is to be one of the chief factors in securing the future wealth of the country. These rea- sons combine with overwhelming force to show that an exodus is undesir- able and impossible, and that the Negro is here to stay. And he is to be here in greatly increased numbers. The fecundity of the race is remarkable. The 4,000,000 blacks that were freed by the eman- cipation proclamation are 8,000,000 now. They multiply by births alone 7 per cent. faster than the whites by births and immigration combined. It is estimated that they are increasing at the rate of ~oo a day and that their numbers are now doubling every twenty years. This may be a little ex- aggerated, but it is not far out of the way. If they are increasing and con- tinue to increase at this rate, in twenty years they will be i 6,ooo,ooo strong, or nearly as many as the entire population of the whole country in 1840; by 1930, they will number 32,000,000, or more than we had of all races here at the outbreak of our Civil War; by the middle of the next century they will number 64,000,000, or more than our present population within the borders of the Republic. Discount this estimate as much as you please, the increase in the colored race~is sure to be tremendous, and it is plain that the race problem will increase in difficulty and in momentous 90 The Future ot the Negro in our Country. consequences to the Nation until it is settled on Christian principles. And the work of settling it admits of no delay. The Negro is to be a very important factor in promoting the future prosperity of the country. Already it is manifest that his value to the South as a freed man is far greater than the price formerly set upon him as a chattel. The unrequited toil of the slave is seen in the light of history to be the dearest kind of labor. It was frequently said after the war that the emancipated Negro would be worthless as a laborer; that he was nat- urally lazy, shiftless, and a shirk, and that he would relapse into a vaga- bond. But, as a matter of fact, far more good work has been done in the South since the war than before, and for the most part the Negro has done it. Great crops of cotton, sugar, rice, tobacco, corn, and other staples have been raised and marketed; mines have been developed, railroads built, manufactories established, and hundreds of other industries opened and pushed in the new era of prosperity which has dawned in the South; and while the capital and brains for this have been furnished by the whites, and largdy from the North, the manual labor has been done mainly by the blacks. - They have made the New South possible. Take the single item of the cotton they have raised ~ The twenty-one cotton crops from 1841 to i86i, raised by slave labor, amounted to 58,500,000 bales ; the twenty- one cotton crops from 1865 to i88~, raised by free labor, amounted to 93,- 500,000 bales. There was a gain, with free labor, of nearly 35,000,000 bales, worth S2,000,000,ooo, or about the full estimated value of all the slaves set free by the war. These facts show the value of the Negro to the South simply as a common laborer. But his importance as a factor in securing a National prosperity is much enhanced when we note his remarkable capacity for improvement. Grant that the great bulk of these eight millions are still in a pitiable con- dition, poor, ignorant, sometimes vicious, the victims often of barbaric superstitions, living often in hovels rather than houses, without thrift or cleanliness, in crying need of kindly hands to help uplift them to a better life. Yet, granting all this physical and moral destitutiou among them, it must be said that history gives no record of a race, stripped and stranded so completely as these freedmen were in 1865, that has shown such mar- velous progress in a quarter of a century. They have responded wonder- fully to every effort made to elevate them, and have shown in themselves such versatility and vigor of intellect as give high promise for their future. Their own advancement in matePial prosperity is an indication of this. Never was there a people left in worse plight than they were at the close of the war. In a country ravaged and denuded by a long and destructive conflict, themselves penniless, with none of the knowledge and training that would fit them for competition with shrewder and abler classes, there seemed small hope of their getting more than a bare livelihood. But am- bition, mother wit, and a rare aptitude for learning have helped them on The Future 0! the Negro in our Country. 91 till the gains they have made for themselves are quite astonishing. Not long ago the New York Independent made extensive inquiries through the Southern States with regard to this matter, and the replies showed that the disposition to accumulate property was very strong among the colored peo- ple, and that industry and economy and forecast for this purpose were vir- tues rapidly developing among them. A large proportion of them are owners of their own homes, the proportions differing widely in different localities, ranging from io per cent. in North Carolina, to 20 per cent. in Virginia, 50 and 6o per cent. in some parts of Georgia, and 75 per cent. in some parts of Florida. A writer from Montgomery, Ala., even claimed 90 per cent. of home-owners among his acquaintances. Many, also, are coming into the ownership of land. Mr. Morris stated four years ago that colored people owned 68o,ooo acres of land in Georgia, and 5,000,000 acres in the whole South. Dr. Haygood estimates that they own about $io,ooo,ooo worth of taxable property in Georgia, and it is stated that within twenty-five years the colored people of sixteen Southern States have accumulated real and personal property estimated at more than $200,000,000. This, certainly, is a most remarkable showing for a people of whom it was freely prophesied that they would never be more than an indolent race of beggars. It shows that if they can only be given a white mans chance they will be as thrifty and prosperous as their Caucasian brothers, and that the wealth which this rapidly increasing race will pro- duce in the next half century will much of it be their own property. Pov- erty is no more an essential characteristic of the African than of the white American, and it looks as though the Negro was likely to win his fair share of our prosperity in the years to come. The capacity for improvement is also indicated by the large variety of occupations which the Negro is successfully pursuing. It has been im- agined by some that the work he could do is exceedingly limited in its range, and that he must needs be a barber, a waiter, or a small farmer. But at the New Orleans Exposition not long ago, an entire gallery across one end of the building was assigned to the colored people, and they more than filled it with an astonishing array of their products in all sorts of work. There were exhibits of mechanical, agricultural and artistic skill; specimens of millinery, tailoring, painting, photography, sculpture; many useful inven- tions ; models of engines, steamboats, rail-cars; specimens of all kinds of tools, pianos, organs, pottery, tinware, and so on. It was made manifest that the Negro can succeed in any trazie or occupation that the white man follows. They are diversifying their labor more and more. They are physicians, lawyers, master-mechanics, bridge-builders. They edit, own and manage a hundred newspapers. The avidity with which they receive education,rand profit by it, is another indication of their capacity for advancement. True, there is still an appalling illiteracy among them, some 70 per cent. of them in the South 92 The Future ot the Negro in our Country. being unable to write. But we must remember that hardly a quarter of a century ago it was a crime to teach one of them to read ; they were sedu- louly kept in compulsory ignorance, and since the ban was removed, pov- erty, lack of schools and teachers, and other causes have prevented their advancement as rapidly as we may expect in future. But much has been done for them in this particular. Dr. Haygood estimates that about $50,000,000 has been spent for the education of the Negro since the war, nearly half of which has come from the benevolence of the North. Through the American Missionary Association alone some $10,000,000 has gone into the school and church work for the Negro, both alike education- al. There are some 200 schools carried on in the South by different be- nevolent organizations, having over 28,000 colored youth in them. Of these, ninety are colleges or high schools, and furnish teachers and educated leaders for this race. Three-quarters of a million dollars a year flows southward from Northern generosity to this work. And besides this, is the work being done by the South itself for the colored youth in its public schools. A million Negroes are in the 15,000 colored schools of the South to-day, being taught by 15,000 teachers of their own color, the best of whom have been educated in these schools nurtured by Northern benevo- lence. And what is the result ? The illiteracy in this race diminished io per cent. between 1870 and i88o, showing the eagerness of the people for improvement. It is estimated that two millions of the blacks can now read the Bible for themselves. And the universities for higher education find the Negro as susceptible to the best culture, as capable of receiving thor- ough discipline and of being highly educated as the white boys and girls in our Northern colleges. The time is not far distant when colored college graduates, instead of being reckoned by hundreds as now, will be num- bered by thousands, and when we shall see some Mark Hopkins in ebony. The time has gone by when intelligent men can talk about the inferior- ity of this race. When representative Southern men declare that they were mistaken in their former view, when such men as ex-Governor Brown, of Georgia, convinced by the examinations of our Atlanta University, pub- licly declares, I was wrong; I am converted, that ought to be enough. But if not, the men of recognized ability and success among the blacks refute the old misrepresentation, now being revived in some quarters. When our Government sends its ministers abroad, Frederick Douglass and John M. Langston; when Senator Bruce and Representative Lynch are re- garded as peers of their white brethren in the political arena; when college chairs are ably filled by such men as Professor Gregory, of Howard Uni- versity; when colored delegates captivate a National council by their elo- quence and ability; when Harvard University and Cornell University, by the choice of the students themselves, elect colored men to be their repre- sentative orators, surely it is much too late in the day to talk of the infe- riority of the colored race. They are as well endowed by the Creator as The Future of the Negro in our Country. 93 any people in the world, and with training, culture, and a fair chance they will play their part in the world as well as any. It is such a people that we may predict will have a large share in adding to our National prosper- ity in the future. Our first duty is to aid the Negro to attain more of moral power. Whatever he wins in the future he must secure because he deserves to. It will not come to him by favoritism nor by chance, but because he conquers the situation, and by his own ability and resolute endeavor fairly captures the prize of success. This the weak, degraded, untutored, semi-barbarous Negro can never do. He must develop a strong, clean manhood, equipped with the virtues to which success is fore-ordained, if he would be master of the future in a large way. Providence is helping him by the discipline of present exigences, making even the wrongs and hardships he is suffer- ing a gymnastic to eliminate weakness and develop moral power. His am- bition is chastened, his indolence is rebuked, his patience, courage, and persistence are being trained. But Providence waits for us to give him more direct assistance in this matter. We can re-enforce him in certain directions where he is now in great need of help. There are certain vices against which he needs to be armed and aided. In answer to the inquiry, What is the greatest hindrance to the advancement of the colored race? the answer comes promptly from several sources, Drink. This is one of the new perils of his freedom, for in the old days of bondage it was a penal offense to sell liquor to a slave ; but since the war, drunkenness has been a widespread curse among them, and to-day hangs like a mill-stone to the neck of many a Negro to prevent his rising. The sin of licentiousness prevails also to an alarming degree in many quarters. And wherever in- temperance and social immorality abound, you find also the kindred vices of dishonesty, lying and laziness. No people can possibly have a great future in whose life these iniquities burn like a consuming fire. The man- hood will be utterly burnt out of them before it can bear fruit in a large success. We need to send apostles of reform among them to turn them from their vices. We need to erect barriers of defense to protect them from temptation. Above all, we need to teach them a religion indissolu- bly joined with morality, a religion that means character and virtue, whose daily experience will mean the constant increase of moral power. The Negroes, like the Athenians of Pauls day, are very religious. They revel in camp meetings a.nd fairly wallow in revivals. But too often their piety is the mere gush of emotion, and in hideous conjunction with gross evils. They need an intelligent piety and an educated ministry. As Dr. Powell said, they ought to have 7,000 educated ministers, when now in our sense of the word educated, they have hardly 500. The church work of this Association is a powerful aid to their moral upliftment. Our next duty is to furnish the Negro plentifully with opportunities for education. An ignorant race can have no future, save one of degradation 94 The Future ot the Negro in our Country. for themselves, and of increasing danger for the nation of which it is a part. The ignorant Negro must be abolished by the school-t~ouse. Train- ing for the mind, training for the hand, the development and drill of all the powers of life are necessary to make the Negro no more a peril, but a factor of immense value in securing the future prosperity of this country. We must do far more in this direction than has ever yet been done. The South is still poor and cannot furnish adequately the means for doing this work as it should be done. The benevolence of the North must furnish still larger sums for education, that the colored race may be made safe for us and for themselves. And, last but not least, we must secure to the Negro the full enjoyment of all his rights and privileges in church and State. He cannot attain the measure of success and usefulness toward which Providence points, if he is to be kept in a state of peonage. A black man is no better for being black, but he is none the less a man on that account. The simple thing to be in- sisted on is that he shall be treated as a man, entitled to the same rights as other men, and protected in his enjoyment of them. This is no time to relax our emphasis on this point, when the bitterness of the caste spirit is venting itself in violence, and in assertion that white supremacy must be maintained by illegal means if it cannot be by legal. We maintain that the only safety for the South, and the only way to its large prosperity, is by securing fair play to every man within its borders. There must not be one law for the white man and another for the black. There must not be one standard of legal protection in the North and another in the South. An- archy in Chicago is not a whit worse nor more dangerous than anarchy in the South, that defies law and rules by the mob in order to gratify race prejudice. Conspiracy to murder in Chicago is not more outrageous and perilous than the conspiracy of men of one color in the South to get rid of obnoxious men of another color by the shot-gun Injustice and wrong will always bring forth a harvest of disaster in any part of the country. Fair play for every man must be our motto. We must have no color-line in politics, no color-line in the church; but equal rights for all before the law, and in the church equal privileges of Christian brotherhood. It is for us to clear the way thus for Providence to carry out its wise designs for this race. And if we fulfill our part of the work faithfully, what may not this people, educated and regenerated, add of blessing and benefit to our common country. If out of a race of slaves God in the old time could raise up a Moses, if out of a rude race of sea pirates and rob- ber chiefs, who drank their mead from the skulls of their enemies, He could raise up a Shakespeare, what may He not develop out of this long despised and defrauded people? Let us furnish freely the channels through which God may work, that in His providence the weak things of the world may become mighty for good to our land. Bureau of Womans Work. 95 BUREAU OF WOMANS WORK. MISS D. E. EMERSON, SECRETARY. The Iowa Womans Union is working nobly toward the support of our school at Savannah, Ga., and the sympathetic bond between helpers North and helpers South shows that the money contributions open the way to warmer missionary impulse and more efficient servicethe influence acting and re-acting, adding blessings both to him that gives and him that takes. One of their teachers writes Never have we had a more prosperous year, if we are to take numbers into account. Every seat in school is taken, and we are obliged to dispose of about sixty more the best way we can. But these added numbers bring to us heavier cares and responsibilities, and as never before do we turn to you this year for the help of your praying and trustful workers. So many have come in who are professing Christians, and still it seems as though we had before us to teach them the rudiments of Christian living; and there are so many older ones with no knowledge of the Way, that the heart almost grows faint at the outlook. The work is before us, but we are longing for the baptism of fire. Will you not cheer us with some assur- ance thatyou with us are uniting in this petition? CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE IN HUMBLE LIFE. The reports from our field work are not all made up of statistics. They sometimes touch the essence of genuine Christian experience and tell us how life is lived and death is met among the lowly. The little sketches given below are of this sort. We are grateful for the memories of some who were with us last year; thirsting for knowledge, whom we are permitted to think of now as before the throne of God, drinking from the living fountains of water. One was Oliver, a man in the middle age of life, a bricklayer by trade, and a lay- preacher in the Baptist church. A part of two years he had been in school. His progress was slow, and he could read but indifferently in the Third Reader. His parting words to us at the close of last year were, I shall be at the starting of the school next year, and I will stay till I go through the course. His death, after an illness of two days, was the first item of news carried to us from here after we had reached our Northern homes. We shall not soon forget how in the warm summer days, at the noon recess, he was wont to sit in the shade of the house with his open Bible in his hand. Often we would overhear him, with painstaking repetition, studying a psalm of David, or some passage from the Sermon~on the Mount. I heard him in the pulpit once when he preached a warning discourse, his

Bureau of Womans Work. 95 BUREAU OF WOMANS WORK. MISS D. E. EMERSON, SECRETARY. The Iowa Womans Union is working nobly toward the support of our school at Savannah, Ga., and the sympathetic bond between helpers North and helpers South shows that the money contributions open the way to warmer missionary impulse and more efficient servicethe influence acting and re-acting, adding blessings both to him that gives and him that takes. One of their teachers writes Never have we had a more prosperous year, if we are to take numbers into account. Every seat in school is taken, and we are obliged to dispose of about sixty more the best way we can. But these added numbers bring to us heavier cares and responsibilities, and as never before do we turn to you this year for the help of your praying and trustful workers. So many have come in who are professing Christians, and still it seems as though we had before us to teach them the rudiments of Christian living; and there are so many older ones with no knowledge of the Way, that the heart almost grows faint at the outlook. The work is before us, but we are longing for the baptism of fire. Will you not cheer us with some assur- ance thatyou with us are uniting in this petition? CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE IN HUMBLE LIFE. The reports from our field work are not all made up of statistics. They sometimes touch the essence of genuine Christian experience and tell us how life is lived and death is met among the lowly. The little sketches given below are of this sort. We are grateful for the memories of some who were with us last year; thirsting for knowledge, whom we are permitted to think of now as before the throne of God, drinking from the living fountains of water. One was Oliver, a man in the middle age of life, a bricklayer by trade, and a lay- preacher in the Baptist church. A part of two years he had been in school. His progress was slow, and he could read but indifferently in the Third Reader. His parting words to us at the close of last year were, I shall be at the starting of the school next year, and I will stay till I go through the course. His death, after an illness of two days, was the first item of news carried to us from here after we had reached our Northern homes. We shall not soon forget how in the warm summer days, at the noon recess, he was wont to sit in the shade of the house with his open Bible in his hand. Often we would overhear him, with painstaking repetition, studying a psalm of David, or some passage from the Sermon~on the Mount. I heard him in the pulpit once when he preached a warning discourse, his 96 Womans 8tate Organizations. theme that of John the Baptist, Repent, and be baptized ! He was not a shouter or a ranter, but spoke and acted in a quiet, manly way. His sincerity was such that he thoroughly won our respect, and we revere his memory. The next to go hence was little Isaiah, or Iser, as the children called him. He began school last year, and was so quick and bright that he was always first in his class. He never forgot anything that he was once told. Bible stories were his especial delight. Often he would beg to be allowed to have a Bible in his hands that he might read it for himself. He often asked to be permitted to read the last chapter of Revelation. One of the pictures on an old chart represented a lamb with feet bound lying on the ground, beside the altar of the temple, Jesus standing near with upraised hand, talking to the people. How radiant was little Isers black face as he would tell the story in his own words, ending thus: He told them they need not kill the lambs any more, for He was come to die for the sins of the people. His grandmother sits alone in her lowly cabin. She had hoped for a prop and stay in her advancing years. The little boy was always active, kind and helpful. Her tears fall as she speaks of her loss, yet with an up- ward glance she says : Hes gone to a better worl. Theres nary night, nor sin, nor sickness. He use to read to me all about it, an Ise gwine to see him fo long, an my three children thets thar Bress the Lawd ! WOMANS STATE ORGANIZATIONS. CO-OPERATING WITH THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION. MAINE. WOMANS Am TO A. M. A. Chairman of committeeMrs. C. A. Woodbury, Woodfords, Me. VERMONT. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION. PresidentMrs. A. B. Swift, 167 King St., Bur- lington. SecretaryMrs. E. C. Osgood, 14 First Ave., Mont- peller. TreasurerMrs. Win. P. Fairbanks, St. Johns- bury. MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND. WOMANs HOME MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION. President-Mrs. Alice Freeman Palmer, Cam- bridge, Mass. SecretaryMissNathalle Lord, 32 Congregational House, Boston. TreasurerMiss Ella A. Leland, 32 Congrega- tIonal House, Boston. CONNECTICUT. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION. President-Mrs. Francis B. Cooley, Hartford. SecretaryMrs. S. M. Hotchklss, 171 Capitol Ave., Hartford. TreasurerMrs. W. W. Jacobs, 19 SprIng St., Hartford. NEW YORK. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION. PresidentMrs. Win. Kincaid, 483 Greene Ave., Brooklyn. SecretaryMrs. Win. Spalding, 6 Salmon Block, Syracuse. TreasurerMrs. L. H. Cobb, 59 Bible House, New York City. OHIO. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION. PresidentMrs. J. G. W. Cowles, 417 Sibley Si., Cleveland. SecretaryMrs. Flora K. Regal, Oberlin. TreasurerMrs. F. L. Fairchild, Box 932, Mt. Vernon, Ohio.

96 Womans 8tate Organizations. theme that of John the Baptist, Repent, and be baptized ! He was not a shouter or a ranter, but spoke and acted in a quiet, manly way. His sincerity was such that he thoroughly won our respect, and we revere his memory. The next to go hence was little Isaiah, or Iser, as the children called him. He began school last year, and was so quick and bright that he was always first in his class. He never forgot anything that he was once told. Bible stories were his especial delight. Often he would beg to be allowed to have a Bible in his hands that he might read it for himself. He often asked to be permitted to read the last chapter of Revelation. One of the pictures on an old chart represented a lamb with feet bound lying on the ground, beside the altar of the temple, Jesus standing near with upraised hand, talking to the people. How radiant was little Isers black face as he would tell the story in his own words, ending thus: He told them they need not kill the lambs any more, for He was come to die for the sins of the people. His grandmother sits alone in her lowly cabin. She had hoped for a prop and stay in her advancing years. The little boy was always active, kind and helpful. Her tears fall as she speaks of her loss, yet with an up- ward glance she says : Hes gone to a better worl. Theres nary night, nor sin, nor sickness. He use to read to me all about it, an Ise gwine to see him fo long, an my three children thets thar Bress the Lawd ! WOMANS STATE ORGANIZATIONS. CO-OPERATING WITH THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION. MAINE. WOMANS Am TO A. M. A. Chairman of committeeMrs. C. A. Woodbury, Woodfords, Me. VERMONT. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION. PresidentMrs. A. B. Swift, 167 King St., Bur- lington. SecretaryMrs. E. C. Osgood, 14 First Ave., Mont- peller. TreasurerMrs. Win. P. Fairbanks, St. Johns- bury. MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND. WOMANs HOME MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION. President-Mrs. Alice Freeman Palmer, Cam- bridge, Mass. SecretaryMissNathalle Lord, 32 Congregational House, Boston. TreasurerMiss Ella A. Leland, 32 Congrega- tIonal House, Boston. CONNECTICUT. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION. President-Mrs. Francis B. Cooley, Hartford. SecretaryMrs. S. M. Hotchklss, 171 Capitol Ave., Hartford. TreasurerMrs. W. W. Jacobs, 19 SprIng St., Hartford. NEW YORK. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION. PresidentMrs. Win. Kincaid, 483 Greene Ave., Brooklyn. SecretaryMrs. Win. Spalding, 6 Salmon Block, Syracuse. TreasurerMrs. L. H. Cobb, 59 Bible House, New York City. OHIO. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION. PresidentMrs. J. G. W. Cowles, 417 Sibley Si., Cleveland. SecretaryMrs. Flora K. Regal, Oberlin. TreasurerMrs. F. L. Fairchild, Box 932, Mt. Vernon, Ohio. Womans State Organizations. iNDIANA. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION. PresidentMrs. C. B. Safford, Elkhart. SecretaryMrs. W. E. MOsSman, Fort Wayne. TreasurerMrs. C. Evans, Indianapolis. ILLINOIS. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION. PresidentMrs. B. F. Leavitt, 409 Orchard St., Chicago. SecretaryMrs. C. H. Taintor, 151 Washington St., Chicago. TreasurerMrs. C. E. Maitby, Champaign. IOWA. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION. President-Mrs. T. 0. Douglass, GrinnelL SecretaryMiss Ella E. Marsh, Box 232, Grinnell. TreasurerMrs. M. J. Nichoson, 1513 Main St., Dubuque. MIChiGAN. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION. President-Mrs. George M. Lane, 47 Miami Ave.. Detroit. SecretaryMrs. Leroy Warren, Lansing. TreasurerMrs. E. F. Grabill, Greenville. WISCONSIN. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION. PresidentMrs. H. A. Miner, Madison. SecretaryMrs. C. Matter, Brodhead. TreasurerMrs. C. C. Keeler, Beloit. MINNESOTA. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY. PresidentMrs. E. S. Williams, Box 464, Minne- apolis. SecretaryMiss Gertude A. Keith,1350, Nicoliet Ave., Minneapolis. TreasurerMrs. M. W. Skinner, Northfleld. NORTH DAKOTA. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY. President-Mrs. A. J. Pike, Dwight. SecretaryMrs. Silas Daggett, Harwood. TreasurerMrs. J. M. Fisher, Fargo. SOUTH DAKOTA. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION. PresidentMrs. A. H. Robbins, Bowdie. SecretaryMrs. T. M. Jeifris, Huron. TreasurerMrs. S. E. Fifleld, Lake Preston. NEBRASKA. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION. President-Mrs. T. H. Leaviti, 121611. St., Lincoln. SecretaryMrs. L. F. Berry, 724 No. Broad St., Fremont. TreasurerMrs. D. E. Perry, Crete. MISSOURI. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION. PresidentMrs. C. L Goodell, 3006 Pine St., St. Louis. SecretaryMrs. E. P. Bronson, 3100 Chestnut St. St. Louis. TreasurerMrs. A. E. Cook, 4145 Bell Ave., St. Louis. KANSAS. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY. President-Mrs. F. J. Storrs, Topeka. SecretaryMrs. George L. Epps, Topeka. TreasurerMrs. J. G. Dougherty, Ottawa. COLORADO XND WYOMING. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION. PresidentMrs. J. W. Picketi, White Water, Colorado. SecretaryMiss Mary L. Martin, 106 Platte Ave., Colorado Springs, Colorado. TreasurerMrs. S. A. Sawyer, Boulder, Colorado. TreasurerMrs. W. L. Whipple, Cheyenne, Wyoming. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION. PresidentMrs. Elijah Cash, 927 Temple St., Los Angeles. SecretaryMrs. H. K. W. Bent, Box 426, Pasa- dena. TreasurerMrs. H. W. Mills, So. Olive St., Lo~ Angeles. CALIFORNIA. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY. President-Mrs. H. L. Merritt, 686 34th St., Oak- land. SecretaryMiss Grace E. Barnard, 677 21st. St., Oakland. TreasurerMrs. J. M. Havens, 1329 Harrison St., Oakland. LOUISIANA. WOMANS MISSIONARY UNION. PresidentMrs. H. D. Hitchcock, New Orleans. SecretaryMiss Jennie Fyfe, 490 Canal St., New Orleans. TreasurerMrs. C. S. Shattuck, Hammond. MISSISSIPPL WOMANS MISSIONARY UNION. President-Mrs. A. F. Whiting, Tougaloo. SecretaryMiss Sarah J. Humphrey, Tougaloo. TreasurerMiss S. L. Emerson, Tougaloo. ALABAMA. WOMANS MISSIONARY UNION. President-Mrs. H. W. Andrews, Talladega. SecretaryMiss S. S. Evans, 2612 Fifth Ave., Bir.. Ifliugham. TreasurerMrs. E. J. Penney, Selma. 97 98 1?eceipts. FLORIDA. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION. PresidentMrs. S. F. Gale, Jacksonville. SecretaryMrs. Nathan Barrows, Winter Park. TreasurerMrs. L. C. Partridge, Longwood. TENNESSEE AND ARKANSAS. WOMANS MISSIONARY UNION OF THE CENTRAL SOUTH ASSOCIATION. PresidentMiss M. F. Wells, Athens, Ala. SecretaryMiss A. M. Cahill, Nashville, Tenn. TreasurerMrs. G. S. Pope, Grand View, Tenn. NORTH CAROLINA. WOMANS MISSIONARY UNION. President-Miss E. Plimpton, Chapel Hill. SecretaryMiss A. E. Farrlngton, Raleigh. TreasurerMiss Lovey Mayo, Raleigh. For the purpose of exact information, we note that while the W.H.M.A. appears in this list as a State body for Mass, and R. L, it has certain auxiliaries elsewhere. We would suggest to all ladies connected with the auxiliaries of State Missionary Unions, that funds for the American Missionary Association be sent to us through the treasurers of the Union. Care, however, should be taken to designate the money as for the American Missionary Association, since undesignafed funds will not reach us. RECEIPTS FOR JANUARY, 1890. THE DANIEL HAND FUND, For the Education of Colored People. FROM Mr. DANIEL HAND, GUILFORD, CONN. Income for January, 1890 $832 50 Income previously acknowledged 960 00 Total $1,792 50 CURRENT RECEIPTS. MAINE, $1,173.21. Andover. 2 Bbls. for Raleigh, N. C.; 8 60, for Freight Bangor. Central Cong. Ch., 50.; Ham- mond St. Ch. and Soc., 6 Bangor. Central Cong. Ch., 50; Dea. Win. S. Denneti, 10; Rev. G. W. Sleld, 2; for Girls Halt, Pleasant Hill. Tenn Bangor. Hammond St. Ch., for Pleasant Hill Academy, Tenn. Bangor. Mrs. Coe, 7; Central Ch., 5, for Oahe Indian Al Bangor. Dr. Hanson, for Tougaloo U Bangor. Friends, Pkg. of C., for Ma- con, Ga Blngham. Cong. Ch Brunswick. BbL of C., for Selma, Ala.... Calals. BbL, 1.36, for Freight, for Raleigh, N. C Castine. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., 5; Rev. Alfred E. Ives, 2. Dennysvllle. Cong. Ch East Sumner. BbL. by Mrs. Hubbard; 2 for Freight, for Raleigh, N. C Farmlngton. Bbi. of C., for Selma, Ala.. Fryeburg. Mrs. J. E. Dlnsmore, for Stu- dent Aid, Talladega, C Hallowell. Miss Annie F. Page Lewiston. High St. Cong. Ch. (100 of which for Freedmen, 85 for Indian M., and 15 for Chinese M.) . Lewiston. Mrs. E. S. Davis Montvllle. Miss A. L. McDowell, for Sel- ma, Ala... North Brldgton. Childrens Mite Box, Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch New Gloucester. WA. of C., for Selma, Ala, 2.80 for Freight Orland. H. T. and S. E. Buck, 20; A FrIend, 1 3 60 Orrlngion. BbL; 2. for Freoght, for Ra- leigh,N.C Portland State St. Cong. Ch., 200: Wil- 56 00 llston Oh., 177 65; High St. Ch., 110 74; Second Cong. Ch. and Soc., 7981. Portland Mrs. L. H. Farringions Class, 62 00 Seamens Bethel S. S., for Indiam M. ... 2 50 Portland. Williston Ch.,Y.P.S.C.E., BbL, 1.24 for Freight, for Raleigh, N. C Portland 2 Bbls. and Package, ~1. for 12 00 Freight for Raleigh, N. C 5 00 Portland: Payson Memorial Ch., Box Bedding, for Selma, Ala Portland Alpha Ten, Half-BbL, for 1 25 Selma, Ala Pownal. Perez Chapin 1 36 Saccarappa. Westbrook Cong. Ch Sidney. Miss A. Sawielle Skowhegan. 3 Bbls. of C.. for Setma, Ala.. ~ Union. BbL of C.. for Selma, Ala 10 ~ Wells. B. Maxwell West Falmouth. Mrs M. E. Hall, Pkg. 2 00 Basted Work and Thread, for Selma, Ala.... Woodfords Mission Band, Box of C. ~or ~ Lexington, Ky NEW HAMPSHIRE, $703 57. 301 90 Amherst. First Cong. Ch 1 00 Bedford. Cong. Ch Chester. Cong. Ch. and Soc 1 00 Concord. The Light Bearers, by Mrs. C. P. Bancroft, for Student Aid, Williams- 6 00 burg Academy, Kg Concord. Dea. F. Coffins S. S. Class, for 2 50 Wilmington, N. C. 21 00 2 00 565 20 10 00 1 24 1 00 10 00 25 50 4 50 20 00 3 00 5 37 10 00 21 00 10 00

98 1?eceipts. FLORIDA. WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION. PresidentMrs. S. F. Gale, Jacksonville. SecretaryMrs. Nathan Barrows, Winter Park. TreasurerMrs. L. C. Partridge, Longwood. TENNESSEE AND ARKANSAS. WOMANS MISSIONARY UNION OF THE CENTRAL SOUTH ASSOCIATION. PresidentMiss M. F. Wells, Athens, Ala. SecretaryMiss A. M. Cahill, Nashville, Tenn. TreasurerMrs. G. S. Pope, Grand View, Tenn. NORTH CAROLINA. WOMANS MISSIONARY UNION. President-Miss E. Plimpton, Chapel Hill. SecretaryMiss A. E. Farrlngton, Raleigh. TreasurerMiss Lovey Mayo, Raleigh. For the purpose of exact information, we note that while the W.H.M.A. appears in this list as a State body for Mass, and R. L, it has certain auxiliaries elsewhere. We would suggest to all ladies connected with the auxiliaries of State Missionary Unions, that funds for the American Missionary Association be sent to us through the treasurers of the Union. Care, however, should be taken to designate the money as for the American Missionary Association, since undesignafed funds will not reach us. RECEIPTS FOR JANUARY, 1890. THE DANIEL HAND FUND, For the Education of Colored People. FROM Mr. DANIEL HAND, GUILFORD, CONN. Income for January, 1890 $832 50 Income previously acknowledged 960 00 Total $1,792 50 CURRENT RECEIPTS. MAINE, $1,173.21. Andover. 2 Bbls. for Raleigh, N. C.; 8 60, for Freight Bangor. Central Cong. Ch., 50.; Ham- mond St. Ch. and Soc., 6 Bangor. Central Cong. Ch., 50; Dea. Win. S. Denneti, 10; Rev. G. W. Sleld, 2; for Girls Halt, Pleasant Hill. Tenn Bangor. Hammond St. Ch., for Pleasant Hill Academy, Tenn. Bangor. Mrs. Coe, 7; Central Ch., 5, for Oahe Indian Al Bangor. Dr. Hanson, for Tougaloo U Bangor. Friends, Pkg. of C., for Ma- con, Ga Blngham. Cong. Ch Brunswick. BbL of C., for Selma, Ala.... Calals. BbL, 1.36, for Freight, for Raleigh, N. C Castine. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., 5; Rev. Alfred E. Ives, 2. Dennysvllle. Cong. Ch East Sumner. BbL. by Mrs. Hubbard; 2 for Freight, for Raleigh, N. C Farmlngton. Bbi. of C., for Selma, Ala.. Fryeburg. Mrs. J. E. Dlnsmore, for Stu- dent Aid, Talladega, C Hallowell. Miss Annie F. Page Lewiston. High St. Cong. Ch. (100 of which for Freedmen, 85 for Indian M., and 15 for Chinese M.) . Lewiston. Mrs. E. S. Davis Montvllle. Miss A. L. McDowell, for Sel- ma, Ala... North Brldgton. Childrens Mite Box, Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch New Gloucester. WA. of C., for Selma, Ala, 2.80 for Freight Orland. H. T. and S. E. Buck, 20; A FrIend, 1 3 60 Orrlngion. BbL; 2. for Freoght, for Ra- leigh,N.C Portland State St. Cong. Ch., 200: Wil- 56 00 llston Oh., 177 65; High St. Ch., 110 74; Second Cong. Ch. and Soc., 7981. Portland Mrs. L. H. Farringions Class, 62 00 Seamens Bethel S. S., for Indiam M. ... 2 50 Portland. Williston Ch.,Y.P.S.C.E., BbL, 1.24 for Freight, for Raleigh, N. C Portland 2 Bbls. and Package, ~1. for 12 00 Freight for Raleigh, N. C 5 00 Portland: Payson Memorial Ch., Box Bedding, for Selma, Ala Portland Alpha Ten, Half-BbL, for 1 25 Selma, Ala Pownal. Perez Chapin 1 36 Saccarappa. Westbrook Cong. Ch Sidney. Miss A. Sawielle Skowhegan. 3 Bbls. of C.. for Setma, Ala.. ~ Union. BbL of C.. for Selma, Ala 10 ~ Wells. B. Maxwell West Falmouth. Mrs M. E. Hall, Pkg. 2 00 Basted Work and Thread, for Selma, Ala.... Woodfords Mission Band, Box of C. ~or ~ Lexington, Ky NEW HAMPSHIRE, $703 57. 301 90 Amherst. First Cong. Ch 1 00 Bedford. Cong. Ch Chester. Cong. Ch. and Soc 1 00 Concord. The Light Bearers, by Mrs. C. P. Bancroft, for Student Aid, Williams- 6 00 burg Academy, Kg Concord. Dea. F. Coffins S. S. Class, for 2 50 Wilmington, N. C. 21 00 2 00 565 20 10 00 1 24 1 00 10 00 25 50 4 50 20 00 3 00 5 37 10 00 21 00 10 00 Receipts. Concord. Light Bearers of South Cli., for Santee Indian ki Dublin. Mrs. R Eaton Epping. Ladles of Cong. Cli., B. of C., for Wilmtngton, N. C ... .. Farminglon. Cong. Cli Franklin. Cong. Cli Great Falls. First Cong. Ch Great Falls. Mrs. A. P. Dixon, for Girls Hall, Pleasant Hill, Tenn. Great Falls. Home M. Soc., BbL of C., for Atlanta, Ga Hampstead. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Cli., to const. REV. ALBERT WATSON L. M Hancock. Cong. Cli Harrisville. Mrs. L. B. Richardson Lebanon. Cong. Cli. and Soc Lempster. Helen Bingliam & Marianna Smith Londonderry. Chas. S. Pillsbury Keene. Miss M. A. Wheeler and Mrs. K. L. Wrights S. S. Classes. Second Cong. Sab. Sch., for indian Schp Keene. Second Cong. Cli Manchester. Franklin St. Cong. Cli.. Manchester. Cong. Sab. Sch., for Student Aid, Port Berthold Indtan ,~Tch., North Dak. Nashua. First Cong. Cli Nashua. Y. P. S. C. E. of Plym. Cli., for Indian Schp Nashua. Y. P.S. C. E., for Charleston, S. C. Nashua. Friends, Ubl. of C., 1. for Freight, for Greenwood. S. C New Ipswich. Cong. Cli Northumberland (N.H.) & Guilfihall (Vt.), Box of C.. for Mcintosh, Ga Ortord. John Pratt Pembroke. Cong. Cli., 13 66; Mrs. Mary W. Thompson, 5..... Pembroke. Rev. A. Ward, for Wilming- ton, iV. C Penacook. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Cli Penacook. BbL of C., etc., for Macon, Ga. Pittsfield. Friends, by Miss Sue G. French, 2 Bbls. of C., etc.. for Mas ion, Ala Riudge. Ladies of Cong. Cli., Bbl. of C., 1 60 for Frteght, for Atlanta, Ga South Newmarket. Cong. Cli. and Soc... South Newmarket. Ladies of Cong. Cli., 2 Bbls. of C., for Wilmington, N. C. . Temple. R. R. Goodyear Tilden. Seminary and Mission Band of Cli., Blil. of C., for Atlanta, Ga Troy. Trin. Cong. Cli West Concord. Young Ladies Soc., Bb1. of C., for Atlanta, Ga 5 CO 15 00 9 14 10 00 20 00 10 00 32 50 25 00 10 00 50 00 3 00 1 00 35 00 28 16 188 60 70 00 22 14 31 00 11 25 1 00 1 50 15 00 18 66 10 00 10 00 1 60 10 63 1 00 4 02 VERMONT, $531 45. Barton. W. H. M. Soc. and Girls C. H. Soc., B. of C., for Mcintosh, Ga Bennington. Second Cong. Cli BetheL Y. P.S. C. E., BliL of C., 2. for Freight, for Mcintosh, Ga Brownington. B. of C., for Mcintosh, Ga.. Brownington. For McIntosh, Ga Calais. A. H. Howard, Papers and Cards, for Mcintosh, Ga Castleton. Cong. Cli., 25. for Santee Indian Sch.; 20 95 for Indian M.; 20.95 for Freed- men Chelsea. First Cong. Cli Derby. Industrial Circle, Box of C., for ifcfntosh, Ga... East Hardwick. Cong. Cli. and Sab. Scli.. Georgia. Cong. Cli Manchester. Ladies of Cong. Cli., Box of C., for Mcintosh, Ga Milton. Cong. Cli. and Soc. Milton. L M. Dougherty, Pkg. Christmas Cards, for McIntosh, Ga Montgomery. Dea. Heman hopkins Newport. Ladies Social Union, Bhl. of C., for .11cintosh, Ga 39 76 2 00 5 Co 66 90 34 01 43 00 11 15 6 95 3 00 99 Norili Thetford. Cong. Soc 5 71 Plttsford. Cong. Cli., 42.64; Mrs. Nancy P. Humphrey, 10 52 64 Rutland. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Cli., for Scholarship, Fisk U 50 00 Rutland. The Fortnightly, for Mcin- tosh, Ga 10 00 Saint Aibans. Mrs. F. S. Stranahan, Box Christmas Gifts, for Mcintosh, Ga Saint Johnsbury. North Cong. Cli 127 50 Sharon. Three Friends... South Newbury. Mrs. M. Brusb, Materlai 3 00 for Sew. Sch.. Meridian, Miss.. Stowe. ~ liatsoever Mission Pkg. Needle Books, for Mcintosh, Ga.... Vergennes. B. of C., 2. for Freight, for Mcintosh, Ga 2 00 Waitsfleld. Opportunity Club and Rome Circle, BbL of C., 2. for Freight, for Mcintosh, Ga 2 00 West Brattleboro. Cong. Cli 45 40 Woodstock. 17 41 A Friend 4 00 MASSACHUSETTS, $11,013.98. Amherst. First Cong. Cli., 30; Win. M. Graves. 20: A Friend, 15; South Cong. Ch.,S 7300 Amherst. Mrs: Henry ubbell 2 B. of C.; A. B. H. Davis, Christmas Cards, for Austin, Texas Andover. Mrs. Phebe A. Chandler, for Chandler Normal Sch. Building, Lexing- ton, Ky 346 91 Xndover. South Cong. Cli., 62; West Cong. Cli., 50; Sab. Sch. of West Cong. Cli , 39 41; In Memoriam, 1.50; Miss S. Ii. Jackson, 1 153 91 Asliby. Cong. Cli. 12 61 ~sliburnham. Hosea Greene 5 00 Asbfield. Ibl rs. Daniel Williams, for Freight to McLeansvitle, N. C 1 16 Attleboro. Second Cong. Cli., 16 50; Pri mary Dept. Second Cong. Sab. Sch., 1338 for Wiliamsburg Academy, Ky 29 88 Attleboro. First Cong. Cn 7 62 Auburudale Sab. Sch. of Cong. Cli.. for Indian M 46 49 Auburndale Thank Offering, for In- dian M .. 10 00 Xuburndale Friend, for Rosebud In- eianM 300 B~veily. Washington St. Cli .. 65 51 Beverly. Dane Sr. Cong. Cli., for Grand V w, Teen 50 00 Boxtord. The Gleaners, Cong. Cli. 10 00 Bridgowater. Mrs. M. S. Dunham 1 00 Brccktor. 0. C. Club 1 50 Brooktield. Cong. Cli 68 69 Brookline. tiarvard Cong. Cli 298 38 Brookline. Harvard Cli., for Sturlent Aid, Pleasant Hill Academy, Tenn . 36 75 Buckland. for Sherwood, Tenn.... 10 00 Boston. Mrs. Susan Warren, 300,; Miss Cornelia Warren, 200, for Girls Ha 11, Pleasant Hill, Tenn 500 00 Mrs. Susan Warren and daughtsr, for Student Aid, Pleasant Hill Aca demy. Tenn 75 00 Union Cong. Cli 304 65 Union Cong. Cli., for Stu- denr Aid, Fisk U 60 71 Union Workers of Un- ion Cong.Ch., for Moun- fain Work 10 00 A Friend 150 CO Park St. Y. P.S. C. E., for two Indian Schps 100 00 Partial payment of the debt due from t li e North to the Colored race of the South 50 00 Mrs. Susan Hardy, for 100 Receipts. Girls Hall, Plea. ant Hill, Tenn . A Friend, for Student Aid, Pleasant Hill, Tenn TenA Pleasant Hill, Eliot Cli. Y. P. S. C. E, for Student Aid, Fisk U M. L E. Masion Lawrence a n d Constance Somers1 for Birds Nest, Santee Agency, Neb. Harvard Cong. Cli., Ev- erett Sharpe, for Pleas- ant Hill Academy, Tenn A Friend Homeland Circle of Park St. Cli., for Freight to Straight U Mt. Vernon Cli., adi.... ~Lend a hand Ciub, Box ot Cliristmas goods, for Wilmington, N. C Y. W. C. A. Bbl. ot C., for Wilmington, N. C.... Cong. Pub. Soc.,Youths Library, for Raleigh, N. C Dorcliester. Second Cong. Cli. Mrs. E. J. W. Baker, for Student A i d, Fist U Village Cli. Sab. Sch., to const. MRS. MARY LOuIsx SWAN L M Pilgrim Cong. Cli.... B. Wilkins S. S. Class, 5; Thomas Knapps S.S. Class, 5, for Wilmington, N. C Mrs. Mary L. Hous- ton, for Girls Hall, Pleasant Hill, Tenn. Howard St. Cli., Mrs. Mi. Heusten, Box of C.,for Selma, Ala... Harvard Cong. Cli... Miss M. E. Laphams S. S. Class, B ox Christmas gifts. 1 for Freight for Ra- leigh, N. C Roxbury. Immanuel Cli., La- dies Benev. Soc., for Girls Thrmi- tory, Pleasant Hill, Tenn Benev. Soc. Imman- uel Cli., BbL of C., for Pleasant Hill, Tenn Mrs. Mary B. Hooker A Friend Eliot Cong. Cli. South Boston. Phillips C o n g. Cli., adl West Roxbury. South Evan.Cli. 50 00 27 00 25 00 15 00 10 00 10 00 3 50 3 00 2 00 2 00 1 00 92 57 tO 00 54 65 30 00 16 00 5 00 2 40 1 00 38 10 25 00 5 00 1 00 25 00 24 51 Cambridge. North Av. Cong. Cli Cambridgeport. Pilgrim Cong.Ch., 78 82; Mrs. M. L. C. WhItney, 1 Cambridgeport. The Ten and A Friend, flaif BbL of C., for Pleasant Hill, Tenn Charlion. Cong. Cli. and Soc Clielsea. Miss E. Davenport, for Moun- tain Work Chelsea. C. H. Keelars S. S. Class, for Student Aid, Ohae indian Sch Cheshire. Ladies of Cong. Cli., BbL of C., for Mac Ga 1779 49 10 00 79 82 41 75 5 00 3 75 Clarendon Hills. Cong. Cli. and Soc Conway. Cong. Cli Curtlsville. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Cli., for Oaks, N. C Curtisvliie. George if. Dresser . - Dalton. Zenas Crane, 100; Mrs. J. B. Crane, 100 Dedham. Sab. Sch. ot First Cong. Cli., fer Student Aid, Straight U East Douglas. Cong. Cli east Longmesdow. A Friend East Weymouth. Cong. (h East Weymouth. Ladles of Cong. Cli., Jill. of C., for Pleasant Hill, Tenn Enfold. Cong. Cli.... . Enfield. Womans Missy Soc., by Mrs. J. if. Woois, 15 for Indian and 15 for (hi. nese Al Fall River First Cong. Ch.(20 of which for Indiqn M) Fall River. Sab. Sch. of Centiad Cong. Cli., for Indian Schp Fitchburg. C. C. Cli., Mrs. E. Mi. Dickin- son Framingliam. Sab. Scli. of Plymouth Ch. for Rosebud Indian M Framingliam. Mrs. S. N. Brewer Franklin. Missionary Soc., for Wilming- ton, N. C (dllbertvlile. Cong. Cli Georgetown. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Cli., 10 for Atlanta U, 15 for Mountain Wo~k, 10 for Hampton inst Gloucester. Evan. Cong. Cli. and Soc., 92; Mrs. Nancy E. Brcoks, 10. . . . Goshen. Cong. Cli Great Barrington. A Friend Hadley. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Cli Hanover. Second Cong. Cli., on True Blue Card Harvard. A Friend Harwich. Cong. Cli . Haverhull. Center Cong. Cli. and Soc.... HaverhulL Sab. Scli. of West Cong. Cli., Ciass No. 1, 10; Class No 2,10.62; Pro- ceeds Harvest Fesdval, 41; West Cong. Holden. Cong. Cli . Holliston. Bible Christians Holyoke. F. B. Towne, Case Blank Books~ ParsonsPaper Co., Case Paper, for Ipswich. Sab. Soli. of South Cong. Cli., for Student Aid, Ramona Sch, New Mexico. Ipswlch. South Cong. Cli., (5 of which for Ba . na Sch.. New Mexico)... - Lawrence. Lawrence St. Church Lawrence. Mrs. T. C. Wittemore, for In. dian M.... Leominster. Orthodox Cong. Cli Leverett. Cong. Cli Lexington. Hancock Cong. Cli. aud Soc.. Lowell, Kirk St. Cli., 142.64; Mrs. Mary Stetson, 5.45 Ludlow. Erecious Pearls, for Student Aid, Sherwood, Tenn. . Ludlow. Mission Circle, BIl. of C., for Macon, Ga Marlboro. Sal. Sch. of Cong. Cli., for Sludent Aid, Fisk U Marlboro. Union Cong. Cli., adl, for In- dian M Marslifleld. Rev. E. Alden, for F;eighi to Williamsburg, Ky Medway. Cong. Ch.,for Student Aid,Fisk U . Merrimac. Cong. Cli Methuen. Cong. Ch.,for Student Aid ,Fi5k- U Middleboro. Miss Carrie Bryant, for At- lanta U Mulford. Sal. Sch. of Cong. Cli., for Sher- wood, Tenn ~Iiillury. C. E. Hunt~ I Mittineague. Soulliwortli & Co., Case 3 37 8 00 28 53 5 00 200 00 25 00 42 04 1 00 40 00 48 49 39 00 72 95 17 50 8 00 22 50 6 00 6 00 61 70 35 00 102 00 10 00 5 00 12 17 5 00 25 00 5 51 130 00 65 62 10 50 100 00 75 00 55 00 34 29 11 50 38 14 39 45 15 60 17 29 148 09 5 00 25 00 10 00 1 68 8 70 70 00 5 62 10 00 10 00 20 00 Receipts. Paper, for Atlanta Ga....... Monson. Sarah E. Bradford, 450; An aged Lady, 1 Monson. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Cli., for Stw- dent Aid, 5; Spare Minutes Soc., Box of C., for Jellico, Tenn Monson. Cong. Cli., 2 B. of C., fer Wil- mington, N. C ~ewt)n. Eliot Cong. Cli., 321.51; First Cong. Cli., 10278 Newton. The Mutual Bible Class, by Moses R. Emerson, Proceeds of Sale of Onyx Pendant, for Troy, N. C Newton Center. Nirs. Banesfields S. S. Class, Pkg. Christmas 3if is, for Touga.. too. Miss Noliscot. A Friend, for Mountain Work, Norfolk. Union Cli Northampton. Mission Band; Smith College, for Williamsburg, Kg. Nortlihampton. Postal Note Nortliboro. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Cli North Brooafield. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Cli., for Indian M Nortlifield. Trin. Cong. Cli North Weymouth. Cong. Ch., 21.14; P11- grim Cong. Cli., 21 Norwood. First Cong. Cli Peppereih Cong. Cli Pittsfield. James H. Dunham Pittsfield. Mrs. H. M. Hurd, 2 Bbls. of C., for Pleasant Hill, Tenn Quincy. Cong. Cli. Y. P.S. C. E., for Wil- minglon, N. C Randolph. Sunshine, for Student Aid, Fisk U Randolph. Y. L. M. Soc., Half BbL of C., for Tougaloo, Miss Reading. Sab. Seli. of Cong. Cli., for Mountain Work Reading. A Friend, In Memoriam.. Rehoboth. Cong. Cli Rockiand. Cong. Cli., to consi. Miss Au- GUSTA SMITH and Miss HELEN FICKEL, L. Ms Rockland. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Cli., for Student Aid, Fisk U Royalston. Charles F. Chase, for Student Aid, Brewer Normal Sch Salem. South Cong. Cli Salem. Cong. Cli., for Pleasant Hill Aca- demy, Tenn Salem. Crombie St. Cong. Cli., 3 Bbls. of C., for Wilmington, N. C. Somerville. Winter Hill Cong. Cli South Framingliam. Cong. Cli., 10; Two Children, 5, for Pleasant Hill Academy, Tenn South Hadley. Mrs. Maria B. Gridley.... South Hadley Falls. Cong. Cli., Bhl. of C., for Wilmington, N. C... South Weymouth. ~, for St udent Aid, Ballard Normal Sch.. Macen, Ga Spencer. First Cong. Cli. and Soc Spencer. Nickel Band, through W. H. M. A., for Oahe Indian M Springfield. R. H. Clizbe Springfield. Olivet Cli., Y. P. 5. C. E., fer Darling Mem. Chapel, Fort Yates, Dale ... Springfield. Wide Awake Soc., South Cli., for Student Aid, Fisk U Stockbridge. Miss Alice Byington, for In- dianM Taunton. Union Cli Tewksbury. Sab. Scli. of Cong. Cli., for Rosebud Indian M Townsend. Mrs. L. H. S. Wakefield. Cong. Cli. Wakefield. Mon. Con. Cong. Cli., 17.50; Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch.,19 83, and Primary DepL, 10, for Student A , Fisk U.. Wakefield. Mission Workers of Cong. Cli., for Mountain Work Walpole. Cong. Cli. and Soc Waltham. Trin. Cong. Cli. Ware. East Cong. Sab. Sch., for Santee 101 Home 25 00 Ware. Miss L. A. Tuckers Class, East 5 50 Cong. S. S., for Rosebud indian M... . 12 00 Warren. Friends,~ by W. R. Robbins, for Straight U 64 00 5 00 Warren. Cong. Cli., addl 4 00 Websier. First Cong. Cli. and Soc., (2 of which for Mountain Work) 75 00 Wellesley. Cong. Cli 178 43 424 29 Wellesley Hills. Cong. Cli . 63 00 Wentworth. Minnie H. Bridgeman, for Sab. Sch., Meridian, Miss 2 00 30 00 West Attleboro. Home M. Circle, B. of C., for Pleasant Hill, Tenn Westhoro. Ladies Freedmens A ssn, for Womans Work. 20. and BliL of C. for 1 00 Pleasant Hill, Tenn.; 20, for Freedmen 40 00 2 50~ West Brookfield. Cong. Cli., 38.60; Class of Girls in Cong. Sab. Scli., 6 44 60 18 00 Westfield. Mrs. C. W. Fowler, for Sewing 50 Sch., Sherwood. Tenn 3 75 8 65 Westminster. First Cong. Cli. and Soc 16 15 West Newbury. Second Cong. Cli., 18.88; 15 00 J. C. Carr. 4..... . 22 88 7 00 West Newton. Ladies H. M. Soc., Blil. for Savannah, Ga 42 14 West Newton. BliL of C., for Atlanta, Ga. 192 16 West Somerville. Cong. Cli 10 00 15 94 West Springfield. Ladies Mission Circle 100 00 of Park St. Cli., for Pleasant Hill, Tenn.. 50 00 West Springfield. Mrs. L. M. Bagg, Pkg. Patchwork, for Sherwood, Tenn Weymouth and Braintree. Cong. Sab. Soli. 10 00 10; Ladies, Blil. of C. ,for Wilmington, N. C 10 00 ~ Whitinsville. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Cli., for Rosebud indian M 30 00 Williamsburg. Cong. Cli. and Soc 58 67 Williamstown. First Cong. Sab. Sch., to const. E. ii. BOTSFORD L. M., for Rose- 50 00 bud Indian M 30 00 5 001 Winchendon. North Cong. Cli., 10; Five 14 30 Cent Investment Fund, 6.88; Y.P.S.C.E., 9.12; for Girls Dormitory, Pleasant Hill, Tenn 26 00 60 00 Winchester. First Cong. Cli. (22.70 of which for Indian M.) 203 74 25 00 Winchester. Y. P. 5. C. E. and Friends, 3 Blue, of C. and Christmas Gifts, for Mc- 10 to Intosh, Ga 73 75 Woburn. First Cong. Sab. Sch., for Stu- dent Aid, Fisk U 25 00 14 00 Woburn. North Cong. Cli 10 18 Worcester. Union Cli., 220.41; Piedmont 17 60 Cli., 103.03; Old South Cong. Cli. and Soc., 52; Salem St. Cli., 18.16 .. 393 50 Worcester. P. L. Moen, for Academy, Wil- liamsburg, Ky 200 00 15 00 Worcester. Union Cong. Cli., 40; First 5 00 Bapt. Cli., 15; Central Cong. Cli., 12; Plymouth Cli., 8; A Friend, 1, for Pleasant Hill Academy, Tenn. 76 00 Worcester. Old South Cong. Cli., for Wil- 20 00 liamsburg Academy, Kg 38 14 318 42 Worcester. Miss S. a heeler, for Girls Dormitory, Pleasant Hill, Tenn 20 00 10 00 Worcester. Central Cli., for Jellico, Tenn.. 25 61 18 00 Worcester. Union Cli. Benev. Soc., Box of C., for Mobile, Ala 18 00 Worcester. Books, Papers, Christmas Toys, etc., for Sherwood, Tenn s 00 A Massachusetts Friend, for Native Missionary, Indian M 50 00 30 00 Hampden Benevolent Association, by 44 73 Charles Marsh, Treasurer: Chicopee. Second, for Touga- 535 leo U 500 10 00 East Longmeadow 23 00 66 74 Holyoke. Second 41 87 Huntington. Secend 7 99 ~almer. Second . ~s 00 33i Springfield. South 93 36 I First .. 6494 23 t0~ Hope ... 5686 50 28i Memorial 37 02 14 10 Friend 5 00 41004 102 Receipts. Womans Home Missionary Association, Miss E. A. Leland, Treas., for Womans Work: For Salary of Teachers 440 00 Lowell. Aux. of Kirk St. Oh. 100 00 Mattapoiset. Aux 10 00 Newton. Sab. 5db. of Eliot Cli., for Indian Schp 6 25 556 25 $9,513 98 ESTATE. Weymouth. Estate of Dea. Jacob Loud, by John J. Loud, Ex 1,500 00 $11,013 98 CLOTHING, BOOKS, ETC., RECEIVED AT BOSTON OFFICE. South Berwick, Me. Ladies Cong. Soc., Bbl. for Raleigh, N C Mason, N. H. Daniel Goodwin, BbL for Thomascille, Ga Hollis, N. a. Rev. S. L. Gerould, Bbi. for Birmingham, Ala Cambridgeport, Mass. Miss L. Palmer, 2 Boxes Patchwork, for Pleasant Hill, Tenn. and Tougaloo, Miss Newbury. First. Parish, Bb1. for Toug.. aloe, Miss Newton. Eliot Ch.,Case Peloubets Notes, for Sherwood. Tenn Salem. Pkg. Books, for Birmingham, Ala. ~Friends in Mass. Box of C., etc., for Jellico, Tenn RHODE ISLAND, $249.55. Bristol. First Cong. Ch Newport. Mrs. E. D. W. Thayer, 10; United Cong. Ch., ad], 19.41.. Pawtucket. Cong. Oh., for Williamsburg Academy, Kg Providence. Sab. Sch. of Union Cong. Ch. (25. of which for Williamsburg Acad- emy, Kg.) Providence. Plymouth Cong. Ch., for Will msburg Academy, Ky.... Providence. James Coats, for Gi;ls Hail, Pleasant Hill, Tenn Providence. Central Ch., for Pleasant Hill Academy, Tenn CONNECTICUT, $2,846.26. Berlin. A. E. Halls S. S. Class, 12.42; Miss Smiths S. S. Class, 2 80; Miss Rogers S. S. Class, 1.13; for Tougaloo U. Birmingham. for Indian Ill Branford. Cong. Ch., for Conn. mdl Sch., Ga Bridgeport. Infant Class, First Cong. Sab. Sch, ,for Rosebud Indian M Bridgeport. South Ch., Box of Books, for Tougaloo, Miss Bristol. Cong. Ch., 34.01; Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., 20 Bristol. Mrs. Packs Class, Cong. Sab. Sch., for Indian Sch~p Boxrah. First Cong. Ch. . . Canaan. For Womans Work Canton Center. Ladies Soc., Box of C., for Thomasville, GB Chaplin. Cong. Ch . Chester. Cong. Ch Chester. C. N. Smith, for Mountain Work. Columbia. Mrs. W. B. Little, 6: Miss Eliza Hutchings, 1; for Mcfntosh, Ga.... Cornwall. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., Christ- mas Box, for Thomasville, Ga Cromwell. Cong. Ch East Fair Haven. Sab. Sch. Second Cong. Ch., for Student Aid, Fisk U East Haddam. A Friend East Hartford. First Ch East Hartford. Missy Ten of Kings 15 59 29 41 17 30 75 00 37 25 50 00 5 00 16 55 20 00 25 00 15 00 54 01 14 00 10 00 2 00 20 00 30 00 5 00 7 00 124 76 10 00 5 00 128 91 Daughters, Box of Christmas Gifts, for Thomasville, Ga East Woodstocie. Cong. Ch 17 00 Fair Haven. Second Cong. Ch 52 99 Farmingion. First Cong. Ch 108 65 Guiltord. Miss Hattie Seward and Friends, Bbl. of C.. etc., for Sherwood, Tenn.... Hadlyme. Richard E. Hungerford, 100; Cong. Cli., 285 102 85 Hartford. Asylum Hill Cong. Cli 309 50 Jewett City. Second Cong. Ch 12 12 Kensington. Miss F. A. Robbins, for Toug- aloe U . . . 5 00 Kensington. Mrs. Edward Cowles 2 00 Lakeville. Mrs. S. S. Robbins 5 00 Ledyard. Cong. Cli 22 43 Lyme. Cong. Cli., BbL of C., for Jones- boro, Tenn Meriden. E. K. Breckenridge 5~00 Middletown. South Cong. Sab. Sch., for indian M 25100 Middletown. 2 Bbls. of C., for Sherwood, Teen. Milford. First Cong. Cli., for Indian Al.. Santee Agency, Nob . 38 76 Millington. Cong. Cli 1 50 Milton. Cong. Cli., Mrs. Ella Grannis..., 5 00 Morris. Cong. Cli 14 25 Moniville. First Cong. Cli 9 15 Mount CarmeL Cong. Cli 16 57 Mystic Bridge. Cong. Cli 16 00 Naugatuck. Childrens Band, Cong Cli., for Rosebud Indian Al 12 00 New Britain. First Cli. of Christ, 113 23; South Cong. Cli., 15 16 128 39 New Canaan. Sab. Scli. of Cong. Cli., for Indian M 50 00 New Canaan. Womans H. M. Soc of Cong. Cli., for Conn. mdl Sch., Ga 26 00 New Elavon, Miss Caroline Ives, of Center Cli.. 30, to const. Mxs. ELIZABaTH TREAT KILDUFF L. M.; Mrs. M. tt.Townsend. 25. 55 00 New London. First Cli. of Christ 57 54 Now London. Friends in First Cong. Cli., for indian M New Preston. Circle of Glris,Boxof 21 00 Christmas Gifts, for Thomasaille, Ga.... Newtown. Cong. Cli. and Soc 15 00 Norfolk. Cong. Oh. and 8cc 204 24 Nofolk. Miss Isabella Eldridge, for Girls hall, Pleasant Hill, Tenn 10 00 Norwich. Second Cong. Cli 145 82 Norwicb. First Cong. Cli., for Jewelt lie- moriol Hall 15 00 Norwich. James Daua Colt, for IndicenAl 1 00 Norwiclitown. First Cong. Cli. ~ 25 00 Old Lyme. A Friend 5 00 Orange. Cong. Cli 18 00 Plantsville. 1.adies Industriai Soc., for Conn. Indl Sch., Ga 35 00 Plaintleld. Y. L. Mission Band, Box of C., for Thomasville, Ga... Plymouth. George Langdon 50 00 Pomfret. First Cong. Cli 29 40 Pomfret. Sab. Sch. Papers, for Thomas- ville, Ga . . .. . Pequonock. Cong. Sab. Sch., for Jeoeett Memorial Hall 17 00 Putnam. A Friend 17 50 Roxbury. Cong. Cli., 11.70; Sab. Sch., 10 21 70 Rocky Hill. Cong. Cli 7 24 Rocaxilie. Union Cong. Cli 57 00 Salisbury. Mrs. Clarks S. S. Clase, Cong. Cli., for Conn Indl Sch., Ga 8 30 Salisbury. Cong. Cli 7 00 Salisbury. Mrs. Burralls S. S. Class, for Conn. Indl Sch., Ga 5 00 Salisbury. Mrs. Sarah J. Rorabacks S.S. Class, for Womans Work.... 2 00 Scitico. Mrs. Charles E. Stowe, for Indian M 100 South Britain. Cong. Cli 12 40 South Norwalk. Sab. Sch. of Cong. ..... 75 00 Southington. Cong. Cli 26 84 South Winston. First Cong. Cli 11 83 Sufilsid. Inasmuch Circie of Kings .Receipts. Daughters, for Student Aid, Coun. mdi Sch., Ga Terryville. Cong. Cli Thomaston. Cong. Cli Torrington. First Cong. Cli Unionville. First Cli. of Christ Wallingford. First Cong. Cli Wapping. Cong. Cli Waterbury. Sab. Seli. of First Cong. Cli., for Indian Schp Waterbury. Sew. Soc., First Cli., Pkg. of C., for Tougaloo, Miss Watertown. Mrs. Fred. Scotts Class for Student Aid, Fort Bert hold Indian Sc)iool, North Daic Westchester. Cong. Cli Wetlierstield. Cong. Cli., 15 for Tougaioo U., 875 for Conn. mdi SeA., Ga West Hartford. Anson Chappeli. Westport. Saugatuck Cong. Cli West Stafford. Cong. Cli West T~rrington. Ladies Aux. of First Cong. Cli., 10. for & Iountain Work; 10 for tJonn. mdl Sch., Ga Windliam. Bb1., 3 for Freight, for Ral- eigh, N. C. . . Windsor. Cong. Cli. Windsor Locks. Sab. Soli. of Cong. Cli., for Atlanfa U for Hope Station 10 00 51 04 11 85 5 00 40 00 53 36 20 52 25 00 9 00 17 49 23 75 10 00 11 49 3 50 20 00 3 00 2 06 25 00 71 00 NEW YORK, 52,320 50. Albany. Clias. A. Beach, 50; Sab. Soli. of First Cong. Cli.. 10... 60 00 Angola. Ladies, BbS. of C., for Pine Moun- tain, Tenn Baldwlnsviile. Howard Carter 50 00 Bingliamion. A Friend 10 03 Binghamton. Cong. Bible :Scli., for Sfu- dent Aid, Fisk U 25 00 Blodget Mills. Twi Bbls. Papers, etc., I for Freight, by Miss E. Nason, for Af- lanta, Ga 1 00 Brooklyn. Clinton Av. Cong. Cli 1,137 38 Brooklyn. Womans Missy Soc. of Lewis Av. Cong. Cli 14 25 Brooklyn. Central Cong. Cli., for Pleas. ant Hill Academy, Tenn 100 00 Brooklyn. Stephen Ballard, for Student Aid, 1~isk U 40 00 Brooklyn. Miss Ada F. Hendrickson, for Womans Work 2 00 Buffalo. Sab. Soli. of First Cong. Cli., for Rosebud Indian M 53 00 Canandaigua. First Cong. Cli 16 96 Cliuroliville. Mission Band, Cong. Cli., for Macon, Ga 2 25 Cortland. Cong. Cli., H. M. Soc., Box of C., for Mobile. Ala Deansville. Y. P. 5. C. E., for Charleston, S.C 1000 East Bloomfield. Mrs. Eliza S. Goodwin.. 4 50 Ellington. Cong. Cli., 10.25; Christian Endeavor Soc., 4 25, for Student Aid, Fisk U 1450 Fredonia. Presb. Sab. Scli.. (30 of which to const. WILLIAM MOKINSTRY L. M.) for Student Aid, Fisk U 50 00 Gloversville. Cong. Cli., (100 of which from Mrs. U. M. Place) 208 00 Goshen. A Friend, for Atlanta U 1 00 Greigsville. Mrs. F. A. Gray 1 00 Marathon. Kings Daughters, BbS. Books. etc.. for Savannah. Ga Maysville. Mrs. Kilburn, 2 dox. Needle Books, for Athens, Ala Middletown. First Cong. Cli 13 56 New York. Broadway Tabernacle Sab. Sri., for Student Aid, Fort Berthold In- dian Sch., North Dak New York. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Cli New York. Mrs. L. H. Spelman, for Stu- dent Aid, Atlanta U New York. M. C. H. New York. Mr. and Mrs. B.VanWagenen, 103 Fancy Boxes and Candy, for Christmas, Marion, Ala NorthWalton. Union Missy Soc. of Cong. Cli 23 65 Norwich. A Friend 20 00 Orient. Cong. Cli 10 45 Patchogue. First Cong. Cli 13 51 Perry Center. Ladies Beney. Soc., BliL of C., for Tougaloo, Miss Riverhead. Cong. Cli 20 00 Rome. Welsh Cong. Cli., 9; An old Friend, 5 14 00 Rome. Mrs. Jervise, for Tougalco U 10 00 Sag Harbor. Gao. B. Brown 1 00 Troy. Mrs. E. C. Stewart 50 Vernon Center. Rev. G. C. Jndson 1 00 Walton. Sab. Soli. of First Cong. Ch.,for Mountain Work 50 90 Walton. Sab. Soli. of Cong. Ch.,for Moun- tain Work 17 54 Westmoreland. Sab. Soli. of First Cong. Cli 200 Whitesboro. Mrs. L. Halsey.... 10 00 Woodville. W. H. M. Soc., Box of C., for Jellies, Tenn A Friend 100 00 Womans Home Missionary Union of N. Y., by Mrs. L. H. Cobb, Treas., for Wo- mans Work: Albany. Ladies Aux. 20 00 Churoliville. Aux., for Atu- dent Aid, Fisk U 50 00 Homer. Ladies Aux 10 00 Smyrna. Young Peoples Missy Soc 25 00 __ 10500 NEW JERSEY, 510290 Bound Brook. Miss Roundy, for Oahe in- dian M. ... Jersey City. Waverly Cong. Cli Lakewood. Geo. Langdon Montclair. Ladles Aid Soc. Cong. Cli., BliL of C., for Macon, Ga Newark. Loyal Circle of Kings Daugh- ters, f Womans Work Phullipsburg. Mrs. A. E. Reiley, for Straight U Roselle. A Friend Trenton. Miss S. T. Sherman, for Wo- mans Work. Vineland. Win. MoGeorge PENNSYLVANIA, 534 00. Lawrencevtlle. Presli. Sab. Sch., B. of C., for Mcintosh, Ga Philadelphia, W. C. Stroud, for Straight U Ricliford. Cong. Cli Ridgway. Y. P. B. Class, by Minnie Kline, for Oaks, N. C Wattsburg. K. D. Soc., Box of Christmas Gifts, for Tougaloo Miss OHIO, 5513 24. Andover. Ladies of Cong. Cli., Box of C., for Jeilico. Tenn.... .. Ashland. Mrs. Eliza Thomson. Berea. James S. Smedley Canfleld. Cong. Cli Cincinnati. Mrs. Betsey E. Aydelott Cleveland. Madison Av. Cong. Cli Columbus. E. C. Dunham, for Wilming- ton, N. C Cyclone. Cong. Cli. and Sab. Soli Delaware. William Bevan.... Donneilsyille. Miss Ella M. Purseli 5;Eiia 50 00 Pursell and Friends, Box of C. etc., for 33 52 Sherwood, Tenn Geneva. H . .~............ 20 00 Harmar. Mrs. Putnam, Patchwork, for 3 00 Athens, Ala Hudson. Cong. Cli. . 3 J5 11 25 5 00 2 00 1 00 50 00 30 00 50 25 00 4 00 5 00 2 28 5 00 6 66 5 00 5 26 5 00 17 00 5 00 500 100 10 00 104 Receipts. Lenox. W. M. S. of Cong. Cli. Lorain. Y. P. 5. C. E. and Friends, Box of Christmas Gifts, for Tougaloo, Miss. ... Lyme. Cong. Cli Madison. Sab. Sob, of Central Cong. Cli. Mallet Creek. Mrs. M. W. Bingliam Medina. Friends, for Freight to Ma.. Norwalk. Mrs. Calista Lawrence Oberlin. First Cli., 69; Mrs. Maria Goodell Frost, 5: Harris Lewis, 5; Lyndon Free- man, 1.50 Oberlin. Second Cong. Cli., (6.25 of wliicli for Jewetl Memorial Hall) Oberlin. Rev. C. V. Spear, for GiiHcil, Pleasant Hill, Teen Painesville. First Cong. Cli., 72.84, to coest. JOHN L. SHXPARD and Z. F. CAs- TERLINE L. Ms; A Friend, 2; W. H. ~tocRing, 1.... Ridgeville. Sab. 5db. of Cong. Cli., for Williamsburg, Ky Saybrook. Cong. Cli Tallmadge. Sab. Sob, of Cong. Cli Toledo. central Cong. Cli. . Unionville. Cong. Cli Wellington. First Cong. Cli Unionville. Rev. J. C. Burnell Youngstown. A Friend Ohio Womans Home Musonary Union, by Mrs. L. E. Fairchild, ireas., for We.. mans Work: Alexis. L. S 3 85 Alexis. S. S 1 12 Bellevue. L. M. S 5 00 Columbus. Eastwood Cli. W. M. S., for Miss Collons, IndianM 1000 Garrettsville. W. M. S., bal. to const. MRS. HENRY MER- wINLM 500 Garrettsville. W. M. S 6 00 Mansfield. First Cong. Cli., W.M.S 1000 Toledo, Central Cong. Cli., W.M.U 1500 Williamefield. L. M. S., for Miss Collins j 00 61 17 INDIANA, $3.00. Fort Wayne. Plymoutli Cong. Cli 3 00 Indianapolis. Girls Soc., Plymouth Cli., Box Dolls, for Christma8, Sherwood, Teen. Kingston. Box of Books, etc., for Sizer- wood, Teen... ILLiNOiS, $i,203 64. Batavia. Win. G. Coffin 5 00 Camp Point. Mrs. S. B. MoKiuney 12 00 Canton. First Cong. Cli 54 40 Chicago. Ezra A. Cook, for Oahe Indiae IniustrialSch 100 60 Chicago. Millard Av. Cong. Cli., 2519; Rev. G. S. F. Savage, 29; Sardis Uong. Ch., 10; Sab. Soli. of New ~nglaud Cong. Cli., 45; Leavitt St. Cong. Cli., 3 82; Mrs. Hiram Huihurd, 1.50 105 51 Chicago. Ladies of First Cong. Cli., by Mrs. E. P. Goodwin, for Indian A! 50 00 Chicago. Mrs. Lyman Baird, for Student Aid, Fisk U 20 00 Chicago. David C. Cook, Papers, firn Mc Intosh, Ga Chicago. Mrs. Skeels, BbL C., for Macon, Ga..... Concord. Ladies of Cong. Cli., Pkg. of C., for Mobile, Ala Galesburg. FIrst Cong. Cli 100 00 Hinsdale. Cong. Cli 50 00 Hyde Park. Arthur Cole 5 00 Kewanee. Mrs. H. E. Kellogg 5 00 Knoxville. H. Rowles 5 00 Moline. First Cong. Cli .. 150 97 Oak kark. Bible Class of Cong. Cli., Ma- son & Hamlin Organ, for Primary Dept. Normal SeA., Marion, Ala 12 42 Oak Park. Ladies Benev. Soc., First Cong. Cli., BbL of C. and BbL of Books, etc.,for Sherwood, Tenn 19 97 Odell. Ladies of Cong. Cli 20 00 Payson. Miss F. A. Spencer, Plig. of Arti- 5 00 cbs, for Mobile, Ala Rockford. First Cong. Cli., for Schp En- 1 05 dowment Fund, Fisk U. 50 Rockford. Miss M. Lena Todd, Box of Patchwork, for Tougaioo, Miss. Roscoe. Cong. Cli 80 50 Seward. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Cli Shabbona. Cong. Cli..... . 36 32 Toulon. Ladies Circle, First Cong. Cli.. 2 Boxes of C.. etc., for Sherwood, Teen... 50 09 Turner. Mrs. R. Currier..... ... . Wyasiet. Miss Brainards S. S. Class, Pkg. of C., for Mobile, Ala Western Sprlngs. Cong. Cli 75 84 Womans Home Missionary Union of Illi- nois,by Mrs. C. E. Maliby, Treas., for .1200 Womans Work: 9 ~9 Buda. , for Indian AL 3 00 16 88 Buda 2 00 5 00 Chicago. New England Cli 47 50 8 00 ChIcago. Lincoln Park Cli 8 00 25 00 Elgin. First Cli 5 00 5 00 Milburn 5 50 2 00 Oak Park 29 75 Payson 6 00 Rantoul 5 00 Rockford. Second Cli., Y. M.tI.M.U.,forl lanAi 1100 Rockford. Second Cli 7 tel Wheaton. Wheaton College S.S 174 Winnebago. , for Moun- tain Work 10 00 10 00 4 43 5 13 28 16 5 09 5 35 141 49 $869 14 ESTATE. Avon. Estate of Mrs. Elizabeth Church- ill, by Rev. James D. Wyckoff and Dr. S. S. Clayberg, Executors 334 50 $1,203 64 3 to 14 48 30 00 245 79 MICHIGAN, $435.58. Adrian. B. S. Allen Benzonia. Cong. Oh Calumet. Robert Dobbie Comstock. A Friend Detroit. Trumbull Av. Cong. Cli., 10; Miss Frances C. Hudson, 5; H. S. Pin gree, 5. . Detroit. Christmas Box, for Athens, Ala. Greenville. Cong. Cli Jackson. Mrs. L. C. Nash and Daughter, 5; Mrs. R. M. Bennett, 2.50 Romeo. Contributor... Three Oaks. Cong. Cli Three Oaks. Mrs. Willism Chamberlain, BoL of C., for Pleasant Hill, Teen White Lake. Robert Garner Womans Home Missionary Union of Mich., by Mrs. E. F. Grabill, Treas., for Womans Work: Three Oaks. W. H. M. S ... 13 06 Three Oaks. Infant Class... 25 20 00 5 00 7 50 50 00 36 00 10 00 13 31 22 00 1100 WISCONSIN, $250.50. Appleton. First Cong. Cli Beloit. First Cong. Cli Beboit. Childrens Mission Band, First Cong. Cli, Box Christmas Gifts, for Sherwood, Tenn . Brodhead. Willing Workers Missy Soc., Pkg. Christmas Gifts, for Austin, Texas Clinton. Cong. Cli., to const. Rsv. W. J. CLARK and MRS. D. M. OLDS L. MS 65 05 Columbus, Busy Workers, Pkg. Christ- mas Gifts, for Austin, Texas Green Bay. Y. L. Missy Soc., Christmas Box, for Austin, Texas Receipts. Hartford. Cong. Cli. and Sab. Soti., Bbl, of C., for Troy, N. C . janesville. Friends in First Cong. Cli., 3 Boxes of C., etc.,for Sherwood, Tenn Lake Geneva. First Cong. Cli Madison. First Cong. Cli Milwaukee. , Patchwork, for Ath- ens, Ala Platteville. Pearl Gatherers, Christmas Box for Austin, Texas Itacine. Mrs. B. D. Nichols... Ripon. First Cong. Cli Slieboygan Falls. Sheboygan News Co., 2 Boxes Books, etc., for Sherwood, ....... Watertown. Cong. Cli Sturge~n Bay. Hope Cong. Cli West Salem. Mrs. Hayes, for Pleasant Hill, Tenn Whitewater. Cong. Ch Windsor. Cong. Ch Wisconsin Womans Home Missionary Union, for Womans Work: Arena. I.. M. S 1 26 Elkhorn. W. H. M. S., Thank Offering 25 00 Platteville. W. H. M. 5..... 1 75 Sun Prairie. W. H. M. 5.... 3 iO IOWA, $353 20. Almoral. Cong. Ch. . .. . Belle Plaine. Juv. Soc. and Sab. ..... Burlington. Cong. Cli., 11.76; Y. P. S.C.E., 1.35 Cedar Rapids. Birthd~y Offerings, S. S. of Cong. Cli., 2 54; Birthday Offerings, S. S. of Cong. Chapel, 73c Des Moines. Mrs. D. Paterson. . . Earlville. Cong. Cli. . . Eldora. Birthday Gifts of Mrs. Hardins Class, Cong. Sab. Sch Emmettsburg. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Cli Genoa Bluffs. Cong. Cli Grinnell. Mrs. J. B. Grinnell, for Student Aid.. lalladega C Lake City. E. P. Longliead Maquoketa. Y. P. S. C. E., Box of C., for Tougaloo, Miss Nashua. Y. P. 5. C. E., Pkg. Christmas Gifts, for Jonesboro, 7enn New Hampton. First Cong. Cli Newton. Wittemberg Cong. Sab. Scli. Otho. Cong. Cli Reinbeck. Cong.Ch Bockford. Y. P. 5. C. E., Cong. Cli., 1.75; L. M. Soc. and Y. P. 5. C. E., Box and Bbl. of C., for Jonesboro. Tenn Stacyville. Cong. Cli Tabor. Sab. Scli. of Cong. Cli., 10; Cong. Cli., 8.53 Wayne. Ladies M. Soc., B 01.. for Saran-. nah, Ga Iowa Womans Home Missionary Union, for Womans Work: Almoral. I.. M. S 2 00 Bradford. Y. P. 5. C. E 4 99 Cedar Falls. W. M. S 52 Cedar Rapids. W. M. S 3 53 Chester Center. W. H. lot. U 1 00 Clinton 2 50 Davenport. Y. L. S 21 75 Decorali. W. M. S 25 00 Dubuque. Y, P. 5. C. E 15 20 Dubuque. S. S 5 47 Des Moines. W. M. S 9 19 Farragut. W. H. M. S 10 00 LeMars 3 77 Marion. W. M. S 22 63 Marion. ~ Busy Gleaners, for Santee Indian Sch 20 00 Marion. Y.L.S 25(0 Magnolia. W. H. lot. U 1 25 McGregor. W. M. S 21 00 Ottumwa. First Cli., W.M.U. 3 44 10 92 17 91 50 17 79 8 20 1 50 2 25 48 09 13 78 31 51 8 00 3 08 13 11 3 27 1 00 14 80 74 3 74 1 90 10 0(1 50 13 39 20 27 5 00 14 00 1 75 10 0) 15 53 105 Osage. W. M. S 1 80 Rockford. L. M. S 1 68 Stuart. Sab. Seli ... 2 11 Sheldon. Thank Offering 2 95 Sioux City. L. ~I. S 2 70 Toledo. Y. P. 5. C. E. . 64 210 12 MINNESOTA, $293.09. Austin. Cong. Union Cli., to const. H. A. AVERY and G. C. ADAMS L. Ms 63 12 Cannon Falls. Cong. Cli 10 00 Dodge Center. Cong. Cli 2 40 Excelsior. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Cli., 21 doz. Thimbles, for Jonesboro, Tenn Faribault. Cong. Cli 10 96 Glenwood. Cong. Cli 2 22 Lake City. First Cong. Sab. Sch., (19.08 Of which for Williamsburg, Ky) 38 16 Mazeppa. Cong. Cli 1 45 Medford. Cong. Cli 10 00 Minneapolis. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Cli., 17.80~ Mrs. A. D. AppiebV, 2; Silver Lake Cong. Cli., bal., 1.04; Mrs. It. Laughlin, 1.50 22 34 Minneapolis. Cheerful Workers, Pkg., for Jonesboro, Tenn Minneapolis. Box of Notions, for Touga- 100, Miss Morris. Cong. Cli 9 61 New Ricliland. Ladies Soc. of Cong. Cli., Pkg. Table Linen, etc., for Jonesboro, Tenn Owatonna. Cong. Cli 5 64 Rochester. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Cli., Pkg. Christmas Gifts, for Jonesboro, Ten..... Saint Paul. Mrs. M. D. Clapp 4 50 Wabaslia. First Cong. Cli 11 82 Waseca. Cong. Cli 3 00 Winona. First Cong. Cli 94 87 MISSOURI, $133 50 Bevier. Miss Luella J. Hudelson 3 00 Saint Louis. Pilgrim Cong. Cli 130 50 KANSAS, $6 95 Pleona. Cong. Cli 6 9~ NORTH DAKOTA, SS.O0. Buxton. Pearl Gatherers, by Mrs. Mary M. Fisher, for Williamsburg, Ky... 5 00 SOUTH DAKOrA, $49 84. Chamberlain. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Cli 2 84 Huron. Sab. 5db. of Cong. Cli., for Oahe Indian M 40 00 Oahe. Cong. Cli., fri. Oahe lmtian M 2 00 Templeton. Cong. Cli 2 00 South Dakota. Womans Home Mission- ary Union, by Mrs. S. E. Fifleld, Treas.: Deadwood. W. M. S 3 00 NEBRASKA, $28.32. Clarks. John Parker - 2 00 Crete. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Cli 21 60 Red Cloud. First Cong, Cli 2 00 Trenton. Cli. of the Redeemer 2 72 CALIFORNIA, $556.00. Pomona. J. B. Dewey 5 00 San Francisco. Receipts of the California Chinese Mission (see items below) 551 00 OREGON, $4 73. East Portland. First Cong. Cli 3 73 Friend, for Raleigh, N. C.... 1 00 WASHINGTON, $30 00. Resarto. Cong. Cli., for Student Aid, Fi~k if 465 Anacortes. Pilgrim Cong. Cli., for Stu dent Aid, Fisk U 25 1~ DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Washington. Cong. Cli.. Box of Notions, for Tougaloo, Moss KENTUCKY. $4 84. Berea. Church at Berea 4 84 106 Receipts. MARYLAND, $5.00. Federalsburg. Sarah A. Beals 5 00 NORTH CAROLINA, $69 31. Hilisboro. Sab. Soli. of Cong. Cts 35 Salem. Cong. Cli 2 00 Wilmington. Cong. Cli 66 ui GEORGIA, $12 30. Macon. Miss E. B. Scohie, for Student Aid, Fisk U o 00 Mcintosh. Midway Cong. Cli 1 30 Thomasvilie. Conn. Industrial Sab. 5db. for Fort Berthold Indian If., Dak 600 FLORIDA, $6.00. Altoona. Mrs. J. S. Blackman 4 50 Tangerine. Win. E. Catheart 1 50 ALABAMA, $93 73. Athens. New Years Offering, Ladies Missy Soc. Trin. Cong. Cli., for Indian M 600 Jenifer. Cong. Cli., 1.50; Sab. Sch., 1.50; Womans Missy Union, 2 5 00 Talladega. Miss S. J. ELDER, 30., to const. herself L. M.; Cong. Cli., 9.23 39 23 Talladega. Rev. II. S. DeForest, for re- pairs, Talladega C 23 50 Talladega. Womans Missy Union, 12.50; Mission Band, 5; Little flelpers, 2.50; for Indian At 20 00 TENNESSEE, $58 78. Athens. Ccing. Cli 1 31 Chattanoowa. Mr. Lcomis,for Girls hall, Pleasant Hill, Tenn 50 00 Nashville. Christian Endeavor Soc., Fisk U., for Mountain Work...... . 2 00 Pleasar.t Bill. Friend, for Pleasant Hill 1 00 Sherwood. Birthday Box, Cong. Sab. Sch. 4 47 TEXAS, $3 00. Austin. Allen Bradley, 1 Shoat; Barnes & Scott, 25 lhs. Nuts; Nelson Davis & Co., 25 lbs. Candy; for Austin, Texas. Dallas. Cong. Cli 3 CO , $9.32. for Siadent Aid, Talladega C. 4 32 Unknown Friend,for Pleasant Hill Academy, Teen 5 00 CANADA, $10.00. Montreal. Charles Alexander 5 00 Sherbiooke. Mrs. H. J. Morey 5 00 EAST AFRICA, $48.20. Kambina, InhamWtne. Rev. B. F Ousley, ~or Student Aid, Fisk CT 48 20 Donations $21328 29 Estates 1,834 59 INCOME, $28216 $23,162 79 Avery Fund, for Mendi M 28 00 Graves Scholarship ifund, for Talla dega C 125 00 Howard Theo. Fund, for Howard U. 125 UO Scholarship Fund, for Straight U... 4 16 282 16 TUITION, $4,028 33. Lexington, Ky. Tuition . 124 65 Rockhold, Ky. Tuition . 33 40 Williamsburg, Ky. Tuition 56 75 Chapel Hill, N. C. Tuition 7 50 Troy, N. C. Tuition .. 12 00 Charleston, S. C. Tuition 249 88 Greenwood, S. C. Tuition 69 90 Wilmington, N. C. Tuition 215 35 Crossville, Tenn. Tuition 12 10 Jellico, Tenn. Tuition 48 75 Jonesboro, Tenn. Tuition 6 00 Memphis, Tenn. Tuition 525 02 Nashville, Tenn. Tuition 641 96 Pine Mountain. Tenn. Tuition 17 10 Pleasant Hill, Tenn. Tuition., 21 00 Sherwood. Tenn. Tuition 40 00 Macon, Ga. Tuition 332 35 McIntosh, Ga. Tuition 68 08 Savannah, Ga. Tuition 223 00 Thomasville, Ga. Tuition 72 95 Athens, Ala. Tuition . 71 85 Marion, Ala. Tuition 82 60 Mobile, Ala. Tuition 213 65 Selma, Ala. Tuition 78 65 Meridian, Miss. Tuition 92 40 Tougaloo, Miss. Tuition 137 00 New Orleans, La. Tuition 411 50 Austin, Texas. Tuition 162 54 4,028 33 United States Government Appropria- tion for the Education of Indians.... 615 29 Total for January $28 088 57 SUMMARY. Donations 74 480 26 Estates 31,254 77 $105,735 03 Income 3 618 31 Tuition 12,812 17 United States Government for the Ed. cation of Indians 5,684 47 Total from Oct. 1 to Jan. 31 $127 889 98 FOR THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY. Subscriptions for January $166 04 Previously acknowledged 206 85 Total $372 89 REcEIPTS OF THE CALIFORNIA CHINESE MIssioN, E. Palache, Treasurer, from September 1, 1889, to January 18, 1890. FRoM LOCAL MIssIoNs. Los Angeles, Chinese Mon. (1ff 5, 15.90; Loo Quong, 2 Marysville, Chinese Nion. Off 5, 23 05; Annual Member, 8.Oakland, Chinese Monthlies, 50.Oroville, Chi- nese Monthlies, 12.05 i?etaluma, Chinese Monthlie~, 14 15.Riverside, Chinese Monthlies, 9.80; Annual Mem- bers, 2 San Diego, Weekly Offerings, 2520.Sacramento, Chinese ~.ionih- lies, 18; Annual Members, 8.Santa Barbara, Chinese Monthlies, 11.45; A Friend, 5.San t a Crux, Chinese Monthlies, 30 25; A Friend, 1. Stockton, Chinese Monthlies, 13.85; Mrs. Whitman, 1.Ventura, Chinese Monthlies. 13 95 $264 65 FROM Cauacass Ferndale, Cong. Ch., 5.Los .~ngeles,Womans H me Missy Soc. of First Cong. Ch 436.80 Ontario, Cong. Ch.. 1.San Francisco, Green St. Ch., Col. at Annual Meeting of the Mission, 22 65; Annual Membership, 2. San Francisco, Bethany Ch., from Americans: Mrs. H. U. Lamont, 4; Mrs. Kennedy, 3; from Chinese: Cong. Assn of Christian Chinese, Bethany Branch, 21.60.Central Mission, Monthly Offerings, 16.05.Barnes Mis- sion, Monthly Offerings, 6 75.West Mission. Monthly Offerings, 10.50; Saticoy Cong. Ch., 2. 161 35 FROM INDIVIDUAL GIVERP.Hon. Stephen Williamson, M. P., 100; Rev. W. N. Meserve, 5... 105 00 FROM EASTERN FRIENDS.Bosion, Mass., J. W. Davis, 5.Clncinnati, Ohio, Rev. A B. Brown, 15 20 00 Total $551 00 H. W. HUBBARD, Treasurer,

THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY. VOL. XLIV. APRIL, 1890. No. 4. ~m~ti~rn ~isshTuav~3 si,d~thrn. REMOVAL. The Rooms of the American Missionary Associ- ation are now in the Bible House, New York City. Correspondents will please address us accordingly. Visitors will find our Rooms on the sixth floor of the Bible House, corner Ninth Street and Fourth Avenue; entrance by elevator on Ninth Street. RI~V. FRANK P. WOODBURY, D.D. IT gives us great pleasure to announce the acceptance by Rev. Frank P. Woodbury, D.D., of the position of Corresponding Secretary of this As- sociation. Since the death of our dear Brother Powell, with the large in- crease of special resources and the general expansion of our work, an addition to our administrative force has become an absolute necessity. Dr. Woodbury brings to his new position special qualifications. His eighteen years of successful work in his pastorate at Rockford, Ill., and his very effective two years service in Minneapolis, have made him ac- quainted with the work of a pastor and the needs of the churches. In these pastorates, and in other services for the general interests of the church, he has shown exceptional administrative gifts. These will find ample range for activity in the Secretaryship. His public address at sev- eral of our own Annual Meetings and on many other similar occasions, attest his power as a platform speaker He will meet with a warm welcome to the duties of this office, and we are confident that he will receive an equally cordial greeting in the churches, Conferences and Associations. 108 Indian CivilizationE~nigration ot colored People. INDIAN CIVILIZATIONNOW FOR A PUSH FORWARD. The time has come for new vigor in the Indian service. Gen. Morgan has been confirmed as Indian Commissioner, and his broad and well-ma- tured plans are ready to be put into operation. We hope that Congress will make the necessary appropriations, and that nothing will hinder the multiplication of Indian schools and the ingathering of pupils. With the Sioux Indians, a great crisis has come. Their reservation is severed, and a broad belt is opened in it for the incoming of the white man. There will, of course, be the rush and confusion of new settlers, with the almost inevitable demoralization of the Indians. But a still more serious and protracted evil will grow out of the conflict of the two races and the temptations to the Indians. If ever the friends of the Sioux Indians needed to bestir themselves, it is just now. The helping hand, the open school and the sanctifying Gospel, must forestall all bad influences. So far as the work of the American Missionary Association is concerned, the opening of this reservation to white settlement will necessitate the re- moval of five or six of its out-stations, occasioning spiritual loss and addi- tional money appropriations. While we hail with satisfaction the inauguration of Gen. ~4organs broad plans, we feel that there should not be the least relaxation on the part of the churches, in the contract schools and in the preaching of the gospel. From John Eliot down, the gospel has been the great civilizing power among the Indians, and it will be a fatal mistake to withhold it. If the new Government policy is successful, the gospel is its essential adjunct, and if there should be hindrances in carrying out that policy, the steady stream of gospel influences will be all the more necessary. EMIGRATION OF COLORED PEOPLE. We have seen a large map of a Southern railroad, on one side of which were some highly-colored pictures. The first showed the tumble- down cabin of a colored man, himself, wife and boy carrying from it their few belongings to the favored land of promise. The next picture shows him and his family in the woods in his new location, getting ready to build his house. The third picture represents a fine log house; with green fields well fenced, a mule and pigs and chickens in the yard; and the last picture presents a large frame house with a veranda, in which the colored man is seated in a large arm-chair, reading a magazine, and his wife sitting by his side in a rocking chair, while near at hand is the capacious barn, with mules grazing in the adjacent lot. By the side of each picture is a running comment, supposed to be made by the colored man himself, describing his hard lot where he first lived,

108 Indian CivilizationE~nigration ot colored People. INDIAN CIVILIZATIONNOW FOR A PUSH FORWARD. The time has come for new vigor in the Indian service. Gen. Morgan has been confirmed as Indian Commissioner, and his broad and well-ma- tured plans are ready to be put into operation. We hope that Congress will make the necessary appropriations, and that nothing will hinder the multiplication of Indian schools and the ingathering of pupils. With the Sioux Indians, a great crisis has come. Their reservation is severed, and a broad belt is opened in it for the incoming of the white man. There will, of course, be the rush and confusion of new settlers, with the almost inevitable demoralization of the Indians. But a still more serious and protracted evil will grow out of the conflict of the two races and the temptations to the Indians. If ever the friends of the Sioux Indians needed to bestir themselves, it is just now. The helping hand, the open school and the sanctifying Gospel, must forestall all bad influences. So far as the work of the American Missionary Association is concerned, the opening of this reservation to white settlement will necessitate the re- moval of five or six of its out-stations, occasioning spiritual loss and addi- tional money appropriations. While we hail with satisfaction the inauguration of Gen. ~4organs broad plans, we feel that there should not be the least relaxation on the part of the churches, in the contract schools and in the preaching of the gospel. From John Eliot down, the gospel has been the great civilizing power among the Indians, and it will be a fatal mistake to withhold it. If the new Government policy is successful, the gospel is its essential adjunct, and if there should be hindrances in carrying out that policy, the steady stream of gospel influences will be all the more necessary. EMIGRATION OF COLORED PEOPLE. We have seen a large map of a Southern railroad, on one side of which were some highly-colored pictures. The first showed the tumble- down cabin of a colored man, himself, wife and boy carrying from it their few belongings to the favored land of promise. The next picture shows him and his family in the woods in his new location, getting ready to build his house. The third picture represents a fine log house; with green fields well fenced, a mule and pigs and chickens in the yard; and the last picture presents a large frame house with a veranda, in which the colored man is seated in a large arm-chair, reading a magazine, and his wife sitting by his side in a rocking chair, while near at hand is the capacious barn, with mules grazing in the adjacent lot. By the side of each picture is a running comment, supposed to be made by the colored man himself, describing his hard lot where he first lived, A Comparison. 109 then telling of his purchase in the new land of promise, stating the price and the terms of purchase ; then follows his happy rejoicing over his new location, and finally his triumphant joy in his wealth and fine mansion. It is by such representations, we are told, that the colored people in va- rious parts of the South are tempted to leave their homes for new locations. The experience of those of their number who have made such migrations has not usually been encouraging, and we fear that thousands more will acquire a good deal of bitter knowledge learned in that same expensive school. A COMPARISON. Tue French and the Negro. A writer in the March number of The Forum has drawn a vivid pic- ture of Prance in its poverty, misery and tyranny in 1789, and contrasted with this the thrift, the improved land cultures and the better clothing, food, home and intelligence of the French peasantry of 1889. The Revo- lution of 1789 bToke the tyranny of the old crushing rkgime and opened the way for the new world that brightens and gladdens the France of to- day. But the Revolution did not itself make the great change; it simply made it possible. Two factors developed in French character were the practical forces in the new prosperityeconomy and the desire for ownership of lands and homes. That economy was pushed, in many cases, almost to the extreme of miserly hoarding. We give below a few brief extracts illustrating the poi1~t in question: The life led by a comfortable English or American farmer would represent wicked waste and shameful indulgence to a much richer French peasant. I, myself, know a laborer on wages of less than twenty shillings a week, who by thrift has bought ten acres of the magnificent garden land between Fontaiaebleau and the Seine, worth many thousand pounds, on which grow all kinds of fruits and vegetables, and the famous dessert grapes; yet who, with all his wealth and abundance, denies himself and his two children meat on Sundays, and even a drink of the wine which he grows and makes for the market. The French peasant has great virtues, but he has the defects of his virtues, and his home life is far from idyllic. He is laborious, shrewd, enduring, frugal, self-reliant, sober, honest and capable of intense self-control for a distant reward; but that reward is property in land, in pursuit of which he may become as pitiless as a bloodhound. Take him for all in all, he is a strong and noteworthy force in modern civiliza- tion. Though his country has not the vast mineral wealth of England, nor her gigan- tic development in manufactures and in comm~rce, he has made France one of the richest, most solid, most progressive countries on earth. He is quite as frugal and patient as the German, and is far more ingenious and skillful. He has not the energy of the Englishman, or the elastic spring of the American, but lie is far more saving and much more provident. He wastes nothing, and spends little, and thus, since his country comes next to England and America in natural resources and national en-

A Comparison. 109 then telling of his purchase in the new land of promise, stating the price and the terms of purchase ; then follows his happy rejoicing over his new location, and finally his triumphant joy in his wealth and fine mansion. It is by such representations, we are told, that the colored people in va- rious parts of the South are tempted to leave their homes for new locations. The experience of those of their number who have made such migrations has not usually been encouraging, and we fear that thousands more will acquire a good deal of bitter knowledge learned in that same expensive school. A COMPARISON. Tue French and the Negro. A writer in the March number of The Forum has drawn a vivid pic- ture of Prance in its poverty, misery and tyranny in 1789, and contrasted with this the thrift, the improved land cultures and the better clothing, food, home and intelligence of the French peasantry of 1889. The Revo- lution of 1789 bToke the tyranny of the old crushing rkgime and opened the way for the new world that brightens and gladdens the France of to- day. But the Revolution did not itself make the great change; it simply made it possible. Two factors developed in French character were the practical forces in the new prosperityeconomy and the desire for ownership of lands and homes. That economy was pushed, in many cases, almost to the extreme of miserly hoarding. We give below a few brief extracts illustrating the poi1~t in question: The life led by a comfortable English or American farmer would represent wicked waste and shameful indulgence to a much richer French peasant. I, myself, know a laborer on wages of less than twenty shillings a week, who by thrift has bought ten acres of the magnificent garden land between Fontaiaebleau and the Seine, worth many thousand pounds, on which grow all kinds of fruits and vegetables, and the famous dessert grapes; yet who, with all his wealth and abundance, denies himself and his two children meat on Sundays, and even a drink of the wine which he grows and makes for the market. The French peasant has great virtues, but he has the defects of his virtues, and his home life is far from idyllic. He is laborious, shrewd, enduring, frugal, self-reliant, sober, honest and capable of intense self-control for a distant reward; but that reward is property in land, in pursuit of which he may become as pitiless as a bloodhound. Take him for all in all, he is a strong and noteworthy force in modern civiliza- tion. Though his country has not the vast mineral wealth of England, nor her gigan- tic development in manufactures and in comm~rce, he has made France one of the richest, most solid, most progressive countries on earth. He is quite as frugal and patient as the German, and is far more ingenious and skillful. He has not the energy of the Englishman, or the elastic spring of the American, but lie is far more saving and much more provident. He wastes nothing, and spends little, and thus, since his country comes next to England and America in natural resources and national en- 110 The Stereopticon in New England. ergy, he has built up one of the strongest, most self-contained and most durable of modern peoples. A very significant parallel is presented in these two pictures to one that may be drawn between the Negro of i86i and the Negro of 1961. The Civil War corresponded to the Revolution in France. It broke the fetters of the slave, and made his future a possibility. If, now, the Negro will fill out the beautiful picture in imitation of the French peasant, he must imitate him in rigid economy and in the ambition to own his own land and his own home. We do not of course advise the penuriousness of the miser, but the Negro is in little danger on that score. The grandest impulse, even in economy and in obtaining property, is found in a genuine Christian character. This is the work that our ministers and teachers are endeavoring to accomplish, but we are sure it will aid them to urge this practical saving of money, curtailing of needless expense, and the making of most determined efforts to become owners of their own homes. THE STEREOPTICON IN NE~V ENGLAND. REV. STANLEY E. LATUROP, SHERWOOD, TENN. Secretary Roy of Chicago started an excellent thing when he arranged the stereopticon pictures to illustrate the great work of our Association. After two months spent in traveling with these pictures and giving explan- atory lectures concerning them, the writer desires to testify to their useful- ness, and to express his thanks to the good people of New England for the interest they have shown, and the cordial reception they have given him in his travels. Evidently the work of the Association is on a boom in New England. Everywhere a great many questions were asked, and a~reat many expressions of hearty interest manifested. During eight weeks, the audiences averaged over four hundred in number, in spite of la grippe and the rainy, sloppy weather that prevailed. In this time we traveled over five thousand miles, giving the stereopticon lecture in forty-three dif- ferent places, and making twenty-three other addresses upon the work, to audiences numbering in several cases nearly a thousand, and a total aggre- gate of over twenty-five thousand people. The descendants of the Pil- grims are thoroughly interested in our missionary work. The pictures of the people, buildings, etc., among the ten millions of people among whom our work is going on, in the West and South, were greatly enjoyed, with an evident increase of interest and of contribution. In view of all my past experiences, of four years of military service in the South, and my twelve years of missionary work in that region, this two months of travel and. intercourse with so many intelligent friends and helpers of our Asso- ciation has been a privilege and an enjoyment. God bless the good peo- ple of New England, and the grand work of our American Missionary Association

110 The Stereopticon in New England. ergy, he has built up one of the strongest, most self-contained and most durable of modern peoples. A very significant parallel is presented in these two pictures to one that may be drawn between the Negro of i86i and the Negro of 1961. The Civil War corresponded to the Revolution in France. It broke the fetters of the slave, and made his future a possibility. If, now, the Negro will fill out the beautiful picture in imitation of the French peasant, he must imitate him in rigid economy and in the ambition to own his own land and his own home. We do not of course advise the penuriousness of the miser, but the Negro is in little danger on that score. The grandest impulse, even in economy and in obtaining property, is found in a genuine Christian character. This is the work that our ministers and teachers are endeavoring to accomplish, but we are sure it will aid them to urge this practical saving of money, curtailing of needless expense, and the making of most determined efforts to become owners of their own homes. THE STEREOPTICON IN NE~V ENGLAND. REV. STANLEY E. LATUROP, SHERWOOD, TENN. Secretary Roy of Chicago started an excellent thing when he arranged the stereopticon pictures to illustrate the great work of our Association. After two months spent in traveling with these pictures and giving explan- atory lectures concerning them, the writer desires to testify to their useful- ness, and to express his thanks to the good people of New England for the interest they have shown, and the cordial reception they have given him in his travels. Evidently the work of the Association is on a boom in New England. Everywhere a great many questions were asked, and a~reat many expressions of hearty interest manifested. During eight weeks, the audiences averaged over four hundred in number, in spite of la grippe and the rainy, sloppy weather that prevailed. In this time we traveled over five thousand miles, giving the stereopticon lecture in forty-three dif- ferent places, and making twenty-three other addresses upon the work, to audiences numbering in several cases nearly a thousand, and a total aggre- gate of over twenty-five thousand people. The descendants of the Pil- grims are thoroughly interested in our missionary work. The pictures of the people, buildings, etc., among the ten millions of people among whom our work is going on, in the West and South, were greatly enjoyed, with an evident increase of interest and of contribution. In view of all my past experiences, of four years of military service in the South, and my twelve years of missionary work in that region, this two months of travel and. intercourse with so many intelligent friends and helpers of our Asso- ciation has been a privilege and an enjoyment. God bless the good peo- ple of New England, and the grand work of our American Missionary Association Mrs. J. 7. WareParagraphs. 111 MRS. JANE TWICHELL WARE. The early and honored workers under the American Missionary Asso- ciation in the South are passing away. But the sharp sorrow of parting from them is relieved by the memory of their self-denying and useful work, and especially where these dear friends threw over those dark days and trying experiences the halo of personal excellence, sweetness of disposition and a manner full of cheerful vivacity. Such an one was Mrs. Ware. She entered the service among the Freed- men in the autumn of 1865, and in Norfolk, Virginia; Charleston, South Carolina; and Atlanta, Georgia, cast the radiance of her bright countenance and cheerful spirits over her serious and most successful work. She was a joy in the circle of her associates and an inspiration to her pupils. In 1869, the year in which the Atlanta University was founded, she was united in marriage to Rev. E. A. Ware, its President, and they with others gave the moulding touch to the University, and won for it the confidence of the friends at the North, and an annual appropriation from the State of Georgia. In her own pleasant home and in various services to the institution, she made herself useful. In 1885 her husband died sud- denly from heart failure, and from that time onward she was left to face alone the serious pulmonary trouble which two years before had fastened itself upon her. Bravely and in hope did she battle with the adversary, until at length in the home of her brother, Rev. Jos. H. Twichell, of Hart- ford, she passed away February 17, 1890, in the forty-sixth year of her age, and her remains were laid to rest among her kindred in the village burying ground at Plantsville, Connecticut. A bright light has faded out from earth, a brighter one has dawned in Heaven. PARAGRAPHS. THE mention of the fact, in the last number of the MISSIONARY, that Dr. Patton was one of the members of the Convention in Albany that formed the American Missionary Association, suggests the inquiry as to how many of those then present are now alive? If those who know the facts, either by their personal presence on that occasion or otherwise, will send to us the names of~ such survivors, we will be greatly obliged. An envelope containing a gift of five dollars was dropped into the con- tribution bag recently among others, after an address concerning our work. It was from a faithful colored woman who had spent her life in domestic service, and represented as true and earnest self-denial as money cwild. Not all the heroism and self-sacrifice are in the field work, among the mis- sionaries of our great Association, as true and earnest as they are. There is the same spirit of devotion to the Master in the collecting field. We

Mrs. J. 7. WareParagraphs. 111 MRS. JANE TWICHELL WARE. The early and honored workers under the American Missionary Asso- ciation in the South are passing away. But the sharp sorrow of parting from them is relieved by the memory of their self-denying and useful work, and especially where these dear friends threw over those dark days and trying experiences the halo of personal excellence, sweetness of disposition and a manner full of cheerful vivacity. Such an one was Mrs. Ware. She entered the service among the Freed- men in the autumn of 1865, and in Norfolk, Virginia; Charleston, South Carolina; and Atlanta, Georgia, cast the radiance of her bright countenance and cheerful spirits over her serious and most successful work. She was a joy in the circle of her associates and an inspiration to her pupils. In 1869, the year in which the Atlanta University was founded, she was united in marriage to Rev. E. A. Ware, its President, and they with others gave the moulding touch to the University, and won for it the confidence of the friends at the North, and an annual appropriation from the State of Georgia. In her own pleasant home and in various services to the institution, she made herself useful. In 1885 her husband died sud- denly from heart failure, and from that time onward she was left to face alone the serious pulmonary trouble which two years before had fastened itself upon her. Bravely and in hope did she battle with the adversary, until at length in the home of her brother, Rev. Jos. H. Twichell, of Hart- ford, she passed away February 17, 1890, in the forty-sixth year of her age, and her remains were laid to rest among her kindred in the village burying ground at Plantsville, Connecticut. A bright light has faded out from earth, a brighter one has dawned in Heaven. PARAGRAPHS. THE mention of the fact, in the last number of the MISSIONARY, that Dr. Patton was one of the members of the Convention in Albany that formed the American Missionary Association, suggests the inquiry as to how many of those then present are now alive? If those who know the facts, either by their personal presence on that occasion or otherwise, will send to us the names of~ such survivors, we will be greatly obliged. An envelope containing a gift of five dollars was dropped into the con- tribution bag recently among others, after an address concerning our work. It was from a faithful colored woman who had spent her life in domestic service, and represented as true and earnest self-denial as money cwild. Not all the heroism and self-sacrifice are in the field work, among the mis- sionaries of our great Association, as true and earnest as they are. There is the same spirit of devotion to the Master in the collecting field. We 112 Paragraphs. thank God for it, and take courage to go forward in this xvork of saving these destitute millions in our land. I enclose a draft for fifty dollars to be used by the American Mis- sionary Association in such way as they think will do the most good. I am in my ninety-first year but when I read of the doings of the Associa- tion in Chicago, it made me feel almost young. My prayer to God is that he will continue his blessing on the Association. IN THE February number of the MISSIONARY, mention is made of a beautiful box, the workmanship of a friend of the Association, fourscore and two years old. It was the wish of this venerable brother that the box should be sold and the proceeds devoted to our work. A gentleman in Boston offered twelve dollars for the box. We have since received an offer of twenty dollars from a friend, with permission, however, to hold the matter open a little longer for a still higher bid. Who speaks next? You will be interested to learn that E. A. Johnson, of Raleigh, N. C., has just been admitted to the bar here. He passed a very good examination, the only colored man among twenty-four whites. It made some of them quite vexed to have him promptly answer questions on which they failed, but when he received his license, the Judge commended him, and the young men all congratulated him. IT is SAID that the colored pupils fail when they reach mathematics. A scholar in one of our Southern institutions made an original demonstration of an intricate problem in geometry, in a method different from any known previously by his teacher, an accomplished scholar, and it was correct. From Le Moyne Institute, Memphis, Tennessee: Not a week passes that we do not have to turn away earnest applicants from the school for want of room. Fully two hundred such applicants have gone sadly away from our door during the past months. A colored minister in the South applying for a position as a preacher, says, I feel to say woe be under me if I preach not. Rev. A. W. Curtis writes from Raleigh, N. C.: It is estimated that thirty thousand Negroes have gone South and West from North Carolina since the exodus from this State began. Most of them are crowded out beca9lse of repeated crop failures in the eastern counties. Many of them have joined in the movement, with the hope of doing better, who were do- ing passably well at home. Many have been discouraged by the attitude of the State toward the colored people. An Enterprising Woman. 113 Rev. J. W. Freeman, of Dudley, N. C., writes: The emigration casts a great depression on all our spiritual work among the colored people now in this locality. AN ENTERPRISING WOMAN. A letter from Louisiana says, I visited a Negro family the other day in a settlement where there is no school, and found the following condition of things: A white lady was boarding with them and giving instruction for her board. She is teaching them how to live. Eight months ago no one in this family could read. The father only could speak English. Now all speak some English. All except the youngest can read a little in the Bible. They sang a gospel hymn for me and repeated quite a number of Bible verses and the Lords prayer. The colored mother I believe to be one of the smartest women in America. With the help of her chil- drenthe father spends all he gets for whiskeyshe has built her house, supports her family, makes her own furniture, spins and weaves cloth from cotton she has raised, and has engaged this white lady to educate her and her children, she herself leading the class. The children are all very quick to learn. The home was tidy and well-kept. The children were clean and neat. I shall look to see something grand come from that family. LETTER FROM A SCHOOL GIRL TO HER PASTOR IN ONE OF OUR INSTITUTIONS. I am a Christian and I think I enjoy it better than being a sinner, and always doing something on earth to please myself and not trying to please my Saviour who died for me, that through him I might be saved. I am enjoying this week of prayer, and it seems to me we would have better Christians if we had more prayer. I feel as if I need your prayers both night and morning. It does seem so hard for me to overcome my trials and temptations which come to me so very often. I hope you will join in earnest prayers to help me overcome my temptations. The Negro, having all this promise and potency in him, is to be our neighbor in these coming years. Whether we like it or not, he is to be our fellow citizen, sharing with us the responsibilities and the blessings of the republic. Before he was ripe for it he had the power of a sovereign thrust upon him, and no man but by crime can take from him the right and duty of joint rulership with us. It must be admitted that, in the present condi- tion of the average Southern Negro, he is not a satisfactory neighbor nor a safe ruler. But that is not his fault ; it is his misfortune., His illiteracy is

An Enterprising Woman. 113 Rev. J. W. Freeman, of Dudley, N. C., writes: The emigration casts a great depression on all our spiritual work among the colored people now in this locality. AN ENTERPRISING WOMAN. A letter from Louisiana says, I visited a Negro family the other day in a settlement where there is no school, and found the following condition of things: A white lady was boarding with them and giving instruction for her board. She is teaching them how to live. Eight months ago no one in this family could read. The father only could speak English. Now all speak some English. All except the youngest can read a little in the Bible. They sang a gospel hymn for me and repeated quite a number of Bible verses and the Lords prayer. The colored mother I believe to be one of the smartest women in America. With the help of her chil- drenthe father spends all he gets for whiskeyshe has built her house, supports her family, makes her own furniture, spins and weaves cloth from cotton she has raised, and has engaged this white lady to educate her and her children, she herself leading the class. The children are all very quick to learn. The home was tidy and well-kept. The children were clean and neat. I shall look to see something grand come from that family. LETTER FROM A SCHOOL GIRL TO HER PASTOR IN ONE OF OUR INSTITUTIONS. I am a Christian and I think I enjoy it better than being a sinner, and always doing something on earth to please myself and not trying to please my Saviour who died for me, that through him I might be saved. I am enjoying this week of prayer, and it seems to me we would have better Christians if we had more prayer. I feel as if I need your prayers both night and morning. It does seem so hard for me to overcome my trials and temptations which come to me so very often. I hope you will join in earnest prayers to help me overcome my temptations. The Negro, having all this promise and potency in him, is to be our neighbor in these coming years. Whether we like it or not, he is to be our fellow citizen, sharing with us the responsibilities and the blessings of the republic. Before he was ripe for it he had the power of a sovereign thrust upon him, and no man but by crime can take from him the right and duty of joint rulership with us. It must be admitted that, in the present condi- tion of the average Southern Negro, he is not a satisfactory neighbor nor a safe ruler. But that is not his fault ; it is his misfortune., His illiteracy is 114 Dedication ot Chandler Normal School. a National peril; his moral weakness is a danger to himself and to the society in which he lives. But these are the results of the cruel and cor- rupting system in which we held him fast; the disabilities we have imposed upon him. And they suggest to us certain helpful duties we owe to him; certain~helpful ministries we are under obligation to render him in order to:enable him to attain that large and splendid future toward which Provi- dence seems to be pointing. THE SOUTH. DEDICATION OF CHANDLER NORMAL INSTITUTE. BY DISTRICT SECRETARY C. W. HIATT. The tenth of February was a great day in Lexington, Kentucky. It marked two special events, the dedication of Chandler Normal Institute, and the opening of a great Hoss sale. Anybody who knows the Blue-grass region will understand what the latter means. The world flocks to Lexington on such occasions in quest of thoroughbreds, and the country rids itself in consequence, at fabulous prices, of droves of genuine Kentucky plugs. Buyers go home wiser, sellers richer. But not every- body on this day was discussing Abdallah and Hambletonian. Long before the appointed hour, a stream of people began moving to a part of the city where two pikes intersect, the point of attraction being a fine three-story red brick structure known as the Chandler Normal Institute. This building occupies a commanding position on a hill which overlooks the city. It was erected and furnished by the liberality of one esteemed lady, Mrs. Phcebe Chandler, of Andover, Massachusetts, at an outlay of some fifteen thousand dollars, and is given to the cause of Christian edu- cation under the care of the American Missionary Association. On this particular day, the building was formally consecrated to its work with ap- propriate and impressive services. At two oclock in the afternoon the spacious chapel was filled to its utmost by crowds of colored people, some of whom had come for miles in carriages, to witness the event. The pres- ence also of numerous whites, representing the foremost professional and social circles of Lexington, was a significant fact. These friends, by their close attention and frequent signs of approval, as well as by their own eloquent contributions to the programme, gave unmistakable evidence of earnest sympathy with the good cause. The exercises were opened with prayer and Scriptural reading, after which the Principal, Mr. Frederick W. Foster, made an address of wel- come, marked for its practical force and fine discretion. The visiting Sec- retary then, in an address of half an hour, gave his understanding of the

114 Dedication ot Chandler Normal School. a National peril; his moral weakness is a danger to himself and to the society in which he lives. But these are the results of the cruel and cor- rupting system in which we held him fast; the disabilities we have imposed upon him. And they suggest to us certain helpful duties we owe to him; certain~helpful ministries we are under obligation to render him in order to:enable him to attain that large and splendid future toward which Provi- dence seems to be pointing. THE SOUTH. DEDICATION OF CHANDLER NORMAL INSTITUTE. BY DISTRICT SECRETARY C. W. HIATT. The tenth of February was a great day in Lexington, Kentucky. It marked two special events, the dedication of Chandler Normal Institute, and the opening of a great Hoss sale. Anybody who knows the Blue-grass region will understand what the latter means. The world flocks to Lexington on such occasions in quest of thoroughbreds, and the country rids itself in consequence, at fabulous prices, of droves of genuine Kentucky plugs. Buyers go home wiser, sellers richer. But not every- body on this day was discussing Abdallah and Hambletonian. Long before the appointed hour, a stream of people began moving to a part of the city where two pikes intersect, the point of attraction being a fine three-story red brick structure known as the Chandler Normal Institute. This building occupies a commanding position on a hill which overlooks the city. It was erected and furnished by the liberality of one esteemed lady, Mrs. Phcebe Chandler, of Andover, Massachusetts, at an outlay of some fifteen thousand dollars, and is given to the cause of Christian edu- cation under the care of the American Missionary Association. On this particular day, the building was formally consecrated to its work with ap- propriate and impressive services. At two oclock in the afternoon the spacious chapel was filled to its utmost by crowds of colored people, some of whom had come for miles in carriages, to witness the event. The pres- ence also of numerous whites, representing the foremost professional and social circles of Lexington, was a significant fact. These friends, by their close attention and frequent signs of approval, as well as by their own eloquent contributions to the programme, gave unmistakable evidence of earnest sympathy with the good cause. The exercises were opened with prayer and Scriptural reading, after which the Principal, Mr. Frederick W. Foster, made an address of wel- come, marked for its practical force and fine discretion. The visiting Sec- retary then, in an address of half an hour, gave his understanding of the Congregationalism around Paris, Texas. 115 importance of Christian education as the solution of National problems, both North and South, closing with a formal God-speed to this institution as it started forth on its noble career. To this address, Rev. Mr. Tate, of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, made a scholarly, eloquent and touching response. He reviewed the work of the Association for his peo- ple, eulogized the friend who had made this special benefaction, and urged upon his hearers to make the most, under God, of the high privileges thus brought to them from afar. Informal addresses from both white and colored visitors followed. The eloquent periods of Dr. L. P. Todd, dwelling fully upon the brotherhood of man, the witty and practical remarks of Prof. John Schackleford, of Kentucky State College, and the wise and cogent exhortations of Rev. W. S. Fulton, D.D., cannot be reported; suffice it to say, that they gave a spiritual uplift and fine dignity to the occasion. These noble men are staunch supporters of our work, and freely give to our corps of teachers the benefits of fatherly and fraternal fellowship. A resolution expressing the gratitude of the colored people for this generous gift was adopted with enthusiasm, and the inspiring exercises came to a close with the praises of God in the well-known words of Bishop Ken Praise God, from whom all blessings flow. The event marks the beginning of an epoch in our work in this place. One dark brother said It is the greatest day for the colored people of Lexington since the emancipation. CONGREGATIONALISM AROUND PARIS, TEXAS. BY BElT. J. D. PETTIGREW. It gives me much pleasure to tell you what we are doing for the Master and for Congregationalism in this part of the great field. I came to Paris nearly eleven months ago and assumed the pastorate of the First Congre- gational Church. I had been here but a short time when I found that there were three other Congregational Churches out in the country near Paris, and that there had once been a Quarterly Conference made up of these four churches; but this Conference had died out ere I came. I thought that such an organization, if revived, would be a great stimulus to the churches, and especially to those out in the country, two of which were, at that time, without pastoni. So I sent out cards notifying the brethren that the Conference would convene at a specified day, and urging them to come in full representation. A few, very few, responded. We organized. After transacting a little business the Conference adjourned to meet at our next regularly appointed time. Before the time for our next meeting we were all made to rejoice by the coming of Rev. M. R. Carlisle, a graduate of both the collegiate

Congregationalism around Paris, Texas. 115 importance of Christian education as the solution of National problems, both North and South, closing with a formal God-speed to this institution as it started forth on its noble career. To this address, Rev. Mr. Tate, of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, made a scholarly, eloquent and touching response. He reviewed the work of the Association for his peo- ple, eulogized the friend who had made this special benefaction, and urged upon his hearers to make the most, under God, of the high privileges thus brought to them from afar. Informal addresses from both white and colored visitors followed. The eloquent periods of Dr. L. P. Todd, dwelling fully upon the brotherhood of man, the witty and practical remarks of Prof. John Schackleford, of Kentucky State College, and the wise and cogent exhortations of Rev. W. S. Fulton, D.D., cannot be reported; suffice it to say, that they gave a spiritual uplift and fine dignity to the occasion. These noble men are staunch supporters of our work, and freely give to our corps of teachers the benefits of fatherly and fraternal fellowship. A resolution expressing the gratitude of the colored people for this generous gift was adopted with enthusiasm, and the inspiring exercises came to a close with the praises of God in the well-known words of Bishop Ken Praise God, from whom all blessings flow. The event marks the beginning of an epoch in our work in this place. One dark brother said It is the greatest day for the colored people of Lexington since the emancipation. CONGREGATIONALISM AROUND PARIS, TEXAS. BY BElT. J. D. PETTIGREW. It gives me much pleasure to tell you what we are doing for the Master and for Congregationalism in this part of the great field. I came to Paris nearly eleven months ago and assumed the pastorate of the First Congre- gational Church. I had been here but a short time when I found that there were three other Congregational Churches out in the country near Paris, and that there had once been a Quarterly Conference made up of these four churches; but this Conference had died out ere I came. I thought that such an organization, if revived, would be a great stimulus to the churches, and especially to those out in the country, two of which were, at that time, without pastoni. So I sent out cards notifying the brethren that the Conference would convene at a specified day, and urging them to come in full representation. A few, very few, responded. We organized. After transacting a little business the Conference adjourned to meet at our next regularly appointed time. Before the time for our next meeting we were all made to rejoice by the coming of Rev. M. R. Carlisle, a graduate of both the collegiate 116 Congregationalism around Paris, Tea~as. and theological courses of Talladega College, from Alabama, to assume the pastoral charge of two of these churchesDodd City and Bois DArc. He and I drew up a plan to re-organize the old Conference into a more excellent and practical one. We offered our plan at the next meeting of the Conference, and it was cheerfully received. The effect of this plan was to change the name from Conference to Association, and to divide the Association into three distinct departments, each with its own set of offi- cers, as follows: a Sunday-school Department, composed of the different Sunday-schools of the churches; a Missionary Department, composed of the different church missionary societies ; and a Church Department, composed of the different churches. Each department had its own distinct programme and business; but the combined programmes of all made up the general programme of the Association. This plan works excellently, and serves as a wonderful stimulus to each of these departments of church work. We have, in our next meeting, to add the department of Christian Endeavor. Our last session, held with our church in Paris on the 28th of Decem- ber, 1889, was indeed a grand success. Previous to its meeting, Iheard of four other Congregational Churches in the Indian Territory, under the auspices of the American Home Missionary Society. I sent them an in- vitation to join the Association. These churches promptly sent delegates who connected their churches with the Association. One brother from the Territory heard of the Association, but was not able to pay his way on the train to Paris. So, as he said to me, I left my wife and children in the care of God, and I put myself into his hands and came; and I walked every step of the way. This brother walked forty miles to meet the Association, and his fidelity had a great effect upon the whole meeting. We tried to make it pleasant for him, and took up a spe- cial collection to send him back home on the train. Space will not allow me to speak touching the spiritual strength and interest of the meeting. We had many valuable papers read and discussed, and closed our session on the Sabbath with the following programme Sabbath morning from 9Il oclock, Sabbath-school; 1112:30, Sermon, Congregationalism in the South, Rev. J. D. Pettigrew; at 3 oclock i. M. Sermon, by Rev. A. Gross, from the Indian Territory; 7:30 oclock ~. M., Quarterly Sermon, by Rev. M. R. Carlisle, followed by the administration of the Lords Supper. The brethren left for their fields of labor filled with encouragement and enthusiasm.~ Those from the Indian Territory seemed to be especially strengthened. Our next meeting is to be with the Bois DArc church. We have now eight churches and mission stations represented, and it is only a question of time before our Association will be a power for God and Congregation- alism in this part of the State. I think we have a bright future before us here. 211 ission Church Prosperous Church. 117 A MISSION CHURCH. REV. GEO. C. ROWE, CRARLESrON, S. C The work at Tradd Street Mission in our city is carried on now in just the same way as since its organization. After Sunday-school is over at Plymouth Church, about i [ oclock, a number of our young people, includ- ing the Pastor, Superintendent Herron and Miss Deas, who acts as organist, go immediately to the mission about a mile away, and conduct the Sunday- school there. We have eight classes, with an average attendance of eleven to a class. One class is composed of adults. We finish work there at one oclock. On Thursday night, I go down and preach, and in case I am un- able to go, Deacon Hollens takes the service for me. Last Thursday night, an Irishman about thirty-five years old came in while we were singing, and when I began to speak on the temptations of Christ, he sat and listened in open-mouthed wonder. Before I finished he arose and came forward, his eyes glistening with tears, and gave me his hand, saying: I belong to the Catholic Church, but they never told me that truth from the Word, never explained it that way. That is the truth, I know it. I was just going after a drink, but I shall not do it now. I thank you, and hope I have not intruded by coming in. It was quite an incident to see a strong man of an opposite race and creed, in a place where the Jews desire to have no dealing with the Samaritans, coming up and acknowledging with tears that he had never heard the truth of Gods word before. A PROSPEROUS CHURCH. REV. STERLING N. BROWN. We know you will rejoice with us in the good work at Plymouth Church, Washington, D. C. In January we began a special series of meetings. I preached short sermons nearly every night, save Saturdays, for more than three weeks. About fifty have been hopefully brought to a saving knowledge of Christ. The church was never, perhaps, more deeply stirred than at this time. There seems to be a thirsting for a deeper work of grace among Christians, a thorough coming out from the world. It was a beautiful sight yesterday, when before the altar twenty-nine new re- cruits took upon themselves the covenant of the church.. The most of the remaining converts will unite with us at our next communion. A few of them will join elsewhere. Our church is getting well organized for work along all lines of Christian activity. The Endeavor Society among our young people, now the largest in number in the district, is a real power for good. The Sunday-school is taking on new life. There is before us in this city an exceeding good land, but before full possession, many battles must be fought, spiritual and financial. But we have great reason to be thankful.

211 ission Church Prosperous Church. 117 A MISSION CHURCH. REV. GEO. C. ROWE, CRARLESrON, S. C The work at Tradd Street Mission in our city is carried on now in just the same way as since its organization. After Sunday-school is over at Plymouth Church, about i [ oclock, a number of our young people, includ- ing the Pastor, Superintendent Herron and Miss Deas, who acts as organist, go immediately to the mission about a mile away, and conduct the Sunday- school there. We have eight classes, with an average attendance of eleven to a class. One class is composed of adults. We finish work there at one oclock. On Thursday night, I go down and preach, and in case I am un- able to go, Deacon Hollens takes the service for me. Last Thursday night, an Irishman about thirty-five years old came in while we were singing, and when I began to speak on the temptations of Christ, he sat and listened in open-mouthed wonder. Before I finished he arose and came forward, his eyes glistening with tears, and gave me his hand, saying: I belong to the Catholic Church, but they never told me that truth from the Word, never explained it that way. That is the truth, I know it. I was just going after a drink, but I shall not do it now. I thank you, and hope I have not intruded by coming in. It was quite an incident to see a strong man of an opposite race and creed, in a place where the Jews desire to have no dealing with the Samaritans, coming up and acknowledging with tears that he had never heard the truth of Gods word before. A PROSPEROUS CHURCH. REV. STERLING N. BROWN. We know you will rejoice with us in the good work at Plymouth Church, Washington, D. C. In January we began a special series of meetings. I preached short sermons nearly every night, save Saturdays, for more than three weeks. About fifty have been hopefully brought to a saving knowledge of Christ. The church was never, perhaps, more deeply stirred than at this time. There seems to be a thirsting for a deeper work of grace among Christians, a thorough coming out from the world. It was a beautiful sight yesterday, when before the altar twenty-nine new re- cruits took upon themselves the covenant of the church.. The most of the remaining converts will unite with us at our next communion. A few of them will join elsewhere. Our church is getting well organized for work along all lines of Christian activity. The Endeavor Society among our young people, now the largest in number in the district, is a real power for good. The Sunday-school is taking on new life. There is before us in this city an exceeding good land, but before full possession, many battles must be fought, spiritual and financial. But we have great reason to be thankful. 118 The White Cr088 League. THE WHITE CROSS LEAGUE. PROF. H. H. WRIGHT, FISK UNIVERSITY. I want to lay before you a short account of the work of the White Cross League, of this University, as reported by the members at a meeting held at my house last Sunday night. You may not be aware that late last school year I called together a dozen or two of our best young men and induced them to take the White Cross pledgeto treat all women with re- spect, to refrain from indecent jests and coarse language, to maintain that the law of personal purity is as binding on men as upon women, etc. At the meeting last Sunday night one after another gave his experience touch- ing the White Cross movement. One young man reported that through his persuasion, public and private, especially the latter, three or four couples who had been living together unlawfully went before the proper authorities and were married. Another testified that he had personally felt the restraining influence of his pledge, while he acted as waiter at a summer hotel. The pledge had a great restraining influence upon him and was a safeguard. Another found it necessary to organize a Wednesday night Bible meeting of his own, for the regular meetings of the churches did not give him the opportunity he desired. All the young men testified to the good influence of the pledge upon their own lives, but one young mans report of his work was of especial in- terest. He is head waiter at the hotel at Lake , where about 250 servants, men and women, are employed. He took a squad of seventy-eight colored men from the South to the Lake at the opening of the season, en- gaging them on condition that there was to be no gambling among them. Immediately on arriving he organized a Y. M. C. A. among them, and held meetings Sunday afternoons and two evenings during the week through the summer, all well attended. At some of these meetings he spoke of the White Cross movement, and was successful in gaining the approbation of most of the members of the Association. The nature of the pledge and of the talks got out among the women servants, aud ere long at their invita- tion he assembled from seventy-five to one hundred of them and gave them a very earnest talk on the value and duty of virtuous lives. Many were affected to tears, and all were seriously impressed. After that they seemed to look to him as their protector, and often said they were so glad they had a head man who would endeavor to shield them from temptation and wrong. And the remarkable thing about it is, that these women servants are white! The proprietor of the hotel, on closing the season, told our student that if he had been told that such a work as he had accomplished among his help could be done he would have declared it impossible. What is to be the outcome of this little movement so auspiciously begun ? It seems to me that if wisely carried on the possibilities for good are very great.

118 The White Cr088 League. THE WHITE CROSS LEAGUE. PROF. H. H. WRIGHT, FISK UNIVERSITY. I want to lay before you a short account of the work of the White Cross League, of this University, as reported by the members at a meeting held at my house last Sunday night. You may not be aware that late last school year I called together a dozen or two of our best young men and induced them to take the White Cross pledgeto treat all women with re- spect, to refrain from indecent jests and coarse language, to maintain that the law of personal purity is as binding on men as upon women, etc. At the meeting last Sunday night one after another gave his experience touch- ing the White Cross movement. One young man reported that through his persuasion, public and private, especially the latter, three or four couples who had been living together unlawfully went before the proper authorities and were married. Another testified that he had personally felt the restraining influence of his pledge, while he acted as waiter at a summer hotel. The pledge had a great restraining influence upon him and was a safeguard. Another found it necessary to organize a Wednesday night Bible meeting of his own, for the regular meetings of the churches did not give him the opportunity he desired. All the young men testified to the good influence of the pledge upon their own lives, but one young mans report of his work was of especial in- terest. He is head waiter at the hotel at Lake , where about 250 servants, men and women, are employed. He took a squad of seventy-eight colored men from the South to the Lake at the opening of the season, en- gaging them on condition that there was to be no gambling among them. Immediately on arriving he organized a Y. M. C. A. among them, and held meetings Sunday afternoons and two evenings during the week through the summer, all well attended. At some of these meetings he spoke of the White Cross movement, and was successful in gaining the approbation of most of the members of the Association. The nature of the pledge and of the talks got out among the women servants, aud ere long at their invita- tion he assembled from seve