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[Illustration: FEBRUARY, 1887.
VOL. XLI.
NO. 2.
The American Missionary]
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[Illustration: CONTENTS]
EDITORIAL.
PAGE
THAT $350,000, LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS, AN EXAMPLE, 33
PARAGRAPHS, 34
OUR ROLL OF HONOR, 35
NEW ENGLAND SOCIETY OF NEW YORK, 37
THE COLOR QUESTION, 38
LETTER FROM MR. ARTHINGTON, 39
THE FIELD.
LIST OF MISSIONARIES AND TEACHERS, 40
THE SOUTH.
NOTES IN THE SADDLE. SUPT. C. J. RYDER, 49
PAGE CHRISTMAS AT MCINTOSH, 51
THE INDIANS.
FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF SANTEE, 52
THE CHINESE.
MANY ADVERSARIES, 54
BUREAU OF WOMAN’S WORK.
A WEEK AT A NORMAL SCHOOL, 56
HOW WE RAISED THE DEBT, 56
RECEIPTS, 58
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New York:
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Price, 50 Cents a Year, in Advance.
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American Missionary Association.
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PRESIDENT, Hon. WM. B. WASHBURN, LL.D., Mass.
_Vice-Presidents._
Rev. A. J. F. BEHRENDS, D.D., N.Y.
Rev. F. A. NOBLE, D.D., Ill.
Rev. ALEX. MCKENZIE, D.D., Mass.
Rev. D. O. MEARS, D.D., Mass.
Rev. HENRY HOPKINS, Mo.
_Corresponding Secretary._
Rev. M. E. STRIEBY, D.D., _56 Reade Street, N.Y._
_Associate Corresponding Secretaries._
Rev. JAMES POWELL, D.D., _56 Reade Street, N.Y._
Rev. A. F. BEARD, D.D., _56 Reade Street, N.Y._
_Treasurer._
H. W. HUBBARD, Esq., _56 Reade Street, N.Y._
_Auditors._
PETER MCCARTEE.
CHAS. P. PEIRCE.
_Executive Committee._
JOHN H. WASHBURN, Chairman.
A. P. FOSTER, Secretary.
_For Three Years._
S. B. HALLIDAY.
SAMUEL HOLMES.
SAMUEL S. MARPLES.
CHARLES L. MEAD.
ELBERT B. MONROE.
_For Two Years._
J. E. RANKIN.
WM. H. WARD.
J. W. COOPER.
JOHN H. WASHBURN.
EDMUND L. CHAMPLIN.
_For One Year._
LYMAN ABBOTT.
A. S. BARNES.
J. R. DANFORTH.
CLINTON B. FISK.
A. P. FOSTER.
_District Secretaries._
Rev. C. L. WOODWORTH, D.D., _21 Cong’l House, Boston_.
Rev. J. E. ROY, D.D., _151 Washington Street, Chicago_.
_Financial Secretary for Indian Missions._
Rev. CHARLES W. SHELTON.
_Field Superintendent._
Rev. C. J. RYDER, _56 Reade Street, N.Y._
_Bureau of Woman’s Work._
_Secretary_, Miss D. E. EMERSON, _56 Reade Street, N.Y._
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COMMUNICATIONS
Relating to the work of the Association may be addressed to the
Corresponding Secretaries; those relating to the collecting fields,
to Rev. James Powell, D.D., or to the District Secretaries; letters
for “THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY,” to the Editor, at the New York
Office.
DONATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS
In drafts, checks, registered letters or post office orders may
be sent to H. W. Hubbard, Treasurer, 56 Reade Street, New York,
or, when more convenient, to either of the Branch Offices, 21
Congregational House, Boston, Mass., or 151 Washington Street,
Chicago, Ill. A payment of thirty dollars at one time constitutes a
Life Member.
FORM OF A BEQUEST.
“I BEQUEATH to my executor (or executors) the sum of —— dollars, in
trust, to pay the same in —— days after my decease to the person
who, when the same is payable, shall act as Treasurer of the
‘American Missionary Association,’ of New York City, to be applied,
under the direction of the Executive Committee of the Association,
to its charitable uses and purposes.” The Will should be attested
by three witnesses.
THE
AMERICAN MISSIONARY.
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VOL. XLI. FEBRUARY, 1887. No. 2.
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American Missionary Association.
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We remind our readers that the National Council and the annual
meeting have placed before us a high mark in asking from the
churches $350,000 the current year. That sixty per cent. advance
upon the contributions of last year will not be made without the
consciously directed efforts of our friends to secure it. We
are happy to announce that quite a number of the churches whose
contributions have been taken since the annual meeting have made
the advance, some of them reaching even a hundred per cent, over
the contributions of the preceding year. Let the matter be brought
to the attention of the churches and kept before them, and they
will rise to the occasion. They have both the means and the
disposition.
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Can you do anything to increase the list of subscribers for THE
AMERICAN MISSIONARY? That is one way in which you might help us.
Every mail brings voluntary testimonials of the high esteem in
which our magazine is held by its readers. We could easily fill
our pages with extracts. The subscription price is so low—fifty
cents—that we cannot offer premiums or make reduction for clubs. We
do ask, however, for a greatly enlarged increase in subscriptions
on the purely business ground that the magazine is worth the
subscription price, and more, too. Can you do anything to help us
in this direction?
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An Example.—Rev. A. F. Newton, of Marlboro, Mass., one Sunday
in last December preached to his people on Christian Reading in
the home. He circulated among the congregation a list of the
missionary magazines and religious papers which, in his judgment,
ought to have a place in every family. THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY,
of course, was among the number. We presume that other ministers
have done substantially the same, but knowledge of Mr. Newton’s
effort having come to us, we take occasion to specially mention
it. Our conviction is strong that if all our pastors were to go
and do likewise, there would be a great increase in the number of
our subscribers, and during the year corresponding increase in
contributions, sympathy and prayer for our work. We commend the
example of Mr. Newton to the brethren.
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We regret to say that Rev. J. L. Withrow, D.D., has, in consequence
of his call to Chicago, sent in his resignation as a member of our
Executive Committee, a position that he has held since 1883. Our
churches ought to know Dr. Withrow’s fidelity. Once a month he
made the journey from Boston to New York in order to attend the
meetings. It was very rarely that he was absent. Our good wishes
and prayers accompany him into his new field in the West.
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The vacancy thus made has been filled by the Executive Committee
in the unanimous election of Rev. Jas. W. Cooper, D.D., New
Britain, Conn. Dr. Cooper has kindly consented to serve. He is not
a man willing to accept a position as a mere figure-head, and the
churches may be assured that the interests of the Association will
be faithfully served by him. He is a man of business and executive
ability in a marked degree, and we shall welcome his counsel and
wisdom in the administration of the Association’s affairs.
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The Thomasville (Ga.) _Times_ speaks very commendatorially of the
American Missionary Association’s work in Thomasville. It refers
with evident pleasure to the erection of our building for the
Connecticut Industrial School, and speaks of our missionaries who
are now carrying on the school in temporary quarters until the new
building is completed, as follows: “These ladies are engaged in a
work which commends itself to all classes of our citizens. They
will receive, as they should, every encouragement and courtesy at
the hands of the people of Thomasville.”
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They had a good time at Fisk University, Thanksgiving Day. Sermon
by Prof. Bennett in the forenoon, athletic sports on the campus
in the afternoon, and a praise meeting in charge of Pres. Cravath
in the evening. Dr. Cravath spoke of the university as a family
in connection with the thought that family reunions were the
characteristic form of observing the Thanksgiving anniversary.
Testimony of personal reasons for thankfulness were given both by
teachers and students. One was thankful that after having been
twelve years in the university he had at length been led to give
himself to the Lord; another, a newcomer, that the way had been
opened for him to come to Fisk, where he had been received as a
child into the family; some for hardships and trials endured,
others for what Fisk University had been to them and had done for
them. A very fitting and enjoyable observance of the day this was,
certainly.
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There are 8,000 liquor saloons in the city of New York. Last year
they paid for licenses $600,000. This money, strange to say, is
divided up among charitable and reform institutions in the city.
Saloon keepers pay $600,000 for protection by law, while they carry
shame, sorrow and ruin to tens of thousands of their fellow-beings.
Surely the American Missionary Association ought to receive the
$350,000 asked from the churches, as it tries to carry the Gospel
to twelve millions of the most neglected and ignorant of our
American population.
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OUR ROLL OF HONOR.
According to custom, we publish this month a list of our mission
stations and the names of the missionaries. It furnishes a fruitful
field in which to glean valuable information. A glance at it shows
the magnitude of our work. There are 215 stations, in charge of
422 workers. Each station is a centre at which mission work is
organized for all the region round about. To him who scans it
carefully the list reveals the variety of the work. It is both
evangelistic and educational. Church planting and building;
Sunday-school work; primary, normal, industrial, collegiate and
professional training, are all represented, because the people need
to be instructed in everything secular, social and religious, that
pertains to civilized life and well-ordered society.
If facts and incidents in the lives of individual missionaries and
in the development of work at specified points are ascertained
(consult back numbers of THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY) and brought into
the public meeting, interest cannot fail to be awakened; nor will
the interest be evanescent; it will go home with the people; it
will stay with them; it will secure a place in their thought and
prayer; it will get into the contribution box; it will reach the
field.
Some of the stations, by reason of special agencies, as, for
example, Fisk University, have become well known; but for the
greater part they are indefinitely thought of in the mass. The same
is true of the missionaries. Only a few of them are widely known.
Yet in their isolation, bearing obloquy and reproach for their
work’s sake, misjudged as to their character and mission, even by
Christian ministers and church members who keep aloof from their
acquaintance and fellowship, it is natural that they should crave
the expressed sympathy of those they represent. It would lighten
their burdens and brighten their path to feel that they are known
and remembered by name in the churches at home.
There is one thing to be noted which a mere study of the list does
not reveal, and that is: our missionaries are a very happy band.
Despite the discouragements and trials incident to their work,
they are neither cast down nor discouraged. On this point their
testimony is strong and continuous. They have the joy of their
Lord’s presence and the sustaining power of His almighty grace. “I
will never leave thee, nor forsake thee,” has become the gladsome
song of their hearts.
They are happy, too, in the knowledge that they have so many
friends and such generous supporters. The fact that the list of
their names is so long proves to them that their work has taken a
large hold upon the churches. The fact that contributions come from
so many churches and individuals, in amount sufficient to maintain
so great a work as the Association is carrying forward, is a
demonstration that they have the love and hearty support of tens of
thousands, some of whom make large sacrifices to contribute as they
do. They know that there are thousands who eloquently plead their
cause and defend their good name before the public, and on bended
knee remember them and their work at the Throne of Grace.
They are happy, also, in the knowledge that they are loved and
honored by those for whom they labor. Father Riggs was almost
worshipped by the Indians who knew him. E. A. Ware is a sainted
name that thousands of colored people, young and old, are ready
to rise up and honor, and whose very mention is an inspiration in
their hearing.
We recall to our readers words spoken by Prof. W. A. Crogman,
himself a fine specimen of the Christian scholar and thinker such
as his race is capable of producing under Christian training. We
quote from an address he made two years ago Thanksgiving Day,
before the Atlanta University, of which school he is a graduate:
“If I were asked to-day what one thing since the close of the war
has contributed most to the permanent prosperity of the South, I
unhesitatingly answer, Christian charity. When the victorious army
of the North was passing in review before President Johnson in the
streets of Washington, another army, vastly inferior in numbers,
imbued with a different spirit, and armed with no other weapons
than the Bible and the spelling-book, was marching under the eye
of God down into this very field from which Grant and Sherman had
but recently withdrawn. Silently came they into the field. There
was no heralding of their approach, no display. Hopefully came they
into the field, notwithstanding they knew that to the majority of
the people their presence would be obnoxious. They came with faith
in God and love for man. They came, impelled by Christian duty and
patriotism, to wage a new war against the more deadly enemies of
the Republic—ignorance and vice. I am thankful to-day for the pen
of Lincoln and for the sword of Grant, but more thankful, by far,
for the patient ‘schoolma’am’ who taught the negro his letters and
set a million of us to reading.”
Let our Roll of Honor be studied, and let its history and memory
be made known among the churches. It is abundantly worthy, and in
results will repay with rich reward.
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“While practicing law a number of years ago,” says Judge Tourgee,
“I had a peculiar will case. An old lady who was a slaveholder,
dying, bequeathed her colored man, John, and her dusky maid, Jane,
who sustained to each other the relation of husband and wife, to
the trustees of the church, to be used as far as possible for the
‘glory of God.’ I was curious to know what course was taken, and
upon investigation found that, after meditation and prayer, the
pious trustees sold their living legacy at auction, and with the
proceeds sent a missionary to China.”
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The New England Society of New York celebrated Forefathers’ Day
December 22d. There was one feature of this anniversary of special
interest to the readers of the MISSIONARY. It was a speech by Mr.
H. W. Grady, editor of the Atlanta _Constitution_. Mr. Grady is a
representative Southerner of the progressive type. His theme was
The New South, and he handled it in such a way as to elicit the
heartiest applause and the warmest commendation from those who
heard him. Of course he could not speak on such a theme without
having a good deal to say about the negro. We give the following
extracts:
“But what is the sum of our work? We have found out that in the
general summing up the free negro counts more than he did as a
slave. We have planted the schoolhouse on the hill-top and made it
free to white and black.”
“The relations of the Southern people with the negro are close and
cordial. We remember with what fidelity for four years he guarded
our defenseless women and children, whose husbands and fathers were
fighting against his freedom. To his eternal credit be it said that
whenever he struck a blow for his own liberty he fought in open
battle, and when at last he raised his black and humble hands that
the shackles might be struck off, those hands were innocent of
wrong against his helpless charges and worthy to be taken in loving
grasp by every man who honors loyalty and devotion.”
“But have we solved the problem he presents or progressed in honor
and equity towards its solution? Let the record speak to this
point. No section shows a more prosperous laboring population
than the negroes of the South, none in fuller sympathy with the
employing and land-owning class. He shares our school fund, has the
fullest protection of our laws and the friendship of our people.
Self-interest as well as honor demand that he should have this.
Our future, our very existence, depend upon our working out this
problem in full and exact justice. We understand that when Lincoln
signed the emancipation proclamation, your victory was assured,
for he then committed you to the cause of human liberty against
which the arms of man cannot prevail, while those of our statesmen
who made slavery the corner-stone of the Confederacy, doomed us to
defeat, committing us to a cause that reason could not defend or
the sword maintain in the light of advancing civilization.”
“We fought hard enough to know that we were whipped, and in perfect
frankness accepted as final the arbitrament of the sword to which
we had appealed. The South found her jewel in a toad’s head. The
shackles that had held her in narrow limitations fell forever when
the shackles of the negro slave were broken. Under the old régime
the negroes were slaves to the South, the South was a slave to the
system. Thus was gathered in the hands of a splendid and chivalric
oligarchy the substance that should have been diffused among the
people, as the rich blood is gathered at the heart, filling that
with affluent rapture, but leaving the body chill and colorless.”
When Mr. Grady said, “We have planted the school house on the
hill-top and made it free to white and black,” he must have had in
mind the Atlanta University, for he knows all about that school.
The $8,000 a year appropriated from the State justly entitles the
Georgians to regard Atlanta University as a State school. But
whence comes the money necessary to supplement this appropriation,
to meet current expenses? Whence came the $150,000, and more, that
have gone into the fine grounds, buildings and equipments? From
New Englanders and children of New Englanders in the West, through
the American Missionary Association. Mr. Grady must have known
these facts. He knew that New England brains conceived the school,
that New England money planted it, that New Englanders have always
been, and are, its teachers, what sacrifices they have made, what
social ostracism endured, what splendid work they have done and
are doing. He knows from personal inspection the superiority of
that school, and that this superiority has frequently been spoken
of in the columns of the able paper of which he is the editor. He
knows that the munificent funds bearing the names of Slater and
Peabody were given by New Englanders. All these things, and more
in the same direction, Mr. Grady knows, and yet in the presence
of New Englanders and in the city where are the headquarters of
the American Missionary Association, he did not make the faintest
reference in recognition. It is said his speech was extemporaneous.
Nevertheless was it not unfortunate that upon such an occasion he
failed to give honor to whom honor is due?
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The Freedmen’s Aid Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church
recently opened a University for white students in Chattanooga,
Tenn. Some colored students applied for admission. They were
refused, but this was not the end. A colored minister, Rev. B.
H. Johnson, pastor of one of the Methodist Episcopal Churches of
Chattanooga, meeting Professor Caulkins of the university in
a store, offered him his hand, but as it was a black hand the
professor would not accept it. That would have been a recognition
of “social equality.” The colored brother felt, and felt justly,
that he had been insulted. When knowledge of the insult reached the
Executive Committee of the Freedmen’s Aid Society, whose funds in
large part built and support the university, steps were immediately
taken to learn the exact facts in the case. They moved cautiously
and wisely, that no wrong should be done and that no unjust
judgment should be pronounced, and when they had made a thorough
examination of the whole case, heard from both sides and from all
sides, they voted that through the trustees of the university the
professor be asked to resign at once. The Executive Committee
has done right and should have the cordial backing of the entire
Methodist Church. A mistake was made when the colored students were
refused admission. No matter if they were hired by wicked white men
to go and force the issue. All the more should an issue be met when
forced by such people. Better that a millstone be hanged around the
neck of the institution and that it be drowned in the midst of the
sea than that it be made an occasion of offense to one of Christ’s
little ones. Christ is in the world in the person of these little
ones, and he who insults them insults _Him_, and he who insults Him
insults all who love Him.
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We take the following extracts from a letter received by Dr.
Strieby from our good friend, Mr. Robert Arthington, of Leeds,
England. As a little mirror, showing “ourselves as ithers see
us,” it has special significance. We have often thought that
the indifference of the Christian people of this country to the
question of the salvation of the Indians was a sad spectacle for
our brethren in other lands to look upon. Would that the churches
might be made to feel this:
“DEAR DR. STRIEBY—I trust the ‘missionary laugh’ will, by the
great mercy of God, ‘never come on the air by my side.’ Oh,
that it might be so with all real Christians.
“In the November MISSIONARY the Indians are mentioned. I am
at this moment intensely desirous that the Indians of the
South American continent should be reached by the Gospel
message. This appears to me to be very difficult, sadly, sadly
difficult. But the case in the North American continent seems
to me to be altogether different. There, as it regards your
part, is a government, and a people, which and who approve of
all men’s reading the Christian Scriptures. Grand, glorious, if
only they would be more practical. Why does not the Government
at once solve the problem by sending persons well fitted for
the purpose to teach each tribe to read? Then when they can
read, the American Bible Society might introduce extensively
to the whole of the Indian tribes in the United States the
inestimably precious word of God.
“For goodness’ sake, if not for God’s sake, O, Americans, arise
and do this necessary thing. There is no time to be lost. You
have “heaped teachers” to yourselves, and you leave these poor
men and women, as worthy as yourselves, except real Christians,
to their darkness, devoid of the light, joy and infinite good
beyond description of a personal intimate knowledge of the
sacred Christian Scriptures.”
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THE FIELD.
1886-1887.
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 Association.
THE SOUTH.
WASHINGTON, D.C.
THEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT, HOWARD UNIVERSITY.
Rev. W. W. Patton, D.D., Washington, D.C.
Rev. J. G. Craighead, D.D., Washington, D.C.
Rev. S. M. Newman, D.D., Washington, D.C.
Rev. John G. Butler, D.D., Washington, D.C.
LINCOLN MEMORIAL CHURCH.
_Pastor_,
Rev. G. W. Moore, Nashville, Tenn.
_Missionary_,
Mrs. G. W. Moore, Nashville, Tenn.
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HAMPTON, VA.
_Minister_,
Rev. H. B. Frissell, Hampton, Va.
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NORTH CAROLINA.
WILMINGTON.
_Minister_,
Rev. Mason Noble, Roxbury, Mass.
GREGORY INSTITUTE.
_Principal_,
Mr. Geo. A. Woodard, Weymouth, Mass.
_Assistants_,
Miss E. Jennie Peck, Bristol, Ct.
Miss H. L. Fitts, Candia, N.H.
Miss E. A. Warner, Lowell, Mass.
Miss Mary A. Mason, Westfield, Mass.
Miss Anna M. Nicholas, Toledo, Ohio.
Miss Mary D. Hyde, Zumbrota, Minn.
Miss Jessie Garfield, Sheffield, Ohio.
Mrs. Geo. A. Woodard, Weymouth, Mass.
_Special Missionary_,
Miss A. E. Farrington, Portland, Me.
RALEIGH.
_Minister_,
Rev. Geo. S. Smith, Raleigh, N.C.
OAKS AND CEDAR CLIFF.
_Minister and Teacher_,
Rev. J. N. Ray, Oaks, N.C.
Miss E. W. Douglas, Decorah, Iowa.
CHAPEL HILL AND HILLSBORO.
_Minister and Teacher_,
Rev. Jas. Walker, Hillsboro, N.C.
Mrs. Jas. Walker, Hillsboro, N.C.
MELVILLE.
_Teacher_,
Mr. Sandy Paris, Cedar Cliff, N.C.
BEAUFORT.
_Minister and Teacher_,
Rev. Michael Jerkins, Beaufort, N.C.
Miss Lydia Hatch, Beaufort, N.C.
DUDLEY.
_Minister and Teacher_,
Mr. Chas. Ellis, Southfield, Mass.
KITTRELL.
_Teacher_,
Miss P. M. Lee, Oxford, Mass.
McLEANSVILLE.
_Minister and Teacher_,
Rev. Alfred Connet, Solsberry, Ind.
Mr. O. Connet, Solsberry, Ind.
STRIEBY AND SALEM.
_Minister and Teacher_,
Rev. Z. Simmons, Dudley, N.C.
Mrs. Elinor Walden, Strieby, N.C.
TROY AND NALLS.
_Minister and Teacher_,
Rev. Wm. H. Ellis, Southfield, Mass.
PEKIN AND DRY CREEK.
_Minister and Teacher_,
Rev. James E. Smith, Pekin, N.C.
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SOUTH CAROLINA.
CHARLESTON.
_Minister_,
Rev. Geo. C. Rowe, Charleston, S.C.
AVERY INSTITUTE.
New teachers have not yet been appointed. The buildings
were seriously injured by earthquake, and are now
undergoing repairs.
ORANGEBURG.
_Minister_,
Rev. J. L. Grice, Orangeburg, S.C.
GREENWOOD.
BREWER NORMAL SCHOOL.
Rev. J. E. B. Jewett, Pepperell, Mass.
Mrs. J. E. B. Jewett, Pepperell, Mass.
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GEORGIA.
ATLANTA.
_Ministers_,
Rev. Evarts Kent, Chicago, Ill.
Rev. C. W. Francis, Atlanta, Ga.
ATLANTA UNIVERSITY.
_Instructors and Managers_,
Prof. Thos. N. Chase, Atlanta, Ga.
Rev. Cyrus W. Francis, Atlanta, Ga.
Rev. Horace Bumstead, D.D., Atlanta, Ga.
Mr. Horace M. Sessions, Hampden, Mass.
Mr. Charles P. Sinnott, Marshfield, Mass.
Mr. C. C. Tucker, Fitchburg, Mass.
Mr. John W. Young, Atlanta, Ga.
Miss Emma C. Ware, Norfolk, Mass.
Miss Sarah E. Marsh, Chicago, Ill.
Miss Ella W. Moore, Chicago, Ill.
Miss Rebecca Massey, Oberlin, O.
Miss Margaret Neel, Livonia, N.Y.
Miss Carrie E. Jones, Atlanta, Ga.
Mrs. Lucy E. Case, Charlton Dep’t, Mass.
Miss F. E. Weston, Fort Fairfield, Me.
[A]Miss Eliza J. Perkins, Exeter, N.H.
Miss S. A. Hosmer, Augusta, Ga.
Mrs. Jane T. Ware, Atlanta, Ga.
Miss Martha E. Elkins, Exeter, N.H.
Miss Mary E. Sands, Saco, Me.
Mrs. H. W. Chase, West Randolph, Vt.
[B]Miss O. A. Thompson, Durham, N.H.
Miss F. M. Andrews, Milltown, N.B.
Miss E. H. Merrill, Boston, Mass.
STORRS SCHOOL (104 Houston St.)
_Principal_,
Mrs. Hattie I. Miller, East Corinth, Vt.
_Assistants_,
Miss Minnie Hubbard, Hiram, Me.
Miss M. L. Gerhard, Nebraska City, Neb.
Mrs. C. G. Ball, Clifford, N.Y.
Miss Amelia L. Ferris, Oneida, Ill.
Miss Caledonia Phillips, Cannonsburg, Pa.
Miss A. H. Levering, Philadelphia, Pa.
Miss Carrie J. Parry, Chicago, Ill.
Miss Nellie E. Blood, Pepperell, Mass.
_Special Missionary_,
Miss Lizzie Stevenson, Bellefontaine, O.
CUTHBERT.
_Teacher_,
Mr. F. H. Henderson, Cuthbert, Ga.
ATHENS.
_Minister_,
Rev. Geo. V. Clarke, Atlanta, Ga.
_Teachers_,
Mr. A. L. Tucker, Athens, Ga.
Miss Auffling, Athens, Ga.
RUTLAND.
_Minister and Teacher_,
Rev. N. B. James, New Orleans, La.
SAVANNAH.
_Minister and Superintendent of Missions_,
Rev. Dana Sherrill, Forrest, Ill.
BEACH INSTITUTE.
_Principal_,
Miss A. A. Holmes, Lee, Mass.
_Assistants_,
Miss Mary F. Lord, Fredonia, N.Y.
Miss M. A. Perry, Holden, Mass.
Miss E. M. Clapp, East Hampton, Mass.
Miss M. M. Foote, Norwich, N.Y.
Miss Alice M. Field, North Bennington, Vt.
Mrs. Dana Sherrill, Forrest, Ill.
MACON AND BYRON.
_Minister_,
Rev. S. E. Lathrop, New London, Wis.
LEWIS HIGH SCHOOL.
_Principal_,
Mrs. Liva A. Shaw, Owego, N.Y.
_Assistants_,
Mr. Aug. J. Burger, New London, Wis.
Miss E. L. Patten, Somers, Conn.
Miss Gertrude F. Yard, Dakota City, Ia.
Miss E. B. Scobie, Peninsula, Ohio.
Miss Anna Doyen, Antioch, Ill.
Miss S. F. Clarke, Medina, Ohio.
Miss L. G. Freeman, Saratoga, N.Y.
Mrs. S. E. Lathrop, New London, Wis.
Mrs. F. E. Greene, Rochester, N.Y.
MARIETTA.
_Minister and Teacher_,
Rev. E. J. Penney, Marietta, Ga.
ALBANY.
_Teacher_,
Mr. W. C. Greene, Albany, Ga.
WOODVILLE.
_Minister and Teacher_,
Rev. J. H. H. Sengstacke, Savannah, Ga.
Mr. J. Loyd, Savannah, Ga.
MILLER’S STATION.
_Superintending Minister_,
Rev. Dana Sherrill, Forrest, Ill.
LOUISVILLE AND BELMONT.
_Superintending Minister_,
Rev. Dana Sherrill, Forrest, Ill.
M’INTOSH, LIBERTY CO.
THE GROVE.
_Minister_,
Rev. Floyd Snelson, McIntosh, Ga.
_Teachers_,
Miss Elizabeth Plimpton, Walpole, Mass.
Miss Bertha Robertson, Richibucto, N.B.
Miss Minnie Dox, Kalamazoo, Mich.
Miss Mary A. Cutler, Greenwich Valley, Mass.
CYPRESS SLASH.
_Minister and Teacher_,
Rev. Wilson Callen, Cypress Slash, Ga.
Miss ——
THOMASVILLE.
NORMAL AND INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL.
_Principal_,
Mrs. W. L. Gordon, Richmond, Mich.
_Assistants_,
Miss Martha J. Davis, Dunstable, Mass.
Miss Julia A. Goodwin, Mason, N.H.
Miss Carrie M. Park, West Boxford, Mass.
DAVISVILLE AND STONEWALL.
_Minister_,
Rev. R. M. Lewis, Milford, Ga.
* * * * *
FLORIDA.
ST. AUGUSTINE.
_Teachers_,
Miss Emma B. Caughey, Kingsville, O.
Miss Helen D. Burton, Terre Haute, Ind.
ORANGE PARK.
_Minister_,
Rev. W. A. Benedict, Orange Park, Fla.
* * * * *
ALABAMA.
TALLADEGA.
_Minister_,
Rev. H. S. DeForest, D.D., Talladega, Ala.
TALLADEGA COLLEGE.
_Instructors and Managers_,
Pres. H. S. DeForest, D.D., Talladega, Ala.
Rev. G. W. Andrews, D.D., Talladega, Ala.
Prof. Geo. H. Howe, Orwell, Pa.
Mr. E. C. Silsby, Talladega, Ala.
Mr. John Orr, Clinton, Mass.
Mr. E. A. Bishop, Talladega, Ala.
Miss Bertha Bass, Gardiner, Me.
Miss L. F. Partridge, Holliston, Mass.
Miss Maud S. Wheeler, Salem, Mass.
Miss May L. Phillips, Canonsburg, Pa.
Mrs. Clara O. Rindge, Homer, N.Y.
Miss Helen M. Andrews, Columbus, Kan.
Miss Lura Aldridge, Oak Park, Ill.
Mrs. E. A. Bishop, Talladega, Ala.
Mrs. John Orr, Clinton, Mass.
Mrs. E. C. Silsby, Talladega, Ala.
Miss Julia C. Andrews, Milltown, N.B.
Mrs. H. S. De Forest, Talladega, Ala.
Mrs. G.W. Andrews, Talladega, Ala.
Mrs. Geo. H. Howe, Orwell, Pa.
_Special Missionary_,
Miss M. H. E. Clary, Conway, Mass.
KYMULGA.
_Minister_,
Rev. J. A. Jones, Talladega, Ala.
SHELBY IRON WORKS.
_Minister_,
Rev. J. R. Sims, Talladega, Ala.
CHILDERSBURG.
_Minister_,
Rev. J. R. Sims, Talladega, Ala.
BIRMINGHAM.
_Minister_,
Rev. A. J. Headen, Talladega, Ala.
MOBILE.
_Minister_,
Rev. F. G. Ragland, Mobile, Ala.
EMERSON INSTITUTE.
_Principal_,
Mr. F. B. Wells, Rhinebeck, N.Y.
_Assistants_,
Miss E. R. Morrison, Chillicothe, Ohio.
Miss Isadore M. Caughey, Kingsville, Ohio.
Miss Carrie E. Ferris, Passaic, N.J.
Miss Laura F. Keeler, South Britain, Ct.
Miss Mary R. Whitcomb, Redfield, Dak.
Miss Gertrude Wyckoff, Galesburg, Ill.
_Matron and Special Missionary_,
Mrs. F. B. Wells, Rhinebeck, N.Y.
CITRONELLE.
_Minister_,
Rev. Max M. Schwarzauer, Citronelle, Ala.
MONTGOMERY (P. O. Box 62.)
_Minister_,
Rev. R. C. Bedford, Watertown, Wis.
SELMA.
_Minister_,
Rev. C. B. Curtis, Burlington, Wis.
_Special Missionary_,
Miss Mary K. Lunt, New Gloucester, Me.
MARION.
_Minister_,
Rev. A. W. Curtis, Crete, Neb.
ANNISTON.
_Minister_,
Rev. H. W. Conley, Talladega, Ala.
_Teachers_,
Mr. E. V. Wilson, Anniston, Ala.
Mrs. Emma C. Wilson, Anniston, Ala.
LAWSONVILLE AND COVE.
_Minister_,
Rev. W. P. Hamilton, Talladega, Ala.
JENIFER AND IRONOTON.
_Minister_,
Rev. J. B. Grant, Talladega, Ala.
TECUMSEH.
_Minister and Teacher_,
Rev. Milus Harris, Talladega, Ala.
ATHENS.
_Minister_,
Rev H. S. Williams, Wetumpka, Ala.
TRINITY SCHOOL.
_Teachers_,
Miss M. F. Wells, Ann Arbor, Mich.
Miss Villa D. Crumb, Norwich, N.Y.
Miss Alice M. Whitsey, Dover, Ohio.
Miss Mary Wyckoff, Galesburg, Ill.
FLORENCE.
_Minister and Teacher_,
Rev. Sydney H. Dale, Talladega, Ala.
Miss Fannie Jones, Florence, Ala.
* * * * *
TENNESSEE.
NASHVILLE.
_Minister_,
Rev. Henry S. Bennett, Nashville, Tenn.
FISK UNIVERSITY.
_Instructors and Managers_,
Pres. E. M. Cravath, D.D., Nashville, Tenn.
Rev. A. K. Spence, Nashville, Tenn.
Rev. H. S. Bennett, Nashville, Tenn.
Rev. F. A. Chase, Nashville, Tenn.
Prof. H. H. Wright, Oberlin, O.
Rev. E. C. Stickel, Oberlin, O.
Miss Helen C. Morgan, Cleveland, O.
Miss Anna M. Cahill, Nashville, Tenn.
Miss Laura A. Parmelee, Toledo, O.
Miss Anna F. Ballantine, Oberlin, O.
Miss Mary E. Edwards, Westhampton, Mass.
Miss Henrietta Matson, Nashville, Tenn.
Miss Jennie A. Robinson, Oberlin, O.
Miss Sarah Bowen, Bloomington, Ind.
Miss C. E. Burr, Oberlin, O.
Miss Luella Miner, Glencoe, Wis.
Miss S. M. Wells, Middletown, N.Y.
Miss Maria S. Parsons, Boston, Mass.
Miss Jessie Leonard, Clyde, Ohio.
Mrs. Lucy R. Greene, No. Amherst, Mass.
Miss M. L. Matthews, Millville, N.Y.
Mrs. W. D. McFarland, Winsted, Conn.
Mr. William R. Morris, Nashville, Tenn.
Mrs. A. K. Spence, Nashville, Tenn.
Mrs. E. M. Cravath, Nashville, Tenn.
HOWARD CHURCH.
_Minister_,
Rev. W. A. Sinclair, Nashville, Tenn.
THIRD CHURCH.
_Minister_,
Rev. J. M. Gilmere, Nashville, Tenn.
JONESBORO.
_Minister_,
Rev. J. M. Hall, Jonesboro, Tenn.
_Teachers_,
Mrs. Julia B. Nelson, Red Wing, Minn.
Miss Minnie A. Stowe, Marion, Kan.
Miss J. E. Fahnestock, Lewiston, Ill.
MEMPHIS.
_Minister_,
Rev. B. A. Imes, Oberlin, O.
LE MOYNE SCHOOL.
_Principal_,
Prof. A. J. Steele, Whitewater, Wis.
_Assistants_,
Rev. B. A. Imes, Oberlin, O.
Mr. Chas. M. Stevens, Clearwater, Minn.
Miss Esther A. Barnes, Tallmadge, O.
Miss S. C. Bateham, Painesville, O.
Miss Ruth E. Stinson, Woolwich, Me.
Miss M. A. C. Stewart, Wilmot, N.S.
Miss C. S. Goldsmith, Chester, N.H.
Miss Rebecca M. Green, Hamlet, N.Y.
Miss M. A. Kinney, Whitewater, Wis.
Miss Zulee E. Felton, Memphis, Tenn.
Miss Fannie A. McCullough, Memphis, Tenn.
WHITESIDE.
_Minister and Teacher_,
Rev. Jos. E. Smith, Chattanooga, Tenn.
Mr. G. W. Jackson, Tougaloo, Miss.
GRAND VIEW.
_Minister and Teacher_,
Rev. C. B. Riggs, Emmington, Ill.
Mr. E. A. Palmer, Grand View, Tenn.
PLEASANT HILL.
_Minister and Teacher_,
Rev. Benj. Dodge, Centre Lebanon, Me.
Miss Jeanne A. Calkins, Daysville, N.Y.
POMONA.
_Minister and Teacher_,
Rev. B. Dodge, Centre Lebanon, Me.
Miss Mattie Mattice, Pine Plains, N.Y.
JELLICO.
_Minister_,
Rev. E. H. Bullock, Jellico, Tenn.
_Teachers_,
Mr. Geo. Lawrence, Hillsdale, Mich.
Mrs. Geo. Lawrence, Hillsdale, Mich.
ROBBINS, SLICK ROCK AND HELENWOOD.
_General Missionary_,
Rev. John Kershaw, Bound Brook, N.J.
_Minister and Missionary_,
Rev. W. E. Barton, Robbins, Tenn.
Mrs. N. J. St. Clair, Robbins, Tenn.
KNOXVILLE.
_Minister_,
Rev. S. P. Smith, Knoxville, Tenn.
CHATTANOOGA.
_Minister_,
Rev. Jos. E. Smith, Chattanooga, Tenn.
SHERWOOD.
_General Missionary_,
Rev. John Kershaw, Bound Brook, N.J.
_Teachers_,
Mr. Geo. O. Hannum, Sherwood, Tenn.
Miss Gert. Bridgeman, S. Amherst, Mass.
* * * * *
KENTUCKY.
LEXINGTON.
NORMAL SCHOOL.
_Instructors_,
Rev. Azel Hatch, Oberlin, O.
Miss N. H. Nutting, Randolph, Vt.
Miss M. Glassburn, Gallipolis, O.
Miss L. J. Fish, Akron, O.
Miss Louise Denton, Hempstead, L.I.
Miss Jennie Woodruff, Berea, Ky.
Mrs. H. S. Woodruff, Berea, Ky.
LOUISVILLE.
_Minister_,
Rev. Spencer Snell, Louisville, Ky.
_Special Missionary_,
Miss S. S. Evans, Fryeburg, Me.
WILLIAMSBURG AND S. WILLIAMSBURG.
_General Missionary_,
Rev. A. A. Myers, Williamsburg, Ky.
_Minister_,
Rev. F. E. Jenkins, S. Coventry, Ct.
ACADEMY.
_Teachers_,
Mr. W. E. Wheeler, Marshfield, Wis.
Mrs. W. E. Wheeler, Marshfield, Wis.
Miss Maria M. Lickorish, North Ridgeville, O.
Mrs. A. J. Hubbard, Hiram, Me.
Miss M. A. Packard, Williamsburg, Ky.
_Missionary_,
Mrs. A. A. Myers, Williamsburg, Ky.
PLEASANT VIEW AND CORBIN.
_Minister_,
Rev. A. A. Myers, Williamsburg, Ky.
ROCKHOLD AND WOODBINE.
_Minister_,
Rev. W. H. Baker, Berea, Ky.
LYNN CAMP AND LIBERTY.
_Missionary_,
Mrs. A. A. Myers, Williamsburg, Ky.
MAHAN STATION.
_Missionary_,
Mrs. A. A. Myers, Williamsburg, Ky.
DOWLAIS AND SAXTON.
_Minister_,
Rev. E. H. Bullock, Jellico, Tenn.
CLOVER BOTTOM AND GRAY HAWK.
_Minister_,
Rev. Mason Jones, Clover Bottom, Ky.
_Teachers_,
Miss Nellie S. Archer, Berea, Ky.
Miss Etta Ames, Berea, Ky.
* * * * *
KANSAS.
TOPEKA.
_Minister_,
Rev. B. F. Foster, Topeka, Kan.
LAWRENCE.
_Minister_,
Rev. Welborn Wright, Lawrence, Kan.
EUREKA.
_Minister_,
[C] Rev. W. W. Weir, Eureka, Kan.
* * * * *
ARKANSAS.
LITTLE ROCK.
_Minister_,
Rev. Y. B. Sims, Talladega, Ala.
FAYETTEVILLE.
_Minister and Teacher_,
Rev. W. R. Polk, New Iberia, La.
* * * * *
MISSISSIPPI.
TOUGALOO.
_Minister_,
Rev. G. S. Pope, Tougaloo, Miss.
TOUGALOO UNIVERSITY.
_Instructors and Managers_,
Pres. G. S. Pope, Tougaloo, Miss.
Prof. Geo. P. Armstrong, Speedside, Canada.
Mr. Henry P. Kennedy, Jackson, Mich.
Mr. Wm. D. Hitchcock, Jackson, Mich.
Mr. W. H. Bishop, Amherst, Mass.
Mr. J. C. Kline, Stockbridge, Mich.
[D]Mrs. Geo. P. Armstrong, Speedside, Canada.
Miss Josephine Kellogg, Clyde, O.
Miss Julia A. Sauntry, Burbank, Minn.
Miss Sarah Humphrey, East Saginaw, Mich.
Miss Annie L. Harwood, Oak Park, Ill.
A. L. Platt, Marcellus, N.Y.
Miss Julia L. Phelps, Racine, Wis.
Miss Nellie L. Ruddock, Hancock, Minn.
Mrs. G. S. Pope, Tougaloo, Miss.
Mrs. H. P. Kennedy, Jackson, Mich.
Miss Wm. D. Hitchcock, Jackson, Mich.
Miss S. L. Emerson, Hallowell, Me.
NEW RUHAMAH, PLEASANT RIDGE AND SALEM.
_Minister_,
Rev. Eli Tapley, Columbus, Miss.
MERIDIAN.
_Minister_,
Rev. L. D. Cunningham, Talladega, Ala.
JACKSON.
_Minister_,
Rev. C. L. Harris, Jackson, Miss.
GREENVILLE.
_Minister_,
Rev. J. B. Oliver, Greenville, Miss.
* * * * *
LOUISIANA.
NEW ORLEANS.
_Minister and Prof. of Theology_,
Rev. M. L. Berger, Claverack, N.Y.
STRAIGHT UNIVERSITY.
_Instructors and Managers_,
Pres. R. C. Hitchcock, Thompsonville, Ct.
Rev. M. L. Borger, Claverack, N.Y.
Mr. J. H. Freeman, Rockford, Ill.
Mr. Otis C. Olds, Beloit, Wis.
Mr. E. A. Guernsey, Amherst, Mass.
Mr. E. C. Rose, New Orleans, La.
Mrs. E. C. Rose, New Orleans, La.
Miss Mary A. George, Monticello, Iowa.
Miss Mary A. Peffers, Peru, Vt.
Miss Anna F. Condict, Adrian, Mich.
Miss Hannah T. Mead, Denver, Col.
Miss Ella Samson, Somerville, Mass.
Miss Sarah A. Coffin, Beloit, Wis.
Miss Eugenia Northrop, Lysander, N.Y.
Miss Jennie Fyfe, Lansing, Mich.
Miss Emma A. Rand, Whitewater, Wis.
Mrs. R. C. Hitchcock, Thompsonville, Ct.
Mr. James D. Gordon, —— ——
SPAIN STREET CHURCH.
_Minister_,
Rev. C. H. Claiborne, New Orleans, La.
MORRIS BROWN CHURCH.
_Minister_,
Rev. I. H. Hall, New Orleans, La.
NEW IBERIA.
_Minister_,
Rev. Byron Gunner, Talladega, Ala.
FAUSSE POINT AND BELLE PLACE.
_Minister_,
Rev. William Butler, New Iberia, La.
CHACAHOULA.
_Minister_,
Rev. I. H. Hall, New Orleans, La.
* * * * *
TEXAS.
AUSTIN.
TILLOTSON INSTITUTE.
_Minister_,
Rev. Henry S. Hubbell, D.D., Amherst, Mass.
_Instructors and Managers_,
Pres. Henry S. Hubbell, D.D., Amherst, Mass.
Mr. E. J. Pond, Austin, Tex.
Miss Rose M. Kinney, Oberlin, O.
Miss Fanny J. Webster, Weymouth, O.
Miss E. F. Newton, Andover, Me.
Miss E. G. Kershaw, Bound Brook, N.J.
Miss Julia Condict, Adrian, Mich.
Miss Phebe B. Parsons, Marcellus, N.Y.
Miss Amelia Knapp, Greenwich, Ct.
Mrs. E. J. Crew Pond, Austin, Tex.
_Special Missionary_,
Miss M. J. Adams, Columbus, Wis.
GOLIAD.
_Minister_,
Rev. T. E. Hillson, Goliad, Tex.
HELENA.
_Minister_,
Rev. Mitchell Thompson, Helena, Tex.
CORPUS CHRISTI.
_Minister_,
Rev. J. W. Strong, Talladega, Ala.
FLATONIA AND LULING.
_Minister_,
—— —— —— ——
PARIS.
_Minister and Teacher_,
Rev. J. R. McLean, Talladega, Ala.
DODD.
_Minister and Teacher_,
Rev. E. E. Sims, Dodd, Tex.
DALLAS.
_Minister_,
Rev. J. W. Roberts, Savannah, Ga.
* * * * *
INDIAN MISSIONS.
SANTEE AGENCY, NEBRASKA.
NORMAL TRAINING SCHOOL.
_Superintendent and Missionary_,
Rev. A. L. Riggs. Santee Agency, Neb.
_Treasurer_,
Mr. Joseph H. Steer, Santee Agency, Neb.
_Teachers_,
Mr. J. A. Chadbourne, Bridgewater, Mass.
Miss Harriet B. Ilsley, Newark, N.J.
Mrs. Mary E. Wood, Spirit Lake, Iowa.
Miss Helen E. Haynes, Townsend Harbor, Mass.
Miss Edith Leonard, Santee Agency, Neb.
Miss Julia E. Pratt, Essex, Ct.
_Assistant Teachers_,
James Garvie, Sisseton Agency, D.T.
Eli Abraham, Santee Agency, Neb.
Daniel Cetaumani, Santee Agency, Neb.
Benjamin Zimmerman, Santee Agency, Neb.
James Redwing Owamaza, Santee Agency, Neb.
James Brown, Santee Agency, Neb.
_Matrons_,
Miss Mary W. Green, (Dakota Home),
Philadelphia, Pa.
Miss Harriet A. Brown, (Bird’s Nest),
Brooklyn, N.Y.
Miss Jennie E. Kennedy, (Young Men’s Hall),
Montrose, Iowa.
Miss S. Lizzie Voorhees, (Boys’ Cottage),
Rocky Hill, N.J.
Miss L. H. Douglass, (Dining Hall),
New Haven, Ct.
_Assistant Matrons_,
Miss Jennie Cox, Santee Agency, Neb.
Miss Nettie Calhoun, Kenton, Ohio.
_Missionaries_,
Mrs. A. L. Riggs, Santee Agency, Neb.
Mrs. J. H. Steer, Santee Agency, Neb.
_Industrial Department_,
Joseph H. Steer, Santee Agency, Neb.
J. Reid McKercher, Moscow, N.Y.
Reuben Cash, Niobrara, Neb.
Ivor P. Wold, Santee Agency, Neb.
_Native Pastor_,
Rev. Artemas Ehnamani, Santee Agency, Neb.
PONCA AGENCY.
_Minister and Teacher_,
Rev. J. E. Smith, De Smet, Dak.
UPPER PONCA.
_Teacher_,
Mr. Albert Frazier, Santee Agency, Neb.
OAHE, DAKOTA.
_Superintendent_,
Rev. T. L. Riggs, Oahe, Dak.
_Teachers_,
Mr. Elias Jacobson, Clinton, Wis.
Miss Nellie Donnell, Bath, Me.
Mrs. A. J. Warner, Vinton, Iowa.
Miss Louise Merrick, Onida, Dak.
Miss Ellen Kitts, Santee Agency, Neb.
Miss M. Lindermann, West Newton, Mass.
Mrs. T. L. Riggs, Santee Agency, Neb.
CHEYENNE AGENCY, DAKOTA.
_Native Teachers_,
[E] Titus Jugg, Sisseton Agency, Dak.
Elizabeth Winyan, Sisseton Agency, Dak.
David Lee, Cheyenne Agency, Dak.
William Lee, Cheyenne Agency, Dak.
John Bluecloud, Brown Earth, Dak.
Joseph Day, Sisseton Agency, Dak.
[E] P. O. Matthews, Fort Bennett, Dak.
[E] Louis De Coteau, Sisseton Agency, Dak.
[F] James Brown, Santee Agency, Neb.
STANDING ROCK AGENCY.
_Native Teachers_,
Elias Gilbert, Sisseton Agency, Dak.
Adams Warama, Sisseton Agency, Dak.
RUNNING ANTELOPE VILLAGE.
P. O. AT PRESENT, OAHE, DAK.
_Missionary_,
Miss Mary C. Collins, Oahe, Dak.
FORT BERTHOLD AGENCY, DAKOTA.
_Missionary_,
Rev. C. L. Hall, Fort Berthold, Dak.
_Teachers_,
Mrs. C. L. Hall, Fort Berthold, Dak.
Miss Lizzie Bechan, Fergus, Ont.
_Matron_,
Miss Briggs, Fort Berthold, Dak.
S’KOKOMISH AGENCY, W.T.
_Missionary_,
Rev. Myron Eells, S’kokomish, W.T.
NEW MEXICO.
SANTA FÉ.
_Principal_,
Elliot Whipple, Reed’s Ferry, N.H.
_Matrons_,
Miss S. E. Moore, Olivet, Mich.
Mrs. Annie P. Hills, Santa Fé, N.M.
_Teacher_,
Miss Mary E. De Sette, Hiawatha, Kan.
* * * * *
CHINESE MISSIONS.
_Superintendent_,
Rev. William C. Pond, San Francisco, Cal.
_Teachers_,
Alameda,
Mrs. Geo. Morris, West End, Ala. Co., Cal.
Pou Fang, San Francisco, Cal.
Alturus,
Mrs. Hester Griffiths, Alturus, Cal.
Marysville,
Miss M. A. Flint, Marysville, Cal.
Joe Wee, Marysville, Cal.
Oakland,
Mrs. Mary D. Kurtz, Oakland, Cal.
Chin Kue, San Francisco, Cal.
Oroville,
Miss Maria Topping, Oroville, Cal.
Petaluma,
Mrs. M. H. Colby, Petaluma, Cal.
San Diego,
Mrs. M. A. McKenzie, San Diego, Cal.
Quong Newey, San Diego, Cal.
Sacramento,
Miss Maria Carrington, Sacramento, Cal.
San Francisco.—_Central_,
Jee Gam, San Francisco, Cal.
Miss Jessie S. Worley, San Francisco, Cal.
Miss L. F. Lamont, San Francisco, Cal.
Mrs. M. A. Green, San Francisco, Cal.
Lou Quong, San Francisco, Cal.
San Francisco.—_Barnes_,
Mrs. H. W. Lamont, San Francisco, Cal.
San Francisco.—_West_,
Miss F. M. Worley, San Francisco, Cal.
Miss Rosa E. Lamont, San Francisco, Cal.
Santa Barbara,
Mrs. E. M. Shattuck, Santa Barbara, Cal.
Gin Foo King, Santa Barbara, Cal.
Santa Cruz,
Mrs. Laura A. Osgood, Santa Cruz, Cal.
Hong Sing, Santa Cruz, Cal.
Stockton,
Mrs. A. J. Patterson, Stockton, Cal.
Joe Jet, San Francisco, Cal.
Tulare,
Mrs. A. M. Sanders, Tulare, Cal.
_Teacher of Native Helpers_,
Mrs. Allie M. Smith, San Francisco, Cal.
FOOTNOTES:
[A] Deceased.
[B] Served part of the year.
[C] Deceased.
[D] Served part of year
[E] Supported by Soc. for Prop. of the Gospel among Indians.
[F] Supported by Native Miss. Soc.
* * * * *
THE SOUTH.
* * * * *
NOTES IN THE SADDLE.
BY FIELD-SUPERINTENDENT C. J. RYDER.
The romantic, pathetic and comical jumble themselves together in
a strange medley in these field experiences. But each experience
illustrates some phase in missionary work, or italicizes its
importance. We drop into a mountain cabin and there find the
usual inmates of such mountain homes—a pale-faced, tired-looking
woman, with the “old woman in the shoe” sort of family. The oldest
of the children is a girl of eighteen. She informs us, during a
conversation, that she “_has never seen a book_.” She modifies this
statement a bit by adding: “I ’low thayr war one ’fore grandmam
died, but I plumb forgot how it looked.” Think of it! A girl
eighteen years old, in the heart of this country, which boasts
itself in its educational advantages, who did not know what a book
looked like! What more pathetic appeal can be offered in behalf of
this mountain work than this fact presents?
The ignorance of the preachers is often as painfully evident as
that of the people. A friend residing in this region told me that
he had often been asked by the preacher to read his text for him
at the church service, the preacher adding: “I thank God I cannot
read; the Spirit teaches me.” This preacher was white.
* * * * *
Here is a case of genuine civil service reform: A member of an A.
M. A. church was requested by the committee of his party to run
for Congress. He declined unless they would pledge themselves that
no money nor _whiskey_ should be used to influence voters. The
committee replied that this could not be done, as it would lose
them the election. “Very well,” said this mountain nobleman, “then
you must get another candidate.” In speaking of the circumstance
to this friend, I told him that all his friends rejoiced in the
stand he had taken, and that the A. M. A. appreciated the honor
he had conferred upon it by his loyalty to political honesty, but
that the country needed such men in Congress as he was. He laid
his hand on my shoulder and replied: “It was no great sacrifice; I
really believe I would rather go to a good prayer-meeting than to
Congress.”
* * * * *
We jog along and come to a little slab meeting-house, just built
at considerable self-denial and persistent begging on the part of
a few colored Christians. An old brother was called upon to pray
at the opening of the service. This was one sentence in his quaint
prayer: “Oh, Lord, bless our brother, and give him a pennyroyal
tongue.” But it is not so foolish a petition, after all. Pennyroyal
is an herb growing abundantly in that region, and is used for
ointments and salves; it is healing, it soothes irritations, heals
old hurts, reduces inflammations. That is the sort of a tongue a
missionary superintendent needs. I fancy, also, many pastors would
sometimes rejoice in the possession of such a tongue. I doubt if
our colored brother could read, but he had in some way learned
Solomon’s secret: “The tongue of the wise is health.”
* * * * *
The A. M. A. has no school now at Louisville, Ky., but the pastor
and lady missionary wisely plan for the instruction of those who
do not enjoy school privileges. Coming in upon them one Saturday
afternoon, I found a motley group of children, ranging from six
to sixteen years of age, gathered in the Sunday-school room of
the church. I learned that it was the Industrial Class, which met
regularly twice a week. In a little closet in one corner all sorts
of second-hand clothing were stored. These garments are sent down
by good people of the North, and are made over in this Industrial
class. While the children were busy in cutting, fitting and sewing,
their teacher gave them useful lessons in Bible texts and truths;
sensible suggestions for every-day life, or rudimentary lessons
in arithmetic, geography and grammar. To many in these classes
this instruction is all they get during the year, and no one can
estimate its value. Indeed, the A. M. A. churches are usually a
sort of information bureau to the congregations.