two beds in it. After a while, the classes are called in, and one
of the scholars chooses a hymn to sing. Then I ask questions about
the lesson. Then we count the scholars and call their names, and
give out papers. Then I ask for verses from the children, which
they have learned in the classes. We then repeat the Twenty-third
Psalm together, and close by saying, in concert, the Lord’s Prayer.
Now, you know a little of my Sabbath-school. I take ever so much
pleasure in planning for it. Friday evenings we have a Teachers’
Meeting, just for us six teachers to talk over the school, and
study the lesson for the next Sabbath. Those are dear little
meetings. I enjoy them _so_ much. I hope I am helping a little to
raise up these poor neglected people.
I will leave the rest of my paper for my next stopping-place.
BY THE ROAD-SIDE, _Monday_.
Here we are again, at the same lovely spring where we took our
dinner Saturday. We have just lunched, and Miss L. is reading.
Leila, our horse, is taking her dinner, and when she finishes it,
we shall start again for _home_.
This morning we passed a whole field full of cardinal flowers. We
picked some beautiful ones, which are now bathing in the spring.
When riding here, we see such different sights from what we do in
the North. There are such beautiful tall pines here. They grow up
fifty or sixty feet before putting out any branches. The sweet
gum-tree, too, is very pretty. In the distance it looks like a
maple. We often see wild grape-vines covering trees, the stems as
large at the bottom as my two fists. The English ivy seems to like
this climate, too, for when it is planted by the side of a tree, it
grows way up into the branches, and almost covers the whole tree
sometimes. The passion flower grows in the fields here.
Leila is just eating her last oat, so we must be starting. I
suppose my next stopping place will be Talladega. Good-bye. From
your loving niece,
LAURA P. H.
* * * * *
RECEIPTS
FOR AUGUST, 1878.
* * * * *
MAINE, $279.20
Augusta. ESTATE of Mrs. Mary B. Buxton, by
Samuel Titcomb, Ex. 200.00
Bangor. First Ch. 7.80
Bath. Isaiah Percy $5; Beulah B. Percy $3;
Eliza Bowker $3 11.00
Bethel. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.00
Brewer. First Ch. $6 and Sab. Sch. $2 8.00
Ellsworth. Mrs. L. T. Phelps and daughter 12.00
Falmouth. P. N. Marston 6.40
Lebanon. S. D. L. 1.00
North Anson. “A Friend” 5.00
Saco. D. J. 1.00
Winthrop. Mrs. E. H. N. 1.00
York. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 14.00
NEW HAMPSHIRE, $259.35.
Antrim. “A Friend,” _for Wilmington, N. C._ 5.00
Auburn. P. C. 1.00
Bennington. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 45.00
Bristol. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 1.75
Brookline. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 3.50
Colebrook. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 14.47
Concord. Individuals, by A. J. Herbert 3.00
Exeter. “Friend” 20.00
Francestown. Cong. Ch. $10; A. F. $1 11.00
Goffstown. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 22.76
Hampstead. “A Friend,” 50.00
Lancaster. Rev. C. E. S. 1.00
Mason. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 1.25
Meredith. S. S. Tappan 5.00
Peterborough. Union Evan. Ch. and Soc. 23.87
Pittsfield. Cong. Sab. Sch. 17.00
South Merrimac. “A Friend” 2.00
Wilton. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 16.00
Winchester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.75
VERMONT, $852.65.
Benson. Cong. Ch. 12.00
Brookfield. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 16.63
Cambridge. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $29.79; Dea. S.
Montague $10; J. T. Fullerton $3 42.79
Fair Haven. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $26.87; Cong.
Sab. Sch. $25 51.87
Grafton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 16.00
Granby and Victory. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Guildhall. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 0.50
Hartland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.25
Manchester. E. J. Kellogg 10.00
Monkton. Henry Miles 7.35
St. Albans. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 16.88
Sharon. S. P. F. and Mrs. A. F. $1 ea. 2.00
Springfield. Mrs. E. D. Parks $100; Cong. Ch.
and Soc. $55.38. 155.38
Thetford. J. M. 1.00
Waterbury. L. Hutchins 500.00
West Westminster. Rev. A. Stevens 10.00
MASSACHUSETTS, $3,685.48.
Abington. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 35.14
Ashfield. F. H. Smith 5.36
Athol. ESTATE of Mrs. Abigail Chaplain, by
Lewis Thorp, Ex. 300.00
Bellingham. E. W. 1.00
Beverly. ESTATE of John Lovett, by James Hill
and Chas. T. Lovett, Executors 1,311.31
Beverly. Miss Emma Harwood, proceeds of
Children’s Fair 2.00
Boston. Juvenile Class of Phillip’s Cong. Ch.
$18.75, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._; “A
Friend” $1 19.75
Boston Highlands. R. W. $1; J. F. 25c. 1.25
Charlton. Clarissa W. Case 5.00
Danvers. Maple St. Ch. and Soc. 91.79
Duxbury. Mrs. A. P. Holmes 2.00
Falmouth. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 28.00
Fitchburg. Rollstone Ch. and Soc. 50.00
Georgetown. Orth. Memo. Ch. and Soc. 26.16
Gloucester. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 50.00
Great Barrington. ESTATE of Mary and Nancy
Kellogg, by Hiram Crittenden, Adm’r. 500.00
Harwich. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (M. C. Coll.) 11.94
Haverhill. John Kendrick 10.00
Holliston. Mrs. Mary M. Fisk 5.00
Housatonic. W. G. 1.00
Hubbardston. Mission Circle $14, _for
Talladega C._; Mrs. Alden Pollard $6 20.00
Littleton. Orthodox Sab. Sch. 5.00
Long Meadow. Ladies’ Benev. Soc. $18.58;
Gents’ Benev. Soc. $18.25 36.83
Mansfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.41
Marblehead. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 50.00
Marshfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. $58.52,
and box of Books. 58.52
Medway Village. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const.
GEORGE E. SANDERSON, JOSEPH JONES and REV.
H. A. HANAFORD, L. M’s. 112.50
Monson. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.23
Monterey. Cong. Ch. 17.00
Newton Centre. First Cong. Ch. 44.42
Northampton. First Cong. Ch. $33.91; Edwards
Ch. $29.22. 63.13
Norfolk. W. E. C. 1.00
Pittsfield. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. $5; S.
F. 51c. 5.51
Randolph. “A Friend” 10.00
Reading. Old South Cong. Sab. Sch. 7.03
Rockland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 120.00
Royalston. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 130.50
Sandwich. H. H. Nye. 2.00
South Amherst. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00
South Hadley. First Cong. Sab. Sch. 16.62
South Weymouth. Ladies’ Mission Soc. of Second
Cong. Ch. 18.00
Springfield. Hope Cong. Ch. $15; South Cong.
Ch. $12.34; Mrs. Sarah Merrill $2.50 29.84
Sturbridge. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $36.55; Cong.
Sab. Sch. $7.58 44.13
Townsend Centre. —— 8.00
Ware. “A Friend” 10.00
Woburn. Cong. Sab. Sch., for _Hampton, Va._ 70.00
Worcester. Union Ch. $46.37; Hiram Smith and
Family $30 76.37
West Boylston. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 22.00
Westfield. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 37.07
West Haverhill. Miss C. M. Smith 50.00
Winchendon. North Cong. Sab. Sch. 29.67
——. “R. A. L.” 100.00
RHODE ISLAND, $15.
East Providence. Cong. Ch. 15.00
CONNECTICUT, $887.46.
Brooklyn. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 48.00
Canterbury. First Cong. Ch. and Soc 6.12
Cromwell. Cong. Ch. 60.00
Danbury. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 64.17
Deep River. H. M. Soc. of Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.25
Lebanon. First Ch. 48.70
Lyme. Grassy Hill Cong. Ch. and Soc. 21.00
Middlebury. Cong. Ch. 25.07
Mount Carmel. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.17
New Britain. South Cong. Ch. 35.25
New Haven. College St. Cong. Ch. 66.50
New London. “Collected by a Friend,” _for
Mendi M._ 10.00
Norwich Town. First Cong. Ch. 41.50
North Stamford. Cong. Ch. $1.50; Mrs. A. A. N.
$1 2.50
Putnam. Second Cong. Ch. 95.35
Rocky Hill. Individuals, by Miss E. M. W. 1.05
Salem. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Simsbury. Mrs. M. H. W. 1.00
South Britain. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $32.75 (of
which $10 from P. B. Averill, _for the Debt_) 22.75
Stafford. Mrs. Thomas S. Thresher 3.50
Terryville. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const.
GERTRUDE M. FENN, NELLIE TERRY and LELIA
WILLIAMS, L. M.’s 110.40
Thompson. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.80
Westbrook. Cong. Sab. Sch. box of Books, by
Dea. I. N. Spencer.
West Haven. Cong. Ch. 19.40
Wethersfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 93.61
Wilton. Cong. Ch. 40.00
Wolcott. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.00
Wolcottville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.37
NEW YORK, $807.23.
Albany. V. S. Knowles 2.00
Binghampton. J. D. Wells 5.00
Bridgewater. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 4.00
Champion. Cong. Sab. Sch. 6.00
Columbus. “A Friend” 3.00
Copenhagen. Lucian Clark $10; Martha Smith $5 15.00
Eaton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 17.65
Gaines. ESTATE of Henry O. Bidelman ($30 of
which to const. EDWIN S. BIDELMAN, L. M.),
by Charles Bidelman, Ex. 200.00
Gaines. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $28.72, to const.
MRS. L. A. SANFORD, L. M.; Cong. Sab. Sch.
$8.90 37.62
Greenville. F. H. W. 1.00
Homer. Cong. Ch. 32.15
Ithaca. Mrs. Adam Harrison 3.00
Le Roy. Mrs. Sarah Covert 5.00
Lima. Rev. H. N. P. 0.25
New York. Mrs. Hannah Ireland $50.—Mrs.
Congdon $5, _for Fisk U._ 55.00
Oneida. Rose J. Topliff $50; H. P. Palmer $20 70.00
Peekskill. Prof. Robert Donald, Set of
School-desks and chairs.
Perry Centre. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $30.56; S. R.
Barber $10 40.56
Pompey. Mrs. James H. Child ($4.50 of which
_for Student Aid_) 5.00
Rome. Sarah H. Mudge 10.00
Spencerport. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. 17.50
Syracuse. “S. J. W.” 10.00
Union Springs. Mrs. Mary H. Thomas, _for
Woodbridge, N. C._ 100.00
Utica. ESTATE of Job Parker, by T. and M. M.
Parker, Executors 140.00
Warsaw. Mrs. C. B. Darling $10; W. R., G. M.
P., A. W. N., O. F. P and A. G. B. $1 ea.,
_for Student Aid, Talladega C._—Mrs. S. A.
H. 50c. 15.50
West Winfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 9.00
—— ——. 5.00
NEW JERSEY, $20.
Newfield. Rev. Charles Willey 10.00
Parsippany. Mrs. Jane W. Ford 10.00
PENNSYLVANIA, $105.47.
Philadelphia. “B.” 50.00
Washington. Dr. F. Julius Le Moyne, _for Le
Moyne Sch., Memphis, Tenn._ 55.47
OHIO, $436.
Alexandria. Ladies, by Rev. D. S. Jones 5.00
Adams Mills. Mrs. M. A. Smith 10.00
Cardington. W. C. Nichols 5.00
Cleveland. W. F. Hinman, _for Tougaloo U._ 50.00
Cincinnati. Rent $41.48, _for the poor in New
Orleans_.—Rev. B. P. Aydelott, D. D. $10 51.48
Dover. David Ingersoll and Mrs. Nancy H.
Ingersoll 42.00
Garrettsville. P. S. Tinan $5; A. C. W. 70c.;
“Friends” $1, _for Tougaloo U._ 6.70
Geneva. A. W. Hyman $10; Chas. Talcott $5;
“Friends” $1.05; Dea. G. C., M. C., W. E.
P., J. E. C., Mrs. A. E. H., Miss L. H. and
Mrs. H. A. W. $1 ea; Mrs. M. and Miss M. M.
K. $1; Mrs. E. W. S. 50c., _for Tougaloo U._ 24.55
Huntsburg. Young Ladies’ Soc. $5; Miss E. L.
Miller $2, _for Ind. Dept. Talladega, C._ 7.00
Jersey. Mrs. Lucinda Sinnet 10.00
Lafayette. Cong. Ch. 6.25
Lenox. Cong. Ch. 16.00
Madison. Elias Strong $5; Mrs. H. E. H. $1; L.
J. W. 50c., _for Tougaloo U._ 6.50
Mecca. Burt Case $5; J. C. H. $1, _for
Tougaloo U._ 6.00
Medina. Woman’s Missionary Soc., by M. A.
Curtis, Sec., $12, _for Ind. Sch., Talladega
C._—Cong. Ch. $14; M. E. Nettleton $5; Mrs.
S. 50c., _for Tougaloo U._—Mrs. Ann G. Fenn
$2 33.50
Oberlin. First Cong. Ch. 52.58
Painesville. A Friend 5.00
Tallmadge. F. F. Fenn $6; Mrs. P. Seward $5;
Calvin Treat $3; Mrs. H. E. Wolcott, H. A.
Sackett, Wm. Hind, F. D. Alling and Daniel
Hind $2 ea.; Mrs. C. A. Sackett $1.25; H.
Carter $1.10; Mrs. E. A. W., Miss J. E. W.,
B. W. and Mrs. M. J. B. $1 ea; Mrs. L. A. S.
and Mrs. T. B. W. 50c. ea, _for Tougaloo U._ 31.35
South Ridge. Urania Haviland 2.00
Strongsville. Presb. Ch. $4.36; Mrs. A. P. $1,
_for Tougaloo U._ 5.36
Wakeman. Second Cong. Ch. (of which $5 from
Sarah D. Todd). 26.37
Wauseon. Mrs. W. 0.50
Wayne. Mrs. Lydia Beers 2.00
West Andover. Rev. J. E. S. 1.00
Weymouth. Cong. Ch., _for Tougaloo U._ 3.86
Windham. “Friends” $1.25; Mrs. E. K. H., Dea.
S. P., A. J., E. A., A. A. and G. A. M. $1
ea.; M. G. D. 50c., _for Tougaloo U._ 7.75
York. Cong. Ch. 16.25
ILLINOIS, $239.18.
Amboy. Mrs. D. W. Slauter 1.50
Canton. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00
Chicago. Sab. Sch. of Plymouth Cong. Ch., $25,
_for Student Aid, Fisk U._—Mrs. S. P. H. 50c. 25.50
Hutsonville. C. V. Newton 2.00
Ivanhoe. R. Osgood 5.00
Lafayette. Mrs. D. J. H. 2.00
Lake Forest. Mrs. S. B. Williams, _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 10.00
Moline. F. H. Williams 14.00
Morrison. Cong. Ch. 21.51
Newark. Cong. Ch. 10.00
Oak Park. Cong. Ch. (ad’l) 10.00
Odell. Cong. Ch. 8.25
Payson. Cong. Ch. (of which $50 from J. K.
Scarborough) 80.00
Peoria. Cong. Ch. (in part) 22.92
Solon Mills. R. R. C. 1.00
South Holland. Rev. A. B. 0.50
MICHIGAN, $290.60.
Ada. T. I. H. 1.00
Adrian. Stephen Allen 5.00
Allegan. J. M. McCord, _for Student Aid, Fisk
U._ 5.00
Almont. Ladies of Cong. Soc. $5; Mrs. H. G.
(Romeo) $1, _for a Missionary, Memphis,
Tenn._ (Incorrectly ack. in August Mag.)
Alpena. “A Friend,” _for Indian Boy, Hampton
N. and A. Inst._ 25.00
Ann Arbor. First Cong. Ch. $23.50; Isaac
Elliott $5 28.50
Armada. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 25.48
Battle Creek. Mrs. Dr. J. B. Chapin 3.00
Benzonia. W. B. $1; “A Friend” 50c. 1.50
Bellevue. “A Little Band of Cheerful Givers in
First Cong. Soc.” $11.30, by Mrs. H. L.
Berry. (Ack. incorrectly in Sept. number
from Bellevue, Ohio.)
Detroit. Rev. H. D. Kitchell $25; “A Friend”
$21.40; Miss H. $1, _for Missionary,
Memphis, Tenn._ 47.40
Galesburg. First Ch. of Christ, _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 35.00
Grand Haven. Cong. Ch. 1.00
Leland. Rev. G. T. 1.00
Litchfield. Cong. Ch., to const. F. C. MEAD L.
M. 31.00
New Baltimore. Miss Hattie Milton, _for
Missionary, Memphis, Tenn._ 7.00
Northport. Cong. Ch. 11.72
Rochester. Ladies’ Miss. Soc., _for
Missionary, Memphis, Tenn._ 3.00
Union City. “A Friend,” (in part) to const.
AARON C. HENDERSON L. M. 40.00
Vermontville. L. P. D. 1.00
White Lake. Robert Garner $10; John Garner $5 15.00
WISCONSIN, $103.78.
Burlington. Plymouth Ch. (in part) 11.35
Delavan. Cong. Ch. 12.00
Elk Grove. Cong. Ch. 8.25
Fort Howard. Cong. Ch. 15.00
Fox Lake. Cong. Ch. 6.00
Leeds. Cong. Ch. 3.85
Milwaukee. Spring St. Cong. Ch. 19.10
River Falls. Cong. Ch. 9.66
Waukesha. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 7.00
Windsor. Cong. Ch. 11.57
IOWA, $200.84.
Burlington. Cong. Ch. 34.11
Davenport. Edwards Cong. Ch. 72.00
Fort Madison. Francis Sawyer 10.00
Grinnell. Cong. Ch. 60.00
McGregor. Woman’s Miss. Soc. 14.56
Oskaloosa. M. B. Turner, _for Student Aid,
Fisk U._ 2.17
Wintersett. Sarah Dinsmore 8.00
MINNESOTA, $109.30.
Afton. Cong. Ch. 3.50
Audubon. Cong. Ch. 2.84
Minneapolis. Sab. Sch. of Plymouth Cong. Ch.
$25; Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch. $17, _for
Student Aid, Fisk U._—Plymouth Ch. $17.55 59.55
Northfield. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for
Student Aid, Fisk U._ 39.41
Sleepy Eye. Cong. Ch. 4.00
KANSAS, $2.
Burlington. John Morris 2.00
NEBRASKA, $15.50.
Brewer Crossing. Mrs. E. T. 1.00
Omaha. Cong. Ch. 14.50
MISSOURI, $1.50.
Ironton. J. Markham 1.50
NORTH CAROLINA, $93.54.
Raleigh. Public Fund. $75; Washington Sch.
$18.54 93.54
GEORGIA, 45c.
Woodville. Pilgrim Ch., _for Mendi M._ 0.45
ALABAMA, $567.11.
Montgomery. Public Fund $181.26; H. A. L. 50c. 181.76
Talladega. Talladega College. $185.35; Rev. E.
P. Lord $200 385.35
MISSISSIPPI, $5.
Tougaloo. Rev. G. S. Pope 5.00
SCOTLAND, $105.
Edinburgh. Adam Parsons $100; Mrs. Wm. Lillie
$5 105.00
TURKEY, $5.
—— “A Wanderer” 5.00
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Total 9,086.64
Total from Oct. 1st to August 31st. $151,757.14
H. W. HUBBARD, _Ass’t Treas._
RECEIVED FOR DEBT.
Goffstown, N. H. M. A. Stinson 5.00
Conway, Mass. Rev. A. Shirley 1.00
Collinsville, Conn. “Friends” 3.00
Fairfield, Conn. First Cong. Ch. 5.00
New Haven, Conn. E. Pendleton 20.00
Putnam, Conn. “A Friend” 17.50
South Britain, Conn. P. B. Averill 10.00
West Hartford, Conn. M. A. Ellsworth 5.00
New York, N. Y. “A Friend” 100.00
Andover, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Case, $10 ea. 20.00
Bell Brook, Ohio. Daniel Holmes 10.00
Berea, Ohio. J. S. Smedley 10.00
Cleveland, Ohio. “A Memorial” 250.00
Sandusky, Ohio. Mrs. S. B. Caldwell 10.00
Toledo, Ohio. Mrs. M. A. Harrington 10.00
New Corydon, Ind. Geo. Stolz 10.00
Logansport, Ind. Mrs. J. C. Merriam 5.00
Dwight, Ill. J. C. Hetzel 25.00
Elgin, Ill. W. G. Hubbard 50.00
Milan, Ill. Mrs. J. M. N. Daniels 1.00
Moline, Ill. John Deere 25.00
Plymouth, Ill. L. A. Cook 5.00
Polo, Ill. Mrs. R. M. Pearson 5.00
Princeton, Ill. Mrs. A. R. Clapp 50.00
Princeton, Ill. Mrs. P. B. Corss 20.00
Alpena, Mich. “Friends” 25.00
Hillsdale, Mich. Mrs. H. I. Mead 5.25
Imlay, Mich. Mrs. N. D. Glidden 5.00
Olivet, Mich. W. B. Palmer 50.00
Olivet, Mich. Mrs. H. L. Porter 5.00
Marion, Iowa. Mrs. R. D. Stevens 25.00
Marion, Iowa. Miss Mary Stevens 5.00
Marion, Iowa. Miss Louise Stevens 5.00
Marion, Iowa. Master Redman Stevens 5.00
Appleton, Wis. Miss Ann S. Kimball 20.00
Appleton, Wis. “Ruth” 10.00
Bristol, Wis. Charles M. Fowler 10.00
Fort Howard, Wis. Mrs. C. L. A. Tank 50.00
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892.75
Previously acknowledged in July Receipts 13,215.47
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Total $14,108.22
RECEIVED FOR TILLOTSON C. AND N. INSTITUTE, AUSTIN, TEXAS.
Bridgeport, Conn. MRS. MARY BISHOP, to const.
herself L. M. 50.00
Bridgeport, Conn. S. C. KINGMAN, to const.
herself L. M. 30.00
Chester, Conn. Dea. E. C. Hungerford 30.00
Greenwich, Conn. Miss Sarah Mead 100.00
Greenwich, Conn. Dea. Josiah Wilcox 25.00
Greenwich, Conn. Miss Hannah Mead 20.00
Greenwich, Conn. Richard B. Carpenter 10.00
Greenwich, Conn. E. A. Knapp 10.00
Greenwich, Conn. Mrs. Eliza Clark 5.00
Greenwich, Conn. Mrs. A. S. Downes 1.00
Harwinton, Conn. Mrs. F. S. Catlin 10.00
New Hartford, Conn. Dea. H. W. Brown 10.00
New Hartford, Conn. Mrs. H. W. Brown 3.00
Plymouth, Conn. George Langdon 10.00
Rocky Hill, Conn. Mrs. A. Williams 1.00
Winsted, Conn. C. J. Camp 25.00
Rockland, Mass. Mrs. Rachel B. Reed 30.00
Pekin, N. Y. MISS A. PECK, to const. herself
L. M. 30.00
Purchase, N. Y. Mrs. Maria Willets 10.00
Purchase, N. Y. Mrs. Sarah W. Collins 10.00
Purchase, N. Y. Miss Sarah Collins 1.00
Onargo, Ill. Mrs. L. C. Foster 20.00
Olivet, Mich. William B. Palmer 200.00
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641.00
Previously acknowledged April Receipts 824.00
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$1,465.00
THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.
* * * * *
AIM AND WORK.
To preach the Gospel to the poor. It originated in a sympathy with
the almost friendless slaves. Since Emancipation it has devoted its
main efforts to preparing the FREEDMEN for their duties as citizens
and Christians in America and as missionaries in Africa. As closely
related to this, it seeks to benefit the caste-persecuted CHINESE
in America, and to co-operate with the Government in its humane
and Christian policy towards the INDIANS. It has also a mission in
AFRICA.
STATISTICS.
CHURCHES: _In the South_—In Va., 1; N. C., 5; S. C., 2; Ga., 11;
Ky., 5; Tenn., 4; Ala., 12; La., 12; Miss., 1; Kansas, 2; Texas, 4.
_Africa_, 1. _Among the Indians_, 2. Total, 62.
INSTITUTIONS FOUNDED, FOSTERED OR SUSTAINED IN THE SOUTH.
_Chartered_: Hampton, Va.; Berea, Ky.; Talladega, Ala.; Atlanta,
Ga.; Nashville, Tenn.; Tougaloo, Miss.; New Orleans, La.; and
Austin, Texas, 8; _Graded or Normal Schools_: at Wilmington,
Raleigh, N. C.; Charleston, Greenwood, S. C.; Macon, Atlanta, Ga.;
Montgomery, Mobile, Athens, Selma, Ala.; Memphis, Tenn.; 11; _Other
Schools_, 7. Total, 26.
TEACHERS, MISSIONARIES AND ASSISTANTS—Among the Freedmen, 209;
among the Chinese, 17; among the Indians, 16; in foreign lands, 10.
Total, 252. STUDENTS—In Theology, 74; Law, 8; in College Course,
79; in other studies, 5,243. Total, 5,404. Scholars taught by
former pupils of our schools, estimated at 100,000. INDIANS under
the care of the Association, 13,000.
WANTS.
1. A steady INCREASE of regular income to keep pace with the
growing work in the South. This increase can only be reached by
_regular_ and _larger_ contributions from the churches—the feeble
as well as the strong.
2. ADDITIONAL BUILDINGS for our higher educational institutions, to
accomodate the increasing numbers of students; MEETING HOUSES, for
the new churches we are organizing; MORE MINISTERS, cultured and
pious, for these churches.
3. HELP FOR YOUNG MEN, to be educated as ministers here and
missionaries to Africa—a pressing want.
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