dreading to speak of her mother’s decision. The second day the
expected letter came from Georgia. It told of a delicate little
colored girl—a graduate of the Higher Normal Department of an A. M.
A. School. This girl’s father had run away $150 in debt, and the
home that sheltered the little family was to be sold at sheriff’s
sale to pay the debt. This girl found a man who would pay it and
wait for her to pay him in small sums as she earned it by teaching.
As soon as this was paid she begged her sister to go to the school
from which she graduated. The sister thought she was too old to
begin to go to school again, and could not be persuaded till at
last she was told—“Now Sis, kind friends at the North have helped
me get my education and _I_ am going to send _some_ poor girl to
that same school, and if you don’t go, some one else will be glad
of my help.” So now she is paying nine dollars a month for that
sister’s board and tuition, and buys her books and clothes, better
ones, too, than she wore herself. A letter was also enclosed from
this girl to her old teacher, begging for help to build a school
house where she is now teaching. So besides educating her sister
she is trying to build a school house. But I have the letter and
will let the girl tell her own story:
“Dear Friend, Mrs. W——: I know you are very busy, and will not
want to hear the word ‘building,’ but I don’t know whom else to
write to. We have paid $71.70 on an acre of land for our school
lot. We have $68.30 to pay and twelve months to pay it in, with
no interest. We want to ask the A. M. A. if they will help us
build a school house. We can begin now as soon as we are able.
We want the A. M. A. to take full control of the house and the
building of it, and we will help all we can. We want this to be a
school for _everybody_. We have six men as trustees of the land,
and have worked hard and are working still. * * * The whites
are helping us and urging us to go on. Three white men gave $5
apiece, and others less. They were a little careful about giving
this time, as money has been solicited twice before for the same
purpose, so most of them would put their names down and say,
‘Come when you are ready for it.’ There was no trouble in getting
it yesterday when we went for it. I was anxious to decide the
matter and make a payment yesterday. I’ll try to get my money to
you by the 10th for sister.
“Very truly,
———— ————”
When Annie got home from school she read both letters with great
interest, but said, “Ma, don’t you suppose such letters are
sometimes gotten up for effect?” “Perhaps they are, but I am sure
this one was not, for you know I wrote asking for some case of
pressing need, and the girl’s letter never could have been written
for my eyes, as it is dated some weeks ago.”
“But, ma, I have seen some missionaries who are so long-faced and
sanctimonious that some way I can’t enjoy their reports.”
“I am glad you hate cant, Annie. So do I, but if you should see
this friend of mine who wrote that letter, you’d feel very sure
there was none of it about her. She is one of the merriest,
sunniest, most genial ladies I ever knew. And I never knew a person
hate shams or pretense of any kind more thoroughly than she. How
I wish you had been home when she was here two years ago; but you
must take the letter to Mrs. Duncan, for she is a dear friend of
hers too.”
“Is she, ma? I’m so glad.”
Annie stopped next morning at Mrs. Duncan’s and left the letter
with the servant at the door, saying she’d call for it on her way
home. When she called in the afternoon, Mrs. Duncan told her how
delighted she’d been to hear from her old school friend, and that
she must certainly help that brave little colored girl build her
school house. Annie then ventured timidly to say her ma felt she
ought to do that instead of buying so expensive a gift for Bell.
“Now, Annie, that is just like your sweet mother,” said Mrs.
Duncan. “I wish I was half as good. I did hope, though, little
May’s prayer might be answered.”
“Ma says it might be if you could get a simple gift like the one we
get Bell,” shyly suggests Annie.
“Sure enough,” exclaimed Mrs. Duncan; “how stupid I was not to
think of that. I’ll do it, and then I’ll have twice much to give
the little Georgia missionary.”
So the two mothers purchased for the children inexpensive gifts,
and sent to the Georgia colored girl a generous donation for her
chosen work.
* * * * *
RECEIPTS
FOR NOVEMBER, 1880.
* * * * *
MAINE, $56.16.
North Anson. Mrs. Eunice S. Brown $10.00
Skowhegan. Mrs. C. A. Weston, _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 5.00
Thomaston. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C.
Wilton. Cong. Ch. 6.16
Winthrop. Henry Woodward 5.00
Yarmouth. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 30.00
NEW HAMPSHIRE, $93.54.
Amherst. Cong. Ch., $16.29; Miss L. W. B., 50
cts. 16.79
Auburn. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00
Concord. Ladies, Bbl. and box of C. _for
Savannah, Ga._
Dover. Mrs. Dr. L. 1.00
Exeter. “A Friend” 1.00
Hopkinton. Rev. D. S. 0.60
Milford. Peter and Cynthia S. Burns 30.00
New Boston. “A Friend” 5.00
Salem. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.15
Temple. Mrs. W. K. 1.00
Walpole. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 18.00
West Campton. T. J. Sanborn 5.00
VERMONT, $222.82.
Granby and Victory. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 2.00
Johnson. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.00
Lower Waterford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.28
Ludlow. Cong. Ch. and Soc., and Sab. Sch. 12.01
Springfield. Mrs. Frederick Parks 100.00
Thetford. Mrs. L. N. Rugg, deceased, $2; P. R. $1 3.00
Wells River. Charles W. Eastman 5.00
Woodstock. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const.
DEA. JUSTIN MONTAGUE and CHAS. DANA, L. M’s 66.53
Williston. Cong. Ch. 10.00
MASSACHUSETTS, $2,967.62.
Andover. “Friends,” by C. R. B., _for Emerson
Inst._ 28.00
Ashby. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U._ 25.00
Ashby. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.25
Ashland. Cong. Ch. and Soc., _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 8.50
Billerica. Cong. Sab. Sch. 8.25
Boston. Mt. Vernon Ch., in part, $30; Mrs. E.
P. Eayrs, $5; “R. W. P.,” $5 40.00
Boston Highlands. “A Friend,” to const. MISS
ELIZABETH F. BACKUP, L. M. 30.00
Boxford. F. E. C. 1.00
Bridgewater. Central Sq. Trin. Cong. Ch. and
Soc., to const. REV. J. C. BODWELL, L. M. 60.75
Brocton. “A Friend of Missions,” to const.
CHARLES P. HOLLAND, L. M. 30.00
Byfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.54
Cambridgeport. “A Friend” 5.00
Campbello. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 100.00
Chelsea. Third Cong. Ch. and Soc., $10.55; “A
Member of Central S. S.,” $2; Miss E. H. T.,
50 cts. 13.05
Charlemont. First Cong. Ch. 8.25
Dedham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 188.00
Dorchester. E. P. 1.00
Dracut. “Friends,” by C. R. B., _for Emerson
Inst._ 10.00
Enfield. Edward Smith 150.00
Everett. Mrs. C. K. Farrington, _for Kansas
Refugees_ 5.00
Fitchburgh. Rollstone Cong. Ch. 57.61
Florence. Florence Cong. Ch. 115.00
Framingham. “A Friend,” $5; E. K. S., $1 6.00
Framingham. Mrs. Mann, two Bbls., one bag and
bundle of C.
Gloucester. “A Friend,” $1; Miss M. A. H., 10
cts. 1.10
Hatfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $63.50; R. M.
Woods, $40 103.50
Holbrook. “E. E. H.” 25.00
Holliston. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., $21; Bible
Christians, Dist. No. 4, $5; “A Friend,” $1;
_for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 27.00
Hopkinton. Bbl. of C., by Mrs. S. B. Crooks,
_for Refugees_
Hyde Park. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 75.16
Ipswich. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.78
Jamaica Plain. Central Cong. Ch. ad’l $84;
“Thanksgiving,” $4 88.00
Lawrence. Bbl. of C.
Leominster. Orthodox Cong. Ch. and Soc. 92.25
Littleton. Mrs James C. Houghton, _for Student
Aid, Atlanta U._ 3.00
Malden. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., _for Howard
U._ 2.00
Marblehead. J. J. H. Gregory, _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 50.00
Medfield. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const.
MRS. CATHARINE B. GREEN, L. M. 104.00
Medfield. Ladies of Second Cong. Ch., Bbl. of
C. _for Savannah, Ga._
Middleborough. Central Cong. Ch. 35.95
Mittineague. Cong. Sab. Sch. _for Talladega C._ 3.00
Monson. Mrs. C. O. Chapin and her S. S. Class,
_for Indian boys, Hampton N. and A. Inst._ 9.00
Montville. Sylvester Jones 2.00
Mount Washington. Rev. S. W. Powell 1.75
Newbury. Ladies of First Parish, Bbl. of C.,
_for Kansas_
Newton Centre. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 39.72
Newton Highlands. Cong. Ch. by Rev. Mr.
Phipps, Eleven Bbls. of Apples, _for
Atlanta, Ga._
Newton Lower Falls. M. A. M. 0.50
Newtonville. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $58.44; Mrs.
A. C. G., $1 59.44
Northampton. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., $57.32;
William K. Wright, $30; “B.” $10 97.32
Northampton. Sarah M. Lyman, _for furnishing a
Room, Atlanta U._ 25.00
Northborough. Ladies, box of C., _for
Savannah, Ga._
Sandwich. Miss H. H. Nye 2.00
Salem. MRS. E. B. MANSFIELD, $30, to const.
herself L. M.; E. F. P., 50c. 30.50
Southampton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 35.39
South Abington. N. N. 1.00
South Boston. Phillips Cong. Ch. and Soc. 107.61
Southbridge. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 23.07
South Weymouth. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc.,
bal. to const. MISS MARY E. LOVELL and MISS
MARY ANNA CADY, L. M.’s 47.00
Springfield. Mrs. S. E. B. 1.00
Sudbury. “A Friend.” 10.00
Taunton. Union Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.16
Tewksbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 117.50
Uxbridge. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 35.00
Ware. East Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Talladega C._ 53.73
Watertown. Mrs. W. R. 0.60
Watertown. Corban Soc., two Bbls. of C., _for
Talladega, Alabama_
Webster. Cong. Ch. 10.00
Westborough. Freedmen’s Aid Soc., _for freight_ 1.00
Westford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 16.50
Westhampton. Cong. Sab. Sch. 14.45
West Newton. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 52.58
West Newton. Cong. Ch. and Soc., _for Room,
Straight U._ 25.00
Winchendon. Atlanta Soc., $25 _for furnishing
Room, Atlanta U._, and $3 _for freight_ 28.00
Winchendon. First Cong. Sab. Sch., $16.36; “A
Friend,” $5 21.36
Winchester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 85.78
West Roxbury. Evan. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for
Student Aid, Tougaloo U._ 20.00
Worcester. Union Ch., $105.72; Mrs. J. F.
Lovering, $5 110.72
Worcester. David Whitcomb, _for Student Aid,
Hampton, N. and A. Inst._ 100.00
Worcester. Salem St. Sab. Sch., _for Student
Aid, Talladega C._ 25.00
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$2,742.62
Legacies.—Holbrook. “E. N. H.” 200.00
Waltham. Lucy H. Burnham, by Rufus G. Brown,
Ex. 25.00
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$2,967.62
RHODE ISLAND, $234.41.
Central Falls. Cong. Ch. 72.26
Kingston. Cong. Ch. 26.08
Providence. Young Ladies’ Mission Band of
Beneficent Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 100.00
Providence. North Cong. Ch. and Soc. 30.00
Westerly. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.07
CONNECTICUT, $1,454.26.
Ansonia. First Cong. Ch. 24.14
Ashford. Wm. D. Carpenter, $2.50; Lois H.
Carpenter, $2.50 5.00
Avon. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 41.60
Berlin. “A Friend,” _for Student preparing for
African M._ 50.00
East Hampton. Cong. Ch., to const. JARED C.
KELLOGG, C. O. SEARS and SAMUEL KIRBY, L. M.’s 117.51
Ellington. MRS. HARRIET H. TALCOTT, to const.
herself L. M. 30.00
Elliott. Dea. Wm. Osgood. 2.00
Fair Haven. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., to
const. SAMUEL HEMINGWAY and LUCIUS S.
LUDINGTON, L. M.’s 60.77
Fair Haven. Sab. Sch. of Second Cong. Ch.,
_for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 35.00
Granby. First Cong. Ch. 4.00
Greenwich. D. B. 1.00
Hanover. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 47.85
High Ridge. C. A. P. 0.50
Lebanon. “Five Ladies,” _for furnishing a
room, Atlanta U._ 25.00
Litchfield Co. “A Friend,” _for Student Aid,
Talladega C., Fisk U., and Indian Dept.,
Hampton Inst._, $100 each 300.00
Marlborough. Cong. Ch. 21.00
Milton. Cong. Ch. 3.50
Morris. Cong. Ch. 14.00
Naugatuck. Isaac Scott 200.00
New Canaan. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 26.00
New Hartford. North Cong. Ch. and Soc. 30.12
New Haven. C. A. S. 1.00
New Preston. Rev. Henry Upson 5.00
North Guilford. Mrs. Eben F. Dudley 5.00
Norwich. W. A. A. 0.50
Old Saybrook. Cong. Ch. 8.96
Putnam. Second Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student
Aid, Hampton Inst._ 15.00
Tolland. James L. Clough 2.00
Washington. S. J. Nettleton, $5; Mrs. D.
Nettleton, $5 10.00
West Haven. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.81
Woodbury. North Cong. Ch. 17.00
Woodstock. Elias L. Snow 300.00
——. “A Friend in Conn.” 25.00
NEW YORK, $881.20.
Brasher Falls. Elijah Wood 15.00
Bronxville. Miss M. P. L. 1.00
Brooklyn. “A Friend” 2.00
Buffalo. First Cong. Church 200.00
Buffalo. “A Friend,” _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 10.00
Chenango Forks. J. B. Rogers 5.50
Cincinnatus. Cong. Ch. 20.00
Columbus. Miss Sally Williams 10.00
Crown Point. George Page, M. D., $25; Miss A.
McDonald, $5 30.00
Deansville. Mrs. P. M. Barton 25.00
Evans Mills. Rev. C. H. Gaston 5.00
Harlem. “A Friend,” _for furnishing a Room,
Atlanta U._ 25.00
Hamilton. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 10.00
Madison. Cong. Ch. 6.00
Malone. First Cong. Ch. 40.37
Marion. “Life Member” 2.00
Millville. Mrs. E. G. Lindsley 3.00
Newburgh. John H. Corwin, package of Reading
Matter
New York. Dr. H. C. Houghton, _for Berea C._ 25.00
New York. Mrs. Elizabeth F. Giles, $3, through
Madison Av. Cong. Ch., by J. E. Brush; Mrs.
H. P., 50 cts. 3.50
Norwich. Mrs. R. A. B. 1.00
Penn Yan. M. Hamlin, $200; Chas. C. Sheppard,
$150 350.90
Poughkeepsie. Mrs. John. F. Winslow, _for
furnishing Room, Atlanta U._ 25.00
Rochester. Abraham Hubregtse 2.00
Symrna. Sab. Sch. Miss. Soc. of 1st Cong. Ch. 25.00
Syracuse. Mrs. S. J. White 10.00
Walton. First Cong. Sab. Sch., $29.33; Mrs. T.
J. O., 50 cts. 29.83
NEW JERSEY, $36.90.
Newark. First Cong. Ch. 36.90
PENNSYLVANIA, $176.00.
Clark. Mrs. Elizabeth Dickson, $15; Miss Eliza
Dickson, $15 30.00
Eastbrook. James H. Patton, _for Student Aid,
Fisk U._ 10.00
Harford. Miss M. A. Tiffany, to const. ADA J.
BUTLER, L. M. 30.00
Hermitage. W. F. Stewart, $5; Miss E. P., $1 6.00
West Alexander. Robert Davidson 100.00
OHIO, $331.57.
Aurora. Cong. Ch. 15.35
Bellevue. Elvira Boise, $25; S. W. Boise, $20;
Cong. Ch., $20.20, and Sab. Sch., $3.03 68.23
Brownhelm. Cong. Ch. 13.50
Bucyrus. F. Adams, $5; Abram Monnett, $5; G.
W. Hull, $5; D. E. Fischer, $3; John Scott,
$3; J. B. Gormly, $2; E. Blair, $2; M.
Roher, $2; M. D., $1; J. N., $1; _for
Tougaloo U._ 29.00
Cincinnati. Columbia Cong. Ch. 18.54
Claridon. L. T. Wilmot 10.00
Cleveland. Fanny W. and John Jay Low 15.00
Crestline. James N. Stewart 5.00
Fremont. S. J. G. 0.50
Harmar. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Hubbard. Welsh Cong. Ch. 1.65
Hudson. Cong. Ch., $6.60; and Sab. Sch., $8.25 14.85
Leetonia. S. I. A. 0.50
Madison. Mrs. H. K. Brewster 2.00
Mahoning Co. “Clerk” 1.00
Mansfield. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for
Student Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00
Medina. Woman’s Miss Soc., by Mrs. Mary J.
Munger, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 8.25
Oberlin. Sab. Sch., by C. P. Goss 1.50
Pittsfield. Cong. Ch. 18.00
Ravenna. Young Peoples’ Assn. of Cong. Ch.,
_for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00
Ripley. Mrs. Mary Tweed 2.00
Sulphur Springs. Dr. C., _for Tougaloo U._ 1.00
Thomastown. Welsh Cong. Ch. 8.50
Wakeman. Second Cong. Ch. 15.00
West Andover. Cong. Ch. 22.20
Weymouth. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
Tougaloo U._ 5.00
INDIANA, $16.00.
Cynthiana. Individuals, _for McLeansville, N. C._ 2.00
Fort Wayne. Plymouth Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch. 12.00
Solsberry. “Friends,” ad’l _for McLeansville,
N. C._ 2.00
ILLINOIS, $331.73.
Bone Gap. C. R. $1; Others 75 cts., _for
McLeansville, N. C._ 1.75
Chicago. Union Park Ch., _for Lady Missionary,
Mobile, Ala._ 25.00
Chicago. Rev. S. J. Humphrey, D. D., _for
President’s House, Talladega, Ala._ 10.00
Champaign. Individuals, _for McLeansville, N. C._ 1.30
Claremont. Individuals, _for McLeansville, N. C._ 0.50
Danvers. Cong. Ch. 10.36
Dover. Cong. Ch. 37.20
Elmwood. Cong. Ch. 30.89
Farmington. D. B. 1.00
Galesburg. Mrs. Julia T. Wells 15.00
Granville. Sunbeam Circle, Cong. Sab. Sch. 10.00
Hampton. Cong. Ch. 2.00
Lake Forest. Mrs. M. A. W. Ferry, _for
furnishing a room, Atlanta U._ 25.00
Lee Centre. Cong. Ch. 13.00
Marseilles. Cong. Ch. 2.58
Millburn. Ladies’ Miss. Soc., _for Lady
Missionary, Mobile, Ala._ 50.00
Oswego. S. P. 1.00
Payson. Cong. Ch. 7.63
Plymouth. N. F. Newman 5.00
Princeton. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for
Student Aid, Fisk U._ 9.15
Quincy. L. Kingman 10.00
Rochelle. W. H. Holcomb, _for Student Aid,
Fisk U._ 50.00
Savoy. Mrs. H. B. 0.50
Sumner. A. C., _for McLeansville, N. C._ 0.25
Tonica. N. Richey, (Thanksgiving offering) 6.62
Walnut. Mrs. E. D. W. 1.00
Woodburn. Nickel Miss. Soc. 5.00
MICHIGAN, $532.29.
Calumet. Cong. Ch., ad’l 136.88
Custer. Rev. L. Curtiss 10.00
Detroit. Fort St. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Lady
Missionary, Memphis, Tenn._ 50.00
Grand Rapids. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Woodville,
Ga._ 30.00
Greenville. First Cong. Ch. 60.00
Hamilton. Rev. Saml. F. Porter 5.00
Jackson. First Cong. Ch. 150.00
Kalamazoo. Mrs. J. A. Kent 5.00
Marble. Mrs. Josephine Barnes 5.00
Memphis. Ladies’ Missionary Soc., _for Lady
Missionary, Memphis, Tenn._ 2.00
New Haven. Cong. Ch. 4.10
Northport. Cong. Ch. 8.11
Romeo. Cong. Ch. 55.20
Saint Joseph. Mrs. J. S. 1.00
Union City. Mrs. I. N. Clark and Miss Sarah B.
Clark, $5 each, _for Student Aid, Talladega
C._ 10.00
IOWA, $309.03.
Alden. Ladies’ Miss Soc., _for Lady
Missionary, New Orleans, La._ 2.00
Anamosa. Mrs. D. McC. 0.50
Burlington. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., _for
Student Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00
Chester. Cong. Ch. 28.50
Chester Center. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for
Student Aid, Fisk U._ 15.00
Denmark. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 50.00
Des Moines. Woman’s Miss. Soc., Plymouth Ch.,
_for Lady Missionary, New Orleans, La._ 25.00
De Witt. J. H. Price 10.00
Dubuque. First Cong. Ch. 24.00
Dubuque. Miss Anne Millard and Sab. Sch. of
Christian Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 10.00
Farmersburgh. Cong. Ch. 2.50
Grinnell. John K. James, to const. HATTIE F.
JAMES, L. M. 30.03
Grinnell. Infant Class, Cong. Sab. Sch., _for
Ind. Sch., Memphis, Tenn._ 6.00
Hampton. Mrs. M. R., _for Emerson Inst._ 0.75
Iowa City. Cong. Ch. 67.00
Lansing. “A Friend” 5.00
Onawa City. Cong. Ch. 7.75
WISCONSIN, $112.10.
Beloit. Cong. Ch. ($2.50 of which from Mrs. A.
A. Tuttle, Roscoe, Ill.) 21.50
Delevan. Cong. Ch. 26.00
Emerald Grove. Cong. Ch. 12.73
Johnstown. Cong. Ch. 3.00
Mazomanie. “A Friend.” 0.75
Menasha. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 40.00
Ripon. Mrs. M. H., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 1.00
Two Rivers. Cong. Ch. 2.12
Whitewater. C. M. Blackman, _for Le Moyne Ind.
Sch._ 5.00
KANSAS, $2.00.
Garden City. Cong. Ch. 2.00
MISSOURI, $11.75.
Sedalia. First Cong. Ch. 11.75
MINNESOTA, $25.23.
Audubon. Cong. Ch. 1.50
Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch. 21.73
Princeton. Cong. Ch. 2.00
NEBRASKA, $44.00.
Fremont. Cong. Ch., $19, and Sab. Sch., $25 44.00
CALIFORNIA, $421.95.
Hollister. C. S. D. 0.45
San Francisco. Receipts of the California
Chinese Mission 421.50
WASHINGTON TER., $20.
S’kokomish. Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._ 20.00
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $76.25.
Washington. First Cong. Ch. 75.00
Washington. Children of Gen. John Eaton, _for
Indian M._ 1.25
MARYLAND, $246.95.
Baltimore. First Cong. Ch. 146.95
Baltimore. Rev. Geo. Morris, _for a teacher,
Fisk U._ 100.00
WEST VIRGINA, $10.00.
Valley Grove. P. Whitman. 10.00
KENTUCKY, $1.00.
North Middletown. Mrs. J. S. B. 1.00
TENNESSEE, $363.45.
Memphis. Le Moyne Sch. 233.10
Nashville. Fisk U., Tuition 130.35
NORTH CAROLINA, $107.25.
Wilmington. Normal Sch., Tuition 107.25
SOUTH CAROLINA, $320.05.
Charleston. Avery Inst., Tuition 320.05
GEORGIA, $786.47.
Atlanta. Storrs School, Tuition, $509.97;
Rent, $12 521.97
Atlanta. Atlanta U., Tuition 81.00
Macon. Lewis High Sch., Tuition, $65.25; Rent,
$7 72.25
Savannah. Beach Inst., Tuition, $101.25; Rent,
$10 111.25
ALABAMA, $507.52.
Childersburg. Rev. Alfred Jones 2.00
Mobile. Emerson Inst., Tuition, $217.25; Cong.
Ch. $1 218.25
Montgomery. Public Fund 175.00
Selma. Cong. Ch. 4.05
Talladega. Talladega C., Tuition 108.22
MISSISSIPPI, $2,086.50.
Tougaloo. Tougaloo U., Tuition, $86.50; State
Appropriation, $2,000 2,086.50
LOUISIANA, $83.25.
New Orleans. Straight U., Tuition 83.25
DOMINION OF CANADA, $20.00.
Kingston. Arthur B. Wilkes 10.00
Sherbrooke. Thomas S. Morey 10.00
IRELAND, 60 cts.
Cork. R. D. 0.60
SCOTLAND, $100.00.
Kilmarnock. Mrs. Janet Stewart, _for a
Teacher, Fisk U._ 100.00
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Total for November $12,989.85
Total from Oct. 1st. to Nov. 30th. 29,258.57
* * * * *
RECEIPTS OF THE CALIFORNIA CHINESE MISSION.
_From July 17th, 1880, to October 13th, 1880._
I. From our Auxiliaries, viz.:
Petaluma Chinese Mission:
Ten Annual Memberships $20.00
Collection, $6.30, Mrs. G., $1 27.30
Sacramento Chinese Mission:
Chinese monthly offerings 13.60
Eleven Annual Memberships 22.00— 35.60
Santa Barbara Chinese Mission:
Chinese monthly offering 5.00
Rev. S. R. Wildon 5.00
C. A. Menafee 1.75
Mrs. P. 0.50— 12.25
Stockton Chinese Mission:
Twenty-one Annual Memberships 42.00
Mrs. Lane 1.00— 43.00
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Total $118.15
II. From Churches:
Benicia: Cong. Ch., Rev. S. H. Willey,
D.D., (Ann. Mem.) $2.00
Oakland: First Cong. Ch., Collection 29.65
Nine Annual Memberships 18.00
Lee Haim 5.00
Chan Fong 0.50
“A Friend in Heaven” 20.00— 73.15
Riverside: Cong. Ch. (ad’l) 1.00
San Francisco: First Cong. Ch. collection 10.90
One Annual Member 2.00— 12.90
Bethany Church: Chinese monthly offerings 3.00
Forty-one Ann. Mem. 82.00
William Johnston, Esq. 5.00
Collection 3.00— 93.00
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Total $182.05
III. From Individuals:
Marysville:
Chinese (two Ann. Mem.) 4.80
San Francisco:
O. W. Merriam, Esq. 25.00
Hon. F. F. Low 20.00
Charles Holbrook, Esq. 10.00
Cash 10.00
At Annual Meeting, Oakland:
Rev. J. K. McLean, D.D. 10.00
Rev. George Mooar, D.D. 10.00
S. S. Smith, Esq. 10.00
Rev. C. M. Blake 5.00
Rev. J. T. Ford 5.00
Rev. C. A. Savage 5.00
Rev. J. H. Warren, D.D. 2.50
L. G. C. 2.00
Rev. J. J. Powell 1.00
Rev. A. L. Rankin 1.00
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Total 121.30
Grand total $421.50
E. PALACHE, _Treasurer C. C. M._
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FOR TILLOTSON COLLEGIATE AND NORMAL INST., AUSTIN, TEXAS.
Enfield, Mass. Edward Smith $200.00
Northampton, Mass. Mrs. C. L. Williston 100.00
Northampton, Mass. Hon. G. W. Hubbard’s Class
in First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. 15.00
Bridgeport, Conn. Horace Eames 20.00
Clinton, Conn. Cong. Sab. Sch. 25.00
East Haven, Conn. Cong. Sab. Sch. 25.00
Hamden, Conn. Henry Monson, $10; E. D. Swift,
M. D., $5 15.00
Milford, Conn. Rev. Geo. H. Griffin 25.00
New Haven, Conn. Hon. Charles Farnum 100.00
Norfolk, Conn. Hon. Robbins Battell 25.00
Plainfield, Conn. Ladies 27.00
Plymouth, Conn. Cong. Ch. “Friends” 13.00
Waterbury, Conn. First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. 40.00
Watertown, Conn. Dr. John De Forest 100.00
West Haven, Conn. Cong. Sab. Sch. 25.00
Connecticut. Cash 10.00
New York, N. Y. Mrs. Mary J. Morgan 100.00
Morristown, N. J. E. A. Graves 500.00
Greenville, Mich. M. Rutan 500.00
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Total 1,865.00
Previously acknowledged in October Receipts 1,036.00
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Total $2,901.00
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FOR MISSIONS IN AFRICA.
Leeds, England. Robert Arthington, conditional
pledge, £3,000.
Richmond, Ill. Cong. Ch. $1.62
Genoa Junction, Wis. Cong. Ch. 4.38
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Total 6.00
Previously acknowledged in October Receipts 1,601.90
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Total $1,607.90
H. W. HUBBARD, _Treas._
56 Reade St., N. Y.
The American Missionary Association.
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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., 13;
Ky., 7; Tenn., 4; Ala., 14; La., 12; Miss., 1; Kansas, 2; Texas, 6.
_Africa_, 2. _Among the Indians_, 1. Total 70.
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.; Savannah, Macon,
Atlanta, Ga.; Montgomery, Mobile, Athens, Selma, Ala.; Memphis,
Tenn., 12. _Other Schools_, 24. Total 44.
TEACHERS, MISSIONARIES AND ASSISTANTS.—Among the Freedmen, 253;
among the Chinese, 21; among the Indians, 9; in Africa, 13. Total,
296. STUDENTS—In Theology, 86; Law, 28; in College Course, 63;
in other studies, 7,030. Total, 7,207. Scholars taught by former
pupils of our schools, estimated at 150,000. INDIANS under the care
of the Association, 13,000.
WANTS.
1. A steady INCREASE of regular income to keep pace with the
growing work. 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
accommodate 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.