Whatever he wins in the future he must secure because he deserves to. It
will not come to him by favoritism nor by chance, but because he
conquers the situation, and by his own ability and resolute endeavor
fairly captures the prize of success. This the weak, degraded,
untutored, semi-barbarous Negro can never do. He must develop a strong,
clean manhood, equipped with the virtues to which success is
fore-ordained, if he would be master of the future in a large way.
Providence is helping him by the discipline of present exigences,
making even the wrongs and hardships he is suffering a gymnastic to
eliminate weakness and develop moral power. His ambition is chastened,
his indolence is rebuked, his patience, courage, and persistence are
being trained. But Providence waits for us to give him more direct
assistance in this matter. We can re-enforce him in certain directions
where he is now in great need of help. There are certain vices against
which he needs to be armed and aided. In answer to the inquiry, What is
the greatest hindrance to the advancement of the colored race? the
answer comes promptly from several sources, "Drink." This is one of the
new perils of his freedom, for in the old days of bondage it was a penal
offense to sell liquor to a slave; but since the war, drunkenness has
been a widespread curse among them, and to-day hangs like a mill-stone
to the neck of many a Negro to prevent his rising. The sin of
licentiousness prevails also to an alarming degree in many quarters. And
wherever intemperance and social immorality abound, you find also the
kindred vices of dishonesty, lying and laziness. No people can possibly
have a great future in whose life these iniquities burn like a consuming
fire. The manhood will be utterly burnt out of them before it can bear
fruit in a large success. We need to send apostles of reform among them
to turn them from their vices. We need to erect barriers of defense to
protect them from temptation. Above all, we need to teach them a
religion indissolubly joined with morality, a religion that means
character and virtue, whose daily experience will mean the constant
increase of moral power. The Negroes, like the Athenians of Paul's day,
are very religious. They revel in camp meetings and fairly wallow in
revivals. But too often their piety is the mere gush of emotion, and in
hideous conjunction with gross evils. They need an intelligent piety and
an educated ministry. As Dr. Powell said, they ought to have 7,000
educated ministers, when now in our sense of the word educated, they
have hardly 500. The church work of this Association is a powerful aid
to their moral upliftment.
Our next duty is to furnish the Negro plentifully with opportunities for
education. An ignorant race can have no future, save one of degradation
for themselves, and of increasing danger for the nation of which it is a
part. The ignorant Negro must be abolished by the school-house. Training
for the mind, training for the hand, the development and drill of all
the powers of life are necessary to make the Negro no more a peril, but
a factor of immense value in securing the future prosperity of this
country. We must do far more in this direction than has ever yet been
done. The South is still poor and cannot furnish adequately the means
for doing this work as it should be done. The benevolence of the North
must furnish still larger sums for education, that the colored race may
be made safe for us and for themselves.
And, last but not least, we must secure to the Negro the full enjoyment
of all his rights and privileges in church and State. He cannot attain
the measure of success and usefulness toward which Providence points, if
he is to be kept in a state of peonage. A black man is no better for
being black, but he is none the less a man on that account. The simple
thing to be insisted on is that he shall be treated as a man, entitled
to the same rights as other men, and protected in his enjoyment of them.
This is no time to relax our emphasis on this point, when the bitterness
of the caste spirit is venting itself in violence, and in assertion that
white supremacy must be maintained by illegal means if it cannot be by
legal. We maintain that the only safety for the South, and the only way
to its large prosperity, is by securing fair play to every man within
its borders. There must not be one law for the white man and another for
the black. There must not be one standard of legal protection in the
North and another in the South. Anarchy in Chicago is not a whit worse
nor more dangerous than anarchy in the South, that defies law and rules
by the mob in order to gratify race prejudice. Conspiracy to murder in
Chicago is not more outrageous and perilous than the conspiracy of men
of one color in the South to get rid of obnoxious men of another color
by the shot-gun. Injustice and wrong will always bring forth a harvest
of disaster in any part of the country. Fair play for every man must be
our motto. We must have no color-line in politics, no color-line in the
church; but equal rights for all before the law, and in the church equal
privileges of Christian brotherhood.
It is for us to clear the way thus for Providence to carry out its wise
designs for this race. And if we fulfill our part of the work
faithfully, what may not this people, educated and regenerated, add of
blessing and benefit to our common country. If out of a race of slaves
God in the old time could raise up a Moses, if out of a rude race of sea
pirates and robber chiefs, who drank their mead from the skulls of their
enemies, He could raise up a Shakespeare, what may He not develop out of
this long despised and defrauded people? Let us furnish freely the
channels through which God may work, that in His providence "the weak
things of the world may become mighty" for good to our land.
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BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK.
MISS D.E. EMERSON, SECRETARY.
The Iowa Woman's Union is working nobly toward the support of our school
at Savannah, Ga., and the sympathetic bond between helpers North and
helpers South shows that the money contributions open the way to warmer
missionary impulse and more efficient service--the influence acting and
re-acting, adding blessings both to him that gives and him that takes.
One of their teachers writes:
"Never have we had a more prosperous year, if we are to take numbers
into account. Every seat in school is taken, and we are obliged to
dispose of about sixty more the best way we can. But these added numbers
bring to us heavier cares and responsibilities, and as never before do
we turn to you this year for the help of your praying and trustful
workers. So many have come in who are professing Christians, and still
it seems as though we had before us to teach them the rudiments of
Christian living; and there are so many older ones with no knowledge of
the _Way_, that the heart almost grows faint at the outlook. The work is
before us, but we are longing for the baptism of _fire_. Will you not
cheer us with some assurance that _you_ with us are uniting in this
petition?"
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CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE IN HUMBLE LIFE.
The reports from our field work are not all made up of statistics. They
sometimes touch the essence of genuine Christian experience and tell us
how life is lived and death is met among the lowly. The little sketches
given below are of this sort.
"We are grateful for the memories of some who were with us last year,
thirsting for knowledge, whom we are permitted to think of now as before
the throne of God, drinking from the 'living fountains of water.' One
was Oliver, a man in the middle age of life, a bricklayer by trade, and
a lay-preacher in the Baptist church. A part of two years he had been in
school. His progress was slow, and he could read but indifferently in
the Third Reader. His parting words to us at the close of last year
were, 'I shall be at the starting of the school next year, and I will
stay till I go through the course.' His death, after an illness of two
days, was the first item of news carried to us from here after we had
reached our Northern homes. We shall not soon forget how in the warm
summer days, at the noon recess, he was wont to sit in the shade of the
house with his open Bible in his hand. Often we would overhear him, with
painstaking repetition, studying a psalm of David, or some passage from
the 'Sermon on the Mount.' I heard him in the pulpit once when he
preached a warning discourse, his theme that of John the Baptist,
'Repent, and be baptized!' He was not a 'shouter' or a 'ranter,' but
spoke and acted in a quiet, manly way. His sincerity was such that he
thoroughly won our respect, and we revere his memory.
"The next to go hence was little Isaiah, or Iser, as the children called
him. He began school last year, and was so quick and bright that he was
always first in his class. He never forgot anything that he was once
told. Bible stories were his especial delight. Often he would beg to be
allowed to have a Bible in his hands that he might read it for himself.
He often asked to be permitted to read the last chapter of Revelation.
One of the pictures on an old chart represented a lamb with feet bound
lying on the ground, beside the altar of the temple, Jesus standing near
with upraised hand, talking to the people. How radiant was little Iser's
black face as he would tell the story in his own words, ending thus: 'He
told them they need not kill the lambs any more, for He was come to die
for the sins of the people.'
"His grandmother sits alone in her lowly cabin. She had hoped for a prop
and stay in her advancing years. The little boy was always active, kind
and helpful. Her tears fall as she speaks of her loss, yet with an
upward glance she says: 'He's gone to a better worl'. There's nary
night, nor sin, nor sickness. Pie use to read to me all about it, an'
I'se gwine to see him fo' long, an' my three children thet's thar! Bress
the Lawd!'"
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WOMAN'S STATE ORGANIZATIONS.
CO-OPERATING WITH THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.
MAINE.
WOMAN'S AID TO A.M.A.
Chairman of Committee--Mrs. C.A. Woodbury, Woodfords, Me.
VERMONT.
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
President--Mrs. A.B. Swift, 167 King St., Burlington.
Secretary--Mrs. E.C. Osgood, 14 First Ave., Montpelier.
Treasurer--Mrs. Wm. P. Fairbanks, St. Johnsbury.
MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND.
[1]WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.
President--Mrs. Alice Freeman Palmer, Cambridge, Mass.
Secretary--Miss Nathalie Lord, 32 Congregational House, Boston.
Treasurer--Miss Ella A. Leland, 32 Congregational House, Boston.
[Footnote 1: For the purpose of exact Information, we note that while
the W.H.M.A. appears in this list as a State body for Mass. and R.I., it
has certain auxiliaries elsewhere.]
CONNECTICUT.
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
President--Mrs. Francis B. Cooley, Hartford.
Secretary--Mrs. S.M. Hotchkiss, 171 Capitol Ave., Hartford.
Treasurer--Mrs. W.W. Jacobs, 19 Spring St., Hartford.
NEW YORK.
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
President--Mrs. Wm. Kincaid, 483 Greene Ave., Brooklyn.
Secretary--Mrs. Wm. Spalding, 6 Salmon Block, Syracuse.
Treasurer--Mrs. L.H. Cobb, 59 Bible House, New York City.
OHIO.
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
President--Mrs. J.G.W. Cowles, 417 Sibley St., Cleveland.
Secretary--Mrs. Flora K. Regal, Oberlin.
Treasurer--Mrs. F.L. Fairchild, Box 932, Mt. Vernon, Ohio.
INDIANA.
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
President--Mrs. C.B. Safford, Elkhart.
Secretary--Mrs. W.E. Mossman, Fort Wayne.
Treasurer--Mrs. C. Evans, Indianapolis.
ILLINOIS.
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
President--Mrs. B.F. Leavitt, 409 Orchard St., Chicago.
Secretary--Mrs. C.H. Taintor, 151 Washington St., Chicago.
Treasurer--Mrs. C.E. Maltby, Champaign.
IOWA.
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
President--Mrs. T.O. Douglass, Grinnell.
Secretary--Miss Ella E. Marsh, Box 232, Grinnell.
Treasurer--Mrs. M.J. Nichoson, 1513 Main St., Dubuque.
MICHIGAN.
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
President--Mrs. George M. Lane, 47 Miami Ave., Detroit.
Secretary--Mrs. Leroy Warren, Lansing.
Treasurer--Mrs. E.F. Grabill, Greenville.
WISCONSIN.
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
President--Mrs. H.A. Miner, Madison.
Secretary--Mrs. C. Matter, Brodhead.
Treasurer--Mrs. C.C. Keller, Beloit.
MINNESOTA.
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
President--Mrs. E.S. Williams, Box 464, Minneapolis.
Secretary--Miss Gertude A. Keith, 1350, Nicollet Ave., Minneapolis.
Treasurer--Mrs. M.W. Skinner, Northfield.
NORTH DAKOTA.
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
President--Mrs. A.J. Pike, Dwight.
Secretary--Mrs. Silas Daggett, Harwood.
Treasurer--Mrs. J.M. Fisher, Fargo.
SOUTH DAKOTA.
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
President--Mrs. A.H. Robbins, Bowdle.
Secretary--Mrs. T.M. Jeffris, Huron.
Treasurer--Mrs. S.E. Fifield, Lake Preston.
NEBRASKA.
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
President--Mrs. T.H. Leavitt, 1216 H. St., Lincoln.
Secretary--Mrs. L.F. Berry, 724 No. Broad St., Fremont.
Treasurer--Mrs. D.E. Perry, Crete.
MISSOURI.
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
President--Mrs. C.L. Goodell, 3006 Pine St., St. Louis.
Secretary--Mrs. E.P. Bronson, 3100 Chestnut St., St. Louis.
Treasurer--Mrs. A.E. Cook, 4145 Bell Ave., St. Louis.
KANSAS.
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
President--Mrs. F.J. Storrs, Topeka.
Secretary--Mrs. George L. Epps, Topeka.
Treasurer--Mrs. J.G. Dougherty, Ottawa.
COLORADO AND WYOMING.
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
President--Mrs. J.W. Pickett, White Water, Colorado.
Secretary--Miss Mary L. Martin, 106 Platte Aye., Colorado
Springs, Colorado.
Treasurer--Mrs. S.A. Sawyer, Boulder, Colorado.
Treasurer--Mrs. W.L. Whipple, Cheyenne, Wyoming.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
President--Mrs. Elijah Cash, 927 Temple St., Los Angeles.
Secretary--Mrs. H.K.W. Bent, Box 426, Pasadena.
Treasurer--Mrs. H.W. Mills, So. Olive St., Los Angeles.
CALIFORNIA.
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
President--Mrs. H.L. Merritt, 686 34th St., Oakland.
Secretary--Miss Grace E. Barnard, 677 21st. St., Oakland.
Treasurer--Mrs. J.M. Havens, 1329 Harrison St., Oakland.
LOUISIANA.
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION.
President--Mrs. R.D. Hitchcock, New Orleans.
Secretary--Miss Jennie Fyfe, 490 Canal St., New Orleans.
Treasurer--Mrs. C.S. Shattuck, Hammond.
MISSISSIPPI.
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION.
President--Mrs. A.F. Whiting, Tougaloo.
Secretary--Miss Sarah J. Humphrey, Tougaloo.
Treasurer--Miss S.L. Emerson, Tougaloo.
ALABAMA.
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION.
President--Mrs. H.W. Andrews, Talladega.
Secretary--Miss S.S. Evans, 2612 Fifth Ave., Birmingham.
Treasurer--Mrs. E.J. Penney, Selma.
FLORIDA.
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
President--Mrs. S.F. Gale, Jacksonville.
Secretary--Mrs. Nathan Barrows, Winter Park.
Treasurer--Mrs. L.C. Partridge, Longwood.
TENNESSEE AND ARKANSAS.
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION OF THE CENTRAL
SOUTH ASSOCIATION.
President--Miss M.F. Wells, Athens, Ala.
Secretary--Miss A.M. Cahill, Nashville, Tenn.
Treasurer--Mrs. G.S. Pope, Grand View, Tenn.
NORTH CAROLINA.
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION.
President--Miss E. Plimpton, Chapel Hill.
Secretary--Miss A.E. Farrington, Raleigh.
Treasurer--Miss Lovey Mayo, Raleigh.
We would suggest to all ladies connected with the auxiliaries of State
Missionary Unions, that funds for the American Missionary Association be
sent to us through the treasurers of the Union. Care, however, should be
taken to designate the money as for the American Missionary Association,
since _undesignated funds will not reach us_.
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RECEIPTS FOR JANUARY, 1890.
THE DANIEL HAND FUND, _For the Education of Colored People._
FROM
Mr. DANIEL HAND, GUILFORD, CONN.
Income for January, 1890 ...$832.50
Income previously acknowledged ...960.00
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Total ...$1,793.50
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CURRENT RECEIPTS.
MAINE, $1,173.21.
Andover. 2 Bbls. _for Raleigh, N.C._; 3.60, _for Freight_ ...3.60
Bangor. Central Cong. Ch., 50.; Hammond St. Ch. and Soc., 6 ...56.00
Bangor. Central Cong. Ch., 50; Dea. Wm. S. Dennett, 10; Rev. G.W. Field,
2; _for Girls' Hall, Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ ...62.00
Bangor. Hammond St. Ch., _for Pleasant Hill Academy, Tenn._ ...2.50
Bangor. Mrs. Coe, 7; Central Ch., 5, _for Oahe Indian M._ ...12.00
Bangor. Dr. Hanson, _for Tougaloo U._ ...5.00
Bangor. "Friends," Pkg. of C., _for Macon, Ga._
Bingham. Cong. Ch. ...1.25
Brunswick. Bbl. of C., _for Selma, Ala._
Calais. Bbl., 1.36, _for Freight, for Raleigh, N.C._ ...1.36
Castine. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., 5; Rev. Alfred E. Ives, 2 ...7.00
Dennysville. Cong. Ch. ...10.36
East Sumner. Bbl., by Mrs. Hubbard; 2 _for Freight, for Raleigh,
N.C._ ...2.00
Farmington. Bbl. of C., _for Selma, Ala._
Fryeburg. Mrs. J.E. Dinsmore, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ ...4.00
Hallowell. Miss Annie F. Page ...30.00
Lewiston. High St. Cong. Ch. (100 _of which for Freedmen_, 85 _for
Indian M._, _and_ 15 _for Chinese M._) ...301.90
Lewiston. Mrs. E.S. Davis ...1.00
Montville. Miss A.L. McDowell, _for Selma, Ala._ ...1.00
North Bridgton. Children's Mite Box, Sab. Sch. of First Cong.
Ch. ...6.00
New Gloucester. Bbl. of C., _for Selma, Ala._ 2.80 _for Freight_ ...2.80
Orland. H.T. and S.E. Buck, 20; A Friend, 1 ...21.00
Orrington. Bbl.; 2. _for Freight, for Raleigh, N.C._ ...2.00
Portland. State St. Cong. Ch., 200; Williston Ch., 177.65; High St. Ch.,
110.74; Second Cong. Ch. and Soc., 79.81 ...568.29
Portland. Mrs. L.R. Farrington's Class, Seamen's Bethel S.S., _for
Indian M._ ...10.00
Portland. Williston Ch., Y.P.S.C.E., Bbl., 1.24 _for Freight, for
Raleigh, N.C._ ...1.24
Portland. 2 Bbls. and Package, 1. _for Freight, for Raleigh,
N.C._ ...1.00
Portland. Payson Memorial Ch., Box Bedding, _for Selma, Ala._
Portland. "Alpha Ten," Half-Bbl., _for Selma, Ala._
Pownal. Perez Chapin ...10.00
Saccarappa. Westbrook Cong. Ch. ...25.50
Sidney. Miss A. Sawtelle ...4.50
Skowhegan. 3 Bbls. of C., _for Selma, Ala._
Union. Bbl. of C., _for Selma, Ala._
Wells. B. Maxwell ...20.00
West Falmouth. Mrs. M.E. Hall, Pkg. Basted Work and Thread, _for Selma,
Ala._
Woodfords. Mission Band, Box of C., _for Lexington, Ky._
NEW HAMPSHIRE, $703.57.
Amherst. First Cong. Ch. ...3.00
Bedford. Cong. Ch. ...5.37
Chester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...10.00
Concord. The Light Bearers, by Mrs. C.P. Bancroft, _for Student Aid,
Williamsburg Academy, Ky._ ...21.00
Concord. Dea. F. Coffin's S.S. Class, _for Wilmington, N.C._ ...10.00
Concord. "Light Bearers" of South Ch., _for Santee Indian M._ ...5.00
Dublin. Mrs. R. Eaton ...15.00
Epping. Ladies of Cong. Ch., B. of C., _for Wilmington, N.C._
Farmington. Cong. Ch. ...9.14
Franklin. Cong. Ch. ...10.00
Great Falls. First Cong. Ch. ...20.00
Great Falls. Mrs. A.P. Dixon, _for Girls' Hall, Pleasant Hill,
Tenn._ ...10.00
Great Falls. Home M. Soc., Bbl. of C., _for Atlanta, Ga._
Hampstead. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., to const. REV. ALBERT WATSON
L.M. ...32.50
Hancock. Cong. Ch. ...25.00
Harrisville. Mrs. L.B. Richardson ...10.00
Lebanon. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...50.00
Lempster. Helen Bingham & Marianna Smith ...3.00
Londonderry. Chas. S. Pillsbury ...1.00
Keene. Miss M.A. Wheeler and Mrs. K.L. Wright's S.S. Classes, Second
Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Indian Sch'p_ ...35.00
Keene. Second Cong. Ch. ...28.16
Manchester. Franklin St. Cong. Ch. ..188.60
Manchester. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Fort Berthold Indian
Sch., North Dak._ ...70.00
Nashua. First Cong. Ch. ...22.14
Nashua. Y.P.S.C.E. of Plym. Ch., _for Indian Sch'p_ ...35.00
Nashua. Y.P.S.C.E., _for Charleston, S.C._ ...11.25
Nashua. "Friends," Bbl. of C., 1. _for Freight, for Greenwood,
S.C._ ...1.00
New Ipswich. Cong. Ch. ...1.50
Northumberland (N.H.) & Guildhall (Vt.), Box of C., _for McIntosh, Ga._
Orford. John Pratt ...15.00
Pembroke. Cong. Ch., 13.66; Mrs. Mary W. Thompson, 5 ...18.66
Pembroke. Rev. A. Ward, _for Wilmington, N.C._ ...10.00
Penacook. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. ...10.00
Penacook. Bbl. of C., etc, _for Macon, Ga._
Pittsfield. "Friends," by Miss Sue G. French, 2 Bbls. of C., etc., _for
Marion, Ala._
Rindge. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., 1.60 _for Freight, for Atlanta,
Ga._ ...1.60
South Newmarket. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...10.63
South Newmarket. Ladies of Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls. of C., _for Wilmington,
N.C._
Temple. R.R. Goodyear ...1.00
Tilden. Seminary and Mission Band of Ch., Bbl. of C., _for Atlanta, Ga._
Troy. Trin. Cong. Ch. ...4.02
West Concord. Young Ladies' Soc, Bbl. of C., _for Atlanta, Ga._
VERMONT, $531.45.
Barton. W.H.M. Soc. and Girls' C.H. Soc., B. of C., _for McIntosh, Ga._
Bennington. Second Cong. Ch. ...39.76
Bethel. Y.P.S.C.E., Bbl. of C., 2. _for Freight, for McIntosh,
Ga._ ...2.00
Brownington. B. of C., _for McIntosh, Ga._
Brownington. _For McIntosh, Ga._ ...5.00
Calais. A.H. Howard, Papers and Cards, _for McIntosh, Ga._
Castleton. Cong. Ch., 25. _for Santee Indian Sch._; 20.95 _for Indian
M._; 20.95 _for Freedmen_ ...66.90
Derby. Industrial Circle, Box of C., _for McIntosh, Ga._
East Hardwick. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch. ...43.00
Georgia. Cong. Ch. ...11.15
Manchester. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Box of C., _for McIntosh, Ga._
Milton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...6.95
Milton. L.M. Dougherty, Pkg. Christmas Cards, _for McIntosh, Ga._
Montgomery. Dea. Heman Hopkins ...3.00
Newport. Ladies' Social Union, Bbl. of C., _for McIntosh, Ga._
North Thetford. Cong. Soc. ...5.71
Pittsford. Cong. Ch., 42.64; Mrs. Nancy P. Humphrey, 10 ...52.64
Rutland. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Scholarship, Fisk U._ ...50.00
Rutland. "The Fortnightly," _for McIntosh, Ga._ ...10.00
Saint Albans. Mrs. F.S. Stranahan, Box Christmas Gifts, _for McIntosh,
Ga._
Saint Johnsbury. North Cong. Ch. ...127.50
Sharon. "Three Friends" ...3.00
South Newbury. Mrs. M. Brush, Material, _for Sew. Sch., Meridian, Miss._
Stowe. "Whatsoever Mission Circle," Pkg. Needle Books, _for McIntosh,
Ga._
Vergennes. B. of C., 2. _for Freight, for McIntosh, Ga._ ...2.00
Waitsfield. Opportunity Club and Home Circle, Bbl. of C., 2. _for
Freight, for McIntosh, Ga._ ...2.00
West Brattleboro. Cong. Ch. ...45.40
Woodstock. ---- ...17.41
----. "A Friend" ...4.00
MASSACHUSETTS. $11,013.98.
Amherst. First Cong. Ch., 30; Wm. M. Graves 20; "A Friend," 15; South
Cong. Ch., 8 ...73.00
Amherst. Mrs. Henry L Hubbell, 2 B. of C.; A.B.H. Davis, Christmas
Cards, _for Austin, Texas._
Andover. Mrs. Phebe A. Chandler, _for Chandler Normal Sch. Building,
Lexington, Ky._ ...346.91
Andover. South Cong. Ch., 62; West Cong. Ch., 50; Sab. Sch. of West
Cong. Ch, 39.41; "In Memoriam," 1.50; Miss S.E. Jackson, 1 ...153.91
Ashby. Cong. Ch. ...12.61
Ashburnham. Hosea Greene ...5.00
Ashfield. Mrs. Daniel Williams, _for Freight to McLeansville,
S.C._ ...1.16
Attleboro. Second Cong. Ch., 16.50; Primary Dept. Second Cong. Sab.
Sch., 13.38, _for Williamsburg Academy, Ky._ ...29.88
Attleboro. First Cong. Ch. ...7.62
Auburndale. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._ ...46.49
Auburndale. "Thank Offering," _for Indian M._ ...10.00
Auburndale. "Friend," _for Rosebud Indian M._ ...3.00
Beverly, Washington St. Ch. ...65.81
Beverly. Dane St. Cong. Ch., _for Grand View, Tenn._ ...50.00
Boxford. "The Gleaners," Cong. Ch. ...10.00
Bridgewater. Mrs. M.S. Dunham ...1.00
Brockton. "O.C. Club" ...1.50
Brookfield. Cong. Ch. ...68.69
Brookline. Harvard Cong. Ch. ...298.38
Brookline. Harvard Ch., _for Student Aid, Pleasant Hill Academy,
Tenn._ ...36.75
Buckland. ---- _for Sherwood, Tenn._ ...10.00
Boston. Mrs. Susan Warren, 300.; Miss Cornelia Warren, 200., _for Girls'
Hall, Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ ...500.00
Mrs. Susan Warren and daughter, _for Student Aid, Pleasant Hill Academy,
Tenn._ ...75.00
Union Cong. Ch. ...304.65
Union Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ ...60.71
"Union Workers" of Union Cong. Ch., _for Mountain Work_ ...10.00
"A Friend" ...150.00
Park St. Y.P.S.C.E., _for two Indian Sch'ps_ ...100.00
"Partial payment of the debt due from the North to the Colored race of
the South" ...50.00
Mrs. Susan Hardy, _for Girls' Hall, Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ ...50.00