central points, Jackson, Ann Arbor, Flint and Lansing, and when we
went up from there to Nashville to the Marshall Conference we felt
that we were meeting old friends in the pastors and people, at whose
homes we had already been.
Another tour through Kalamazoo, Allegan, Owosso, Port Huron, St.
Clair, Detroit, Union City and Chelsea brought us much the same
experiences as before.
We came finally to the large Eastern Conference, which was to be our
last place of labor in Michigan. The ladies of this Conference,
though not yet organized for home work under the State society, for
several years supported a missionary in the South, largely through
the personal effort of one active lady, who made this special
collection her care. With the closing of this Bureau visit to the
ladies of Michigan the work is left in their hands--not to be
forgotten by them, but to be developed and strengthened until there
shall be a rich annual fruitage of effort and practical result.
* * * * *
CHILDREN'S PAGE.
* * * * *
CHRISTMAS GIVING AT MYSTIC, CONN.
REV. CHARLES H. OLIPHANT.
The Editor has asked me to give some account of the way our
Sunday-school behaves itself at Christmas-time.
There are two ideas about the Church; and as parents feel and think
about the Church the children will be pretty sure to think and feel
about the Sunday-school. One conception of the Church is that it is a
kind of receptacle for pious people. When one becomes "good enough"
he is expected to get into this receptacle and there be acted upon by
the means of grace. It is one of the mischiefs of this notion that it
seems to excuse laymen from any active part in Christian work, if
only they are regular attendants upon divine service. So, many people
come to the preaching and the praying as if there were nothing for
them to do, nothing either great or small. Such members may be said
to be found in the "passive voice."
The other and better notion is that the Church is not a receptacle,
but an engine; not a box for Christians to get into, but a "body" for
them to operate, and through which Christ can act upon the world of
to-day. According to this view, the minister is not the only member
whom the Master has called into His vineyard, the ideal Church is not
so much a company of sheep as a company of soldiers; the congregation
comes together not simply to "hear Mr. ----," but to organize for
work. This may be called the Church's "active voice." I cannot
(within the verbal limits assigned me) measure the miles of distance
which lie between these two views.
The same confusion of thought prevails in the Sunday-school. We know
how the small boy finds that Sunday-school the most attractive (and
that teacher the "nicest") whose Christmas-tree pays the largest
dividend.
[Illustration: CHILDREN BEARING CHRISTMAS GIFTS]
When I came to my present field of work it had been the immemorial
custom to have a tree and a treat for the children of the school.
After a year or two of competition with other schools in making it
"worth while" for children to attend our own, we "braced up" and put
the question to vote whether we would make the Christmas festival a
feast for ourselves or a feast for others; whether we would have our
school at this time a dispenser of sweetmeats and ourselves the
beneficiaries, or dispense a gift instead to some more needy servants
of the Master, who had no parental pocketbook to tap; no good things
to give away. To the surprise of all the vote was unanimous against
the old, and in favor of the new, way. There was much misgiving as to
results. Many confidently predicted that the offerings (each class
was invited to bring its own in a sealed envelope) would be
microscopic. It was distinctly understood that no money--not the
smallest sum--was asked from those who disapproved the plan. Teachers
were urged to dissuade their classes from perfunctory gifts.
Inquiring next for a suitable object, we were advised by the Home
Missionary Society of a poor servant of theirs in a Western State,
whose poorer and more to be pitied wife was the mother of seven
children. We put her to vote, and she was promptly and unanimously
chosen. With the introduction into the plan of a personal element,
enthusiasm began, and it became evident at once that there was to be
sharp rivalry between the classes as to the size of their gifts. At
length came the Christmas Eve concert, and with it a bright, full
company of children. They never looked so happy, and every one of
them knows that he never was so happy on such an occasion, as when,
class by class, the offerings were handed to the Superintendent. With
each of these a passage of Scripture was recited. It became only too
evident, as the pile within his hand increased, that the
prognostications of those who were sure that an old Sunday-school
could not be taught new tricks were false. We are a small
school--only 80 scholars--but the class offerings on this occasion
footed up twenty-eight dollars and some cents. A letter was
accordingly written and the money inclosed to the wife (this was the
best part of it, for we were sure that the minister could not then,
as ministers will, mistake the remittance for a portion of his
salary), who was asked to purchase with the amount some article or
articles of which she was individually in need. The letter which came
back to us after a week made those who heard it read in open school
clear their throats and wink away an inevitable tear. It revealed
(among other things) the fact that this poor servant had hitherto
made all the clothing for seven children with the bare needle. Now
she has a sewing machine. We all think, but none more fervently than
the children, that the memory of a few oranges, more or less--oranges
eaten three years ago--would not compensate for the glad
consciousness that life is easier every day in at least one prairie
home. Thus we were led to translate the Beatitude pronounced upon the
"giver" into our own experience, and we have its meaning in the
continuous stream of happiness which many have felt at the
remembrance of what our pennies wrought.
We have recently chosen an object for this year's offering; for the
practice of giving and not receiving at Christmas-time is now
habitual with us. Dr. Pike has told us about Philip Page, the African
lad now at Atlanta, seeking eagerly, but with insufficient means,
such an education as will qualify him to go back to his people a
missionary. We shall send him enough for his support for one, and
perhaps for two months.
Let me urge those who may read these words to allow no seeming
obstacle to prevent the putting in practice, in the schools to which
they belong, of the plan here described. Do not fail to give the
children for their Christmas gift the happiness that giving brings.
Do not delay to teach the young by so simple a lesson the difference
between the blessedness of giving and that of receiving. Identify by
all means the aims and methods of the Church and Sunday-school. Let
it not, even in a figure, appear to the child that the Christian
attitude is one of idle enjoyment. No matter how small the gift, it
is the _giving up_ which makes us the Lord's disciples.
* * * * *
RECEIPTS FOR NOVEMBER 1883.
* * * * *
MAINE, $425.02.
Bangor. Central Cong. Ch. and Soc. $250.95
Bangor. Central Cong. Ch. and Soc., _for Dakota M._ 1.56
Brunswick. Young Ladies' Missionary Soc. of First
Parish, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 15.00
Eastport. Central Cong. Sab. Sch. 5.00
Falmouth. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., 30; Second Cong.
Ch. and Soc., 7.20 37.20
Hiram. ----, _for Selma, Ala._ 1.75
Portland. State Street Cong. Ch., 50; Saint Lawrence
Street Ch. and Soc., 11.17 61.17
Wells. Ladies of First Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., _for
Wilmington, N. C._
Winthrop. Cong. Ch. 16.00
Yarmouth. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.39
York. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 21.00
NEW HAMPSHIRE, $715.46.
East Jaffrey. Cong. Ch. 20.68
Dover. Mrs. A. Fairbanks, 7; Mrs. S. Foye, 5, _for
Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 12.00
Great Falls. First Cong. Ch. 39.12
Haverhill. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.63
Hinsdale. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 9.33; Cyrus Newhall, 1 10.33
Keen. Geo. E. Whitney 5.00
Keene. Ladies' Benev. Soc. of Second Ch., _for McIntosh,
Ga._ 2.50
Lyme. Cong. Sab. Sch. 10.00
Marlborough. Freedmen's Aid Soc., 2 bbls. of C., val.
60, _for Talladega C._, 4 _for Freight_ 4.00
Nashua. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 29.43
New Ipswich. Children's 21st Annual Fair for benevolent
objects 10.50
Pembroke. Cong. Ch. (ad'l), 5; Rev. D. Goodhue, 1 6.00
Pittsfield. Box of Goods, by Rev. G. E. Hill, _for Marion,
Ala._
Rindge. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.00
Tilton and Northfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.00
Walpole. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.27
West Lebanon. "Children's Mission Band." Christmas Box,
_for Bird's Nest, Santee Agency, Neb._
West Lebanon. Bbl. of C., by Rev. T. C. Pease, _for
Marietta, Ga._
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$215.46
LEGACY.
Francestown. Estate of Mrs. Harriet F. Downes, By Geo.
E. Downes 500.00
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$715.46
VERMONT, $175.05.
Barnet. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 48.13
Berlin. Ladies' Benev. Soc., Bbl. and Box of C.,
_for Talladega C._
Brattleborough. H. Halsey, _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 5.00
Manchester. Mrs. A. C. Reed, Bbl. of C., _for Atlanta
U._
Norwich. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00
Randolph. Mrs. Mary K. Nichols 3.00
Rupert. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.25
Saint Johnsbury. Mrs. V. M. Howard, 25; Mrs. E. D.
Blodgett, 25, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 50.00
Swanton. H. Stone, wife and daughter 5.00
Vershire. Luella D. Carpenter 1.00
Worcester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.55
West Randolph. Mrs. Susan E. Albin 6.00
Westminster West. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 19.10
Windham. Cong. Sab. Sch. 6.02
MASSACHUSETTS, $2,795.19.
Abington. "A Friend," to const. NAHUM FULLERTON L.M. 50.00
Amesbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.30
Amherst. "A Friend," _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 7.00
Andover, G. W. W. Dove, _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 25.00
Andover. Sab. Sch. of South Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk
U._ 20.00
Attleborough. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc., 90.72;
incorrectly ack. in December number from Vt.
Auburn. Cong. Ch., to const. REV. SAMUEL D. HOSMER, L.M. 47.67
Boylston. Ladies' Soc. of Cong. Ch., Box of C., val. 16
Boston. Pilgrim Soc. of Phillips Ch., _for Student Aid,
Fisk U._ 50.00
Boston. Mrs. D. C. Holden, Bbl. of C., _for Chattanooga,
Tenn._
Boston. "Cash" 10.00
Boxford. Cong. Ch. 37.87
Brookline. Mrs. Crafts, Books
Brimfield. Ladies of Second Cong. Ch., _for Freight_ 2.00
Brockton. Porter Ch. and Soc., "A Friend," 20 (adl.)
to const. MRS. ALPHEUS GURNEY and EVERETT C. RANDALL
L.M's; Mrs. Mary E. Perkins, 5 25.00
Brockton. Mrs. Baylis Sanford, Bbl. of C., 2 _for
Freight, for Tougaloo U._ 2.00
Bradford. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., _for Student Aid,
Chattanooga, Tenn._ 101.00
Billerica. Ladies of O. C. Ch., Chest of C., _for
Atlanta U._
Bridgewater. Central Sq. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 40,
to const. ANNIE M. EDSON L.M.; Central Sq. Sab. Sch.,
15 55.00
Brimfield. Ladies of Second Cong. Ch. and Soc., Bbl. of
C., _for Chattanooga, Tenn._, val. 34 5.00
Cambridge. "A tithing" 5.00
Chelsea. Ladies' Union Home Mission Band, _for Lady
Miss'y, Chattanooga, Tenn._ 25.00
Chelsea. Third Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.67
Chicopee. Second Cong. Ch. 31.87
Clinton. Woman's Home Miss'y Ass'n, to const. MISS
ANNIE C. PIERCE L.M. 30.00
Dedham. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 159.81
Dorchester. Second Cong. Sab. Sch., (ad'l) 1.24
Duxbury. A. P. Ellison, Bbl. of C., _for Atlanta U._
East Bridgewater. Mrs. S. D. Shaw 3.00
Florence. Florence Cong. Ch. 15.81
Fitchburg. Calvinistic Ch. and Soc. 160.87
Gilbertsville. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 50.00
Hatfield. Cong. Ch. 58.00
Haverhill. Algernon R. Nichols, _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 35.00
Haverhill. Sew. Soc. of No. Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C.,
val. 75.37, _for Tougaloo U._
Holliston. "Friends," 15.97; Missionary Concert, 4.03,
_for Student Aid_; "Friends," Shoemaker's kit, val.
10, Shoe-lasts and clothing, _for Talladega C._ 20.00
Hyde Park. Heart and Hand Soc., 25; First Cong. Sab.
Sch., 15 _for Straight U., furnishing_ 40.00
Ipswich. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., 9.31 and Bbl. of C. 9.31
Lawrence. "E. F. E." 5.00
Lee. Cong. Sab. Sch. 75.00
Leominster. Orthodox Cong. Ch. and Soc. 26.45
Lexington. Hancock Ch. and Soc. 24.75
Ludlow. Cong. Ch. 35.16
Malden. Trin. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Fisk
U._ 25.00
Medfield. Ladies of Second Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., 3
_for Freight, for Savannah, Ga._ 3.00
Melrose. Orthodox Ch. and Soc. 60.77
Middleboro. Central Cong. Ch. and Soc. 56.59
Monson. Cong. Ch. (12 of which from Mrs. H. Dewey's
class, _for Howard U._) 37.00
Newbury. First Parish, 2 Bbls. of C., _for Tougaloo U._
Newburyport. North Cong. Ch. and Soc., 36.83; Prospect
St. Cong. Ch., 29.50 66.33
Newton. Ladies' Freedman's Aid Sew. Cir., Bbl of C.,
_for Macon, Ga._
Newton Center. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
Chattanooga, Tenn._ 100.00
Newton Lower Falls. "Friend," _for Student Aid,
Straight U._ .50
Norfolk. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.75
North Amherst. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U._ 51.06
Norwood. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.14
Oxford. Ladies' Miss'y Soc., _for Missionary, Topeka,
Kan._ 15.00
Oxford. Ladies' Miss'y Soc., Bbl. of C., 2 _for Freight,
for Wilmington, N. C._ 2.00
Palmer. Thorndike Cong. Ch. 1.44
Pepperell. "Friends," Bbl. of C., _for Avery Inst._
Pittsfield. Mrs. Hurd, Bbl. of C., 2.50 _for Freight,
for Talladega C._ 2.50
First Cong. Ch. and Soc. (10 of which from Sab. Sch.,
_for S. S. work_) 143.00
Rockport. Busy Bee Soc., by Sadie W. Butman, _for
Student Aid, Talladega C._ 6.00
Rockport, "Pastor's Class," _for Dakota M._ 5.64
Rockport. First Cong. Sab. Sch., 2 Bdls. of S. S.
Exercises
Shirley Village. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.00
South Abington. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 50.05
Spencer. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 136.60
Spencer. Young Ladies' Mission Circle, Bdl. of C.
Springfield. Hope Cong. Ch. 30.00
Sunderland. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., 3 _for
Freight, for Atlanta U._ 3.00
Sutton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 49.83
Taunton. Union Ch. and Soc. 13.54
Tewksbury. Ladies' Benev. Soc., _for Freight, for
Talladega C._ 2.00
Townsend. Ladies' Benev. Soc., Bbl. of C., val. 22.50
Watertown. Young Ladies' Mission Band of Phillips Ch.,
_for Student Aid, Straight U._ 50.00
Webster. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 50.00
Westborough. Evan. Cong. Sab. Sch. 50.00
Westborough. Freedmen's Mission Ass'n, Bbl. of C., 1,
_for Freight, for Atlanta U._ 1.00
West Medway. Cyrus Adams 10.00
West Newton. "A Friend," Bbl. of C.
Weymouth. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 9.75
Winchendon. First Cong. Sab. Sch., to const. MRS.
HARRIET BEMIS L.M. 30.00
Worcester. Plymouth Cong. Ch. and Soc., 163.26; Salem
St. Ch., 94; "E. C. C." 20 277.26
Worcester. "A Friend," _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 100.00
Worcester. Plymouth Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 8.66
Worcester. Infant Class Piedmont Sab. Sch., _for Student
Aid, Atlanta U._ 30.00
Worthington. "An Aged Lady," by Rev. F. S. Huntington 10.00
Yarmouth. Ladies' Sew. C. of First Cong. Ch., Bbl. of
C., _for Chattanooga, Tenn._
----. "A Friend" 20.00
RHODE ISLAND, $337.80.
Kingston. Cong. Ch. 22.91
LEGACY.
Providence. Estate of Sarah P. Phillips, by T.
Salisbury, Adm'r 314.89
CONNECTICUT, $1,972.41.
Branford. Rev. C. P. Osborne 10.00
Brookfield Center. Cong. Ch. 14.81
Cheshire. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Sab. Sch. Work, Marion,
Ala._ 25.00
Coventry. First Cong. Ch. 41.93
Danbury. First Cong. Ch. 12.00
Derby. First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Tillotson C. &
N. Inst._ 10.00
East Hartford. South Cong. Ch., 15; Mrs. E. M. Roberts,
5 20.00
East Woodstock. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.00
Ellington. Cong. Ch. 26.14
Guilford. "A member of Third Cong. Ch." _for Student
Aid, Tillotson C. & N. Inst._ 2.00
Haddam Neck. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Hartford. Pearl St. Cong. Ch. 84.41
Higganum. Cong. Sab. Sch., 31.43, to const. JOHN H.
FREEMAN L.M.; Cong. Ch., 20 51.43
Kensington. Cong. Ch. 35.73
Killingly. E. F. Jencks 5.00
Lakeville. Children's Mission Circle, _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U._ 50.00
Litchfield. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 50.00
Meriden. First Cong. Ch., to const. CATHARINE C.
HINSDALE, MRS. WM. HOMAN, JOSEPH U. PRATT, E. B.
COWLES, MARGARET LOGAN, LILLIAN B. SMITH, LUCY B.
GRISWOLD, SALLIE E. COLLINS, JOHN WARREN and MARSHALL
A. FOWLER, L.M's 300.00
Meriden. Center Cong. Ch. 50.00
Middletown. First Ch., 25.29; "A Friend," 5 30.29
Milton. Cong. Ch. 7.13
Millington. Cong. Ch. 5.00
New Britain. South Cong. Ch. 7.00
New Haven. "A Friend, in commemoration of fiftieth
birthday," 50; Mrs. Sylvia Johnson, 10 60.00
New London. Church of Christ 49.90
New London. Mrs. B. P. McEwen, Bbl. of C. and Chest of
Books, _for Talladega C._
Northfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. MISS MARY
McCALL L.M. 51.02
Norwalk. First Cong. Ch. 75.41
Norwich. Rev. W. S. Palmer 5.00
Norwich Town. Charles B. Baldwin 10.00
Putnam. "Missionary Workers" of Cong. Ch., _for Student
Aid, Talladega C._ 25.00
Stamford. First Cong. Ch. 44.69
South Coventry. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 25.00
Stonington. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 98.00
Thomaston. Cong. Ch. 30.50
Thompsonville. First Presb. Sab. Sch., _for Straight U.,
Library_ 6.61
West Avon. "A Friend" 10.00
West Haven. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.91
West Hartford. Cong. Ch. 5.50
Wethersfield. Rev. G. J. Tillotson, _for Tillotson C. &
N. Inst., Land_ 50.00
Westport. Amasa Warren 5.00
Winchester. Cong. Ch. 8.02
Vernon Centre. Cong. Ch. 31.98
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$1,472.41
LEGACY.
New Britain. Estate of Mrs. Laura F. Stanley, by
Oliver Stanley, Ex. 500.00
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$1,972.41
NEW YORK, $891.01.
Adams Basin. Mrs. Ezekiel Clark 5.00
Albany. Chas. A. Beach 25.00
Brooklyn. "A Friend" 2.00
Brooklyn. Estate of Chas. Wilbur, pkg. Bibles
Camden. Cong. Ch. & Sab. Sch., _for Talladega C._ 28.00
Clinton. Miss Cynthia Chipman, _for Student Aid, Fisk
U._ 5.00
Crown Point. Second Cong. Ch. 5.00
Durham. "A Friend" 3.00
Ellington. George Waith 1.00
Fairport. First Cong. Ch. 79.11
Fredonia. Sab. Sch. of Pres. Ch., _for Student Aid,
Fisk U._ 50.00
Gloversville. Cong. Ch. (100 of which from A. Judson) 127.00
Hamilton. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid,
Fisk U._ 20.00
Homer. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., _for Talladega
C._
Le Roy. Miss Delia A. Phillips, _for Lady Miss'y,
Topeka, Kansas_ 10.00
Liverpool. "A Friend," _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 1.00
Malone. First Cong. Ch. 32.20
Marion. Cong. Ch. 22.60
Morristown. Cong. Ch. 12.00
Munnsville. N. S. Hall, _for Tillotson C. & N. Inst.,
Reading Room_ 5.00
New York. Pilgrim Cong. Ch., 81.50, _for Talladega C._
and bal. to const. DR. JOSEPH F. LAND, EDMUND L.
CHAMPLIN and MRS. LOUISE S. AYRES L.M's; Gen. Clinton
B. Fisk, 30, to const. MISS FANNY GLEASON L.M.; "A
Friend," 1; Harper & Brothers, 200 vols. School Books,
val. 100 112.50
New York. D. J. Carson, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 50.00
New Haven. "A Friend," to const. REV. FRANK N. GREELEY
and MRS. ANNA C. GREELEY L.M's 60.00
Penn Yan. Chas. C. Sheppard 150.00
Portland. Cong. Sab. Sch. 8.60
West Chazy. Rev. L. Prindle 2.00
West Durham. Diantha Scoville 10.00
Warsaw. Mrs. H. L. Booth, Pkg. of Papers
Waterville. Mrs. J. S. Hitchcock, _for Student Aid,
Fisk U._ 5.00
Whitestown. S. Hoxie, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 10.00
----. "Yale 59," _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 50.00
----. "A Friend," Blacksmith and Shoemakers' tools,
val. 80.00, _for Talladega C._
NEW JERSEY, $281.00.
Bernardsville. J. L. Roberts 40.00
Elizabeth. Mrs. Hannah W. Page 1.00
Jersey City. Tabernacle Sab. Sch., _for Indian Girl,
Santee Agency_ 25.00
Montclair. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
Hampton A. & N. Inst._ 35.00
Paterson. P. Van Houten 5.00
Upper Montclair. Christian Union Cong. Ch. (10.50 of
which _for Dakota M._) 175.00
Raritan. Box of Papers
PENNSYLVANIA, $35.00.
Clark. Mrs. Elizabeth Dickson 15.00
Meadville. Miss Eliza Dickson 15.00
North East. Mrs. M. K. Spooner 5.00
OHIO, $472.61.
Alliance. Welsh Cong. Sab. Sch. 5.00
Andover. Cong. Ch. 7.25
Bellevue. Cong. Ch., Collection 10.35, S. W. Boise 25.,
to const. REV. W. G. ROBERTS L.M. 35.35
Berea. Mrs. Fred Smedley, _for Lexington, Ky._ 3.75
Cleveland. First Cong. Ch. 24.29
Cleveland. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00
Cleveland. White Sew. Machine Co., Sewing Machine, _for
Straight U._
Farmer. E. M. Ensign 10.00
Geneva. Mrs. S. Kingsbury, "in memory of her daughter
Madelin," to const. MISS EMMA A. JOHNSON L.M. 30.00
Huron. Theodore Alvord 1.50
Hudson. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 43.16
Hudson. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 5.00
New Lyme. Ladies' Miss'y Soc., _for Straight U.,
Library_ 7.60
North Bloomfield. E. A. Brown, _for Theo. Dept.,
Talladega C._ 100.00
Oberlin. "A Friend" 10.00
Peru. "Friends," _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 63.75
Ruggles. First Cong. Ch. 6.23
Saybrook. Wm. C. Sexton 1.50
Strongsville. E. Lyman, bal. to const. MRS. JULIA A.
AVERY L.M. 10.00
Toledo. Mrs. Eliza H. Weed 5.00
West Andover. Cong. Ch. 17.46
Wellington. First Cong. Ch. 59.27
York. Cong. Ch. (ad'l) 1.50
ILLINOIS, $663.80.
Cable. Maria B. Holyoke 2.00
Camp Point. Mrs. S. B. McKinney 10.00
Chicago. New Eng. Cong. Ch., 40.53; Ladies' Miss'y Soc.
of New Eng. Cong. Ch., 9.10 49.63
Dover. Cong. Ch. 25.31
Dover. Ladies' Miss'y Soc., _for Lady Miss'y, Mobile,
Ala._ 10.00
Englewood. First Cong. Ch. 10.00
Evanston. Cong. Sab. Sch. 11.00
Farmington. Phineas Chapman 50.00
Freeport. L. L. Farwell, _for Talladega C._ 10.00
Galesburg. Infant Class First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for
Student Aid, Fisk U._ 17.50
Galesburg. C. S. Halsey, case of medicines, _for
Talladega C._
Hampton. Cong. Ch. 4.00
Jacksonville. Cong. Ch. 49.30
Millburn. Ladies' Miss'y Soc., _for Lady Miss'y Mobile,
Ala._ 25.00
Moline. First Cong. Ch. 55.39
Naperville. Cong. Ch. 17.40
Ottawa. First Cong. Ch. 41.00
Onarga. "Gentleman" .50
Providence. Cong. Ch. 11.00
Rochelle. W. H. Holcomb, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 90.00
Rochelle. "A Friend," _for Tillotson C. and N. Inst.,
Reading Room_ 50.00
Sheffield. Etta M. Kingburn 3.27
Sparta. Wm. Rosborough, 5; Bryce Crawford, 5; D. P.
Barker, 2; P. B. Gault, 1; J. Hood, 1; S. Alexander,
1; J. Alexander, 1; R. H. Rosborough, 1; L. Fulton,
50c 17.50
Sycamore. I. H. Rogers, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 104.00
MICHIGAN, $387.14.
Alamo. Ladies' Miss'y Soc. 5.00
Allegan. "Friends," _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 50.85
Adrian. C. C. Spooner 5.00
Baldwin. Rev. S. B. Demarest 2.00
Church's Corners. Cong. Ch., 13.40, and Sab. Sch.,
12.60; J. F. Douglass, 4; A. W. Douglass, 2; James
Robbins, 2 34.00
Clinton. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk
U._ 9.60
East Saginaw. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid,
Fisk U._ 34.00
Grand Rapids. Park Cong. Ch., _for Rev. J. H. H.
Sengstack_ 30.00
Greenville. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Atlanta
U._ 25.00
Halloway. James Vincent 10.00
Hudson. Young People's Benev. Soc., _for Student Aid,
Fisk U._ 25.00
Kalamazoo. Mrs. Henry Montague, 5; Mr. Reimer, 3, _for
Student Aid, Fisk U._ 8.00
Lansing. Plymouth Ch. 21.74
Litchfield. Cong. Ch., 11.60; Ladies' Miss'y Soc., 11.20 22.80
Olivet. First Cong. Ch. 6.63
Salem. First Cong. Ch., _for Fisk U._ 10.00
Saint Clair. Cong. Ch. 42.37
Three Oaks. Cong. Ch. 35.65
Union City. J. R. Blake 5.00
Vienna. Cong. Ch. 4.50
IOWA, $208.46.
Alden. Mrs. E. Rogers 2.00
Anamosa. Ladies Freedmen's Soc., Clothing, _for Straight
U._
Bellevue. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady Miss'y, New
Orleans, La._ 4.00
Chester Center. First Cong. Ch. 40.00
Council Bluffs. Cong. Ch., _for Talladega C._ 50.55
Decorah. Ladies' Soc., Bbl. of C., val. 40, _for Straight
U._
Des Moines. Ladies of First Cong. Ch., 3 Bbls of C., _for
Talladega C._
Eldora. Cong. Ch. 11.71
Grinnell. First Cong. Ch. 16.00
McGregor. Young Ladies' Mission Band of Cong. Ch. 17.00
McGregor. Cong. Ch., _for Lady Miss'y, New Orleans, La._ 18.00
Montour. Cong. Ch. 32.60
Onawa. Cong. Ch. 12.60
Staceyville. Miss P. D. Shattuck, bedding _for Straight
U._
----. "Hawkeye," _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 4.00
WISCONSIN, $163.69.