The new building is very tasteful and convenient, in a beautiful and
central location. Six new members were received--all Northern people.
The house was full both morning and evening. Much interest was shown.
Rev. G.S. Pope preached in the morning and Rev. S.E. Lathrop in the
evening.
Sherwood Academy opened its new winter term with increasing numbers. The
school is gaining favor with all classes and is doing an excellent work.
* * * * *
"Habits and Manners," is the title of a neat little volume by Mrs. W.A.
Armstrong, of Hampton, Va. It is made up of the lectures delivered by
Mrs. Armstrong to the students of the Institution, and is a remarkably
clear statement of the rules that should govern the habits and manners
of ladies and gentlemen. These lectures, though originally addressed to
colored students, are equally applicable to white people, for here, at
least, color makes no difference. The book has many other items of
interest, as for example, rules for cooking, recipes, etc.
* * * * *
THE CHINESE.
* * * * *
A GLIMPSE AT SHADY SIDE.
REV. W.C. POND, D.D.
Our friends will get a quite one-sided and mistaken view of our work
among the Chinese, as of any other missionary work, if they have nothing
but the sunny-side reports to read. It is a war that we are waging, and
war is serious business. The varied fortune of the battle involves
defeats, incidental and temporary, on the way to the final victory.
Sometimes it is hope deferred.
There are Chinese in whom we have come to be deeply interested, for whom
we have long prayed, who have for years been among the most constant and
most pleasing of our pupils, and for years have been convinced that an
idol is nothing, but that the God of the Bible is the only true God, and
the Christ of the Gospel the only true Saviour, who stop just there.
Over and over again we ask about them, only to find them still _just
there_. Not a step forward seems to have been taken, and meanwhile
time--weeks that grow to months, and months that grow even to years--
time that might be full of service, runs to waste. The heart gets sick
with this hope deferred.
Then there are cases of disappointment. Bright hopes have darkened
almost to the blackness of very despair. A brother whose conversion,
(_must_ I say _apparent_ conversion?) has seemed to be unusually clear;
whose walk as a Christian seemed, while he was with us, to be well-nigh
perfect; whose spirit was singularly humble, devout and Christly; who
was growing rapidly in knowledge of the word, and could already preach
the word with power, goes back to his home in China. Sore pressure is
brought to bear upon him, and he pays some sort of homage at an idol's
shrine. He feels forthwith condemned. He will not be a hypocrite, and
therefore will no longer profess to be a Christian. Now that he has
returned to California, he is ashamed, he says, to show himself among
the brethren. He stands aloof; keeps out of sight, and thus takes the
very path along which Judas hastened to his doom. In vain do we show him
the better way of faith; in vain speak to him of Peter, or of the
Father's welcome to the prodigal, and the delight we once had in him
adds soreness to the heartache of our disappointed hope.
These are not solitary cases. Yet we may thank God that they represent
not the general rule, but the exceptions. The general rule is that of
constancy and faithfulness, and these exceptions are such as occurred
even in the Apostolic ministries: how much more to be expected in ours!
Yet the pain they bring and the shadow they cast are none the less real
and deep.
Another element in shady side arises in a quite different quarter.
"Coming events cast their shadows before," and these shadows just now
obscure our sunny side. We resolve not to be worried about to-morrow,
and yet we must not enter doors that open except we first count the
cost. That coming event is a deficit that seems inevitable, unless we
shut our ears to what sound like the calls of God. Our plan heretofore
has been to listen to these calls and answer them if possible, believing
that he who gives the commission will not fail to supply the means. Nor
has this faith been put to shame. Yet, when the rules of arithmetic
confront one at every summing of his probable resources and subtracting
of his fixed expenditures, and the figures, like fleshless, bony
fingers, point him to deficits and unpaid bills impending, then, even
while faith maintains her hold, it cannot be denied that shadows cross
our path. Our friends who have helped us hitherto must expect some
urgent appeals before this fiscal year is ended. The utmost economy
shall be practised. Each dollar shall be made to do full service, if
care and watchfulness on our part can assure this, but the work must not
be hindered. Souls are at stake, priceless and immortal.
I have not yet reached the end of my catalogue of shadows, but I soon
tire of looking at the shady side. Shadow pre-supposes sunshine, and
sunshine there is, clear, abundant, having cheer in it for the present
and promise for the future--promise of harvests such as may make this
year to be as the last and even more abundant.
* * * * *
ANNIVERSARY OF CHINESE MISSIONS.
Superintendent Dr. Pond is a modest man, and we, therefore, take the
liberty of quoting from the _Congregationalist_ a little sketch by our
friend Dr. Holbrook, of the recent anniversary of the Chinese Mission as
presenting a broad ray of sunshine over the "Shady Side," as given in
Brother Pond's candid article above.
The Chinese Mission of the A.M.A. on the Pacific coast, under
the superintendence of Rev. W.C. Pond, D.D., is very efficient
and successful. Its thirteenth anniversary was held on Sunday
evening, December 9, in the First Congregational Church in San
Francisco, Prof. I.E. Dwinell presiding. The exercises by the
Chinese converts indicated remarkable proficiency in the English
language and in music, both in solos and choruses. Jee Gam, the
first convert, and now employed by the courts as an interpreter,
read an address on "The Congregational Association of Christian
Chinese," of such merit in thought and language, that some
doubted its originality, which, however, was vouched for by Dr.
Pond. The writer sketched its origin in 1871 and the progress of
the Association since, and said it had been the means of the
conversion of more than 700 Chinese, and that it designs to send
missionaries to China. It is self-supporting, though the
expenditures during the year have been $9,619.50, of which
$2,066 were for rent. Dr. Pond advocated the appointment of
itinerant preachers to labor with the Chinese in the moving
camps on the railroads. Rev. Dr. Barrows made a very effective
appeal for funds, and a collection was taken. Dr. Pond certainly
deserves great credit for his labors in this department, in
addition to the pastorate of Bethany Church in San Francisco, in
which there are a large number of Chinese.
* * * * *
BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK.
MISS D.E. EMERSON, SECRETARY.
* * * * *
WOMAN'S STATE ORGANIZATIONS.
CO-OPERATING WITH THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.
ME.--Woman's Aid to A.M.A., Chairman of Committee,
Mrs. C.A. Woodbury, Woodfords, Me.
VT.--Woman's Aid to A.M.A., Chairman of Committee,
Mrs. Henry Fairbanks, St. Johnsbury, Vt.
VT.--Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary,
Mrs. Ellen Osgood, Montpelier, Vt.
CONN.--Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary,
Mrs. S.M. Hotchkiss, 171 Capitol Ave., Hartford, Conn.
N.Y.--Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary,
Mrs. William Spalding, Salmon Block, Syracuse, N.Y.
ALA.--Woman's Missionary Association, Secretary,
Mrs. G.W. Andrews, Talladega, Ala.
OHIO.--Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary,
Mrs. Flora K. Regal, Oberlin, Ohio.
IND.--Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary,
Mrs. W.E. Mossman, Fort Wayne, Ind.
ILL.--Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Mrs.
C.H. Taintor, 151 Washington St., Chicago, Ill.
MINN.--Woman's Home Miss. Society, Secretary,
Miss Katharine Plant, 2651 Portland Avenue,
Minneapolis, Minn.
IOWA.--Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary,
Miss Ella E. Marsh, Grinnell, Iowa.
KANSAS.--Woman's Home Miss. Society, Secretary,
Mrs. G.L. Epps, Topeka, Kan.
MICH.--Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary,
Mrs. Mary B. Warren, Lansing, Mich.
WIS.--Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary,
Mrs. C. Matter, Brodhead, Wis.
NEB.--Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary,
Mrs. L.F. Berry, 724 N. Broad St., Fremont, Neb.
COLORADO.--Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary,
Mrs. S.M. Packard, Pueblo, Colo.
DAKOTA.--Woman's Home Miss. Union, President,
Mrs. T.M. Hills, Sioux Falls; Secretary, Mrs.
W.R. Dawes, Redfield; Treasurer, Mrs. S.E.
Fifield, Lake Preston.
We would suggest to all ladles 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_.
* * * * *
THE MOUNTAIN GIRLS.
But why the _girls_? Because the girls are immortal as well as the boys.
Because the girls in their education have been neglected far more than
the boys. Because the _girls_ are to be the _mothers_ of the next
generation.
That they are immortal, and capable of becoming and doing much in this
life would seem to be doubted even by their parents. The neglect of the
girls in their physical, mental, moral, and religious education, is
enough to draw pity even from the most stupid Christian.
Hundreds are put into field work from spring till autumn. They follow
the mule and "bull tongue." They wield the heavy hoe, sprouting newly
cleared land. They look after cattle on the ranges and the mountain
swine, and if these are needed for meat, kill and dress them as a man
would do. Said a woman the other day, "I wish I had as many dollars as I
have alone killed and dressed hogs." With parents the _boy_ means a
"heap" more than the _girl_. A boy can shoot deer and coon, fox and
rabbit, can build cabins, can keep school, and "seems" be a doctor or go
to Congress. With this impression, if anybody is clothed and sent to
school, it is the _boy_, while as a rule, the girl is poorly clad and
stays at home to do the boy's work, to make "craps," and grow up in
ignorance. If in berry time they can get a few dimes to buy a calico
dress and a pair of shoes, contentment settles over their faces.
Aspirations for anything better they have not, for an avenue leading to
a more hopeful life they have never dreamed of. To look into the future
there is nothing sunny or bright. Illiterate, they marry young some poor
fellow, and with no money they begin life, build their cabin home in the
timber land, girdle a few acres of the stately trees of oak and
chestnut, and there raise a family to take the same dark and gloomy view
of life the parents have had.
Must this condition of things continue, among a people, too, who are all
native born Americans, who have fair native abilities to become a power
for good if trained in Christian schools?
_Is it not time a special_ effort be made for these _girls_? They are
growing older. They will soon be the mothers of a new generation. With
illiterate mothers what will that generation be? Just what the present
generation now is. What will it be if these girls now growing up are
brought into a school like ours at Pleasant Hill? Here, if there can be
sufficient room and ample teaching force, they will be taught and
trained in a practical knowledge of all the duties of life, especially
in those of the household. If we educate and save the _girls_ we are
using the very lever needed to lift these hopeless and neglected
thousands living at our very doors, out of their degraded life and bring
them into the light of the 19th century, and qualify them to take
positions among the best women of the land.
The work for which I plead is full of encouragement and hope. It is not
in Africa. It is within one or two days' ride of the largest and most
wealthy churches of our country, those who love the Kingdom of Christ
and have sent, and are still sending, their thousands of dollars to the
ends of the earth, while these bright American girls are, by some
strange oversight, neglected at our very doors.
The American Missionary Association has undertaken a noble work among
them, and something has been accomplished, yet this good work has but
just begun. The grey dawn has only cast a few signs of daylight over the
mountains. To carry this work forward successfully in behalf of the
neglected girls, there should be, in a great natural center of
operations like Pleasant Hill, a spacious boarding hall with an
industrial department and home, for those girls. It should not be
stinted in size, but large, well-arranged, and well-equipped in all its
departments from the primary upwards, where they can be taught
everything a girl ought to learn, not only in books and in a Christian
life, but taught to sew, knit, darn stockings, to make good bread, and
keep house with order and neatness, and do everything needed to be done
in a Christian home. If the _native girls_ can come from their cabin
homes into such an institution and be thus thoroughly trained, the axe
is then laid at the very root of the tree of a squalid life of
illiteracy, and a life of Christian culture and hope comes in its place,
where Christian mothers throw angelic brightness over their households,
and families of children are trained to act well their part in this
great and growing nation. The institution I suggest, and for which I
must plead, should not only be large enough to accommodate girls near at
hand, but from other neighboring States who stand in need of such a home
and training. It should be a Bethel for these immortal waifs, a house of
bread, so well provided for as to take the poorest who cannot pay a cent
of their own expenses. On this base it will be doing the greatest and
grandest work possible for the two millions and a half who are scattered
as lost sheep over the mountains of our own land.
B. DODGE.
* * * * *
RECEIPTS FOR DECEMBER, 1888.
MAINE. $371.03.
Auburn. Sam'l J.M. Perkins $10.00
Augusta. Mite Boxes, Miss K. Carpenter's
S.S. Class, 7.50: S.S. Class, Mite
Boxes, 2, _for student Aid, Talladega C._ 9.50
Bangor. First Ch. 30.00
Bath. "Helping Hands" of Central Ch.,
_for Ind'l Sch., Williamsburg, Ky._ 50.00
Blue Hill. Mission Circle, by Grace
Dodge, _for Selma, Ala._ 2.50
Brewer. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 21.70
Brunswick. First Cong. Ch. 50.00
Farmington Falls. Cong. Ch. 5.93
Foxcroft. Mrs. D. Blanchard 2.00
Freeport. Cong. Ch. 15.32
Gorham. First Cong. Ch. 95.08
Island Falls. Cong Ch. 10.00
Machias. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 5.00
North Bridgton. Cong. Ch. 4.50
Norway. Mrs. Mary K. Frost 0.50
Patten. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for
Student Aid, Emerson Inst._ 7.00
Portland. Fourth Cong. Ch. 15.00
Portland. Infant Class, St. Lawrence St.
Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Gregory Inst._ 3.00
Skowhegan. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Box
Goods, by Mrs. L.W. Weston
South Paris. Cong. Ch. 4.50
Phippsburg. Cong. Ch. 10.00
York. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 19.50
NEW HAMPSHIRE, $314.87.
Brookline. Cong. Ch. 1.00
Concord. South Cong. Ch., to const. REV.
ALFRED T. HILLMAN L.M. 60.64
Concord. "Light Bearers," _for Student
Aid, Storrs Sch._ 18.00
Concord. "Friend" _for Rev. Alfred Connet_ 10.00
Great Falls. First Cong. Ch. 20.00
Greenfield. Cong. Ch. 6.00
Goffstown. Sab. Sch. Class, _for Brewer
Normal Sch._ 5.00
Hampton. Cong. Ch. 13.70
Hancock. Cong. Ch. 25.00
Hanover. "Dartmouth Religious Soc."
_for Indian M._ 25.00
Hudson. Miss E.A. Warner, _for Student
Aid, Talladega C._ 15.00
Keene. "Friends in Second Ch.," 32.25;
"Friend." 1, _for Indian M._ 33.25
Lisbon. First Cong. Ch., ad'l 0.50
Nashua. Ladles, Bbl. of C., _for Greenwood,
S.C._
New Ipswich. Cong. Ch. 6.66
Peterboro. Sab. Sch. of Union Evan Cong.
Ch., _for Storrs Sch., Atlanta, Ga._ 31.30
South Newmarket. Miss H.L. Fitts, _for
Student Aid, Talladega C._ 15.00
Stoddard. "Pansies," _for Christmas Tree,
Meridian, Miss._ 3.00
Tilton. Cong. Ch., Sab. Sch. Class of
boys, _for Student Aid_ 3.00
Wolfeboro. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., (8
of which _for Student Aid, Gregory Inst._)
and bal. to const CHARLES F. PARKER L.M. 28.82
Winchester. Cong. Ch., _for Wilmington, N.C._ 24.00
VERMONT, $514.95.
Cabot. Cong. Ch. 10.00
Castleton. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch.,
_for Indian M._ 25.00
Castleton. Cong. Ch. 31.45
Chelsea. Miss'y Concert Cong. Ch. 6.35
Coventry. Mrs. S.P. Cowles,
_for Mountain Work_ 5.00
Bakersfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const
DEA. JOHN A. PERKINS L.M. 11.78
Bennington. Second Cong. Ch. 45.34
Berlin. Bbl. and Box of C., _for
McIntosh, Ga._
Burlington. College St. Cong. Ch. 61.27
Burlington. Mrs. O.D. Owen,
_for McIntosh, Ga._ 4.07
Dummerston. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 4.56
Hartford. Second Cong. Ch. 29.60
Jericho Center. First Cong. Ch. 11.19
Manchester. Bbl. of C., _for McIntosh, Ga._;
2 for Freight 2.00
McIndoes Falls. Bbl. of C., _for McIntosh, Ga._
Middlebury. Cong. Ch. 21.73
Milton. Cong. Co. and Soc. 15.71
North Hyde Park. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.00
Pittsford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 67.00
Putney. Cong. Ch. 10.25
Shoreham. "Willing Workers," and Cong.
Sab. Sch., _for Woman's Work,
Savannah, Ga._ 20.00
Stowe, Cong. Ch. and Soc. 46.25
Vergennes. Eliza C. Benton 1.00
Vergennes. Bbl. of C., _for McIntosh, Ga._
Wallingford. Bbl. of C., _for McIntosh, Ga._
Westminster. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00
Westminster West. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 22.28
West Randolph. Miss Betsey Nichols. 1.00
Windsor. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch., 10.31;
Gilbert A. Davis, Supt., 10.31, _for
McIntosh, Ga._ 20.62
Wolcott. Cong. Ch. 4.50
Vermont Woman's Home Missionary
Union, by Mrs. William P. Fairbanks,
Treas., _for Woman's Work_:
Jamaica. "Sunbeam Band" 3.00
Charlotte. Rosebud Mission Band. 5.00
Saint Johnsbury. Girls' Mission
Band of North Cong. Ch.,
_special for Marion, Ala._ 7.00 15.00
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$509.95
ESTATE.
Wilmington. Estate of Mary Ray, by
E.M. Haynes, Trustee 5.00
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$514.95
MASSACHUSETTS, $4,999.62.
Acton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.45
Amherst. First Cong. Ch., 30;
South Cong. Ch., 10.50 40.50
Andover. M.E. Manning, _for Talladega C._ 7.50
Andover. Mrs. S.E. Abbott, Box Sewing
Sch. material, _for Sherwood, Tenn._
Ashburnham. Hosea Greene 5.00
Auburndale. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 331.55
Auburn, Boston, Springfield, Mass.,
Randolph, Vt. "Friends," Set of Chambers
Encyclopædia, _for Conn. Ind'l Sch. Ga._
Boston. Mount Vernon Ch. 306.69
"A Lady" 100.00
H.G. Maynard, to const.
Miss E.I. MAYNARD L.M. 30.00
Edward A. Strong 25.00
S.D. Smith, _for Organ_ 60.00
"Friend," _for Mountain Work_ 10.00
Woman's Home Miss. Ass'n.,
_for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 5.00
Dorchester. "E." 10.00
"Friends," _for Indian M._ 6.25
Miss Mary A. Tuttle,
1.75, _for Indian M._
and 76c., _for Marie
Adlof Sch'p Fund_ 2.51
Roxbury. Immanuel Ch. 50.00
Mrs. Abbey W. Smith, 25;
Miss Lucy M. Smith, 10,
_for Reading Room,
Tougaloo U._ 35.00
"A Friend," _for Miss Collins'
Work, Indian M._ 1.50
South Boston. Phillips Ch. 212.11
West Roxbury. Emily J. Hazeltine 5.00
--------- 859.06
Baldwinsville. Sab. Sch. of
Memorial Ch. _for Wilmington,
N.C._ 8.00
Belchertown. C.B. Southwick 1.00
Belchertown. By Mrs. C.F.D. Hazen,
_for Indian M._ 0.80
Boxboro. Cong. Ch. 15.00
Brimfield. Ladies' Union of Second Cong.
Ch., _for Freight to Oaks, N.C._ 2.00
Brockton. Mrs. L.C. Sanford, _for Freight
to Tougaloo, Miss._ 2.00
Brookfield. Cong. Ch. adl 10.00
Charlton. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const.
ALICE M. ALDRICH L.M. 40.97
Chelsea. First Cong. Ch., 58;
Central Cong. Ch., 29.55 87.55
Colerain. Mrs. P.B. Smith 1.00
Conway. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 7.78
Cummington. Mrs. H.M. Porter, Books
_for Sherwood, Tenn._
Dalton. Mrs. Louise F. Crane, 100;
Miss Crane, 100. 200.00
East Bridgewater. Union Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.04
Easthampton. Payson Cong. Ch. 222.05
Easthampton. Sab. Sch. of First Ch.,
_for Santee Indian M._ 12.50
Edgartown. Cong. Ch. 31.88
Enfield. Mrs. Geo. C. Ewing and Sab.
Sch. Class, _for Indian Sch'p._ 10.00
Everett. Cong. Ch., ad'l 5.00
Framingham. George Nourse, 10;
Mrs. S.N. Brewer, 5 15.00
Gardner. First Cong. Ch., to const.
ERWIN CONANT L.M. 30.00
Gloucester. Evan. Cong. Ch. 45.00
Grafton. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 50.00
Grafton. Three Bbls. of C.,
_for Greenwood, S.C._
Great Barrington. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 71.08
Greenfield. Second Cong. Ch. 52.92
Gilbertville. Sab. Sen. of Cong. Ch.,
_for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 50.00
Hanover. Second Cong. Ch. 10.00
Hardwick. Cal. Ch. ad'l' 1.50
Hinsdale. "Friends" by Mrs. Kate C. Plunkett,
_for Sch'p Endowment Fund,
Fisk U._ 28.00
Holliston. Bible Christians of Dist. No. 4. 50.00
Hyde Park. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 21.32
Lakeville. Ladies' Foreign Miss'y Soc.,
_for Teacher, Indian M._ 26.25
Lawrence. United Cong. Ch. 5.00
Leominister. Ortho. Cong. Ch., 99.75;
"Thanksgiving reunion," 4 103.75
Littleton. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 13;
"In Memoriam, E.C.H.," 5 18.00
Lowell. John St. Cong. Ch., 27.90;
Pawtucket Cong. Ch., 18.57; "A Friend," 14 60.47
Ludlow. "Precious Pearls," by Miss M.E. Jones,
_for Macon, Ga._ 2.00
Lynn. First Cong. Ch. 26.77
Malden. First Cong. Ch. 36.00
Marion. Cong. Ch. 3.26
Medford. Miss Mary F. Ellis, _for Reading
Room, Tougaloo U._ 25.00
Medford. McCollom Mission Circle 15.00
Medfield. Second Cong. Ch., _for Freight
to Chattanooga, Tenn._ 3.00
Medway. Village Ch. 40.00
Medway. E.F. Richardson, 2 Boxes of
C. etc., _for Sherwood, Tenn._
Merrick. Marcia M. Hoisington 4.50
Milford. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 69.00
Milford. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Student
Aid, Talladega C._ 5.50
Milbury. Mrs. Louise S. Putnam 5.00
Montague. Cong. Ch. 11.00
Monson. Young Ladies' Working Club
of Cong. Ch., Bbl. and Box of C.,
_for Tougaloo U._
Mittineague. Southworth Paper Co.,
Case Paper, _for Talladega C._
Neponset. Stone Mission Circle of Trinity
Cong. Ch., _for Freight to Talladega C._ 2.28
New Bedford. "A Friend," 128.50;
North Cong. Ch., 58.13 186.63
Newburyport. Whitefield Cong. Ch. 26.31
Newton Center. First Cong. Ch.,
_for Indian M._ 28.50
Newton Highlands. Mrs. C.H. Guild,
_for Mountain Work_ 5.00
North Brookfield. Mrs. W.H. Montague,
_for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 5.00
Pepperell Evan. Cong. Ch. 47.52
Pepperell. Ladies' Benev. Soc., _for Freight
to Greenwood, S.C._ 1.50
Pittsfield. First Cong. Ch., 81.74;
South Cong. Ch. and Soc., 41.82 123.56
Princeton. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch.,
_for Wilmington, N.C._ 10.00
Raynham. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 22.71
Shelburne. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch. 8.10
Somerville. "Friend," Box of C.,
_for Greenwood, S.C._
South Deerfield. Cong, Ch., 56.11, and
Sab. Sch. 13,30 to const. LUCIUS T. HARRIS
and COLTON STEBBINS L.M.'s 69.41
South Weymouth. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc.,
_for Wilmington, N.C._ 30.00
Springfield. Miss N. Burnham, 10,
_for Mountain Work_,
Mrs. Persis Burnham, 2 12.00
Stockbridge. Cong. Ch. 22.58
Stoughton. First Cong. Ch. 4.99
Swampscott. First Cong. Ch. 22.50
Taunton. Trin. Cong. Ch., to const
FREDERICK E. AUSTIN, MISS FLORENCE E.
FRANCIS, MISS SARAH A. CARPENTER,
MRS. GEORGE H. RHODES and MRS. H.B.
CASWELL L.M.'s 185.00
Templeton. Mary Wilkinson, _for Mountain
Work_ 1.00
Walpole. Ortho. Cong. Ch. 40.21
Townsend. Cong. Ch., 23.90 and Special
Christmas Coll, 3.89 27.79
Wakefield. Infant Dept., Sab. Sch.
Cong. Ch., 15; Mr. Morris 1, _for
Mountain Work_ 16.00
Waltham. S.S. Class, _for Student Aid,
Storrs Sch._ 6.00
Wellesley. Young Ladles in Wellesley
College, _for Student Aid,
Fisk U._ 57.00
Wellesley Hills. Cong. Ch. 60.00
West Medford. Cong Ch. 6.06
West Boxford. Cong. Ch. 9.00
West Boylston. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.28
Westfield. Rev. L.H. Blake, _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 60.45
Westminster. First Cong. Ch. 9.50
Weymouth. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch.,
_for Wilmington, N.C._ 10.00
Williamstown. First Cong. Ch. 23.51
Winchendon. Y.P.S.C.E. of Cong. Ch. 15.00
Worcester. Union Ch. 202.93
Worcester. Salem St. Mission Harvesters,
_for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 75.00
Worcester. Primary Dept. of Piedmont
Sab. Sch., _for Bell, Paris, Tex._ 50.00
----. "S." 405.00
----. "A Friend in Massachusetts,"
_for Mountain Work_ 40.00
----. "Friends," _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 6.00
Hampden Benevolent Association,
by Charles Marsh, Treas.:
Chicopee. Second $33.69
Chicopee. Third, (1.84 of
which _for Indian M._) 11.86
Huntington. Second 11.83
Mittineague 10.35