for near two weeks (this mission is carried on by the United
Brethren of Ohio.) The brother there sent for me to come and spend
some time with him, and to give him some advice in regard to his
work while I was there. This mission is on the mainland, and one
can see more of the habits of the people than he can here. When
their children have gotten up to be two or three years old they
send them to the bush, called the Purroo and Bundoo. The Purroo is
the place where they send the boys, and the Bundoo where they send
the girls. They keep them there for a good many years, and cut on
their backs the shape of a hamper-basket, and teach them the use
of the country medicines and the way of worshipping the heathen’s
gods, and all the heathen’s habits. If a man wants to marry, he
can go to the Bundoo Bush and pay eight pieces of cloth, of two
yards each, and take any girl he wants. After these boys have spent
all the time which the chief says they must spend in the bush,
they come out and go to whatever trade they have learned. Some are
doctors, others teachers, and some are farmers. The doctors go
around with their medicine, and sell it at a very high price; and
when they attend the sick they carry a board about one foot long
and nine inches wide, with a bottle of ink and brush. On this board
they write, and then wash the ink off and give it to the sick to
drink. Then they have various things to sell to keep away sickness
and to give good luck. These children are taught all kinds of vice,
and they think it is right—such things as lying and stealing. They
are very easy to teach, and they put a great deal of faith in the
person who teaches them, and whatever they are taught they believe.
So one can see that the hope of this country lies in the children.
It is a hard thing to get a heathen to turn from his god; and I
believe you can only do this by prayer. The missionaries who want
to do anything must use the weapon of prayer. The chief of Shangay
is an educated man; he spent eight years in the high school of
England. When you find one of the heathen educated, he is ten times
worse than an uneducated one. This man was taken up and sent to
England and educated there. If he had been trained under some good
missionary, he might have been of use to the country.
I have given the school to Mr. Miller, one of the new comers, and
I have taken other work. We had an examination, and all the people
seemed to be pleased. We had, also, pieces recited on the stage,
and a dinner for the children and the friends of the school. The
people said that they never saw anything of the kind in Africa
before. I think now we have about 140 pupils that are coming. We
don’t have that many any one day, but they are in attendance. I
have some fine boys in school, and one whom I want to send to
Hampton next fall, if I can find a place there for him, and some
one to help me pay for his board. Please ask the General if he can
have a place there? He is the boy who has been with me since I have
been here, and I have taken him and want to do all I can to educate
him.
Last Sunday was the happiest day I have seen for many. We had
thirteen new members to unite with the church—twelve on profession;
and one who once was a member, and was shut out when the church was
closed, came back and united the second time. And of this number,
six were members of my Bible-class—four were my best boys, as I
call them, and two I own as the fruits of my own labor. The young
man whom I have already written you about was one. He has been
trying ever since his brother became a Christian on the ship, and
at last has made up his mind to follow Christ. You can imagine how
I felt to see all these—my boys—standing up acknowledging Christ to
be their Saviour. There was another of my class to unite with us,
but he was sick and could not. I hope he will be able by the next
Communion-day.
* * * * *
RECEIPTS
FOR JULY, 1878.
* * * * *
MAINE, $153.75.
Cumberland Centre. O. S. T. 50c.; E. J. B. 25c. 0.75
Foxcroft and Dover. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00
Newfield. Mrs. N. C. A. 1.00
North Yarmouth. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 4.00
South Berwick. J. B. Neally $5; Hugh and
Philip Lewis $5 10.00
Windham. Rev. Luther Wiswall 5.00
Winthrop. ESTATE of Mrs. Mary Carr 100.00
Winthrop. Stephen Sewall 18,000 pages
Anti-Tobacco Tracts.
Yarmouth. First Cong. Ch. 13.00
NEW HAMPSHIRE, $460.88.
Amherst. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 18.75
Bristol. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 3.35
Concord. South Cong. Ch. and Soc. 45.82
East Jaffrey. Eliza A. Parker 20.00
Exeter. Friends in Second Cong. Ch., _for a
Teacher, Wilmington, N. C._ 40.00
Gilmanton Iron Works. Luther E. Page 5.00
Hebron. J. B. C. 1.00
Hinsdale. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $11.30; Dea. G.
W. 50c. 11.80
Keene. A Friend 50.00
Lancaster. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.00
Lebanon. Cong. Ch. 25.66
Manchester. Mrs. Kinsley (proceeds sale of
pictures) 3.00
Mason. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.00
Meredith Village. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.45
Milford. Cong. Ch. 50.01
Nashua. W. P. Clark 20.42
New Market. T. H. Wiswall $10; Cong. Ch. and
Soc. $9.36 19.36
North Hampton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.35
Pembroke. Mrs. Mary W. Thompson, bal. to
const. MISS EMILY L. GRIGGS L. M. 10.00
Rindge. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 4.53
South New Market. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 4.00
Swanzey. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.00
West Lebanon. Cong. Sab. Sch. 15.00
Westmoreland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 31.13
Wentworth. Ephraim Cook 5.00
Winchester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.25
Wolfborough. Rev. S. Clark and Wife 10.00
VERMONT, $201.70.
Brandon. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. CHAS.
M. WINSLOW L. M. 30.00
Danville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00
Greensborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $5.75; Rev.
Moses Patton and Wife $17 22.75
Lyndon. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.00
Lyndonville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.00
Manchester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 39.56
Newport. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.05
North Craftsbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 23.81
Sheldon. Cong. Ch. 8.73
South Hadley. First Ch. and Soc. 8.00
Townshend. Mrs. Nancy B. Batchelder 2.00
West Brattleborough. Cong. Ch. 17.80
West Randolph. Mrs. S. W. 1.00
MASSACHUSETTS, $2,582.51.
Amherst. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 60.25
Andover. Chapel Church and Soc. 134.00
Arlington. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.50
Auburn. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. BENJ. F.
LARNED L. M. 30.29
Beverly. Dane St. Ch. and Soc. 35.60
Boston. Mrs. E. P. Eayrs $10; “A Friend” $10 20.00
Boston Highlands. Eliot Ch. $106.40; Emanuel
Ch. $50; “Friends” $1.25 157.65
Boxborough. Mrs. J. Stone 10.00
Bradford. Mrs. S. Boyd, _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U._ 5.00
Bridgewater. Central Sq. Sab. Sch. 15.00
Brookfield. Evan. Cong. Ch. 18.00
Brookline. Harvard Ch. and Soc. 62.50
Canton. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 24.74
Chelsea. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 45.91
Concord. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00
Curtisville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.25
Easthampton. First Cong. Sab. Sch. $25; “A
Friend” $10 35.00
Fitchburgh. Wm. L. Bullock 5.00
Framingham. E. K. S. 0.50
Franklin. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00
Hingham. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 26.50
Hopedale. W. W. Dutcher, _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U._ 5.00
Hopkinton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 52.25
Hyde Park. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 27.49
Lawrence. Lawrence St. Church 141.00
Lexington. Hancock Ch. and Soc. 12.69
Lynn. Central Ch. and Soc. 14.36
Malden. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 55.31
Marlborough. Union Cong. Sab. Sch. 10.00
Medway. ESTATE of Clarissa A. Pond, by A.
Pond, Ex. 145.00
Melrose. Orthodox Cong. Ch. and Soc. 31.42
Methuen. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.34
Middlebury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 37.68
Middleton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00
Milford. Cong. Sab. Sch. 24.22
Millbury. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. $57.88; M.
D. Garfield $5.—First Cong. Soc., bbl. of
C., _for Atlanta, Ga._ 62.88
Needham. Evan. Cong. Sab. Sch. 4.65
New Bedford. North Cong. Ch. and Soc. $100.01;
First Cong. Ch. and Soc. $30 130.01
Newburyport. Henry Lunt 5.00
Newton. Eliot Cong. Ch. and Soc. 137.66
Newton Centre. “Friends,” by Mrs. Furber, _for
Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 50.00
North Adams. Cong. Ch. 27.90
North Brookfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 100.00
Norton. Trin. Cong. Ch. ($30 of which from E.
B. Wheaton, to const. ELIZA R. BEANE L. M.) 38.00
Orange. Mrs. E. W. M. 1.00
Oxford. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 23.48
Plymouth. Church of the Pilgrimage 44.16
Quincy. Even. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 54.00
Reading. Bethesda Ch. and Soc. 45.00
Salem. South Cong. Ch. and Soc. $65.77; “A
Friend” $10 75.77
Sandwich. Cong. Sab. Sch. 10.00
South Deerfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.00
South Weymouth. Union Cong. Ch. 8.11
Spencer. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const.
J. W. BOWERS, CHAS. H. JOHNSON and WM. G.
MUZZY L. M.’s 115.21
Templeton. Trin. Ch. and Soc. 20.39
Upton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $30, to const. LYMAN
L. LELAND L. M.; Cong. Sab. Sch. $4.60; Mrs.
E. F. S. $1 35.60
West Barnstable. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00
West Brookfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const.
MYRON W. SHERMAN L. M. 32.56
Wellesley. Cong. Sab. Sch. $25; College Miss.
Soc. $2 27.00
West Medway. Cyrus Adams 10.00
West Roxbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 73.63
Williamsburgh. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 21.68
Williamstown. First Cong. Ch. 15.12
Wilmington. Mrs. Noyes, box of C. and $2.70,
_for freight, for Wilmington, N.C._;
“Friend” $1 3.70
Winchendon. “A Friend” 5.00
Woburn. J. P. M. 0.50
Yarmouth. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. $49.05, and
bbl. of C. 49.05
RHODE ISLAND, $879.87.
Pawtucket. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 45.00
Providence. Union Cong. Ch. 734.87
Providence. Beneficent Cong. Ch. 100.00
CONNECTICUT, $3,145.27.
Bennington. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U._ 5.00
Berlin. Second Cong. Ch. 9.00
Bethel. Cong. Ch. 20.22
Bristol. O. C. 1.00
Ellsworth. Cong. Ch. 9.00
Fairfield. —— 5.00
Farmington. Cong. Ch. 56.79
Gilead. Mr. and Mrs. Thos. L. Brown 5.00
Goshen. Sarah Beach, to const. JOHN BEACH and
JOSEPH BEACH L. M’s. 60.00
Greenfield. Cong. Ch. 9.00
Greenville. Cong. Ch. 37.75
Guilford. Mrs. Lucy E. Tuttle $50; First Cong.
Ch. and Soc. $24 74.00
Hadlyme. R. E. Hungerford $50; Jos. W.
Hungerford $50; Cong. Sab. Sch. $20.40 120.40
Hanover. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00
Hartford. Asylum Hill Cong. Ch. $92; South
Cong. Ch. $50 142.00
Hebron. Mrs. Jasper Porter, _for Woman’s Work
among Women_ 25.00
Kent. First Cong. Soc. 19.53
Manchester. First Cong. Ch. 15.00
Meriden. First Cong. Ch. 34.08
Middletown. First Ch. 19.75
Morris. K. Goodwin 10.00
New Haven. Church of the Redeemer $164; O. A.
Dorman $100; Dwight Place Cong. Ch. and Soc.
$83; “A Friend in a Time of Need” $50;
Taylor Ch. $6.50 403.50
North Guilford. S. R. Fowler $6; “A Friend” $2 8.00
North Madison. Cong. Ch. 9.00
Norwich. Broadway Cong. Ch., in part 200.00
Old Saybrook. Cong. Ch. 10.09
Orange. Mrs. E. E. Rogers 10.00
Portland. Miss Maria White 2.00
Prospect. ESTATE of David W. Hotchkiss, by
Hervey D. Hotchkiss, Ex. 1,000.00
Rocky Hill. Cong. Ch. 17.10
Salisbury. Cong. Ch. 35.30
Terryville. Elizur Fenn and Mrs. Elizur Fenn
$5 ea. 10.00
Thomaston. Cong. Ch. 72.76
Torrington. ESTATE of Henry Colt, by H. G.
Colt, Ex. 500.00
Union. Rev. Samuel I. Curtiss 10.00
Washington. Mrs. Rebecca Hine (of which $30 to
const. LIZZIE J. POND L. M.) 45.00
Watertown. Truman Percy, to const. MISS HATTIE
E. PERCY L. M. 30.00
West Killingly. Westfield Cong. Ch. and Soc. 75.00
Winsted. Mrs. M. A. Mitchell 10.00
NEW YORK, $876.49.
Brooklyn. A. Merwin $10; Church of the
Covenant, M. C. Coll. $4.00; Mrs. T. C. F. $1 15.00
Camillus. Isaiah Wilcox 30.00
Dryden. H. B. W. 0.50
East Wilson. Rev. H. Halsey $30; C. M. Clark $3 33.00
Evans. Mrs. R. P. R. C. 1.00
Gloversville. Cong. Soc. $269.92 (of which $50
from Mrs. U. M. Place, _for the debt_), to
const. MRS. SETH C. BURTON, ASHLEY D. L.
BAKER, JOHN L. GETMAN and CYRUS STEWART L.
M’s. 219.92
Lenox. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch. $19.18; Amos S.
Johnson $5 24.18
Leyden. ESTATE of Mrs. Amanda K. Merwin, by
Hon. M. H. Merwin, Ex. 200.00
Livonia. ESTATE of Mrs. Susan Fowler, by Rev.
S. M. Day 124.62
Lysander. N. Hart 5.00
Marion. “A Few Friends,” by M. M. Heslor, bal.
to const. MRS. HATTIE A. DEWOLF L. M. 5.00
Newburgh. Miss E. I. P. 0.50
New York. Mrs. J. A. V. A. 0.75
Owasco. Mrs. A. S. 0.50
Parishville. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.73
Poughkeepsie. Cong. Ch. 15.22
Rensselaer Falls. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.00
Richville. E. J. S. 1.00
Riverhead. First Cong. Ch. 6.00
Rochester. Plymouth Cong. Ch. 90.50
Sherburne. “A Friend” 20.00
Syracuse. “A friend in Plymouth Ch.” $4; A. B.
$1, _for Mag._ 5.00
Walton. First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. 31.60
Warsaw. Cong. Sab. Sch. 15.47
West Groton. Cong. Ch. 10.00
West Yaphank. H. M. O. 1.00
NEW JERSEY, $64.70.
Englewood. C. T. 0.50
Montclair. First Cong. Ch. 53.00
Newark. “Jonah” 1.20
Raritan. Miss S. Provost 10.00
PENNSYLVANIA, $160.
Hermitage. W. F. Stewart $5; E. P. $1 6.00
Philadelphia. James Smith 100.00
Prentissvale. Mrs. C. B. Lovejoy 5.00
Sharpsburgh. Joseph Turner ($5 of which _for
Indian M._) 10.00
Washington. Dr. F. J. LeMoyne, _for LeMoyne
Inst., Memphis, Tenn._ 9.00
West Alexander. Dr. R. Davidson $20; Thomas
McCleery $10 30.00
OHIO, $943.53.
Andover. O. B. Case $10; Mrs. O. B. Case $10 20.00
Ashland. John Thompson 2.28
Bellevue. “A Little Band of Cheerful Givers in
First Cong. Soc.,” by Mrs. H. L. Berry 11.30
Brownhelm. ESTATE of John Locke, by Cyrus L.
Whittlesey, Ex. 300.00
Cincinnati. Rent, _for the Poor in New
Orleans_, $101.17; “A Friend” $5 106.17
Cleveland. Euclid Ave. Cong. Ch. 21.50
Cuyahoga Falls. Cong. Ch. 9.12
Hudson. Hiram Thompson 20.00
Lodi. Cong. Ch. $6.29; Woman’s Miss. Soc. $1.95 8.24
Mesopotamia. Mrs. S. O. Lyman, bal. to const.
REV. A. M. PIPES L. M. 15.00
Oberlin. T. W. W. 0.50
Painesville. First Cong. Ch. (of which $4.40
from Mrs. A. Morley, _for Straight U._) 50.21
Plymouth. ESTATE of Henry Amerman, by A. L.
Grimes 359.00
Springfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.21
Wadsworth. George Lyman 5.00
Wakeman. Franklin Hale 7.00
Willoughby. Mrs. N. L. 1.00
INDIANA, $130.40.
Bremen. Cong. Ch. 2.00
Fort Wayne. Cong. Ch. $7.35, and Sab. Sch.
$5.65 13.00
Indianapolis. Mayflower Cong. Ch. 5.25
Michigan City. Cong. Ch. 110.15
ILLINOIS, $625.32.
Amboy. Cong. Ch. 26.85
Canton. Cong. Ch. 50.00
Chesterfield. Cong. Ch. 15.00
Chicago. Leavitt St. Cong. Ch. $38.13; First
Cong. Ch. M. C. Coll. $13.58; Rev. E. H. $1 52.71
Clifton. Cong. Ch. 6.70
Cobden. E. W. Towne 10.00
Fawn Ridge. “A Friend,” _for Student Aid_ 5.00
Galesburg. ESTATE of Warren C. Willard, by
Prof. T. R. Willard, Ex. 9.55
Hutsonville. C. V. Newton 2.00
Lamoille. Cong. Ch. 8.35
Lawn Ridge. Cong. Sab. Sch. 13.00
Malden. Cong. S. S. 1.00
Millburn. Cong. Ch. 8.00
Moline. Cong. Ch. (in part) 61.27
Oak Park. Cong. Ch. (in part) 64.75
Odell. Mrs. H. E. Dana 10.00
Peoria. Rev. A. A. Stevens 10.00
Peru. First Cong. Ch. 13.22
Pittsfield. Cong. Ch. 31.00
Providence. Cong. Ch. 20.26
Quincy. First Union Cong. Ch. $28.75; R.
McComb $2 30.75
Rochelle. W. H. Holcombe 10.00
Rockford. Thomas D. Robertson 50.00
Roseville. Cong. Ch. $6.25; Rev. A. L.
Pennoyer and Wife $5 11.25
Shirland. Mrs. J. G. L. 1.00
Sycamore. Cong. Ch. 85.66
Wayne Station. Cong. Ch. 5.60
Wyanett. Cong. Sab. Sch. 12.40
MICHIGAN, $176.53.
Adrian. Stephen Allen 10.00
Alpena. B. C. Hardwick, _for Emerson Inst._ 71.10
Salem. Cong. Ch. 9.00
Churches Corners. A. W. D. and others 1.00
Concord. Henry Mann 2.00
Jackson. “A Friend” 30.00
Lamont. Cong. Ch. 3.00
Memphis. Woman’s Miss. Soc., _for Missionary,
Memphis, Tenn._ 3.00
Michigan Centre. Centre Cong. Ch. 3.10
Oxford. Woman’s Miss. Soc., _for a Missionary,
Memphis, Tenn._ 5.25
Portland. Cong. Ch. 7.50
Richland. J. B. 1.00
Romeo. “Mrs. E. F. F.” $1.50; Mrs. Dr. A. $1:
Mrs. D. M. 50c., _for a Missionary, Memphis,
Tenn._—M. A. J. 50c 3.50
Union City. Cong. Ch. (in part) 22.08
Warren. Rev. J. L. Beebe 5.00
WISCONSIN, $320.13.
Beloit. First Cong. Ch. 130.00
Black Earth. Cong. Ch. 1.15
Geneva Lake. Presb. Ch. 15.00
Green Bay. First Presb. Ch. 61.35
Oak Grove. Cong. Sab. Sch. $5; Dea. D. Richard
$2; Rev. W. E. S. $1 8.00
Milwaukee. Mrs. E. F. Rice 10.00
Portage City. John Jones No. 4 2.50
Rosendale. Cong. Ch. 17.35
Waukesha. First Cong. Ch. 22.00
Wautoma. Cong. Ch. 4.28
Wawatosa. Cong. Ch. (ad’l) 48.50
IOWA, $205.82.
Alden. Cong. Ch. 7.75
Burlington. Mrs. Hannah Everall $5; M. L. $1 6.00
Chester Centre. Cong. Ch. 32.00
College Springs. Cong. Ch. 8.60
Farragut. Cong. Ch. $6; C. W. H. $1 7.00
Green Mountain. First Cong. Ch. 31.00
Keokuk. Orthodox Cong. Ch. 55.55
Muscatine. Cong. Ch. 26.35
New Hampton. Ladies’ Miss. Soc. 5.50
Newton. First Cong. Ch. 12.27
Osage. Woman’s Cent. Soc. 4.80
Rockford. Woman’s Miss. Soc. 2.00
Rockford. Mrs. A. E. G. 50c.; Mrs. C. A. C.
50c. 1.00
Shenandoah. Rev. W. P. 0.50
Sloan. Mrs. R. W. F. S. 0.50
Toledo. Ladies’ Aid Soc., _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U._ 5.00
MINNESOTA, $141.33.
Faribault. Cong. Ch. 41.58
Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch. 20.55
Northfield. First Cong. Ch. 49.95
Spring Valley. Cong. Ch., quar. coll. $13.25;
Rev. C. W. M. $1 14.25
Walcott. Mrs. Mary Adams 15.00
KANSAS, $30.
Osawatomie. Rev. S. L. Adair, to const. H. H.
WILLIAMS L. M. 30.00
CALIFORNIA, $100.
Oakland. S. Richards 100.00
OREGON, $54.55.
Albany. Cong. Ch. 4.00
Portland. First Cong. Ch. 50.55
NORTH CAROLINA, $241.16.
McLeansville. Pub. Fund $42; Miss E. W.
Douglass $30 72.00
Raleigh. Pub. Fund $150; Washington Sch.
$17.83.—Cong. Ch. $1.33, _for Indian M._ 169.16
SOUTH CAROLINA, $188.
Charleston. Avery Inst. 188.00
GEORGIA, $258.61.
Atlanta. Rent $104; Atlanta University $83; T.
N. Chase $50 237.00
Macon. Lewis High Sch. 12.40
Medway. Cong. Ch., _for Mendi M._ 8.00
Savannah. First Cong. Ch. 0.71
Woodville. Rev. J. H. H. S. 25c. _for Indian
M._ and 25c. _for Mendi M._ 0.50
ALABAMA, $29.50.
Anniston. Rev. P. J. McEntosh 0.50
Athens. Trinity Sch. 29.00
MISSISSIPPI, $26.20.
Tougaloo. Tougaloo University 26.20
MISSOURI, $7.
Amity. Cong. Ch. 3.00
St. Louis. Mrs. M. P. Chapman 4.00
INCOME FUND, $101.50.
Avery Fund, _for Mendi Mission_ 101.50
SANDWICH ISLANDS, $1,000.
Sandwich Islands. “A Friend” 1,000.00
ENGLAND, $253.
London. Freedmen’s Missions Aid Soc., by Dr.
O. H. White £50 243.00
—— Miss S. L. Ropes 10.00
TURKEY, $5.
Van. Rev. H. S. Barnum 5.00
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Total 13,362.75
Total from Oct. 1st to July 31st $142,670.50
H. W. HUBBARD, _Ass’t Treas_.
RECEIVED FOR DEBT.
Springfield, Vt. A. Woolson 100.00
East Hampton, Conn. E. C. Barton 20.00
West Haven, Conn. Mrs. Huldah Coe 6.00
Gilbertsville Academy, N. Y. Rev. A. Wood 5.00
Gloversville, N. Y. Mrs. U. M. Place 50.00
Malone, N. Y. Mrs. S. C. Wead 100.00
New Jersey. “Hearts Content” 25.00
Clark, Pa. Mrs. Elizabeth Dickson and Miss
Eliza Dickson $5 ea. 10.00
Hyde Park, Pa. Thomas Eynon 50.00
Scranton, Pa. F. E. Nettleton 10.00
Fredericktown, Ohio. “A. H. R.” 500.00
Atlanta, Ga. Students and Teachers in Atlanta
U. 175.00
Woodville, Ga. Rev. J. H. H. Sengstacke 0.75
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1,051.75
Previously acknowledged in June Receipt 12,163.72
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Total $13,215.47
_The American Missionary Association._
* * * * *
AIM AND WORK.
To preach the Gospel to the poor. It originated in a sympathy with
the almost friendless slaves. Since Emancipation it has devoted its
main efforts to preparing the FREEDMEN for their duties as citizens
and Christians in America and as missionaries in Africa. As closely
related to this, it seeks to benefit the caste-persecuted CHINESE
in America, and to co-operate with the Government in its humane
and Christian policy towards the INDIANS. It has also a mission in
AFRICA.
STATISTICS.
CHURCHES: _In the South_—In Va., 1; N. C., 5; S. C., 2; Ga., 11;
Ky., 5; Tenn., 4; Ala., 12; La., 12; Miss., 1; Kansas, 2; Texas, 4.
_Africa_, 1. _Among the Indians_, 2. Total, 62.
INSTITUTIONS FOUNDED, FOSTERED OR SUSTAINED IN THE SOUTH.
_Chartered_: Hampton, Va.; Berea, Ky.; Talladega, Ala.; Atlanta,
Ga.; Nashville, Tenn.; Tougaloo, Miss.; New Orleans, La.; and
Austin, Texas, 8; _Graded or Normal Schools_: at Wilmington,
Raleigh, N. C.; Charleston, Greenwood, S. C.; Macon, Atlanta, Ga.;
Montgomery, Mobile, Athens, Selma, Ala.; Memphis, Tenn.; 11; _Other
Schools_, 7. Total, 26.
TEACHERS, MISSIONARIES AND ASSISTANTS—Among the Freedmen, 209;
among the Chinese, 17; among the Indians, 16; in foreign lands, 10.
Total, 252. STUDENTS—In Theology, 74; Law, 8; in College Course,
79; in other studies, 5,243. Total, 5,404. Scholars taught by
former pupils of our schools, estimated at 100,000. Indians under
the care of the Association, 13,000.
WANTS.
1. A steady INCREASE of regular income to keep pace with the
growing work in the South. This increase can only be reached by
_regular_ and _larger_ contributions from the churches—the feeble
as well as the strong.
2. ADDITIONAL BUILDINGS for our higher educational institutions, to
accomodate the increasing numbers of students; MEETING HOUSES, for
the new churches we are organizing; MORE MINISTERS, cultured and
pious, for these churches.
3. HELP FOR YOUNG MEN, to be educated as ministers here and
missionaries to Africa—a pressing want.
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