of Sept. 1878), an article under this title, “China for Christ.”
I said that this was the motto of our mission—inscribed, indeed,
as the legend on our corporate seal—because one chief source of
our enthusiasm in our mission work in California, is that we hope
by means of it to help dissipate the darkness of the great empire
across the sea. The object of that article was to invite our
American Missionary Association to undertake a mission having its
headquarters at Hong Kong, but reaching out especially into those
districts of the province of Kwang Tung, from which our Chinese
came. It would be extravagant to hope that that appeal might be
fresh in the memory of many of the readers of our magazine. But
the matter of which it treats has never been absent for a day
from the thoughts and prayers of the more earnest and advanced of
our Chinese brethren. Nothing has sufficed to discourage their
prayers. Repeatedly we have been made to understand that the
Association could not undertake this work in addition to its other
tasks, but the brethren prayed on. I thought that I had said all
that I could say, and done all that I could do, to bring to pass
what seemed to me so pressingly important, and had become almost
silent, waiting, I trust, on the Lord. But the prayers and the
faith of these brethren would not let me be still. They seemed deaf
to the negatives I brought them. “What are you going to do with
this money?” I said to one of them, referring to a sum of several
hundred dollars which the Congregational Association of Christian
Chinese has gathered and placed at interest. “We are keeping it
till the Hong Kong mission is established,” was the prompt reply.
Year after year they have counseled, prayed and waited, and, it
seems, have waited not in vain.
Through the influence of individuals belonging to the Executive
Committee of the A. M. A., and with the cordial and joyful
God-speed of the Committee as a whole, the American Board has
determined to listen to this appeal, and—to use the apt expression
of Dr. Alden in his letter to me—“to accept this sacred trust.”
Our readers may be assured that no time was lost in sending the
good news to the brethren. At their assembly at our Central Mission
House that evening there was glad thanksgiving, and with it fresh
and fervent prayer. To receive what one has long been craving,
sometimes almost makes one tremble. Our mission, as a “sacred
trust,” seems doubly sacred to me, now. Its possibilities are
magnified beyond computation, and the mistakes into which we shall
certainly fall, unless we are guided by a wisdom better than our
own, look fraught with such loss, such disaster, that I shrink from
the responsibility which I knew all along the answer to our prayers
would certainly involve. Let all our friends pray for us with new
faith and new ardor, that from among the Chinese in California a
genuine Salvation Army may be gathered—Bible readers, colporteurs,
pastors, teachers, evangelists—that, under the direction of some
wise and warm-hearted American missionary, residing at Hong Kong,
may advance to the conquest of China for Christ.
THE CLOSED GATES.
On the 4th day of this month of August, the new law against Chinese
immigration went into effect. The hardships and inconveniences it
involves, already—in some minor instances—begin to appear. But the
main effect has been to stimulate immigration to such an extent
that the Chinese population of our Pacific slope is at least 33
per cent. larger to-day that it was seven months ago. The arrivals
during the six months ending July 31 were 25,733; the departures,
3,627; the gain, 22,106. This increase will diffuse itself to some
extent over the entire country—not all of it remaining on this side
the continent—but almost all of it staying in America, a permanent
addition to our Chinese element. More and more will the privilege
of returning be prized by those who go back to their native land
for with a temporary stoppage of the immigration there will come
a relative diminution of the supply, and a consequent increase in
the compensation of Chinese labor. Let no one imagine then that
the passage of this law is likely to bring to a speedy close our
missionary opportunity. Thus far it has greatly increased our work,
and never before did we look over the rapidly approaching line
between the old year and the new and see such hopeful indications
as we see to-day. Let me give a few figures from the statistics
for July; New pupils, 230; total number enrolled, 971; average
attendance, 467. Total number enrolled as pupils in our schools
during eleven months of this fiscal year, 2,373. These numbers are
greater by almost 35 per cent. than those of the corresponding
month of last year, and those of that month were greater, I
believe, than any ever before recorded. The gain will not be so
great in the future, but it will not cease because for a time the
immigration ceases. Nothing can stop it but a stoppage of supplies.
And of that—thank God that I may speak so confidently by faith in
Him and in his people—of _that_ I have no fear.
[Illustration: MISSIONARY CLASS IN CHINA.]
AN INTERESTING SCENE.
The last communion season in Bethany Church occurred August 6th.
It was one of the few such seasons in which we have received
no Chinese to membership. But when from two Christian Chinese
families four children were presented for baptism, I felt with
fresh joy and power that God’s seal of blessing was manifest upon
our mission work. Two of the children were boys, sons of Jee Gam,
our veteran helper, who made so many friends while on a visit
eastward two years since. The other two were daughters of Chung
Mon, one of the first group of Chinese whom it was my privilege
to baptize—a staunch and steadfast believer, long president of
our Christian Association. His wife is a faithful Christian, a
member of the Methodist Church, and if you go into his home you
will see, in the tenderness and affection with which the Christian
father fondles his daughters, what Christ-life in a Chinese heart
has done for budding womanhood. Sons could not have been welcomed
more heartily or cared for more lovingly. Nothing there of that
sentiment prevalent in all heathendom, illustrated in the story
of “China Mary,” in our August MISSIONARY, that the birth of a
daughter is a token of the anger of the gods. The wife of Jee Gam
has been in California only about a year, the older son having
been born in China. She does not yet call herself a Christian, but
hopes to become one, she says—when she can learn a little more. Our
brother looks on his two boys and tells the longing of his heart,
by saying, “I hope they may both become missionaries in my native
land.”
But I am already encroaching on space that belongs to some other
department of the one great work, and I will bid my eager pencil
cease.
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CHILDREN’S PAGE.
* * * * *
LETTER FROM AN AFRICAN BOY.
ATLANTA UNIVERSITY, }
ATLANTA, Ga., June 16th, 1882.}
Doctor Pike have told President Ware that your are collection some
money for me. I am very glad to hear this. I am very thankful
toward you for your kindness toward me. I was the little boy who
came from Africa about four years ago this month. I was brought by
sea captain. I am very glad indeed to sit down and write to you
all. Our school closed last Friday. I like the school very much,
and I also have good many friends in Atlanta University. I hope
that the Lord will save my life, and helping me to get my learning,
that I may return back to my people, telling them about Jesus
Christ, who have died for all peoples. Mark, 16, 15: And He said
unto them, go ye into all the world, and preach the Gospel to every
creature. May the Lord bless you and help you to do more for the
poor.
PHILIP G. PAGE.
A QUESTION OF COLOR.
BY NELLIE L. TINKHAM.
“Dear me!” said Mrs. Strawberry Jam,
A-growing very red,
“What a most unfortunate creature I am;
I can scarce hold up my head.
To think that I should live to see
An insult offered, like this, to me!
That I should be placed on the very same shelf
(Oh dear! I hardly know myself)
By the side of that odious Blackberry Jam—
That vulgar, common, Blackberry Jam!”
So she fumed and fretted, hour by hour,
Growing less and less contented,
Till her temper became so thoroughly sour
That she at last fermented.
While Mr. Blackberry Jam kept still,
And let her have her say—
Kept a quiet heart, as blackberries will,
And grew sweeter every day.
One morn there stopped at Dame Smither’s fence
The parson—to say that he might,
By the kind permission of Providence,
Take tea with her that night.
And the good old lady, blessing her lot,
Hastened to open her strawberry pot.
“Oh, what a horrible mess! Dear—dear!
Not a berry fit to eat is here.
After all,” putting it down with a slam.
“Nothing will keep like good Blackberry Jam,
Honest, reliable, Blackberry Jam.”
Mrs. Strawberry J. went into the pail;
Oh my—what a dire disgrace!
And the pig ate her up, with a twitch of his tail
And a troubled expression of face.
While Blackberry J., in a lovely glass dish,
Sat along with the bread and honey,
And thought, while happy as heart could wish,
“Well, things turn out very funny!”
—_The Century._
* * * * *
RECEIPTS FOR AUGUST, 1882.
* * * * *
MAINE, $181.39.
Dennysville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $9.00
Gorham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.28
Gorham. T. P. Irish, _for Needmore S. S._, 5;
Mrs. Caroline F. Smith, 5, _for Talladega C._ 10.00
Limington. Arzella Boothby, _for John Brown
Steamer_ 5.00
Machias. Centre St. Sab. Sch., 5; Miss U. M.
Penniman, 5 10.00
Portland. Rev. John O. Holbrook 5.00
South Waterford. Giles Shurtliff 2.00
Waterford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.31
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$71.59
LEGACY.
Vassalborough. Estate of Mary B. Buxton, by
Samuel Titcomb, Exr. 109.80
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$181.39
NEW HAMPSHIRE, $441.57.
Acworth. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.00
Bedford. Mrs. S. P. D. 1.00
Centre Harbor. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.00
Chester. C. S. G. 1.00
Concord. A. J. H., Mrs. A. S. and Mrs. I. N. A. 2.00
Exeter. Second Cong. Sab. Sch., 22; “Friends,”
8, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 30.00
Goffstown. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (10 of which
_for John Brown Steamer_) 45.60
Hinsdale. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.96
Hollis. Cong. Ch. 8.54
Keene. Second Cong. Sab. Sch. 25.00
Littleton. Cong. Ch. 14.25
Monroe. Cong Ch. and Soc. 4.51
New Ipswich. Cong. Ch. (1 _of which for John
Brown Steamer_), 12.53; A. N. T., 1 13.53
Pembroke. Cong. Ch. 25.50
Peterborough. Rev. Geo. Dustan, Bbl. of C, and
2 _for freight, for Tougaloo U._ 2.00
Plainfield. Mrs. Hannah Stevens, _for John
Brown Steamer_ 8.00
Portsmouth. North Cong. Ch. and Soc. (5 _of
which for Indian work at Hampton_) 159.98
Tilton. Cong. Sab. Sch. 10.00
Wakefield. Rev. N. Barker, 2; Mrs. M. J. B., 1 3.00
Westmoreland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.00
Winchester. Cong. Ch., 34.51; Sab. Sch., 9.19,
_for S. S. work_ 43.70
VERMONT, $383.43.
Berlin. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 17.30
Brattleborough. Dea. Joseph Wilder, 10; G. H.
Clapp, 5; H. Hadley, 5; Mrs. B. A. Clark, 2,
_for Talladega C._ 22.00
Burlington. Winooski Av. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for
Lady Missionary at Topeka_ 44.15
Chester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.33
Hinesburgh. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.75
Jamaica. Cong. Ch. and Soc., ad’l 1.00
Johnson. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00
Londonderry. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.00
Ludlow. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 14; Sab. Sch., 4.40 18.40
Ludlow. Mrs. L. H. Coffin 2.00
Middlebury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 29.97
North Craftsbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.00
St. Johnsbury. No. Church, _for Parsonage_ 25.00
Sheldon. Cong. Sab. Sch. 20.00
Springfield. Mrs. Frederick Parks 100.00
Swanton. Cong. Ch. 26.72
Tyson Furnace. By L. G. 0.65
West Enosburgh. Henry Fassett 5.00
Woodstock. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 16.16
MASSACHUSETTS, $2,576.96.
Amesbury. Elijah P. Elliott 2.00
Amesbury and Salisbury. Union Ch. 4.00
Amherst. First Cong. Ch. 50.00
Amherst. Miss Mary H. Scott, _for Student Aid,
Tougaloo U._ 7.00
Amherst. Mrs. T. F. Huntington, _for Atlanta
U._ 2.00
Ashby. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.01
Boston. S. D. Smith, Organs 700.00
Boston. Woman’s Home Missionary Ass’n., _for
Lady Missionaries_ 165.77
Bradford. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 46.00
Brookfield. Evang. Cong. Ch. 100.00
Buckland. Cong. Ch. 17.52
Cambridge. North Ave. Ch. and Soc. 302.00
Chelsea. Third Cong. Ch. and Soc. 28.66
Chelsea. Union Home Mission Band, _for Lady
Missionary, Chattanooga, Tenn._ 25.00
Chesterfield. Cong. Ch. 5.50
Coleraine. Cong. Ch. 12.00
Conway. Cong. Ch. 28.55
Curtisville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.00
Danvers. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const.
MARY U. TAPLEY and WM. H. KIMBALL, L. Ms. 90.00
Deerfield. Miss C. E. Williams, _for Atlanta
U._ 2.00
Easton. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.00
Falmouth. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 46.00
Greenfield. Second Cong. Ch., 188.48; First
Cong. Ch., 10 198.48
Greenwich. Rev. E. P. Blodgett, 2.; Mrs. S. G.
C., 1; Miss A. E. B., 1.; Miss M. E. B.,
50c., _for Atlanta U._ 4.50
Hadley. E. Porter 10.00
Housatonic. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for John Brown
Steamer_ 10.00
Ipswich. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 27.31
Marshfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 84.02
Mattapoisett. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.10
Medford. “A Friend” 1.00
Middlefield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 16.00
Natick. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 30.00
Newton Centre. C. L. H. 1.00
Northampton. First Cong. Ch., _for Student
Aid, Atlanta U._ 25.00
North Somerville. “A Friend” 1.00
Oxford. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 33.73
Palmer. Mrs. E. G. Learned, _for John Brown
Steamer_ 2.00
Randolph. Miss Abbie W. Turner 10.00
Salem. J. P. A. 1.00
Sandwich. Mrs. W. F. 1.00
Shelburne. First Cong. Soc. 50.72
Southbridge. Mrs. M. F. Leonard, 5; Miss
Leonard, 3; E. S. Swift, 3; “Friends,” 2.75,
_for Talladega C._ 13.75
South Egremont. Cong. Ch. 25.00
Stoneham. “A Friend” 1.00
Sturbridge. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 50.00
Taunton. Trinity Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const.
MRS. ANNA COREY, FERDINAND S. READ, WM. F.
PERRY, MISS MARY B. RHODES, MISS ANNIE B.
WOODWARD, L. Ms. 175.00
Upton. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for John Brown
Steamer_ 25.00
Webster. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.00
Westborough. Mrs. M. M. Morse, _for John Brown
Steamer_ 5.00
West Newton. Mrs. Sarah Erving, _for John
Brown Steamer_ 5.00
West Roxbury. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Straight
U._ 25.00
Whitinsville. Cong. Sab. Sch. 24.34
Woburn. “A Friend,” _for John Brown Steamer_ 20.00
RHODE ISLAND, $281.00.
Little Compton. United Cong. Ch. 16.00
Newport. Mrs. S. L. Little, _for Rebuilding
Emerson Inst._ 5.00
Pawtucket. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00
Providence. David A. Waldron 250.00
CONNECTICUT, $2,860.53.
Branford. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Land,
Tillotson C. and N. Inst._ 25.00
Bridgeport. Alfred and Edith Palmer, _for John
Brown Steamer_ 5.00
Chapinville. “M. A. N.,” _for Chinese M._ 5.00
Colchester. Mrs. C. F. Skeele, _for John Brown
Steamer_ 5.00
Collinsville. H. N. Goodwin, _for John Brown
Steamer_ 5.00
Durham. First Cong. Ch. 25.00
East Hampton. Cong. Ch., 23.42; Mrs. Chauncey
Bevin, 2 25.42
Fairfield. Sab. Sch. Class, Colored Children,
_for John Brown Steamer_ 3.16
Guilford. “A Friend,” _for Talladega C._ 5.00
Haddam Neck. “Friends,” by Rev. F. Munson,
_for John Brown Steamer_ 6.00
Hadlyme. Richard E. Hungerford (10 _of which
for John Brown Steamer_) 60.00
Hanover. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch. 18.55
Hartford. Windsor Av. Cong. Ch. to const. MRS.
FANNIE E. R. GATES L. M. 30.00
Lakeville. “Friend” 5.00
Lebanon. First Cong. Ch. 62.06
Litchfield. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for John Brown
Steamer_ 20.00
Mansfield Centre. H. D. Russ, _for Talladega
C._ 4.00
Middletown. Third Cong. Ch. (Westfield) 15.00
Middletown. “A. B. C.,” _for John Brown
Steamer_ 2.00
Mount Carmel. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student
Aid, Atlanta U._ 66.87
New Britain. South Cong. Ch. 121.21
New Britain. South Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for
John Brown Steamer_ 50.00
New Haven. “A Friend” 5; Amos Townsend, 5. 10.00
New London. “A Friend,” _for John Brown
Steamer_ 5.00
North Branford. Cong. Ch. 8.00
Northfield. Cong. Ch. 31.50
Norwich. Mrs. M. B. Holyoke, _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U._ 100.00
Norwich Town. Chas. B. Baldwin 10.00
Norwich Town. First Cong. Ch. _for John Brown
Steamer_ 5.00
Putnam. “E. W. S.” 15, “M. A. K.” 5 20.00
Ridgefield. Cong. Ch. 29.45
South Norwalk. Mary Spikenard 2.00
Simsbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 43.55
Stonington. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 116.10
Terryville. Mr. and Mrs. Elizur Fenn 10.00
Thomaston. Cong. Ch., 28.75, and Sab. Sch.,
36.17 64.92
Thompson. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 26.97
Torringford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 19.50; “A
Friend,” 2. 21.50
Washington. Cong. Ch. 68.70
Washington. “Z.,” _for Indian M._ 1.00
Waterbury. Second Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for
John Brown Steamer_ 63.76
West Haven. Mrs. Emeline Smith 10.00
West Winsted. Second Cong. Ch. 151.31
Willimantic. Linen Company, 27.50; W. C.
Jillson, 10; Mrs. D. B. Tracy, 10, _for
Talladega C._ 47.50
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$1,410.53
LEGACIES.
Middletown. Estate of Chas. Dunning, by Chas.
A. Boardman, Ex. 800.00
New London. Trust Estate of Henry P. Haven
(300 of which _for Talladega C._) 650.00
————————
$2,860.53
NEW YORK, $734.67.
Brooklyn. Central Cong. Sab. Sch., _for
Missionaries at Fernandina, Fla., and Ladies
Island, S.C._ 175.00
Brooklyn. East Cong. Ch., 55; Mrs. Lucy
Thurber, 5; H. M. W., 1; E. J. H., 50c. 61.50
Coventryville. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 28.15;
Sab. Sch., 2 30.15
Crown Point. First Cong. Ch., 94.25; Second
Cong. Ch., 6. 100.25
Eaton. Cong. Ch. 12.00
Gerry. Mrs. M. A. Sears 178.36
Gilbertsville. A. Wood, A. M. 10.00
Kiatone. Cong. Ch. 7.73
McGrawville. “Friend,” _for John Brown Steamer_ 5.00
Mina. Mrs. A. T. 1.00
Moravia. First Cong. Ch. 14.50
New York. Joseph S. Holt 15.00
New York. Colored Orphan Asylum, Children,
_for John Brown Steamer_ 5.00
Pekin. Miss Abigail Peck 10.00
Perry Centre. “A Friend” 5.00
Pierrepont. Mrs. Sarah M. Gleason 2.00
Poughkeepsie. First Cong. Ch., 34.79; Mrs. M.
J. Myers, 20 54.79
Syracuse. Plymouth Cong. Ch. 16.26
Syracuse. A. B., _for John Brown Steamer_ 1.00
Walton. First Cong. Sab. Sch. 30.13
NEW JERSEY, $258.02.
East Orange. “L. F. H.” 10.00
Irvington. Rev. Almon Underwood 50.00
Lakewood. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Langdon 2.00
Lyons Farms. Presb. Sab. Sch., _for Needmore
Chapel, Talladega, Ala._ 8.75
Mendham. Rev I. W. Cochran 5.00
Montclair. First Cong. Ch. 182.27
PENNSYLVANIA, $5.50.
Orwell. G. H. H. 0.50
Worth. John Burgess 5.00
OHIO, $654.12.
Adams Mills. Mrs. M. A. Smith 10.00
Akron. Cong. Ch. 92.12
Austinburgh. M. L. A., _for John Brown Steamer_ 1.00
Ashtabula. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for John
Brown Steamer_ 10.00
Bellevue. E. K., _for John Brown Steamer_ 1.00
Chatham Centre. Cong. Ch. 22.00
Cleveland. Heights Cong. Ch. 100.00
Kingsville. M. Whiting 25.00
Madison. By Mrs. St. John, _for Student Aid,
Tougaloo U._ 56.00
Mansfield. Miss Susan M. Sturges, _for John
Brown Steamer_ 10.00
Mantua. Rev. Geo. Thompson 1.50
Medina. First Cong. Ch. 118.00
Mesopotamia. By Mrs. St. John, _for Student
Aid, Tougaloo U._ 3.50
New Richland. Mrs. Elizabeth Johnston, 1, _for
Student Aid, Talladega C._; 2, _for John
Brown Steamer_ 3.00
North Amherst. “A Friend,” (25 of which _for
John Brown Steamer_) 125.00
Norwalk. “T. H.,” (_for John Brown Steamer_) 10.00
Oberlin. W. G. Ballantine 10.50
Painesville. First Ch., Woman’s Miss. Soc.,
_for Indian M._ 10.00
Parisville. Welsh Cong. Ch., _for John Brown
Steamer_ 7.00
Randolph. Cong. Ch. 8.21
Randolph. A. D., _for John Brown Steamer_ 1.00
South Newbury. Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Green, 2;
Mrs. R. P., 1; Mrs. R. S. Waterton, 2.50;
Mrs. B. M. J., 50c. 6.00
South Newbury. Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Green, 2;
Mrs. R. P., 1; Ladies’ Miss. Soc., 1.50;
Mrs. R. S. W., 50c., _for John Brown Steamer_ 5.00
Sharon Centre. E. L. Rogers 5.00
West Andover. Cong. Ch. 13.29
INDIANA, $12.00.
Auburn. James Adams ($5 _of which for John
Brown Steamer_) 10.00
Evansville. A. L. Robinson 2.00
ILLINOIS, $577.99.
Buda. Cong. Ch. 23.56
Chicago. First Cong. Ch., $61.41; “E. D. C.,”
50; South Cong. Ch., 47.17; Western Av.
Chapel, 3.75 162.33
Chicago. Union Park Cong. Sab. Sch., _for
Student Aid, Talladega C._ 50.00
Chicago. P. J. Sexton, 25; “A Friend,” 3; G.
G., 1; —— Stephen, 1, _for Theo. Chair, Fisk
U._ 30.00
Jacksonville. Joy Prairie Ch. 32.80
Lake Forest. Samuel Dent 2.00
Moline. John Deere, _for Theo. Chair, Fisk U._ 100.00
Paxton. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Shaw, _for John
Brown Steamer_ 5.00
Roberts. Cong. Ch. 7.00
Thawville. Cong. Ch. 14.50
Tonica. N. Richey 10.00
Winnebago. Nahum F. Parsons, _for John Brown
Steamer_ 25.00
Winnebago. N. F. Parsons 20.00
Yorkville. Mrs. E. H. Colton 2.00
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$484.19
LEGACY.
Belvidere. Estate of Olney Nichols, by H. W.
Pier, Ex. 93.80
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$577.99
MICHIGAN, $388.78.
Allendale. Cong. Ch. 6.13
Alpena. First Cong. Ch. 82.21
Canandaigua. Cong. Ch. 3.17
Detroit. Woodward Ave. Cong. Ch. 104.39
Edwardsburgh. S. C. Olmstead 25.00
Homestead. Mrs. E. C. Case, _for John Brown
Steamer_ 5.00
Morenci. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Northville. Daniel Pomeroy 50.00
Olivet. Wm. B. Palmer, _for John Brown Steamer_ 100.00
Salem. Summit Missionary Soc. 2.88
Standish. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for John Brown
Steamer_ 5.00
IOWA, $196.46.
Algona. A. Zahlten 6.00
Cedar Rapids. Cong. Ch., 7.62; W. H. P., 50c. 8.12
Chester Centre. Cong. Ch. 32.00
Clear Lake. Cong. Ch. 1.50
Farragut. Cong. Soc., _for Mendi M._ 21.15
Grinnell. Cong. Ch. 26.40
Iowa City. Collected by Rev. H. S. Bennett,
ad’l, _for Theo. Chair, Fisk U._ 2.00
Iowa City. Miss. H. O. C. 1.00
Keokuk. Mrs. M. A. Smith 5.00
Maquoketa. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 17.10
Muscatine. W. Woodward, 10; J. S. Culp, 5,
_for Theo. Chair, Fisk U._ 15.00
Newton. First Cong. Ch. 39.19
Onawa. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for John Brown
Steamer_ 5.00
Onawa. Cong. Ch. 10.00
Washington. D. W. Lewis, _for Theo. Chair,
Fisk U._ 2.00
Winthrop. Wm. H. Scott, 4; H. D., 1 5.00
WISCONSIN, $120.77.
Alderley. Mrs. E. Hubbard, 3; Mrs. Annie Reid,
2 5.00
Appleton. Ladies’ Soc. of Cong. Ch., Set of
Chandeliers and 8.75, _for Freight, for
Atlanta U._ 8.75
Beloit. Mrs. S. M. Clary, Box of C. and 3,
_for Freight, for Macon, Ga._ 3.00
Beloit. Mrs. Mary A. Kellogg (5 of which _for
John Brown Steamer_) 10.00
Burlington. Plym. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for
John Brown Steamer_ 2.00
Fort Howard. Cong. Ch. 25.00
Geneva. Presb. Ch., 22.19; Mrs. Mary J.
Barnard, 10 32.19
Mazo Manie. Mrs. R. L. 1.00
River Falls. Cong. Sab. Sch. 8.83
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$95.77
LEGACY.
Beloit. Estate of Miss Ellen D. Field, by H.
F. Hobart, _for Macon, Ga._ 25.00
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$120.77
MISSOURI, $117.15.
Amity. Amity Sab. Sch., _for John Brown
Steamer_ 5.00
Kidder. Cong. Ch., _for African M._ 9.15
Laclede. Cong Ch. 3.00
Saint Louis. Mrs. Rebecca Webb 100.00
MINNESOTA, $76.49.
Afton. Cong. Ch. 15.00
Hancock. First Cong. Ch. 3.35
Marshall. Cong. Sab. Sch. 7.80
Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch. 48.34
Waseca. Mrs. J. L. Claghorn’s Sab. Sch. Class 2.00
KANSAS, $8.50.
Carbondale. First Cong. Ch. 4.00
White City. Cong. Ch. 4.50
NEBRASKA, $11.60.
Crete. Mrs. R. Sturtevant, _for John Brown
Steamer_ 2.00
Weeping Willow. Cong. Sab. Sch., freight on
books, _for Emerson Inst._ 8.25
Wheatland. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for John Brown
Steamer_ 1.35
WYOMING TERRITORY, $12.00.
Cheyenne. Cong. Ch. 12.00
WASHINGTON TERRITORY, $3.55.
Houghton. First Ch. of Christ 1.05
Anacortes. George Hagadorn 2.50
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $12.00.
Washington. Mrs. A. N. Bailey, 10; W. T.
Peabody, 2, _for John Brown Steamer_ 12.00
NORTH CAROLINA, $7.20.
Dudley. Cong. Ch. 2.20
Wilmington. Cong. Ch. 5.00
SOUTH CAROLINA, $41.50.
Charleston. Plymouth Cong. Church 40.00
Ladies’ Island, _for John Brown Steamer_ 1.50
GEORGIA, $15.15.
Macon. Cong. Ch., 13; Tuition, 2.15 15.15
ALABAMA, $280.84.
Marion. Rev. A. W. Curtis, _for John Brown
Steamer_ 5.00
Marion. Cong. Ch. 4.50
Mobile. A. C. Danner, 25; J. B. Stevens, 5;
Alex. Cantry, 50c; Pupils of Emerson Inst.
and others, 10.14; Rev. S. W. Jones and
wife, 75c.; John Jackson, 85c; Hon. John
Bruce, 1; H. A. Lockwood, 1; Geo S. Moore,
1; N. W. Trimble, 1; J. L. Smith, 1; H. T.
Goodloe, 1; L. H. Faith, 50c; J. J. Crowley,
50c.; T. J. Lippincott, 3; Jas. McPhillip,
5; John Soto, 1; J. McArthur, 5; Mrs.
Holmes, 1; T. C. McBryde and wife, 5; Jas.
E. Sherman, 1; Rob’t Morris, 1; Dr. Sterling
and wife, 1; M. Primo, 1, _for rebuilding
Emerson Institute_ 73.24
Mobile. Cong. Ch. 2.00
Montgomery. Public Fund 175.00
Selma. Cong. Ch. 21.10
MISSISSIPPI, $39.00.
Tougaloo. Tougaloo U., Tuition, 1; Rent, 38 39.00
TEXAS, $1.30.
Corpus Christi. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch. 1.30
INCOMES, $266.75.