time, stopping at a few villages along the way. No missionary is
in all this country. We stopped overnight with one Mr. Collier,
who carries on trade near the river, in a place called Marketah,
people’s market. It was Saturday night, and he was very busy
closing accounts for the week. Our reception was a cordial one. We
spent the Sabbath here and were much pleased to see what is doing
for these benighted people. We had services at eleven o’clock,
which the natives attended. It was interesting, and I feel that a
good impression was made. Such meetings--I mean those consisting
of reading of the Bible, commenting, etc.--are held regularly by
Mr. Collier for the community. They surely can do a great deal in
helping on the good cause. It were better and safer for trade, if
religious instruction were in all this country. This part of the
Big Boom is often visited by the horrors of war. Whole villages are
sometimes laid low in one night, the inhabitants put to the sword
or carried off into slavery. These wars are not waged because the
aggressors have been in any way wronged by the attacked, but just
for the sake of plunder. It is now something over a year since
war visited this part of the Big Boom, but it has left its signs.
Villages that were deserted are being rebuilt. Traders are resuming
their business, and peace is gradually returning to all this region.
We left early Monday morning, having spent a pleasant Sabbath with
our friends in Marketah. The current became stronger as we advanced
toward the interior. The winds were adverse, so our progress
was somewhat like the missionary work, slow. We had long since
left mangroves, with their malarial swamps. That we were getting
some distance from Sherbro was visible from the very appearance
of things. The farther we advanced into the interior, the more
uneasiness seemed to be depicted on the countenances of Africa’s
enslaved children. Africa is her own greatest enemy. War and
slavery curse her most, bring misery where happiness might reign.
When you launch out of British jurisdiction, slaves are common.
This traffic is carried on by the natives themselves, and the
biggest man owns the largest number of slaves and has the greatest
number of wives.
Polygamy is common, where men are able to support more than one
wife; but you may rest assured that when means of support give out,
the women are found giving out too.
This day’s travel brought us to Baikal, a strongly barricaded town.
We did not go inside, but the music and noise within showed plainly
that Ham’s sons and daughters here were having a good time in a
country dance.
MO-TAPPAN, SALEM HILL, LAWANA.
We rested overnight, but early next morning pushed on for
Mo-Tappan, the extreme interior Mission station held by the
American Missionary Association. We stopped at villages along our
journey, where signs of late wars are still apparent. Each man is
armed with either sword or cutlass. I am told that they keep these
near them in time of peace to fight with, but in time of war they
wrap them up in mats, give them to their wives, and ask their feet
to save them by flight. The Mendi people are treacherous and cruel
in war, and not at all brave. I hope the time may soon come when
all this region will enjoy peace and righteousness in God.
This country is elevated, with beautiful bills stretching away
into the distance. We enjoyed the fine scenery. About ten o’clock
we reached Salem Hill. The massive walls built here by the former
missionaries are still standing, but the place is so covered with
shrubbery and vines that it is with great difficulty that access
to it is obtained. The Hill and scenery are splendid, but this
foundation, of no use to any one, made us feel sad, everything
around looked so forlorn. The large village that once stood near
has disappeared, as so many African villages and towns have done.
Along toward night we reached Lawana, where we remained overnight.
Here, though several years’ labor was given to this place, no sign
of past missionary work is visible. The place was captured in war;
the inhabitants, all but a few who were ransomed, were put to death
or sold into slavery. Our resting place here was not large, nor was
it very comfortable. The chief was not seen until our return from
Mo-Tappan. He evidently feared us, because the portions of country
where wars are numerous are often or sometimes visited by the
English to ask the people to keep quiet.
We left early next morning for Mo-Tappan, arriving there about 9
o’clock. The place is now a regular canebreak. The tomb of the late
Mr. Brooks is the only thing that reminded us that the white man
had been here. Our stay was short. No one at all lives here now. It
was broken up by war.
“We now retraced our steps for home, stopping at Lawana. We then
saw the chief, who gave us a cordial welcome. Three children were
brought home by us to be trained for future workers. The current
carried us down quite rapidly. We stopped at but few places on
our return; our Mission is well known in all this country, and it
will be easy for us again to gain footing in former places held by
the American Missionary Association. Large outlays are altogether
unnecessary; plain houses, on cheap plans, are things for a country
so subject to changes from war.
The real Mendi people are here, and I hope that the banner of
Christ will soon again in triumph wave over the strongholds once
held by our Mission. Pray that we may be guided in attempting to
extend our work, and that everything may be done to His honor and
glory.
* * * * *
THE CHINESE.
* * * * *
“California Chinese Mission.”
Auxiliary to the American Missionary Association.
PRESIDENT: Rev. J. K. McLean, D. D. VICE-PRESIDENTS: Rev. A. L.
Stone, D. D., Thomas C. Wedderspoon, Esq., Rev. T. K. Noble, Hon.
F. F. Low, Rev. I. E. Dwinell, D. D., Hon. Samuel Cross, Rev. S.
H. Willey, D. D., Edward P. Flint, Esq., Rev. J. W. Hough, D. D.,
Jacob S. Taber, Esq.
DIRECTORS: Rev. George Mooar, D. D., Hon. E. D. Sawyer, Rev. E. P.
Baker, James M. Haven, Esq., Rev. Joseph Rowell, Rev. John Kimball,
E. P. Sanford, Esq.
SECRETARY: Rev. W. C. Pond. TREASURER: E. Palache, Esq.
* * * * *
FALSE BRETHREN.
We have had new griefs of late. In days past, when reproach
and opposition came mainly from those whose anti-Chinese rage
was simply an expression of an anti-Christian spirit, it was
comparatively easy to endure it. And even when those professing
godliness have cringed before ungodly prejudices, and shut the door
of the house of God upon the Chinese Sunday-school, and received,
if at all, with left-handed welcomes to the church on earth Chinese
who gave every token of having been accepted by Christ to the
kingdom of Heaven, we remembered with comfort the “sure foundation”
which has “this seal; the Lord knoweth them that are His.” In all
these experiences, and even when the violence of lawless hoodlumism
for the time almost emptied our school-rooms, and the intensity
of anti-Chinese feeling on the part of Americans was provoking an
equally intense anti-American feeling on the part of the Chinese,
so that we found it difficult to bring them within reach of Gospel
influences, we had this to console us, that our Chinese brethren
themselves, almost without exception, seemed to be “steadfast,
immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord.” It is true,
some who were received to our Association of Christian Chinese
were found, before the six or eight months of their probation had
expired, not to be sincere, and were consequently never baptized;
but of those who had been received to the church, I was accustomed
to say that thus far not one, so far as we knew, had brought any
reproach upon the name of Christ.
This was a glad surprise to me. I had read Paul’s letters to
the churches of Corinth and of Galatia, and the messages of
Jesus to the seven churches of Asia, and was well aware that the
disappointments which attended apostolic missions occurred often
enough to-day in heathen lands to make our missionaries there
rejoice with trembling over those apparently born of God; but,
till recently, no such disappointment had been visited upon us.
There were occasional backslidings, a temporary recession of
interest, which started fears and called us to earnest prayer;
but, in general, I could say, that I knew of no group of American
Christians in whose steadfastness and zeal a pastor could take
more delight than we could in our Chinese brethren. And this is
still true; perhaps more evidently true than before, in view of the
course which they have pursued towards some “false brethren.”
About three months ago I visited Sacramento, in order to make
new arrangements for the accommodation of our Mission there. The
room which we had occupied free of rent for many years being no
longer at our service, I was enabled to rent, at a comparatively
low rate, a Mission house so well located, so roomy, and so well
adapted to our peculiar work, that I came away gratefully realizing
that the Master himself had gone before me, and believing that
He was about to lead us into a larger and better work there than
we had ever done before. The added expense, however, caused me
to withdraw temporarily the paid helper, and to trust to the
volunteer aid which our Chinese brethren promised to give. Among
these volunteers, the one who seemed at once most able and most
willing was Wong Wing. He spoke English well; seemed to be a
natural leader; and while exhibiting some traits which made one
stand somewhat in doubt, yet, on the whole, was trusted both by his
Chinese brethren and their American friends. But he proved to be a
Judas. He carried the bag and was a thief. Having possessed himself
of several hundred dollars from the hard earnings of his brethren,
he attempted to decamp, but has been brought back, and is now
awaiting a trial which cannot but consign him to State’s Prison.
The concern of our brethren, however, seems to be less for their
own losses than for the dishonor brought upon the cause of Christ.
“How shall we preach in the street any more,” they say, “unless we
continue to let all men see that while we pity Wong Wing, we hate
his evil deeds?” And they have spared neither pains nor expense
in bringing him to justice, as, indeed, by the rules of their
Association they were bound to do.
In San Francisco we have had one case even sadder than this, which
has made our hearts ache through and through, and two or three
cases which, without bringing overt reproach, yet involved excision
from the church. And at the same time with all these griefs came
dissensions among the brethren in Oakland, which spread widely, and
for a while threatened great disaster. These, however, have been
allayed, and, indeed, so overruled that the work, on the whole, has
been helped rather than hindered through them.
I suppose it would be neither needful nor wise for me to go further
into details, even if the space at my command admitted of it; but
it seemed to be the dictate even of honesty, since, like Paul,
I have ventured to “boast” over the character of our Chinese
believers, that I should not conceal these humbling facts. Yet I
still will “boast” that never did I witness in any church more
prompt, wise and effective Christian discipline than these events
have called forth in our Association of Christian Chinese; and God
will, sooner or later, overrule it all for good.
BETHANY SCHOOL.
I append some clippings from the last monthly report of the school
taught in the lecture-room of Bethany church, San Francisco. After
speaking of the great pleasure she finds in the work in general,
Miss Worley says: “The last month has been one of great anxiety
to me. Some who had attended the school for a long time, and were
still attending, had been trying to send others away. In some
cases, by using threats, they had succeeded. Months ago I was
requested by two scholars to expel one pupil for this offense, but
I wanted to try him a little longer. But
‘One sickly sheep affects the flock
And poisons all the rest.’
In this instance only a few were thus affected. Some were too
faithful to be moved by threats. At length the issue came in this
way: This scholar became aware that one of the pupils was about
to join the Association. He set his heathen relatives upon him,
and they threatened to kill him. To keep him away from the school,
they got possession, one day, of the key of the ‘Bethany Home’
and locked him in. He, finding the door locked, and no chance of
its being opened till after the close of the school, went out the
back way and climbed over the fence (a close board fence about
twenty feet high, erected to protect the rear of the house from
hoodlumism). He now thought he would get to school all right. He
was mistaken, for, stationed in the corridor between the church
and the lecture-room were these Chinese who had locked him in. As
he passed them they struck him across his eye and hand. I found it
necessary then to expel them; yet I feel that they cannot forget
what they have learned, and I live in hope that bread cast upon the
waters ‘will be found after many days.’
“I am glad to say that this good and faithful scholar (for such he
is) who was hurt, gave his name at the next meeting as a candidate
for membership in the Association. The only obstacle in the way of
another scholar is the fear of his parents in China. He has not yet
learned by _heart_ that ‘he that loveth father or mother more than
me is not worthy of me.’
“Since that night, and the expulsion of those persecutors, I seem
to be constantly adding fresh names to my roll. Working scholars
are leaving no stone unturned to increase our numbers. I feel
thankful for such scholars. Friends kindly help me in the work, but
what I most need is a Chinese helper. I trust that at no distant
time I may have one. The scholars who are able are willing to
explain, but they need all the little time they have for study. I
find the most studious pupils make the sincere Christians.”
To which appeal for a Chinese helper the superintendent adds his
own _Amen_. But we cannot have one without more means than now we
have at our command.
CHILDREN’S PAGE.
* * * * *
CHILDREN’S INFLUENCE.
MISS MARY BAILEY, VERMONT.
Children’s influence is too much overlooked in the Mission work.
Parents, Sabbath-school teachers, and missionary agents do not take
the pains they might to create in them a missionary spirit.
As soon as they “can speak and go alone” they should be “bent” into
missionary workers. They _can_ be taught to take as much interest
in the condition of the Freedmen, Chinese and Indians, as in
“Mother Hubbard,” “Jack and the Bean Stalk,” etc. Especially when
they are called upon to give their pennies should it be explained
to them for what purposes their moneys are solicited.
A little mite of a girl came to me and asked for a penny. “What
would you do with a penny?” said I. “Carry it to Sunday-school.”
“What do you carry it to Sunday-school for?” “To put it into the
conniption box.” “What do you put it into the ‘conniption box’
for?” “For the man.” “What does the man do with it?” “He put it
into his pocket!”
After that, when missionary papers came, I read them through to
her. By glancing ahead I saw what the facts were, then I would read
them in words she could understand. She was so charmed with that
kind of reading she would take a toy book out of my hand and hunt
up a missionary paper to be read to her instead.
When she saw me glancing along she would exclaim, “Don’t let your
eyes zig-zag over the page; read every word!”
The Freedmen interested her very much. She said one morning,
“I prayed for the colored people last night; I told Jesus they
suffered.” At another time I read about a colored student who was
anxious to become a minister, and she “told the Lord that he wanted
to be a minister.”
Last Sabbath a missionary preached a very interesting sermon at our
church, in the interests of the Freedmen. I hoped he would speak a
few words to the children, but he did not.
I asked a little girl of nine years, who thinks she would like to
be a missionary, how she liked the sermon? She replied that she
could not understand it. I told her that he said the Catholics were
sending more teachers among the colored people than we were, and
they were fast becoming their converts.
She quickly replied, “Then we shall be slaves; we had better look
out!”
If all children under religious instruction were engaged to do all
they could in the cause of Missions, what an additional power would
their praying and gleanings be against the enemies of Christian
liberty.
* * * * *
RECEIPTS
FOR JULY, 1879.
* * * * *
MAINE, $158.27.
Castine. Mrs. Lucy S. Adams, to const. MRS.
DOROTHY L. STEVENS, L. M. $30.00
Dennysville. Mrs. Samuel Eastman 5.00
Eastport. Cong. Sab. Sch. $5; Rev. G. A. P.
50c. 5.50
Kennebunkport. Second Cong. Ch., $8.25; First
Cong. Ch., $7.02 15.27
North Waterford. “A. J. H.” 2.00
Portland. State St. Cong. Ch. 75.00
York. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.50
NEW HAMPSHIRE, $450.38.
Amherst. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.68
Antrim. “Friends,” by Imla Wright 105.00
Bennington. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 22.01
Brentwood. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 2.00
Concord. South Cong. Ch. and Soc. 54.33
Greenville. E. G. Heald 5.00
Keene. First Cong. Sch., $65.40; E. R., $1 66.40
Manchester. C. B. Southworth, to const. MINNIE
P. SOUTHWORTH, L. M. 50.00
Marlborough. Freedmen’s Ladies’ Aid Soc. 7.00
Milford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.94
Nashua. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 19.97
New Market. T. H. Wiswall 10.00
North Hampton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 21.02
Northwood Centre. Cong. Soc. 16.23
Pembroke. Mrs. Mary W. Thompson 5.00
Temple. Cong. Sab. Sch. 17.00
Winchester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.80
Windham. “A Friend” (thank offering) 1.00
VERMONT, $248.32.
Cambridge. B. R. Holmes, Rev. E. Wheelock, S.
M. Safford, J. G. Morse, and O. W. Reynolds,
$5 ea.; J. W. T. and M. J. M. $1 ea. 27.00
East Hardwick. Mrs. L. W. J. and Mrs. L. H. P. 1.00
East Berkshire. S. J. B. 50c.; “A Friend.” 25c. 0.75
Enosburg. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 18.56
Fair Haven. Cong. Sab. Sch. _for Student,
Atlanta U._ 30.00
Hartland. Union Coll. 2.45
Manchester. Cong. Ch. to const. Dea. S. G.
CONE, L. M. 74.51
Milton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 18.05
Underhill. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 9.10
Wallingford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $32; “E. A.
H.” $2 34.00
West Brattleborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.15
West Milton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 9.81
Windham. Cong. Ch. 9.10
Woodstock. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 3.84
MASSACHUSETTS, $2,265.03.
Abington. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. (ad’l), $3;
S. P. L. 50c. 3.50
Amherst. Church in Amherst College 35.30
Andover. Chapel Cong. Ch. $75.39; “A Friend,”
$10; Miss H. E. Whittier, bbl. of C. 85.39
Beverly. Dane St. Ch. and Soc. 8.15
Boston. Eliot Cong. Ch. (ad’l) 20.00
Brimfield. Second Cong. Sab. Sch. 5.00
Brockton. 2 bbls. C. by Lizzie F. Trow, _for
Tougaloo U._
Brookline. Harvard Cong. Ch. 97.29
Charlestown. Winthrop Cong. Ch. and Soc. _for
Hampton N. and A. Inst._ 70.00
Chelsea. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 63.38
Curtisville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 14.75
Dover. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 4.00
East Hampton. Payson Cong. Sab. Sch. 50.00
England. Miss S. L. Ropes 10.00
Falmouth. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 23.50
Fall River. Central Cong. Ch. 1.50
Framingham. Plymouth Cong. Sab. Sch. 24.50
Gardner. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00
Georgetown. Memorial Cong. Ch. 27.05
Hadley. Thomas P. Carleton 2.00
Haverhill. John Kendrick, $10; Mrs. L. P. F.,
50c.;--Industrial Soc. of North Ch., bbl. of
valuable bedding, _for Tougaloo U._ 10.50
Holliston. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.60
Holyoke. Second Cong. Ch. 17.90
Hingham. Ev. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.98
Lexington. Hancock Cong. Ch. 14.24
Lowell. Kirk St. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 224.55
Lowell. High St. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.83
Malden. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 44.25
Maplewood. Free Christian Ch. 2.25
Middlefield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 35.00
Millbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 56.49
North Adams. Cong. Ch. 81.66
New Bedford. North Cong. Ch. (ad’l) 10.00
Newburyport. Whitfield Cong. Ch. 10.87
Newton. Eliot Ch. 125.00
Newtonville. Central Cong. Ch. and Soc.,
$26.17; Mrs. J. W. Hayes, $25 51.17
North Brookfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 50.00
Northbridge. Phebe S. Marsh 5.00
North Somerville. “A Friend” 2.00
Oxford. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 34.70
Petersham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 3.25
Pittsfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 35.47
Reading. Rev. W. H. Willcox, _for Emerson
Inst._ 20.00
Rockland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 70.00
South Abington. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 17.73
Southborough. P. E. Ch. and Soc. 16.99
South Deerfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.50
South Hadley. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 21.00
South Weymouth. Union Cong. Ch. and Soc., $40;
Second Cong. Ch. and Soc., $45, bal. to
const. MRS. MARIA J. LOUD and FRANK W.
WALLIS, L. M.’s 85.00
Springfield. First Cong. Ch., $39.85; South
Ch., $23.02; Mrs. Bowdoin, $10; Ira Merrill,
$5; Mrs. A. C. Hunt, $5 82.87
Sterling. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 3.39
Sturbridge. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $32.45, and
Sab. Sch., $14.15 46.60
Templeton. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $20.15;
L. R. and C. C. Shattuck, $3; Mrs. W., $1 24.15
Waltham. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $82.74; N.
Scamman, $2 84.74
Waverley. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 23.66
West Barnstable. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00
Westborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ($5 of which
from Mrs. Samuel Griggs), 12.31
West Boylston. Miss Polly Ames and Geo. W.
Ames, $3 each 6.00
West Hampton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 17.72
Wilbraham.--by Chas. Marsh. Treas. H. B. A. 10.70
Williamsburgh. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 22.52
Williamstown. First Cong. Ch., $15.57; A. M.
M., 50c. 16.07
Winchendon. “F. T. J.” 5.00
Wollaston Heights. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00
Worcester. Central Cong. Ch. and Soc. 145.99
Yarmouth. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.,
$50;--Cong. Sab. Sch., $10.07, _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 60.07
RHODE ISLAND, $85.65.
Central Falls. Cong. Ch. 85.65
Pawtucket. Robert Cushman, Organ and freight
CONNECTICUT, $1,500.26.
Berlin. Second Cong. Ch. 19.79
Bethel. Cong. Sab. Sch. 10.00
Bethlehem. H. B. 0.50
Bristol. Mrs. J. R. H. 0.50
Colchester. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 4.00
Durham. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 28.00
East Haven. Cong. Ch. 30.00
East Hartford. First Ch. 30.00
Farmington. Cong. Ch. 40.08
Glastenbury. First Cong. Ch. 125.00
Gilead. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Brown 5.00
Goshen. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 30.00
Granby. First Cong. Ch. 6.50
Guilford. Daniel Hand 100.00
Hanover. Cong. Ch., to const. JAMES W. CUTLER,
L. M. 37.52
Hartford. First Cong. Ch., $295; Asylum Hill
Cong. Ch., $135; Windsor Ave. Cong. Ch. $22 452.00
Lebanon. First Ch. 56.67
Meriden. First Cong. Ch. (ad’l) 1.25
Millington. Cong. Ch. 3.63
New Haven. Amos Townsend, $50; B. P., $1;
Third Cong. Ch., $24.71 75.71
Northfield. Cong. Ch. 28.75
North Stonington. Cong. Sab. Sch. 2.00
Norwich. First Cong. Ch. (in part) 112.00
Old Lyme. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 18.00
Old Saybrook. Cong. Ch. 14.76
Poquonock. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 17.25
Salisbury. Cong. Ch. 59.91
South Coventry. Cong. Ch. 37.50
Terryville. Elizur Fenn and Mrs. Elizur Fenn,
$5 ea. 10.00
Thomaston. Cong. Ch. 41.55
Vernon. Mrs. E. P. 1.00
West Haven. Mrs. Kimball and Mrs. Coe, $5 ea.;
Dr. Painter’s S. S. Class, $1.13 11.13
Wilton. Cong. Ch. 27.09
Windsor. Cong. Ch. 50.00
Woodstock. First Cong. Ch. 13.17
NEW YORK, $2,471.35.
Binghamton. Chas. A. Beach 25.00
Brooklyn. Central Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., $30, to
const. HON. W. W. WHEELER, L. M., _for
Missionary at Charleston, S. C._; also $50
_for Rev. Geo. Henry, Fernandina, Fla._ 80.00
Camden. Cong. Ch., $23.61; and Sab. Sch., $10 33.61
Carthage. Cong. Ch. 2.03
Champlain. Pres. and Cong. Ch. 21.60
Columbus. Box of books and papers by O. S.
Williams
East Bloomfield. Cong. Soc. 39.00
Fairport. Cong. Sab. Sch. 10.00
Freeport. Rev. C. F. Boynton, _for Emerson
Inst._ 6.00
Gaines. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $27.21, and Sab.
Sch., $8.61, to const. MRS. LEANDER
BIDELMAN, L. M. 35.82
Harlem. Cong. Ch. 11.46
Kingsborough. J. W. 1.00
Lima. Chas. D. Miner, Geo. Thayer and Geo. W.
Thayer, $5 each; Mrs. A. E. M., $1; Mrs. L.
T. B., $1 17.00
Madison. Cong. Ch. 7.00
Marcellus. “A Friend.” 20.00
Newark Valley. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 50.18
New York. Tabernacle Ch. (ad’l), $1; J. A. V.
A., 65c.; A Deceased Friend, by E. S. H.,
bag of C. 1.65
North Bergen. Rev. S. Carver 10.00
Onandaga Valley. A. L. G. 1.00
Owasco. Mrs. A. S. 1.00
Perry. “A Friend.” 10.00
Poughkeepsie. Mrs. M. J. Myers 25.00
Randolph. Mrs. Diantha C. Bush, deceased 2000.00
Rensselaer Falls. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 18.00
Spencerport. Sarah Vannest 15.00
Syracuse. “An Old Friend,” to const. G. B.
DOUD, L. M. 30.00
West Farms. Mrs. A. Woods, pkg. of books
NEW JERSEY, $29.35.
Newark. Belleville Av. Cong. Ch. 19.35
Parsippany. Mrs. Jane W. Force 10.00
PENNSYLVANIA, $131.
Canton. H. Sheldon 5.00
Millbrook. Rev. G. S. 1.00
Philadelphia. Mrs. S. L. Chester 5.00
---- “For Jesus” 120.00
OHIO, $332.59.