without loving God? Or can we love God without loving our brethren?
No, we cannot love our brethren without loving God, neither can we
love God without loving His people. But we must first love God;
then we shall be able to love the brethren. Do not you know what
the Bible says, ‘we love God because He first loved us.’ _Love_ is
the _greatest word_ in the world. We cannot possibly do anything
without this word. Love the brethren of God’s church as if they
were your own brethren. But what is the reason that we should love
them as our own brethren? Yes, they are truly our own brethren.
Why? Because we are all made of one blood. At the beginning, did
not God make a man and a woman, and told them to love one another,
and keep His commandments? But at last they broke His commands, so
God turned them out of Paradise. Now are they not the father and
mother of us all? Of course, they are. This is why we ought to love
them that are God’s children as well as our own brethren.
“3. But how are we able to love one another? Shall we love them
when they love us? That is a very easy way, but this not the way
of love at all. Or shall we say, we will love them, but the heart
is not willing to do so? Is this the way to love? Or, shall we say
by mouth, yes, we will love him truly, but still try to listen to
him when he talks, or preaching, or studying, to find fault with
him, and go right off and tell some one else instead of telling
his fault before him by yourself alone; is this the way to love?
Or, he speak something against me; then I do not like to speak to
him any more: is that the way to love? Or, to wait, find out all
his mistakes and all his faults, and then go find some one who you
think best,—who you think love you very much, and who you think can
help you any way, and who do always to please you with talk, and
who can scold them better than you, for perhaps they are better
person than you, and perhaps they have more respect of men; and
your heart is full of envying, and always try to knock him down: is
this the way to love one another? Is that your _brother_, that you
ought to treat him so? No, my friends, this is not the way to love
at all. But we are _truly_ to love one another; this is our duty.
What Jesus told us to do, we must do it by heart, not by talk,
nor by pleasing, neither by any other way. But first knowing that
God is always looking down from above, so we must be careful how
we love God and our brother. This is what we ought to have;—that
is, we must first have our hearts pure, then comes the peaceable,
gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and _good fruits of
righteousness, without partiality and without hypocrisy_. Do it by
heart. Amen.”
I have transcribed it just as it was brought in—the first draft
roughly penciled—and the italics are his own. As a work of
homiletic art, it is open to criticism certainly; but as an
utterance of truth, it may reach the case, and fitly stir the
conscience of many an American Christian, as well as of our Chinese
believers.
I close with, this extract from the report of the teacher of our
Barnes School: “The most enjoyable lessons to me are those in the
Bible, and I am often surprised at the interest shown, and the
questions and answers given. * * * Last night in Sabbath-school
one was learning the passage, ‘Take heed that ye do not your alms
before men,’ etc. I asked him if he knew what that meant. He
answered, ‘When you give away something, or do something kind to
any body, don’t go talk about it, tell everybody. If you do, God
think you too much foolie.’ I think I have given his exact words.”
* * * * *
WOMAN’S HOME MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.
Room 20, Congregational House, Beacon St., Boston.
MISS NATHALIE LORD, _Secretary_. MISS ABBY W. PEARSON, _Treasurer_.
* * * * *
MISS WILSON’S WORK AMONG THE REFUGEES IN KANSAS.
Miss Julia Wilson, sent out October last by the W.H.M.A., writes
from Baxter Springs, Kansas: The blessing of God has seemed to rest
upon our work from the beginning, in opening the way before us and
in giving us favor with the people for whom we labor.
Kind friends have sent us generous aid, whereby we have been
able to meet our charity work, which although only a small part
of the great whole, is nevertheless a very important part, not
only because we are thus enabled to relieve want and suffering,
but because of the opportunity thereby given to gain a personal
influence over individuals. We often have thirty visitors in a day.
A few minutes are given to one; often hours of precious time must
be given to others, for thus only are their hearts kept with ours.
We encourage, aid, advise as circumstances demand. We are with
our people in sickness, death and also at their funerals. We have
a woman’s school four or five times a week; but our Bible school
is our corner-stone. We have a large attendance in the adult’s
room and also in the children’s department. They listen with
earnestness, and I always feel at the close that the Lord has been
with us. This people have been so accustomed to a mixture of error
with the truth, that simple Bible truth is new to them. I will not
speak of difficulties that must be met and overcome, only to say
that if we did not know we are here in the strength of the Lord, we
might as well go home, so strong a hold has sin in its worst and
most debasing forms upon these people. “But the people who sat in
darkness have seen a great light,” and “they that dwelt in the land
of the shadow of death, upon them has the light shined.” What a
privilege to be a light-bearer for the Lord—to hold the fort at any
point against the might of Satan! For Jesus signals, “I am coming.”
Yes, “We’ll wave the answer back to Heaven. By thy grace we will.”
We would like to give to the readers the diary of Miss. W. for one
month, but have only space for the report of two or three days, to
show how constantly her head, heart and hands are busy in her work:
1st. Sunday-school book, papers and slate pencil to Mr. B., who
came twelve miles. To preacher D., bundle of clothing for himself
and family. 2d, sent soap to H. family, who camped under a tree
after traveling 200 miles; they were wet, weary and hungry. Again,
sent rice to Mrs. G., thread and cloth for children’s clothes to
Mrs. B., the same to Mrs. L., one of whom walked eight miles,
the other twelve, to attend the woman’s school; lesson papers,
Sunday-school papers and cards to three young people who walked
eight miles to reach the mission. Lesson to Mrs. A. in button-hole
making, thread for practice, cards to H. children, and lesson to
Cora. Supper cooked and given to a family of six tired, hungry
people, the most wretched I have seen, also a night’s lodging in
our church. Coat, shirt and decent grave clothes to B. Land given
to three women, two of whom walked eight and the other twelve miles.
The friends who have so generously responded to Miss Wilson’s needs
will see by this report how she has by their gifts been able to
meet the urgent necessities of these poor suffering people. Miss
Wilson lives with her helper, who was a pupil at Hampton Institute
for a time, in a small cottage “shaded from the intense heat by
trees, and furnished with a good well of water, worth more than
a gold mine,” surrounded by the cottages of her people, and so
enabled to bring to bear upon them the influence of a Christian
home.
Boxes and barrels sent during the month of July:
From Auxiliary in Plainville, Conn., clothing valued $25.70
” Highland, Ill., to Miss Wilson, Baxter Springs,
Kansas, one box valued 48.70
” Philips Church, South Boston, Ladies’ Benevolent
Society to Miss Wilson, box valued 55.31
To Home Missionaries at the West, box valued 132.19
Receipts of Woman’s Home Missionary Association from June 27 to
July 25, 1881:
From auxiliaries $360.50
” life members 80.00
” donations 165.95
” annual members 4.00
———————
$610.45
* * * * *
CHILDREN’S PAGE.
* * * * *
PAULPHEMIA’S MA.
“Oh! who is dat a comin’? Don’t you grieve for me.
De Lord don’t want you to grieve for me.
’Tis ole Father Gable (Gabriel),” etc., etc.
Over and over again sounded the weird melody, mingling with the
strains of martial music that floated from the barracks opposite.
Paulphemia seemed to appreciate better her own melody, with its
accompaniment of heels knocking against the gate-post on which
she sat, than the patriotic “Rally round the flag, boys,” of the
musicians.
It was after the war and Paulphemia was free. Surely, she knew all
this, for hadn’t her pa fallen in battle, bravely fighting? and
hadn’t she fled with her dear widowed missus and little missuses
in as great terror as they when the Union army entered the city?
For she loved this mistress, and was only dimly sure that freedom
was to be such a glorious thing. Surely no one knew better than
Paulphemia that she was free, and yet where was the use in singing
all day, “I’se free, thank de Lord,” or of falling on her knees
periodically to shout and praise God, as “_maw_” did?
I have said that she seemed to appreciate better her own doleful
melody than the martial music; in reality, though, her song was a
kind of “Get thee behind me, Satan,” to the tempter urging her to
run over to the barracks.
Indeed Paulphemia’s cup was one of mingled joy and pain, and
therein, although as black as ebony, she was akin to us. True, she
was free; that meant she had no more _toting_ of missus’ babies.
But when she lived with missus, she didn’t have to live with ma;
and Paulphemia would have told you, “this ma ain’t my ma, ’cause
my own dear ma done died,” and this ma had decreed that the child
should not run loose hither and yon, and especially should not
go over to the fort and barracks. Paulphemia almost envied the
little dwarf, her neighbor, poor little Joe Morgan, whose body and
limbs were so distorted and mixed up that he could scratch his ear
or his little woolly head with his toes. For the amusement this
accomplishment afforded the soldiers, he was welcome at any time,
and in this way picked up many a penny.
“Paulphemie,” shouted an imperative voice, “I’se a gwine ter whip
you, chile, if you darst go over to them quarters!” The old woman,
with her threat and her stick for enforcing it, appeared most
opportunely in the cabin door, for the child had slid from the
gate-post and in another second would have rallied round the flag;
but with a face expressive of innocence itself, she responded,
“I’se jis a comin’, maw!” This meekness deceived the old woman and
she changed her menacing tones. “Honey,” she said, “your _pore_
ma’s done died, an’ nebber lived to see us free! Say, honey, reckon
you’d like for to be a lady like ole missus?” “Dunno,” answered
Paulphemia, for “Yankee Doodle” was just then driving her almost
wild. “Say, honey, reckon you’d like for to go to the big paid
school?”
At this the child opened wider her big eyes, for next to the
barracks in point of mystery was the large school into which
she had longed to penetrate. “You get learning, chile, an’ get
religion, an’ sure ’nough you’se a lady like ole missus.” This was
what the old woman told Paulphemia then, and afterward put her to
school.
Years came and went as years will do, some three or four or five;
and after a time the blue-coats vanished from the city, martial
music was no more heard, and the forts crowning the beautiful
hills and all the barracks about them became deserted and silent.
Still the school in the hospital buildings continued and increased
in prosperity, and still the years rolled on, fourteen of them, and
even the hospital buildings became deserted, for the Freedmen’s
school had long since outgrown its quarters, and from one of the
beautiful hills it proudly and peacefully looks down upon the city,
that proudly and in peace gazes up to it.
On a day when the Southern sunshine was brightest, one of the
professors, on his way to the University, was stopped by an aged
colored woman, bowed over on a walking-stick, and hobbling to
meet him. “Howdy,” said she, “is you de teacher up yonder?” and
she pointed to the stately hall. “Yes, auntie,” he replied with
a smile. “Can I do anything for you?” “Reckon you don’t ’member
Paulphemie Watkins?”—and as she spoke the name, her voice grew even
more tremulous.
The professor regretfully said he did not recall her. “I ’spects
you doesn’t,” added the old auntie. “Well, down yonder, sah, when
dis yere school was a baby, you know, down yonder in de guv’ment
buildings, my Paulphemie went to your paid school; she got religion
thar, and—and (wiping slowly her eyes) she done got de _choleray_
and done died, nigh on ter fourteen year ago now, sah. Praise de
Lord! she got religion, and she gone home ter glory!” And then the
poor old thing, after placing her walking-stick so that she could
safely lean on it and have her hands free, removed from her bosom
a handkerchief, and with trembling fingers untied a knot in one
corner; then she placed in the professor’s hand, counting them out
one by one, six silver dollars. “For my Paulphemie’s larnin’, sah.
I couldn’t pay it sooner, sah; but, sure ’nough, its done laid like
a stone right here all dese yere years,” she said, putting her hand
on her heart. "I prayed de Lord an’ I said, O! good Lord, don’t
lemme come home to glory till I done paid for Paulphemie’s larnin’!
It’s a pretty day, sah; I lives a right smart o’ way yonder, an’ my
ole feet don’t go fast, so good evening."[A] With those words she
would have gone. The professor’s eyes were moist, and he had hardly
spoken, so strange had been the scene, but now he followed her,
begging her gently to keep the money. With pride and almost anger
she refused, and after learning where her home was, he was obliged
to let her go, contenting himself with a plan to fully make up to
her in some way the sum she had left in his hands.
Walking slowly and thoughtfully toward the University, he seemed to
hear not “the still, sad music of humanity;” for how could he dare
to _pity_ a soul so noble? But an angel’s plaudit spoke for her,
“She hath done what she could.”
FOOTNOTE:
[A] This incident of the aged colored woman’s honesty is true, and
occurred during the past winter.
* * * * *
RECEIPTS FOR JULY, 1881.
* * * * *
MAINE, $171.23.
Bath. Central Ch. and Soc. $15.00
Portland. State St. Ch. 150.00
South Paris. Cong. Ch. 6.23
NEW HAMPSHIRE, $293.23.
Centre Harbor. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 17.00
Concord. South Cong. Ch. and Soc., $100.57, to
const. MRS. SARA H. HARRINGTON, L. M.; Miss
A. J. H. and Others, $2; “A Friend,” $1 103.57
Fitzwilliam. MRS. LOUISA HILL, to const.
herself L. M. 30.00
Henniker. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.00
Hollis. Cong. Ch. 5.20
Reese. First Cong. Sab. Sch. 39.00
Milford. Cong. Ch. ($10 of wh. bal. to const.
ANDREW J. HUTCHINSON, L. M.) 18.75
Nashua. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.27
New Ipswich. Cong. Ch. 12.44
Pembroke. “A. T.” 5.00
Short Falls. I. W. Chandler 2.00
Webster. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.00
VERMONT, $1,181.45.
Brownington & Barton Landing. Cong. Ch. and
Soc. 20.83
Johnson. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00
Middlebury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 44.72
Saint Albans. A. O. Brainerd 25.00
Sheldon. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Shoreham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (ad’l) 0.51
Springfield. A. Woolson 200.00
West Brattleborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc.,
$9.88; Mrs. Fannie C. Gaines, $5 14.88
West Dover. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 3.00
Wilmington. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.26
Windsor. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. MRS.
LYDIA WHEELER, and DEA. C. D. HAZEN, L. M’s 52.25
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381.45
LEGACY.
Springfield. Estate of Dea. Charles Haywood,
by Geo. P. Haywood, Ex. 800.00
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1,181.45
MASSACHUSETTS, $8,237.48.
Amesbury. Mrs. A. L. Bayley, to const. REV. W.
F. SLOCUM, L. M. 30.00
Amherst. First Cong. Ch., $25; South Cong. Ch.
and Soc., $6 31.00
Andover. Free Cong. Ch. and Soc., $93.41, to
const. REBECCA J. POOR, AGNES DEAR and MARY
RICHARDSON, L. M’s; Chapel Ch. and Soc.
(ad’l) $20 113.41
Arlington. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 35.00
Belchertown. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 27.00
Boston. Highland Cong. Ch. and Society,
$37.50; Rev. Photius Fisk, $10; Mrs. M. L.
50c.; Mrs. J. L. T., 50c.; J. T. J., 51c. 49.01
Boston Highlands. Eliot Cong. Ch. 80.49
Brookline. Harvard Cong. Ch. 112.91
Cambridgeport. Ladies’ Sewing Circle of
Pilgrim Ch., Box of C.
Campello. “A Friend” 50.00
Chelsea. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., $38.38;
Mrs. A. E. P., 50c. 38.88
Concord. Ellen T. Emerson 10.00
Curtisville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 16.00
Douglas. “A Friend” 1.00
Easthampton. First Ch. Sab. Sch. 23.17
Fairhaven. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00
Greenfield. First Cong Ch. and Soc. 12.75
Lawrence. South Cong. Ch. and Soc. 16.00
Littleton. “A Friend” 50.00
Marblehead. Hon. J. J. H. Gregory, _for
Buildings at Wilmington, N.C._ 1,500.00
Marlborough. Union Ch. and Soc. 57.00
Marshfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 57.43
Medway. Village Ch. and Soc. 85.06
Medway. Mrs. Fisher, _for Straight U._ 5.00
Middleton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.00
Millbury. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 54.25
Natick. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 50.00
New Bedford. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 35.00
Newburyport. Miss L. B. Goodrich 4.00
Newton. Eliot Cong. Ch. and Soc. 160.00
Newton Centre. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.,
$46.45; S. A. E., 50c. 46.95
Northampton. “A Friend” 150.00
Northfield. Miss M. E. Hilliard 5.00
North Somerville. “A Friend,” $1; “A Friend,” $1 2.00
Orleans. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 2.00
Pittsfield. South Cong. Ch. and Soc. 44.05
Salem. South Church and Soc., $73.22;
“Friend,” $5 78.22
Sandwich. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 53.25
South Dennis. Cong Ch. and Soc. 12.04
Sudbury. Ladies’ Miss. Soc., Bbl. of C., val.
$29, and $3 _for freight, for Tillotson C. &
N. Inst._ 3.00
Taunton. Ladies of Winslow Ch., _for
furnishing a room, Stone Hall, Talladega C._ 50.00
Templeton. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $24.84;
S. N. W., $1 25.84
Townsend. Cong. Ch., by Dea. W. Haynes 5.00
Wakefield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 61.23
Watertown. Phillips Cong. Ch. and Soc. 100.00
West Roxbury. S. D. Smith 100.00
West Worthington. Mrs. Arunah Bartlett 5.00
Williamsburgh. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 60.00
Williamstown. First Cong. Ch. 17.20
Wilmington. J. Skilton 10.00
Wilmington. Rev. D. T. Noyes, Bbl. of C. _for
Refugees_.
Woburn. “Friends.” 1.00
Worcester. Central Ch. and Soc., $169.24;
Union Ch. and Soc., $140.10; Salem St. Cong.
Ch., $6 315.34
—— “A Friend” 2.50
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3,875.98
LEGACIES.
Worcester. Estate of I. Washburn, by P. C.
Bacon, Adm. 3,361.50
Boston. Estate of Hon. Stephen N. Stockwell,
by Geo. W. Merritt and W. W. Clapp, Executors 1,000.00
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8,237.48
RHODE ISLAND, $1,035.00.
Bristol. Mrs. M. De W. Rogers and Miss
Charlotte De Wolf, _for Fisk U._ 1,000.00
Little Compton. United Cong. Ch. and Soc. 21.00
Little Compton. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for
rebuilding, Tougaloo U._ 14.00
CONNECTICUT, $2,387.92.
Barkhamsted. Rev. J. B. Clarke 2.00
Berlin. Second Cong. Ch., $22; Miss C. R. C., $1 23.00
Canaan. “The Children” 5.00
Collinsville. “A Friend” 2.00
Columbia. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 21.85
Danielsonville. J. C. B. 0.50
Danielsonville. Westfield Cong. Ch. and Soc.
($50 of which for furnishing a room in Stone
Hall, Straight U.), to const. EDWIN A.
PECKHAM, MISS ELLEN WILLIAMS and LORENZO
LILLIBRIDGE, L. M’s 100.00
East Canaan. Cong. Ch. 20.84
East Haddam. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 71.75
Ellsworth. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 18.74
Enfield. First Cong. Sab. Sch. 15.00
Farmington. Cong. Ch. 45.83
Gilead. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. H. Lord 10.00
Guilford. First Cong. Ch. 23.00
Hadlyme. “L.” 2.00
Hartford. Centre Ch., $789; Asylum Hill Cong.
Ch., $188.21 977.21
Hebron. First Cong. Ch. 15.00
Higganum. Cong. Ch., to const. R. J. GLADWIN,
L. M. 44.00
Hockanum. South Cong. Ch., $9.63; Mrs. E. M.
Roberts, $5; Mrs. S. W. and Miss M. B., 50c.
ea. 15.63
Ledyard. Sab. Sch., by Edward Cook, Treas. 10.00
Meriden. Third Cong. Ch. 22.76
Middlebury. Cong. Ch. 29.50
Middletown. South Cong. Ch. and Soc. 39.55
New Fairfield. First Cong. Ch. 11.51
North Guilford. S. R. Fowler 6.00
North Haven. Cong. Ch., to const. GEO. H.
COOPER and CULLEN B. FOOTE, L. M’s 72.53
Putnam. Sab. Sch., of Second Cong. Ch., _for
ed. of an Indian boy, Hampton N. and A.
Inst._ 30.00
Putnam. “A Friend” 17.50
Redding. Cong. Ch. 15.69
Rockville. Rev. S. B. F. 0.51
Salisbury. Cong. Ch. 61.68
Stamford. Cong. Ch. 111.00
Simsbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 37.35
South Killingly. Rev. Wm. H. Beard 5.00
Stratford. Asa S. Curtis 2.00
Woodbury. Mrs. C. P. Churchill, _for Indian M._ 2.00
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1,887.92
LEGACY.
New London. “Trust Estate of Henry P. Haven” 500.00
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2,387.92
NEW YORK, $1,540.32.
Binghamton. Chas. A. Beach 25.00
Brentwood. E. F. Richardson 15.00
Brooklyn. Central Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., Geo. A.
Bell, Supt., _for Missionaries at Ladies
Island, S.C., and Fernandina, Fla._ 125.00
Ithaca. Mrs. Lucy Thurber 5.00
Jamestown. Sab. Sch. and Cong. Ch., _for
school, Athens, Ala._ 12.50
Marilla. “A Friend” 1.00
New York. S. T. Gordon, $200; N.Y. Colored
Mission Sab. Sch., 135, West 30th St., $3.15 203.15
Oswego. Cong. Ch. 65.90
Poughkeepsie. First Reformed Ch., $29.52;
First Cong. Ch., $12 41.52
Sing Sing. “Friends” 5.00
Spencerport. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch. 17.25
Walton. “A Friend,” _for Steamer “John Brown,”
Mendi M._ 10.00
West Camden. Miss N. Curtiss, $1.25; P. S. S.,
75c. 2.00
West Groton. Cong. Ch. 12.00
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540.32
LEGACY.
Nineveh. Estate of Col. Reuben Lovejoy, by
Mrs. Mary B. Lovejoy, Executrix 1,000.00
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1,540.32
NEW JERSEY, $10.70.
Newark. “A Friend” 0.70
Troy. Mrs. Jane Ford 10.00
PENNSYLVANIA, $15.00.
Prentiss Vale. Rev. M. W. Strickland 5.00
West Alexander. —— 10.00
OHIO, $336.99.
Andover. Cong. Ch. 4.00
Clarksfield. W. A. A. 1.00
Cleveland. Euclid Ave. Cong. Ch., $42.37, ($30
of which to const. J. W. ELLSWORTH, L. M.);
R. B. Johns, $2.50 44.87
Cuyahoga Falls. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 18.15
Freedom. Cong. Ch., by Rev. Geo. Thompson 8.00
Garrettsville. Cong. Ch. 13.00
Hudson. Hiram Thompson 5.00
Lodi. Cong. Ch. 20.00
Madison. Mrs. James Dayton, Bbl. of Papers and
$2.30 _for freight, for Macon, Ga._ 2.30
Oberlin. Second Cong. Ch., $17.46; W. G. B.,
50c. 17.96
Oberlin. Rev. Geo. Thompson, _for Mendi M._ 5.00
Oberlin. Sab. Sch. in Farrer Neighborhood 2.00
Painesville. First Cong. Ch. 39.24
Randolph. W. J. Dickinson 10.00
Ravenna. Cong. Ch. 41.18
Savannah. James Lawson 5.00
Sharon Centre. Mrs. L. A. J. and Mrs. E. R.,
50c. ea. 1.00
Springfield. First Cong. Ch. 4.76
Strongsville. Lyman H. Freeman, _for
furnishing a room, Strieby Hall, Tougaloo U.,
and bal. to const._ CLARA M. HOWARD, L. M. 5.00
Tallmadge. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 41.60
Tallmadge. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for S. S. work,
Mobile, Ala._ 25.47
West Andover. Cong. Ch. 22.46
INDIANA, $100.00.
Michigan City. First Cong. Ch. 100.00
ILLINOIS, $1,004.09.
Aurora. Mrs. Philena Johnson 10.00
Bondville. “A Friend” 5.00
Bunker Hill. Cong. Ch. 15.00
Canton. First Cong. Ch. 28.00
Chesterfield. Mrs. T. Dowland 5.00
Byron. Mrs. T. H. Read, $10; Cong. Ch., $8.53 18.53
Chicago. Union Park Cong. Ch., $350.40; South
Cong. Ch., $33.30; New England Cong. Ch.
(Mon. Con.), $12; M. A., $1 396.70
Chicago. Ladies’ Aid Soc. of Plymouth Cong.
Ch., $50; Woman’s Miss. Soc. of South Cong.
Ch., $8.75; Mrs. M. W. Mabbs, $5, _for Lady
Missionary, Mobile, Ala._ 63.75
Downers Grove. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Earlville. Cong. Ch. ($30 of which to const.
MISS TILLIE HART, L. M.) 41.50
Elgin. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
Fisk U._ 50.00
Elmhurst. Seth Wadhams 25.00
Elmwood. Cong. Ch. 42.65
Galena. Mrs. Anne Bean 2.00
Galesburg. Mrs. E. T. Parker, $30; Ladies’
Miss. Soc. of First Cong. Ch., $10 40.00
Hutsonville. C. V. NEWTON, to const. himself,
L. M. 30.00
Jacksonville. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for
rebuilding, Tougaloo, Miss._ 10.00
Lamoille. Ladies of Cong. Soc., _for Lady
Missionary, Savannah, Ga._ 20.00
Loda. Cong. Ch. (Decoration Day offering) 13.34
Lyonsville. Cong. Ch. 16.89
Malden. Cong. Ch. 10.25
Maple Park. J. G. Snow 5.00
Millburn. Cong. Ch. 23.75
Moline. Miss Etta M. Pitts 10.00
Northampton. R. W. Gilliam 5.00
Oak Park. Mrs. Lyman G. Holley 5.00
Port Byron. Ladies’ Miss. Soc. 5.00
Sycamore. Cong. Ch., $77.03; Henry Wood, $10 87.03
Wayne. Cong. Ch. 9.20
Wilmette. Mrs. A. T. S. 0.50
Woodburn. Children’s Nickel Mite Soc., by Eula
E. Carson, Treas. 5.00
MICHIGAN, $213.62.