addition to the offset furnished by the public attitude, there
has been a special one, too remarkable not to be mentioned.
It was a most lamentable spectacle to see a man like James G.
Blaine, of New England, in the eminence of his position, his
great gifts and his reputation, stand up in the United States
Senate, and before the world turn the power of his rare eloquence
against the cause of the weak. It was too bad. It cannot be
excused. But not only did his utterances call out replies from
the most capable and influential sources, notably from Dr.
S. Wells Williams, long resident in China, but now of Yale
College, than whom there is no higher authority on China and
Chinese affairs living; from Henry Ward Beecher, in a splendid
address given in Philadelphia on the 3d of last March; and
from William Lloyd Garrison, in a noble letter of protest, his
dying deliverance, the last shot the old warrior for humanity
fired;—not only, I say, did Mr. Blaine provoke these replies by
which he was convicted of ignorance and fallacy and his argument
throughout annihilated; but it happened that almost at the same
time he was misrepresenting both China and us at the Capitol,
another citizen of this country, in the eminence of a still
more illustrious fame, was in the far East, in the audience of
China herself, speaking our true mind for us; for it was to
a delegation of the Chinese merchants of Penang that, in the
month of April of the present year, Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, in
that felicity of well-chosen and straightforward simple speech
that is characteristic of him, said, “The hostility of which
you complain does not represent the real sentiment of America,
but is the work of demagogues. * * * I do not doubt, and no one
can doubt, that in the end, no matter what effect the agitation
for the time being may have, the American people will treat the
Chinese with kindness and justice, and not deny to the true and
deserving people of your country the asylum they offer to the
rest of the world.” And may God bless him for saying it.
Moreover, in the month of June following, this same man of great
deeds and weighty speech, in an interview with certain of the
highest officials of the empire at Peking, and at their request,
offered counsel, which a few weeks later, on a like request, he
repeated in an interview with the Emperor of Japan, to the effect
that the time had now arrived when the two nations of China and
Japan, in peace and close alliance with one another, should no
longer submit as they had done to the interference and dictation
of foreign powers in their affairs; should assume control of
their own commerce, and together stand for their independence and
their proper rights, as it became so great nations to do, and as
they were able to do against the world. God bless him for saying
that, too! It was the most seasonable word, next to the Gospel,
that has been spoken on that side of the world in this age. And
I, for one, am thankful and proud that it was an American who had
the breadth of vision and the magnanimity to speak it.
And now there remains to be spoken of an outcome of good from
the anti-Chinese agitation that is of more immediately practical
consequence than any other. It has been the occasion of calling
universal and earnest _attention_, such as had not been drawn to
it before, and such as it is scarcely conceivable could have been
drawn to it otherwise, _to the fact of the presence within our
borders of so many of the Chinese people_. The nation at large
is now aware of them and informed with respect to them. While
it is not yet settled what is to be done with them politically,
and while no doubt there will be further contention over them,
it does seem to be settled that they are not to go by a violent
dismissal. Here they are, then, more than a hundred thousand
souls of them, and here they are to stay. They are an object of
the very highest interest, and that for more reasons than one.
Not only are they such in themselves, but they constitute by
far the most vital point of our contact with that great nation
beyond the sea, and afford the most available means and medium
of reaching it that we possess. And we are interested in them on
our own account. By their presence we have already been put to
the test in one way, and we are still to be tested by them in
other ways. We are to be tested as to the capacity of our civil
institutions, and as to the power of our religion—no, not as to
the power of our religion, but as to our power in it.
It is one of the most humiliating confessions that can be made,
to say that these people cannot be granted room on our soil, with
liberty and justice under our laws, with safety to ourselves. It
is a still more humiliating confession to say that the attempt to
Christianize them is a hopeless one.
Is it so that in their case we have come to the end of our
resources for securing men the exercise and enjoyment of their
few inalienable rights under our Government? Then they are
vastly less than we had thought. Is it so that the encounter of
our Christianity with heathenism in the persons of a few score
thousand pagans, here on our ground, within hearing of our
Sabbath bells, is too much to be ventured, lest heathenism win
the day? Then there is not enough to our Christianity to make it
much matter.
It is all absurd to say such things. It is not indeed to be
questioned that the problem of dealing with this strange element
thrown in upon us is a perplexed and difficult one; but it is
not the first perplexed and difficult matter we have had to
accommodate, nor is it the last. Our labors as a nation are not
over. The time when there will be no perilous or incommoding
exigencies arising to disturb our ease as citizens is far
distant. Who thinks it not so is greatly mistaken. As other
vexing problems in the past have been solved, so with patience
this Chinese problem can be without sacrifice of principle.
OUR CHRISTIAN DUTY.
It is a work in which the state and the church must co-operate.
But we are here to-day to look especially to the part which the
latter has in it—as servants of Christ and as representatives
of the Christian community to attend to the cry of the poor that
comes to us from the Pacific coast, and to consider how we shall
respond to it.
The one thing which we are disallowed, be it first of all
observed, is to deem that our principal duty in the premises is
discharged by giving hard words to California. We are not to sit
in judgment on California. We are not in a position to do so, and
I trust we are not disposed to do so. There are reasons which the
rest of the country does not perceive, certainly does not feel
as California does, why the presence in her population of this
unassimilated foreign mass is very undesirable and very trying.
Not a doubt of it. I have heard Yung Wing himself say it. We may
with propriety, in view of some reasons, on the other hand, that
naturally enough we see more clearly than they do in California,
plead with our fellow-citizens there to try and discern the
larger aspects of the situation, and to bear whatsoever ills
it entails upon them till they can be remedied in the way that
is best for all of us and for all men. If I had the ear of the
Irish citizens of California I would plead with them, as lately
foreigners themselves, and as sons of a church that for more than
five hundred years has befriended China through her missions,
and is still doing it, to regard these new foreigners with more
kindness.
California is a grand State—splendid in her youthful prime—a
queenly figure sitting there on her golden shore—our own flesh
and blood. Our warmest sympathies, our best hopes are with her.
To look upon any fault of hers with less than a generous charity
is out of character, and besides, in the present instance, it is
nothing to the purpose. The only course for Christian America
to take at this juncture is to offer California our Christian
service. That we can do, and the way of it is plain. There are
faithful brethren and faithful churches in California ready
and waiting for help in the work already by them inaugurated,
and carried on sufficiently far to prove beyond cavil the
practicability of its success, bringing these Chinese thousands
under the sway of the gospel of Christ. Some help we have sent
them, but not enough. There ought to be abundance of it; not
only abundance, but a sufficiency—all that can be used to
advantage. This is a mission that ought to be lavishly supported,
that ought not to be stinted as respects either money or men.
And the time to push it is now. If the churches of the country
will encourage and assist the enterprise in a free-handed,
free-hearted, neighborly way—the churches of our order, through
the agency of this vigorous and patriotic Association—the
Chinese question would ere long be satisfactorily and permanently
disposed of. Nothing would be so effectual to modify and reshape
the public sentiment of California upon it as such a Christian
demonstration. Nothing would more effectually contribute to the
evangelization of China. Nor is there anything at present within
our power that would apparently do more to hasten the conversion
of the world.
RECEIPTS
FOR OCTOBER, 1879.
* * * * *
MAINE, $94.74.
Bangor. First Parish Ch. $28.00
Bethel. Second Cong. Ch. 10.00
Brownville. C. L. Nichols, 2 bbls. of C.
East Madison. Eliza Bicknell 5.00
Gardiner. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 16.84
North Yarmouth. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.00
Orland. M. C. Trott 5.00
Thomaston. Ladies of Cong. Ch., bbl. of C.
Wells. First Cong. Ch. 15.00
Winterport. W. R. M. 2.00
Winthrop. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.40
Woolwich. John Percy, $2; E. H. T., 50c 2.50
Yarmouth. First Cong. Ch., 3 bbls. of C.,
Central Ch., bbl. of C.
NEW HAMPSHIRE, $121.58.
Amherst. Women’s Memorial Union, $10; First
Cong. Ch., $7.50 17.50
Atkinson. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00
Colebrook. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 4.00
Concord. No. Cong. Ch., bbl. of C.
Derry. Mrs. H. R. Underhill, box and bbl. of C.
Dover. Mrs. Dr. L. 1.00
Fitzwilliam. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.00
Hillsborough Bridge. Cong. Ch. 3.50
Lancaster. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.00
Milford. First Cong. Ch. 13.58
Nashua. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 16.50
New Ipswich. Proceeds of Children’s Fair 16.00
New Ipswich. Cong. Sab. Sch. ($10 of which
from Leavitt Lincoln) 13.50
Wolfborough. Rev. S. Clark 5.00
VERMONT, $303.38.
Barnet. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $18.29; M. Larens,
$3.88 22.17
Cambridge. Madison Safford 44.94
Charlotte. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 41.50
Derby. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.00
East Poultney. A. D. Wilcox 5.00
Ferrisburg. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 2.25
McIndoe’s Falls. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 17.00
Montgomery Centre. “Friends” 5.00
Newport. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.00
Saint Albans. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 17.19
Saint Johnsbury. North Ch. Sab. Sch. 50.00
South Ryegate. Mrs. Wm. Nelson 50.00
West Brattleborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 14.66
Weybridge. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 22.67
MASSACHUSETTS, $6,208.96.
Agawam. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.62
Amherst. North Cong. Ch. and Soc., $60, to
const. AUSTIN D. LOOMIS and WM. D. CROCKER,
L. M.’s;—Mrs. R. A. Lester, $50.00 110.00
Andover. Old South Cong. Ch. and Soc. 300.00
Ashby. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.50
Attleborough Falls. Central Cong. Ch. 6.86
Cambridgeport. Pilgrim Ch. and Soc. 14.23
Charlestown. Winthrop Cong. Ch. and Soc. 60.23
Charlton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $10.86, and Sab.
Sch. $5.24 16.10
Chelsea. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. $45.40;
Central Cong. Ch. and Soc. $16.30 61.70
Chicopee. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 18.35
Bernardston. Cong. Ch. 6.00
Boston. Mrs. Henry Mayo, $10, _for Lady
Missionary, Memphis, Tenn._;—G. E. S. K., $1 11.00
Boxborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.00
Brookline. Harvard Cong. Ch. and Soc. 76.61
Bridgewater. Central Sq. Trin. Ch. and Soc. 41.25
East Hampton. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 75.92
Fitchburg. Rollstone Cong. Ch. and Soc.,
$154.03, to const. SAMUEL S. HOLTON, GEO. P.
CROSBY, THOMAS R. LAWRENCE, WM. A. LOOMIS
and MRS. REBECCA S. CARPENTER, L. M.’s;—E.
C. Ch. and Soc., $133.89 287.92
Florence. A. L. Williston 500.00
Framingham. South. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 50.00
Gardner. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00
Georgetown. “A Friend” 50.00
Harvard. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 34.00
Haverhill. Central Cong. Ch. and Soc. 46.00
Holyoke. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 9.00
Hubbardston. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc.,
$31.25;—Cong. Sab. Sch., $22.37; Juv. Miss.
Circle, $17, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 70.62
Hyde Park. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 28.00
Ipswich. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.00
Lancaster. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (ad’l) 1.00
Lee. Cong. Sab. Sch. 75.00
Lowell. Elliot Cong. Ch. and Soc. 28.65
Lowell. Pawtucket Cong. Ch. and Soc. 14.50
Lynn. Central Cong. Ch. and Soc., $16.50; H.
J. Martin, $3, and bbl. of C. 19.50
Monson. Rev. C. B. Sumner 5.00
Newburyport. North Cong. Ch., $100, _for a
Lady Missionary, Macon, Ga._;—Belleville
Cong. Ch. and Soc., $67 167.00
Newton. Eliot Ch. 125.00
Northampton. First Cong. Ch. 73.07
North Leominster. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 4.00
Norwood. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $20.60; Mrs. H.
N. F., $1 21.60
Oxford. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 22.09
Pittsfield. Second Cong. Sab. Sch. 5.00
Princeton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 3.25
Quincy. Evan. Cong. and Soc. 72.50
Rockport. Levi Sewall 5.00
Roxbury. Misses Soren 4.00
Rutland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.00
Salem. M. T. Goodhue 2.00
Sandwich. H. H. Nye 2.00
Shirley Village. H. H. Nye 1.00
Somerset. Rev. J. C. Halliday 10.00
Somerville. “A Friend.” .50
Southampton. J. E. Phelps 2.00
South Hadley Falls. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.00
Springfield. “A Friend,” _for a Teacher_ 500.00
Springfield. Memorial Ch., $31.58; First Cong.
Ch. and Soc., $26.38; So. Cong. Ch. and
Soc., $20.78; Mrs. P. B., $1 79.74
Stoneham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.34
Townsend. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.50
Westborough. Freedmen’s M. Ass’n, bbl. of C.
West Boylston. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00
Westfield. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 30.00
Westhampton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 14.00
Weymouth. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. $48.75;
Ladies’ Miss. Soc. of Second Ch., $13.25, to
const. MRS. LIZZIE ANN TORREY and MISS
EMELINE F. PAINE, L. M.’s 62.00
Winchendon. First Cong. Sab. Sch., to const.
MARTHA E. SMITH, L. M. 30.00
Worcester. Estate of Rev. M. G. Grosvenor, by
David Manning, Ex. 2,500.00
Worcester. Central Cong. Ch. and Soc.,
$159.44; Salem St. Ch. and Soc.,
$68.01;—Salem St. Sab. Sch., $50, _for
Student Aid, Atlanta U._;—Old South Ch. and
Soc., $36.45; Hiram Smith and family, $30;
“E. C. C.,” $20 363.90
RHODE ISLAND, $355.
Providence. Central Cong. Ch., _for Church
building, Florence, Ala._ 100.00
Providence. Beneficent Cong. Ch. 250.00
Westerly. Mrs. Emeline Smith 5.00
CONNECTICUT, $1,018.62.
Ashford. L. H. Carpenter 2.00
Avon. Cong. Ch. (of which $100 from Harry
Chidsey and $1.50 from Mrs. M. Avent) 129.00
Cheshire. “A Friend” 15.00
Berlin. Second Cong. Ch. 20.11
East Woodstock. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 19.00
Farmington. Cong. Ch., quarterly coll. 74.60
Franklin. Cong. Ch. (ad’l) 8.00
Georgetown. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Guilford. First Cong. Ch. 20.00
Hockanum. Mrs. E. M. Roberts, $5; South Cong.
Ch., $4 9.00
Higganum. Mrs. Susan Gladwin, $2; Mrs. R.
Reed, $1.24; Mrs. G. S. G., $1 4.24
Litchfield. “L. M.” 3.00
Middletown. First Ch., $79.30; Rev. Geo. L.
Edwards, $2 81.30
Mill Brook. Mrs. E. R. A 1.00
Milford. Mrs. David Merwin 3.00
New Haven. “A. T.” $20; E. Pendleton, $10; N.
J., 50 cts 30.50
North Guilford. Mrs. E. F. Dudley 5.00
Norfolk. Cong. Ch. 75.00
Norwalk. Mrs. Dea. Chas. Lockwood 2.00
Norwich. Mrs. Dr. Chas. Lee 25.00
Old Saybrook. Cong. Ch. 8.30
Plainville. “A Friend” to const. MRS. MARY
WRIGHT and MRS. HENRIETTA BEACH, L. M’s 100.00
Preston City. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 26.75
Putnam. “A Friend” 5.00
Southport. “A Friend,” _for a Student, Fisk U._ 25.00
Thomaston. Cong. Ch. 25.11
Warren. LEGACY of Dea. Wm. Hopkins, by Geo. C.
Hopkins, Ex. 100.00
Watertown. John De Forest, $75, _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._;—Truman Percy, $30, to const.
MARY E. SHORT, L.M 105.00
West Winsted. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 16.71
Windsor. J. W. Baker 25.00
Windsor Locks. Young Ladies’ Social Soc., _for
a Lady Missionary_ 50.00
NEW YORK, $444.99.
Amsterdam. S. Louise Bell 5.00
Brooklyn. Central Cong. Sab. Sch., $30, _for a
Lady Missionary_ and to const. E. R.
KENNEDY, L. M., and $25 _for Rev. Geo. Henry_ 55.00
Brooklyn. Rev. A. Merwin, $10; Puritan Ch. $8;
Mrs. J. V. Houten, $2 20.00
Camillus. Isaiah Wilcox, to const. MISS FLORA
BUTTERFIELD, L. M. 30.00
Cortland. C. E. Booth, 25c. and pkg. of
newspapers 0.25
East Bloomfield. Mrs. A. G. P. 1.00
East Wilson. Rev. H. Halsey, $50; Chas. M.
Clark, $3 53.00
Essex Co. “A Friend,” _for Student Aid, Fisk
U._ 50.00
Groton. Dr. C. Chapman 6.00
Hempstead. Mrs. C. M. H. 0.50
Jamestown. ——, 20.00
Keeseville. Mrs. M. A. H. 1.00
Lisbon. First Cong. Ch. 8.00
Middleton. Samuel Ayres ($2 of which _for
Foreign M._) 5.00
New York. S. J. B. 0.25
Oxford. Associated Presb. Ch. 6.57
Perry Centre. Cong. Soc. 20.24
Portland. J. S. Coon, $5; Rev. J. R. B., $1;
Others, $1.25 7.25
Pulaski. Miss M. E. P. 1.00
Rochester. Plymouth Cong. Ch. 75.82
Rome. John B. Jervis 25.00
Syracuse. “Member of Plymouth Ch.,” 25.00
West Farms. Mrs. Rev. A. Wood, $10; Ref. Ch.
S. S., pkg. of Books 10.00
Westmoreland. First Cong. Sab. Sch. 4.11
—— “A Friend,” _for Teachers and Students_ 15.00
NEW JERSEY, $57.27.
East Orange. Grove St. Cong. Ch. 21.27
Englewood. Chas. Taylor 11.00
Montclair. First Cong. Ch. 25.00
PENNSYLVANIA, $68.
Clark. Mrs. Elizabeth Dickson and Miss Eliza
Dickson, $25; Mrs. H. B. Harrington $5 30.00
Lynn. S. W. Smith 2.00
Norristown. M. W. Cooke 10.00
Philadelphia. M. E. M. 1.00
Sharpsburgh. Joseph Turner 5.00
West Alexander. Robert Davidson 20.00
OHIO, $1,236.56.
Berlin Heights. N. S. Wright 3.00
Cincinnati. Sab. Sch. of Storrs Cong. Ch. to
const. JOHN ELLIOTT RICE, L. M. 30.00
Cleveland. Plymouth Cong. Ch. 57.33
Collamer. Union Sab. Sch. 5.00
Geneva. W. M. A. 1.00
Hudson. S. Straight, _for rebuilding Straight
U._ 1000.00
Hudson. Cong. Ch. 13.00
Hiram. M. S. 1.00
Lindenville. John Thompson 10.00
Medina. Woman’s Miss. Soc., by Mary J. Munger,
Treas. 7.00
Painsville. First Cong. Ch. 37.03
Saybrook. Sabbath Sch. District No. 3, for
_Student Aid, Tougaloo U._ 5.00
Senecaville. Rev. E. T. 1.00
Steubenville. Women’s Miss. Soc. of First
Cong. Ch., by Martha J. Leslie, Treas. 10.00
Tallmadge. Cong. Sab. Sch. $20.00; “A Friend,”
$6 26.00
Twinsburgh. L. W. and R. F. Green 5.00
Yellow Springs. Mrs. Mary A. Cone 10.00
West Andover. Cong. Ch. 15.20
INDIANA, $7.34.
Dublin. H. M. 0.50
Evansville. Rev. J. Q. A. 0.50
Solsberry. Cong. Ch. 6.34
ILLINOIS, $472.54.
Buda. Cong. Ch. 17.25
Chicago. Lincoln Park Cong. Ch., $31.79; Mrs.
E. Rathburn, $10.50; First Cong. Ch. (ad’l)
$5; Three Ladies at Annual Meeting, $3;
Woman’s Miss. Soc. of N. E. Ch. $2.25 52.54
Collinsville. Mrs. J. S. Peers and J. F.
Wadsworth and Wife 20.00
Elgin. Mrs. Gail Borden, $10; “Little
Freddie,” 2c. 10.02
Englewood. Cong. Ch. 6.12
Fitchville. First Cong. Ch., $14; Second Cong.
Ch., $5 19.00
Freedom. Mrs. John Hubbard 10.00
Genesco. Lucy B. Perry 5.00
Granville. Cong. Ch. 45.00
Jefferson. Cong. Ch. 20.00
Kewanee. Bureau Association, by Mrs. C. C.
Cully, _for Missionary, Liberty Co., Ga._ 100.00
Kewanee. Cong. Ch. 24.07
Lake Forest. Rev. W. A. Nichols 17.85
Lockport. Cong. Ch., $4.04; I. P., $1 5.04
Park Ridge. Geo. B. Carpenter, $5; L. P. S.,
$1: Others, $2 8.00
Pittsfield. Cong. Ch. 10.25
Prospect Park. Mrs. Emma L. Boyd 5.00
Rockford. First Cong. Ch. 32.06
Sheffield. Cong. Ch. (of which $14 _for Lady
Missionary, Liberty Co., Ga._) 35.00
Summer Hill. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 4.40
Sterling. C. H. Rich 9.69
Wethersfield. Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Kellogg 5.00
Willamette. Cong. Ch. 4.00
Woodstock. Cong. Ch. 2.25
—— Freeman Miles 5.00
MICHIGAN, $283.66.
Armada. Cong. Ch., _for Missionary, Memphis,
Tenn._ 9.35
Bellevue. Mrs. N. E. B., $1; M. A. H., 50c. 1.50
Benzonia. Amasa Waters and Wife, $11; Rev. A.
L. Gridley and Wife, $6; S. A. Wells and
Wife, $2; D. B. Spencer and Wife, $2;
Others, $5 26.00
Cooper. Cong. Ch. 5.22
Edwardsburgh. S. C. Olmsted 25.00
Galesburg. Mrs. S. M. S. 0.51
Grand Blanc. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 16.00
Homestead. First Cong. Ch. 3.59
Imlay City. Woman’s Miss. Soc. 5.00
Imlay City. Cong. Sab. Sch. 2.26
Northfield. Cong. Ch. 5.03
Olivet. Cong. Ch., $24.20; S. F. Drury, $10
_for Scholarship, Straight U._ 34.20
Richland. Mrs. R. Boyles 2.00
St. Clair. Young People’s Miss. Soc., _for
Lady Missionary, Memphis, Tenn._ 18.00
Union City. “A Friend” 100.00
Stony Run. “Friends” 3.00
Portland. T. L. Maille 15.00
Vienna. Union Cong. Ch. 12.00
IOWA, $861.24.
Algona. J. B. Leake 3.81
Ames. Ladies’ Cong. Ch., _for Lady Missionary,
New Orleans, La._ 3.00
Belle Plain. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady
Missionary, New Orleans, La._ 4.65
College Springs. ESTATE of Rev. J. Lowery, by
Mrs. N. Lowery 25.00
Decorah. Rev. J. F. T. 0.90
Denmark. Cong. Ch. Sab. School 17.00
Des Moines. Ladies of Cong. Ch., $10; “Prairie
Chickens,” $7, _for Lady Missionary, New
Orleans, La._ 17.00
Durant. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Franklin Co. “Widow’s offering” 2.00
Green Mountain. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00
Green Mountain. Ladies of Cong. Ch. _for Lady
Missionary, New Orleans, La._ 1.35
Grinnell. ESTATE of Chas. F. Dike, by Mrs. C.
F. Dike, Executrix 500.00
Grinnell. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $74.66;—“A
Friend” $20, _for Student preparing for
African M._;—Ladies of Cong. Ch. $10, _for
Lady Missionary, New Orleans, La._ 104.66
Hampton. Cong. Ch. $9.38; Ladies’ Aid Soc. $5 14.38
Iowa City. Cong. Ch. 21.00
Jamestown. Women of Cong. Ch. and Soc. _for
Lady Missionary, New Orleans, La._ 3.00
Mason City. Cong. Ch. 11.00
Maquoketa. Ladies of Cong. Ch. _for Lady
Missionary, New Orleans, La._ 10.00
McGregor. Woman’s Miss. Soc. 17.19
Montour. Ladies of Cong. Ch. _for Lady
Missionary, New Orleans, La._ 5.00
Muscatine. Cong. Sab. Sch. _for Lady
Missionary, New Orleans, La._ 30.00
New Hampton. Woman’s Miss. Soc. 1.10
Ogden. Ladies of Cong. Ch. _for Lady
Missionary, New Orleans, La._ 5.00
Onawa. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Osage. Woman’s Miss. Soc. bal. to const. MRS.
ELLA STACY, L. M. 4.20
Rockford. Women of Cong. Ch. and Soc. _for
Lady Missionary, New Orleans, La._ 3.00
Toledo. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady
Missionary, New Orleans, La._ 1.00
Traer. Women of Cong. and Soc., _for Lady
Missionary, New Orleans, La._ 10.00
Waterloo. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady
Missionary, New Orleans, La._ 10.00
Wilton. L. M. Soc. $10, _for Lady Missionary,
New Orleans, La._;—Cong. Ch., $4 14.00
Stuart. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady
Missionary, New Orleans, La._ 2.00
WISCONSIN, $354.97.
Appleton. Ann S. Kimball, $50, _for a Student,
Fisk U._;—“L. T.” ($5 of which for Chinese
M.) $10 60.00
Beaver Dam. Mrs. Allyn Avery 5.00
Beloit. Second Cong. Ch. $25; Mrs. M. A. K., $1 26.00
Bloomington. Cong. Ch. 5.47
Columbus. Alfred Topliff, to const. MRS. C. H.
CHADBOURNE, L. M. 30.00
Emerald Grove. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.82
Fond du Lac. Cong. Ch. 40.00
Geneva Lake. G. Montague 5.00
Janesville. First Cong. Ch. 42.93
Johnstown. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 4.75
Madison. Cong. Ch., bal. to const. HON. S. D.
HASTINGS, REV. CHAS. H. RICHARDS, PROF. ED.
T. OWEN, HON. D. TAYLOR, F. J. LAMB and A.
S. FRANK, L. M’s 110.00
Princeton. Cong. Ch. 1.00
Raymond. T. Sands, $5; Master Charles S.
Davis, $1 6.00
Wautona. Cong. Ch. 5.00
MINNESOTA, $166.62.
Austin. Mrs. L. C. Bacon 10.00
Cannon Falls. First Cong. Ch. 6.00
Cottage Grove. Mrs. M. W. 1.00
Chain Lake Centre. Cong. Ch. 1.18
Lake City. Cong. Ch. 7.02
Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch. 11.70
Northfield. First Cong. Ch. 78.33
Northfield. First Cong. Sab. Sch., $25, _for
Teacher, Athens, Ala._;—Bethel Sab. Sch.
$2.09; A. N. N., $1 28.09
Princeton. Cong. Ch. 2.25
Sherburn. Cong. Ch. 1.30
Waseca. First Cong. Ch. 15.75
Waterford. Union Ch. 4.00
KANSAS, $12.25.
Bellevue. Harriet M. Dunlap 2.00
Council Grove. First Cong. Ch. 5.00
Osborne. Cong. Ch. 5.25
NEBRASKA, $19.56.
Ashland. Cong. Ch. 4.00
Camp Creek. Cong. Ch. 3.56
Mainland. Cong. Ch. 1.00
Silver. Melinda Bowen 5.00
Waho. Cong. Ch. 1.00
Wayland. Miss S. P. Locke 5.00
DAKOTA, $5.50.
Yankton. Mrs. T. N. B. 0.50
Centreville. Rev. L. Bridgman 5.00
COLORADO, $10.
Colorado Springs. Mrs. S. B. Pickett 10.00
CALIFORNIA, $3.
National City. T. Parsons, $2; J. T., $1 3.00
OREGON, $5.
Canyon City. —— 5.00
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $100.
Washington. Ludlow Patton, _for Theo. Dept.
Howard U._ 100.00
MARYLAND, $153.51.
Baltimore. First Cong. Ch. $143.51; W. K.
Carson, $10. 153.51
TENNESSEE, $236.
Chattanooga. Rent 236.00
MISSOURI, $5.89.
Webster’s Grove. Cong. Ch. 2.65
Cahoka. Cong. Ch. 3.24
TEXAS, $3.50.