employed, six of whom were Chinese. At the close of this year 27
laborers—nine Chinese. The total number of months of missionary
service is 286, being more by 40 than in any other year of our
Mission’s history. We have great satisfaction now in all our
workers. Our Chinese helpers give us especial joy, as being
themselves the fruit of our mission-work. They are faithful,
zealous, and, generally, wise; and God owns their labors, setting
His seal upon their ministry by using it for the salvation of
lost souls. We greatly desire to call others into this service,
hoping that when they have learned among us to teach by teaching,
and to preach by preaching, it may please the Master to use them
not only to carry the good news of a Saviour to the Chinese in
America, but to evangelize also some of the myriads in their own
land. The total number of pupils enrolled was 1,632, an increase
upon the previous year of 76, even as that year showed an increase
of 67 on the one further back. The average membership month by
month reaches an aggregate of 562, a gain upon the year preceding
of 78, and the average attendance was 288, a gain of 36. We find
like gains in the columns representing those who have ceased from
idol worship and who give evidence of conversion. How many began
the new life during the year it is impossible to state accurately.
No month has passed without some accessions to our Association
of Christian Chinese, and to join that Association is to confess
Christ. I estimate the hopeful conversions at 56, and the total
number brought to repentance since our mission-work began at more
than 325. The contributions of these Chinese brethren to the work
of Christ through the treasury, either of our Mission or of their
Association, amount to about $1,900.”
POSTSCRIPT.
The Secretary takes the liberty to add, by way of bringing the
story of our work down to the date at which this report is issued,
that the monthly reports for the first third of the present
year—that is from September 1 to December 31—show that the
enrolled membership of our schools, month by month, has averaged
677, against a like enrollment last year of 473; the aggregate
average attendance 325, against 215 last year. And the total number
enrolled in all the schools up to December 31 was, this year.
1,104; last year, 753. So the work grows; may the gracious results
multiply in far greater proportion! Brethren, pray for us.
* * * * *
CHILDREN’S PAGE
* * * * *
BOY LIFE IN CHINA.
HANGCHOW, China.
My dear children: I think you will be interested to hear something
about the life of boys in China. Well, to begin at the beginning,
when a little baby-boy makes his appearance into the world he is
welcomed very warmly. When he is a month old a grand ceremony is
gone through; the child is washed, and its head shaved, all except
two little tufts of hair on each side of the head behind the ear,
which are tied tight and stick out at right angles from the head.
He is dressed up very smartly, and a feast is given. Up to about
six or seven years old, boys are allowed to do much as they like;
but after that they are taken to school, and learn reading, writing
and manners. They do not seem, as a rule, to be taught arithmetic;
but the master is very particular about his pupils’ manners. In
every school there is put up opposite the entrance a tablet in
honor of Confucius, and all the pupils have to bow low before it,
holding up their books with both hands towards it, both on entering
and leaving school; they also bow in the same way to the master.
The books which they learn at school are full of the sayings of
the wise man Confucius, who was born 551 B.C., and lived about the
time when the Jews were returning from their captivity in Babylon.
Confucius himself did not write any books, but his disciples wrote
down his wise sayings, and the boys at school learn them off by
heart.
It is astonishing what memories these Chinese boys have, and what
a number of pages they will repeat straight off, as fast as their
tongues can go, and hardly stopping to take breath. They learn
their lessons aloud, and consequently as you walk along the street
you can tell when you are drawing near a school by the noise, which
becomes simply a din if you enter; and you can only wonder how the
children ever learn anything, and what the master has done to his
ears to make them strong enough to bear all that noise. When the
boys repeat their lessons they stand with their backs to their
master, and, swinging their bodies from side to side, gabble off
the words as fast as they can, without any stops except for breath.
They are not expected to understand what they learn till they have
been many years at school.
I dare say you wonder whether the Chinese school-boys play any
games. They do not know anything about such nice games as cricket,
foot-ball, marbles, etc. But at the new year they have a grand time
of flying kites.
The streets at that time look quite gay with groups of people,
dressed, not as at other times, in dark cotton clothes, but in
silks and satins of crimson, green, blue, purples and various
hues, often with beautifully embroidered sleeves, and jackets
often lined with fur. The children look particularly smart, being
adorned with gay caps and hats, ornamented with gilt figures
or Chinese characters, especially the Chinese character which
means “happiness.” The Chinese kites are very elaborate, and are
generally in the shape of some animal—a gigantic butterfly, a
centipede, a bird, a dragon, etc.; and it is a fine sight to watch
such a kite rise, rise steadily in the still, clear atmosphere,
till it becomes almost a speck. Sometimes they fly these kites at
night, and send lighted lanterns up after them, which startle the
unwary into imagining there are new stars appearing in the sky!
But you know, dear children, that these Chinese have evil hearts
as well as we, which need the renewing of the Holy Ghost. Will you
pray that they may receive this great blessing?—_Mary Elwin in C.
M. Juvenile Instructor._
* * * * *
RECEIPTS FOR JANUARY, 1882.
* * * * *
MAINE, $462.36.
Bangor. Central Cong. Ch. and Soc. $50.00
Bath. Central Ch. and Soc., $25.70; Mrs. J.C., $1 26.70
Belfast. Rev. Wooster Parker 5.00
Bethel. F. B. 1.00
Brunswick. C. R. S. 0.50
Bucksport. Miss L. S. Barnard 5.00
Castine. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00
Dennysville. —— 21.68
East Madison. Eliza Bicknell 4.00
Ellsworth. L. F. D. 0.50
Gorham. Bbl. of C. and $2.75 _for Selma, Ala._ 2.75
Hallowell. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
Fisk. U._ 5.17
Hallowell. 2 Bbls. C., _for Talladega, Ala._,
and _McIntosh, Ga._
Hampden. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for John Brown
Steamer_ 10.00
Hiram. Sab. Sch., _for Selma, Ala._ 1.00
Litchfield. Miss Maria Plimpton 2.00
Limerick. Rev. T. N. Lord 2.50
Orland. Mrs. S. T. Buck and daughters, to
const. SARAH E. BUCK L. M. 30.00
Portland. State St. Ch., $75; High St. Ch. and
Soc., $100; Mrs. L. D., $1 176.00
Portland. “Ladies of Maine,” _for Lady
Missionaries_ 50.00
Portland. Brown Thurston’s S. S. Class, High
St. Ch., _for Student Aid, Hampton N. & A.
Inst._ 25.00
Portland. Bbl. of C. and 50c. _for Freight_,
by Mary A. Perkins 0.50
South Paris. Cong. Ch. 6.06
Union. Cong. Ch.; _for Freight_, $1.50; Cong.
Sab. Sch., $3.50; _for Selma, Ala._ 5.00
Union. Rev. F. V. N., 50c.; Mrs. H. R. B., 50c. 1.00
Weld. Rev. D. D. T. 1.00
Wells. D. Maxwell 20.00
NEW HAMPSHIRE, $462.47.
Amherst. Cong. Ch., $15.60; Mrs. C. M. B., $1 16.60
Amherst. “Friends,” Box C. and $2, _for
Wilmington, N.C._ 2.00
Antrim. “A Friend” 10.00
Acworth. D. C. A. 0.50
Concord. South Ch. and Soc. 50.11
Dover. First Parish Ch. and Soc. 91.16
Dublin. Mrs. L. B. Richardson, $10; Malachi
Richardson, $10; R. E., $1, _for John Brown
Steamer_ 21.00
East Alstead. S. D. H. 1.00
East Jaffrey. Rev. J. C. Staples and family,
_for Marietta, Ga._ 5.00
Exeter. “A Friend” 30.00
Exeter. Ladies, 3 Bbls. of C. and $5, _for
Freight, for Talladega C._ 5.00
Fisherville. PRISCILLA P. GAGE, $30, to const.
herself L. M.; Jeremiah C. Martin, $16.25;
Mrs. A. W. Fiske, $5 51.25
Francestown. R. G. C. 0.51
Great Falls. W. H. M. A. Aux., Bbl. of C.,
_for Student Aid, Fisk U._
Greenland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.00
Hancock. “Cheerful Workers,” Bundle C., val.
$8.
Haverhill. Eliza Cross 5.00
Hillsborough. Mrs. N. T., $1; Mrs. J. G., $1 2.00
Lancaster. E. M. K. 0.50
Lebanon. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $27; O. S. M.,
50c. 27.50
Londonderry. C. S. P. 1.00
Lyme. T. L. Gilbert ($1 of which _for John
Brown Steamer_) 3.00
Manchester. I. G. M. 0.51
Mason. L. J. G. 0.50
Milford. Cong. Ch. 12.29
Mount Vernon. J. A. S. 1.00
New Ipswich. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $10.50; G.
T., $1 11.50
New Ipswich. By Mrs. L. A. O., $1 _for
Freight_; Dea. R. T., 50c. 1.50
Pembroke. C. C. S. 0.51
Peterborough. Union Evan. Ch. to const. MRS.
ELLEN M. HATCH, L. M. 30.00
Peterborough. Mrs. Eph. Holt ($1 _for John
Brown Steamer_) 2.00
Plymouth. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00
Rindge. Collected by Mrs. Street, _for Almeda,
S.C._ 4.55
Rindge. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 2.55
Short Falls. J. W. C. 0.50
South Newmarket. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.81
Stratham. Cong. Sab. Sch. 15.00
Tilton and Northfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00
Wilton. A. B. C. 0.50
Winchester. Cong. Ch. 2.62
—— “Friend of Colored People” 3.00
VERMONT, $811.15.
Barnet. Cong. Sab. Sch. 10.37
Bennington. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 74.66
Bradford. Bbl. of C., val. $35, _for
Charleston, S.C._
Brandon. “J. L. H.” 10.00
Brownington. S. S. Tinkham 5.00
Chester. G. H. C. 0.60
East Hardwick. Cong. Sab. Sch., $27.78; O. P.,
50c.; S. W. O., 51c. 28.79
Granby and Victory. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 2.00
Lowell. Cong. Ch. 7.68
McIndoes. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.00
Milton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 18.15
Middlebury. Cong. Sab. Sch. 21.80
Montpelier. Bethany Ch. and Soc. 12.80
Newport. Willie Richmond 30.00
Northfield. O. D. E. 1.00
North Thetford. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $7.70;
Mrs. E. G. B., 50c. 8.20
Pawlet. A. F. 1.00
Pittsfield. H. O. G. 0.50
Pittsford. N. P. Humphrey 10.00
Pittsford. “Dea. A. D. T.,” $4; Dr. and Mrs.
Smith, $2; Mrs. A. W., $1; H. K., 50c. 7.50
Pittsford. Mrs. Swift’s S. S. Class, _for S.
S. First Cong. Ch. Atlanta, Ga._ 3.00
Randolph. Mrs. Isaac Nichols 2.00
Royalton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 17.50
Saint Albans. A. O. Brainerd (ad’l), to const.
MRS. JANE E. BRAINERD L. M. 25.00
Saint Albans. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., Young Men’s
Class, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 13.00
Saint Johnsbury. North Cong. Ch. 283.99
Stowe. Cong. Ch., to const. DEA. H. S. ATKINS,
L. M. 46.42
Waitsfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 16.88
Westfield. Cong. Ch. 2.00
West Rutland. M. Newton ($5 of which _for John
Brown Steamer_) 10.00
Worcester. Cong. Ch. 3.31
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685.15
LEGACY.
Jericho. Estate of Hosea Spaulding, C. M.
Spaulding, $60; A. C. Spaulding, $30; E. E.
Spaulding, $18; Nellie M. Percival, $18 126.00
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811.15
MASSACHUSETTS, $10,925.60.
Acton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (ad’l), to const.
REV. FRANKLIN P. WOOD, L. M. 25.00
Alford. Rev. J. Jay Dana, to const. MRS. ANNA
B. DECAMP, L. M. 30.00
Amherst. Amherst College, $63.95; G. C.
Munsell, $2; W. H., $1: S. S., $1; H. B.,
50c.; A. I. C., 50c.; Mrs. William Stearns,
Jr., _for Freight_, $5 73.95
Andover. South Ch. and Soc., $300; West Cong.
Ch., $37.15; Edwin E. Goodell, $25; “A
Friend,” $10; Miss C. R. Jackson, $10; H.
C., $1; W. A., 50c.; Mrs. F. R. B., 50c. 384.15
Ashby. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.91
Ashfield. Ladies’ Soc., Bbl. of C., _for
Talladega C._
Ayer. Mrs. C. A. Spaulding ($10 of which _for
John Brown Steamer_) 50.00
Barre. Mrs. A. R. M. 0.50
Beverly. Cong. Sab. Sch., $50; Ladies’ Benev.
Soc. of Dane St. Ch., Bbl. of C., and $2
_for Freight, for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 52.00
Beverly. S. D. C. and E. H. G., $1; Mrs. S.
N., $1: Miss M. R. O., $1 3.00
Boston. Woman’s Home Miss. Ass’n, _for Lady
Missionaries_ 204.78
Boston. Miss H. N. Kirk ($5 of which _for
Indian_ and $5 _for Chinese M._) 15.00
Boston. Rev. H. M. Dexter, D.D., _for Freight_ 2.43
Boston. Mt. Vernon Ch. and Soc., $341.31; Rev.
Charles Nichols, $30, to const. JOHN G. CARY
L. M.; Rev. P. Fisk, $10; Mrs. L. A.
Bartholomew, $5; Mrs. J. K. H., 50c.; Mrs.
M. A. C., 50c.; F. D. C., 51c.; Mrs. T. K.,
50c.; J. H., 50c. 388.82
Boston Highlands. Immanuel Ch. and Soc. 40.00
Boxford. Miss F. C. 1.00
Boxford. Bbl. of C., _for Talladega C._
Boyleston Centre. “Friends,” 2 Bbls. of C.,
_for Talladega C._
Bridgewater. Central Square Sab. Sch., $10;
Rev. I. D., $1, _for John Brown Steamer_ 11.00
Bridgewater. Mrs. I. D. 1.00
Brimfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., $29.36;
Second Cong. Ch. and Soc., $14.08 43.44
Brockton. Mrs. E. H., $1; L. C., $1 2.00
Brookfield. Mrs. J. S. M. 1.02
Cambridge. A. E. H. 1.00
Cambridgeport. Pilgrim Ch., Ladies’ Miss.
Soc., $30, to const. MRS. JAMES H. SPARROW,
L. M.; Miss A. A. P., 50c. 30.50
Charlestown. Mrs. H. B., Jr. 0.50
Charlton. Rev. W. C. F. 1.00
Chelsea. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., $30.95;
Miss E. D., 50c. 31.45
Chelsea. “Union Home Mission Band,” _for Lady
Missionary, Chattanooga, Tenn._ 119.00
Chicopee. Third Cong. Ch. ($25 of which _for
Hampton N. & A. Inst._) 65.73
Clinton. First Evan. Ch. and Soc. 79.98
Colerain. P. B. S. 1.00
Conway. D. L. 1.00
Curtissville. G. E. D. 1.00
Dalton. Mrs. Z. M. Crane, $100; Mrs. James B.
Crane, $100; A. B., $1 201.00
Dana. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 3.50
Danvers. A. C. B., $1; Mrs. C. W. L., 50c. 1.50
Dedham. E. P. B., 50c.; E. P. C., 50c. 1.00
Dorchester. “A Friend” 1.00
Duxbury. Mrs. Rebecca R. Holmes 2.50
East Boston. Dea. T. D. D. 0.50
East Douglas. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const.
JACOB WILLIAMS and WM. H. BRIGGS, L. M’s 66.48
East Hampton. Mrs. A. L. C., $1; Mrs. D. F.
L., $1; I. A. J., 50c.; S. E. W., 50c. 3.00
East Longmeadow. Cong. Ch., $34.55, and Sab.
Sch., $16.97; Mrs. G. W. C., $1 52.52
Enfield. Edward Smith, _for Little Rock, Ark._ 5,000.00
Fall River. First Cong. Ch., $82.67; Miss J.
W. B., $1; J. A. B., $1 84.67
Fitchburgh. Benj. Snow, _for John Brown
Steamer_ 100.00
Fitchburgh. D. S. E., $1; Mrs. R. B. M., $1;
A. C. H., $1; Mrs. L. W., $1; A. F. A.,
50c.; H. H. Dole, Bundle “Youth’s Companion” 4.50
Fitchburgh. “Friends,” _for furnishing
Straight U._ 1.00
Florence. Sab. Sch. Class No. 7, _for Student
Aid, Talladega C._ 17.50
Framingham. Plymouth Ch. and Soc., $128.89;
Mrs. S. N. Brewer, $5 133.89
Framingham. Young People’s Miss. Circle of
Plym. Ch., _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 25.00
Framingham. Plymouth Ch. Sab. Sch., _for
Student Aid, Fisk U._ 14.65
Gardner. Lucy Matthews 3.00
Gloucester. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to
const. CHAS. BLATCHFORD, ADAM P. STODDART,
MISS LUCY S. DAVIS and MISS MIRANDA STEELE
L. Ms 120.00
Grantville. Rev. J. Edwards, Books.
Granville Corners. Mr. and Mrs. C. Holcomb 10.00
Great Barrington. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 100.00
Greenfield. Second Cong. Soc. 50.71
Greenwich Village. Daniel Parker 2.00
Hadley. Mrs. Rodney Smith and “Friends,” Box
of C. _for Athens, Ga._
Harwich. Cong. Ch. 10.40
Haverhill. Fourth Cong. Ch., $5; West Cong.
Ch. and Soc., $4.90; J. U., $1; C. C., $1;
Mrs. S. C., 50c. 12.40
Holliston. Mrs. W. R. T. 1.00
Holliston. Ladies’ Benev. Soc., 2 Bbls. C. and
bedding, _for Talladega C._
Hopkinton. Cong. Sab. Sch., $50; First Cong.
Sab. Sch., $47.81; First Cong. Ch. and Soc.,
$5.13 102.94
Ipswich. Linebrook Ch. and Soc. 5.39
Lancaster. Ladies’ Benev. Soc., Box and Bbl.
of C., _for Talladega C._
Lawrence. Lawrence St. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 100.00
Lawrence. Lawrence St. Ch. and Soc., Bbl. of
bedding, and $8 _for Freight, for Straight
U._ 8.00
Leicester. “A Friend” 10.00
Lowell. Kirk St. Ch. Sab. Sch., $83.94; M. C.,
$1 84.94
Marblehead. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 90.00
Middleborough. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.74
Millbury. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 61.78
Milford. First. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $83.88;
Individuals, _for Mag._, by P. P. Parkhurst,
$3 86.88
Milford. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for ed. of Indian
Youth, Hampton N. and A. Inst._ 40.00
Mittineague. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for John Brown
Steamer_ 10.00
Melrose. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 50.00
Methuen. “Methuen,” _for John Brown Steamer_ 10.00
Monson. —— $20; Mrs. Dewey’s S. S. Class, $1;
S. E. B., $1 22.00
Montery. Mrs. F. A. T. 0.50
New Bedford. Mrs. I. H. Bartlett, Jr. ($10 of
which _for John Brown Steamer_) 30.00
Newburyport. “A Friend,” _for John Brown
Steamer_ 2.00
Newburyport. Ladies, Bbl. of C., _for
Washington, D.C._
Newton. Eliot Ch. and Soc. 239.53
Newton. Eliot Sewing Soc., Bbl. of C., _for
Tillotson Inst._
Newton Centre. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.,
$64.78; J. W., 50c. 65.28
Newton Centre. Ladies of First Ch., by Mrs. D.
L. Furber, _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 50.00
Newton Centre. B. W. K., _for John Brown
Steamer_ 1.00
Northampton. “Aunt M,” _for John Brown Steamer_ 2.00
Northborough. Mrs. A. E. D. F. 1.00
North Brookfield. R. H. B., 50c.; P. K. H.,
50c.; Mrs. H., 50c.; Mrs. U., 50c. 2.00
Northbridge Centre. E. S. P. 0.30
Northfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $3.20; Mrs. A.
M. D. A., 51c. 3.71
North Newton. Rev. S. E. L. 0.50
Norton. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 34.00
North Reading. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 4.00
North Somerville. “A Friend” 1.00
Oxford. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., $15.68, and
Sab. Sch., $18 33.68
Palmer. Second Cong. Ch. 15.00
Petersham. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $3.69; C. B., $1 4.69
Pittsfield. Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Spear, $100;
Mrs. J. A. J., $1 101.00
Reading. Old South Ch. and Soc., $28; A. T.
H., 50c. 28.50
Rockland. Elijah Shaw, $10; Miss Mary N. Shaw,
$5, _for John Brown Steamer_ 15.00
Roxbury. Mrs. E. D. 0.50
Rutland. First Ch. 8.00
Uxbridge. W. J. 1.00
Salem. A. P., $1; J. H. T., 60c. 1.60
Salisbury and Amesbury. Union Evan. Ch. 12.50
Shirley Village. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.66
Somerville. Mrs. H. T. S. 0.50
South Amherst. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $8, and
Sab. Sch., $23.50 31.50
Southampton. J. E. Phelps 5.00
South Braintree. A. P. W. 1.00
Southbridge. Cong. Ch. ($30 of which to const.
REV. JOSEPH DANIELSON L. M.) 125.49
South Dartmouth. Mrs. M. P. Staples, _for John
Brown Steamer_ 5.00
South Deerfield. Miss L. E. W. 1.00
South Weymouth. Union Cong Ch. and Soc., bal.
to const. GEORGE REED, ALFRED O. CRAWFORD
and REV. WILLIAM H. BOLSTER L. Ms 60.40
Spencer. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $183.90; Cong.
Sab. Soc., Primary Dept., $7.50 191.40
Springfield. “H. M.” 500.00
Springfield. South Cong. Ch., $54.50; First
Cong. Ch., $49.70 104.20
Stockbridge. Miss Adele Brewer, 2 Bbls. C.,
_for Raleigh, N.C._
Sunderland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.00
Warren. Cong. Ch. 26.20
Wellesley. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const.
ANDREW W. FULLER L. M. 48.75
Wellesley. Ladies, Bbl. of C., _for
Washington, D.C._
West Barnstable. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00
Westborough. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $31.27;
Mrs. E. F., $1 32.27
West Boylston. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., to
const. REV. F. J. FAIRBANKS L. M. 75.00
West Brookfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.00
West Brookfield. Dis. No. 3 Sab. Sch., _for
John Brown Steamer_ 7.51
Westfield. First Cong. Ch. 6.34
West Medway. S. A. C. 0.50
West Medbury. “Friend,” _for Student Aid, Fisk
U._ 15.00
Westminster. Ladies Sew. Circle, Bbl. of C.,
_for Tillotson Inst._
West Newbury. Dr. O. Warren, $2; J. C. Carr,
$2; M. A. R., 50c. 4.50
West Newbury. First Ch. and Parish, 2 Bbls. of
C. (one of which _for McIntosh Ga._). val.
$90.
West Newbury. First Ch. and Parish, Bbl. of C.
and 77c. _for Freight_ 0.77
West Newton. Cong. Sab. Sch., $50, _for
Student Aid_, and $35 _for furnishing a
room, Talladega C._ 85.00
West Newton. Mrs. S. E. and J. B. W., $1 each,
_for John Brown Steamer_ 2.00
West Newton. Mrs. Sarah Erving 2.50
West Somerville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 4.00
West Springfield. Park St. Cong. Ch., $31;
Second Cong. Ch., $11.84 42.84
West Springfield. First Cong. Ch. 16.00
Whitinsville. S. A. D. 1.00
Williamsburg. First Cong. Ch. ($5 of which
_for Hampton N. & A. Inst._) 63.00
Williamstown. First Cong. Ch. ($7.49 of which
_for Indian M._) 14.98
Wilmington. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 28.00
Winchendon. Atlanta Soc., _for freight_ 2.00
Woburn. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., $116.41;
William Temple, $5 121.41
Wolliston. Mrs. H. B. C. 0.50
Worcester. Old South Ch. and Soc., $40.54; Wm.
Workman, $15; Rev. W. J. W., $1; E. W., $1 57.54
Worcester. MRS. G. HENRY WHITCOMB, _for
furnishing a room, Tillotson C. & N. Inst._
and to const. herself L. M. 30.00
Worcester. Young Ladies’ Mission Circle of
Central Ch., _for furnishing a room,
Tillotson C. & N. Inst._ 25.00
Yarmouth. Bbl. of C., _for Florence, Ala._
Yarmouth. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.00
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$10,875.60
LEGACY.
Athol. Estate of Mrs. D. A. Bowker, by Mrs.
Mary E. Bowker, Execs. 50.00
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$10,925.60
RHODE ISLAND, $142.97.
Little Compton. United Cong. Ch. and Soc.,
$21.45; “A Friend,” $2 23.45
Nayatt. M. A. S. 0.51
Pawtucket. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $15; A. A. F.,
50c.; Mrs. R. B., 51c. 16.01
Providence. Young Ladies’ Mission Band of
Beneficent Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk
U._ 100.00
Providence. Arthur A. Fuller 3.00
CONNECTICUT, $3,266.19.