is rather shyly proud, because he made it, wheels and all, with his
own hands. White Breast would lay down the doors of a new wardrobe,
he is finishing neatly, and Karunach would come from mending shoes,
to tell them about Hampton, till their ideas out-stripped their
tongues, and the old Indian sign-language came to the rescue. I think
E-cor-rup-ta-ha would stop a minute, with a nonchalant air, to polish
lovingly the big Corliss engine, before he shook hands even with them.
Laughing Face and Ka-what would tell them how much they have made of
the new carriage-house, the Indians are building. Tom Smith would throw
away his plane, and meet them with a joke and his merry boyish laugh;
and little Ara-hotch-kish would look up from his painting, with a quick
shy glance of welcome, going straight to the warmest place they have
saved in their hearts. Most of our Indians have gained a sufficient
command of English to receive any idea which can be put in simple
words; and if any reader of the MISSIONARY is troubled with
ennui or thinks of searching for a new sensation, I advise him to come
to Hampton, and try telling the old children’s stories to Indians. Even
Washington’s little worn-out hatchet gets a new sharp edge. Columbus
on his voyage of discovery is followed with a slightly incredulous but
intense interest, and all the Bible record reveals again a new force
and fire.
Imagine telling the story of David and Goliath for the first time
to a school full of Indian boys and girls. The room is breathlessly
still. Only kindling eyes and fixed attention show that the courage of
the shepherd boy for his unequal contest, his cool disregard of his
brother’s scoffs, his disdain of Saul’s armor and spear, his dauntless
confidence in God, are meeting, one by one, a hearty response in
the minds of the boys, a more timid one from the girls. Scarcely a
suppressed Indian grunt or guttural disturbs the narrative, till the
first slung-stone lodges fairly in the giant’s forehead, when little
Ta-ta-ton-ka-skah on the back seat forgets all traditions of Indian
stoicism, jumps about a foot in the air, and claps his hands in an
ecstasy of delight.
The bell rings, and the scholars must go to their classes, and fight
their own giants, strong ones, that will by no
means down at the first blow. May God bless every one, and grant them
His faith, and courage, and patience, till “little by little” their
enemies shall be driven out.
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
Howell, Rev. John Kimball, E. P. Sanford, Esq.
SECRETARY: Rev. W. C. Pond. TREASURER: E.
Palache, Esq.
* * * * *
A CHAPTER OF ITEMS.
_Chinese New-Year’s._--Our Chinese brethren observed their national
New-Year’s festival very happily, in their usual Christian way.
With great pleasure do I remember my visit to the very comfortable
head-quarters which our Oakland brethren have established. It is a
two-story house, very neatly furnished with whatever is necessary to a
Christian home, except that the male sex alone is represented there.
It bears witness to the strength of the _home impulse_ in Chinese
hearts, such of them, at least, as have been touched by the love of
Christ, and shows how soon--if only these immigrants were treated as
others are--Christian homes, in the full sense of that good word,
would spring into existence among them. When I reached the house, the
rooms were already full of Chinese, and their teachers and friends.
After greetings were over and refreshments tasted, several hymns were
sung, and then I spoke to them of the “new commandment” which our
Saviour gave us, and led them in prayer. Just as I was leaving, Rev.
Dr. McLean, their pastor, entered with other friends. Before I had
gone far, I met Rev. Mr. Condit, a Presbyterian missionary among the
Chinese, on his way to the same place. And thus with greetings and
exhortations, and good counsel and prayer, the day passed away. At
our Central Mission House and the Bethany Home in this city, similar
exercises were held, at which the same duty of brotherly love--for us
“the lesson of the hour”--was pressed on their attention, and made the
object of earnest and united prayer--prayer to which I, at length, see
the beginning of a glad response.
Of this same festival, as observed at Sacramento, Mrs. Carrington
writes: “The rooms were very tastefully decorated, and called forth
much praise from the many who called. The scholars began the week
by holding prayer-meetings; and during the week, as friends called,
much of the time was spent in prayer and song. At a union meeting on
Thursday evening, Dr. Dwinell was present and spoke to them.” Similar
reports come from Stockton, Santa Barbara, etc. This festival calls,
of course, for a few days of vacation in the schools, and involves a
temporary diminution in attendance, but, in my view, the religious uses
to which it can be put, amply compensate for any inconveniences it may
involve.
_Additions to the Churches._--Two of our pupils at Santa Barbara were
baptized and received to the Congregational Church in that city, at
its last communion. Three are expecting to be
baptized and received to the Congregational Church at Sacramento, and
seven to Bethany Church, San Francisco, at their April communions. Let
me quote Mrs. Carrington once more: “I cannot tell you how my heart
has sometimes been thrilled with joy at the faithfulness of those so
recently brought out from darkness into the marvelous light. If people
all through the land could know what devoted Christiana many of them
are, they would feel condemned, as I do, for their own unfaithfulness.”
_The Barnes School._--Dea. and Mrs. Simeon Hackley, who have so long
and so usefully conducted the Barnes Mission School, have found that
other cares, that cannot be thrown off, make it impossible for them
longer to continue in the work. Both of them have been engaged in it
steadily for nearly six years. Dea. H., a graduate of Hamilton College,
having been forced by a disease of the eyes to suspend study at the
Union Theological Seminary, and thus to give up his hope of becoming a
foreign missionary, carried into secular life the missionary spirit.
What he hoped for thus in youth, he found at length in this work, and
to him and his like-minded wife have many souls been given as seals of
their service here.
It is a real blessing that Mrs. C. A. Sheldon, who so successfully
conducted the Bethany School for several years, has been restored to
health, and, with the assistance of her daughter, is able to fill this
vacant place. The school is growing in size and interest, and, we may
hope, will be as useful in the future as it has been in the past.
_Oroville Once More._--Miss Waterbury, from Oroville, gives an
interesting account of some “great idol Masonic festival,” which
occupied the last week of February in the Chinese quarter of that town.
She says: “Crowds of people have come in from the country for miles
around, dark and rough-looking, many of them. There were processions,
day after day, in which I recognized some of our scholars walking. Some
of the forms were tall and fine as you will ever see. They carried a
huge monster, serpent or dragon of unearthly hideousness, designed to
keep away the evil spirits. At their temple there was an unceasing din
of cymbals and gongs, with the firing of crackers and bombs, and the
outlandish shouts of a mob-like throng; and nearly opposite, across
the narrow street, stands our humble mission-house, where on the three
Sabbaths previous, Lee Haim had preached, at eleven o’clock, to a
room-full of his countrymen. On the Saturday and Sunday evenings of
this festival, the Chinese crowded in so that we dismissed school,
and Lee Haim preached and sung to them in Chinese. Every seat and
every standing-place was filled. They wanted to hear. I am sure some
poor, dark minds got a little Gospel truth for the first time, and,
with some of them, all they will ever hear until the revelations of
the future world shall be made to their astonished vision. It was
soul-inspiring to see the earnestness and energy with which he threw
his whole soul into the work, and even more so, to see all the eyes,
and ears, and mouths open to catch the new and strange things of which
the preacher spoke. I could not understand a word, but I was refreshed
in spirit and made stronger by it.” Of course, this crowd no longer
hangs upon the word. In two or three days, most of them scattered to
their little mining camps, and the school resumed its comparatively
diminutive proportions. But God’s word will not return to Him void; and
while we know not which shall prosper, either this or that, we know
that “he that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall
_doubtless_ return again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with
him.”
CHILDREN’S PAGE.
* * * * *
ALBERT BURTON JOWETT.
I was born, in 1860, in a little town called Mocolo. They have no
houses there, but little mud huts covered with thatch. There are no
roads, nor horses, nor cows. The people walk, or ride in little canoes
on the rivers. Not much work is done. What little clothing they wear is
made of native cloths. They have no cradles, and no clothing is needed
for their children. My father was away in the country to buy rice for
the Mendi Mission, and was taken prisoner a little before I was born.
The town was destroyed and the inhabitants killed, but my father’s life
was spared. He was redeemed by Mr. Burton, one of the missionaries, who
paid twenty-five shillings, English money, for his release. My father
moved to Good Hope when I was quite young, and I attended school and
studied the English language.
Not far from the school-house there are groves of limes, pine-apples,
plums, and bacon-fire, and the boys amuse themselves by battling each
other with limes. The principal holidays are Christmas, New-Year’s
and Good Friday. They celebrate Christmas by having a big dance out
of doors, lasting all day and often all night. The music is made by
beating drums, and by women who sing and clap their hands. The place
was lighted through the night by an immense fire in the centre. Pots of
rice are cooked, and a sauce made of palm-oil, rice and fish, is served
with it. They always have rum and gin, which is supplied them very
much more freely than the Gospel. We have no stoves in our country.
The fires are built either out of doors or in the corner of the hut.
As there are no chimneys, it is sometimes very smoky. The natives have
no lamps, but use palm-oil in a dish. For a wick they wrap a piece of
cloth around a stick. They have no tables, but sit down around a large
mat and eat their food from wooden bowls, making one spoon do for the
whole family. On funeral occasions they have a big dance, which they
sometimes keep up two or three days. All the people of the village
attend, and the nearest relative is expected to furnish all the rum
he is able to pay for, and a liberal supply of food, but they have no
religious ceremonies. When a big man marries, if he has sufficient
money, he keeps up a dance for a week. The missionaries are welcomed,
and are doing a great deal to break up these old customs. In 1877, the
Rev. Mr. Snelson and two other Freedmen came to our mission, and it
was under their instruction that I was urged to give my heart to the
Saviour. When Mr. Snelson asked me to try and become a Christian, I
told him I couldn’t do it.
He took me to his room and prayed with me, then he called my father,
and we all knelt down and he prayed again. He told me to go up to my
room and think over the matter. At first I did not know what to do;
then I fell down on my knees and prayed; I went to bed and prayed
nearly the whole night. The next day I went to see Mr. Snelson, and he
spoke to me on the same subject; I told him I felt greatly relieved
from the burden of sin, and he prayed with me again that evening. Soon
after I connected myself with the church. After Mr. Snelson’s return to
America, Rev. Albert Miller, a Freedman from the Fisk University, was
my pastor.
Before leaving Africa I acted as interpreter for Mr. Miller,
translating his sermons, as he delivered them, into the Mendi language.
My father, who has been a native preacher for more than twenty years,
is anxious to have missions planted far into the interior, where there
are supposed to be two million Mendi people, occupying a country about
7 degrees north latitude. All he could do is to give me up to the work.
Among this vast number, there is but one mission at present, and that
is conducted by Freedmen from America.
After spending three years in this country, at the Fisk University, it
is my purpose to return to Africa, and assist in establishing missions
in large villages in the wooded country, far from the coast. I feel
that I need your prayers. I have been treated very kindly since I left
Africa, and I pray earnestly that I may not disappoint my friends who
have assisted me in coming to this country, and who are anxious that I
should prepare myself to be a successful missionary in my native land.
RECEIPTS
FOR MARCH, 1880.
* * * * *
MAINE, $432.47.
Augusta. Cong. Ch. and Soc., ($30 of which from
BARRETT EDWARDS POTTER to const. himself L. M.) $53.56
Bluehill. M. E. Johnson 5.00
Foxcroft and Dover. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00
Hampden. C. E. H. 1.00
Kennebunk. Union Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.00
Lewiston. Pine St. Cong. Ch. 17.77
Machais. E. G. L. and Mrs. H., 50c. each 1.00
Orono. Cong. Ch. 1.04
Portland. Ladies in Maine, _for Lady Missionary_,
by Mrs. W. E. Gould 300.00
Portland. Nathalie Lord, package, _for Rev. A. E. White,
Mendi M._
Saco. D. J. 1.00
Saint Albans. Rev. W. S. Sewell, $2; Cong. Ch., $1 3.00
Thomaston. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.00
Weld. Rev. D. D. T. 1.00
Wells. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.10
Winthrop. Isaac N. Metcalf 2.00
York. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.00
NEW HAMPSHIRE, $159.68.
Bristol. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 3.95
Concord. Mrs. A. F. and Mrs. C. L. G., 60c. each 1.20
Farmington. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.90
Francestown. R. G. C. 0.50
Hanover. Dartmouth Religious Soc. 25.00
Hillsborough Bridge. Mrs. J. G. and Mrs. N. T., $1 each 2.00
Hinsdale. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 9.60
Lancaster. Mrs. A. M. Amsden 5.00
Lebanon. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 17.25
Manchester. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 58.73
Marlborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.05
Meridian. Mrs. Lucia Wells 5.00
New Ipswich. “Hillside Gleaners’ Sewing Circle,” by Carrie
B. Wilson, Treas. 5.00
Petersborough. A. M. C. 0.50
VERMONT, $154.93.
Barre. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.12
Bradford. Rev. Mrs. and Mrs. Elliot 12.00
Burlington. Third Cong. Ch. 20.00
Chelsea. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00
Clarendon. Mrs. N. J. Smith 5.00
Danville. Cong. Sab. Sch. 10.00
Essex. L. C. B. 1.00
Ludlow. Mrs. L. H. C. 1.00
Lyndonville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.00
Northfield. O. D. E. 1.00
Royalton. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Soc., _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U._ 17.97
Sharon. Mrs. A. F. and Miss S. P. F., $1 each 2.00
West Dummerston. A. B. B. 1.00
Weston. Mrs. S. A. Sprague and Lucy P. Bartlett, $2
each 4.00
West Rutland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 22.84
West Westminster. Elvira M. Gorham 2.00
---- “A Friend” 20.00
MASSACHUSETTS, $4,869.39.
Amherst. Girls’ Prayer Meeting, by Mrs. Mary H. Scott,
$30.05, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._;--First Cong. Ch., $25 55.05
Andover. Calvin E. Goodell 25.00
Ashland. Mrs. Mary F. Cutler 5.00
Attleborough. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 30.00
Beechwood. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 1.31
Boston. Old South Cong. Ch. and Soc., $574.76; Miss R. A.
F., 50c.; F. W., 50c. 575.76
Boston Highlands. H. W. T. 0.50
Bradford. Ladies’ Bible Class, bbl. C.
Brimfield. First Cong. Sab. Sch. $10.00
Brockton. Mrs. I. N. 0.50
Cambridgeport. Pilgrim Cong. Ch., $581.54; N. H., 50c. 582.04
Charlemont. First Ch. 3.00
Chester. Second Cong. and Soc. 6.00
Clinton. First Evan Ch. and Soc. 75.00
Danvers. Mrs. S. S. 1.00
Dedham. Allyn Cong. Ch. and Soc. _for Chinese M._ 16.54
Dorchester. Mrs. Susan Collins 2.00
East Charlemont. Cong. Ch. 13.75
East Longmeadow. Cong. Ch. 22.00
East Medway. Ladies of First Ch., B. of C. and 25c., _for
freight_ 0.25
Essex Co. “Howard,” _for Chapel at Wilmington, N. C._ 2,000.00
Fall River. First Cong. Ch., $84.04; M. E., $1 85.04
Feeding Hills. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.81
Franklin. Peter Adams 2.00
Georgetown. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.90
Grafton. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 28.78
Grantville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.26
Greenfield. Jeanette Thompson 5.00
Greenwich Village. Daniel Parker 5.00
Groton. Union Ch. and Soc., $83, and Sab. Sch., $17;
Elizabeth Farnsworth, $20; “Mother and Daughter”
(of which $5 ea. _for
Chinese and Indian M._) $20 140.00
Groveland. Mrs. M. A. R. 0.50
Holyoke. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.75
Hyde Park. Mrs. H. W. Bidwell, to const. MRS. FISK P.
BREWER, L. M 30.00
Jamaica Plain. “A Friend” 4.00
Lee. Cong. Sab. Sch. 75.00
Leominster. Orthodox Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.42
Lowell. Mrs. A. S. C. 0.50
Lynn. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.00
Mansfield. Orthodox Cong. Ch. and Soc. 18.56
Marblehead. J. J. H. Gregory, large package of flower and
vegetable seeds, _for Talladega, Ala._, and box garden
seeds, _for Tougaloo, Miss._
Marlborough. T. B. P. 1.00
Medway. J. D. Ellis 100.00
Millbury. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 24.00
Montague. Cong. Soc. 6.85
Newbury. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 24.51
Newburyport. “Friends,” _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 10.00
Newton Centre. Mrs. M. B. Furber’s Bible Class, _for
Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 50.00
North Abington. “A Friend,” $15;--One and a half
bbl. of C., _for Lady Missionary, Nashville, Tenn._ 15.00
North Adams. Rev. C. S. S. 1.00
North Amherst. W. L. R. 1.00
Northbridge Centre. Minnie A. Winter 2.00
North Brookfield. Miss Abby W. Johnson, _for Student Aid,
Fisk U._ 25.00
Norton. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ($30 of which from Mrs.
E. B. Wheaton, to const. MARY A. CHAPIN, L. M.) 39.00
Palmer. Second Cong. Ch. 10.84
Paxton. Mrs. H. O. K. and Mrs. W. B. R., 50c. ea. 1.00
Quincy. Miss Merrill’s Sab. Sch. Class, Cong. Ch. 2.00
Reading. Bethesda Sab. Sch. 25.00
Royalston. Ladies’ Benev. Soc., bbl. of C.,
_for Savannah, Ga._
Sandwich. Mrs. Eliza W. Wells, $5; Mrs. Robert
Tobey, $5; Mrs. C. C. P. W., $1; Mrs. L. E. T., $1 12.00
Saxonville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (ad’l) $2.11
Shrewsbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.00
South Braintree. A. P. W. 1.00
Southbridge. Miss S. R. L. 1.00
South Framingham. G. M. Amsden 5.00
South Hadley Falls. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $20; Fred A. Hayes,
$3 23.00
South Natick. Cong. Ch. and Soc., bbl. of C.; Ladies’
Benev. Soc. of Cong. Ch., bbl. of C.
Spencer. Primary Dept. of Cong. Sab. Sch. 7.30
Springfield. Hope Cong. Ch., $13.22; Ira Merrill, $5 18.22
Taunton. Union Ch. and Soc. 21.52
Tewkesbury. “In Memory of Mary,” by F. 10.00
Ware. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Le Moyne Sch., Memphis,
Tenn._ 25.00
Wareham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 19.25
Warren. Mrs. Jos. Ramsdell ($5 of which _for Chinese M._) 6.00
Watertown. Ladies of Phillips Ch., bbl. of C., _for
Memphis, Tenn._; Corban Soc., bbl. of C., _for
Talladega, Ala._
Webster. G. W. F. 1.00
Westborough. Evan. Ch. and Soc. Mon. Con. Coll. 20.21
West Dennis. S. S. C. 1.00
Westfield. First Ch., (“A Friend”) $50; First Cong. Ch.
and Soc. $18.74; S. F. S. B., $1 69.74
West Hawley. Cong. Ch. 5.00
West Stockbridge. Village Cong. Ch. 26.94
Whitinsville. ESTATE of E. W. Fletcher, by Chas.
P. Whitin, Ex. 100.00
Williamsburg. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 10.00
Wilmington. Mrs. S. Bancroft 6.00
Winchester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 122.18
Worcester. ----$60 to const. G. HENRY WHITCOMB and
MRS. ABBIE E. WHITCOMB, L. M’s; Rev. W. J. White,
$1.50;--Mrs. John B. Gough, B. of C., and $1, _for
freight, for Atlanta U._; T. W. T., $1 90.50
RHODE ISLAND, $1.00.
Newport. D. B. F. 1.00
CONNECTICUT, $4,215.83.
Berlin. Second Cong. Ch. 20.00
Birmingham. Cong. Ch., Coll. $24.76; Wm. E. Downs, $100 124.76
Bridgeport. First Cong. Ch. 91.21
Bristol. “A Friend” 4.00
Chester. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $42.25; Hon. E. C.
Hungerford, $30 to const. CORNELIA A. NORTON, L. M. 72.25
East Hartford. First Cong. Church 20.00
East Windsor. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00
Enfield. First Cong. Sab. Sch. ($10 of which _for Butler
school, Hampton, Va._) 13.00
Fair Haven. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid,
Fisk U._ 35.00
Franklin. Cong. Ch. 7.00
Georgetown. Cong. Ch. 10.00
Guilford. “A Friend in Third Ch.” 5.00
Hanover. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 24.83
Hartford. Benj. DeForest, $70, _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._;--Mrs. John Olmsted, $15, _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 85.00
Huntington. “A few Friends in Cong. Ch. and Soc.” 6.50
Killingly. Miss E. F. Jencks 5.00
Lebanon. ESTATE of Miss Betsy Metcalf, by Mary B.
Van Tuyl 50.00
Marion. By Rev. L. F. B. 0.50
Morris. H. W. 0.50
Milford. “J. M.,” for books, _for Fisk U._ 10.00
Naugatuck. Cong. Ch. 100.00
New Britain. First Ch. of Christ, $143.03;--South Ch. Sab.
Sch., $50, _for Scholarship, Atlanta U._;--“Member So.
Cong. Ch.,” (two donations $5 ea.) $10 208.03
New Haven. ESTATE of Rev. Wm. Patton, D. D., by
Wm. L. Patton, Ex. 500.00
New Haven. “A Friend,” $100; Dwight Place Cong. Ch. (of
which from Dea. Nelson Hall, $40; Dr. R. Crane, $10) $75 175.00
New London, “First Ch. of Christ” $50.42
North Guilford. “A Friend,” $5; N. L. C., 50c. 5.50
North Haven. Cong. Ch. 56.12
Norwich. Miss. Ass’n of Second Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for
Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 50.00
Plantsville. Cong. Ch., $243.35;--Mrs. E. P. Hotchkiss,
$5, _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 248.35
Simsbury. Rev. W. D. McF. 0.60
Thomaston. Cong. Ch. 30.33
Washington. Cong. Ch. 21.07
Waterbury. First Cong. Ch., $141.41; “A Friend,”
$30, to const. ISRAEL HOLMES, L. M. 171.41
Watertown. John DeForest, _for Student Aid, Talladega
C._ 100.00
Windham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 14.10
Woodbury. ESTATE of Fannie Minor, by C. J. Minor,
Ex. 62.50
Woodbury. Benj. Fabrique 20.00
Woodstock. Cong. Sab. Sch., to const. MISS ELLEN D.
CHANDLER, L. M. 40.35
---- “A Friend” 1,747.50
---- “A Friend” 10.00
NEW YORK, $978.17.
Albany. H. A. Homes, $2;--S. C., $1, _for repairs,
Talladega C._ 3.00
Astoria. C. N. S. 0.50
Brooklyn. Central Cong. Sab. Sch., by Geo. H. Shirley,
Chairman of Miss. Com., _for support of a Lady
Missionary, Charleston, S. C._, and to const. MISS
CARRIE A. PRATT, MRS. A. S. FOWLER, MRS. L. R. P.
STOCKTON, MRS. E. D. GRISWOLD, FREDERICK P. LITCHFIELD,
REV. JOHN L. SCUDDER, and WILLIAM C. HICKCOK, L. M’s 210.00
Brooklyn. Chas. Wilbur, package Bibles; John H.
Anderson, box papers.
Binghamton. Chas. A. Beach 20.00
Black Creek. Cong. Ch., $3; Miss M. T., $1 4.00
Chittenango. Rev. S. W., _for Church building,
New Iberia, La._ 1.00
Clockville. C. K. 1.00
Crown Point. ESTATE of Mrs. Tryphena Walker, by Rev.
A. T. Clarke, to const. CALVIN W. HUESTIS and Dea. N.
MADISON CLARKE, L. M’s 50.00
Dansville. James H. Learned 10.00
Deansville. Miss E. G. 1.00
Franklin. Communion Set, by Rev. I. H. Frazer.
Gilbertsville Academy. Rev. A. Wood, Principal 15.00
Gloversville. Cong. Soc. ($100 of which from Alanson
Judson) 114.00
Greenwich. Proceeds of claim on Cong. Ch. 150.00
Hancock. Mrs. A. E. S. 1.00
Honeoye. Cong. Ch. 31.60
Ledyard. Cong. Ch., $27.60; R. H. Waldo, $2 29.60
Leeds. Miss I. E. S. 1.00
Le Roy. Miss Delia A. Phillips, _for Woman’s Work for
Women_ 25.00
Little Valley. First Cong. Ch. 2.12
Lockport. H. W. Nichols 20.00
Moravia. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., (ad’l) 1.00
New Hamburgh. S H. S. 0.50
New York. Ladies’ Association of Presb. Memorial Ch.,
$105, _for a Teacher_;--Joseph S. Holt, ($10 of which
_for Berea C._) $20;--By Rev. C. S. Robinson, 54 copies
“Songs of Sanctuary;”--American Tract. Soc., Grant of
Sunday School Papers, _for the Freedmen_ 125.00
Oneida. S. H. Goodwin, $10; Edward Loomis, $2 12.00
Oswego. “Friends,” by Miss S. Williams, _for Girls’ Ind.
Sch., Talladega C._ 2.00
Oxford. Asso. Presb. Ch. and Soc. 6.97
Parma. Mrs. Ezekiel Clark 5.00
Paris Hill. Cong. Ch. 14.25
Rochester. Mrs. A. E. Albright 5.00
Sherburn. Chas. A. Fuller, $50, _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._;--Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., $34.63 84.63
Sinclairville. E. C. Preston, $1.50; Mrs. D. T. C., $1;
B. W. F., $1; E. W., 50c. 4.00
Syracuse. Sereno F. King $5.00
Union Falls. Mrs. Fanny D. Duncan, Francis E. Duncan,
and Margaret B. Duncan, $10 ea., to const. MRS. FANNY
D. DUNCAN, L. M. 30.00
Union Valley. Dr. J. Angel 10.00
West Barre. L. S. 1.00
NEW JERSEY, $329.18.
Bound Brook. Mrs. T. D. V. 1.00
---- “Heart’s Content” 50.00
Jersey City. Sab. Sch. of Tab. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid,
Fisk U._ 20.00
Newark. C. S. Haines 40.00
Orange Valley. Cong. Ch. 68.28
Sayreville. A. B. K. 0.50
Somerville. Mrs. Nicolas Voorhees 2.00
Vineland. Proceeds of Land 147.40
PENNSYLVANIA, $15.00.
Scranton. F. E. Nettleton 15.00
OHIO, $1,460.99.
Castalia. Mrs. I. W. S. 1.00
Claridon. “Cheerful Workers,” Cong. Sab. Sch. 15.00
Cleveland. ESTATE of Brewster Pelton, by J. G.
Jennings, Ex. 1,118.75
Cleveland. Sab. Sch. First Cong. Ch., $30; Miss Bettie
Dutton’s Class, $10; Mrs. C. W. Ruggles’ Class, $10,
_for Student Aid, Fisk U._--M. H. B., 50c. 50.50
Conneaut. Communion Set, by H. E. Pond.
Delaware. N. W. Hodges 2.00
Elyria. F. B. N. 0.50