Part 5

New Britain was the next place, and may be noted as the turning point in the adverse circumstances attending the Connecticut campaign. A pleasant evening and a large audience here greeted us, and an interest evoked that was decidedly manifest. From this time onward until the last day, which proved rainy, we had good weather, and, with only one or at most two exceptions, well-attended meetings. What has been said regarding the co-operation we received from the ministers in the preceding places is true of all. Everywhere the ministers gave us cordial help, and to them is owing very largely the success of our meetings. Milford, Manchester, Glastonbury, Southington, Colchester, Danielsonville, New London and Stonington are the remaining places visited on week days; Bridgeport, Wethersfield, Hartford, Berlin, Wallingford and Meriden on Sundays. In Bridgeport, we had a hearing in all four of the churches, with a union meeting in the evening. In Hartford, three of the churches—Pearl street, Fourth and Dr. Burton’s—gave us audience. Mr. Cutler spoke in the morning at Wethersfield, greatly enjoying the service by reason of the three-mile walk he took in order to reach the church, and yet he does not speak in favor of ministers taking such walks. He thinks the Scripture is right in saying that “bodily exercise profiteth little.” As just intimated, the last day of the campaign in Connecticut, Sunday, Nov. 25, was rainy. The closing meeting was held in Meriden. It was a union meeting of the First and Second Churches, Rev. Messrs. Hall and Hungerford entering heartily into it. A good audience braved the storm, and gave interested attention to our message.

We contemplate a short campaign in Massachusetts during the month of December, of which I may give some account in the future.

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THE CHILDREN’S PAGE.

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DEAR S. S. FRIENDS:

The other day I heard one of our teachers say, “I’d rather anybody would be really blunt, if he means what he says, than ever so fine, if I cannot depend upon him.” Yesterday, I heard another teacher say, “Mrs. J. is not deceitful enough to be decent.”

Now I know I ought not to write you a sermon, but these two sayings, like texts, will stay in my mind when I think of you.

A good many of you have been to school enough to study U. S. history, and you remember about the stern old Puritan who settled in New England and the Cavalier who settled in the South. Well, we Puritan Yankees, many of whom have been taught to feel that it is a sin even to greet an acquaintance with “I’m glad to see you,” when for some reason we cannot be glad at heart, are very much annoyed when we come South, by being so often deceived, because we cannot tell how much allowance to make for expressions which were intended only to please. For instance, I explain a difficult problem, and ask if it is understood. “Yes, ma’am,” is the prompt reply. Surprised, as well as delighted, at the brightness of my pupil, I ask, “Are you sure you understand perfectly?” “Yes, ma’am,” with as much assurance as before. The next day I assign the problem to the confident pupil, and he knows nothing about it. Or, a pupil comes to me for assistance in a problem. I give it, and he replies: “I started to do it that way, but thought it was wrong.” Of course, such a strange thing as thinking we were wrong when we were right, could not happen very often. But when the same words—“I started to do it that way, but thought it was wrong,” and other expressions equally suspicious, are often repeated, with what weight they come to fall upon our hearts, almost burying our hope and courage as we see how hard it is to be simply true.

So you see there was some reason for my first friend’s saying she preferred honesty to refinement.

Now, perhaps some frank, brave little boy or girl is thinking—I’m not deceitful; I always say what I think, whether people like it or not. My dear little friend, do not be too proud of that honest tongue! Does not the same Bible that teaches us to be truthful, also say, “Be courteous,” and “Be ye kind!” Need I be either a severe Puritan or an insincere Cavalier? You see we old people cannot help feeling that somehow these Puritans and Cavaliers helped to make people believe that one must either be blunt and honest or refined and deceitful. It is a great pity that we should ever think beautiful, lovely Truth, must always speak cold or cutting words.

Now we ought not to fret because we cannot make everything straight in this crooked world, but should we not be a great deal happier if every man and woman and boy and girl who speaks the truth, would always speak it kindly and courteously; and if every one who is truly polite would always be thoroughly truthful? When that time comes, no one will ever think of making such a strange remark as my second friend did yesterday—“She is not deceitful enough to be decent.”

MRS. T. N. CHASE.

ATLANTA, GA.

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RECEIPTS.

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MAINE, $186.92.

Bangor. Hammond St. Soc. $53.18, and Sab. Sch. $25.; First Parish $16.19. “A Friend” $2.; Central Ch. Sab. Sch. $25 $122.17 Belfast. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.50 Dennysville. Peter E. Vose, Box of C., val. $40 Machias. “L.” of Centre St. Ch. 10.00 Milltown. Miss. F. M. A. 0.25 Norridgewock. Hattie Boardman, Bbl. of C. Searsport. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00 Woolwich. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $9; Mrs. J. P. Frott $2 11.00 West Newfield. Samuel C. Adams 10.00

NEW HAMPSHIRE, $632.53.

Acworth. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 18.00 Amherst, L. & L. K. Melendy, _for Wilmington, N. C._ 300.00 Centre Harbor. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.68 Fisherville. J. C. Martin, $5.; Geo. S. Meseroe, $2 7.00 Great Falls. First Cong. Ch. 47.00 Keene. Second Cong. Sab. Sch. 50.00 Lempster. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.00 Milford. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 60.00 New London. Mrs. L. M. Trussell (deceased) by Mary K. Trussell, $10.; M. K. T. 25c. 10.25 Plymouth. Cong Ch. and Soc. 14.26 Rindge. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 9.87 Salmon Falls. Cong. Ch., _for Wilmington, N. C._ 15.00 Sanbornton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00 Sullivan. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.00 Temple. Cong. Sab. Sch. 22.70 West Lebanon. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 18.50 Wilton. Second Cong. Ch. 6.27

VERMONT, $1,489.96.

Castleton. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. M. CASWELL, L. M. 32.65 Chester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 42.24 Danville. Cong. Sab. Sch. 10.00 Essex Junction. E. T. M 1.00 Johnson. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (ad’l) 7.00 Manchester. One case C. North Ferrisburgh. ESTATE of Sylvia Dean, by J. M. Dean, Ex. 15.00 Pittsford. Mrs. Nancy P. Humphrey 10.00 Roxbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $14., and Sab. Sch. $6 20.00 Rutland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 44.48 Saint Johnsbury. “Friends of Missions” 1000.00 St. Johnsbury. ESTATE of Erastus Fairbanks 250.00 Saxtons River. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $16.50, _for paper_, $1.50 18.00 Waits River. J. F. W. 0.50 West Hartford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 4.25 Woodstock. Hon. Frederick Billings $25; First Cong. Ch. and Soc. $5; Cong. Sab. Sch. $4.84 34.84

MASSACHUSETTS, $3,556.17.

Acton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.00 Andover. Hastings H. Hart 3.00 Athol. Mrs. D. A. Bowker 5.00 Auburndale. Rev. J. M. 0.50 Belchertown. Cong. Sab. Sch. 15.00 Boston. Shawmut Cong. Ch. and Soc. $600.15; Mrs. N. B. Curtis $200; “A Friend” $5; Mount Vernon Ch. (ad’l) $2 807.15 Boston Highlands. Elliot Ch. and Soc. $68.85, Immanuel Ch. and Soc. $50 118.85 Boxborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.50 Boxford. Mrs. G. P. 0.25 Boylston Centre. Ladies of Cong Ch., bbl. of C., and $1 _for freight_ 1.00 Bradford. Young Ladies of Bradford Sem. $10 _for Atlanta, Ga._; “A Friend” $5 15.00 Brimfield. Mrs. P. C. Browning $10; J. A. Upham $3 13.00 Cambridgeport. Ladies Aux. $19.25; J. S. P. 50c. 19.75 Concord. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 37.50 Conway. Mrs. O. S. 1.00 Dana. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 3.00 Dorchester. Mrs. R. M. L. 0.25 Dracut. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.00 Fitchburgh. Cal. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $183 to const. REV. S. J. STEWART, L. M. 183.00 Fitchburg. ESTATE of Deborah Snow 6.68 Great Barrington. “A. C. T.” 1.00 Hatchville. Mrs. V. H. 1.00 Harvard. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 36.50 Harwich Port. Rev. J. R. Munsell 5.00 Hopkinton. Cong. Sab. Sch. $26, bbl. of C. 26.00 Jamaica Plain. “A Friend.” 20.00 Lynnfield Centre. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.25 Matfield. Mrs. S. D. Shaw 2.25 Merrimac. John K. Sargent $3, Chas. N. Sargent $2 5.00 Millbury. First Cong. Sab. Sch. $25, _for Student Aid_, M.D. Garfield $5 30.00 Newbury. Ladies of First Parish, bbl. of C. _for Selma, Ala._ Newburyport. Mrs. J. C. Cleaveland bbl. of C., val. $60.50, _for Talladega_, and $3 _for freight_ 3.00 New Marlborough. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.80 Northampton. “A Friend.” 200.00 Northborough. Ladies’ Sewing Circle, bbl. of C. _for Atlanta, Ga._ North Brookfield. Union Cong. Ch. and Soc. 63.87 Oxford. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 32.00 Phillipston. Ladies’ Benev. Soc., bbl. of C., val. $33.60, and $3 _for freight_ 3.00 Princeton. Mrs. James Pratt, p’k’g of papers Reading. Mrs. S. P. W. 1.00 Rockland. Mrs. A. S. Reed, to const. MRS. HORACE W. STUDLEY, L. M. 30.00 Royalston. Joseph Estabrook 10.00 South Amherst. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00 South Deerfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. C. B. TILTON, L. M. 30.00 South Hadley. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 51.00 South Natick. John Eliot Cong. Ch. and Soc. 14.00 Templeton. Mrs. Marier P. Sabin and “A Friend” $5 ea. 10.00 Wakefield. Mrs. A. S. 0.25 Warren. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. MYRON L. HENRY and GEORGE E. PUTNEY, L. M.’s 68.40 Waltham. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 26.54 Watertown. Miss E. A. Linsley, by Corban Soc., $10; E. S. P. 50c. 10.50 Wenham. Dr. J. L. R. 0.25 Westhampton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 21.00 Whitinsville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 1,305.50 Wilmington. Mrs. Susan Bancroft 8.00 Winchendon. North Cong. Sab. Sch. 27.03 Worcester. Union Ch. $114.10; Old South Cong. Ch. and Soc. $50; Piedmont Cong. Ch. $24.50; Rev. J. M. R. Eaton and wife $10; Mrs. John B. Gough, bbl. of C. 198.60

RHODE ISLAND, $414.

Central Falls. Cong. Ch. 289.00 Providence. Beneficient Cong. Ch. 125.00

CONNECTICUT, $675.19.

Ansonia. “J. J.” 1.00 Bridgeport. Park St. Ch. (ad’l) to const. PHILO J. PIERCE, MRS. WILLIAM MILLER and CALVIN H. STUDLEY, L. M.’s 74.31 Deep River. Cong. Soc. 16.25 Durham. “A Friend” $5; Mrs. Olive Merwin $2; Gaylord Newton $5 12.00 Ellsworth. Cong. Ch. 9.40 Enfield. First Cong. Ch. 33.64 Guilford. Third Cong. Ch. $50.26; “A Friend” $30, to const. MRS. LUCY E. DUDLEY, L. M. 80.26 Mansfield. Second. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.33 Morris. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 9.00 New Haven. “A Friend in Centre Ch.” $5; E. F. S. 50c. 5.50 Norwalk. First Cong. Ch. 52.40 Plainville. Cong. Sab. Sch. to const. CHAS. LAWRENCE, L. M. 30.00 Preston City. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 32.50 South Norwalk. Cong. Sab. Sch. $100; F. N. $1 101.00 Southport. Rebecca Pennell 5.00 Stonington. Cong. Ch. 64.72 Thomaston. Cong. Ch. 55.38 Washingten. “A Few Friends” 12.50 Waterbury. “A Friend” 30.00 Wethersfield. “A Lady” 25.00 West Killingly. Isaac T. Hutchins 5.00 Westport. Amsey Warren 5.00 Windsor. Cong. Ch. 5.00

NEW YORK, $802.31.

Camden. “A Friend” 1.00 Brasher Falls. Elijah Wood 15.00 Brooklyn. Julius Davenport, $50; Mrs. Lewis Tappan $10 60.00 Buffalo. W. G. Bancroft 200.00 Elmira. Park Ch. Sab. Sch., _for the debt_ 60.00 Evans. Individuals, _for mag._ 1.00 Gaines. M. & B. H. 0.50 Grandby Centre. J. C. Harrington 10.00 Gouverneur. Eli Mix 15.00 Hamilton. Second Cong. Sab. Sch., _for the debt_ 30.00 Hopkinton. Cong. Ch. 8.87 Kingsborough. J. W. 1.00 Oriskany. Mrs. L. B. Porter $5; Rev. S. F. and L. H. Porter $5 10.00 New York. Rev. L. D. Bevan, D.D., $50, _for the debt_; Mrs. Hannah Ireland $50; Rev.C. P. Bush, D.D., $5.00; “A Friend” $5, for rebuilding, and bundle of C. 110.00 Parma. Ezekiel Clark, deceased, by Mrs. Clark 5.00 Penn Yan. Chas. C. Sheppard 150.00 Poughkeepsie. First Reformed Ch. 10.12 Poughquag. E. W. S. 0.25 Ransomville. John Powley 5.00 Rodman. John S. Sill 5.00 Saratoga Springs. Nathan Hickok 2.00 Sherburne. First Cong. Ch. 59.57 Spencerport. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $17; Mary E. Dyer $10 27.00 West Chazy. Rev. L. Prindle 5.00 Westport. Mrs. A. M. S. 1.00 ——. “A Friend” 10.00

PENNSYLVANIA, $85.00.

Clark. Mrs. Elizabeth and Miss Eliza Dickson 30.00 Norristown. Mary W. Cook 10.00 Pittsburgh. 6th Ward Mission Sab. Sch.,connected with Third Presb. Ch., _for Student Talladega C._ 15.00 Washington. “A Friend of the Freedmen” 30.00

OHIO, $206.49.

Castalia. Cong. Ch. 10.43 Berlin Heights. Cong. Ch. 4.00 Brighton. Mrs. L. A. Strong 5.00 East Toledo. Cong. Ch. 11.00 Edinburgh. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $16.50.;Mrs. A. Hayden $5 21.50 Harmar. Cong. Ch. 60.06 Harrison. John D. Bowles 10.00 Mansfield. E. Sturges, Sen. 50.00 Mechanicstown. Mrs. S. M. 0.50 Nelson. Dea. Harvey Pike 10.00 Windham. T. Wales 5.00 Wooster. Daniel Bates 2.00 Parisville. Welsh Cong. Ch. $15.30, incorrectly ack. in Dec. paper from Painseville. Pittsville. Cong. Ch. 4.00 Sheffield. Cong. Ch. 13.00

INDIANA, $2.00.

Versailles. J. O. Nichols 2.00

ILLINOIS, $1,465.23.

Chesterfield. Cong. Ch. (ad’l) 17.00 Chicago. New England Cong. Ch. (of which$5 _for Straight U._) $127.42; Philo Carpenter$5; W. C. Grant $5, _for Atlanta U._ 237.42 Crystle Lake. ESTATE of Simon S. Gates, by Wm. D. Gates, Ex. 1,000.00 Bunker Hill. “Mrs. S. V. M. Q.” 10.00 Buda. Cong. Ch. 20.00 Downer’s Grove. J. W. Bushnell 5.00 Farmington. Phineas Chapman 44.00 Granville. First Cong. Ch. 80.26 Griggsville. J. Green 5.25 Ivanhoe. Mrs. L. C. S. 1.00 Lee Centre. Cong. Ch. $13.30, and Sab.Sch. $3 16.30 Ouargo. Mrs. L. C. Foster 100.00 Rockford. Ladies’ Soc. of First Cong. Ch., _for Student, Talladega C._ 12.00 Sheffield. First Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 15.00 Wheaton. Cong. Ladies’ Benev. Soc., 2 bbls. and 1 box of C., val. $54.60, by Mrs.H. W. Cobb, _for Savannah, Ga._ Woodburn. Cong. Ch. 2.00

MICHIGAN, $998.35.

Chesterfield. Cong. Ch. 2.00 Clare. Mary E. Norris 5.00 Covert. Cong. Ch. and Soc.; M. C. Coll. 2.62 Detroit. First Cong. Ch. $337.24; Mrs. Z.Eddy, $10; Edith Eddy, Alice M. Eddy and Mrs. G. F. Milton $5 ea.: “A Friend” 50c.; Mrs. C. C. Foote $25, _for a Teacher_ 387.74 Detroit, ESTATE of Mrs. Harriet Stewart 225.10 Dorr. First Cong. Ch. 6.00 East Riverton. Mrs. J. S. Barnes 3.00 East Saginaw. Mrs. Miram Seymour 5.00 Grand Blanc. Cong. Ch. $13; Cong. Sab.Sch. $20, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 33.00 Greenville. Cong. Ch. 54.50 Jackson. First Cong. Ch. 53.00 Joyfield. Coll. by Rev. J. S. Fisher 10.20 Kalamazoo. J. W. S. 0.25 Lowell. Jeremiah Stanard 200.00 Mancelona. Cong. Ch. 0.86 New Haven. Cong. Ch. 3.60 St. Johns. Cong. Ch. 4.72 Union City. Mrs. L. Hungerford, bbl of C., val. $25, _for New Orleans_, and 60c. _for freight_ 0.60 Westwood. Cong. Ch. 1.16

WISCONSIN, $177.25.

Appleton. Mrs. Minnie Pfenning $5; others$2, _for Atlanta U._ 7.00 Barabos. Cong. Ch. 8.50 Beloit. First Cong. Ch. 21.30 Bristol and Paris. Cong. Ch. 20.00 Dartford. Cong. Ch. 7.45 Eau Claire. W. W. C. 1.00 Fort Howard. Mrs. C. L. A. Tank 50.00 Genesee. Cong. Ch. 8.00 Janesville. L. P. L. 1.00 La Crosse. First Cong. Ch. 30.00 Milwaukee. E. B., _for Atlanta U._ 1.00 River Falls. Wm. M. Newcomb $10; S.Wales $2 12.00 ——. “A Friend” 10.00

IOWA, $195.48.

Belleplain. J. P. Henry $10; Rev. David Lane $5 15.00 Castalia. W. H. Baker, to const. MRS. HARRIET P. CLARK, L. M. 45.00 Cincinnati. Cong. Ch. 2.25 College Springs. Cong. Ch. 8.20 Corning. Cong. Ch. 3.00 Council Bluffs. Cong. Ch. 22.72 Denmark. Cong. Ch. 57.17 Emerson. Mrs. E. H. D. F. 1.00 Lewis. Cong. Sab. Sch. 5.44 Maquoketa. Missionary Soc. of Cong. Ch. 23.20 Prairie City. First Cong. Ch. 4.50 Waverly. Cong. Ch. 8.00

MINNESOTA, $112.23.