Part 5

“Now, dear brother, Mr. Pond, I am happy to say to you a few words how the mighty God has done to us. He has prepared us a home, and leads many Chinese to come to learn the Word of Him, and to study your language, also. When the Sabbath-day is come, I am happy to go down to preach to them on “I” street, where the Chinese dwell. Some of our countrymen very anxious to hear, and some are not. I think our congregation of Christian Chinese will become large, though I am weak, and no one can help me to take a part on Saturday and Sunday evenings. Yet I remember a certain man in Cesarea, called Cornelius, had feared God, with all his house, and prayed to God always, and then God heard his prayer, and said to him, ‘Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.’—Acts x. 18. So I will ask God what we need. Then we receive. Oh, how glorious! So I wish you pray for me; so I will pray for you, and all your family and teachers.”

AN INDIAN GIFT.—Such gifts were not in good repute in the days of my childhood, but for me the name is now redeemed. A venerable Presbyterian pastor in the State of New York, who had himself previously made a generous donation in aid of our work, writes a second time as follows: “After reading the account of your work on page 150 of the May number of THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY, at our missionary meeting, last evening, an Indian came forward and handed me fifty cents for your mission, with tears in his eyes. I hasten to enclose his offering, with those of others, making out for you a postal order for five dollars.” I know not what others may see in this brief epistle, or how others would receive that Indian’s gift; but to me it came as something surpassingly sacred. I certainly mean to make _every_ donation go as far as possible; but some have in them their _par value_—simply that and nothing more. This came to me fragrant with incense and wet with tears—a vial full of odors, which are the prayers of saints—and to use it except with utmost care and earnest supplication seemed like sacrilege.

OUR STOCKTON SCHOOL.—Mrs. M. C. Brown, teacher at Stockton, says: “Ah Gun (otherwise Jimmie), one who had gladdened my heart by his consecration to Christ, left us December 29th, to go to Oregon. He had been a regular attendant at my school for eighteen months, and for the last three of his stay, I have every reason to think he was a true Christian. Three weeks since came the news that the vessel on which he sailed was wrecked, and Jimmie was among the lost. May he not even now be singing that song, known only to those who have ‘washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb’? This is the first ripe grain, so far as I know, gathered from this school into the garner of the Good Husbandman.”

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THE CHILDREN’S PAGE.

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AN UNCONSCIOUS JONAH.

The following correspondence will explain itself. A letter sent by mail to buy _Wellsprings_, and enclosing the necessary money missed its way, and was brought with waste paper to a mill; there it was found by a boy of ten years. The sender of the letter was sought out by the boy’s father, and, as a result of it all, the money, somewhat increased, has through us purchased _Wellsprings_ to supply the school at Ogeechee, Ga., for six months. So at last this Jonah has arrived at his Nineveh. We think this singular discovery and pleasant correspondence has in it several suggestive lessons. If some of our young friends will write us what they think it teaches, we will be glad to print their suggestions in the next MISSIONARY.

“N. A., MASS., May 17, 1878.

“Mr. D. O.: _Sir_—The letter written by yourself, which I enclose in this, will explain the reason for my wishing to ascertain your address. My little boy found the letter, with the money enclosed, in the paper-mill in this place, as he was looking among the old waste for some fancy scraps of paper. He came to me with it, to know what was to be done. I thought it a good opportunity to impress upon his mind the value of strict honesty, and told him that of course we must try to find the owner. Thus, after being tossed about among old rags for nearly two years, the money will if not again miscarried, return to its original owner. If the money is received, please acknowledge the same.

“Yours truly, C. R. D.”

_The Lost Letter._

“NEW YORK, July 19, 1876.

“MOSES H. SARGENT, ESQ.:

“_Dear Sir_—Enclosed find one and 20/100 dollars. Please send me by return (if possible) the value in _Wellsprings_—the latest issue. I want to use them next Sabbath.

“Yours very truly, D. O.”

“NEW YORK, May 20, 1878.

“Mr. C. R. D.: _Dear Sir_—Yours of the 17th, with the money enclosed, reached me, for which please accept my best thanks.

“Due inquiries for the letter were made at the post-office here at the time, but without success, and of course I concluded that it had been opened and money stolen by some post office official. Even now there is some mystery, which perhaps might be removed if the (original) envelope could be found.

“The amount at the time was designed for a good cause, in connection with Sunday-school work, and I feel, after what has happened, that the Lord, having delivered it from the jaws of the paper mill, has an additional claim upon it, and so I propose that your little boy (with your help, if necessary) name an object to which he would like it applied.

“Jonah, when appointed to do certain work, was disobedient and, you know, soon found himself in the ‘fish’s belly.’ From this uncomfortable situation, however, he was soon delivered, and _one more_ opportunity given him to obey orders—with better results. Now, suppose we call our dollar and twenty cents the _disobedient Jonah_, and our little friend the _fish_; and now that our Jonah has landed safely, suppose we give him one more opportunity for obeying his orders?

“Please say to my little friend that I appreciate what he has done in this matter, and congratulate the son on having a good adviser, and the father on having a son inclined to take good advice.

“Should you reply to this note, please give me the boy’s name and age, and photograph likeness if you have one.

“Yours respectfully and truly, D. O.”

“N. A., MASS., May 25, 1878.

“Mr. D. O.: _Dear Sir_—Your very happy acknowledgement of the receipt of that money (or I might, say, of that ‘Jonah’), which went so far astray from the first direction given to it, was duly received, and the reaching of it listened to by our little boy, or the ‘fish’ with much delight.

“Our son’s name is Edwin H. He is ten years of age. He is quite pleased that the money is going to be used to do missionary work and that you have given him the privilege of deciding what direction it shall take in starting on a second trip.

“Now, Eddie thinks that if this Jonah has not done the work which he was first directed, and has had such a wonderful escape from a terrible death, that, he can do no better than to follow the directions given to the Prophet Jonah, who was saved by a much bigger ‘fish’ than himself, and those directions are found in Jonah iii. 2, viz.: ‘Arise; go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.’ Therefore, this Jonah must go and sell himself for as many good little papers as he can, and be distributed among the little boys and girls of some mission Sunday-school; and may the good resulting be proportionate to that accomplished by Jonah of old.

“We have no recently-taken photograph, but such as we have I enclose, in compliance with your request.

“Yours very truly, C. R. D.”

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RECEIPTS

FOR JUNE, 1878.

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MAINE, $7.42.

Hampden. Cong. Ch. 5.32 Waterford. Cong. Sab. Sch. $1.60; Mrs. C. D. 50c. 2.10

NEW HAMPSHIRE, $128.36.

Amherst. S. C. A. and S. E. A. 50c. ea., _for Memorial Inst., Wilmington, N. C._ 1.00 Candia. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 17.37 Canterbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.75 Chester. Miss C. S. G. 0.25 Gilsum. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $16.25; Cong. Sab. Sch. $8.85; Dea. A. M. K. $1 26.10 Lyme. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (ad’l) 2.00 Nashua. Dea. James Hartshorn, _for Memorial Inst., Wilmington, N. C._ 10.00 Pembroke. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 32.39 Short Falls. J. W. C. 1.00 Wakefield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.50 Webster. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 16.00

VERMONT, $194.89.

Bellows Falls. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 18.38 Brownington. Dea. Wm. Spencer 5.00 Cornwall. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 45.34 Danby. Cong. Sab. Sch. 2.16 Danville. Cong. Sab. Sch. 8.44 Essex Centre. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.00 Fayetteville. Individuals by A. Birchard 1.00 Greensborough. R. E. Crane 5.00 Jericho. Mrs. Lucy Spaulding $10; C. H. L. $1 11.00 Norwich. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00 Orwell. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 26.20 St. Johnsbury. North Cong. Ch. 8.00 Salisbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.82 Swanton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.00 Wallingford. By Ettie A. Ballou $1.25, and bbl of C. 1.25 Westminster, West. Mission Band by Nellie Houghton, Treas. 6.00 Windham. Cong. Sab. Sch. $6.30; H. N. Prentiss, $2.00 8.30

MASSACHUSETTS, $3,070.47.

Amesbury and Salisbury Mills. Cong. Ch. Miss. and Sab. Sch. Concerts 11.00 Amherst. William M. Graves 20.00 Andover. Joseph W. Smith, _for Telescope, Atlanta U._ 20.00 Ashby. Rev. Mr. S., _for Memorial Inst. Wilmington, N. C._ 1.00 Athol. H. G. 0.50 Attleborough. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 82.04 Ayer. Mrs. E. A. Spaulding, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 70.00 Belchertown. Mrs. Agnes M. Knowlton 2.00 Beverly. Dane St. Sab. Sch. 20.09 Boston. Old South Cong. Ch. and Soc. $218,—Park St. Sab. Sch. $50, _for Student Aid, Atlanta U.;_ “A Friend” $25, _for Telescope, Atlanta U.;_ Mrs. Collins $5 298.00 Boxford. Sab. Sch. $20; and “Friends” $14.75, _for Ind. Sch., Talladega_ 34.75 Bradford. Mrs. Sarah C. Boyd, _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 15.00 Cambridgeport. Ladies’ Aux. of Pilgrim Ch. 2 bbls. of C. Chicopee. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 19.46 Clinton. First Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 100.00 Dana. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 1.50 Dover. H. H. F. 0.50 Easthampton. Payson Cong. Sab. Sch. 50.00 East Weymouth. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.00 Enfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 100.00 Falmouth. ESTATE of Lucy Lawrence, by Silas Jones 300.00 Fitchburg. J. A. Conn, _for a Student, Atlanta U._ 50.00 Foxborough. Mrs. Polly Hartshorn 5.00 Georgetown. “A Friend” 5.00 Granville Corners. C. Holcomb 5.00 Groton. Union Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.50 Hanover. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 3.70 Harwich Port. Rev. J. R. Munsell 2.00 Hawley. “A Friend” 2.00 Holliston. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $48.28; “Ladies’ Bible-Class” Cong. Ch. $25, by J. Batchelder 73.28 Haydenville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.00 Lawrence. South Cong. Ch. and Soc. 21.00 Leicester First Cong. Ch. and Soc. $21.46.—Mrs. N. $1, _for Memorial Inst., Wilmington, N. C._ 22.46 Lowell. Kirk St. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $50; Elliot Cong. Ch. by J. G. B. $25 75.00 Lynnfield Centre. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.10 Marlborough. Union Cong. Ch. and Soc. 65.00 Medford. Dea. Galen James 700.00 Natick. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for bell for First Cong. Ch., Atlanta, Ga._ 25.00 Newbury. North Cong. Ch. and Soc. $27.52; First Cong. Ch. and Soc. $19.18 46.70 Newburyport. Whitfield Cong. Ch. 10.73 Northampton. “A Friend.” 150.00 Otis. Rev. J. C. S. 0.50 Palmer. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.66 Petersham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 4.25 Rockdale Mills. Housatonic Cong. Ch. 39.58 Salem. Joseph H. Towne $100; A. P. $1 101.00 Saxonville. Edward’s Ch. and Sab. Sch. 30.00 Scituate. Cong. Sab. Sch. 4.93 Somerville. Infant-Class of Franklin St. Ch. 8.75 Southampton. “A Friend,” by Miss J. E. Strong 3.00 South Amherst. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00 South Braintree. Miss R. A. Faxon, _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 5.00 South Hadley. Members Mt. Holyoke Fem. Sem. 18.70 South Weymouth. Union Cong. Ch. (ad’l) 5.00 Springfield. “E. M. P.,” South Ch. 20.00 Stoneham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.68 Topsfield. ESTATE of Mrs. R. C. Towne, _for Student Aid_ 100.00 Townsend. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.00 Uxbridge. Mrs. Ellis 2.00 Wakefield. Mrs. A. S. 0.25 Walpole. Mrs. C. F. Metcalf 5.00 Warren. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. DEA. M. W. FAY and MRS. E. H. HITCHCOCK, L. M.’s 63.20 Watertown. Ladies of Phillips’ Ch. 2 bbls. of C., _for Wilmington, N. C._ West Boylston. Polly W. Ames and Geo. W. Ames $3 ea. 6.00 Westminster. Ladies’ Sew. Soc. $5 and bbl. of C., _for Ind. Sch., Talladega_ 5.00 West Hampton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.00 West Springfield. Park St. Ch. 12.07 Winchendon. Atlanta Soc., _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 48.00 Worcester. Union Cong. Ch. 64.59

RHODE ISLAND, $370.23.

Central Falls. Cong. Ch. 370.23

CONNECTICUT, $2,227.12.

Bloomfield. Mrs. Sally Gillett, to const. AMY MARTHA HODGES L. M. 30.00 Bristol. Miss. Soc., _for Ind Sch., Talladega_ 20.00 Colchester. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. $83.60, and Sab. Sch. $2.86 86.46 Columbia. Cong. Ch. and Soc 15.09 East Haddam. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 46.15 Greenville. Miss C. Gordon and Miss Ayer, _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 15.00 Hartford. Centre Ch. 690.58 Kent. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Fisk U._ 36.00 Lakeville. “A Friend” $20, _for a Student, Fisk U._—Mrs. M. A. H. 51c. 20.51 Lyme. Rev. E. F. Burr 20.00 Manchester. ——, _for Ind. Sch., Talladega_ 12.50 Meriden. E. E. Leonard 5.00 Middletown. Third Cong. Ch. $30, to const. DEA. GEO. W. BOARDMAN L. M.; Mrs. L. C. Birdsey $5 35.00 Newington. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 19.70 New Haven. College St. Ch. $40; Third Cong. Ch. 29.07 69.07 New London. Trust ESTATE of Henry P. Haven ($100 of which for _Hampton N. and A. Inst._) 300.00 New London. Mrs. J. A. R. 1.00 Norfolk. Cong. Ch. to const. ABEL CAMP, JOHN K. SHEPARD and MRS. H. H. RIGGS L. M’s 100.00 North Coventry. Cong. Ch. 25.11 Norwich. Mrs. Chas. Lee, _for Teachers_, and to const. MRS. M. A. GROSVENOR L. M. 30.00 Plainfield. Cong. Sab. Sch. 2.50 Pomfret. First Cong. Ch. 2 bbls C., _for New Orleans, La._ Putnam. Mrs. M. A. Keith 2.00 Rockville. Cong. Ch. 79.20 Scotland. Cong. Ch. 15.00 Simsbury. Miss J. T. C., _for Atlanta U._ 1.00 Somersville. Cong. Ch. 35.66 Suffield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc 15.40 Thomaston. ESTATE of Henry Brooks by J. K. Brooks, Ex’r. 336.90 Thomaston. Cong. Ch. 39.60 Tolland. Cong. Ch. 8.26 Unionville. Cong. Ch., _for Talladega C._ 27.43 Woodstock. “Friends,” _for Ind. Sch., Talladega_ 10.00 Westport. A. Warren $5; Mrs. A. Warren $2 7.00 West Winsted. Mrs. J. C. Stillman 10.00 Windsor. Cong. Ch. 50.00 ——. Rev. E. E. Rogers, _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 10.00

NEW YORK, $217.18

Amsterdam. C. Bartlett 10.00 Berkshire. Cong. Ch. 15.00 Binghamton. Sheldon Warner 10.00 Brooklyn, E. D. New England Cong. Ch. 22.39 Jamestown. J. L. Hall $5; Mrs. J. L. Hall $2 7.00 Middletown. Samuel Ayres $3, _for Home M. and $1 for Foreign M._ 4.00 New York. Mrs. Caroline P. Stokes, $50, _for Ind. Sch., Talladega_.—“Pilgrim Band,” Broadway Tabernacle, $7.29, _for a Student, Fisk U._ 57.29 Oneida. Stephen H. Goodwin 80.00 Oswego. Miss H. E. S. 0.50 Warsaw. “A Friend” 4.00 West Yaphank. H. M. Overton 6.00 Windsor. Mrs. J. W. 1.00

NEW JERSEY, $108.16.

Bound Brook. Cong. Ch. 16.00 Jersey City. First Cong. Ch. $61.66.—Sab. Sch. Tabernacle Cong. Ch. $30, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 91.66 Newark. Mrs. G. E. S. 0.50

PENNSYLVANIA, $57.36.

Canton. H. Sheldon 5.00 Gibson. “A Friend” $16.11; Miss B. C. 25c. 16.36 Oxford. Rev. E. W. 1.00 Philadelphia. Miss M. A. Longstreth, _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 25.00 West Alexander. ——. 10.00

OHIO, $935.21.

Ashtabula. James Hall 5.00 Atwater. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 14.69 Brighton. Cong. 4.26 Chardon. Cong. Soc. $3 and bbl. of C., _for Ind. Sch., Talladega_ 3.00 Cardington. R. H 0.50 Delphos. M. D. J. 1.00 Gomer. Welch Cong. Ch. 52.25 Huntsburg. Bbl. of C. and $2, _for Ind. Sch., Talladega_ 2.00 Madison. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Tougaloo U._ 45.00 Marysville. Sab. Sch., _for Ind. Sch., Talladega_ 4.30 Marietta. First Cong. Ch. 83.50 Mount Vernon. Cong. Ch. 81.50 Plymouth. ESTATE of Henry Amerman, by A. L. Grimes 600.00 South Newbury. Ladies’ Soc., _for Ind. Sch., Talladega_ 3.06 Tallmage. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $25.15; Rev. L. Shaw $10 35.15

INDIANA, 25c.

Elletsville. J. A. R. 0.25

ILLINOIS, $1,046.80.