Part 5

I was hospitably received, not alone by the missionaries, but by many outside the mission circles, who as a rule do not show much kindness to us. I saw much of the mission work, and found that it was not given exclusively to the natives, but extended to the sailors in the various ports. Ancestral worship, which is the religion of China, is one of the chief obstacles to the reception of Christianity. A pigeon-English-speaking Chinaman to whom a zealous sister had given a book said, in answer to her question, “How did you like it?” “That book talkee fool pigeon. I no can leave father; no can leave mother.” He meant he could not cease from worshiping them.

I saw here an ancient and queer monument called the “Lamp of a thousand years.” The inscriptions on it are in Sanscrit, and have not been deciphered. Also a picture representing a miracle of like import to that of Jesus at Cana. A landlord had treated one of the _genii_ with great kindness. He rewarded him by turning his well into a wine pool. The host’s avarice was awakened, and he complained that now he had no swill for his pigs, whereupon the well gave forth water again. Hence, in characterizing an avaricious man, the Chinese say “If his well bubbled wine he would complain of a lack of swill.”

Smuggling is carried on to a great extent all along the river, opium and salt being the principal articles thus introduced. The natives employ foreigners to protect their goods, and the hands on the steamers are engaged in the work, and are skillful in all manner of tricks by which to evade duties. The whole trip was delightful and most invigorating to a sick missionary.

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RECEIPTS

FOR JULY, 1880.

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MAINE, $309.96.

Camden. E. D. Mansfield, $3; J. H., $1; A. H., $1 $5.00 Foxcroft and Dover. Cong. Ch. 6.60 Limington. “A Friend” 2.00 Machias. “Machias,” $10; Centre St. Cong. Ch., $6.45 16.45 North Waterford. Cong. Sab. Sch. 6.50 Portland. State St. Ch., $150; St. Lawrence St. Ch. and Soc., $8.50 158.50 Scarborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.66 Skowhegan. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 31.75 Thomaston. Cong. Ch. 5.00 Vassalborough. ESTATE of Mrs. Mary B. Buxton, by Samuel Titcomb, Ex. 50.00 York. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.50

NEW HAMPSHIRE, $354.33.

Amherst. Cong. Ch. 20.25 Bethlehem. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 3.00 Campton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 17.00 Concord. South Cong. Ch. and Soc. 54.92 Dover. S. H. F. 1.00 Exeter. “A Thank Offering” 25.00 Fitzwilliam. L. Hill 5.00 Fitzwilliam. Mrs. C. E. Gowan, _in memory of her Mother_ 3.00 Hampstead. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $8.50; Ann M. Howard, $5 13.50 Hanover. Religious Soc. 20.00 Lebanon. O. S. M. 1.00 Manchester. C. B. Southworth 25.00 Milford. Cong. Ch., $19.43; R. M., $1 20.43 Nashua. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 50.00 New Ipswich. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.23 New Market. T. H. Wiswall 10.00 North Hampton. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. MRS. ADALINE DRAKE, L. M. 30.00 Peterborough. Union Evan. Ch. and Soc., to const. JONES N. DODGE, L. M. 30.00 Swanzey. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.00 Temple. Cong. Sab. Sch. 10.00

VERMONT, $284.76.

Cabot. Mrs. S. S. H. 1.00 Cambridge. M. and C. Stafford, $89.98; J. G. Morse, $5; Rev. E. Wheelock, $5; S. M. Safford, $5; O. W. Reynolds, $3; H. Wires, $3; B. R. Holmes, $2; J. W. T., $1; E. B. $1; M. J. M., $1 115.88 Clarendon. Mrs. N. J. Smith, to const. W. D. SMITH, L. M. 30.00 Cornwall. Cong. Sab. Sch. 10.75 Fair Haven. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 18.38 Manchester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 47.12 Morrisville. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $17.84; “An Aged Friend,” $15 32.84 North Cambridge. John Kinsley 5.00 Pawlet. Mrs. Dan Blakeley 5.00 West Brattleborough. Cong. Ch. 12.44 Wilmington. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.35

MASSACHUSETTS, $4,517.04.

Amherst. Amherst College Ch., $61.25; Mrs. R. A. Lester, $50; First Cong. Ch., $25 136.25 Andover. West Cong. Soc. 50.00 Ashland. Cong. Ch. and Soc., _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 13.25 Belchertown. Mrs. R. W. Walker 5.00 Beverly. LEGACY of Mrs. Betsey Butman, of Dane St. Ch. to const. CARRIE T. BUTMAN, L.M. 30.00 Beverly, Dane St. Ch. and Soc. 70.15 Boston. “A Friend” 5.00 Boston Highlands. Eliot Cong. Ch., $122.60; Immanuel Cong. Ch., $100; Mrs. Livermore, $2 224.60 Boxborough. Mary Stone 10.00 Brookline. Harvard Ch. and Soc., $112.52;— Mrs. Seaman’s Infant Class, $50, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._;—F. Winthrop White, $10; “A Friend,” $8 180.52 Brocton. “A Friend” 15.00 Cambridgeport. G. F. Kendall 10.00 Clinton. “A Friend” 50.00 Danvers. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 100.00 Dorchester. Village Ch. Sab. Sch., $25.10; “E. P.” $1 26.10 East Hampton. Payson Cong. Sab. Sch. 50.00 East Somerville. Franklin St. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 52.58 East Templeton. Joel Fairbanks 5.00 Enfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 50.00 Fitchburgh. ESTATE of Deborah B. Thurston, by J. Baldwin, Ex. 50.00 Framingham. Plymouth Cong. Sab. Sch. 2.25 Georgetown. First Cong. Ch., _for Talladega_ 6.01 Grafton. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 41.43 Great Barrington. Mrs. J. M. Chapin 5.00 Haverhill. Centre Cong. Ch. 86.00 Hingham. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 3.23 Holliston. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $49.12; “Bible Christians of District No. 4,” $25 74.12 Ipswich. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.00 Lawrence. South Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.37 Lowell. Thomas Hunt 5.00 Lynn. Central Cong. Ch. and Soc. 16.30 Marblehead. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 78.00 Mattapoisett. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.75 Medford. Mystic Cong. Ch. and Soc., $117.10; “A Lover of the Cause,” $38 155.10 Medway. Village Ch. and Soc. 100.86 Middlefield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 48.76 Monson. Mrs. C. O. Chapin and her S. S. Class, _for Indian Boys, Hampton Inst._ 11.00 Natick. First Cong. Sab. Sch. 50.00 Newton. Eliot Cong. Ch. and Soc. 125.00 Newton Centre. “A Friend” 10.00 Newton Highlands. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $54.17; “Willing Hands and Cheerful Givers,” $10 64.17 North Amherst. Mrs. A. M. Smith 2.00 Northampton. “A Friend” 150.00 Norfolk. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 3.00 Oxford. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.49 Petersham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 1.22 Pittsfield. South Cong. Ch. and Soc., $29; First Cong. Ch. and Soc., $25.24 54.24 Reading. “A Friend” 5.00 Rutland. First Cong. Ch. 14.00 Salem. “A Friend” 10.00 South Boston. “H. J. B.” 1.00 South Hadley. Mt. Holyoke Sem. (ad’l) 5.00 South Weymouth. Union Cong. Ch. 108.80 Sunderland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 60.00 Taunton. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $104.77; Union Cong. Ch. and Soc. $12.34 117.11 Templeton. Trin. Cong. Sab. Sch. 6.27 Tolland. Rev. J. H. J. 1.00 Uxbridge. “A Friend” 2.00 Wakefield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 22.98 Watertown. Phillips Cong. Ch., $100, to const. MISS LAURA STAFFORD GREEN, JOHN S. ABBOTT and EDWARD STOCKIN, L. M’s; Corban Soc. of Phillips Cong. Ch., $18.70, ad’l, to const. MRS. C. L. WOODWORTH, L. M. 118.70 West Barnstable. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00 West Boylstown. Mrs. Polly Ames, deceased, $3; Geo. W. Ames, $3 6.00 Westhampton. Cong. Ch. 21.00 Westminster. “A Friend” 2.00 West Newbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00 West Stockbridge. Rev. H. M. Hazeltine and Family 5.00 Worcester. Central Cong. Ch. 141.23 Worcester. ESTATE of Rev. M. G. Grosvenor, by David Manning, Ex. 1,500.00 Yarmouth. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 50.00

RHODE ISLAND, $1,747.00.

Bristol. Mrs. De Wolf Rogers, $500; C. De Wolf, $500, _for Fisk U._ 1,000.00 Little Compton. United Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00 Pawtucket. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.00 Providence. Central Cong. Ch., $700; Plymouth Cong. Ch., $11.50; Mrs. J. W. D., 50c. 712.00

CONNECTICUT, $3,082.58.

Berlin. Rev. J. Whittlesey 10.00 Bridgeport. Park Cong. Ch. 22.02 Bridgewater. Cong. Ch. 21.24 Bristol. “A Friend” 10.00 Burlington. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 4.00 Canaan. “N.” 5.00 Clinton. ESTATE of Nancy Stanton, by John A. Stanton and Lewis E. Stanton, Ex’s 200.00 Cromwell. Cong. Ch. 50.00 Danbury. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 132.12 Danielsonville. Westfield Cong. Ch. ($20 of which, _for the Freedmen_), $90;—Mrs. S. S. D., 60c. 90.60 Durham. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 30.00 Ekonk. Elizabeth W. Kasson 10.00 Enfield. First Cong. Ch. 50.00 Farmington. Cong. Ch. (Quar. Coll.) 65.08 Glastonbury. First Cong. Ch. 125.00 Giliad. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Brown, $5, _for a Teacher, Tillotson Inst._, and $5, _for Hampton Inst._ 10.00 Guilford. First Cong. Ch. 16.00 Hadlyme. “R.” 3.50 Hanover. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 19.53 Hartford. First Cong. Ch. ($30 of which from DEA. HOMER BLANCHARD, to const. himself, L. M.) 1,141.00 Hartford. Asylum Hill Cong. Ch., $176; Windsor Ave. Cong. Ch., $20.26; J. N. Berdin, $5 201.26 Lebanon. First Cong. Ch., $43.33 to const. CICERO GARLAND, L. M.; First Ch., $20 63.33 Middlebury. Cong. Ch. 30.56 Middlefield. Cong. Ch., to const. JAMES T. INGLIS, L. M. 40.00 Milford. Plymouth Ch. 15.00 Moose Meadow. Dea. F. W. 1.00 New Haven. Third Ch., $14.65; “A Lady Friend,” $5; “A Friend,” $5; W. C. Scobie, $2 26.65 Newington. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 23.17 Norwich. Broadway Cong. Ch. (in part) 200.00 Pomfret. First Cong. Ch. (ad’l) 4.45 Portland. Cong. Ch., ($2.19 of which, _for Student Aid_) 10.97 Putnam. “A Friend” 17.50 Rocky Hill. Cong. Ch. 9.25 Roxbury. “B. and S. J. B.” 3.00 Salisbury. Cong. Ch. 58.05 Saybrook. Old Saybrook Cong. Ch. 13.16 Sharon. First Ecclesiastical Soc. 41.69 Sherman. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 22.00 Simsbury. James Reid 5.00 Suffield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 18.62 Taftville. Cong. Ch. 11.00 Thomaston. Cong. Ch. 19.60 Westford. Cong. Ch. 5.00 West Haven. Cong. Sab. Sch. 30.00 West Hartford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 80.00 West Meriden. Edmund Tuttle, to const. MISS MINNIE L. BEADLE L. M. 30.00 Wethersfield. H. Savage 5.00 Willimantic. Cong. Ch. 55.13 Wolcott. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.00 Woodstock. First Cong. Ch. 20.10

NEW YORK, $2,095.75

Brentwood. E. F. Richardson. 15.00 Brooklyn. Plymouth Ch. 1,250.24 Brooklyn. Church of the Pilgrims 167.27 Brooklyn. E. D. New England Cong. Ch. 30.00 Carthage. A. V. 1.00 Cazenovia. Rev. S. W. 1.00 Champlain. Mrs. M. Hamilton 5.00 Derby. Jennette Bullock 2.00 Ellenville. Mrs. M. B. Holt 5.00 Hancock. Cong. Ch. 10.00 Holley. —— 5.00 Homer. Miss Nancy Knight 5.00 Martinsburgh. Horatio Hough, $5; A. H. A., $1 6.00 Newburgh. John H. Corwin, Pkg. of Reading Matter. New York. S. T. Gordon. $100; E. L. A., 50c. 100.50 Nineveh. Reuben Lovejoy 300.00 North Lawrence. C. C. B. 1.00 Oneida. Edward Loomis 2.00 Poughkeepsie. First Cong. Ch. 17.33 Rochester. Plymouth Cong. Ch. 44.55 Rome. John B. Jervis 25.00 South Bangor. L. M. K. 0.50 Syracuse. Plymouth Ch. 72.36 Turin. Mrs. M. W. 1.00 West Camden. Mrs. A. L. C. 1.00 West Groton. Cong. Ch., $14; Nelson Cobb, $5 19.00 Whitney’s Point. Presb. Soc. 4.00 Yaphank, Mrs. H. M. Overton 5.00

NEW JERSEY, $13.00.

Montclair. Mrs. J. F. Pratt’s S. S. Class, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 3.00 Trenton. Geo. S. Grosvenor 10.00

PENNSYLVANIA, $26.50.

Canton. H. Sheldon 10.00 New Castle. Mrs. J. S. W. 1.00 North East. B. T. Spooner 5.00 Pittsburgh. E. P. 0.50 West Alexander. —— 10.00

MICHIGAN, $877.54.

Adrian. A. J. Hood. _for African, Indian and Chinese M._ 10.00 Bridgeport. Cong. Ch. 1.00 Canandaigua. Cong. Ch. 2.70 Chelsea. John C. Winans 10.00 Grass Lake. Cong. Ch. 12.00 Hillsdale. M. J. 0.51 Middleville. Cong. Ch. 2.90 Morenci. Cong. Ch. 2.50 North Adams. Cong. Ch. 10.00 Olivet. BEQUEST of Dea. Henry Topping, by Albert Topping 50.00 Olivet. A. T. 1.00 Port Huron. ESTATE of Mrs. M. J. Sweetser 750.00 Portland. Cong. Ch. bal. to const. MISS HATTIE COLE, L. M. 4.00 Salem. Summit Miss. Soc. 4.22 Saint Clair. Young People’s Miss. Soc. of Cong. Ch., $11.26, _for Lady Missionary, Memphis, Tenn._; —Cong. Ch., $2.95 14.21 Saint Johns. G. B. 0.50 Utica. Rev. Wm. Platt 2.00

OHIO, $303.33.

Adams Mills. Mrs. M. A. Smith 10.00 Ashland. Mrs. Eliza Thompson 2.28 Brighton. Cong. Ch. 5.18 Cleveland. Heights Cong. Ch., $46; Euclid Ave. Cong. Ch., $12.11; Mrs. F. M. S., $1 59.11 Columbus. Mrs. J. L. Bates, $5; Mrs. W. C., $1 6.00 Elyria. ESTATE of Miss Mary Burrill, by Mrs. Charlotte Moore, Exec’x 25.00 Garrettsville. Cong. Ch. 12.00 Greensburgh. H. B. Harrington, _for Woman’s Work for Woman_ 5.00 Harman. Cong. Ch. 2.00 Huntsburgh. Miss V. R. P., _for Ed. of Indians, Hampton Inst._ 1.00 Lenox. Horatio Tracy 5.00 Lodi. Cong. Ch. 9.00 Medina. Woman’s Miss. Soc., by Mary J. Munger, Treas., _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 10.00 Nelson. Cong. Ch. 11.00 Oberlin. Second Cong. Ch. 37.57 Painesville. First Cong. Ch. 30.73 Seville. T. B. Dowd 5.00 South Ridge. Mrs. Uraniah Haviland 2.00 South Toledo. Mrs. J. H. N. 0.51 Springfield. Cong. Ch. 8.40 Sulphur Springs. “Two Friends,” _for Student Aid, Tougaloo U._ 10.00 Tallmadge. Cong. Sab. Sch., $24.55; Miss Josephine Pierce, $6; “A Friend,” $10 40.55 Toledo. Edson Allen, _for Teacher, Raleigh, N. C._ 5.00 Youngstown. J. D. W. 1.00

ILLINOIS, $1,373.96.

Aurora. First Cong. Ch. 23.50 Chicago. C. G. Hammond _for Howard U._ 1,000.00 Chicago. First Presb. Ch., $100; Miss Haskell’s S. S. Class, Lincoln Park Ch., $3 103.00 Dover. Woman’s Miss. Soc. 5.00 Evanston. Ladies of Cong. Ch. _for Lady Missionary, Mobile, Ala._ 20.00 Galva. Cong. Ch. 21.15 Geneseo. Cong. Ch. 82.00 Gilman. Cong. Ch. 10.00 Maple Park. J. I. Snow 4.95 Marshall. Mrs. G. E. C. 0.57 Port Byron. Ladies’ Miss. Soc. 7.50 Princeville. Mrs. O. L. Cutter, $5; Mrs. Elmira Jones, $5 10.00 Rochelle. “A Friend,” $5; W. H. Holcomb, Sen., $2 7.00 Shirland. Mrs. J. G. L. 1.00 Summer Hill. Cong. Ch. 5.25 Sycamore. Cong. Ch. 68.04 Waukegan. Cong. Ch. 5.00

WISCONSIN, $269.24.

Beloit. First Cong. Ch. 114.77 East Troy. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch. 10.00 Columbus. Olivet Cong. Ch. 7.75 Hydes Mills. Rev. J. P. S. 1.00 La Crosse, Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00 New Richmond. First Cong. Ch., $12.75; Ladies’ Centennial Sew. Circle, $5 17.75 Oconomowock. Cong. Ch. 12.00 Racine. First Presb. Ch. 14.12 Rosendale. Cong. Ch., $25, and Sab. Sch., $7.85 32.85 Waukesha. First Cong. Ch. 34.00

IOWA, $170.57.