Part 5

But I am making my story too long. About two miles south of this, on Ridley Street, is the Barnes Mission house, a substantial two-story structure of wood, with a smaller building on the rear of the lot, occupied by our Chinese brethren as a “Home.” This is owned by the Mission, but has a debt upon it of $3,300. The upper story is occupied by the family furnishing the teachers for the school in the room below. The mother and daughter, Mrs. C. A. Sheldon and Miss Jennie Sheldon, are the ones whose names appear upon our lists, but father and brothers all share lovingly and zealously in the work. The rent derived from this upper story and from the “Home” in the rear, pays the interest on the debt, and the cost of insurance and taxes. When we were erecting this building, we expected to gather in it a school of 150 members with an average attendance of about 100; but, the very evening of its dedication, the riots of July 1877 occurred, and, for the time, our work in almost all the city seemed to be knocked prostrate. Other changes, the closing of some large shoe factories, from which many of our pupils came, and the restrictions laid upon the operatives in the Mission Woolen Mills, among whom we hoped to win some souls, have prevented the realization of all that we hoped, though the results at which all was aimed, have not been denied. There are many of whom—looking at our Barnes Mission house—we may say, “This man was born there.”

A mile and a half further south is the Bethany school, taught in the chapel of Bethany church, and through the faithfulness and tact of its teacher well sustained, although the Chinese are not specially numerous in that locality. And about two miles west of the Central Mission is the “West” school, taught in a little back-room, behind a small store—a room most unpromising, and rented for only $5 per month, but, by the taste and care of teachers and pupils, rendered quite neat and inviting. The average attendance in each of these schools is a little less than 20, ranging between 12 and 19.

In the aggregate, about 175 Chinese now belong to these four schools; not as many by nearly one-half as were enrolled in them three years ago. Sandlotism, especially after it invaded our pulpits, has been a sore hindrance to missionary success. But we have tried to get closer to those whom we could bring within our reach, and to do better work among them, and God has graciously owned it in saving power. Sixty-six have been received to Bethany church, and of at least as many more the hope is cherished that they have passed from death unto life. The present outlook seems to me to be especially cheering, not only here but in almost all our fields.

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CHILDREN’S PAGE.

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THE ELEPHANT IN AFRICA.

We have seen many pictures of elephants in Africa, and they were all in hunting scenes.

This noble, wise, and magnificent animal is hunted in every part of Africa; shot by the Englishman’s rifle in South Africa and on the White Nile, speared by the natives, pursued with the sword by the Abyssinian tribes, as if he were the most deadly enemy of the human race.

It is all for ivory, for the tusks which have taken perhaps fifty years to grow, that the huge beast is slain.

This hunting has been going on for many years, and now in parts of Africa there are no more elephants left.

Some good people, who are also trying to open up the “Dark Continent,” resolved to try some Indian elephants. They were sent from Bombay in a ship to Zanzibar, and after much trouble were landed on the coast. Then away they marched, and after a little time this new procession reached our station at Mpwapwa, and our missionary, Mr. Last, writes to say how successful the elephants have been. The dreaded fly could not harm them; indeed, they kill the flies by catching them in the folds of their thick skin, if the old African travellers are to be believed.

Our missionary, Mr. Stokes, writes from Uyuvi that these elephants had reached Unyamwezi. He says:—

“They can bear a thirty-six miles’ march without food or water. They can carry from twenty-five to thirty men’s loads; and the natives here very soon pick up the management of them. I think these elephants have done more towards the civilization of Central Africa than anything else I have seen. The natives think the white man a most wonderful fellow when these big creatures on which they look with terror obey him. It was quite a picture to view the astonishment depicted on the faces of these poor blacks, as they watched these huge beasts kneeling down at the word of command to let us get on their backs, or elevating their trunks to bid salaam to an Arab.”

The Church Missionary Society would be very glad if it could send two or three of these wise beasts to their Mission at Mpwapwa, to help carry the missionaries up and down with the stores they must have from time to time; and then, when our missionaries can speak freely in the language, think what a help the elephant would be on a missionary tour.

Besides, when the natives see how useful the elephants are, they will soon learn to catch and tame them, as did the Carthaginians, 600 years before Christ.

Turn to the fortieth chapter of Job, and read about the behemoth. You will see in the marginal reference, “The Elephant.” “He is the chief of the ways of God.” What a blessed time that will be, if, instead of being destroyed by man, this, the most wonderful of God’s creatures, is used to carry about the messengers of the Gospel of Peace!—_Church Missionary Juvenile Instructor._

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RECEIPTS

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FOR MAY, 1880.

MAINE, $158.52.

Andover. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $5.00 Bangor. First Cong. Ch. 16.27 Bethel. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.00 Blanchard. “A Friend” 5.00 Castine. Mrs. Lucy S. Adams, to const. WM. H. SARGENT, L. M. 30.00 Limerick. Miss E. P. Hayes, Box of C., _for Raleigh, N. C._ Portland. Abby A. Steele 50.00 Saco. Cong. Sab. Sch., $14; Ladies’ Circle, Cong. Ch., $10.00;—Val. Box of Bedding and Table Linen, _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 24.00 Woolwich. Cong. Ch. 1.00 Yarmouth. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., ($1.74, _for Indian M._) 19.25

NEW HAMPSHIRE, $266.34.

Atkinson. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $20, bal. to const. MISS MARY E. KELLEY, L. M.; Cong. Sab. Sch., Bundle of C. 20.00 Concord. “A Friend” 1.00 Epping. Hannah Pierson 5.00 Exeter. Second Cong. Ch. 82.71 Fitzwilliam. A. J. B. 1.00 Hancock. W. P. H. 1.00 Haverhill. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 26.11 Hillsborough Bridge. Cong. Ch. 6.25 Hudson. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.00 Mason. Cong. Ch. 5.50 Nelson. Dea. A. E. W. 1.00 Piermont. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $5, and Sab. Sch., $18.56. 23.56 Plaistow and North Haverhill, Mass. 25.00 Portsmouth. North Ch. and Soc. 34.70 Rindge. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 2.32 Short Falls. J. W. Chandler 2.00 Walpole. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.69 West Concord. Cong. Ch. 16.00 Wilton. A. B. C. 0.50

VERMONT, $250.01.

Castleton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.00 Chester Depot. J. L. Fisher 10.00 Clarendon. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.00 Bradford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 19.18 Burlington. First. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., $50; First Cong. Ch. and Soc., (ad’l), $9 59.00 Danby. Cong. S. S., $1.63; Rev. L. D. M., 50c. 2.13 Granby and Victory. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 2.50 Jericho. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.00 Kirby. Cong. Ch. 5.00 North Bennington. Cong. Ch. 6.65 North Cambridge. Miss Maria Kinsley, Box, _for Cuthbert, Ga._ North Londonderry. Dea. G. S. Hobart 2.00 Peru. Cong. Ch. 2.36 Plainfield. Mrs. Hannah Stevens, to const. BENJAMIN S. GAGE, L. M. 30.00 Royalton. Rev. J. C. 1.00 Saint Albans. Mrs. H. B. T. 1.00 Wallingford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 52.97 Westminster West. Mrs. A. S. G. 1.00 West Newbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.09 Weston. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 3.75 Windham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.38

MASSACHUSETTS, $2,671.10.

Abington. “Mrs. H. P.” 5.00 Andover. Chapel Cong. Ch. and Soc., $141; Old South Cong. Ch. and Soc., $100; Free Cong. Ch. and Soc., ($100 of which from F. H. Johnson), $187.45, to const. JAMES SPENCE, MILO H. GOULD, MISS FLORENCE A. PARKER, JAMES WATSON, MISS LIZZIE A. PARKER and MRS. BLYTHE J. TOUGH, L. M’s;—By Miss A. Park, $25, _for Student Aid, Straight U._; ——$20, _for Talladega C._ 473.45 Andover. West Parish Sab. Sch. 10.00 Berkley. Ladies, Box of C., _for Atlanta, Ga._ Boston. Central Cong. Ch. and Soc., $434.44; Mrs. E. P. Eayrs, $5 439.44 Boston. Highlands. Miss E. Davis 25.00 Boylston Centre. Ladies’ Benev. Soc., bbl. of C., _for Atlanta, Ga._ Cambridge. North Av. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 67.60 Cambridgeport. G. F. Kendall 5.00 Charlestown. Ivory Littlefield, $50; “A Friend,” $2 52.00 Chelsea. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., $79.64; Third Cong. Ch. and Soc., $8.95; A. J. S., 50c.; T. E. G., 50c. 89.59 Chicopee. Third Cong. Ch., ($5 of which _for a Teacher, Hampton N. and A. Inst._) 25.00 Danvers. Maple St. Leaf Mission Circle, $60; Maple St. Ch., $25.72; Infant Class Maple St. Sab. Sch., $5 _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 90.72 East Bridgewater. Union Cong. Ch. 16.50 East Somerville. A. R. 0.50 Essex. Cong. Ch. $15.75, and Sab. Sch., $14.25, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 30.00 Everett. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 9.57 Fitchburg. W. L. Bullock 2.00 Framingham. Young People’s Circle, box of C., _for Atlanta, Ga._ Franklin. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.24 Georgetown. Memorial Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 20.00 Gilbertville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 18.40 Hubbardston. Miss Emma Cutler 2.00 Hyde Park. “A Friend,” _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 5.00 Ipswich. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.00 Lawrence. Eliot Cong. Ch. 25.25 Lincoln. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 20.00 Lowell. John St. Ch., ($31.29 of which _for Chinese M._) 41.29 Lynn. Central Cong. Ch. and Soc., $17.32; North Cong. Ch. and Soc., $4.87 22.19 Middleborough. First Cong. Sab. Sch. 12.15 New Bedford. H. M. L. 1.00 Newburyport. North Cong. Ch. and Soc. 17.33 Newton. Ladies’ Freedmen’s Aid Soc., Trunk of C., _for Talladega, Ala._ Northampton. “A Friend” 100.00 Peru. Cong. Sab. Sch. 5.50 Salem. “Friends,” $6, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._; G. D., $1 7.00 Sandwich. Miss H. H. N. 1.00 Springfield. North Ch. 30.00 Somerville. Broadway Orthodox Cong. Ch., $14; “A Friend,” $1 15.00 South Abington. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 21.24 South Attleborough. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.68 South Deerfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. C. B. TILTON, L. M. 30.00 South Dennis. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.60 South Framingham. South Cong. Ch. and Soc. 173.50 South Hadley. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 14.00 Ware. East Cong. Ch. and Soc., $363.50, to const. ROLLIE D. NEWTON, MISS HATTIE G. RICHARDSON, MISS SUSIE B. HYDE and MRS. GEO. A. ROOT, L. M’s; First Cong. Ch. and Soc., $20 383.50 Warwick. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $6, and Sab. Sch., $4 10.00 West Boylston. “Willing Workers,” $20; and Bbl. of C., _for Atlanta, Ga._ 20.00 West Roxbury. South Evan Ch. and Soc. 117.13 West Springfield. First Cong. Ch. 15.50 Williamsburgh. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 50.00 Wilmington. C. W. C. 1.00 Winchendon. North Cong. Ch. and Soc. 77.63 Woburn. Mrs. A. W. Dimick, _for Atlanta U._ 3.00 Worcester. Union Ch. 38.60

RHODE ISLAND, $150.05.

Central Falls. Cong. Ch. 125.05 Pawtucket. “Friend” 5.00 State Farms. Rev. Marcus Ames 20.00

CONNECTICUT, $688.28.

Branford. Cong. Ch. 20.00 Broad Brook. Geo. E. Taylor 3.50 Clinton. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid_ 7.73 Colebrook. Miss E. R., $1; Mr. S., 50c. 1.50 Collinsville. “A Friend” 2.00 Columbia. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 17.42 Durham Centre. Horace Newton 3.00 East Haddam. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., ($30 of which from Eugene W. Chaffee, to const. MRS. EUGENE W. CHAFFEE, L. M.) 86.15 Ellsworth. Miss E. C. D. 1.00 Fair Haven. Second Cong. Ch. 41.58 Gilead. Cong. Ch. 12.35 Greenwich. First Cong. Ch. 5.00 Hartford. Benj. De Forest, _for Talladega C._ 70.00 Middletown. South Cong. Ch. and Soc. 29.59 Millbrook. Mrs. E. P., $1; Individuals, 50c. 1.50 Millington. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 2.00 New Haven. North Ch., $95.35;—Wells Southworth, $50, _for Fisk U._;—Howard Av. Sab. Sch., $1, _for Student Aid_;—Rev. D. J. O., 50c., _for Mag._; C. A. Williams, Pkg. of Books 146.85 Putnam. Second Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Indian Boy, Hampton Inst._ 15.00 Redding. Cong. Ch. 17.20 Rockville. Second Cong. Ch. 127.91 Scotland. ESTATE of Caroline Barrows, by Geo. Lincoln, Ex. 15.00 South Manchester. First Cong. Ch. ($19 of which _for Student Aid_, and $30, to const. EDWARD TAYLOR, L. M.) 57.00 Stafford Springs. “A Friend,” $2; Individuals, _for Mag._, $2 4.00 Torrington. Rev. C. H. B. 0.50 Windsor. Mrs. M. C. W. 0.50 Woodstock. Ladies, Bbl. of C., _for Atlanta, Ga._

NEW YORK, $522.02.

Amsterdam. Chandler Bartlett 10.00 Binghamton. H. F. L. 0.50 Brooklyn. Sab. Sch., Church of the Pilgrims, $100, _for ed. of Indians, Hampton N. and A. Inst._; —“A Friend,” $60, to const. REV. THOMAS B. MCLEOD and MRS. M. J. C. MCLEOD, L. M’s;—Central Cong. Sab. Sch., Geo. A. Ball, Supt., $30, _for Lady Missionary_, and to const. HENRY MARTYN SCUDDER, JR., M. D., Arcot, Madras Presidency, Southern India, L. M.;—Mrs. Mary E. Whiton, $20; East Cong. Ch., $7.04; J. C. Howard, Box of Books 217.04 Crown Point. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 37.37 Elma. Mrs. E. S. A. B. 1.00 Lockport. H. W. Nicolas, Box of Books. Morrisania. Cong. Ch., $6.50, and Sab. Sch., $2 8.50 Newark. Mrs. Phebe Parks, $10 and Communion Set 10.00 New York. Ladies’ Association of Presb. Memorial Ch., $105, _for a Teacher, Talladega C._;—S. T. Gordon, Box of Singing Books 105.00 North Pitcher. Cong. Ch. 3.25 Patchogue. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 22.21 Pitcher. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch. 18.00 Pompey. Mrs. J. H. Childs, ($4.50 of which _for Student Aid, Fisk U._) 5.00 Spencerport. Cong. Sab. Sch. 20.00 Syracuse. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid_ 14.15 Tarrytown. “A Friend” 50.00

NEW JERSEY, $78.19.

Bound Brook. Cong. Ch., to const. REV. JAMES D. EATON, L. M. 30.00 Montclair. Mrs. Pratt’s S. S. Class, $5, and Box of C., _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 5.00 Newark. Miss M. E. Sears, $30;—Miss H. Miller, Box of C., _for Raleigh, N. C._ 30.00 Paterson. Cong. Ch., $12.19; Mrs. A. C. W., $1 13.19 Raritan. Miss Sarah Provost, Box of Papers.

PENNSYLVANIA, $6.50.

Candor. Isabella Connelly 3.00 Canton. H. Sheldon, _for Freight, for Talladega C._ 2.50 Terrytown. G. F. H. 1.00

OHIO, $1,262.90.

Brownhelm. ESTATE of John Locke 613.59 Cleveland. Plymouth Ch., (ad’l) 5.00 East Cleveland. Mrs. Mary Walkden, _for Mendi M._ 4.00 Elyria. First Cong. Ch. 103.20 Freedom. Cong. Ch., Coll. $7; “J. C. B.,” $5 12.00 Hambden. A. C., 50c.; “A Friend,” 50c. 1.00 Hudson. “A Friend” 10.00 Lennox. A. J. Holman 10.00 Madison. Central Cong. Ch. 10.00 Mechanicsburg. Mrs. M. K. H. 1.00 Newark. “A Thank Offering, _for ‘Leah and Frank,’ Tougaloo U._” 50.00 North Benton. Simon Hartzel 10.00 Oberlin. Ladies, $20, _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._; Ladies, $7, and 5 bbls. of C., _for Atlanta, Ga._; Mrs. William Kimball, $2; Mrs. J. F. B., 60c. 29.60 Steuben. L. P. 1.00 Wakeman. Mrs. G. V. F. 0.51 Wellington. ESTATE of N. D. Billings, by J. H. Dickson, Ex. 400.00 Zanesville. Mrs. M. A. Dunlap 2.00

MICHIGAN, $912.45.

Alamo. Julius Hackley 10.00 Calumet. Prof. E. T. Curtis, $1.75, and Box of Books, _for Talladega C._ 1.75 East Saginaw. ESTATE of Chas. W. Wilder, by N. H. Culver, Adm’r 82.23 Grand Rapids. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Rev. J. H. H. Sengstacke_ 20.00 Hancock. First Cong. Ch., to const. DR. I. M. RHODES and J. H. CARAH, L. M’s 65.67 Northport. Cong. Ch. 5.35 Pontiac. Cong. Sab. Sch. 1.10 Portland. Ladies’ Miss. Soc. 15.00 Romeo. Mrs. H. O. S., $1, Mrs. J. S. R., $1, Mrs. Reed’s S. S. Class, 35c., _for Lady Missionary, Memphis, Tenn._ 2.35 Union City. “A Friend” 700.00 Webster. Cong. Ch. 9.00

INDIANA, $8.00.

Elkhart. First Cong. Ch. 8.00

ILLINOIS, $521.96.

Belvidere. ESTATE of Olney Nichols, by H. W. Pier, Ex. 26.00 Chesterfield. ESTATE of Miss Matilda M. Williams, by E. G. Duckles, Adm’s 50.00 Chicago. Plymouth Ch., $78.31; Leavitt St. Cong. Ch., $21.77; South Cong. Ch., $18.45; Ladies’ Miss. Soc. of N. E. Ch., $2.13 120.66 Earlville. Cong. Ch., ($30 of which to const. MISS EMMA HATHAWAY, L. M.) 40.00 Galesburg. “A Friend” 25.00 Kewanee. Gleaners of Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Straight U._ 35.00 Lewiston. Mrs. Phelps 50.00 Mattoon. Cong. Ch. 5.00 Morris. Cong. Ch., $27.39, and Sab. Sch., $1.61 29.00 Odell. Mrs. H. E. Dana 10.00 Olney. Cong. Ch. 12.00 Ottawa. Cong. Ch. 21.73 Payson. Cong. Ch. 22.00 Princeville. Wm. C. Stevens 20.00 Quincy. Mrs. E. T. Parker 20.00 Roseville. Rev. A. L. Pennoyer and Wife 5.00 Wheaton. Cong. Ch. 22.00 Winnebago. Cong. Sab. Sch. 8.57

WISCONSIN, $95.26.