Part 4

One of our teachers relates the following touching story: “But I must tell you about poor Ah Low, or China Mary, as we all called her. She was brought to this country when quite young, and was won by her husband in a raffle. As a prize she was valued at $100. An attempt was made afterwards by some Chinese and Americans to steal her, but she fled to Mr. Otis and was rescued. She wished me to teach her to read, and every morning as I passed her cabin on my way to the school-room I stopped and gave her a lesson. At last she told me her heart troubles. Her husband, she said, was getting big pay in a neighboring town, but was tired of her and would give her no money. Her offence was that her child was a girl and not a boy; and when, by and by, another little girl came, the husband’s injury was more than he could bear. The little baby sickens strangely. Mary tells the secret of it. ‘My husband says if baby doesn’t die he will get another woman.’ But in spite of it all the baby got well, and now poor Mary’s time had come. As I stepped from the steamer to the wharf one morning I saw Mary coming on board, looking clean and even pretty in her blue blouse with her baby strapped upon her back. ‘Where are you going, Mary?’ I asked. ‘To San Francisco for a visit,’ she replied. Soon she returned, but with no baby; and in the evening we learned that the purpose of her enforced journey to the city was accomplished. She had been sold by her husband into a Chinese house of prostitution for $300. And this is the last we have been able to know of China Mary.”

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GOOD CHEER.

I must not close in this minor strain. We have much to be grateful for. The reported enrolment and the aggregate average attendance on our school were larger in May than ever before. Almost 900 pupils are attending the schools, and the average attendance was 433. At Santa Barbara we hear of additions to the Association, and of three or more that seem ready to receive baptism. At Stockton we held last Sunday evening, June 18, our anniversary, which was well-attended and exceedingly interesting. Here are two, and perhaps three, Chinese who have given for many months delightful evidence of Christian character and who desire to be baptized. The Oakland school is growing fast and with promise of greater usefulness than ever it has given hitherto. I conclude with an extract from a recent letter from Wong Ock, our helper in the Petaluma school, “We have had a good school the past month; but for one thing I feel sorry—that the scholars change all time. It seems too bad; they don’t have but little time to learn. We can’t help that, of course. They are all working boys, moving from place to place. Some learn very fast and love to come to school, only some of the hard words are difficult for them to pronounce, but they do not fail to try. Every evening we have some words to spell, writing them on the black-board and spelling alone and in concert. I gave astronomy lessons to them, explaining by my own globe. They were very much astonished because they never heard such a thing as that the world was round, etc. The Bible lessons we have every Saturday and Sunday evenings. I hope you will pray for the school here and the teachers. Mr. Pond, I am hateful to myself ever since I have known the truth, because of the earthly thoughts and fleshly desires which lead me to go ways against my conscience, making me heavy in heart. I feel as if I was two men then fighting all the time. Oh, how great temptations in the spiritual life! Because of them I often get discouraged and cold in my heart. Pray for me, dear brother. Your humble brother,

WONG OCK.”

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CHILDREN’S PAGE.

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A TENNESSEE BAND OF HOPE.

BY MISS L. A. PARMELEE.

We were all glad to hear about Ted and his Temperance society. A great many hundred years ago a father in Africa took his little son, who was just as old as Ted, to the church altar and made him promise to always hate the nation that had oppressed them. The feeling of hate grew as the boy grew, and when he became a man he made the oppressor and his proud armies tremble before him. Now if the boys and girls, who are so fond of hearing about Hannibal’s victories, will promise to hate Rum as he hated Rome, the monster that has destroyed so many homes will be conquered.

The children are beginning to think of these things. If Ted and his band should follow the sun, and gather all the temperance boys and girls they could find on their way, when they reached the Mississippi their army would be nearly as large as that other army of young crusaders who started out to rescue the Holy Land from desecration. Ask papa or mamma where you will find that story to read for yourselves. I have only time to tell you of a little company that would join this army when it stopped by the great river to rest and get ready to cross into Arkansas, where a host of eager recruits are learning to be loyal to home and honor and temperance.

This Memphis company, only one of several in the city, are little people, six, seven, eight and nine years old. Most of them had learned to like the taste of whisky from eating the sugar left in glasses after older people had taken a morning toddy, or from sipping egg-nog Christmas week. Their teacher illustrated the evil effects of alcohol by pouring a little into a saucer and dropping a lighted match into it. As the blue flame blazed up, the children thought it was not safe to take so dangerous an element into their mouths. Another day they saw some alcohol poured upon the white of an egg, and the teacher explained that the brain is composed of the same material as the albumen of the egg. As the bright eyes eagerly watched the yellowish white turn to milky white, just as they had seen eggs fried in hot water and grease, they all cried out: “I will never let any alcohol cook my brain like that.”

Once a lady showed them some large pictures of the stomach under different conditions. She said the stomach is the kitchen of the house we live in, and one of its most important rooms. The walls are lined with soft, delicate pink, as pretty as the paper some people put on their parlor walls. Alcohol is a fiery-tempered little fellow, and when he comes into the kitchen he scratches the beautiful walls, just as naughty boys will sometimes scratch pins over the paper and plaster in their mother’s nice room. If he stays long enough he will punch holes, make the clean walls black, and ruin the room, so that the food can not be properly prepared. The pictures explained the work of demolition, which the children readily understood, as they knew of many people whose brains and stomachs had been destroyed in that way.

These little people have pledged themselves never to touch or taste the poison. More than that, they speak their convictions to their friends and neighbors at home. “That glass of toddy will burn and scratch your stomach.” “That whisky will cook your brain and give you a headache; you may feel brighter for an hour or two, but then you will be dull and stupid.”

Do you ask if all the boys and girls who signed the pledge have been faithful to their promise? The most of them have. Two big boys coaxed little Albert to go out of town and celebrate Easter by drinking a bottle of beer, but he was so sorry and so ashamed of it that the Band of Hope forgave him. Two or three others have been enticed to drink, but the majority hold firmly to their promise. And you young people, whose fathers and mothers never tempt you to do wrong, can little understand how much these other little ones have to endure in abiding by their convictions of right.

Let us help them by making the Temperance Army the strongest and largest army in the world.

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RECEIPTS FOR JUNE, 1882.

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MAINE, $103.24.

Calais. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. $40.00 Castine. Trin. Cong. Sab. Sch. 5.00 Centre Lebanon. Mrs. S. D. L. 1.00 East Otisfield. Rev. J. Loring 2.00 Lewiston. Pine St. Cong. Ch. 28.90 Machias. Centre St. Ch. and Soc. 8.00 Machias. C. Longfellow 5.00 Portland. Saint Lawrence St. Ch., Missionary Col., $6.83; D. P., 51c 7.34 Topsham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.00 Yarmouth. Rev. A. L. 1.00

NEW HAMPSHIRE, $223.89.

Exeter. Mary E. Shute 16.00 Francestown. Cong. Ch., 25.00; Mrs. S. E. Kingsbury, 10.00; Miss S. E. Kingsbury, 5.00 40.00 Hanover. “A Brother in Christ.” 5.00 Henniker. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 27.00 Hillsborough Bridge. Cong. Ch. 4.00 Hinsdale. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 9.83 Hudson. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.00 Meredith Village. Cong. Ch. 22.00 Meriden. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (ad’l) 0.60 Milford. Cong. Ch., $30.08 to const. Rev. CHARLES H. TAINTOR, L. M.; Samuel Cragin, $2.00 32.08 Portsmouth. “Mizpah Circle.” 3.50 Rochester. H. M. P. 0.50 Salmon Falls. Cong. Ch. 17.38 Seabrook. Mrs. Mary W. Boardman 5.00 Wolfborough. Rev. S. Clark 5.00 ——————— $193.89

LEGACY.

Francestown. Estate of Lucy Patch, by Mrs. Joseph Duncklee 30.00 ——————— $223.89

VERMONT, $481.94.

Bethel. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $7.62; Mrs. Sparhawk, $3 10.62 Brattleborough. Helen J. Preston, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00 Castleton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 27.20 East Cambridge. H. M. 1.00 East Hardwick. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.00 East Poultney. Mrs. J. H. D. 0.50 Fair Haven. Cong. Ch. and Soc., _for Student Aid_ 26.57 Manchester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 72.63 Montpelier. Ladies of Bethany Ch., box of C., _for Fisk U._ New Haven. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.00 Saint Albans. Mrs. M. A. Stranahan, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 50.00 Saint Albans. Young Men’s Bible Class, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 10.00 Saint Johnsbury. Hon. Franklin Fairbanks, _for Atlanta U._ 100.00 Saint Johnsbury. North Ch. Sab. Sch. 41.00 Townshend. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $9.45; Mrs. A. L. Rice, $5; Mrs. H. Holbrook, $2; Miss G. P., $1 17.45 Vergennes. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00 Wells River. C. W. Eastman 5.00 West Brattleborough. S. G. Smith 5.00 Westminster West. Rev. A. Stevens, D.D. 10.00 West Rutland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.12 Windham. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. 8.85 ——— “L.G.” 15.00

MASSACHUSETTS, $6,282.59.

Abington. Mrs. S. P. L. 0.50 Amesbury. S. B. T. 0.50 Amherst. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 32.70 Andover. Teachers and Pupils of Abbot Academy 67.44 Andover. West Parish Cong. Ch. 50.00 Attleborough Falls. Cent’l Ch. and Soc. 5.30 Auburndale. “A Friend.” 5.00 Ayer. Mrs. C. A. Spaulding, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 50.00 Belchertown. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 43.61 Boston. Sab. Sch. of Shawmut Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 35.00 Boston. Mrs. B. Perkins 5.00 Boston. Lee Hain and Wong Quong, $1 each _for Cal. Chinese M._ 2.00 Bradford. Mrs. Sarah C. Boyd, _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 12.00 Brockton. Porter Evan. Ch. and Soc. 46.18 Buckland. Mrs. Sally Gillett to const. HENRY L. WARFIELD L. M. 30.00 Cambridgeport. Bbl. of C., _for Kansas Refugees_ Chelsea. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., $55.00; Mrs. P. P., 50c 55.50 Conway. Mrs. Austin Rice 24.00 Danvers. Maple St. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 48.69 Douglas. A. M. Hill, to const. MRS. LOIEZER L. HILL L. M. 30.00 Dorchester. Village Ch. and Soc. 20.50 East Weymouth. Mrs. E. E. Thompson, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 6.00 Fitchburgh. G. S. Burbank 100.00 Florence. Hon. A. L. Williston, _for Professor’s house, Talladega C._ 100.12 Georgetown. Memorial Ch. 30.71 Greenfield. C. C. Phillips. 3.46 Greenfield. Mrs. A. J. Smead, _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 1.50 Hadley. H. L. C. 0.50 Haydenville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.76 Holliston. Ladies Benev. Soc., Bbl. of C. and $1.65 _for Freight, for Talladega C._ 1.65 Holyoke. R. H. Seymour 5.00 Housatonic. Housatonic Cong. Ch. and Soc., $49.92, to const. MRS. MARY M. PLATT, L. M.; By A. D. Whitmore, Box of S. S. books and $1 _for Freight_ 50.92 Longmeadow. Gents’ Benev. Soc., $18.25; Ladies’ Benev. Soc., $11.83 30.08 Lowell. Pawtucket Ch. 21.00 Lowell. S. B. S. 1.00 Lynn. First Ch. and Soc. 18.17 Malden. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00 Marblehead. Hon. J. J. H. Gregory, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 500.00 Marlborough. T. B.P. 1.00 Medfield. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 83.50 Middleton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00 Millbury. Second Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 25.00 Mill River. Miss M. R. Wilcox 10.00 Montague. Mission Circle, _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 1.00 Mount Auburn. Mrs. J. T. K. .50 Newbury. First Ch. and Soc. 17.00 Newburyport. S. N. B. .50 Newton Centre. Ladies of First Ch., $50; Mrs. D. L. Furber, $2.50, _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 52.50 Newton Highlands. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 10.00 Newton Upper Falls. “A Friend” 110.00 Northampton. Miss Helen Clark, _for Student Aid, Storr’s Sch._ 2.00 North Brookfield. First Ch. and Soc. 100.00 Norton. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 30.25 Norton. Young Ladies’ Miss’y Soc., Wheaton Sem., _for Cooking Sch., Talladega C._ 25.00 Peabody. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 80.00 Raynham. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 16.40 Rehoboth. E. W. R. 0.50 Revere. Mrs. A. S. Steele ($10 of which _for John Brown Steamer_) to const. ALMIRA DEWING STEELE L. M. 40.00 Royalston. Mrs. Geo. Woodbury, Bbl. of C., _for Wilmington, N.C._ Salem. Tabernacle Ch. and Soc. 290.70 Scituate. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Wilmington, N.C._ 10.00 Somerville. Mrs. H. B. 0.60 South Amherst. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00 Southborough. Pilgrim Evan. Ch. and Soc. 15.86 Springfield. Ladies’ Miss’y Soc., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00 Taunton. Union Ch. 7.00 Tewksbury. Ladies of Cong. Ch. and Soc., Bbl. of C., _for Talladega C._ Townsend. Cong. Ch. 14.19 Uxbridge. “A Friend.” 2.00 Watertown. Corban Soc. 8.48 Wilbraham. Cong. Ch., to const. MRS. EMELINE R. SPERLING, L. M. 56.90 Wilmington. “A Member of Cong. Ch.,” to const. REV. DANIEL P. NOYES, ATHERTON NOYES, HERBERT NATHAN BUCK, ARTHUR O. BUCK, WILLIAM HENRY CARTER, 2nd, and LOIS R. CARTER L. Ms. 200.00 Winchendon. Atlanta Soc., _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 34.00 Winchendon. “F. T. P.” 5.00 Worcester. Central Ch. and Soc. 84.44 Worcester. Salem St. Sab. Sch., $25, _for Tougaloo U._, $25 _for Le Moyne Inst._ 50.00 Worcester. Mrs. S. A. Pratt, _for horse, Talladega C._ 6.00 West Roxbury. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Straight U._ 25.00 West Roxbury. South Ch. ($10 of which from “A Friend”) 64.77 West Somerville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.50 West Springfield. Park St. Cong. Ch. 48.31 Yarmouth. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., _for Talladega C._ ——— “A Friend, Olivet.” 10.00 ————————— $3,053.69

LEGACY.

Woburn. Estate of Thomas Richardson 3,228.90 ————————— $6,282.59

CONNECTICUT, $22,471.16.

Abington. S.C. 1.00 Berlin. Second Cong. Sab. Sch., _for John Brown Steamer_ 10.00 Bridgewater. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.00 Clinton. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for John Brown Steamer_ 10.00 Colchester. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 80.00 Columbia. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 19.61 Durham. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. $25; “Two Friends” $5 30.00 East Hartford. Edward A. Williams. 20.00 Enfield. Daniel H. Abbe ($5 of which _for John Brown Steamer_) 10.00 Farmington. A. F. Williams, to const. WALTER HUBERT VORCE L. M. 30.00 Georgetown. Mr. Gilbert, _for Atlanta U._ 25.00 Gilead. Cong. Ch. ($5 of which from Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Brown, _for Tillotson C. & N. Inst._) 20.00 Glastonbury. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 150.00 Goshen. Cong. Ch. 32.00 Greeneville. Cong. Ch. ($30 of which from F. W. Carey, to const. GEORGE EAGLESHAM L. M.) 51.54 Greenwich. E. M. 1.00 Hadlyme. Joseph W. Hungerford ($60 of which to const. WILLIAM E. GATES and CHARLES F. BURNHAM L. Ms.), $100; Cong. Sab. Sch., $27.80 127.80 Ivoryton. Mrs. A. H. Snow 1.25 Manchester. First Cong. Ch. 52.25 Middlebury. Cong. Ch. 29.69 Naugatuck. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for John Brown Steamer_ 10.00 New Britain. Sab. Sch. of First Ch. of Christ, _for John Brown Steamer_ 100.00 New Britain. Ladies’ Sew. Soc. of Cong. Ch., $5 and Bbl. of C., _for Talladega C._ 5.00 New Hartford. Cong. Ch. ($7 of which from John Richards’ Bible Class, $3 from Rev. F. H. Adams’ Bible Class), _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 20.00 New Haven. Centre Ch. Sab. Sch. $55, Class of Yew Fem Tan, Centre Ch. Sab. Sch. $2., Davenport Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch. $25., H. S. D. $1, _for John Brown Steamer_ 83.00 New London. First Ch. 38.04 New Milford. Mrs. George Beers, _for Talladega C._ and to const. ARTHUR T. NETTLETON L. M. 30.00 New Milford. First Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._ 5.00 North Guilford. “A Friend” 5.00 North Stamford. Cong. Ch. 3.20 Norwich. Moses Pierce, _for Atlanta U._ 100.00 Old Saybrook. Mrs. G. D. 0.50 Prospect. Cong. Sab. Sch., Package of Papers, _for Savannah, Ga._ Rocky Hill. Cong. Church, to const. HORACE R. MERRIAM L. M. 30.15 Saybrook. Cong. Ch. 9.62 Southport. Cong. Ch. 172.00 Stafford Springs. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00 Suffield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 9.65 Thomaston. Cong. Ch. 25.08 Washington. “Z.” 1.00 West Hartford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 60.00 West Stafford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.75 Woodstock. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 26.33 ————————— $1,482.46

LEGACY.