Part 4

My work the past month has been very encouraging. Mrs. Steele has been with us and special meetings were held among the women and girls. At one of these about 90 were present, and many seemed deeply interested. At the close quite a number rose for prayers and remained for personal conversation. After the meeting that night, which was also quite full, the same girls remained, and several expressed the hope that they had given their hearts to Jesus. Some of them had been very thoughtful for weeks, and seemed to need just the help that these meetings gave to bring them to a decision. A meeting of the boys was also held. The girls begged me to keep on with meetings for them, which I have very gladly done every Monday after school, from twenty to thirty-five coming in. Nine or ten of them hope they have become Christians. Several of them wish to unite with the church at once. They were examined and their friends consulted, and three were propounded for admission, but will not be received until they have had a little time to test their sincerity. Influences have been brought to bear to draw them away from us. They have been told that there is no religion where everything is so quiet, and endeavors have been made to get them into revival meetings which are wild with excitement. Last week some of our teachers went into one of these meetings, where several girls were rolling on the floor, crying and moaning. One lady thought she saw one of her scholars among them, and going to her held out her hand and told her to get up. She obeyed at once, and her teacher led her to a seat, where she talked to her quietly a few moments, telling her that God did not require any such thing as that of her or any one else, that her good conduct in school and elsewhere lately was stronger evidence that she had given her heart to Jesus than anything she saw there. Afterwards she went to another part of the church, where others of her scholars were, quieting them, some going home as soon as they saw her. These lambs of the flock need to be very tenderly guarded, and others seem only waiting to be led along the right way.

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A VALUED WORKER GONE.

Rev. Dr. Woodworth, of our Boston office, in a commemorative address on the death of Mrs. D. L. Furber, of Newton Centre, Mass., gives an account of her devotion to the cause of missions, in language fitted to arouse, in no common degree, the zeal of the Christian women of the country. He says:

She had the rare faculty, perhaps I should say double faculty, of comprehending a great cause, and at the same time of making individual cases all her own. I have heard her talk of the work in the South _as a work for the African race_, until her tongue thrilled with eloquence, her face shone with a strange light, and her whole person seemed to expand to the measure of her theme. To her it seemed so strange that people did not see what to her was so plain: that the churches were so slow to accept their opportunity; that the very _conjuncture_ of the death of slavery and the opening of the African continent by exploration and commerce were a demonstration that they were part and parcel of the same plan and pattern, and meant the salvation of the African race. Why could not the churches see it? Had blindness happened to the people of God? How hot and fast her words fell, as she pictured the possibilities which lay in the Southern work, and as she expressed her amazement at the failure of good people to discern the signs of the times!

To _her_ these four millions coming out of the house of their bondage, _in need of every thing_, were Christ himself, hungry, thirsty, naked, homeless—a stranger. In them she saw her Lord; in them she heard _His_ cry of distress; in them, as unto _Him_, she gave her sympathies, her time, her bounty. She walked under the light of that vision which so glorified her life. Each one of that suffering race whom she took into her family, to whom she sent clothing, or aided in his course of education, represented _Him_.

Another thing which struck me was what seemed a thorough mental honesty; and by this I mean that she took the widest survey of the field of which she was capable, and formed her judgments after full collation of the facts. Like the ideal scientist seeking light from every quarter, and open to its reception, come from where it might, she was ready to follow the truth wherever it might lead. She submitted her judgment to her intelligence, and was not afraid to obey her convictions. She loved the slave when it was not popular to do so. She was on the side of the weak when only a few stood with her. She counted the cost and took the stand for righteousness and truth. She saw in them clearly the humanity now represented on the throne, and for _that_ would have gone down among them with perfect serenity and cheerfulness, bidding every offended sense and feeling _be still_. She had schooled herself to do right. She had said to her soul, “I will do for the poor as I would do for my Lord.”

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CHILDREN’S PAGE.

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CHUNG WAH.

BY SUSIE W. HASSELL.

He is a bright little ten-year-old who lives in a town away off West. You know by his name that he is Chinese, and I am afraid some of you have already turned up your noses in disgust, and have thought, “Bah! those dirty Chinamen! My mamma says it makes her sick to think of them, and papa’s glad they can’t come to our country any more.” But let me tell you about Chung Wah, and then you can decide the Chinese question for yourselves.

He is in the A class in Number Two, and in the schoolroom his yellow face is almost always bright with soap-suds and joy, for he is a wonderfully happy boy, and smiles all the time he is happy. His little black eyes look like apple-seeds, and snap whenever he winks. He wears great flapping brown pantaloons, which are covered to the knee by his pink calico aprons, but on Wednesday, when he speaks his piece, he has on a white apron, so stiffly starched that it rustles and cracks like paper. His low cloth shoes have no heels, but long, pointed, turned-up toes. Chung Wah is very quick at his lessons, and neat in his slate-work, so that when visitors come in his slate is one of the first the teacher shows them.

He has always loved to study, but last May, when the days commenced to be warm and bright, he must have grown a little tired of school, for, alas, a great many times he was seen on the street the whole day long. When questioned the next morning, he told the teacher: “My fadder send me to school an’ I no come.” I suppose he liked to pitch horseshoes with the other boys down in Chinatown, none of them had to go to school; or to follow old Sam Lee round the town as he gathered up the clothes for the wash-house. At any rate he played truant many days, until his teacher sent him up-stairs for the school superintendent to talk with him. Still the truancy was repeated, and he gave no excuse only, “I no likee come dat day.” At last, one morning, the superintendent whipped him for truancy, and poor little Chung Wah went down-stairs with both fists in his eyes and a very sore heart.

That very afternoon, just before the tardy bell rang, who should walk into the superintendent’s room but Chung Wah, his face still downcast and troubled. He held a preserve jar, covered with Chinese characters, in one hand, and in the other a bright silk handkerchief, such as are sold in the Chinese shops. With an awkward little nod, just as if he were going to speak a piece in school, he said: “My fadder gib ’em to you. He say you heap good man. He likee you beat me ebly day I no go school.”

Brave little Mongolian! Do you think you clean, white boys and girls could have carried such a hard message as that so honestly?

Somehow, after he had said the words the lump in his throat seemed to grow easier, and, although the superintendent said some words not very comforting: “Well, Chung Wah, tell your father I will punish you when you are truant from school”—yet when the boy went down-stairs this time his face beamed as though it had never known a tear, and his little black cue bobbed merrily behind him.

A good many months have passed since then, and he has never deserved another whipping. I don’t believe he will. His teacher says he has a wise father, and that if there were more fathers like him there would be more good boys in school, but I say, brave little Chung Wah! The boy who can tell the truth when it is so hard to tell has a clean side to his heart, though his face may be very yellow.

What do you say, my white boys and girls? Would he be a bad playfellow for you?

If some fifteen or twenty years from now you should hear that the grown-up Chinaman, Chung Wah, fills well any position of honor and trust, don’t be surprised, but tell _your_ boys and girls, “Oh, yes, when he was a little fellow he was brave enough to obey his father, and tell the whole truth.”

_The Advance._

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RECEIPTS FOR JULY, 1883.

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MAINE, $76.18.

Bangor. Ladies of Third Ch., _freight for Wilmington, N.C._ $1.28 Bingham. “A Friend” 11.00 Bluebill. Mrs. Stevens ($1 _of which for Indian M._) 2.00 Castine. Mrs. B. A. Sewall, Trunk of C. Gray. Girls’ Mission Circle, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 2.00 Hallowell. S. S. Classes of the Classical Academy, _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 24.40 St. Albans. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.00 Skowhegan. Cong. Ch., 20; Mrs. L. W. Weston, 4.50; Miss Sarah Tilton, 1 25.50 South Berwick. Mrs. Lewis’ S. S. Class, _for Student Aid, Wilmington, N.C._ 5.00

NEW HAMPSHIRE, $351.94.

Amherst. Cong. Ch. 7.62 Center Harbor. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch., to const. JENNIE C. BLACKEY L. M. 30.00 Concord. South Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. MRS. MARY G. BATCHELDER L. M. 47.66 Durham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 18.00 Exeter. Second Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 20.00 Fitzwilliam. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 27.50 Henniker. Miss E. F. Connor 5.00 Hudson. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.00 Laconia. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.79 New Market. T. H. Wiswall 10.00 North Hampton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 17.15 Peterborough. Union Evan. Ch. 20.17 Pittsfield. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 12.28 Temple. Rev. Geo. Goodyear 5.00 Troy. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.59 Webster. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00 Winchester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 36.50 ------- $324.26

LEGACIES.

Cornish. Estate of Mrs. Sarah W. Westgate, by Albert E. Wellman, Trustee 27.68 ------- $351.94

VERMONT, $370.42.

Brandon. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 17.56 Brattleborough. E. C. Crosby, _for Talladega C._ 10.00 Chester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.22 Grafton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.27 Lyndon. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 26.00 Manchester. Miss Ellen Hawley, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 50.00 Middlebury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 42.50 North Craftsbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.00 Pittsford. “L. J.” 12.00 Putney. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.25 Saxton’s River. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 9.15 West Newbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.93 Woodstock. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 63.54 ------- $270.42

LEGACIES.

Grafton. Estate of Caroline B. Akin, by William Hastings, Ex. 100.00 ------- $370.42

MASSACHUSETTS, $4,305.36.

Amherst. First Cong. Ch., 25; William M. Graves, 20 45.00 Andover. Elmira Jones 5.00 Ashby. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.65 Ashfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. LEVI H. VINCENT L. M. 44.63 Bradford. Mrs. S. C. Boyd 14.00 Braintree. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.25 Bridgewater. Chas. L. Prince, Bundle of Books Brookline. Harvard Ch. and Soc. 90.03 Cambridge. G. F. Kendall (10 of which _for Chinese M._) 25.00 Cambridgeport. Pilgrim Ch. and Soc. 319.65 Campello. Mrs. Allen Leach 0.50 Charlton. Cong. Ch., 13.90, and Sab. Sch., 1.96 15.86 Chelsea. Third Cong. Ch. and Soc. 23.45 Chelsea. Ladies’ Union Home Mission Band, _for Lady Missionary, Chattanooga, Tenn._ 75.00 Chelsea. Ladies’ Union Home Mission Band, 3 bbls. and 2 boxes of C., Val. 92, _for Chattanooga, Tenn._ Curtisville. Miss Mary Lumbert 0.50 Danvers. Maple St. Ch. and Soc. 56.31 East Hampton. Mrs. E. G. Williston, 100; First Cong. Ch. and Soc., 46.24 146.24 Fairhaven. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00 Fall River. Central Ch. Mission Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 70.00 Fitchburg. Mrs. Mary Johnson 10.00 Gardner. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 35.96 Gloucester. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 30.00 Greenfield. Second Cong. Ch. 244.21 Haydenville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 16.10 Holyoke. Second Cong. Ch. 23.00 Hyde Park. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 16.00 Lanesville. Cong. Ch. 1.75 Lawrence. South Cong. Ch. and Soc. 17.12 Lee. Cong. Ch. 32.41 Lexington. Hancock Ch. and Soc. 38.00 Long Meadow. Ladies Benev. Ass’n. 13.97 Marlborough. Union Ch. 55.31 Methuen. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 4.20 Merrimac. Cong. Ch., to const. REV. W. H. HUBBARD L. M. 30.00 Millbury. First. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 59.55 Millbury. Second Cong. Ch., _for Atlanta U._ 16.74 Natick. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for a Teacher_ 50.00 Natick. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.00 Newburyport. Miss Mary Plummer, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 5.00 Newton. Eliot Ch. and Soc. 200.00 Newton Center. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 65.32 Newton Highlands. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 46.27 North Andover. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. REV. HORACE H. LEAVITT L. M. 60.00 North Brookfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., 150; Union Ch. and Soc., 10 160.00 Pittsfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 50.00 Roxbury. Immanuel Ch. and Soc. 100.00 South Amherst. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.79 South Boston. Phillips Ch. and Soc. 100.00 Springfield. “H. M.,” 500; South Cong. Ch., 27.87; Mrs. Edward Clarke, 5 532.87 Sterling. “Sterling” 5.00 Templeton. Trinitarian Ch. and Soc. 20.95 Waltham. Mrs. Joseph Stackpole 0.50 West Boxford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.43 West Midway. Cong. Sab. Sch., 19; C. Albert Adams, 5 24.00 Westport. Pacific Union Sab. Sch. 1.84 West Springfield. Park St. Cong. Ch. 16.02 Wilbraham. Cong. Ch. 21.50 Williamstown. First Cong. Ch. 16.75 Winchendon. “F. T. J.” 2.00 Worcester. Union Ch. and Soc. to const. BENJ. F. HARRINGTON, Mrs. ISSAC SARGENT and FRANK H. HOLLAND, L. Ms 106.00 Worcester. Salem Street Mission Workers, _for Indian boy, Hampton N. & A. Inst._ 25.00 ——. “Friend to the Cause” 25.00 ——. “For Mission work among the Indians” 4.00 Massachusetts Bible Soc., 2 boxes of Bibles, _for Avery Inst._ --------- $3,292.63

LEGACIES.

Cambridge. Estate of Abijah F. Hildreth by Edwin Hildreth and Stanley B. Hildreth, Executors and Trustees 500.00 Natick. Estate of Clarissa Morse, by Willard W. Wight, Adm’r. 100.00 North Abington. Estate of Mrs. Susan B. Frost, by Mrs. Rachel B. Reed, Admx. 162.73 North Brookfield. Estate of Miss Lydia C. Dodge, by W. P. Haskell, Ex. 250.00 --------- $4,305.36

RHODE ISLAND, $1,005.00.

Bristol. Miss Charlotte De Wolf, 500; Mrs. M. D. W. Rogers, 500 1,000.00 Westerly. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Wilmington, N.C._ 5.00

CONNECTICUT, $11,815.83.

Berlin. Second Cong. Ch. 20.20 Bridgeport. Park St. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.80 Durham. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 50.00 Enfield. First Cong. Ch. 25.00 Farmington. Cong. Ch. 64.10 Greenfield Hill. Cong. Ch. 8.80 Guilford. First Cong. Ch., 18; “A Friend in Third Ch.,” 2 20.00 Hartford. “A Friend in Asylum Hill Cong. Ch.” 20.00 Jewett City. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00 Kent. First Cong. Soc. 5.94 Lebanon. First Ch., 64.86; Mrs. Mary Dutton, 4.50 69.36 Meriden. E. K. Breckenridge, 5; Mrs. S. F. S. Brown, a Quilt 5.00 Middletown. South Cong. Ch. 69.71 Mount Carmel. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 50.00 North Haven. E. Dickerman 2.00 Norwich. Park Cong. Ch. and Soc., 272.54; Broadway Cong. Ch., 200 472.54 Norwich. Henry B. Norton, _for Atlanta U._ 50.00 Oxford. Cong. Ch., 28.50, and Sab. Sch., 6.25, to const MRS. CARRIE RIGGS L. M. 34.75 Plantsville. “A Friend,” _for Atlanta U._ 5.00 Plainville. “A Friend” 100.00 Portland. First Cong. Ch. 7.00 Salisbury. Cong. Ch. 46.76 Saybrook. Second Cong. Ch. 20.25 Sharon. Cong. Ch. and Soc., _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 68.28 Southport. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. MRS. O. H. PERRY, CHAS. LACEY, E. CORNELIUS SHERWOOD, L. FRANK SHERWOOD and REV. WILLIAM H. HOLMAN L. Ms 185.84 Stanwich. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brush 25.00 Torrington. Young Ladies’ Aux. Soc., _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 70.00 West Hartford. Charles Boswell 250.00 West Haven. Mrs. E. C. Kimball 10.00 Winsted. David Strong, _for Theo. Dept., Talladega C._ 25.00 ——. “A Friend” 17.50 --------- $1,815.83

LEGACIES.

Hartford. Estate of John B. Eldridge, by John R. Redfield, Ex. 10,000.00 ---------- $11,815.83

NEW YORK, $785.67.