Part 4

Little Elbert, between three and four years of age, with his golden text in mind, took his kitty on his knee and very gravely said to it, “Kitty if you lack wisdom, ask of God and he will give it to you.” Looking at the new moon one evening he said, “There’s a piece broken out of it;” and one evening when the setting sun cast out those rays peculiar to it when the air is full of moisture, he exclaimed, “Mamma, the sun is sticking its feet at us.” Little Ernest, three years old, was awakened in the night by hearing our church bell ring a fire alarm. He began to cry, saying “Our Sabbath-school is burning up.” Little Johnny, five years old, was so interested in class over the story of the blind man going with clay on his eyes to the pool of Siloam to wash, and returning seeing, that when in the general review before the school, he sitting in the middle of a full house, the question was asked, “What did Christ tell the blind man to do after anointing his eyes,” Johnny could wait no longer but spoke out in a clear ringing voice, “I dess the blind man was glad of it, don’t you?” Callie’s answer, in the same review, to the question, “Where did Christ tell the blind man to go and wash,” was, “Go to the mud-puddle and wash.”

I will try soon to tell you something about our Band of Hope little folks.

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RECEIPTS FOR JANUARY, 1887.

MAINE, $646.11.

Bangor. W. S. Dennett, _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ $6.00 Bath. Central Ch. and Soc. 42.00 Bridgton and Bath. Packages of work _for Selma, Ala._ Brownville. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. REV. WILLIS LERMOND, E. W. STICKNEY and Hon. A. H. MERRILL L M’S. 102.61 Brunswick. Two bbls. of C. _for Selma, Ala._ Castine. Trin. Cong. Ch. 5.00 Castine. Class No. 9, Trin. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Tougaloo U._ 1.05 Cornish. Cong. S. S., _for Mobile, Ala._ 10.00 Dennysville Cong. Ch. 10.38 Farmington. Pastor’s Bible Class of Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Talladega, C._ 2.00 Foxcroft. Mrs. D. Blanchard 2.00 Gorham. One bbl. of C., _for Selma, Ala._, 2.50 _for freight_ 2.50 Hallowell. Mrs. F. C. Page, _for Indian M._ 10.00 Machias. Miss Sara P. Hill’s S. S. Class, _for Indian M._ 1.50 North Bridgton. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for freight_ 2.87 North Edgecomb. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 5.00 Orland. “Friends,” by S. E. Buck 40.00 Portland. High St. Ch. (35 of which _for the Debt_) 226.97 Portland. Williston Ch. 59.68 Portland. Brown Thurston’s Class, High St. Sab. Sch., _for Hampton N. and A. Inst._ 25.00 Portland. By Miss D. P. Lord, 10; Mrs. Nowell, 1; _for Louisville, Ky._ 11.00 Portland. Bbl. and box of C., _for Wilmington, N. C._ Rockland. Cong. Ch. 41.40 Skowhegan. Ladies’ M. Soc. of Cong. Ch. 7.40 Wells. B. Maxwell 20.00 Wells. Young People’s Miss’y Soc. of Second Ch., _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 5.00 Wilton. Cong. Ch. 6.75

NEW HAMPSHIRE, $729.04.

Amherst. “A Friend” $2.00 Antrim. “Friends,” by John E. Hastings 12.00 Concord. “Friends” 1.00 Derry. One bbl., _for McIntosh, Ga._, 2 _for freight_ 2.00 Exeter. Mary E. Shute 25.00 Farmington. Cong. Ch. 10.50 Franklin Falls. Mrs. Walter Aiken, _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 50.00 Hampstead. Cong. Sab. Sch. 25.60 Hampton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.08 Harrisville. Mrs. L. B. Richardson 10.00 Jaffrey. “Lillies of the Field,” Box of Bedding, etc., _for Storrs Sch., Atlanta, Ga._ Keene. Second Cong. Ch., 19.76, and Sab. Sch., 46.65 66.41 Keene. S. S. Class, Cong. Ch., by Mrs. K. L. Wright, _for Woman’s Work_ 20.00 Lebanon. C. M. Baxter, _for Woman’s Work_ 75.00 Lebanon. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 23.00 Lebanon. Ladies of Cong. Ch., 8; Miss Mary Choate, 4; _for Student Aid, Straight U._ 12.00 Lyme. Cong. Ch. 34.50 Manchester. Franklin St. Ch. 113.11 Ossipee Center. Cong. Ch. 35.00 Pembroke. Mrs. Mary W. Thomson. 7.00 Plainfield. Mrs. Hannah Stevens, _for Indian M._, and to const. TOM S. WOTKYNS, ARTHUR E. RICHARDSON and CHARLES S. HORTON, L. M’S. 96.00 Rindge. Cong. Ch. 2.23 Temple. Cong. Sab. Sch. (12.59 of which _for Indian M._) 36.69 Tilton. Cong. Ch. 4.30 Troy. Trin. Cong. Ch. 10.87 Walpole. Member of Cong. Ch. 20.00 Wolfboro. Rev. S. Clark 5.00 By George Swain: Amherst. Cong. Ch. 8.00 Brookline. Cong. Ch. 5.25 New Boston. Presb. Ch. 1.50 New Ipswich. Cong. Ch. 7.00 21.75

VERMONT, $543.32.

Bennington. Second Cong. Ch. 45.27 Braintree. Ladies and Sab. Sch., _for McIntosh, Ga._, by Mrs. Ellen D. Wild 8.44 Brattleboro. Mrs. F. C. Rice, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 78.00 Brattleboro. By Mrs. F. A. Wells, Sec. Ladies’ Soc., 3 bbls. of C., _for Talladega C._ Brookfield. First Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch., “Christmas Gift” 15.00 Burlington. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Straight U._ 50.00 Burlington. Ladies of College St. Ch., _for McIntosh, Ga._, by Mrs Henry Fairbanks 5.00 Castleton. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for McIntosh, Ga._, by Mrs. Henry Fairbanks 3.50 Chester. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch., to const. MRS. IRENA MARTIN BREWER and MISS LIZZIE E. ROUNDS, L. M’S. 64.72 East Hardwick. Cong. Sab. Sch., to const. JOHN ELLSWORTH HANCOCK, L. M. 35.00 Fair Haven. Christmas Cards, _for Athens, Ala._ Granby. Infant Class, by H. W. Matthews, _for Marie Adlof Sch’p Fund_ 0.50 Hubbardton. Mrs. James Flagg 5.05 Milton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 3.59 Norwich. “A Friend” 10.00 Pittsford. Mrs. Nancy P. Humphrey 10.00 Poultney. Cong. Ch. 2.00 Randolph. Mrs. Isaac Nichols 1.50 Saint Johnsbury. North Cong. Ch. 134.52 West Randolph. Miss Susan E. Albin 7.00 Windsor. Mrs. Mary J. Wyman 25.00 Woodstock. Cong. Ch. 16.25 ----. “A Friend” 5.50 Ladies of Vermont, _for McIntosh, Ga._: Charlotte. 1 Bbl., _for Freight_ 2.00 Cornwall. “ “ Coventry. “ “ 2.00 Derby. “ “ 2.50 Hartland. “ “ 2.00 Middlebury. “ “ 2.00 Newport. “ “ 2.00 Rutland. “ “ Springfield. “ “ St. Johnshury. 1 bbl., “ Stafford. 1 Box, “ 3.00 West Glover. 1 Bbl., “ 2.00 17.50

MASSACHUSETTS, $7,406.39.

Amherst. Miss Mary H. Scott, Bbl. of C., _for Tougaloo U._ Amherst. First Ch., Bbl. of C., _for Fisk U._ Andover. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 25.00 Andover. “A Friend” 20.00 Andover. Miss L. G. Merrill, _for Mobile, Ala._ 8.00 Andover. I. Starbuck, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 1.00 Andover. Package of Christmas Cards, _for Conn. Ind’l Sch., Ga._ Ashby. Second Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 52.35 Attleboro. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 60.00 Auburndale. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 270.11 Beverly. Washington St. Ch. and Soc. 53.16 Boston. Mount Vernon Ch. and Soc., 223.02; Homeland Circle of Park St. Ch., 100 _for Woman’s Work_ & 54 _for Student Aid, Straight U._, and to const. MRS. JACOB FULLARTON, MRS. DAVID H. BREWER, MRS. CHAS. HOUGHTON, MISS EMMA NEWTON & MISS ISABELLA H. HOBART, L. M’S. “A Friend,” 30; Miss M. A. Willard, 4; Union Ch., ad’l, 2; Benjamin Cutler, 1.--Dorchester: Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 134.55; Village Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._, 50, and _for Student Aid, Straight U._, 12.67; “Friend,” $5; “Friend,” _for Greenwood, S. C._, Bbl. of C.--Jamaica Plain: By Miss I. Blake, 2 Bls. of C.; Miss I. Blake, _for Freight_, 2, _for Talladega C._--Roxbury: Immanuel Cong. Ch., 35.36.--West Roxbury: South Evan. Ch. and Soc., 20.75 674.35 Brookline. Harvard Ch. and Soc., 75.02; “E. P.” 1 76.02 Brimfield. Second Cong. Ch. 19.27 Cambridge. Hannah E. Moore 8.00 Cambridgeport. Prospect St. Ch. and Soc., 215.62; Ladies’ Miss’y Soc. of Pilgrim Ch., 30, to const. MRS. REV. GEORGE A. TEWKSBURY L. M.; Pilgrim Ch., M. C. Coll., 2.97 248.59 Chelsea. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 25.00 Chelsea. Miss E. Davenport 5.00 Clinton. First Evan. Ch. 12.11 Clinton. Mrs. E. K. Gibbs, _for Freight_ 0.50 Coleraine. MRS. PRUDENCE B. SMITH, to constitute herself L. M. 30.00 Concord. Mrs. E. Hunt 5.00 Curtisville. Mrs. Frances M. Clark 4.50 Dalton. Mrs. James B. Crane 100.00 Dedham. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Straight U._ 25.00 Dracut. Cong. Ch. 7.00 East Billerica. Mrs. A. R. Richardson 5.00 East Bridgewater. Union Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 25.00 East Douglas. Cong. Ch. 52.72 Easthampton. Payson Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 20.00 East Somerville. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Howard 50.00 Fitchburg. Mrs. Mary C. Whittier, 5; J. C. Moulton, 5, _for Student Aid, Straight U._ 10.00 Fall River. First Cong. Ch, (44.04 of which _for Indian M._) 99.29 Fall River. Third Cong Ch. 10.37 Falmouth. First Cong. Ch. 8.46 Framingham. Plymouth Ch. and Soc. 31.72 Framingham. Plymouth Sab. Sch. 24.00 Gardner. First Cong. Ch. 28.89 Gilbertville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.00 Gloucester. Evan. Ch. and Soc. 108.00 Gloucester. Evan. Cong. Sab. Sch., 15 _for Woman’s Work_, 15 _for Student Aid, Straight U._, Miss’y Soc. of Sab. Sch., 5 _for Woman’s Work_ to const. MRS. LAVINIA STODDART L. M. 35.00 Gloucester. Miss C. A. Lyle, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 5.00 Great Barrington. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Santee Indian M._ 12.00 Greenfield. Second Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00 Hadley. Member of Russell Ch. 3.00 Harwichport. Pilgrim Ch. 18.00 Haverhill. West Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Rosebud Indian M._, 6.43; “Harvest Festival,” 3.32; Rev. Mr. Lowell’s Class, 3.71; Mrs. Lowell’s Class, _for Talladega C._, 6.44; Dea. Amos Hazeltine’s Class, 6.92; Dea. Eben Webster’s Class, 4.70 Haverhill. West Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00 Hingham. “A Friend” 0.25 Holliston. Primary Class Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 8.50 Holliston. Class of Young Ladies’, Cong. Sab. Sch., Bbl. of C.; “A Friend,” Side of Leather and Shoemakers’ Supplies: Cranberries, Quinces and Clothing, _for Talladega C._ Hopkinton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 73.14 Hopkinton. Cong. S. S., by Ellen Brewer, 8; Cong. Sab. Sch., by Miss J. L. Bridges, 8, _for Mobile, Ala._ 16.00 Hyde Park. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.00 Ipswich. South Ch. and Soc. 35.00 Lawrence. Lawrence St. Ch. and Soc. 87.96 Lawrence. Lawrence St. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Marie Adlof Sch’p Fund_ 10.00 Leicester. J. W. Brown, _for Talladega C._ 3.95 Lenox. “Do What You Can Soc.,” _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 25.00 Leominster. Ortho. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 60.64 Littleton. “Friends,” _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 5.00 Littleton. J. C. Houghton 5.00 Loudville. Mrs. Mary E. Rust 1.50 Lowell. Kirk St. Cong. Ch., 210; First Cong. Ch. and Soc., 47.98, to const. SIDNEY A. DREWETT L. M.; John St. Cong. Ch., 28.88; Mrs. Geo. C. Osgood, 1 287.86 Lynn. Cong. Ch., _for Freight_ 3.00 Malden. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 50.00 Manchester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.28 Maplewood. Ladies’ Benev. Soc., Bbl. of C., 80c. _for Freight, for Wilmington, N. C._ 0.80 Marlboro. Members Un. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Marie Adlof Sch’p Fund_ 2.50 Marlboro. T. B. Patch 1.00 Medford. “A Woman to the Rescue,” _for Debt_ 50.00 Medford. McCullom Mission Circle of Mystic Ch., _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 25.00 Medford. Mrs. Alfred Tufts, 10; Ladies of Mystic Ch., ad’l, 50c. 10.50 Medway. Village Ch. and Soc., 31.63; “A Friend,” 5 36.63 Merrimac. Cong. Ch. 50.00 Millbury. First Cong. Ch. 52.08 Monson. Miss Sarah E. Bradford 4.00 Natick. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 50.00 New Bedford. Trin. Ch. and Soc. 22.89 Newton. Eliot Ch., 45.92; Woman’s Gift, 1, _for Debt_, 1 _for Atlanta U._, 50c. _for New Building_ 48.42 Newton Center. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 70.52 Newton Upper Falls. S. D. Hunt 5.00 Newtonville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 82.06 North Amherst. Cong. Ch., 1/2 Bbl. of C., _for Fisk U._ Northampton. “Friends,” 6; “A Friend,” 1.50, _for Indian M._ 7.50 Northbridge. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00 Northfield. Mission Band, 4.20 _for Marie Adlof Sch’p Fund_, and 5 _for Woman’s Work_, by Mrs. E. R. Drake 9.20 North Leominster. Miss Annie Herrin’s S. S. Class of Boys, _for Student Aid, Straight U._ 5.00 North Weymouth. Pilgrim Ch., 1.20; Miss Hunt, _for Charleston, S. C._, 1 2.20 North Woburn. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 30.97 Oakham. Cong. Ch. 22.01 Oxford. Cong. Ch., 50, and Sab. Sch. 20.75 70.75 Pepperell. Y. P. S. C. E. of Ev. Cong. Ch. 1.25 Pittsfield. James H. Dunham 50.00 Quincy. Girls’ Mission Circle of Ev. Cong. Ch, _for Student Aid, Straight U._ 8.70 Raynham. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.91 Royalston. Ladies’ Sew. Circle, 2 Bbls. of C., etc., value 10.20, _for Greenwood, S. C._ Salem. South Cong. Ch. and Soc. 108.02 Shelburne Falls. “American Missionary Aids,” by Mrs. A. N. Russell, _for Woman’s Work_ 20.00 Shelburne Falls. E. Maynard 10.00 Shelburne Falls. Cong. Sab. Sch. Class, No. 4, 3.32; Class No. 13, 1, _for Woman’s Work_ 4.32 Shelburne Falls. Ladies’ Aid Soc. of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., value 30.84, _for Tougaloo U._ Somerville. Prospect Hill Ch., _for Woman’s Work_ 103.00 Somerville. E. Stone, (50 of which _for Student Aid, Fisk U._) 100.00 Southampton. Miss S. S. Edward’s Sab. Sch., Infant Class 0.70 South Framingham. R. L. Day, _for Mountain Work in Ky._ 100.00 South Hadley Falls. Ladies of Cong. Ch., by Miss Lizzie Gaylord, _for Debt_ 5.00 South Weymouth. Member of Second Ch., to const. MRS. MINOT GARDNER L. M. 30.00 South Weymouth. Ladies’ Praying Circle of Second Ch. 14.00 Spencer. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 224.33 Springfield. Memorial Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00 Springfield. Miss M. A. Dickinson, _for Freight_ 1.00 Springfield. Miss M. A. Dickinson, _for Debt_ 0.50 Springfield. Five Classes in Sab. Sch., Christmas offering, by Miss M. A. Dickinson, Box of C., etc., value 10.35, _for Oaks, N. C._ Stoughton. Mrs. Betsey E. Capen 1.00 Sudbury. Ladies of Ev. Un. Ch., ad’l, _for Debt_ 0.60 Warren. Cong. Ch. 113.00 Warren. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Straight U._ 40.15 Watertown. Phillips Mission Band, 50, _for Student Aid, Straight U._, 90c. _for Freight_ 50.90 Watertown. “Friends,” 1.50; “Friend,” 50c. 2.00 Webster. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 18.66 Wellesley. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 80.27 Wellesley Hills. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 55.00 West Boylston. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.40 West Boxford. “The Gleaners,” _for Student Aid, Conn. Ind’l Sch., Ga._ 10.00 Westfield. “A Friend,” _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 20.00 Westfield. B. B. Adams, Jr., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 5.00 Westhampton. Ladies’ Benev. Soc., by Mrs. E. P. Torrey, Sec., _for Woman’s Work_, and bal. to const. MRS. A. E. TODD L. M. 10.00 Westhampton. Grace J. Edwards, T. B. Card Collection 5.00 West Medway. “Friends,” _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 1.00 West Newbury. Second Cong. Sab. Sch. 13.22 West Newton. Second Cong. Ch. 23.31 West Newton. By Capt. S. E. Howard, Clothing, etc., _for Talladega C._ Woburn. Mrs. S. S. Greenough 4.50 Worcester. Salem St. Ch., 30.01, Piedmont Ch., 17; “A Friend,” 10 57.01 Worcester. Primary Dept. Piedmont Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 48.00 Worcester. Pilgrim Ch., _for Indian M._ 17.53 Worcester. Nettie Orr, 10; “Friends,” 2, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 12.00 Worcester. Mrs. Jennie J. Ware, _for Macon, Ga._ 5.00 By Chas. Marsh, Treas. Hampden Benev. Ass’n: Huntington. Second 10.57 Monson 32.86 Springfield. First 32.08 Springfield. South 62.24 Springfield. Olivet 3.32 141.07 ------- $5,306.39

LEGACIES.

Whitinsville. Estate of Frances A. Batchelor, deceased, by her mother, Mrs. Mary A. Batchelor 2,000.00 Boston. Hollis Moore Memorial Trust, by E. K. Alden, Residuary Legatee 100.00 ------- $7,406.39

CLOTHING, ETC., RECEIVED AT BOSTON OFFICE.