Part 8

The most important help, however, being money contributions from all these societies, we have sought by our system of missionary letters to encourage the ladies and young people to annual contributions. The amounts thus received have varied from $10 to $100, according to the ability of the church, but every society thus contributing to the A. M. A. may work for some definite object and receive the field letters.

To the Woman’s State organizations we offer specific work on a larger scale. Of such we name the following as co-operating directly with us: Maine and Vermont each by a “Woman’s Aid to the A. M. A.” Connecticut, New York, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, South Dakota, each by a Woman’s Home Missionary Union, and Minnesota and Kansas by their Woman’s Home Missionary Societies.

The State organizations have some of them undertaken the support of a single school, and others of missionaries selected from different departments of our work. In every State the appeal of the A. M. A. is made through its Woman’s Bureau to the ladies of all the churches and to all the ladies of the churches, and the contributions are in part through the State organizations and in part direct, all working to the same end.

Other States also, not yet organized, are assisting us in definite lines, as Massachusetts and New Hampshire.

Any society of old or young people, whether Missionary, Ladies’ Aid, Benevolent Society, Sewing Circle or Christian Endeavor—whatever involves combined interests and united work—we cordially welcome to share with us in the grand opportunities of our field.

In this way the ladies of the Congregational churches are helping in the support of seventeen of the established missions of the American Missionary Association—among the colored people, poor whites, Indians and Chinese, according to their choice.

Public meetings in behalf of missions have been provided with lady speakers, and in many instances the monthly missionary concerts of the churches having the American Missionary Association for a subject, have been furnished with fresh letters from different parts of the field, thus giving vividness to the facts gathered from the A. M. A. literature.

We all know that it is not by doing any great thing that the home is made beautiful and strong, but by the many acts of thoughtfulness, the light and skillful touches which singly appear so small, but together and often repeated become essential. So in our connection with these great mission boards, let us make our work valuable by our constancy and skill in doing what we can, giving an aureola to the cause of missions by the well directed rays of womanly, consecrated service.

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A WORD FROM BULGARIA.

“For a long time I have not had an opportunity to read THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY, and chancing to see it lying on the table at the house of one of my associates, it instantly awakened a host of memories of the past when I was a teacher of the Freedmen during the war of the Rebellion. My interest in the work of the Association has always been great, and I should have given my life to its service had I not felt that God called me elsewhere. My prayer is that God may bless the labors of the faithful missionaries in my own dear native land more and more abundantly.”

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RECEIPTS FOR OCTOBER, 1887.

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MAINE, $216.78.

Alfred. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $18.39 Augusta. Miss K. Carpenter’s Sab. Sch. Class, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 5.00 Bangor. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., add’l, to const. REV. CHARLES H. CUTLER, MRS. HELEN M. QUIMBY and JOHN F. COLBY L. M’s. 30.00 Castine. Sab. Sch. Class, by Prof. Fred. W. Foster, _for Student Aid, Tougaloo U._ 1.60 Freeport. First Cong. Ch., 16.94; Rev. Daniel Lane, 1 17.94 Gorham. “Helping Hand Soc.,” by Miss Mary E. Tolford 25.00 Gray. Sab. Sch. Classes, by Mrs. Julia Doughty and sister, _for Selma, Ala._ 3.35 Kennebunk Port. South Cong. Ch. 5.00 Norridgewock. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 33.25 Phillips. Cong. Ch. 4.00 Portland. Williston Ch., 46; Wm. W. Mitchell, 25 71.00 Topsham. Mrs. M. P. Sewall 2.00 ——. “An Aged Lady” 0.25

NEW HAMPSHIRE, $257.35.

Bennington. Cong. Ch. 11.17 Boscawen. Mrs. J. McClure, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 1.00 Candia. “A Friend.” 1.00 Epping. Cong. Ch. 2.00 Exeter. S. C. E., First Cong. Ch., _for Atlanta U._ 4.35 Hanover. Dartmouth College Cong. Ch. 15.00 Hinsdale. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00 Hudson. J. G. Proctor, to const. MRS. J. G. PROCTOR, L. M. 30.00 Keene. Ira J. Prouty, M.D. 5.00 Nashua. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00 New Ipswich. Children’s 25th Annual Fair (2 of which _for Indian M._) 19.32 New Ipswich. Cong. Ch. 3.71 North Hampton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 23.50 Pelham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 37.00 Penacook. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 20.00 Peterboro. Union Evan. Ch. 44.30

VERMONT, $460.20.

Barnet. Ladies, _for McIntosh, Ga._, by Mrs. Henry Fairbanks 12.52 Burlington. First Ch., 128.05; Third Cong. Ch., 74.56 203.61 Chester. Cong. Ch. 33.50 East Fairfield. Cong. Ch. 4.35 Enosburg. First Cong. Ch., add’l. 5.00 Fairfield. Cong. Ch. 2.88 Hartford. E. Morris 100.00 Middlebury. Miss E. Starr 5.00 Orange. Cong. Ch. 15.00 Quechee. Ladies, _for McIntosh, Ga._, by Mrs. E. D. Wild 5.00 Quechee. Mrs. H. Thomas, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 2.00 Rupert. Miss Cora Guild 2.00 Saint Albans. First Cong. Ch., add’l. 1.00 Vergennes. Cong. Ch., 13.38, and Sab. Sch., 1.62 15.00 Wallingford. Bbl. of C., _for McIntosh, Ga._ Waterbury. Cong. Ch. 5.34 West Brattleboro. Miss Annie L. Grout, Box of C., 1 _for freight, for McIntosh, Ga._ 1.00 West Randolph. First Cong. Ch. (6 of which _for McIntosh, Ga._) to const DEA. J. O. FOWLER L. M. 30.00 Williamstown. Mrs. E. E. Cheney 1.00 Williston. Cong. Ch. 27.00

MASSACHUSETTS, $4,941.44.

Amherst. C. G. Noyes, 10; Second Cong. Ch., 8.80 18.80 Andover. Ladies’ Union Home Miss’y Soc. by Charlotte H. Swift, Treas. 91.00 Ashby. Cong. Ch. 13.26 Boston. “Friends,” 500; Individuals, by J. W. Davis, 400; _for Hospital among the Sioux Indians_ 900.00 Boston. Park St. Ch. and Soc. 31.67 Boston. J. H. Farrar 20.00 Boston. Miss Robinson, _for Talladega C._ 2.00 Boston. “A Friend in Central Ch.” 2.00 Dorchester. Collected by Miss Mary A. Tuttle, _for Marie Adlof Sch’p Fund_ add’l. 2.50 Jamaica Plain. Mrs. Lydia M. Story, _for Indian M._ 10.00 Roxbury. Sab. Sch. of Immanuel Ch., _for Aid of Indian Student_ 60.00 Roxbury. Mrs. Livermore 10.00 West Roxbury. Evan. Cong. Ch. 19.65 ————— 1,057.82 Bridgewater. Central Sq. Cong. Ch., to const. WM. F. LEONARD L. M. 34.98 Brimfield. Mrs. P. C Browning, 15; Mrs. J. S. Webber, 3 18.00 Brookline. Harvard Ch. and Soc. 53.34 Cambridge. North Av. Cong. Ch., add’l. 1.00 Campello. South Cong. Ch. 100.00 Chelsea. Dr. Horatio N. Page 5.00 Clinton. Mrs. R. N. Ingalls, 20; Mrs. Wm. Fairbanks, 10; Mrs. G. Carter, 5; Mrs. Emily Bigelow, 5; Mrs. Greely, 5; Mrs. Dakin, 3; “Friends,” 1.05, _for Talladega C._ 49.05 Dedham. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Straight U._ 25.00 Deerfield. Ortho. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 22.53 Easthampton. Sab. Sch. of Payson Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 30.00 Easthampton. Mrs. Samuel Skinner, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 5.00 Enfield. Cong. Ch. 50.00 Essex. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 55.00 Fitchburg. Sab. Sch. of Rollstone Ch., _for Student Aid, Straight U._ 50.00 Framingham. Sab. Sch. of Plym. Ch., _for Indian M._ 20.31 Framingham. Mrs. C. M. Clark’s mite-box 6.00 Freetown. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.37 Gardner. Woman’s Miss’y Soc., _for Indian Sch’p._ 50.00 Goshen. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.00 Greenfield. M. O. Farrand 10.00 Greenwich. Cong. Ch. 11.20 Harvard. Cong. Ch. 18.50 Holland. Cong. Ch. 4.00 Holliston. “Bible Christians of Dist. No. 4” 30.00 Holliston. “Friends,” _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 16.46 Holyoke. “Friends,” by E. B. Reed, _for Indian Sch’p._ 17.50 Hubbardston. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.00 Ipswich. South Cong. Ch. 25.00 Lawrence. Y. P. S. of Christian Service, Trinity Cong. Ch. 5.00 Leominster. Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._ 42.00 Lexington. Hancock Ch. and Soc. 15.00 Lincoln. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 20.00 Lowell. Mrs. O. C. Moore, _for Freight_ 2.00 Lynn. Sab Sch. of First Cong. Ch., add’l _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 20.00 Marshfield. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 20.00 Merrimac. Cong. Ch. 100.00 Milford. Ladies of Cong. Soc., _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 6.07 Monson. Mrs. C. O. Chapin 5.00 New Bedford. Trin. Cong. Ch. 18.78 Newton Center. First Cong. Ch. 75.69 Newton Highlands. Cong. Ch., add’l. 1.00 North Adams. First Cong. Ch. 31.48 North Brookfield. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 35.00 Orleans. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 20.00 Pittsfield. “A Friend,” _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 7.10 Raynham. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 21.06 Reading. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 17.50 Reading. Mrs. Z. M. Hazleton, _for Freight_ 4.00 Rockland. Ladies of Cong. Ch. 7.00 Royalston. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 55.00 Rutland. Cong. Ch. 6.50 Salem. Crombie St. Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._ 25.00 Somerville. Sab. Sch. of Franklin St. Ch., _for aid of Indian student_ 40.00 Southampton. Cong. Ch. 31.77 South Dennis. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.00 South Egremont. Cong. Ch. 30.30 South Hadley. First Cong. Ch., 26; “A Friend,” 2 28.00 South Hadley Falls. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 14.79 South Weymouth. Miss Sadie B. Tirrell’s S. S. Class Second Cong. Ch., _for aid of Indian student_ 3.50 Stoneham. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. REV. D. A. NEWTON L. M. 39.08 Sunderland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (6 of which _for Student Aid, Sherwood Acad., Tenn._) 34.87 Wakefield. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._ 27.70 Ware. “A Friend” 5.00 Watertown. “A Friend” 0.75 Westhampton. Cong. Ch., add’l. 28.34 Westford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.00 West Medford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.75 West Medway. “Friends,” _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 2.00 West Medway. Mrs. E. C. T. Robbins 0.50 West Newton. Sab. Sch. of Second Cong. Ch. 50.00 West Springfield. Ladies’ Mission Circle of Park St. Ch., 100 _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._, and 100 _for Tougaloo U._ 200.00 Whitinsville. Mrs. J. J. Abbott, 10; Miss Helen L. Abbott, 2; “A Friend,” 10, _for Indian M._ 22.00 Winchendon. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., 19, and Sab. Sch. 21.57 40.57 Woods Holl. Case of Books Worcester. Wm. Woodward, 100; Sab. Sch. of Central Ch., 5 105.00 Worcester. Sab. Sch. of Central Ch., _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 38.02 Worcester. Geo. F. Orr, 10; Mrs. Orr, 6; Mrs. Laird, 2, _for Talladega C._ 18.00 Yarmouth. Cong. Ch. 50.00 ——. “A Friend.” 30.00 ——. “For the Indians,” 5.00 By Charles Marsh, Treas. Hampden Benev. Ass’n. Agawam. 19.05 Chicopee. First 19.50 Palmer. First 5.36 Palmer. Second 36.00 Palmer. Second 35.00 Springfield. First 25.00 Springfield. South 42.97 Springfield. Memorial 43.00 Springfield. North 53.80 Westfield. Second 71.52 West Springfield. First 29.00 ————— 380.20 ———————— $3,741.44

LEGACIES.

Medfield. Estate of Mrs. Abigail Cummings, by Executor, _for Atlanta U._ 1,000.00 Worcester. Estate of Benj. W. Fletcher, by Geo. Swan, Ex. 200.00 ———————— $4,941.44

RHODE ISLAND, $37.70.

Kingston. Cong. Ch. 12.70 Providence. N. W. Williams 15.00 Providence. Cent. Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._ 10.00

CONNECTICUT, $1,007.51.

Bristol. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 9.00 Chester. “I. O.” 5.00 Clinton. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 8.30 Eastford. Cong. Ch. 7.77 East Hampton. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 36.00 Ellington. Cong. Ch., add’l 0.50 Farmington. Cong. Ch., 20; H. D. Hawley, 20, _for Mechan’l building_, Austin, Texas 40.00 Gilead. “A Friend” 8.00 Harwinton. Cong. Ch. (5 of which from Mrs. Hilpah Watson, _for Indian M._) 41.05 Higganum. Mrs. Susan Gladwin 4.00 Lisbon. Cong. Ch., 6; “A Friend,” 1, _for Conn. Ind’l Sch., Ga._ 7.00 Mansfield. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.00 Meriden. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._, and to const. D. M. LYMAN L. M. 50.00 New Britain. South Cong. Ch. 179.56 New Canaan. Woman’s H. M. Soc. of Cong. Ch., _for Conn. Ind’l Sch., Ga._ 26.00 New Haven. Davenport Cong. Ch., 41.34; Young Ladies’ Mission Circle of Humphrey St. Ch., 24.79 66.13 North Branford. Cong. Ch. 11.69 North Madison. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.00 Old Lyme. First Cong. Ch. 20.00 Plainfield. First Cong. Ch. 23.92 Plantsville. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Atlanta U._ 32.58 Poquonock. Cong. Ch. 38.54 Preston. Long Soc. Sab. Sch. 3.60 Preston City. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 22.00 Putnam. Second Cong. Ch. 21.90 Putnam. “A Friend,” _for Atlanta U._ 20.00 Reynolds Bridge. Eagle Rock Cong. Ch., bal. to const. REV. J. S. BURGESS L. M. 24.00 Rockville. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., box papers, etc., _for Sherwood, Tenn._ Seymour. Cong. Ch. 12.05 Scitico. Mrs. Chas. E. Stowe 5.50 South Canaan. “A Friend.” 1.00 South Windsor. First Cong. Ch. 8.00 Terryville. Cong. Ch. 43.00 Terryville. “Soldier of Christ” (10 of which _for Indian M._) 15.00 Terryville. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for aid of Indian student_ 17.50 Waterbury. Sunshine Circle, by Jessie B. Brooks, _for Woman’s Work_ 5.00 Watertown. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 40.88 West Avon. Cong. Ch., 7.50; Rev. R. Scoles, 10 17.50 Westbrook. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 54.54 Westford. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._ 5.00 West Hartford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 14.00 Windsorville. Jane Bancroft and Parents 25.00 Woodbury. North Cong. Ch. 23.00

NEW YORK, $858.89.