Chapter 4

"But that monthly letter is a copied letter," some one answers, "and we wish our teacher to write to us, _to us alone, and in her own hand_." Yes, it is a copied letter in order that it may be sent to others who are interested in, and helping, the same work, and that the missionaries' time may be given to the work about them instead of being spent so largely in writing. But it is a fresh letter. It has the latest monthly news and was written for you, and if not in the same hand is as truly yours as a typewritten letter, which is the sort most of us receive and give in the high-work pressure of now-a-days.

We provide _The American Missionary_, furnish our printed leaflets freely, and will send the monthly missionary letters to all who desire to hear thus from their contributions--as we hope all do--thus giving the very best information that the field affords; but we most earnestly hope the missionaries may be allowed their time for their missionary duties pressing upon them. _The Missionary_ is the word from your missionary. Read it, and if you do not like it, write us, and we will try again next month.

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RECEIPTS FOR MARCH, 1888.

MAINE, $146.84.

Augusta. South Cong. Ch. and Soc. $21.45 Bangor. Sab. Sch. of First Parish Ch. 13.85 Belfast. _For Wilmington, N.C._ 1.79 Brewer. Mrs. C.S. Hardy, _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 30.00 Brewer. "A Friend." First Ch., _for Indian M._ 10.00 Brunswick. "Little Folks," _for Indian Sch'p_ 25.00 Castine. Prof. F.W. Foster 1.00 Cumberland Center. By Miss J.G. Merrill, Bbl. of C. for Selma, Ala., 2 _for Freight_ 2.00 Limington. By Rev. Chas. H. Gates, _for Freight_ 2.00 Machias. Sarah Hills Sab. Sch. Class _for ed. Indian boy_ 2.50 Portland. Fourth Cong. Ch. 15.00 Portland. Mrs. W.W. Brown's S.S. Class, 10; Class in Bethel Sab. Sch. 1.75; _for Rosebud Indian M._ 11.75 South Berwick. Mrs. Lewis' S.S. Class, _for Wilmington, N.C._ 1.50 South Paris. Cong. Ch. 7.00 Woodfords. By Mrs. C.A. Woodbury, _for Freight_ 2.00

NEW HAMPSHIRE, $190.30.

Alstead. Miss Eliza Gorham 1.00 Bedford. Milton B. George, _for Indian M._ 1.00 Concord. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 28.35 Epping. Mrs. Geo. N. Sheppard's S.S. Class, Cong. Ch. 4.00 Exeter. "Friend" 30.00 Haverhill. Members Cong. Ch. 18.30 Hudson. Cong, Ch. and Soc. $3.00 Lancaster. Mrs. A.M. Amsden 5.00 Lyme. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.65 Mason. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.00 Pembroke. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Wilmington, N.C._ 2.00 Piermont. Cong. Ch. and Individuals 15.00 Stratham. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 10.00 Tilton. Cong. Ch., 40; Class of Boys _for Student Aid_, 2 42.00

VERMONT, $394.93.

Barnet. Y.P.S.C.E. 1 _for Chinese M._ and 1 _for McIntosh, Ga._ 2.00 Bradford. First Cong. Ch. 30.02 Brookfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 2.50 Burlington. Ladies of First Ch., _for McIntosh, Ga._ 40.00 Burlington. Mission Band, _for Indian M._ 24.00 Burlington. Sab. Sch. of College St. Ch., _for Rosebud Indian M._ 17.86 Cambridge. Madison Stafford 10.00 Cornwall. Bbl. of C., _for McIntosh, Ga._ 2 _for Freight_ 2.00 East Arlington. Cong. Ch. 7.00 Fairlee. Cong. Ch. 12.25 Greensboro. Cong. Ch. 12.00 Lunenburg. Mrs. C.W. King, Easter offering 5.00 North Bennington. Cong. Ch. 9.83 North Ferrisburg. C.W. Wicker 10.00 Northfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.13 Norwich. J.G. Stimson, for Church in Hartford, Vt., Extra 100.00 Orwell. Ladies of Cong. Ch. _for McIntosh, Ga._ $17.57 South Burlington. Eldridge Sab. Sch. 4.00 Waitsfield. Box of C. for McIntosh, Ga., 2 _for Freight_ 2.00 West Brattleboro. Cong. Ch. 11.02 West Fairlee. Mrs. C.M. Holbrook 2.00 West Randolph. Miss Susan B. Albin 6.00 West Randolph. "Mission Builders," First Cong. Ch., _for McIntosh, Ga._ 6.00 Weybridge. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for McIntosh, Ga._ 5.75 Windham. Cong. Ch. to const., WAYLAND G. ADAMS L.M. 31.00

MASSACHUSETTS, $5,725.85.

Amesbury. Union Evan. Ch. 10.80 Andover. South Cong. Ch. and Soc., 100; Calvin E. Goodell, 25 125.00 Ashburnham. First Cong. Ch. 26.25 Auburndale. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._ 31.07 Boston. E.K. Alden, D.D., "In fraternal remembrance of James Powell" 100.00 " "C.A.H." _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 100.00 " B. Wilkins. Box of Goods, _for Wilmington, N.C._ " Samuel Ward & Co., Quantity of Stationary _for Wilmington, N.C._ Charlestown. Sewing Circle of Winthrop Ch., _for Tougaloo U._ 20.00 Dorchester. Miss Mary A. Tuttle ad'l _for Marie Adlof Fund_ 1.25 Jamaica Plain. R.W. Wood 50.00 " Nellie F. Riley 4.50 Roxbury. Mrs. A.W. Tuffts, _for Freight_ 2.24 ------- 277.99 Boxford. Sab, Sch, of Cong, Ch., _for Jellico, Tenn._ 37.51 Brimfield. First Cong. Ch. 6.20 Buckland. Cong. Ch. 26.13 Chelsea. First Cong. Ch. 30.00 Chesterfield. Cong. Ch. 5.00 Chicopee. Eleanor Woodworth, _for Indian M._ 5.00 Chicopee Falls. Ladies Benev. Soc., _for Tougaloo, Miss._ 15.00 Clinton. C.L. Swan, _for Sch'p, Hampton N. & A. Institute_ 70.00 Clinton. Mrs. J.M. Dakin, _for Clinton Chapel, Talladega_ 10.00 Dalon. Cong. Ch., to const. PAYSON E. LITTLE and HEMAN MITCHELL L.M.'s 75.86 Douglas. "Thank offering from a friend." 5.00 East Cambridge. Miss Mary F. Aiken, _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 5.00 Easthampton. First Cong. Ch. 65.18 Enfield. Miss Lucretia Cary's S.S. Class, 6; Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., 4.05; _for Rosebud Indian M._ 10.05 Erving. Cong. Ch. 4.04 Fall River. Central Cong. Ch. 44.00 Foxboro. Ortho. Cong. Ch. 73.45 Foxboro. Cong. Soc. Bbl., of C., _for Tougaloo, Miss._ Framingham. "Friend." 40.00 Granville. Mr. and Mrs. C. Holcomb 5.00 Hadley. First Ch. 12.00 Hadley. Sab. Sch. of First Ch. 11.00 Haverhill. Bethany Ass'n of North Ch., _for Tougaloo U._ 25.00 Holliston. "Bible Christians of Dist. No. 4." 67.00 Holliston. L.A. Claflin, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 5.00 Holyoke. Miss'y Soc. _for Rosebud Indian M._ 1.50 Hyde Park. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.00 Lancaster. Sab. Sch. of Evan. Ch. 16.78 Lexington. Hancock Ch. and Soc. $16.00 Littleton. J.C. Houghton 4.00 Lowell. First Cong, Ch. to const. ALBERT J. DONNELL L.M. 32.00 Malden. First Ch. (20 of which from Wm. L. Greene) 78.50 Mansfield. Ortho Cong. Ch. 11.36 Mansfield. Ladies Miss'y Soc., _for Wilmington N.C._ 4.00 Maplewood. Ladies' Union, Bbl. of C., _for Wilmington N.C._, 1 _for Freight_ 1.00 Medford. "A Friend," bal. to const. MRS. ANNA C. FARNSWORTH L.M. 20.00 Melrose. Ladles of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of material, _for Sewing Dept. Talladega C._ Merrimac. Ladies Miss'y Soc., by Mrs. Nichols, Treas. 16.75 Millbury. C.E. Hunt, to const. FREDERICK W. HUNT L.M. 30.00 Mittineague. Southworth Co., Case of Paper, _for Straight U._ Montague. Cong. Ch. 9.00 Montville. O.B. Jones, _for Indian M._ 2.00 New Bedford. Mrs. I.H. Bartlett, Jr. 30.00 New Boston. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. _for Indian M._ 3.72 Newbury. First Ch. 17.05 Newburyport. Harriet O. Haskell 2.00 Newton Center. Ladies Benev. Soc. of First Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 40.00 Newton Center. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. _for Indian M._ 25.00 Newton Center. Maria B. Farber Soc. Y.L., Bbl of C., etc., _for Washington, D.C._ North Amherst. Mrs. Daniel Dickinson, deceased, by Chas. R. Dickinson, to const. ISABELLE M. PHELPS L.M. 30.00 Northampton. Primary Dep't Edwards Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Rosebud Indian M._ 15.00 North Leominster. Leonard Burrage, _for Theo. Dept. Santee Indian Sch._ 2000.00 North Reading. Cong. Ch. 6.42 Norton. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 54.93 Peabody. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 25.00 Pittsfield. Sab. Sch. of First Ch., _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 27.14 Plymouth. Ch. of Pilgrimage 85.22 Quincy. Evan. Cong. Ch. 6.35 Randolph. Miss Abby W. Turner, 50; Miss Alice M. Turner, 25; Mrs. John J. Crawford, 25; _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 100.00 Reading. "Friend in Cong. Ch." 2.00 Salem. Tabernacle Ch. and Soc., to const. GEO. A. CHANDLER, GEORGE S. ROPES and JOHN R. SMITH L.M.'s 339.10 Shelburne Falls. A.N. Russell, 2.5O; Herbert A. Russell, 2.50 5.00 Somerville. Broadway Cong. Ch. 15.80 Somerville. Miss'y Circle of Franklin St. Ch., _for Freight_ 2.10 Southbridge. Cong. Ch. 49.88 South Framingham. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Robbins, Tenn._ 16.06 South Framingham. G.M. Amsden 5.00 South Hadley. First Cong Ch. 29.25 Springfield. Y.P.S.C.E. First Cong. Ch., 50; Sab. Sch. of Memorial Ch., 25; _for Fisk U._ 15.00 Springfield. Y.P.S.C.E. of First Cong. Ch., _for Rosebud Indian M._ 4.50 Stoughton. Cong. Ch., bal. _for Freight_ 0.75 Tewksbury. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 15.00 Upton. Bbl of C., _for Mobile, Ala._ Waltham. Ladies of Cong. Ch. Bbl. of material _for Sewing Dept., Talladega C._ Ware. Sab. Sch. of East Cong. Ch., _for Santee Indian M._ 25.00 Wellesley. "Friends in Wellesley College," _for Indian M._ 9.00 Westboro. Miss'y Soc., 3, and Pkg. Furnishings, by Miss Bixby, _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 3.00 West Boxford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.05 West Medway. C. Albert Adams 10.00 West Medway. "A Friend," _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 3.00 West Somerville. Mrs. Taplin, Bbl. of Goods, 1.30 _for freight, for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 1.30 Weymouth and Braintree. Cong Ch. 48.76 Whitman. "A Friend," to Const. MRS. LYDIA A. PRATT and MISS LIZZIE REED L.M'S. 60.00 Wollaston. First Cong. Ch. (10 of which _for Indian M._) 15.00 Worcester. Union Ch., 214.75; Piedmont Ch., 65; "A Friend" 20; Salem St. Ch., 17.75 317.50 Worcester. P.E. Moen, 50; "S.E.J." 25, _for Indian M._ 75.00 Worcester. O.S. Mission C. of Old South Ch., _for Toughaloo U._ 16.00 Worcester. "Piedmont Ch., A Friend." _for Atlanta U._ 10.00 Worcester. Benev. Soc. of Plym. Ch., _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 5.00 ---- Massachusetts Indian Ass'n, _for Indian M._ 10.00 ---- "A Friend," adl. _for Fisk U._ 31.42 By Charles Marsh, Treas. Hampden Benev. Ass'n: Agawam. _for Indian M._ 5.00 East Granville 10.00 Indian Orchard 14.78 Ludlow 15.00 Palmer. First 5.06 Springfield. South 66.62 Westfield. First, to const. MRS. MARY E. RICHARDSON L.M. 100.87 West Springfield. First, to const. MRS. C.S. BEARDSLEE L.M. 34 00 ------ 251.33 -------- $5,375.85

LEGACIES.

Beverly. Estate of John Lovett, by Chas. T. Lovett, Ex. 250.00 Sherborn. Estate of Oliver Barber, by J.W. Barber, Ex. 100.00 -------- $5,725.35

CLOTHING, ETC. RECEIVED AT BOSTON OFFICE.

Andover, Mass. Mrs. Selah Merrill, 1 Bbl. _for Tougaloo U._ Gloucester, Mass. Mary Brooks, 1 Bdl. S.S. Papers Groton, Mass. Ladies Benev. Soc. of Cong. Ch., 1 Bbl. _for Oaks, N.C._ Malden, Mass. M. Kent, 1 Bbl., _for Kittrell, N.C._ Quincy, Mass. Harriet S. Proctor, 1 Case Rockport, Mass. 1 Bdl Yarmouth, Mass. Sewing Circle of Cong. Ch., 1 Bbl., _for Atlanta U._

RHODE ISLAND, $90.02.

Bristol, "Wide Awakes" of Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Fort Berthold, Dak._ 8.00 Little Compton. United Cong. Ch. 21.52 Pawtucket. "Mission Workers" _for Indian Sch'p._ 52.50 Providence. Hon. A.C. Barstow, 10; "A Friend", 1, _for Tougaloo U._ 11.00

CONNECTICUT, $3,249.58.

Ansonia. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Rosebud Indian M._ 4.00 Ashford. Mrs. C.S. Trowbridge 5.00 Banksville. George Derby 1.00 Branford. Rev. Henry P. Bake, 10; H.G. Harrison, 10; Cong Ch. 7.69 27.69 Bridgeport. Infant Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., _for Rosebud Indian M._ 11.00 Bristol. Cong. Ch. (56 of which from Ladies, _for Conn. Ind'l Sch., Ga._) 93.66 Bristol. Mr. E. Peck's S.S. Class, _for Indian M._ 5.00 Cheshire. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Rosebud Indian M._ 21.00 Darien. Cong. Ch. 9.29 East Hampton. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Rosebud Indian M._ 5.00 East Windsor. Mrs. Sarah L. Wells 5.00 Enfield. Sheffield C. Reynolds 1000.00 Enfield. J.N. Allen, _for Indian M._ 100.00 Enfield. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Straight U._ 25.00 Essex. First Cong. Ch. 26.00 Glastonbury. Cong. Ch. (of which 100.72 _for Indian Mission_) 308.12 Glastonbury. J.B. Williams Co., _for Ind'l Building, Austin, Texas_ 250.00 Glastonbury. Louise Williams, _for Rosebud Indian M._ 0.50 Greenville. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid. Straight U._ 15.62 Greenwich. Second Cong. Ch. 31.17 Guilford. First Cong. Ch., to const. DEA. JOHN W. NORTON L.M. 30.00 Hampton. First Cong. Ch., 24.08; "Additional to Collection," 5 29.08 Hartford. Rodney Dennis, 25; Daniel R. Howe, 25, _for Tougaloo U._ 50.00 Huntington. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Conn. Ind'l Sch. Ga._ 11.00 Ivoryton. Mr. Northrup, 10; Mr. Rose, 50c., _for Tougaloo U._ 10.50 Kensington. Geo. W. Ford, 5; Miss F.A. Robbins, 5; Mrs. A.J. Benedict, 5; Rev. A.J. Benedict, 2; Mrs. A.A. Hart, 1; _for Tougaloo U._ 18.00 Kensington. Edward Cowles 5.00 Kent. Cong. Ch. 28.86 Meriden. Miss Alice Porter, _for Indian M._ 5.00 Mystic Bridge. Ladies' Soc. of Cong. Ch., _for Thomasville, Ga._ 2.35 New Britain. Rev. J.W. Cooper, D.D., _for Tougaloo U._ 5.00 New Canaan. W.H.M. Soc. of Cong. Ch. _for Conn. Ind'l Sch., Ga._ 5.00 New Haven. Church of the Redeemer, 100; Mrs. S.A. Thomas, 5 105.00 New Haven. L.M. Law, _for Indian Sch'p_ 25.00 New Haven. Mrs. Henry Farnam, 25; Mrs. J.F. Douglass, 3; Mrs. J.H. Fog, 10; Mrs. R.W. Bolles, 5; _for Indian M._ 43.00 New Haven. Sab. Sch. of College St. Ch., _for Rosebud Indian M._ 15.00 New London. Sab. Sch. First Ch. of Christ, 56.97; Mrs. Anna H. Perkins, 50; Mrs. Lora E. Learned and Miss Learned, 15; J.C. Learned, 10; _for Indian M._ 131.97 New London. Little Son of Mr. and Mrs. W.S. Chapbell, _for Rosebud Indian M._ 1.00 Norfolk. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., 35; "A Friend," 18; _for Indian Scholarships_ 53.00 Norfolk. Miss Gertrude Cowles, _for Rosebud Indian M._ 1.50 North Canaan. Pilgrim Ch. 26.70 Norwich. James Dana Colt, _for Rosebud Indian M._ 1.00 Old Saybook. Cong. Ch. 27.76 Plantsville. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Atlanta U._ 21.05 Putnam. Second Cong. Ch. 27.27 Redding. "A Friend" 2.50 Ridgefield. Cong. Ch. 2.70 Saybrook. Cong. Conference, by Rev. B. Paine 10.85 Saybrook. Mrs. Giles F. Ward, Case of Books Southport. "A Friend" 5.00 Stony Creek. Cong. Ch. 1.00 Terryville. Cong. Ch. 47.00 Terryville. Mr. and Mrs. A.S. Gaylord, _for Indian M._ 10.00 Thomaston. Mrs. H.H. Mitchell, _for Student Aid, Straight U._ 20.00 Thomaston. Cong. Ch. 18.50 Thompsonville. Sab. Sch. of First Presb. Ch., _for Student Aid, Straight U._ $22.13 Tolland. Mrs. J.L. Clough, _for Indian M._ 1.00 Torringford. "A Friend" 1.00 Trumbull. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.87 Walllngford. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for "Bird's Nest" Indian M._ 50.00 Waterbury. Second Cong. Ch. 60.71 Waterbury. Mrs. Mary L. Mitchell, 75; Israel Holmes, 5; _for Indian M._ 80.00 Waterbury. H.W. Scoville, 10; Mrs. H.M. Peck, 6; Miss K.L. Peck, 5; _for Tougaloo U._ 20.00 Wauregan. Cong. Ch. 20.00 Westchester. "Christian Bees," Bbl. of C., _for Jellico, Tenn._ West Haven. Mrs. Emeline Smith 10.00 West Winsted. T.C. Davis, 5; Mrs. A.O. Davis, 5 10.00 Wethersfield. Sab. Sch. Class, by Frances S. Shedd, _for Indian M._ 10.00 Wethersfield. Emma L. Harris' S.S. Class, _for Rosebud Indian M._ 3.50 Windsor. First Cong. Ch. 50.00 Windsor Locks. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Tillotson C. and N. Inst._ 25.00 ---- "A Friend in Conn.," _for Beach Inst., Savannah, Ga._ 75.00 ---- "Plantsville," _for Tougaloo U._ 20.00 Women's Home Missionary Union of Conn., by Mrs. S.M. Hotchkiss, Sec. _for Conn. Ind. Sch., Ga._: Sheffield. Y.L.H.M. Circle, 12.13 12.13

NEW YORK, $3,371.16.

Albany. Chas. A. Beach 40.00 Astoria. Miss Frances W. Blackwell, _for Indian M._ 2.00 Brooklyn. South Cong. Ch. 60.09 Brooklyn. Rossiter W. Raymond, 50; Mrs. H.P. Ludlam, 20; Mrs. G.W. Tallman, 5; _for Atlanta U._ 75.00 Brooklyn. Miss M.A. Hall's Sab. Sch. Class, 6.60 _for the poor_; 3 _for Student Aid_; Mrs. Hall, 3; Miss Carrie Strong, 1; Miss Flossie Bingham, 1; _for Williamsburg, Ky._ 14.60 Brooklyn. Rev. S.B. Halliday, Pkg. Books, etc. Buffalo. Mrs. Wm. G. Bancroft, _for Indian M._ 100.00 Buffalo. Miss Fannie Skinner, Box of C., _for Macon, Ga._ Canastota. Rev. W.W. Warner 12.25 Danby. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of Goods, _for Jellico, Tenn._ Deansville. Cong. Ch. 10.00 Fairport. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Rosebud Indian M._ 18.95 Fredonia. T.S. Hubbard, _for Lincoln Mem. Parish, Washington, D.C._ 25.00 Gloversville. Cong. Ch., ad'l. 11.00 Goshen. "A Friend," 1 _for Atlanta U._, 1 _for Marie Adlof Schp. Fund_ 2.00 Jamestown. Mrs. Julia Jones Hall, 2000, ack. in March Missionary, should read _for Tillotson C. & N. Inst., Austin, Tex._ Jewett. "Friends." Bbl. of C., _for Greenwood, S.C._ Keene Valley. Cong. Ch. 1.12 Livonia. Y.L.M. Soc. of Pres. Ch., _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 8.00 Marcellus. Mrs. L.F. Hemenway 5.00 Massena. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Talladega, C._ 12.00 Mount Vernon. B.B. Adams, Jr., Pkg of C. New York. Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1000; Rev. D. Stuart Dodge, 100; D. Willis James, 100; Hamilton Walls, 60; Hon. John Jay, 25; J. Fred'k Kernochan, 25; Chas. L. Meade, 25; _for Atlanta U._ 1,325.00 New York. Wm. E. Dodge Educational Fund, 300; Mrs. Melissa P. Dodge, 100; _for Student Aid, Atlanta. U._ 400.00 New York. Gen. Wager Swayne, 120; Alanson Trask, 100; _for Talladega C_ $220.00 New York. John Dwight, 200; S.T. Gordon, 100; Hon. John Jay, 25 325.00 Pitcher. Cong. Ch. 17.50 Poughkeepsie. Mrs. Anne S. Banfield, (12.25 of which for Indian M.) 24.50 Poughkeepsie. C.C. Moore, _for Talladega C._ 10.00 Rochester. McGuire Bible Class, Central Ch., S.S., _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 5.00 Sag Harbor. Geo. B. Brown 1.00 Sherburne. Sab. Sch. of First Cong Ch., _for Talladega C._ 24.11 Syracuse. Plym. Cong. Ch. 103.54 Wading River. Cong. Ch. 12.00 Waverly. Mission Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 5.00 West Camden. Miss Nancy Curtiss, 1.50; Miss Elizabeth W. Curtiss, 1 2.50 Westmoreland. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch. 3.00 Woman's Home Missionary Union of N.Y., by Mrs. L.H. Cobb, Treas., _for Woman's Work_: Albany. Aux. 25.00 Binghamton. H.M. Soc., to const. MRS. C.E. WELCH and MISS LIZZIE HAMILTON L.M.'s 60.00 Brooklyn. Willing Aid Soc. of Puritan Ch., to const. MRS. LEROY T. SMITH and MRS. SARAH B. STANCHFIELD L.M.'s 60.00 Canastota. Mrs. W.W. Warner 1.00 New York. H.S.C. 25.00 Riverhead. Ladies' H.M. Soc. 25.00 Warsaw. "Earnest Workers" 50.00 -------- 246.00 -------- $3,121.16

LEGACY.

New York. Trustees Estate of Wm. E. Dodge, _for Theo. Student, Talladega C._ 250.00 -------- $3,371.16

NEW JERSEY, $193.39.

Chester. "A Friend" 5.00 East Orange. F.W. Van Wagenen, _for Marion, Ala._ 25.00 Manchester. Cong. Ch. 6.00 Newark. C.S. Halnes 30.00 Newfield. Cong. Ch. 24.50 Orange Valley. Cong. Ch. 102.89

PENNSYLVANIA, $84.00.

Bradford. Charles E. Webster 4.00 Cambridge. First Cong. Ch. 5.00 Neath. Cong. Ch. 5.00 Ridgway. Young People's Bible Class, by Minnie J. Kline, _for Oaks, N.C._ 5.00 Scrangon. Plym. Cong. Ch. 25.00 Scranton. Mrs. Jane L. Eynon, _for Indian Sch'p_ 40.00

OHIO, $264.36.

Alliance. Sab. Sch. of Welsh Cong. Ch. 5.00 Bryan. S.E. Blakeslee 5.00 Canfield. Cong. Ch. 6.13 Castalia. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch. 9.32 Dover. Y.P.S.C.E. of Cong. Ch., _for Fisk U._ 20.00 Elyria. Cong. Ch., 3, and Sab. Sch., 6, _for Williamsburg, Ky._ 9.00 Jersey. Mrs. Charlotte F. Slough and C. Fred Slough 5.00 Madison. Central Cong. Ch. 48.00 Mansfield. F.E. Tracy, _for Student Aid, Tillotson C. & N. Inst._ 37.05 North Ridgeville. Cong. Ch. $5.87 North Ridgeville. Miss M.M. Lickwish, _for Student Aid, Williamsburg, Ky._ 4.25 Oberlin. Mrs. Maria Godell Frost 2.00 Rockport. Mrs. Carrie S. Bassett 4.50 Sandusky. First Cong. Ch., 19.05; Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., 17.73 36.78 Toledo. W.M.U. Central Cong. Ch,. _for Woman's Work_ 20.00 Ohio Woman's Home Missionary Union, by Mrs. Phebe A. Crafts, Treas., _for Woman's Work_: Columbus. Eastwood Church L.M.S. 10.00 Conneaut. Cong. S.S. Mission Band, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 5.00 Medina. Primary S.S. Class 0.50 -------- 15.50 -------- $233.40

LEGACY.

Oberlin. Estate of Henry Cowles, D.D., Royalty on Commentary 30.96 -------- $264.36

ILLINOIS, $718.14.

Aurora. First Cong. Ch. 47.31 Batavia. Y.P. Miss'y Soc. 10.00 Chicago. First Cong. Ch. 153.81 Evanston. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., _for Fisk U. Schp._ 52.36 Forest. Cong. Ch. 16.70 Galesburg. First Ch. of Christ, 46.14 and Sab. Sch., 13.44 59.58 Harvard. Young People's Miss'y Soc. 7.05 Joy Prairie. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._ 13.00 Lisbon. Gilman Kendall, 1; Mrs. L.M. Kendall, 1 2.00 Lombard. Ladies, _for Mobile, Ala._ 8.00 Peoria. Mrs. John L. Griswold, 100; Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., 25.50; _for Fisk U._ 125.50 Peoria. S.S. Class, _for Mobile, Ala._ 5.00 Princeton. Mrs. P.B. Corss 20.00 Ridge Prairie. Rev. A. Kern 1.00 Summer Hill. Cong. Ch. 5.00 Thomasboro. "R" 3.00 Tolono. Mrs. L. Haskell 10.00 ---- "Hapland" 100.00 Woman's Home Missionary Union of Ill., Mrs. B.F. Leavitt, Treas., _for Woman's Work_: Alton. W.H.M.U. 9.00 Ashkum 0.94 Chicago. Leavitt St. Ch. 1.39 McLean. W.H.M.U. 10.00 Morris 10.00 Oak Park. Ladies' Benev. Circle 16.00 Payson 1.00 Providence 8.00 Rockford. Second Ch. 4.00 Rockford. W.H.M.U. of Second Ch. 2.50 Sycamore. W.H.M.U. 0.25 Toulon 0.75 Waukegan. Miss Knight 3.50 Wilmette 1.00 ---- 78.83

MICHIGAN, $398.54.

Ann Arbor. First Cong. Ch. 47.50 Augusta. First Cong. Ch. 2.33 Calumet. Cong. Ch. 169.83 Detroit. Edward Hall, _for Athens, Ala._ 10.00 Galesburg. P.H. Whitford 102.24 New Baltimore. Cong. Church 17.80 Olivet. Cong. Ch. 32.84

WISCONSIN, $470.58.

Baraboo. Cong. Ch. 2.50 Clinton. Cong. Ch. 2.33 Fulton. Cong. Ch. 6.58 Columbus. Cong. Ch. $1.20 Elkhorn. Cong. Ch. 10.30 Fulton. Cong. Ch. 6.58 Green Bay. Pkg. Basted Work, _for Mobile, Ala._ Hartford. First Cong Ch. and Soc. 40.00 Menomonie. John H. Knapp 300.00 Paris and Bristol. Cong. Ch., _for Freight_ 0.70 Platteville. Cong. Ch., 26.35; Y.P.S.C.E., 2 28.35 Paririe du Chien. Cong. Ch. 4.00 Racine. E.B. Kilbourne 15.00 Rio. Cong. Ch. 2.60 Stockbridge. Cong. Ch. 10.00 Sun Prairie. Cong Ch. 3.67 Tomah. Cong. Ch. 1.00 Trempealeau. Cong. Ch. 4.20 Union Grove. Cong. Ch. 2.78 Waukesha. Vernon Tichenor 5.00 Waupun. Cong. Ch., 15.40; Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., 10 25.40 West Salem. Cong. Ch. 3.00 Wyocena. Cong. Ch. 1.97

IOWA, $319.31.