Chapter 4

Eternity alone will reveal the work that these Christian heroines and heroes have done in the Master's name. The eleventh chapter of Hebrews would need be extended to give to them their rightful place in the role of achievements of faith. We need not wait for eternity, we now see some of the grand results; their memory is already engraven upon the hearts, and their spirit infused into the life of thousands of educated colored young men and women, who have gone out among their people, carrying educated minds, trained hands and warm hearts, as an outgrowth of that labor which has not been in vain. This magnificent record of Christian endeavor and conquest has largely been made possible by the foresight, energy and fidelity of the many who have been and are at the head of the different departments of the A.M.A.

How can the Association more fully meet these needs? By continuing woman's work for woman, through their Woman's Bureau. Through this agency, ladies of the churches can furnish volunteers for the work and the base of supply. While we at the front are in the heat of the battle, you at home, through your missionary societies, young people's meetings, and Sunday-schools, can aid us with your prayers, your sympathy, your gifts and service. Those in the larger churches can sustain a missionary in the field, and may it be said of all, both large and small, "They have done what they could." Then we can sing,

"March on, and you shall gain the victory, March on, and you shall gain the day."

My sisters, we must first be touched by the Spirit of the Master, and through him touch them. This work cannot be done perfunctorily or professionally.

And now in conclusion allow me to thank you in behalf of the millions whom I represent, for the faithful work and practical sympathy already given, and appeal to you in his name, and through you to the thousands whom you represent, for a continuation of your Christian efforts and support, also for greater supplies and larger gifts to the treasury of the A.M.A., that it may be able to furnish the laborers according to the demands of the growing needs of more than four millions of colored women and girls, who are trying to help themselves. Our lamented President Garfield said to the Jubilee Singers during their visit to Mentor: "Ethiopia is not only stretching out her hand unto God, but God is stretching out his hand unto Ethiopia." We believe this, and that the time is coming when all races shall sing:

"O, brethren, rise and shine and give God the glory, For the year of Jubilee."

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RECEIPTS FOR NOVEMBER, 1888.

MAINE, $186.96.

Augusta. North Parish Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ $3.60

Bangor. W.S. Dennett, for _Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 20.00

Bangor. Y.M.C.A., 9.66; Miss Mary F. Duren, 1, _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 10.66

Bath. Sab. Sch. of Central Ch., _for Mountain White Work_ 23.00

Bluehill. "A Friend" 1.00

Brewer. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch. 15.00

Brunswick. Marshall Cram 10.00

Falmouth. Ladies of First Cong. Ch., _for Freight to Williamsburg, Ky._ 0.50

Gorham. "A Friend," bal. to const. MRS. HENRY J. LEAVITT L.M. 21.00

Gorham. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., 10, _for Selma, Ala._, 10 _for Mountain White Work_ 20.00

Gorham. "Friend," _for Mountain White Work_ 10.00

Lyman. Cong. Ch. 4.85

Machias. Gilbert Longfellow 10.00

Orono. Cong. Ch. 15.10

Patten. Cong. Ch. 15.00

South Berwick. Mrs. Lewis' S.S. Class, _for Wilmington, N.C._ 3.00

West Brooksville. Cong. Ch. 2.25

NEW HAMPSHIRE, $430.96.

Candia. John P. French and Mary E.C. French 200.00

Exeter. Mrs. Samuel Hall, _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 5.00

Franklin Falls. Mrs. Stephen Kenrick 25.00

Great Falls. Ladies, _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 8.20

Hinsdale. Cong. Ch. 11.06

Keene. G.E. Whitney, 5; Mrs. C. Hatch, 4.25; Rev. G.H. De Bevoise and other "Friends," 4.75; Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., 5 19.00

Keene. C.D. Robertson, _for Mountain White work._ 1.00

Nashua. First Cong. Ch. 47.17

Nashua. "Friends," 27; Ladies' Charitable Soc., 10 _for Dormitory, Brewer Normal Sch., Greenwood, S.C._ 37.40

Newington. Cong. Ch. 4.68

New Ipswich. Children's Fair, _for Freight to Straight U._ 1.10

Pelham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 40.40

Pembroke. Mrs. Mary Thompson, 10; Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., 8, _for Wilmington, N.C._ 18.00

Raymond. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.00

Tamworth. Cong. Ch. 2.00

VERMONT, $159.10.

Lunenburg. Charles W. King 15.00

Norwich. William E. Lewis 5.00

Springfield. "Splinters of the Board," by Myrtle A. Ellison, Treas., 2.25 for _Tougaloo U._, and 2.25 _for Indian M._ 4.50

Saint Johnsbury. South Cong. Ch. 64.85

Swanton. Cong. Ch. 15.65

Wallingford. Ladies of Cong. Ch. and Soc., Bbl. of C.: Cash, 1, by Miss C.M. Townsend, _for McIntosh, Ga._ 1.00

Westminster West. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for McIntosh, Ga._ 19.10

West Rutland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.00

Vermont Woman's Home Miss'y Union, by Mrs. William P. Fairbanks, Treas., _for McIntosh, Ga._:

Castleton. Ladies, by M.K. Adams 3.00

Dorset. W.H.M. Soc., _for School, Marshallville, Ga._ 5.00

Newport. Ladles of Cong. Ch. 20.00

28.00

MASSACHUSETTS, $7,332.96.

Amesbury. Main St. Cong. Ch. 9.87

Amherst. Members of Amherst College Ch. 45.00

Andover. George W.W. Dove, _for Tillotson C. and N. Inst._ 25.00

Arlington. Rev. R.B. Howard, _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 2.00

Boston. Shawmut Cong. Ch. 20.00

Mrs. Emily P. Eayers 5.00

"Friend" 4.50

Daniel S Ford. _for Laundry, Talladega C._ 300.00

Rev. C.A. Richardson, _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 10.00

W.H. Emerson, _for Sherwood, Tenn._ 10.00

Mrs. J.B. Potter, _for Wilmington, N.C._ 8.00

A.A. Winsor, _for Talladega C._ 5.00

Dorchester. Rev. Mrs. Houston, _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 10.00

Miss Mary A. Tuttle, _for Rosebud Indian M._ 0.50

"Miss T.," _for Indian M._ 5.00

Roxbury. Walnut Ave. Cong. Ch., ad'l 10.00

Somerville. Sab. Sch. of Franklin St. Ch., _for Student Aid, Santee Normal Sch._ 40.00

Mrs. N.B. Wilder, _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 15.00

West Somerville. Ladies' Aid Soc., Box of Bedding, _for Talladega C._

443.00

Bernardston. Cong. Ch. 8.00

Blackstone. Rev. L.M. Pierce 10.00

Brimfield. First Cong. Ch. 8.50

Brockton. Porter Evan. Ch. and Soc., 69.28 to const. HARRISON D. WILBUR and MISS MARY A. CHADBOURNE L.M.'s; Mrs. J.R. Perkins, 5; Mrs. S.A. Southworth, 2 76.28

Brockton. Central Methodist Ch. Sab. Sch., 5.11; Mrs. O.M. Littlefield, 2, _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 7.11

Cambridge. Mem. First Ch. and Shepard Soc., 50; MRS. J. RUSSEL BRADFORD, 15, bal. to const. herself L.M. 65.00

Cambridgeport. Mrs. J.D. Merriam, 50; Mrs. E. Kendall, 25; Ladies' Miss'y Soc., 25, _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 100.00

Cambridgport. Y.P.S.C.E. of Pilgrim Ch. 7.00

Campello. South Cong. Ch. 100.00

Chelsea. Third Cong. Ch. 48.98

Chelsea. Mrs. Mary A. Hallgreen, 5; Mr. Flanders, 5, _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 10.00

Chester Center. D.B. Lyman 1.00

Chesterfield. Cong. Ch. 5.00

Colerain. Mrs. Prudence B. Smith 5.00

Curtisville. Cong. Ch. 20.85

Dalton. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Williamsburg, Ky._ 45.00

Danvers Center. Sab. Sch. of First Ch., _for Atlanta, U._ 11.98

Dedham. First Cong. Ch. 105.40

Dover. Ortho. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.87

Dracut. First Cong. Ch. 10.00

East Bridgewater. Sab. Sch., _for Talladega C._ 12.50

East Cambridge. Miss Mary F. Aiken (3.85 of which _for Freight to Pleasant Hill, Tenn._) 5.35

East Dennis. Union Sab. Sch., _for Talladega C._ 5.00

East Granville. Y.P.S. of C.E., by John A. Gellett, Treas. 2.50

Easthampton. First. Cong. Ch. 61.07

East Taunton. Ev. Cong. Ch., _for Mountain White Work_ 5.06

East Weymouth. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 28.00

East Weymouth. Mrs. James Vining, _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 5.00

Enfield. Mrs. F.W. Kimball's Primary Class, Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Rosebud Indian M._ 5.00

Essex. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 46.00

Everett. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 30.05

Florence. Florence Ch. 20.00

Fitchburg. Cal. Cong. Ch. 50.50

Fitchburg. Sab. Sch. of Rollstone Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 50.00

Franklin. First Cong. Ch. addl. 9.60

Franklin. ---- _for Wilmington, N.C._ 2.00

Hatfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 56.21

Haverhill. A.P. Nichols, _for Talladega C._ 100.00

Hinsdale. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Indl. Sch., Williamsburg, Ky._ 40.40

Holbrook. Sab. Sch. of Winthrop Ch., _for Student Aid, Gregory Inst._ 10.00

Holliston. "Bible Christians of Dist. No. 4." 50.00

Holliston. Rev. Geo. M. Adams, D.D., _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 10.00

Holyoke. F.B. Jones, _for Macon, Ga._ 9.50

Hyannis Port. Cong. Ch., 6.63; Sab. Sch., 3.36; Dr. W.J. Wright, 2.01, _for Student Aid, Straight U._ 12.00

Ipswich. First Ch. 10.00

Lakeville and Taunton. Precinct Ch. and Soc. 60.00

Lanesville. William L. Saunders, _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 5.00

Lawrence. J.H. Eaton, _for Talladega C._ 5.00

Leverett Y.P.S.C.E., _for Grand View, Tenn._ 13.00

Littleton. "A Friend" 50.00

Lowell. R. Stevens 5.00

Lynnfield Center. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 33, to const. REV. HARRY L. BRICKETT L.M.; Cong. Sab. Sch., 5.10 38.10

Ludlow. Cong. Ch. 5.00

Malden. Mrs. Mary D. Convers, _for Laundry, Talladega, Tenn._ 500.00

Maplewood. Infant S.S. Class, _for Wilmington, N.C._ 1.00

Marblehead. J.J.H. Gregory, _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 66.00

Melrose. Ortho. Cong. Ch. ad'l. 51.69

Monson. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Wilmington, N.C._ 12.00

Newburyport. Prospect St. Cong. Ch., 273.25, to const CHARLES H. COFFIN, MRS. FRANCES E. COFFIN, REV. P.S. HULBERT, MRS. P.S. HULBERT and KATE CAMPBELL HURD, M.D., L.M.'s.: North Cong. Ch. and Soc., 30 303.25

New Marlboro. Cong. Ch. 5.00

Newton. Eliot Mission Circle, _for Rosebud Indian M._ 5.00

North Adams. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 50.00

Northampton. A. Lyman Williston 300.00

Northampton. A. Lyman Williston, _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 21.00

Northampton. Geo. W. Cable's Sab. Sch. Class. Edwards Ch. 75.42

North Billerica. Mrs. E.R. Gould, _for Sherwood, Tenn._ 3.00

North Brookfield. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., _for Pleasant Hill. Tenn._ 25.00

Northfield. Trin. Cong. Ch. 12.00

North Weymouth. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., 8: Ladies of Cong. Ch., 7, _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 15.00

North Weymouth. Sab. Sch. of Pilgrim Ch., _for Student Aid, Gregory Inst._ 8.00

Norton. Sab. Sch. of Trin. Cong. Ch. 10.00

Pepperell. "Friends," 2 Bbls. C., etc., _for Greenwood, S.C._

Phillipston. D. & L. Mixter 2.00

Pittsfield. A.A. Mills, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 13.95

Plainfield. Mrs. Albert Dyer 5.00

Randolph. Rev. J.C. Labaree, _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 10.00

Reading. Cong. Ch. 18.00

Reading. Miss E.A. White, _Freight for Sherwood, Tenn._ 2.00

Rehoboth. Cong. Ch. 10.00

Salem. Sab. Sch. of Tabernacle Ch. 25.00

Salem. "Friends," _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 2.00

Southampton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 50.00

South Natick. John Eliot Ch. 14.63

South Weymouth. Union Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Wilmington. N.C._ 50.00

Spencer. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 40.00

Sudbury. Cong. Ch. 52.42

Townsend. Ladies' Soc., bbl. of C., etc., _for Sherwood, Tenn._

Townsend Harbor. By Helen E. Haynes, _for freight to Greenwood, S.C._ 2.00

Uxbridge. Wm. H. Seagrave 25.00

Ware. Young Men's Class, Sab. Sch. East Cong. Ch., _for Indian Scholarship_ 35.00

Walpole. Mr. & Mrs. Loring Johnson, _for new building, McIntosh, Ga._ 60.00

Waltham. Trin. Cong. Ch. 21.27

Wendell. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.55

Wellesley. Wellesley College, Woman's Christian Ass'n, _for Library Fund, Macon, Ga._ 40.00

Wellesley College. Miss Marion Metcalf, _for Indian M._ 5.07

Westfield. Mrs. M.A. Shurtleff. 5; Miss Elizabeth Phelps, 5, _for Jewett Hall, Grand View, Tenn._ 10.00

Westfield. Mrs. C.W. Fowler, Box of C., _for Sherwood, Tenn._

Westford. "A Friend" 5.00

West Medway. Dorcas Soc. Third Cong. Ch., 10: Ladies' Char. Soc. Third Cong. Ch., 5, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 15.00

West Springfield. Miss Mary W. Southworth, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 50.00

Whitinsville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (300 of which for _Mountain Work, Tenn._) 1,077.73

Whitinsville. Cong. Ch., _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 15.00

Williamstown. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Fisk U._ 20.00

Williamstown. South Cong. Ch. 15.50

Winchendon. First Cong. Ch., 11; and Sab. Sch., 20.79 31.79

Winchendon. Y.P.S.C.E. of Cong. Ch., (3 of which _for freight to Grand View, Tenn._) 7.82

Winchester. First Cong. Ch. (25.08 of which _for Indian M._) 52.68

Wollaston. Cong. Ch., 16.35; Friend, 50 cts 16.85

Worcester. Central Ch., 141.35; Summer St. Mission Chapel Ch., 6.40 147.75

Worcester. Piedmont Ch., _for Paris, Tex._ 61.86

Worcester. Primary and Intermediate Depart's. Piedmont Sab. Sch., _for church building, Roxton, Texas_ 50.00

Worcester. Union Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._ 75.00

Worcester. Ladies of Union Ch., _for Indian Scholarship_ 20.50

Worcester. Infant Class of Central Ch., _for Student Aid, Lincoln Normal Inst., Marion, Ala._ 8.00

Worcester. "Friend," _for Rev. J.R. McLean, Paris, Texas_ 5.00

----. "A Friend," _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 50.00

Hampden Benevolent Association, by Charles Marsh, Treas.:

East Granville $10.00

Ludlow 17.64

Monson 35.42

South Hadley Falls 31.29

Springfield. First 20.00

Westfield. Second 19.20

West Springfield, Park St. 18.00

146.55

$5,832.96

ESTATES.

Medfield. Estate of Mrs. Abigail Cummings, _for education, instruction and improvement of the Colored population of the South_ 1,000.00

Phillipston. Estate of Trowbridge Ward, by James Watts, Ex. 500.00

$7,332.96

CLOTHING, BOOKS, ETC. RECEIVED AT BOSTON OFFICE.

Falmouth, Me. First Cong. Ch., Bbl., _for Williamsburg, Ky._

South Berwick, Me. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Bbl., _for Wilmington, N.C._

New Ipswich, N.H. Cong. Sab. Sch. and Mrs. L.A. Obear, Case, _for Straight U._

Pittsfield, N.H. By S.G. French, Bbl. and Box, _for Marion, Ala._

Auburndale, Mass. Mrs. Johnson, 2 Packages.

Cambridgeport, Mass. Pilgrim Ch., Case Comfortables, Val. 20, _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._

Dorchester, Mass. Ladies of Harvard Ch., 2 Bbls., _for Selma, Ala._

Ipswich, Mass. Ladles' Benev. Soc. of First Ch., Bbl., Val. 25. _for Oaks, N.C._

Marshfield Mass. Ladies' Benev. Soc. of First Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls., Val. 48.25

Millbury, Mass. Miss Emily S. Ewell, Box, _for Mrs. J.T. Ware, Atlanta, Ga._

Phillipston, Mass. Ladies of Cong. Ch., and Mrs. Annie S. Sawyer, 2 Boxes.

Reading, Mass. E.A. White, Bbl., _for Sherwood, Tenn._

Somerville, Mass. Young People's Miss. Circle of Day St. Ch., Bbl., val. 92.75, Box. val. 75, _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._

Townsend Harbor, Mass. By Helen E. Haynes, Bbl., _for Greenwood, S.C._

Winchendon. Mass. Y.P.S.C.E., Case, _for Grand View, Tenn._

RHODE ISLAND, $525.54.

Bristol. First Cong. Ch. 45.91

East Providence. S. Belden. 75.00

Hughsdale. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch., _for Williamsburg, Ky._ 4.28

Kingston. Cong. Ch. 36.22

Providence. Beneficent Cong. Ch. 75.00

Thornton. Union Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Williamsburg, Ky._ 2.75

Westerly. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 33.96

Providence. Churches, by G.E. Luther:

Beneficent Cong. Ch. 48.40

Central Cong. Ch. 85.75

Union " 70.80

Pilgrim " 15.65

North " 7.80

Plymouth " 5.22

Park Place, Pawtucket Cong. Ch. 8.15

Pawtucket. Cong. Ch. 15.65

252.42

CONNECTICUT, $2,239.19.

Abington. Cong. Ch., to const. MISS ALTHEA M. LORD L.M. 35.50

Canaan. ---- 1.00

Chester. Cong. Ch. 37.00

Clinton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 57.47

East Hampton. Philo. Bevin, 25; Dea. S. Skinner, 10; A.H. Conklin, E.C. Barton and H.H. Abbe, 65, _for Talladega C._ 100.00

Ellsworth. Cong. Ch. 9.50

Granby. Cong. Ch. 3.75

Guilford. First Cong. Ch., to const. MISS CALLIE F. DAVIS L.M. 30.00

Guilford. "Wigwam Club," First Cong. Ch., _for Indian Sch'p_, and to const. CATHARINE L. GRISWOLD, L.M. 30.00

Haddam Neck. Cong. Ch. 2.00

Hartford. Pearl St. Cong. Ch., 72.48; Asylum Hill Cong. Ch., "A Friend," 10; "A Friend," 1 83.48

Hartford. C.A. Jewell, 25; Roland Mather, 25; John C. Parsons, 5; J.S. Wells, 5; "R.D.," 5; "Amicus," 5; "A Friend," 5; "A Friend," 5; "A Friend," 50 cts., _for Jewett Hall, Grand View, Tenn._ 85.50

Kensington. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., 30, to const. MRS. GEORGE L. TAYLOR L.M.; Mayflower Mission Circle, 5, _for Tougaloo U._ 35.00

Mansfeld. Mrs. N.J. Stevenson, _for Indian M._ 5.00

Meriden. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., _for Jewett Mem. Hall, Grand View, Tenn._ 25.00

Middlebury. Cong. Ch. 20.57

Middletown. First Ch., 116.50; South Cong. Ch., 52.59 169.09

Middletown. Benj. Douglass, _for Jewett Mem. Hall, Grand View, Tenn._ 10.00

Milton. Cong. Ch. 13.00

Mount Carmel. Cong. Ch. 35.36

New Britain. First Cong. Ch., _for Jewett Mem. Hall, Grand View, Tenn._ 50.00

New Britain. Sab. Sch. of South Ch., _for Indian M._ 25.10

New Canaan. Woman's Home Miss'y Soc. of Cong. Ch., _for Conn. Ind'l Sch., Ga._ 26.00

New Haven. Mrs. E.G. Cady, 30, to const. MISS MARY LUCY JEWETT L.M.; Howard Ave. Cong. Ch., 7.66, _for Jewett Hall, Grand View, Tenn._ 37.66

New Haven. Miss Fannie Skinner, 6 Silver Forks, _for Teachers' Home, Macon, Ga._

Newington. Cong. Ch. 40.50

North Branford. Cong. Ch. 16.68

Norwich. Mrs. Mary B. Holyoke, _for Jewett Mem. Hall, Grand View, Tenn._ 25.00

Norwich Town. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., 17.90; Rev. W.B. Clark. 50 cts., _for Jewett Mem. Hall, Grand View, Tenn._ 18.40

Old Lyme. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Conn. Ind'l Sch., Ga._ 20.00

Plainville. "King's Daughters," _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 4.00

Plantsville. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Atlanta U._ 32.06

Plymouth. George Langdon, _for Jewett Mem. Hall, Grand View, Tenn._ 10.00

Salisbury. Proceeds of Fair by the King's Daughters, by Mrs. John C. Goddard, _for Decatur, Ala._ 25.00

Southington. Geo. B. Finch 1.00

Southport. "Friends" in Cong. Ch., _for Out-Station, Grand River, Indian M._ 186.00

Southport. "Friends," 90; "Friends," 75, _for Grand River, Indian M._ 165.00

Stonington. Miss Anne Williams Hill's S.S. Class, _for Talladega C._ 8.00

Stratford. Cong. Ch. 25.12

Thomaston. Cong. Ch. 35.10

Thomaston. H.M. Soc. of First Cong. Ch., _for Conn. Ind'l Sch., Ga._ 30.00

Thompson. Cong. Ch. 17.05

Thompson. Cong. Ch., collected by Miss Julia Shaw, _for Conn. Ind'l Sch., Ga._ 30.75