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HOME  MISSIONARY 


FOR  THE  YEAR  ENDING 


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VOL.   LXYII. 


NHW  YORK : 

CONGREGATIONAL  HOME  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY, 

BIBLE   HOUSE.  ASTOR  IM.ACE, 
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INDEX    TO    THE    HOME    MISSIONARY 


Volume  LXVII 


PACK 

Abbott.  Dr.  Lymam.  Letter  from 69 

About  a  Missionary  Box 63' 

About  Thirty 568 

Adams,  Rev.  J.  E.,  Article  by ..    57 

Address  by  Mrs.  Gilchrist 232 

Address  01  Welcome  (Annual  Meeting) 375 

After  the  Strike 325 

Age  and  Youth  Together  617 

Aged  Convert Sig 

Alexander,  W.  H.,  Articles  by i,  275,  486 

Amidst  Difficulties 384 

Among  the  Coal  Miners 384 

Among  the  Poles 383 

An  Active  Veteran 435 

Anderson,  Rev.  J.,  D.D.,  Address  by 319 

Andyet  Another 84 

An  ETxperieuce  in  Pastoral  Work 472 

An  Island  Parish 571 

Annual  Conference  of  Secretaries 4^4 

Annual  Meeting  for  1894 31 

Annual  Meeting  of  Woman's  Department 317 

Annual  Report  of  the  Work  by  States  :  Ala- 
bama, lAj ;  Black  Hills  and  Wyoming, 
166;  Colorado,  x(8  ;  Missionary  5>ociety 
of  Connecticut,  i3<:) ;  Florida.  145; 
Georgia,  146 ;  Illinois  H.  M.  Society, 
X35;  Indiana,  155:  Iowa  H.  M.  Society, 
141  ;  Kansas,  157 ;  Maine  H.  M.  Society, 
X2I :  Massachusetts  H.  M.  Societyr,  135  ; 
Michinn  Congregational  Association, 
137 :  Minnesota.  163  :  Missouri  and  Ar- 
kansas. 148 :  Citv  Missionary  Society  of 
St.  Louis,  150:  Montana,  169:  Nebraska, 
1^9  :  New  Hampshire  H.  M.  Society,  122  ; 
New  Mexico  and  Arizona,  153  ;  New  York 
city,  Brooklyn,  and  Vicinity,  132  :  New 
York  H.  M.  Society,  131  ;  No.  California 
and  Nevada,  172 ;  North  Dakota.  164 : 
North  Wisconsin,  161 :  Ohio  H.  M.  Soci- 
ety, 133  ;  Oklahoma  and  Indian  Tf:rritory, 
151 :  Oregon.  176;  Penn.,  N.  J.,  Md., 
D.  C,  and  Va.,  142  ;  Rhode  Island  H.  M. 
Society,  128  :  South  Dakota.  165 ;  5H>uth- 
em  California,  17s ;  Tennessee  and  No. 
Carolina,  144  •  Texas  and  Louisiana,  153  ; 
Utah  and  Idaho,  170 ;  Vermont  Dom. 
Missionary    Society.    133  •    Washington, 

178 ;  Wisconsin  H.  M.  Society 139 

Another  Hopeful  Convert 518 

Army  Life 531 

A  Sund-By 382 

Awakened 340 

Awakening  Interest 616 

Banner  States  in  Contributions 330 

Barrett.  Mrs.  A.  H.,  Article  by 329 

Bayley.  Rev.  F.  T.,  Article  by 74 

Bearinfj[^  the  Home  Missionaries'  Burdens 415 

Beginnmg  in  a  New  Community 368 

Bible  Study 520 

Blessed  from  the  First 528 

Boyd  County,  Nebraska 22 

Boys*  and  Carls'  H.  M.  Army 374 

Bright  Idea 4 17 

Broat,  Rev.  H.,  Articles  by,  9,  16,  23,  159,  227, 

377'  3^5,  5^7'  57^ 


VAOK 

Buggy  top  Wanted 383 

Burned  Out 346 

Bums,  Rev.  W.  C,  Article  by 327 

Business  Man's  Suggestion 486 

Busy  and  Tired 436 

Call  to  United  Prayer 296 

Caswell,  Mrs.  H.  S.,  Articles  by,  7,  64.  227.  421 

Chadron  and  N.  W.  Nebraska. . ." 21 

Christian  Comity 527 

Church  Building  Needed 478 

Church  Loyalty 384 

Churches  aided  by  Missionary  Society  of  Con- 
necticut  • 457 

Circuit  Walker 332 

City  Mission 390 

Clothing  Wanted 488 

Coc,  Dr.  David  B 580,  602,  606 

Coming  Anniversary  in  Omaha 9 

Coming  In 427 

Complimentary  and  Suggestive 337 

Conclusion  of  Annual  Report 190 

Congregational  Home  Missionary  Society : 
Sixty-eighth  Annual  Meeting,  105;  Annual 
Sermon,  by  Dr.  S.  E.  HerricK,  105 ;  Roll  of 
Members.  105:  Committees  ApfKiinted, 
105.  Kx^:  Resolutions,  109,  112,  m;  Elec- 
tion 01  Officers,  109  :  Executive  Commit- 
tee, no:  Devotional  Meetings,  no,  in; 
Address  of  Welcome  and  President's  Re- 
sponse, no;  Secretaries'  Papers,  no,  in; 
Addresses  from  State  Auxiliaries,  no ; 
Meeting  of  Woman's  Department,  ni; 
Congregational  Church  Building  Scxriety, 
in  ;  Sunday  School  and  Pub.  Society, 
112;  American  Education  Society,  112; 
Greetings  of  American  Missionary  Asso- 
ciation, 112  :  Place  of  Next  Meeting.  112 ; 
Closing  Addresses,  113  ;  Sixty -eighth  An- 
nual Report,  T14  ;  Decease  of  Superinten- 
dent Montgomery  and  Eight  Missionaries, 
114:  Summary  of  Results.  114  ;  The  Treas- 
ury. n6;  Comparative  Results,  117  ;  Worn 
an  s  Department,  117;  The  Sunday- 
schools,  118;  Our  Publications,  119;  Family 

Supplies 120 

Congregational  Literature  Needed 480 

Congregationalism  in  Nebraska 16 

Congregationalism  in  Rhode  Island 409 

Congregationalism  in  Upper  New  York 524 

Correction 349 

Current  Events  Club,  and  What  Came  of  it. .  514 

Dancing  craze 76,  78 

Decease  of  Dr.  D.  B.  Coe 580,  602,  606 

"       "  Eight  Missionaries 114 

*'       "  M.  W.  Montgomery 34 

"        '*  Samuel  C.  Sprague 32 

"  Dr.  W.  M.  Taylor 580,  608,  612 

Determined  Perseverance 531 

Doane  College  and  the  Missionary  Spirit 36 

Docs  it  Pay  ? 3^7 

Douglass.  Rev.  T.  O.,  Article  by 313 

Driftine  Away 383 

"Drifting"  Evil s^Q 

Dry  Times T^^'i 


IV 


Index 


PAGE 

Early  Connecticut  H.  M.  Societies 561 

Early  Lost,  Early  Saved 579 

Early  Massachusetts  Societies 506 

Early  Mission  to  Liberty,  Ga ^ 468 

Early  Mission  to  Virs^inia 467 

Early  New  York  H.  M.  Societies 566 

Editorials  :  28,  29,  31.  85,  114-220, 192. 3101,  322, 
337.  349'  350.  373'  374,  376, 379,  381,  '385, 388. 
390»394i  395'  39^1  397.  4«5»437,  439,  45^,  4^ 
49I1  505'  53a,  534'  561,  580,  581,606,  612,  615,  63a 

1893- 1894 227 

Eight  New  Converts 617 

Eleven  Converts  Added 427 

Encouraged 578 

Eversz.  Rev.  M.  E.,  Articles  by 34,  553 

Experiences  in  South  Dakota 344 

Extracts  from  an  Address  in  Omaha 319 

Faith  with  Works 347 

Farewell 77 

Fearing  Infant  Brain  Trouble 470 

Fifteen  Ready  to  come  in 618 

Fifty-seven  Converts 616 

Filling  the  Dime  Banks 570 

Fire,  Smoke,  and  Bears 438 

Floating 335 

Foreign  Literature 334 

Four  Months  of  Strikes 326 

Four  Rainless  Months 478 

From  a  Grateful  Missionary  Wife 340 

From  a  Missionary  Wife  who  could  not  go  to 

Omaha 246 

From  Knoxville,  Tenn 393 

From  Tennessee 248 

From  the  Growing  Old  Circle 345 

From  the  Nebraska  Children's  Missionary. . .  231 

From  the  Wide  Field 381,  4:^5,  478.  527 

Fruit  in  Old  Age 248 

Fruitful  Tour 427 

Further  Items  of  Early  H.  M.  History 561 

Gaylord.  Rev.  Reuben 278 

General  Howard's  Response 278 

German  Department 188 

German  Work 336 

German  Work  in  Nebraska 15 

Get  Ready  for  Omaha 29 

Getting  Started  in  S.  W.  Oregon 434 

Given  from  the  Heart 63 

Giving  that  Costs 578 

Glorious  Revival 375 

Good  Horse,  Buggy,  and  Birn  Necdct' 569 

Good  Reading  Matter  Wanted 297 

Good  Work  Increasing 616 

Good  Year 618 

Grace  of  Patient  Continuance 430 

Gracious  Outpouring 519 

Grandma's  Hood 249 

Grateful  Message 245 

Grateful  Reminiscence 570 

Growing 383 

Happy  Man  and  Wife 519 

Happy  Thanksgiving 456 

Hard  Field 6<i 

Hard  Times 77,  78,  7  j.  384 

Hard  up  for  a  Wedding  (Garment 479 

Harvest  Quarter 617 

Have  you  Received  them  ? 379 

High  Church 336 

His  Board  Assured 38<; 

Home  and  Foreign 576 

Home  and  Foreign    the  One  Work 429 

Home  Missionary  Camping  Trip 572 

Home  Missionary  Field  Day 32 ^ 

Home  Mis'iionarv  Wife's  Share 7 

Home  Mi^ssions  for  the  Sake  of  America 292 

Home  Missions  in  Arizona  and  New  Mexico..  301 

Home  Missions  in  Connecticut 385 

Hopkins.  Dr.  Henr>'.  his  Address 29a 

Mrard,  Major-General  O.  0 580 

w  a  Veteran  takes  the  Reduction 84 


PAGE 

How  Much  Missionary  Boxes  Mean 623 

How  One  Church  took  the  Reduction 74 

How  Some  Little  Girls  Raised  Money 489 

How  they  Pay  Him 298 

How  to  Get  into  Touch  with  our  Home  Mis- 
sionaries   474 

How  Work  Grows  in  Nebraska 23 

Illustrating  the  Gospel's  Power 419 

Illustrations  :  Adams.  Rev.  K  ,  315;  Adams, 
Rev.  H.,  315;  Beneficent  Congregational 
Church,  Providence,  R.  I.,  413  ;  Bethany 
Swedish  Church,  New  Briuin,  Ct.',  465  ; 
Bethlehem  Church  and  Bible  Readers 
School,  271  ;  Bumpus,  Rev.  I.  C.,  59; 
City  Hall,  Omaha.  2;  Coe.  Rev.  l5r. 
David  B.,  601  :  Commercial  National 
Bank.  Omaha.  5 :  Congregational  Church, 
East  Hartland,  Ct..  ,^^8:  Congregational 
Church,  Sherman  Mills,  Me..  ^8  :  Congre- 
gational Church,  Vancehoro.  Me.,  (o : 
Cowboys  at  Mess.  65  ;  Cowboy  on  his 
Pony.  67 ;  Dodge  Street  School,  Omaha. 
10 ;  Evangelical  Lutheran  Congregational 
Church,  Chicago,  111.,  559  ;  Facinij  it  prr 
sr,  308 ;  First  Congregational  Church, 
Denmark.  la.,  316:  First  Congregational 
Church.  Omaha,  1857,  17  ;  First  Congre- 
gational Church,  Omaha,  1893.  ^^  >  Ger- 
man Congregational  Church.  Muscatine, 
Ia.,s57;  Group  of  Congregational  Slavic 
H.  M.  Workers.  268;  Headpiece,  361: 
Keeping    Order    durine  Divine  Service, 

£64;  King  Philip's  Cnair,  412;  Mann- 
ardt.  Rev.  E.  G.  1...  556  ;  Merrill  Hall 
and  Boswcll  Observatory,  zj ;  Minute- 
Man  Carr>'ing  Foundaii<  n  btoncs.  ^^Ct ; 
Minute  Man  on  .^^unday  Vorning,  771  ; 
Mizpah  Chapel,  (  Je\ eland.  ().,  272;  New- 
man (.'hurch,  Rchoboth,  Ma^s.,  411  ;  Oma- 
ha High  School,  20 :  Om.iha  in  1854,  ^ : 
Omaha  in  1866.  4:  Omaha  in  iBu^  6; 
Pilgrim  Church.  Knoxville.  Tcnn.,  73  ; 
Potato  Field,  Eaton.  Col.,  81  ;  Puddcfoot, 
Rev.  W.  G..    ^(m:    Rohbins.    Rev.  A.  B., 


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17  •  Salter,    Rev.  W..  ^17;    Sands.   Rev, 
D.,  318  :  Slavic  Workers  in  Hraddock, 


a.,  273  ;  Southern  Circuit  Rider,  4^8  ; 
Springtime  Church  and  Parsonace.  Ea- 
ton. Col.,  81  :  Tailpiece,  372  -Taking  up 
the  Collection,  <nj  ;  Taylor,  Kev.  C,  118; 
Taylor,  Rev.  Dr.  Wm.  M..  fcj^  That 
Sfiucaky  Old  Door.  441  :  Third  Congre- 
gational Church,  Waterbury,  Ct..  464  ; 
Turner.  Rev.  A.,  314  :  I'nion  Stock  S'ards, 
South  Omaha,  12  ;  Wilton  (iorman  Kng- 
lish  College  (I.),  5«;4  ;  Wilton  German  Kn^j 

lish  Colleire  ill.) 555 

Information  Wanted V-^j 

Ingathering <•<).  4.f',  "518 

Institutional  Churches  for  the  Frontier 629 

Interesting  Incidents 619 

Items  from  the  Field ^8i,  4  ^s.  478,  527 

Items  from  the  Field  :  Alabama.  3 ,2.  ^82,  305, 
^26.  427.  471,  56a,  577  ;  Arizona,  333  ;  Cali- 
iomia.  77,  80.  32^,  x^(k  383.  427.  4j6.  472. 
470.  J 18,  5^0,  r68  :  Colorado.  ^36.  53i>.  s^8  : 
Florida,  "  183  ;  Georgia,  425.  480V  Idaho, 
5.^^-  53'  •  Indiana,  326.  38^  518.  531  :  Kan- 
sas. 3^4,  34'j,  530.  568.  576,  577.  "^78,  ^7v^ ; 
Louisiana.  389,  427,  527.  52S  ;  Maryland, 
327,  47?:  Nfassachusetts.  346;  Michigan, 
77.  519;  Minnesota,  334.  376,  382,  384,  425. 
426.  436,  437,  438.  4/8.  479i  480,  489 :  Mis- 
souri, ^76.  478.  518.  567  ;  Nebraska,  70, 
3.14-  M^>.  j8.l.  38s.  472.  577  ;  N<^w  Jersey, 
531  ;  North  Carolina,  471,  578  ;  Ohio,  382, 
384,520,  578;  Oklahoma,  ^3^.  3^,  382,  438. 
480,  518.  510.  528;  Orantre  County.  Fla  , 
576  \  Oregon,  77.  79,  337,  434,  sijj,  527,  529  ; 
Pacific  Slope,  78  ;  Pennsylvania.  8c..  3SJ. 
420.  42^^  478  ;  South  Dakota,  77.  248,    ^  ^5, 


Index 


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436,  437'  438*  47«»  484.  537,  529.   53*. 

;    Texas,  479,   576 ;  Vir^nia^   76,  78 ; 

uaia  County,  F  h.,  576  ;  Wasbin^on, 
78, 80,  337,  376.  381.  438, 471,  528. 56Q  ;  Wis- 
consin. 79,  428,  438,  568,  577;  Wyoming, 


435» 
«68: 
Volusia 


326,  335 579 

Items  of  £arly  Home  Miss.  History 505 

Itinerancy  of  a  Portable  Chapel 625 


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oy  and  Fear 471 

oyful  News 567 

]  oyful  Tidings 395 

oyful  Veteran 338 

oy  in  Success 618 


Keeping  his  Spirits  up 438 

Lee,  H.  A.,  Article  by 373 

letter  from  Dr.  Lyman  Abbott 69 

Letters  and  Articles  from  Contributors  :  J.  E. 
Adams,  57.  121 :  J.  S.  Ainslie.  280 ;  w.  H. 
Alexander,  i,  275, 486  ;  Alpha,  338  ;  C.  An- 
derson. ^80;  J.  Anderson,  D.D.,  319  :  W. 
A.  Arnold,  337  ;  E.  H.  Ashmun,  153  ;  I.  W. 
Atherton,  384  ;  E.  D.  B.,  397  ;  W.  Q.  B.,  25  ; 

A.  J.  Bailey,  178  ;  Mrs.  A.  H.  Barrett,  329  ; 
S.  E.  Bassett,  147,  333  :  F.  T.  Bayley,  74  ; 
W.  S.  Bell,  169  :  C.  H.  Bente,  376 ;  Boston 
Woman,  478  ;  F.  W.  Boyle,  381 ;  L.  P. 
Broad,  157 :  H.  Bross,  9,  16,  23.  159,  227, 
377»  385»  5^»  578 ;  A.  A.  Brown,  166 ;  J. 

B.  Brown,  231  :  J.  M.  Brown,  326 ;  R.  P. 
Brown,  334 ;  W.  C.  Bums,  327:  A.  T.  C, 
347  ;  D.  B.  Cargill,  389  ;  H.  W.  Carter,  139  ; 
Mrs.  H.  S.  Caswell,  7.  64,  227.  421  ;  C.  F. 
Clapp,  176 ;  J.  Coit,  125  ;  K.  T.  Cross. 
520 ;  E.  Curtis,  131 ;  E.  D.  Curtis,  15^  : 
S.  D.,  3^ ;  A.  A.  Davis.  376  ;  CM.  Daly, 
298  :  A.  N.  Dean,  339  ;  J.J.  Dessup.  382  ; 
J.  H.  Dobbs,  490;  T.  O.  Douglass,  141, 
313 :  Mrs.  T.  O.  Douglass,  217  ;  Mrs.  J. 
T.  Duryea,  220 ;  Miss  F.  J.  Dver,  222  ; 

F.  E.  Eckel,  336:  W.  Ellwood,'5i3 ;  W. 
H.  Evans,  379;  M.  E.  Eversz,  34,  188; 
J.  T.  Ford,  175  ;  J-  H.  Frazee,  71,  39^ :  J. 

G.  Fraser,  133;  S.  F.  Gale,  14s:  Mrs. 
Gilchrist,  232  ;  Mrs.  C.  L.  Goodell,  394 ; 
J.  F.  Graf,  429,  571  ;  T.  G.  Grassie,  161, 
388;  E.  Grieb.  3^7;  Rev.  A.  T.  Hall, 
282 ;  J.  K.  Hamson,  172,  U7 :  W.  S. 
Hawlces,  170,  235 ;   A.  T.  H^ilfman,  122 ; 

F.  E.  Hinckley,  520;  Mrs.  A.  S.  Hobart, 
233;  H.  Hopkins,  292;  Gen.  O.  O. 
Howard.  278  ;  W.  N.  Huffmaq,  569 ;  W. 
T.  Hutcnins,  532  :  O.  H.  Johnson,  572 ; 

tA.  Jones,  340  ;  T.  W.  Jones.  142  ;  Mrs. 
.  A.  K.,  248,  345  :  J.  S.  Kidder,  473  ;  Ver- 
nie  Lane,  489;  H.  A.  Lee,  373;  A.  L. 
Love,  150 ;  W.  McCready,  344 ;  S.  C. 
McDaniel,  146 ;  W.  T.  McElveen,  524  ;  A. 
McGregor,  128;  G.  A.  McKinley,  527; 
Miss  K.  McNau^hton,  514 :  E.  G.  L. 
Mannhardt,  15  ;  C.  H.  Merrill.  121 ;  G.  L. 
Miller,  278;  Mrs.  E.  S.  Moore,  248;  W. 
H.  Moore,  129,  -^Ssj  457, 484  ;  J.  H.  Morley, 
162;  Miss  E.  W.  Olney.  425  :  J.  Orchard, 
511;  E.  A.  Paddock,  298  ;  T.  H.  Parker, 
isi ;  W.  J.  Pa.ske,  22  ;  D.  ft.   Perry,  26 ; 

G.  J.  Powell,  21;  C.  W.  Preston,  274; 
Mrs.  C.  W.  Preston,  239,  247 ;  W.  G. 
Puddefoot.  284.  361  ;  O.  S.  Rice.  488  :  J. 
F.  Robberts.  421 :  D.  L.  Sanborn,  298  ; 
CM.  Sanders.  82  ;  B.  F.  Sargent,  340 ; 
H.  A.  Schauffler,  179,  265  ;  C  L  Scofield, 
153 ;  C  H.  Seaver,  346 ;  C  F.  Sheldon, 
427;  Mrs.  C  W.  Sbelton,  523;  H.  C 
Simmons,  164 ;  F.  A.  Slytield,  391  ;  Miss 
M.  E.  Smith,  249 :  W.  T.  Stokes,  132  ;  G. 
E.  Taylor,  ai  ;  W.  H.  Thrall,  165 ;  J. 
Tompkins,  135  ;  Mrs.  H.  M.  Union,  7,64  ; 
J.  E.  Utt,  n  ;  W.  C.  Veazie,  374 ;  J.  H. 
Warren,  88,  338;   W.  H.  Warren,  137; 


PAVmE 

Mrs.  L.  C  AVhittlescy,  474 :  H.  D.  Wiard, 

342  ;  S.  Wood,  335  :  A.  K.  Wray 148,  391 

Life  from  Death 489 

Light  helps  a  Prayer- Meeting 437 

Links  in  the  Chain 421 

Living  Alone 79 

McGregor,  Rev.  A  lex..  Article  by 409 

Mannhardt,  E.  G.  L.,  Article  by 15 

Many  Saved 56U 

Men  Converted 616 

Message  from  the  East 222 

Methods  of  the  Adversary 437 

Miller's,  Dr.,  Reminiscence 278 

Minute-Man  on  the  Frontier 361 

Minute-Man^s  Success 569 

Modem  Superstition 478 

Monteomery.  Superintendent  M .  W 34 

Month  of  Blessing 47'<< 

More  Conversions 616 

More  Frozen  Oranges 576 

More  Hard  Times 577 

More  of  the  Drought 335 

More  of  the  Strike 326 

Mormon  Vouth 235 

Moving  Away 334 

Nebraska  and  its  Resources  11 

New  Idolatry 381 

New  Recruit 333 

Not  All  Dark 397 

N(»tes  by  the  Way 7,  64 

Notes  from  Iowa 3x3 

Notes  of  Long  Service  in  Colorado  . .  .481,  520,  57a 

Omaha x 

On  a  New  Field 379 

One  Generous  Gilt   from    Every  Congrega- 
tional Church 299 

One  Hopeful  Convert 518 

One  of  Our  Lord's  Lambs 528 

One  Phase  of  H.  M.  Work  in  Maine 57 

One  Way  to  pay  Church  Debts 530 

One  Week's  Work 51X 

On  the  Frontier 579 

Our  Boys  and  Girls 381 

Our  German  Work 553 

Our  Work  among   Foreigners,   130,  179,  187, 

188,  265,  336,  382,  553 

Our  Work  in  Idaho 373 

Our  Work  in  Knoxville,  Tcnn 71 

Paid  for  Being  Laughed  at 378 

Parents 390 

Parting  Words  from  a  I^)yal  Heart 533 

Pastoral  Helpers 577 

Pasitor's  Experience 513 

Pastors,  Superintendents,  and  Teachers 388 

Pathetic  Message 346 

Patience  and  Faith  Rewarded 426 

Pentecostal  568 

Perry.  President  D.  B.,  Article  by 26 

Personal  Experiences 239 

Pinched,  but  Happy 337 

Pitying  Father's  tare 428 

Pleasant  to  Look  Back  upon  in  Winter 529 

Prayer  Answered 615 

Pray  for  it 395 

Prefers  a  Country  Parish 531 

Progress  in  the  South 389 

Promising  Future 530 

Prompt  and  Generous  Response 490 

Prophet  of  the  Prairie 243 

Prospc^ng  Spiritually 425 

Puddefoot,  Rev.  W.  G.,  Articles  by 284,  362 

Quickened 376 

Rally  Day 397 

Rally  Exercise 376 

Rather  Blue ^-^li 

Rejoicing  in  a  New  ChuicVi  Hom^ ...,.., ^\-^ 


VI 


Index 


PACE 

Rejoicinff  over  Ingatheringi 471 

Report  ot  Committee  on  68th  Annual  Report.  389 

Reports  of  Awakening 375,  471,  518 

Refwrts  of  Spiritual  Gains 518,  015 

Rescue  Fund 393 

Revival 426 

Revival  Meetings 339 

Revived 340,  376 

Revived  Religious  Interest. . .  .76,  77,  80, 115, 

339'  375'  39"'  395.  4«S  435.  47 «'  5»8«  5*8, 567. 

568,  614-^18 
Romance  of  Home  Missions 624 

Sacred  Golden  Offeriniir 478 

Sacred  Offering 84 

Sacrifice 336 

Sad  Picture 313 

Sanders,  Rev.  C  M..  Article  by 83 

Scandinavian  Department 187 

Seed  LxHig  Buried,  but  Alive 576 

Shelton,  Mrs.  C.  W.,  Article  by 333 

Short  Contributions 479 

Short  Crops 334 

Showers  of  Blessing 530 

Six  Adults 615 

Sixty-eighth  Anniversary 85 

Sixty  Gathered  In 568 

Slavic  Department 179,  365 

Snow-blocked  Trip  in  May 347 

Smne  Phases  of  work  in  California 343 

Some  Phases  of  Work  in  Kansas 374 

Songs  of  Joy 339 

Sorely  Pinched 577 

Southwestern  Nebraska ui 

Sprague,  Samuel  Clark 33 

Spiritual  Fruits 421 

Spiritual  Gains 5^ 

Spiritual  Pay  Better  than  Cash 53*^ 

Spiritual  Progress 426 

Spiritual  Victories 615 

^ringtime  Parish 82 

Stevvart,  William  C 88 

Storrs,  Dr.  R.  S.,  Funeral  Addresses (02,  608 

Struggle  for  Life 621 

Summer  Resort  Religion 335 

Sunday  Evening  Hearers 577 

Sunday-school  under  Difficulties 5ji 

Sweet-I'ea  Fund 532 

Tables :  Distribution  of  Missionaries  by 
States,  104,  195;  Distribution  of  Mission- 
aries by  Sections,  196  ;  General  Compara- 
tive Results T97 

Taylor.  Dr.  Wm.  M 580,  608,  6ia 

Temperance  Revival 176 

Ten  Converts 617 

Tent  Wanted 33^ 

That  5>queaky  Old  Door 441 

That  Wonderful  Fur  Coat 484 

The  '•  Dispersion  "  Truth 5^4 

The  Drought 383: 

The  Gospel  and  Strikes  637 

The  Gospels  Viul  Power 626 

The  Florida  Freeze 576 

The  Hopeful  and  the  Hopeless 438 

The  June  Meeting 25 

Then  and  Now  (Slavic  Work) 265 


PACK 

The  New  Field 481 

The  Ounce  of  Prevention 438 

"These  Hands  Ministered'' 480 

The  Strike 325,  382 

The  Strike  Again 336 

The  Strike  Ended 337 

The  Thing  to  Do 385 

The  Way  it  is  Done 377 

Thirteen  Added 618 

Thirty  Conversions 76 

Thirty-seven  begin  New  Lives 567 

Three  Happy  Years 436 

Three  Hundred  Converts 615 

Timely  Help 374 

Times  of  Refreshing 435,  567 

To  Kind  Inquirers 439 

To  Leaven  a  Household 568 

To  Save  the  Lost 530 

Treasury  Notes,  39,  85,  192,  301,  350,  396,  415, 

^         ...  .  w        .,  *39.  456.  491,  534.  581,  632 

True  History  of  Mrs.  Bright  Penny 129 

Twelve  Conversions 6i8 

Twenty  Converts 617 

Twenty-five  Conversions 471 

Twenty-nine  Conversions 618 

Twenty-six  Brought  in 616 

Two  ^rly  Home  Misitionary  Enterprises....  466 

Two  More 518 

Uncomfortable  Fellow  -Traveller 528 

Unquiet  Sundays  436 

Utt,  J.  E.,  Article  by n 

Valuable  Auxiliary 248 

Varied  Exi>eriences 578 

Voieran's  Departure 88 

Visiting  the  Miners 6ao 

Warren.  Dr.  J.  H..  ArticUrs  by 88.  }j8 

Way  to  (Jet  it     ^46 

Western  Nebraska  Destitutions 578 

What  Home  Missionaries  arc  Sa^'in^ 76.  576 

What  Our  Rndeavorers  did  for  Christmas. .   .  424 

W.  H.  M.  U 233 

Wiard,  Rev.  H.  D.,  Article  by 342 

Willing  to  Try 335 

Winninfi^  by  Kindness 527 

Wisconsin  Forest  Fires 388 

With  the  Cowboys 64 

Word  for  the  Women j  <8 

Words  of  Welcome  (Woman's  Department  1...  220 

Woman's  Work 381 

Work  for  Indians 134 

Working  in  Hope 616 

Working  Vacation jiBz 

Working  Veteran 527 

Work  in  Texas 380 

Work  of  a  Centipede 480 

Work  of  the  L<K-al  Church 289 

Work  of  the  Spirit 425 

Work  that  Pays 620 

Work  Well  Rewarded 617 

Year  of  Blessing 617 

Young  (Converts 615 

Younn  People  Awakened 471 

Young  People  Brought  in 471 

Youth  and  Age  Rejoicint;  Together 472 


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The    Home    Missionary 

Vol.  LXVII  MAY,  1894  No.  i 


OMAHA 

By  W.  H.  Alexander,   Esq. 

|NE  of  the  many  charming  features  of  cities  and  villages  in  the 
Eastern  States  is  the  air  of  maturity — I  was  about  to  say  of 
antiquity — which  one  finds  in  and  about  them.  There  are  build- 
ings with  the  stamp  of  age  and  of  colonial  style  and  taste  upon  them ; 
stately  trees,  that  must  have  come  to  maturity  before  this  or  the  previous 
generation  was  born,  are  seen  along  the  streets  in  regular  order  and  around 
the  earlier  homes  ;  there  are  old-time  customs  and  habits,  and,  what  is  most 
enchanting  of  all,  a  certain  refinement  and  honest  fellowship  in  social 
and  business  relations,  the  natural  outgrowth  of  an  evolutionary  action 
which  has  been  going  on  in  literature,  in  music,  in  art,  and  in  morals  in 
the  older  commonwealths  for  two  and  a  quarter  centuries.  One  enters  the 
precincts  of  Boston,  and  in  rapid  succession  come  thoughts  of  colonial 
days  and  colonial  characters.  And  there  is  the  old  historic  Common, 
and  Faneuil  Hall,  and  Bunker  Hill.  Go  on  to  Plymouth,  and  unless  the 
soul  be  dead  to  sentiment,  one's  thoughts  will  fly  again  to  the  days  when 
the  Pilgrims  sang  and  toiled  and  suffered  in  the  midst  of  desolation. 
Walk  up  New  Haven's  busy  streets,  and  lo  !  the  old  red  walls  of  Yale 
compel  a  serious  thought.  One  sails  along  the  Hudson,  and  quaint 
Dutch  ships  and  jolly  burghers  come  again  in  vision,  and  one  can  almost 
see  the  fiery  Wayne  storm  Stony  Point,  and  hear  the  noise  of  battle  that 
swept  along  White  Plains.  Indeed,  the  further  back  the  date  of  settle- 
ment can  be  fixed,  toward  the  time  when  the  stately  Pilgrims  and  the 
livelier  Cavaliers  began  the  building  of  this  nation,  the  greater  the  charm 
of  these  now  historic  places.  But  here  in  the  West,  this  newer  land  of 
conquest,  we  are  prone  to  boast  of  our  own  achievements,  and  the  briefer 
the  time  since  settlement,  the  prouder  we  are  of  our  works.  There  are 
many  men  now  living  an  active,  useful  life  in  Omaha  who  beheld  the 
ground  on  which  this  great  metropolis  stands  before  a  single  hearth  was 
laid.     Inheriting  nothing  here  in  the  way  of  accompUsbed  'voiVl^,  VmX. 


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May,  1894 

possessed  of  sturdy  force  and  willing  hands,  they  set  their  stakes  and 
began  the  building  of  a  glorious  heritage  for  others.  The  "lone  tree" 
ferry  was  started  from  Council  Bluffs  in  1852,  and  consisted  of  an  insig- 
nificant flat-boat,  held  in  place  by  a  rope  and  pushed  along  by  oars. 
Two  or  three  years  later  the  ferry  was  still  in  operation,  supported  largely 
by  men  on  their  way  to  California,  and  a  few  crude  buildings  had  been 


iit'Hu'  'W'". 


i^-^' 


erected.     A  glance  at  the  sketch  marked  "Omaha,  1854,"  will  furnish  a 
rough  idea  of  the  start  for  a  city  only  forty  years  ago. 

It  is  not  the  purpose  of  this  article  to  bring  into  notice  the  thrilling 
events  of  those  earlier  days,  nor  to  tell  in  detLiil  the  experiences  of  men, 
and  of  women,  too,  who  were  active  in  developing  the  resources  at  hand. 
"^Itc  early,  history  of  Omaha  has  often  been  written,  and  names  now 


&Ur,  1894  The  Home  Missionary 


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OMAHA   JN    I8S4 

known  in  many  States  are  frequently  found  in  its  pages — Alvin  Saunders, 
appointed  first  governor  of  the  Territory  by  President  Lincoln,  and  after- 
wards United  Sutes  Senator  ;  Dr.  George  L,  Miller,  founder  of  the 
Omaha  Herald,  an  intimate  friend  of  Horatio  Seymour  and  Samuel  J. 
Tilden  in  their  later  life,  and  a  gentleman  whom  Omaha  deliRhts  in 
honoring ;  James  M.  Woolworth,  LL.I).,  one  of  the  best  known  lawyers 
in  the  West ;  James  E.  Boyd,  ex-governor,  and  widely  known  in  State  and 
national  politics  ;  Andrew  J,  Poppleton,  LL.IX,  for  a  long  time  chief 
attorney  for  the  Union  Pacific  Railway  Company  ;  Herman  Kountze,  one 
of  that  noted  family  of  financiers,  and  himself  at  the  head  of  a  splendid 
bank  in  Omaha  ;  Experience  Estabrook,  at  one  time  Attorney -General  of 
Wisconsin,  and  the  first  United  States  Attorney  for  Nebraska  ;  Joseph  H. 
Millard,  president  of  the  largest  bank  in  the  State  and  a  director  of  the 
Union  Pacific  ;  John  A,  Creighton,  capitalist,  and  one  of  the  most  philan- 
thropic of  Omaha's  generous  men  ;  Eleazer  Wakeley,  appointed  by 
President  Pierce  the  first  Supreme  Court  justice  of  Nebraska,  and  for 
many  years  on  the  district  bench  ;  Algernon  S.  Paddock,  who  represented 
this  State  twelve  years  in  the  United  States  Senate,  and  was  active  always 
in  Us  material  interests ;  Joseph  W.  Paddock,  a  government  director  of 
the  Union  Pacific  Railway,  and  prominent  in  local  affairs  ;  A.  U.  Wyman, 
president  of  the  Omaha  Loan  and  Trust  Company,  who  was  teller  in  the 
first  banking  institution  in  Nebraska,  established  in  Omaha  in  1855,  and  was 
afterward  Treasurer  of  the  United  States  far  two  or  three  terms.  These, 
and  others  who  are  still  familiar  factors  in  municipal  development,  were 
helping  to  lay  the  foundations  of  this  prospering  city  in  the  first  five  years 
of  her  history. 


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May.  1894 


A  charter  for  city  organization  came  from  the  legislature  in  1857  ; 
but,  as  Dr.  Miller  observed  in  his  "  Home  Gossip  "  column  in  the  Herald, 
"  Omaha  was  buried  under  the  financial  avalanche  of  that  year,  and  did 
not  emerge  from  its  effects  till  the  advent  of  railroads."  The  United 
States  census  of  i860  gave  the  population  as  1,861,  and  no  marked 
increase  occurred  till  after  the  war.  During  this  decade  steamboating  on 
the  river  increased,  railroads  began  to  head  for  Omaha,  the  great  Union 
Pacific  Railway  was  completed  in  1869,  business  enterprises  were  started 
and  pushed  along,  and  the  Federal  census  of  1870  announced  a  popula- 
tion of  16,000.  The  second  sketch,  below,  on  this  page,  was  taken  from 
a  photograph,  looking  eastward  down  the  main  street  of  the  city.     The 


little  church  in  the  left  foreground  was  the  First  Congrefiat'onal  Society's 
building,  erected  in  1856-7.  The  man  with  scythe  in  Ihe  extreme  fore- 
ground is  in  the  place  where  the  great  tower  of  the  city  hall  now  stands, 
and  a  liltle  imagination,  assisted  by  a  glance  at  the  third  picture  in  the 
series,  showing  Omaha  in  1893.  will  give  a  fair  idea  of  the  wonderful 
growth  of  this  modest  Western  city.  It  must  be  remembered  that  in 
1864  the  population  of  Omaha  was  estimated  at  only  a  little  over  4,000  ; 
therefore  when  a  native  mentions  the  fact  that  in  thirty  years  the 
number  of  inhabitants  has  increased  to  140,000,  with  material  interests 
proportionally  enlarged,  he  will  surely  be  pardoned  for  emphasising  the 
qnjiouncement  just  a  trifle.     I  am  certain,  moreover,  that  the  reader  who 


May,  1894  The  Home  Missionary  5 

has  followed  me  thus  far  will  be  pleased  to  consider  a  brief  synopsis  of 
Omaha's  commercial,  municipal,  and  social  development,  and  this  can  be 
made  most  impressive  by  contrast ;  Eight  years  ago  the  clearings  of  the 
Omaha  National  banks  were  $61,000,000;  last  year  they  were  $296,000,000. 
Eight  years  ago  100,000  head  of  cattle  and  hogs  were  packed  at  South 
Omaha;  last  year  the  four  great  establishments  slaughtered  z,ooo,ooo  and 
over.  Eight  years  ago  the  toUl  receipis  of  stock  at  the  South  Omaha 
yards  were  266,000  head ;  last  year  the  number  was  2,500,000.  Ten  years 
ago  the  street-car  facilities  were  limited  and  hard  to  maintain ;  now  we 


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have  ninety  miles  of  excellent  track,  splendidly  equipped  with  motors 
and  cables.  Only  eleven  years  ago  there  were  no  rt-gular  savings-banks 
in  Omaha;  now  there  are  nine,  with  deposits  of  over  $3,000,000.  F.kven 
years  ago  the  deposits  in  our  National  banks  were  §3.500,000;  now  they 
approximate  $18,000,000.  Eleven  years  ago  tlit-re  were  no  permanent 
arrangements  for  sewerage ;  now  there  arc  1 22  miles  of  mains  and  laterals, 
costing  $1,682,000.  Eleven  years  ago  there  was  not  a  block  of  paved 
street  in  the  city;  now  there  are  seventy-nine  and  a  half  miles,  costing 
$4,518,000.     Twelve  years  ago  the  first  water-works  for  general  suij^l^ 


n-jn-i  1 


tlii-yainuunlccl  to  $160,000,  and  Omaha  occupies 
the  interior  ports  of  the  United  States.     Only  thi 
no  railroads  into  Omaha;   now  there  are  elevei 
ing  in  sixteen  directions,  and  making  Omaha  tt 
between  Chicago  and  San   Francisco.     I'here  a 
buildings,  mostly  of  brick,  with  298  teachers  and 
of  $300,000.     One  hundred   and    fifteen    churches 
indication  of  spiritual  development.     A  dozen  lai 
less  pretentious  but  neat  and  respectable  public  hou 
of  proper  equipment  in  that  particular. 


May.  1894  The  Home  Missionary  7 

When  one  gets  started  in  the  enumeration  of  interesting  features  of 
this  commercial  metropolis  it  is  hard  to  fix  upon  a  stopping  point,  but 
since  many  of  those  who  read  these  lines  will  be  on  the  ground,  so  to 
speak,  when  the  great  Home  Missionary  Anniversary  is  held  here,  it  will 
be  well  to  leave  something  to  be  learned  at  that  time.  As  an  instance  of 
our  hospitality,  and  of  our  desire  to  be  abreast  of  other  cities,  I  may  say 
that  when  the  great  Methodist  quadrennial  conference  held  its  month's 
session  in  New  York,  five  years  ago,  the  delegates  were  treated  to  twenty- 
one  dajrs  of  rain.  When  they  assembled  in  Omaha,  four  years  later,  we 
outdid  New  York,  and  gave  them  twenty-three  days  of  rain.  We  shall 
endeavor,  however,  to  have  only  the  pleasantest  weather  while  the  coming 
missionary  convention  is  being  held.  The  committees  having  arrange- 
ments in  charge  are  confident  that  delegates  will  enjoy  their  brief  stay  in 
Omaha,  and  that  our  citizens  will  remember  the  occasion  with  pleasure. 


NOTES    BY    THE    WAY 

By  Mrs.  H.  M.  Union 
THE  HOME  MISSIONARY   WIFE'S  SHARE 

The  following  message  will  give  a  glimpse  of  home  missionary  life 
in  Nebraska  from  the  standpoint  of  the  home  missionary  wife.  She 
writes  : 

"When  I  first  came  here  I  thought  the  general  appearance  of  the 
country  extremely  barren.  Having  always  lived  in  a  richly  wooded  and 
well-watered  country,  it  did  seem  strange  indeed  to  find  myself  in  a 
prairie  village  where  a  tree  was  a  novelty  and  the  water  all  out  of  sight. 
Amid  many  difficulties  a  comfortable  parsonage  had  been  built,  and  there 
we  commenced  our  frontier  life.  There  were  eight  of  us  :  my  husband, 
myself,  and  our  six  children.  Upon  arriving  at  this,  our  future  home,  we 
found  so  many  tokens  of  good  will  that  our  hearts  were  filled  with  thank- 
fulness, and  on  the  very  threshold  of  our  new  life  we  thanked  God  and 
took  courage. 

"You  ask  me  to  tell  you  freely  of  my  trials.  It  is  much  easier  to  tell 
you  of  the  mercies.  As  I  look  back  I  find  that  these  by  far  outnumber  the 
difficulties.  In  fact  those  things  that  seemed  real  trials  at  the  time  now 
lend  variety  and  living  interest  to  the  retrospect.  Even  the  memories  of 
the  repeated  *  Indian  scares  '  furnish  no  exception  to  this  experience.  It 
is  true  I  would  not  willingly  pass  through  such  an  ordeal  again  as  was  that 
of  December,  1890.    I  may  be  pardoned,  perhaps,  i(  1  U^  aitvd  x^o^^W  ;i  i^^a 


8  The  Home  Missionary  May.  1894 

incidents  of  those  trj'ing" times.  Some  things  were  most  comical.  People 
through  fear  of  losing  their  scalps 'lost  their  heads.'  Houses  scarcely 
large  enough  for  one  family  easily  accommodated  a  small  community.  In 
our  church  building,  where  a  nuniher  of  setllers  were  staying  for  shelter 
and  safety,  a  man  implored  his  companions  to  keep  from  the  windows,  as 
he  heard  gunshots.  It  was  afterward  discovered  that  the  ominous  sounds 
proceeded  from  a  poor  man  chopping  wood  close  by  !  The  anxiety  may  be 
guessed  from  the  fact  that  one  lady  brought  her  bread  a  distance  of  three 
miles  to  bake  at  the  parsonage,  reminding  one  forcibly  of  the  ancient  Exo- 
dus, only  that  there  was  no  Red  Sea  and  there  were  no  Egyptians  in  this 
case,  and  our  friends  had  to  pass  by  a  place  called  '  The  Promised  Land  ' 
in  getting  to  a  place  of  safety.  From  those  anxious  times  also  come 
grateful  memories  of  real  opportunity  and  privilege,  which  Eastern  kind- 
ness helped  us  to  utilize,  and  so  to  bring  in  contact  Eastern  generosity 
and  Western  need. 

"  My  frontier  experience  has  taught  me  that  the  wife  of  a  Home  Mission- 
ary needs  a  few  special  qualities.  In  fact,  [is  the  missionary  himself  must 
be  '  all  things  to  all  men,'  so  she  must  be  all  things  to  all  women.  May  I 
be  permitted  to  say,  in  this  day  of  'woman's  rights,'  that  if  the  Home  Mis- 
sionary's wife  be  a  mother,  so  much  the  better  ?  She  can  then  more  readily 
sympathize  with  the  frontier  mothers,  and  the  children  too.  She  must  be 
prepared  to  take  the  initiative  in  church  work,  in  dinners,  suppers,  socials, 
and  entertainments.  She  must  have  no  special  lady  friends,  but  must 
treat  al!  alike  with  respect  and  kindness.  She  must  have  a  good  stock  of 
patience.  Everything  will  not  always  run  smoothly.  There  will  be  family 
cares,  and  the  children  will  wonder  why  so  much  should  be  expected  of 
the  minister's  family.  The  missionary  himself  may  sometimes  need  tender 
treatment ;  perplexed  and  wearied  in  his  work,  even  the  noise  of  childish 
mirth  may  be  a  burden.  The  wife's  elastic  patience  then  supplies  the  oil 
for  lubricating  the  family  wheels.  She  must  try  and  be  brave,  if  only  to 
inspire  others  with  the  feeling.  There  have  been  times  when  there  was 
really  need  for  this^as,  for  instance,  when  we  have  been  visited  by  hail- 
storms which  broke  inch  boards  and  cleared  out  nearly  all  the  lights  in 
the  parsonage,  filling  the  sitting-room  with  glass  and  hailstones. 

"  She  must  understand  economy  ;  must  know  how  to  make  a  little  salary 
fill  large  requirements,  and  so  maintain  a  perfect  equilibrium  between  the 
family  income  and  outgo.    Further,  she  should  merit  the  Master's  commen- 
dation, '  O  woman,  great  is  thy  faith ! '    She  should  be  able  to  make  the  best 
of  things,  even  to  making  over  and  fixing  up  the  family  clothing,  or  else 
much  that  comes  to  her,  representing  the  kindness  and  self -sacrifice  of 
astern  friends,  will  be  simply  wasted.    Right  here  let  me  say  the  practical 
xpressions  of  sympathy  which  have  reached  us  so  frequently  from  the 
ve  encircled  our  home  missionary  Wewith  a  golden  chain 


May.  1894  The  Home  Missionary  9 

of  imperishable  memories.  This  brings  me  to  the  mercies  once  more. 
Trials  and  difficulties  come  occasionally,  but  the  mercies,  God's  reminders, 
stay  with  us  all  the  time,  till  1  feel  like  saying  with  the  Psalmist :  *  Good- 
ness and  mercy  shall  follow  me  all  the  days  of  my  life,  and  I  will  dwell  in 
the  house  of  the  Lord  forever/  " 


THE   COMING   ANNIVERSARY    AT    OMAHA 

By  Rev.   Harmon  Bross.  Superintendent 

It  must  have  been  a  sort  of  inspiration  which  led  Rev.  John  Askin, 
D.D.,  then  pastor  of  our  church  at  Kearney,  now  at  Council  Bluffs,  Iowa, 
to  suggest  last  year  at  Saratoga  the  feasibility  of  holding  the  anniversary 
this  year  in  Omaha.  As  soon  as  friends  began  to  canvass  the  matter,  it 
seemed  the  most  fitting  thing  possible  that  the  first  meeting  to  be  held 
west  of  New  York  should  gather  on  the  banks  of  the  Missouri  River  and 
in  the  midst  of  a  great  multitude  of  churches  planted  and  nurtured  by  our 
Home  Missionary  Society. 

The  General  Assembly  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  had  been  royally 
entertained  there,  as  had  also  the  General  Conference  of  the  Methodist 
Church.  Omaha  was  found  to  be  a  great  railroad  center,  having  as  good 
train  service  as  almost  any  city  in  the  United  States.  The  hotels  and 
boarding-houses  were  found  to  offer  ample  accommodation  and  at 
moderate  rates.  Home  Missionary  workers  in  the  neighboring  States 
responded  enthusiastically  to  the  suggestion,  and  from  the  time  the  place 
was  decided  upon,  at  the  September  meeting  of  the  executive  com- 
mittee, there  has  been  a  growing  interest  in  the  coming  event.  Not 
only  our  Congregational  churches  in  Omaha  will  extend  a  most  hearty 
greeting,  but  all  classes  of  people  will  unite  in  the  welcome.  The 
committee  of  arrangements  has  among  its  members  some  of  the  most 
enterprising  and  successful  business  men  of  the  city,  and  no  pains 
will  be  spared  to  make  the  meeting  the  best  in  the  history  of  the 
Society. 

In  the  near  neighborhood  of  Omaha,  in  addition  to  the  12,000  Congre- 
gationalists  in  Nebraska,  the  churches  in  Iowa  have  27,000 ;  Kansas, 
12,000;  Missouri,  8,000;  Illinois,  40,000;  Minnesota,  15,000;  South 
Dakota,  6,000  ;  Colorado,  4,000  ;  making  about  125,000  of  our  Congre- 
gational population  within  a  radius  of  500  miles.  Nearly  all  of  these 
churches,  it  is  to  be  remembered,  have  been  gathered  since  Dr.  Jeremiah 
Porter  preached  his  first  discourse  in  the  carpenter's  shop  \t\  CVv\ca^o^\\.^^j 


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'9»  '833,  from  the  words,  "  Herein  is  my  Father  glorified,  that  ye  bear 
much  fruit."  Surely  no  chapter  in  the  history  of  the  Church  of  Christ  is 
more  inspiring  than  this  which  has  been  written  in  the  Mississippi  Valley 
in  these  last  few  years. 

In  this  history,  the  churches  of  the  East,  notably  those  of  New 
England,  have  had  much  to  do.  The  leaders  in  this  work  have  come 
to  us  from  the  churches  and  colleges  of  the  East,  followed  by  the  prayers 
and  gifts  of  the  communities  and  churches  which  sent  them  out.     No 


DODGE   STRKET   SCHOOL, 


better  occasion,  surely,  could  bring  the  East  and  the  West  together  in 
an  anniversary  of  praise  and  thanksgiving  than  this  annual  meeting  of  our 
Congregational  Home  Missionary  Society  in  the  very  center  of  these 
achievements  for  the  kingdom  of  Christ.  We  invite  the  older  men  and 
women  of  the  East  to  come  and  see  what  has  been  wrought  ;  we  invite 
the  sons  and  the  daughters  of  those  who  have  prayed  and  wrought  and 
given  to  secure  these  results,  to  come  and  look  upon  the  fruits  of  their 
work,  .^s  the  meetings  are  to  be  presided  over  by  that  noble  Christian 
soldier,  Major-Generai  O.  O.  Howard,  whose  armless  sleeve  speaks 
eloquently  of  his  sacrifice  for  his  country,  no  better  place  and  no  grander 


May.  1894  The  Home  Missionary  11 

occasion  could  emphasize  our  national  hymn,  as  it  will  be  sung  by  thou- 
sands. 

'*  God  bless  our  native  land, 
Firm  may  she  ever  stand 

Through  storm  and  night ; 
When  the  wild  tempests  rave, 
Ruler  of  wind  and  wave, 
Do  thou  our  country  save 
By  Thy  great  might." 


NEBRASKA    AND    ITS    RESOURCES 

By  J.  E.  Utt,  Esq.,  of  Omaha 

When  the  question  of  locating  the  western  boundary  of  Iowa  was 
discussed  in  Congress  it  was  contended  that  it  should  be  drawn  through 
Red  Oak,  Iowa,  fifty  miles  east  of  the  Missouri  River,  because  'Hhe 
Great  American  Desert "  commenced  at  that  line.  At  the  Centennial, 
where  samples  of  soil  from  different  sections  of  the  country  were  exam- 
ined, it  was  found  that  this  rejected  region  excelled  all  others  in  fertility. 

It  is  only  within  late  years  that  Nebraska  was  considered  other  than 
an  unproductive  waste,  where  there  was  little  rainfall  and  no  possibilities 
for  gathering  fruits  from  the  soil ;  and  when  the  general  government  ceded 
to  the  railroads  immense  grants  of  land,  comprising  one-half  the  acreage 
of  this  Territory,  to  induce  railroad  building  within  its  borders,  it  was 
thought  that  the  concession  was  practically  of  little  value. 

When  railroad  construction  commenced  west  of  the  Missouri  River, 
it  was  more  on  the  theory  of  transcontinental  than  local  possibilities. 
More  as  a  venture  than  otherwise,  expecting  small  results,  they  advertised 
this  new  agricultural  district,  their  agents  distributed  advertising  matter 
throughout  the  United  States  and  Europe,  and  immigrants  poured  in  by 
the  thousands,  induced  by  these  statements  and  efforts  of  the  railway 
companies.  They  were  transported  from  Europe,  the  Atlantic  seaboard, 
and  elsewhere  at  very  low  rates,  and  the  lands  were  practically  given  to 
them.  They  began  to  sow  and  reap,  and  it  surprisingly  developed  the 
fact  that  Nebraska  was  really  the  garden  spot  of  the  world ;  and  its  great 
resources  are  not  appreciated  even  now,  except  by  those  living  in  the 
State  and  making  a  study  of  the  splendid  conditions  and  results. 

The  poor  immigrants  who  stepped  from  the  trains  with  the  meager 
bundles  that  composed  all  their  worldly  effects,  scanning  the  broad  prai- 
ries in  vain  for  some  token  of  life  or  gleam  of  hope,  must  have  felt  their 
hearts  sink  within  them,  and  must  have  uttered  some  appeal  to  ^  ^\^\v^t 


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Power  for  strength  and  aid  in  this  trying  hour.  If  so,  it  was  answered,  for 
after  a  few  short  years  they  are  surrounded  by  teeming  acres,  sleek  herds, 
happy  families,  schoolhouses  and  churches. 

The  growth  and  development  of  Nebraska  has  been  entirely  within 
the  present  generation.  The  population  emigrated  from  the  Northern 
States  mostly,  and  from  the  northern  countries  of  Europe.  The  people 
who  broke  the  sod  and  built  cities  in  this  brief  period  necessarily  repre- 
sented superior  muscle,  nerve,  intelligence,  and  enterprise,  as  explained  by 
the  results. 

It  is  authentic  that  ninety  per  cent,  of  those  engaged  in  agricultural 
pursuits  succeed,  and  that  two-thirds  of  our  population  are  supported 
by  farming.  It  would  seem,  therefore,  that  if  the  vacant  lands  of  the  West 
were  well  occupied,  thus  increasing  the  percentage  of  our  population  en- 
gaged in  tilling  the  soil,  there  would  be  more  happiness  and  prosperity. 

The  annual  value  of  farm  products  of  Nebraska  sold  is  at  least  $250,- 
000,000.  The  principal  products  are  corn,  wheat,  oats,  barley,  rye,  broom 
corn,  flax,  hemp,  hay,  potatoes,  sugar-beets,  hogs,  cattle,  horses,  mules, 
sheep,  chickens,  cheese,  butter,  and  eggs.  The  value  of  slock  sold  at  the 
packing- ho  uses  in   this  State,  located   in   Lincoln,  Nebraska  City,  and 


UNION   STOCK   YARDS,    SOOTH 


May.  1894  The  Home  Missionary  13 

Omaha,  is  $60,000,000  per  year ;  besides,  tliousands  of  cars  of  stock  are 
shipped  to  packing  centers  outside  of  the  State. 

The  packing-houses  in  Nebraska  consuming  live  stock  commenced 
operations  and  have  developed  during  the  last  eight  years,  making  a  home 
demand  for  stock  that  is  worth  millions  of  dollars  to  the  farmers  as  com- 
pared with  shipping  abroad  as  heretofore  ;  besides,  immense  sums  are  dis- 
bursed by  these  great  industries  for  labor  and  otherwise.  Eventually,  in 
a  similar  manner,  factories  will  be  constructed  that  will  use  the  corn, 
wheat,  and  other  grain  in  making  cereal  goods,  flour,  and  other  articles. 
There  is  a  larger  number  of  bushels  of  corn  per  capita  raised  in  Nebraska 
than  in  any  other  State  in  the  Union.  There  are  25,000,000  bushels  of 
wheat  raised  per  year,  that  contains  a  larger  percentage  of  flour  than 
the  wheat  raised  in  any  other  State. 

Creameries  are  profitable  and  are  being  built  extensively.  An  ad- 
vantage is  the  demand  from  the  country  west  of  us,  as  there  is  little 
butter  made  between  Nebraska  and  the  Pacific  coast. 

Such  factories  as  shoddy,  woolen,  and  knitting  mills  ;  paper  mills  to 
manufacture  wrapping  and  board  paper  from  straw,  and  felt  paper  from 
rags  ;  pulp  and  print  mills  to  grind  the  abundance  of  Cottonwood  and  bass- 
wood  into  pulp  and  mix  with  rags,  now  being  shipped  East  to  make  print 
and  manilla  papers ;  foundries  to  use  the  scrap  iron  to  mix  with  pig  iron 
and  make  stoves  and  radiator  castings,  bar  iron  and  heavy  forgings,  utilize 
the  crude  material  and  supply  the  home  market,  saving  freight  and  other 
intermediate  expense  by  bringing  the  manufacturer  and  consumer  to- 
gether. 

A  strong  reason  why  factories  will  be  built  in  Nebraska  to  consume 
the  crude  products  is  because  the  rivers  flowing  eastward  through  the 
State,  that  have  a  never-failing  supply  of  water  from  the  mountain  regions 
of  the  West,  furnish  an  ample  supply  for  200,000  horse-po\ver.  This  is 
verified  by  the  power  developed  at  Kearney,  which  furnishes  motive  power 
for  a  large  cotton  mill  and  many  other  purposes.  (Cotton  costs  less 
delivered  in  Nebraska  than  in  Eastern  cities.)  A  number  of  canal  com- 
panies have  been  organized  in  the  State,  and  are  now  constructing 
canals  to  use  the  waters  of  these  rivers  to  furnish  a  supply  for  the  con- 
sumption of  the  cities,  irrigation,  and  power  for  lighting,  street  railways, 
and  factories. 

The  sugar-beet  industry  has  been  developed  in  a  full  and  satisfactory 
manner  in  Nebraska.  The  soil  is  a  sandy  loam,  and  the  dry  atmosphere 
during  August  and  September  produces  the  best  conditions  for  raising 
sugar-beets.  There  are  two  sugar  factories  in  successful  operation  in 
this  State,  with  a  capacity  for  600  tons  of  beets  daily.  The  average 
sucrose  is  thirteen  per  cent.  This  will  be  increased  to  sixteen  per  cent., 
as  indicated  by  experiments,  as  the  beets  become  better  acclimated.    Ici 


14  The  Home  Missionary  May,  1894 

the  course  of  time  Nebraska  must  be  a  great  sugar  State,  and  the  lands 
producing  beets  will  be  worth  from  $300  to  $500  per  acre,  the  same  as  in 
France  and  Germany.  Sixteen  tons  of  beets  per  acre  is  an  ordinary  crop 
in  this  State,  for  which  five  dollars  per  ton  is  paid  by  the  factory.  In  ad- 
dition, the  farmers  receive  800  pounds  of  pulp  for  each  ton  of  beets  deliv- 
ered, which  makes  excellent  feed  for  cattle.  The  cost  of  raising  beets  is 
thirty-five  dollars  per  acre,  including  rental  of  lands. 

Nebraska  has  resources  that  will  support  a  population  of  10,000,000. 
It  contains  59,000,000  acres  of  land.  This  land  is  all  susceptible  of  culti- 
vation when  the  proper  conditions  are  applied.  In  a  few  of  the  western 
counties  crops  are  not  reliable,  but  there  is  available  water  in  abundance 
for  irrigation  purposes,  and  in  a  short  time  this  section  will  surpass  any 
other  section  of  the  State  in  production.  Again,  the  rainfall  is  increasing, 
supposed  to  be  the  result  of  building  railroads  and  telegraph  lines  and  the 
opening  of  farms  with  increased  vegetation.  This  is  auspicious  for  the 
future. 

In  a  general  way  crops  have  never  failed  in  Nebraska,  largely  because 
they  are  so  diversified.  In  Minnesota  and  some  other  States  where  they 
raise  little  else  than  wheat,  crops  are  subject  to  utter  failure,  and  the 
result  is  serious. 

Excellent  unimproved  lands  for  farming  can  be  bought  here,  where 
crops  are  reliable,  as  cheap  as  dye  dollars  per  acre,  and  improved  farms 
with  buildings  can  be  bought  for  fifteen  dollars  per  acre,  with  small  cash 
payments. 

The  country  is  composed  of  broad  valleys  through  which  streams  flow 
eastward  ;  the  higher  ground  is  undulating,  which  makes  easy  country 
roads.  Again,  Nebraska  has  unsurpassed  wagon  roads,  because  the  rain 
is  absorbed  by  the  porous  soil,  so  that  the  day  following  a  heavy  rain  roads 
are  comparatively  dry  and  travel  is  not  impeded,  conditions  that  favor 
convenience  and  economy. 

There  is  an  abundance  of  building  material,  accessible  and  cheap — 
lime  and  building  stone,  sand,  cement  rock,  common  and  fire  clay,  and 
ochre.  Lumber  for  building  purposes  is  bought,  delivered,  for  thirteen 
dollars  per  thousand  feet ;  hardwood  lumber  for  manufacturing  purposes 
at  corresponding  prices  ;  coal  for  furnace  use  is  as  low  as  one  dollar  and 
forty  cents  per  ton. 

The  health  record  of  Nebraska  is  more  favorable  than  that  of  any  other 
State.  The  annual  death  rate  is  less  than  nine  for  each  thousand  of 
population.  This  results  from  pure  water,  pure  air,  good  drainage,  and 
uniform  climate. 

Since  the  war  the  West  has  been  settled  rapidly.  The  general  govern- 
ment has  been  able  to  give  everybody  a  farm,  but  with  the  late  settlement 
of  Oklahoma  the  public  domain  is  exhausted,  and  the  future  farm-seekers 


May,  1894  The  Home  Missionary  15 

will  necessarily  locate  in  the  border  States,  and  must  purchase  lands,  as 
they  cannot  go  beyond  and  raise  crops. 

Nebraska  is  the  center  of  the  United  States,  and  the  west  half  of  this 
vast  country  will  largely  draw  supplies  from  this  source.  As  time  advances, 
its  great  resources  and  the  advantage  of  location  will  be  better  appre- 
ciated. 


THE    GERMAN    AVORK    IN    NEBRASKA 

By  Professor  E.   G.   L.   Mannhardt,  Crete,  Nebraska 

The  first  meeting  of  the  German  Association  of  Nebraska  was  held  in 
1879.  The  attendance,  to  be  sure,  was  not  a  large  one,  but  pretty  good 
in  proportion  to  the  number  of  churches.  Four  ministers  and  eight  lay 
delegates  represented  four  organizations.  Besides  these,  State  Superin- 
tendent Gates  and  Rev.  Mr,  Newel  took  part  in  this  launching  of  the 
Nebraska  German  Congregational  boat.  Since  then  the  association  has 
met  twenty-six  times.  The  number  of  organized  churches  has  grown 
from  four  to  twenty-three,  and  in  at  least  seven  missions  preaching  and 
Sunday-school  work  have  been  carried  on.  In  all,  some  eighteen  church 
buildings  have  been  erected.  The  last  year  perhaps  stands  out  as  the 
most  progressive,  and  therefore  the  most  encouraging,  one  in  the  short 
history  of  this  work.  In  it  the  number  of  church  members  has  increased 
just  forty-five  per  cent.  Five  new  organizations  were  effected,  two  of 
which  have  since  built  houses  of  worship,  and  one  of  them  has  been  self- 
supporting  from  the  beginning. 

At  the  present  we  have  eleven  ministers  laboring  in  these  various 
fields ;  seven  working  in  more  than  one  place,  and  until  very  recently  one 
has  been  compelled  to  labor  in  as  many  as  eight  different  stations.  It  is 
clearly  noticeable  that  almost  all  these  churches  and  missions,  especially 
those  in  towns  and  cities,  have  a  strong  tendency  to  grow.  In  one 
locality  it  is  already  necessary  to  enlarge  the  meeting-house,  though  it 
was  erected  but  a  few  years  since.  As  to  the  benevolences,  I  would  like 
to  give  here  a  complete  account,  but  as  exact  figures  are  at  hand  only  of 
gifts  to  the  Congregational  Home  Missionary  Society  and  to  Christian 
Education,  I  restrict  myself  to  them.  The  Home  Missionary  Society 
received  during  1893  $235.11,  or  forty-three  and  a  half  cents  per  member, 
and  the  offerings  to  Christian  education  during  the  same  time  amounted 
to  $157.88,  or  twenty-nine  cents  per  member. 

The  principal  hindrance  to  a  more  rapid  and  stronger  development  of 
this  work  has  been  the  lack  of  suitable  men,  and  perhaps  also  the  lack 
of  the  necessary  means,  but  chie/ly  the  lack  of  workers.    T\\^  l^.\}cve,\^ 


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1 6  The  Home  Missionary  May,  1894 

of  German  Congregationalism  in  Nebraska  did,  indeed,  wisely  found  a 
German  theological  seminary  at  Crete,  even  before  they  organized  the 
German  Association.  But  the  obstacles  to  such  an  enterprise  in  that 
location,  under  such  circumstances  as  the  German  work  then  had  to 
encounter  anywhere,  were  almost  insurmountable.  Only  ever- increasing 
demand  could  have  kept  it  alive.  Thus,  at  the  beginning  of  1884,  the 
seminary  was  changed  to  a  literary  institution,  the  Chicago  Theological 
Seminary  undertaking  to  do  the  theological  part  of  the  training  by  means 
of  a  German  department. 

Now  more  than  ever  the  demand  for  German  Christian  workers,  and 
consequently  German  Christian  education,  is  making  itself  felt,  not  only 
in  Nebraska,  but  everywhere  where  our  work  has  gained  a  foothold. 

Accordingly  Crete  Seminary — or  Pro-Seminary,  as  it  is  sometimes 
called — the  only  Congregational  German  school  of  its  kind,  has  grown 
in  importance.  Because  of  thi.s,  more  attention  has  been  paid  to  its 
needs,  and  that  again  has  resulted  in  various  improvements.  The  num- 
ber of  students  has  become  larger  and  their  quality  more  excellent. 
Every  one  of  them  is  a  Christian.  Financially  the  school  is  in  better 
shape.  The  teaching  force  has  been  increased.  There  may  yet  be  diffi- 
cult problems  awaiting  solution,  but  they  will  vanish  in  the  same  degree 
in  which  our  church  will  carry  out  the  command  of  the  Master ;  "  Make 
disciples  of  all  the  nations." 


CONGREGATIONALISM    IN     NEBRASKA 

By    Rev.  Harmon  Bross,  SuriRiNTENDENT 

In  connection  with  the  forthcoming  anniversary  of  our  Congregational 
Home  Missionary  Society,  to  be  held  in  Omaha  June  6-8,  it  is  interesting 
to  trace  the  history  of  our  Congregational  Zion  in  this  goodly  common- 
wealth. Others  will  write  the  story  of  the  material  development  and  the 
resources  of  Nebraska,  and  I  am  glad  to  show  that  our  Congregational 
churches  have  done  their  part  in  helping  to  make  it  a  Christian  State. 

As  there  are  only  three  churches  in  the  State  that  have  been  organized 
and  carried  forward  without  home  missionary  aid,  and  two  of  these  are 
less  than  a  year  old,  it  is  easily  seen  that  the  history  of  Congregationalism 
in  Nebraska  is  substantially  the  history  of  our  Home  Missionary  Society 
within  the  State. 

Rev.  Reuben  Gaylord,  afterward  Superintendent  of  Missions  for  the 
State,  after  fourteen  years  of  successful  work  in  Iowa,  came  to  Omaha 
and  began  work  under  the  auspices  of  the  American  (now  the  Congrega- 
tional) Home  Missionary  Society,  the  last  of  December,  1855.     On  the 


May,  1894 


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17 


4th  of  the  following  May  the  First  Church  of  Omaha  was  organized,  with 
nine  members,  and  the  following  Sabbath  the  church  at  Fontenelle  was 
gathered  with  twenty-four  members.  Mr.  Gaylord,  in  those  early  days, 
preached  in  a  number  of  places  in  the  vicinity  of  Omaha,  and  in  the 
autumn  of  1856  he  was  reinforced  by  Rev.  Isaac  E.  Heaton,  who  came 
from  Wisconsin,  and  came  to  stay,  Mr.  Heaton  soon  settled  at  Fremont, 
where  he  gathered  the  church  of  that  city,  and  from  which  place  he  passed 
to  the  rest  beyond,  last  September,  at  the  ripe  age  of  eighty-four  years, 
beloved  and  esteemed  by  all.  A  little  later,  Rev.  £.  B.  Hulbut  joined 
these  two,  and  in  August,  1857, 
the  Congregational  Association 
of  Nebraska  was  organized.  So 
much  attention  during  those 
days  was  attracted  to  Kansas  on 
account  of  the  anti-slavery  agi- 
tation, in  connection  with  the 
repeal  of  "the  Missouri  Com- 
promise," that  work  developed 
somewhat  slowly  in  Nebraska. 
While  one  missionary  here  was 
commissioned  at  $600,  four  were 
laboring  there  at  an  expense  of 
about  {2,000,  and  this  proportion 
was  continued  for  many  years. 
Here  we  had  two  laborers  in 
1858, -they  twelve;  in  1861  we 
had  four,  they  thirteen  ;  in  1863 
we  had  three,  they  twelve ;  and 
even  as  late  as  1871  we  had  only 
fourteen,  and  they  sixty.  In 
consequence  of  this  limited  num- 
ber of  workers  and  the  small  amount  of  home  missionary  money  avail- 
able, many  opportunites  were  lost  which  have  never  come  to  us  again. 
At  the  end  of  ten  years  only  nine  churches  were  reported,  with  eight 
ministers  and  two  hundred  and  ten  members.  At  the  end  of  the  second 
decade,  however,  the  few  forces  gathered  on  the  field  began  to  assert 
their  influence,  and  in  1876  we  had  eighty-two  churches  with  a  member- 
ship of  2,398.  Since  then  the  growth  in  membership  and  the  general 
influence  of  our  churches  has  been  rapid  and  helpful,  until  the  member- 
ship now  reaches  about  u.ooo.  There  was  no  permanently  self-support- 
ing church  in  the  State  until  1870,  when  Rev.  A.  F.  Sherrill,  now  Dr. 
Sherrill,  of  Galesburg,  111.,  brought  the  First  Church  of  Omaha  to  t^va.'l. 
position  of  strength  and  influence. 


CHURCH,  OMAHA,  I 


The  Home  Missionary 


May,  1894 

In  Omaha,  where  there  was  a  single  church  of  nine  members  in  1856, 
we  now  have  eight  churches  with  a  total  membership  of  853 ;  1,444  •" 
our  Sunday-schools,  and  church  property  valued  at  nearly  $300,000. 

When  our  churches  at  the  end  of  the  second  decade  had  reached  the 
number  of  eighty-two,  very  httle  had  been  done  in  the  way  of  church  or 
parsonage  building,  only  fourteen  of  these  churches  having  roofs  over 
their  heads.  The  otheft  were  borrowing  schoolhouses,  renting  halls, 
meeting  in  private  houses  ;  many  of  them  out  on  the  bleak  prairies,  home- 
less ;  not  a  few  of  them  meeting  in  sod-houses  for  worship,  but  hopeful  of 
better  times.  The  cut  here  given  presents  a  good  view  of  the  first  house 
of  worship  dedicated  by  the  First  Church,  Omaha,  in  1857.  When  the 
churches  entered  upon  the  church-building  era  at  the  end  of  the  second 
decade,  nearly  all  the  buildings  were  plain  and  very  moderate  in  their 
cost.  Quite  a  number  of  these  have  now  been  replaced  by  modem 
structures,  tasteful  in  appearance  and  commodious  in  all  their  appoint- 
ments. Notable  among  these  are  those  of  the  First  Church,  Omaha ;  St. 
Mary's   Avenue,  Omaha ;   Lincoln   First,   and   Fremont.     The   contrast 


FIRST  CON  GREG  ATI  ONAL 


May.  1894  The  Home  Missionary  19 

between  the  past  and  the  present  in  church  building  will  be  seen  by 
placing  the  view  of  the  First  Church's  present  building  in  Omaha  side  by 
side  with  its  earlier  home.  This  movement  for  church  building  has  been 
prosecuted  with  the  utmost  vigor,  so  that  now  the  most  of  our  churches 
are  housed  and  we  have  sixty-six  parsonages  in  the  State. 

The  rapid  growth  of  church  work  in  the  State  is  seen  in  the  history 
of  St.  Mary's  Avenue  Church,  Omaha.  This  was  a  colony  of  the  First 
Church  and  was  organized  in  1883.  At  the  time  of  its  organization  it 
had  its  first  house  of  worship  already  built,  and  its  pastor  ready  to  be 
installed  in  the  person  of  Rev.  Willard  Scott,  now  Dr.  Scott,  of  the  South 
Church,  Chicago.  The  church  went  forward  vigorously  in  all  depart- 
ments of  its  work,  and  in  three  years  was  self-supporting,  with  a  member- 
ship of  251.  Soon  after,  the  present  site  was  purchased  and  the  house  of 
worship  erected,  which  is  a  model  of  comfort  and  convenience.  The 
membership  of  the  church  has  now  reached  471,  being  the  largest  in  the 
State,  and  its  church  property  is  valued  at  $50,000.  Rev.  S.  Wright 
Butler  is  the  present  popular  pastor. 

The  work  of  education  for  these  thirty-eight  years  forms  a  most  in- 
teresting chapter.  Crete  Academy,  commenced  in  187 1,  was  developed 
into  Doane  College  in  1872,  and  has  had  twenty-two  years  of  efficient  and 
successful  work.  The  graduates  of  Doane  are  found  on  missionary  fields 
abroad  and  among  our  pastors  in  home  churches.  Several  are  successful 
teachers,  among  them  Professor  Arthur  B.  Show,  of  Leland  Stanford,  Jr., 
University  ;  Professor  Geo.  A.  Gregory  and  Miss  Carrie  Dean,  of  Gates 
College;  Miss  Margaret  Thompson,  preceptress  of  Doane;  Professor  John 
Bennett,  principal  of  Chadron  Academy.  Others  are  filling  successfully 
important  places  in  business  and  professional  life.  Gates  College,  founded 
in  1 881,  has  done  an  important  work  in  Northern  Nebraska,  and  is  occu- 
pying a  wide  field  of  influence.  Our  three  academies  hold  strategic  points 
and  are  doing  excellent  work — Weeping  Water  in  the  southeast,  Franklin 
in  the  southwest,  and  Chadron  in  the  northwest.  The  preparatory  de- 
partment of  Doane  College  is  now  also  organized  as  an  academy. 

The  devotion,  the  high  endeavor,  the  sacrifice  and  Christian  consecra- 
tion which  have  gone  into  this  educational  work  form  part  of  our  home 
missionary  achievement.  The  sort  of  people  who  have  come  to  Nebraska 
to  make  their  homes  here  is  shown  in  the  fact  that  we  have  the  lowest  per- 
centage of  illiteracy  of  any  State  in  the  Union. 

Much  as  has  been  done,  we  have  but  entered  upon  the  work  which  we 
hope  to  accomplish  in  our  commonwealth.  In  several  counties  in  the 
eastern  part  of  the  State  we  have  not  a  single  church  as  yet,  and  there  are 
many  communities  which  would  welcome  most  heartily  the  advent  of  a 
church  of  the  Pilgrim  faith.  In  the  western  part  of  the  State  very  little 
has  been  accomplished,  for  the  lack  of  men  and  meaus.    Ol  \Xv^  \'>j^ 


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HIGH    SCHOOL 


churches  in  Nebraska,  all  but  thirty-five  are  in  the  eastern  half ;  we  have 
occupied  only  here  and  there  a  point  where  the  pressure  seemed  too  great 
to  resist.  In  many  of  these  places  work  has  been  prosecuted  at  a  great 
disadvantage,  because  the  means  have  not  been  at  hand  to  support  the 
men  needed  to  do  it  well.  In  one  case  two  churches  no  miles  apart  have 
been  "yoked,"  to  form  a  field,  and  the  pastor  has  been  the  only  minister 
of  our  order  in  a  region  of  20,000  square  miles.  As  the  churches  in  the 
eastern  part  of  the  State  come  to  self-support  and  can  assist  their  neigh- 
bors, this  western  field  will  be  more  fully  occupied. 

The  past  winter  has  been  one  of  great  interest  in  revival  work  through- 
out our  field.  Our  State  evangelists  have  held  successful  meetings  at  vari- 
ous points ;  other  prominent  evangelists  have  been  called  into  ser\-ice,  and 
pastors  have  very  generally  assisted  each  other.  One  of  our  churches  has 
just  received  forty-eight  into  membership  at  a  single  communion  service. 

These  churches,  with  their  active  membership  fresh  from  their  revival 
experiences,  and  deeply  appreciating  the  generous  help  which  the  Home 
Missionary  Society  has  extended  to  them  through  these  years  of  fruitage, 
will  extend  a  most  cordial  hand  of  greeting  to  the  Mother  Society  when 
she  comes  to  look  into  the  faces  of  her  children. 


May.  1894  The  Home  Missionary  21 

CHADRON    AND    NORTHWEST    NEBRASKA 

I  WENT  to  Chadron  as  a  Home  Missionary  in  the  fall  of  1886.  The 
town  was  about  a  year  old.  Superintendent  Bross,  then  general  mission- 
ary, had  gathered  the  church  and  secured  the  erection  of  the  house  of 
worship,  and  cared  for  the  work,  with  the  help  of  Rev.  H.  C.  Crane,  for  a 
few  months.  Churches  had  also  been  organized  at  Rushville,  Hay  Springs, 
Hemingford,  and  Nonpareil.     Our  Chadron  church  had  ten  members. 

My  first  winter  I  spent  without  my  family,  and  my  study,  sitting-room, 
and  bedroom  was  a  room  eight  by  eight  feet  square. 

In  the  spring  Mrs.  Powell  and  Ida  came  on,  and  in  a  short  time  after, 
a  fine  six-room  parsonage  was  provided  with  the  help  of  the  Parsonage 
LiPan  Fund  from  our  Church  Building  Society.  When  our  furniture, 
dishes,  books,  and  bedding  came  on  from  Ohio,  and  we  were  safely 
housed  in  that  "  great  big  house,'*  as  it  seemed  to  us  then,  it  did  seem  as 
though  we  had  entered  the  celestial  vestibule,  if  not  into  its  very  parlor. 

The  Sunday-school  and  church  grew,  and  we  were  able  to  enlarge  our 
church  building  after  a  while.  The  Northwest  Nebraska  Association  was 
formed  within  the  first  year,  and  later  the  Association  founded  the  acad- 
emy, and  the  Chadron  church  became  a  tower  of  strength  to  all  our  work 
in  that  far-away  corner  of  the  State. 

The  churches  at  Crawford,  Flag  Butte,  and  Snake  Creek  were  organized 
within  the  time  that  Mr.  Bross  was  general  missionary.  I  spent  six  very 
enjoyable  years  of  service  in  Northwest  Nebraska. 

Our  work  at  every  point  was  made  possible  through  the  timely  assist- 
ance of  our  Home  Missionary  and  Church  Building  Societies.  The 
Chadron  Academy,  which  is  also  a  home  missionary  enterprise,  has  a 
very  vital  relationship  with  everything  that  makes  for  the  on-going  of 
the  kingdom  in  a  wide  stretch  of  our  New  West. — Rev.  Gregory  J. 
Powell. 

SOUTHWESTERN    NEBRASKA 

The  farmer  who  thoroughly  cultivates  and  plants  his  fields  reasonably 
looks  for  produce.  Congregationalism  has  diligently  planted  the  seed  of 
truth  through  its  commissioned  laborers,  and  reasonably  expects  returns 
in  the  form  of  individuals  regenerated,  society  evangelized,  thrifty  churches, 
Sunday-schools,  etc.  The  farmer,  however  seasonably  and  thoroughly  he 
cultivates,  is  not  rewarded  with  unvarying  success.  So  the  labors  of  the 
spiritual  husbandman  are  often  attended  with  reverses  and  disappoint- 
ments. Yet  there  is  reason  for  rejoicing  in  view  of  the  harvest  alt^^.d'^ 
realized,  and  the  hopeful  prospects  on  every  hand. 


22  The  Home  Missionary  May.  1894 

Of  the  churches  in  Southwestern  Nebraska,  some  of  earlier  formation 
are  now  self-supporting,  and  are  efficient  in  aiding  those  of  later  origin; 
as,  cg.y  Red  Cloud,  Franklin,  Cambridge,  and  Indianola.  Many  of  those 
of  recent  organization  are  well  equipped,  have  wise  and  devoted  pastors, 
are  thoroughly  organized,  and  are  effecting  important  and  wide-reaching 
results,  as  Alma,  Holdrege,  Curtis,.  Wilcox,  and  others. 

The  missionary  in  western  counties  has  two  objects  in  mind  :  firsts  to 
meet  needy  people  with  the  message  of  grace  ;  second^  to  build  up  strong 
churches  at  important  centers.  Material  considerations  would  lead  him 
to  labor  especially  for  the  second  object,  but  fidelity  to  his  Master  con- 
strains him  to  respond  to  the  call  of  people  in  many  a  village  where 
there  is  no  prospect  of  growth,  and  in  many  a  rural  district  where  the 
organized  society  may  not  survive  a  decade.  In  the  semi-arid  counties  on 
the  western  border  of  our  State  it  is  doubtful  whether  churches  will  ever 
become  separately  self-supporting  ;  but  thousands  of  people  are  living 
there,  and  we  cannot  shut  our  ears  to  their  call  for  help. 

For  a  long  time  we  have  not  encouraged  the  organization  of  churches, 
because  of  the  lack  of  funds  for  new  work.  Occasionally  a  movement 
will  develop  in  spite  of  repressive  influence.  At  Hayes  Center,  the  county 
seat  of  Hayes  County,  and  the  only  village  in  the  county,  a  band  of  seven- 
teen believers  lately  united  in  the  formation  of  a  Congregational  church. 
They  are  yet  under  the  care  of  the  general  missionary.  There  is  press- 
ing need  of  a  fit  man  to  become  pastor  of  this  church  and  missionary 
for  the  entire  county.  At  Eustis,  a  stirring  railroad  village  in  Frontier 
County,  a  dozen  of  the  leading  families  have  prevailed  on  Pastor  Sprague, 
of  Farnam,  fourteen  miles  distant,  to  give  them  stated  services,  and  have 
recently  effected  an  organization  of  some  twenty  members. 

The  present  year  is  marked  by  unwonted  activity  in  many  churches. 
There  have  been  gracious  revivals,  deepening  spiritual  life  and  adding 
many  to  the  household  of  faith. 

Southwestern  Nebraska  appreciates  the  strong  and  helpful  hand  of 
our  Congregational  fellowship  in  the  early  planting  and  continued  foster- 
ing of  Gospel  institutions.  We  do  not  propose  to  be  lacking  in  a  hearty 
reciprocation  and  extension  of  that  fellowship.  As  we  have  so  freely 
received,  by  divine  grace  we  will  also  freely  give. — Rev.  George  E. 
Taylor,  General  Missionary, 

BOYD    COUNTY,    NEBRASKA 

Congregation ALiSTS  who  gather  into  the  "  Midway  City"  of  the  conti- 
nent to  celebrate  the  anniversary  of  the  Congregational  Home  Missionary 
^oc'wty,  will  probably  be  surprised  at  its  modern  character.     No  intima- 


May.  1894  The  Home  Missionary  23 

tion  of  pioneer  life  can  there .  be  found.  The  "  wild  and  woolly  "  has 
been  tamed  and  changed.  Nevertheless,  Nebraska  is  still  in  its  construc- 
tive period,  and  if  the  visitor  has  the  disposition  to  travel  about  200  miles 
north  and  west  over  the  Fremont,  Elkhorn,  and  Missouri  Valley  Railroad, 
and  "stage  it  *'  another  forty-four  miles,  he  will  find  himself  in  the  heart  of 
one  of  our  newest  and  richest  settlements.  Within  three  years  the  red  man 
and  the  wild  beast  held  possession  of  this  territory.  Now  Boyd  County  is 
settled,  and  the  elements  of  an  American  civilization  are  budding.  Here, 
then,  is  pioneer  life  in  reality.  A  ride  over  the  county  at  this  time  discovers 
to  the  visitor  every  conceivable  contrivance  for  shelter — mud  huts,  sod 
shanties,  plank  buildings.  There  is  a  rough-and-ready  look  about  every 
phase  of  life  in  town  and  country,  and  several  crops  will  be  needed  before 
the  more  substantial  improvements  are  made.  It  is  amongst  people  who 
dig  fortunes  out  of  the  virgin  soil  that  the  missionaries  of  the  Society 
find  opportunities,  never  surpassed,  for  molding  this  incipient  life.  They 
strive  to  keep  step  with  the  developments,  and  as  leaders  and  companions 
attempt  to  discover  to  men  the  great  spiritual  forces  of  our  time.  In  the 
struggle  to  build  homes  and  maintain  life,  few  resources  are  left  for 
distinctively  religious  work,  and  aid  must  be  forthcoming  from  other 
sources.  The  two  principal  towns  are  Butte  City  and  Spencer.  The  first 
minister  to  visit  these  settlements  made  a  buggy  trip  of  120  miles.  The 
addition  of  a  whole  county  to  one's  parish  would  discourage  some  men, 
but  the  pastor  in  question  only  missed  one  appointment  during  a  long 
and  severe  winter,  and  his  efforts  resulted  in  the  erection  of  a  building 
at  Spencer  in  April,  1893.  The  Butte  City  church  tried  to  do  likewise,  but 
the  crop  failure  was  too  discouraging,  and  the  work  was  postponed  until 
fall.  Twenty  men  with  twenty  teams  crossed  the  prairies  to  haul  the 
lumber.  They  spent  three  days  and  two  nights,  and  traveled  ninety 
miles.  On  the  journey  to  the  railroad  a  broken  bridge  compelled  them 
to  ford  the  river ;  the  church  lumber  was  used  to  repair  it  to  afford  a  safe 
return.  Such  are  the  efforts  needed  to  establish  "  church  homes  "  on  the 
distant  prairies.  Winter  had  nearly  passed  into  spring  before  this  church 
was  ready  for  dedication,  and  the  one  pastor  is  now  caring  for  these  two 
parishes.  We  have  the  only  two  Protestant  church  buildings  in  the  county, 
and  their  erection  was  made  possible  by  liberal  aid  from  the  Congrega- 
tional Church  Building  Society. — Rev.  W.  J.  Paske,  General  Missionary, 

HOW    WORK    GROWS    IN    NEBRASKA 

By   Rev.   H.   Bross,  Superintendent 

The  church  at  Cambridge,  in  the  western  part  of  the  State,  was  organ- 
ized in  1880  with  seven  members.     Growth  was  slow  iot  a  xXrcv^,  lot  \)cv^x^ 


24  The  Home  Missionary  May,  1894 

were  several  failures  of  crops  in  the  vicinity  ;  but  with  the  coming  of  the 
present  pastor,  Rev.  H.  S.  McAyeal,  in  1890,  the  church  assumed  self- 
support  and  took  on  new  life  and  energy.  The  total  sum  of  grants  for 
the  work  amounts  lo  only  $725.  The  church  has  valuable  property  both 
in  its  church  building  and  its  commodious  and  delightful  parsonage. 
One  hundred  and  forty-eight  members  have  united  during  the  present 
pastorate,  and  the  benevolences  of  the  church  last  year  amounted  to  $319, 
of  which  seventy  dollars  was  for  Home  Missions. 

St.  Mary's  Avenue  Church,  Omaha,  was  organized  in  the  summer  of 
1882.  The  work  of  building  went  forward  under  the  direction  of  a  board 
of  trustees,  with  the  advice  and  active  cooperation  of  Rev.  A.  F.  Sherrill, 
then  pastor  of  the  First  Church.  In  the  same  way  the  right  man  was  found 
for  pastor  in  the  person  of  Rev.  Willard  Scott,  now  Dr.  Scott,  of  the 
South  Church,  Chicago.  When  the  council  of  recognition  met,  in  Feb- 
ruary, the  church  had  its  own  house  of  worship  and  its  own  pastor-elect 
to  be  installed.  The  pastorate  of  Dr.  Scott  was  eminently  successful,  and 
when  he  left  the  church,  in  1891,  it  had  a  membership  of  357.  Only  three 
grants  were  voted  to  the  church,  amounting  in  all  to  $1,500,  and  it  con- 
tributed in  a  single  year  to  the  treasury  of  the  Home  Missionary  Society 
$400.  There  has  been  steady  increase  of  the  work  under  the  pastorate 
of  Rev.  S.  Wright  Butler,  D.D.,  and  the  church  now  has  the  largest  mem- 
bership of  any  in  the  State,  the  number  reaching  471.  It  has  a  commodious 
house  of  worship,  admirable  in  all  its  appointments. 

In  the  autumn  of  1892,  soon  after  the  Burlington  Railroad  shops  were 
located  at  Havelock,  one  of  the  suburbs  of  Lincoln,  a  movement  was 
started  looking  to  the  organization  of  a  Congregational  church.  Rev. 
H.  S.  Wannamaker,  of  Vine  Street  Church,  Lincoln,  and  Rev.  Norman 
Plass,  of  Plymouth  Church,  Lincoln,  visited  the  place  and  held  some 
special  meetings.  On  Sunday,  September  4th,  Superintendent  J.  D. 
Stewart,  of  the  Congregational  Sunday-school  and  Publishing  Society, 
preached  and  organized  a  Sunday-school.  Sunday,  September  i8th. 
Superintendent  Bross  preached  and  conferred  with  the  people  about 
church  organization.  September  30th  a  church  of  twelve  members  was 
recognized  by  council,  and  immediate  steps  taken  to  erect  a  house  of 
worship.  The  Congregational  Church  Building  Society  aided  by  a  grant 
of  $500,  and  on  Sunday,  the  8th  of  the  following  January,  a  neat  house 
of  worship,  with  a  seating  capacity  of  150,  was  dedicated  free  of  debt. 
The  church  at  once  called  a  pastor,  pledging  him  one-half  his  salary,  and 
the  church  work  is  now  going  forward  successfully  under  the  pastorate 
of  Rev.  Samuel  Wood. 

About  a  year  ago  it  was  reported  that  one  of  our  counties  in  central 


May,  1894  The  Home  Missionary  25 

northern  Nebraska  was  rapidly  settling  and  was  entirely  without  religious 
service  or  church  of  any  sort.  Early  in  May  the  superintendent  arranged 
for  an  Oberlin  student  to  occupy  the  field.  He  commenced  services  at 
the  county  seat,  and  then  branched  out  and  occupied  two  or  three  out- 
stations.  The  people  rallied  around  him  at  once,  and  he  entered  with 
great  zest  into  his  work.  July  3d,  a  church  of  twenty-six  members  was 
organized,  and  the  work  of  building  a  sanctuary  was  at  once  entered  upon. 
With  the  aid  of  a  grant  from  the  Building  Society,  a  good  house  of  wor- 
ship was  put  up,  and •  in  December  was  dedicated  free  of  debt.  When 
the  student,  Mr.  George  S.  Brett,  returned  to  his  studies  at  Oberlin,  the 
church  called  to  the  pastorate  Rev.  D.  F.  Bright,  pledging  him  half  his 
salary. 

Lincoln,  Neb.,  March  22,  1894. 


THE  JUNE   MEETING 

The  coming  annual  meeting  of  the  Home  Missionary  Society  in 
Omaha  is  attracting  no  little  attention  among  Congregationalists  in  Iowa 
and  Nebraska.  This  State  has  been  favorite  home  missionary  ground 
since  the  day  Rev.  Reuben  Gaylord  crossed  the  Missouri  River.  Now 
for  the  first  time  the  national  organization,  which  has  done  so  much  for 
Nebraska,  is  to  meet  within  our  borders.  Naturally  this  meeting  excites 
our  interest,  and  friends  of  Home  Missions  anticipate  not  only  a  good 
time,  but  profitable  instruction.  Word  comes  from  East  and  West  that 
there  will  be  a  large  attendance.  Eastern  people  are  desirous  of  having 
a  peep  at  the  real  West,  while  we  out  here  are  anxious  to  meet  face  to 
face  the  men  who  have  labored  continuously  for  us.  The  Omaha  com- 
mittee is  busy  preparing  for  the  comfort  and  enjoyment  of  all  who  may 
come.  Lincoln  and  Crete  are  arranging  to  invite  the  strangers  to  visit 
the  Capitol  and  Doane  College.  Lincoln  is  fifty-five  and  Crete  is 
seventy-five  miles  from  Omaha.  Nor  is  this  all.  Business  interests  are 
awake  to  the  advantages  to  be  derived  from  a  visit  by  such  a  body 
of  educated  men.  The  Burlington  and  Quincy  Railway  managers  are 
esp>ecially  solicitous,  and  are  arranging  to  do  **the  handsome  thing." 
This  company  extended  its  line  into  the  State  at  a  very  early  day,  and 
now  reaches  nearly  every  place  of  importance  in  Nebraska.  From  the 
start  it  was  a  stanch  supporter  of  the  Home  Missionary  Society,  and 
many  are  the  church  and  parsonage  lots  donated  by  it  thereto.  Many  a 
car  of  lumber  has  been  transported  free  or  at  reduced  rates  to  help  new 
churches,  to  say  nothing  of  the  many  and  long-continued  i<i\oxs»  %\\o^\v 
missionaries  and  agents  of  the  Society.      This  company  >n*\\\  ptoV\^^* 


26  The  Home  Missionary  May,  1894 

special  accommodations  between  Chicago  and  Omaha  for  delegates,  and 
has  given  out  an  intimation  that  some  advantageous  arrangement  will  be 
made  by  which  the  visitors  will  be  given  a  glimpse  of  Denver  and  the 
Rocky  Mountains,  and  perhaps  the  beautiful  Black  Hills.  We  in  the 
West  do  not  want  to  promise  too  much,  but  feel  like  assuring  our  East- 
ern friends  that  they  will  miss  it  if  they  neglect  to  attend  the  Omaha 
meeting.  W.  Q.  B. 

Lincoln,  Neb. 

DOANE    COLLEGE    AND    THE    MISSIONARY    SPIRIT 

By  President  David  Brainerd  Perry 

The  missionary  spirit  is  the  ground  of  hope  for  our  country.  This 
spirit  animates  the  educational  work  that  the  Christian  academy  and  col- 
lege are  seeking  to  do  in  every  new  State.  As  the  Home  Missionary 
Society  holds  its  annual  meeting  this  year  in  Omaha,  nearer  than  ever 
before  to  the  center  of  its  great  field  of  operations,  it  may  be  fitting  to 
call  attention  to  the  close  connection  between  home  missionary  effort 
and  educational  work  in  Nebraska. 

Reuben  Gaylord — born  in  Norfolk,  Conn.,  a  graduate  of  Yale,  instructor 
in  Illinois  College,  pioneer  Home  Missionary  in  eastern  Iowa,  charter 
trustee  of  Iowa  College,  first  Congregational  minister  to  labor  in  Nebraska, 
first  pastor  of  the  First  Congregational  Church  of  Omaha,  first  superin- 
tendent of  Congregational  home  missionary  work  in  the  then  Territory  of 
Nebraska  ;  who,  with  wife  and  children,  in  the  fall  and  winter  of  1855, 
drove  across  the  great  State  of  Iowa,  crossing  the  Missouri  River  on  the 
ice  on  Christmas  Day — was  not  less  in  earnest  to  plant  higher  education 
than  home  missionary  churches. 

O.  W.  Merrill,  of  Vermont,  who  had  been  a  Home  Missionary  in  Iowa, 
who  was  second  superintendent  of  Nebraska  home  missionary  work,  not 
himself  a  college  graduate,  was  equally  zealous  for  Christian  education, 
and  prominent  among  those  who  founded  Doane  College. 

It  was  in  General  Association,  convened  in  the  First  Church  of  Omaha, 
that  the  Congregational  churches  of  the  State,  in  1872,  when  nearly  all 
were  home  missionary,  located  the  institution  that  bears  the  name  Doane 
College. 

The  college  would  not  have  received  this  name  if  Thomas  Doane,  of 
Charlestown,  Mass.,  civil  engineer  for  the  extension  in  Nebraska  of  the 
Chicago,  Burlington,  and  Quincy  Railroad,  had  not  been  an  enthusiastic 
supporter  of  Home  Missions. 

That  the  corner-stont  of  Crete  Academy,  the  beginning  of  the  educa- 


May,  1894 


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27 


tional  enterprise,  should  have  been  laid  by  the  churches  in  General  Associa- 
tion ;  that  the  academy  bell  should  bear  the  legend,  "  In  the  interest  of 
Christian  Education  "  ;  that  the  college  motto  should  be,  "  We  build  on 
Christ  "  ;  that  the  college  should  be  called  Doane  ;  that  the  first  permanent 
building  should  be  named  Merrill  Hail ;  that  a  second  should  receive  the 
name  Gaylord  Hall  ;  that  religious  influences  should  be  such  that  most  of 
the  students  from  the  first  have  delighted  to  make  public  profession  of 
their  faith  in  Christ ;  that  Christian  activity  is  pervasive  in  religious  organ- 
izations and  evangelistic  work  within  and  outside  of  the  college  world ;  that 
many  study  with  the  Christian  ministry  in  view ;  that  not  a  few  old  students 


are  now  doing  noble  service  in  the  home,  in  society,  in  public  school, 
academy,  and  college,  in  ministering  to  churches  in  Nebraska  and  neigh- 
boring States  ;  that  some  of  them  have  crossed  the  sea  to  labor  in  Japan, 
and  even  in  the  interior  of  Africa— all  this  is  but  indicative  of  the  home 
missionary  origin  of  Doane  College,  and  is  the  natural  expression  of  the 
home  missionary  spirit. 

Here  are  little  churches,  some  of  them  far  out  on  the  frontier,  very 
limited  in  means,  struggling  hard  for  an  existence  ;  but  they  are  sending 
many  boys  and  girls  to  academy  and  college,  to  be  well  trained  and  to  be 
their  worthy  representatives  in  the  great  world  of  thoug\i\.  a.nA  a.t'C\(iw. 
Perhaps  it  is  the  only  way  in  which  these  feeble  chutcYies  can  Vwt  ai\i 


i. 


28  The  Home  Missionary  May,  1894 

become  strong.  Certainly  in  their  well-trained  sons  and  daughters  they 
have  grand  compensation  for  all  the  externals  of  religion,  however  beauti- 
ful. Many  a  frontier  home  missionary  conmiunity  is  doing  more  than  the 
highly  cultured  metropolitan  church  to  raise  up  great  spiritual  leaders. 

While  the  home  missionary  church  that  plants  the  college  sacrifices  to 
maintain  it,  giving  generously  from  its  scant  supplies  for  current  expenses, 
buildings,  and  endowments,  the  college  in  turn  remits  tuition  to  the  chil- 
dren of  Home  Missionaries  and  those  who  are  studying  for  special  Christian 
work.  Whatever  may  be  true  of  some  other  institutions  of  learning,  the 
home  missionary  college  puts  Christian  motive  first.  Does  it  thereby 
lower  its  standard  of  scholarship  ?  Not  if  the  mightiest  emotional  forces 
are  necessary  to  secure  the  loftiest  achievements  of  intellect  and  will. 

It  is  the  boast  of  some  institutions  that  they  do  work  along  the  lines  of 
original  research  in  history,  literature,  and  science.  The  college  possessed 
by  the  missionary  spirit  takes  quite  as  much  satisfaction  in  discovering  to 
its  earnest  students  their  larger  and  nobler  selves.  Such  a  college  may 
yet  demonstrate  to  educators  in  the  public  school  system  of  instruction 
that  to  secure  the  best  results  means  must  be  adopted,  in  loving,  loyal 
assent,  to  put  honor  upon  the  Greatest  of  all  Teachers,  and  to  give  to 
Him  the  highest  and  best  place  in  the  great  temple  of  science. 

GET    READY    FOR   OMAHA 

Our  readers  will  welcome  this  number,  wholly  devoted  to  Nebraska 
and  its  business  metropolis.  They  will  gladly  read  so  much  as  could  be 
crowded  into  these  pages  concerning  the  growth,  condition,  and  prospects 
of  that  city  and  State,  and  of  the  Society's  work  there  from  the  time  when 
its  first  missionary  crossed  the  Missouri,  in  1856,  to  the  fiscal  year  just 
closed,  when  no  missionaries  were  employed  in  Nebraska,  and  the  Society 
apportioned  $20,500  toward  their  support  for  the  year. 

It  is  hard  for  one  who  first  visited  Omaha  in  1865,  was  jostled  here 
and  there  in  its  rough  streets  by  blanketed  Indians,  and  preached  in  the 
little  church  pictured  on  page  17,  to  realize  that  that  new  settlement  of 
some  4,000  people  has  become  a  great  city  of  more  than  140,000,  with 
schools,  churches,  homes,  and  business  houses  equal  in  cost  and  appear- 
ance to  those  of  our  oldest  Eastern  cities.  But  this  is  the  day  and  our 
West  is  the  scene  of  miracles  in  this  line,  as  our  friends  attending  the 
Annual  Meeting  will  shortly  see  for  themselves.  The  sight  will  well 
repay  the  cost  of  the  trip. 

The  Omaha  Committee  of  Arrangements  will  promptly  answer  all 
inquiries  as  to  accommodations,  etc.,  that  may  be  addressed  to  its  chair- 
227^/7,  G.  H.  Payne,  Esq.,  1702  Farnam  Street. 


May,  1894 


The  Home  Missionary 


29 


THE    TREASURY 

The  receipts  in  March  were  $82,723.95  ;  of  which  $49,636.87  came  in 
contributions  from  churches  and  individuals,  and  $33,087.08  in  payment 
of  legacies.  In  this  sum  and  in  both  of  its  constituents  there  is  a  remark- 
able correspondence  with  those  of  March,  1893,  when  the  receipts  were 
$82,354.08 — from  contributions,  $48,055.70  ;  from  legacies,  $34,298.38 — 
showing  again  of  $1,581.17  in  contributions ;  a  loss  of  $1,211.30  in  legacies, 
and  a  gain  of  $369.87  in  the  total  receipts  of  the  month  here  reported. 

The  receipts  for  the  twelve  months  of  the  sixty-seventh  and  sixty- 
eighth  financial  years  compare  as  follows : 


CONTRIBUTIONS 

LEGACIES 

1892-93. 

1893-94. 

1892-93. 

1893-94. 

April 

$26,151  95 

$10,366  46 

April 

$30,218    23 

$6,681    14 

May 

22,104  53 

9,461  46 

May 

12,845  45 

25,812  59 

June 

26,059  59 

I5»i36  17 

June 

30,077    63 

10,254  35 

July 

15,636  18 

15,293  72 

July 

15,968    20 

8,940  39 

August. . . 

11,976  26 

9>479  91 

August.  . . 

7,3»5   19 

14,885  55 

September 

12,940  96 

i3»794  35 

September 

10,600  00 

5,450  10 

October . . 

14,876  81 

7,342  56 

October . . 

6,926  75 

4,025  00 

November 

14,826  44 

13,387  77 

November 

6,774  81 

4,682  73 

December. 

29,880  32 

15*693  27 

December 

16,444  40 

11,943   II 

January.. 

44,922  79 

38,416  74 

January  . . 

24,181   83 

15,688  59 

February . 

19,932  98 

10,538  94 

February.. 

43.566  23 

17,248  48 

March. . . . 

48,055  70 

49,636  87 

March 

34,298  38 

33,087  08 

$287,364  51 

$208,548  22 

$ 

1239,217   10 

$158,699  II 

Showing  a  falling  off  in  the  receipts  of  the  sixty-eighth  from  those  of 
the  sixty-seventh  year,  of  $159,334.28 — of  which  $78,816.29  was  in  con- 
tributions, and  $80,517.99  was  in  legacies.  Thus  has  our  treasury,  in 
common  with  those  of  sister  benevolent  societies,  shared  in  the  sharp 
pinch  of  these  disastrous  times.  The  cash  available  for  carrying  on  the 
year's  work  has  been  : 


From  contributions  and  legacies,  as  above 

From  sale  of  securities 

Brought  over  from  previous  year 


$367,247  33 

• 33,062  28 

13,523  26 

$413*832  87 
The  year's  payments  in  cash  were. . .   $480,142  21 

Reserved  for  paying  drafts  accepted.. ..  18,212  45 — $498,354  66 

Leaving  the  treasury  in  debt ^^^,«^2\  ^9 


30  The  Home  Missionary  May,  1894 

In  these  trying  circumstances  the  Executive  Committee,  after  discuss- 
ing the  matter  in  two  meetings,  protracted  late  into  the  night,  felt  them- 
selves compelled  to  issue  to  the  Congregational  churches  and  individual 
friends  and  supporters  of  the  Society's  work  the  following  communication: 

Bible  House,  New  York,  April  lo,  1894. 
To  THE  Congregational  Churches  of  the  United  States  : 

Dear  Brethren  : — We  are  pained  to  be  compelled  to  inform  you  that 
we  are  under  the  necessity  of  curtailing  our  estimated  expenditure  for 
the  new  year  beginning  April  i,  by  $75,000.  Our  receipts  for  the  year 
closing  March  31  (including  balance  from  preceding  year)  were  only 
$413,832.87,  while  our  expenditure  was  $498,354.66,  leaving  a  deficit  on 
our  books  of  $84,521.79.  This  notwithstanding  the  fact  that  we  have 
sold  $33,000  of  securities  in  our  hands  and  applied  the  proceeds  to  cur- 
rent expenses.     We  are  now  borrowing  at  the  bank  $125,000. 

With  the  most  liberal  view  of  our  probable  receipts  in  the  immediate 
future,  we  cannot  anticipate  their  being  maintained  at  a  larger  sum  than 
during  the  year  just  closed.  Kven  should  this  view  be  sustained,  our 
debt  would  be  doubled  by  the  end  of  the  current  year,  which  would  be 
disaster.  There  is  therefore  no  alternative  before  us.  With  a  full  con- 
sciousness of  the  great  hardship  that  will  be  entailed  on  the  entire  home 
missionary  field,  we  find  ourselves  driven  as  wise  administrators  of  the 
trust  you  have  committed  to  us,  to  announce  this  reduction  in  the  appro- 
priations for  the  new  year.  We  are  helped  to  our  decision  under  this  sad 
necessity  by  the  voluntary  suggestion  of  our  executive  officers  that  the 
curtailment  begin  with  a  reduction  of  ten  per  cent,  in  all  administrative 
expenditures,  which  we  have  therefore  made. 

We  now  appeal  to  you  to  give  us  the  means  to  restore  the  estimates 
at  the  earliest  possible  moment.  This  we  pledge  ourselves  to  do  as  soon 
as  we  are  put  in  funds.  And  we  shall  plan  to  carry  our  debt  as  it  now  is 
at  the  bank,  unreduced,  until  after  the  estimates  are  restored. 

We  desire  to  assure  our  brethren  that  this  course  has  been  decided 
upon  only  after  much  anxious  deliberation,  and  after  we  have  waited  for 
light  until  the  last  moment  within  which  delay  was  possible. 

Wm.  Ives  Washburn, 

Chairman. 

Asa  a.  Spear, 

Rec.  Sec.  of  Ex.  Com.  of  the  C.  //.  M.  S. 

Jos.  Bourne  Clark, 
William  Kincaid, 
Washington  C  ho  ate, 

Secre/ar/es. 

William  B.  Howland, 

Treasurer. 


May,  1894  The  Home  Missionary  31 


THE  SOCIETY'S   ANNUAL   MEETING  FOR   1894 

Will  be  held  in  Omaha,  Nebraska,  the  regular  sessions  beginning  on 
Wednesday,  p.m.,  June  6th,  in  the  First  Congregational  Church,  and 
closing  on  Friday  evening,  June  8th,  leaving  Saturday  for  sight-seeing 
and  rest.  On  Sunday,  June  loth,  there  will  be  home  missionary  services 
in  all  the  Congregational  churches  of  the  city,  conducted  by  the  secre- 
taries of  the  Society  and  well-known  able  brethren  from  various  parts  of 
the  country. 

Major-General  O.  O.  Howard,  President  of  the  Society,  is  to  preside 
throughout  the  entire  series  of  meetings.  The  annual  sermon  will  be 
preached  on  Wednesday  evening  by  Rev.  Dr.  Samuel  E.  Herrick,  of 
Boston,  Massachusetts. 

An  unusual  number  of  brethren  in  active  service,  some  of  them  for 
many  years,  may  be  expected  to  attend  and  make  addresses. 

HOTEL  ACCOMMODATIONS  AND  RATES 

The  Paxton  Hotel,  corner  Farnam  and  Fourteenth  Streets,  with 
accommodations  for  275  persons,  will  make  a  rate  of  $2.50  per  day  on 
three-dollar  rooms,  and  $3  per  day  on  four-dollar  rooms. 

The  Millard  Hotel,  corner  Thirteenth  and  Douglas  Streets,  with 
about  equal  accommodations,  will  make  a  rate  of  from  $2  where  two 
room  together,  to  $4  for  a  single  room. 

The  Mercer,  corner  Twelfth  and  Howard  Streets,  with  accommo- 
dations for  200,  will  give  a  rate  of  J2  with  two  in  a  room,  running  to  $3 
per  day  for  rooms  with  bath-room  connected. 

The  Murray  Hotel,  corner  Fourteenth  and  Harney  Streets,  with  capa- 
city for  150  guests,  will  make  the  same  rate  as  the  Paxton. 

The  Delone,  Capitol  Avenue  and  Fourteenth  Street;  with  capacity 
for  150,  will  make  rates  of  from  $2  up. 

The  Merchants'  Hotel,  Sixteenth  and  Farnam  Streets,  with  capacity  for 
150,  will  make  a  rate  of  $1.75  for  two  in  a  room,  and  $2  for  single  rooms. 

Hotel  Brunswick,  Sixteenth  and  Jackson  Streets,  will  make  the  same 
rate  as  the  Merchants*. 

The  Windsor,  corner  Tenth  and  Jackson  Streets,  with  capacity  for  125, 
will  make  a  rate  of  $1.50  with  two  in  a  room,  and  $2  with  one  in  a  room. 

The  Barker,  Thirteenth  and  Jones  Streets,  with  capacity  for  125,  will 
make  a  rate  of  $1.50  for  two  in  a  room,  and  $2  with  one  in  a  room. 

The  Midland,  Sixteenth  and  Chicago  Streets,  with  capacity  for  75, 
will  make  the  same  rate  as  the  Windsor. 

The  Arcade,  Thirteenth  and  Douglas  Streets,  with  capacity  for  100, 
will  make  a  rate  of  $1.50  per  day,  with  two  in  a  room. 


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32  The  Home  Missionary  May,  1894 

The  Drexel  Hotel,  Sixteenth  and  Webster  Streets,  with  capacity  for 

100,  will  also  make  a  rate  of  $1.50  per  day  with  two  in  a  room. 

These  hotels  are  solid  structures  of  brick,  ranging  from  three  to  six 
stories  in  height.  They  are  all  conducted  on  the  American  plan.  Every 
provision  for  the  personal  comfort  and  safety  of  the  guests  has  been 
made. 

There  are  private  boarding-houses  within  a  reasonable  distance  capa- 
ble of  accommodating  about  800  people.  The  location  of  many  of  these, 
with  special  rates  for  the  meeting — ranging  from  about  seventy-five  cents 
to  $1.50  per  day — will  be  given  in  our  denominational  papers,  having 
been  delayed  too  late  for  this  number  of  the  magazine. 

The  Committee  of  Arrangements  will  also  have  listed  a  large  number 
of  rooms  in  the  central  part  of  the  city,  where,  at  low  rates,  guests  can  be 
accommodated  with  lodgings  and  can  board  at  restaurants  near  at  hand. 
The  Commercial  Club,  which  occupies  the  fifth  floor  of  the  Chamber  of 
Commerce,  tenders  the  hospitality  of  its  rooms  to  the  members  and  guests 
of  the  Society,  and  a  large  and  well-managed  restaurant  is  under  the 
patronage  of  the  club. 

TRANSPORTATION 

The  Boston  Passenger  Committee,  the  Trunk  Line  Association,  the 
Central  Traffic  Association,  and  the  Western  Passenger  Association — 
covering  most  of  the  roads  likely  to  be  used  by  attendants  on  the  meeting 
— have  all  agreed  that  those  paying  full  fare  from  stations  on  their  lines 
to  Omaha,  and  securing  certificates  at  the  time  of  buying  tickets  that 
they  have  so  paid,  shall  have  return  tickets  07.>er  the  safne  routes  at  one- 
third  fare,  these  return  tickets  holding  good  for  starting  for  three  days 
from  the  close  of  the  meeting. 

Certified  clergymen  will  be  carried  each  way  for  $17.50  from  New 
York  City,  which  is  one-half  the  unlimited  fare  ;  and  others  paying  full 
(limited)  fare  ($32.75)  from  New  York  City  in  going,  will  be  returned 
for  one-third  of  that  sum  ($10.92)  by  the  same  route. 

The  sleeping-car  fare  is  $7.50  for  each  berth. 

Arrangements  have  been  made  with  Messrs.  Raymond  and  Whitcomb, 
the  well-known  excursion  managers,  to  run  special  excursion  trains  from 
Boston  and  New  York  to  Omaha  and  return  on  these  terms  :  They  wMll'sell 
round-trip  tickets,  including  railway  transportation,  Pullman  berth,  meals 
en  route  (to  Omaha  and  return),  and  first-class  hotel  accommodations 
in  Omaha  for  five  days,  for  sixty-five  dollars  ($65)  for  clergymen, 
missionaries,  and  their  families  ;  and  for  all  others,  seventy  dollars  ($70), 
from  either  New  York  or  Boston. 

For  those  who  desire,  Messrs.  Raymond  and  Whitcomb  will  make  the 
return  limit  of  their  railroad  ticket  sixty  days,  and  will  refund  the  cost  of 


May.  1894  The  Home  Missionary  33 

the  meals.     But  passengers  not  returning  with  the  party  will  forfeit  the 
Pullman  berth. 

These  excursion  trains  will  leave  Boston  on  Monday,  June  4th,  at  3 
P.M.,  and  New  York  at  5  p.m. — the  New  York  train  joining  that  from 
Boston  at  Rotterdam  Junction,  near  Schenectady — and  are  to  reach  Omaha 
on  Wednesday,  June  6th,  at  2.30  p.m.  Correspondence  concerning  these 
special  trains  niay  be  addressed  to  Messrs.  Raymond  and  Whitcomb, 
Boston  or  New  York  ;  Rev.  Joshua  Coit,  Congregational  House,  Boston  ; 
or  Mr.  William  B.  Howland,  Treasurer,  Bible  House,  New  York. 

SAMUEL    CLARK     SPRAGUE 

Among  the  many  peaceful  conquests  of  modern  times  few  have  been 
more  remarkable  or  more  full  of  promise  for  the  coming  years  than  that, 
gained  by  the  hardy  settlers  and  pioneers  over  the  "  desert  "  of  Northwest 
Nebraska.  Where  only  a  few  years  ago  the  buffalo,  antelope,  and  elk 
roamed  at  will,  the  traveler  of  to-day,  on  the  Fremont,  Elkhorn,  and  Mis- 
souri Valley  Railroad,  will  see  unmistakable  evidences  of  civilization 
in  the  way  of  cultivated  lands  and  little  towns  full  of  Western  energy 
and  life,  with  their  schools,  churches,  etc. 

The  tide  of  emigration  that  rolled  toward  the  northwest  of  Nebraska 
ten  years  ago  bore  on  its  surface  one  of  whom  we  wish  here  to  record  a 
few  facts.  Deacon  S.  C.  Sprague  was  a  native  of  New  York  State, 
but  a  good  part  of  his  life  had  been  spent  in  the  east  of  Nebraska.  For 
some  time  he  was  manager  of  the  poor-farm  near  Omaha.  He  will, 
however,  be  best  remembered  in  connection  with  the  little  home  mission- 
ary church  of  Hay  Springs.  Originally  a  Baptist,  he  united  heartily  with 
our  Congregational  people  in  forming  a  church  at  Hay  Springs,  which 
has  since  been  a  faithful  witness  for  truth  and  righteousness  in  the 
midst  of  the  indifference  and  depravity  incidental  to  frontier  life.  Dea- 
con Sprague*s  Christian  career  spanned  the  last  half-century.  In  many 
ways  his  life  was  exemplary.  Firmly  loyal  to  Congregationalism,  well 
grounded  in  the  faith,  always  ready  to  '*  give  a  reason  for  the  hope  "  that 
was  in  him,  his  life  was  eloquent  for  his  Master.  He  was  a  *Miving 
epistle,  read  and  known*'  by  many.  "Given  to  hospitality,"  his  home 
was  a  powerful  center  of  bright  and  helpful  Christian  influence.  His  end 
was  peaceful.  The  day  before  his  death,  calling  his  family  to  his  bedside, 
he  told  them  he  was  going  home  and  exhorted  them  to  come.  On  No- 
vember 29,  1893,  he  passed  away  to  the  heavenly  home.  Acts  viii.  2  and 
Rev.  xiv.  13  were  chosen  by  the  writer  to  point  the  lessons  of  the  vener- 
able brother's  life  and  burial.  ^,  \i, 

CowLKS,  Neb, 
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34  The  Home  Missionary  May,  1894 

THE    LATE    SUPERINTENDENT    MONTGOMERY 

Hy  Rkv.  M.  E.  Kversz,  D.D.,  Supfrintendent  of  German  Work 

The  manner  of  our  friend's  entry  upon  home  missionary  work  was 
characteristic  of  the  man.  Having  studied  at  Wheaton,  Amherst,  and 
Andcver,  and  graduated  with  honor,  he  appeared  in  the  Society's  rooms 
in  the  JJible  House  to  apply  for  work.  But  not,  as  is  so  often  the  case,  to 
see  how  good  a  field  he  might  obtain,  but  to  ask  for  "  the  hardest  field, 
where  no  one  else  was  willing  to  go.*'  At  the  suggestion  of  the  secretaries 
he  went  to  Fort  Scott,  Kansas.  Our  brother  himself  told  me  of  his  first 
experience  there  ;  how  the  pastor  of  another  church  drove  him  around  the 
city,  claiming  nearly  all  possible  Congregational  material  as  belonging  or 
looking  to  the  driver's  own  church,  and  representing  the  Congregational- 
ists  themselves  as  inclined  that  way.  Mr.  Montgomery  said  he  made  no 
reply,  but  supposed  that  his  adviser  expected  him  to  leave  town  the  next 
day.  Instead  of  that,  he  gave  himself  to  work  all  the  more  earnestly.  In 
eighteen  months  the  church  was  self-supporting,  and  is  still  a  bright 
testimonial  to  his  energy  and  wisdom. 

But  the  climate  necessitated  a  change,  and  now  we  find  him  yielding  to 
earnest  entreaties  to  accept  the  financial  leadership  of  Washburn  College. 
Again  he  proves  himself  abundantly  equal  to  the  demands.  But  Provi- 
dence called  him  to  a  special  work.  He  was  appointed  by  the  National 
Society  its  superintendent  of  Home  Missions  in  Minnesota.  In  1881  he 
assumed  charge  of  tiiis  field  with  his  usual  wisdom  and  energy.  His 
attention  was  soon  drawn  to  the  large  number  of  Swedes  and  Norwegians 
in  the  State.  The  meetings  and  methods  of  their  **  mission  "  churches 
especially  attracted  him  toward  them.  He  wrote  to  the  Home  Office 
urging  cooperation  with  them.  His  health  having  suffered  through  his 
continuous  labors,  physicians  prescribed  rest  in  a  European  tour  of  several 
months,  and  he  was  requested  by  the  Home  Office  to  go  to  Sweden  and 
studv  the  "mission  "  movement  in  its  home. 

He  gladly  did  so  ;  and  receiving  this  answer  to  his  inquiry  as  to  the 
origin  of  the  new  movement:  *^  A  Wind  from  the  Holy  Spirit,"  he  used 
that  as  the  title  to  his  important  work  upon  the  movement. 

Soon  after  his  return  his  wish  to  have  special  work  done  among  the 
Scandinavians  was  gratified,  and  he  was  appointed  to  take  charge  of  it. 
Feeling  that  he  must  have  a  better  command  of  the  language,  he  returned 
to  Sweden  about  five  years  ago,  and  devoted  himself  for  four  months  so 
effectively  to  its  acquisition  that  he  returned  able  not  only  to  correspond 
in  Swedish,  but  also  to  give  addresses  and  preach  in  tliat  tongue. 

He  now  found  that  Mormon  missionaries  were  making  very  many 
proselytes  among  the  people  of  his  adoption.     One  day  he  saw  seventy- 


May,  1894  The  Home  Missionary  35 

five  of  them  take  the  train  at  Minneapolis  for  Utah,  His  soul  was  on  fire 
for  the  protection  of  his  people,  and  he  organized  meetings  against  the 
Mormons.  Wholly  fearless,  his  language  was  strong,  and  he  once  came 
near  being  mobbed.  Brother  Montgomery  could  not  do  things  by  halves. 
He  must  learn  the  secret  of  the  Mormon  power  if  he  would  oppose  them 
effectively.  So  he  secured  the  consent  of  the  New  York  office  to  go  to 
Utah  and  study  Mormonism  at  home.  The  result  was  his  work  on  the 
"  Mormon  Problem  " — perhaps  the  ablest  work  that  has  appeared  on  this 
subject — and  the  almost  complete  breaking  up  of  Mormon  conquests  in 
Minnesota. 

The  104  Scandinavian  churches  already  in  fellowship  with  us,  with 
some  thirty  more  practically  there,  though  they  have  not  yet  taken  formal 
action,  and  the  forty  to  sixty  young  men  who  have  studied  from  year  to 
year  in  our  seminary,  are  an  abundant  testimony  and  eulogy  upon  his  work. 

The  superintendent  was  greater  than  his  department.  His  large  heart 
and  deep  sympathies  made  him  give  earnest  attention  to  all  who  came 
under  his  notice.  My  first  acquaintance  with  him  came  about  in  1880, 
through  a  letter  from  him  pleading  that  I  should  go  and  take  up  the  work 
in  New  Ulm,  Minn.,  where  Christ  had  been  burned  in  effigy.  The  next 
time  we  came  together  was  at  the  annual  meeting  of  our  Home  Mission- 
ary Society  in  Saratoga  in  1888.  I  felt  much  burdened  for  our  seminary 
at  Crete,  Nebraska,  and  used  my  time  for  presenting  our  German  work  in 
making  a  plea  for  that.  Our  brother  was  to  follow  me  with  a  twenty- 
minutes  address  on  the  Scandinavian  work.  He  arose  and  said  in  sub- 
stance :  "  My  friends,  1  know  that  what  the  brother  has  said  is  true.  I 
happen  to  know  that  this  same  debt  was  a  great  burden  on  his  predecessor. 
He  ought  to  have  that  money.  It  can  be  raised  here  and  now,  and  I  shall 
not  make  my  address  until  it  is  done."  Then  he  took  his  seat.  His  action 
was  electric.  The  gifts  began  to  come  in,  and  did  not  stop  until  $200  more 
than  had  been  asked  for  were  subscribed.  A  narrow  or  selfish  man  would 
not  have  been  capable  of  such  action. 

His  study  into  the  customs  and  habits  of  different  peoples  was  not 
the  result  of  curiosity,  but  of  a  quick  sympathy.  Hence  his  interesting 
descriptions.  To  see  a  wrong  was  sure  to  awaken  in  him  an  impulse  to 
right  it. 

Brother  Montgomery  was  a  man  of  great  breadth  of  view.  His  plans 
and  addresses  were  those  of  a  statesman.  Without  doubt  his  interest  in 
the  Scandinavians  reacted  upon  all  other  work  undertaken  for  the  foreign 
population,  quickening,  if  not  creating,  the  then  rising  conviction  in  our 
National  Society  of  its  duty  to  these  people. 

He  was  a  wise  counselor,  a  true  friend,  a  loved  co-worker.     May  his 
mantle  fall  on  worthy  shoulders  !     And  may  his  God  comloxl  \.\\o^^  ^s^^- 
cially  who  are  most  nearly  afflicted  by  his  sudden  call  to  corc\e  w\)  \vv^^t\ 


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APPOINTMENTS    IN    MARCH,    1894 


Not  in  commission  last  year 

Blom,  Karl  J.,  Vermilion,  So.  Dak. 

Cameron,  £>onald,  Firesteel,  Letcher,  Perry,  and 

Lisbon,  So.  Dak. 
Comett,  W.  H.,  Spokane,  Wash. 
Finger,  Charles  F.,  Davenport,  Iowa. 
FunKhouser,  Husrh  C,  Briffhtwood,  Ind. 

iohnson.  Jonas,  Mankato,  Minn. 
Cirkland,  Miss  Jessie  M.,  Endicott,  Wash. 
McClements,  H.  John,  Iron  River  and  Brule,  Wis. 
Pearce,  Isaac  A.,  Sylvan  Lake  and  Longwood, 

Fla. 
Rood,  Francis  Dwi^^ht,  Avon  Park,  Fla. 
Schmalle,  August  F.,  Tyndale,  So.  Dak. 
Trow,  William  Austin,  Albany,  Or. 

Re -com  m  issioned 

Anderson,  Charles,  Naponec,  Neb. 

Battey.  Georgre  J.,  Strang?,  Shickley,and  Bruning, 

Neb. 
Beran,  John.  Milwaukee,  Wis. 
Binffham,  Charles  M.,  Daytona,  Fla. 
Blacic,  Edward  H.,  Dayton  and  Ohlmans,  Wyo. 
Blaisdell,  William  S.,Tavaresand  Tanf^rine,  Fla. 
Brownjohn,  George  W .,  Bryant,  So.  Dak. 
Cristy,  Albert  B.,  Albuquerque,  New  Mex. 
Deakin,  Samuel,  Cowlesand  Pleasant  Ridge,  Neb. 
Dick.  Jeremiah  M.,  Hillsboro,  Or. 
Doe,  Franklin  B..  Clintonville,  Wis. 
Drew,  Frank  L.,  Deming,  New  Mex. 
Fisher,    William    B„    Kansas   City,    Wyandotte 

Forest,  and  Vance,  Kan. 


Fisk,  Pliny,  Henderson,  North  Branch,  and  Sun- 
rise City,  Minn. 
Fuller.  Ahnon  T.,  New  Smyrna,  Fla. 
Fuller,  Edgar  R..  Ml.  Dora,  Fla. 
Green,  George  Edmund,  Canova  and  Dover,  So. 

Dak. 
Griffith,  William,  Caledonia,  No.  Dak. 
Hicks,  George  C,  Avoca  and  Beriin,  Neb. 
Johnston,  Frank  Loveioy,  Omaha,  Neb. 
Lambert,  Charles  E.,  Vaquina  Bay,  Toledo,  and 

Oyster  Bay,  Or. 
Leeds,  Paul  P.,  Kinder,  La. 
Marsh,  William  Blackmore,  Ironton,  Ohio. 
Nichols,  John  T^  Seattle.  Wash. 
Plass,  Norman,  General  Missionary  in  Ohio. 
Pollard,  Samuel  Worcester,  Fairmount,  Ind. 
Power  Jfohn  George,  Chadron,  Neb. 
Pratt,  D.  Butler,  Brooklyn.  N.  Y. 
Reed,  Charles  F.,  Pierre,  So.  Dak. 
Rees,  Luther,  Tucson,  Ariz. 
Roberts,  John,  New  Castle  and  Dailey  Branch, 

Neb. 
Roberts/Thomas  S.,  Osawatomie,  Kan. 
Rouse,  Thomas  H.,  Belleview,  Fla. 
Searles,  George  R.,  Aitkin,  Minn. 
Suess,  William,  Logan,   Hemdon,   and    Ludell, 

Kan. 
Tomlin,  D.  R.,  General  Missionary  in  So.  Dak. 
Welch,  Moses  C,  Pomona,  Fla. 
Williams,  John  Christopher,  Melbourne  and  Rcxrk* 

lidgc  Station.  Fla. 
Wurrschmidt,    Christian    Wilhelm,    Sioux    City, 

Iowa. 
Young.  Arthur  G.,  Melville,  Pingree,   Rio,  and 

Edmunds,  Nu.  Dak. 


RECEIPTS    IN     MARCH,  1894 

For  account  of  receipts  by  State  Auxiliary  Societies,  see  pa^es  50  to  54 


MAINE-I416.45. 

Augusu,  M,  J.  C,  Easter  offering 

Bangor,  J.  L.  Crosby 

Prof.  T.  S.  Sewall 

Bath,  Winter  Street  Ch.,  by  G.  J. 
Mitchell 

A  Friend 

East  Otisticld,  Mrs.  S.  K.  Loring,  In 

Memoriam 

Harrison,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  $1.51  ;  No. 

Bridgton,  Y.   P.  S.  C.  K.,63  cts.,  by 

Rev.  A.  G.  Fiu 

Machias,  Center  Street  Ch.,  by  A.  L. 

Hcatori*. 

Portland,  A  Friend 

Sherman  Mills,  by  Rev.  I.  C.  Bumpus 

Skowhcpan.  by  W.  F.  Bacon  

Woodfords,  Rev.  J.  G.  Merrill.  D.D.. 


NEW      HAMPSHIRE    $3,721.24;    of 
which  legacies,  $3,121.96. 

Received  by  Hon.  L.  D.  Stev- 
ens, Trcas.  N.  H.  H.  M. 
Soc.: 
Concord,  First,  to  const.  Mrs. 
A.  A.  Clark,  E.  G  Cham- 
berlain, Arthur  G.  Stevens, 
and  C.  H.  Richardson  L. 
Ms $*oo  00 


$1 

fX> 

5 

00 

10 

00 

3-«4 

60 

5 

00 

5  00 


a  14 

5  45 
2^  00 

6  00 

7  26 
30  00 


Dunbarton,  V.  P.  S.  C.  E., 
special $7  44 

HfK>ksctt 1100 

Iwiconi.1.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E., 
special 23  00 

Pcnacook,  V.  P.  S.  C.  E., 
special 2  25 

Salem 10  00 

F.  C.  I.  and  H.  M.  Union. 
Miss  A.  McFarland. 
Trcas. : 

Chester $3  06 

Concord.  South  Ch.,  Easter 

offering 36  23 

A  Fricntl ico  cx> 

Derry.  First 16  69 

Epping lit 

Macon,  Mrs.  Rosa  R.  Mor- 
gan          5  00 

Marlboro a  cxi 

Newport 1  86 

Rochester i  47 

Received     by    Rev.     C.    W. 

Shelton  : 
Franklin,   Y.   P.   S.   C.   E., 

special $5  00 

Hebron  and  Groton.  Y.  P.  S. 

V-* ■  rv ••■•         ••    ...••••••'■         *  00 

Wilton,   St.   Paul.  Y.   P.  S. 

C.  E.,  special 500 


Ia53  69 


167  49 


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Amherst,  Bfiss  L.  F.  Boylstoo $150  00 

Canterbury.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,by  J.  B. 

Higfins 6  00 

CmtenMiry  Depot,  Mrs.  M.  A.  Glines 

and  Leroy  A.  Glines 5  40 

Claremont,  Two  Friends 2  25 

Dov«\  First,  br  E.  R.  Brown 167  25 

East  Concord,  On  account  of  Estate  of 
Abigail  w.  Lang,  by  Hon.  L.  D. 

Stevens,  ex 543  9a 

A  Friend 5  00 

Exeter,  From  Estate  of  Mrs.  Anna  W. 
Cbadwick,  by  Langdon  S.  Ward, 

trustee 1,09690 

First  Cb.,  A  Friend 10  00 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  of  Second,    by   M. 

Gordon,  special 5  00 

Franklin,  Ch.,  $9  ;  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  tB, 

by  D.  S.  Gilchrist,  throusrh  Rev.  £. 

B.  Palmer.  Treas.  Mass.  H.  M.  Soc . .  17  00 

Groton,  Parker  Blood 2500 

Hampstead,  L^acy  of  Ann  M.  How- 
ard, by  Hon.  X.  D.  Stevens,  Treas. 

N.  H.  H.  M.  Soc 1,13500 

Hillsboro  Bridge,  C.  M.  B    50  00 

HiUsboro  Center,  Ch.  and  S.  S.,  by  R. 

B.  Gammell 7  00 

Hinsdale,  by  R.  E.  Metcalf 441 

Milford,  Mrs.  L.  Harris 10  00 

Nashua,  A  Thank-offering 10  00 

Newmarket,  T.  H.  Wiswall 5  00 

'*  Northwood  Center  " 5  00 

Plymouth,  Mrs.  C.  Keniston 2000 

Warner,  Mrs.  A.  G.  H.  Eaton  5  00 

A  Friend 5  00 

West  Hampstead,  N.  Ordway 10  00 


VERMONT— $2,499.82  ;   of  which  Icg- 

s^^y*  $500.00. 

Vermont  Dom.  Miss.  Soc.,  W.  C.  Ty- 
ler, Treas.; 
Henry    Fairbanks,  Two  shares  of 
stock,  $1,000. 

Received    by    W.    C    Tyler, 
Treas. Vt.  Dom.  Miss.  Soc. : 

Bamet $6  39 

Brattleboro 210  00 

Cornwall 42  2a 

Lamoille  Co.,    A     Friend, 

special 50  00 

Another  Friend,  special..  75  00 
Newport,  Mrs.  Blanchard's 

S.  S.  class 405 

St.  Johnsbury,  North  Ch . . .  50  00 

Townshend 25  50 

Woman *s  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 

W.  P.  Fairbanks,  Treas. : 

Brattleboro.  West $5  00 

Mission  Circle 1000 

St.  Albans 53  <» 

Mrs.    Stranahan's    S.    S. 

class 35  00 

Woodstock 50  00 

For  Salary  Fund  : 

Fairfax,  Mrs.  E.  L  Piermont  2  00 

Mrs.  A.  B.  Beeman i  00 

Rutland,  S.  S 25  00 

Underbill,  Homeland  Circle  15  00 

Waterbury 10  00 

Wells  River,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  xo  00 


462  66 


ao6  00 


Received  by  Rev.  C.  W.  Shcl- 

ton  : 

Fair  Haven S46  27 

Mclndoe's  Falls,  V.  P.  S.  C. 

E., special 200 


4827 


Barton,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E^^by  E.  J.  White  $7  06 

Brattleboro,  by  C.  F.  Thompson 3  25 

Burlington,  Prof.  J.  B.  Steams 5  00 

Cornwall,  E.  R.  Robbins 500  00 

Craftsbury,  Academy,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E., 

by  Mrs.  H.  Woodbury,  special a  85 

iericho,  by  C.  Van  Vliet 7  60 

lilton,  Y.  P.  S,  C.  E.,  by  G.  N.  Wood  i  75 
North  Pomfret,  by  Dea.  S.  H.  War- 
ren, through  Rev.  E.   B.  Palmer, 

Treas.  Mass.  H.  M.  Society 5  00 

Pittsford,  Le&picy  of  Charlotte  Moul- 

ton,  by  H.  n.  Swift 500  00 

Rutland,  A  Friend 2  00 

Saxton's  River,  Ch.,  $27 ;  Y.  P.  S.  C. 

E.,  $8,  special  by  Dea. J.  Ramsay..  35  00 
St.  Johnsbury,  W.  H.  M.  Soc.  of  North 
Ch.,  by   Mrs.  A.    B.  Noyes,  spe- 
cial    ao  00 

North  Ch.,  "  S." 2000 

North  Ch., '*  March  17  * 30000 

Mrs.  Horace   Fairbanks 15  00 

Franklin  Fairbanks zoo  00 

South  Royalton,  Mrs.  Susan  H.  Jones, 

by  E.  F oster 100  00 

Thetford,  Y.  P.  S.    C.  E.,  by  A.  S. 

Kinney 310 

Vermont,  A  Friend 10  00 

West  Brattleboro,  bv  C.  S.  Clark 4a  00 

Westford,  Mrs.  A.  O.  Putnam 20  00 

Weston,  Mrs.  C.  W.  Sprague a  00 

West  Rutland,  Thank-offering,  ifrom 

a  Friend 35  00 

White    River   Junction,    Mrs.   L.  E. 

Allen 1500 

Woodstock,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  of  the  First, 

by  C.  Williams 10  00 

By  F.  C.  Southgate 3328 


MASSACHUSETTS  -  $26,796.83  ;    of 
which  legacies,  $20,580.00. 

Mass.  Home  Miss.  Soc,  by  Rev.  E. 

B.  Palmer,  Treas 5,000  00 

For  work  among  foreigners  in  the 

West 4,50000 

By  request  of  donors,  of  which  $75.95 

special ;  Salary  Fund,  $77.05 904  75 

Woman's  H.   M.  A.,  Miss  S. 
K.  Burgess,  Treas.: 
For  Salary  Fund,  of  which 
from     Banister    Legacjr, 

$35714 $1,093  08 

Chelsea,  Mrs.  L.  A.  Jenks. .        5  00 
Springfield,    Memorial  Ch., 

Mrs.  A.  J.  Trask 3000 

1,118  08 

Received  by  Rev.  C.  W.  Shel- 

ton  : 
Bradford,  S.  S.  class  of  Miss 

J.     Kimball,     for    Salary 

Fund $5  00 

Chicopee,  S.  S.  class.  Third 

Ch 1  32 

Danvers,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  of 

Maple  Street  Ch.,  special.      15  00 

Dedham,  Islington a  00 

Enfield 75  00 

Hyde  Park,  Y.  P.  S   C.  E. 

of  First  Ch.,  special 500 

Lowell,  Jacob  Rogers 50  00 

A  Friend 5  ©o 

Milford,   Y.    P.  S.    C.    E., 

special 5  00 

Millbury,  First 3300 

Northampton.  First 2  00 

North   Leominster,  for  Sal- 
ary Fund xo  CO 

Pepperell,  Ladies*  Miss.  Soc.     \a  00 
Pittsfield,  Y.  P.  S.  e.  U., 
special   \i  a^ 


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Sprinfi^eld,  North  Ch.,  spe- 
cial     $15  M 

Welleslcy 20  85 

Worcester,  Summer  Street .      13  30 
Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  Union  Ch., 

special 8  so 

$391  84 

Abinfifton,  First,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  R.,  by 

Miss  Nellie  A.  Childs xo  00 

Amherst,  First,  Easter  offering,  by  W. 

Hamlin 88  00 

South,  $33.60 ;  S.  S.  Birthday  box, 

$6.40,  by  H.  W.  Boyd 30  00 

Andover,  Ladies*  Union  H.   M.  Soc., 

by  Miss  E.  E.  Newman 2500 

A  Friend x6  00 

Aubumdale,  Mrs.  A.  Y.  Burr 30  00 

A  Friend 5  00 

Mrs.  C.  W.  Higgins.  special 3  00 

Bernardston,  A.  Alford 39  00 

Beverly.  A.  J.  Bradstreet 5  00 

Boston,  A  Friend 25000 

C.  A.  Wilde,  for  Salary  Fund 100  00 

W.  G.  Means 135  00 

Easter  gift,  by  J.  H.  Shapleigh 10  00 

R.  L.  Day zoo  00 

Boston  Highlands,  A  Friend 5  00 

Curtisville,  A  Friend 5  00 

Dorchester,  Second,  by  Miss  E.  Tol- 

man  650  18 

East  Charlcmont,  add'l,  $5 :  Y.  P.  S. 

C.  E.,  $4,  by  Rev.  L.  Whiting 9  00 

East  Granville,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  G. 

A.  Beckwith 5  00 

Enfield,  Esute  of  J.   B.   Woods,  by 

Rev.  R.  M.  Woods 8000 

J.  E.  C,  extra 5  00 

Fall  River,  Mrs.  A.  N.  Lincoln 5  00 

Florence,  Class  of  Girls  in  S.  S.,  by 

Mrs.  F*.  B.  Look 8  50 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  M.  B.  Bridgman, 

special 8  00 

Gloucester,  Knight 50  00 

Granville,  B.  C.  Dickinson,  $5 ;  L.  B. 

Dickinson,  $< ^ 10  00 

Greenfield.  E.  M.  Ru.ssell 50  00 

Greenwich  Village,  Mrs.  M.  A.  Sibley, 

$1 ;   Mrs.  A.  E.  Cutler,  $1 2  co 

Groton.  A  Friend 100  cx> 

Haverhill,  A  Friend 50  00 

Caroline  L.  Smith 30  00 

Holyoke,  **  Earnest  Workers"  Mission 

Circle  of  First  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  G.  W. 

Wirick  5  00 

Housatonic,  by  H.  H.  B.  Turner 112  64 

Indian  Orchard,  Rev.  W.  T.  Hulch- 

ins.    Sweet    Pea    Fund,    to    const. 

David  Emerson  Greenaway  and  W. 

B.  Morse  L.  Ms  100  00 

iamaica  Plain,  C.  T.  Bauer 10  00 

.ongmcadow.  Ch..  A  Friend 10  00 

Ludlow,  Union  Ch..  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by 

G.  R   Booth,  special 10  00 

Massachusetts,  W.  L 3c»  00 

A  Friend   1000 

Mattapoist'tt,  by  M.  L.  Hathaway....  12  63 

Add'l.  by  L.  Le  B.  Dexter 15  00 

Middleborough,  S.  S.,  by  E.  S.  Hath- 
away    1000 

Millbury.     Legacy    of    Mrs.    Harriet 

W.  Haydcn,  by  I.  N.  Goddard  ...         500  00 

First,  bv  O.  H.  Waters 16  35 

Monson,  (i.  E.  Fuller,  M.D.,  to  const. 

himself  a  L.  M 50  00 

New   Bedford,   Trinitarian,  by  J.  C. 

Briggs 80  28 

North,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E  ,  by  J   Brown.  10  00 

New  Salem,  by  H.  S.  Herrick 7  00 

Newtonville,  Miss  K.  A.  Goodalc i  00 

Northampton.  Dorcas  Soc.  of  First,  by 

Mrs.  J.  E.  Clark 56^5 

Mrs.  S    W.   Reed  and  Mrs.  L.  S. 
Sanderson 25  00 


North  Andover  Depot.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E., 

by  E.  M.  Holt,  special $1000 

North  Brookfiela,  Primary  DepL  of  S. 

S.  of  the  First,  by  C.  E.  Crawford, 

in  full  to  const.  Mrs.  L.  Kingsbury 

a  L.  M  35  00 

North  Chelmsford,  SMxmd,  by  A.  H. 

Sheldon 15  80 

North  Wilbraham,  Grace  Union  Ch., 

byH.W.  Cutler 3500 

Norwood,  by  A.  L.  Loder 500 

Oxford,  A  Friend 1000 

Paxton,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  In  Memoriam 

of  Rev.  A.  Morton,  by  G.  Claric. ...  10  00 

Phillipston,  Mary  P.  Estey 5  00 

Pittsfield,  M.  B.  Gordon i  00 

Roxbury,  Mrs.  S.  A.  Brackett,  $3: 
three  gold-pieces  $x,  treasures  ot 
little  Arthur,  who  has  gone  home.  3  00 

M.  J.  W XfOoo  00 

Rutland,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Rev.  S. 

Crawford xo  00 

Saugus.  **  A  King ^8  Daughter  " xo  00 

Sheffield,  by  A.  T.  Wakefield,  M.D. . .         x6  41 

Mrs.  W.  Carr 3  00 

Southampton,  A  Friend 5  00 

South  Deerfield,  Ch.,  $30  86 ;  Y.  P.  S. 

C.  E.,  $5.14,  by  C.  B.  Tilton 35  <» 

South  Franklin.  S.  D.  Hunt x  00 

South  Hadley  Falls,  "G." yxfi 

Southboro,  Second,  by  S.  R.  Day 5  60 

L.S.Newton 340 

So.  Framingham,  Grace  Ch.,  by  G.  M. 

Amsden 153  00 

Springfield,  Rev.   Henry  Cooley,  by 

Mary  Cooley too  00 

Carrie  E.  Bowdoin 25  00 

M.  E.  Homer 500 

Waquoit,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  N.   M. 

Childs 3  61 

Ware,  Mrs.  H.  N.  Hyde 2500 

Warren.   Y.   P.  S.   C.  E.,  by  A.  C. 

Strickland,  special 8  co 

West  Newton.  "  Pax  " i  40 

Wilbraham,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  of  First,  by 

Mrs.  W.  L.  Phelps,  special 6  00 

Williamsburgj  Easter  offering  for  the 

debt,  of  which   $so  to  const.  Philip 

L.  James  a  L.  M.,  by  H.  W.  Hill...  88  70 

Worcester,    Mrs.    P.    E.   Aldrich,  to 

const.  Miss  J.  C.  Aldrich  a  L.  M..  50  00 

Misses  M.  Rosalie  and  Ella  E.  God- 
dard    6  00 

Plymouth  Ch.,  by  F.  W.  Chase 400 

S.  A so  00 

Two  Friends 2  00 

Yarmouth.   Estate  of   Mrs.   Ellen  B. 

Eldridge,  by  Robbins  Hattell,  ex...    10,000  co 


RHODE  ISLAND    $1,319.83 ;  of  which 
legacy,  $200.00. 

Bri.stol,  First,  by  P.  Skinner,  Jr 46  '9 

Central  Falls.  I' riends 3000 

East  Providence.  From  Estate  of  Mrs. 
Alice  H.  Brown,  by  Dca.  J.  Brown, 

adm 20000 

Kingston,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,by  N.  Helme, 

special 7  56 

Newport.  United  Ch..  by  E.  P.  Allan.  31  53 

Pawiucket,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Mrs.  R. 

Padley,  special 12  00 

Providence.  Beneficent  Ch..  of  which 
$173.94  Easter  offering,  by  E.  S. 

Clark 398  13 

Central,  by  M.  E.  Torrey 500  00 

Miss  E.  G.  King.  thro.  Rev.  E.  B. 
Palmer.  Treas.  Mass.  H.  M.  Soc..        100  00 

Mrs.  O.  H.  Leonard   4  40 

H.  VV^  Preston 1000 


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CONNECTICUT-$7,647  89  ;  of  which 
k^S^es,  $3,790.00. 

Miss.  Sec.  of  Coon.,  W.  W.  Jacobs, 
Treas.,  by  Rev.  W.  H.  Moore, 
Sec^  of  which  $8  ftxnn  Y.  P.  S. 
C  E.,  Windham,  special 

Woman *s  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 

W.  W.  Jacobs,  Treas $3809 

Hartford,  First,  by  Mrs.  S. 

M.  Hotchkiss «...      so  48 

HiiTgra^um,  by  Mrs.  E.  G. 

Holbrook 36  50 

Kent,  by  Mrs.  S.  M.  Rob- 
erts  ^ —      7700 

New  Britain,  Miss  Mary  E. 

Bineham,  special 3  00 

New  Haven,  Mrs.  J.  C.  Gray.       5  00 
Norfolk,    by    Mrs.    G.    T. 

Jc^nson 10  00 

North  Mansfield,  by  Mrs.  B. 

F.  Koons 

Norwalk,  First,  Y.  P.  S.  C. 

E.,    by    C.     E.    Curtis, 

special 

Sufiield,    Y.  L.  M.  C,    by 

Miss  E.  C.  Somers 


$704  90 


IX  50 


la  00 


$t«  38 

5  00 


«  57 

3  50 
6  00 

3  00 


10  00 

5  71 
25  00 


xo  00 


Received  by  Rev.  C.  W.  Shcl- 

ton: 
Clinton,  S.  S.,    for  Salary 

Fund 

Colche^^er 

Falls  Villa<fe.Y.  PS.  C.E.. 

special 13  35 

Guilford,  A  Friend so  00 

Hartford,  Y.   P.  S.  C.  E., 

Wethersfield  Avenue 

Marlborough,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E., 

special 

Naufifatuck,  Mission  Circle. 
New  London.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E., 

First  Ch.,  special 

New  London,  Rev.  J.  W. 

Bixler,    $$;    Mrs.    J.    W. 

Bixler,  $5 

Newington,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E., 

special 

Norwich,  S.  S.  of  the  Sec- 
ond  

Putnam,  A  Friend 5000 

Sharon.    Y.   P.    S.    C.    E., 

special a  73 

South  Canaan,  Y.   P.  S.  C. 

E.,  special a  40 

Taftville,  Y.   P.    S.  C.  E., 

special 35  00 

Thomaston,  Primary  Class, 

S.  S.,  special 700 

Berlin.  Estate  of  Harriet  M.  Wilcox, 

byW.  W.Jacobs 

Estate  of  Miss  H.  N.  Wilcox,  by  W. 

Bulkeley 

Ladies*  Benev.  Soc.  and  Friends,  by 

C.  S.  Webster , 

Bethel.  A  Friend 

Bethlehem,  by  W.  R.  Harrison 

A  Friend 

Black  Rock,  Miss  S.  J.  Bartram,  for 

the  debt 

Bridgeport.  Park  Street  Ch  .  by  F.  W. 
Storrs,  to  const.  M.  W.  Brown  and 

Mrs.  E.  A.  Stevenson  L.  Ms 

Miss  E.  F.  Eames 

Bristol,  E.  Peck 

Brooklyn,  First  Trinitarian,  by  M.W. 
Crosoy,    to   const.   C.  G.  Law  ton 

a  L.  M 

Chester,  by  Rev.  A.  Hall 

Colebrook,  by  J.  M.  Grant 

Columbia,  S.  S.,  by  W.  P.  Johnson.. . 


303  50 


191  64 

1,850  00 
90  00 

40  00 

5  00 

21  50 

5  00 

ao  00 


100  00 

5  00 

10  00 


63  00 
35  00 
24  65 
20  75 


Danbury,  First  S.  S.,  by  A.  L  Gordon 
Y.  P.  S.  C    E.,    First,  by    W.    F. 

Bums,  special 

Danielsonville,  Mrs.  E.  Dexter 

Deep  River,  by  L.  Kelloj^g^,  for  debt. 
East  Berlin,  Mrs.  S.  H.  Savage,  by  J. 

Hovey 

East    Morris^    Mrs.    J.    W.    Skilton, 
$3.40;  special,  M.  C.  Skilton,  xocts.. 

Rally 

Enfield,  First,  by  F.  A.  King 

Falls  Village,  Ch.,f  5  :  South  Canaan, 

$13.40,  by  Rev.  C.  W.  Hanna 

Farmington,  First,  by  R.  H.  Gay 

Lydia  M.   Hawley,  special 

Griswold,  First,  by  Rev.  F.  E.  Clark. 

Guilford,  First,  by  E.  W.  Leete,  to 

const.  Mrs.  Mary  J.  Carter  and  Mrs. 

Cynthia  C.  Norton   L.Ms 

Hanover,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  J.  Gal- 
lup, special 

Hartford.  Park  Ch., by  W.  E.  Smith.. 

Two  Friends,  a  birtnday  and  Easter 

offering,  by  C.  E.  Thompson.  . . . 

H.  P.  Steams 

Higganum,  S.  S.,  by  Mrs.  D.  Hunting- 
ton  

Ivory  ton.   Mrs.  J.  E.  Northrup  

Kent,  First,  by  G.  R.   Bull 

"  Young  Ladies'  Mission  Circle,"  by 

MissM.  Chamberlin 

Mrs.  M.  L.  Stuart,  by  Rev.  B.  M. 
Wright,  for  work  among  foreign- 
ers  

Lebanon,  Goshen  Eccl.  Soc.,  E.   N. 

Hinckley,  Collector,  by  E.  Gecr 

Lisbon,  by  Rev.  Q.  M.  Bosworth 

Meriden,  Ladies^Benev.  Soc.  of  Cen- 
ter Ch . ,  by  Miss  M.  A.  Wood  

Middlcbury,  by  G.  B.  Bristol 

Middlctow'n,  South    Ch.,    by  G.  A. 

Craig 

Gleaners*  Soc.,  First  Ch.,  by  M.  E. 

Bunce 

Middlesex  Union,  by  Rev.  W.  G. 

Puddefoot 

Milford,  First,  by  F.  A.  Tucker 

New  Britain,  Mrs.  J.  N.  Bartlett 

New  Haven,  L<«acy  of  James  Ford- 
ham,  by  R.  T.  Merwm,  ex 

First  Ladies'  H.  M.  Soc.,  by  E.  L. 

Mersick,  for  Salary  Fund 

College  Street,  of  which  $100  from 

A  Friend,  by  S.  Lloyd 

Howard  Avenue  Ch.,  by  Rev.  W.  J. 

Mutch 

S.  S.  of  the  United  Ch.,  by  Rev.  Dr. 

T.  T.  Munger 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  Ch.  of  the  Redeemer, 

by  Rev.  C.  W.  Shclton.  special. . . 

Self-Denial    Society  of  the  Grand 

Avenue     Ch.,    by    Mrs.    M.    E. 

♦fitchcll 

Mrs.  G.  W.  Curtis,  special 

Mamma  and  Dorothy 

LM.  B 

A  Friend 

AFriend 

Newington,  by  E.  W.  Atwnod 

Young  Men's  Mission  Circle,  by  A. 

B.  Fish 

New  London,  "L" 

New  London  Co..  Friends 

New  Milford,  First.   Easter  offering, 

by  C.  H.  Noble 

Y.  P.  S  C.  E  ,  First,  by  Rev.  F.  A. 

Johnson,  special     .    

Sewing  Soc..  by  Rev.  F.  A.  John- 
son, for  debt 

Northfield.  by  H.  C.  Peck 

North  Stonington.  Legacy  of  George 


$35  00 

3  00 

3   00 
36  00 

XO  00 


3  50 

75 

00 

18 

40 

^5 

oc 

75 

00 

30 

00 

105  00 

5  00 

53  8«> 

500  00 
500 

46  a6 
xo  00 

54  50 

4  00 


50  00 


A.  Avery,  by  J.  D.  Avcr^ 
By  T.  S.  Whcc\cT 


ax  00 
>S  SO 

«5 

18 

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30 

49 

00 

xo 

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5 
15 

4 

75 
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00 

250 

00 

350 

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187 

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29 

36 

50 

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18 

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23 

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Norwich,  Ladies*  H.  M.  Soc.  of  Sec- 
ond Ch..  by  Mrs.  J.  H.  Rushnell..       (25  00 

Greencville  Ch  ,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by 
W.  P.  Porter 10  00 

A  Friend 3  00 

Old  L^mc,  Ch.,  $37  ;  S.  S.,  #15,  by  W. 

F.  Coult 5a  00 

Plainville,  Ladies'  Rcnev.  Soc.,  $30 ; 
Mrs.  H.  A.  Frisbie,  S5 ;  Mrs.  G. 
1>.  Martin,  $1  ;  Two  Friends,  $z, 
for  the  debt,  by  Mrs.  C.  E.  Blakes- 
lee  87  00 

A  Friend,  special x  00 

Plantsville,  bv  E.  P.  Hotchkiss X35  80 

H.  D.  Smith 5  00 

Salisbury,  A  Friend a  50 

Saybrook,  Ij^r^cy  of  Ann  E.  Bushnell, 

by  G.  A.  Bushnell,  ex 100  00 

Sherman,  by  M.  G.  Gelston 90  00 

SouthindTtoo,   First  S.  S.,  by  H.  Will- 
iams   10  38 

Stamford.  First,  by  R.  M.  Anthony..  33  40 

Stonington,  First,  by  R.  F.  Williams.  11  00 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  Second,  by  Rev.  C. 

J.Hill 1000 

Stony  Creek,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Miss 

B.  Wallace i  00 

Suffield,  .Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  R.  Pierce. . .        250  00 
Tcrryville.  S.  S..  by  Rev.  C.  W.  Shcl- 

ton,  special >8  75 

Thompson,   Y.   P.    S.  C.  E.,  by  E.  S. 

Backus,  special 5  00 

Thompson ville,  Alice  T.  Allen 440 

Tolland,  by  Rev.  A.  H.  Post 8  25 

S.  S.,  by  G.  W.  Lansing,   throu(j:h 

Rev.   C.  H.  Daniels 25  t» 

Unionvillc,  First  Ch.  of  Christ,  by  J. 

R.Jenkins         3000 

WallingforJ,  by  W.  E.  Pattee 30  00 

Washington.    Swedish   Ch.,   by  P.  J. 

Anderson 7  10 

Waterbury,  Miss  L.  A.  Barrett 5  00 

A  Friend 10  00 

Westchester,  by  A.  R.  Biijelow 6  00 

Westfield,   Y.  P.    S.  C.  E.,  by  C.  B. 

Strong 30  00 

West  Hartford,  First,  by  E.  S.  Elmer         17  95 
Wilton.  Easter  oflferinff,  by  Rev.  W. 

r>.  Hart 16  08 

Windham,  Rev.  F.  H.  Means  15  00 

Woodbridjje,  by  W.  M.  Beech. r 16  72 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Mrs.  C.  E.  Fuller  10  00 


NEW    YORK— $19,565.8^  ;    of  which 
legacies.  $14,895.12. 

Received   by   William  Spald- 
ing. Treas.  : 

Camden.  Six  S.  S.  classes...  $21  02 

Ch 13  58 

Carthage,     $22  n  ;     S.     S., 

$i.7'» 23  83 

Elhngton 750 

Rome 10  00 

Summer  Hill 10  00 

Utica.  Plvm«)uth 25  00 

Wilmington 4  -.^5 


Homer,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E $S  <"> 

Oswego 15  00 

Wellsville,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E . . . .       5  «> 


$77000 


115  18 


Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 
J.J.  Pearsall,  Treas.  : 
Bro<iklyn.  Ch.    of    the    Pil- 
grims, for  Salary  Fund.  $^00  00 
Ladies'     H.     M.    Soc.    of 
Tompkins  Avenue  Ch., 

**  G.  (».'" 3cc»  00 

Beocher  Memorial 15  o-> 

Elmira.  Park  Avenue 30  00 

New  York  City,  Broadway 
Tabernacle,  for  Women's 
Work 100  00 


Albany,  Residue  from  Estate  of  Rev. 
David  Dyer,  by  Lan^on  S.Ward, 

trustee 3,0999a 

Misses  MacNaugbten,  by  Miss  K. 

MacNauffhten 300 

Angola,  A.  H.  Ames,  special 500 

Antwerp,  First,  by  Albert  Hojrt s i  6a 

Aqueb(^^e,  by  G.  L.  Wells 9  90 

Auburn,  Rev.  S.  Manning  and  wife..         to  00 

Barryvi lie,  by  Miss  L  Quick 169 

Berkshire,  First,  by  S.  L.  Ball 116  00 

Brooklyn,    Income    from   Estate  of 
Hiram   G.   Coombes,  by  E.    M. 

Reid,  ex 30000 

Puritan  Ch.,  by  E.  Nash 96003 

Willoughby  Avenue  S.  S.,  by  G.  R. 

Beard 75  00 

Memorial  Ch.,  by  Rev.  D.  B.  Pratt.         57  7a 
Ch.  of  the  Pilgrims,  R.  S.  Storrs, 
D.D.,  I50:  B.  F.  Stepbens,  $75...        135  00 

Nazarene.  by  Rev.  A.  J.  Henry a  00 

Jr.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  Becchcr  Memo- 
rial, by  Rev.  D.  B.  Pratt x  00 

A  Friend,  $2<x>;  E.  C,  $2 aoa  00 

Buffalo,  First,  by  R.  K.  Strickland...        xoo  00 

Cambridge,  by  H.  G.  JBHnn 95  00 

Chenango    Forks,     by  Rev.    J.    W. 

Kceler 10  50 

Clifton  Springs,  A  Friend 500 

Clinton,  Mrs.   A.  H.    Post,    for   the 

debt I  00 

Crown  Point,  Second,  by  J.  A.  Pen- 
field as  00 

Galway.  Mrs.  H.  T.  H.  Smith 10  00 

Geneseo,  Rev  W.  C.  Sexton  300 

Groton,  T.  T.  Barrows xo  00 

Hemlock  Lake,  A  Friend 2  00 

Homer.  Estate  of  Mrs.  Sarah  E.  K. 
Hobart,  by  Nathan  A.  P.  Kinney, 

ex 6«933  33 

By  S.  C.  Webb 41  26 

E.  G.  Ranney,  by  S.  C.  Webb 5  00 

Ithaca,  Mary  C.  Noyes 4  00 

Jamestown.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  First,  by 

A.  L  Rohdc X5  00 

Little  Valley.  Easter  oflfcring,  by  Mrs. 

W.  C.  Parker 4  50 

Middletown,  First,  by  S.  R.  Corwin..  30  19 

New  Haven.  Legacy  of  Sidney  Shep- 

ard,  by  C.  Sidney  Shepard,  ex 3*000  00 

North  Lawrence,  by  A.  K.  Rowell. ..  5  50 

New  York  City,  From  Estate  of  Ann 

Voorhecs.  by  Bangs  &  Co 1.631  87 

Broadway  Tabernacle,  in  part,  by 
L  R.  Fisher,  of  which,  from  A.  H. 
C.  and  wife,  to  const.  L.  Ms , 
$200;  G.  L.  Leonard,  $5  ;  Prof.  A. 

f).  F.  Hamlin.  $5. 3,00154 

Broadway  Tabernacle,  Afternoon  S. 

S.,  by  J .  Van  Vlcck xa  48 

Prof.  M.  W.  Lyon.  $25;  J.  F.  Tal- 
ra.age,  $i»^o:  Mr.  and  Mrs.  T.  H. 
F"ooie.  $10;  •*  First  Fruits."  $100.        335  00 
Pilurim   Ch.,  Young   I^idics'   Miss. 

Soc,  by  Rev.  C.  W.  Shelton 10  00 

North  Lawrence,    Mrs.    Nancy   Will- 
iams   5  00 

North  ville,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Rev.  T. 

S.  (jriffith X9  75 

North  Walton,  by  W.  M.  Hoyt 4  75 

Orient,  S.  S..  $23;   Ch..  $14-12,  by  C. 

B.  King 30  ta 

Oswego,  by  W.  B.  Couch 4636 

O wego.  by  E.  E.  Strait X5  00 

Oxford,  by  J.  W.  Thorp 35  00 

Pclham ville,  by  Rev.  H.   M    Brown..  500 
Porichester.   First,  by  C.   S.    Whit- 
ney           xo  50 


May,  1894 


The  Home  Missionary 


41 


Portland,  First,  by  E.  M.  Brown.     . . 
Rensselaer  Falls,  Easter  Thank-offer- 

in|^ 

Rkbmond  Hill,  Union  Ch.,  by  John 

A.  Smith 

Saratoga  Springs,  by  Rev.  C.  F.  Swift 
Sherburne,  Carrie  E.  Pratt 

A  Friend 

Syracuse,  Plymouth,  by  E.  Brainard. . 


NEW  JERSEY-II76.00. 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union  of  N.  J.  Assa, 
Mrs.  J.  H.  Deniaon.  Treas. : 
South  Bound  Brook,  for  debt 

• 

Bloomfield,  M.  E.  C 

AFriend 

Camden.  Mrs.  F.  W.  Cowles 

East  Orange,  Trinity  Ch.,  add*l,  by 
Mrs.  R.  D.  Weekes 

Mrs.  C.  D.  Dill 

Montclair,  Ch.,  W.  B.  H 

A  Friend 

Paterson,  Warren  Mitchell 

Upper  Montciair,  by  C.  W.  Anderson. 

PENNSYLVANIA-$3ax.83. 

Albion,  by  Rev.  L.  P.  Hodgeman 

Allegheny.  S.  M.  Y 

Bangor,  Bethel,  by  Rev.  R.  L.  Roberts. 

Germantown.  Mrs.  H.  C.  Remick 

MinersviUe,  First,  by  D.  T.  Williams. 

Parsons,  by  Rev.  J.  J.  Jenkins 

Philadelphia,  Central,  by  W.  H.  Lam- 
bert  

Mrs.  C.  S.  Newton 

Mrs.  D.  A.  Waters 

Plymouth,  Puritan  Ch.,  by  Rev.  T. 

McKay 

Riceville,  by  Rev.  A.  W.  Swengel  . . 
Scranton.  First  Welsh  Ch.,  by  D.  D. 

Evans 

Spring  Creek   and    Brooks   Hill,  by 

Rev.  G.  W.  Moore 

West  Bangor,  by  Rev.  J.  Cadwalader. 

MARYLAND-$6.oo. 

Baltimore,  Canton,  by  Rev.   T.    M. 
Beadenkofif 


$ia  00     SOUTH  CAROLINA-$5.oo. 
Columbia,  E.  H.  Baldwin 


I  00 


$5  00 


«3  » 

ao  51 

150  00 
5  00 
8  00 


I     GEORGIA- 199.60. 


15  00 


10 

00 

50 

00 

5 

00 

to 

00 

5 

00 

25 

00 

I 

00 

30 

00 

as 

00 

8 

00 

5 

00 

4 

00 

I 

00 

>7  5« 

a 

2S 

zoo 

00 

as 

00 

a 

00 

4  SO 

»5  37 

30 

00 

4  70 

s 

SO 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Miss 
Virgie  Holmes,  Treas. : 
Atlanta,  Central,  $7;  Thanks 
offering,  $14.57 ;      Star 

Mission  Band,  $a $33  57 

Pleasant  Hill 4  00 

To  cover   "expenses**    re- 
ported in  February 10  00 


Less  expenses.. 


37  57 
ao 


6  00 


Baxley,  Friendship  Ch.,  by  Rev.  G. 
N.  Smith...    

Braswell.  $1 .65;  Plainville,  $a,  by  Rev. 
W.  B.  Armstrong 

Clark's  Mills,  by  Rev.  G.  Home 

Conyers,  by  Rev.  S.  C.  McDaniel..  .. 

Dawsonvilie.  by  Rev.  E.  Darnell .... 

Duluth,  by  Rev.  W.  F.  Brewer 

Ebenexer,  by  Rev.  M.  G.  Fleming 

Fort  Valley,  by  Rev.  S.  E.  Bassett..  . 

Glcnmore,  by  Rev.  T.  Pitman 

Liberty  Chapel,  by  Rev.  J.  R.  Rob- 
inson   

Marietu,  S.  S.,  by  C.  Lane 

North  Rome,  by  Rev.  J.  W.  Gilliam.. 

West  Rome,  by  Rev.  J.  H.  McCool. .  . 

Williford,  by  Rev.W.  H.Quattlebaum 


ALABAMA- 148.96. 

Gate  City,  by  Rev.  W.  R.  East 

Henderson,    Wesley   Chapel,    $730; 

Bullock,  Oak  Grove,  fia,  by  Rev.  J. 

J.  Stallings 

Omega  and  Catalpa,  by  Rev.  N.  H. 

Gibson 

South  Calera,  by  Rev.  J.  L.  Busby . . . 

Talladegra,  W.  H.  M.   U.,   by    Mrs. 

E.  C.  Silsby 

By  E.  C.  Silsby 

Ten  Broeck,  by  Rev.  J.  J.  Brown 

Union  Grove,  by  Rev.  R.  Hardin. .  . . 
Verbena,  Shady  Grove  Ch.,  Kingston, 

Union   Point,  and  Union,  by  Rev. 

A.C.Wells 


37  37 

3  00 

365 
15  00 

5  3S 
z  00 
a  00 
a  75 
zo  00 
8  00 

5  3S 

»  73 
3  00 

40 
X  00 


zo  00 


9  30 

ao 
z  as 

5  cx> 

z6  az 

a  as 

7S 


4  00 


DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA    $542  37- 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union  of  N.  J. 

Asso.,  Mrs.  J.  H.  Denison, 

Treas.: 

Washington,  D.  C.,  First  Ch., 

of  which  $50  for  Salary 

Fund,    to    const.     Mrs. 

Emma  Hughes  and  Mrs. 

Huntington  L.  Ms $z65  00 

Fifth zz  56 

Washington,    First,    of    which    $50 
from  Gen.  E.  Whittlesey,  by  W. 

Lambom 

Mt.  Pleasant  Ch.,  by  W.  D.  (j^iinter. 


NORTH  CAROLINA-$6.oo. 

Woman^s  Mist.  Union,  Miss  M.  M.  Cur- 
tis. Treas.: 
High  Pctot,  A.  E.  F 


Z76  56 


332  00 
33  81 


Columbiis,  Mrs.  K.  K.  Pope. 


4  00 


a  00 


MISSISSIPPI    li.oo. 

Meridian,  First  Ch.  and  S.S.,  Easter 
gift 

ARKANSAS- 15.00. 

Little  Rock,  S.  S.  of  Pilgrim  Ch,  by 
Rev.  R.  C.  Denison  


FLORID  A- $258  00. 


S.  F. 


Cong'l  Asso.  of  Fla.,  by  Rev, 
Gale 

Daytona,  by  Rev.  C.  M.  Bingham.... 

Femandina,  Friend 

Macclenny,  Rev.  A.  A.  Stevens 

New  Smyrna,  Christ  Ch.,  by  Rev.  A. 
T.  Fuller 

Orange  City.  $40;  Rev.  J.  C.  Halliday, 
$20,  by  Rev.  J.  C.  Halliday 

Ormond,  Union  Ch.,  Rev.  J.  W.  Hard- 
inj? 

Winter  Park,  Mrs.  H.  D.  Lyman.  %i^\ 
F.   W.   Lyman,  $50;  Mvss  i;.   Y\, 
Lyman,  $25 


Z    CO 


5  00 


7 

25 

17 

50 

40 

25 

5 

00 

4 

00 

60 

00 

Z5  00 


\co  OQ 


42 


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May»  1894 


TEXAS-$4.a5. 

Dallas,  $1,   special;    Friends,    $3.95, 

special,  by  Rev.  C.  I.  Scofield... 

Eugene  Alexander 


INDIAN  TERRITORY-$i7.3o. 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs.  R.  M. 
Swain,  Treas 


Viniia,  by  Rev.  F.  Hurd 

OKLAHOMA- $76.43. 

Received  by  Rev.  J.  H.  Parker  : 
Woman's  Miss.  Societies 


Alpha,  by  Rev.  J.  F.  Robberts 

Chandler,  by  Rev.  M.  D.  Tenncy.... 

Hope,  by  Rev.  W.  A.  Taylor 

Oklahoma  City,  Pilgrim  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

A.  V.  Francis 

Pleasant  Ridge,  Pleasant  Valley,  and 

Mt.  Hope,  by  Rev.  L.  S.  Childs 

Pond  Creek,  by  Rev.  W.  C.McCune. 


NEW  MEXICO-$io.oo. 
White  Oaks,  Rev.  A.  A.  Hurd. 


ARIZONA-I50.15. 

Nogales.  Trinity,  by   Rev.  J.  Heald. 

Tempe,  by  Rev.  E.  H.  Ashmun 

Tucson,  by  Rev.  L.  Rees , 


TENNESSEE-$io.oo. 

East  Lake.   Union   Ch.,  Ladies*  Aid 
Soc.,by  J.  C.  Breeding 


KENTUCKY    $2.00, 
Williamsburg.  Ch..  Mrs,  J.C.  Batham 


OHIO— $3,054.96 ;  of  which  legacy, 
$1,000.00. 

Received    bv     Rev.     J.     G. 

Eraser,  D  D.: 
Alliance.  Rev.  J.  M.Thomas 

and  family $10  00 

Austinburg,  L.  J.  Deming, 

in   full  to  const.  William 

Jairus  Deming  a  L.  M....  50  00 
Bclden.  by  Rev.  R.  Chapin.  4  50 
Bluescrcefc,  by  Rev.  N.  G. 

March x  60 

Br(X)klyn,   by   Rev.    J.    W. 

Hargrave 12  po 

Center  Belpre.  by   Rev.  A. 

J.  Williamson 2  00 

Chardon.    by    Rev.   T.    D. 

Phillips x8  15 

Chatham,  by    Rev.    M.   W. 

Packard 33  10 

Cincinnati,  Central,  of  which 
S10.10  from  S.  S.,  by  A. 
H.  Myers 149  69 

Lawrence    St.,      by    Ben 
Evans 40  00 

Columbia,  by  J.  N.  Cole, 
Treas 20  i8 


10  85 
645 


25  7a 

a  00 
a  CO 

I  50 

35  00 

7  00 
3  at 


10  00 


xo  00 
20  15 
ao  00 


10  00 


Cleveland,  First,  R.  O.  Bc»- 
wick,  $s;  John  Harring- 
ton, $10 

$3  as               Euclid    Ave.,   by    Justin 
100  Snow,  Treas 

Plymouth,      by      S.     P. 
Churchm 

Pilgrim,  by  H.  C.  Holt, 
Treas 

Bethlehem,    by    Mrs. 
Thomas  Piwcnka 

Hough  Ave.,  by  Rev.  I. 
W.Metcalf 

In  Memoriam 

Columbus,    Mayflower,    by 

Mary  B.  Rose 

Dayton,  Ch,  $11.75:  Y.  P.  S. 

C.  E.,  $2;  S.  S.,  $1,35,  by 

Rev.  D,  M.  Brown 

Edinburg,  by  Rev.   S.   W. 

Meek 

Grafton,    by     Mrs.     Edd. 

Traw 

Hampden,    by    Rev.  T.  D, 

Phniipe 

Hudson,  by  Miss  C.  E.  Met- 

calf,   of  which  $10   Dea. 

Wm.  C.  Webster 

Huntsburg,  Ch.,  $18.30:  S. 

S.,  $5;   Y.   P.  S.  C.  E., 

$328 

Kent,   by    C.     M.    Power, 

Treas 

Lexington,  by  Rev.  J.    A. 

Kaley 

Litchfield,      by     Rev.      R. 

Chapin 

Lyme,  Ct.,  $4.80 ;    Mission 

Circle,     $3,     by    Melvin 

Wood 

Mansfield,  First,  by  Rev.  J. 

W.  Hubbell.  D.D.,  in  full 

to  const.  Charles  B.  Bush- 

nell.  Mrs.  S.  F.  Bell,  Mrs. 

Chas.  W.  White,  and  Miss 

Minnie  E.  McCray  L.  Ms. 
Medina,  S.  S.,  byR.  G.  Cal- 
vert   

North  Amherst,  by  Rev.  P. 

E.  Harding 

North  Monrocvillc,  by  Mrs. 

H.  S.  Cornell 

a  00  Norwalk,     Easter   offering, 

by  M.  A.  Buck 

Oberlin,  Second,  special,  by 

Rev.  H.  M.  Tenncy.  D.D. 
Radnor,    S.    S.,     by     John 

Powell 

Richfield,  by   Rev.    W.    S. 

Lincoln 

Ridgcville  Comers,  by  Mrs. 

H.  C.  Tubbs 

Rootstown,  W.  J.  Dickin- 
son, to  apply  on  L.  Mp.  of 

Alpheus  L.  Dickinson  . . 
Saybrook,    A     Friend,    by 

Rev.  C.  W.  Gnipc 

Sylvania,  by  Rev.  Norman 

Plas.s 

Toledo,  Second,  by  G.  W. 

Fluckey 

Twinsburg.  by  O.   O.  Kel 

SCy 

York,*  by  Rev*  E.F.  Baird." 

Received  by  J.  G.  Eraser, 
D.D.,  Treas.  Bohemian 
Board,  Cleveland  : 

Austinburg.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E., 
for    Miss  Reitingcr 

Cleveland,  Pilgrim  

Cyril 

In  Memoriam 


$15 

00 

73  54 

5a 

00 

49  44 

3a 

67 

la 

13 

5« 

44 

3  as 

XS  00 

4  00 
3  4a 

3  78 

x6  00 

26  58 

32  44 
8  30 

875 
780 


331 

CO 

36  26 

20 

60 

9 

00 

8 

25 

66 

51 

5 

00 

10 

00 

6 

00 

10 

00 

5 

00 

5 

75 

18 

34 

12 

26 

64 
00 

$x,307  90 


$10  00 

74  »5 
28  00 

48  56 


May,  1894 


The  Home  Missionary 


1,  W.  J.  DicklnHHi.  1 


Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 

G.  B.  Brown.  Treat.; 
Ashtabula,  Second,  (or  Bible 

Readers' School $4 

Atwater.  W.  H.  H.  S.,  lor 

Miss  Reitinoer 3 

Cluidon,  wTa.S.  for  Miss 

ReiUnoer > 

ClarkafiAl.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.. 

for  Miss  ReillngTT i 

Cleveland,  Lakeview 

Chapel,  Y.  L.  M.  S.,  for 

Pollsb  work 

Cohunbos.  Plynwutb,  W.  M. 

S,  for  MIssReitiDeer....    4 

Edinburv,  W.  M  5 s 

Ulchtield.  L.  H.  M.S., for 

St.  *5rT'«!w^,M.S;.iw    ' 


Jackson,  First,  by  Rev  W.  O.  Jones. 
kiplon.  H    A,  Denning,  in  Mrt   10 

const.  Mrs.    tame  B.   Hopkins   ■ 

L.   M 

Mansfield,      A      Friend,    an    Easter 

Thank-offennE 

Marietta.  I>oueU.s  Putnam 

J.  W.  Sumley.  (orwork  in  Ohio... 

Notwalk.A  Fnend...... 

Oberlln.  First,  by  L.  W.Upton 

Second,  by  N.  Huckins.... 

W.  M.  Mead ■ 

Patncsvillc,  On  accoonl  ol  Legacy  of 

Miss   Ellen    E.    Smith,   by   S.    H. 

Woodbridn,   trustee 1 

Rootstown.l-loyd   Hinman 

Toledo,  Birmingham,  by  Rev.  A.  E, 

Woodrufl  

Wakeman,  S.  S.,byC.  H.  Ladd 


lNDIANA-»47»  91 
Received  by  Rei 


Bohemian  Mission. 


Elkart'.'....r.°°!'.',, 
Gleien,  Hosmer.,.. 

Lake  Cage 

Lowell,  E.  N.  More] 


Sti  3»     l»J  H 


Y.  P.  S.  C.  E..  Coal  M 


Woman^s  H.  M   Union,  Mrs. 
G.  B.  Brown,  Treai.: 

u!Ii?S<^;Mn;A:y,M«. 

(1" 

3^ 

'  JO 

•in 

Woman's  H.  M,  Union,  Mr^, 
p.  E.   Dewhurst,  Treas. : 
Amboy tojs 

Ca"n"n"dbu\r''                             ''1 

Salary  Fundi 

Ceredo?^^  Va..  W,  M 

Cinii^M«;'Centrai;Ea»- 
_^^cring 

^S!p"Ve-s%'cie,^'S*.^ 
King's    DaUBhters,».j..      90  s' 
Kokomo «5  ™ 

Colnmbus,  Martowcr' ' ' .' 

Marietta.  First.  Selldeni. 
MtdiM;L".'B.S;s^lV-de. 

Marion.  c'h.',i;:;;vLidi«'Aid'&i;.". 

M^h5?a^^cify"o."wh1cr,t^L.-Y. 

P.  SC.E..VE- F.Bailey 

Ontario,  by  Rev.  J.  R.  Prcul.in 

RidBCVille.  by  Rev.  G.  Hindley 

AshtabnU  Harbor,  by  Rev,  F. 

Uhli- 

TLLlN01S-»i«  80- 

Seeley 

■-M^F.TBbckbnrSrbyMn.-E.L-. 

y.  p.  S.  C.  E.,  36  cts.,  by 

5 

Illinois  Home  Miss.  S^".,  by  Ri^v.  j. 
Tompkins,  D.D..  Sec.,  oi  which  is 

Mcn^on.  MissM.'C,'BtaVVi'.^.'<:\a», 

-iSfSriP.M.P^i^::::., 

Mo?dson.  RihWnWaWace 

44 


The  Home  Missionary 


May,  1894 


Webster  Groves,  Robert  Studley 
Hart,  proceeds  from  his  little 
fipirden,  just  before  his  death 

Wlllovr  Springs,  by  Rev.  J.  Brereton. 


Oneida,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Mrs.  W. 

Clifford $5  00 

Rockford,  Mrs.  A.  H.  Van  Wie 80 

Seward,  by  W.  M.  Ncely aa  00 

Slerling,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  W.  M. 

^*^° - S  00     MICHIGAN-lsoo. 

Saline,  Mrs.  C.  F.  Hill 


MISSOURI-$i,22o.46. 

Received  by  Rev.  A.  L.  Love  : 
St.  Louis,  Swedish  Ch 7  50 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 
A.  E.  Cook,  Treas. : 

Breckenridge f  3  85 

Brookficld,  Park  Ch J5  00 

Carthage 2300 

Eldon a  00 

Hannibal 4  25 

Kansas  Cily,  Clyde  Ch 500 

First 43  65 

Lamar 10  35 

Mine  La  Moite,  Y.  P.  S. 

C.  E 57  50 

New  Cambria 8  00 

Pierce  City 9  10 

St.  Joseph,  Tabernacle  Ch.  17  75 

St.  Louis,  First  Ch I'S  15 

Y.  L.  M.  S 3  ^ 

Pilgrim  Ch 301  70 

Y.  P.  S.  C.E..  for  Sal- 
ary Fund 10  00 

Compton  Hill  Ch 58  55 

Y.  L.  M.  S.,  for  Salary 

Fund 20  00 

Central  Ch 54  86 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  for  Sal- 
ary Fund 1 5  00 

Third  Ch 5000 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  for  Sal- 
ary Fund 5  00 

Plymouth  Ch 10  00 

Hyde  Park  Ch 30  cw 

Aubcrt  Place  Ch 12  75 

People's  Tabernacle 29  09 

Church  of  the  Redeemer  3  00 

Hope  Ch 1000 

Old  Orchard  Ch 1617 

Sedalia,  First  Ch 5  50 

Sprinjffield,  First  Ch 45  90 

Central 700 

$i,cicr2  81 

Less  exp)cnses 47  "o 

-  -     .  -  955  81 

Amity,  by  Rev.  J.  P.  Field,  through 

Rev.  H.  D.  Ward 3  50 

Aurora,  Ladies'  Aid  S(x:.,  $1^-85  ;  Ch., 

$13.11:  Jr.   V,  P.  S.  C.  E.,  40  cts., 

by  D.  B.  Loy 27  41 

Chillicothe  and  Utica,  by  Rev.  B.  D. 

Mintz 160 

Iberia,  by  Rev.  J.  R.  Barnes 4  20 

Kansas  City,  Olivet  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  R. 

L.  Layfield 5  00 

Kidder,  by  Rev.  A.  L.  Gridley 10  00 

Neosho,  by  Rev.  A.  K.  Wray 16  54 

Old  Orchard,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Miss 

L.  Tesson 75 

Republic,  by  Rev.  I.  T.  Hull 5  00 

Riverdale,  by  Rev.  E.  H.  tVice 4  40 

St.    Louis,    Pilgrim    Ch.,    by    G.    L. 

Day 85  00 

First    German    Ch.,    by    Rev.    G. 
Horst 37  50 

Memorial,  by  Rev.  C.  H.  Bente 10  00 

A  Friend 2  00 

Springfield,  Pilgrim  Ch.,  $18.50; 
Nichols,  $4.50,  by  Rev.  W.  'H. 
Williams 23  00 

Central  Ch.,  by  Rev.  A.  M.  Hills. . .  15  75 


MINNESOTA-$8o3  70. 

Received     by     Rev.     J.     H. 

Morley: 
Alexandria,  $11.72:  C.    E., 

$2.70,  special $<4  42 

Ash  Creek.  sjKicial 217 

Austin,  S.  S.,  special 4  66 

Custer I  05 

American 1  65 

Welsh 5  00 

Detroit,  S.  S.,  special 2  55 

Ellsworth,  special 2  38 

Freeborn.  S.  S 50 

Graceville 5  00 

(Jroveland,  special 300 

Kanaranzi,  special         45 

lakeland,  V.   P.  S.   C.   E., 

special x  75 

Lyie,    L.   W.  Sherman,    of 

which  $6  special 16  00 

Minneapolis,  Lynndale 23  60 

Plymouth 251  76 


$0  so 
500 


500 


WISCONSIN-$539.56. 

Received    by     Rev.    T.     G. 
Grassier 

Ashland $104  18 

Butternut i»  «> 

Clear  Lake 15  <» 

Fifield la  00 

New  Richmond 3000 

Rev.  J.  Parsons 1000 

183  18 

Amery,  by  Rev.  P.  A.  Simpkin 10  00 

Antigo,  by  Rev.  C.  C.  Campbell X07  00 

Bloomer,  by  Rev.  T.  M.  C.  Birming- 
ham   «3  75 

Clear  Lake,   Swedish,   by   Rev.   M. 

Peterson a  00 

Clintonville,  Ch.,  $60;  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E., 

$15,  by  Rev.  F.  B.  Doe 75  00 

Drummond,  Cable,  and  Pratt,  by  Rev. 

G.  Foster S  00 

Hay  ward,  by  A.  A.  McCormick 50  63 

Iron  River  and  Brule,  by  Rev.  H.  J. 

McCIements     7  o® 

Maple  Valley,  Norwegian,  by  Rev.  S. 

M.  'Andrewson 2  75 

Norrie,  by  Rev.  T.  G.  Gra.ssie xo  75 

Platteville,  Mrs.  M.  A.  Beardsley x  00 

Rhinelander,  by  J.   H.  Chandler,  to 

const.  W.  E.  Brown  a  L.  M 50  00 

Sun  Prairie,  W.  H.  Chandler 10  00 

West  Superior,  Hope  Ch.,  by  Rev.  F. 

B.  Ricnards xi  50 


IOWA    $70.84. 

Columbus  City,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  Welsh 

Ch.,  by  B.  Evans 

Dubuque.  First  S.  S.,  by  J.  H.  Merrill, 

Treas.  Iowa  H.  M .  Soc  

Iowa,  A   Friend 

Quasqueton,  Mrs.  Eliza  M.  Knox 

Reinbcck,  Y.  P.  S.  C.   E..  by   W.  R. 

Cremer 

Sioux  City,  Germ.m  Ch.,  by  Rev.  C. 

VV'.  VVuorrschmidt 


a  70 


6  64 

a  00 

50  00 

700 

a  50 

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Lpwtj  Hm 

VtiteS-'i'^^iiiM.'.'.'.'..'.'. 

c.\^v^' ■  ■"■■'■■'■'■ 
O^Puk,C.E..s|wcU.. 


Monblield,  FiKDdi,  $. :  S. 
S.,  fcyi.  .pecW. i 

EnMeroHerlnB : 

OrttiDTilk,S.  S.,  s>ecial 

PaTDcmrillc,  C   £.,  *6.ij ; 

S.S.,Si,  tpeci^ 

Princeton.  C  E.,ij>tdai,.. 
RocbeSer.  S.  S.,  apecia].... 

Sleepv  Eye.  S.  S 

St.  1%u],    Pacific    Brucb. 
S.S..  spedal 

PlymooUi.  Epecio] 

Bofaeailui  Cta 

Stlllwaler.  $j-,  Y.  P.  S.  C. 

K.t3  it.apedal 

5a  *.'^:;:::.;.:::;-. 

Wadeaa 

Wabulu.  C.  E,  ip«i>].... 
Zombrou.  t'J-of  •  S.  S..  so 


Kunu  Cllv.  Betbcl  Cb >io  •» 

Kinsley S  «. 

Ocbellree i  oo 

TapSa^i™ .'.' '  35  » 

Mis  Asnes  M.  Bigelow..  B  u 

UdaU J** 

W»Hace IS  oo 

WellinKton »6  ■? 

Y.  P.S.C.E 4  J* 

While  Clood,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  >  oo 


F»imew,  PlymouUi 

Gu«e1d 

Great  Bend 

Kanus  Cily,  Fini 

Muihuian.'o'f'wiiich'iu  io 
const.  Dea.  T,  C.  Welta  s 
L.  M.;  Ladies' Soc.,  ti5.99 


i,Y-P.s:C.E 


%% 


Glyndoa 

UiDDCuolii,   Camo    i 


^HngVallcT ij  oo 

St.FBul.Pirfc  700 

Villwd,  S.  S.,»peci»l...  JO 

W«ieca.Y.P.S.C.E....  5™ 

Ada,  by  Rev.  G.  W.  Homwo 

Ash  LreeV,  »i-«-,  Kltawonh.  tt.jS; 

Kaniranii.  tiTby  A.  HcAIHster. . . . 

Detroit.  Firat,  (.o.So  ;  S.  S..  |i.  by  C. 

M.  Johnston 

M«- J.  K.West 

^   .      .- L_  r, —  Ti    1   Johnson 

.  Claic! 


DddRc  Cenwr,  ur  ------ 

Edgrttoo,  by  Rer.  E.  Carter, 
Ireibnin,      MancbeMer. 
Hanland ,  Mc  Pherton . « 


Lakeland,  by  Res,  A.  A.  Davl* 

Minneapolis.  Rev.  G,  M.  Pnner,,.  .. 
North  liranch,  by  Rev,  P,  H,  Fisk      . 

Ortonville.  by  G.  C.  Shumaket 

Pelican  RapWi,  by  Re».  C.  J.  Svfain. 
Princelon.  byRev.J  M,  Hulbert  ,  , 
Spencer  Brook,  by  Rev.  A,  P.  Enp 

Villard  and  Hiiteni,  by  'Jtes'.'A.'L 


KANSAS-«i,o6j.ii, 
Received  by  Re*.  L.  P,  BroKl : 
Alioo,»i.»s;  Y,P,S.C,E„ 
^»*:So ' 


To  const,  Mrs,  E,  M.  Cllp- 
pinger,  Mrs.  M,  F.  Greely, 
anJMtB.J.C.VonE»eren 
L.Ms. 

Anthony $7  »J 

Jr.  Y.P.S.C.E ■  J5 


BurlinKlon 

Centralio.  [oward  I.,  Mp.  ol 
Mn.  Bliu  M.  Clippinger. 

Chapman 

Clay  Center 


Douglass..,..,.... .,..  >  a; 

Emporia,  First 6000 

Eureka ss  « 

Fowler 1  ot 

Fort  Scott s  « 

Hiswalh'a,'.'.'.'  .'.■.'.■.■.". '.'.'.'.'.'.  =5  o' 

Kansas  City.  First 300 

Lawrence,  Plymoulh B  1. 

Leavenworth 5S  7! 


OtUwa,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E,. 


46 


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Partridge,  for  '*  Strip  ". . . .  $2  40 

Parsons 8  45 

Plevna 4  05 

Ridgway 200 

Russell 5  00 

Sabetha 11  50 

Sedgwick 05 

Seneca,  toward   L.    Mp.  of 

Mary  J.  G.  Hay 1560 

Scvery a  00 

Smith  Center 6  00 

Sterling,  "Cheerful  Work- 
ers"   5  00 

Sunny  Side,  fi.6o;  Y.  P.  S. 

C.  E.,  *< 4  60 

Topeka,  Central »9  83 

Valley  Falls 1000 

Wabaunsee 800 

Wakefield.  E   M.  W 500 

Western  Park 3  00 

Westmoreland 4  50 

Mrs.  M.  L.  Loomis i  00 

1597  53 
Less  expenses 2731 

$570  29 

Woman's  H.  M.   Union,  Mrs.  D.  De 
Long,  Treas. : 
Topeka,  Ladies*  Miss.  Soc.  of  the 
rirst.  by  Miss  M.  E.  Smedlcy 88  25 

Almena,  by  Rev.  J.  W.  Cone 15  00 

Anthony,  by  J.  W .  Clendcnin 7  95 

Arkansas  City,  Pilgrim  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

D  D.  De  Lon^ 1300 

Buffalo  Park,  Mrs.  J.  L.  Hall 50 

Clay  Center,  Clarence  Eastman  Me- 
morial Ch.,  by  Rev.  B.  A.  Sutton. ..  9  4a 

Chase,  by  Rev.  C.  T.  Young 215 

Cora,  by  Rev.  W.  O.  Town 552 

Council  Grove,  bv  Rev.  L.  Armsby..  ai  00 

Downs,  by  Rev.  W.  E.  Brehm 10  00 

Dunlap,  by  Rev.  L  McRae 100 

Fairmount,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E..  $10 ;  Wi- 
chita, Mayflower,  $2,  by  Rev.  R.  J. 

McGinnis 12  cx> 

Ford,  by  Rev.  L.  Hull 315 

Fort  Riley,  Lieut.  E.  H .  Catlin 8  75 

Gaylord,  by  W.  H .  Merrill 5  c» 

Goodland,  by  Rev.  G.  H.  Perry 7  <x> 

Hiawatha,  by  S.  Biercr 36  85 

Independence,  by  Rev.  W.  C.  Veazie.  56  84 
Kanwaka,  Union  Ch.,  by  A.  L.  Gou- 

dy 12  10 

Lawrence,  Plymouth  Ch..by  Rev.  W^. 

C.  Veazie 50  00 

Plymouth  Ch.,  $87.66 ;  S.  S., $14.44  ; 
Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  $7,  by  C.  L.  Ed- 
wards, to  const.   G.    Gilbert  and 

Miss  C.  L.  Kimball  L.Ms 109  lo 

Pilgrim  Ch.,  by  A.  L.  Goudy 10  90 

Lincoln,  Twelve  Mile,  by  J.  (aledhill.  7  00 

LonRton.  by  Rev.  W.  R.  Hair 5  00 

Maple  Hill,  by  Rev.  W.  S.  Crouch 4  10 

New  Kiowa,  Ch.,  $22 ;  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E., 

$4.50,  by  Rev.  E.  E.  Flint 26  50 

Netawaka,  $s  40  :  Powhattan,    $3. 77. 

by  Rev.  L.  E.  Potter 917 

Newton,  by  Rev.  F.  W.  Hemenway..  30  00 

Ochekrec,  by  Rev.  J.  H.  Embree 6  50 

Olathe,  First,  by  Rev.  S.  W.  Richards  30  00 
Osawatomie,   First,  by    Rev.    T.    S. 

Roberts 10  00 

Overbrook.  Ch.,  $ri.6o  :  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E., 
$4  ;  Ridgeway,  $10.05,  ^Y  Rev.  J.  H. 

B.  Smith 25  65 

Parsons,  by  Rev.  F.  V.  Jones 14  20 

Powhattan,  by  Rev.  J.  C.  Geach 6  31 

St.  Mary's,  by  G.  Mohler 7  00 

Salina,  Ch.,  $v).?8  ;  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E., 
$7.15;  New  Cambria.  $7.^0;  Men- 
tor,    $2.4^;    Brookville,    $714.   by 

Jiev.  W.  B.  Mucklow. 54  30 


Smith  Center.  First,  by  G.  C.  Rotind.  $3  00 

Sterling,  by  C.  A.  Stubbs 15  5x 

Stockton,  by  Rev.  W.  C.  Veazie 58  00 

Strong  City,  by  Rev.  H.  E.  Mills 4  75 

Sycamore,  by  Kev.  E.  Pratt ^ 

Tonganoxie.  by  Rev.  W.  Moooey —  15  00 

Topeka,  First,  by  H.  C.  Bowman ^53  &• 

Wabaunsee,  First  Ch.  of  Christ,  by  J. 

F.  Willard x8  00 

S.  S.  Rally,  by  G.  S.  Burt 330 

V.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  L.  M.Cottrell....  500 

Wakefield,byW.  Eustace 1433 

White  City,  S.  S.,  3.7Q  ;  Ch.,  $6.95,  by 

Rev.  R.  F.  Marlcham xo  04 


NEBRASKA-  f  i,i94-55- 

Received  by  J.  W.  Bell,  Treas.: 

Ashland ^30  ^ 

Arborville 6  60 

Aurora 5883 

Campbell  Creek 1500 

Clay  Center xa  65 

Crete,      German.      Young 
Men's    Bible    Class,    for 

debt  of  C.  H.  M.  S 3  50 

Exeter xa  80 

Fremont 49  So 

Franklin  Academy  Y.  P.  S. 

C.  E  9  25 

Harvard 25  00 

Irvinjrton ax  86 

Lincmn,Vine  St.  S.  S.,  $3.14; 

Jr.  V.  P.  S.  C.  E.,$6 9  14 

Linwood 16  00 

Neliph 34  57 

Omaha.  St.  Mary's  Avenue, 
to  const.   Rev.  S.  Wright 

Butler  a  L.  M 50  00 

Ravenna a  63 

Rising  City x6  00 

Scribner 4  50 

Silver  Creek 2100 

Wisner 2  95 

Wymore 21  45 

York,  $94.78  ;  S.  S.,  $2.56..  97  34 

$527  36 
Woman's  H.  M.  Union.  Mrs. 
G.  J.  Powell,  Treas.: 
Har\'ard,  S.  S.,  for  Salary 

Fund $6  52 

West   Point 250 

Collections  not  reported..  150  00 

$159  oa 

Received  by  Rev.  W.  J.  Paske: 

Albion  fax  00 

Creiphton 1 2  ao 

S.  S 4  80 

David    City 1300 

Long  Pine 4  xo 

West  Cedar  Valley 13  37 

Received  by  Rev.  G.  E.  Tay- 
lor : 
Indianola,  Rev.  G.  E.  Taylor 

and  family $50  00 

McCook 990 

Madrid 2  5a 

Venango 49a 

S.  S 4a 

Wilcox 4  65 

Miscellaneous 39  35 


686  38 


6847 


Ainsworth,  by   Rev.  T.  W.  De  Long. 

Arcadia,  by  Rev.  M.  J.  P.  Thing 

Beatrice,  First,  by   I.  Henderson 

Berlrand,    Ch.,   $3-75 ".  S.    S.    Rally, 
|i.6o,  by  Rev.  H.  C.  Snyder 


XXX  76 

aa  xa 

14  ao 
2905 

5  35 


May.  1894 


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47 


Bladen,  by  Rev.  B.  O.  Snow fai  50 

Brunswick  and   Willow   Valley,   by 

Rev.  W.   A.  Davies 8  50 

Butte  and  Spencer,  by  Rev.  W.  Lo- 

ney 300 

Chadron,  |a6 ;  Flag  Butte,  $a,  by  Rev. 

I.G.Power 3800 

Clearwater  and  Gloversville,  by  Rev. 

O.  L.  McCleery 500 

Deshler,   German  Ch.,  by  Rev.  R. 

Hilkerbaeumer 500 

Freewater,  by  Rev.  W.  P.  Pease 5  15 

Friend  and  Turkey  Creek,  German 

Ch.,  by  Rev.  P.  Licb 1000 

Havelock,  by  Rev.  S.  Wood 565 

Hay  Springs,  by  Rev.  H.  E.  Loehlin..  3  35 

Rev.  H.  £.  Loehlin 100 

Hildretb,  by  Mrs.  J.  M.  Henry 670 

Keuka,  $1 ;  Kimball,  f  z  ;  Nonpareil, 

Si  ;  Snake  Creek,  f  i,  by  Rev.  H. 

Bross 400 

Lincoln,  Vine  Street,  by  Rev.  A.  K. 

Newell S  65 

German  Ch..  by  Rev.  J.  Lich 2700 

Naponee,  by  Rev.  C.  Anderson la  50 

Neoraska  City,  by  Rev.  G.  C.  Hall. . .  a  00 

Nelson,    German    Ch.,  by   Rev.  R. 

Hilkerbaeumer a  05 

Newcastle  and  Daily  Branch,  by  Rev. 

J.  Roberts 603 

Omaha,    Hillside,    by    Rev.    G.     J. 

Powell 4  30 

Palisade,  First,  by  R.  J.  Vennum 4  55 

Reno,  $3.64;  Hyannis,  $3.57,  by  Rev. 

Jf.  B.  Brown 6  ax 

Riverton,  by  Rev.  F.  Lawson la  00 

Shickley,  f  1.75;  Strang,  $0.54 ;  Brun- 

inift  •4-5o»by  Rev.  G.  J.  Battcv. 15  79 

Stanton,  J^K>. 76 :  Maple  Creek,  $5.55  ; 

Park  Creek,  $8.a8,  by  Rev.  W.  J. 

Paske 34  59 

Strang.   Shickley,   and  Bnining,   by 

Rev.  G.  J.  Battey 6  10 

Upland  and   Macon,  by  Rev.  S.  A. 

Mounts 370 

Wescott  and  Sargent,  by  Rev.  J.  F. 

Smith 716 

West  Point.  Ch.,  $10 ;  V.  P.  S.  C.  E., 

^•75«  hy  Rev.  S.  Pearson 1375 


NORTH  DAKOTA-$i38.a7. 

Received  by  Rev.  H.  C.  Sim- 
mons, to  const.  Mrs.  M. 
Daggett  a  L.  M.,  and  in 
part  to  const.  Mrs.  M. 
Fisher  a  L.  M. : 

Cando,  Ladies*  Soc $5  85 

Carrington,  Ladies'  Soc  —        a  00 

V.  P.  S.  C.  E a  40 

Cummings,   Christian    Sol- 
diers         3  50 

Fargo,  Plymouth  Ch.,  La- 
dies' S>oc  3  00 

Mission  Band 300 

Gardner 4  79 

Hillsboro,  Ladies*  Miss.  Soc.       a  00 

Melville 335 

Rose  Valley 3  47 

Valley  City,  Ladies'  Soc. .  .      15  55 
Wahpeton,  Ladies*  Miss  Soc.      16  00 
Rev. Mr.  Edwards*  children, 
mite  boxes 338 

Woman^s  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 
J.  M.  Fisher,  Treas.,  to- 
ward L.  Mp.  of  Mrs.  M.  M. 
Fisher: 

Hope $400 

Mayville 10  00 


64  19 


'4  00 


Dwight,  by  Rev  G.  S.  Bascom $8  08 

Cooperstown,  by  Rev.  O.  P.  Champ- 

lin 6  00 

Fargo,  Plymouth  Ch.,  by  Rev.  A.  H. 

Tebbets a  00 

Harwood,  by  Rev.  M.  J.  Totten 5  00 

Michigan  City,  by  Rev.  H.  C.  Sim- 
mons    500 

New  Rockford,  by  Rev.  A.  A.  Doyle.         35  00 
Sykeston,  Ontario,  and    Cathay,   by 
Rev.  H.  E.  Compton 9  00 

SOUTH  DAKOTA-fa9X.76. 

Woman *8  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 

A.  M.  Wilcox,  Trtas. : 

Alexandria $3  88 

Beresiord 10  00 

Chamberlain,  Y.  P.  S  C.  E.. 

|3-75- ;  Jr.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E., 

Letcher,  Mrs.  D.  E.  Coman.  88 

Lesterville 3  00 

Watertown,  Mission  Eand..  i  00 

Yankton,  Thank-offering. . .  1540 

38  66 

Aberdeen,    Plymouth,    by      M.    W. 

Morgan 3  40 

Alexandria,  by  Rev.  W.  H.  Thrall...  10  00 
Ashton.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Miss  S. 

Roberts 3  35 

Canova,  S4.75  ;  Dover,  $4.50,  by  Rev. 

G.  E.  Green 935 

Colvin  and  La  Roche,  by  Rev.  L.  E. 

Camfield xi  50 

Custer  City,  by  Rev.  J.  J.  Shingler. . .         45  00 

Emery,  by  Rev.  H.  Gregory 14  00 

Fort  Pierre,  by  Rev.  L  K.  Prior .  3  00 

Gettysburg,  Logan,  and  Lebanon,  by 

Rev.  S.  E.  Fish 5  69 

Hetland,  $706  ;  Henry,  $15.60;    Miss 

E.  K.  Henry,  $8.05,  by  Miss  E.  K. 

Henry 3071 

Huron,  by  Rev.  W.  H.  Thrall 3  00 

Meckling,  by  Rev.  W.  H.  Thrall 10  00 

Redfield,  J.  E.  Robinson 3  60 

Rosebud,  fs ;  Helen  and  Ruth  Cross, 

fx.40,  by  Rev.  W.  H.  Thrall 640 

Sioux  Falls,  by  Rev.  F.  Egerland 3  00 

Tyndall,  German  Ch.,  by  Kev.  A.  F. 

Schmsille x6  00 

Valley     Springs,  by     Rev.     B.    F. 

Marsden .  370 

Wessington  Springs,  Templeton,  and 

Anina,  by  Rev.  S.  F.  Huntley 13  60 

Yankton,  First,  by  J.  J.  Nissen 47  <» 

First,  add'l,  by  J.  bremner 15  00 

COLORADO-fia6.75. 

Woman's  H.   M.   Union,  Mrs.  S.  A. 
Sawyer,  Treas 34  00 

Cope.    Y.    P.    S.    C.  E.,  by  Rev.   P. 

Kasmussen 114 

Denver,  Ladies*  Soc.  of  Second,  by 
Mrs.    A.   Blanchard,  toward    L. 

Mp.  of  Mrs.  G.  W.  Bartlett 1500 

Glenarm,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E..  for  Salary 

Fund,  by  Miss  M.  A.  Morrison. . .  35  00 

North  Ch.,  by  Rev.  C.  M.  Clark. ...  81 

By  Rev.  W:  B.  Robb 300 

C.  A.  Root 500 

Guston,  $4.40;  Otis,  $5,    by  Rev.  H. 

Sanderson 9  40 

Littleton,  by  Rev.  H.  Sanderson 6  00 

New  Castle,  Y.  P.  S.  C  E.,  by  Rev.  H. 

Sanderson 3  30 

Pueblo,  First,  by  H.  R.  Jones 5  lo 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  of  Pilgrim  Ch..  b^ 

M.  Richards ^  c» 

Trinidad f  First,  by  "W .  V\.  CocAe'j \^  «> 


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WYOMING    $30.00. 

Buffalo,  Union  Ch.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E., 
$To:  Ladies'  Aid  Soc.,  $10,  by  Rev. 
S.  Wcyler 


MONTANA-Sii.40- 

Great  Falls.  $i-4o:  Columbus,  $3.15, 

by  Rev.  W.S.  Bell 

By  Rev.  W.S.  Bell 


UTAH-fi3.74. 

Lynne  and  Slatervillc,  by  Rev.  W.  H. 

Tibbals 

Salt  Lake  City,  Plymouth,  by  Rev.  J. 

D.  Nutting 

Phillips  Ch..  W.  H.  M.  U.,  by  Rev. 
D.  W .  Bartlett 


IDAHO    $44  81. 

Woman's  Miss.  Union,  by  Mrs.  D.  W. 
Bartlett : 
Pocatcllo,   Ladies'  Miss.    Soc.,   by 
Mrs.  C.  R.  Wheeler 

Boise  City,  by  Rev.  R.  B.  Wright.... 
Pocatello,  by  Rev.  C.  W.  Luck 


$90  00 


CALIFORNIA-$7.743.i9. 

Received  by  Rev.  J.  T.  Ford  : 

Avalon $1500 

Buena  Park 9  56 

Chula  Vista 10  00 

De  Luz 80 

Highlands 19  50 

Los  Angeles,  Third 33  71 

East 51  54 

Park  Ch.,  $51 ;  Y.  P.  S.  C. 

E.,$9 6000 

Rev.  E.  M.  Crosswell 5  00 

Monrovia 1  80 

Pasadena,   First 157  31 

S.  S.,  $20:  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E., 

^10 3000 

Poway 8  00 

Redlands,  Y.  P.  S.  C  E 6  90 

San   Jacinto,    Rev.    A.   W. 

Thompson 3  00 

Sierra  Madro 3133 

West  Monster a  50 

West  Saticoy.  A  Friend  .    .  2  00 
Woman's  H.  M.  l^nion.  Mrs. 
J.  M.  Haven.  Trcas. : 

Los  An^jelcs,  Park  Ch. . . .  15  00 


Received  by  J.  S.  Hutchinson, 

Treas.  Cal.  H.  M.  Soc.: 

Adin $1100 

Alamanda 150  cx3 

Benicia  21  50 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 5  00 

Berkeley 215  co 

Campbell  1  00 

"Clements"      collections 

from  W.  C.Stewart 1  50 

Clovcrdale,  S.  S 3  10 

Crockett 30  50 

Dougherty.    Y.  P.  S.  C.  E. 

and  S.  S 8  30 

Douglass  Cilv,  S.  S 1  00 

Geyservillo.  MissR.  Chapin.  a  00 

Grass  Valley x6  75 


3  55 
7  85 


X  25 

7  49 
4  00 


15  75 

18  35 
10  71 


462  95 


Green  Vallgr,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  B.  $5  00 

Arfiiieny,  9« d« •••••••••••••••  s  yj 

Lincoln,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  B 5  00 

Lockef  ord o  15 

Lo«  Gatos,  CampbeU ao  00 

Martinez 4400 

Mountain  View,  S.  S 330 

Oakland,  First 661  » 

Y.P.S.  C.  E 1000 

Oleander.  Ch.,  $17.43 ;  L.  H. 

M.S.,$33.S4 4096 

Oroville,   First,  in  part  for 
life  member,  Mrs.  S.  S. 

ToTOinjg a6  00 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E..  completinir 
sum  to  const.  Mrs.  Jes- 

samina  Green  a  L.  M...  la  00 

Pacific  Grove,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  xo  00 

Petaluma ao  75 

S.  S sx  00 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  $3 ;  S.  S., 

_     f'-5o  4  50 

Redwood 43  ^ 

Redwood  City 540 

Rocklin x6  00 

Sacramento,  First 345  30 

S.  S y,.:..  4  77 

San  Francisco„Fic8t.|8^.3o; 
S.S.,$23;  Y.  P.S:C.E., 

$10 891  39 

Third x6o  50 

Bethany 45  70 

Olivet a6  00 

Plymouth,  to  const.  John 
F.  Cole  and  Mrs.  W.  B. 

Sheppard  L.  Ms no  00 

Pierce  St 5  00 

San  losif 35  50 

.San  Mateo 600 

Santa  Cruz 106  65 

Santa  Rosa,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E..  7  85 

Saratoga 53  30 

South  Valejo 7  00 

S<Kiucl 16  00 

Suisun 7  70 

Tulare 3305 

Vacaville 10  00 

Edward  Coleman 500  00 

Rev.  Pliilip  C(x>mbs 5  00 

Rev.  F.  B.  Perkins 32  50 

Rev.  James  Rowell ao  00 

13^873  47 

Woman's  H.  .M.  Union.  Mrs. 

J.  M.  Haven,  Trcas.: 
To  const.  Miss  M.  Black, 

H.  B.  Basset t.  and   Mrs. 

William  Rader  L.  Ms. . .  $380  00 

Lewiston x  60 

Oakland 72  00 

First »54  75 

Sonoma 8  00 

Woodland,  First .so  37 

$566  7a  $4,440  19 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  South- 
ern   California.   Mrs.    M. 

M.  Smith,  Treas $427  66 

Ontario,  S.  S.  Rall^' 8  00 

Pasadena,  Coral  Workers  . .  2  50 

Perns,  Woman's  Miss.  Soc.  16  60 

East  Los  Angeles 15  50 

Santa  Barbara 50  00    * 

Riverside,  First 131  15 

North  Pasiidena 12  05 

Y.  P.  S.  C  E a  7a 

Ventura.  Children's  class  1  00 
Redlands.  Terrace  Ch..  Y.  P. 

S.  C.  E 7  00 

Los      Angeles.      First,      of 
which  $5  for  Salary  Fund      17  05 

699  13 


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49 


Reported  by  Rev.  J.  K.  Harri- 
son : 

Auburn $15  00 

Berkeley,  North  Cb ao  00 

Black  Diamond 2a  00 

Byron 2780 

Corralitos 1040 

Cottonwood 2  50 

Etna 20  00 

Kenwood 15  00 

Little  Shasta 61  00 

Lorin 10  00 

Mission  San  Jostf 6  75 

Murphy's 17  50 

Niles 3800 

Oakland,  Fourth 27  00 

Ocean  View 1080 

Palermo 13  00 

Pescadero 500 

Porterville 4  15 

Rohnerville,  $11.50:  Hydes- 

ville,  $8.50 ao  CO 

San  Andreas 6  00 

San    Francisco.    Bethlehem 

Branch  Bethany  Ch zo  00 

Fourth 37  65 

Sausalito 3|^  *^ 

Sunol  Glen 8  00 

Weaverville 1500 

$447  55 

Bloomingrton,  $15  ;  Rialto,  $jo  :  Etl 

wanda,  f  10,  by  Rev.  E.  R.  Brainerd.         45  00 
Clarcmont.   Ch.,  $45 ;  Jr.  Y.  P.  S.  C. 

E.,  f  2  ;  Florence  M.  Baldwin,  $1, 

by  O.  H.  Duvall 48  c» 

Clayton,  by  Rev.  W.  H.  Robinson...         16  00 

Dehesa,  by  Rev.  A.  Bixby 500 

Fresno,  by  Rev.   I.  Lcgler 445 

Hesperia  and  Halleck,  by  Rev.  L.  N. 

Bsurber 14  00 

Lincoln,  by  Rev.  E.  D.  Hale 5  30 

Lorin.  Park  Ch..  by  Rev.  J.  D.  Foster         20  84 
Los  Aneeles,  Plymouth,  $15;  Mission 
Circle,  $9  •  Woman's   Board  Ply- 
mouth Onion  Branch,  $6,  by  Rev. 
C.  S.  Vaile 30  00 

Plymouth  Union  Miss.  Soc.,  by 
Mrs.  J.  A.  Barrows 5  00 

West  End  Ch.,  $16.55:  Y.  P.  S.  C. 
E.,  $4.45;  Eagle  Rock  Valley,  $1, 
by  Rev.  G.  Morris 22  00 

Third,  by  Rev.  J.  F.  Brown 4480 

Mentone,  by  Rev.  G.  Robertson 17  00 

Needles,  Cn.  and  S.  S.,  by  Rev.  J. 

Overton 12  00 

Ontario,  of  which  Rally.  $8;  Ladies' 

Soc.,  $39,  by  Rev.  A.  E.  Tracy 171  cx> 

Pasadena,  Miss  H.  M.  Bliss 10  00 

A  Friend 25  00 

Ferris,  $57  55;^-  P-  S.  C.  E.,  $9,  by 

Rev.  W.  H.  Burr 66  55 

Pico  Heights,  $7-75;  Hyde  Park,  $20, 

by  Rev.  J .  M .  Schaefle 27  75 

Pomona,  Pilgrim  Church,  $338.20  ;  S. 

S.,  |8  25;  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  #30,  by  J. 

H.  Dole 376  45 

Redlands,  Lugonia  Terrace,  by  C.  H. 

Lathrop 18  50 

Riverside,  First,  by  Rev.  T.  C.  Hunt.        156  00 
Roscdale  and  Poso,  by  Rev.  A.  K. 

Johnson 8  00 

San  Bernardino,  First,  by  Rev.  J.  R. 

Knodell 100  30 

Elihu  Smith 10  00 

San  Diesro,  First,  by  H.  W.  Brewer. .        150  00 

Second,  by  Rev.  G.  S.  Hall 5000 

San  lacinto,  by  H.  K.  Smith 9  75 

Slan  Luis  Obispo,  by  Rev.  G.  Willett.  14  co 

San  Miguel,    Ch.,    by    Rev.    B.     F. 

Moody 8  80 

Santa    Monica,    First,   by    Rev.   G. 

Cochran 43  00 


Sierra  Valley,  by  Rev.  H.  E.  Banham  $13  35 
South  Riverside,  by  Rev.  J.  S.  Jewell  77  65 
Spring  Valley,  $8.^;  Jamul,  $ix,6o, 

by  Rev.  L  W.  Atherton 20  00 

Stockton,  Rev  J.  C.  Holbrook.  D.D..         1000 
Vemondale,  by  Rev  G.  A.  Rawson. .         21  20 
S.  S..  $4^40;  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  $10.60; 
Rev.  G.  A.  Rawson,  $5,  by  Rev. 

G.  A.  Rawson 2000 

Westminster,    S.  S.  birthday    offer- 
ings, by  O.  J.  Buck 3  68 

[Erra/um. —RockMn,  by  Rev.  E.  D.  Haven. 
$10 :  erroneously  ack.  under  So.  Dak.  in  March 
number  Home  Missionary.] 


OREGON    $125.67. 

Astoria,  $70;  Portland.  Hassah  Street, 
$16  51  :  Corvallis,  $6.66,  by  Rev. 
C.  F.  Clapp 

Blalock,  Mrs.  M.  P.  Mills 

Pendleton,  First,  $5  ;  Rev.  C  T.Whit- 
tlesey, $26.50,  by  Rev.  C.  T.Whittle- 
sey  


93  «7 
X  00 


31  50 


WASHINGTON— $281  22. 

Received      by     Rev.     A.    J. 
Bailey  : 

Coupeville $7  35 

Sylvan,  of  Fox  Island i  60 

Seattle,  Plymouth  Ch 4  00 

Tacoma,  Swedish  Miss.  Ch.  5  00 

Vancouver 5  cx> 

23  95 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 
J.  W.  Georjfc,  Trcas.  : 

Snohomish,  b.  S $5x5 

Y.  P.  S.  C  E 2  02 

7  17 

Christopher  and  Star  Lake,  by  Rev. 

R.  Bushell 250 

Dayton,  by  Rev.  S.  L.  B.  Penrose 30  80 

Edmonds,    $10 ;     Richmond     Beach, 

55  cts.,  by  Rev.  V.  McConaughy »o  55 

EHcnsburff,  First,  by  Rev.  .S.  D.  Belt.  6  55 

Endicott,  by  Rev.  J.  M.  Kirkland 3  75 

Fairhaven,  Plymouth,  by  Rev.  J.  C. 

Wright 12  00 

Genesee,  $8.70;    Medical   Lake,  $20; 

Colfax,  Meriam  Walters,  $4,  by  Rev. 

T.  W.  Walters 32  70 

Lake  Park,  W.  H.  M.  S..  $5  ;  Sulun. 

$2.50.  by  Rev.  G.  Kindred 7  50 

New  Whatcom,  First,  by  Rev.  J.  W. 

Savage 20  00 

Olympia,  First,  by  Miss  L.  H.  Black- 

ler 9  12 

Poit  Angeles,  First,  by  Rev.  J.  Bush- 

nell la  75 

Port  Gamble  and   Port  Ludlow,  by 

Rev.  W.  Butler 12  00 

Pullman,  by  Rev.  L.  O.  Baird 12  67 

Snohomish,  First,  by  Rev.  W.  C.  Mer- 

ritt 5  56 

Spokane,  Pilgrim   Ch.  and  S.  S  ,  by 

Rev.  J.  Edwards 14  25 

Sprague,  by  Rev.  M.  Baskervillc 54  00 

Washougal,  by  Rev.  D.  L.  Fordney..  3  40 
West  Ferndalc,  Mt.  View,  and  Enter- 
prise, by  Rev.  O.  S.  Haines 1  00 

SANDWICH  ISLANDS    Ss-oo. 

Haw.iiian  Islands,  Friend  500 

Home  Missio.nary \iR  «>% 


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Donations  of  Clothings  etc. 


Bridgrcport,  Ct.,  C.  E.  Soc.  of  South  Ch., 
by  Miss  Caroline  J.  Calef,  barrel, 

cash  and  freight 

Ladies'  Benev.  Soc.  of  North  Ch.,  by 
Harriett  S.  Palmer,  box  and  sewing- 
machine  

Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Ladies*  Benev.  Soc 
of  Tompkins*  Ave.  Ch..  by  Sara  T. 
Edgerton,  box  and  two  barrels 

Dallas,  Texas.  Ladies*  Soc..  box 

Hartford.  Ct.,  L.  H.  M.  S.  of  First  Ch., 
by  E.  C.  Curtis,  two  barrels,  half -bar- 
rel, and  box 

Lakeville,  Ct.,  Sew.  Soc.,  by  Mrs.  Geo. 
B.  Burrell,  two  barrels 

Middletown,  Ct.,  L.  H.  M.  S.  of  First 
Ch..by  Mrs.  A.  R.  Crittenden,  barrel. 

New  Britain,  Ct..  Ladies*  Benev.  Soc.  of 
South  Ch.,  by  Mary  E.  Bingham,  box. 

New  Haven,  Ct.,  James  D.  and  E.  S. 
Dana,  package. 

New  York  City,  Hospital  Book  and 
Newspaper  Soc.,  two  packages. 

North  Hampton,  N.  H.,  Ladies*  Dorcas 
Circle,  by  Miss  R.  M.  Chapman, 
barrel 


«»8 

95 

«33  45 

IS 

99 

CO 

241 

00 

174 

CO 

102 

00 

8« 

90 

5698 


Norwich,  Ct,  W.  H.  M.  S.  of  Broad- 
way Ch.,  by  Mn.  E.  D.  Fuller,  trunk 
and  cash $64  07 

Norwich  Town,  Ct.,  W.  H.  M.  S.  of 
First  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  Herbert  L.  Far- 
rington,  three  barrels    900  00 

Paterson,  N.  J.,  Rev.  D.  P.  Hatch, 
package. 

Providence.  R.  1..  Benev.  Soc.  of  Unioo 
Ch.,  by  Mrs.  W.  Knight,  barrel 195  00 

Sharon,  Ct.,  by  Mrs.  C.  S.  Knight, 
barrel 6t  oo 

St.  Louis,  Mo.,  H.  M.  S.  of  Central  Ch., 
by  Mrs.  G.  R.  Chesbrough,  box >53  a^^ 

Ventura,  Cal.,  H.  M.  S.  orFirst  Ch.,  by 
Clara  Williams,  box 10600 

Washington.  D.  C^  L.  M.  S.  of  Fint 
Ch.,  by  Mrs.  Geo.  P.  Whittlesey, 

two  barrels  and  package 99000 

L.  H.  M.  S.  of  First  Ch.,  by  Mn. 
Geo.  P.  Whittlesey,  barrel  and 
package 1x5  00 

Windsor  Locks,  Ct.,  L.  H.  M.  S.,  by 
Mrs.  Chas.  H.  Co]re,  barrel 5s  00 

Woodbridge,  Ct.,  Ladies*  Benev.  Soc., 
by  Mrs.  R.  C.  Newton,  box. 


AUXILIARY    STATE    RECEIPTS 
VERMONT   DOMESTIC   MISSIONARY  SOCIETY 


Receipts  of  the  I  'ermont  Domestic   Missiotwry  Society  from    Februaty  20  to  March  20, 

1894.     Wm.  C.  Tyler,  Treasurer 


Bennington  Center,  Old    First  Cong. 

Ch 

Benson 

Bethel,  S.  S.  Convention 

Brattleboro,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E-  Convention. 
Coventry 

Rev.  L.  Harlow 

Cornwall,  E.  R.  Robbins 

ForC.  H.  M.  S 

Hardwick,  Supply 

Hero,  South,  and  Grand  Isle 

Hubbardton.  S.  S 

Irasbureh,  Hon.  L.  H.  Thompson 

Lamoille  County,  *'  A  Friend  " 

"A  Friend,"  forC.  H.  M.  S 

"  A  Friend,'*     to  furnish   a  room  in 

Indian  Girls*  Home  at  Vinita 

Ludlow,  S.  S.  Convention 

Marshfield,  Mass.,  A  Friend 

Middlebury.  for  Miss  Harlig.. 

Newbury,  West 

Norwich 


I3I 

05 

5 

20 

X 

76 

2 

5^ 

37 

75 

10 

00 

500 

00 

-^5 

22 

7 

»5 

16 

85 

3 

00 

10 

00 

50 

<)0 

50 

00 

75 

00 

75 

22 

42 

00 

2 

00 

>5 

00 

Onivell 

Pitlsford,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  for  Mr.  Lewis 

A.  Mann 

Royakon,  Sk>uih,  S.  S.  Convention 

Randolph,  West 

Sharon 

Stowc                                                        •  • 
St.     Johnsbury , ' '  North'  *  Ch.,  '  ***  Two 
Friends  " 

"S.  F.  S.,  March  12" 

South  Ch. 

Vergennes,  "A  Friend  '* 

Wells  River 

Weston,  S.  S.  Convention 

Miss  Affnes  M.   Bitrelow,  of  tlie  Zulu 

Mission,  South  Africa 

Vermont  Missionakv 

Income  from  invested  funds 

Woman's  Home  Missionary  Union  : 

Orwell,  Woman's  Missionary  Society 


Sa8  31 
500 
a  00 

158 

a  55 

a  50 

Z5  00 

xoo  00 
50  00 
94  18 

5  <» 

aa  85 

2  25 

5  <» 

13  35 
84  00 

xo  00 

$1,319  03 


MASSACHUSETTS    HOME    MISSIONARY  SOCIETY 


Receipts  of  the  Massachusetts  Home  Missionary  Society  in  March^  1 894.     Rev.  Edwin  B. 

Pal.mer,    IVeasurer 

Amherst,  *'  X  *' S25  00     Athol,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Jennie  E.  Law- 

Andover,  Chapel,  by  Warren  F.  Draper,  ton $16  00 

to  const.  Misses  F.  A.  Merrill.  K.  W.  By  Miss  A.  M.  Dow.C.  E.  Dav  Offer- 

Towne,   Mary   E.    Carter,   and    Mrs.  mjf  for  Indian  Girls' Home.  Vinita..            700 

Clara  H.  Newton  L.  Ms.  of  C.  H.  M.  Attleboro,  Dean.  Maryctt  I.,  Estate  of, 

S 42400  by  Geo.  A.  Dean,  ex 50000 

Anonymous 10  00        Second,  by  Chas.  E.  Bliss  (of  wh.  $34 

AsAifield,  by  Mrs.  Daniel  Williams  ....         90  00  special  offerinjf) 94  79 


May.  1894 


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51 


Bank  Balances,  Feb.  interest $11  45 

Bedford,  Church  of  Christ.  Sxx.tS;  A 
Friend,  *'for  dcbt/'$aj  Miss  Susan 
Wilkins,  $a— aU  by  Rev.  Edwin  Smith.         15  76 

Berkley,  by  Rev.  George  Sterling 12  4a 

Blackstone,  by  Rev.  L.  M.  Pierce,  add*l  a  ax 

Bo«on,  A  Friend 400 

Boylston.  by  G.  E.  S.  Kinney. 31  00 

Charlestown,  Winthrop,  by  Geo.  S. 

Poole 1x3  x6 

Dorchester,  Second.  Mrs.  J.  Fullarton, 

part  of  Easter  offering xo  00 

Vniage,  S.  S.,  by  F.  W.  Baker as  00 

L.  B.  W xo  00 

M.  A 1000 

Park  Street,  by  E.  H.  McGuire 5  00 

Roxbury,  Highland,  by  J.  W.  Hall..        130  00 
A  Fnend,  tor  Rev.  E.  A.  Paddock, 

Idaho 5  00 

Walnut  Ave.,  by  F.  O.  Whitney. ...         45  00 
West,  South  Evan.,  Mon.  Con.  Coll., 

by  Mrs.  C.  H.  Botsford 400 

South,  Phillips,  Y.  P.    S.  C.  E.,  by 

Emma  F.  Morse 10  00 

"T.G." 3500 

Union.  Richardson,    Mrs.  C.  A.,  by 

W.  H.White,  for  C.  H.M.S xo  00 

Braintree,  First,  bv  A.  B.  Keith 9  90 

Brockton,  Campelfo,  Mrs.  Geo.  Church- 
ill's  S.  S.  class,  by  Alice  L.  Gibbs,  for 
Rev.    R.   W.    Fletcher,    Quillayate, 

Wash 9  60 

Brookline,  Harvard,  by  Jas.  H.  Shap- 

leigh X45  68 

Cambridge,  First,  Emmons,  Mrs.  M.  B., 

for  debt  of  C.  H.  M.  S 500 

First,  Flint,  Mrs.  E.,  for  debt  of  C. 

H.M.S xo  00 

Cambridgeport,    Chamberlain   Newell, 
for   Indiaa   Girls*  School,   and   to 

const,  two  L.  Ms 75  00 

Pilgrim,  by  N.  H.  Holbrook,  (of  wh. 

f  10.44  Mon.  Con.  Coll.) 43  14 

Piferim,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  M.  Alice 
Fuller,   for   Rev.  E.  A.  Paddock, 

Idaho 5  00 

Charlemont,  by  Rev.  Ira  A.  Smith ao  00 

Charlton,  by  F.  O.  Wakefield xi  31 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  M.  Panicl  Wood- 
bury    3  54 

Chicopee,  Second,  by  F.  M.  Nichols,  for 

French  work,  local,  $ao.co. 
Coha.sset,    Beech  wood,   by  Rev.    John 

Sharp X3  50 

Conway,  by  Francis  Howland 33  3<^ 

Danielsonville, Conn. .Winter,  Mrs.  S.  B  5  00 

Dan  vers.  Maple  St.,  by  Ebenezer  Pea- 

body 153  3X 

Deerfiield,  Orth.,  A  Friend xa  50 

Douglas,  First,  by  Rev.  A.  B.  Peffers. .  xo  00 
Dunstable,  A  Friend,  Easter  offering. . .  xo  00 
Easthampton,  First,  bjfT  W.  H.  Wright, 

(of  wh.  $17.50  special) 35  95 

First,  V.  P.  S.  C.  E..  by  W.  H.  Wright         la  xx 
Parsons,  Herbert  S.,   memorial   gift 
from  estate  of,  by  L.  E.  Parsons,  to 
const.  Miss  Saxah  J,  Parsons  a  L.  M. 

of  C  H.  M.S 5^  00 

Edgartown,  First,  by  Florence  E.  May- 
hew  4  86 

Elliott,  Ma^  R.,  "  for  debt " ao  00 

Ewing,  by  Rev.  J.  W.  Brownville 10  00 

Everett,  rirst,  by  R.  A.  Rideout a6  00 

First,  by  R.  A.  Rideout,  for  Rev.  N. 

Forrest,  El  Reno,  Ok 2600 

First  Ch.,  and  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Rev. 

E.  T.  Pitts,  "  for  debt." 12  00 

Mystic-side,  by  G.  W.  Jackson 9  20 

Falmouth,  Herendeen,  S.  Emily a  00 

Fall  River.  Central,  bv  R.   B.  Borden 

(of  which  $54.93  is  Mon.  Con.  Coll.)       389  33 
Fowler,   by  r.    M.  Lawson,    "  for 
deficit** 4^  00 


Fitchburg,  Rollstone,  by  D.  Salmond, 
to  const.  Lucy  A.  Hayward,  Emma 
T.  Bennett,  and  B.  T.  Putnam  L. 

Ms $93  00 

Whittier,  D.  B.,  M.D xo  00 

Grafton,  Saunders ville,  by  A.  E.  Gur- 

ney 5  00 

Granby,  Church  of  Christ,  by  Robert 

C.  Bell,  L.  M.  to  be  named —  37  00 

Granville,  East,  by  Rev.  Geo.  A.  Beck- 

with 330 

West,  by  Rev.  T.  S.  Robie,  for  Indian 

Girls'  School.  ViniU 5  00 

Gloucester,  A  Friend a  00 

Lanesville,  Haraden,  Mrs.  Eliza,  by 

Rev.  W.  C.  Wood ao  00 

Great  Barrington,  "  E.  J.  L.,"  for  C.  H. 

M.S 500 

Greenfield,  Second,  by  Lucy  A.  Spar- 
hawk 30  47 

HaUfax,  Ch.,  $3.30;  Y.   P.  S.  C.  E., 
$1.65:  Jr.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  5octs.,  by 

Mrs.  L.  H.  Grover 4  45 

Hampden  Benev.  Association,  by  Geo. 
K.  Bond,  Treas. : 

Palmer,  Union  Evan $6460 

Springfield,  Olivet 36*00 

White  Street 500 

First 70  00 

Special 30  00 

West  Springfield,  First 28  25 

Mittineague .  37  86 

371  7x 

Hardwick,  First,  and  S.  S.,  by  Rev.  Har- 
lan Page X5  00 

Harwich,  by  W.  H.  Underwood x8  35 

Haverhill.  North,  Flint,    Mrs.   M.   C, 

"for  debt" 100  00 

Ames,  Mary  F.,  "  for  debt " 100  00 

Outside  Circle  of  Kinjg's  Daughters..  15  00 

Riverside,    Elliott,    Emma    S.,    "  for 

debt" xo  00 

Hawlcy,  West,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Rev. 

R.M.Sargent 470 

Holland,  by  Rev.  Oscar  Bissell 30  65 

Hopkinton,  by  J.  D.  Stewart 86  63 

S.  S.,  Prim.    Dept.,    by    Mrs.    S.  I. 

Valentine 3  36 

Hyde  Park,  Blue  Hill  Evan.  Society,  by 

S.  T.  Elliott 7  64 

Lawrence,  Law.  St.,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E  ,  by 
A.  M.  Chad  wick,  for  Indian  Girls' 

School  at  Vinita i  50 

Trinity,  by  W.  E.  Rowell 4334 

White,  Samuel  (B.  $5,  S.  $30) 25  00 

Lowell,  Eliot,  by  James  Howard,  to 
const.  Susan  E.  Morrison  a  L.  M.  of 

C.  H.  M.S 67  93 

First,  by  Joseph  W.  Griffin 10  00 

High  St.,  by  Saml.  A.  Chase,  Special 

Coll 31   00 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  members,  by  F.  N. 

Chase 32  00 

Lynn,  North,  by  Rev.  W.  A.  Hadley...  30  15 

Maiden,  a  Friend,  E.  N xoo  00 

Manchester,  by  George  F.  Allen 47  00 

Medfield,  Second,  by  Rev.  N.  T.  Dyer..         24  00 
Special  for  El  Reno,  Ok.,  by  Rev.  N. 

T.  Dyer 5  00 

Medford,     South,    Union,     by     N.    P. 

Richardson 35  00 

Medway,  Village,  by  Rev.  R.  K.  Har- 
low, Special  for  deficit 3350 

West,  Adams,  C.  A xo  00 

Melrose,    Orth.,    by    C.  C.    Goss,    for 

French  Prot.  College 23  87 

Methuen,  Fulton.   Nfrs.  Eunice,  Estate 

of,  by  Joseph  W.  Fulton,  ex x,ooo  00 

New  Bedford,  A  Friend,  towards  salary 

of  Rev.  D.  F.  Bright,  Neb 50  00 

Ladies'  H.   M.  Soc.,  lor  Rev.  "E.  K. 
Paddock,  Idaho , , ,  •         \o  qo 


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Newburyport,  Belleville,  Hale,  Joshua, 

"  for  debt.". f  100  00 

New  Salem,  by  H.  S.  Hcrrick 7  00 

Newton,    Aubumdale,   by  C.   C.   Burr, 

Mon.  Con.  Coll 1060 

(Center)  First,  by  J.  E.  Rockwood...        9x7  06 

Mrs.  M.  J.  E.,  for  C  H.  M.  S 2  00 

Eliot,    by   F    C.    Partridge   (of   wb. 


Special,  for  Rev.  J.  Homer  Parker,  of 
Kinij^sher,  Ok.,  and  L.  Mp.  of  Daisy 

Severance   

Somerville,  Broadway,  by  C.  F.  Simes. 

Winter  HiU,  by  S.  A.  Underfaill 

Sterling,  by  Rev.  Geo.  H.  Pratt 

Stockbridge,  by  D.  R.  Williams 

Sturbridge,  by  Melvin  Haynes 


Norfolk  Co.,  Cash 
North  Adams.   First,  by  W.  W.  Rich- 
mond, to   const.    Miss  Stella  Stroud 
and  E.  B.  Hamblen  L.  Ms.  of  C.  H. 

MS 

Northampton,    First,  by  J  .    H.  Searle, 

addl      

Lover  of  Missions.  *'  for  debt  " 

Maynard,  H.  G.,  for  C.  H.  M.  S 

Northboro,  Evan.,  by  Abby  W.  Small.. 
Northbridge    Center,  First,  by  Rev.  J. 

H.Childs 

First,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E  ,  by  Rev.  J.  H. 
Childs,  for   Indian  Girls'  School  at 

Vinita 

Rockdale,  by  Rev. J.  H.  Childs 

North    Brookhcld,    First,    by    John    S. 

Cooke 

Union,  by  Hiram   Knight,  ''  for  debt 

O.xford,  First,  by  John  E.  Kimball, 
Easter  offering 

Plainficld,  by  Rev.  J.  A.  Woodhull 

Prescott,  by  R.  H.  Allen 

Quincy,  Evan.,  by  J.  S.  Raxter 

Atlantic,  Memorial  and  S.  S.  Easter 
offering,  by  F.  Jenkins 

Richmond,  by  C.  H.  Dorr  (Ch.,  $21  :  Y. 
P.  S.  C.  E.,  $25  ;  King's  Daughters, 
$10) 

Sharon,  by  D.  W.  Pettec,  to  const.  Miss 
Abbie  L.  Billings  a  L.  M 

Shelburne  Falls,  Ch.  and  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E., 
by  L.  M.  Packard 


25  GO 


100  00 

8  00 

4  00 
35  00 

56  00 
17  00 


5 

20 

13 

00 

Id 

88 

»9 

xo 

50 

00 

13 

00 

II 

50 

21 

<XJ 

12   06 

56  00 

31  00 

32  53 


$ao  oo 

aS  00 
51  4S 

3300 


_  •.JfcMB  fcf*  »»*g%.,      M^         •«*«.**«»      >a»JU«,» JJ     «M« 

f  7Q4.07  Easter  offering)    964  07  Sudbury,  North,  Dakin^  J.  C  40  00 

A  Member zoo  00  Sutton,  by  C.  £.  Hutchinson >>  75 

Newton ville,     Central,     by     E.    W.  Taunton,  Trin.,  by  Miss  L.  B.  Bl^ zo  00 

Greene 429  60  Tewlcsbury,  by  Enoch  Foster 33  93 

Nichols,  J.  Howard 5000  Tisbury,  West,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  D.  L. 


Hancock,    for  Indian   Girls'   School, 
Vinita 

Wall  Fund,  Income ^w  w» 

Waltham,  Trin.,  by  Daniel  French zo  00 

Warren,  S.  S.,  by  E.  J.  Spencer 

Warwick,  Evan.,  by  E.  C  Chase 

Wayland,  Life  Member, "  for  debt ". . . . 

Wellesley,  S.  S.  and  others,  by  W.  R. 
Hanks 

Westboro,  Evan.,  by  E.  F.  Denham.... 

West  Brookfield,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Miss 
H.  R.  Crowell 

Weston,  by  A.  S.  Burrage 

West  Springfield,  A  Friend 

Weymouth,  East,  by  C.  B.  Cushing,  to 
const.  T.  H.  Emerson  a  L.  M.  of  C. 

H.  M.S 

South,  Old  South,  by  Rev.  H.  C.  Al- 

vord 

South,  Union,  by  H.  B.  Reed 

Winchester,  First,  D.  N.  Skillings  An- 
nuity, by  W.  D.  M  iddlcton 

Woburn,  North,  by  S.  A.  Thompson. . . 

Worcester,  Plymouth,  by  F.  W.  Chase, 
to  const.  L.  Ms 

Woman's  Home   Miss.   Association,  by 
M.  L.  Wcx>dbury,  Asst.  Treas.  : 
Roxbury,  Walnut  Ave..  Wom's.  Aux., 
for  Rev.  Samuel  Deakin 


«7  as 

40  00 

zo  00 

x«  45 

zo  00 
zo  00 

4»  '7 
8294 

5  00 
563 
5  «> 


75  00 

39  00 
27  09 

xoo  00 
34  00 

87  Z4 


77  05 


Ho.MK  Missionary. 


$8,711  03 
16  95 

18,727  98 


Donations  of  Clothing,   etc. ,   rcceuwd  and  reported  at  the  rooms  of  the  Woman  s  Home 
Missionary  Association  in  March.      Miss  Anna  A.   Pickkns,  Secretary 


Amesbury.  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  L.  C.  Boul- 
tenhouse,  two  barrels $135  00 

Belchertown,  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  C.  F.  D. 
Hazen.  barrel 

Brighton,  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  L.  J.  Wor- 
melle,  barrel 


Dalton,  Sewing  Soc.,  by  Miss  Clara  L. 
Crane,  barrel 

Dorchester.  Second  Ch.,  Ladies,  by  Miss 
Fannie  L.  Vose.  barrel 

Greenfield,  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  Helena  Rich- 
ardson, barrel 

Leicester,  Ladies,  by  Miss  Eldora  E. 
Loring.  barrel 

Lowell,  High  St.  Ch.,  Ladies,  by  Miss 
M.  M.  Lancaster,  two  barrels 

Maiden,  Ladies'  Ben.  Soc,  by  Mrs.  B.  T. 
Tilton,  barrel 


5084 

107  22 
102  08 

67  00 

86  60 

80  79 

206  24 

108  00 


Natick,  Ladies,  by  Miss  M.  A.  Jones, 

two  barrels $  107  28 

Providence,  R.  I.,  Central  Ch.,  by  Mrs. 

T.  B.  Stock  well,  three  barrels 23a  11 

Spencer,  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  C.  O.  Tyler, 

barrel 50  *  7 

Springfield,  First  Ch.,  Ladies,  by  Mrs. 

O.  E.  Pease,  barrel 8z  80 

Wakefield.  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  A.  E.  Sweet- 

ser,  barrel 45  <» 

Winchendon,    I-adics.    by    Mrs.   C.   C. 

Parker,  barrel 43  39 

Winchester.  L.  W.  M.  S  ,  by  Mrs.  J.  P. 

Houtwell,  barrel 75  77 

Woburn,   Ladies,  by   Mrs.  S.  F.  Park- 
hurst,  barrel 6500 

Ladies,  by  Mrs.  M.  T.  Allen,  barrel..  83  00 


MISSIONARY   SOCIETY    OF   CONNECTICUT 


Receipts  of  the  Missionary  Society  of  Connecticut  in    March,   1894.     Ward   W.  Jacobs, 

lyeasnrer 


Andover.  by  Rev.  G.  A.  Curtis 

Ansonia.  bv  B.  A.  Cramer 

"  Friends  "       

Bolton,  by  WM^xm  H.  I.,oomis 

Coventry,  South,  by  J.  S.  Morgan. 


$14  00  East  Haddam.  First,  by  E.  W.  Chaffee, 

15  00         for  C.  H.  M.  S $10  29 

3  00     Fast  Haven,  by  Lottie  E.  Street 22  55 

6  36  East  Windsor,  Broad   Brook,  by  S.   B. 

3400        Adams ■ iz  70 


May,  1894 


The  Home  Missionary 


-  Bequal     ot    WiUiam    Ga]P,"    by 

Ridu/d  H.  Gay.  «" 

CUsloDbury.  Firsl.by  E.  K  Aodrewi.. 

BackiDebun,  bvT.  D.  Gotla 

South.  Ch.  udS.  S..  by  H.  D.  Hale.. 
Haddam,  Firsi.  by  Re.-,  fe.  B.  Lewii. . . 

KilTiraniiii).  by  It.  J.  Gladwin... 

HanYorii.  Firet,  by  C.  T   Wtllet,  (or  C. 

Zion.  ■  Swedlita.  by   lUv.    h.  "w.  A. 

Biorkaiaii 

HUdtam,  by  Rev.  Will- 


Putnam,  Second,  by  F,  I,  Daniels 

Salisbury.  "  The  Home  Cbua,"  by  Rev. 

John  C.  Goddard 

Snmera.  Y.P.S.CE...   

By  H.  L.Jamei 

Sinitinid,  by  Re*.  Joel  S.  Ive« 

Trumbull,  by  Rev. William  F.  While.. 

-orC,  h.M.  S.  - 


iamE.  B.  Mi.._ 
Middleaex     Canfereoce, 


Elderltin.  [orC. 

Wallingfon"   ■     " 
Waterhury, 

We 


h:t^.! 


lew  Haven.  Unlud.  by  C 


>f  Waureipaa.  a  L-  H... 


byT.D.PoK 

West  Winaled.  "Special" 

rorC  H.  M.S..  by  John  Hinsdale... 
Windsor,  PoquonocK,  additional, "  M.." 

byRev.N.T.  Merwin 

fiidsor  Locks,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  A. 
G.  Townaead 


ILLINOIS    HOME    MISSIONARY    SOCIETY 

triftj  0/  tie  lUineis  Homi  Misnonaty  Sociily   in    February,    1894.      AARON  B. 
Mead,  Triasurer 

port  Byron tii  ij 


Atkioiaa,Cali 


'iSi'^^. 


\n 


Rilev,  Mrs.  M.  J.  Sears. 


etHIII... 


Cbicairo.  Pint 
New  Engl— 
LeaviltSti 


LeaviltTtreet,  Mrs.  Mary  H.  Sarrent, 

Union  Park.  Dr.  H.  M,  Cyman 

Ravenswood.  Dr.  Wm.  S.  Gates 

Soutb  German 

{[ffeiaon  Park,  German 
'irslBvan.  Lutheran 


Dea  Plainci,  Mrs.  I,  t.  Norton . . 

GrayrUle.'diiTe.".' .'.".";;; '.'!!'. !.'.'!! 
Kanirtcy 


New  Grand  Chain  

Oalt  Park.  Rev   &  J.  Humplirey... 

Rev.J.E,  Roy 

Ottawa.  Mra.RulhP.  Baacom.... 


w  England... 
.*.r  Mr.  Ryi)'ar'. 


Hunllej'.y.  P.5.C.  E... 

Oak  Park 

Bockford,  Second 


DrE.S.  Jones  and  wil 
A-  L,  Lave,  pulpit  lupF 

Old  diehard  Cburch  . . 
Mn.  Rebecca  WeM... 


/  Cily  Missionary  Soci/ly  of  SI.  Louii,  Mo.,  i«  January 
lary,  1894.      Lewfs  E.  Sjsow,  Trcttsuret 
Jo  jp     LewisE.Snow Sjoo  00 


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Received  in  March,  1894 


Geo.  B.  Cowper 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.  Norri^ 

J.  A.  Rodi^ers 

Mrs.  Rebecca  H.  W.  Morton. 

P.  H.  Johnson 

Lily  M.  Schmidt 

Pil^im  Church  


$5  00 

5  «> 

3  00 

ID  00 
9  00 

X  00 

1x5  60 


J.  M.  B.  Drake,  Boston f  xo  00 

Small  or  unknovrn  cootributioos 


Mrs.  and  Mrs.  W.  O.  Plroctor. 
Mrs.  Jane  Hall. 


5  75 

a  00 

X  00 


f  160  35 


WOMAN'S    STATE    HOME     MISSIONARY 

ORGANIZATIONS 


OFFICERS 


I.  NEW   HAMPSHIRE 

FEMALE  CENT  INSTITUTION 

Organized  August,  1804 

and 

HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  June,  1890 

President,  Mrs.  Joseph  B.  Walker,  Concord. 
Secretary,  Mrs.  John  T.  Perry,  Exeter. 
Treasurer,  Miss  Annie  A.  McFarland,  196  Main 
St.,  Concord. 


a.  MINNESOTA 

WO.MAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  September,  1872 

President,   Miss  Catherine  W.  Nichols,  230  E.  9th 

St.,  St.  Paul. 
Secretary,   Mrs.   C.   F.    Fullerton,    3016    Harriet 

Ave.,  Minneapolis. 
Treasurer^  Mrs.  M.  W.  Skinner,  Northfield. 

3.  ALABAMA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  March,  1877 

Reorganized  April,  1889 

President,   Mrs.  G.  W.  Andrews.  Talladega. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  T.  N.  Chase,  Selma. 
Treasurer, '^x^.  H.  S.  De  Forest,  Talladega. 

4.  MASSACHUSETTS   AND    RHODE 
ISLAND* 

WOMAN'S  HOME    MISSIONARY  ASSOCIA- 
TION 
Organized  February,  1880 

President,  Mrs.  C.  L.  Goodell.  The  Rochdale, 
Boston  Highlands. 

Secretary,  Miss  Anna  A.  Pickens,  32  Congrega- 
tional House.  Boston. 

Treasurer,  Miss  Sarah  K.  Burgess,  32  Congrega- 
tional House,  Boston. 

5.  MAINE 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  AUXILIARY 
Organized  June,  1880 

President,   Mrs.  Katherine  B.  Lewis,  So.  Berwick. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  Gertrude  H.  Denio,  168  Ham- 
mond St.,  Bangor. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  Rose  M.  Crosby,  26  Grove  St., 
Bangor. 

♦  While  the  W.  H.  M.  A.  appears  in  the  above 
and,  it  has  certain  auxiliaries  elsewhere. 


6.  MICHIGAN 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  May,  x88x 

President^  Mrs.  George  M.  Lane,  179  W.  Alexan- 
drine Ave.,  Detroit. 

Secretary^  Mrs.  J.  H.  Hatfield,  jot  Elm  St.,  Kala- 
mazoo. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  E.  F.  Grabill,  Greenville. 

7.  KANSAS 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October,  x88x 

President,   Mrs.  F.  J.  Storrs,  Topeka. 
Secretary,  Mrs.  George  L.  Epps,  Topeka. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  D.  DeLong,  Arkansas  City, 

8.  OHIO 

WOMANS  HOME  MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  May,  1882 

President,  Mrs.  J.  G.  W.  Cowles.  4x7  Sibley  St., 

Cleveland. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  Flora  K.  Regal.  Oberlin. 
Treasurer,  Georuc  B.   Brown,  2x16  Warren  St., 
Toledo. 

9.  NEW  YORK 
WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  October,  1883 

President,   Mrs.  Wm.  Kincaid,  483  Greene  Ave., 

Brooklyn. 
Secretary,  Mrs.   Wm.  Spalding,  511  Orange  St., 

Syracuse. 
Treasurer,  Mrn.   J.   J.   Pearsall,  230  Macon    St., 

Brooklyn. 

10.  WISCONSIN 

WOMAN'S  HOME    MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October.  1883 
President.   Mrs.  E.  G.  Uixlike,  Madison. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  A.  O.  Wright,  Madison. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  C.  M.  Blackman,  Whitewater. 

II.  NORTH    DAKOTA 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  November,  1883 

President,   Mrs.  W.  P.  Cleveland.  Caledonia. 
Secretary.    Mrs.  Silas  Dapgett.  Harwood. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  J.  M-  Fisher,  Fargo. 

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xa.  OREGON 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  July,  1884 

President^  Mrs.  John  Sommenrille,  346  Washing- 
ton St.,  Portland. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  Geo.  C.  Brownell,  Oregon  City. 

Treasurer,  Mrs  W.  D.  Palmer,  283  4th  St.,  Port- 
land. 

13.  WASHINGTON 
Including  Northern  Idaho 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  July,  1884 

Reorganized  June,  1889 

President  Mrs.  A.  J.  Bailey,  323  Blanchard  St., 

Seattle. 
Secretary,  Mrs.  W.  C.  Wheeler,  424  South  K  St., 

Tacoma. 
TreasHrer,  Mrs.  J.  W.  George,  dao  Fourth  Street, 

Seattle. 

14.  SOUTH   DAKOTA 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  September,  1884 

President^  Mrs.  A.  H.  Robbins,  Ashton. 
Secretary^  Mrs.  W.  H.  Thrall.  Huron. 
Treasurer y  Mrs.  F.  M.  Wilcox,  Huron. 

15.  CONNECTICUT 
WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  January,  1885 

PtesieUnty  Miss  Ellen  R.  Camp,  9  Camp  St.,  New 

Britain. 
Secretary y  Mrs.  C.  T.    Millard,    36    Lewis   St., 

Hartford. 
Treasurer^  Mrs.   W.   W.  Jacobs,   19  Spring   St., 

Hartford. 

x6.  MISSOURI 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  May,  1885 

President,  Mrs.  Henry  Hopkins,  916  Holmes  St., 

Kansas  City. 
Secretary,   Mrs.   E.   C.   Ellis,  2456  Tracy  Ave., 

Kansas  Citv. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  K.  L.  Mills,  1526  Wabash  Ave., 

Kansas  City. 

17.  ILLINOIS 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  May,  1885 

President,  Mrs.  Isaac  Claflin,  Lombard. 
Secretary,  Mrs.  C.  H.  Taintor,  151  Washington 

St.,  Chicago. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  L.  A.  Field,  Wilmette. 

x8.  IOWA 

WOMAN'S    HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  June,  x886 

President,  Mrs.  T.  O.  Douglass,  Grinnell. 
Secretary,  Mrs.  V.  H.  Mullett,  Clinton. 
Treasurer,Mn.  M.  J.  Nichoson,   1513  Main  St., 
Dubuque. 


xg.  CALIFORNIA 

WOMAN'S  HOME    MISSIONARY   SOCIETY 

Organized  October,  1887 

President,  Mrs.  E.  S.  Williams,  Pacific  Grove. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  L.  M.  Howard,  911   Grove  St., 

Oakland. 
Treasurer,  Mn.  J.  M.  Haven,  1329  Harrison  St., 

Oakland. 

so.  NEBRASKA 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  November,  1887 

President,  Mrs.  J.    T.   Duryea,    2402    Cass   St., 

Omaha. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  S.  C.  Dean,  636  So.    31st   St., 

Omaha. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  G.  J.   Powell,  joth  &  Ohio  Sts., 

Omaha. 

ax.  FLORIDA 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  February,  x888 

President,  Mrs.  S.  F.  Gale,  Jacksonville. 
Secretary,  Mrs.  Nathan  Barrows,  Winter  Park. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  W.  D.  Brown,  Interlachen. 

as.  INDIANA 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY   UNION 
Organized  May,  1888 

President,   Mrs.  E.  C.   Bell,  221  Christian  Ave., 

Indianapolis. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  W.  E.  Mossman,  Fort  Wayne. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  F.  E.   Dewhurst,    28  Christian 

Ave.,  Indianapolis. 

33.  SOUTHERN  CALIFORNIA 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  May,  1888 

President,  Mrs.  Emma  Cash,  1658  Temple  St., 
\jo&  Antreles. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  H.  K.  W.  Bent,  Box  442,  Pasa- 
dena. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  Mary  M.  Smith,  Prospect  Place, 
Riverside. 

34.  VERMONT 

WOMAN'S   HOME  MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  June,  1888 

President,  Mrs.  J.  H.  Babbitt,  West  Bratlleboro. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  M.  K.  Paine,  Windsor. 
Treasurer, 'M.n.  Wm.  P.   Fairbanks,   St.  Johns- 
bury. 

35.  COLORADO 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October,  1888 

President,  Mrs.  J.  W.  Pickett,  White  Water. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  Charles  Westlcy,  Denver. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  S.  A.  Sawyer,  Boulder. 

36.  WYOMING 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October,  1888 

Reorganized  December,  1892 

President,  Mrs.  G.  S.  Ricker.  Cheyenne. 
Secretary,  Mrs.  W.  L.  Whinplc,  CKcvcnoft. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  H.  "N .  Smxvh,  '^R.oOl S^tvc^g^ 


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WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Orn^anized  November,  1888 

President,  Mrs.  H.  B.  Wey,  253  Forest  Ave., 
Atlanta. 

Secretary^  Mrs.  H.  A.  Kellam,  176  Ivy  St.,  At- 
lanta. 

Treasurer,  Miss  Virginia  Holmes,  Bamesville. 

a8.  MISSISSIPPI 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  April.  1889 

President^  Mrs.  C.  L.  Harris,  1421  3i8t  Ave.,  Me- 
ridian. 

Secretary.    Miss  Edith  M.  Hall,  Tougaloo. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  L.  H.  Turner,  3112  12th  St.,  Me- 
ridian. 

39.  LOUISIANA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  April.  1889 

President,  Miss  Anna  F.  Condict,  490  Canal  St., 

New  Orleans. 
Secretary,   Miss  Emily  Nichols. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  C.  S.  Shattuck,  Welsh. 

30.    ARKANSAS,    KENTUCKY    AND    TEN- 
NESSEE 
WOMAN'S    MISSIONARY  UNION  OF   THE 
CENTRAL  SOUTH  ASSOCIATION 
Organized  April,  188 . 

President,   Mrs.  Fl.  M.  Cravath,  Fisk  University, 

Nashville,  Tenn 
Secretary,  Miss    C    L.    Coleman,    Chattanooga, 

Tenn. 
Treasurer,  Miss  S.  S.  Evans.  Louisville,  Ky. 

31.  NORTH  CAROLINA 

WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October,  1889 

President,  Mrs.  J.  W.  Freeman.  Dudley. 
Secretary^  Miss  A.  E.  Farringlon.  Hi^;h  Point. 
Treasurer,  yi'xss  A.  E.  Farrington.  High  Point. 

3a.  TEXAS 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  March,  1890 

President,  Mrs.  J.  M.  Wcndelkin.  Dallas. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  H.  F.  Burt,  Lock  Box  56^,  Dallas. 
7>^rtj«r^r,  Mrs.   C.   1.   .Scoticld,    Lock    Bo.\   220, 
Dallas. 


33    MONTANA 

WOMAN'S   HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  May,  1890 

President,    Mrs.  O.  C.  Clark,  Missoula. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  W.  S.  Bell,  410  Dearborn  Ave., 

Helena. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Herbert  E.  Jones.  Livingston. 

34.  PENNSYLVANIA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  June.  i8(><> 

President,   Mrs.  A.  H.  Claflin,  Allegheny. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  C.  F,  Yennie,  Ridgway. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  T.  W.  Jones,  511  Woodland  Ter- 
race, Philadelphia. 


35.  OKLAHOMA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October,  1890 

Prttideni,  Miss  M.  McConnell,  Guthrie. 
Secretary,  Mrs.  L.  E.  Kimball,  Guthrie. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  J.  H.  Parker,  Kingfisher. 

36.  NEW  JERSEY 

Including  District  or  Columbia,  Maryland, 
AND  Virginia 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION  OF 
THE  NEW  JERSEY  ASSOCIATION, 

Organized  March,  1891 

President,   Mrs.  A.  H.  Bradford,  MontcUir. 
Secretary,   Mrs.   W.  O.   Wecdcn,    Upper    Mont- 

clair 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  J.  H.  Denison,  150 Belleville  Aye., 

Newark. 

37.  UTAH 

Including  Southern  Idaho 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  May,  1891 
Reorganized  December,  1892 

President,  Mrs.  Clarence  T.  Brown,  Salt  Lake 

City. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  W.  S.  Hawkes,  135  Sixth  St.,  B., 

Salt  Lake  City. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Dana  W.  Harilett,  Salt  Lake  City. 
Par  Idaho,  Mrs.  Oscar  Sonnenkalb,  Pocatello. 

38.  INDIAN  TERRITORY 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  April,  1892 

President,   Mrs.  Fayette  Hurd,  Vinita. 
Secretary,   Miss  Louise  Grapcr,  Vinita. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Raymond,  vinita. 

39.  NEVADA 

WOM.ANS  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October,  1892 

President,   Mrs.  L.  J.  Flint.  Reno. 
Secretary,   Miss  Margaret  N.  Magill,  Reno. 
Treasurer,  Miss  Mary  Clow,  Reno. 

40.  NEW  MEXICO 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organize<l  November,  189a 

President,   Mrs.  C.  E.  Winslow,  Albuquerque. 
Secretary.    Mrs.  E.  W.  Lewis,  301  So.  Edith  St., 

Albuquerque. 
Treasurer,   Mrs.  A.  W.  Jones,  Albuquerque. 

41.   BLACK    HILLS,   SO.   DAKOTA 

BLACK  HILLS    WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY 

UNION 

Organized  October,  1893 

President,   Mrs   |.  B.  Gossage,  Rapid  City,  Black 

HilK,  South  Dakota. 
Secretary,   Mrs.    H.    H.    Gilchrist,  Hot  Springs, 

Black  Hills,  South  DakoU. 
Treasurer,  Mi.ss    Grace    Lyman.     Hot    Springs, 

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ONE    PHASE     OF    HOME    MISSIONARY    WORK 

IN    MAINE 

BY  Rev.  Jonathan  E.   Adams.  D.D.,  Secretary,  Bangor 

|AINE  has  an  area  about  equal  to  that  of  all  the  other  New 
England  States.  Aroostook  County  is  nearly  as  large  as  Mas- 
sachusetts. Originally  Maine  was  a  province  under  the  laws  of 
Massachusetts,  and  became  a  State  in  1820,  at  the  same  time  with  Mis- 
souri. The  Home  Missionary  Society  of  the  Mother  State  early  became 
interested  in  the  religious  affairs  of  the  province,  and  grants  of  land 
for  church  purposes  were  made  by  the  legislature,  especially  favoring 
pastors  of  "the  standing  order,"  as  Congregationalists  were  then  known, 
and  the  minister's  salary  was  paid  from  the  town  treasury. 

In  1807  the  Maine  Missionary  Society  was  organized,  and  entered  upon 
its  work  at  once.  At  the  first  only  a  few  hundred  dollars  could  be  gathered 
and  disbursed  annually.  At  the  present  time,  about  $19,000  are  paid 
each  year  to  the  actual  workers  in  the  field.  Notice  the  first  utterance  of 
the  constitution  :  '*  The  object  of  this  Society  is  to  extend  the  knowledge 
of  God  our  Savior,  and  to  send  the  glorious  Gospel  to  those  who  are 
destitute  of  the  public  and  stated  means  of  religious  instruction.'*  For 
years  this  was  the  chief  work  of  the  Society.  Such  men  as  Jotham  Sewall 
and  John  Sawyer  went  from  one  end  of  the  province  to  the  other,  travel- 
ing on  horseback  or  on  foot,  as  might  be  possible,  preaching  on  Sunday 
and  during  the  week  as  opportunity  offered  and  wherever  there  was  a 
hamlet  and  hungry  souls  to  be  fed  with  "the  bread  of  life.'*  A  school- 
house,  a  kitchen,  a  barn,  was  a  good  enough  place  for  worship,  and  inspir- 
ing enough  for  eloquence  and  power.  During  these  formative  days 
good  seed  was  sown,  and  in  the  train  of  such  men  churches  sprung  up, 
meeting-houses  were  built,  communities  gathered  around  them,  and  pas- 
tors were  settled.  In  due  time  some  of  these  churches  became  self- 
supporting,  strong,  and  liberal  givers  to  the  Missionary  Sod^V^.    0\>cv^x^^ 


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though  still  aided,  have  been,  are,  and  will  be  feeders  for  the  city 
churches,  and  senders  of  Christian  men  and  women  "  to  the  ends  of  the 
earth." 

After  eighty-seven  years  we  find  much  of  the  same  work  to  be  done  as 
that  which  sent  Fathers  Sawyer  and  Sewall  up  and  down  in  the  province. 
At  that  time,  most  of  the  settlements  were  within  a  strip  bordering  upon 
the  Atlantic  coast  from  York  to  Quoddy  Head,  extending  inland  to  the 
north  not  more  than  fifty  miles.  Gradually  they  have  been  pushed 
toward  the  Canada  boundaries.  There  still  remains  a  large  tract  of 
primitive  forests  and  hunting-grounds  which  have  not  often  echoed  to 
the  sound  of  the  woodman's  ax  or  the  huntsman's  rifle.    Slowly  yet  surely 


the  settlors  are  mm-injf  alonj^,  and  ihe  mis.siomirv  must  follow.  So  we  are 
Lonstaiilly  callud  "to  send  the  gloriou.s  Cuspcl  to  those  who  are  destitute 
of  the  public  and  .slated  means  of  religious  iiislructioii  "  ;  that  is,  to  com- 
niunilies  too  new,  too  indiffcrciit,  too  poor,  to  pay  a  pastor,  or  even  to 
build  a  modest  cliapel.  .\t  the  present  time,  this  is  one  of  the  interesting 
phases  of  our  ln)nie  work.  Most  of  the  new  organisations  come  from 
such  licgiiinings,  and  some  of  thcui  develop  into  important  churches,  at 
least  in  so  far  as  that  they  lead  in  their  communities  and  give  tone  to 
society  in  temporals  and  in  morals.  A  few  examples  of  such  work  and 
the  ap])arent  results  will  illustrate  this  fact. 

Sherman,  in  .Aroostook  (bounty,  was  i)rj;anized  as  a  town  in  i86a. 
While  it  was  yet  a  plantation,  under  the  name  of  (lolden  Ridge,  I  think, 
in  1861,  Christians  came  together  on  the  "  union  "  basis  and  thrived  fairly 


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well  under  the  vigorous  supervision  of  that  veteran  pioneer  missionary, 
Rev.  W.  T.  Sleeper.  In  1866  it  was  thought  to  be  desirable,  for  the  sake 
of  fellowship,  to  take  some  one  of  the  denominational  names.  There  was 
a  meeting  of  conference,  and  the  matter  was  carefully  considered.  Some 
came  decidedly  prejudiced,  rather  feeling  that  there  could  be  no  true 
church  unless  of  the  name  to  which  they  had  first  subscribed.  But  after 
all  the  likes  and  unlikes  had  been  specified,  even  these  said  promptly  and 
gladly  :  "  There  are  so  many  things  in  which  we  all  agree,  and  so  few  in 
which  we  seem  to  differ,  we  will  not  and  cannot  oppose."  So  with  entire 
unanimity  it  was  called  the  Washburn  Memorial  Church,  and  came  into 
fellowship  with  the  Aroostook  Conference.  They  have  since  built  a  par- 
sonage and  a  commodious  meeting-house,  and  have  been  blessed  with  the 
constant  presence  of  a  pastor.  To-day  it  is  the  chief  church  in  town, 
there  being  no  other  very  near  its  center. 
The  village  is  not  large,  but  there  is  promise 
of  growth  from  the  recent  coming  of  the 
Bangor  and  Aroostook  Railroad.  The  church 
now  numbers  in,  but  coming  largely  from 
farms,  the  members  are  not  wealthy.  So  it 
bas  been  aided  by  the  Missionary  Society 
from  the  first.  It  has  always  been  led  by 
vigorous  pastors. 

Rev.  Isaac  C.  Bumpus,  who  has  served 
there  for  the  past  twelve  years,  is  a  model 
missionary  pastor,  beloved  by  his  people,  well 
known  in  all  the  region,  and  always  ready  for 
extra  service  in  the  neighboring  communities. 
He  is  an  evangelist-pastor  in  the  true  sense, 

was  taken  from  the  ranks,  and  fits  into  the  right  place.  You  might  call 
him  a  genius.  He  was  an  organ -builder,  a  practical  musician,  an  artist  of 
considerable  merit,  and  always  ready  for  the  exercise  of  any  handicraft. 
When  he  visited  among  his  people,  he  would  repair  an  organ  or  a  sewing- 
machine,  much  to  the  delight  of  the  good  housewife,  who  was  seldom 
visited  by  the  professional  repairer.  Look  into  the  audience  room  of  the 
church,  and  you  will  see  an  artistic  pulpit-set  in  full,  and  the  finish  of  the 
room,  all  in  natural  grain  of  the  wood  and  the  work  of  his  own  hands. 
Visit  the  parsonage,  and  there  you  will  find  conveniences  and  decorations 
of  his  own  handiwork.  He  is  one  who  never  asks  another  to  do  for  him 
what  he  can  do  for  himself.  Nor  does  he  neglect  his  studies,  his  pulpit, 
or  his  people  in  any  particular.  Many  more  such  consecrated  and  skilled 
workers  could  find  places  in  the  pioneer  service. 

Though  this  church  is  made  up  of  people  from  several  denominations, 
you  can  now  mark  little  difference  in  any  way,  unless  ihal  toe  Cou^tt^ia.- 


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ttonal  church  has  absorbed  all  that  is  good  from  the  forms  and  customs 
of  other  names.  At  least  they  are  ready  and  willing  workers  in  every 
direction. 

For  another  example,  Vanceboro  is  a  railroad  station  on  the  border  of 
New  lirunswick,  and 
important  as  aii  "  in 
transit  customs" 
point.  In  a  dozen 
years  it  has  grown 
in  population  from 
less  than  400  to  about 
1 ,000.  While  yet 
there  was  no  church 
organization,  the 
people  felt  the  need 
of  religious  services, 
and  built  them  a 
meeting-house. 
There  were  a  few 
professing  Chris- 
tians of  various 
names,  but  generally 
"union"  sentiments 
]i  r  e  V  a  i  I  e  d  ,  The 
Methodist  leaders 
desired  that  it  should 
be  dedicated  under 
their  rules,  which 
meant  that  virtually 
it  should  be  their 
church  property. 
The  majority  being 
unwilling   to    give 


till  at 

Mr.  i". 


their  rights 
the  Methodist 
nds  organized 
separately.  The 
j)eople  were  supplied 
varimifily  for  a  time, 
length  they  desired  a  church  organization  of  some  kind.  In  1891 
H.  M(j()re,  of  liaiigor  Seminary,  supplied  tliem.  and  they  became 
■h  interested  that  a  Congregational  ehiireh  was  fonned  as  the  one 
all  others  which  could  well  harmonize  the  various  parties.     There 


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were  nearly  thirty  who  came  into  the  compact,  among  whom  might  be 
found  the  Presbyterian,  the  Congregationalist,  the  Baptist,  the  Free 
Baptist,  the  Episcopalian,  and  two  converted  Catholics.  At  present  they 
are  quite  harmonious,  and  have  Sunday-school,  prayer-meeting,  young 
people's  society,  and  the  various  appointments  of  a  vigorous  church. 
Some  may  call  this  "  a  conglomerate  "  !  But  we  have  in  Maine  quite  a 
number  of  very  excellent  churches  which  started  with  just  such  elements. 
After  ten  y^ars  of  working  together,  this  could  not  easily  be  detected. 
At  least  the  members  of  such  churches  cannot  see  the  necessity  for  mul- 
tiplying little  denominational  (not  to  say  sectarian)  organizations. 

Here  is  still  another  type,  and  taken  from  the  thriving  part  of  the 
State.  In  1883  South  Gardiner,  on  the  Kennebec  River,  was  a  growing 
lumber  manufacturing  village.  At  that  time  there  was  a  union  building 
owned  by  a  union  society,  and  the  supply  of  preaching  had  been  rather 
fitful.  The  Rev.  H.  F.  Harding,  then  in  business  at  Hallowell,  frequently 
preached  there,  and  interested  the  people.  Then'  a  permanent  supply 
came  from  Bangor  Seminary,  and  it  was  decided  to  organize  a  Congrega- 
tional church  and  install  the  man  as  pastor.  At  the  start  the  outlook 
was  not  very  hopeful,  when  only  thirteen  persons,  and  these  from  several 
denominations,  made  up  the  original  band.  But  after  a  year  or  two  of 
foundation  laying,  a  precious  revival  came,  and  considerable  enlargement 
followed.  In  due  time  the  union  house  was  made  over  to  the  church,  and 
was  quite  transformed  in  the  rebuilding.  There  are  now  eighty-two 
members  upon  the  roll,  self-support  is  nearly  reached,  and  those  who 
were  once  of  various  names  are  now  all  "  one  in  Christ  Jesus." 

In  connection  with  this  pioneer  work,  the  general  missionary  is  a 
valued  helper  and  supervisor.  In  his  visitations  he  has  some  more  or  less 
trying  and  sometimes  amusing  experiences.  There  are  no  hotels  at  such 
points,  and  he  has  to  find  entertainment  as  he  can.  The  people  mean 
well,  and  generally  manifest  the  better  side  before  the  "angel  in  disguise  " 
gets  away.  An  item  or  two  from  a  late  report  will  show  that  all  the  rough 
in  pioneer  experience  is  not  with  the  Western  missionary. 

Sometimes  a  general  missionary  is  rather  roughly  handled  even  by 
those  from  whom  he  has  reason  to  expect  better  things.  It  may  be  the 
leading  man  in  the  church  does  not  care  to  open  the  house  for  a  service 
in  the  winter  time.  He  is  satisfied  to  have  a  student  for  three  months  in 
the  summer,  with  a  suspension  of  all  meetings  for  eight  or  nine  months. 
The  church  and  people,  however,  are  glad  to  have  the  minister  come  at 
any  time. 

Once,  in  the  dead  of  winter,  the  missionary  visited  one  of  the  smaller 
churches  which  was  not  constantly  supplied,  and  drove  directly  to  the 
home  of  an  officer  of  the  church.  The  wife  met  him  at  the  doo^  ^vxv^i 
gave  a  cordial  welcome,  but  directed  him  to  the  barn  lo  fitvd  Vvei  Yvw^^xv^l. 


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There,  at  some  distance  from  the  house,  he  found  the  man  milking  his 
cows.  His  first  greeting  was  in  this  fashion :  "  Humph,  I  want  to  know 
if  you  have  got  'round  again  ? "  "  Yes  ;  I  thought  it  was  titae  to  come." 
As  the  man  kept  on  milking,  he  said  :  "  You  do  not  expect  to  spend  Sun- 
day here,  do  you  ?"  "I  thought  it  would  be  well  to  do  so."  "Well, 
you  will  have  to  preach  to  empty  pews,"  "  I  never  have  preached  to 
empty  pews. "  "  Well,  wife  and  I  were  reckoning  up  last  night,  and  we 
found  that  thirty  men  and  boys  from  this  little  town  were  in  the  woods 
this  winter."  "  Yes  ;  but  there  are  some  at  home,  and  all  the  women  and 
children  are  at  home."  The  man  soon  finished  milking,  and  without 
inviting  the  minister  to  stop  he  carried  the  milk  to  the  house.  Our 
veteran  knew  what  to  do.  He  put  his  horse  into  the  stall  and  went  him- 
self to  the  house,  where  he  found  the  man  reading  a  news|>aper.  The 
horse  needed  water,  and  the  visitor  was  sent  to  the  barn  for  a  pail,  while 
the  host  kept  on  reading.  In  like  manner  there  had  to  be  a  hunt  for 
some  grain.  In  the  words  of  the  report  :  "  During  the  evening  the  man 
hardly  spoke.  That  was  the  most  suitable  place  for  me,  and  there  was  no 
reason  why  he  should  be  so  cold,  except  that  he  did  not  want  the  trouble 
of  opening  the  house  for  a  meeting.  As  I  called  upon  the  people  the 
usual  greeting  was,  *  We  are  so  glad  you  have  come  ;  we  are  hungry  for 
preaching  !  *  Sunday  morning  we  had  a  congregation  of  about  fifty 
persons,  and  there  were  more  in  the  evening.  My  host,  who  was  so 
unwilling  to  have  a  service  that  day,  told  me  he  had  no  idea  there  were 
so  many  people  to  come  to  meeting,  and  at  the  last  he  seemed  to  be  really 
glad  that  I  had  come." 

Another  experience  is  told  thus  :  "  I  had  learned  of  a  field  in  my  district 
that  had  long  been  without  preaching,  nor  did  the  people  seem  to  care  for 
any  meetings.  It  was  a  town  of  more  than  300  inhabitants,  and  yet  for 
years  had  been  willing  to  be  without  the  preaching  of  the  Gospel.  The 
people  had  been  imposed  upon  by  ministers  who  seemed  to  desire  their 
money,  and  cared  but  little  about  doing  good.  Indeed,  one  of  them 
proved  to  be  a  very  bad  man.  It  was  a  moral  community,  but  there  was 
scarcely  a  praying  person  in  town.  I  felt  that  duty  called  me  to  go  there 
and  endeavor  to  awaken  in  them  some  religious  thought.  I  had  sent 
along  my  credentials,  and  arrived  there  one  afternoon  on  foot.  My  plan 
was  made  known  at  several  houses,  but  no  invitation  to  stop  was  received. 
It  was  suggested  that  I  should  go  to  another  part  of  the  town.  So  with 
my  baggage  I  tramped  some  two  miles  to  a  smaller  district.  After  stating 
my  errand,  I  was  told  that  it  would  be  better  to  go  back  to  the  larger  dis- 
trict before  having  any  meeting  with  them  ;  afterward  I  could  preach  to 
them  if  I  wished.  So  in  the  rain,  the  tramp  back  to  the  former  point  was 
made,  and  just  at  dark,  by  actually  begging,  I  was  able  to  get  a  lodging. 
The  next  morning  I  visited  the  homes,  told  the  people  of  the  meetings. 


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and  invited  them  to  come.  Probably  most  of  them  looked  upon  me  with 
suspicion,  thinking  me  to  be  a  minister  who  was  hard  up  for  a  chance  to 
preach  and  get  a  little  money.  A  goodly  number,  however,  came  to  the 
services.  During  the  week  I  called  upon  all  the  families,  held  several 
evening  meetings,  and  found  that  some  interest  had  been  aroused.  The 
next  Sabbath  I  had  large  congregations,  excellent  singing,  a  generous 
collection  for  the  Missionary  Society,  a  most  cordial  invitation  to  come 
again,  and  I  was  assured  that  some  steps  must  be  taken  to  obtain  a 
minister." 

The  seminary  student  is  used  to  good  advantage  in  the  newer  fields. 
Often  the  report  comes  back  of  a  deep  interest  awakened — a  Sunday-school 
established,  a  church  organized,  a  chapel  building  projected,  and  the 
foundation  for  future  progress  well  laid.  In  fact,  most  of  the  later 
churches  in  our  State  look  back  for  their  start  to  the  faithful  labors  of 
earnest  students. 

The  work  of  lady  visitors  is  a  strong  arm  in  this  same  direction.  They 
visit  in  the  families,  reach  the  women  and  children  as  at  first  the  minister 
cannot,  lead  in  song  in  the  home,  Sunday-school,  and  social  gatherings, 
hold  schoolhouse  meetings,  and  in  a  variety  of  ways  lead  the  commu- 
nity to  desire  more  permanent  worship. 

Mrs.  Sarah  E.  Foster  has  been  a  most  excellent  helper  in  this  direction. 
She  has  wonderful  tact  in  gathering  the  young  people  to  her  various  ser- 
vices and  holding  their  attention.  The  boys  will  leave  even  their  game  of 
ball  to  hear  her  stories  of  a  better  life.  And  on  Sunday  the  older  ones 
will  come  to  hear  the  young  people  sing  and  recite,  and  to  listen  to  her 
artless  prayers,  and  expositions  of  the  Word,  and  exhortations  to  accept  the 
Gospel  offers  of  salvation.  In  one  of  her  fields  she  has  secured  the  deed 
of  a  lot  for  a  church  building  to  the  Maine  Missionary  Society  in  trust. 
The  people  expect  to  erect  and  finish  the  house  outside,  and  interested 
summer  tourists  have  promised  to  finish  and  furnish  the  inside  in  every 
needed  particular. 

Trusting  that  these  facts  will  give  some  idea,  though  not  very  adequate 
as  a  whole,  of  the  home  missionary  work  in  this  "  away  Down  East  "  State 
of  Maine,  I  submit  them  to  the  readers  of  The  Home  Missionary. 


Given  from  the  Heart. — Herewith  you  will  find  sixty  cents,  all 
I  can  spare,  for  Home  Missions.  The  money  has  been  saved  for  you  at 
five  cents  a  month.  Living  where  there  is  no  Congregational  church,  I 
send  it  to  you  with  a  prayer  for  God's  blessing.  M,  A,  L, 

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NOTES   BY  THE  WAY 

Bv  Mrs.  H.  M.  Union 
WITH  THE  COWBOYS 

The  "  home  missionary  rally  "  was  held  in  a  typical  frontier  town — 
simply  a  few  wooden  houses  upon  a  vast  plain  quite  surrounded  by  high 
hills.  These  hills  are  covered  with  pine-trees  which  in  the  distance  look 
very  dark  ;  hence  the  name  "  Black  Hills."  On  the  main  street  of  this 
frontier  town  was  a  "  block  "  consisting  of  the  hotel,  three  gambling  dens, 
three  saloons,  two  stores,  and  the  post-office.  A  plank  walk  before  this 
block — the  only  sidewalk  in  town — was  as  thickly  strewn  with  playing- 
cards  as  a  New  England  village  street  with  leaves  in  autumn.  Why  this 
waste?  Because  gamblers  are  suspicious,  and  require  fresh  cards  for 
every  game. 

A  little  apart  from  the  cluster  of  houses  stands  the  Congregational 
church  where  the  three  days'  rally  was  to  be  held.  The  ministers  arrived 
from  various  points  in  the  Black  Hills,  some  with  their  own  teams,  some 
by  the  railroad  of  which  this  town  is  the  terminus,  some  by  passenger 
trains,  and  some  on  freight  trains.  Dead  wood,  Lead  City,  Custer  City, 
Buffalo  (iap,  Spearfish,  Hot  Springs,  Rapid  City,  Belle  Fourche,  were  all 
represented  by  pastor  or  delegates.  Hermosa  and  Lame  Johnny  were 
not  represented.  We  were  told  that  somewhere  in  the  vicinity  of  Lame 
Johnny  a  certain  representative  of  the  Congregational  Sunday-school  and 
Publishing  Society,  having  gone  there  to  start  a  Sunday-school,  emerged 
from  the  cabin  where  he  had  been  entertained  for  the  night,  and  beheld 
himself  hung  in  effigy  on  a  neighboring  tree.  A  placard  hung  about  the 
neck,  on  which  was  written  in  large  letters:  "Sunday-school  Man, 
lieware  !"  This  same  man  is  now  successfully  preaching  the  Gospel  in 
that  j)lacc. 

To  return  to  the  meeting.  As  the  pastors  and  delegates  arrived  they 
were  assigned  to  the  little  frontier  homes  for  entertainment.  Through 
the  generosity  of  a  lady  member  of  the  church  I  was  entertained  at  the 
hotel,  which  seemed  to  he  there  for  the  exclusive  use  of  cattle-men  and 
cowboys.  The  proprietor  assigned  me  a  room  and  told  me  that  the 
"parlor"  of  the  hotel  was  at  my  disposal.  This  parlor,  when  the  house 
was  crowded,  accommodated  a  number  of  cots,  which  were  now  piled  up 
on  one  side  of  the  room.  There  was  a  lar^^e  table  in  the  center,  where  I 
soon  spread  out  writing  materials  and  went  to  work.  As  the  noon  hour 
approached,  my  attention  was  arrested  by  a  group  of  cowboys  in  the  hall. 
They  were  watching  me  and  talking  together  in  rather  an  excited  manner. 
Suddenly  one  of  them  walked  into  the  room  with  a  look  of  determination 


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upon  his  face  which  said  plainly  :  "  It  will  take  more  than  a  woman  to 
keep  me  out  of  this  room,  if  I  choose  to  come  into  it ! "  There  was  a 
parlor  organ  in  the  corner.  He  seated  himself  at  this  instrument  and 
began  to  play  a  variety  of  dancing  tunes.  I  kept  on  writing,  apparently 
taking  no  notice  of  him  or  of  the  group  outside,  but  conscious  of  being 
keenly  observed.  After  a  while  the  young  man  stopped  playing,  turned 
around,  and  looked  me  square  in  the  face.  "  Please  play  another !  "  I 
exclaimed.  "  You  certainly  have  a  fine  ear,  to  play  all  these  pieces  with- 
out notes."     This  remark  was  so  entirely  unexpected  that  a  smothered 


laugh  could  be  heard  from  the  hall,  and  the  young  man's  face  flushed. 
He  had  evidently  been  trying  the  effect  of  dancing  music  upon  a  mission- 
ary. I  said  again:  "Please  don't  stop;  I  like  tohearyou  play."  Another 
smothered  laugh  from  the  hall.  The  young  man  turned  again  to  the 
instrument,  and  beginning  with  the  familiar  tunes,  "  Nearer,  my  God,  to 
Thee,"  "What  a  Friend  we  have  in  Jesus,"  etc.,  he  played  some  of  our 
sweet  Gospel  Hymns.  The  group  in  the  hall  were  absolutely  quiet  as  he 
turned  to  me  again  with  a  softened  look  on  his  face.  I  said:  "  Where  did 
you  learn  those  Christian  hymns  ? "  "1  have  a  Christian  father  and 
mother,  back  East,"  he  answered.  "  I  was  brought  up  in  a  ChtisUati  VvQ^e, 
We  used  to  smg  those  tunes  in  Sunday-school."    "  I  am  g\ad  Xo  Vtai  tV^v;' 


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said  I ;  "  and  I  hope  you  go  to  church  here,  and  help  this  good  pastor. " 
**  Go  to  church  !  "  he  exclaimed.  "  I  haven't  been  to  church  in  years — not 
since  I  came  into  the  cattle  business.  We  cowboys  don't  go  to  church ; 
we  have  something  else  to  do.  We  only  stay  here  to  load  the  trains,  and 
then  we  are  off  on  the  ranches  again.  It*s  a  dreadful  lonesome  kind 
of  life,  and  when  we  come  to  a  town  we  want  to  have  a  good  time." 
I  learned  that  the  "  good  time  "  meant  a  drunken  spree  in  the  saloons. 
"  But,"  he  continued,  "  our  crowd  is  different  from  some.  Most  cowboys 
like  to  play  with  their  revolvers  when  on  the  spree.  We  don't  do  that. 
Before  we  begin  to  drink  we  hand  our  revolvers  over  to  the  saloon- 
keeper, who  locks  them  up  for  us  till  we  get  sober  again.  This  saves  a 
good  deal  of  damage  to  the  town." 

"  Do  your  father  and  mother  know,"  1  asked,  "  that  you  have  drifted  so 
far  away  from  the  Christian  influences  of  your  home  ? "  "  No,"  he  said  ; 
"  they  don't  know  it,  and  I  hope  they'll  never  find  it  out."  I  said  :  *'  Did 
you  know  that  we  are  having  meetings  here  this  week  ?  "  "  Yes,"  said 
he  ;  "I  heard  that  there  were  a  lot  of  *  gospel  slingers  *  here,  and  that  they 
are  having  an  awfully  pious  time  over  there  at  the  church,  but  it  doesn't 
trouble  us  any." 

**  We  are  going  to  have  a  praise  service  there  this  evening,"  said  I. 
**  You  are  so  fond  of  music,  I  know  you  will  enjoy  the  singing.  Won't 
you  go  and  take  some  of  your  friends  with  you  ?  Besides,"  I  con- 
tinued, "I  am  to  speak  at  the  meeting  this  evening,  and  it  would  help  me 
ever  so  much  to  see  the  cowboys  there."  He  looked  thoughtful  a  moment, 
and  then  with  a  curious  expression  of  countenance,  which  indicated  to  me 
that  the  good  and  the  evil  spirit  were  in  conflict  within,  he  said  suddenly  : 
"Yes,  I'll  go,  and  I'll  take  a  lot  of  them  with  me." 

"Why  are  these  men  out  in  the  hall?"!  asked.  "Why  don't  they 
come  in  here,  where  it  is  warm  and  pleasant  ?  "  "  Well,"  said  he,  "  to  tell 
you  the  truth,  the  old  man  said  we  couldn't  come  in  here  while  you  were 
here,  and  I  came  in  to  see  what  would  happen  to  me." 

"  Oh,"  said  I,  "  I  am  very  sorry  about  this.  I  didn't  know  that  any 
one  had  been  shut  out  on  my  account.  Please  invite  them  to  come  in 
here.  This  room  is  open  to  you  all."  In  about  sixty  seconds  the  room 
was  well  filled  with  cowboys,  who  were  answering  my  numerous  ques- 
tions about  their  work  and  their  life  as  politely  and  intelligently  and 
cordially  as  would  have  been  the  case  with  any  group  of  young  men  in 
the  East. 

The  bell  rang  for  dinner,  and  my  friends  unceremoniously  rushed  to 
the  dining-room.  I  waited  a  while,  hoping  that  the  proprietor  might  come 
for  me.  Knowing  that  I  was  the  only  woman  in  this  hotel.  I  shrank  a 
little  from  entering  a  dining-room  occupied  by  fifty  cowboys.  Suddenly 
my  musical  friend  appeared,  and  gallantly  escorted  me  to  the  dining-room, 


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where  I  found  one  table  without  an  occupant.  This  1  was  told  was  my 
table,  and  here  I  sat  and  ate  alone  for  three  days,  studying  the  cowboy  at 
his  meals.  Sometimes  before  entering  this  room  1  paused  a  moment  at 
the  door  to  listen.  I  heard  much  rough  talk  not  intended  for  cars  polite, 
and  many  oaths.  As  soon  as  I  opened  the  door  there  was  a  hush,  and  it 
was  curious  to  note  the  effort  made  by  these  young  men  to  be  decent  in 
behavior  and  conversation  in  presence  of  a  woman.  Many  an  oath  was 
smothered  at  its  birth,  many  a  low  jest  cut  short  in  its  very  beginning. 
In  spite  of  all  this,  and  the  noisy  clanging  of  their  spurs  on  the  bare  floor 
as  they  came  and  went,  I  was  convinced  that  as  a  class  they  were  pecul- 
iarly susceptible  to  kind  words  and  good  influences.  Their  attitude 
toward  Christian  womanhood  is  one  of  reverence.  This  is  true  also  of 
men  in  the  mining  country.     This  susceptibility  to  the  influence  of  a  good 


woman  offers  a  rare  opportunity  to  the  Home  Missionary  wife  on  the 
frontier. 

The  cowboy  musician  kept  his  word,  and  brought  with  him  10  the 
praise  service  a  group  of  young  men,  who  sat  upon  the  front  seats  to 
give  me  the  help  of  their  sympathetic  attention,  and  added  wonderfully 
to  the  volume  of  sound  that  evening.  And  when  the  gospel  songs  were 
followed  by  the  sweet,  simple,  yet  ever-new  old  gospel  story,  there  was 
not  in  all  the  little  church  a  more  attentive  or  appreciative  group  of 
hearers. 

The  next  day  my  friend  gave  me  more  music,  and  said  at  the  close  ; 
"  We  cowboys  want  you  to  come  to  the  cattle-yard  this  afternoon  to  see 
us  load  a  train."  This  invitation  was  gladly  accepted,  and  a  party  of  us 
were  taken  to  the  busy  corral,  beside  which  stood  a  long  cattle-train  The 
cowboys,  who  seemed  a  part  of  their  horses,  were  racing  recklessly  over 
the  plain,  rounding  up  a  large  herd  of  cattle  and  bringing  it  into  th^ 
corral.     To  the  uninitiated,  it  was  wonderful  to  see  the  sV.\\\  'k'aVv  "s^^v^ 


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they  picked  out  six  of  these  animals  at  a  time  and  drove  them  from  one 
part  of  the  pen  to  another,  until  they  were  safely  lodged  in  the  narrow 
chute  leading  to  the  door  of  the  car.  The  horses  seemed  fully  as  intelli- 
gent in  each  maneuver  as  the  rider. 

I  am  told  that  these  cattle  stand  in  wholesome  fear  of  the  horse,  and 
they  can  be  easily  managed  by  the  cowboy  when  mounted  ;  but  let  him 
once  be  found  upon  the  ground,  and  the  creatures  trample  him  to  death. 
On  each  side  of  the  chute  is  a  high  fence  upon  which  cowboys  stand 
or  sit,  or  to  which  they  cling  while  prodding  these  cattle  with  long  sticks. 
In  the  end  of  each  stick  is  a  sharp  iron  spike,  with  which  they  punch  the 
beasts  and  force  them  into  the  cars.  Hence  the  cowboy  is  sometimes 
called  the  "  cow-puncher." 

While  this  process  of  prodding  and  punching  was  going  on,  the  air 
was  vocal  with  cowboy  yells.  I  stood  near  the  door  of  the  car  into  which 
the  cattle  were  being  driven.  When  almost  within  the  car  they  became 
wild  with  terror,  and,  turning  back,  leaped  past  each  other  in  the  greatest 
confusion.  There  was  great  excitement  among  the  cowboys.  I  supposed 
that  this  was  a  part  of  the  regular  programme,  not  knowing  that  /  was  the 
innocent  cause  of  this  commotion.  Having  occasion  to  step  aside  to  speak 
to  one  of  the  party,  a  minister,  also  new  to  the  scene,  took  my  place,  and 
was  immediately  hailed  with  a  volley  of  oaths  from  a  dozen  cowboys. 
"  What  is  the  matter  ?  "  he  cried.  "  Don't  you  know,"  they  shouted,  "  that 
we  cannot  do  anything  with  these  cattle  while  you  stand  there  ?  "  **  Well, 
that's  queer,"  said  the  gentleman  ;  "  the  lady  has  been  standing  here  all 
the  time,  and  you  didn't  say  a  word  to  her."  "You  must  be  a  tender- 
foot," said  a  cowboy,  "  if  you  don't  know  that  a  lady  might  have  stood 
there  till  dark,  and  a  cowboy  wouldn't  say  a  word  to  her  !  " 

This  illustration  throws  a  side  light  upon  the  peculiar  characteristic  of 
the  cowboy  before  mentioned. 

If  people  of  wealth  could  be  induced  to  invest  some  of  their  money  in  the 
gospel  wa^j^on,  manned  by  Chri.stian  young  men  who  can  sing  and  tell  the 
simple  gospel  story,  and  if  the  gospel  wagon  could  travel  from  ranch  to 
ranch  in  regular  rounds,  I  believe  that  hundreds  of  these  cowboys  might 
be  reached  and  saved.  Wholesome  literature  distributed  at  the  same  time 
would  be  gladly  paid  for  and  eagerly  read.  For  although  they  work  very 
hard  at  certain  seasons,  there  are  many  hours  and  days  and  weeks  of 
enforced  idleness,  and  this  is  the  time  to  reach  them  with  helpful  reading 
matter.  Many  of  these  men  are  graduates  from  our  colleges,  and  if  we 
send  them  literature  it  must  be  of  the  best. 

Dear  friend.s,  this  is  a  glimpse  of  o//f  phase  only  of  the  field  of  the 
Congregational  Home  Missionary  Society.  We  need  your  prayers  and 
your  gifts,  that  we  may  reach  every  community  in  our  land  where  the 
gospel  message  and  the  gospel  song  have  not  yet  been  heard. 


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LETTER  FROM  REV.  LYMAN  ABBOTT,  D.D. 

To  The  Home  Missionary: 

I  DESIRE  to  propose  through  your  columns  to  the  Congregational 
churches  of  the  United  States  a  somewhat  unique  contribution  to  the 
home  missionary  cause. 

I  propose  that  the  Home  Missionary  Society  shall  select  between  six 
and  a  dozen  churches  east  of  the  Mississippi  River,  and  ask  this  con- 
tribution from  them.  Each  church  which  complies  would  give  its  pastor 
and  one  layman  to  the  home  missionary  service,  for  two  or  three  Sundays, 
with  the  accompanying  three  or  four  weeks.  The  layman  should  be  a 
practical  business  man,  with  some  capacity  for  and  experience  in  religious 
address.  Possibly,  in  some  instances  at  least,  a  lay-woman  would  be 
better.  The  Home  Missionary  Society  would  thus  gather  a  band  of 
between  twelve  and  twenty-four  missionaries,  whose  service  would  be  at 
the  disposal  of  the  Society  for  a  period  of  three  or  four  weeks.  The 
Society  having  the  whole  Western  field  before  it,  would  divide  that  field 
up  into  districts,  allotting  each  district  to  two  of  the  missionaries  whose 
services  had  been  volunteered.  The  District  Secretary  of  the  Home 
Missionary  Society  would  make  previous  arrangements,  much  as  a  lec- 
ture agent  does,  for  services  in  his  field.  These  services  would  include 
preaching  in  the  larger  towns  on  Sunday,  and  in  the  smaller  villages, 
and  even  the  schoolhouses,  through  the  week.  One  layman  and  one 
minister  would  go  together,  the  layman  aiding  and  cooperating  with  the 
minister  in  the  Gospel  message.  If  six  pairs  only  volunteered,  and  served 
for  three  weeks  only,  the  result  would  be  120  preaching  services,  con- 
ducted by  the  strongest  preachers  and  Christian  laymen  whom  the  Home 
Missionary  Society  could  select  from  its  constituency,  and  whom  the  Con- 
gregational churches  could  put  into  the  field.  The  church  which  loaned 
its  pastor  for  this  service  should  also  provide  for  his  traveling  expenses, 
so  that  the  whole  movement  need  cost  the  Home  Missionary  Society 
nothing,  except  the  traveling  expenses  of  its  District  Secretaries  and  the 
incidental  expenses  of  advertising,  and  these  might  be  met  by  special  con- 
tributions to  be  taken  up  at  every  religious  service  held. 

The  advantage  of  this  plan  would  be  three-fold. 

First.  The  fact  that  six  or  a  dozen  prominent  churches  surrendered 
their  pastors  to  the  Home  Missionary  Society  for  home  missionary  work 
for  a  period  of  three  weeks  would  give  to  that  home  missionary  service  a 
new  and  invaluable  recognition.  I  will  not  say  that  it  would  dignify  that 
service — nothing  can  make  it  more  dignified  than  it  is  now.  But  it 
would  be  a  public  recognition  of  the  value,  the  worth,  the  honor  of  that 
service.     The  fact  that  a  dozen  prominent  Christian  paslois  ^iwdi  \^?jtCkKci 


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went  out  to  preach  the  Gospel  simultaneously  in  different  sections  of  the 
country,  would  of  itself  be  significant  and  inspiring.  The  largeness  of 
the  movement  would  naturally  advertise  it;  attention  would  be  attracted. 
In  every  church  to  which  these  ministers  and  laymen  went,  they  would 
almost  certainly  be  greeted  by  large  congregations.  The  religious  life  in 
every  such  place  would  receive  new  inspiration;  the  lonely  pastor  would 
be  encouraged  by  this  practical  demonstration  of  actual  Christian  fellow- 
ship; the  unity  of  the  Congregational  churches  would  be  attested,  and 
spiritual  results  might  well  be  hopefully  looked  for  in  every  State  which 
was  so  visited.  It  would  be  the  best  kind  of  an  episcopal  **  visitation  " — 
a  visitation  with  spiritual  impulse,  and  without  ecclesiastical  authority. 

Second.  These  men  going  from  the  Eastern  and  Middle  States  would 
see  what  the  Western  field  is  and  learn  what  the  Western  needs  are. 
They  would  appreciate,  as  never  before,  the  difficulties  of  the  Home 
Missionary ;  would  perceive  his  self-denials,  would  understand  his 
obstacles,  would  recognize  the  value  and  worth  of  his  often  humble,  un- 
recognized service.  Moreover,  their  counsel,  if  they  were  experienced 
and  wise  men,  would  be  helpful  to  the  churches  which  they  visited.  But 
they  would  bring  back  more  inspiration  than  they  carried  with  them;  they 
would  return  to  their  own  pulpits  full  of  a  missionary  zeal  which  they  had 
never  known  before.  For  six  months  after  such  a  visitation  their  sermons 
would  have  in  them  such  sug«;estions,  hints,  inspirations,  sympathies, 
caught  from  this  itinerant  tour  of  the  West,  that  their  churches  would  be 
enkindled  with  a  new  and  more  vital  home  missionary  ardor.  The  con- 
tributions  of  these  churches  for  that  year  would  not  be  to  a  **  cause,**  but 
to  living  men  and  women  struggling,  often  amid  adverse  circumstances, 
to  proclaim  the  Gospel  of  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ  and  to  lay  the  founda- 
tions, in  new  communities,  of  a  Christian  commonwealth. 

Third,  It  would  unite  East  and  West.  The  commercial  and  mercan- 
tile ties  between  East  and  West  are  intimate  ;  of  ecclesiastical  ties  there 
are  almost  none.  Colorado  is  as  far  ecclesiastically  from  New  York  as 
India ;  we  do  not  in  the  East  know  what  are  the  practical  problems  of 
our  Western  brethren  ;  they  in  the  West  do  not  know  our  intellectual 
problems.  Such  an  interchange  of  life,  such  a  mutual  fellowship,  such  a 
sympathetic  service,  would  have  a  distinct  social  and  political  as  well  as 
religious  value,  in  binding  these  separated  sections  together. 

Perhaps  to  these  advantages  might  be  added  incidentally  2i  fourth.  It 
might  be  possible  to  follow  such  an  itinerant  missionary  expedition  as 
this,  with  missionary  conventions  in  the  East,  at  central  points,  attended 
and  addressed  by  those  who  had  fulfilled  this  itinerant  ministry  ;  and  such 
conventions  might  be  made  the  means  of  contributions  to  supply  the  now 
empty  treasury  of  the  Home  Missionary  Society.  But  this  advantage 
should  be  kept  as  a  secondary  and  incidental  advantage.     The  primary 


June.  1894  The  Home  Missionary  71 

object  of  the  movement  should  be  to  seek  the  Kingdom  of  God  and  his 
righteousness,  and  trust  the  money  to  be  added  unto  us. 

Is  this  feasible  ?  I  believe  if  it  is  a  good  plan  it  is  a  feasible  plan, 
partly  because  all  good  plans  are  feasible.  A  good  work  for  God  is 
always  a  feasible  work.  But  I  also  believe  it  is  feasible  for  other  reasons. 
If  organized  on  a  sufficiently  large  scale,  it  would  appeal  to  the  affections 
and  the  imaginations  of  the  churches.  Any  church  whose  pastor  was 
invited  would  feel  itself  honored  by  the  invitation.  Any  pastor  who  was 
invited  would  desire  to  go  if  he  could.  And  if  the  movement  was  so 
inaugurated  and  carried  on  as  to  give  reasonable  hope  of  adequate  results, 
the  churches  and  the  ministry  would  not  be  unwilling  to  endure  such  little 
self-sacrifice  as  is  involved  in  the  service  proposed,  for  the  sake  of  the 
ends  to  be  accomplished.  Let  me  add  that  next  fall  is  a  good  time  for 
such  a  movement.  The  religious  interest  throughout  the  country  is  very 
marked.  The  people  of  the  country  are  ready  to  respond  to  the  Gospel 
message  carried  to  them  in  such  a  manner  as  to  arouse  their  attention. 

The  details  of  this  plan  are  not  essential  ;  they  might  easily  be  modi- 
fied, and  materially  modified.  All  that  is  essential  is  that  the  movement 
should  be  carried  on  upon  a  scale  sufficiently  large  to  be  significant ;  that 
the  interest  and  cooperation  of  some  of  the  best  churches  and  ministers 
in  the  land  should  be  secured  ;  that  the  men  who  went  out  should  take 
sufficient  time  for  this  itinerant  evangelization  to  cover  comprehensively 
and  effectively  a  considerable  section  of  selected  territory  ;  and,  finally, 
that  their  object  should  be  primarily  the  conversion  of  sinners,  and  the 
encouraging,  quickening,  and  the  upbuilding  of  the  churches  ;  not  denomi- 
national aggrandizement,  or  even  enlarged  financial  contributions. 


OUR    WORK    IN    KNOXVILLE,    TENNESSEE 

Knoxville,  Tenn.,  is  one  of  the  most  attractive  of  our  Southern 
cities,  with  a  population  approaching  50,000.  It  furnishes  abundant 
proofs  of  new  elements  introduced  freely  after  the  close  of  the  civil  war. 
It  is  more  cosmopolitan  in  its  characteristics,  perhaps,  than  any  of  the 
distinctively  old  Southern  cities,  its  people  representing  almost  every 
State  in  the  Union,  besides  many  nationalities.  Historical  associations 
abound.  It  has  been  the  home  of  "  Builders  of  the  State,**  the  scene  of 
active  Indian  warfare,  and  it  is  rich  with  mementos  of  the  Rebellion.  Its 
location  is  one  of  great  picturesqueness,  upon  hills  overlooking  the  Ten- 
nessee River,  and  with  magnificent  far-reaching  vistas,  embracing  the 
Great  Smoky  and  the  Cumberland  ranges  of  mountains. 

Of  this  attractive  city,  during  a  generation  past,  many  Cov\^xe^;i\AOti?\- 


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ists  have  become  citizens.  They  are  now  identified  with  its  best  business 
interests,  and  are  prominent  in  its  various  churches.  Many  thus  anchored 
may  be  recognized  as  illustrating  what  excellent  material  Congregational- 
ism affords  for  building  up  the  Church  of  Christ,  of  whatever  name.  It 
is  hardly  worth  while  now  to  regret  that  a  distinctively  Congregational 
English-speaking  church  was  not  established  at  an  early  period  ;  but 
doubtless  much  of  the  best  elements  in  some  other  churches  would  thus 
have  been  saved  to  our  own  order.  It  is  more  profitable  to  note  what 
may  now  be  seen  as  the  result  of  a  movement  inaugurated  about  six  years 
ago  under  the  care  of  the  Congregational  Home  Missionary  Society,  and 
intended  to  meet  this  very  emergency. 

A  cut  of  Pil}j:rim  Congregational  Church  of  Knoxville  is  given  with  this 
article.  It  sug»j:ests  to  the  reader  a  structure  representative  and  in  a 
very  marked  de*jree  attractive  and  practical.  For  several  weary  years 
the  little  band  of  worshipers  used  halls  of  very  unpromising  character, 
under  greatly  discouraging  conditions.  Then  they  were  led  out  into  a 
broad  and  beautiful  place.  Though  greatly  affected  by  removals,  in- 
cident  to  the  dcprc.s.scd  times.  Pilgrim  Church  has  now  a  membership 
of  about  eit(hty,  represent inii^  many  different  States,  and  a  vigorous  Sun- 
day-schooK  as  well  as  active  and  useful  young  people's  societies.  The 
edifice,  built  of  brick  and  stone,  cost  about  §15,000,  and  stands  to  rep- 
resent a  vij^orous  and  successful  strugj^le  to  establish  Congregationalism. 

There  are  many  pleasant  and  worthy  things  which  may  be  at  least 
hinted  at.  From  the  first  of  its  regular  pastoral  work,  when  Rev.  John 
11.  Frazek,  I ).!).,  was  sent  from  the  North  to  care  for  its  interests, 
Pili^rim  Church  has  received  and  deserved  recognition  for  active  and 
excellent  work  among  all  the  churches  of  the  city,  whether  known  as 
"North"  or  "South."  'i'he  fraternity  of  ministerial  brethren  is  kindly 
and  bellyful.     Old  distinctions  are  practically  gone. 

For  six  years  Dr.  Frazee  has  had  the  return  of  Forefathers*  Day  given 
very  practical  re(:o»,mitioii.  liistorical  sermons  on  the  Sundays  preceding, 
and  characteristic  celebrations  of  the  "  day,"  have  given  the  occasion  its 
first  dignified  observance  in  the  South,  'i'his  marked  prominence  has  not 
only  doiK"  its  work  of  teaching  history,  hut  the  lessons  of  providential 
leadings  have  awakened  much  interest,  lu-lpful  and  developing  along  all 
lines,  for  C^ongregaticuialism.  In  all  public  religious,  literary,  and  social 
gatherings,  courses  of  lectures,  etc.,  Dr.  Frazee  is  called  to  take  prominent 
part. 

It  is  interesting  to  know  that  Knoxville  is  situated  about  1,100 
feet  above  the  ocean,  in  a  vast  and  abundantly  responsive  region.  Agri- 
culturallv,  there  is  no  limit  to  what  its  fertile  valleys  mav  return  to  the 
efforts  of  labor.  Its  mountains  and  vallevs  are  ribbed  and  seamed  with 
iron,  coal,  and  such  marble  as  may  not  be  excelled  perhaps  in  the  world 


74  The  Home  Missionary  June,  1894 

for  abundance  and  variety.  The  supplies  seem  inexhaustible.  With  a 
climate  that  wins  the  approval  of  visitors,  and  more  and  more  satisfies 
the  new  settlers,  Knoxville  sits  as  a  queen  on  her  throne,  without  com- 
petition or  intrusion.  It  is  the  only  city  for  vast  distances  around.  Sur- 
rounding towns  and  villages  are  plentiful.  But  Chattanooga,  its  nearest 
city  neighbor,  is  over  100  miles  distant.  This  secures  for  it  an  extensive 
wholesale  trade,  and  herein  are  great  and  successful  business  establish- 
ments, comparing  favorably  with  any  inland  city  of  our  Union.  This 
is  the  land  of  the  "loyal  mountaineers,"  whence  thousands  went  to  the 
Union  army,  and  within  a  few  city  squares  from  Pilgrim  Church  the  forces 
of  Longstreet  and  Burnside  gi:appled  in  deadly  conflict  at  the  battle  of 
Fort  Saunders. 

What  the  future  development  of  this  region  shall  be,  the  present  can 
hardly  forecast.  The  buried  treasures  of  the  earth,  and  the  magnificent 
temptations  of  the  vast  forests  yet  in  their  primitive  wealth,  must  beckon 
a  great  population  to  this  land. 

It  is  believed.this  response  will  come  soon  and  fast.  The  Pilgrims 
identified  with  our  work  at  Knoxville  look  anxiously  for  that.  They  are 
asking  from  their  Congregational  friends  who  come  to  the  South  a  remem- 
brance that  shall  encourage  and  build  up  our  churches  in  the  new  South- 
ern fields.  The  welcome  to  strangers  shall  be  cordial  and  helpful.  If 
our  own  people  arc  loyal,  this  and  other  churches  of  our  Society  in  the 
South  will  give  more  and  richer  proofs  of  successful  and  active  work. 


HOW   ONE  CHURCH   TOOK   THE    REDUCTION 

By  us  Pastor,  Rkv.  F.  T.  Bavlkv 

It  is  my  joyful  privilege  to  announce  that  Plymouth  Church,  Denver, 
Col.,  has  determined  upon  self-su])p()rt  from  this  date. 

This  action  has  been  taken  in  view  of  the  severe  pressure  upon  the 
treasury  of  the  Congregational  Home  Missionary  Society,  and  after  earnest 
prayer  that  we  might  do  the  will  of  God,  Our  burdens  are  very  heavy. 
The  stringency  of  the  times  has  comi)ellcd  us  to  carry  temporarily  a 
floating  debt  of  ^{6,000,  incurred  during  the  building  of  our  chapel  last 
year,  as  well  as  a  .secured  debt  of  $7,000.  But  we  feel  that  we  cannot 
acciept  further  aid  from  the  Society  in  view  of  the  desperate  needs  of 
churches  that  are  ready  to  perish.  We  ought  this  year  to  reduce  our  float- 
ing debt,  which  is  being  carried  by  a  few  individuals  who  have  secured 
the  creditors  by  their  personal  notes  ;  but  first  of  all  we  want  to  relieve 
the    Home  Missionary  Society.     And,  after  very  careful  consideration, 


June,  1894  The  Home  Missionary  75 

we  believe  that  we  can  meet  the  imperative  necessities  of  the  year, 
trusting  God  that  when  better  days  come  we  shall  be  able  to  clear  our 
decks  for  a  new  victory  and  a  further  advance. 

I  rejoice  to  say  that  this  Declaration  of  Independence  has  been  made 
with  absolute  unanimity  and  much  enthusiasm. 

I  am  also  instructed  by  the  church  to  express  to  the  Home  Missionary 
Society  our  most  grateful  appreciation  of  its  loyal  assistance  during  all 
the  years  of  the  history  of  this  church.  Never  will  we  forget  our  faithful 
and  beloved  mother,  or  cease  to  bless  and  help  her  in  her  great  work. 
We  are  able  to  bear  testimony  to  the  imperative  need  and  the  high  value 
of  that  work.  Without  her  aid  this  church  could  hardly  have  begun  to 
be.  Nor  has  there  been  a  year  in  its  history  when  it  could  have  gone 
on  alone. 

The  history  of  Plymouth  Church  during  the  past  two  years  a£fords 
illustration  especially  of  the  value  of  the  Society  in  enabling  a  feeble 
church  to  seize  a  position  of  great  strategic  importance  with  power  to 
occupy  it  adequately.  In  December,  1891,  this  church,  then  called  the 
Park  Avenue  Church,  occupied  a  miserable  wooden  structure  of  such  size 
and  character  as  to  foredoom  the  church  to  failure  while  it  should  remain 
there.  There  was  a  nominal  membership  of  seventy-nine  persons,  more 
than  half  of  whom  were  non-resident.  During  the  previous  year,  seven- 
teen members  had  been  lost  and  none  received.  But  the  little  band  of 
faithful  hearts  had  the  courage  of  a  reasonable  faith.  A  great  opportu- 
nity lay  before  them,  if  only  the  church  could  be  saved  and  equipped  for 
aggressive  work ;  for  its  location  was  upon  the  verge  of  the  best  residential 
portion  of  the  city,  with  a  stretch  of  very  desirable  population  running 
east  and  south  for  more  than  a  mile,  almost  entirely  without  church 
edifices  of  any  kind. 

But  how  should  so  feeble  an  army  enter  in  to  possess  so  goodly  a  land  ? 
The  aid  of  the  Home  Missionary  Society  was  absolutely  imperative. 
Without  it,  the  opportunity  must  be'lost  and  the  church  must  die. 

That  aid  was  given.  And  the  result,  though  Plymouth  has  but  laid 
her  new  foundations,  is  an  abundant  justification  of  the  generous  policy  of 
the  Society  in  granting  $5^^  ^  Y^^^  ^^  ^^^  ^^^'^^  church. 

During  1893  we  completed  a  new  and  beautiful  stone  chapel,  entering 
it  not  quite  a  year  ago.  In  place  of  a  property  worth  $5,000,  which  was 
our  "  plant  "  a  year  ago,  we  have  now  a  property  that  cost  us  $27,500, 
including  land  enough  to  allow  of  a  complete  church  edifice  when  we 
are  able  to  build  it.  Our  old  building  would  hold  150  people.  We  can 
seat  450  in  the  new  chapel,  and  it  is  already  very  nearly  filled  every  Sunday. 
We  have  just  put  in  additional  seats  which  utilize  our  utmost  capacity. 
Our  congregations  are  notable  for  intelligence  and  substantial  worth,  sug- 
gesting great  power  for  usef ulness^  with  God's  blessing,  *\t\  Umti  \.o  coxa^. 


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Our  church  membership  is  now  220.  The  Sunday-school  has  an  aver- 
age attendance  of  about  270,  with  frequently  more  than  100  little  ones  in 
the  primary  department,  which  had,  little  more  than  twp  years  ago,  but  a 
half  dozen,  and  has  since  then  graduated  into  the  intermediate  school 
about  thirty  pupils,  after  a  public  examination  that  would  stagger  most  of 
their  parents.  Our  prayer-meeting  attendance  is  from  sixty  to  eighty,  by 
count,  while  twenty-five  was  a  large  attendance  eighteen  months  ago. 
All  departments  of  our  work  show  a  similar  growth.  Among  all  our 
causes  for  thankful  joy,  none  is  greater  than  the  spirit  of  broad  and  gen- 
erous fellowship  that  pervades  the  congregation.  We  are  striving  to 
make  the  church  a  center  of  Christian  helpfulness.  It  is  constantly  em- 
phasized that  we  are  not  our  own  ;  that  Plymouth  must  not  live  unto  her- 
self ;  that  our  calling  is  "  not  to  be  ministered  unto,  but  to  minister  "  ; 
and  that  God's  goodness  to  us  is  a  most  solemn  urgency  to  unselfishness. 
We  believe  he  has  saved  us  that  he  may  use  us.  The  prevalence  of 
this  spirit  among  the  people  gives  ground  for  confident  exf>ectation  that 
the  church  is  to  be  very  helpful  in  the  development  of  the  work  committed 
to  our  sisterhood  of  churches  in  the  city  and  the  State. 

Last  Sunday  afforded  a  noble  proof  of  our  orthodoxy,  when,  in  spite  of 
all  our  burdens,  and  with  the  prospect  of  attempting  self-support  at  once, 
Plymouth  gave  an  offering  of  fifty-seven  dollars  in  aid  of  a  sister  church 
just  leaving  a  tent  for  a  new  house  of  worship. 


WHAT   SOME   MISSIONARIES   ARE   SAYING 

Just  now  I  have  had  to  open  on  the  dancinjT^  that  has  been  imported 
from  Washington  and  is  spreading  like  an  epidemic  among  our  Christian 
Endeavorers.  It  seems  to  astonish  people  that  a  minister  should  presume 
to  publicly  disapprove  this  thinpf,  and  there  is  some  resentment.  But  we 
ministers  here  understand  one  another  better  than  we  did,  and  all  are 
aj^reed  to  speak  out  upon  the  subject,  so  that  the  "kickers"  may  under- 
stand that  we  are  a  unit  as  to  it.  A  great  deal  of  radical  work  must  be 
done  before  this  unusually  intelligent  people  get  it  thoroughly  worked 
into  their  very  bones  that  they  can  no  more  do  anything  without  Christ 
than  can  the  most  illiterate.  But  if  they  do  reach  that  point,  and  then 
to  that  humility  add  faith,  they  will  be  a  power  in  this  community. — 
Virginia. 

For  two  weeks  I  held  a  special  meeting  at  Rickreall  which  resulted  in 
ibout  thirty  conversions.     We  then  called  in  our  most  excellent  Superin- 


June,  1894  The  Home  Missionary  77 

tendent  Clapp,  who  conducted  a  meeting  of  one  week,  which  brought  in 
a  dozen  more  conversions.  At  the  close  of  the  meeting  conducted  by  the 
pastor,  a  church  was  organized  of  twenty-six  members.  At  the  close  of 
that  conducted  by  Mr.  Clapp  we  received  fourteen  more,  making  the 
membership  of  the  new  church  forty.  With  a  few  exceptions,  the  new 
church  is  composed  of  adults,  and  mostly  heads  of  families.  This  is  an 
excellent  community  in  which  to  plant  Congregationalism.  The  people 
are  mostly  thrifty  and  well-to-do  farmers,  and  are  of  the  substantial  kind 
which  may  be  depended  upon  for  earnest  church  work. 

We  received,  as  a  result  of  the  meeting  at  Independence,  twenty-three 
additions,  which  greatly  strengthens  this  church.  The  friends  here  are 
much  depressed  financially,  as  they  are  not  of  the  wealthy  class. — I  tide- 
pendencCy  Ore, 

With  this  farewell  report  I  bid  you  God-speed.  As  it  is  "  more  blessed 
to  give  than  to  receive,"  we  hope  that  this  church  may  hereafter  receive 
the  greater  blessing.  If  it  is  possible,  we  wish  that  our  names  might  be 
retained  on  your  list  for  family  supplies,  as  the  burden  will  now  come 
heavily  upon  us.  The  people  are  confident,  and  take  up  the  larger  task 
more  readily  than  they  did  the  smaller.  We  believe  that  more  churches 
in  this  section  of  prosperous  farmers  might  at  least  **  make  their  own 
wheels  go  round  "  if  the  pastors  would  heartily  encourage  them  to  the 
effort. — South  Dakota, 


We  have  had  hard  times  financially,  sickness  in  my  family  for  six 
months,  and  one  of  my  little  girls  is  now  down  with  scarlet  fever.  The 
weather  has  been  bad  ;  deep  snow,  most  of  the  time  deep  mud,  and  bad 
roads.  I  have  had  to  face  the  worst  storms  I  ever  knew.  A  large  por- 
tion of  the  town  is  now  (March  31)  under  water,  and  our  church  is  sur- 
rounded ;  yet  1  have  had  vigorous  health,  have  been  able  to  fill  every 
appointment,  and  have  seen  showers  of  blessing  from  the  presence  of  the 
Lord.  There  are  compensations  even  in  the  hardest  fields.  I  can  un- 
derstand how  Paul  could  glory  in  tribulations,  knowing  that  they  bring 
patience,  experience,  hope,  and  the  love  of  God  shed  abroad  in  the  heart. 
I  now  have  five  preaching  stations,  and  could  have  a  number  more  if  I 
were  able  to  occupy  them. — North  California, 


With  the  help  of  General  Missionary  Tomlins  we  held  meetings  for 
three  weeks  here  and  for  three  weeks  more  in  Waubay.  In  Waubay  a  nice 
little  church  of  twenty-one  members  was  organized,  which  seems  now  in  a 
very  flourishing  condition  ;  but  in  Webster,  although  ovei  \>N^tv\.^  cA  >i3afc 


78  The  Home  Missionary  *    June.  189^ 

young  people  of  the  town  arose  for  prayer  during  the  meetings^  after  three 
weeks  of  thorough  canvassing  I  failed  to  get  a  single  one  to  join  the  church. 
— Michigan. 

I  DO  wish  I  could  turn  over  to  your  treasury  the  babmce  doe  mCy  and 
tell  you  to  help  with  it  some  needier  one.  But  I  don*t  know  who  that 
would  be,  for  it  seems  that  if  the  connections  missed  for  one  day  we  most 
go  hungry.  They  came  near  missing  last  Monday,  when  our  treasurer 
handed  me  a  receipt  for  my  month's  rent  instead  of  the  money.  That 
left  me  with  a  few  cents  over  a  dollar  for  the  week's  food,  and  our  fuel 
was  out  also.  We  went  to  the  Master  and  told  him  we  should  be  hungry 
and  cold  unless  he  now  helped  us  as  he  had  promised.  We  were  placed 
where  all  depended  upon  him,  and  his  faithfulness  was  tested  in  a  most 
practical  and  tangible  manner.  We  had  no  idea  whence  the  help  could 
come,  but  imagined  several  ways  in  which  it  might.  The  next  morning 
five  dollars  were  handed  me;  but  the  help  came  from  none  of  the  sources 
we  had  thought  of.     His  ways  are  past  finding  out. —  Virginia 


We  had  a  **  dancing  craze  "  here  at  the  beginning  of  this  quarter  that 
threatened  damage  to  the  church.  A  few  attended  public  balls,  and 
others  avowed  their  intention  to  do  so  whenever  they  chose,  sa3ring  that 
the  Congregational  Church  was  not  opposed  to  dancing ;  that  Rev.  Dr. 

encouraged  it,  had  dancing  parties  in  his  house,  etc.     This  led  to 

discussion  and  some  excitement.  It  was  found  that  more  than  three- 
fourths  of  the  members  were  opposed  to  dancing,  either  at  public  balls 
or  private  dancing  parties.  A  moderate  and  kindly  course  was  taken  ;  a 
wise,  Christ-like,  patient  method  was  adopted,  and  the  result  is  peace 
and  good  feeling.  The  dancers  have  given  up  this  doubtful  amusement  in 
deference  to  the  conscientious  conviction  of  the  majority. —  The  Pacific 
Slope. 


The  clouds  have  hung  very  low  during  the  recent  months, and  the  days, 
many  of  them,  were  very  dark.  The  crop  failure  of  last  year  so  embar- 
rassed many  of  our  people  that  they  could  not  pay  their  pledges  for  their 
pastor's  support,  and  the  Home  Missionary  Society,  so  heavily  burdened, 
yet  ever  prompt  to  come  to  our  relief — we  trembled  for  it.  At  a  time 
when  days  were  the  darkest,  our  hearts  were  made  glad  by  a  generous 

box  from  ,  Mass.,  containing  articles  of  clothing,  etc.,  suited  to  our 

needs.  If  those  good  people  could  ever  know  the  burden  which  their 
thoughtfulness  and  generosity  lifted  from  our  hearts,  and  the  sunshine 
that  came  into  our  souls  by  these  substantial  reminders  of  their  interest  in 
the  Master's  kingdom  and  in  us  his  servants,  they  would  be  repaid.     We 


June.  1894  The  Home  Missionary  79 

were  almost  ready  to  give  up  ;  but  from  that  day  to  the  present  the  way 
has  grown  brighter  and  the  work  has  gone  forward. —  Washington, 

A  QUARTER  of  hard  work,  many  hindrances,  with  some  reasons  for 
encouragement.  Congregations  not  as  large  as  usual,  owing  to  very  bad 
weather.  We  had  but  two  or  three  fair  Sundays.  Rain,  rain,  rain.  The 
Sunday-school  has  increased  somewhat,  the  result  of  special  work.  A 
new  Sunday-school,  organized  in  the  country,  numbers  about  fifty,  and  a 
home  has  been  secured  for  the  little  church  outside,  organized  in  Decem- 
ber. Many  friends  in  the  town  express  themselves  as  drawn  to  the 
Congregational  church,  but  it  is  not  easy  to  prevail  upon  them  to  act  on 
their  convictions.  This,  however,  will  come  right  in  due  time.  But  for 
the  disheartening  influences  of  the  prevailing  money  stringency,  there 
would  be  little  real  reason  for  discouragement  for  our  town  church,  and 
we  are  trying  to  rise  above  these  things. — Oregon. 


This  place  has  no  married  pastor,  and,  as  far  as  I  am  concerned,  it 
will  not  have  this  year  at  least,  because  I  must  pay  off  debts  contracted 
while  going  to  school.  Being  twenty-three  when  I  began  my  course,  I 
attended  to  business,  made  a  seven  years'  course  in  six,  which  required 
extra  study,  so  that  I  did  not  earn  enough  to  pay  all  my  expenses.  Then, 
too,  I  want  a  theological  training  as  soon  as  I  can  get  it,  and  then  I  mean 
to  go  out  into  the  foreign  field.  Were  my  salary  large  enough,  this  place 
would  have  a  married  pastor  ere  long.  It  is  hard  to  live  alone  so  far 
from  friends  when  a  man  has  for  a  sweetheart  one  of  the  best  of  young 
women ;  but  in  the  Lord's  work  there  is  room  for  self-denial  and  sacrifice. 
— Nebraska,  

Spring  is  here,  but  work  does  not  come  with  it,  and  many  families  are 
still  in  great  destitution.  I  have  just  come  from  seeing  a  family  who  sent 
after  me,  to  tell  me  of  the  condition  of  their  daughter's  household,  living 
near  them.  They  have  been  existing  on  bread  and  molasses  for  the  past 
ten  days,  and  were  getting  much  reduced,  while  the  parents  had  no 
surplus  from  which  to  help.  I  was  glad  to  be  able  to  relieve  them  a  little. 
These  times  bring  men  very  much  closer  to  one  another  than  usual.  Our 
general  work  is  prospering.  Audiences  are  increasing  weekly,  and  we 
comfortably  fill  our  main  room  every  Sunday  evening.  The  Sunday- 
school  is  also  visibly  gaining.  The  chief  drawback  is  the  lack  of  money 
with  which  to  carry  on  the  work.  We  have  been  canvassing  for  pledges 
for  next  year,  but  find  it  a  hard  task  in  the  present  uncertainty.  When 
children  have  to  go  on  meager  fare,  one  does  not  feel  like  pressing  per- 
sons too  hard  for  money  for  church  purposes.  At  the  last  communion 
we  had  the  pleasure  of  receiving  twelve  on  confession  ol  iivvVv^  ;sS\  ^'^vXv^ 


^o  The  Home  Missionary  June,  1894 

but  one.    Among  them  were  three  who  had  been  Catholics,  and  there 
were  four  cases  where  husband  and  wife  joined  together. —  Wisconsin, 


The  quarter  has  been  one  of  quiet  work.  We  have  not  had,  as  some 
churches,  a  great  revival,  but  we  have  a  revival  spirit  among  our  members, 
and  they  are  growing  spiritually.  My  time  on  Sunday  is  all  used.  At 
10  A.M.,  I  superintend  the  Sunday-school  and  teach  a  class;  11  a.m., 
preaching  service ;  at  4  p.m.  I  meet  the  Junior  Society  of  Christian 
Endeavor  for  an  hour;  at  6.30  I  attend  the  Society  of  Christian 
Endeavor;  preaching  at  7.30.  My  health  is  good,  and  God  is  blessing 
the  work.  Our  week-day  meetings  are  a  help  to  pastor  and  people. 
We  have  had  the  pleasure  of  receiving  ten  new  members  this  past 
quarter  into  our  church — six  by  letter,  and  four  on  confession  of  faith,  all 
adults.  Others  are  to  join  at  our  next  communion.  Nine  months  ago  I 
could  not  find  ^iwt.  who  would  lead  in  public  prayer ;  we  have  over 
twenty-five  now. —  Washington, 


Our  work  goes  on  in  cramped  quarters.  Measles,  whooping-cough, 
mumps,  and  chicken-pox  have  kept  many  children  away  from  Sunday- 
school.  We  haven't  yet  got  hold  of  many  of  the  parents,  especially  those 
of  Oerman  descent.  Hut  all  meetings  are  regularly  kept  up,  the  Christian 
Endeavor  Society  among  the  rest.  The  Ladies'  Aid  Society  has  raised 
eighty-five  dollars.  The  building  committcj  have  a  new  chapel  about 
finished,  some  money  already  paid  thereon,  and  more  pledged.  Many 
children  are  our  warm  friends  and  willing  workers.  Among  the  converts 
are  one  noticeable  couple.  He  was  an  orphan  in  a  New  York  institution  ; 
was  baptized  a  R(nnan  Catholi(\  but  grew  up  an  abandoned  boy  and  man, 
and  has  had  delirium  tremens  seven  times.  She  was  a  **  whiffet,"  indeed. 
Both  were  from  the  slums,  but  are  now  apparently  in  their  right  minds. — 
Penmylrania. 

1  n.AVK  begun  to  hold  occasional  services  at  the  county  hospital,  with 
indications  of  "^ood.  About  a  month  a<;o  1  bc^^an  to  hold  revival  meet- 
ings here.  Had  little  help  -  had  to  act  as  janitor,  to  lead  the  singing,  do  all 
the  talking,  and  nearly  all  the  praying.  .About  twenty- five  expressed  an 
intention  of  leadinii:  a  Christian  life,  and  several  gave  indications  of  con- 
version.   1  commenced  revival  meetings  at  1. ,  an  out-station.    For  two 

or  three  nights  we  had  awful  storms,  but  there  were  ten  present  on  each 
of  the  first  and  second  meetings.  Then  the  weather  iuiproved,  although 
the  temperature  was  down  to  ten  degrees  l)elt)w  zero  tluring  the  rest  of 
the  time,  liut  the  Holy  Spirit  was  present  in  converting  power,  and  a 
number  consecrated  themselves  to  the  service  of  the  Master.     The  meet* 


82  The  Home  Missionary  June,  1894 

ings  continued  nearly  two  weeks  with  increasing  interest  At  the  close 
we  organized  a  Congregational  church  of  twelve  members.  At  the  next 
meeting  we  received  five  additional  members,  and  at  the  next  five  more, 
making  twenty-two  in  all.  Eleven  joined  upon  confession,  and  eleven 
came  from  other  churches.  We  adopted  the  full  doctrinal  statement,  und 
formed  our  constitution,  covenant,  etc.,  from  the  "  Congregationalist 
Handbook. " — California, 


THE  SPRINGTIME   PARISH 

IJy  Rev.  C.  M.  Sanders 

Eaton,  Colorado,  is  located  on  the  Denver  division  of  the  Union 
Pacific  Railroad,  midway  between  Denver  and  Cheyenne,  is  eight  miles 
north  of  Greeley,  and  takes  its  name  from  Ex-Governor  Eaton,  who  has  a 
large  interest  in  it.  It  is  one  of  the  thrifty  villages  of  the  State.  Its 
great  industry  is  potato  raising,  and  765  cars  of  potatoes  were  sent  out 
during  the  past  year,  which  is  about  the  average  yearly  shipment. 
Besides,  350  cars  of  flour  and  100  cars  of  wheat  were  also  shipped.  A 
look  at  the  cut  will  give  some  idea  of  the  size  of  the  potatoes  and  of  the 
yield. 

Our  church  there  was  organized  on  the  first  Sunday  in  November, 
1886,  and  was  recognized  by  council  February  8,  1887.  The  members 
of  the  church  and  congregation  were  largely  young  people  ;  hence  the' 
name  "  Springtime." 

In  the  June,  1887,  number  of  The  Home  Missionary  may  be  found  a 
fuller  account  of  its  first  year.  Our  pastors  at  Circcley  frequently  aided. 
In  December,  1886,  Rev.  J.  W.  Kinji:  began  work,  remaining  a  little  more 
than  two  years.  March  16,  1889,  Rev.  James  Stanton  took  the  charge. 
The  past  five  years  have  shown  steady  and  substantial  growth.  At  the 
be^inninj^  of  this  pastorate  the  membership  numbered  thirty-two;  it  is 
now  one  luindred  and  seven.  Then,  services  were  held  in  the  public 
schoolhouse  ;  now,  in  the  comely  commodious  brick  edifice, costing  1^5,000, 
shown  in  the  accompanying  cut.  The  building  is  nearly  paid  for.  A 
convenient  and  roomy  brick  parsonage,  costing  $3,000,  has  been  built 
near  the  church.  In  May,  1892,  the  church  assumed  self-support.  It  is 
well  organized,  and  a  felt  force  for  righteousness.  In  this  church  home 
all  denominations  worship  under  one  leader. 

This   enterprise  is  one   of    the    Congregational    Home    Missionary 
Society's  investments,  and   now  that  it  walks  alone  does  not  forget  the 
fostering  care  oi  its  missionary  mother.     Do  not  such  investments  pay  ? 


84  The  Home  Missionary  June,  1894 

HOW  A  VETERAN  TAKES  THE  REDUCTION 

Your  lettec  to  the  Congregational  churches  of  the  United  States  came 
this  morning.  My  people  did  not  meet  their  last  year's  pledge  until  less 
than  a  month  ago.  They  owed  borrowed  money  on  the  parsonage,  and  I 
told  them  if  they  would  meet  their  pledge  1  would  pay  twenty-five  dollars 
to  the  Church  Building  Society.  The  claim  has  been  met,  and  twenty-five 
dollars  have  been  receipted  for  to  the  pastor  on  their  parsonage  loan. 
When  we  came  into  our  annual  meeting,  I  told  them  the  church  must  do 
more  and  more  every  year  until  we  reached  self-support.  They  thought 
it  would  be  difficult  to  raise  more  than  last  year  ($200  from  the  church), 
and  they  must  ask  $200  from  the  Society.  I  told  them  I  had  pledged  that 
it  should  be  less  and  less  every  year  till  we  reached  self-support,  and  if 
they  did  not  add  twenty-five  dollars  to  their  pledge  for  1891  and  lessen 
the  amount  asked  by  the  church  of  the  Society,  I  would  cut  that  amount 
off  myself,  even  though  the  church  did  not  make  the  sum  good.  By  hard 
pleading,  they  voted  to  raise  $225  for  1894  for  the  pastor's  salary  and  to 
ask  $175  from  the  Society.  The  application  has  been  made  for  that  sum, 
and  the  papers  have  been  sent  forward  ;  but  your  letter  received  to-day 
was  so  earnest  that  1  will  take  off  another  twenty-five  dollars,  making  the 
sum  asked  for  from  the  Society  $150  for  the  current  year  ;  and  if  this  will 
embarrass  the  Society,  they  can  commission  me  for  $125.  My  salary  is 
the  smallest  of  any,  1  think,  in  our  State.  If  this  reduction  is  called  for, 
I  freely  make  the  sacrifice.  I  thought  I  would  love  once  before  I  pass 
over  the  river  10  meet  with  the  grand  old  Society  in  her  yearly  gathering ; 
but  I  can  deny  myself  this  hoped-for  blessing.  Omaha  is  nearer  to  me 
than  any  place  of  meeting  since  I  have  been  in  commission  from  the 
Society.  I  received  my  first  commission  from  the  American  Home  Mis- 
sionary Society  forty-five  years  ago,  signed  by  Dr.  Badger.  What  I 
have  relinquished,  'tis  true,  is  small,  very  small  ;  yet  every  little  will  help. 


A  Sacrkt)  Offf.ring. — *<  I  send  you  fifty  cents  from  the  garden  of 
my  precious  little  son.  The  corn  was  gathered  after  he  had  been  trans- 
planted to  our  Lord's  garden." — II. 


And  vet  Another. — The  bereaved  motner  of  two  little  daughters, 
four  and  a  half  and  two  and  a  half  vears  old.  has  sent  us,  "  for  the  best 
use  that  can  be  made  of  them  for  Home  Missions,"  their  penny  savings, 
amounting  to  ninety-nine  cents.     What  shall  we  do  with  them  ? 


June.  1894  The  Home  Missionary  85 


THE   TREASURY 

The  receipts  at  the  Bible  House  office  in  April,  1894,  were  $27,637.70 — 
from  contributions,  $18,936.34  ;  from  legacies,  $8,701.36.  This  is  a  gain 
of  $10,590.10  over  the  receipts  in  April,  1893,  but  is  scarcely  up  to  the 
average  of  receipts  in  the  first  month  of  the  five  fiscal  years  preceding 
the  last. 

The  financial  situation  has  not  changed  materially  from  that  of  several 
months  past,  as  made  known  in  these  pages. 

A  due  regard  to  the  Society's  financial  credit  and  a  just  care  for  the 
welfare  of  the  missionaries  and  their  work  compelled  the  Executive  Com- 
mittee most  regretfully  to  order  the  heavy  reduction — of  which  the 
churches  had  timely  warning — of  $75,000  from  the  proposed  outlay  for 
the  year  now  begun. 

The  strict  carrying  out  of  that  enforced  measure  can  be  prevented  in 
only  one  possible  way,  viz.:  by  a  speedy  and  generous  increase  of  offer- 
ings from  the  churches  and  individual  friends  and  supporters  of  Home 
Missions,  such  as  shall  warrant  the  committee  in  adding  during  the  year 
to  the  apportionment  for  the  fields  under  the  Society's  care. 

Such  advances  in  contributions  have  been  made  in  previous  emergen- 
cies, and,  despite  the  stringency  in  the  business  world,  the  conductors  of 
this  work  strongly  indulge  the  hope  that  its  friends,  seeing  how  vital  it  is 
to  the  best  welfare  of  our  country,  will  come  to  the  rescue  with  a  gen- 
erosity and  self-denial  equal  to  the  occasion. 

Surely  no  patriot  can  fail  to  see  the  urgency  of  the  call  ;  no  Christian 
can  fail  to  see  the  justice  of  the  Master's  claim,  nor  to  respond  according 
to  the  full  measure  of  his  ability.  To  every  patriot  and  Christian,  there- 
fore, we  commend  the  cause  for  earnest  consideration  and  immediate 
action. 


SIXTY-EIGHTH    ANNIVERSARY   OF  THE    CONGREGA- 
TIONAL  HOME   MISSIONARY   SOCIETY 

To  be  held  in  the  First  Congregational  Churchy  Omaha,  Nebraska,  June 

6-8,   1894 

Wednesday,  June  6th,  3.30  p.m. — The  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Society  for 
the  Election  of  Officers,  Hearing  of  Reports,  and  other  Business. 

7.30  P.M. — Annual  Sermon  by  Rev.  Samuel  E.  Herrick,  D.D.,  Boston, 
Mass. 


86  The  Home  Missionary  June,  1894 

Thursday,  June  7th,  9  a.m. — Devotional  Meeting. 
9.45  A.M. — Address  of  Welcome,  and  Response  by  the  President  of  the 

Society,  General  O.  O.  Howard. 
10.30  A.M. — Paper  by  Secretary  Joseph  B.  Clark  :  "  Bright  Spots  in  a 

Dark  Year." 
10.55  A.M. — Our  Auxiliaries.    Addresses  by  Rev.  Alexander  McGregor, 

of  Rhode  Island  ;  Rev.  William  H.  Moore,  of  Connecticut ;  Rev. 

J.  G.  Fraser,  D.D.,  of  Ohio  ;  Rev.  T.  O.  Douglass,  D.D.,  of  Iowa. 

Greetings  from  Sister  Societies. 

2  P.M. — Home  Missions  and  Church  Building.     Addresses  by  Rev.  L. 

H.  Cobb,   D.D.,  of   New  York  City,  and  Rev  F.  T.  Bayley,  of 
Denver,  Col. 

3  P.M. — Paper  by  Secretary  Wa.shington  Choate  :  "  Home  Missions  for 

the  Sake  of  America."    Addresses  by  Rev.  James  S.  Ainslie,  of  Fort 

Wayne,  Ind.;  Rev.  Henry  Hopkins,  D.D.,  of  Kansas  City,  Mo., 

and  others. 
7.30  P.M. — Paper  by  Secretary  William  Kincaid  :  "  Home  Missions  for 

the  Sake  of  the  World."    Addresses  by  Rev.  H.  A.  Schauffler,  D.D., 

Rev.  W.  (i.  Puddefoot,  Rev.  Joseph  Anderson,  D.D.,  and  others. 
Friday,  June  8th,  9  a.m. — Devotional  Meeting, 

9.45  a.m. — Twelfth  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Woman's  Department,  Mrs. 

H.  S.  Caswell,  Secretary,  presidinj^.     Addresses  by  Miss  Frances 

J.  Dyer,  Massachusetts  ;  Mrs.  Joseph  T.  Duryea,  Nebraska  ;  Mrs. 

W.  S.  Hawkes,  Utah;  Mrs.  W.  H.  Gilchrist,  Black  Hills;  and  Mrs. 

C.  W.  Preston,  Nebraska. 
11.30  A.M. — Home  Missions  and  Sunday-schools.     Addresses  by  Rev. 

George  M.  Boynton,  D.D.,  and  others. 
2  P.M.— Home  Missions  and  Christian  Education.     Addresses  by  Rev. 

John  A.  Hamilton,  D.D.,  and  others. 
2.40  P.M. — Addresses  by  Representatives  from  the  Field  :  Rev.  L    P. 

Broad,  Kansas  ;  Rev.  E.  H.  Ashniun,  New  Mexico  ;  Rev.  T.  W. 

Jones,  D.l).,  Pennsylvania;  Rev.  Harmon  Bross,  Nebraska;  Rev. 

J.  Homer  Parker,  Oklahoma  ;  Rev.  A.  K.  Wray,  Missouri  ;  Rev. 

W.  H.  Thrall,  South  Dakota. 
7.30  P.M. —  Public  Meeting.    Summing  up  and  Consecration.    Addresses 

by  Rev.   Charles  S.  Mills,  of  Cleveland  ;  Rev.  George  H.  Wells, 

D.D.,  of  Minneapolis  ;  Rev.  A.  L.  Frisbie,  D.D.,  of  Des  Moines  ; 

and  Rev.  Edward  P.  (ioodwin,  D.D.,  of  Chicago. 

Following  the  Convention,  on  Sunday,  June  loth,  there  will  be  home 
missionary  services  in  all  the  Congregational  churches  of  the  city  in  the 
morning,  with  mass-meetings  in  the  afternoon  and  evening.  It  is  expected 
that  these  will  be  conducted  in  the  main  as  home  missionary  experience 
meetings  by  home  missionary  workers  from  all  parts  of  the  country. 


June,  1894  The  Home  Missionary  87 


HOTEL  ACCOMMODATIONS  AND  RATES 

The  Paxton  and  Murray  hotels  will  make  a  rate  of  from  $2.50  to  $3.00 
per  day  ;  the  Millard  and  the  Delone  from  $2.00  to  $4.00  ;  the  Mercer 
from  $2.00  to  $3.00  ;  the  Hotel  Brunswick  and  the  Merchants'  Hotel  from 
$1.75  to  (2.00  ;  the  Windsor,  the  Barker,  the  Midland,  the  Arcade,  and 
the  Drexel  from  $1.50  to  $2.00. 

There  are  private  boarding-houses  within  a  reasonable  distance,  whose 
rates  range  from  seventy-five  cents  to  $1.50  per  day,  and  the  committee 
have  also  listed  a  large  number  of  rooms  in  the  central  part  of  the  city, 
where,  at  low  rates,  guests  can  be  accommodated  with  lodgings,  and  can 
board  at  restaurants  near  at  hand.  The  Commercial  Club,  which  occu- 
pies the  fifth  floor  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  tenders  the  hospitality 
of  its  rooms  to  the  members  and  guests  of  the  Society,  and  a  large  and 
well-managed  restaurant  is  under  the  patronage  of  the  Club. 

The  Omaha  committee  of  arrangements  will  promptly  answer  all 
inquiries,  as  to  the  above  accommodations,  that  may  be  addressed  to  its 
chairman,  George  H.  Payne,  Esq.,  1702  Farnham  Street,  Omaha. 

TRANSPORTATION 

The  Boston  Passenger  Committee,  the  Trunk  Line  Association,  the 
Central  Traffic  Association,  and  the  Western  Passenger  Association — 
covering  most  of  the  roads  likely  to  be  used  by  attendants  on  the  meeting 
— have  all  agreed  that  those  paying  full  fare  from  stations  on  their  lines  to 
Omaha,  and  securing  certificates  at  the  time  of  buying  tickets  that  they 
have  so  paid,  shall  have  return  tickets  over  the  same  routes  at  one-third 
fare,  these  return  tickets  holding  good  for  starting  for  three  days  from  the 
close  of  the  meeting. 

Certified  clergymen  will  be  carried  each  way  for  $17.50  from  New 
York  City,  which  is  one-half  the  unlimited  fare  ;  and  others  paying  full 
(limited)  fare  ($32.75)  from  New  York  City  in  going,  will  be  returned  for 
one  third  of  that  sum  ($10.92)  by  the  same  route.  The  sleeping-car  fare 
is  $7.50  for  each  berth. 

An  open  rate  of  one  fare  for  the  round  trip  has  also  been  granted  from 
points  in  Nebraska  within  one  hundred  and  fifty  miles  of  Omaha — excur- 
sion tickets  to  be  sold  June  5-8,  limited  for  return  to  June  11. 

SPECIAL    RAYMOND   EXCURSION  TO  OMAHA  FROM  NEW    YORK    AND   BOSTON 

Arrangements  have  been  made  with  Messrs.  Raymond  &  Whitcomb, 
the  well-known  excursion  managers,  to  run  special  excutsiow  \i^\v\^  Ixotcv 


88  The  Home  Missionary  June,  1894 

Boston  and  New  York  to  Omaha  and  return  on  these  terms  :  They  will 
sell  round-trip  tickets,  including  railway  transportation,  Pullman  berth, 
meals  en  route  (lo  Omaha  and  return),  and  first-class  hotel  accommoda- 
tions in  Omaha  for  five  days,  for  sixty-five  dollars  ($65)  for  clergymen, 
missionaries,  and  their  families  ;  and  for  all  others,  seventy  dollars  ($70), 
from  either  New  York  or  Boston.  For  those  who  desire,  Messrs.  Ray- 
mond &  Whitcomb  will  make  the  return  limit  of  their  railroad  ticket  sixty 
days^  and  will  refund  the  cost  of  the  meals.  But  passengers  not  returning 
with  the  party  will  forfeit  the  Pullman  berth. 

These  excursion  trains  will  leave  Boston  on  Monday,  June  4th,  at  3  p.m., 
and  New  York  at  5  p.m. — the  New  York  train  joining  that  from  Boston 
at  Rotterdam  Junction,  near  Schenectady — and  are  to  reach  Omaha  on 
Wednesday,  June  6th,  at  2.30  p.m.  Correspondence  concerning  these 
special  trains  may  be  addressed  to  Messrs.  Raymond  &  Whitcomb,  Bos- 
ton or  New  York  ;  Rev.  Joshua  Coit,  Congregational  House,  Boston;  or 
Mr.  William  H.  Howland,  Treasurer,  Bible  House,  New  York  ;  and  tickets 
for  these  excursion  trains  may  be  obtained  from  either  of  these  parties. 

A   VETERAN'S   DEPARTURE 

By  Kfv.  Jamrs  H.  Warrkn,  D.D.,  San  Francisco 

Rev.  William  C.  Stewart  was  born  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  June  17, 
1829,  and  died,  in  his  sixty-fifth  year,  in  New  York  City.  He  grew  up  in 
the  midst  of  infidelity,  and  was  tau^i^ht  to  despise  the  Bible.  His  collegiate 
course  was  taken  in  St.  Mary's  (Roman  Catholic)  College,  Philadelphia. 
He  graduated  from  the  Harvard  Law  School  in  1855,  and  practiced  law 
seven  vears. 

Converted,  under  (iod,  by  the  influence  of  his  wife,  he  entered  the 
ministry,  being  ordained  in  1861.  For  six  years  he  served  in  the  Meth- 
odist ministry,  after  which  he  joined  the  (.'onjj^regationalists,  and  remained 
steadfast  to  the  end.  The  first  eleven  years  of  his  ministry  were  spent  in 
Missouri  and  Kansas.  His  outspoken  loyalty  to  the  flag  in  those  troub- 
lous times  often  put  his  life  in  jeopardy,  and  at  times  obliged  him  to  flee 
from  one  city  to  another. 

He  came  to  California  in  June,  1872,  and  for  twenty-two  years,  till 
his  death,  without  a  break  labored  in  connection  with  the  Congregational 
Home  Missionary  Society.  In  his  first  California  parish — the  Hydesville 
and  Rohnerville  churches — he  ])reached  a  series  of  sermons  on  "  The 
Evidences,"  which  so  attracted  the  attention  of  the  public  that  a  number 


June,  1894  The  Home  Missionary  89 

of  leading  minds  publicly  renounced  their  infidelity  and  joined  the 
church.  Here  lived  the  widow  of  John  Brown,  of  anti-slavery  fame,  and 
her  family.  They  became  strongly  attached  to  Mr.  Stewart,  and  under 
his  preaching  several  of  them  were  converted  from  infidelity. 

Burying  here  his  wife  and  one  child,  he  went  with  five  motherless 
children  to  San  Bernardino.  Our  church  there  was  in  trouble — a  ques- 
tion of  life  or  death.  He  decided  to  stay  and  save  it.  In  the  extreme 
moment  ten  or  twelve  Christians  from  Oberlin  identified  themselves  with 
the  struggling  church,  and  its  future  was  assured.  Then  his  health  gave 
way,  and  for  weeks  his  life  trembled  in  the  balance. 

Forced  to  seek  a  change  of  climate,  he  went  north  to  Lodi  and  Locke- 
ford,  where  he  did  eight  years  of  loyal  service  ;  organizing  the  new  church 
in  Gait,  saving  the  Lodi  church,  and  securing  the  erection  of  a  beautiful 
house  of  worship,  which  has  permanently  held  the  church  to  Ccngre-  * 
gationalism.  After  a  year  (1883)  in  Antioch,  at  the  superintendent's 
request  he  took  charge  of  missionary  work  in  Scott  Valley,  Siskiyou 
County.  He  found  there  almost  entire  isolation  from  ministerial  fellow- 
ship, the  need  of  constant  outlay  of  strength,  self-denial,  and  heroic  faith 
to  meet  the  demands  of  four  churches  and  the  spiritual  wants  of  destitute 
camps  and  settlements.  In  this  field  his  heart  seemed  to  be  always  aglow 
with  the. spirit  of  revival  and  Pentecost.  The  harder  the  work,  the  more 
it  seemed  to  his  liking. 

After  seven  years  in  Scott  Valley,  at  his  request  he  was  transferred, 
early  in  1 891,  to  his  former  people  in  Lockeford,  and  there  ended  his 
ministerial  and  missionary  career. 

Having  labored  almost  continuously  for  twenty-two  years  in  California, 
it  was  arranged  that  he  should  take  a  vacation  of  four  or  six  weeks,  and 
for  this  purpose  he  left  Lockeford,  March  28,  for  New  York,  via  San 
Francisco,  Los  Angeles,  etc. 

His  last  sermon  was  on  Kaster  Sunday,  the  Methodist  church  uniting 
with  his.  His  theme  was  *•  The  Resurrection."  On  Wednesday  after- 
noon following  he  held  his  last  prayer-meeting,  and  many  of  his  flock 
went  with  him  from  the  church  to  the  depot  to  bid  him  "  God  speed," 
little  dreaming  that  they  were  never  to  see  his  face  aj^ain.  His  last  letter 
to  me,  of  March  20,  is  characteristic.  He  writes  :  "  I  have,  as  you  know^ 
worked  long  and  faithfully  according  to  my  ability  in  the  home  missionary 
field,  and  have  had  few  vacations.  Yet  I  am  just  as  full  of  work  and  just 
as  enthusiastic  in  the  cause  of  Christ  as  ever.  1  would  not  recall  a  single 
thing  I  have  done  or  suffered  in  the  Master's  work,  albeit  I  would  improve 
on  the  past.  When  I  come  back  from  New  York  1  hope  to  take  up  again 
the  burden  of  the  work  of  the  Lord  for  California." 

But  the  Master  has  given  him  the  song  of  victory  instead  of  the 
burden,  and  rest  in  the  place  of  toil. 


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June,  1894 


APPOINTMENTS    IN    APRIL,   1894 


Not  in  commission  last  year 

Heale,  William  T.,  Brcxjklyn,  N.  Y. 

Bechtcl.  Philip.  Tabor,  So.  Dak. 

Brennccke,    Iritz.   Guide    Rock,    Superior,    and 

Beaver  Creek,  Neb. 
Brown,  Henry   M.,  Ml.  Hope,  New  York  City, 

NY. 
Brown,  James  M.,  Cheyenne.  Wvo. 
Hampton.  William  S.,  Of^alalla,  Keb. 
H'-Tfirert.  Jacob,  Endicott,  Wash. 
Keller.  I.,ewis  H.,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 
Kent.  Thomas,  Star  Prairie.  No.  Wis. 
Loehlin,  Henry  E.,  Hay  Spriniys,  Neb. 
McAllister.  Alexander,  Ellsworth,  Ash  Creek,  and 

Kanaranzi,  Minn. 
Neuensch wander,  Daniel,  Eiheits  and  Hoffnunfif- 

roll.  No.  Dak. 
Pearce,  Isa.ic  A.,  Palm  Beach,  Fla. 
Reeves.  Philetus  J..  Cando,  No.  Dak. 
Robertson,  A.  A..  Pelhamville,  N.  V. 
Robinson,  Howard,  Clear  I^ke,  Wis. 
Steves,  Nathan  P.,   Bon  Homme  and   Lakeport, 

So.  Dak. 
Stewart,  Julius  H.,  Kensincton,  Kan. 
Strinj^er,  Firth,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Walker,  James  F.,  Willow  Lakes  and   Pitrodie, 

So.  Dak. 
Wilcox,  Charles  E.,  Lambcrton,  Minn. 
WiHxlruff,  Alfred  E  ,  Toledo,  Ohio. 
Woohvorth,  William  S.,  Morrisania,  New  Vtirk 

City,  N.  V. 


Re-commissioncd 

Anderson,  George  P.,  Bonner,  Mon. 

Bates.  J.  M.,  Wakonda,  So.  Dak. 

Brearley,  W.  H.,  Glen  Rock,  Wyo. 

Bridj^r,  Edward  A..  Rofi^ers,  Ark. 

Evans.  Howell  M.,  Bevier,  Mo. 

Even.  Henry  S..  Lenora  and  Wakcman,  Kan 

Evison,  Albert  E.,  Inkster  and  Orr,  No.  Dak. 

Fisher,  Herman  P..  Ortonville,  Minn. 

Gordon,  William  C.,  Michiiran  Citv.  Ind. 

Hellier.  Frank  O.,  Maple  Creek,  Neb. 

Henderson,  John  H.,  urand  Island,  Neb. 

Hubbard,  William  B..  Armour,  So.  Dak. 

Hulbert,  J.  Munsell,  Princeton,  Minn. 

Markham.  Reuben  F.,  W^hite  City,  Kan. 

Martin,  John  L.,  Custer,  Minn. 

Nuttinfif.  Tohn  D.,  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah. 

Oehler,  William.  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

Perry,  George  H.,  Goodland,  Kan. 

Rogers,  Enoch  E..  Groveland,  Minn. 

Rose.  George  W..  Denver,  Colo. 

Ruddock,  Edward  N.,  Burtruro.  Minn. 

Shuman,  Henry  A..  Monroe  and  Wattsville,  Neb. 

Smith,  T.  H.  B.,  Pittsburg,  Kan. 

Staub,  John  J.,  Sunny  Side^  Or. 

Stocking.  James  B.,  New  Castle.  Colo. 

Storrs,  S.  D..  Topeka.  Kan. 

Todd.  Quintus  C..   Mazeppa  and  Zumbro  Falls, 

Minn. 
Toiicn.  Matthew  J.,   Harwood  and   Argusvillc. 

No.  Dak. 
Wells.  J.  Lester,  Jersey  City,  N.  J. 
Whitmore.  Orin  B..  Sheridan  and  W^illamina,  Or. 
Wiggins,  Aaron  W.,  New  Cambria,  .Mo. 


RECEIPTS  IN    APRIL,  1894 

{•'or  *u:c(Hitn  ot  rcccii)ls  l)y  .Stale  Auxiliary  .Societies,  see  j):iocs  97  to  loi 


.MAlNli-$if..7'J- 

Auburn,  11.  W.  IVrkins 

Buck?»|«iri.  Mrs.  K.  Buck 

I*i»ril.ind.  A.  L.  (Irconc 

k(K:kl;ind.  Twd  I-'riciuls 

South  Bridgton.  by  T.  B.  Knap]). 


NEW      HAMPSHIRE    3i.m7'->;    of 
which  litg.icit's.  ^'.''<\  ^4. 

Rcceivtd    by    linn.    L.     D.    Stevens. 
Trc:is.  N.  H.  H.  M    Soc.  : 
K:ist  Concord.  Balance    from  ICslate 
<  »1  .\bii,'ail  W.  Lang 

Received  by  Rev.  W.  Ci.  Piul 
dele ».  it  : 

Kecne,  A   P'riend $5  f^^ 

Newport,  A  Friend   i  00 

F.  C.  I.   and    H.  M.  U.  of  N. 
H.,    Miss   A.    A.    .McFar 
land.  Treas.  : 

Faster  offerings *i  ^2  -•'' 

.Aild'l  l*lastcr  otferinirs  : 
Bristol.  L.    M.  (    .  l«»ward 
L.  Mp   i>f  (■    Fioanlnian.       1')  8-^ 

('nni  t>r<l.  First.  10  t-> 

Farmingtoii ^.i  -.•^ 

Ui!  k-signatcd  fumls 13  -fi 


$5  «>-» 
I.'   50 

2    lO 


J4    84 


6  00 


193  6<» 


Littleton,  by  D.  C.  Remick $19  f«i 

Lyme.  First,  by  L.  A.  (Irant 3J  «> 

New  1  Iamj)shire,  A.  M 50  <jo 

IVlham,  Le^iacy  of  Fhet>e  A.   Marsh, 
Kn.>ch   M.  Marsh,  ex..  by  Rev.  J. 

Colt 5C0  00 

/\  I'riend 10  00 

Petciburo.  Union  Ch..  by  C.  S.  Pierce, 
through     Rev.     K.     B.     Palmer, 

Treas.  Mavs.  H.  M.  Soc 23  50 

Westm«»reland  I)eiM)t.  A  Friend 25  «:) 

Friends ^  00 

VERMONT    $61.40. 

Cambrid;;e.  Mrs.  C.  Safford ao  00 

Danville.  Mrs.  V.  B.  Kittredge 40 

Fast  Hanhvick.  by  C  S.  .Montgomery  17  co 

North  Craftsbiiry.  A  Friend 5  00 

Randolph.  A  l'"ricnd to  00 

St.  jolinsbury.  Mrs   W.  P.  Fairbanks.  5  00 
Swanton.  .Mrs.  Kli/.a  and    Harriet  M. 
Stone.  ?<;  Mrs.    Nancy   M.  Wcad, 

§1,  by  H.  M.  Sione 4  00 

MASSACHUSETTS   -  $12,070.54,       of 
which  legacies,  4^7.^75.13. 

Mass.  H.  M.  Soc.,  by  Rev.  E.  B.  Pal- 
mer. Treas a.ooo  00 

Hy  re(iuest  of  donors S838  08 

lVal)0(lv.  L<.gacv    t»i     Mrs. 
.Mary'L    T.   King,  by  W. 

I).  King,  ex 231  33 

1,069  4> 


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91 


Woman^sH.  M.  A.,  MissS.  K. 
Surgess,  Trcas.: 

Athol,  EvacKclical  Ch $35  00 

North  Amherst 400 

Providence,  R.  I.,  special. . .  7s  00 

Webster 50  cx> 

Amherst,  Beouest  of  Stillanan  Kcl- 

lojfjf .  by  F.  D.  Kellogg 

Beach  Bluff,  Mrs.  E.  B.  Hinckley . . . 
Boston,  W.  A.  Wilde,  for  Salary  Fund 

A.  L.  Merriman 

Mrs.  J.  A.  Lane 

Boylston  Center,  by  D.  E.  Burtner. , . 
Cum mington  Village,  by  W.  J.   Par- 

melec,  M.D 

Dorchester,  Legacv  of  Mrs.  Charlotte 

A.  Means,  by  James  Means 

Second,  by  Miss  E.  Tolman 

East  Orange,  J.  L.  Halsey 

Essex,  by  M.  C.  Osgcx^d 

Falmouth,  First,  by  O.  F.  Hitch 

Gilbertville,    Mission  Circle,    by    F. 

Jones,  special 

Hatfield.  S.  S,  by  C.  L.  Graves 

Haverhill,  Hattie  F.  Welch 

Holliston,  Estate  of  George  Batchcl- 

der,  by  ).  M.  Batchelder,  ex 

Housatonic,  Rally,  by  A.  J.  Benedict 

Hubbardston,  by  H.  W.  Howe 

Indian  Orchard.  Sweet  Pea  P'und.  by 

Rev.  W.  T.  Hutchins,  to  const.  Rev. 

C.  E.  Carlson  a  L.  M 

Maiden.  A.  W.  Sanborn 

Massachusetts,  A  Friend 

Monson,  by  E.  F.  Morris 

New  Salem.  Legacy  of  Eliza  C.  Ellis, 

by  D.   Ballard 

Northampton,  Rev.  R.  S. "Underwood 
Norton,  Trin.  Ch.,f3.4'2;  Mrs.  E.  B. 

Whcaton,  $50,  by  S.  H.  Cobb 

Palmer.  Second,  S.  S  ,  by  F.  B.  Pope. 

A   Friend,   to  const.  V.  B.   Pope  a 

L.  M 

Pcppcrcll,  Primary  Dept.  of  the  S.  S., 

by  Mrs.  C.  H.  Miller 

Roxbury,  Ladies'  Aux.  of  Immanucl 

Ch..  by  Mrs.  F.   M.  Hemenway 

Royalston,  First  S.  S.  by  H.  S.  VVo<^k1 
Somcrville,  Esute  of  Ephrann  Stone, 

by  L.  K.  LovcU.  adm 

Springfield,  South  Ch.  by  J.  S.  Kirk- 
ham  

H.  M 

R.A.Clark 

A  Friend 

Stockbridge.  Miss  A.  Byinglon 

Turner's  Falls,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Mrs. 

L.  Griswold 

Webster,  First,  by  E.  L.  Spalding.   . 

Wclleslcy,  Friends 

West  Boylston,  Mrs.  S.  W.  Lincoln  . 

West  Newton,  S.  O.  Merrick 

Whitman,  A  Friend  

♦•A  trifle''    

Winchester,    Rev.    H.     .M.    Scudder, 

D.D 

Worcester,  One  of  twenty  thousand . . 

L.  C.  Muzzy 

Samuel  Pierce  

Worthington,  First,  by  A.  Stevens  . . . 

RHODE  ISLAND-$44i  70 

Received  by  L  L.  Goff: 
Howard S7  ^7 


$164  00 


23   00 

40 

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25  ' 

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23 

20 

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IfX) 

00 

icxj 
68 

00 

»7 

70 

^5 

00 
00 
00 

20 

8 
38 

00 
X3 

50 
20 

00 
00 

25 
27 

00 

64 

1,123 

80 

lu 

00 

53 
50 

42 
00 

50 

00 

8 

</o 

5 
14 

i.10 
00 

5,000 

00 

122 
500 

3 

I 

45 
00 
«x> 

Ok> 

3 

uo 

5 
74 
25 

20 
79 

4 

5 
5 

2 

40 
CX) 
10 

5 

5 

3 
20 

18 

00 

Cf.) 

00 
10 

Lorraine 

Pawtucket 

Rumford . 

Seekonk 

Thornton 

Tiverton  Four  Corners 


7 

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8 

66 

»55  89 


Central  Falls,  by  W.  Crawford $33  00 

Friends 5  00 

Ch.,  Friends,  add'l  3000 

Chepachet,  by  G.  A.  Harris,  M.D 5  00 

Kingston,  by  B.  E.  Hclme 40  00 

Providence,  Pilgrim  Ch.,  $50.15;  W. 
F.  and  H.  M.  Soc.,  $2,  by  R.  P. 

Jenks 5a  »5 

Plymouth  Ch.,  Easter  offering,  by 

F.  B.  Snow >»  >5 

Beneficent  Ch.,  A   Friend,   Thank- 
offering  ;  20  00 

W.  F.  Pitkin 2  00 

Westerly,  X 10  00 

Woons(x;ket,  Globe  Ch.,  by  H.  Gaunt  50  07 


CONNECTICUT-$6,74o.49. 

Miss.  Soc.  of  Conn.,  W.  W.  Jacobs, 
Treas.,  by  Rev.  W.  H.  Moore, 
Sec,  of  which  $x  special 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 
W.  W.  Jacobs,  Treas. : 

Bridgeport,  North  Ch.,  by- 
Miss  J.  K.  Sanderson,  for 
Salary  Fund $30  00 

Bristol,  Birthday  offering,  a 
few  ladies,  by  Mrs.  A.  E. 
North,  for  Salary  Fund. . .        7  s© 

Canton  Center,  by  Mrs.  M. 
Case,  for  Salary  Fund 9  40 

Fairfield,  First,  by  Mrs.  F. 
H.  Brewer,  for  Salary 
Fund 23  35 

Hartford, First  Ch  ,  Ir.Aux., 
by  Miss  E.  M  Harrison, 
for  Salary  Fund 40  00 

New  Britain,  A  Friend  in 
Indies'  Benev.  Soc.  of  the 
South,  sjHJCial 1  oc 

Newington.  by  Mrs.  F.  C. 
Latimer,  (or  Salary  Fund.        6  00 

New  Mil  ford,  hy  Miss  M.  B. 
Hine,  for  Salary  Fund 3t  .'5 

South    Manchester.   Ladies* 
Benev.  Soc.  of  the  First, 
by  Mrs.  A.  B.  Spencer..       12  50 
A  h  ricnd 5  00 

Stonington,  by  Miss  (i.  D. 
Wheeler,  for  Salary  Fund.       10  00 

Wallinjiford,  Ladies  Benev. 
Soc., by  Mrs.L.  B.  Bishop, 
for  Salary  Fund 100  00 


.78  00 


—      -  xy4  2i 


Berlin,   Second,   $61.67-  A    Friend   of 

Missions,  $is.  by  C  S.  Webster 76  tj 

liirraingham.  Sirs.  C  T.  Beardbley . . .  a  co 

Bristol,  by  L.  G.  Merrick 150  co 

Cheshire.  F.  N.  Hall 50  00 

Colebrook,  A  Friend i  co 

Connecticut,  A  Friend   i«>o  00 

A  I'riend 35  00 

Durham,  by  H.  H.  Newton     700 

East  Windsor,  by  W.  F.  English 27  50 

Goshen.  .Mrs.  M.  Lyman 10  00 

Groton.  by  W.  Allyn 20  50 

Hartterd,  Y   P.  S.  C.  E.,  Fourth  Ch., 

by  R.  (  .  Knox 8  ^7 

G.  (r.  Williams  2.=io  00 

A  Friend 25  00 

A  Friend 10  <*> 

Harwinton,  by  A.  W.  Muell 6  19 

Ledyard.  S.  S    by  J.  M.  Gray 7  10 

Litchfield,     First,     by     Miss     C.     B. 

Kenney 4'W3 

New  Haven,  (^'h   of  the  Redeemer,  by 

W.  E.  Rowland 25')  57 

Grand  Avenue,  bv  W   Hemingwav, 
to  const.  Oca.  M   Tuttle.  Dea.  W. 
S.   Bishop,  and  YJ.  '^.  KcXV-^  \.. 
Ms ^s^^^ 


92 


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June.  1894 


Younjj   I-aclics*   Mission    Circle  of 
United  Ch.,  by  G.  E.  Law 

J.  R.  Terry  and  sister 

M.  H.  S  

Mrs.  C.  M.  Avery  

New  London.  First  Ch.  of  Christ,  by 

H .  C.  Learned 

Nurwalk,  A  Friend 

Norwich,  Park  Ch..  by  H,  L.  Butts.. 

Broadway  Ch.,  by  S.  R.  Bishop 

Second 

Putnam,  Mrs.  A.  S.  Fitts 

Round  Hill,  Y.  P.   S.  C.  E..  by  Mrs. 

S.  E.  Close,  special 

Stanwich.  Mrs.  C.  Brush 

SuAield.  First,   to  const.    Mrs.    Mary 

M.  .McCord  a  L.  M..  by  W.  E.  Rus- 
sell  

Terry ville,  by  A.  B    Beach,  to  const. 

Rev.  W   A  Gay,  I)  D.,  and  Mrs.  W. 

H.  Sc(.tt  L.  Ms 

Thomaston,  First,  by  G.H.  Stoughton. 

Thompson,  by  G.  S.  Crosby 

WiUimantic,  by  A.  C.  Everest 

WoodbridKe.   Hclpinj^    Hand  Circle, 

by  W.  M.  Beechcr 

Woodstock,  First,  by  H.  T.  Child.... 


NEW     YORK    $2,62714;     of  which 
legacy,  $641.39. 

Received    by  William    Spald- 
ing. Trcas.  • 

Arcade $1800 

Bri«nd->n 3  ^'5 

Corninj^ 8  56 

De  Peysler 8  00 

East       Buffal'*,       Halsiead 

Avenue 12  00 

Elniira.  Si.  Luke's 6  50 

Harpe-rstielil 7  00 

Newburji 45  41 

North  Java 5  36 

( )sLeola 10  fo 

Oswcijo  l<'alls 1 ;  82 

Strykersville 2  03 

Syracuse,  (ieddes 40  oj 

South  Avenue 2  50 

Woman's   II.  M.  Union.   Mrs 

J.J.  Pears;ill.  Treas :5io  00 

Brooklyn,   Central   Ch..    L. 

B.  S  ,  for  .Salary  Fund. .  250  <m 

Tompkins  Avenue.  Kin^j's 

Daughters,  spccia! 75  <>j 

Tompkins  Avenue.  Jr.  Y. 

P.  S.  C.  E.,  special.   ..  .  ^  00 
Buffalo.   Mrs.    W.   (i.    Ban- 

cri)fi 1000 

Church  ville.  J8  ;  V.  P.  S.  C. 

Iv  •  ?  =; 1 3  cw 

(ilov(rrsvilic 23  76 

Henrietta 15  cxj 

Ithuca.  to  const.  Miss  K.  C. 

Reed  a  L.   .Nl         6^  00 

New   V(.rk  City,  Broadway 

Tabernacle,  f<tr   women's 

wt^rk II }  66 

North  ville 5  ro 

( ) w«.-i:o 30  <x> 

Philadelphia i.s  *'*J 

Poufjhkeepsic n-  (o 

Riverhead -jy   >7 

Sherburne i>,  ,>■■> 

Warsaw.  Y    P.  S.  C.  i: n  21 


BriMiklyn.  Tentral  Ch..  A  Member... 
Rochester  .\ venue,  by   N.    I).  Red 

hf.id 

Tumpkins  Avenue  Ch.,  G.  W.   He- 


$»5 

00 

50 

00 

10 

00 

4 

00 

183  84 

2 

oo 

4.290 

21 

aoo 

00 

=5 

00 

J5 

00 

3 

00 

5 

OO 

50  00 


00  00 

6  76 

34  59 

32  05 

5  00 

21  79 

182  43 


till  i>> 


■  >■> 


0  dj 


bard,  to  const.  G.  W.  Hebard  and 

Mary  F.  Hebard  L.  Mt $10000 

South  Cong.  Mission,  by  Rev.  C.  H. 
Parsons,  to  const.  Edwin  G.  War- 
ner a  L.  M 50  00 

New  Enffland  S.  S.  and  V.  P.  S.  C. 
E.,  byj.  M.  Hyde,  to  const.  Miss 

L.  B.  Parr  a  L.  M 55  9> 

Mrs.  Hazen,  $1 ;   Mrs.  Buck,  $5 ; 

Mrs.  J.  P.  Howell,  $x 7  00 

Binfifhamton,  Mrs.  Edward  Taylor..         xooo 
Blooming  Grove,  Easter  offering,  by 

W.  Hathaway 34  85 

Buffalo,  People's  Ch.,  by  E.  C.  Wilson  7  19 

M.  R.  E 5000 

Canandai^a.  First,  of  which  $95-63 
special  for  the  debt,  by  H.  C.  Buell.        iia  67 

Candor.  E.  A.  Booth 100  00 

Cliftcm  Springs,  E.  R.  M 10  00 

Farmingdale.  by  Rev.  A.  Mclntyre..  13  00 

Franklin,  by  G.  Mann 30  79 

Hamilton,  by  O  S.  Campbell 23  00 

Honeoye,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  A.  H. 

Reecl 3  25 

Jamestown,  First,  by  Miss  A.  I.  Hazel- 
tine 5  cx> 

{ames|>ort.  by  Rev.  F.  OstenSackcn.  3  36 

kiantone,  by  Rev.  B.  F.  Case 5  68 

Lawrcnceville,  Mrs.  L.  Hulburd 5  00 

Ma.ssena,  Second,  by  M.  J.  Stearns, 

M.I) 16  00 

Munnsville.  by  H.  Gaston 4x1 

New    York    City.   Broadway    Taber- 
nacle, add'l.  by  I.  R.  Fisher 350  00 

Broadway  Tabernacle,  add*l,  E.  L. 

Ely 1500 

Broadway  Tabernacle  S.  S.,  by  W. 

1 1 .  Foster 25  00 

A   Life   .Member.  $2 ;     Miss  C.    E. 

Bartlett.  $3  ;  W.  W.  Ellsworth,  $5.  la  00 

Potsdam.  On   account  of   Legacy   of 
Miss  Harriet  Lamphire.  by  Henry 

Strunz.  adm 641  jy 

Rensselaer  Falls.  Thank-offering 1  00 

Riverhead.  by  Rev.  W.  L  Chalmers..  12  iq 

Suffolk  .As.soc.  annual  meeting,  by 

Rev.  W.  1.  Chalmers 5  00 

Rome,  Rev.  W.  B.  Hammond 5  00 

Salamanca.  Mis.sion   Band  S.    S.,  by 

.Mrs   M .  L.  Dalton 3  50 

Sinclairville.  B.  N.  Wyman 5  Uj 

\Erratuti! :  Bn>oklyn,  N.  Y..  Memorial  Ch..  by 
Rev.  I).  B.  Pr.att.  $57.72,  should  be  credited  to 
Ikx-cher  Memorial  Cli.,  erroneously  acknowledged 
in  .May  Hume  Missionary.) 


NEW  JERSEY    $369.07. 

East   Orange,  First,  by  J.  N.  More- 

h<  »use 50  80 

C .  H .  K 100  \xi 

Terscy  City.  First,  by  Rev.  G.  Krousc.  38  87 

Moiuclair.  .Adelaide  G.  Miller 5  o»> 

A  Fr;end   7  00 

Newark,    Belleville    Avenue,    by    T. 

Price   136  65 

Woodbridjjfc,    First,   by   D.   S.  Yoor- 

hecs 30  75 


PENNSYLVANIA    $115.54 

Woman's   Missionary   Union, 

Mrs.  T   W.  Jcnies.  Trcas.: 

(riiv's  Mills,  in  f»ari  to  const. 

.Mrs.   Iv  T.  .MacMahon  a 

L.  .M $25  00 

Kane 6  00 

Ridgway   34  00 


65  00 


June.  1894 


The  Home  Missionary 


93 


Lander,  $6.07 :  S.  S.,  $3,  by  Rev.  B. 

F.Case 

Mt.  Cannel,  S.  S.  Easter-offerine,  by 

W.  Fisher 

Philadelphia,  Park  Ch.,  by  Rev.  E.  F. 

Fales 

Ridgway,  Mrs.  W.  S.  Osterhout  

Shamokin,  Welsh  Ch.  and  S.  S.,  by 

Rev.  D.  T.  Davies 

Wilkes  Barre,  Punuui  Ch.,  by  T.  M. 

L'avis 


$807 
xo  00 

2  75 
xo  00 

9  72 
10  00 


INDIAN  TERRITORY-$8.oo. 

Doaksville,  by  Rev.  A.  Gross $3  00 

McAlestcr,  First, by  Rev.  W.  H.  Hicks  5  00 


OKLAHOMA— lai.oo. 

Arapahoe,  by  Rev.  R.  P.  Brown i  00 

Kingfisher,  Union  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  C. 
Calnon ao  00 


DELAWARE-I5.00. 
Wilmington,  B.  C. 


DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA    $27.00. 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union  of  N.  J.  Assoc.. 
Mrs.  J.  H.  Dcnison.  Trcas. : 
Washington,  First,  for  Salary  Fund 

Washington,  Mrs.  M.  L.  Brown 


5  00 


25  00 
2  00 


TEXAS    $80.43. 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 

C.  I.  Scolicid,  Treas.  : 
Dallas.... $58  63 

and  Paris  S.  S.  Rally 12  80 

Paris 5  00 

Austin,   Tillotson  Ch.  of  Christ,  by 
Miss  M.  J.Adams 


76  43 
4  00 


GEORGIA-$25.64. 

Received  by  Rev.  W.  L.  ^ones  : 
Of  which  from  Frcdonia.  $13.46.... 

Columbus  and  Bethel,  by  Rev.  G.  W. 

Cumbus 

Hnschcon,  Macedonia  and  Sardis,  by 

Rev.  J.  C.  Forrester  


ALABAMA-$38.55- 

Bluff  Springs,  Mt.  Carmcl  Ch.,  Shady 
Grove  and  New  Site,  Antioch  Ch., 
by  Rev.  J.  M.  Gipson 

Central,  Balm  of  Gilead  and  Equality 
Chs  ,  Tallassce  and  Mt.  Olive,  by 
Rev.  T.  B.  Haynic 

Gcorgiana,  Union  Ch.,  Helton.  Hick- 
ory (irove  Ch..  and  Rose  Hill.  New 
Hope  Ch.,  by  Rev.  I.  J.  White 

Henacrson,  Antioch,  Leon.  Liberty 
Hill  Ch.,  Bullock,  Oak  Grove  Ch., 
and  Georgiana  Union  Ch.,  by  Rev. 
J.L.Stewart 

Jackson's  Gap,  Liberty  Ch..  by  Rev. 
W.  Dunaway 

Millerville.  Bethel,  and  Oak  Hill,  by 
Rev.  T.  Wright 

Oxford,  Union  Grove,  by  Rev.  F.  W. 
Vau^han  

Phoenix  City,  Bethany,  by  Rev.  F.  J. 
Estes 

Spio,  Mt.  Pisgah  Ch..  $1 ;  Clio,  Con- 
cord, by  Rev.  S.  Weatherby 

LOUISIANA-$37.47. 

Iowa,  Gilbert  Poor,  $2.50 :  Rev.  J.  D. 

Wheriand,   $2.50,    by    Rev.    J.    D. 

Wherland 

Jennings,  by  Rev.  G.  N.  Funk 

Lake  Charles.  Ch.  of  the  Redeemer, 

by  S.  H.  Barteau   

Welsh,  Esterly,  and  Iowa,  by  Rev.  C. 

S.  Shattuck 


FLORIDA -$53.55. 

Bonifay  and   Bagdad,  Zion   Hill,  by 

Rev.  P.  G.  Woodruff 

Eustts,  A  Friend 

Interlachen.  by  Rev.  W.  D.  Brown.   . 
Lake  Helen,  by  Rev.  M.  Noble 


x6  Z4 

a  50 
7  00 


2  00 


3 

50 

3 

50 

»3  95 

2 

10 

X 

50 

X 

00 

5 

00 

6 

00 

5  «> 
25  35 

»  50 
5  62 


OHIO— $846.10. 

Received  by  Rev.  J.  G.  Fraser, 
D.D. : 

Brookfield.  Welsh,  by  B. 
Edwards 

Claridon,  Y.  P.  S.  C  E.,  by 
Rev.  H.  S.  Thompson 

Cuyahoga  Falls,  by  L.  R. 
¥  reeman    

Fitchville,  First,  by  h\  Jar- 
rett 

Hampden,  by  Rev.  T.  D. 
Phillips 

Jefferson,  by  J.  O.  Holman. 

Justus,  WeLsh.  by  I).  M. 
Jones 

Lock,  by  W.  H.  Mitchell... 

Macedonia,  by  Rev.  C.  H. 
Lemmon 

Madison.  Central,  by  C.  G. 
Ensign 

North  Fairfield,  by  G.  1). 
Sillimnn 

Ravenna.  Mrs.  C.  A.  New- 
ton, $10  ;  Dea.  C.  A.  New- 
ton, $5 

Twinsburg,  by  Rev.  C.  H. 

Lemmon 

Rev.  C.  H.  Lemmon 

Washingtrm,  Rev.  U.  C. 
Bosworth 


$2 

00 

2 

52 

16 

85 

5  50 

5 

50 
79 

3 
4 

65 
15 

6 

00 

t6 

38 

7 

75 

15  00 

50 

4  00 
I  00 


Received  by  Rev.  J.  G.  Fraser, 
OD..  Treas.  Bohemian 
Board.  Cleveland  : 

Clevelan<l,  balance $.S  60 

Thomas  Piwonka ^8  no 

Mizpah  Chapel  S.  S 


Jt>    Oi> 


"7  55 

7  <)•> 

15  00 
zg  <x> 


$<'/»  60 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union.  Mrs. 

G.  B.  Brown.  Treas.  : 
Andovcr,  Y.  P.  M.  S  ,  for 

Salary  Fund $7  00 

Ashtabula.  First.  Y.  P.  S 

r.  E..  for  Salary  Fund. .        5  00 
Elyria.  for  Bible  Readers' 

School 10  00 

Hudson,     for     lloheminn 

Missi«)n 2  00 

Olmsicad,  Second.  Y.   P. 

S.  C.  K.,  for  Bohemian 

Mission 1  v^ 


'it  5<) 


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94 


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June,  1894 


Rootstown,  for  Rohemian 
Mission $5  43 

Toledo.     First.      Waking 

Band,  for  Salary  Fund.        5  00 

l?nionville.  S.  S.,  for  Bo- 
hemian Mission 14  44 


$5'  37— S"7  97 


Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 
(i.  B.  Brown.  Trcas.: 

Marietta.  First $10  00 

Salary  Fund  : 

Austinburg    300 

BcUcvuc 9  70 

Berca,  S.  S 5  00 

Cleveland.  Euclid  Avenue.  5  00 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  of  the  First  5  00 

Plymouth B  >x> 

Tallmad|<e,  Self-denial 16  <xi 

We*Jt  Andover t  $■^ 

Received  by  Rev.  N   Plass 

Chagrin  Falls,  bv  M.  F".  Brewster 

A  Congregational ist 

Clarksfidd.  by  Rev.  C.  A.  Ruddock.. 
Cleveland.  Union  Ch..  by  Rev.  E.  E. 

Scovill 

Coolville,  Centennial,  and  Irel.md.by 

Rev.  F.  S.  Perry 

Cortland.  Rev.  W.J.  Frr>st 

Klyria,   First.   $4700^ ;   S.  S..  Sjo.  by 

M.  H.  LevatofKl 

FairjKirt  and  Richmond,  by   Rev.  E. 

R.  I^tham     

Greenwich,  First,  by  W.  A.  HossUr.. 

Oberlin,  Mrs.  S   R.  Mann 

Oxford,  Con^jrejj^ation.nlist  of  W.   F. 

Seminary 


62  ?o 

4  12 
20  06 

I  00 
C,  75 

6  90 

7  75 

5  f*> 

499  '^3 
4  f«) 

0  00 


[Errata:  Ausiinburj;,  $n..  should  be  credited 
to  Miss  V'.  A.  Ilaijjht  r)f  Ausiinburj^'.  erruneou.sly 
ackn<^wlcJKed  under  V\'.  H.  M.  U.  in  May  Home 
Missionary. 

Lyme,  Ct..  should  read  Lyme.  Ohio,  erroneously 
acknowledged  in  March  Home  Missionary  under 
receipts  of  Rev.  J.  G.  Fraser,  D.D.J 


INDIANA    Si  31  29. 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 
F.  E    Dewhurst,  Treas. : 

Anderson.  Hope  Ch Sio  fvj 

Anpola .         <>  ?5 

Coal  Mine  .Mission 4  v:5 

Elkhart 32  14 

lndian:ipt>lis.    Mavtlowcr   . .       3  \  .-x. 

JuniorY.  1».  S  C.E r  s5 

People's  ( !h j  <y> 

Kfikomo 

Michiyfan  City.  Fi^^t 


T-,  25 
x(>  10 


Whitinf^.  Plymouth  (  h 10  od 

Fremont  and  Jamestown,  by  Rev.  D. 

L.  Sanborn 

Orland.  \V.  H.  M.  U..  $10;  Miss  Eva 

Rose's  .S.  S.  Class.  $'').5o.  by  Rev.  J. 

Hayes 


ILLINOIS     $5oc,.25. 

lllio'ii-i  Home  Miss.  Soc  .  by  Kev.  J 
Tompkins.   I). I) 

Wi>man"s   H.    M     Uni"n.    Mrs.  L   A. 
FkKI.  Treas. : 
Roeklord.   S<'cond,   by   Rev.   M.  E. 
Evcrsx 


i.^S  54 
6  25 

16  50 


Bauvia,  by  S.  S.  CoflBn 

Cambridfre,  Sarah  M.  Woolaey 

ChicafTO,  Mrs.  F.  M.  Camp 

Mrs.  C.  L.  Hamilton 

Griggsville,  Cash 

La  Salle.  Mrs.  F.  E.  Blanchard  and 

dauf^hters 

Lawrence,  J.  H.  Eaton,  Sis;  Mrs.  J. 

H.  Eaton,  $35  :  Mrs.  W.  T.  Jenness, 

$To.  by  J.  H.  Baton 

Seward,  by  W.  M.  Necly 


MISSOURI    152.30. 

Received  by  Rev.  A.  L.  Love : 
St.  Louis.  Ch.  of  the  Cove- 
nant     $1255 

Bethlehem     Ch.,     A.     J. 
Sychra 5  00 

De  Soto,  by  Rev.  F.  E.  Kenyon 

Eldon.  S.  S.,  by  Rev.  J.  Vetter 

Kansas   City,  West    Tabernacle,  by 

Rev.  C.  L.  Kloss 

St.  Louis,  Swedish    Ch.,  by  Rev.    S. 

Amquist 

Springifield,   German  Ch.,  $^ ;    V.  P. 

S.  C.  E.,  S2.  by  Rev.  J.  F.  Graf  .... 


WISCONSIN  -S134.64. 

Ashland.  Rev.  T.  G.  Grassic 

Dnimmond.    Cable,    and    Pratt,    of 

which   from    Rev.  G.  Foster,  $1.45, 

by   Rev.  G.Foster 

Maphr  V^illey ,  Norwej;ian  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

S.  M .  Andrewson 

Pebhtij^o.  First,  add'l,  by  Mrs.  R.  C. 
Ramsay 

W.  A.  Ellis 

Racine.  Mrs.  M.  A.  Kilboum,  by  H. 

T.  Kilbourn 


IOWA     $28.10. 

Davenport,  First  German,  by  Rev.  C. 

F.  Fini.:er 

Dcs  .Moines.  German   Ch.,  by  Rev.  J. 

Henn 

Eldora.  •*  Japan  " 


MINNESOTA    $45.80. 

Fosston  and  Mclnlosh.  by  Rev.  S. 
St'ine 

LnmiKTton.  S.  S.by  Rev.  C.  E.  Wil- 
cox  

M;i7<  tii>a  .md  Zumbo  I'alls.  by  Rev. 
<J  (  ■   lodd 

Minnc.ijx  lis,  Mrs  .A.  H.  Rich,  by 
Mrs    R.  I.  Hinj^lelians  

Park  Rapids,  bv  Rev    R.  W.  Harlow. 

St  I'iiul.  People's  Ch.,  German,  by 
R.v.  W.  Oehhr 

Sauk  CcnttT,  First,  by  .Mrs.  V.  A. 
Whip]>l( 

Staple-^,  by  Rev.  W.  C.    .McAllister.. 

Stewartville,  by  Rev.  M.  H.  Galer... 

Worthm;;t<»n.  I'nion  Ch.,  by  G.  O. 
Moore 


,  o  ,^      K.XNSAS    ?iSo.93. 


i;  -.xi 


Receivid ]»y  Rev.  J.  G.  Doujj^h- 
i.riv.  Trcns.  : 

Alma.  V.  P.  S.  C.  E 

Dover 


$5  o« 

t5  00 

10  00 

5  «> 
ao  00 

3  «> 


50  00 
37  50 


17  55 


»5 

00 

a 

35 

10 

00 

3 

50 

5 

00 

82  56 

3  33 

5  00 

ir  75 

6  00 


10    10 

8  00 
10  00 


4  00 
I   yi 

13  00 
T    00 

5  00 

3  SO 

5  02 
I  5.. 

3   2.< 

6  74 


$8  50 
4  a8 


June,  1894 


The  Home  Missionary 


95 


Geneva ^ $1  10 

Neosho  Falls 9  00 

Newton 6  00 


$38  88 

Bloomington,  Ash    Rock,  and   New 

Harmony,  by  Rev.  M.  McPhee 3  o^ 

Emporia,  First,  by  J.  N.  Wilkinson...        loi  94 
Kansas  City,  Chelsea  Place,  Wyandott 
Forest,  and  Vance,  by  Rev.  W.  B. 

Fisher 1  00 

Kensington,  by  Rev.  J.  H.  Stewart. .  14  95 
Losfan,    Herndon.   and  Ltidell,  Ger- 
man, by  Rev.  W.  Suess 425 

Newton,  S.  S.  of  the  First,  by  Rev.  F. 

W.  Hemenway 881 

St.   Francis.   McDonald,  and  Middle 
Beaver,  $3.25 :  Topcka,  First,  Y.  P. 
S.  C.  E.,  $10,  by  Rev.  R.  H.  Harper         12  25 
Scatter  Creek,  by  Rev.  G.  M.  Pfcitfer  3  90 

Wichita,  Plymouth  Ch..  Jr.  Y.  P.  S. 
C.  E.,  by  Alice  Daubert 3  00 


NEBRASKA--$375  54. 

Received  by  J.  W.  Bell,  Treas.: 
Beatrice,    by    Mrs.    D.     B. 

Hotchkiss $1000 

Columbus 6  00 

Eaufle    2  65 

Geneva 37  04 


Kearney  . 

Lincoln,  Pilffrim  Chapel 

Linwood 

Omaha,  First 

St.  Mary's  Avenue,  in  full 

to   const.    Mrs.    F.    L. 

Fitchctt  aL.  M 

Paisley 

Sprinjffield 


14  3» 

5  00 
I  70 

19  00 


41  00 

g  00 
14  70 


Received  by  Rev.  C.  S.  Billinprs 

Culbertson,  Hayes  Co..  and  Palisade, 

German,  by  Rev.  A.  Hcxicl 

Famam,  by  Rev.  E.  E.  Sprajaruc 

Gcrraantown.  German,  oy   Rev.    F. 

Woth  

Inland    and    Hastin^rs,    by  Rev.    P. 

Quardcr 

Loomis,  Rev.  R.  S.  Pierce     

Monroe  and  Watlsville.  by  Rev.  H.  A. 

Shuman 

Norfolk,  First,  by  Rev.  A.  Farn worth 

Reno,  by  Rev.  J.  B.  Brown 

Santee  Agency,  Pilgrim  Ch.,  by    F*. 

B.  Rigps 

Ulysses,  by  Rev.  O.  A.  Palmer 

Wahoo,  by  Rev.  H.  Bross 


NORTH  DAKOTA-I31.45. 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 
M.  M.  Fisher,  Treas.  : 

Caledonia $S  45 

Dwight,  A  Thank-offering.        1  00 
Fargo,  First 15  00 


SOUTH   DAKOTA-$i9i.45. 

Woman's  Miss.  Union.  Black  Hills. 
Miss  G.  Lyman,  Treas 

Alcester,  by  Rev.  W.  S.  Washburn. . . 

Armour,  by  Rev.  W.  B.  Tlubhanl 

Ash  ton  and    Athol.  by    Rev.   A.   H. 

Robbins 

Clark,  by  Rev.  T.  G.  Langdale 


160  40 

36  75 

4  fi5 

10   CO 

5  00 
7  00 

5   CX) 

3  37 
30  cx> 

5  00 

40  no 
50  00 
18  17 


Cresbard  and  Myron,  by  Rev.  P.  B. 

Fisk 

Elk  Point,  by  Rev.  A  M.  Pipes 

Friedens,  German,  by  Rev.  H.  Vogler. 

Glenview,  by  Rev.  M.  Doty 

Gothland,  by  Rev.  W.  H.  Thrall 

Henry,  by  Rev.  R.  C.  Waltc  n 

Hot  borings,  by  Rev.  E.  E.  Frame... 
Lake  Preston,  $13;  Winfrcd.  $11.46; 

Miss  E.  K.  Henry,  $4.50,  by  Mi.ss 

E.  K.  Henry 

Lead,  First,  by  Rev.  G.  Scott 

Mission  Hill,  by  Rev.  D.  B.  Nichols.. 
Mitchell,  by  Rev.  N.  S.  Bradley  .... 

Oacoma,  by  Rev.  R.  B.  Hall 

O.ihc.  M iss  M.  M .  Lickori*  h 

Pierre.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  E.  Collins. . 

Powell,  by  Rev.  J.  T.  Lewis 

Springfield,    Wanari,    and    Running 

Water,  by  Rev.  C.  Seccombe 

Spring  Laice.  $3.50;  Hetland,  ^4.2$^ 

by  Rev.  G.  W.  Crater 

Winfred  and   Freedom,   by   Rev.    B. 

loms  


COLORADO-$63  25. 

Denver,  A  Friend 

Fruita,    $2.30;    Whitewater,    $4.    by 

Rev.  11.  M.  Skeels 

Greeley,  by  J.  B.  Phillips 

Trinidad,  First,  by  W.  H.  Cooley 


WYOMING-  $48.85. 

Douglas, by  Rev.  A.  D.  Shockley..   . 
Lusk  and  Mannville,  by  Rev.  G.  Van 

Blarcom 

RcK-k   Springs,  by    Rev.   H.    H.  Gil- 
christ   


MONTANA    $1.00. 
Bonner,  by  Rev.  G.  P.  Anderson, 


UTAH-$3i.45. 

Lynn,  $^-25  ;  Slatcrville,  20  cts.,  by 

Rev.  W.  H.  Tibbals 

Ogdcn,  Rev.  F.  S.  Forbes 


NEVADA-$26.50. 

Woman's  Missionary  Union.  Miss  M. 

Clow.  Treas 

Reno,  First,  by  Rev.  T.  Magill 


CALIFORNIA-$492.96. 

Received  by  |.  D.  McKce: 

Oakland.  Pilgrim  Ch $29  90 

"  *5            San  Francisco.  I'irst 97  50 

Received     by     Rev.     J.     K. 
Harrison  : 

Douglass  City $2^0 

30  00            f  irass  Valley 4  on 

(irccn  Valley 1000 

6  00             IVtaluma,  Y.  P.  .S.  C.  K  . .  7  00 

5  <«             Rio  Vista 4?  5<> 

S<'l>astoj"M)l 7  ci 

6  00            Weaverville x^oci 

5  00  


%2 

50 

00 

50 

75 

00 

00 

00 

3> 

96 

15 

00 

00 

27 

50 

50 

00 

36 

00 

00 

7  75 

ti 

73 

35  00 

6  30 

26  8s 

5  »o 


20  00 

20  00 

8  8s 


I  00 


645 
25  00 


17  20 
9  30 


127  40 


"cA  \Ck 


96 


The  Home  Missionary 


June.  1894 


Alturas,  by  Rev.  L.  Wallace $10  00 

Amador  City.  Mrs.  A.  B.  Call  10  00 

Auburn,  First  by  Rev.  H.  F.  Burgess.  5  00 

Berkeley,  First,  by  J.  D.  McKec 87  85 

Bloom iiigtun.  Risuto,  and  Etiwanda, 

by  Rev.  E.  R.  Brainerd 10  00 

Los  GutUicos,  by  Rev.  D.  Wirt x  00 

Needles,  by  Rev.  J.  T.  Ford a  56 

Pescadero,  Rev.  R.  Taylor 80 

San  Francisco,  Fourth,  by  Rev.  H.  H. 

WikoflF a  35 

San  Diego,  Mrs.  E.  R.  Wi^^^^in 5  00 

San  Francisco,  Park  Ch.,  by  Rev.  H. 

W.  Moulding ao  00 

L.  M.  Tuttle ao  00 

San  Rafael,  by  Rev.  W.  P.  Hardy 3  70 

Santa  Barbara,  by  L.  S.  Ward 93  c» 

Tipton,  bv  Rev.  F.  Watry a  20 

Tulare,  Nlrs.  H.  J.  Harding 5  00 

[Erratum :  Los  Anifelcs,  Park  Ch.,  $is,  should 
be  credited  to  the  Woman's  H.  M.  imion  of 
Southern  California,  Mrs.  M.  M.  Smith,  Treas., 
erroneously  acknowledged  under  receipts  of  Rev. 
J.  T.  Ford  in  May  Home  Missionary.] 


WASHINGTON-$i36.i5. 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs.  J.  W. 
George,  Treas.: 
By  Rev.  L.  B.  Jeaseph $3500 

Aberdeen,  Y.    P.    S.   C.   E.,  by  J. 

Weatherwax x  50 

Black  Diamond,  by  Rev.  H.  T.  Shep- 

ard ao  00 

Coulee  City,  by  Rev.  J.  Howell aa  00 

Cowlitz  B<nid,  by  Rev.  W.  A.  Arnold.  7  45 

Eagle  Harbor,  by  Rev.  J.  B.  Clark. . .  3  75 

Fidalgo  City,  $j.io;  Rosario,  fr.xs, 

by  Rev.  H.  J.  Taylor 3  25 

Lake  Park,  Spanaway,  by  Rev.  W. 

H.  Atkinson 4  ao 

Ritzville.  by  Rev.  J.  D.  Jones 11  65 

Seattle,  Taylor  Ch  ,  by  Rev.  G.  H. 

Lee 8  55 

Tekoa,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Rev.  O.  F. 

Thayer 10  50 

Washougal.  $^.50  ;  South  Bend,  $8.xs« 

by  Rev.  A.  J.  Bailey     1165 

West  Kittitas.  Big  Creek,  Natches  and 

Wenas,  by  Rev.  R.  G.  Hawn 665 


OREGON- $48.73. 

Received  by  Rev.  C.  F.  Clapp  : 

Eugene $16  65 

Forest  Grrive,  $10  ;  Y.  P.  S. 
C.  E.,  $3.33 13  3^ 

Hubbard.  Elliott  Prairie,  and  Smyrna, 

by  Rev.  F.  W.  Parker 

Independence.  Ch  

Oswejjo,  by  Rev.  R.  M.  Jones 


2.)    (y8 


2  00 

3  o^ 


MICRONESIA -|ao.oo 

Ruk,  Rev.  and  Mrs.  Alfred  Snelling, 
by  L.  S.  Ward ao  00 


Hu.ME  Missionary. 


Q7  70 


$27,280  31 


Donations  of  Clothings  etc. 


Auburndale,    Mass.,   Nathan    Mosman, 

package. 
Boston,  Mass..  Mrs.  W.  R.  Vininj;.  box. 
Bristol,  Ct..  W.  H.  M.  Aux..  by  Mrs.  A 

E.  North,  b.irrcl  and  box $105  94 

Mrs.  Willard  Harncs,  barrel. 
Brooklyn,  N.   V..  Kind's  Dauf^hters  of 
Tompkins   A\o.  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  G.  A. 

Burnett,  two  barrels aj6  55 

Ladies'  Sew.  Soc.  of  Plymouth  Ch.. 
by  Mrs.  Addle  V(»n  Idcrstinc,  three 
b.irrels. 
Ladies'  Hone  v.  Sf>c.  <>f  South  Ch.,  by 

.Mrs.  C.  Zabriskic.  box 216  ()i 

Ladies'  Bcnev.  S  )C.  of  Tompkins  Ave. 
Ch.,  by  Sara  T.  Ed^'orton.  box  and 

two  barrels 353  99 

W.  H.  and  F.  M.  Soc.  of  Park  Ch..  by 

Mrs.  N.  S.  Schneider,  box 125  00 

J.  C.  .Mather,  two  packajjes. 
Rev.  E.  W.  Allen,  package. 
Ladies'  Menev.  S^h:.  A  Central  Ch.,  by 

Mrs.  John  HIiss,  four  barrels 239  6<> 

Cleveland,  Ohio.  Ladies'  Ik-ncv.  S<'C.  of 
Plymouth  Ch.,  by  Hattic  1..  Gibbons. 

box 5')  00 

Fr;uicestown,     N.    H..    Ladu:s'    Benev. 

Assoc.,  by  Miss  Mary  Pettce.  barrel.  5000 

Germantown,  Penn.,  Ncesima  (iuild  of 
First  Ch.,   by  Julia    B     Grcenw<  od, 

barrel 85  00 

Goffstown.  N.  H..  Mrs.  K.  S.  Mclnlire, 

barrel . 
Hartford.  Ct.,  L.  H.  M   Soc.  of  Pearl  St. 
Ch..  by  G.  A.  IVisftcD,  box •.•03  2^ 


Keene,  N.  H.,  H.  M.  Assoc,  of  First  Ch., 
by  Emma  W.  Richards,  three  barrels.     S150  00 

Meriden,  Ct.,  Ladies'  Benev.  Soc.  of 
First  Ch..  through  W.  H.  M.  Union  of 
Ct.,  by  Mrs.  H.  A.  Curtis,  box 16800 

New  Ilavcn,  Ct.,  Ladies'  Aid  Soc.  of 
United  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  J.  Evarts  Pond, 
tlvc  boxes 731  29 

New  York  City.  L.  H.  M.  S.  of  Broad- 
way lab.  Ch  ,  by  Mrs.  W.  S.  Scamans, 
sixteen  trunks 3t»34  M 

North  Cambridf,'e,  Mass.,  Miss  Lillian 
Parker,  barrel. 

Oakland.  Cal.,  iMrst  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  J.  K. 
McLean,  two  boxes       17000 

Philadelphia,  Penn..  Samuel  W.  Pier- 
son.  N^x. 

Plainville,  Ct.,  L.  P.  Ruell.  box. 

St(jnin^^ton,  Ct  .  W.  C.  H.  M.  Union  of 
First  Ch  .  by  Emma  A.  Smith,  pack- 

atre 25  00 

L.  M.  M.  Soc  of  Second  Ch.,by  Mrs. 
C   J.  Hill,  barrel 70  27 

St.  Louis,  Mo.,  n.  M.  Dept.  of  Woman's 
Assoc,  of  Pilgrim  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  J.  E. 

Lyman,  barrel 160  50 

H.  .M.  SiK.  of  Pilgrim  Ch  ,  by  Mrs.  J. 
P2.  Lyman,  three  packages  and  three 
barrels 46965 

Trumbull.  tU..  by  Mrs.  Samuel  G. 
Bcardsley,   cash     41  00 

Waterburv,  Ct..  Woman's  Benev.  Soc. 
of  Sicond  Ch  .  by  .Mrs.  H.  D.  Hotch- 
kiss.  box   9936 

Waterville,  N  Y.,  Rev.  T.  Wilson,  box. 


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97 


AUXILIARY    STATE    RECEIPTS 
VERMONT   DOMESTIC   MISSIONARY  SOCIETY 


fs  of  the  Vermont  Domestic   Missionary  Society  from  March  20  to  April  20,  1894. 

\Vm.  C.   Tyler,   Treasurer 


•or  Cj.  rl.  M.S 

frf.  First  Ch 

boro.  Center  Ch.,  for  C  H.  M.  S. 

boro.  West 

dee,  Madison  Safford 

J.  N.  Sykes 

',  G.  A.  Appleton 

boro.  Rev.  C.  L.  Guild 

ick 

orgh.  S.  S.  Convention 

ite,  for  Women  Evancclists  

town  Springs,  First  Ch 

^ille,  Cn.  and  S.  S 

le 

rt.  First  Ch 

Blanchard*s  S.  S.  Class,  forC.  H. 

S 

ekl 

X  •    *^*   w*    x^>   d.  •••••     •••••     «■•■>.. 

ph,West 

and  Manchester  S.  S.  Convcn- 

(uAnfry,  Rev.  Henry  Fairbanks.. 
iero  and  Grand  Isle 


18  36 

185  00 

25  00 

13    38 

10  00 

300  00 

xo  00 

5  00 
8  00 

98 

8  00 
y»  90 
33  00 
15  00 
20  00 

4  05 
15  18 

9  38 
17  70 

x.ooo  00 

3   00 


South  Shaftsbury,  Y.  P.  S.  C    E.  Con- 
vention   

Townshend.  for  C  H.  M .  S 

Waitsfield,  for  Miss  Hartig 

Waterbury,  for  Women  Evangelists... 

Weybridge 

*'A  Friend" 

**  Japan  "  

Vermont  Mission akv 


Woman*s    Home    Missionary 
Union  : 
Greensboro,  W.  H.  M.  S — 

Orwell.  W.  H.  M.  S 

Waterford.  Mrs.  H.  N.  Ross 
Rutland  West.  W.  H.  M.  S. 
Woodstock,,  W.  H.  M.  S. . . . 
"Thank-offerings" 


$5  «> 

10  00 

t  00 

5  70 

2  68 

262  50 


Is  00 

25  00 

zo  00 
56  00 
15  08 
X  00 
5  00 
"5  77 


386  88 


$2,054  50 


For  Westmore  Ch.  Building  : 
Providence,  R.  I.,  S.  S.  of  Beneficent 


Ch. 


$25  00 


MASSACHUSETTS    HOME    MISSIONARY  SOCIETY 

ts  0/  the  Massachusetts  Home  Missionary  Society  in  April,  1894.      Rev.    Edwin 

B.    Palmer,    Treasurer 


rt.  North,  by  E.  H.  Dickinson — 

on.  Smith,  Mary  F 

d,  by  Edwin  Perry 

nore,  Md.,  Stickncy,  J.    Henry, 
e  of,  by  H.  Stockbndge  and  John 

.>ed,  exs 

lalances,  March  interest  on 

ible,  Centerville,  by  Rev.  W.  R. 

in 

r,    Washington     St.    S.     S.,    by 

on  L.  Perry 

,  A  Friend 

sley  Temple,  by  S.  B.  Pratt 

*on,  by  Freelon  Morris,  to  const. 
inville  A.  Fuller.  Robert   Gray, 
I  Frank  H.   Fitrs  L.  Ms.  of  C. 
M  S 
hcster^  Second,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E  .  by 

rshall  Neil,  for  CH.  M  S 

hester  Village,  Ladies  H.  M.  S., 

Mrs.    Reuben    Swan,  to  const. 

B.  Eliza  C.  Herscy  a  L.  M 

s,  Emily  P.,  Estate  of,  by  Geo.  P. 

ompson,  ex 

laica   Plain,    Swctt,   Sam 'I    W., 
atte  of,  by  E.  M.  Brewer  and  F. 

Baich,  exs..  Remnant 

mset.  Stone   Mission    Circle,  by 
I  M.  Hamilton 

St..  by  E.  H.  McGuire 

E.  H.  McGuire,  special  for  C.  H. 

I.  S.  deficit 

»ury,Wal.  Ave,  by  F.  O.Whitney 
n,  by  W.  H.  White,  for  C.  H.  M.  S. 


$38  85 

5  00 

22  00 

5  00 


i5,<;)Oo  00 
II  82 

15  00 

3  00 

168  37 


176  39 
25  00 

31  00 


I, 

,:oo 

00 

I 

.000 

00 

IS 

00 

5 

00 

113 
80 

33 
00 

50 

00 

Bradford,  First,  by  S.  W.  Carleton,  for 
debt  of  C.  H.  M,  S.,  and  to  const. 
Rev.  F.  L.  Davis,  William  K. 
Farrar,  Walter  C.  Jones,  Greorge  V. 
Hill,   Miss    Mary    R.    Elliott,    and 

Miss  Emma  S.  Elliott  L.Ms $20200 

Parish  Circle,  by  S.  W.  Carleton,  for 
debt  and  to  const.  Mrs.   Fidelia   J. 

Pearl  a  L.  M 

Ward  Hill,  by  Harlan  P!  Waldo .'.'.".". '. 
Brainiree,  First,  Ladies'  H.  M.Soc.,by 
Miss  S.  H.  Thayer,  to  const.  Mrs.  F. 
A.   Hunt  and  Mrs.  Helen  M.  Ells- 
worth L.  Ms 

Brimfield.  First,  S.  S,  by  H.  M.  Corbin. 

Benev.  Soc.,  by  Geo.  A.  Fumess 

Brookfield,  by  J.  M.  Grover 

Byfield,  South.  Knieht,  Mrs.  Fannie  A.. 
Cambridgeport,  Pilgrim,  byN.  H.  Hol- 

brook 

Carter,  Sabra,  Fund.  Income  of 

Chelsea,  Central,  by  R.  R.  WyDie 

Dartmouth.  South,  by  Rev.  Thomas  Bell 
Ladies'    Cent     Society,  by   Mary   E. 

McKenzie 

Dcerfield,  by  Rev.  E.  N.  Munroc,  Tafi 

thank-offering 

Easton,   South,   S.  S.,   by  Rev.   A.   H. 
Fuller,  to  const.  Rev.  A.  H.  Fuller  a 

L.  M 

Eayrs.  E.  P.,  Fund,  Income  of 

Enfield,  by  L.  D.  Potter 

Fall  River,  A  Friend 

Central,  by  R.  B.  Borden,  for  C.  H.  M. 
S.  deficit so  00 


25 

00 

M 

00 

60 

00 

4 

S9 

9 

00 

30 

38 

10 

00 

8 

70 

as 

00 

73 

26 

10 

SO 

5 

00 

M 

00 

39 

38 

34 

00 

40 

00 

10 

00 

•  Devoted  by  Exec.  Com.  to  special  work. 


98 


The  Home  Missionary 


June,  i8^ 


Fowler,  by  F.  W.  Lawson,  addl.  for 

deficit 

Fr.imintfham,  South,  Puddci<x)t.  NV.  G.. 

for  Oklahoma 

Franklin,  by  J.  H.  Raker 

Georjfctown  Memorial,  by  Henry  Mill- 
iard   

Greenwich,  S.  S.,    by    Miss  Annie   E. 

Blodpctt 

Gumey,  Ruth  C.  Fund.  Income  of 

Haile.  S.  W. ,  Fund,  ^  Income  of — 

Hampden  Benevolent  Ass^Kia- 
tion,  by  Gcorjre  R.  Bond, 
Treas.  : 

Holyoke.  First $27  39 

Second,  to  const.  Mrs.  Henry 
I*.  Sears.  Olis  CI  Fiske,  j. 
H.  HewUtt.  H.  W.  Woo<1, 
lA'wis  K.  Hayward  L.Ms. 

C.  H.  M.S 25484 

Ludlow,    loirs'  Home    Mis- 
sionary S<K:iety 2  j  fo 

Southwick.    Tail   thankoffer- 

int: 7  1)7 

SpriniLrfield.  Olivet 5  36 

Westtield,    First,   and   Indian 
Circle,     for     Indian    Girls' 

School  at  Vinit.\,   I.  T 24300 

West  SprinKtitrld.  Park  St 59  7*^ 

Harvard.  Torrcy.  Rev.  C.  C.  for  deficit 

Hawley.  by  T.  T.  Clarke 

Y.  P.  S.  C   fv,  by  T.  T.  Clarke 

Holbrook,  Winthrop.  by  F.  W.  Blan- 
chard 

Hyde  Park,  by  A.  McMillen 

Kmirston,  Mayflower,  Pcckham,  Mrs. 
Mary  H 

Lawrence,  Lawrence  St.,  by  C.  K.  Pills- 
bury,  for  *' debt '\ 


^i  00 


Maiden.  Linden,  by  William  A.   Parker 
Marion.  Pitt 
J.   H.idley, 


,  DV  vvii 

,  John, 


Annuity,  by  A. 


Medf'»rd.  West,  by  J.  L.  (ierrish 

Middleboro,     First,     by    Rev.     G.     »V. 

Stearns 

Millbury,  Second,  (includinp  $80  Eiisier 

ofTeriniri.  by  A.  Armsby 

Milton.  First  Kvan..  by  A.  H.  Tucker 

Monterey,  by  Icsse  A.  Town  send 

"N.."  f(.rC.  H.  M.  S 

Newbur>',  First.  Y.  P.  S  C.  K..by  Mar\- 

A.  Woodwcll,  for  Indian  Girl?."  School. 

Vinita 

Newburvport,   Prospect  St..  by   C.   H. 

Bliss..' 

New  Hampshire,  A  Friend  ot  Missions, 

Bonds  r>f  indetitrminatf  value. 
Newton.  .Auburndale.  by  C.  C.  Burr 

Center,  C<»usens,  Mrs.  Horace,  for  dc- 
licit 

Center.  First.   Mcmbtrr  

Klioi.  S  S..  Kuster  offcrinu.by  fi-jor^e 

R   McFarlin 

Northam[)ton,  Wriirht.  Sarah  C  .  Ksl.ite 

of.  by  h  S.  Nik-s,  ft)r  Mrs.  K.  S.  NiK'S. 

Mrs.  Ransdm  L.  Crowell.  Miss  Sarah 

Brvant,  and  Mrs.  Albert  Webster 

North  Andover,  by  Jos.  S.  Sanborn 


ao 

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88 

25 
18 
63 

CO 

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170 

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Northbridge,  Whitinsville.  E.  C.  a  Day 

Band,  by  Mrs.  C.  E.  Whitin f  «6  75 

Northfield.  Trin..  by  Mim  Mary  T.  Dut- 

ton 90  00 

Norwood,    First,  S.  S .  by  Edson  D. 

Sroiih 10  00 

Peppcrell,  by  Chas.  Crosby 35  ."io 

S.  S..  by  Chas.  Crosby 10  00 

Pittslield.  First,  by  Frank  W.  Button. .         30  w 

South,  by  H.  M.  Pierson 5003 

Plympton,by  Dea  Edmund  Perkins .. .  ^  00 

Rcadin((.  by  S.  G.  B.  Pearson 25  <>-> 

Special,  by  S.  G.  B.  Pearson 20  00 

Reed,  D.,  Fund,  Income  of 64  no 

Salem,  Crombie  St.,  by  Frank  A.  Brown.         40  25 

V.  P.  S.  i:.  E..  by  Frank  A.  Bniwn..  6  og 

Somcrville,  West,   Day    St.,  by  J.    F. 

Terry xo  00 

South  Hadley,  First,  by  L.  M.  Gavlord.         15  00 
Southampton.  Cheerful  Givers'  Mission 

Band,  by  H.  B.  Norton 8  24 

Scutlibridf^e,  Brookside  Mission  Circle, 

by  Annie  M.  Gfn>drich,  forC.  H.  M.  S.  xo  00 

South  Framinpham,  Puddefoot,  W.  G., 

for  Oklahoma 14  00 

Spencer,  S.  A.  T.,  for  debt  ....  10  or> 

Stoneham ,  by^  Silas  Dean 50  <io 

Sudbury.  South.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Rev. 

D.  A.  Morehr>usc 6  ai 

Sutton.  Wilkinsonville,  Hill,  Carrie  W.. 

to  const.   Mrs.   Lucy   M.   Riffgs  and 

Ernestine  Pierce  L.  Ms 60  co 

Templcton.  by  John  Whittemore 1 3  08 

Tisbury.  West.  First.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by 

D.  L.  Hancock.  forC.  H.  M.  S.  deficit.  15  00 

Wakefield.  -  S.""  250 

Wall  Fund.  Income  of 40  cx-v 

Waliham.  Garfield,  Phebe  S  3  40 

Ware,    ICa.*>t,   by   I).  W.  Aitisworth  (oif 

which  $.s  for  Shelton  supply) 462  so 

Wcstford,  t^nion.  by  L.  W.  Wheeler...  0  c;o 

Westport.  P.'icific  Union  Sunday  sch(X)l, 

by  J.  C.  Macomber ic  42 

Weymouth    Ht-iffhts,   First,    by   Rufus 

Bates 6x  57 

Whitcomb.  I).,  Fund,  Income  of a..*  5. 

Whitin,  J.  C.  Fund,  Income  of 3'^i2  50 

W'hitman,  First,  bv  Bcla  Alden 44  o.» 

Williamstown,    White  Oaks,   by    Rev. 

Warren  Morse, '1  aft  thank- offering..  5  (x> 

Worcester.  Immanuel,  by  Rev.  George 

S   I)'.»dcc 23  c^o 

Piedmont,  by  C.  F.  Marble 25  "^ 

.Summer  St..  V.  P.  S.  C.  E  ,by  Miss  A. 
Lf >wcll o  30 

I.' n ion.  by  C.  IJ   (ireene   1^7  38 

Woman's  Hf)me  Missionarj'  As- 
sociation : 

Bostcn.  Roxbury.  Wal.  .Ave. 
Aux..  toward  salary  of  Rev. 
S    Dcakin....         $81  50 

Sj)ecial  :,'raiU  for  French  Prot. 

CollcjLre 1^7  14 

.I,;8  ^4 

$2i.y4g  7-> 
IS  5f> 

$21,965  22 


Donations  of  Clot  hi  ni^,    rtr.,    nrc'/T'ii/  (in</  ;-«Av/«-f/  ot  tht-  rooms  of'  the    I J 'on/tin's  Home 
Missionary  As'i,Hiiitiou  in  Apt il,  iSr)4.      Miss  Anna  A.    Pickf.n.s.    Sccn'tary 


Arlington.  Ladies,  by  Mrs.   M.  J.  Wic:- 
gin,  two  b.irrels $1  >•  rx 

Aubun(?ale.  Ladies,  by  .Mrs.  H..\  Ha/<n, 
barrel 54  *  ■" 

Boston.  Old  South  Ch  .  Ladies'  Scwintr 
Soc.  by  .Mrs..  L.  T.  (iarritt,  thnebar 
reJs,  twty  hows :'MR  «;.) 


Cambrii1i:cirt)rt,  Pdjjrim  Ch..  Indies,  by 
Mrs    III    Walk.r.  t)ox 

Dalton.'  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  W.  B.  Clark, 
l^arnl 

Holyoke.  Secoml  Ch..  La<iit*s,  by  Mrs. 
L.  A.  Reed.  b«>.x 


S75  ^» 

104  2^ 

65  00 


June,  1894 


The  Home  Missionary 


99 


Jamaica  Plain.  Central  Ch.,  Ladies,  by 

Mrs.  L.  J.  Wood,  two  barrels S 141  17 

Lowell,  Hiifh  St.  Ch.,  Ladies,  by  Mrs. 

C.  W.  Huntington,  barrel so  00 

Middletield.  Ladies'  Society,  by  Rev.  L. 

C.  Kimball  (cash,  $10),  barrel 20  cx> 

Newton  Center,  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  A.  L. 

Harwood,  three  barrels 3S8  15 


Newtonville,  Central  Ch.,  Ladies,  by 
Mrs.  W.  S.  Slocum.  two  barrels Si^i  00 

Pittsfield,  First  Ch..  Free  Will  Soc.,  by 
Mrs.  M.  B.  Davis,  barrel 98  27 

Worcester.  Union  Ch.,  Ladies,  by  Mrs. 
E.  M.  Sibley,  barrel 88  7a 


MISSIONARY  SOCIETY  OF    CONNECTICUT 

Receipts  of  the  Missionary  Society  0/  Connecticut  in  Aprils  1S94.     Ward  W.  Jacobs, 

Treasurer 


rkirkhamsted.  Riverton,  Hon.  Lorin  A. 

Cooke.  Personal 

Rridjrcport,  Second,  byO.  H.  Broth  well 
Cinteroury.  First,  One-sixth  of  income 

from  Elstatc  of  Emblem  L.  Williams, 

by  L.  B.  Morgan,  Trustee 

Chaplin,  by  F.  C.  Lummis 

ForC.  K.  M.  S 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,forC.  H.  M.S 

Oilchcstcr,  First,  by  S.  E.  Swift,  M.D., 

Trcas.  Benev.  Fund 

Derby,  by  L.  Hubbell 

East  Hartford.  South,  by  F.  H.  Ensign. 
Glastonbury  J  First,  by  E.  H.  Andrews. 

to  const,  (xeorgc  Y.    Miles.  Carl  F. 

Dean,  Lulu  E.  WVisrht,  Emerson  E. 

Olcott,  Will f red  C.  Albray.  Albert  W. 

Moseley,  Joseph  S.  Warner,  Bertha  M. 

Dickinson,  all  of  (ilitstonbury ;  Charles 

T.  Hinkleman.  Benjamin  Stevens,  of 

Naubuc,  and  Mrs.  Anna  Strong  Addis, 

of  Addison,  L.  Ms 

Greenwich,    North  Greenwich,  by  B. 

Close 

Hartford.  First,  *'  In  Memoriam  ". . 

Danish,  Emanuel,  by  Rev.  A. C.Chris- 
ten  sen 
Killinffly,  South  killingly.'bv  Rev.  Will- 

iam  H.  Beard,  for  C.  H.  M.  S 

Lisbon,  by  Rev.  p.  M.  Bosworth 

Mansfield,  First,  by  A.  W.   Buchanan, 

for  CH.  M.S 

Middlctown,  First,  by  L.  F.  Dcnio 


$25  00 
3a  25 


TO   85 
12    64 


Third.  Y.  ?.  S.C.  E..  by  Annie  M.Wil- 
cox, Sec 

Morris,  by  S.  A.  Whittlesey 

•"Mew  London,  First,  by  H.  C.  Learned. . 
-iforwich,  Park,  Rev.  John  Avery,  Per- 

•«  Ronal 

.    i^xford.  by  R.  B.  Limbumer 

iS  39'  ^Putnam;  Second,  by  F.  J.  Daniels,  lor 

6  22     ""'.C.  M.  M.  S 

♦  .Stafford,  West,  by  Rev.  Charles  L.  Aycr 

5  37     JJnion.  by  Roscius  Back 

Jif  est  Hartfc  rd.  by  E.  S.  Elmer 

Wethcrsfield.  by  S.  F.  Willard 

Winchester.  First.  "  A  Friend,"  for  C. 
H.    M.   S.,  for  some  missionary  in 

Nebraska    

West  Winslcd,  by  John  Hinsdale, 
$100  of  which  from  Mr.  Caleb.  J. 
Camp,  of  West  Winsted.  to  const. 
Miss  Ada  B.  Callcnder.  of  Middle- 
bury,  Vt.,and  Miss  Ellen  M.  Rob- 
bins,  of  East  Boston,  Mass.,  L.  Ms. 
W.  C.  H.  M.  U.  of  Conn  ,  Mrs.  W.  W. 
Jacobs,  Treas. : 
Stratford,  Ladies'  Home  Missionary 
Uniun,  by  Mrs.  George  H.  Spall  ... 


la  00 
8  78 


750  00 

5  ^ 
300  00 


I3 

00 

30  35 
41  18 

TO 

cx> 

>7 

00 

124 

38 

5 

00 

>4 
16 

75 
cx> 

69 

»S 

I  00 


255  37 


7  00 


^  5» 
6  0-) 

r>  50 

4  36 
80  92 


$1,885  47 


Boxes 


New   Haven,  United,   Ladies'  Aid  Soci- 
ety. b<»x $11925 

Fairfield,  Southport,  J.  H.  Perry,  package        35  00 


ILLINOIS    HOME     MISSIONARY    SOCIETY 
Receipts  of  the  Illinois  Home  Missionary  Society   in    Marchy    1894.     AARON  B. 


Abingdon  (Master  Bates,  $»>• 

Alton.  Cong.  Mission 

Amboy  tA  Friend,  $5) 

Anna 

Atkinson 

Batavi^,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 

Beardstown,  S.  S 

Beverly 

Bloommgton 

Bunker  Hill,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 

S.  N.  Sanford 

Bureau,  S.  S 

Cable 

Chebansc — 

Chenoa 

Chesterfield 

Chicago,  First 

Mrs.  and  Miss  Hayward . 

Mrs.  Eliza  Foss 

D.  H.  Roe.... 

J.  F.  Mendsen 

Miss  Phelps 

Alice  P.  Thisaell 

Dr.  Goodwin  


Mead,  IWasurer 

$5225         Plymouth  (J  R.  Chapman,  $10) 

3  00         New  England,  S.  S  

55  00  Miss  Anna  .M.  Bradley 

6  04         Lincoln  Park 

1550         South  (W.  H.  M.  Union,  $48) 

18  25  South    German    (S.    S.    and    Young 

10  00  People,  $3.65) 

3  50         Jefferson  Park,  First 

50  00         Ch.  of  the  Redeemer 

5  00         Enplcwood,  North 

2  50         Duncan  Avenue 

500         Douglas  Park 

4  60         Porter  Memorial,  Y,  P.  S.  C.  E 

13  00         South  Chicago 

15  52         Park  Manor 

10  33         Zion 

113  13         Maplewood,  Y.    P.  S.  C.  E 

15  00     Clifton 

2  o*)     ("obden 

10000     Oote 

25  f.x5  Crystal  Lake  (W.  W.  Dike,  wife,  and 

c;  CO  son.  $5.^0) 

5  00  Danville.  Mrs.  A.  M.  Swan  vlot  \tvd\a.Tv. 
so  00  Girls'  School,  $3) 


$97  02 
ao  00 

5  00 
87  64 

225    ID 

17  49 
37  86 
20  46 
as  CO 
50  00 

5  75 

5  00 

10  00 

«  17 
10  00 

8  50 

3  60 
4a  33 

7  »o 

25  q8 

^  CO 


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The  Home  Missionary 


June,  1894 


Dan  way 

Delavah,  R.  Hoffhton 

DcKalb,  R.  H.Wilcox 

DcsPlaincs  (S.  S..$i2) 

ElmwcKxl 

Farlow  Grove 

Galcsbur)s^h,  J.  W.  Dietcrich 

Galva 

Gencsco,  Mrs.  P.  Huntington 

Geneva  

Godfrey 

Gray's  Lake.  S,  S 

Greenville,  Hyacinth  Mission  Circle — 

Harvey 

Healey 

Hennepin 

Highland.  Y.  P.  S.  C.    E 

Jacksonville,  James  M.  Longley 

Lacon     

I.,a  Grange 

La  Moille 

Lee  Center 

I-ockport.  S .  S  

Lyndon 

Marseilles,   Dr.   R.   N.   and   Hattie  E. 

Bau^hman 

Scandinavians 

Marshall 

Melville 

Mendon 

Metropolis  (Rev.  F.  H.  Hincs,  $2.5*^) 

Morgan  Park 

Morton  (Y.  P.  S.  C.  ^.,$1.65) 

Oak  Park 

Odell 

Ottawa,  Rev.  W.  F.  Day 

Payson,  Edward  .Seymour 

Pittsficld  (Mr.  and  Mrs,  Edw.ird  D<M)cy, 

$5o» •■ 

Princeton    

Providence,  (x.  C.  Ke!l{»gg 

Rio 

Roberts 

Rock  Falls 

Roscoe     

Roseville 

Seward,  S.  S 

Sheffield 


$ 

50 

20 

00 

a 

00 

5»  77 

40  50 

a 

75 

50 

00 

41 

40 

16  25 

27 

00 

5 

5 

00 

48 

45  03 
8  53 
585 

5 

00 

3 

00 

2 

20 

10 

00 

8 

II 

12 

6 

»5 
00 

II 

50 

50 

00 

7  40 

16  61 

5 

00 

34 

fjo 

ta 

50 

20 

00 

6  .5 
138  82 

JO 

<XJ 

28 

41 

5«^ 

00 

150 

(¥3 

I 

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I) 

txj 

5 

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»9 

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'3 

00 

3" 

00 

5-' 

TO 

80 

-•5 
38 

Somonauk 

Stork  (S.  S.,  $2.50): 

Sycamore,  D.  A.  Syme 

TTiawville 

Tonica  (Ladies'  Aid  Society,  $8.15) 

Turner,  S.  S 

Ullin 

Villa  Ridge 

Wataga 

Waukegan,  First,  V.  P.  S.  C.  E 

Waverlcy  (S.  S.,  $10.08  ;  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E., 
f  7.82) 

Whcaton,  First  (S.  S.,  $5) 

Woodbum  (S.  S.,  $3.60) 

Woodstock 

Wyoming 

Woman^s     Home      M  issiunary 
yjnion : 

Amboy ,  A  Friend $3  00 

Chicago,  New  England 31  00 

Lincoln  Park >5  75 

Geneva 14  00 

Griggsvillc,  Mrs.  C.  A.  Butler      50  00 

Harvey lo  04 

Hindsdale.  Y.  P.  Miss.  Soc...      55  00 

La  MoiUe 301 

Mctr()|x)lis I  31 

Oak  Park 4760 

Sterling 500 

Tolono,  Mrs.  L.  Haskell 15  00 

Tonica 815 

Waverly 16  00 

Whealtm,  Y   P.  S.  C.  E 1582 

Interest  on  invested  funds 

E.  C.  Hagar,  Joliet 

(ieorge    Walker    and    G.    A.    W^alker, 

Chicago 

Rev.  C.  K.  Van  Auken 

A  Friend,  Englewo<;d 

Mrs.  L.  il.  Plumb 

John  R.  .Andrus,  Fruitland  Park,  Fla... 

A  I'ricnd.  Chicago 

M.  J.  Fitch,  Chicago 

A  Friend,  Heloit.  Wis 

Mrs.  L.  A.  hushnell,  Chicago 


SI7 

00 

8 

50 

15  55 

5 

00 

12 

(So 

16 

00 

2 

86 

8 
57 

'd 

5 

00 

68  00 

12 

06 

10  00 

6 

ai 

-90 

68 

»7S 

40 

ao 

00 

'5 

00 

40 

00 

5 

00 

200 

<x> 

5 

<x> 

75 

00 

100 

00 

5 

00 

50 

O.T 

S3»757  47 


MICHIGAN   CONGREGATIONAL   ASSOCIATION 

Kt-ceipts  of  tlw  Michii^an   Cou_^rt';^an.}nal  Associatiou    in   March,  l'^94-      Rkv.  John  P. 

S.\M)I:r.so.n,   Trtiisurcr 


Ada.  First 
Alamo. . . . 
Alba 


Alganscc 

Allegan 

Hy  Dea.  N.  B.  West   

Refunded  by  C.  H.  M.  S. 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 

Allonil.ilo 

Allenville 

Alf)en:i 

Alpine  and  Walker 

Ann  Arbor 

Armada 

Athens  

Atwood 

Bancroft 

Bangor 

Bangor.  West 

Bass  River 

BavCiiy 

Belding 

Bellaire 


«i« 


nzonia. 


$18   o.) 

'7  75 

31)  i>) 

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Mt.  Hope 

Woodward  Ave 

DeKter 

Dorr,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 

Douglas 

Dover 

Dowaf^iac,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 

Dundee 

East  Fulton 

East  Gilead 

Eastmanville 

East  Nelson  

Eastport 

Eaton  Rapids,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 

Esscxville 

Excelsior 

Flint 

Frankfort  

Freeland 

Fruitport 

GalesDurf^ 

Gaylord 

Gladstone 

Grand  Junction 

Grand  Led^e 

Grand  Rapids,  First 

Second,  Y.   P.  S.  C.  E 

Holland 

Plymouth 

Grandville 

Grape 

Gniss  Lake 

Greenville 

Hamburg. 

Hancock 

Harrieta 

Hartland 

Helena 

Harrison 

Hcrscy 

Homestead  

Hopkins,  First  

Hopkins  Station 

Hudsonvillc 


Imlay  City,  to  const.  Robert  R.  Rice  a  L. 

M.  of  C.  H.M.S 

Ironton 

Irvinjf     

Jackson,  Plymouth  (Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  $13  : 

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Kalamo 

Kendall 

Kinderhook 

Lainsrsburg,  Y.  P.  S  C.  K 

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Lake  Ann 

Lake  Odessa 

Lakeview  ($17.50 ;  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  $2.50). 

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Lansing.  Plymouth 

Leslie,  First 

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Linden 

Litchfield 

Lowell 

Ludington 

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Middleville 

Morenci 

Mulliken 

Muskegon.  Grand  Ave. 

Jackson  Street 

Nashville 


Newaygo 

North  Adams 

Nunica  

Old  Mission 

Olivet 

Onekama 

Otsego 

Ovi<r    

Pentwater 

Perry 

Pincfcncy 

Pittsf  ord 

Plainficld 

Port  Huron 

Portland 

Prattvillc  

Reed  City 

Richmond 

Rochester 

Rockford  ($5  ;  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  I4) 

Romeo  ($188.40 ;  A  Friend,  $30) 

Roscommon 

Saginaw 

Salem,  First 

Second 

Sandstone 

Saranac 

Sawyer 

Shelby 

Sherman 

Solon 

Somerset 

South  Boston 

South  Haven 

Standish 

St.  Clair,  $75  ;  Y.  P.  S.  C.  K.,  $25 

St.  Ignace 

Tawas  City 

Three  Oaks 

Tipton 

Union  City 

Utica 

Vanderbilt 

Vermontville 

Vicksburg 

Wac()usta 

Watervliet 

West  Branch 

Westwood 

Wheatland 

Wheeler 

White  Cloud 

Whittaker 

Williamston 

Wolverine 

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Arnold,  of  Londonderry.  Vt.:  Rev. 

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Mrs.  Hattie  E.  Putnam,  Mrs.  Nellie 
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The  Home  Missionary 


June,  1894 


WOMAN'S    STATE    HOME     MISSIONARY 

ORGANIZATIONS 


OFFICERS 


I.  NEW   HAMPSHIRE 

FEMALE  CENT  INSTITUTION 

Organized  August,  1804 

and 

HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  June,  1890 


President^  Mrs.  J(.>scph  B.  Walker,  Concord. 
Irs.  John  T.  P« 
[iss  Annie  A. 
St.,  Concord. 


Secretary^  Mrs.  John  T.  Perry.  Exeter. 
Treasurers  Miss  Annie  A.  McF'arland,  196  Main 


3.  MINNESOTA 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  September,  1873 

President,  Miss  Catherine  W.  Nichols,  230  E.  oih 

St.,  St.  Paul. 
Secretary^  Mrs.   C.   F.   Fullerton,    30:6    Harriet 

Ave.,  Minnea|)olis. 
Treasurer ,  Mrs.  M.  W.  Skinner,  Northfield. 


3.  ALABAMA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY   UNION 
Organized  March,  1877 
Reorganized  April,  1889 

President y   Mrs.  G.  W.  Andrews,  Talladega. 
Secretary y    Mrs.  T.  N.  Chase,  Sclma. 
Treasurer y  Mrs.  H.  S.  De  Forest,  Talladega. 

t 

4.  MASSACHUSETTS   AND   RHODE 
ISLAND* 

WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY  ASSOCIA- 
TION 

Organized  February.  1880 

President,   Mrs.   C.   L.  Goodell.   The  Rochdale, 
Boston  Highlands. 

Secretary,   Miss  Anna  A.  Pickens.  3--  Congrega- 
tional House.  Boston. 

Treasurer,  y[\sfi'^Arah  K.  Burgess,  3^  Congrega 
tiunal  House,  Boston. 

5.  MAINE 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  AUXILIARY 
Organized  June,  1880 

President,  Mrs.  Kaihirrine  B.  Lewis.  5>o.  Berwick. 
Secretary,  Mrs.   CJ<Ttrudc  H.   Denio.    ir»8   Ham 

mund  St.,  Bangor. 
Treasurer.  "Sirs.   Rose  M.Crosby.  .?fi  drove  St.. 

Bangor. 


6.  MICHIGAN     > 

WOMAN'S  HOMB  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Offl^mnixed  May,  z88i 

Presidttnty  Mrs.  George  M.  Lane,  179  W.  Alexan- 
drine Ave.,  Detroit. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  J.  H.  Hatfield,  301  Elm  St.,  Kala- 
mazoo. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  B.  F.  Grabill,  Greenville. 

7.  KANSAS 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October,  s88t 

President,  Mrs.  F.  J.  Storrs,  Topeka. 
Secretary^  Mrs.  George  L.  Bpps,  Topdka. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  D.  D.  DeLong,  Arkansas  Citj. 

8.  OHIO 

WOMAN  S  HOME  MISSIONARY   UNION 
Organized  May.  i88a 

President,  Mrs.  J.  G.  W.  Cowles.  417  Sibley  St., 

Cleveland. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  Flora  K.  Reg:il,  Oberlin. 
7Vrtff«/-<rA',  Mrs.  George  B.  Brown,  a  116  Warren 
St.,  Toledo. 

9.  NEW  YORK 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 
Organized  October,  i88j 

President.   Mrs.  Wm.  Kincaid,  483  Greene  Ave., 

Brooklyn. 
Secretary ,  .Mrs.   Wm.  Spalding,  511  Orange  St., 

Syracuse. 
Treasurer.  y[rf,.  J.   J.  Pearsall,  230  Macon    St., 

Brooklyn. 

10.  WISCONSIN 

WOM.AN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  October,  1883 


President    Mrs.  K.  G.  ITpdike.  Madison. 

igh 
Trcasut'cr.  Mrs.  C.  M.  Blackman.  Whitewator. 


Sec'i'ttiry,   Mrs.  .A. 


G.  ITi 
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right,  Madison. 


II.  NORTH  DAKOTA 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  November,  1883 

President.   Mrs.  W.  P.  CUvcland,  Caledonia. 
.Scoc/iiry,    Mrs.  Silas  Da^rgftt.  Harwood. 
Trcasu'o-.  .Mrs.  J.  M    Fisher,  Fargo. 


'  W^hile  the  W.  H.  M.  A.  appears  in  the  above  list  as  a  State  body  for  Massachusetts  and  Rhode 
/s/and,  it  has  certain  auxiJiarics  elsewhere. 


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Z3.  OREGON 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  July,  1884 

PtesuicHt^  Mrs.  John  Sommcrvillc,  246  Washinf^- 
ton  St.,  Portland. 

Srcrrtary,  Mrs.  Geo.  C.  Brownell,  Oregon  City. 

Tre.isurer,  Mrs.  VV.  D.  Palmer,  283  4th  St.,  Port- 
land. 

23.  WASHINGTON 

Incli'ding  Northern  Idaho 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  July.  1S84 

Reorganized  June.  1889 

J*rcsidcn\   Mrs.  A.  J.  Bailey,  323  Blanchurd  St., 

Seattle 
Stcr^tary,  Mrs.  W.  C.  Whccler,  434  South  K  St.. 

Tacoma. 
Treasurer^  Mrs.  J.  W.  George,  6ao  Fourth  Street, 

Seattle. 

14.  SOUTH    DAKOTA 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  September.  1884 

PrcsuifHt^  Mrs.  A.  H.  Robbins.  Ash  ton. 
Secretary,  Mrs.  W.  H.  Thrall.  Huron. 
Treasurer y  Mrs.  F.  M.  Wilcox,  Huron. 

15.  CONNECTICUT 
WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  January,  18S5 

Prcsith-Ht,  Miss  Ellen  R.  Camp,  9  Camp  St..  New 

Britain. 
Stirttary,   Mrs.  C.   T.    Millard,    36    Lewis    St., 

Hartford. 
Treasurer^  Mrs.   W.   W.   Jacobs,   19  Spring   St., 

Hartford. 

16.  MISSOURI 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  May,  1885 

President,   Mrs.  Henry  Hopkins.  (>i6  HrtlmcsSt., 

Kansas  Citv. 
Suret.try^    Mrs.    E.   C.   tllis,  2456  Tracy   Ave, 

Kansas  City. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  K.  L.  Mills.  1526  Wabash  Ave., 

Kansas  City. 

17.  ILLINOIS 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  May,  1885 

President,   Mrs.  Isaiic  Oaflin.  Lombard. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  C.   H.  Taintor,  151  Washington 

St.,  Chicago. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  L.  A.  Field,  Wilmcttc. 

18.  IOWA 

WOMAN'S    HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  June,  1886 

Presit/cHt.   Mrs.  T.  O.  Doui^lass.  Grinncll. 
Srcreiary.   Mrs.  V.  H.  Mullctt.  Clinlon. 
TreasHrer,ViT%.  M.  J.  Nichoson,    1513  Main  St.. 
Dubuque. 


19.  CALIFORNIA 

WOMAN'S  HOME    MISSIONARY    SOCIETY 

Organized  October,  1887 

President,  Mrs.  E.  S.  Williams,  Pacific  Grove. 
Secretaty,   Mrs.   L.  M.  Howard,  911   Grove  St, 

Oakland. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  J.  M.  Haven,  1339  Harrison  St., 

Oakland. 

ao.  NEBRASKA 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  November,  1887 

President,  Mrs.  J     T.   Duryca,    3403    Cass   St., 

Omaha. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  S.  C.  Dean,   636   So.    3i5t   St., 

Omaha. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  G.  J.   Powell,  30th  &  Ohio  Sts., 

Omaha. 

31.  FLORIDA 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY    UNION 

Organized  February,  x888 

President,   Mrs.  S.  F.  Gale,  Jacksonville. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  Nathan  Barrows,  Winter  Park. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  W.  D.  Brown.  Interlachen. 

32.  INDIANA 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY   UNION 
Organized  May,  1888 

President,   .Mrs.  E.  C.  Bell,  221  Christian  Ave., 

Indianapolis. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  W.  E.  Mossman,  Fort  Wayne. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  F.  E.   Dewhurst,    28  Christian 

Ave.,  Indianapolis. 

33.  SOUTHERN  CALIFORNIA 

WO  .MAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  May,  1888 

President,  .Mrs.  Emma  Cash,  1658  Temple  Si., 
Ix)S  Ajufclcs. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  H.  K.  W.  Bent,  Box  44J,  Pasa- 
dena. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  Mary  M.  Smith,  Prospect  Place. 
Riverside. 

34.  VERMONT 

WOMAN'S   HOME  MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  June,  1888 

President,   Mrs.  J.  H.  Babbitt,  West  Brattleboro. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  M.  K,  Paine.  Windsor. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.   Wm.   P.    Fairbanks,   St.  Johns- 
bury. 

25.  COLORADO 

WO.MAN'S  HO.ME   MISSIONARY   UNION 

()rg;mizcd  OctolK-r.  1888 

President,   Mrs.  J.  W  Pickett.  White  Water. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  Charles  Westlcy,  Denver. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  S.  A.  Sawyer.  Isoulder. 

36.  WYOMING 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  Octolx?r,  1888 

Ret>rganized  Dcceml)er,  18-^2 

President,    Mrs.  (i.  S.  Kicker.  Cheyenne. 
Stcretary.    Mrs.  W.  L.  Whi\>\A\!.  Cl\CY«itV\\t. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  H.N.  Smxuv,  V^ucV  Sv^^vv\5&, 


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S7.  QBOROIA 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
OrKanizcd  November.  1888 

Pr*Mid€Ht,  Mrs.  H.   B.  Wey,  253   Forest  Ave., 

Atlanta. 
Secretary^  Mrs.  H.  A.  Kellam,  176  Ivy  St.,  At* 

lanta. 
Treasurer^  Miss  Virf^inia  Holmes,  BaraesvOle. 

a8.  MISSISSIPPI 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Or)(anizcd  April.  1889 

Preudent^  Mrs.  C.  L.  Harris,  1431  31st  Ave.,  Me- 
ridian. 

Secretary,  Miss  Edith  M.  Hall,  Tougaloo. 

Treasurer y^v&.  L.  H.  Turner,  311a  lath  St.,  Me- 
ridian. 

ag.  LOUISIANA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Ort^anizcd  April,  1889 

President^  Miss  .\nna  F.  Condict,  490  Canal  St., 

New  Orleans. 
Secretary^  Miss  Kmily  Nichols,  490  Canal  St., 

New  Orleans. 
Treasurer y  Mrs.  C.  S.  Shattuck,  Welsh. 

30.   ARKANSAS,    KENTUCKY    AND    TEN- 
NESSEE 
WOMAN'S    MISSIONARY  UNION  OF   THE 
CENTRAL  SOUTH   ASSOCIATION 
Organized  April.  i8ri  . 

President,   Mrs.  K.  M.  Cravath,  Fisk  University, 

Nashville,  Tenn. 
Secretary^  Miss    C!.    L.    Coleman,    Ctiattanoof^a, 

Tenn. 
Treasurer^  Miss  S.  S.  Evans,  Louisville,  Ky. 

31.  NORTH  CAROLINA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October,  i88«; 

l*rciideHty  Mrs.  J.  W.  Freeman.  Dudley. 
Secretary^  Miss  A.  E.  Farrinjftim,  HiKh  Pciint. 
/W<i*w/vr,  Miss  A.  E.  Farrmgton.  HiKh  Point. 

3a.  TEXAS 

WOMAN'S   HOME  MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  March.  18911 

President^  Mrs.  J.  M.  Wcmlelkin,  Dallas. 
Secrt'tnry^   Mrs.  H.  F.  Burt,  Lock  Box  561.  Dallas. 
Treasurer ^"^Ts.   C.    I.   Scoticld,    Lock    Ho.x   220, 
Dallas. 

33.  MONTANA 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Or(janize<l  May,  i«./o 

President,   Mrs.  O.  C.  Clark,  Miss^mln. 
Secretiirv,   Mrs.  W.  S.  Bell,  410  Dearborn  Ave., 

Helena. 
Treaiurer,  Mrs.  Herbert  E.  Jones.  Livingston. 

34.  PENNSYLVANIA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNIO!,* 

Orjfanized  June,  i89»> 

President,  Mrs.  A.  H.  Claflin,  Allejfheny. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  C.  F.  Yennie,  Ridgway. 
Treasurer^  Mrs.  T.  W.  Jones.  511  WiKxlland  Ter- 
race. J^iladelphia. 


as.  OKLAHOMA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Of)guiis6d  Ocmbcf,  1890 

Prtaidemi,  MJm  M.  McConndl,  Gnthrie. 
Secrttmry^  Mn.  L.  R.  KIibImIL  Guthrie. 
Trteumrgr^  Mn.  J.  H.  Fuker,  Kiaglfalier. 

S8.  NEW  JBRBSY 

Incluoino  Distiuct  op  Columbia,  Mabvlamd, 
AND  VncniiA 

W0MAN*S  home  MISSIONARY  UNION  OP 
THE  NEW  JERSEY  ASSOCIATION, 

Orgmnlsed  Much,  1891 

PreHdemt,  Mn.  A.  H.  Bndford,  MontcUr. 
Secretary,  Mn.  W.  O.  Weeden,   Upper  Mont- 

cUir. 
Treatmrer^  Mn.  J.  H.  DenisoB,  isoBeUeriHe  Ave., 

Newark. 

37.  UTAH 

Including  Soitthskn  Idaho 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  May,  X891 
Reorganized  December,  1891 

President,  Mrs.  Clarence  T.  Browo,  Salt  Lake 

City. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  W.  S.  Hawkes,  135  Sixth  St.,  E., 

.Salt  Lake  City. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Dana  W.  Rartlett,  Salt  Lake  City. 
For  Idaho,  Mrs.  Oscar  Sonnenkalb,  Pocatrilo. 

38.  INDIAN  TERRITORY 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  April,  1893 

President,  Mrs.  Fayette  Hurd,  Vinita. 
Secretary.   Miss  Louise  Graper,  Vinita. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Raymond,  vinita. 

39.  NEVADA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Orf^anizcd  October,  1893 

Ptesident.   Mrs,  L.  J.  Flint.  Reno. 
Secretary,   Miss  Margaret  N.  Magill,  Reno. 
Treasurer,  Miss  Mary  Clow,  Reno. 

40.  NEW  MEXICO 

WO.MAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Or^fanized  November,  zB^a 

President,   Mrs  C.  E.  Winslow,  Albuqueri]ue. 
Sectetary.   Mrs.  E.  W.  Lewis,  301  So.  Edith  St., 

.Albuquerque. 
Treasurer,   Mrs,  A.  W.  Jones,  Albuquerque. 

41.  BLACK    HILLS,   SO.  DAKOTA 

IJLACK  HILLS    WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY 

UNION 

Organized  October,  1893 

President,  Mrs.  J.  B.  G«>ssii|,'e.  Rapid  City,  Black 

HilN,  South  Dakota. 
Secretary,   Mrs.    H.    H.    Gilchrist,  Hot  Springs, 

Black  Hills.  South  Dakota. 
Treasurer,  Miss    (vrace    Lyman.     Hot    Sprfaun, 

Black  Hills,  South  Dakota. 


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Vol.  LXVII  JULY,  1894  No.  3 

MINUTES  OF  THE  SIXTY-EIGHTH  ANNUAL  MEET. 
ING  OF  THE  CONGREGATIONAL  HOME  MIS- 
SIONARY SOCIETY 

The  Congregational  Home  Missionary  Society  convened  for  its  Sixty- 
eighth  Annual  Meeting  in  the  First  Congregational  Church,  Omaha,  Neb., 
at  3:30  P.M.,  Wednesday,  June  6,  1894,  the  President,  Maj.-Gen.  Oliver  O. 
Howard,  in  the  chair. 

After  a  hymn.  Rev.  Joseph  T.  Durvea,  pastor  of  the  First  Church, 
read  the  Scriptures  and  offered  prayer. 

Rev.  William  H.  Moore,  of  Connecticut,  and  Rev.  William  B. 
Hubbard,  of  South  Dakota,  were  made  Assistant  Recording  Secretaries. 

The  following  committees  were  appointed  : 

On  Nominations.— ^t\,  Julian  M.  Sturtevant,  of  Illinois  ;  Rev.  Charles  B. 
Rice,  of  Massachusetts  ;  Rev.  George  Scott,  of  South  Dakota  ;  Albert  R.  Pierce,  of 
Connecticut ;  J.  S.  Rand,  of  New  Hampshire. 

On  the  Report  of  the  FsXecutive  Committee  to  be  presented  in  1895.  — Rev.  THEODORE 
T.  MUNGER,  of  Connecticut  ;  Rev.  Arcturus  Z.  Conrad,  of  Massachusetts  ;  Rev. 
David  Beeton,  of  Illinois;  William  T.  Blessing,  of  New  York  ;  Samuel  Holmes, 
of  New  Jersey. 

It  was  voted  that  in  the  minutes  and  the  roll  all  academical  and  hon- 
orary titles  be  omitted. 

The  report  of  the  Executive  Committee,  with  accompanying  docu- 
ments, was  presented  and  referred  to  the  committee  of  1894. 

The  roll  was  reported  in  part  and  approved,  and  the  Assistant  Regis- 
trars were  authorized  to  complete  it.     When  completed  it  was  as  follows : 

ROLL 

ANNUAL   MEMBERS 

Officers 

Maj.-Gen.  Oliver  O.  Howard, 
Mr.  W.  H.  Alexander. 

Delegates  from  State  Societies 

Illinois  South  Dakota 

Rev.  E.  F.  Williams.  Mrs.  W.  H.  Thrall. 

Mrs,  3osepV\  W^i^. 


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DSLEOATIS  FROM  CHURCHES 

CtfUradff 
Cripple  Creek • Rer.  H.  M.  Lyman. 

Fairfield Mn.  Jane  Kippen. 

Greenwich Rev.  Washington  Cboate. 

Rer.  RosseUT.  HalL 

New  Britain David  N.  Camp. 

Miss  Ellen  R.Camp. 

SuflSeld A.  R.  Pierce. 

**      Mrs.  A.  R.  Rerec 

Chicago Rev.  C.  H.  Taintor. 

Mrs.  J.  C.  Webster. 

Iowa 
Des  Moines,  Plymouth j!  H.  Merrill. 

Elliot  S.  Miller. 

Farragut Rev.  James  H.  Sktle& 

Mrs.  J.  H.  Skiles. 

Glenwood Rev.  J.  K.  Nutting. 

Green  Mountain J.  B.  Hopkins. 

Humboldt Rev.  C.  P.  Boardman. 

Polk  City Rev.  L.  C.  Bcllsmith. 

Sheldon    William  Herbert. 

A'ansas 
Kansas  City    Mrs.  W.  B.  Garlick. 

** Minerva  Tenney. 

McPherson H.  Chas.  Dunsmore. 

Afinnfsota 
Minneapolis,  First Rev.  Geo.  R.  Merrill. 

Plymouth Miss  E.  S.  HartwelL 

Worthington  J.  C.  Clark. 

*  *  Dr.  Geo.  Moore. 

Missouri 

De  Soto Frank  E.  Kenyon. 

St.  Louis,  First J.  Henry  George. 

**    Oscar  L.  Whitelaw. 

' '  Union Rev.  H.  L.  Forbes. 

Nebraska 
Alma    Rev.  A.  E.  Rickcr. 

" Mrs.  Celia  A.  RIcker. 

Aurora  . .   J.  D.  Stewart. 

Bladen Rev.  Heecher  O.  Snow. 

*' Mrs.  Beechcr  O.  Snow. 

Blair Mrs.  G.  W.  Wainwright. 

Bertrand Henry  C.  Snyder. 

Cortland    Rev.  F.  G.  Mel lenry. 

Crete Rev.  \Vm.  P.  Bennett. 

*'    Mrs.  M.  M.  Davison. 


July,  1894  The  Home  Missionary  107 

Creigbton Rev.  G.  W.  James. 

Dodge Rev.  A.  Famsworth. 

Exeter Addie  F.  Carse. 

Franklin Rev.  G.  W.  Mitchell. 

Geneva Mrs.  L.  J.  McKelvcy. 

Hastings Rev.  L.  P.  Rose. 

**        Mrs.  Myra  M.  Hayden. 

Holdredge E.  D.  Einsel. 

;.... Mrs.  J.  T.  Miller. 

Indianola  Rev.  Geo.  E.  Taylor. 

Mrs.  G.  E.  Taylor. 

Lincoln,  Vine  St Rev,  Arthur  Frost  NcwclL 

'*      Mrs.  L.  M.  Bross. 

McCook Rev.  H.  L.  Peterson. 

Norfolk   Rev.  J.  T.  Parker. 

Mrs.  J.  T.  Parker. 

Junction William  J.  Paske. 

Omaha Rev.  F.  H.  W.  Benedict. 

Petersburg Rev.  William  McCrcady. 

D.  L.  Sherefell. 

Strang Rev.  George  J.  Battey. 

'*       Charles  R.  Clark. 

Ravenna Rev.  T.  W.  Cole. 

Sargent Rev.  J.  F.  Smith. 

Seward Sprague  H .  Wood. 

Ulysses Mrs.  S.  A.  Palmer. 

\Ve«it  Point Rev.  Samuel  Pearson. 

Wilcox Rev.  William  P.  Pease. 

Wisner Rev.  P.  H.  Hines. 

New  Hampshire 
Portsmouth D.  Frederick  Borthwick. 


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John  S.  Rand. 


New  Mexico 
Albuquerque . .  Rev.  E.  H.  Ashmun. 

New    York 
Brooklyn,  I-ewis  Ave Rev.  Wm.  T.  Stokes. 

Smyrna Herbert  M.  Dixon. 

Syracuse Ethan  Curtis. 

Oklahoma 
El  Reno Rev.  Ned  Forrest. 

Oregon 
Portland   F.  K.  Arnold. 

Rhode  Island 
Pawlucket Rev.  Alex.  M.  McGregor. 

South  Dakota 
Beresford   .    Rev   II.  W.  Jamison. 

*•       J.  K.  Sinclair. 

Custer Rev.  J.  J.  .Shingler. 

•'       Mrs,  J.  J.  S\\\w^\«. 

Hot  Springs Rev.  E.  U.  Yxam^, 


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Hot  Springs Mist  Grace  Ljniaii. 

Howard Rev.  Z.  H.  Smith. 

Huron Rev.  B.  H.  Boitt. 

•*      Rev.  W.  H.  ThimlL 

Lake  Preston Rev.  Geo.  A.  Conimd. 

Lead Rev.  Geo.  Scott. 

Scotland Rev.  John  Schaerer. 

Vermilion Rev.  A.  H.  Chittenden. 

Yankton '. Miss  Henrietta  Faalk. 

Mrs.  A.  E.  Thomton. 

Wyoming 
Buffalo Rev.  Samuel  Weyler. 

Rock  Springs Rev.  Howard  N.  Smith. 

LIFE    MEMBERS 

Connecticut  Massachusetts  New  York 

Rev.  Jos.  Anderson,  Rev.  Geo.  W.  Andrews.  j.  t.  BrinckerhoflF, 

Rev.  \Vm.  H.  Moore.  R^v.  Joshua  Coit,  Rev.  Jos.  B.  Oark. 

Rev.  Samuel  E.  Herrick,  Mott  C.  Dixon, 

Illinois  J-  I^   Kingsbury.  Geo.  W.  Hcbard. 

A.  W.  Boyden,  ^^^*  ^'  ^    ^"^'^efoot.  Mrs.  Mary  F.  Hebard. 

Rev.  Moritz  k!  Eversz,  ^^^'  ^^''^'  ^'  ^^^'^'  -^sa  A.  Spear. 

Rev.  Simeon  Gilbert,  ^^^-  ^'"^"^  ^^'  ^^^"^leff.  chas.  H.  Parsons, 

Rev.  Wm.  W.  Leete,  Nebraska  Mrs.  C.  H.  Parsons. 

Rev.  Jos.  E.  Roy,  John  W.  Bell,  ^^^.^ 

Rev.  J.  M.  Sturtevant,  Rev.  H.  Hross,  ^^^       ^   Yrzsi^r. 

Rev.  James  Tompkins.  Orin  Bruce, 

Rev.  W.  A.  Waterman.  R.  F.  Bruce.  Oklahoma 

Rev.  Wm.  H.  Buss,  Rev.  J.  Homer  Parker. 

loiva  Rev.  S.  Wright  Butler, 

,,    „      ,  Rev.  F.  C.  Cochran,  Pennsylvania 

Rev.  Wm.M.  Brooks,  ^^^   j^   ^^,   Comstock,  Kev.  T.  W.  Jones. 

Kev.  Charles  R.  Bruce,  ,,        .     .    ^ 

_        T    »c     -.  l^ev.  A.  .A.  Cressman, 

Rev.  J.  M.  Cummmgs,  ^^^   ^    j     j,,  Rhode  Island 

Rev.  T.  O.  Douglass,  ,^^;  ^^^^^  ^:,^;^  J.  William  Rice. 

Rev.  A.  L.  rnsbie,  ,,       \,    .,,   ,,     ,     , 

Edward  P.  Kimball.  ^'"   f  ^'^^'^Y'"^'  ^^^  ^-^^'- 

Rev.  S.  I.  Hanford.  r^v.  A.  Eugene  Thomson. 

Rev.  O.  A.  Palmer, 

Kansas  j^^^   ^    L.  Riggs,  Tennessee 

Rev.  Thos.  M.  Boss,  Rev.  J.  E.  Storm,  Mrs-  A.  S.  Steele. 

Rev.  L.  P.  Broad,  Rev.  M.  J.  P.  Thing,  Wisconsin 

Asa  P.  Tenney.  Rev.  G.  W.  Wainwriglit.  Rev.  Homer  W.  Carter. 

HONORARY    MEMBERS 

Members  of  the  Local  ('ommittee 

G.  H.  Payne,  J.  II.  Evans.  H.  N.  Wood.  H.  E.  Powers. 

Rev.  Jos.  T.  Duryea,  A.  S.  Stiger,  W.  11.  Luwton.  C.  T.  Morris, 

Rev.  G.  J.  Powell.  M.  J.  Kennard,  William  Fleming,  Samuel  S.  Avery, 

Dr,  A.  B.  Somers,  H.  P.  Halleck,  W.  H.  Russell,  Rev,  John  Askin. 


July,  1894  The  Home  Missionary  109 

It  was  voffdihat  the  local  Committee  of  Arrangements  for  this  meeting, 
in  view  of  the  great  value  of  the  services  they  have  rendered,  be  made  a 
committee  of  this  body,  and  also  members  of  the  Society  for  this  meeting, 
namely  : 

George  H.  Payne,  Rev.  S.  Wright  Butler,  Rev.  Joseph  T. 
DuRVEA,  Rev.  Gregory  J.  Powell,  A.  B.  Somers,  J.  H.  Evans,  A.  S. 
Stiger,  William  H.  Alexander,  M.  J.  Kennard,  H.  P.  Halleck, 
H.  N.  Wood,  W.  H.  Lawton,  William  Fleming,  W.  H.  Russell, 
H.  E.  Powers,  Rev.  Edward  L.  Ely,  C.  T.  Morris,  Samuel  S. 
Avery,  Rev.  John  Askin,  Rev.  Harmon  Bross. 

Rev.  Russell  T.  Hall,  of  Connecticut,  in  behalf  of  the  committee  to 
whom  was  referred  the  report  of  the  Executive  Committee,  presented  a 
report  with  a  resolution.  The  report  was  accepted,  and  the  resolution 
was  adopted  as  follows  : 

Resolved,  That  we  rejoice  with  the  Executive  Committee  in  the  great  and  encouraging 
spiritual' results  of  the  work  of  the  year  past,  and  heartily  approve  of  the  means  used  by 
them  to  meet  the  deplorable  diminution  of  contributions  and  legacies,  while  we  lament 
the  inevitable  restriction  of  the  work  of  the  Society,  and  the  contracting  of  a  serious  debt. 
We  urge  upon  our  brethren,  and  upon  the  churches,  the  necessity  of  special  and  deter- 
mined efforts  to  increase  their  home  missionary  contributions  to  such  a  figure  as  will 
wipe  out  the  debt  and  remove  the  present  painful  restriction  of  their  work. 

J.  W.  Rice,  of  Rhode  Island  ;  Rev.  William  A.  Waterman,  of  Illi- 
nois ;  and  Rev.  Joshua  Coit,  of  Massachusetts,  were  made  a  Commit- 
tee on  Place  and  Time  of  next  Annual  Meeting. 

On  report  of  Committee  on  Nominations,  officers  were  elected  by  ballot 
as  follows : 

PRKSIDENT 
O14VER  O.  Howard,  of  New  York, 


VICE-PRESIDENTS 

Joseph  R.  Hawlky,  of  Connecticut. 
Rev.  John  K.   McLean,  of  California. 
Jeremiah  H.  Merrill,  of  Iowa. 
Rev.   Edwin  B.   Webb,  of  Massachusetts. 
William  H.   Alexander,  of  Nebraska. 
Nelson  Dingley,  Jr.,  of  Maine. 
Rev.   Edward  P.   (Ioodwin,  of  Illinois. 
Austin  Abbott,  of  Now  York. 
Rev.  Edward  D.   Eaton,  of  Wisconsin. 
H.  Clark  J'okd,  of  Ohio. 


I  lo  The  Home  Missionary  Jnij,  1894 

RECORDING  SECRETARY 
Re?.  WiLUAM  H.  Holm  AN,  of  Connecticiit 

AUDITOR 
George  S.  Coe,  of  New  Yoik. 

EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE— TO  SERVE  FOR  1894-1897 

Charles  H.  Parsons,  of  New  York. 
George  P.  Stock  well,  of  New  York. 
Rev.  James  G.  Roberts,  of  New  York. 
Asa  a.  Spear,  of  New  York. 
Rev.  Robert  J.  Kent,  of  New  York. 

At  5,  a  recess  was  taken  till  7.30. 

Wednesday  Evening. — At  7:30,  public  worship  was  held  in  the  First 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  Rev.  Edward  F.  Williams,  of  Illinois, 
conducted  the  opening  services.  Rev.  Samuel  E.  Herrick,  of  Massa- 
chusetts, preached  the  annual  sermon,  from  Luke  vii.  19-23.  Rev. 
William  H.  Thrall,  of  South  Dakota,  offered  prayer.  After  singing, 
and  the  benediction  by  Rev.  Daniel  L.  Furber,  of  Massachusetts,  at  9 
the  body  adjourned  till  9  a.m.,  Thursday. 

Thursday  Morning,  June  7th. — At  9,  in  the  First  Congregational 
Church,  a  session  of  forty-five  minutes  was  given  to  devotion  and  home 
missionary  experiences,  under  the  lead  of  Rev.  Howard  H.  Gilchrist, 
of  South  Dakota. 

At  9:45,  the  President  in  the  chair,  after  a  hymn.  Rev.  Simeon 
Gilbert,  of  Illinois,  read  the  Scriptures,  and  Rev.  Frank  T.  Bavlev, 
of  Colorado,  offered  prayer. 

The  minutes  of  Wednesday  were  read  and  approved. 

William  H.  Alexander,  of  Omaha,  gave  an  address  of  welcome, 
to  which  the  President  made  response. 

George  L.  Millard,  of  Omaha,  paid  a  tribute  to  the  memory  of 
Rev.  Reuben  Gaylord. 

Rev.  Joseph  B.  Clark,  of  New  York,  Secretary,  read  a  paper  on 
"Bright  Spots  in  a  Dark  Year."  After  prayer  by  Rev.  Daniel  L. 
Furber,  of  Massachusetts,  State  Auxiliaries  were  heard  in  addresses 
(interspersed  with  singing)  by  their  secretaries,  as  follows  : 

Rev.  Alexander  McGregor,  of  Rhode  Island. 
Rev.  William  H.  Moorr,  of  Connecticut. 
Rev.  John  G.  Fraskr,  of  Ohio. 
Rev.  Truman  O.  Douglass,  of  Iowa. 


July,  1894  The  Home  Missionary  11 1 

After  singing,  and  prayer  with  the  benediction  by  Rev,  Joseph  E. 
Roy,  of  Illinois,  at  12:30  a  recess  was  taken  till  2. 

Thursday  Afternoon.  — At  2,  after  singing,  and  prayer  by  Rev.  H. 
Charles  Dinsmore,  of  Kansas,  addresses  under  the  head  of  Home  Mis- 
sions and  Church  Building  were  made  by  Rev.  Charles  H.  Taintor,  of 
Illinois ;  Rev.  Frank  T.  Bayley,  of  Colorado;  and  Rev.  Eli  D.  Corwin, 
of  Illinois. 

After  singing,  Rev.  Washington  Choate,  of  New  York,  Secretary, 
read  a  paper  on  "  Home  Missions  for  the  Sake  of  America,"  and  addresses 
were  made  by  Rev.  James  S.  Ainslie,  of  Indiana ;  George  E.  Rice,  of 
Omaha;  and  Rev.  Henry  Hopkins,  of  Missouri.  After  prayer  by  Rev. 
John  M.  Ellis,  of  Nebraska,  at  5,  a  recess  was  taken  till  7:30. 

Thursday  Evening. — At  7:30,  in  the  First  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  after  singing,  and  prayer  by  the  President,  Rev.  J.  William 
Carson,  of  Iowa,  read  the  Scriptures  and  offered  prayer.  The  paper  of 
Rev.  William  Kincaid,  of  New  York,  Secretary,  on  "  Home  Missions 
for  the  Sake  of  the  World,"  was  read  by  Rev.  John  D.  Kingsbury,  of 
Massachusetts.  As  directed  by  a  rising  vote,  the  President  signed  and 
sent  to  Secretary  Kincaid  a  note  expressing  the  sympathy  and  condo- 
lence of  this  body  with  him  in  his  affliction. 

Addresses  were  made  by  Rev.  Henry  A.  Schauffler,  of  Ohio  ;  Rev. 
Joseph  Anderson,  of  Connecticut;  and  Rev.  William  G.  Puddefoot,  of 
Massachusetts,  who  also  offered  prayer.  At  10,  after  the  benediction  by 
Rev.  S.  Wright  Butler,  of  Omaha,  the  body  adjourned  till  9  a.m. 
Friday. 

Friday  Morning,  June  8th. — At  9,  in  the  First  Congregational 
Church,  the  body  spent  half  an  hour  in  devotion,  led  by  Rev.  H.  De 
Forest  Wiard,  of  Illinois. 

At  9:30,  the  time  was  given  to  the  twelfth  annual  meeting  of  the 
Woman's  Department — Mrs.  H.  S.  Caswell,  Secretary,  presiding. 

After  singing  by  the  young  girls  of  the  First  Church,  Rev.  James  B. 
Brown,  of  Nebraska,  supported  by  these  girls,  made  an  address.  Mrs. 
Caswell  introduced  to  the  audience  Mrs.  Reuben  Gaylord,  Rev. 
Charlfs  Seccombe  and  Mrs.  Seccombe,  and  Rev.  Amos  Dresser,  and 
made  an  opening  address.  Addresses  were  made  by  Miss  Frances  J. 
Dyer,  of  Massachusetts ;  Mrs.  Joseph  T.  Duryea,  of  Omaha  ;  Mrs.  W. 
S.  Hawkes,  of  Utah ;  and  Mrs.  Howard  H.  Gilchrist,  of  South 
Dakota.  Mrs.  Henry  S.  De  Forest,  of  Alabama,  led  the  meeting  Iw  z, 
responsive  service;  "TAe  Christian  Givers*  Creed,"     Cotv\.T\bM\\otvs\.oXXifc 


112  The  Home  Missionary  July.  1894 

amount  of  $227.27  were  made  to  give  two  girls  from  the  Black  Hills  a 
year's  education  at  Chadron  Academy,  Nebraska,  and  it  was  announced 
that  the  support  of  Mrs.  Howard  H.  Gilchrist,  so  long  as  she  labors  in 
the  Black  Hills,  had  been  pledged  by  a  gentleman  and  his  wife  from 
Connecticut. 

Prayer  was  offered  by  Mrs.  Ellis  R.  Drake,  of  Kansas.  Mrs. 
Charles  W.  Preston,  of  Nebraska,  made  an  address. 

A  roll  call  was  made  by  States  and  sections  of  the  country. 

After  singing.  Rev.  William  G.  Puddefoot,  of  Massachusetts,  made 
a  brief  address. 

At  11:30,  under  the  head  of  Home  Missions  and  Sunday-Schools, 
addresses  were  made  by  Rev.  George  M.  Boynton,  of  Massachusetts  ; 
Rev.  William  L.  Sutherland,  of  Kansas  City;  and  Rev.  George  R. 
Merrill,  of  Minnesota. 

The  minutes  of  Thursday  and  of  Friday  morning  were  read  and 
approved,  and  the  Assistant  Recording  Secretaries  were  authorized  to 
complete  the  minutes  at  the  close  of  the  evening  session. 

At  1 2 :3o  a  recess  was  taken  till  2. 

Friday  Afternoon. — At  2,  Vice-President  William  H.  Alexander 
in  the  chair.  After  singing,  and  prayer  by  Rev.  Charles  S.  Harrison, 
of  Nebraska,  under  the  head  of  Home  Missions  and  Education  addresses 
were  made  by  Rev.  Charles  B.  Rice,  of  Massachusetts,  and  George  M. 
Herrick,  of  Illinois. 

Rev.  Joseph  E.  Roy,  of  Illinois,  presented  the  greetings  of  the  Ameri- 
can Missionary  Association. 

Addresses  were  made  by  superintendents  as  follows  : 

Rev.  L.  Pavson  Broad,  of  Kansas. 

Rev.  Edward  II.  Ashmun,  of  New  Mexico. 

Rev.  Thomas  \V.  Jones,  of  Pennsylvania. 

Rev.  Harmon  Bross,  of  Nebraska. 

Rev.  J.  Homer  Parker,  of  Oklahoma. 

Rev.  Alfred  K.  Wrav,  of  Missouri. 

Kev.  William  H.  Thrall,  of  South  Dakota. 

On  report  of  committee  on  the  next  meeting,  it  was  voted  that  the  next 
annual  meeting  be  held  at  Saratoga  Springs,  N.  Y.,  and  that  the  time  be 
fixed  by  the  Executive  Committee. 

After  prayer  with  the  benediction  by  Rev.  Samuel  E.  Herrick,  of 
Massachusetts,  at  5  a  recess  was  taken  till  7:30. 

Friday  Evening. — At  7:30,  in  the  First  Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
after  singing,  and  the  reading  of  the  Scriptures  by  Rev.  John  Doane,  of 
Nebraska,  Rev.  Charles  Seccombe,  of  South  Dakota,  ofifered  prayer. 


July.  1894  The  Home  Missionary  113 

The  President  introduced  to  the  meeting  Levi  Lovering,  a  Christian 
Omaha  Indian,  who  made  a  brief  address. 

It  was  resolved  that  a  vote  of  thanks  be  extended  to  Rev.  Samuel  £. 
Herrick,  of  Massachusetts,  for  his  helpful  contribution  to  this  Annual 
Meeting,  and  that  he  be  requested  to  furnish  a  copy  of  his  sermon  for 
publication  in  the  report  of  its  proceedings.  Rev.  Mr.  Herrick  made  a 
response. 

It  was  voted  that  the  minutes,  the  sermon,  and  the  report  of  the  Execu- 
tive Committee,  including  the  papers  of  the  secretaries,  be  printed ;  and 
also  other  papers,  addresses,  and  reports,  at  the  discretion  of  the  Executive 
Committee. 

It  was  resolved — 

That  the  Congregational  Home  Missionary  S^ociety.  now  assembled  in  its  Sixty- 
eighth  Annual  Meeting,  desires  to  give  expression  to  its  high  appreciation  of  the  gener* 
ous  hospitality  and  treatment  it  has  received  at  the  hands  of  its  friends  in  Omaha  and 
vicinity.  Nothing  appears  to  have  been  left  undone  which  it  was  possible  for  loving 
hands  to  do,  to  make  this  gathering  one  of  the  most  memorable  the  Society  has  ever 
held.  Especial  thanks  are  due,  and  are  hereby  extended,  to  the  pastor  and  members  of 
the  First  Congregational  Church  and  Society  for  throwing  of)en  the  doors  of  their 
beautiful  church  building  and  allowing  the  free  use  of  all  its  commodious  and  well- 
appointed  rooms  ;  to  the  pastor  and  members  of  the  First  Methodist  Episcopal  Church 
for  allowing  the  free  use  of  their  large  and  beautiful  church  edifice  for  evening  services, 
by  which  they  have  emphasized  the  principle  of  denominational  comity,  which  this 
Society  heartily  favors  wherever  it  is  privileged  to  work  ;  to  the  St.  Mary's  Avenue 
Congregational  Church  for  their  cordial  invitation  to  assemble  in  their  church  for  our 
closing  service,  even  though  we  were  unable  to  accept  the  same  ;  and  to  the  pastors, 
Committee  of  Arrangements,  choirs,  and  members  of  all  the  Congregational  and  other 
sister  churches  ;  also  to  the  citizens  of  Omaha,  Council  Bluffs,  and  the  State  of  Nebraska, 
and  of  the  adjoining  States,  one  and  all,  who  have  seemed  to  vie  with  each  other  in 
their  efforts  to  make  this  first  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Society  held  west  of  the  State  of 
New  York  one  of  the  most  successful  that  the  Society  has  ever  held,  we  offer  our 
grateful  and  sincere  thanks,  and  pray  God  that  his  richest  blessing  may  descend  upon 
and  abide  with  them  evermore. 

Responses  were  made  by  Rev.  Joseph  T.  Durvea  and  Rev.  S. 
Wright  Butler. 

After  singing,  addresses  were  made  by  Rev.  Julian  M.  Sturtevant, 
of  Illinois  ;  Rev.  Alvah  L.  Frisbie,  of  Iowa  ;  and  Rev.  George  H. 
Wells,  of  Minnesota 

After  singing  "  My  Country,  'tis  of  Thee,"  and  the  benediction  by 
Rev.  J.  M.  Sturtevant,  at  10  the  meeting  was  dissolved. 

William  H.  Moore, 
William  B.  Hubbard, 

Assistant  Recording  Secretaries, 


114  '^^^  Home  Missionary  July.  1894 


SIXTY-EIGHTH   REPORT 

Once  more  the  Executive  Committee  is  permitted  to  begin  its  report 
of  a  year's  work  with  thanks  to  the  great  Giver  and  Preserver  of  life 
that  it  is  not  called  to  record  the  decease  of  one  of  its  own  number,  of  the 
general  or  the  executive  officers  of  the  Society. 

From  the  list  of  workers  in  the  field,  however,  have  dropped  by  reason 
of  death  the  names  of  the  most  valued  superintendent  of  the  Society's 
Scandinavian  work,  and  of  eight  worthy  brethren  who  were  bearing  the 
heat  and  burden  of  the  day  in  seven  States  under  the  Society's  care. 

The  life,  work,  and  lamented  death  of  Superintendent  M.  W.  Mont- 
gomery have  been  commemorated  in  recent  numbers  of  The  Home  Mis- 
sionary. The  importance  and  difficulty  of  the  unique  work  he  laid  down 
are  seen  in  the  fact  that  his  place  remains  as  yet  unfilled. 

The  eight  other  brethren  who  died  within  the  year  are  these :  Rev. 
Clement  Combs,  Bevier,  Mo.,  who  was  ordained  in  1865,  and  died  on  the 
i2th  of  June,  1893  ;  Rev.  Isaac  J.  Gardner,  Silver  Creek,  Neb.,  ordained 
in  1889,  died  September  13,  1893  ;  Rev.  George  J.  Harrison,  Litchfield, 
Conn  ,  ordained  in  1849,  died  in  December,  1893  ;  Rev.  William  W.  Lyle, 
East  Lake,  Tenn.,  ordained  in  1850,  died  January  i,  1894  ;  Rev.  Arthur 
Spooner,  Bloomer,  Wis.,  ordained  in  1887,  died  May  25,  1893  ;  Rev.  Piatt 
R.  Staples,  ordained  in  1873,  ^'^^  ^^  August,  1893 ;  Rev,  Lewis  Thomas, 
Waycross,  Ga.,  ordained  in  1886,  died  in  1893  ;  Rev.  Daniel  Woolner, 
Michigan  City,  No.  Dak.,  ordained  in  1890,  died  March  11,  1894. 

The  shortest  of  these  terms  of  service  (four  years)  was  filled  by  two  of 
the  brethren  ;  the  longest  (forty-four  years)  was  also  granted  to  two  of 
them  ;  the  average  term  was  almost  twenty  years.  And  now  their  work 
on  earth  witnesses  for  them  while  they  share  the  eternal  blessedness  of 
the  faithful  above. 

SUMMARY   OF   RESULTS 

The  number  of  missionary  laborers  in  the  service  of  the  Society  the 
last  year,  whose  names  are  found  in  the  General  Table  in  the  full  Report, 
together  with  those  engaged  in  superintending  the  work,  is  2,029.  (^^* 
ducting  19  reported  in  more  than  one  State,  2,010.)  Of  these,  1,463  were 
in  commission  at  the  date  of  the  last  report,  and  547  have  since  been 
appointed. 

They  have  been  employed  in  47  States  and  Territories,  as  follows: 

In  Maine,  140  ;  New  Hampshire,  64 ;  Vermont,  61  ;  Massachusetts,  124; 

Rhode  Island,  14;  Connecticut,  55;  New  York,  104;  New  Jersey,  14; 

Pennsylvania,  4$ ;  l^orth  Carolina,  2  ;  Maryland,  3  ;  D.  C,  1  ;  Virginia,  i ; 


Jaiy,  1894  The  Home  Missionary  ii5 

West  Virginia,  2  ;  Louisiana,  12  ;  Georgia,  27  ;  Alabama,  32  ;  Arkansas, 
10;  Florida,  32  ;  Texas,  13  ;  Indian  Territory,  14;  Oklahoma,  35  ;  Ten- 
nessee, 4  ;  Ohio,  47  ;  Indiana,  34  ;  Illinois,  79  ;  Missouri,  46;  Michigan, 
119  ;  Wisconsin,  82  ;  Iowa,  114  ;  Minnesota,  112  ;  Kansas,  61  ;  Nebraska, 
108  ;  North  Dakota,  40  ;  South  Dakota,  96  ;  Colorado,  37  ;  Wyoming, 
12  ;  Montana,  14 ;  New  Mexico,  6 ;  Utah,  9  ;  Nevada,  2  ;  Idaho,  7  ;  Ari- 
zona, 2  ;  California,  99  ;  Oregon,  28  ;  Washington,  66  ;  in  all,  2,029.  Of 
these,  19,  having  labored  in  more  than  one  State,  are  in  this  enumeration 
twice  counted.     The  total  number  of  individuals  employed  is  2,010. 

This  distribution,  retaining  the  twice  counted,  gives  to  the  New 
England  States,  458;  Middle  States,  167;  Southern  States,  112;  South- 
western States,  118;  on  the  Pacific  Coast,  193;  Western  States  and 
Territories,  981. 

Of  the  whole  number  in  commission,  1,004  have  been  pastors  or 
stated  supplies  of  single  congregations;  631  have  ministered  to  two  or 
three  congregations  each  ;  and  394  have  extended  their  labors  over  still 
wider  fields. 

The  aggregate  of  missionary  labor  performed  is  1,437  years. 

The  number  of  congregations  and  missionary  districts  which  have  been 
fully  supplied,  or  where  the  Gospel  has  been  preached  at  stated  intervals, 

is  3*930- 

Six  missionaries  have  been  in  commission  as  pastors  or  stated  supplies 

of  congregations  of  colored  people,  and  218  have  preached  in  foreign 
languages :  2  to  Welsh  congregations,  54  to  German  congregations,  97  to 
Scandinavian  congregations,  23  to  Bohemian  congregations,  8  to  Polish 
congregations,  16  to  French  congregations,  2  to  Mexican  congregations,  2 
to  Italian  congregations,  2  to  Spanish  congregations,  and  3  to  congrega- 
tions of  Finns,  4  to  congregations  of  Danes,  4  to  congregations  of  Arme- 
nians, and  I  to  a  congregation  of  Jews. 

The  number  of  Sunday-school  and  Bible-class  scholars  is  not  far  from 
164,050.  The  organization  of  274  new  schools  is  reported,  and  the  num- 
ber under  the  special  care  of  missionaries  is  2,407. 

Three  hundred  and  twenty-one  missionaries  make  mention  of  revivals 
of  religion  during  the  year,  some  of  them  reporting  590,  400,  308,  175,  142, 
95»  9o»  ^5j  8o>  75»  and  65  hopeful  conversions.  In  290  instances  the 
number  of  reported  converts  exceeds  10,  and  the  number  reported  by  808 
missionaries  is  10,798. 

The  additions  to  the  churches,  as  nearly  as  can  be  ascertained,  have 
been  12,784,  viz.  :  8,508  on  confession  of  faith,  and  4,276  by  letters  from 
other  churches. 

One  hundred  and  nineteen  churches  have  been  organized  in  connection 
with  the  labors  of  the  missionaries  within  the  year,  and  36  have  assumed 
the  entire  support  of  their  own  Gospel  ordinances. 


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ii6  The  Home  Missionaiy  July,  1894 

Eighty-one  houses  of  worship  have  been  completed,  and  192  materially 
repaired  or  improved.  Three  chapels  are  reported  as  having  been  built 
within  the  year,  and  81  parsonages  have  been  provided.  One  hundred  and 
fifteen  men,  in  connection  with  the  missionary  churches,  are  reported  as  in 
different  stages  of  preparation  for  the  Gospel  ministry. 


THE    TREASURY 

Resources. — The  balance  in  the  treasury  March  31,  1893,  was 
$3,501.17,  and  $10,022.09  in  reserve  for  drafts  payable.  The  receipts 
for  the  succeeding  twelve  months  were  :  $400,309.61  from  legacies,  con- 
tributions, and  other  sources,  and  $221,298.95  reported  by  the  Auxilia- 
ries as  raised  and  expended  on  their  respective  fields,  making  the  total 
resources  for  the  year  $635,131.82. 

Liabilities. — There  was  due  to  missionary  laborers  at  the  close  of 
last  year,  $6,336.37.  There  has  since  become  due  $695,104.79,  which,  with 
$125,000  due  the  bank  ($3,465.83  discount),  makes  the  total  liabilities 
$822,975.33. 

Payments. — For  missionary  labor  and  expenses,  $701,441. 16,  including 
$221,298.95  expended  by  the  Auxiliaries  on  their  respective  fields,  leaving 
$2,496.71  still  due  the  missionaries  on  receipt  of  their  reports  for  labor 
performed.  In  addition  to  these  past  dues,  appropriations  already  made 
and  daily  becoming  due,  amounting  to  $116,156.35,  making  the  total 
pledges  $118,653.06,  toward  canceling  which  there  was  a  balance  in  the 
treasury,  March  31,  1894,  of  $37,012.40,  and  $18,212.43  held  in  reserve 
for  drafts  payable. 

ABSTRACT— THE    TREASURY 

♦  Resources  : 

Balance,  March  31,  1893 $3*501   17 

Cash  reserved  for  drafts  payable  March  31,  1893   10,022  09 

Receipts  :    Contributions,  etc $241,610  50 

Legacies '58,699  1 1 

400,309  61 

Auxiliaries  (raised  and  expended  on  their  own  fields) 221,298  95 

$635,131  8a 

*  Loans  from  bank,  within  the  year  ending  March  31, 1894,  for  payment  of  mission- 
ary labor  and  expenses,  not  included  in  this  statement.     [See  Loan  Account,  Financial 
Statement.] 


July.  1894  The  Home  Missionary  117 

Liabilities  : 

For  missionary  labor,  March  31,  1893 $6,336  37 

For  missionary  labor  and  expenses,  including  Auxiliaries 

($221,298.95) 695,104  79 

Bank  loan,  March  31,  1894,  $125,000  (less  discount,  $3,- 

465.83) 121,534  17 


$822»975  33 
Payments : 

For  missionary  labor  and  expenses $480,142  21 

Auxiliaries  on  their  own  fields 221,298  95 

$701,441  16 

Cash  balance,  March  31,  1894 $37,012  40 

Cash  in  reserve  for  drafts  payable  March  31,  1894 $18,212  43 


COMPARATIVE   RESULTS 

The  number  of  commissions  exceeds  by  8  that  of  the  sixty-seventh 
year  ;  the  years  of  labor  were  46  more  ;  the  number  who  have  preached 
in  foreign  languages,  218,  has  been  increased  by  42  ;  89  more  preaching 
stations  have  been  statedly  supplied.  The  additions  to  the  aided 
churches  were,  by  letter  293  more,  and  on  confession  1,259  more  than  last 
year.  The  number  of  schools  under  missionary  care  have  been  increased 
by  137,  with  5,250  more  scholars  reported. 


THE   WOMAN'S   DEPARTMENT 

This  department,  organized  in  1883,  and  now  for  some  years  under 
the  care  of  its  secretary,  Mrs.  H.  S.  Caswell,  has  made  a  steady  progress 
that  has  been  truly  said  to  be  "  little  less  than  a  miracle."  Having  for  the 
last  year  been  relieved  of  the  editorial  care  of  The  Home  Missionary,  the 
secretary  has  been  able  to  devote  much  more  of  her  time  to  the  special 
work  of  the  department,  in  behalf  of  which  she  has  visited  a  large  part  of 
the  field,  particularly  in  the  West  and  South,  coming  into  personal  contact 
with  the  officers  and  members  of  the  Woman's  State  Home  Missionary 
organizations,  rousing  their  courage,  quickening  their  zeal,  unifying  their 
councils,  and  enlarging  their  offerings  to  Home  MissiOTv^  ^t\^  X)cv^  o'Ccirx 


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ii8  The  Home  Missionary  July.  1894 

benevolences  of  our  Congregational  churches.  There  are  now  forty-one 
of  these  State  Unions,  representing  every  State  except  Delaware  and 
South  Carolina,  and  every  Territory  except  Alaska  and  Arizona.  Arixona 
is  already  planning  for  organization.  One  Union,  the  Black  Hills,  was 
organized  within  the  year  now  reported  (October,  1893),  since  which  time 
the  work  of  organization  has  halted  for  lack  of  unoccupied  territory  to 
enter  upon.  Of  the  5,132  Congregational  churches  in  States  with  Home 
Missionary  Unions,  2,353  are  in  auxiliary  relations  with  these  Unions — a 
gain  of  25S  churches  within  the  year.  The  Unions  have  paid  into  the 
National  Society's  treasury  ^5 1,204. 20 — a  small  gain,  even  in  this  disas- 
trous year,  over  the  sixty-seventh.  They  have  also  raised  for  other 
National  Societies,  $95*947.93 — indicating  what  may  be  expected  from 
the  361,000  women  of  our  churches  when  "better  times  "shall  set  to 
flowing  again  the  ordinary  streams  of  benevolence. 

Fuller  particulars  of  the  work  of  the  Woman's  Department,  including 
that  of  all  its  forty-one  State  Unions,  may  be  learned  from  the  annual 
report  of  its  secretary,  to  be  had  without  charge  by  addressing  her  at  the 
Bible  House,  New  York. 

The  charge  of  the  "  box  business  " — the  securing  and  distributing  to 
home  missionary  families  who  need  them,  supplies  of  clothing,  household 
goods,  books,  etc.,  with  occasional  gifts  of  cash  for  special  uses,  whereby 
the  Society  has  for  many  years  ministered  to  the  comforts  of  hundreds  of 
its  missionaries — has  for  the  last  year  been  laid  upon  the  Woman's  Depart- 
ment. Some  facts  pertaining  to  it  are  given  in  a  following  article. 
Others  will  be  found  in  Mrs.  Caswell's  annual  report. 


THE  Sunday-schools 

Another  year  has  added  its  cumulative  testimony  to  the  wisdom  and 
value  of  this  department  of  the  Society's  work,  especially  in  the  newer 
settlements.  Where  the  families  are  too  few  and  poor  as  yet  to  warrant 
the  planting  of  a  church,  yet  are  near  enough  to  a  devoted  missionary's 
field  to  be  under  his  watchful  care  by  frequent  visitations,  the  Sunday- 
school  and  neighborhood  prayer-meeting  go  far  to  prepare  the  way  for  the 
church  and  its  sacred  ordinances.  One  after  another,  new  comers  from 
other  churches  are  attracted  by  the  little  gatherings  of  Christ's  people, 
and  converts  are  made  from  youthful  learners  of  the  Bible,  until  the 
missionaries  have  come  to  look  upon  this  as  the  normal  method  of  church 
planting  in  their  wide  parishes. 

The  new  Sunday-schools  organized  in  this  sixty-eighth  year  were  274. 
"lere  are  now  under  home  missionary  care  2,407,  and  the  number  of 


July.  1894  The  Home  Missionary  119 

scholars  regularly  taught  in  them  is  164,050— a  gain  of  4,360  over  those 
reported  one  year  ago.  In  this  labor  and  its  blessed  fruits  in  the  conver- 
sion of  many  children  and  youth,  the  missionaries  have  had  continued 
help  from  the  agents  and  publications  of  the  Congregational  Sunday- 
School  and  Publishing  Society.  The  permanence  of  schools  so  formed, 
supplied,  and  maintained  is  a  source  of  ever-growing  gratification  and 
encouragement. 

OUR    PUBLICATIONS 

The  Home  Missionary  with  the  April  number  closed  its  sixty-sixth 
volume.  Through  all  these  years  it  has  been  the  Society's  medium  of 
communication  with  its  constituents  in  the  East  and  the  West,  and  now, 
once  more,  in  the  South.  The  issues  in  the  Society's  sixty-eighth  year — 
the  sixty-sixth  of  the  magazine — were  360,600  copies,  a  monthly  average 
of  30,0^0.  Beginning  with  that  volume,  the  experiment  has  been  made  of 
seeking  to  improve  the  magazine,  by  increasing  the  number  of  its  pages 
(doubling  the  number  filled  a  few  years  ago),  using  much  finer  paf)er,  and 
illustrating  some  of  the  articles  with  cuts  far  superior  to  any  used  hereto- 
fore. So  hearty  has  been  the  approval  of  its  readers  that  the  Executive 
Committee  propose  to  continue  the  experiment,  believing  that  the  improve- 
ment in  the  app>earance  and  character  of  the  magazine  will  increase  the 
number  and  interest  of  its  readers,  so  enlarging  and  multiplying  the  greatly 
needed  offerings  to  the  Society's  treasury,  and  the  still  more  essential 
prayers  for  the  largest  success  of  the  work.  Whatever  external  changes 
may  be  made,  the  magazine  will  still  be  held  to  its  one  purpose  :  to  faith- 
fully report  the  needs,  methods,  successes,  or  failures  in  all  parts  of  the 
great  field  of  Home  Missions — our  entire  country,  from  sea  to  sea,  from 
the  Great  Lakes  to  the  Gulf.  It  will  still  be  the  chief  medium  of  communi- 
cation between  the  workers  and  the  givers  on  whom,  under  God,  they 
depend  for  their  daily  support. 

The  July  number  of  each  year  contains  the  Annual  Rejjort  of  the 
Society.  The  Woman's  number  (August)  fully  reports  the  annual  meet- 
ing of  the  department,  with  a  bird's-eye  view  of  its  year's  work. 

Dr.  Josiah  Strong's  well-known  book,  **  Our  Country,"  written  for  the 
Society,  is  still  supplied  from  its  office  in  the  Bible  House  at  thirty  cents 
|)er  copy  in  paper,  and  sixty  cents  in  cloth — the  revised  edition,  with 
statistics  from  the  census  reports  of  1890. 

The  remaining  copies  of  the  late  Superintendent  Montgomery's  work, 
"  A  Wind  from  the  Holy  Spirit  in  Norway  and  Sweden,"  are  for  sale  in 
cloth,  illustrated,  at  forty-five  cents;  in  paper,  illustrated,  twenty  cents; 
paper,  plain,  ten  cents  a  copy. 

The  Society  also  issues  an  annual  report,  annual  s^ttaow^  ^.tv^\>\;s^ 


I20  The  Home  Missionary  July.  1894 

papers  of  the  secretaries,  annual  summary  of  work  (in  leaflet  form),  home 
missionary  wall-map,  Sunday-school  star  chart,  mite-boxes  for  general 
use,  "  tent  mite-boxes  "  for  the  Boys'  and  Girls'  Home  Missionary  Army, 
Sunday-school  concert  exercises,  collection  envelopes,  and  over  120  leaf- 
lets, of  which  specimen  copies  will  be  supplied  freely  to  pastors,  superin- 
tendents, and  others,  to  aid  in  collecting  funds  for  the  treasury.  A  priced 
catalogue  of  the  publications  will  be  sent,  free,  on  request  by  postal  card 
or  otherwise. 

FAMILY    SUPPLIES 

The  year  of  **  hard  times  "  here  reported  has  been  sharply  felt  in 
most  of  the  homes  of  our  distant  missionaries.  Though  the  Society  has 
promptly  met  its  obligations,  the  people  in  many  cases  have  been  unable 
to  redeem  their  pledges,  and  the  inconvenient  deficiency  of  clothing, 
housekeeping  goods,  and  the  like,  in  many  missionary  homes,  would  have 
deepened  into  actual  suffering  had  not  the  hearts  of  our  helpful  Ladies' 
Societies  in  the  East  and  the  Interior  been  quick  to  feel  for  those  brethren 
and  sisters  and  their  children,  and  their  hands  swift  to  aid  them.  Never 
was  the  material  help  furnished  more  needed,  never  was  the  true  Christian 
sympathy  expressed  by  the  senders  of  these  **  box  supplies  "  more  warmly 
appreciated.  The  largely  increased  number  of  (often  sudden)  calls  for 
aid  has  led  to  the  sending  of  an  unusual  number  of  boxes,  though  of  less 
value,  in  many  cases,  than  in  former  years.  The  number  of  boxes,  bar- 
rels, and  other  packages  reported  is  just  800,  including  those  of  the 
Auxiliaries.  The  total  estimated  value  of  730  of  these  is  $36,083.87. 
Reckoning  those  of  which  the  value  is  not  reported  at  the  average  rate, 
and  adding  $1,257.30  known  to  have  been  sent  directly  in  cash  by  friends 
and  not  reported,  we  have  a  total  of  $37,341.11  in  help  of  this  kind, 
besides  much  that  has  been  supplied  the  particulars  of  which  cannot  be 
given,  since  they  are  known  only  to  the  givers  and  receivers. 

The  administration  of  this  business  of  family  supplies  is  now  in  the 
hands  of  the  Woman's  Department,  to  whose  secretary  applications  for 
families  to  be  cared  for  should  be  addressed.  Of  course  the  first  and  ever 
pressing  need  of  the  Society  is  of  cash  for  the  daily  drafts  upon  its 
treasury  ;  but  until  times  are  very  materially  bettered  there  will  also  be 
constant  call  for  the  help  our  Ladies'  Societies  are  wont  to  render.  Many 
a  sick  Home  Missionary  mother  will  be  more  grateful  for  sisterly  love 
shown  in  work  than  for  even  a  greater  value  in  money.  Shall  not  both 
these  lines  of  help  be  cheerfully  continued  .so  long  as  there  is  need,  by 
the  mothers  in  Israel,  their  sisters,  daui^hters,  and  household  friends,  to 
whom  the  Society  and  its  faithful  workers  already  owe  such  a  vast  debt  of 
gratitude  ? 


July.  1894  The  Home  Missionary  121 

AUXILIARIES   AND   MISSIONARY   FIELDS 

MAINE   MISSIONARY  SOCIETY 

Prof.  LeviL.  Paine,  D.D.,  President  ;  Rev.  Jonathan  E.  Adams.  D.D.,  Secretary, 
Bangor  ;  John  L.  Crosby,  Esq.,  Treasurer,  Bangor.    Office  in  Bangor 

The  Receipts  of  this  Auxiliary,  within  the  year  ending  February  28,  were : 

From  churches  and  individuals $7>9o6  18 

From  legacies 5.9IO  59 

Income  from  invested  funds 2,896  25 

$16,713  02 
The   National  Society  received  from  churches,  individuals,  and   legacies   in 

Maine,  for  the  national  work,  within  the  year  ending  March  31 i>732  33 

Total  amount  raised  in  the  State,  in  cash,  for  Home  Missions $18,445  35 

The  Auxiliary  paid  into  the  treasury  of  the  National  Society,  in  cash,  for  the 

national  work,  within  the  year  ending  March  31 306  25 

The  Auxiliary  expended  in  its  own  field,  for  missionary  labor  and  expenses, 

within  the  year  ending  February  28 23,711  59 

Secretary  Adams  gives  the  following  facts  :  This  Society  has  had 
in  commission  138  missionaries  during  a  part  or  the  whole  of  the  year. 
Of  these,  seventy-nine  arc  ordained,  fifty-six  are  licentiates,  and  three  are 
women  sent  out  by  the  Woman's  Auxiliary. 

One  hundred  and  twenty-one  churches  and  seventeen  stations  have 
been  supplied,  receiving  in  the  aggregate  eighty-two  years  of  service. 

Four  of  the  men  received  ordination.  Several  young  men  are  reported 
as  in  preparation  for  the  ministry.  One  church,  after  having  dedicated  a 
fine  house  of  worship,  has  come  to  self-support. 

We  are  unable  to  report  any  general  revival  interest  during  the  year. 
A  few  of  the  churches  have  had  some  ingathering,  but  the  majority  have 
returned  neither  hopeful  conversions  nor  additions.  It  would  be  hard  to 
charge  this  to  unfaithfulness  on  the  part  of  pastors.  So  far  as  we  know, 
they  have  been  earnest  and  direct  in  their  preaching,  constant  in  visita- 
tions, anxious  for  the  blessing,  and  instant  in  prayer.  Still  there  continues 
to  be  a  dearth  of  spiritual  results  so  far  as  new  decisions  are  concerned, 
and  we  often  ask.  How  long  must  this  condition  continue  ?  W^ith  all  this 
discouragement,  there  are  some  signs  of  coming  life.  The  Sunday-school 
and  the  Christian  Endeavor  work  progress  favorably,  and  many  are  hope- 
ful of  revival  interest  in  the  near  future. 

The  general  missionaries  have  done  good  service  in  the  direction  of 
supervision.  One  has  prepared  the  way  in  several  churches  for  the 
reception  of  pastors.  Another  has  led  a  church  in  a  new  and  thriving 
9 


122  The  Home  Missionary  July.  1894 

community  to  hopefulness  and  a  willingness  to  sacrifice  and  work  for  a 
corresponding  growth  of  the  church,  for  the  building  of  a  suitable  house 
of  worship,  and  for  gathering  in  the  strangers  who  come  from  business. 

The  county  missionaries  and  the  lady  visitors  have  all  done  good  work 
while  in  the  field,  and  have  lent  a  helping  hand  wherever  they  have  been. 

Rev.  E.  M.  Cousins,  the  Field  Secretary,  has  visited  the  churches 
since  October,  1893,  and  he  is  succeeding  in  interesting  them  in  regard  to 
the  material  resources,  the  temporal  progress,  and  the  religious  needs  of  the 
State.  It  is  hoped  that  a  knowledge  of  these  things  will  move  those  who 
are  able  to  give  more  liberally  than  in  the  past.  How  far  the  present 
**  hard  times  "  may  go  to  hinder  this  result  we  are  unable  yet  to  deter- 
mine. As  now  appears,  this  auxiliary  will  be  able  to  sympathize  with  the 
National  Society  in  its  calls  for  larger  contributions,  and  its  fear  of  disas- 
ter to  the  work  if  the  needed  funds  are  withheld.  Our  hope  is  that  the 
real  disciples  of  the  Master  will  see  to  it  that  his  kingdom  shall  receive 
nothing  of  detriment. 


NEW    HAMPSHIRE    HOME    MISSIONARY    SOCIETY 

Hon.  Gkorgk  A    Ramsdell,  Prksidf.nt;  Rev.  Alfred  T.   Hillman,  Secretary; 
Hon.  Lyman  I).  Stevens.  Treasurer.     Office  in  Concord 

The  Receipts  of  this  Auxiliary,  within  the  year  ending  February  28,  were  : 

From  churches  and  individuals $3,948  03 

From  legacies 8,240  62 

Income  from  invested  funds 4*561   16 

$16,749  ^i 
The  National   Society  received  from  churches,  individuals,  and   legacies  in 
New    Hampshire,    for  the    national    work,     within    the    year    ending 
Marcli  31 14.542  tS 

'i'otnl  amount  raised  in  the  State,  in  ca^h,  for  Home  Missions $31,291  99 

The  Auxiliary  paid  into  the  treasury  of  the  National  Society,  in  cash,  forthe 

national  woik,  within  the  year  ending  March  31 802  46 

The  Auxiliary  expended  in  its  own  field,  for  missionary  labor  and  expenses, 

within  the  year  ending  P'ebruary  28 9)25$  41 

Secretary  Ilillman  reports  :  Sixty-two  missionaries  have  been  in  the 
employ  of  the  Society  the  whole  or  a  part  of  the  year,  serving  sixty-six 
churches  and  outlying  stations.  An  appeal  has  come  to  us  from  our 
Swedish  hrethren  to  imdertake  work  in  their  behalf,  and  the  request  was 
favorably  acted  upon  by  our  trustees.  The  ri^ht  man  is  being  sought 
and  with  his  enj^acrement  the  work  will  be  pushed.  At  present  the  work 
of  the  Society  is  confined  entirely  to  the  native  population,  and  grows  in 


July,  1894  The  Home  Missionary  123 

value  to  the  State  and  nation  with  each  year.  Thirty-four  per  cent,  of 
the  living  natives  of  New  Hampshire  reside  in  other  States.  The  char- 
acter of  this  migration  is  seen  from  the  fact  that  the  teachers,  lawyers, 
doctors,  and  ministers  in  the  United  States  who  are  natives  of  New 
Hampshire  are  one  in  twenty-seven  of  the  adult  population  living  in  the 
State.  Our  missions  are  fruitful  of  men  of  character,  and  also  of  large 
gifts  to  the  work  outside  of  the  State.  More  than  J8,ooo  have  accrued 
to  the  National^ociety  from  this  source  in  legacies  within  the  year,  and 
this  sum  is  likely  to  be  doubled  before  the  end  of  our  Society  year,  in 
August.  The  contributions  from  the  churches,  both  to  our  own  and  the 
National  Society,  show  a  falling  off  as  compared  with  some  previous  years, 
but  the  legacy  account  is  likely  to  carry  the  totals  above  the  average. 

Several  interesting  revivals  have  been  in  progress  within  the  year ; 
one  is  the  direct  result  of  our  "  District  Work,"  which  has  been  main- 
tained a  greater  part  of  the  time.  At  Bartlett,  where  we  have  no  church 
organization,  but  where  we  have  maintained  a  mission  for  three  years, 
fifty  hopeful  conversions  are  reported.  This,  we  trust,  means  a  church  in 
the  community.  A  healthy  growth  is  noted  throughout  the  entire  field, 
and  in  no  recent  year  have  reports  shown  so  many  churches  starting 
toward  self-support.  The  usual  calls  have  been  made  upon  the  "  White- 
house  Fund,"  to  aid  in  repairs  on  church  property,  and  a  grant  to  Ray- 
mond of  $1,000  enabled  the  church  to  dedicate  its  new  building  free  from 
debt. 

VERMONT  DOMESTIC   MISSIONARY  SOCIETY 

Hon.  Henry  Fairbanks,  Ph.D.,  President  ;  Rev.  Charles  H.  Merrill,  Secre- 
tary ;    Theron  M.  Howard,  Esq.,  Treasurer.     Office  in  St.  Johnsbury 

The  Receipts  of  this  Auxiliary,  within  the  year  ending  February  28,  were  : 

From  churches  and  individuals $6,567  00 

From  legacies 776  1 7 

Income  from  invested  funds 4.082  15 

$11,425  32 
The  National  Society  received   from  churches,  individuals,  and  lej^acies   in 

Vermont,  for  the  national  work,  within  the  year  ending  March  31 8,002  81 

Total  amount  raised  in  the  State,  in  cash,  for  Home  Missions $19,428  13 

The  Auxiliary  paid  into  the  treasury  of  the  National  Society,  in  cash  and  two 
shares  of  stock  of  the  E.  and  T.  Fairbanks  Company,  for  the  national 
work,  within  the  year  ending  March  31 578  81 

The  Auxiliary  expended  in  its  own  field,  for  missionary  labor  and  expenses, 

within  the  year  ending  February  28 1^,545  90 

Fifty-nine  missionaries  have  been  in  commission  during  the  whole  or  a 
part  of  the  year,  performing  fifty  years  of  labor  in  couueeUotv  vj\\.\\  sv^Vj- 


124  'Hie  Home  Missionary  July.  1894 

four  churches  and  fourteen  stations.  Secretary  Merrill  reports:  The 
year  has  shown  a  marked  advance  in  almost  every  direction  save  in  the 
matter  of  finances.  Three  new  churches  have  been  organized  ;  three 
older  ones  have  been  brought  to  self-support ;  in  several  cases  a  smaller 
missionary  grant  has  been  asked  for ;  the  work  of  the  **  District  Visitors  " 
has  met  with  increasing  favor,  marked  spiritual  results  have  attended  their 
labors,  and  a  call  has  been  made  for  an  increase  of  the  force. 

The  three  new  churches  are  in  fields  where  there  is  at  present  no  other 
religious  service.  In  one  case  a  '*  Union  "  house  of  worship  has  stood  for 
fifty  years  without  a  church  organization.  At  the  outset,  four  denomina- 
tions— Baptist,  Free  Baptist,  Methodist,  and  Universalist — attempted  to 
occupy  jointly,  and  succeeded  only  in  killing  each  other  ofif.  For  several 
years  we  have  supplied  them  with  students  in  the  summer.  Last  season 
two  of  our  young  women  went  in  and  reaped  the  harvest  We  have  now 
a  church  of  over  thirty  members,  one-half  of  them  males.  In  another  case 
the  township  had  never  had  a  church  organization,  and  the  lot  granted 
for  the  first  settled  minister,  now  heavily  timbered  and  valuable,  stands 
unclaimed.  A  student  started  the  work,  and  two  of  our  young  women 
have  followed  it  up,  greatly  enlarging  and  strengthening  the  church. 
Timber  has  been  drawn  from  the  minister's  lot  for  a  house  of  worship. 
In  the  third  case,  a  fine  brick  house  of  worship  was  standing  unoccupied, 
no  Protestant  service  being  held  within  the  limits  of  the  township.  Two 
more  new  churches  are  in  prospect  in  fields  where  self-support  ought  soon 
to  be  reached. 

The  reproach  that  has  been  cast  upon  New  England  Congregation- 
alism, that  it  is  cold  and  formal,  destitute  of  spiritual  life,  and  fitted  only 
to  reach  the  educated  and  the  intellectual,  can  no  longer  be  brought 
against  many  of  our  Vermont  churches.  The  District  Visitors  are  dem- 
onstrating that  warmth  and  zeal,  and  lives  wholly  consecrated  to  service, 
can  consist  with  quiet  demeanor  and  a  simple  gospel  message,  holding  up 
Christ  above  any  "  ism  "  and  keeping  silence  on  doctrines  that  divide. 
The  need  of  putting  in  little  churches  to  divide  parishes,  because  the  old 
church  *'  does  not  reach  the  people,"  can  no  longer  be  urged.  We  are 
reaching  the  people  through  this  agency.  We  are  reaching  them  in  par- 
ishes where  those  churches  which  have  claimed  a  special  fitness  for  this 
have  failed.  If  this  work  goes  on,  some  other  excuse  for  keeping  Chris- 
tians apart  in  sectarian  folds  will  have  to  be  found,  or  they  will  come 
together  of  themselves,  animated  with  a  common  spirit  of  service. 

The  employment  of  Rev.  F.  F.  Lewis  as  a  general  missionary,  in 
connection  with  the  Congregational  Sunday-School  and  Publishing  Society, 
has  been  tried  during  the  year  closing  with  this  report.  In  his  work  for 
the  State  society  he  has  visited  mission  fields  and  rendered  assistance 
financially  and  otherwise,  aside  from  the  indirect  aid  that  has  come  to  our 


July.  1894  The  Home  Missionary  I25 

churches  through  his  Sunday-school  and  Endeavor  work.  In  the  organ- 
izing of  one  of  the  new  churches,  and  in  opening  the  field  for  another,  his 
work  was  of  special  value.  He  leaves  to  accept  another  call  at  the  close 
of  his  year. 

The  missionary  •*  rallies  "  held  in  the  State,  under  the  direction  of  Rev. 
Mr.  Shelton,  accompanied  by  Rev.  Mr.  Puddefoot,  Mrs.  Shelton,  and  Rev. 
Mr.  Hood  of  the  Building  Society,  awakened  great  interest  and  cannot 
fail  to  have  an  effect  upon  the  treasuries  of  the  societies  in  the  near  future. 
All  parts  of  the  State  were  reached,  and  a  rare  opportunity  was  given  to 
many  who  could  never  attend  the  great  anniversaries  to  hear  speakers 
whose  names  were  familiar. 


MASSACHUSETTS   HOME   MISSIONARY  SOCIETY 

Franklin  Carter,  LL.D.,  President;  Rev.  Joshua  Coit.  Secretary;  Rev.  E.  B. 

Palmer,  Treasurer.    Office  in  Boston 

The  Receipts  of  this  Auxiliary  for  Home  Missions,  within  the  year  ending 

February  28,  were $122,110  30 

The  National  Society  received  from  churches,  individuals,  and  legacies,  in 

Massachusetts,  for  the  national  work,  within  the  year  ending  March  31. .      86,492  71 

Total  amount  raised  in  the  State,  in  cash,  for  Home  Missions $208,603  01 

The  Auxiliary  paid  into  the  treasury  of  the  National  Society,  in  cash,  for  the 

national  work,  within  the  year  ending  March  31 55,512  I2 

The  Auxiliary  expended  in  its  own  field,  for  missionary  labor  and  expenses, 

within  the  year  ending  February  28 70,849  62 

Secretar}'  Coit  reports:  One  hundred  and  thirty-four  (134)  stations 
have  been  occupied  during  the  year  by  missionaries  of  this  Society.  Nine 
(9)  general  missionaries  and  one  hundred  and  twelve  (112)  other  mission- 
aries have  been  employed — in  all,  one  hundred  and  twenty-one  (121).  Of 
the  one  hundred  and  thirty-four  (134)  stations,  ten  (10)  were  double  and 
one  hundred  and  fourteen  single.  Of  the  one  hundred  and  thirty-four 
churches  and  missions  occupied,  seventy-one  (71)  may  be  called  "per- 
manent," and  thirty  (30)  "new."  Twenty-six  (26)  are  foreign,  and  seven 
(7)  are  evangelistic  enterprises.  To  the  seventy-one  permanents  the  total 
grant  was  $16,120;  average  to  each,  $237.  To  the  thirty  new,  the  total 
grant  was  $10,225  5  average,  $340.  To  the  twenty-six  foreign,  the 
total  grant  was  $16,500 ;  average,  $634.  To  the  seven  evangelistic 
enterprises  the  total  grant  was  $8,510  ;  average,  $1,215. 

The  work  among  the  Armenians,  Italians,  Finns,  and  Jews  cout\tvvies» 
as  last  year.     Rev,  Milon  H.  Hitchcock  has  labored  as  ^etv^ixa\  tcvxs- 


126  The  Home  Missionary  July,  1894 

sionary  among  the  Armenians ;  Rev.  Andrew  Groop  has  been  a  general 
missionary  among  the  Finns,  having  learned  their  language  for  this 
purpose.  Mr.  John  G.  May  has  charge  of  the  Italian  mission  in  Boston, 
and  E.  S.  Niles,  M.D.,  of  that  among  the  Jews.  The  foreign  work  of  the 
Society  might  easily  be  increased,  and  would  be  were  all  the  requests  for 
it  granted.  But  the  rapid  diminution  of  the  Swett  Fund  compels  us  to 
content  ourselves  with  carrying  on  what  has  already  been  begun.  As  time 
passes  the  churches  are  beginning  to  appreciate  more  clearly  the  import- 
ance of  this  work  ;  so  that  the  demand  for  its  continuance  will  doubtless 
be  imperative,  even  though  there  shall  appear  no  special  fund  or  gift  to 
take  the  place  of  the  Swett  Fund  in  carrying  it  forward.  It  is  the  hope 
of  the  Society  in  some  way,  not  yet  devised,  however,  to  provide  for  this 
work  without  diminishing  the  regular  contribution  to  the  work  in  the 
West. 

The  present  apparent  result  of  the  work  done  among  the  French- 
Canadians,  large  as  it  is,  by  no  means  gives  a  true  measure  of  what  has 
been  accomplished.  For  beyond  the  tens  and  twenties,  here  and  there, 
that  have  been  gathered  into  the  Protestant  churches,  French  and  Ameri- 
can, there  are  scores  and  hundreds  who  are  convinced  but  not  converted. 
They  are  unwilling  to  lake  an  open  stand  in  opposition  to  the  church  of 
their  childhood,  which  has  yet  a  strong  hold  upon  them,  in  view  of  the 
sure  and  bitter  persecution  that  would  come  upon  them.  Coming  out 
from  the  Romish  Church  means  often  loss  of  work  and  of  all  social  inter- 
course with  old  friends  and  even  their  own  family.  The  influences  at 
work  upon  and  within  the  Roman  Catholic  Church  in  this  country  which 
tend  to  its  liberalization,  are  felt  to  a  less  degree  among  the  French  than 
among  those  who  are  familiar  with  the  English  language.  And  yet  they 
are  not  without  effect  among  the  French. 

A  very  important  ally  to  missionary  work  amons:  the  French-Canadians 
is  found  in  the  newspaper  Le  Citoyen  Franco  ct  Americain^  published  at 
the  college  in  Springfield.  Within  the  year  the  editorship  of  this  paper 
has  changed  hands.  Professor  Leon  Bouland,  the  present  editor,  is  a 
professor  at  the  college.  The  paper  reaches  many  Roman  Catholic 
families  who  cannot  as  yet  be  approached  by  our  missionaries,  and  does 
a  grand  work  among  them.  It  is  to  be  regretted  that  it  is  not  more  freely 
used  by  churches  and  individuals  as  a  weekly  tract  for  distribution.  The 
college  itself,  so  well  adapted  to  promote  intelligence  and  righteouness,  is 
under  the  new  president,  Rev.  S.  H.  Lee,  doing  better  than  ever  before, 
both  as  regards  the  numbers  in  attendance  and  the  interest  and  loyalty  of 
the  students. 

The  work  among  other  nationalities,  Swede,  Norwegian,  Finn,  German, 

Italian,  Armenian,  and  Jews,  calls  for  no  special  comment  this  year,  unless 

may  he  worth  while  to  mention  that  among  the  Armenians  hindrance 


July,  1894  The  Home  Missionary  127 

has  arisen  out  of  the  movements  of  the  Huntschagists,  or  Revolutionary 
party,  not  only  to  our  work  here  but  also  to  the  work  of  the  missionaries 
of  the  American  Board  in  Turkey. 

The  evangelistic  work  done  through  certain  churches  in  our  cities  by 
the  Swett  Fund  has  been,  as  heretofore,  successful.  Here  again  the  work 
is  limited  only  by  the  amount  of  money  that  can  be  devoted  to  it,  and  here 
also  the  fund  is  approaching  its  end,  though  the  end  is  not  so  near  at 
hand  as  with  the  Swett  Foreign  Fund.  The  success  reached  in  many 
instances  incites  other  churches  to  ask  that  we  work  also  through  them, 
the  work  done  is  so  plainly  helpful  to  church  and  community.  It  is  not 
likely,  however,  that  there  will  be  any  further  increase.  I'he  **  problem 
of  the  city  **  needs  still  to  be  carefully  and  prayerfully  studied  ;  but  it  is 
very  plain  that  earnest,  faithful  preaching  and  living  the  Gospel  of  Christ 
is  the  one  thing — and,  in  a  broad  sense,  the  only  thing — that  can  be  relied 
upon  to  purify  and  elevate  any  community.  So  it  is  of  the  greatest 
importance  that  our  cities  be  now  permeated  with  the  Gospel.  No  other 
scheme  of  reform  can  approach  in  power  for  good,  in  any  and  all  direc- 
tions, to  any  and  all  interests  of  the  social  state,  the  Gospel — the  glad 
tidings  of  good. 

The  work  among  the  country  churches  continues  as  of  old,  and,  as 
of  old,  its  success  is  much  greater  than  is  generally  supposed.  It  is,  for 
instance,  no  small  indication  that  the  church  is  more  than  holding  its  own 
when  we  notice  that  in  some  fifteen  towns  where  the  population  has 
diminished  between  1880  and  1890  by  over  fifteen  per  cent.,  falling  from 
27,006  to  22,871,  the  resident  membership  has  been  virtually  stationary, 
falling  only  from  761  to  752.  Deaths,  removals,  and  the  changing  of  the 
character  of  the  population  by  the  incoming  of  the  foreign  element  have 
been  so  far  counterbalanced  by  the  activity  and  growth  of  the  church  as 
to  keep  the  number  of  resident  members  substantially  good. 

There  has  been  no  movement  among  our  churches  this  year  towards 
union  with  other  evangelical  churches.  And  though  in  some  instances 
this  very  desirable  thing  may  seem  to  outsiders  practicable,  yet  it  has  not 
seemed  wise  to  withdraw  help  in  the  vain  hope  of  compelling  it.  And 
until  the  demands  of  the  small  churches  in  the  country  are  much  greater 
than  at  present,  or  the  deficit  in  the  National  Treasury  shall  show  itself 
to  be  a  permanent  condition  instead  of  the  temporary  result  of  "  hard 
times,"  it  does  not  seem  right,  in  view  of  the  wealth  of  our  churches,  to 
withhold  grants  where  they  have  been  made  in  the  past. 

Our  work  in  the  West,  through  the  National  Society,  has  been  specially 
emphasized  by  **  field  days,"  conducted  by  Rev.  Mr.  Shelton  and  held  in 
many  places.  These  have  been  uniformly  helpful.  The  stereopticon 
exhibition  in  the  evening  has  not  only  attracted  and  interested,  but  also 
instructed,  large  numbers.     The  people  have  thus  seen  as'V^W  ^x'^Xxftax^ 


128  The  Home  Missionary  July.  1894 

home  missionary  business.  The  calls  for  the  stirring  and  effective 
addresses  of  Field  Secretary  Puddefoot  have  been  frequent  and  urgent. 
If  we  had  two  or  three  more  such  men  their  time  could  all  be  well  used 
in  showing  the  people  the  demands  of  God  through  his  providence  at  this 
critical  hour  of  our  history.  That  the  increased  and  increasing  wealth  of 
the  church  may  be  drawn  upon  more  fully  and  freely,  it  is  after  all  only 
necessary  that  the  people  should  see  and  feel  the  demands  of  the  hour. 


RHODE    ISLAND   HOME   MISSIONARY  SOCIETY 

Rev.  Rowland  Hazard,  Presidknt  ;  Rev.  Alexander  McGregor,  Secretary, 
Pawtucket  ;  Benjamin  W.  Gallup,  Esq.,  Treasurer.  Office  in  Provi- 
dence 

The  Receipts  of  this  Auxiliary,  within  the  year  ending^  February  28,  were  : 

From  churches  and  individuals $6,059  o^ 

Income  from  invested  funds 3   13 

The  National  Society  received  from  churches,  individuals,  and  legacies,  in 

Rhode  Island,  for  the  national  work,  within  the  year  ending  March  31. .         4,848   11 

Total  amount  raised  in  the  State,  in  cash,  for  Home  Missions $10,910  25 

The  Auxiliary  paid  into  the  treasury  of  the  National  Society,  in  cash,  for  the 

national  work,  within  the  year  ending  March  31 25  00 

The  Auxiliary  expended  in  its  own  field,  for  missionary  labor  and  expenses, 

within  the  year  ending  February  28 6,238  50 

Secretary  Mc(}regor  reports  :  For  a  longer  or  shorter  time  we  have 
had  twelve  missionaries  in  the  service  during  the  year.  With  one  excep- 
tion, all  our  aided  churches  are  now  supplied  with  pastors,  and  refjort  on 
the  whole  encouragingly.  Indeed  we  may  say  that  in  the  aided  and  self- 
supporting  churches  in  the  State  there  is  not  a  vacant  pulpit.  Apart 
from  the  encouragement  and  support  aflorded  by  the  Society  to  the  mis- 
sionary churches,  some  of  them  on  the  near  verge  of  being  inheritances  of 
weakness,  valuable  work  has  been  done  among  our  foreign  population. 
The  Scandinavians  rank  foremost  in  progress  and  vigor.  To-day  we  have 
three  promising  churches  among  them,  where  a  few  years  ago  we  had 
none.  **  The  Lord  shall  count  when  he  writeth  up  the  people  "  that  the 
loving  supervision  of  the  late  Superintendent  Montgomery  had  much  to 
do  with  this  one  and  that  one  born  there.  The  C'rompton,  Providence, 
and  Pawtucket  Swedish  churches  have  become  a  threefold  cord,  each  with 
its  pastor,  which  cannot  easily  be  broken. 

The  Highland  Chapel  and  the  Edgewood  Mission,  both  in  the  suburbs 


July.  1894  The  Home  Missionary  129 

of  Providence,  have  received  a  large  share  of  the  State  Missionary's  care 
and  labor  during  the  year.  Now  the  former  has  a  beautiful  little  chapel, 
all  paid  for  and  comfortably  furnished,  and  the  latter  is  on  the  way  with 
fair  promise  of  being  equally  successful,  having  already  secured  a  build- 
ing lot  costing  j2,ooo,  and  vigorously  pushing  a  building  subscription 
list. 

Among  the  Armenians  we  have  had  a  stated  missionary  for  years  past, 
and  this  year  a  graduate  of  Yale  has  been  doing  good  work  among  them. 
To  the  Norwegians  we  have  rendered  occasional  services  through  a  neigh- 
boring Norwegian  pastor,  just  across  the  line  in  Massachusetts.  Several 
of  the  larger  churches  in  Providence  have  relieved  the  Society  by  taking 
the  exclusive  care  of  the  spiritual  needs  of  the  Portuguese  and  Chinese 
among  us,  and  so  making  it  possible  for  us  to  do  something,  through  Sun- 
day-school work  and  preaching,  towards  meeting  the  wants  of  the  multi- 
tudes that  congregate  at  our  "  shore  resorts  "  during  the  summer  season. 


MISSIONARY    SOCIETY    OF    CONNECTICUT 

Rev.  William  H.  Moore,  Secretary  ;  Ward  W.  Jacobs,  Esq.,  Treasurer. 

Office  in  Hartford 

The  Receipts  of  this  Auxiliary,  within  the  year  ending  February  28,  were : 

From  churches  and  individuals $14,398  73 

From  legacies 3,804  40 

Income  from  invested  funds go  84 

$18,293  97 

The  National  Society  received  from  churches,  individuals,  and  legacies,  in 

Connecticut,  for  the  national  work,  within  the  year  ending  March  31.       52,218  89 

Total  amount  raised  in  the  State,  in  cash,  for  Home  Missions $70,512  86 

The  Auxiliary  paid  into  the  treasury  of  the  National  Society,  in  cash,  for  the 

national  work,  within  the  year  ending  March  31 4.597  74 

The  Auxiliary  expended  in  its  own  field,  for  missionary  labor  and  expenses, 

within  the  year  ending  February  28   14, 192  70 

Secretary  Moore  reports  as  follows  :  Of  the  forty-four  churches  to 
which  grants  were  voted  in  1893,  eighteen  had  parsonages,  and  twenty- 
four  had  funds  to  an  aggregate,  including  parsonages,  of  ^9,016.  Of 
the  men  commissioned  to  serve  these  churches  seven  were  settled  pastors, 
nineteen  were  pastors  without  settlement,  seven  were  ordained  ministers, 
one  of  whom  was  settled  within  the  year,  and  nine  were  unordained 
preachers,  of  whom  within  the  year  one  was  ordained  and  one  was 
settled  as  pastor.     Two  served  two  churches  each. 


130  The  Home  Missionary  July.  1894 

WORK   AMONG  THE  FOREIGN    POPULATION 

THE    DANES 

Efforts  in  behalf  of  the  Danes  were  made  in  seven  places  :  Ansonia, 
Hartford,  Higganum,  New  Britain,  New  Haven,  North  Manchester,  and 
South  Manchester.  In  connection  with  the  work  in  Hartford  a  church 
of  twenty-five  members  was  recognized  by  council,  November  27,  1893. 

THE    GERMANS 

Rev.  Harmon  Seil,  who  had  just  completed  his  course  of  study  at 
Oberlin,  and  had  been  ordained  for  our  service,  labored  seven  months, 
from  May  to  December,  inclusive.  His  work  was  in  seven  different 
communities. 

THE    SWEDES 

Efforts  for  the  Swedes  were  made  in  thirty-three  places,  ten  men 
being  engaged  in  this  service. 

The  home  missionary  churches  in  Connecticut  had,  January  i,  1894, 
a  membership  of  2,771,  including  402  absentees.  In  1893  the  additions 
were,  by  profession,  216,  and  by  letter,  102  ;  in  all,  318.  The  removals 
were  38  by  death,  and  102  by  letter,  and  50  by  revision  of  rolls  and  dis- 
cipline ;  in  all,  190.  The  additions  exceeded  the  removals  by  128,  and 
the  professions  exceeded  the  deaths  by  178. 

In  the  results  of  our  work  in  Connecticut,  the  year  has  been  one  of 
good  cheer.  One  church  rejoices  in  a  completed  parsonage,  and  three 
new  meeting-houses  have  been  dedicated. 

The  ratio  of  additions  on  profession  has  been  nearly  two  and  one-half 
times  greater  than  in  the  self-supporting  churches.  The  twenty-one  old 
churches,  with  1,186  members,  added  40  on  profession,  lost  26  by  death, 
and  baptized  43  children.  The  ten  new  American  churches,  with  795 
members,  added  47  on  profession,  lost  10  by  death,  and  baptized  32 
children.  The  thirteen  foreign  churches,  with  790  members,  added  129 
on  profession,  lost  2  by  death,  and  baptized  121  children. 

This  analysis  may  be  studied  with  profit.  It  shows  that  each  depart- 
ment of  the  work  merits  support  ;  that  what  we  are  doing  for  the 
strangers  within  our  gates  is  especially  blessed  of  God;  and  that,  if  the 
churches  give  us  the  means,  we  shall  be  warranted  in  enlarging  our  oper- 
ations in  that  field. 

The  offerings  of  Connecticut  in  this  first  year  of  its  second  century  of 
home  missionary  work  were,  as  we  have  seen,  quite  beyond  those  of  any 
other  year  in  its  history,  and  are  a  good  augury  of  what  we  may  be 
expected  to  do  (or  this  cause  in  the  years  to  come. 


July,  1894  The  Home  Missionary  131 

NEW  YORK  HOME  MISSIONARY   SOCIETY 

Rev.  William  A.  Robinson,  D.D.,  President;    Rev.  Ethan   Curtis,  Syracuse, 
Secretary;  William  Spalding,  Esq.,  Syracuse,  Treasurer 

The  cash  receipts  within  the  year  have  been  $54,530.33,  including 
^35,905.36  in  legacies.  Ninety-six  missionaries  have  been  in  commission 
during  the  whole  or  a  part  of  the  year,  in  connection  with  101  churches 
and  stations.  Three  churches  have  reached  self-support.  Seventy-eight 
Sunday-schools  report  a  membership  of  10,166.  Secretary  Curtis  reports  : 
The  year  has  been  characterized  by  cautious  work,  on  account  of  the 
**  hard  times."  Almost  immediately  after  our  Annual  Meeting  the  signs 
of  financial  stress  began  to  appear,  and  trying  to  have  a  wise  foresight,  we 
began  at  once  to  plan  our  expenditure  on  the  most  economical  basis.  Yet 
there  has  been  an  effort  to  make  progress  in  all  possible  directions. 

We  report  the  following  encouraging  items  :  In  all  home  missionary 
work  so  much  depends  upon  the  man  that  we  feel  ourselves  fortunate  in 
securing  several  efficient  pastors  for  fields  that  were  vacant.  In  our  last 
report  we  chronicled  the  reception  of  a  new  church  from  the  Methodist 
Protestant  denomination,  viz. :  the  South  Avenue,  of  Syracuse.  The 
transition  was  somewhat  slow  and  discouraging,  but  in  June  a  permanent 
pastor  was  secured,  and  since  then  there  has  been  a  remarkable  change. 
The  Sunday-school  has  grown  from  25  to  150  in  attendance;  the 
congregations  have  more  than  doubled  ;  a  reading-room  and  gymnasium 
have  attracted  from  the  streets  some  fifty  boys  and  young  men  of  the 
roughest  class ;  and  perhaps  no  single  field,  considering  the  difficulty  of 
the  work,  has  made  more  rapid  progress.  Good  Will  Church,  in  the  same 
city,  has  taken  on  a  new  lease  of  life,  and  promises  great  things  for  the 
future  under  the  efficient  ministry  of  the  new  pastor.  The  same  can  be 
said  of  Carthage,  which  had  become  much  run  down,  but  with  a  new 
leader  has  repaired  its  house  of  worship,  enjoyed  a  season  of  refreshing, 
and  in  all  ways  has  taken  a  long  step  forward.  The  same  could  be  said 
of  other  fields  in  the  State. 

We  have  been  much  cheered  by  the  financial  sympathy  shown  by  two 
of  our  churches,  one  of  which  paid  into  our  treasury  the  entire  amount  of 
the  grant  for  six  months,  and  at  the  end  of  that  time  the  pastor  resigned 
his  commission,  saying  that  for  the  future  his  church  would  assume 
his  support.  In  the  other  case,  where  nearly  one-half  the  salary  had 
been  paid  by  the  Society,  the  first  thought  of  the  church  was  to  ask  for 
only  half  the  previous  grant;  but  with  a  better  second  thought  they  voted 
to  forego  needed  repairs  on  their  church  building  and  assume  the  entire 
support  of  their  pastor. 

There  have  been  three  series  of  '*  Fellowship  Meelm^s"  c^xix^di  ^xk 


132  The  Home  Missionary  July.  1894 

in  different  parts  of  the  State,  which  have  been  exceedingly  beneficial. 
In  two  cases  they  have  been  under  the  management  of  the  home  mis- 
sionary committee  of  the  Associations  in  whose  limits  they  were  held,  and 
in  another  were  carried  forward  by  Rev.  Lemuel  Jones,  our  general  mis- 
sionary. In  this  way  a  large  number  of  our  churches  have  been  visited 
— twenty  five  in  the  Black  River  and  St.  Lawrence  Association  alone, 
where  Mr.  Jones  conducted  the  meetings.  They  have  been  greatly  encour- 
aged, and  in  some  cases  several  conversions  have  taken  place  in  the 
meetings. 

Many  of  our  churches  have  been  visited  by  revivals  and  have  received 
large  additions  to  their  membership.  One  new  church  has  been  organ- 
ized at  Lakcwood,  on  Chautauqua  Lake,  and  another  at  Fineview,  on 
the  St.  Lawrence  River.  New  enterprises  have  been  started  at  Ridge- 
land,  near  Rochester,  and  at  Fisher's  Landing,  near  Clayton.  The 
churches  of  Tannersville  and  South  Avenue,  Syracuse,  have  been  regu- 
larly recognized  by  council.  We  have  found  it  necessary  during  the  year 
to  resist  invitations  to  welcome  contending  factions  in  churches  of  other 
denominations  who  wished  to  come  out  and  organize  as  Congregational 
churches. 

As  in  years  previous,  so  this  year,  we  have  successfully  taken  up  work 
in  fields  where  there  had  been  no  pastor  for  several  years.  Such  fields 
are  Sinclairville,  Pitcher,  and  Union  Valley — the  last  named  having  been 
apparently  lost  to  us  and  supplied  by  another  denomination,  but  is  now 
recovered  and  reorganized — South  Granville,  Griffin's  Mills,  DeKalb 
and  South  Hermon,  and  Kast  Ashford. 

Besides  our  general  missionary,  Rev.  Lemuel  Jones,  we  have  employed 
during  the  year  Rev.  Alexander  Shorts  for  missionary  work  among  the 
Thousand  Islands,  and  Rev.  Frank  Nilson  has  done  earnest  work  as 
Swedish  general  missionary,  dividing  his  time  between  the  States  of  New 
York,  Pennsylvania,  and  Ohio. 


DISTRICT  OF   NEW  YORK   CITY,   BROOKLYN,   AND  VICINITY 

Kkv.  William  T.  Stokf.s.  Sri'KRiNTENDKNT 

The  year  has  been  one  of  .steady  proj^rcss  and  good  results  in  the 
Metropolitan  District. 

Eighteen  churches  have  been  aided  by  the  Society.  In  each  of  these, 
with  scarcely  an  exception,  the  conditions  show  uniform  improvement, 
and,  in  some  instances,  to  a  marked  degree  over  those  of  a  year 
ago. 

Nine  thousand  dollars  ($9,000)  has  been  U\c  loial  expenditure. 


July.  1894  The  Home  Missionary  133 

The  Spanish  Mission,  which  finds  hospitable  shelter  in  the  Broadway 
Tabernacle  and  the  Pilgrim  churches,  has  been  constituted  a  separate 
department,  with  the  pastor,  the  Rev.  J.  Lopez-Guillen,  as  superintendent, 
and  one  lady  missionary. 

The  Pennsylvania  Avenue  Church,  in  Brooklyn,  a  new  movement,  has 
been  received  under  the  care  of  the  Society. 

The  Union  Church,  of  Prohibition  Park,  Staten  Island,  now  in  process 
of  organization,  expects  to  be  received  into  the  denominational  fold  at  an 
early  day.  This  is  the  first  Congregational  plant  on  the  lovely  island 
which  helps  to  form  New  York  Bay. 

The  Union  Church  in  Brooklyn  has  united  with  the  Beecher  Memorial 
Church  of  that  city,  and  the  two  pastors  have  become  associated  in 
the  care  of  the  one  church,  a  happy  union  of  membership  and  pastoral 
force  rendered  desirable  by  changed  conditions. 

Never  in  recent  years  have  there  been  so  many  opportunities  and  calls 
for  us  as  Congregationalists  either  to  initiate  or  to  cooperate  in  the  estab- 
lishment of  new  churches  in  this  metropolitan  area.  Seven  points  can  be 
named  where  the  circumstances  and  the  prospects  would  justify  the 
appointment  of  as  many  missionaries,  if  funds  were  available.  In  four  of 
these  the  people  have  places  of  worship  and  are  holding  services  as  best 
they  can.  It  is  in  this  direction  that  the  financial  restrictions,  which  have 
perforce  been  thrown  about  the  work,  arc  most  painfully  felt. 


OHIO  HOME   MISSIONARY  SOCIETY 

Rev.  Henry  M.  Tenney,   President;  Rkv.  John  G.  Fraser,  D.I).,  Cleveland, 
Secretary  ;  William  B.  Rowland,  New  York,   Treasurer 

Secretary  Fraser  reports  :  Forty-four  missionaries  employed  during 
the  year  ;  eight,  as  last  year,  representing  the  enlarging  work  of  the  Bohe- 
mian Mission.  Of  the  entire  number,  twenty-nine  have  been  in  their 
present  fields  the  whole  of  the  year.  Forty-three  churches  have  had 
preaching  services,  while  some  others  not  nominally  aided  have  been  able 
to  have  a  minister  because  of  aid  to  a  neighboring  church. 

Forty-three  churches  report  3,531  members,  of  which  two  have  200  or 
more,  and  sixteen  have  fifty  or  less.  Thirty-six  churches  report  361  con- 
versions, and  forty-two  report  390  additions  on  confession.  Thirty-seven 
churches  gave  $409.54  to  the  Society.  Cleveland,  Grace  ;  Sharon,  Penn- 
sylvania ;  and  Huntington,  West  Virginia,  have  come  to  self-support 
during  the  year. 

The  year's  gifts  for  Home  Missions,  from  the  Ohio  field,  have  aggre- 
gated $11,346.16.     Deducting  from  this  sum  two  legacies  of  $1,000  ^^.c\x^ 


134  The  Home  Missionary  July,  1894 

and  two  of  $25  and  ^lo  respectively,  an  aggregate  of  $2,035,  ^^^  ^^^ 
from  the  living  were  $9,311.16.  There  is  a  gleam  of  hope  upon  a  dark 
sky  in  the  fact  that,  notwithstanding  the  pinching  hard  times,  the  receipts 
from  usual  and  ordinary  sources  are  less  than  $20  smaller  than  in  the 
previous  year.  This  is,  however,  the  smallest  showing  in  many  years. 
Ohio  can  never  heartily  respect  herself  until  she  makes  and  maintains  a 
record  of  $  r  0,000  a  year  from  ordinary  sources,  with  normal  increase  from 
year  to  year. 

Of  257  churches,  181  have  contributed  either  as  churches  or  otherwise, 
while  seventy-six  have  done  nothing — almost  the  exact  figures  of  the  last 
two  years.  Of  the  seventy-six  non-contributing  churches,  four  are  newly 
organized,  and  twenty-nine  are  Welsh.  In  the  Medina  conference  every 
church  contributed  ;  in  two  other  conferences  all  but  two  of  the  churches 
contributed. 

THE     FIELDS 

1.  City  and  Country. — There  has  been  just  about  an  equal  division  as 
to  number  of  fields  between  city  and  country,  though  from  the  nature  of 
the  case  the  city  fields  have  been  more  largely  helped.  One  country 
church  at  Fitchville,  a  few  years  ago  almost  ready  to  perish,  has  revived, 
secured  in  its  seventy-fifth  year  a  resident  pastor,  repaired  its  house,  and 
taken  a  new  lease  of  life.  Of  the  city  fields,  Plymouth,  Toledo,  late  La 
Grange  Street — removed  to  a  far  more  favorable  site — and  Birmingham 
have  found  it  imperative  to  have  each  a  man's  full  time  ;  Lagonda  Avenue, 
Springfield,  has  built  a  church  and  parsonage,  introduced  institutional 
work  already  profoundly  impressing  the  community,  and  is  now  courage- 
ously facing  a  sharp  financial  crisis  ;  Lima  has  paid  $4,500  ori  its  house ; 
Ironton  has  paid  all  debts  and  refitted  its  house  ;  and  Chillicothe  must 
build  before  it  can  fully  do  the  great  work  possible  to  it.  There  remains 
much  land  yet  to  be  possessed  in  the  cities  of  the  State. 

2.  SicrJish. — The  Swedish  Church  in  Cleveland  has  completed  and 
dedicated  its  tasteful  and  convenient  house,  is  introducing  educational 
features  into  its  work  for  its  young  people,  and  is  making  heroic  efforts, 
with  members  out  of  work  for  months,  to  care  for  its  own. 

The  work  of  Rev.  Norman  Plass,  jointly  serving  this  Society  and  the 
Sunday-School  and  Publishing  Society,  has  been  notably  successful,  and 
helpful  to  the  churches.  During  the  year,  590  signed  inquiry  cards  and 
270  joined  the  churches.  Seventeen  churches  have  been  helped  in  special 
meetings,  and  one  church  organized.  The  churches  in  every  case  have 
been  quickened  and  helped,  and  in  some  cases  the  results  have  been 
striking.  It  is  hoped  to  help  the  country  churches  especially  this  coming 
summer. 

No  record  of  the  year  would  be  complete  which  failed  to  note  the 


July,  1894  The  Home  Missionary  135 

effect  upon  the  Society's  work  of  the  disastrous  days  in  which  we  live. 
Missionary  churches  have  been  unable  to  meet  their  pledges,  though  they 
have  tried  with  an  earnestness  which  puts  to  shame  the  churches  which 
are  stronger  financially  ;  churches  on  the  border  line  of  self-support,  but 
generally  able  to  care  for  themselves,  have  been  constrained  to  seek  aid  ; 
and  the  giving  churches  have  had  their  giving  power  crippled.  The 
Executive  Committee  resolutely  determined  to  attempt  no  new  work,  and 
kept  its  apportionment  for  the  new  year  carefully  down  to  last  year's 
figures.  It  has  been  obliged  to  neglect  four  very  important  city  fields, 
and  others  as  worthy  in  the  country,  and  to  see  the  work  suffer.  Now  the 
Parent  Society — whose  work  is  one  with  that  of  its  auxiliaries,  which 
under  the  new  **  Convention  "  plan  have  come  into  especially  near  and 
happy  relations  with  it — announces  a  reduction  in  its  estimates  of  work  for 
1S04-95,  and  asks  its  auxiliaries  to  do  likewise. 

RETRENCH 

With  keen  regret  and  great  hesitation,  this  Board  hereby  directs  its 
Executive  Committee  to  plan  work  for  the  present  on  the  basis  of  $12,500 
instead  of  $14,500,  and  to  reduce  expenditures  to  that  limit,  diminishing 
both  expenses  of  administration  and  of  missionary  service  wherever  it  can 
be  done  with  least  peril  to  the  work. 


ILLINOIS   HOME   MISSIONARY  SOCIETY 

Rev.  Edward  P.  Goodwin,  D.D.,  President  ;  Key.  James  Tompkins,  D.D.,  Sec- 
retary; Aaron  B.  Mead,  Esq.,  Treasurer.     Office  in  Chicago 

The  Receipts  of  this  Auxiliary  for  Home  Missions,  within  the  year  ending 

March  31,  were $21,065  61 

The  National  Society  received  from  churches,  individuals,  and  legacies,  for 

the  national  work,  within  the  year  ending  March  31 2,564  12 

Total  amount  raised  in  the  State,  in  cash,  for  Home  Missions  ....       $23,629  73 

The  Auxiliary  paid  into  the  treasury  of  the  National  Society,  in  cash,  for 

the  national  work,  within  the  year  ending  March  31   141  75 

The  Auxiliary  expended  in  its  own  field,  for  missionary  labor  and  expenses, 

within  the  year  ending  March  31 26,000  59 

Says  Secretary  Tompkins  :  Aside  from  the  superintendent,  seven  (7) 
missionary  evangelists,  sixty-three  (63)  missionary  pastors,  one  (i) 
Bohemian  Bible-reader,  three  (3)  gospel  singers,  and  twelve  (12)  mis- 
sionaries without  commission  have  labored  under  the  direction  ol  \.\\^ 


136  The  Home  Missionary  July,  1894 

Society.  These  do  not  include  the  missionaries  appointed  by  the  National 
Society  for  inter-State  work,  whose  residence  is  in  Illinois. 

Though  the  churches  have  been  crippled  in  finances,  as  has  been  the 
Home  Missionary  Society,  yet  the  year  has  proved  one  of  spiritual  prog- 
ress. A  larger  number  of  our  missionary  pastors  than  ever  before  have 
been  permitted  to  report  deep  and  wide-reaching  revivals  of  religion,  a 
consequent  increase  in  membership,  and  a  higher  standard  of  Christian 
living.  The  winter,  having  been  one  of  remarkable  hardship  for  the 
laboring  and  the  moneyless  classes,  has  given  our  churches  and  pastors  an 
unusual  o[)portunity  of  coming  into  helpful  sympathy  with  them,  and  in 
most  cases  the  occasion  has  been  improved  with  alacrity.  Some  of  our 
missionaries,  especially  in  the  cities,  have  nearly  worn  themselves  out  in 
ministrations  to  the  needy  and  suffering.  These  self-sacrificing  services 
have  removed  the  prejudices  and  won  the  confidence  and  esteem  of 
thousands  of  people,  and  so  prepared  the  way  for  much  larger  results  in 
the  work  of  leading  men  up  into  the  Christ  life. 

Some  progress  has  been  made  which  can  be  stated  in  figures.  Twelve 
churches  have  been  organized  ;  fifteen  churches  have  erected  houses  of 
worship  ;  twenty-nine  churches  have  enlarged  or  otherwise  repaired  their 
houses  ;  and  seven  have  secured  parsonages. 

The  evangelistic  services  in  all  j)arts  of  the  State  have  been  crowned 
with  large  results.  It  is  rare  for  such  cheering  reports  to  come  from 
these  laborers  month  after  month.  One  missionary  pastor  reports  the 
reception  of  over  seventy  members  into  his  church,  and  a  number  of 
others  report  large  accessions. 

In  the  effort  to  benefit  the  stranger  within  our  gates,  missionaries  in 
this  commonwealth  are  preaching  the  (lospel  **  in  their  own  tongue 
wherein  they  were  born  "  to  Bohemians,  Swedes,  Danes,  Poles,  Germans, 
Welsh,  Italians,  Norwegians,  Belgians,  and  Armenians. 

In  much  work  in  this  State  the  Congregational  Sunday-School  and 
Publishing  Society  has  been  a  most  serviceable  ally,  especially  aiding  in 
the  gathering  and  organization  of  churches,  and  in  the  encouragement 
and  strengthening  of  the  Sunday-schot^ls  connected  with  the  weaker 
churches.  In  Chicago  and  its  immediate  vicinity  the  Chicago  City 
Missionary  Society  has  also  done  valuable  service,  in  some  cases  giving 
material  aid  to  missions  mainly  sustained  by  the  Home  Missionary 
Societv. 

Notwithstanding  the  distractions  of  the  World's  Fair  and  the  financial 
difficulties  attending  the  unsettled  condition  of  national  affairs,  all  mis- 
sionary effort  has  yielded  satisfactory  returns.  Consecrated  men  and 
women  have  given  more  generously  than  usual,  and  the  people  seem  to 
see  more  clearly  that  the  (iospel  of  Jesus  Christ  is  the  only  hope  for  the 
permanent  peace  and  prosperity  of  our  nation. 


July,  1894  The  Home  Missionary  137 

MICHIGAN   CONGREGATIONAL   ASSOCIATION 

Rbv.  Wm.  H.  Davis,  D.D.,  Detroit,    President  ;   Rev.  Wm.  H.  Warren,  Lan- 
sing, State  Superintendent  ;  Rev.  John  P.  Sanderson,  Lansing,  Treasurer 

The  Receipts  of  this  Auxiliary  for  Home  Missions,  within  the  year  ending 

March  31,  were 120,464  47 

The  National  Society  received  from  churches,  individuals,  and  legacies,  in 

Michigan,  for  the  national  work,  within  the  year  ending  March  31 I»i75  5° 

Total  amount  raised  in  the  State,  in  cash,  for  Home   Missions $21,640  17 

The  Auxiliary  expended  in  its  own  field,  for  missionary  labor  and  expenses, 

within  the  year  ending  March  31 20,455  92 

One  hundred  and  seventeen  men  have  been  in  commission  during  the 
whole  or  part  of  the  year  in  connection  with  181  churches  and  preaching 
stations.  Fourteen  home  missionary  churches  have  been  organized, 
and  six  have  reached  self-support.  Ten  churches  have  secured  houses  of 
worship.  The  home  missionary  churches  have  received  812  members 
on  confession  of  faith.  Sixteen  Sunday-schools  have  been  organized  by 
Home  Missionaries,  and  they  now  have  under  their  care  163  Sunday- 
schools,  having  a  membership  of  11,367.  Says  Acting  Superintendent 
Sanderson  :  The  year  has  been  a  notable  one  in  the  history  of  Michigan 
missions.  The  previous  year,  the  first  year  of  self-support,  was  such  in 
name  only,  the  National  Society  having  met  its  obligations  to  missionaries 
whose  commissions  expired  during  the  course  of  the  year  to  the  aggregate 
amount  of  over  37>ooo-  ^  he  prospective  resources  of  the  State  for  the 
year,  upon  a  fair  estimate  of  the  receipts  of  previous  years,  were  at  least 
$7,000  less  than  the  most  conservative  estimates  of  the  cost  of  the  work. 
The  financial  depression,  prevalent  throughout  the  country,  added  to  the 
gravity  of  the  problem.  The  financial  exigency  made  necessary  the  dis- 
continuance of  the  services  of  evangelists  and  general  missionaries.  This, 
with  the  resignation,  in  September,  of  Rev.  Leroy  Warren,  D.D.,  as  super- 
intendent, after  a  long,  faithful,  and  fruitful  service,  and  of  Rev.  C.  F. 
Van  Auken,  the  efficient  general  missionary  of  the  Upper  Peninsula,  left 
the  missionary  fields  largely  without  supervision.  Under  these  conditions 
there  appeared  a  certain  prospect  of  a  large  and  burdensome  debt  at  the 
close  of  the  year.  Happily  these  fears  have  not  been  realized.  In  the 
early  summer  an  anonymous  donor  afforded  the  treasurer  the  opportunity 
of  securing  needed  loans  by  a  gift  of  $5,000  of  first-class  securities.  The 
churches  responded  to  the  urgent  appeals  addressed  to  them  ;  the  year 
closes  with  but  a  small  debt,  and  there  seems  reasonable  ground  for  con- 
fidence that  Michigan  will  hereafter  be  able  to  administer  her  missionary 
interests  without  help    from    the    National  Society.     She  acknowledges 

ID 


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138  The  Home  Missionary  July.  1894 

with  gratitude  the  large  beneficence  of  the  Mother  Society  in  the  past, 
and  makes  special  acknowledgment  of  the  timely  gift  of  ^1,000  from 
the  same  source  for  work  in  the  Upper  Peninsula. 

The  division  of  the  State  into  two  missionary  districts,  which  imper- 
iled the  unity  of  the  work,  has  been  reconsidered.  The  missionary  work 
is  again  a  unit,  and  the  entire  State  welcomes  with  hearty  enthusiasm  the 
superintendent-elect,  Rev.  Wm.  H.  Warren,  of  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  who  has 
already  entered  upon  his  labors. 

A  notable  feature  of  the  year's  work  has  been  the  organization  of  two 
large  churches  in  communities  where  heretofore  Congregational  influences 
have  not  been  exerted.  At  Fenwick,  an  entire  church  of  fifty-five  mem- 
bers has  withdrawn  from  the  United  Brethren  fellowship  and  reorgan- 
ized as  a  Congregational  church.  At  Clarksville,  a  community  hitherto 
wholly  under  VVesleyan  Methodist  influences,  a  church  of  123  adult  mem- 
bers was  organized,  and  steps  were  taken  for  the  immediate  erection  of  a 
church  edifice.  Accessions  to  the  ministry  from  other  denominations 
likew^ise  indicate  that  in  the  disintegration  of  some  religious  bodies  large 
numbers  will  find  a  congenial  home  in  our  churches.  A  larger  work  in 
this  direction  is  likely  to  be  reported  in  the  early  future. 

The  revivals  in  the  centers  of  population  have  not  only  strengthened 
the  work  in  these  cities,  but  their  influence  has  radiated  throughout  the 
State.  As  a  result  the  gains  in  membershij)  are  the  largest  ever  reported 
by  our  churches.  The  home  mi.ssionary  churches  have  shared  largely 
in  the  gain.  Plymouth  Church,  Grand  Rapids,  has  erected  and  dedicated 
a  house  of  worship,  and  has  become  self-sustaining.  A  church  has  been 
organized  in  East  Grand  Rapids  which,  though  now  few  in  numbers,  has 
promise  of  substantial  growth.  The  Detroit  churches,  through  their 
Congregational  Union,  whose  work  though  not  organically  connected 
with  ours  is  one  in  character  and  purpose,  have  organized  two  new 
churches.  Larger  attention  is  likely  to  be  given  to  these  centers  of 
population  in  the  future. 

While  a  large  missionary  work  still  remains  to  be  done  in  the  south- 
ern part  of  the  State,  especially  in  the  cities  and  rural  districts,  the 
Upper  Peninsula  and  northern  part  of  the  Lower  Peninsula  continue 
to  claim  a  large  share  of  the  beneficence  of  our  churches.  The  former 
has  established  no  new  churches  during  the  year,  and  calls  loudly 
for  aggressive  work  in  that  section.  The  fact  that  it  embraces  a  field 
of  magnificent  distances,  the  cluirches,  remote  from  each  other,  lack- 
ing the  help  of  clo.<?e  fellowship,  and  the  larger  outlay  needed  in  the 
support  of  missionary  labor,  conspire  to  make  the  work  a  peculiarly  diffi- 
cult one.  The  field  is  .strictly  missionary  ground,  and  invites  the  largest 
outlay  of  money  consistent  with  the  proper  care  of  other  parts  of  the 
State. 


July.  1894'  The  Home  Missionary  139 

WISCONSIN  HOME  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY 

Rev.  C.  W.  Camp,  President  ;  Rev.  Homer  W.  Carter,  Beloit,  Secretary  ;  C.  M. 

Blackman,  Esq.,  Whitewater,  Treasurer 

The  Receipts  of  this  Auxiliary  for  Home  Missions,  within  the  year  ending 

February  28,  were  : 

From  churches,  individuals,  legacies,  and  income $1 1,877  72 

From  invested  funds 8  92 

The  National  Society  received   from  churches,  individuals,  and   legacies  in 

Wisconsin,  for  the  national  work,  within  the  year  ending  March  31  ... .  944  22 

Total  amount  raised  in  the  State,  in  cash,  for  Home  Missions $12,830  41 

The  Auxiliary  expended  in  its  own  field,  for  missionary  labor  and  expenses, 

within-  the  year  ending  February  28 12,309  40 

This  Society  has  had  in  commission  seventy-nine  missionaries  during 
the  whole  or  a  part  of  the  year,  who,  in  connection  with  twenty-nine  others, 
mostly  in  the  northern  part  of  the  State  and  under  commission  of  the 
Congregational  Home  Missionary  Society,  have  served  127  churches  and 
stations  and  performed  fifty-four  years  of  labor.  Three  churches  have 
been  organized,  and  five  houses  of  worship  have  been  erected.  Ninety- 
seven  Sunday-schools  report  a  membership  of  6,905. 

Secretary  Carter  reports,  as  to  individual  fields  : 

1.  Eau  Claire,  Second,  with  a  city  population  a  mile  square,  with  no 
other  Protestant  English-speaking  church,  and  with  its  institutional  work 
and  its  general  growth,  is  a  marked  case  of  wise  home  missionary  expendi- 
ture. 

2.  Milwaukee,  North  Side,  is  another  case.  After  many  struggles  and 
obstacles,  it  is  finding  its  new  chapel,  recently  dedicated,  too  small,  and  is 
moving  for  the  erection  of  its  main  edifice. 

3.  Endeavor,  with  its  heroic  mastering  of  obstacles  in  church,  academy, 
farm,  brick-yard,  etc.,  is  constantly  winning  laurels. 

4.  Tomah's  missionary  makes  that  the  center  for  evangelizing  the 
region — preaching  morning  and  evening  and  teaching  a  Sunday-school 
class  at  home,  besides  sharing  in  one  or  both  of  the  Junior  and  Senior 
Endeavor  meeting.s.  In  addition,  one  Sabbath  afternoon  he  preaches  both 
at  the  Government  Indian  School,  one  and  a  half  miles  out,  and  at  a 
schoolhouse  four  miles  out  (thus,  making  seven  services  in  one  Sabbath)  ; 
the  alternate  Sabbath  afternoon  preaching  at  a  schoolhouse  in  another 
direction,  and  holding  a  preaching  service  ten  miles  in  another  direction 
on  a  week  night — making  the  trip  by  bicycle  when  favorable. 

5.  Nekoosa  is  unique  in  having  a  fine  building  before  it  has  a  church 
organization — ^built,  furnished,  and  presented  at  an  expewsfe  ol  ^<j,ooo\j^ 


I40  The  Home  Misuonary  '  Jvif,  1I91 

a  non-professing,  non>re«dent  bnnness  inaa  who  hu  bunoen  interests  in 
the  place,  and  who  selects  the  CoDgregatiooalists  as  the  recipients  of  the 
gift  ttecause  we  can  best  unite  the  different  elements  in  the  new  town  for 
the  one  church  which  can  supply  all  the  needs  at  present. 

6.  Spring  Valley,  nearly  two  years  old,  with  nearly  1,000  population, 
has  the  largest  charcoal  blast  furnace  in  the  country,  and  Iron  enough  near 
the  surface  to  supply  the  furnace. for  twenty-five  years  at  leasL  The 
furnace  began  operations  in  February,  and  business  is  "booming,"  A 
conspicuous  exception  for  hard  times  in  iron. 

The  church  organized  there  one  year  ago  is  awaiting  the  settlement  of 
a  pastor  to  lead  in  pushing  forward  its  interests — among  them  the  erection 
of  a  building  on  the  fine  corner  lot  donated. 

THINGS  OP   GENERAL  INTEREST 

1.  A  two  weelcs'  missionary  campaign  last  July,  with  a  series  of 
addresses  by  Field  Secretary  Puddefoot,  although  at  an  unfavorable 
season,  resulted  in  much  stimulus  to  the  work  ;  and  the  campaign  is  to  be 
repeated  for  three  weeks  in  May. 

2.  The  pledging  of  $2,100  at  the  annual  meeting  in  Eau  Claire,  to 
cancel  our  entire  indebtedness  at  that  time,  indicated  the  loyalty  of  all 
and  the  sacrifice  of  those  who  had  been  leaders  in  carrying  the  burdens 
of  the  Society. 

3.  The  Milwaukee  Congregational  Union  now  sends  all  of  its  home 
missionary  money  directly  to  the  State  treasury,  and  turns  over  to  the 
State  Society  (of  which  it  is  a  part)  the  business  of  appointing  and  com- 
missioning missionaries  for  the  city  as  well  as  for  other  parts  of  the  State. 
The  Union  maintains  its  organization  for  developing  new  work,  securing 
buildings,  etc.,  and  its  executive  committee  passes  upon  all  applications 
for  aid. 

4.  Superintendent  G.  C.  Haven,  of  the  Congregational  Sunday-School 
and  Publishing  Society,  has  rendered  most  valuable  service  in  developing 
and  caring  fur  new  and  weak  points,  preparing  for  and  aiding  our  mis- 


S-  Among  the  most  gratifying  features  of  our  work  has  been  our  tent 
and  evangelistic  department,  under  the  general  management  of  our  gen- 
eral missionary,  Rev.  R.  L.  Cheney.  Rev.  J,  O.  Buswell  has  been  our 
efScient  evangelist  since  June  1,  1893  ,  with  him  has  been  associated  a 
quartette  of  male  singers  (including  Mr.  Cheney),  three  of  whom  are  solo 
singers,  Alt  are  excellent  personal  workers,  and  the  entire  force  has  con- 
stituted the  most  attractive  and  elective  evangelistic  agency  ever  in  our 
State.  Through  the  summer  season  they  use  a  tent,  and  during  the  winter 
Ao/d services  with  churches  of  all  grades,  from  the  weaker  home  missioiiaTy 


July,  1894  The  Home  Missionary  141 

to  the  stronger  self-supporting.  Through  this  agency  hundreds  have  been 
converted,  and  many  churches  have  been  greatly  quickened.  Calls  for 
this  sort  of  help  are  more  numerous  than  can  be  answered.  Although 
under  the  auspices  of  the  Society,  the  work  is  self-supporting  through  the 
extra  offerings  of  the  fields  blessed  by  their  labors,  through  special  gifts, 
and  through  interspersed  concerts  by  the  quartette.  The  success  of  the 
work,  financially  and  otherwise,  is  due  largely  to  the  wise  management  of 
Mr.  Cheney. 

IOWA  HOME  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY 

Rev.  Truman  O.  Douglass,  Grinnell,  Secretary  ;  J.   H.   Merrill,  Esq.,   Des 

Moines,  Treasurer 

The  Receipts  of  this  Auxiliary  for  Home  Missions,  within  the  year  ending 

February  28,  were : 

From  churches,  individuals,  legacies,  and  income $16,858  80 

The  National  Society  received  from  churches,  individuals,  and  legacies  in 

Iowa,  for  the  national  work,  within  the  year  ending  March  31 375  06 

Total  amount  raised  in  the  State,  in  cash,  for  Home  Missions $17^233  86 

The  Auxiliary  expended  in  its  own  field,  for  missionary  labor  and  expenses, 

within  the  year  ending  February  28 21,698  15 

One  hundred  and  seven  missionaries  have  been  in  the  employ  of  this 
Society  during  the  whole  or  a  part  of  the  year,  in  connection  with  166 
churches  and  stations,  and  performing  nearly  eighty-three  years  of  labor. 
Sixteen  churches  have  been  organized.  Eight  churches  have  assumed 
self-support.  Thirteen  houses  of  worship  have  been  built,  and  four  par- 
sonages provided. 

Secretary  Douglass  reports  :  In  many  respects  the  past  year  has  been 
one  of  our  best. 

1.  The  missionary  force  has  been  full  and  strong. 

By  the  grace  of  God  there  has  been  no  death  or  serious  sickness  in 
our  ranks. 

Preachers  have  been  plenty,  vacancies  few  and  of  short  duration,  and 
changes  by  far  less  frequent  than  in  former  years.  The  number  of  mis- 
sionaries at  this  hour  on  our  pay-roll  is  seventy-four,  but  107  different  men 
and  women  were  in  our  employ  during  the  whole  or  a  part  of  the  year. 
Eight  of  these  were  students,  three  were  women,  three  were  general  mis- 
sionaries, and  twelve  preached  in  the  languages  of  other  lands. 

The  years  of  labor — eighty-two  years  and  eight  months — performed  by 
these  missionaries  exceeded  those  of  the  former  year  by  nine  years  and 
two  months. 

2.  The  field  occupied  was  unusually  large. 


142  The  Home  Missionary  Mr,  1894 

One  hundred  and  sixteen  organized  churches,  besides  more  than  fifty 
out-stations,  were  regularly  supplied  by  our  missionaries.  Counting  in 
the  work  of  our  evangelists,  more  than  180  communities  regularly  or 
occasionally  received  the  Gospel  from  the  hands  of  our  missionaries. 

3.  The  visible  fruits  of  the  year's  work  were  unusually  abundant 
Sixteen  churches  were  organized  ;  eight  came  to  self-support ;  thirteen 
houses  of  worship  were  completed  and  dedicated  on  home  missionary 
ground ;  a  score  or  more  of  churches  report  revivals ;  additions  to  the 
missionary  churches  were  not  less  than  1,500. 

This  cluster  of  new  churches  is  of  most  excellent  quality.  Six  of  the 
churches  coming  to  self-support  are  under  ten  years  of  age  ;  one  of  them, 
Blairsburg,  is  a  child  of  only  three  summers. 

Our  new  church  buildings  cost  about  $27,000. 

4.  The  expenditures  of  the  year  were  unusually  large.  Indeed  they 
were  larger  than  ever  before.  In  the  Society's  first  year,  the  expenditures 
were  $10,472.  Two  years  ago  the  cost  of  the  year's  work  was  $20,4x5. 
The  expenditures  this  year  exceed  those  of  last  year  by  more  than  $3,000. 
The  expenditures  were  larger  than  ever  before  because  the  work  was 
larger. 

For  the  past  six  months  the  Executive  Committee  have  been  trying  to 
cut  down  the  expenditures,  but  with  very  indifferent  success.  The  appli- 
cations continue  to  come  in.  We  have  sent  out  the  order  that  no  Con- 
gregational child  shall  be  born  during  these  hard  times,  but  Congrega- 
tional children  are  born.  Seven  churches  have  been  organized  since 
January  i.  So  the  new  work  keeps  pressing  in  upon  us  all  the  while.  We 
see  no  possible  way  of  retrenchment  in  Iowa. 


PENNSYLVANIA,   NEW  JERSEY,  MARYLAND,  DISTRICT  OF 

COLUMBIA,  AND  VIRGINIA 

Rrv.  Thomas  W.  Jonks,  D.D.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  Superintendent 
The  receipts  from  this  district  have  been  $8,008.32. 

Pennsylvania. — Forty-four  missionaries  have  been  employed  during 
the  whole  or  a  part  of  the  year  in  connection  with  sixty-two  churches  and 
stations.  One  church  has  been  organized.  Thirty-nine  Sunday-schools 
report  a  membership  of  3,533. 

New  Jersey. — Fourteen  missionaries  have  been  in  commission  within 
the  year,  supplying  sixteen  churches  and  stations.     Seventeen  Sunday- 
bools  report  a,  membership  of  i  ,699. 


July.  1894  The  Home  Missionary  143 

Maryland. — Three  missionaries  have  served  in  connection  with  three 
churches  and  stations.    Three  Sunday-schools  report  a  membership  of  575. 

District  of  Columbia. — One  missionary  has  been  employed  during 
a  part  of  the  year,  serving  a  church  with  sixty-one  members  and  seventy- 
eight  Sunday-school  scholars. 

Virginia. — One  missionary  has  served  during  the  year  in  connection 
with  one  church  and  out-station  with  seventy-five  members,  and  two  Sun- 
day-schools with  seventy  scholars. 

Superintendent  Jones  says  :  Pennsylvania  reports  about  1,500  con- 
versions and  additions — the  largest  number  in  any  one  year  in  the  history 
of  Congregationalism  in  the  State — and  the  churches  which  report  not 
many  conversions  report  a  revival  of  spiritual  interest  among  the  mem- 
bers, and  larger  attendance  on  all  the  services  and  especially  the  prayer- 
meetings.  In  this  Spiritual  quickening  of  the  churches  there  is  more 
than  ample  comi>ensation  for  their  financial  losses  and  material  privations. 

Churches  that  hold  on  in  faith,  and  that  "  come  up  to  the  help  of  the 
Lord "  by  larger  sacrifices  for  the  sake  of  Christ's  cause,  are  sure  to 
weather  the  storm.  They  cannot  fail.  Pennsylvania,  though  passing 
through  as  great  a  trial  as  any  State  in  the  Union,  has  gone  forward  erect- 
ing new  churches  and  parsonages  and  making  improvements,  repairing 
and  enlarging  edifices.  Churches  have  been  erected  in  Scranton,  Phila- 
delphia, West  Pittston,  Forest  City,  and  Johnstown,  with  an  average 
seating  capacity  of  500.  Other  churches  at  Braddock,  Delta,  and 
Plymouth  are  hastening  to  completion,  with  others  in  contemplation  as 
soon  as  circumstances  will  permit. 

The  line  of  separation  between  the  Welsh  and  English  churches  is 
growing  narrower  and  narrower,  so  that  now  there  are  not  in  the  State 
over  fwe  or  six  churches  whose  services  are  wholly  Welsh.  The  Welsh 
people  are  progressive,  and  are  studying  more  and  more  the  interest  of 
future  generations.  Even  old  people,  to  whom  the  Welsh  language  must 
be  always  dearer  than  any  other,  and  with  whom  it  is  almost  a  necessity 
to  their  religious  comfort,  are  yielding  their  natural  preference  for  the 
sake  of  the  children  and  grandchildren. 

The  churches  of  the  New  Jersey  Association  reported  400  additions  in 
the  past  year.  The  churches  of  Jersey  City — the  Tabernacle  and  the 
Waverley — received  strong  accessions  on  confession  of  faith.  Both  of 
these  churches  are  doing  a  great  work — notably  the  Tabernacle  through 
its  Palace  Mission  work. 

The  mission  churches  of  Baltimore,  Canton,  and  Frostburg  have 
made  decided  progress. 

The  churches  of  Virginia,  at  Falls  Church  and  Hetivdou^  ^i^  ms^sATi^ 


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encouraging  progress ;  Hemdon  having  become  self -supporting,  and 
Falls  Church  feeling  its  way  to  take  the  same  step  at  as  early  a  date  as 
possible. 

I  had  several  invitations  to  organize  small  centers,  but  in  our  present 
financial  condition  I  think  it  is  the  safest  and  best  policy  to  support  what 
we  have  that  is  worth  supporting,  and  go  no  faster  in  the  matter  of  organ- 
ization than  a  visible  prospect  of  support  will  allow. 

TENNESSEE  AND  NORTH  CAROLINA 

The  contributions  from  this  missionary  field  have  been  $149.75. 

Knoxville  has  completed  its  beautiful  new  brick  edifice,  which  is  an 
ornament  to  the  city  and  is  practically  free  from  debt.  The  pastor,  Rev. 
J.  H.  Frazee,  D.D.,  is  welcomed  into  all  ecclesiastical  circles  with  the 
warmest  fellowship,  and  he  and  his  people  together  are  winning  a  good 
name  for  the  Congregational  faith  and  polity  in  the  Southland. 

At  Chattanooga,  Rev.  E.  A.  Berry  has  had  a  successful  year  in  laying 
foundations  for  a  new  church  enterprise.  Abandoning  the  locality  where 
other  churches  are  found,  he  and  his  people  have  taken  possession  of  a 
store  in  that  part  of  the  city  which  is  generally  neglected  by  other  churches. 
They  have  given  themselves  very  heartily,  and  already  with  considerable 
success,  to  modern  institutional  methods,  and  are  gathering  around  them 
a  worthy  though  hitherto  much  neglected  constituency.  The  church  at 
East  Lake,  a  suburb  of  Chattanooga,  has  been  deeply  afflicted  by  the 
death  of  its  pastor,  Rev.  W.  W.  Lyle.  Happily,  Rev.  L.  B.  Walker  was 
secured  to  take  his  place,  and  the  church  has  been  well  served  throughout 
the  year.  Under  the  financial  stress  now  laid  upon  the  Society  it  has  been 
thought  impossible  to  make  a  separate  grant  to  this  church  for  the  coming 
year,  and  it  will  either  look  out  for  itself  for  the  present  or  be  yoked  with 
the  First  Church,  under  the  pastoral  care  of  Mr.  Berry. 

In  North  Carolina,  our  church  at  Tryon  has  been  for  part  of  the  year 
without  a  pastor,  but  the  Rev.  Alpheus  Winter  is  now  acting  in  this  capa- 
city, and  the  church  is  responding  most  healthily  to  his  vigorous  ministry. 
In  the  city  of  Charlotte,  Rev.  G.  Stanley  Pope  has  gathered  his  church 
during  tlie  entire  year  under  a  tent,  but  is  now  building  a  commodious 
church  edifice  in  a  rapidly  j^rowing  ward  of  the  city  where  no  other  church 
disputes  the  ground.  It  is  believed  that  this  church,  which  is  one  of  the 
few  churches  planted  in  the  midst  of  a  genuine  Southern  community,  has 
before  it  an  assured  and  successful  future. 

Rev.  R.  R.  Brookshier,  our  faithful  general  missionary  for  Western 
North  Carolina,  has  labored  with  efficiency  throughout  the  year,  visiting 
points  ivhich  need  to  be  develo|)ed  and  supplying  certain  fields  which  the 
Society  is  unable  as  yet  to  furnish  with  a  petmaLtv^uX.  m\wvster. 


July,  1894  The  Home  Missionary  145 

FLORIDA 

Rev.  S.  F.  Gale,  Jacksonville,  Superintendent 

The  contributions  from  this  State  have  been  $676.85. 

Thirty-one  missionaries  have  been  in  commission  during  the  whole 
or  a  part  of  the  year,  in  connection  with  forty-three  churches  and  nine 
stations.  Three  churches  have  been  organized.  Thirty-nine  Sunday- 
schools  report  a  membership  of  1,580. 

Sflperintendent  Gale  writes :  The  year  of  this  report,  ending  with 
February,  1894,  has  been  one  of  marked  tokens  of  God's  favor,  of 
encouragement,  and  of  more  than  ordinary  success. 

During  the  year  no  one  came  into  the  place  made  vacant  by  the  death, 
toward  the  close  of  the  previous  year,  of  Rev.  A.  H.  Missildine.  The 
general  missionary  service  which  it  fell  to  his  lot  to  perform  has  been 
much  needed,  but  no  provision  could  be  made  for  it.  In  West  Florida, 
however,  Rev.  P.  G.  Woodruff,  popular,  efficient,  and  indefatigable,  has, 
in  addition  to  abundant  pastoral  service,  rendered  great  help  to  the  mis- 
sionary cause  in  the  capacity  of  general  missionary  for  that  section  of  the 
State.  His  visits  to  the  churches  and  Sunday-schools  have  been  greatly 
blessed  with  spiritual  results.  The  churches  have  been  confirmed,  and 
especially  some  of  the  weaker  ones  have  been  heartened  and  strengthened. 
One  of  the  most  distinguishing  features  of  the  year  has  been  the  success 
attending  the  Ybor  City  mission  among  our  Spanish-speaking  population 
at  Tampa.  Rev.  E.  P.  Herrick,  besides  his  arduous  and  most  prosperous 
work  in  the  Tampa  pastorate,  has  continued  to  give  much  time  and 
strength  to  this  "  Immanuel  Mission."  Marked  **  providences  "  cluster 
about  this  work  and  have  marked  it  from  the  first.  The  needed  chapel 
has  been  forthcoming,  and  was  dedicated  last  December.  It  bears  the 
inscription,  "  Pierce  and  Phelps  Memorial  Chapel,"  indicating  how  God 
raised  up  friends  to  contribute  $1,200  to  the  erection  of  this  beautiful 
chapel.  The  "  helper  *'  was  forthcoming  also  at  just  the  right  time — Mr. 
Genaro  Hernandez — who  has  been  and  still  is  a  student  of  theology  under 
Pastor  Herrick,  much  after  the  fashion  of  years  ago.  Mr.  Hernandez  was 
licensed  by  the  South  Florida  Conference  last  October.  He  preaches, 
lectures,  aids  in  the  Sunday-school,  and  does  pastoral  service  for  this 
mission.  He  has  a  wise  and  faithful  adviser  in  Pastor  Herrick.  It 
should  be  added  that  this  mission  is,  in  a  substantial  sense,  the  offspring 
of  our  Tampa  church,  a  number  of  whose  members  are  efficient  and 
patient  aids  in  the  work.  In  the  wider  sense  this  is  a  mission  of  the 
Florida  Woman's  Home  Missionary  Union.  The  Union  has  almost  entirely 
supported  the  work  so  far.  It  should  be  added  that  this  work  has  the 
Master's  approvaJ  manifestly  by  this  token,  that  the  caW  corcit^^  lio\xxN^^'^\ 


146  The  Home  Missionary  July.  1894 

Tampa  to  the  Ybor  City  mission  :  **  Come  over  and  help  us."  There  is  a 
clear  prospect  of  a  large  increase  of  the  Spanish-speaking  populatioD  in 
West  Tampa  and  Fort  Tampa  City  as  well  as  in  Ybor  City,  and  enlarge- 
ment of  the  work  will  be  the  immediate  order. 

The  year  has  been  a  good  one  in  the  matter  of  erecting  chnicb  edifices. 
New  Smyrna  and  Mount  Dora  have  completed  their  houses  of  worship, 
the  latter  repairing,  seating  more  adequately,  and  dedicating.  The  young 
churches  of  East  Bay  and  Panasoifkee  have  built  comely  and  commodious 
houses  without  aid  from  the  Church  Building  Society,  an  example  bright 
and  encouraging  even  to  small  and  weak  churches.  Caryville,  iHih  a 
little  aid,  has  supplied  a  needy  field  with  a  beautiful  house  of  worship. 
Melbourne,  eminent  for  its  site  on  the  East  Coast,  has  reared  and  dedi- 
cated a  house  that  fittingly  bespeaks  our  denomination,  and  stands  boldly 
out  in  the  line  of  our  East  Coast  lighthouses  from  Ormond  to  Palm 
Beach.  Key  West  furnishes  the  crowning  work  of  the  year — perhaps  of 
all  these  years — in  its  beautiful  temple^  first  entered  for  public  worship  on 
the  loth  of  December,  1893.  It  denotes  the  great  faith  of  the  island 
flock,  as  well  as  witnesses  their  unflinching  self-sacrifice.  This  is  the 
largest  house  of  our  denomination  in  the  State,  but  on  many  occasions  is 
too  small  for  the  thronging  worshipers.  In  the  matter  of  expense  for 
building  it  is  our  cathedral  church.  It  is  significant  that  we  are  building 
so  strongly  toward  the  south,  and  that  our  southernmost  pastors  (Tampa 
and  Key  West),  on  the  direct  line  of  communication  with  Cuba,  both  speak 
Spanish.  It  should  be  mentioned  that  in  our  Conference  to  the  southward 
and  in  our  State  Association,  much  interest  has  been  called  out  on  behalf 
of  the  Seminole  Indians  of  the  Everglades.  Others — especially  the  Pro- 
testant Episcopal  Church  of  Florida — have  entered  this  work,  which,  as 
I  understand,  we  were  the  first  denomination  to  sympathize  with  and 
encourage.  Plainly  we  have  facilities  fast  improving  for  approach  to  this 
Seminole  Mission  from  our  East  Coast  base  of  operations. 


GEORGIA 

Rev.  S.  C.  McDaniel,  Atlanta,  Ga.,  Superintendent 

The  contributions  from  this  State  have  been  $289.81. 

Says  Superintendent  McDaniel :  In  the  field  twenty-three  mission- 
aries have  labored  all  the  time  and  nine  a  part  of  the  time,  making  thirty- 
two  in  all.  This  does  not  include  the  general  missionary,  Dn  Jones. 
They  have  worked  among  fifty-seven  churches  and  preaching  stations. 
Four  new  churches  have  been  organized — Lacross  in  Sumter  County, 
"Varesboro  and  Wilkins  in  Ware  County,  and  Woodruff  in  Walton  County. 


July,  i^  The  Home  Missionary  147 

All  these  churches  are  in  localities  where  success  may  reasonably  be  hoped 
for,  and  all  have  Sabbath-schools  in  connection  with  them.  I  have  had 
application  to  organize  quite  a  number  of  churches  during  the  year,  but 
the  surroundings  were  such,  except  in  the  four  instances  named,  that  I 
advised  against  an  organization.  We  have  had  a  gain  of  a  little  over  four 
hundred  members,  while  our  losses  have  been  small.  But  one  new  house 
has  been  built  and  two  repaired.  I  am  sorry  that  I  cannot  report  a  single 
church  as  coming  to  self-support  during  the  year.  I  think  this  would 
have  been  different  but  for  the  general  depression  and  the  special  embar- 
rassments under  which  we  have  labored. 

Our  General  Convention,  which  held  its  meetings  last  week,  was  a 
decided  improvement  on  former  meetings,  and  I  trust  it  will  continue  to 
improve. 

We  have  suffered  a  serious  loss  in  the  removal  of  Dr.  Sherrill  from  our 
State.  He  was  a  wonderful  help  to  us,  and  I  fear  that  we  will  not  get  a 
man  in  his  place  who  will  be  equally  helpful.  But  on  the  whole  I  believe 
Congregationalism  is  stronger  in  Georgia  to-day  than  it  has  ever  been. 


ALABAMA 
Rev.  S.  E.  Bassett,  Fort  Valley,  Ga.,  Superintendent 

The  contributions  from  this  State  have  been  $179.14.  Thirty-one 
missionaries  have  been  employed  during  the  whole  or  a  pan  of  the  year 
in  connection  with  eighty-two  churches  and  stations.  Three  churches 
have  been  organized.     Five  houses  of  worship  have  been  erected. 

Superintendent  Bassett  writes  :  I  must  say  that  the  outlook  for  Con- 
gregationalism in  Alabama  is  very  encouraging.  I  consider  the  work 
done  in  the  last  twelve  months  not  only  good,  but  very  good.  It  will 
be  far-reaching  in  its  effects  and  tell  on  future  generations.  At  the  con- 
vention in  Shelby  a  seemingly  insurmountable  barrier  to  progress  was 
removed.  The  race  problem  was  there  virtually  settled,  to  the  satisfac- 
tion of  all  the  Congregational  churches  in  the  State,  and  upon  the  broad 
platform  of  Christian  principles  affirmed  at  the  last  National  Council ; 
namely,  the  Christian  equality  of  all  disciples  of  Christ  of  every  race  as 
essential  to  the  fellowship  of  Congregational  churches,  as  also  the  inalien- 
able right  of  every  Congregational  church  to  self-government  and  admin- 
istration. This  question  being  settled,  the  way  opens  for  us  to  accomplish 
glorious  work  in  the  State.  The  old  cities  and  towns  of  Alabama  are 
mostly  supplied  with  the  Gospel,  but  in  the  new  railroad  towns  and  in 
the  country  there  is  plenty  of  territory  unoccupied,  and  the  people  are 
suffering  for  and  asking  for  the  Gospel.     The  CongtegaUotvaX  dovixOw^ 


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148  The  Home  Missionary  Jnij.  1891 

are  filling  a  place  in  Alabama  that  needs  Christian  effort  as  much,  and 
probably  more,  than  any  State  in  the  Union.  Our  missionaries  are  work- 
ing harder  and  for  less  remuneration  than  any  preachers  I  ever  heard  of» 
and  God  is  crowning  their  labors  with  success  in  the  conversion  of  hun- 
dreds of  souls  each  year. 

We  are  bending  our  efforts  to  educate  our  people  to  be  more  liberal 
in  their  contributions  to  our  benevolent  societies,  and  I  think  when  times 
get  better  and  there  is  more  money  in  circulation  they  will  greatly  improve 
in  this  respect.  They  all  assure  me  they  will  do  better  in  this  line. 
There  is  a  great  deal  of  illiteracy  in  the  rural  districts,  and  a  better  system 
of  education  is  needed  as  much  almost  as  preaching  the  Gospel.  If  we 
only  had  a  few  institutions  for  the  white  youths  of  the  State,  such  as  exist 
at  Tuskegee  for  the  colored,  people,  I  think  great  good  would  result 
from  it. 

All  of  our  home  missionary  churches  are  much  better  posted  in 
regard  to  Congregational  polity  and  usage  than  they  were  when  I  made 
my  last  annual  report.  We  anticipate  a  forward  movement  all  over  the 
State  this  year.  A  new  District  Conference  has  been  organized  jn  the 
southeastern  part  of  the  State  since  the  first  of  January  last,  including 
four  churches.  Others  will  be  added  to  it  before  this  year  closes.  I  am 
not  encouraging  new  organizations,  where  aid  will  be  expected  from  the 
Home  Missionary  Society,  unless  the  prospects  of  self-support  are 
encouraging. 

MISSOURI  AND  ARKANSAS 
Rev.  a.  K.  Wray,  Springfield,  Mo.,  Superintendent 

The  receipts  from  this  missionary  district  have  been  $3,343.93. 

Missouri. — Forty-nine  missionaries  have  been  in  commission  during 
the  whole  or  a  part  of  the  year,  in  connection  with  sixty  churches  and 
stations.  Three  churches  have  assumed  self-support.  Four  houses  of 
worship  have  been  repaired.  Five  young  men  have  been  reported  as  pre- 
paring for  the  ministry,  and  forty-nine  Sunday-schools  report  a  member- 
ship of  5,307. 

Arkansas. — Ten  have  been  in  commission  within  the  year,  four  of 
whom  are  teachers.  Five  churches  report  a  membership  of  176,  and  two 
Sunday-schools  report  128  scholars. 

There  have  been  notable  changes  during  the  year  in  this  important 
field.  Indian  Territory  and  Oklahoma  have  been  set  off  as  an  independ- 
cut  missionary  district,  having  its  own  superintendent,  and  the  veteran 


July,  1894  The  Home  Missionary  149 

Rev.  F.  B.  Doe  has  been  succeeded  in  the  superintendency  of  Missouri 
and  Arkansas  by  the  Rev.  A.  K.  Wray. 

Mr.  Wray  says :  The  superintendent  would  gratefully  acknowledge 
the  helpfulness  of  the  State  Executive  Committee,  to  whose  wisdom  and 
experience  whatever  of  success  has  crowned  the  work  is  due. 

We  have  held  meetings  each  quarter  of  the  year,  at  which  the  work 
throughout  the  field  was  carefully  reviewed  and  plans  for  the  future  were 
thoroughly  considered.  By  these  meetings  an  intelligent  interest  on  the 
entire  field  has  been  awakened,  and  to  the  outlying  field  has  been  given 
the  combined  wisdom  and  sympathy  of  the  strong  and  tried  leaders  of  our 
denomination. 

In  some  cases  fellowship  meetings  have  been  conducted  in  the  town 
where  the  meeting  of  the  committee  was  held,  and  the  churches  have 
thereby  been  quickened  and  at  the  same  time  instructed  by  the  addresses 
given  by  members  of  the  committee.  The  general  work  throughout  the 
State  can  fairly  be  said  to  be  encouraging,  notwithstanding  the  hard  times. 
The  proudest  achievement  of  the  year  is  the  securing  of  the  $100,000 
endowment  for  our  beloved  Drury  College.  At  what  cost  of  labor  and 
heroic,  self-sacrificing  denial  this  magnificent  work  was  done,  only  God 
knows.  Our  churches,  almost  without  exception,  responded  to  the  call 
and  esteemed  it  a  privilege  to  share  in  the  labor  and  in  the  giving.  Our 
contributions,  while  smaller  than  usual,  to  other  causes,  have  not  been 
neglected  wholly.  But  if  we  have  not  reached  our  pledge  to  the  Congre- 
gational Home  Missionary  Society  made  one  year  ago,  we  still  have  faith 
to  believe  that  our  work  for  Drury  is  the  sowing  of  seed  that  will  yet 
prove  the  gift  a  wise  one,  if  not  the  very  wisest  that  could  be  made. 

The  superintendent  then  enters  into  a  very  interesting  detailed 
account  of  the  several  home  missionary  fields,  which  we  have  not  room  to 
print.  Of  the  Arkansas  work  he  says  :  The  church  at  Rogers  became 
vacant  in  the  early  fall  by  the  resignation  of  the  faithful  pastor  who  had 
ministered  to  the  people  for  five  years.  A  successor  was  secured  and 
began  work  in  February,  since  which  time  the  church  has  moved  grandly 
forward.  Audiences  test  the  capacity  of  the  building,  and  all  the  depart- 
ments of  church  work  are  prosecuted  with  vigor  and  efficiency. 

Rogers  Academy  has  experienced  the  most  prosperous  year  of  its  his- 
tory. The  attendance  has  tested  the  capacity  of  its  buildings  to  accom- 
modate students,  and  the  general  work  of  the  year  is  most  satisfactory. 
A  more  united  and  industrious  corps  of  teachers  cannot  be  found.  Work 
has  been  incessant  and  taxing  from  the  beginning  of  the  year.  The 
academy  and  the  church  are  co-workers  and  materially  strengthen  each 
other.  The  influence  of  both  school  and  church  is  widening  and  deepen- 
ing in  this  part  of  the  State. 

Our  forces  have  been  united  at  Little  Rock,  CeuttaA  d\s>b^xv^\w^  ^tA 


150  The  Home  Missionary  July,  189* 

by  letter  uniting  with  Pilgrim,  the  mother  church.  All  the  differences 
have  been  practically  forgotten.  A  pastor  was  unanimously  called  to  the 
church  in  September,  and  the  wisdom  of  the  choice  is  proven  by  the  suc- 
cessful work  of  the  year.  Many  valuable  members  have  been  added,  and 
the  church  is  rapidly  rising  to  a  position  of  influence  in  the  city.  It  is 
believed  that  the  period  of  doubtful  experimenting  in  this  city  has  ceased, 
and  henceforth  we  are  to  occupy  no  subordinate  place  in  this  important 
center. 

Of  the  work  in  general  he  says  :  Many  changes  have  been  introduced; 
more  prominence  has  been  given  to  the  Executive  Committee,  and  the 
local  committees  have  been  asked  to  acquaint  themselves  more  thoroughly 
with  the  needs  of  the  dependent  churches  in  their  respective  districts. 
Believing  that  where  the  Society  pays  a  large  part  of  the  salary  of  the 
pastor  it  ought  in  some  way  to  have  a  voice  in  his  selection,  the  aided 
churches  have  been  requested  not  to  call  a  pastor  without  first  consulting 
with  the  superintendent  or  some  member  of  the  State  committee.  Two 
objects  are  sought  to  be  accomplished  by  this  : 

First  It  enables  us  to  select  men  who  are  adapted  to  the  peculiar 
character  of  the  field,  and  who  have  a  clean  record  and  standing  in  our 
churches  or  some  other  evangelical  denomination. 

Second.  It  is  a  means  of  protecting  the  churches  against  an  uninten- 
tional use  of  funds  from  which  no  permanent  results  ever  come.  In  no 
case  is  there  a  spirit  of  dictation,  or  a  wish  to  restrain  the  liberty  of  the 
local  church.  It  is  simply  a  request  for  mutual  counsel,  in  the  interest 
of  both  church  and  Society.  It  is  gratifying  to  us  that  our  request  has 
been  cheerfully  complied  with,  and  so  far  the  results  have  justified  our 
policy. 

THE   CONGREGATIONAL   CITY   MISSIONARY   SOCIETY   OF 

ST.    LOUIS 

Rev.  Archibald  L.  Love,  St.  Louis,  Superintendent 

Mr.  Love  writes  :  The  year  that  has  just  closed  has  been  one  of  tem- 
poral prosperity  and  of  spiritual  blessing.  We  think  it  can  honestly  be 
called  the  most  successful  of  the  nearly  seven  years  of  our  existence,  and 
this  is  saying  much  for  a  year  of  such  exceptional  financial  depression. 
We  record  the  organization  of  three  new  churches  within  the  year  ending 
with  March.  We  rejoice  over  these  three  churches  added  to  our  list,  but 
we  are  startled  by  the  discovery  that  our  Society  has  no  more  missions  on 
the  way  to  church  organization.  It  has  required  great  restraint  to  persist- 
ently decline  invitations  and  pleadings  to  begin  work  in  new  districts 
both  within  and  without  the  city  limits.     But  this  we  have  been  obliged  to 


July,  1894  The  Home  Missionary  151 

do  because  of  the  fear  that  we,  undertaking  the  work  and  unable  to  prop- 
erly man  the  field,  would  really  be  retarding  the  Master's  kingdom  by 
keeping  out  another  denomination  which  might  do  more.  We  have  been 
simply  amazed  at  the  emphasis  with  which  workers  of  other  denomina- 
tions affirm  that  we  can  best  carry  on  the  work  in  certain  fields ;  that  our 
methods  of  work  and  liberal  views  are  best  suited  to  the  union  of  the 
various  denominations ;  and  this  where  there  is  not  a  single  person  of  our 
profession  or  training.  We  pray  God  we  may  soon  be  able  to  enter  some 
of  these  many  opening  doors. 

We  are  rejoiced  to  see  how  our  constituency  is  growing.  From  eight 
churches  contributing  to  our  support  four  years  ago,  we  have  increased  to 
nine,  fifteen,  and  nineteen  in  successive  years,  and  the  receipts  for  the 
current  expense  account  have  been  increased  by  over  $1,500  beyond  any 
previous  year  of  our  existence.  The  total  receipts,  also,  apart  from  tem- 
porary loans,  have  been  $12,851,  the  largest  for  any  year. 

The  Society  has  expended  during  its  fiscal  year  $5,038.17  in  salaries 
of  superintendent  and  missionaries  in  six  of  its  ten  fields.  The  fields 
have  raised  $2,370.55  more,  and  the  Home  Missionary  Society  has  added 
$3,538.24,  a  total  of  $10,946.96.  The  additional  general  expense  of 
conducting  the  work  has  been  $1,140.38  by  this  Society,  and  $3,305.33  by 
the  fields.  This  does  not  include  $3,420.18  raised  by  this  Society  for 
buildings,  lots,  repairs,  and  debts  on  property,  or  $2,016.25  raised  by  the 
fields  for  the  same  purpose,  of  which  $4,009. 25  is  still  on  deposit.  The 
Society  now  holds  land  valued  at  $20,547  original  cost,  much  under 
present  value ;  buildings  valued  at  $24,975,  and  contents  at  $4,725 — a 
total  of  $50,247,  incumbered  by  $15,848  ;  net  value,  $34,399- 

The  Directors  and  Advisory  Board  have  held  monthly  meetings 
during  the  year,  and  pass  in  careful  review  the  work  of  each  field  and 
reports  from  the  laborers.  The  Society  has  held  in  its  fields  3,209  ser- 
vices with  upwards  of  125,000  attendants  during  the  year. 

OKLAHOMA  AND    INDIAN   TERRITORY 
Rev.  J.  H.  Parker,  Kingfisher,  Oklahoma,  Superintendent 

The  contributions  from  this  district  have  been  $355.23. 

Oklahoma. — Thirty-five  missionaries  have  been  employed  during  the 
whole  or  a  part  of  the  year  in  connection  with  seventy-five  churches  and 
stations. 

Indian  Territory. — There  have  been  fourteen  missionary  laborers, 
including  nine  teachers,  in  service  during  the  whole  or  a  part  of  the  year 
with  sixteen  churches  and  schools. 


The  Home  Missionary 

These  Territories  have  been  erected  into  a  distinct  home  misstonair 
district  during  tlie  year,  and  the  Rev.  J.  H.  Parker,  who  as  general  mis- 
sionary has  had  charge  of  the  Oklahoma  work  from  the  beginning,  has 
been  appointed  superintendent. 

Mr.  Parker  reports  as  follows  :  I  desire  to  bear  tribute  to  the  devotion 
and  self-sacrifice  of  our  missionary  workers.  Some  of  them  have  not 
college  or  even  seminary  education,  but  they  have  been  at  the  feet  of  the 
Nazarene,  learning  of  him.  They  are  students  of  his  Word  and  are  led  by 
his  Spirit.  Further,  the  large  majority  of  our  pastors'  were  not  bom  into 
the  Congregational  fold ;  but  a  more  enthusiastic  and  loyal  band  to  our 
church  polity  cannot  be  found  in  any  State  or  Territory.  I  have  investi- 
gated the  denominational  origin  of  the  most  of  our  pastors,  and  find  them 
as  follows  :  Congregationalists,  eight ;  Presbyterians,  four  ;  Cumberland 
Presbyterians,  five ;  Methodists,  ten  ;  United  Brethren,  «x ;  Evangelical, 
two. 

The  progress  and  condition  of  the  churches  in  Oklahoma  are  full  of 
encouragement.  Of  course  there  are  hghts  and  shadows  in  our  mis- 
sionary  picture,  but  the  light  so  much  exceeds  the  shade  that  all  looks 
bright.  Some  of  our  churches  have  been  abundantly  blessed  with 
gracious  revivals,  and  others  have  made  steady  progress  without  other 
than  ordinary  methods.  Our  increase  in  membership  has  been  over  400, 
while  the  number  of  churches  has  gone  from  twenty-four,  reported  in 
January,  1893,  to  forty-eight  reported  at  this  date.  Two  of  these  are 
colored,  under  the  American  Missionary  Association. 

The  opening  of  the  Cherokee  Strip,  in  September  last,  increased  our 
opportunity  and  responsibility  in  no  slight  degree.  We  have  churches 
organized  in  all  the  county  towns  of  that  new  country. 

In  older  Oklahoma  the  later  organizations  are  Darlington  and  Reno 
City  in  Canadian  County  (the  former  is  the  Cheyenne  and  Arapahoe 
Agency);  Alpha  (changed  from  Omega),  Park,  and  Mount  Pisgah  in 
Kingfisher  County;  Soldier  Creek  and  Evansville  in  Logan  County; 
Forest  and  Lincoln  in  Lincoln  County. 

Sixteen  of  our  churches  have  parsonages,  and  twenty-two  have  church 
buildings. 

The  work  of  the  Society  in  the  Indian  Territory  was  put  under  my 
supervision  in  July  last.  Owing  to  the  inaccessibility  of  that  portion  of 
the  Indian  Territory  from  Oklahoma  I  have  visited  it  but  once.  We 
have  three  missionaries  besides  the  pastor  and  teachers  in  Worcester 
Academy  at  Vinita.  These  temporarily,  for  convenience'  sake,  come 
under  the  superintendency  of  Brother  Wray,  of  Missouri.  Elsewhere  the 
work  is  very  unsatisfactory,  owing  to  the  shifting  population  and  the  tack 
of  houses  of  worship.  There  promises  to  be  more  stability  to  the  popula- 
tion  and  to  the  work  as  soon  as  the  Choctaw  Railroad  is  completed  from 


July,  1894  The  Home  Missionary  153 

Oklahoma  City  to  McAlester,  giving  a  new  market  to  the  vast  quantities 
of  coal  in  the  vicinity  of  McAlester. 

In  addition  to  Mr.  Parker's  allusion  above  to  Worcester  Academy,  it 
should  be  stated  that  Professor  John  McCarthy,  who  for  a  number  of 
years  had  been  the  successful  principal  of  the  school,  resigned  that 
position  to  accept  similar  work  in  Wisconsin.  Owing  to  his  indefati- 
gable efforts  a  new  girls'  cottage,  known  as  Aldrich  Cottage,  has  been 
completed  during  the  year  past,  and  promises  greatly  to  extend  the 
influence  and  usefulness  of  the  institution.  Since  Professor  McCarthy's 
retirement  the  school  has  been  conducted  with  marked  success  by  Rev. 
Professor  Fayette  Hurd  as  acting  principal. 

TEXAS   AND    LOUISIANA 
Rev.   Cyrus  I.   Scofield,  Dallas,  Texas,  General  Missionary 
The  contributions  from  this  district  have  been  $169.56. 

Texas. — Twelve  missionaries  have  been  in  commission  during  the 
whole  or  a  part  of  the  year,  in  connection  with  fifteen  churches  and 
stations.  Sixty-five  additions  to  church  membership  and  ninety-six  con- 
versions have  been  reported.  Six  Sunday-schools  report  a  membership 
of  622. 

Louisiana. — Twelve  missionaries  have  been  in  commission  within  the 
year,  serving  the  whole  or  a  part  of  the  time  with  nineteen  churches  and 
stations.     Ten  Sunday-schools  report  a  membership  of  673. 

Superintendent  Scofield  says :  The  material  interests  of  this  section 
have  felt  the  general  business  depression,  and  there  have  been  removals 
of  the  mechanical  workers  from  the  larger  towns.  But  notwithstanding 
this,  every  one  of  the  churches  has  experienced  a  season  of  revival, 
and  there  has  been  substantial  growth.  The  opportunities  to  extend 
our  work  are  many  and  clamorous,  and  we  feel,  in  common  with  the  other 
departments,  the  misfortune  which  it  is  to  our  work  that  the  condition 
of  the  treasury  does  not  warrant  an  immediate  and  rapid  development  of 
these  opportunities. 

NEW   MEXICO  AND   ARIZONA 
Rev.  E.  H.  Ashmun,  Albuquerque,  New  Mexico,  Superintendent 

The  contributions  from  this  district  have  been  $183.67.  Seven  mis- 
sionaries have  been  employed  during  the  whole  or  a  part  of  the  year. 
One  church  has  been  organized  and  two  houses  of  worship  repaired. 
Superintendent  Ashmun  reports ;  When   I  began  there  v^eie  \.\^o  ^^v^*^ 


154  The  Home  Missionary  July.  1894 

vacant,  Deming  and  Tucson.  Now  there  is  one  without  a  pastor,  White 
Oaks ;  while  Tucson  and  Deming  are  temporarily  supplied,  with  an 
uncertainty  as  to  the  permanency  of  the  stay  of  the  men  in  both  cases.  I 
found  a  great  discouragement  in  most  of  the  fields.  Without  exception 
I  think  there  is  much  more  of  hopefulness  on  the  part  of  the  churches 
and  their  pastors  regarding  the  future  of  their  work. 

I  have  spoken  of  the  general  improvement  in  the  hopefulness  of  the 
churches.  Perhaps  Albuquerque  should  be  noted  as  an  exception  to  that 
condition.  The  hard  times  which  have  depressed  the  whole  country  have 
been  made  specially  trying  to  the  people  here  on  account  of  the  failure  of 
two  banks,  which  took  down  with  them  so  many  of  our  church  people  and 
supporters  of  the  church  that  it  has  crippled  them  financially  very  much. 

As  to  the  collections  from  this  field,  I  cannot  say  just  what  they  have 
been  ;  but  am  sure  that  they  are  much  lower  than  in  some  former  years. 
There  are  reasons  for  this  :  First  of  all,  of  course,  the  financial  depression. 
Then  the  absence  from  the  field  of  a  superintendent  for  a  part  of  the  year 
meant  that  some  collections  were  left  out  that  would  otherwise  have  been 
taken.  But  perhaps  the  principal  reason  for  the  deficiency  lies  in  the 
difference  of  policy  pursued  by  the  present  superintendent  as  compared 
with  that  of  his  predecessor.  The  former  superintendent  made  a  practice 
of  visiting  a  great  many  fields  not  supplied  with  church  services,  and 
preaching  for  them  occasionally,  and  getting  a  collection  every  time.  I 
have  felt  from  the  beginning  of  my  work  that  there  were  two  principal 
things  for  me  to  do :  First,  to  stand  by  the  churches  already  existing, 
visiting  them  as  often  as  I  could  be  of  help  to  them  ;  then  to  devote 
the  balance  of  the  time  to  preaching  where  there  was  some  prospect  of 
our  having  a  church  in  the  future  as  a  result  of  our  work.  This  leaves 
me  but  very  little  time  to  do  that  general  work.  This  means,  of  course, 
that  1  do  not  get  as  many  collections  as  I  would  on  the  other  plan.  But 
it  had  seemed  that  in  the  end  we  would  have  more  to  show  for  our  work, 
and  in  the  long  run  the  collections  will  increase  to  be  as  much  as  they 
have  been  at  any  time  ;  and  I  hope  to  go  beyond  that. 

I  have  traveled  over  10,000  miles,  preached  fifty-eight  sermons,  and 
called  on  nearly  all  the  families  connected  with  our  churches,  and  many 
others.     I  have  kept  no  account  of  the  calls  made. 

It  remains  for  me  to  speak  of  White  Oaks,  where  a  new  church  was 
organized,  including  the  members  of  the  existing  organization — thirteen 
in  number — and  twenty-eight  new  ones,  making  a  church  of  forty-one 
members  in  all.  Up  to  the  present  time  everything  seems  to  go  on  well 
there,  and  with  as  much  vigor  as  could  be  expected  considering  the  fact 
that  the  majority  of  the  new  members  were  new  to  church  work  and  will 
need  to  have  some  good  leadership  to  get  them  into  line  with  the  rest  in 
church  uctiv'ities. 


July,  1894  The  Home  Missionary  155 

One  church  has  been  organized  during  the  year,  at  Ranches  de 
Atrisco — a  Mexican  church.  They  began  with  eighteen  members,  eight 
of  whom  came  on  confession.  At  the  council  called  to  organize  the 
church,  Rev.  L.  M.  Ford  was  ordained.     The  work  is  full  of  promise. 


INDIANA 
Rev.  E.  D.  Curtis,  D.D.,  Indianapolis,  Superintendent 

The  receipts  from  this  State  have  been  $3,156.18. 

Thirty-three  missionaries  have  been  employed  during  the  whole  or  a 
part  of  the  year  in  connection  with  forty-two  churches  and  stations,  and 
performing  twenty  years  of  labor.  Thirty-seven  Sunday-schools  report  a 
membership  of  3,709. 

Superintendent  Curtis  reports :  The  Coal  Mine  Mission  during  the 
year  has  been  increased  by  the  organization  of  a  church  at  Caseyville, 
and  a  much  needed  religious  work  is  now  being  carried  on  there  by 
Rev.  James  Hayes,  the  devoted  missionary.  This  makes  his  field  too 
much  extended  for  him  to  personally  care  for,  and  he  has  succeeded  in 
enlisting  the  services  of  lay-laborers,  who  furnish  effective  help  without 
financial  outlay.  This  is  a  beautiful  work.  The  south  branch  of  Plymouth 
Church,  Fort  Wayne,  has  also  been  organized  into  a  church  with  twenty- 
four  members,  and,  with  their  large  Sunday-school  in  their  commodious 
purchased  building,  they  are  laboring  for  the  Master. 

The  Dunkirk  church,  the  beginnings  of  which,  three  years  ago,  were 
overlaid  by  opposing  circumstances,  has  been  reorganized  upon  a  per- 
manent basis  with  an  able  and  influential  membership,  and  has  taken  on 
renewed  life. 

The  building  enterprise  of  Plymouth  Church,  Fort  Wayne,  has  been 
brought  to  a  successful  completion  under  the  leadership  of  Rev.  J.  S. 
Ainslie.  The  church  now  possesses  in  a  central  location  a  fitting  edifice 
very  completely  equipped  for  service.  The  cost  was  $27,000.  The 
membership  is  very  active  in  reform  and  evangelistic  work,  and  the 
prosperity  of  the  church  under  the  divine  blessing  augurs  well  for  the 
development  of  a  pure  Christianity.  It  is  interesting  to  remember  that 
the  date  when  the  first  missionary  sent  to  Fort  Wayne  by  the  Society 
arrived  there  was  1826. 

The  operations  of  the  Society  in  caring  for  destitute  congregations 
and  developing  gospel  enterprises  yet  in  their  infancy  have  steadily  gone 
forward  in  Indiana  during  the.  past  year.  The  missionaries  located  at  the 
various  points  have  done  faithful  and  self-sacrificing  service,  and  there 
have  been  many  instances  of  self  denial  and  enlarged  benevolence  to 
mark  the  development  of  organic  responsibility  on  the  \^2iT\.  oi  \.\\^  \oc2\ 


156  The  Home  Missionary  July,  1894 

churches  and  the  triumphs  of  redeeming  grace  in  individual  lives.  The 
meetings  of  the  Associations  have  been  well  attended,  and  vital  with  the 
adjustments  of  Christian  thought  and  consecrated  lives  to  the  social  con- 
ditions which  prevail. 

An  appreciable  distraction  from  the  vigor  and  continuity  of  organic 
church  development  came  in  the  early  season  with  the  opening  of  the 
World's  Fair  at  Chicago.  Our  fields  were  within  the  immediate  vicinity 
of  the  "  White  City,'  and  the  popular  interest  and  temporary  absorption 
in  the  affairs  of  the  great  exposition  were  not  conducive  to  the  develop- 
ment of  church  life.  Enterprises  that  could  ill  afford  any  cessation  of 
financial  or  spiritual  effort,  for  the  time  being  entered  into  the  stage  of 
stagnation.  It  was  a  period  of  vacation.  Close  upon  the  heels  of  this 
hiatus  came  the  panic  with  its  general  depression  of  business  and  the 
closing  of  manufactories.  Possibly  no  industries  in  the  land  were  stricken 
with  a  more  complete  paralysis  than  the  glass  factories  of  the  gas  belt  and 
the  iron  works  recently  located  in  the  State.  A  number  of  our  young 
churches  had  been  organized  to  supply  these  new  centers  of  industry 
with  the  Gospel.  It  was  impossible  to  avert  the  result.  Building  enter- 
prises languished.  Great  difficulty  was  found  by  such  churches  in  meet- 
ing their  obligations  to  the  missionaries.  Payments  due  the  Congrega- 
tional Church  Building  Society  on  account  of  loans  were  deferred.  The 
churches  were  compelled  to  put  off  the  day  of  self-support.  In  some 
cases  it  became  necessary,  if  services  were  to  be  maintained,  to  ask  for 
larger  aid  from  the  Society. 

It  is  readily  apparent  that,  under  the  circumstances,  new  work  during 
the  fall  and  winter  could  not  be  thought  of.  Lessened  subscriptions  on 
the  field  and  lessened  contributions  to  the  Society  made  it  imperative 
that  all  available  resources  should  be  husbanded  to  protect  the  mission- 
aries already  at  work,  and  keep  the  strugj^ling  churches  from  discourage- 
ment.    This  has  been  done. 

We  have  been  permitted  to  close  the  year  with  solid  ranks,  and  the 
later  months  have  witnessed  a  remarkable  outpouring  of  the  Holy  Spirit 
in  many  of  the  fields  which  have  been  sustained  at  such  great  sacrifice. 
Revivals  of  unusual  power  have  marked  the  winter  months  of  1893-4. 
The  accessions  to  the  churches  have  been  unusually  large.  Men  and 
women  have  seemed  readv  and  anxious  to  heed  the  divine  counsels  and 
accept  the  cross  of  Christ  as  their  portion.  Out  of  the  depression  and 
great  fear  of  the  financial  troubles  have  emerged  the  beginnings  of 
spiritual  life.  The  churches  have,  many  of  them,  been  lifted  to  a  higher 
plane  of  self-sacrifice,  and  have  developed  new  ideals  and  loftier  faiths. 
The  missionaries,  called  upon  to  endure  with  something  of  old-time  heroism 
the  deprivations  of  pioneer  preachers,  have  not  been  found  wanting. 

The  indications  oi  a  better  financial  situation  are  at  hand.     The  State 


July,  1894  The  Home  Missionary  157 

continues  to  receive  considerable  accessions  from  the  East  and  South  to 
its  population  by  the  incoming  of  factories  into  the  gas  territory.  Were 
the  means  at  our  command  we  could  begin  work  in  a  number  of  most 
inviting  fields.  It  is  impossible  but  that  the  churches,  with  their  fresh- 
bom  zeal  and  largely  increased  numbers,  shall  with  returning  prosperity 
rally  to  the  supjjort  of  the  Home  Missionary  Society,  and  by  filling  its 
treasury  with  consecrated  gifts  enable  it  to  go  forward,  with  the  divine 
blessing,  into  regions  whose  conditions  constitute  such  a  loud  call  for 
help. 

KANSAS 
Rev.  L.   p.  Broad,  Topeka,  Superintendent 

The  contributions  from  this  State  within  the  year  were  ^,066.90. 
Suf>erintendent  Broad  reports  :  Sixty  missionaries  have  been  employed 
during  the  whole  or  part  of  the  year  in  connection  with  118  churches  and 
stations  (seventy-six  churches  and  forty-two  stations).  Eighty-four 
Sunday-schools  connected  with  these  missionary  points  have  a  total 
membership  of  5,500.  Three  new  churches  have  been  organized  ;  Bethel 
(Kansas  City),  Indianapolis  (near  Osawatomie),  and  Valencia ;  and 
three  new  houses  of  worship  have  been  dedicated  :  Arkansas  City, 
Powhattan,  and  Haven — their  total  cost  being  $15,000.  To  this  num- 
ber might  be  added  the  new  church  building  at  Overbrook  (cost 
$2,000),  a  self-supporting  church,  but  the  immediate  outgrowth  of  Home 
Missions.  Nine  houses  of  worship  have  been  repaired  at  a  cost  of  $1,227; 
and  two  churches  (Plevna  and  Tonganoxie)  have  erected  parsonages  at 
a  cost  of  $1,300.  Seven  young  men  in  missionary  churches  are  studying 
for  the  ministry  ;  and  507  hopeful  conversions  have  been  the  result  of 
fifty-nine  revival  efforts.  The  total  number  of  additions  to  the  missionary 
churches  reported  is  592. 

The  churches  are  growing  in  spiritual  life  and  general  efficiency. 
Increased  stability  and  internal  strength  in  the  organizations  are  manifest. 
Churches  and  pastors  seem  more  inclined  to  stay  with  each  other  and  to 
build  up  by  patient,  practicable  methods.  The  fever  for  change,  incident 
to  periods  of  excessive  speculation  even  in  church  life,  is  disappearing 
both  from  communities  and  churches.  Even  on  the  frontier,  where  it  is 
hard  to  get  a  livelihood,  nearly  all  inhabitants  plan  to  stay  rather  than  to 
go  away  ;  and  our  churches  willingly  adapt  themselves  to  trying  circum- 
stances. For  instance,  it  is  refreshing  to  see  churches  once  strong,  and  even 
self-supporting,  willing  now  to  take  service  on  alternate  Sabbaths,  or  even 
once  a  month—  as  some  are  doing — if  this  is  the  best  that  can  be  done, 
and  at  the  same  time  see  them  keep  up  their  Sabbath-schoojs,  prayer- 
meetings,  and  Christian  Endeavor  meetings. 


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There  has  been  a  general  religious  interest  in  the  churches  during  the 
past  winter — quiet,  unusually  genuine,  and  sometimes  accompanied  by 
extensive  revivals.  Nearly  all  of  the  missionary  churches  report  revival 
meetings.  Our  evangelist  has  been  pressed  with  calls  and  has  done  work 
of  permanent  value.  Other  denominations  appear  to  have  been  equally 
active  and  blessed  with  ourselves,  and  it  is  reasonable  to  believe  that  the 
whole  spiritual  life  of  the  State  had  been  lifted  to  a  higher  plane.  The 
leavening  influence  of  our  free  methods  and  principles  is  increasingly 
manifest  among  believers  of  all  names.  Our  churches  are  ever  ready  to 
cooperate  with  other  denominations,  and  the  bond  of  fraternity  between  the 
Christian  brotherhood  in  all  of  Christ's  churches  seems  to  be  strengthen- 
ing. The  trend  of  thought  seems  to  be  toward  our  principles — which 
gives  us  new  opportunities  to  help  the  spiritual  life  of  the  brotherhood  in 
other  Christian  folds,  and  in  some  cases  to  unite  believers  under  the  Con- 
gregational form,  and  so  prevent  a  multiplication  of  churches.  As  an 
instance  of  the  latter  tendency,  last  week,  on  our  extreme  frontier,  in  a 
rural  neighborhood,  where  Christians  of  several  denominations  have  worked 
together  for  some  years  in  a  "  Union  Church,"  by  a  large  vote  they  de- 
cided to  become  a  Congregational  church.  The  new  church  will  probably 
start  out  with  twenty-five  members,  and  be  supplied  by  one  of  our  mission- 
ary pastors,  requiring  no  additional  missionary  aid. 

We  have  had  less  difficulty  in  supplying  our  churches  with  pastors  than 
for  several  years  past.  The  salaries  are  too  small ;  and  while  some  of 
our  best  men  live  on  inadequate  means,  yet  we  could  not  supply  some 
fields  with  the  men  needed  for  this  reason.  But  the  churches  frequently 
help  in  this  matter  by  being  willing  to  wait,  pastorlcss,  until  we  can  find 
the  man  needed. 

In  Eastern  Kansas  our  missionary  churches  show  a  progressive  spirit, 
and  desire  to  attain  self-support.  The  "  hard  times,"  and  the  fact  that  so 
many  churches  to  which  self-support  has  been  possible  had  reached  that 
goal  before  this  year,  make  our  self-supporting  list  a  short  one  this  year. 

In  Central  Kansas  the  reduction  of  population  and  removals  from 
churches  by  the  opening  of  the  Cherokee  Strip  has  been  peculiarly  dis- 
couraging to  a  few  church  congregations  ;  and  we  are  to  have  occasional 
problems  concerning  churches  where  the  field — once  large  and  ample — 
has  become  narrowed  because  of  the  large  number  of  churches  in  the 
town  and  the  lessened  population. 

On  the  frontier  our  churches  do  nobly.  They  accede  to  our  Board's 
arrangements  for  yoking,  are  doing  their  part  toward  paying  their  pastors 
as  well  as  any  churches  in  the  State,  and  are  self-denying  in  making  con- 
tributions to  Home  Missions.  We  have  very  few  missionary  churches 
indeed,  now,  that  perplex  us  concerning  the  propriety  of  granting  them 
aid ;  and  next  year,  I  presume  not  one  of  these  will  be  left  on  our  list. 


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July.  1894  The  Home  Missionary  159 

We  have  been  able  to  do  something  in  the  line  of  extension  of  the 
work,  notwithstanding  the  widely  exhausting  financial  depression.  Bethel 
Churchy  in  Kansas  City,  came  to  us  as  the  natural  development  of  genu- 
ine city  missionary  work  where  a  "  Union  "  church  was  the  only  one  that 
could  succeed.  It  is  located  in  the  midst  of  a  population  of  ten  thousand, 
where  vice,  ignorance,  and  poverty  abound,  and  which  is  chiefly  dependent 
upon  the  work  of  this  church  for  Christian  and  moral  influences  and  for 
charitable  work. 

Armourdale  mission,  which  was  begun  by  the  tent  work  of  our  general 
missionary  last  summer,  is  a  part  of  the  work  of  Bethel  Church. 

Our  country  church  at  Valencia  is  building  a  house  of  worship  and 
meetijig  a  genuine  need. 

The  great  new  work  which  presses  upon  Christians  in  Kansas  is  that 
for  our  farming  population.  It  is  still  the  great  un worked  area  as  regards 
intelligent  and  adequate  religious  service.  Our  brethren  increasingly 
realize  this  and  are  making  unusual  effort  to  meet  this  great  need.  The 
"  Salina  "  experiment,  whereby  several  country  points  are  visited  regularly 
by  the  pastor  of  the  city  church  and  a  junior  pastor,  has  worked  well,  not- 
withstanding hindrances  arising  from  the  financial  stringency  of  the  year. 
The  home  church  received  thirty-two  new  members  in  nine  months,  eleven 
of  them  from  the  country  ;  besides  ten  members  received  into  a  country 
church  also  served  by  the  devoted  and  hard-working  co-pastors  of  Ply- 
mouth Church,  Salina. 

There  is  no  more  hopeful  sign,  however,  for  the  extension  of  our  work 
of  church  planting  and  Christianization  than  that  pastors  and  churches  are 
showing  new  interest  in  establishing  work  in  districts  contiguous  to  these 
town  churches,  to  be  linked  with  the  home  church  and  served  somewhat 
by  its  pastor — the  church  giving  up  its  pastor  at  some  Sabbath  service  to 
enable  him  to  preach  in  the  country — they  themselves  maintaining  service 
in  the  home  church  while  he  is  absent  for  this  purpose. 

This  will  bless  everybody  concerned  :  church,  country,  pastor,  and  the 
Home  Missionary  Society,  too. 

NEBRASKA 

Rev.  Harmon  Bross,  Lincoln,  Superintendent 

The  contributions  from  this  State  have  been  $3,749. 

Superintendent  Bross  presents  the  following  interesting  statements  : 
The  number  of  missionaries  employed  has  been  ninety-eight ;  these  have 
supplied  120  churches  and  fifty-two  out-stations.  Of  the  eleven  churches 
organized  in  the  State  during  the  past  year,  all  but  two  have  been  con- 
nected with  our  home  missionary  work.     Two  or  three  of  our  churches 


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which  have  for  years  had  an  uncertain  life,  are  about  closing  their  work 
permanently  and  disposing  of  their  property  to  some  other  denomination. 

The  embarrassments  of  the  year  have  prevented  any  of  our  churches 
from  reaching  the  condition  of  permanent  self-support,  but  quite  a  number 
have  made  progress  in  that  direction.  Our  work  of  church  and  parson- 
age building  has  gone  forward  with  apparently  little  interruption  from  the 
hard  times. 

It  is  fitting  that  mention  should  be  made  of  the  departure  from  this 
life,  within  the  past  year,  of  our  venerable  "  Father  Heaton,"  Rev.  Isaac 
E.  Heaton,  the  second  Congregational  minister  to  come  into  Nebraska. 
Only  a  few  months  after  Rev.  Reuben  Gaylord  commenced  his  work  at 
Omaha  he  had  the  privilege  of  welcoming  Father  Heaton,  who  came  to 
Nebraska  to  enter  upon  permanent  work,  and  soon  after  began  preaching 
at  Fremont,  where  he  gathered  the  Congregational  church  of  which  he 
was  pastor  fourteen  years. 

While  it  has  seemed  impossible  on  account  of  our  limited  means  to  do 
very  much  in  the  way  of  new  work,  some  very  interesting  fields  have  been 
entered  and  encouraging  progress  made.  Early  last  spring  it  was  reported 
that  Loup  County,  which  was  rapidly  settling,  was  entirely  without  church 
organization  or  religious  service.  It  was  found  afterward  that  a  small 
church  of  another  denomination  existed  in  another  part  of  the  county,  but 
across  the  ridge  of  sand  hills,  so  that  its  existence  was  scarcely  known. 
A  young  man  was  sent  into  the  county  early  in  May  to  commence  work, 
and  in  a  little  while  good  congregations  were  gathered  at  three  different 
points,  the  center  of  operation  being  Taylor,  the  county  seat.  In  July  a 
church  of  twenty-six  members  was  organized,  and  steps  were  taken  look- 
ing immediately  to  the  erection  of  a  house  of  worship.  The  house  has 
already  been  erected  and  dedicated,  a  permanent  pastor  has  been  settled, 
and  the  people  are  raising  one-half  of  his  salary.  In  a  neighboring  field, 
with  the  work  centering  at  Sargent,  much  the  same  progress  has  been 
made,  except  that,  on  account  of  financial  embarrassment,  the  erection  of 
a  house  of  worship  has  been  postponed  until  spring.  The  stringency  of 
the  times  has  affected  our  work  in  two  respects :  it  has  made  the  demands 
upon  the  Society  larger  from  our  churches  in  the  western  part  of  the  State, 
and  has  materially  decreased  the  contributions  from  nearly  all  of  our 
churches.  Still  it  is  pleasant  to  note  evidences  of  rare  devotion  and  inter- 
est on  the  part  of  churches  and  individuals.  The  aggregate  of  benevo- 
lences for  the  year  1893  exceeds  the  record  of  1892  by  $193  ;  and  this  in 
the  face  of  the  fact  that  there  has  been  a  falling  off  in  home  expenditures 
of  nearly  §10,000. 

In  common  with  the  churches  of  our  State  and  of  the  country,  our 
home  missionary  churches  have  been  blessed  during  the  last  year  with  a 
remarkable  degree  of  revival  interest.     Our  State  evangelists,  Billings  and 


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Byers,  have  had  more  applications  for  their  services  than  they  could  pos- 
sibly fill ;  evangelists  from  outside  the  State  have  helped,  and  pastors  have 
largely  assisted  each  other.  Among  the  churches  reporting  special  revival 
interest  may  be  mentioned  Alma,  Bladen,  Bloomfield,  Chadron,  Clear- 
water, Cortland,  Curtis,  Farnam,  Omaha  Hillside,  Pickrell,  Strang,  and 
VVymore. 

Our  general  missionaries.  Rev.  George  E.  Taylor  in  the  southwest  and 
Rev.  W.  J.  Paske  in  Northern  Nebraska,  have  added  very  much  to  the 
efficiency  and  permanency  of  our  work  in  the  newer  parts  of  the  State. 


NORTH  WISCONSIN 
Rev.  Thomas  G.  Grassie,  Ashland.  Superintendent 

The  contributions  from  this  district  have  been  $811.74. 

Superintendent  Grassie  reports  :  During  the  year  we  have  employed 
twenty-nine  missionaries  who  have  labored  in  twenty-five  churches  and 
twenty-two  stations  where  as  yet  no  churches  have  been  organized  ;  thus 
bringing  the  Gospel  to  forty-seven  different  communities. 

One  missionary  has  passed  on— Rev.  Arthur  Spooner,  a  most  faithful 
man,  who  suddenly  died  two  days  after  preaching  his  last  sermon. 

Three  missionaries  have  been  ordained  by  council. 

Houses  of  worship  have  been  erected  at  West  Superior,  Cleveland, 
Clintonville,  and  North  Crandon  ;  parsonages  at  Amery,  Iron  River,  and 
Clear  Lake. 

Three  new  churches  have  been  organized,  at  Clintonville,  Butternut, 
and  .Cleveland,  two  of  them  in  fields  never  visited  by  us  or  any  other 
denomination  till  this  year.  They  are  the  only  churches  in  their  commu- 
nities, and  quite  vigorous,  hopeful  enterprises. 

One  is  in  a  territory  forty  miles  square,  settled  throughout  its  extent 
with  a  considerable  population,  in  which  there  was  no  church  or  minister 
of  any  kind.  Through  the  voluntary  and  unpaid  efforts  of  a  layman,  an 
interest  was  started  in  a  corner  of  this  community,  which  was  promptly 
entered  by  the  Home  Missionary  Society.  There  resulted  a  widespread 
interest — the  rousing  of  the  whole  community,  conversions,  organization 
of  a  church,  erection  of  a  house  of  worship,  securing  of  a  pastor,  and  the 
transformation  of  the  whole  region  from  an  irreligious  to  an  earnestly 
religious  community  in  the  course  of  a  few  months.  Another  of  these 
new  churches,  the  Scandinavian  church  in  Clintonville,  illustrates  how 
accessible  the  Scandinavian  people  are  to  the  Gospel.  Some  time  ago  a 
young  Norwegian  student  came  to  that  region  and  began  to  preach  the 
Gospel  to  his  countrymen,  meeting  in  private  houses.  They  heard  with  in- 
terest, and  said  to  each  other :  "  We  never  heard  the  Bvb\^  ^t^^.c\\^^  N^c^aX 


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way  before ;  there  is  power  in  this  Gospel."  Determined  to  have  a  church 
free  from  formalism  and  imbued  with  evangelical  earnestness,  they  formed 
themselves  into  a  self-governing  evangelical  church  in  which  none  but 
converted  persons  should  be  members — that  is,  unwittingly  to  themselves, 
they  became  a  Congregational  church.  They  appointed  to  their  pastor- 
ate a  layman,  Mr.  Charles  J.  Jensen,  a  mason  of  good  education  and  un- 
usual religious  experience.  Our  Society  found  them,  and  brought  them 
aid.  They  secured,  through  the  generous  help  of  the  Church  Building 
Society,  a  good  house  of  worship,  were  recognized  by  council,  and  now, 
though  but  a  few  months  old,  are  reaching  out  to  adjacent  towns,  carrying 
the  Gospel  to  their  countrymen. 

OUR    FIELD    AND    OPPORTUNITY 

The  territory  of  this  district  embraces  the  northern  two-fifths  of  the 
State,  comprising  that  part  of  it  which  is  most  rapidly  filling  with  popula- 
tion ;  where  new  towns  are  springing  into  existence  and  in  a  few  years 
growing  into  places  of  importance  ;  where  forcible  wickedness  as  well  as 
forcible  activity  of  every  kind  are  contending  for  supremacy  in  shaping 
the  quality  of  society. 

Within  the  last  few  years  the  population  has  increased  150  per  cent., 
or  from  100,000  to  250,000.  Large  towns,  like  Washburn,  Rhinelander, 
Tomahawk,  Superior,  have  each  from  3,000  to  25,000  people  where  ten 
years  ago  not  even  a  log  house  stood  in  the  unbroken  forest.  The  dis- 
trict holds  as  much  mineral  and  forest  wealth,  save  coal,  as  the  whole 
State  of  Pennsylvania,  or  of  New  York  and  New  England  combined, 
which  with  its  great  commercial  advantages  insures  the  continuance  of 
this  rate  of  increase. 

Into  several  of  the  counties  of  this  territory  we  have  not  been  able  to 
enter  with  a  single  mission,  though  there  are  in  them  large  populations. 
On  the  contrary,  by  reason  of  the  distressing  reduction  of  our  missionary 
apportionment,  we  are  compelled  not  only  to  surrender  most  hopeful 
plans  for  advancement,  but  to  abandon  some  missions  which  we  have 
sustained  for  several  years. 

MINNESOTA 
Rev.  J.   H.  Morlev,  Minneapolis,  Superintendent 

The  receipts  from  this  State  have  been  $5,956.53. 
One  hundred  and  eleven  missionaries  have  been  employed  during  the 
whole  or  a  part  of  the  year  in  connection  with  137  churches  and  ninety- 
tfvo  stations.     Seven   churches   have   been   organized  ;  nine   houses  of 


July.  1894  The  Home  Missionary  163 

worship  have  been  erected  ;  five  churches  assumed  self-support ;  eight 
houses  of  worship  were  repaired.  One  hundred  and  forty-three  Sunday- 
schools  report  a  membership  of  9,624,  and  four  young  men  have  been 
reported  as  preparing  for  the  ministry. 

Superintendent  Morley  reports  :  Our  work  has  shown  the  results  of 
financial  depression  in  the  large  number  of  pastorless  churches,  fewer  meet- 
ing-houses and  parsonages  secured,  diminished  contributions,  decreasing 
of  pastors'  salaries,  and  the  necessity  of  self-sacrifice,  borne  cheerfully,  for 
the  most  part,  by  both  pastors  and  churches.  Our  vacant  churches  have 
been  cared  for  with  some  slight  temporary  service,  which,  however,  did  not 
make  good  the  absence  of  a  pastor's  loving  care.  We  have  kept  the  work 
from  suffering  loss.  No  churches  have  died  that  deserved  to  live.  But 
there  has  been  little  material  advance. 

The  smallness  of  our  contributions,  less  than  for  several  years  preced- 
ing, is  accounted  for  not  only  by  the  financial  stringency,  but  by  the  efforts 
made  by  some  of  our  churches  to  pay  their  own  indebtedness,  and  also  to 
extend  help  to  sister  churches  through  other  than  the  regular  channels. 
While  some  money  has  doubtless  been  diverted  from  our  treasury,  it  has 
been  well  bestowed  and  will  come  back  to  us  after  many  days. 

While  the  material  advance  along  the  line  of  contributions,  church 
building,  organization  of  new  work,  has  been  slight,  the  spiritual  advance 
has  been  cheering.  As  has  many  times  been  true,  adversity  has  been  a 
means  of  spiritual  quickening.  A  large  number  of  churches  report 
revivals,  some  of  unusual  power.  The  presence  of  Evangelist  Mills  in 
**the  Twin  Cities"  in  1893  had  large  influence  upon  the  State.  Our 
pastors,  evangelists,  either  independent  or  furnished  by  the  Society,  have, 
with  the  blessing  of  God's  Spirit,  been  the  means  of  spiritual  awakening 
throughout  the  State.  Our  little  church  at  New  Ulm  gives  an  illustration. 
For  ten  years  the  church  worked  faithfully  and  slowly  in  this  town, 
founded  by  German  Turners  with  the  expressed  intention  of  keeping  out 
the  Gospel  and  the  churches.  Slowly  the  leaven  worked ;  the  Sabbath  was 
better  observed,  the  unbelief  of  men  was  modified  ;  Christian  men  were 
placed  upon  the  school  board.  Christian  teachers  were  engaged  (a  thing 
once  impossible),  and  a  Christian  public  sentiment  was  formed.  At  last 
the  time  was  ripe  for  an  evangelist.  One  came,  and  the  town  was  moved 
as  once  seemed  impossible.  The  membership  of  the  church  was  increased 
from  thirty-four  to  eighty-three,  but  this  was  only  a  slight  part  of  the 
work.  The  other  churches  have  been  quickened  ,  people  have  heard  the 
Gospel  for  the  first  time  ;  infidelity  has  been  shaken  in  its  stronghold, 
and  the  foundations  are  laid  for  a  large  advance. 

In  many  other  towns  revivals  and  conversions  have  done  more  than 
financial  prosperity  to  strengthen  our  churches,  even  along  financial  lines. 
One  new  church  was  formed  out  of  a   revival ;   another  dym^  cVvwtcK^ 


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pastorless  and  discouraged,  will,  as  a  result  of  a  revival  with  thirty  con- 
versions, secure  a  pastor. 

In  Minnesota  no  year's  work  better  illustrates  the  need  and  the  success 
of  the  Society's  fostering  care  than  this  year  of  financial  depression.  Our 
people  have  been  taught  that  man  does  not  live  by  bread  alone,  but  by 
every  word  that  proceedeth  out  of  the  mouth  of  God. 


NORTH  DAKOTA 

Rev.  H.  C.  Simmons,  Fargo,  Superintendent 

The  receipts  from  this  State  have  been  $1,372.81. 

Superintendent  Simmons  reports :  Considering  all  circumstances,  the 
churches  of  North  Dakota  have  great  reason  to  be  thankful  for  the  sub- 
stantial progress  made  in  the  work.  Twenty-eight  ordained  missionaries 
and  ten  students  have  done  excellent  work  in  fifty-seven  churches  and 
twenty-three  out-stations. 

Six  churches  have  been  organized,  one  church  building  erected,  and 
one  purchased.  At  Hankinson  a  fine  parsonage  has  been  built,  one  of  the 
best  in  the  State. 

Revivals  have  been  reported  in  at  least  sixteen  of  the  churches,  and 
some  of  them  have  been  of  great  power.  Several  of  our  young  men  are 
studying  for  the  ministry. 

We  have  not  been  able,  for  lack  of  funds,  to  employ  an  evangelist  in 
the  State,  but  a  large  amount  of  work  has  been  done  by  the  pastors  with 
assistance  from  neighboring  ministers. 

There  are  excellent  openings  in  the  State  for  new  work,  but  under  the 
present  dej)ressed  condition  of  the  finances  it  is  impossible  to  occupy  these. 

Attempts  have  been  made  to  secure  a  settlement  of  interdenomina- 
tional difficulties,  and  while  not  everything  to  be  desired  has  been  accom- 
plished in  this  line,  we  have  shown  our  disposition  to  fairly  meet  our 
brethren  in  these  matters. 

There  never  has  been  a  lime  in  the  history  of  our  State  when  Con- 
gregational methods  of  work  were  more  sought  after  by  the  people  than 
now.  From  churches  of  other  denominations  there  are  frequent  inquiries 
after  our  methods  of  work;  and  the  practicability  of  a  Congregational 
church  coming  in  to  furnish  a  common  basis  for  a  practical  union  of  effort 
is  a  question  quite  frequently  raised  in  these  days. 

The  educational  work  of  our  churches,  through  Fargo  College,  is  being 
put  to  the  front  very  successfully  through  the  workings  of  that  college, 
which  has  doubled  its  number  of  students  during  the  past  year. 

Our  churches  are  now  more  nearly  supplied  with  pastors  than  for  some 
years,  and  although  the  price  of  our  principal  staple,  wheat,  is  so  low  as 


July,  1894  The  Home  Missionary  165 

to  leave  no  margin  of  profit  in  its  production,  there  is  a  decided  feeling 
that  our  churches  must  be  kept  open.  No  year  has  been  more  fruitful 
than  the  past  in  spiritual  things,  and  the  achievements  of  the  past  only 
urge  us  forward  to  do  better  things  for  the  future. 


SOUTH  DAKOTA 
Rev.  W.  H.  Thrall,  Huron,  Superintendent 

The  contributions  from  this  missionary  district  have  been  $1,440.83. 

Says  Superintendent  Thrall :  Eighty-four  different  workers  have  been 
under  your  employ  a  part  or  all  of  the  time  during  1893-4.  Ninety-seven 
different  churches,  besides  many  out-stations,  have  been  occupied.  Fifty- 
seven  years  of  labor  have  been  performed.  There  have  been  revivals  in 
twenty-seven  of  our  home  missionary  churches.  Three  general  mission- 
aries were  employed  by  this  Society  in  South  Dakota  three  years  ago, 
but  the  financial  stringency  has  cut  us  down  to  one.  Rev.  D.  R.  Tomlin, 
who  has  served  the  Society  since  1887  as  general  missionary,  continues  to 
do  so.  His  time  has  been  exclusively  called  for  in  revival  work  for 
months,  so  that  the  field  work  has  fallen  entirely  upon  the  superintendent 
during  that  time. 

Rev.  Philo  Hitchcock,  formerly  general  missionary,  is  doing  efficient 
pastoral  work  in  Highmore,  and  he  has  not  refused  to  add  evangelistic 
labors  to  his  duties  as  pastor.  Some  valuable  accessions  have  been  made 
to  our  home  missionary  forces :  Rev.  Lauriston  Reynolds,  of  Redfield  ; 
Rev.  Z.  H.  Smith,  of  Howard  ;  Rev.  G.  E.  Green,  of  Canova ;  Rev.  VV.  B. 
Hubbard,  of  Armour,  and  others. 

Examples  of  self-denial  for  Christ's  sake  might  be  found  among  our 
home  missionary  forces  of  South  Dakota,  men  who  seek  opportunity  more 
than  salary  or  position,  even  as  the  Master  thought  it  not  to  be  a  thing  to 
be  grasped  after,  "to  be  equal  with  God."  Men  who  might  find  wealthy, 
stereotyped  pulpits  and  trained  choirs  in  the  East,  are  in  this  plastic  State 
of  South  Dakota  molding  her  destinies  for  centuries  to  come,  wearing 
themselves  out  in  God's  service,  finding  it  their  meat  to  do  his  will. 

Miss  E.  K.  Henry  has  been  under  your  employ  as  evangelist  for  a  por- 
tion of  the  year.  From  October  ist  to  April  ist  she  labored  in  twelve 
different  places,  and  saw  more  than  two  hundred  and  fifty  witness  to  a 
purpose  or  a  desire  to  become  Christians.  Large  sections  of  unsubdued 
prairies  are  yielding  to  the  plow,  and  yet  the  word  comes  from  the  churches 
of  God,  "No  more  new  work."  Instead  of  "  Go  forward  !  "  restriction  is 
the  unwilling  watchword  of  those  who  hold  the  "  sinews  of  war  "  in  trust. 

The  year  1893-4  has  been  one  of  toil  and  anxiety.  Financial  problems 
have  been  trying.     However,  one  church  has  come  lo  se\i-s\^^^OT\..    ^vk 


1 66  The  Home  Missionary  July.  1894 

churches  have  been  dedicated  free  from  debt/  Seven  have  been  repaired 
or  improved.  Nine  churches  have  organized,  all  but  one  in  connection 
with  old  work,  so  that  the  expense  has  been  no  greater  to  the  Society,  and 
all  but  one  where  there  was  no  other  church  work.  More  than  a  score  of 
Christian  Kndeavor  Societies  have  been  organized.  Five  parsonages  have 
been  built  and  one  purchased.  The  churches  have  never  been  better 
manned. 

It  is  sometimes  said  by  the  secretaries  of  the  foreign  work  that  the 
means  have  never  been  lacking  when  the  men  could  be  found.  We  have 
the  men,  but  where  is  the  money  to  fill  the  Lord's  treasury?  Some  of  our 
best  workers  find  it  almost  impossible  to  remain  at  their  posts  at  times. 
Soldiers  in  the  civil  war  were  not  without  support.  The  next  years  prom- 
ise to  be  years  of  trial,  but  they  are  to  be  pivotal  years  in  the  history  of 
this  young  State.  There  are  men — yes,  young  men — who  count  it  a  joy 
to  sacrifice  to  meet  this  opportune  hour  in  a  nation's  history.  But  where 
is  the  Lord's  money  ?  There  are  those  who  are  ready  to  give  up  their  all 
to  do  the  work.  They  deny  a  whole  lifetime  for  the  Master's  sake.  But 
what  of  self-denial  at  home  ?  Cannot  "  restriction  "  be  changed  by  men 
of  God  into  a  courageous,  "  Go  forward  !  "  that  America,  New  America, 
may  be  taken  for  Christ  before  it  is  too  late  ?  The  newer  United  States 
look  to  the  East,  where  States  have  lived  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  millen- 
nium, for  help,  inspiration,  and  hope. 


BLACK   HILLS  (SOUTH   DAKOTA)  AND  WYOMING 

Rkv.  a.  a.  Brown,  Hot  Sprinos,  Soith  Dakota,  Superintendent 
The  contributions  from  this  district  have  been  $167.58. 

Black  Hills. — Nine  missionaries  have  been  employed  within  the 
year  in  connection  with  thirteen  churches  and  stations. 

Wyominc;. — Twelve  missionaries  have  been  in  commission  during  the 
whole  or  a  part  of  the  year  in  connection  with  eighteen  churches  and 
stations. 

Superintendent  Brown  says  :  Personally  1  have  traveled  7,500  miles 
in  discharge  of  my  duties  as  superintendent,  besides  my  journey  to 
Saratoga  in  attendance  upon  the  Annual  Meeting,  making  11,000  miles  in 
all.  I  have  preached  117  times,  and  delivered  fifteen  addresses  on  Con- 
gregationalism and  kindred  topics.  I  have  made  from  two  to  six  visits  to 
every  field  in  my  district,  as  circumstances  seemed  to  require.  I  do  not 
claim  that  my  vfovk  has  been  perfectly  done.     1  have  made  many  mis- 


July.  1894  The  Home  Missionary  167 

takes  from  my  own  standpoint  of  review ;  and  I  presume  many  more 
from  the  standpoint  of  my  brethren  in  New  York  and  on  the  district. 
But  the  record  is  made,  and  I  cannot  afford  to  spend  time  in  repining. 
Time  is  too  precious  to  spend  in  the  vain  effort  to  gather  up  spilled  milk. 
The  only  manly  thing  to  do  is  to  gather  our  resources  and  gird'  our  loins 
for  the  duties  of  another  year. 

In  summing  up  the  survey  of  the  field,  the  outlook  is  somewhat 
oppressive.  The  large  openings  for  aggressive  work  and  the  meager 
means  for  its  accomplishment  appall  me.  I  have  tried  to  hold  all  enlarge- 
ment in  check.  In  spite  of  this  the  field  is  constantly  growing.  Individ- 
ual askings  and  extensively  signed  petitions  are  coming  to  me  from  all 
quarters.  Most  of  these  I  have  to  discourage.  Some  are  so  related  to 
our  work  already  in  hand  that  we  cannot  refuse  them  without  injury.  In 
such  cases  we  are  almost  compelled  to  give  heed  to  petitioners.  This  has 
been  the  case  with  the  Dayton  field.  There,  less  than  nine  months'  work 
has  gathered  over  forty  members  into  the  church,  most  of  whom  were  out 
of  the  fold  and  some  of  whom  were  Roman  Catholics.  Brother  Black  has 
five  preaching  places  in  that  field.  Cold  Brook,  a  stucco-manufacturing 
suburb  of  Hot  Springs,  is  another  of  those  fields.  In  December  last  our 
attention  was  called  to  it.  Brother  Lyman,  our  Sunday-school  superintend- 
ent, visited  the  neighborhood  with  me.  After  carefully  looking  over  the 
ground  together,  we  decided  to  make  an  effort  to  establish  a  Sunday- 
school  and  preaching  there.  Accordingly  we  rented  a  building,  fitted  it 
up,  and  he  organized  a  school  about  the  middle  of  December.  There  is 
now  a  membership  of  seventy-five  in  Sunday-school,  a  church  organiza- 
tion, and  they  are  proceeding  to  build  a  chapel.  The  church  is  under  the 
pastoral  care  of  the  Hot  Springs  pastor,  Rev.  E.  E.  Frame. 

Another  of  these  fields  asking  to  be  taken  in  is  Edgemont.  The 
Christian  people  there  have  organized  themselves  into  a  church,  secured  a 
charter,  and  are  proceeding  to  build  a  small  but  neat  chapel.  They  will, 
I  presume,  ask  a  council  of  recognition  ere  long. 

Superintendent  Brown  gives  a  review  of  his  field,  describing  in  detail  the 
condition  of  each  church.     Space  permits  brief  extracts  only,  as  follows  : 

Big  Horn,  Wyo.,  has  completed  a  nice  brick  building  and  has 
opened  it  for  worship.  Buffalo  Gap  was  visited  last  fall  by  a  consider- 
able revival.  The  general  missionary  assisted  the  pastor  for  three  weeks, 
with  good  results.  About  a  dozen  were  added  to  the  membership  and  a 
general  advanced  position  was  taken  by  the  whole  church.  The  pastor. 
Rev.  George  Wadsworth,  is  very  much  encouraged.  The  church  is  in  a 
better  condition  than  for  several  years  past. 

Custer,  So.  Dak.,  is  happy  with  its  new  pastor,  who  seems  to  be  the 
right  man  in  the  right  place.  Brother  Shingler  held  four  weeks  of  special 
meetings;  Brother  Scott, of  Lead  City,  aided  him  one  v^etV..     YVv^  \^'sa3\\. 


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1 68  The  Home  Missionary  Juij.  1894 

was  seventeen  or  eighteen  received  to  membership,  with  a  general  advance 
all  along  the  line.  A  Young  People's  Society  of  Christian  Endeavor, 
a  Junior  Young  People's  Society  of  Christian  Endeavor,  and  a  literary 
society  are  among  the  working  adjuncts  he  has  organiied.  This  church 
was  never  in  a  more  promising  condition  than  at  present.  Lusk  and 
Manville,  Wye,  have  a  most  painstaking  and  laborious  pastor.  It  is  a 
needy  and  hard  field.  It  has  reached  that  stage  in  the  experience  of 
nearly  all  frontier  sections  when  population  diminishes.  But  this  is  just 
the  time  when  those  frontier  people  need  help.  Everything  is  discour- 
aging. Neighbors  are  leaving,  crops  short,  poor  clothes,  poor  houses, 
and  no  credit.  If  ever  any  people  needed  the  consolation  of  the  Gospel 
it  is  these  people  when  the  professional  mover  strides  on  toward  new 
fields.  Upon  these  ''stayers"  depends  the  future  of  all  these  new  coun- 
tries. Shall  they  have  our  aid  and  sympathy  ''  until  the  darkness  be 
overpast "  ?  May  Brother  Van  Blarcom  have  the  divine  guidance  and 
strength  for  his  arduous  task  in  leading  that  people  ! 

Rock  Springs,  Wyo.,  has  had  the  most  copious  outpouring  of  spiritual 
blessing  of  any  field  in  my  district.  There  was  the  manifested  presence 
of  the  Spirit  in  all  the  services  for  several  months.  Brother  Gilchrist,  our 
general  missionary,  went  to  the  assistance  of  the  pastor  in  February,  and 
held  a  series  of  special  meetings.  I  have  not  as  yet  received  a  full 
report ;  but  more  than  one  hundred  entered  upon  the  new  life.  Unless 
this  church  becomes  embarrassed  with  the  payments  on  their  new  building, 
in  consequence  of  the  slowness  of  getting  the  money  out  of  the  mortgage 
on  the  old  building,  it  will  go  steadily  to  self-support.  Brother  H.  N. 
Smith  is  a  devoted  and  plucky  man,  or  he  would  have  gone  under  in  the 
strain  of  carrying  that  church  through  its  sore  crisis. 


COLORADO 

Rev.  ,  Superintendent 

The  contributions  from  this  district  have  been  $1,186.54. 

Thirty-six  missionaries  have  been  in  service  during  the  whole  or  a  part 
of  the  year  in  connection  with  fifty-six  churches  and  stations.  Two 
churches  have  been  organized,  and  one  assumed  self-support.  Forty- 
seven  Sunday-schools  report  a  membership  of  4,260. 

Rev.  C.  M.  Sanders,  under  whose  efficient  superintendency,  extending 
over  seven  years,  the  foundations  of  our  work  in  Colorado  were  mainly 
laid,  retired  within  the  year  from  this  responsible  position.  In  the  absence 
of  a  successor,  the  Rev.  Horace  Sanderson,  our  successful  general  mission- 
ary for  the  State,  furnishes  the  following  notice  of  the  work  :  Colorado  is 
a  pecuYmr  StuXe  to  do  Christian  work  in.     For  instance,  our  mines  are 


July.  1894  The  Home  Missionary  169 

owned  principally  in  the  East  (New  York,  Boston,  and  England).  The 
money,  with  the  exception  of  what  goes  to  the  workmen,  goes  out  of  the 
State.  These  miners,  as  a  rule,  care  more  for  the  saloon  and  the  gaming 
table  than  they  do  for  the  church.  Yet  many  of  them  have  children,  and 
in  order  to  save  them  we  must  have  the  Sunday-school  and  the  church. 
My  experience  is  that  the  Congregational  Church  is  the  best  organization 
to  do  Christian  work  in  the  mining  camps.  The  population  of  a  mining 
camp  is  changing  all  the  time  ;  people  are  coming  and  going,  here  to-day 
and  gone  to-morrow.  ThcJn  our  farming  districts  are  comparatively 
new,  and  in  all  these  new  communities  the  farms  are  apt  to  be  heavily 
mortgaged.  This  is  the  case  in  Colorado.  We  have  the  germs  of  a 
magnificent  empire.  There  are  many  camps  of  1,200  or  more  people 
where  there  is  not  a  Sunday-school  or  church.  This  ought  not  to  be. 
Children  are  growing  up  in  sin. 

My  own  work  has  been  pleasant,  but  far  from  satisfactory  to  myself. 
I  have  delivered  167  sermons  and  addresses,  made  152  visits  to  fields,  and 
traveled  38,479  miles  the  past  year. 

The  $2y6oo  reduction  that  we  are  obliged  to  face  will  seriously  hinder 
our  work,  but  we  will  face  it  and  try  harder  than  ever  to  raise  more  money 
on  the  field. 

MONTANA 
Rev.  W.  S.  Belx,  Helena,  Superintendent 

The  contributions  from  this  State  have  been  $240.62.  Thirteen 
missionaries  have  been  in  commission  during  the  whole  or  a  part  of  the 
year,  serving  sixteen  churches  and  stations,  reporting  a  membership  of 
345,  and  fourteen  Sunday-schools  with  924  scholars.  One  church  has 
been  organized. 

Says  Superintendent  Bell :  The  past  twelve  months  have  brought 
but  few  results  that  can  be  expressed  in  figures,  or,  indeed,  that  can  be 
told  in  words.  But  it  has  been  a  time  of  patient  toil  on  the  part  of 
faithful  workers,  who  have  sown  the  seed,  trusting  that  God  in  his  own 
good  time  would  bring  the  harvest.  The  beginning  of  the  year  found 
us  with  an  apportionment  scarcely  sufficient  to  sustain  work  already 
begun,  and  the  early  summer  launched  us  into  such  a  sea  of  financial 
depression  that  it  was  only  by  careful  management  that  some  of  our 
enterprises  could  be  kept  from  being  stranded.  We  have,  however, 
avoided  serious  disaster.  All  our  churches  are  intact,  though  in  one  case 
the  numbers  are  sadly  depleted. 

We  are  also  permitted,  in  spite  of  these  adverse  conditions,  to  report 
one  new  church — Bonner.     This  youngest  child  ol  Congc^^^xXox^^vsccL 

IS 


i*jC>  The  Home  Missionary  July.  1894 

has  been  cared  for  by  pittances  doled  out  from  savings  through  temper* 
ary  vacancies  on  other  fields,  and  now  stands  at  the  door  knocking  for 
recognition  on  its  own  account.  Located  in  a  little  manufacturing  town 
where  it  alone  ministers  to  the  religious  needs  of  the  community,  it  has 
large  possibilities  of  usefulness. 

Five  missionaries,  Messrs.  Watson,  Pope,  Fowler,  Clark,  and  Mrs.  A. 
S.  Barnes,  have  been  under  commission  during  the  entire  year,  and  have 
labored  with  a  zeal  and  fidelity  which  will  not  find  its  full  reward  this  side 
of  the  judgment  day.  Rev.  C.  H.  Cook,  of  Billings,  has  been  succeeded 
by  Rev.  P.  B.  Jackson,  who  is  taking  hold  of  his  new  work  with  great 
activity  and  earnestness,  and  Rev.  G.  P.  Anderson  succeeds  Rev.  G.  M.  Rees 
at  Bonner.  Butte,  one  of  our  most  difficult  fields,  has  been  vacant  during 
a  large  part  of  the  year,  and  still  waits  the  coming  of  the  right  man.  An 
arrangement  has  recently  been  made  with  Rev.  J.  D.  Belknap,  of  Syracuse, 
N.  Y.,  to  labor  for  a  few  months  in  the  State,  under  the  auspices  of  the 
Congregational  Home  Missionary  Society,  as  an  evangelist,  and  we  trust 
will  be  the  means  in  God's  hand  of  bringing  a  rich  blessing  to  the  churches 
he  visits.  Meetings  held  already  in  Missoula  have  resulted  in  the  addition 
of  fifteen  to  the  little  band,  and  a  number  of  others  who  entered  the  new 
life  have  connected  themselves  with  other  churches. 

Several  new  fields  opened  up  by  the  Congregational  Sunday-School 
and  Publishing  Society  are  waiting  occupancy,  and  with  a  little  effort 
churches  could  be  developed.  But  these,  1  suppose,  must  await  the  days 
of  a  fuller  treasury. 

UTAH   AND    IDAHO 

Rf.v.  W.  S.  Hawkes,  Salt  Lakk  City,  Utah,  Superintendent 

The  contributions  from  this  missionary  district  have  been  $309. 

Fifteen  missionaries  have  been  in  commission  during  the  whole  or 
a  part  of  the  year,  servin;^  twenty-two  churches  and  stations.  Three 
churches  have  been  organized,  and  two  houses  of  worship  erected. 

The  superintendent  writes  :  Again  in  the  history  of  the  church  have  the 
precious  words  of  the  Psalmist  been  fulfilled  :  "  He  that  goeth  forth  and 
wecpeth,  bearing  precious  seed,  shall  doubtless  come  again  with  rejoicing, 
bringing  his  sheaves  with  him."  And  this  time  it  has  been  in  Utah  and 
Idaho. 

At  the  close  of  my  sixth  year  of  service  in  this  position,  every  Con- 
gregational minister  who  was  in  this  field  when  I  entered  it  had  retired 
from  commissioned  service  ;  and  in  most  instances  those  now  pastors  are 
the  third  in  succession  since  I  came  to  Utah.  Those  that  were  here  when 
J  came  had  Jong  been  **  bearing  precious  seed  "  and  often  weeping  ;  those 


July,  1894  The  Home  Missionary  171 

who  followed  them  had  the  same  experience,  and  most  of  those  now  in 
our  service  have  known  what  it  is  to  have  "  hope  deferred."  But  at  last — 
thank  God,  and  praise  be  to  his  holy  Name  !— that  good  seed  so  faithfully 
sowed,  so  thoroughly  watered  with  Christian  tears,  has  yielded  a  harvest. 
The  numbers  we  have  to  report  as  converted  are  not  large,  and  may  even 
sound  small  to  those  living  in  older  and  non- Mormon  communities.  To 
us  who  long  ago  cast  out  our  anchors  and  **  wished  for  the  day,"  it  has  at 
last  begun  to  break  ;  and  as  at  such  an  hour  some  grope  about,  so  with 
us  some  are  feeling  their  way  out  of  the  enshrouding  gloom  which  has 
covered  Utah  into  the  light  of  the  Gospel  of  the  blessed  God.  We  can- 
not doubt  that  this  is  of  the  Holy  Ghost.  Among  the  converts  we  recog- 
nize the  genuine  type,  whose  feet  are  "  upon  a  rock,"  and  who  have  "  a 
new  song  "  in  their  mouths.  As  may  be  supposed,  it  has  given  a  new 
character  to  many  of  the  churches  and  filled  the  hearts  of  the  waiting 
missionaries  with  new  courage.  And  every  one  of  them  knows  full  well, 
and  gladly  recognizes  the  fact,  that  the  present  reaping  would  not  be  if 
the  former  laborers  had  not  faithfully  done  the  sowing.  We  all  thank 
God  for  those  workers,  often  lonely  and  disheartened,  who  preceded  us. 

It  is  a  frequent  remark  of  the  politicians  of  Utah  that  "conditions 
have  changed."     They  have  pointed  to  the  increasing  number  of  the  non- 
Mormon  population  ;  the  increasing  number  of  practical  as  well  as  actual 
apostates  from  the  Mormon  Church  ;  a  milder  type  of  sermons  from  the 
Mormon   preachers ;    a  greatly  quickened    interest   in   national   politics 
among  the  Mormon  people  ;   a  growing  dissatisfaction  with  polygamy 
among  the  Mormon  young  men  ;  the  manifesto  of  the  Mormon  Church 
suspending  the  practice  of  polygamy  ;  the  disbanding  of  the   People's 
Party,  which  was  the  Mormon  Church  party  ;  the  distribution  of  the  Mor- 
mon people  among  the  national  political  parties  ;  and  the  frequent  declar- 
ation that  the  Mormon  Church  would  not  hereafter  attempt  to  dictate  to 
their  people  in  politics.     No  observing  person  will  deny  that  these  are 
significant  facts.     Many  of  the  politicians  were  anxious  to  have  Utah  at 
once  admitted  as  a  State  to  the  Federal  Union.     But  many  others,  among 
whom  were  most  of  the  Christian  leaders,  felt  that  the  past   Mormon 
history  was  such  as  to  justify  us  in  being  slow  to  accept  all  the  professions 
of  the  Mormon  leaders.     While  we  saw  the  vast  importance  of  the  changes 
which  had  taken  place,  and  others  which  were  taking  place,  we  doubted 
the  wisdom  of  Utah  becoming  a  State,  with  all  State  rights,  while  the 
Mormon  people  continued  to  constitute  six-tenths  of  the  voting  population. 
The  last  five  years  have  been  an  era  of  wonderful  unity  among  the 
Christians  of  Utah.     The  Ministers'  Association  of  Salt  Lake  is  a  stand- 
ing illustration  of  this  spirit ;  all  the  evangelical  ministers,  Episcopalians, 
Lutherans,  Disciples,  Baptists,  Methodists,  Presbyterians,  and  Congrega- 
tionalists,  meet  together  on  Monday  mornings  with  happiest  accord  ^s\d 


172  The    lloinc   Missionary 

profit,  unite  in  charity  work  and  in  public  meetings  to  further  it,  and  tlu 
five  denominations  last  named  have  held  evangelistic  meetings  together 
the  past  winter  with  increasing  joy.  And  what  is  true  of  Salt  Lake  is 
also  true  of  all  Utah  and  Idaho. 

The  same  spirit  of  unity  has  also  prevailed  among  the  Congregational 
workers  in  this  field,  and  to  such  a  degree  as  never  before. 

All  evangelical  missions  in  Utah  and  Idaho  have  been  blessed  with 
ingatherings  this  past  winter.  In  two  portions  of  Utah,  south  of  Salt 
Lake,  where  the  Presbyterians  and  Methodists  have  labored,  which  were 
solidly  Mormon  when  they  entered  them  from  ten  to  fifteen  years  ago, 
large  numbers  of  converts  have  been  made  recently,  and  in  one  place  a 
whole  community  rejected  the  authority  of  the  Mormon  priesthood  on  the 
ground  of  the  seventh  chapter  of  Hebrews,  and  have  joined  an  evan- 
gelical church  in  a  body,  giving  evidence  of  genuine  conversion.  It  is 
reported  on  many  sides  in  Utah  that  the  people  are  reading  and  studjring 
the  Bible  as  never  before,  and  in  one  community  the  almost  exclusive 
topic  of  conversation  in  the  places  of  resort  and  on  the  streets  is  the 
doctrines  of  the  Bible ;  and  it  is  not  uncommon  for  a  minister  to  be  hailed 
while  passing  along  the  street  to  give  his  opinion,  or  an  explanation,  of 
some  passage  of  Scripture.  All  this  indicates  a  breaking  up  of  the  inertia 
which  hitherto  has  been  so  largely  our  discouragement  in  Utah.  For  a 
long  time  it  has  seemed  as  though  the  Mormons  were  content  to  receive 
any  wild  statement  from  their  leaders  if  only  it  were  boldly  asserted  and 
constantly  repeated.     Now  a  questioning  spirit  seems  in  the  air. 

Where  so  much  Christian  work  was  begun  with  elementary  Christian 
education  it  is  not  strange  that  the  time  has  come  when  we  think  of  the 
higher  Christian  education.  We  have  had  academies,  some  of  which  have 
creditably  prepared  for  college  ;  the  time  is  near  at  hand  when  there  will 
be  a  Christian  college  or  colleges  in  Utah.  The  question  is  asked,  "Shall 
each  denomination  have  one,  thus  presenting  the  spectacle  of  two  or  three 
weak,  languishing  things  in  a  field  only  large  enough  to  support  one  ;  or 
shall  the  Christian  forces  of  Utah  unite  for  just  one,  and  that  one  be  as 
high  grade  as  we  all  can  make  it,  in  both  scholarship  and  Christliness  ? " 


NORTHERN  CALIFORNIA  AND   NEVADA 

Rev.  J.  K.  Harrison,  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  Superintendent 

The  contributions  from  this  district  have  been  $8,566.36. 
Fifty-seven  missionaries  have  been  under  commission  during  the  whole 
or  a  part  of  the  year,  performing  forty  years  of  service,  in  connection 
-'"^ntv-dve  churches,  forty-five  stations,  and  eighty-five  Sunday- 


July,  1894  The  Home  Missionary  173 

schools.     Seven  churches  have  been  organized.     Five  houses  of  worship 
have  been  erected  and  thirteen  repaired. 
Superintendent  Harrison  reports  thus  : 

I.  Our  Limitations. — We  began  and  have  gone  through  the  year 
with  an  appropriation  only  about  half  large  enough  to  push  our  work 
properly.  No  words  can  tell  the  heartache  of  the  superintendent,  who 
by  actual  contact  has  known  the  need,  and  whose  constant  disappoint- 
ment gets  its  emphasis  from  a  realization  of  what  might  be  done  were  the 
means  sufficient  to  occupy  all  the  fields  open  to  us.  It  is  no  exaggeration 
to  say  that  we  might  organize  a  new  and  vigorous  Congregational  church 
every  week  for  six  months  if  we  had  the  funds. 

The  year  has  been  one  of  considerably  more  than  usual  privation  with 
our  missionaries,  owing  to  the  fact  of  short  crops  and  hard  times.  One 
man,  having  a  family  of  seven  children,  besides  himself  and  wife,  just  now 
writes  me  that  he  has  had  but  sixty-eight  dollars  from  his  field  during 
the  year,  and  of  that  amount  only  eleven  dollars  in  money,  the  rest  in 
supplies.     Our  Missionary  Society  has  been  able  to  give  him  but  $300. 

Another  missionary,  the  only  preacher  in  a  region  100  miles  long  by 
thirty  miles  wide,  had  to  wait  two  or  three  days  before  he  could  find  any 
one  who  had  money  enough  to  cash  a  draft  of  $125  from  our  Society. 
Finally  a  saloon-keeper  was  found  to  be  the  only  man  in  the  community 
who  had  that  much  money.  It  shows  two  things  :  First,  how  poor  some 
of  our  fields  are  in  ready  money,  and,  second,  where  what  little  money 
there  is,  goes  to.     Surely  there  is  need  of  missionary  work  in  such  places. 

While  these  are  exceptional  cases,  the  fact  remains  that  none  of  our 
missionaries  are  becoming  rich.  The  average  salary  is  $840,  and  taking 
out  the  sixteen  who  receive  the  highest  stipends,  the  balance  receive  but 
an  average  of  $715.  These  are  the  salaries /r^w/V<r^/,  although  in  many 
cases  this  year  the  people  have  not  been  able  to  raise  what  they  promised. 
The  best  of  work  cannot  be  done  on  such  poor  pay. 

II.  Operations. — If  we  pass  by  the  discouragements  that  come  from 
lack  of  sufficient  support  and  inability  to  take  up  new  work,  we  shall  find 
much  in  the  year's  record  to  rejoice  our  hearts. 

I.  There  has  been  no  better  year  for  spiritual  growth  within  the  past 
decade.  Every  month  in  the  year  has  seen  at  least  one  special  evangelist 
at  work  among  our  missionary  churches,  and  for  a  good  portion  of  the 
year  two  have  been  in  the  field.  Rev.  W.  N.  Meserve,  with  a  wagon  and 
tent,  has  done  great  service  to  our  missionary  churches  in  Calaveras 
County  and  in  the  towns  of  Lodi,  Cialt,  and  Lockeford  ;  and  that  with  no 
cost  to  the  Missionary  Society.  Rev.  F.  L.  Smith  has  been  in  regular 
commission  for  six  months  and  has  had  revivals  in  W^eaverville,  Tipton, 
fijrron,  Grass  Valley,  San  Francisco,  Oakland,  Petaluma,  Oroville,  Palermo^ 


174  '^^^  Home  Missionary  Jair*  i^ 

and  Cottonwood.  The  work  of  the  Sunday*schooI  superintendent,  Rer. 
L.  L.  Wirt,  and  his  assistant,  W.  H.  Cook,  has  helped  in  the  spiritnal 
growth  of  our  missionary  churches.  Our  Society  in  California  owes  much 
to  the  Congregational  Sunday-School  and  Publishing  Society  for  the 
invaluable  assistance  given  to  our  missionary  fields  by  these  devoted  and 
unselfish  workers.  There  have  been  very  few  of  our  churches  indeed 
where  special  services  have  not  been  held  and  souls  won  to  God.  We 
take  large  hope  from  this. 

2.  Notwithstanding  the  fact  that  we  have  had  but  $500  more  money 
than  last  year,  we  have  greatly  enlarged  our  work.  In  addition  to  the 
four  churches  that  came  to  self-support  during  the  year,  many  others 
have  approached  much  nearer  to  this  goal  than  ever  before.  We  have 
been  able  to  retake  five  fields  that  had  been  abandoned,  namely :  Adin, 
Alturas,  Weaverville,  Tipton,  and  Angel's  Camp,  representing  an  appro- 
priation of  $2,500,  besides  new  work  in  San  Rafael  and  San  Francisco, 
amounting  to  $900  more.  I'his  balance  of  $3,400  has  been  taken  from 
home  missionary  churches  at  great  sacrifice  to  the  missionaries  in  many 
places. 

3.  We  have  been  able  with  God's  help  fo  keep  our  churches  supplied 
throughout  the  year.  Without  an  exception  there  has  not  been  a  pulpit 
of  all  our  missionary  churches  unfilled  for  a  single  Sabbath,  either  by  a 
pastor  or  a  supply.  Just  now,  at  the  close  of  our  missionary  year,  there 
are  to  be  a  few  changes,  but  no  abandoning  of  fields. 

4.  We  have  more  than  raised  our  pledge  to  the  national  work,  though 
we  are  sorry  that  we  could  not  do  larger  things. 

III.  Expectations. — "My  God  shall  supply  all  your  need."  We 
believe  the  promise.  Our  need  is  large.  We  have  therefore  "  great 
expectations."  We  need  to  do  much  more  of  mission  work  in  San  Fran- 
cisco itself.  As  yet  we  have  done  comparatively  nothing,  though  ours  is 
one  of  the  largest  cities  in  the  land.  There  is  not  a  problem  in  connec- 
tion  with  missionary  work  in  New  York  City  and  Chicago  which  does  not 
also  perplex  us.  We,  too,  have  great  foreign  populations.  There  are 
40,000  Italians  for  whom  no  work  is  being  done  by  Protestants,  besides  a 
large  Spanish  population. 

Notwithstanding  we  have  received  word  from  New  York  that  no  more 
work  would  be  accepted,  there  is  imperative  need  that  outlying  fields 
aggregating  about  $4,000  expenditure  be  entered.  The  work  is  the 
Lord's,  and  we  expect  that  in  some  way  he  will  push  us  into  it  and  furnish 
us  money  for  it.  We  confidently  expect  the  year  in  which  we  are  just 
entering  will  be  better,  financially  and  spiritually,  for  growth  and  devel- 
opment, than  all  the  good  years  that  have  gone  before.  To  this  end  our 
churches  are  working  and  praying. 


July,  1894  The  Home  Missionary  175 


SOUTHERN    CALIFORNIA 

Rev.  James  T,  Ford,  Los  Angeles,  Superintendent 

The  contributions  from  this  district  have  been  $3,200.21. 
Superintendent  Ford  reports : 

1.  The  number  of  ministers  employed  during  the  past  year  has  been 
forty.  They  have  administered  to  forty-two  churches  and  twenty-two 
out-stations. 

2.  Three  churches  have  been  organized,  Etiwanda,  Alpine,  and  Paso 
Robles — the  first  within  the  circuit  of  Rev.  E.  R.  Brainerd,  and  ministered 
to  by  him  without  additional  expense  to  the  Society  ;  the  second  within 
the  circuit  of  Rev.  J.  A.  Rogers,  and  without  added  expense.  The  third 
will  probably  be  yoked  with  San  Miguel,  and  but  for  the  failure  of  crops 
with  no  additional  expense.  One  church,  Carlsbad,  has  become  extinct. 
All  its  members  moved  away  from  the  place. 

3.  Four  churches  have  reached  self-support — San  Jacinto,  Santa  Ana, 
Sierra  Madre,  and  Pasadena  North  ;  but  in  every  case  by  the  acceptance 
on  the  part  of  the  minister  of  a  salary  insufficient  for  a  suitable  support. 
A  change  of  pastors  may  lead  to  renewed  application  for  aid. 

4.  Twenty-two  Sunday-schools  have  been  organized  by  our  Sunday- 
school  missionary,  Rev.  H.  P.  Case.  The  aggregate  membership  of  all 
Sunday-schools  connected  with  home  missionary  churches,  and  those 
organized  as  mission  Sunday-schools  in  advance  of  church  work,  is  about 
3,600. 

5.  Two  houses  of  worship  have  been  built — Rialto  and  Bethlehem  ; 
two  have  been  repaired  and  improved — Los  Angeles  Third  and  Perris. 
A  parsonage  has  been  built  at  Bloomington.  That  at  South  Riverside 
has  been  enlarged  and  improved. 

6.  Five  churches  report  special  evangelistic  efforts,  with  considerable 
results  in  conversion  and  increase  of  membership.  These  are  Bloom- 
ington, Bethlehem,  Nordhoff,  San  Miguel,  and  South  Riverside.  Other 
churches  have  increased  in  nearly  the  same  measure  by  the  ordinary 
means  of  grace. 

7.  The  number  added  to  our  home  missionary  churches  during  the 
calendar  year  1893  was,  on  confession,  107  ;  by  letter,  247. 

8.  Two  of  our  missionaries  have  died  durinij^  the  year. 

9.  Now,  at  the  close  of  the  year,  every  home  missionary  church  in 
Southern  Califbrnia  has  regular  pastoral  service.  There  have  been  many 
changes  during  the  year.  But  we  find  no  lack  of  ministers  ready  to  take 
up  the  work  which  others  lay  down.  Indeed,  we  have  no  less  than  ten 
unemployed    ministers   in   Southern   California   who   desire  pastoral  or 


176  The  Home  Missionary  July.  1894 

missionary  work,  and  several  others  who  are  ready  for  temporary  supply. 
Many  letters  come  to  me  from  all  parts  of  the  country  and  from  Canada, 
inquiring  for  work  in  Southern  California.  I  am  compelled  in  almost 
every  case  to  write  discouraging  replies. 

10.  Some  of  our  churches  are  greatly  depressed  by  financial  difficulties. 
Not  less  than  six  have  seriously  asked  the  question :  Is  it  not  better  to 
disband  than  to  attempt  to  go  forward  under  the  heavy  burdens  that  we 
must  bear,  and  the  Home  Missionary  Society  must  bear  on  our  behalf  ? 
This  is  a  new  manifestation. 

11.  One-half  of  the  churches  and  out-stations  occupied  by  our  mis- 
sionaries are  fields  not  ministered  to  by  any  other  Protestant  denomina- 
tion. The  work  done  in  these  places  is  distinctive  mission  work — a  going 
forth  to  seek  and  save  those  otherwise  neglected  and  destitute.  No  other 
denomination  appears  to  be  doing  in  Southern  California  so  much  of  this 
kind  of  work  as  we  are. 

OREGON 

Rev.  C.  F.  Clapp,  Forest  Grove,  Superintendent 

The  receipts  for  the  year  from  Oregon  were  $855.68. 

Superintendent  Clapp  reports:  There  were  twenty-four  missionaries 
employed  last  year,  who  supplied  forty-five  churches,  and  preached  occa- 
sionally at  forty-seven  other  stations,  thus  supplying,  more  or  less  regu- 
larly, over  ninety  points. 

Seven  churches  were  organized  and  one  church  disbanded.  Sixty-nine 
Sunday-schools  were  under  the  missionaries'  supervision,  while  there  were 
over  seventy  others  which  should  have  had  such  supervision,  but  it 
could  not  be  furnished.  The  schools  under  supervision  contained  3,591 
scholars.  Five  houses  of  worship  were  built  and  two  repaired.  Two 
missionaries  were  installed  and  five  ordained.  Fourteen  fields  reported 
revivals. 

1  rej^rct  that  the  facts  are  not  at  hand  to  enable  me  to  make  a  full 
report  as  to  additions  to  churches,  Sunday-schools  organized,  results  of 
revivals,  and  the  like.  Unfortunately,  some  of  the  missionaries  do  not  see 
the  necessity  of  sending  duplicate  reports  to  me  when  they  forward  them 
to  the  New  York  office. 

Seventeen  missionaries  reported  to  me  more  or  less  regularly.  These 
reports  cover  a  period  of  about  eleven  years'  work.  Some  of  the  men 
were  on  the  ground  less  than  a  year,  and  so  report  for  the  time  they  were 
there.  I  find  from  these  reports  that  there  are  twelve  conversions  given  for 
each  year  of  service,  and  eighteen  additions  to  the  churches.  If  I  had 
received  reports  from  two  extensive  revivals,  these  numbers  would  have 


July,  1894  The  Home  Missionary  177 

been  largely  increased,  I  think.  The  present  winter,  though  unusually 
rainy,  and  so  affecting  the  country  roads  unfavorably,  has  yet  been  a 
season  of  great  spiritual  awakening.  With  perhaps  a  single  exception,  no 
meetings  have  been  held  without  fruit,  and  this  was  very  helpful  to  the 
church.  Several  of  our  fields  are  at  this  time  enjoying  gracious  revivals, 
from  which  no  report  has  yet  reached  me.  When  the  records  are  opened, 
I  feel  as  if  the  winter  of  1893-4  would  be  one  long  to  be  remembered  as 
the  great  season  of  religious  awakening.  Many  fields  hitherto  unre- 
sponsive or  actively  opposed  to  Christ  have  been  ripe  for  harvesting,  and 
I  have  spent  as  much  time  as  possible  aiding  the  pastors.  The  schedule, 
which  just  goes  to  you,  will  show  a  large  number  of  churches  for  which 
no  pastoral  oversight  can  be  furnished  for  lack  of  funds.  There  is  no 
longer  any  dearth  of  men.  Reapers  seem  to  be  plentiful ;  there  are  an 
abundance  of  men  who  are  willing  to  **  go  down  into  these  mines  of  sin 
and  darkness,"  but  there  is  no  one  '*at  the  top  to  hold  the  ropes." 

Although  seven  new  churches  were  organized  this  year,  and  eight  the 
year  previous,  yet  the  number  of  missionaries  remains  practically  the 
same.  These  churches  were  organized  by  the  missionaries  already  on  the 
field,  and  were  in  distressingly  destitute  localities,  where  it  was  absolutely 
necessary  to  crystallize  all  the  religious  sentiment  in  the  community  in 
order  to  withstand  the  infidelity  and  ungodliness  which  abounded. 
Usually  a  Sabbath-school  holds  them  together  for  a  while,  but  soon  the 
need  of  some  stronger  link  is  felt,  and  the  Endeavor  Society  and  the 
church  have  to  be  organized  to  unify  the  faith  there  and  to  give  it  an 
aggressive  form. 

Many  of  these  churches  were  organized  when  there  was  little  if  any 
hope  of  furnishing  immediate  pastoral  supply,  but  because  an  organization 
would  unite  and  rally  the  forces  of  God,  and  insure  some  little  oversight 
from  us,  and  at  the  same  time  include  a  longing  hope  that  the  time  was 
not  far  distant  when  the  Missionary  Society  would  furnish  the  needed 
money  to  give  them  the  Bread  of  Life. 

But  our  hopes  are  again  blasted  in  this  respect,  and  the  day  of 
redemption  is  again  postponed.  Man's  extremity  has  been  God*s  oppor- 
tunity this  time,  as  usual,  in  that  he  has  sent  converting  power  to  his 
servants,  and  many  souls  are  rejoicing  in  Christ;  but  this  only  adds  to  our 
embarrassment,  as  it  multiplies  the  demands  which  we  could  not  meet 
before. 

The  opportunity  for  usefulness  in  the  State  was  never  so  promising 
as  now,  and  we  face  the  future  with  strong  faith  and  courage — faith  that 
the  friends  of  the  Society  will  come  to  its  aid  now  at  this  opportune 
moment,  and  courage  to  go  on  in  the  work  with  confidence  in  the  con- 
quering power  of  the  Gospel. 


178  The  Home  Missionary  July,  1894 

WASHINGTON 

Rev.  a.  Judson  Bailey,  Seattle,  Superintendent 

The  contributions  from  this  State  have  been  $1,694.79. 

Sixty-five  missionaries  have  been  in  commission  during  the  whole  or  a 
part  of  the  year,  performing  fifty-one  years  of  labor  in  connection  with 
106  churches  and  stations.  Eleven  churches  have  been  organized.  One 
hundred  and  eight  Sunday-schools  report  a  membership  of  5,533. 

Superintendent  Bailey  reports:  The  work  of  the  past  year  has  been 
in  many  ways  quite  encouraging.  When  I  look  over  the  field  I  do  not 
recall  a  single  place  that  was  really  alive  two  years  ago,  when  I  came 
here,  that  is  not  in  equally  good  condition  now  as  then.  Really,  we  have 
not  lost  a  church  or  preaching  station.  Some  points  which  were  changed 
by  the  coming  of  the  railroads  were  nominally  on  the  list  two  years  ago, 
but  were  practically  dropped  at  that  time.  Anacortes  was  supplied  occa- 
sionally for  a  short  time,  but  has  now  nothing  to  supply,  I  think.  Kinni- 
wock,  a  small  country  place,  has  gone  ;  our  people  moved  away  and  Meth- 
odists came  to  fill  their  places,  so  they  supply  there  now.  Paradise  Valley, 
a  small  country  neighborhood,  was  dropped  before  I  really  knew  anything 
about  it.  Not  much  there  except  for  Sunday-schools.  But  several 
places  which  were  in  a  dying  condition  have  revived.  North  Yakima 
tried  union  with  the  Presbyterians  and  has  now  come  back  to  us.  As  it 
yokes  well  with  Ahtanum,  it  practically  adds  no  expense  to  our  work,  but 
is  worth  something  as  a  church.  A  good  town  and  some  good  people. 
Ellensburg  is  reviving.  This  has  cost  patient,  hard  work.  I  think  some 
have  thought  that  this  church  ought  to  be  allowed  to  die,  but  I  thought 
that  we  needed  the  church  in  this  town,  and  I  am  gratified  with  the  results 
so  far  and  with  the  prospects  for  the  future.  Aberdeen  property  was 
beinir  sold  bv  the  sheriff.  This  is  now  saved  bv  a  loan  from  the  Church 
Building  Society,  which  is  being  returned,  tardily  perhaps,  but  about  as 
promptly  as  business  institutions  are  meeting  their  obligations.  Under 
the  present  pastor,  Rev.  George  Lindsay,  I  am  told  that  the  church  is 
])n)spering. 

Eleven  churches  have  been  organized  during  the  past  year.  At  Everett 
the  present  pastor,  Rev.  T.  W.  Butler,  Ph.D.,  is  getting  hold  of  the  people 
and  is  making  splendid  progress.  **  House  full  "  ;  *'  had  to  bring  in  extra 
seats"— such  are  the  reports  that  come  to  me.  North  Wenatchee  and 
Leavenworth  will  soon  he  organized.  They  are  starting  off  splendidly ; 
they  need  care  and  a  pastor.  The  other  churches  are  from  out-stations, 
and  add  nothing  to  the  expense  of  the  work.  It  seems  to  me  that  eleven 
churches,  organized  with  206  members  at  the  time  of  organization,  show 
faithful  work  on  the  part  of  the  pastors.    These  are  not  **  boom  "  churches^ 


July,  1894  The  Home  Missionary  179 

not  one  of  them,  but  only  the  crystallizing  of  regular  and  efficient  work. 
They  all  ought  to  be  permanent.  Snohomish,  under  the  care  of  Rev.  W. 
C.  Merritt,  has  made  rapid  and  solid  growth.  At  my  first  visit  to  that 
field  I  found  the  people  discouraged  and  ready  to  die.  I  preached  to 
thirty-five  people  in  the  morning  and  sixteen  in  the  evening.  The  report 
for  last  Sabbath,  which  was  not  an  unusual  day,  is  :  Morning,  175,  half  of 
them  children  ;  Sunday-school,  185  ;  Junior  Endeavor  Society,  40  ;  En- 
deavorers,  90.  Evening  audience,  250.  The  membership  is  constantly 
increasing.  Spokane  First,  which  had  a  precarious  existence  for  more 
than  one  year,  sometimes  ready  to  die  or  to  quietly  give  itself  away, 
has  now  a  brighter  outlook,  encouraged  to  live  by  the  hope  of  help  from 
the  Society,  which  can  do  good  whenever  it  is  needed,  and  care  for  the 
children  who  have  once  "  set  up "  for  themselves  but  who  are  driven 
back  to  the  old  home  by  adverse  circumstances.  It  does  not  seem  wise 
to  call  a  retreat  now  in  Washington.  To  halt  on  the  way  is  a  sad  disap- 
pointment. Should  the  cutting  down  of  aid  to  the  churches  necessitate 
pastoral  changes,  it  is  very  doubtful  if  we  can  keep  the  standard  quite  so 
high  or  the  average  quite  as  good  as  now.  We  are  by  no  means  so  well 
established  that  we  can  afford  to  relax  our  vigilance  or  lessen  our  efforts 
to  save  and  strengthen  the  churches.  We  may  well  be  encouraged  by  the 
responsiveness  of  the  field  to  the  efforts  now  being  put  forth.  Faithful 
work  and  a  good  deal  of  it  can  be  wisely  expended  in  Washington. 


SLAVIC   DEPARTMENT 
Rev.  H.  a.  Sciiauffler,  D.D.,  Cleveland.  Ohio,  Superintendent 

Dr.  Schauffler  sends  the  following  summary  of  work  in  this  depart- 
ment : 

SUMMARY 

While  in  this  year  of  financial  storm  and  distress  there  have  been  trials 
and  discouragements  in  the  work,  like  those  in  Iowa  City  and  Wahoo,  and 
failures  elsewhere  to  secure  desired  results,  yet  the  ycar*s  work  in  the 
Slavic  Department  shows  an  unusual  number  of  noteworthy  and  encour- 
aging facts  indicative  of  God's  favor  and  blessing. 

We  see  in  Cleveland  a  large  increase  in  attendance  ;  twelve  young 
people  preparing  for  missionary  work  ;  the  new  Mizpah  Chapel,  a  center 
of  Polish  and  new  Bohemian  work,  with  God's  Word  made  known  in  four 
languages ;  in  Chicago,  much  larger  audiences,  two  new  preaching  sta- 
tions, and  the  influence  of  the  mission  greatly  extended  by  Christian 
relief  work ;  three  churches  formed,  two  of  which  are  Bohemian,  in  St. 
Paul  and  St.  Louis — at  once  cheering  fruits  of  work  done  aud  swt^  >^iorwvssfc 


i8o  The  Home  Missionary  July,  189* 

of  better  things  to  come — and  one  of  Poles  and  Germans,  in  Winburnc, 
Pa.,  from  which  a  Polish  missionary  has  gone  to  Chicago  ;  in  Silver  Lake 
Church,  Minn.,  delightful  harmony  and  spiritual  growth  ;  in  Vining, 
Iowa,  a  church  built  by  the  people  themselves,  and  much  more  interest  in 
religious  services.  In  the  Polish  work,  Cleveland,  Detroit,  Toledo,  and 
Chicago,  there  has  been  decided  gain  in  overcoming  strong  prejudice,  and 
in  the  last  two  places  the  joy  of  seeing  the  work  recommenced  by  com- 
petent missionaries  backed  by  the  Congregational  churches.  In  the  Slo- 
vak work  there  has  been  surprisingly  rapid  growth  of  numbers  and  interest 
in  spite  of  bitter  opposition,  and  the  development  of  a  strong  spiritual 
and  active  character  among  the  converts,  of  whom  ten  (including  three 
wives)  have  given  themselves  to  missionary  work  and  have  proved  suc- 
cessful in  it.  The  Magyar  work  in  Connecticut,  in  face  of  strong  opposi- 
tion, has  made  genuine  progress  and  borne  fruit  in  ten  souls  converted. 

The  statistics  of  the  Slavic  Department  show  thirty-one  missionaries 
(besides  five  missionaries*  wives  who  aid  in  the  work)  laboring  in  nine 
States ;  thirty-two  stations  and  out-stations  ;  ten  churches,  with  554  church 
members ;  126  additions  during  the  year,  of  which  six  by  letter  ;  ninety-two 
conversions  ;  sixteen  Sunday-schools,  with  over  2,816  members ;  forty  regu- 
lar preaching  services  (almost  all  weekly),  and  seventy-four  other  meetings  ; 
whole  average  weekly  attendance,  4,901  (including  a  few  monthly  meet- 
ings) ;  $686.06  contributed  to  missionary  societies  ;  20,878  visits  and  calls 
made,  and  278,059  pages  of  tracts  circulated. 

In  addition  to  the  above  summary,  Dr.  Schauffler  furnishes  a  detailed 
report  of  the  work  in  the  thirty-two  stations  and  out-stations  mentioned. 
Of  this  report,  although  in  every  part  intensely  interesting,  only  the  fol- 
lowing brief  extracts  can  here  be  given  : 

CLEVELAND,    OHIO 

There  have  been  hindrances,  chiefly  three,  caused  by  old  superstitions 
and  wronji^  habits,  by  Roman  Catholics,  and  by  infidel  influences.  It  is  a 
great  joy  to  see  old  people  overcoming  deeply  rooted  habits,  developing 
spiritual  life,  and  taking  part  in  prayer-meetings  ;  to  witness  Roman 
Catholics  losing  their  fear  of  our  Bible  and  our  worship,  and  giving  joyful 
testimony  to  the  transforming  power  of  truth  ;  and  to  behold  infidels  send- 
ing their  children  where  they  will  be  taught  to  love  and  serve  Jesus  Christ. 
Infidelity  is  losing  its  power,  and  is  less  aggressive  than  a  few  years  since. 
The  financial  distress  has  brought  blessing.  It  has  taught  men  their 
de])endcnce  upon  God,  compelled  many  to  give  up  drinking,  opened  many 
a  door  and  heart  to  the  comforting  message  of  the  Gospel,  and  developed 
a  generous  spirit  of  sharing  with  those  in  need. 

The  general  eievating  influence  of  Christian  work  and  the  Christian 


July,  1894  The  Home  Missionary  181 

church  on  the  community  around  us  is  apparent  to  outsiders  as  well  as 
to  those  engaged  in  the  work. 

M IZPAH  Chapel  is  a  center  of  Bohemian  work  for  a  new  and  large 
Bohemian  settlement.  Every  Sunday,  services  (including  Sunday-school) 
are  conducted  in  four  languages — Polish,  Bohemian,  English,  and  German. 

In  the  Bible-readers*  School  and  Home,  with  its  ten — now  nine — 
pupils,  there  has  been  very  commendable  progress  made  in  attaining  the 
object  for  which  it  was  established.  Besides  what  they  learn  in  the  school- 
room to  fit  them  for  missionary  work,  the  young  women  are  taught  house- 
work, cooking,  and  how  to  make  their  own  clothes.  They  also  do  their 
own  washing  and  ironing.  Miss  Gross,  who  is  matron  and  also  teacher, 
says  :  **  I  am  sure  no  more  valuable  young  women  could  be  found  for 
missionary  work." 

The  whole  average  weekly  attendance  in  the  Cleveland  Bohemian 
Mission  during  the  year  was  2,027.1,  against  1,609.1  the  year  before. 
Conversions  numbered  twenty-three,  against  eighteen ;  young  people 
preparing  for  the  ministry  and  missionary  work,  twelve,  the  same  as  the 
year  before  ;  visits  made,  8,587,  against  6,327  the  year  before. 

In  the  Polish  work  in  Cleveland  the  year  has  been  fruitful  in  in- 
structive experiences. 

Mr.  Dessup  holds  German  service  at  Mizpah  Sunday  afternoon,  and  a 
week-day  evening  German  meeting,  hoping  to  draw  in  German-speaking 
Polish  people.  The  Polish  preaching  service  is  after  the  Sunday-school  at 
four  o'clock.  Latterly  the  attendance  at  the  Polish  and  German  services 
has  been  larger.  Mizpah  Chapel  has  become  an  important  center  for  very 
active  work  for  Poles  and  Bohemians,  services,  including  Sunday-school, 
being  held  there  every  Sunday  in  four  languages,  Polish,  Bohemian, 
English,  and  German.  Miss  Ella  Hobart  removed  the  Girls*  Club 
(average  attendance  thirty-two)  and  the  sewing-school  (average  attend- 
ance forty-two)  to  Mizpah  Chapel  with  fear  and  trembling,  as  the  Polish 
girls  said  they  could  not  enter  the  church.  But  their  attachment  to  the 
club  overcame  their  scruples ;  the  number  has  steadily  increased  until 
thirty  are  in  attendance  at  the  club  and  sewing-school.  About  fifty 
families  have  been  added  to  our  visiting  list  this  year,  and  everywhere 
our  missionary  ladies  are  cordially  received,  though  Mr.  Dessup  reports 
that  in  consequence  of  the  priest's  warning  he  has  had  the  door  slammed 
in  his  face. 

CHICAGO,    ill. 

The  points  of  special  significance  and  interest  are  the  opening  of  two 
new  preaching  stations  during  the  year  ;  the  large  increase  of  attendance 
at  all  the  services,  the  present  attendance  being  fully  double  that  of  a 
year  ago ;  the  much  larger  mothers*  meeting,  with  deepetv^d  mX.ti^'sX  \  \Jcv^ 


1 82  The  Home  Missionary  July,  1894 

greatly  increased  anxiety  for  the  financial  support  of  Pravda^  the  illus- 
trated Bohemian  paper  which  carries  the  Gospel  to  Bohemians  all  over 
the  country,  but  which  has  lost  subscribers  by  reason  of  the  hard  times  ; 
the  great  extra  strain  caused  by  relief  work.  This  has  been  a  help  to  the 
work,  at  least  350  families  being  on  the  lists  whom  our  missionaries  did 
not  know  before.  Many  have  been  moved  by  the  kindness  shown  them 
to  discard  their  prejudices  against  the  church  ;  indeed,  have  been  led  to 
attend  our  services.  One  man,  previously  a  bitter  reviler  of  God,  has 
professed  conversion,  and  not  a  few  have  said  that  the  help  given  them 
has  saved  them  from  perishing. 

The  opening  for  work  in  the  future  was  never  more  promising  than 
now.  This  mission,  with  it  eight  preaching  services  weekly,  its  two 
prayer-meetings,  one  Christian  Endeavor,  one  Junior  Christian  Endeavor 
meeting,  Young  People's  Bible  Class,  Sunday-school  Teachers'  Meeting, 
Boys*  Union,  Young  Men's  Literary  Society,  Young  People's  Library 
Society,  Mothers'  Meeting,  and  Ladies'  Benevolent  Society,  is  a  mighty 
power  in  the  midst  of  the  teeming  Bohemian  population  of  Chicago. 

Last  year  I  could  report  no  Polish  work  done  in  Chicago.  In  his  own 
way  the  Lord  has  provided  a  laborer  for  that  immense  Polish  field,  con- 
taining, as  accurate  investigation  shows,  63,000  Poles.  In  last  year's 
report  mention  was  made  of  the  discovery  of  a  colony  of  pious  Germans 
and  Poles  in  Monson  and  Winburne,  Pa.  Mr.  John  Bluhm,  a  coal  miner, 
who  was  meeting-holder  for  the  little  company,  was  called  by  the  Illinois 
Home  Missionary  Society  to  remove  to  Chicago  and  engage  in  mis- 
sionary work  for  Poles  while  pursuing  study  in  the  German  department 
of  our  theological  seminary.  He  reached  there  in  the  beginning  of 
January,  and  has  begun  work  among  the  Poles  in  the  vicinity  of  the 
Bethlehem  Bohemian  Mission. 

MILWAUKEE,    WIS. 

Rev.  John  Bcran  reports  three  preaching  services,  one  Sunday-school, 
and  two  weekly  meetinj^s  with  an  average  attendance  of  162,  and  545 
visits  made.  The  church  has  forty-one  members,  four  having  joined  this 
year.     There  have  been  six  conversions. 

LA    CROSSE,    WIS. 

During  the  first  part  of  the  year  this  field  was  visited  once  a  month  by 
Mr.  Bcran,  from  Milwaukee.  In  July  Mr.  Trchka,  a  student  at  Oberlin, 
worked  here  sixteen  days.  In  October  Mr.  Reitinger,  of  Silver  Lake, 
took  charj^e  of  this  work,  making  monthly  visits.  He  feels  deeply  the 
need  of  more  work  than  he  can  do  there.  Near  La  Crosse  is  a  settlement 
of  Bohemians  dnii'mg  into  infidelity,  for  whom  we  have  as  yet  been  able 


July.  1894  The  Home  Missionary  183 

to  do  nothing.    May  the  Lord  raise  up  laborers,  and  enable  us  to  save 
these  immortal  and  perishing  souls  ! 

ST.  PAUL,  MINN. 

The  most  significant  event  of  the  year  is  the  formation  of  a  church  as 
a  branch  of  Plymouth  Church,  April  9,  1893,  with  twenty-four  members. 
Mr.  Vaclav  Prucha,  while  pursuing  his  studies,  has  taken  charge  of  this 
work.  The  two  Sabbath  services,  Sunday-school  and  one  evening  meet- 
ing, have  an  average  attendance  of  152.  The  contributions  to  missionary 
societies  are  $55  ;  visits  made,  chiefly  by  Miss  Bochek,  630. 

SILVER   LAKE,  MINN. 

The  average  attendance  at  six  weekly  services,  meetings,  and  instruc- 
tion class  was  199,  against  162  the  year  before.  Visits  made,  201.  A  par- 
sonage has  been  built  at  a  cost  of  $980,  of  which  the  Congregational 
Church  Building  Society  lent  $275.  The  year  has  been  fruitful  in  spiritual 
results.  Ten  young  people  joined  the  church  in  May,  two  from  Catholic 
families  in  which  they  suffer  persecution.  A  noteworthy  fact  is  that  in 
the  Bohemian  Sunday-school  an  English  class  of  four  children  of  English- 
speaking  families  has  been  formed,  the  only  one  in  that  vicinity,  the  nearest 
English  Sunday-school  being  ten  miles  distant.  Bohemian  Christians  are 
beginning  to  do  Christian  work  for  their  English-speaking  neighbors.  Two 
young  women  from  the  church  are  pupils  in  the  Bible-readers*  School  in 
Cleveland. 

GLENCOE,  MINN. 

Here  Mr.  Reitinger  preaches  once  a  month.  While  the  unfriendly 
influence  reported  last  year  has  not  wholly  ceased,  yet  some  are  very 
anxious  to  have  Bohemian  services  continued  there,  and  the  average 
attendance  on  them  is  twenty- five.  The  congregation  shows  a  better  and 
more  earnest  spirit. 

OWATONNA,  MINN. 

In  Owatonna,  Mr.  V.  Totusek,  of  the  Oberlin  Slavic  Department, 
worked  again  last  summer,  spending  twelve  weeks  there,  and  preaching 
in  two  of  the  four  Bohemian  centers,  within  eight  miles  of  each  other. 
Owatonna  is  the  chief  center  for  all  the  Bohemians  of  the  surrounding 
settlements  to  do  their  trading. 

lOWA    CITY,  IOWA 

Iowa  City  is  one  of  the  hardest  Bohemian  fields  occupied.  Here  Rev. 
F.  T.  Bastel  has  been  the  only  Bohemian  missionary  since  Miss  Junek  was 
married,  last  summer,  and  went  to  Cleveland  as  wife  of  Rev.  John  Musil  "^ 


184  The  Home  Missionary  July,  1894 

and  he  can  be  there  only  a  part  of  the  time,  as  he  visits  out-stations,  Vining 
and  Luzerne,  every  month.  The  Sunday-school  in  the  neat  chapel  built 
some  years  ago  by  the  Iowa  City  friends  of  the  work,  aided  by  the  Congre- 
gational Church  Building  Society,  is  the  special  care  of  the  Iowa  City 
Congregational  church — Mrs.  Professor  Andrews  being  superintendent — 
and  is  the  most  encouraging  part  of  our  work,  as  the  second  generation 
is  much  less  influenced  by  old  prejudices  and  habits  than  their  parents. 

VINING,  LUZERNE,  AND   MOORLAND,  IOWA 

In  these  out-stations  the  work  is  much  more  encouraging.  In  Vining 
great  progress  may  be  noted.  The  people  here  built  a  new  church  with 
their  own  means,  which  was  dedicated  on  the  17th  of  September,  in  the 
presence  of  350  people,  some  of  whom  came  thirty  miles.  It  was  a  mem- 
orable occasion,  whose  influence  will  be  long  felt  for  good. 

Mr.  Bastel  spent  a  week  last  summer  in  Moorland,  and  preached  to  a 
large  Bohemian  and  American  congregation.  Some  Bohemians  are  very 
desirous  to  have  Bohemian  services  held  there.  It  is  a  promising  field, 
but  our  laboring  force  is  too  small  to  do  it  justice. 

ST.  LOUIS,  MO. 

Our  young  mission  to  the  oldest  Bohemian  colony  in  the  country  has 
borne  fruit  in  a  church  of  fifteen  members,  formed  and  organized  by  a 
council  of  St.  Louis  Congregational  churches  there  convened,  March  20, 
1894.  Though  this  report  closes  with  March  ist,  yet  it  is  fitting  to  include 
in  it  this  event,  the  joyful  bringing  in  of  the  sheaves  after  three  and  a  half 
years  of  hard  and  sometimes  discouraging  labor.  The  average  attendance 
has  been  better  than  the  year  before  ;  eleven  weekly  services,  meetings, 
and  classes  having  an  average  weekly  attendance  of  383,  against  339  the 
year  l)efore  ;  the  Sunday-school  attendance  averaging  over  176,  against 
151  the  previous  year.   Visits  numbered  898,  against  1,108  the  year  before. 

CRETE,  NEB. 

Mr.  John  Rundus  lives  in  Crete  and  visits  Wilber,  Milligan,  and  Lin- 
coln. He  also  went  to  Humboldt,  where  there  is  a  Protestant  Bohemian 
colony,  to  which  he  preached,  and  in  which  he  secured  the  organization  of 
a  Sunday-school.  The  work  in  this  field  is  a  very  difficult  one,  but  there 
has  been  proi^ress.  Some  advance  has  been  made  toward  a  better  life, 
some  fathers  having  given  up  card-playing  for  their  children's  sake.  In 
Wilber  the  first  prayer-meeting  was  held,  in  which  five  persons,  besides 
Mr.  Rundus,  took  part.  How  encouraging  this  was  to  our  brother  no  one 
can  tell  who  does  not  know  how  very  strange  it  seems  even  to  old-country 


July,  1894  The  Home  Missionary  i85 

Bohemian  Protestants  to  hear  a  layman's  voice  in  a  religious  meeting. 
Mr.  Rundus  finds  that  the  total  number  of  families  in  the  large  Bohemian 
settlement  in  Saline  County,  reaching  east  and  west  into  Lancaster  and 
Fillmore  Counties,  is  over  1,000,  of  which  very  few  are  Protestant  families. 

WAHOO    AND   CLARKSON,  NEB. 

Rev.  Anton  Paulu  has  supplied  this  field.  In  Wahoo  is  a  Protestant 
Bohemian  church,  not  of  our  forming,  in  which  we  hoped  to  awaken  new 
life.  The  attendance  at  services  ranged  from  twenty-two  to  thirty,  and 
at  Sunday-school,  seventeen.  In  Clarkson,  Mr.  Paulu  has  preached  one 
Sunday  a  month,  with  an  attendance  of  from  ninety  to  140.  The  Sunday- 
school  numbers  from  twenty-five  to  thirty. 

DETROIT,  MICH. 

Mr.  Lewis  finds  the  difficulties  to  be  encountered  much  smaller  than 
during  the  first  three  years  of  his  work  among  the  Poles  in  Detroit,  and 
believes  that  that  is  now  the  best  field  for  Polish  work.  There  is  still  bitter 
and  violent  opposition  to  the  truth.  There  are  seven  Polish  church  mem- 
bers ;  an  average  attendance  at  two  Sunday  services  of  eighteen  ;  fifteen 
Polish  children  in  the  Fremont  Street  Mission  Sunday-school ;  visits  made, 
1,061  ;  Scriptures  circulated,  thirty-five  copies  ;  pages  of  tracts  circulated, 
29,100. 

TOLEDO,   OHIO 

There  is  reason  for  rejoicing  that  the  Polish  work  has  again  been 
started  here.  From  July  3d  to  August  14th,  Mr.  Shendel,  an  Oberlin 
student,  visited  nearly  600  families,  and  was  welcomed  by  the  most  of 
them.  In  August  Mr.  Lewis,  of  Detroit,  commenced  visiting  Toledo  once 
a  month,  spending  several  week-days  there.  September  ist,  Miss  Emily 
Mistr,  a  Bohemian  graduate  of  the  Bible-readers'  School  of  last  June,  who 
learned  Polish  in  the  school,  commenced  work  in  Toledo.  That  month, 
at  the  request  of  the  Detroit  Congregational  Union,  she  began  visiting 
Detroit,  and  now  spends  half  of  each  month  in  work  there. 

GRAND    RAPIDS,  MICH. 

Here  is  an  inviting  field  for  missionary  work  among  Poles.  Rev.  D. 
F.  Bradley  having  expressed  the  desire  that  such  work  be  commenced 
there,  Mr.  Shendel  worked  there  thirteen  days  last  August,  and  Mr.  Lewis 
visited  the  field  in  October.  Mr.  Shendel  made  130  visits.  He  found 
some  desirous  to  possess  the  Bible  ;  one  man  said  he  wanted  it  very  much, 
and  had  owned  one,  but  the  i^riest  had  compelled  him  to  put  it  into  the 
stove,  while  he  watched  it  being  consumed,  as  a  conditiotv  ol  ^VNVti^  \!cv^ 


1 86  The  Home  Missionary  July,  1894 

man  absolution.  There  are  said  to  be  1,000  Polish  families  in  Grand 
Rapids,  with  one  church  and  one  priest.  They  are  much  scattered, 
which  makes  them  more  accessible,  because  less  afraid  of  one  another. 
Over  100  men  had  trouble  with  the  priest  for  attending  a  funeral  in  a 
non- Catholic  cemetery  and  were  excommunicated.  Some  have  returned 
to  the  church,  others  have  built  a  hall  for  themselves  where  they  meet  for 
purposes  of  pleasure.  There  are  a  good  many  skeptics  among  them.  As 
the  Grand  Rapids  Congregational  churches  could  not  pay  the  expenses  of 
monthly  visits  by  Mr.  Lewis,  he  has  not  been  there  since.  This  field 
ought  to  be  occupied. 

MONSON    AND    WINBURNE,  PA. 

The  finding  of  the  colony  of  Poles  and  Germans  who  commingle  and 
intermarry,  and  most  of  whom  speak  four  languages,  was  reported  a  year 
ago.  Since  then  Rev.  John  Jelinek,  of  Braddock,  or  I  have  visited  them 
about  once  a  month.  As  they  were  desirous  of  having  a  regular  church 
organization,  and  that  Congregational,  Mr.  Jelinek  and  I  visited  them  in 
September,  and  on  the  27th  of  that  month,  after  full  conference  with 
them  and  explanation  of  Congregational  views  and  principles,  we  aided 
them  to  form  a  church  of  twelve  members,  six  males  and  six  females,  after 
which  the  sacrament  of  the  Lord's  Supper  was  administered.  It  was  a 
very  interesting  event. 

BRADDOCK,  PA. 

God's  rich  blessing  has  rested  upon  the  Slovak  work  in  this  place 
during  the  past  year,  and  most  notable  progress  has  been  made.  The 
branch  church  membership  has  increased  from  twenty-four  to  fifty-seven. 
Of  the  thirty-three  who  joined  during  the  year  all  have  been  drunkards  and 
very  dej^raded  people.  Not  one  of  the  church  members  uses  any  intoxi- 
cant or  tobacco.  Mr.  Jelinek  writes  :  **  Helieve  me,  brothers  and  sisters, 
you  will  not  find  souls  more  devoted  to  the  Lord  than  these  Slovaks  when 
tiiey  are  converted.  A  complete  change  takes  place  in  them.  Whereas 
before  they  thought  only  of  drink  and  dancin^i::,  or  of  making  money  with 
which  to  live  comfortably  in  Hungary,  when  converted  they  immediately 
begin  to  think  about  becoming  American  citizens.*'  The  out-station  of 
Duquesne  is  exceedingly  promising, 

JOHNSTOWN,    PA. 

Last   year  I   reported  the  work   commenced  here  by  Mr.  Gavlik  in 

January.     September  12th  he  removed  to  Oberlin.     He  had  an  average 

weekly  attendance  at  five  meetings  of  .seventy -seven.     Some  souls  were 

converted,  and   the  prospect  was  promising  ;  he  made  547   visits.     His 


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place  was  taken  by  our  young  brother,  John  Liska,  from  Braddock,  who 
reported  from  September  15th  to  November  ist  an  average. weekly  attend- 
ance at  four  meetings  of  eighty-one.  November  ist  Miss  Fannie  Bochek 
arrived  from  St.  Paul,  where  for  years  she  had  been  doing  successful  work 
among  the  Slavic  population,  to  devote  herself  to  the  work  for  Slovaks 
here. 

SOUTH   NORWALK    AND   BRIDGEPORT,   CONN. 

This  is  not  Slavic  work,  but  has  grown  out  of  it.  Last  year  I  reported 
the  very  interesting  beginning  of  missionary  work  for  the  Magyar  popula- 
tion by  the  Congregational  church  of  South  Norwalk,  which,  led  by  its 
pastor,  Rev.  G.  H.  Beard,  wholly  supports  its  own  mission,  giving  a  most 
praiseworthy  example  of  the  best  way  in  which  to  deal  with  the  problem 
of  the  evangelization  of  our  foreign  population,  namely,  by  the  direct  con- 
tact, sympathy,  and  work  of  individual  churches. 

I  have  before  me  the  annual  report  rendered  by  Mr.  M.  Clifford  Pardee 
to  the  Congregational  church  of  its  Magyar  missionary  work  in  South 
Norwalk,  for  the  year  1893.  The  results  of  this  mission  are  very  encour- 
aging. May  many  other  churches  be  moved  to  follow  the  example  of  their 
brethren  in  South  Norwalk  ! 


SCANDINAVIAN    DEPARTMENT 

Rev.  ,  Superintendent 

The  National  Society,  especially  its  Scandinavian  Department,  has 
been  deeply  afflicted  during  the  year  by  the  death  of  its  superintendent. 
Rev.  Marcus  W.  Montgomery.  His  death  occurred  in  February  last,  and 
the  Scandinavian  churches  have  been  left  as  children  without  a  father. 
His  connection  with  the  Home  Missionary  Society  began  immediately 
after  his  graduation  from  Andover,  and  his  first  field  of  labor  was  at  Fort 
Scott,  Kansas.  He  afterward  labored  with  success  as  the  financial  agent 
of  Washburn  College.  In  1881  he  was  appointed  Superintendent  of  Home 
Missions  in  Minnesota,  and  in  that  position  was  brought  into  intimate 
connection  with  the  Swedes  and  Norwegians  of  that  State.  In  1884,  his 
health  being  somewhat  impaired,  he  visited  Sweden  by  request  of  the 
Society,  and  it  was  in  connection  with  that  visit  that  he  made  those  won- 
derful discoveries  concerning  the  existence  of  a  Congregational  body  in 
that  land  which  formed  the  substance  of  the  pamphlet  which  he  wrote  on 
his  return,  entitled  "  A  Wind  from  the  Holy  Spirit." 

By  this  peculiar  initiation  he  was  prepared  to  take  charge  of  the 
Scandinavian  Department,  which,  together  with  the  German  and  Slavic 
Department,  was  organized  about  this  time.  .  Since  then,  utiX\\  XVkit  ^'dX'^  <A 


1 88  The  Home  Missionary  July,  1894 

his  death  in  February  last,  he  was  enthusiastic  and  indefatigable  in  his 
labors  for  the  Scandinavian  churches  in  this  country.  He  was  particularly 
earnest  and  effective  in  securing  and  aiding  in  the  publication  of  litera- 
ture for  the  benefit  of  this  people.  They  regarded  him  as  a  beloved 
pastor.  They  were  constantly  seeking  his  counsel  and  advice,  and  when 
he  died  they  felt,  and  have  ever  since  felt,  that  they  had  lost  their  best 
earthly  friend. 

How  to  fill  the  unique  place  created  by  Mr.  Montgomery  is  a  difficult 
problem.  Rev.  F.  E.  Emrich,  of  South  Framingham,  Mass.,  was  earnestly 
called  to  the  position,  but  felt  it  to  be  his  duty  to  decline.  The  executive 
committee  is  earnestly  looking  for  the  right  man,  and  until  he  is  found 
the  work  of  this  department  will  be  supervised  by  the  superintendents  of 
the  States  where  it  is  now  being  carried  on. 

In  general  the  work  of  the  year  has  been  marked  by  a  deep  religious 
interest,  and  considerable  additions  have  been  made  to  our  missionary 
churches. 

GERMAN    DEPARTMENT 

Rkv.  MoRiTz  E.  EvERsz,  Chicago,  III.,  Superintendent 

Superintendent  Eversz  writes  :  In  spite  of  the  many  diversions  of  the 
World's  Fair  year  and  the  financial  stringency  upon  us,  we  are  yet  able  to 
report  a  good  degree  of  progress.  During  the  year  eleven  churches  have 
been  organized.  They  came  into  being  not  so  much  by  reason  of  aggres- 
sive missionary  work  on  our  part,  as  by  their  own  earnest  appeals.  Two 
came  from  other  denominations. 

Of  the  other  nine,  one  is  the  result  of  long  and  patient  toil  by  Pastor 
Voglcr  on  his  field  near  Eureka,  So.  Dak.;  and  the  other  eight  resulted  from 
the  settlement  of  members  of  some  of  our  churches  in  new  communities, 
telling  tlu'ir  neighbors  of  the  Congregational  idea  to  such  efi'ect  that  they 
united  in  urging  some  pastor  near  by  to  come  and  preach  to  them  and 
then  organize. 

Thus  two  of  our  pastors  in  South  Dakota  had  been  repeatedly  urged 
to  visit  the  peoj^lc  in  the  newly  opened  Indian  Reservation  over  the  Mis- 
souri Kiver.  At  length  Pasteur  Sehmalle,  then  of  Tyndale,  responded.  At 
their  earnest  solicitation  a  sludent  was  sent  to  them  last  summer.  Three 
churches,  with  a  total  membership  of  seventy-six,  were  organized  as  the 
result  of  his  vacation  work.  Could  we  have  followed  up  his  work  with  a 
suitable  minister  there  is  no  doubt  that  we  should  have  gained  large 
accessions. 

In  all,  forty-nine  missionaries  have  been  employed  in  the  German  work 
during  the  year,  in  whole  or  part.  Of  these,  five  were  theological  students, 
oi  whom  two  graduate  in  a  lew  days.     One  will  continue  his  work  here  in 


jniy,  1894  The  Home  Missionary  189 

JeflFerson  Park,  where  he  has  gathered  a  church  and  built  a  house  of  wor- 
ship during  his  three  years'  course  of  study  ;  and  the  other,  Mr.  Baumann, 
goes  to  Nebraska,  taking  a  field  at  Nelson,  etc.,  where  he  has  already 
labored  during  two  summer  vacations.  Eleven  ministers  are  pastors  of 
self-supporting  fields,  making  a  total  active  force  of  sixty  preachers  in  our 
German  work. 

A  careful  recount  of  all  our  German  churches  reveals  a  total  in  the 
country  of  105.  Seven  churches  have  secured  houses  of  worship,  nearly 
all  of  a  better  average  grade  than  we  have  generally  built,  and  three  have 
provided  homes  for  their  pastors.  Of  course  much  of  this  would  have 
been  impossible  without  the  generous  aid  of  the  Church  Building  Society. 

We  also  gratefully  record  the  blessings  of  revivals  on  six  different 
fields  and  considerable  additions  to  the  churches. 

Endicott,  Wash.,  reports  thirty  additions  ;  Ritzville,  Wash.,  twenty- 
four,  and  a  church  of  twenty-five  members.  Crete,  Neb.,  has  doubled  its 
membership,  and  Fresno,  Cal.,  has  been  greatly  strengthened. 

Considering  the  fact  that  our  members  are  almost  wholly  laborers  or 
farmers  **  not  yet  out  of  the  woods,"  it  is  gratifying  to  note  that  the 
total  of  contributions  to  the  Congregational  Home  Missionary  Society 
is  somewhat  larger  this  year  than  last.  Also  that  I  find  no  disposition 
yet  to  make  the  pastors  bear  the  burden  of  the  necessary  retrenchments. 
On  the  contrary,  one  of  our  churches  here  realized  that  its  pastor  was 
not  adequately  provided  for.  But  how  should  the  increase  be  made 
with  half  the  church  without  work  ?  Several  meetings  were  called.  An 
extra  outlay  for  the  year  had  already  been  incurred  of  $150  by  repairs 
and  special  assessments.  It  was  finally  agreed  that  the  church  could  do 
no  more,  and  it  was  voted  to  appeal  to  the  Missionary  Society  for  an 
extra  hundred  dollars. 

I  visited  them  and  laid  the  financial  condition  of  the  Societv  before 
them.  As  a  result,  over  fifty  dollars  came  in  extra  subscriptions  toward 
their  pastor's  salary.  I  am  confident  that  that  could  not  be  done  without 
real  sacrifice. 

The  church  referred  to  in  our  last  report  as  having  its  origin  in  Pome- 
rania  has  been  called  upon  to  pass  through  a  somewhat  trying  period. 
The  elevated  railway  was  surveyed  through  its  beautiful  church.  The 
settlement  of  the  compensation  was  somewhat  weary  and  long  drawn 
out,  and  a  change  of  pastor  took  place  at  the  same  time.  But  under 
Mr.  Schmalle's  able  management  the  congregation  and  church  held 
together  to  a  man.  A  new  and  better  location  was  secured  and  a  very 
suitable  church  and  parsonage  recently  dedicated.  The  church  goes  on 
its  way  rejoicing  to  find  that  "  all  things  work  together  for  good  to  them 
that  love  God  "  ;  for  with  the  generous  help  of  the  Building  Society  it  is 
in  a  fair  way  of  being  free  from  debt. 


'  igo  The  Home  Missionary  July.  1894 

It  is  difficult  for  the  average  American  to  undetstaiid  bow  a  poor  dupd 
or  discarded  saloon  handicaps  our  Toik  amoog  Germuu.  Acctutomed 
as  the  Gennan  is  to  fine,  stately  churches  in  the  home-land,  thronged 
especially  on  holy-days,  and  trained  to  regard  all  othen  as  enxiriata  and 
a  departure  from  his  church  as  almost  a  crime,  it  is  no  wonder  that  he 
views  our  movement  at  first  with  distrust,  and  such  makeshifts  as  hardly 
comporting  with  the  dignity  of  Christianity. 

The  imported  state  churches  take  advantage  of  this  conservatism, 
and  accordingly  concentrate  almost  their  entire  nussiooary  effort  upon 
church  building  and  new  enterprises.  Not  mfreqnently  a  diuich  is 
built  by  others  before  the  people  have  settled  as  to  who  are  to  occupy  it. 
A  more  generous  sowing  on  our  part  in  this  respect  would  often  pre- 
destinate an  otherwise  languishing  work  to  success,  and  place  onr  mis- 
sionaries on  a  more  nearly  equal  footing  with  others. 

I'he  good  opinion  previously  expressed  regarding  the  present  manage- 
ment of  Crete  Seminary  is  proving  itself  to  be  richly  deserved.  The 
seminary  enjoys  the  confidence  of  our  churches  more  than  ever  before. 
The  class  of  students  and  the  work  and  spirit  of  the  institution  we  regard 
as  not  inferior  to  any.  Considering  the  facilities,  that  is  saying  a  great 
deal.  The  appointment  of  Rev.  Carl  Hess  is  proving  itself  to  be  a  wise 
move.  The  finances  of  the  institution  are  improving  under  his  agency, 
and  the  outlook  was  on  the  whole  never  more  encouraging.  We  owe 
especial  thanks  to  the  ladies  of  the  Illinois  Home  Missionary  Union  for 
their  generous  help  to  Crete. 

Our  papers,  Der  Kircheniote  and  I>ie  Segemqttelle,  are  doing  quite  as 
well  as  could  be  expected.  They  feel  the  stress  of  the  times  and  of  the 
diminished  help  from  our  Sunday-School  and  Publishing  Society.  We 
are  constrained  to  devise  new  plans  to  increase  their  circulation  and 
influence.  The  committee  of  publication  have  also  issued  a  Sunday- 
school  Lesson  Quarterly  this  year,  which  is  already  paying  its  way. 

During  the  last  three  months  calls  have  come  from  four  different 
directions  to  extend  our  stakes.  In  one  case  .ifty-three  persons  gave  us 
their  names  to  form  a  church,  and  assured  us  that  the  number  coutd  be 
increased  to  one  hundred  within  a  few  weeks.  But  what  should  we  say 
with  not  a  dollar  to  our  credit  for  "new  work  "? 


CONCLUSION 

It  appears  from  the  preceding  review  that  while,  on  account  of  the 
unprecedented  financial  distress  prevailing  throughout  the  country,  the 
sixty-eighth  year  of  the  Society  has  been  one  of  peculiar  trial,  it  has  not 
been  w'lthoal  its  compensating  blessings.     Indeed,  the  acclamatioos  of 


July,  1894  The  Home  Missionary  191 

thanksgiving  and  praise  that  have  reached  these  rooms  from  our  workers 
have  far  exceeded  the  accents  of  suffering,  anxiety,  and  complaint.  "  The 
Lord  has  done  great  things  for  us  whereof  we  are  glad,"  is  the  prevailing 
cry  over  the  entire  country  field.  Churches  and  ministers  have  been 
chastened  in  spirit  and  driven  to  take  refuge  in  God  ;  the  spell  of  world- 
liness  has  been  dissolved,  the  fallow  ground  broken  up,  and  the  soil  pre- 
pared for  the  copious  showers  of  divine  refreshing  that  have  everywhere 
visited  the  earth.  The  reported  8,508  additions  to  the  churches  on  con- 
fession of  faith — 1,259  more  than  last  year — represent  a  comparatively  small 
part  of  the  result,  for  the  main  harvest  has  doubtless  been  gathered  since 
this  statistical  report  was  closed.  It  has  been  a  year  of  genuine  spiritual 
progress,  both  within  the  church  itself  and  in  its  influence  upon  the  world. 
Fields  in  which  fainting  and  discouraged  workers  had  toiled  for  years 
without  visible  result  have  yielded  rich  and  unexpected  fruit  to  the  praise 
of  the  covenant-keeping  God  ;  and  the  faith  of  our  missionaries  in  the 
power  of  the  Gospel  to  subdue  human  hearts  and  achieve  success,  even 
under  the  most  unfavorable  conditions,  has  been  greatly  stimulated  and 
strengthened. 

The  one  depressing  feature  of  the  year  is  the  debt  of  $125,000  to  the 
bank,  with  which  it  closed.  This  debt  is  as  unexpected  as  it  was  unavoid- 
able. It  is  due  to  no  reckless  expansion  of  the  work,  but  to  an  unparal- 
leled shrinkage  in  the  receipts.  Both  contributions  and  legacies  are 
responsible  for  this  deficit ;  but,  whatever  the  cause,  a  sudden  tumble  in 
receipts  from  regular  sources  of  $150,000  in  a  single  year  is  a  catastrophe 
for  which  no  human  forethought  can  provide.  The  duty  before  us  is 
plain.  Encouraged,  on  the  one  hand,  by  the  manifest  tokens  of  divine 
approval  as  they  mark  the  work  of  the  year,  and  not  unduly  depressed, 
on  the  other,  by  the  financial  difficulties  that  beset  us,  we  must  go  for- 
ward, planning,  giving,  working,  and  praying,  in  the  full  expectation  and 
belief  that  "  the  Lord  will  let  his  work  appear  unto  his  servants  and 
his  glory  unto  their  children,  and  that  the  beauty  of  the  Lord  our  God 
will  be  upon  us,  and  that  the  work  of  our  hands  he  will  establish." 

In  behalf  of  the  Executive  Committee  : 

Jos.  Bourne  Clark, 

William  Kincaid,         }■  Secretaries. 

Washington  Choate, 


192 


The  Home  Missionary 


July,  1894 


THE  TREASURY 

The  unavoidable  delay  in  the  issue  of  this  "  Annual  Report  number  " 
of  the  Magazine  enables  us  to  report  here  the  receipts  of  the  first  quarter 
of  the  current  fiscal  year.  These  compare  with  the  corresponding  three 
months  of  the  previous  (sixty-eighth)  year  as  follows  : 


CONTRIBUTI 

ONS 

*   LEGACIES 

1893 

1894 

1893 

1894 

April . . 

.. $10,366  46 

$18,936   34 

April 

$6,681    14 

$8,701    36 

May... 

..      9,461  46 

18,608    21 

May 

25,812    59 

6,113   58 

June. . 

..     15,136  17 

15,249  44 

June 

10,254  35 

35.026   54 

$34,964  09     $52,793  99 


$42,748  08     $49*841  48 


$52,793  99 
34,964  09 


$17,829  90  gain  in  contributions. 


$49,841   48 
42,748  08 

$7,093  40  gain  in  legacies. 


This  statement  shows  a  j^ain  of  $17,829.90  in  contributions,  and 
$7,093.40  in  le^Mcies — in  all,  $24,923.30.  It  is  particularly  pleasant  to 
record  this  gain  in  contributions,  showing  that  despite  the  continued 
stringency  of  th(^  times  the  living  givers  are  responding  to  the  call  for 
increased  help. 

Still  there  rem.iins  the  lamentable  fact  that  the  receipts  fall  far  below 
the  amount  needed  to  meet  the  daily  accruing  dues  to  missionaries. 
Many  of  these  brethren  are  in  fields  where  business  is  utterly  prostrate, 
so  that  the  merest  pittance --in  some  eases  absolutely  nothing — is  realized 
from  the  j)ledges  of  thtir  people,  leaving  these  worthy  toilers  and  their 
families  wholly  de[)en(lent  on  the  Society's  draft  for  meeting  their  neces- 
sary e.\i)enses.  And  in  many  of  these  fields  there  is  small  prospect  of 
early  inijirovement. 

This  state  of  things  |)resses  heavily  upon  the  daily  conferences  at  the 
IJible  House  over  the  (juestion.  Is  there  no  remedy?  What  shall  be  done 
— what  can  be  done — to  better  the  condition? 

1.  Sujipose  it  were  iM)ssil)le  to  reach  every  Congregational  church  in 
our  land,  and  10  seeure  from  every  member  thereof  an  offering,  according 
as  the  Lord  has  prospered  each  giver,  'i'his  has  never  yet  been  done  by 
our  churches  for  any  cause,  and  the  attempt  is  usually  looked  upon  as 


July.  1894  The  Home  Missionary  193 

visionary.  Is  it  so  ?  Is  there  no  cause — not  even  the  evangelization 
of  our  country —strong  enough  in  its  claim,  wide  enough  in  its  appeal,  to 
reach  the  ear,  the  heart,  and  the  purse  of  every  Congregationalist  in 
America  ? 

The  attempt  will  be  made.  The  feasibility  of  such  an  effort  is  to  be 
tested.  For  its  success  the  aid  of  every  pastor,  church  officer,  and  private 
friend  of  Home  Missions  will  be  sought  diligently.  No  one  need  be  told 
that  the  "one  generous  offering  '*  to  be  sought  "from  every  church  and 
for  every  member  "  would  bring  into  the  treasury  an  amount  enabling 
the  Executive  Committee  to  restore  the  forced  reduction  of  $75,000  from 
its  proposed  apportionment  for  the  current  year,  and  to  carry  forward 
over  the  whole  f\eld  the  work  not  only  at  its  former  rate,  but  with  a 
yearly  accelerating  advance  in  some  degree  commensurate  with  its 
importance. 

What  an  immense  relief  this  would  bring  to  the  hearts  and  homes 
of  overburdened  missionaries  !  With  what  fresh  courage  and  zeal  it 
would  inspire  superintendents  and  missionary  committees,  every  day  bur- 
dened with  planning  to  provide  gospel  ministrations  for  destitute  com- 
munities, and  to  save  alive  churches  ready  to  perish  ! 

2.  Our  friends  have  read  Dr.  Abbott's  proposition  in  The  Home 
Missionary  for  June,  page  69,  calling  for  from  six  to  a  dozen  well-known 
pastors  and  as  many  practical  business  laymen,  representing  influential 
churches  east  of  the  Mississippi,  to  give  themselves  to  the  Society's 
service  for  three  or  four  weeks — preaching  on  Sundays,  and  reaching  the 
people  in  conventions,  conferences,  and  more  private  ways  through  the 
week.  None  will  question  the  advantages  which  its  proposer  claims  for 
the  suggested  plan.  Can  any  doubt  that  it  would  bring  a  generous  sum 
into  the  treasury  ? 

"  Is  this  plan  feasible  ?  V  Is  the  end  sought  worth  the  self-denial  that 
it  calls  for  from  pastors  and  churches  ?  We  shall  be  glad  to  hear  at  once 
from  friends  of  the  work  in  answer  to  these  questions,  that  if  the  plan 
meets  with  general  approval  and  cooperation,  timely  arrangements  may 
be  made  for  carrying  it  into  effect  in  the  early  autumn. 

3.  At  its  June  meeting  the  Executive  Committee  unanimously  passed 
this  vote  :  "  That  the  Secretaries  send  out,  in  The  Home  Missionary 
or  otherwise,  as  seems  best  to  them,  a  statement  as  coming  from  the  Exec- 
utive Committee,  expressing  their  appreciation  of  the  kindly  spirit  with 
which  the  $75,000  reduction  has  been  received  by  the  churches,  and 
inviting  their  hearty  cooperation  in  an  effort  to  restore  this  amount  at  the 
earliest  possible  da'e." 

is  it  feasible  for  the  churches  appealed  10,  to  do  anything  promptly  and 
effectively  in  response  to  this  invitation  ?  If  so,  what  ?  and  when  ?  Who 
will  lead  off  ?  and  with  how  much  ?     We  wait  10  hear. 


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DISTRIBUTION  OF  MISSIONARIES  BY  STATES 


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The  Home  Missionary 


July.  1894 


APPOINTMENTS    IN    MAY,   1894 


Not  in  commission  last  year 

Baird.    Lucius    C,  Pullman   and    Ewartaville, 

Wash. 
Ball,  Albert  H.,  Anderson,  Ind. 
Bofoie,  Mathew  D.,  Lincoln  Co.,  Okla. 

8 handler,  Joseph  H..  Rhinelander,  No.  Wis. 
herinjfton,  F.  B.,  D.D..  Spokane,  Wash. 
Christian,  Wm.  C.  D.,  Clara,  Ga. 
Detmers,  Karl,  Boyd  Co.,  Neb.,  and  Gregory  Co., 

So.  Dak. 
Ellis,  Morgan  A.,  Denver,  Colo. 
Fellows,  W.  W.,  Hamilton.  Mo. 
Findlay,  John  J.,  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 
Fleming,  E.  T.,  Santa  Ana,  Cal.     _.  ^  „     . 
Gipson,  Jacob  M.,  New  Site  and  Bluff  Sprmgs, 

Ala. 
King,  E.  Russell,  Paso  Robles  and  San  Miguel, 

Cal. 
Kirtland,  Charles  C,  Whitewater,  Colo. 
McGregor,  Alexander,  Dunkirk,  Ind. 
Mackintosh,  Rocliffe,  Washington  and  Cannels- 

burgh,  Ind. 
Marshall,  Martin  V.,  Echo  and  Wicksburg,  Ala. 
Petterson,  A.  G.,  Upsala,  Minn. 
Powell,  William,  Beaver  Creek,  Or. 
Tade,  Ewing  O.,  Avalon,  Cal. 
WiUiams,  I.  W.,  Waynoka,  Okla. 
Winter,  Alphcus,  Tryon,  N.  C. 

Re-commissioned 

Barber,  Leman  N.,  Hesperia  and  Halleck,  Cal. 

Bastel,  F.  T.,  Iowa  City,  Iowa. 

Beauchamp,  Jethro  M.,  Gaston  and  Hillside,  Or. 

Belsan,  Miss  Anna,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Bigetow,  Frank  E.,  East  Chicago,  Ind. 

Bistiop,  A.  A.,  General  Missionary  in  Kan. 

Bourne,  S.,  New  York  City.  N.  Y. 

Bostwick,  Elmer  D.,  Sheridan,  Wyo. 

Bowden.  Henry  M.,  Braddock.  Penn. 

Brainerd,  Edward  R.,  Bloomington,  Rialto,  and 
Etiwanda,  Cal. 

Brown,  John  F.,  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

Brown,  Robert  P.,  Arapahoe,  Okla. 

Buell,  I-ewin  F..  Mt.  Vernon,  N.  Y. 

Burr,  Wm.  N.,  Ferris,  Cal. 

Busby,  Joseph  L..  South  Calcra,  Ala. 

Calnon,  John  C,  Kmpfisher,  Okla, 

Campbell.  Daniel  A.,  Dcmorcst.  Ga. 

Carter,  Wm.  C  .  Powersville.  (ia. 

Clark,  Chester  M.,  Denver,  Colo. 

Clark.  James  B..  Ea^le  Harbor,  Wash. 

Clark,  Orville  C.  Missoula.  Mont. 

Connct.  Alfred.  Alva  and  Woodworlh,  Okla. 

Crawford.  Charles  D.,  Crested  Butte,  Colo. 

Davies,  William  C,  Minersville.  Penn. 

Dessup,  John  J..  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

Dickerson,  Charles  H.,  Newark,  N.  J. 

Dickins«:)n.  Samuel  P.,  Grand  Junction,  Colo. 

Doty,  G.  W.,  (Jothland,  So.  Dak. 

East,  Wm.  R.,  Gate  City,  Ala. 

Edwards,  John,  Pittsburif,  Penn. 

Emerson,  Stephen  G..  Alcssandro.  Cal. 

Evans.  John  G.,  Vandling  and  Forest  City,  Penn. 

Fales,  Elisha  F..  Philadelphia,  Penn. 

Farnsworth.  Arthur,  Dodge  and  Howells.  Neb. 

Ferris.  Arthur  F.,  Mt.  Carmel.  Penn. 

Field,  Fred  A.,  Buena  Park.  Cal 

Fish.  Samuel  E.,  Gcitysburp,  Lopan,  and  Leba- 
non. So.  Dak. 

Forrest,  Net!,  El  Reno.  Okla. 

Forrester,  James  C.  Hoschton,  Ga. 

Foster,  Festus,  Enid,  Okla. 

Foster,  Richard  B.,  Stillwater,  Okla. 

Frances,  Arthur  V.,  Oklahoma  City,  Okla. 


Franklin,  August  W.,  Cleveland,  Obio. 
Frazee,  JohnH.,  D.D.,  Knoxvilte,  Tenn. 
Freitag,  Karl,  Michigan  City,  Ind.  , 
Gibson,  Nelson  H.,  Perote  and  Catalpa,  AUl 
Graham,  Wm.  H.,  Hendricks,  Ga. 
Gross,  Miss  Anna,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 
Gunn,  E.  B.,  Tallapoosa  Co.,  Ala. 
Gunn,  Joseph  W.,  Steamboat  Springs,  Cola 
Hall,  George  S.,  San  Diego.  CaL  ,    . 

Harden,  1(3in,  Macksville  and  South  Vigo.  Ind. 
Harper,  Joel,  Downs  and  Mt.  Zion,  Okla. 
Harris,  Henry,  Lyons,  Colo. 
Harwood,  lames  H.,  Compton,  Cal. 
Hawn,  Robert  G.,  Wenas  and  Naches,  Wash. 
Haynie,  Thomas  B.,  Qanton,  Ala. 
Hembree,  Charles  C,  Pawnee,  Okla. 
Henderson,  Thomas  H.,  Port  Townsend,  Wash. 
Hodel,  Abraham,  Culbertson,  Hayes  Co.,  and  Pal- 
isade, Neb. 
Home,  Gideon,  Oark's  Mill,  Bowers,  and  Mag- 

dalena,  Ga. 
Horst.  George,  St.  Loub,  Mo. 
Huelster,  Anton,  Detroit,  Mich. 
Hull,  Elsworth  L.,  Garfield  and  Kinsley,  Kan. 
Hurd,  Alva  A.,  Vancouver,  Wash. 
Hurlburt,  William,  Beaverton  and  Tualitin,  Or. 
,  ackson,  Preston  B.,  Billings,  Mont. 
\  ancs,  Henry,  Andrews,  Ind. 
,  elinek,  John,  Braddock,  Penn. 
\  enkins,  Josiah  H.,  Falls  Church,  Va. 
]  ewell,  1.  Spencer,  South  Riverside,  Cal. 
'  ones,  Abraham,  Carbondale,  Penn. 
\  ones,  Fred.  V.,  Parsons^  Kan. 
"ones,  W.  L.,  General  Missionaiyin  Ga. 
]  ohnson,  J.  Wesley,  Newkirk,  Okla. 

ohnson,  Ix>rentz  C,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

Celscy,  William,  Okarche,  Okla. 

Kerr,  Joseph,  Fort  Wayne,  Ind. 

King.  Charles  W.,  Brooklyn.  N.  Y. 

Laidler,  Stephen  W.,  Coytesville,  N.  J. 

Lee,  George  H.,  Seattle,  Wash. 

Loba,  Victor  E.,  Noble,  Mo. 

Lumpkin.  Wilson,  Camev,  Okla. 

Lyman,  Henry  M.,  Cripple  Creek,  Colo. 

McCune,  William  C,  Pond  Creek.  Okla. 

McKay,  Thomas,  Plymouth.  Penn. 

Mason,  Charles  E.,  Buena  Vista,  Colo. 

Mata,  Andrew.  Johnstown,  Penn. 

May.  Edwin  M.,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

Merrill,  Miss  S.  R.,  Cleveland.  Ohio. 

Merrill,  William  H.,  Gaylord  and  Twelve  Mile, 
Kan. 

Milligan,  John  A.,  Nordhoff,  Cal. 

Mitchell,  Fred.  G.,  Kansas  City,  Kan. 

Moore,  George  W.,  Frostburg,  Penn. 

Morris.  George,  Los  Angeles  and  Eagle  Rock, 
Cal. 

Musil,  John,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

Nelson.  A.  G.,  General  Missionary  in  Northern 
Minn,  and  Northern  Wis. 

Newton.  Howell  E.,  Clara,  Ga. 

Nichols,  Danforth  B.,  Mission  Hill,  So.  Dak. 

Ormes,  Manly  D..  Colorado  Springs,  Colo. 

Ovcnon.  Joseph,  Needles,  Cal. 

Palmer,  C5scar  A.,  Ulysses.  Neb. 

Parker,  Lawrence  J.,  West  Guthrie,  Okla. 

Paulu,  Anton,  Wahoo,  Neb. 

Phillips,  John  W.,  Bakersfield,  Cal. 

Pi^>es,  Abner  M.,  Elk  Point,  So.  Dak. 

Poj>c.  Joseph,  Big  Timber,  Mont. 

Prucha,  John.  Cleveland.  Ohio. 

Prucha,  v.,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

Rawsun.  George  A.,  Vcrnondale,  Cal. 

Reitinyer,  Miss  M.,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

Robberts.  James  F.,  Alpha,  Park,  and  Mount  Pis- 
gah,  Okla. 

Robertson,  George,  Mentone,  Cal. 

Robinson,  John  R.,  Hoschton,  Ga. 


July,  1894 

Rocns,  AlfRd  H.,  GrccD  RidEe.  Mo. 

Roto*,  jolln  A.,  Alpine  ud  niDU  ViUey,  Cal. 

RooUEdmudT..  Baltlmort,  Hd. 

Rondin.  John.  Crete,  Neb. 

Swindera,  Ebea  B..  AbercroDibie,  No.  Dak. 

Scbaefle.  Jobn  H.,  Pico  Hei«hD  and  »jit  Puk. 


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S™vL 


».  H.  / 


.  CleT. 


dciiT  E..  Clevi 

K,  Charlfn,  Spriaofield,  Kim 

Waovi-So.  Dak. 
ingler,  Jobn  J.,  Cuter  City.  So.  Dl 
«!»,  Henry  M..  Fnii-     '■  ■ 


Smith.  EdwiirdS.,  lodiiiMpci 

Smith,  Howard  K..  Rock  Spriagi,  Wyo. 
Smith,  John  F..  I^areiie.  Colo. 
Smith.  Jonathan  C.  Croolnton.  Minn. 
Smith.  Richard.  Poner  and  Lake  Statioo,  Ind. 
"    *■     '  ■  " .,  Cambndgeboro,  PtDQ. 


mith,  Geo  E..  M. 

milh,  Thoinai,  Ho» 

nyder.  Charici  W..  Jennines,  OkU 


eapoUs.  Mmn. 


»,  W.  T.,  Bivoktyn,  N.  Y. 


ThraBher.  William  J.,  Hilliboro,  Ala. 
Thirlowav,  Timothy,  Green  River,  Wyo. 
Towniend,  Lewii  A..  Whitioe.  Ind. 
Tnvii.  David  Q.  Terre  Hame,  Ind. 
Trueblood ,  JasHr.Central ,  Cedarwood,  ud  Ba 

wmd.  Ind. 
TruBcll.  William  P..  Bcnun.  Minn. 
Tultle,  GcoTRe  E.,  Flagler,  Seibett,  ud  CI 

Tyclisen.' Andrew  C.  Hoboken.  N.  J. 
Viile,  Charles  S.,  Loa  Aogelea,  Cal. 
Voorheea,  Henry  M..  Eicoadido,  Cal. 
Wadsworth.  Georee,  Buflalo  Gap,  So.  Dak. 
WalK>n.  William  H..  Red  Lodn.  Moot. 
Way,  Laurence  F.  Hiir 


White.  Ausi 
Wool.  Edw 
Woodward, 


B..  Elyria,  Colo. 
:].  Buflalo,  Wyo 
B.,  Log  Angela.  Cal. 
A.,Center?ille,So.I>ak. 
ideon  W.,  Darlington    ani 


Wrigley,  Franc  ii,  Springfield  ai 


RECEIPTS  IN    MAY,  1894 

ceipts  by  State  Auxiliary  Societies,  see 


IIAINB-tiB4.Eg. 
Anbufn.  Sixth  Street,  by  Mrs.  L.  ]. 


Bangor.  Pint,  by  W.P.Hubbard...  . 

Bath.  Ladies,  lieishi 

&un»wick,G.  T.TJttle 

Harriaoa,  Vj,*!;  No.  Bridgton,  M.jg, 

by  Rev.  A.G.  Fiu 

KenDebuokport,  A  Friend 

North   Berwick.  Mra.  N.   Hobbi,  by 

Rev.  H.  A.  Bridgnan 

Portland,  St,  LawreiKe  Street  Ch..  by 
J.J.Gerridi  

B.Swiaey.M.D 

A  Friend. 

Mn. 

Waldoboro, 


legan.  Ladies'    I 
.7.  A- Colby.... 
■- — J.V.Lovell,,,. 
H.  H.  Lovell... 


Missj.  M.  Bulfinch,  by'f.N.Lov 
Weils,  B.  Maiwell .., 


NEW  HAMPSHIRB-ts]e.«i. 


in.  Mary  R, 
the  debt.. 


iffennp. 
<D1  a  Nrii. 


Eait  Drentwood.Rev.H.Ii 


HanoTi 


',  Suiai 


v,u 


hy  ^fr.  P 


_  .  .,   _._.  Wellmaii;;:. 
S.,  «iDi  W.  P.  Farley,  ti, 

i-imcion.  rfra.B.  W.'kllburn!!!!!!!! 
Mancboter.  Ladies  of  the  Pint,  hy 

Mrs,  H.Pellec 

Miltotd,  Firai.  by  A.  C.  Craby 

Nishu a.  Edward  Spalding 

Penacooke.  Mn.  M.  A.  W.  Fiske 

Pelarboro.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  of  the  Union 

Ch.  byl.  F.  Hatch 

Warner,   R.  W,  Sargenl,  lor  Salary 

Wert"Hampiieid".'Eli»beih  P.  bid'. 


VERM0NT-ts]T9j  1  of  which  legacy, 

Received    by   W,   C.    Tyler, 
Treas.    Vt,    Dom.    Miss. 


emv,C.  E, 
Fairlax,  Mn. 
Glover.  Mrs. 
Grand  I«l<-  * 
Green 


Hardwick,  East.. 

Pillsford 

Randolph.  Weal.. 
Springfield  ,  ... 
Willislon,  A  Frie 

Windham 

Tbank-oSerini . . 


200 


The  Home  Missionary 


July,  1894 


Salary  Fund : 

Bakerstield $500 

Bcnninffton,  Second 25  00 

BrattlcDoro,  A  Friend  ...  5  00 

West  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 10  00 

Brookfield to  00 

Fairlcc.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 3  00 

Greensboro,  I^adies x  25 

Guildhall  4  00 

JeflFersonvillc,    Y.    P.    S. 

C.  E 500 

Jericho  Center,  S.  S 941 

Montnelier,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  10  00 

Quecnee 10  00 

Randolph,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E..  500 

Salisbury 

Troy,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 

Watervillc 

Wells  River,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E. 


5  92 

7  10 
2  ro 


Renninjrton,  Miss  A.  C.  Park 

MissS.  E.  Park 

Bristol,  Mary  M.  Hickok 

Derby,  Lepacy  of  Horace  Holt,  by  W. 

S.  Kobbins 

Manchester.  Mrs.  J.  D.  Wickham 

North  Thetlord,  >lis3  E.  G.  Baxter... 

Wallingford,  Mrs.  Allen  Edperton 

West  Hartford,  Rev.  A.  J.  Smith 


MASSACHUSETTS      $10,7^3.1,; 
of  which  lc>;acics, $2,956.22. 

Mass.  Home  Miss.  Soc,  by  Rev.  E. 

B.  Palmer.  Trcas 

By  request  <  'f  donors 

Canton,  Elijah  A.  Morse 

Woman's    H.     M.    A.,    Miss    S.    K. 

Burj:t'ss,  Trcas.  : 

For  Salary  Fund   

New   Bedford,  Ladies'   Miss.    5>oc., 

by  Mrs.  J.  C.  Hitch 

Amherst.  Amherst  College,  by  Prof. 
W.  C.  Estv 

AndoviT,  W .  L.  Ropes 

Attlel>oro.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  of  tJie  Sec 
ond.  by  A.  (».  Tillson 

Billerica.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Mrs.  J.  V. 
H.  Mathews       

Boston.  W.  A.  Wilde,  for  Salary  Fund. 
Prof.  S.  H.VVoodbridj^'c 

Camhridj;*',  S.AM 

I)cdliam.  First  Ch.,  "  E.xtra  Cent  a 
l);r>-  Band,'-  .$^.:  V.  P.  S.  C.  K  , 
"  Two  C«nls  a  \V<ck  H.ind."  $5 

Flori-ncc.  by  W.  L.  WiUo.x 

(iranby,  S.  M.  C'">k,  to  const.  Douj,' 
las  ( irilliii  a  L.  M 

(Iranvillo.  H.  (.■.  Dickinson,  by  L.  H. 
I)ickin<»on 

(In-cnhcld.  F.st.itcof  William  H  Wash- 
burn, by  I  .  (».  Fcsstindcn.  t-.x 

H..lliMon.  V.  V.  S.  C.  E  ,  by  Mivs  M. 
.A.  Ii»hns'>n   

Leo.  .Sainuol  Hopley 

Litileton,  Orthfxlo.x'.  by  J.  S.  Hartwell 

Lowc:i.  11  S.  H 

.Maldrn.  First,  by  C.  F.  Iklchcr 

l*'ranros  A.  Odiorne 

Massachusetts,  A  Friend 

Merrim.ic,  Mrs.  .S.  B  Sawyer 

Middleborouuh.  I>y  Dr.  K.  .S.  Hatha- 
way   

Mons'Mi,  .Mrs.  L.  R.  IVck 

Northaniv»lon.  A.  L.  Willi-^icMi   . 

North  Brookfield.  Fir«.t  Ch.,  Two 
Friemls.  self-«lenial 

Peru.  S    S 

Pittstield,  Miss  .M.  A.  Bissell 

Rjujdolph,  E.T 


S469  61 

2  00 

I  00 
to  00 


»7  75 

10  00 

I  40 

I  cx> 

10  00 


5.000 

00 

i-Hr 

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7.10 

00 

216 

00 

15 

00 

213 

4.^ 

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cx> 

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rx3 

5 

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ICr) 

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5'-> 

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5 

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4-'7 

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5 

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77 

45 

1  ■'> 

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33 
55 

00 

9« 

48 

00 

25  SO 

25 

00 

>5 

00 

10 

73 

5 

00 

17  50 


Ruxbuiy,  Mn.  F.  0.  White $300 

Salem,  Tabernacle,  tnr  J.  H.  Phiopeti, 

to  const.  Ezra  L.  Woodbury  a  L.  M.  50  ob 
South  Deerficld.  bv  C.  B.  Tilton.  in 

full,  toconst.  A.  A.  Cooley  a  L.  M..  ao  00 
South  Egremont,  by  A.  M.  Smith  ....  10  00 
South  FraminKbam,  From  Estate  of 

Moses  S.  LitUe,  by  B.  T.  Thompaoo, 

trustee 2,90931 

Sooth  Wejrmouth.  I.  A.  R 500 

Sprinfirfield,  Memorial  Ch.,  by  H.  W. 

Bowman 100  55 

A  Friend 5  00 

Taplevville,  Mrs.  S.  Richmond,  by  H. 

W.  Hubbard,  Treas.  A.  M.  A x  00 

Taunton,  Two  Friends 40  00 

Webster,  First  S.  S.,  by  L.  J.  Spalding         as  00 
Wellesley,  S.  P.  Ferry,  J.  A.  Eastman, 

S.  P.  Kastman 15  00 

Westfield,  Estate  of  Mrs.  M.  A.  Shurt- 

le£f,  Interest,  by  M.  B.  Whitney,  ex.  249  58 
Worcester,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ezra  Sawyer  10  oo 
Worthington,  First,  by  A .  Sterens. ...  3  00 


RHODE  ISLAND-  $ai9.ai. 

Auburn,  Mrs.  C.  A.  Foster 

Kingston,  by  B.  E  Helme 

Newport,  United  Ch.,  E.  P.  Allan.... 
Providence,  Pilgrim  Ch.,  by  O.  Peter- 
son   

Plymouth  Ch.,  bvO.  Z.  Peterson... 
Beneficent  Ch.,  Mrs.  S.  M.  Thomp- 
son, in  Memoriam  of  Burnham  W. 

Thompson 

Rev.  N.W.  Williams 

North  Ch.,  by  C.  H.  Eastwood 

A  Friend 


CONNECTICUT -$3,119.83  ;  of  which 
legacies,  $1,473.94. 

Miss.  55c>c.  of  Conn.,  W.  W.  Jacobs, 
Treas.,  by  Rev.  W.  H.  Moore,  Sec.        138  58 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Conn., 

Mrs.  W.  W.  Jacobs,  Treas.   $21  35 
Essex,  by  Mrs.  E.  H.  Mor- 
gan         20  75 

Meriden,  I..udies*  Benev. 
Soc.  of  the  First,  by  Mrs. 

M .  A .  Curtis 23  00 

New  Britain,  Indies'  Benev. 
Soc.  of  South  Ch.,  by  Miss 
M.  E.  Binf>ham,  for  Sal- 

•iry  Fund 62  85 

New  Haven,  (.'(allege  Street 
Ch  .  by  Mrs    H.  G.  New- 

ton,  for  .Sal  iry  Fund 10  00 

N'-rwich.  Mission  Students 
in  Broadway  Ch.,  by 
Mrs.  (.)   V.  Gulliver,  for 

Sal.iry  Fund i  00 

Greenville    Ch.,   by    Mrs. 

\\    I '.  (.iardner 28  00 

Plantsville,  Ladies'  Indus. 
Soc.,by  Mrs  E.W.Twich- 

<11 5  00 

PooiKmock,  by  Miss  N.  P. 

>ierwin 10  7J 

Putnam,    by    Miss     H.    E. 

Clarke aj  c/» 

JOS  7.1 

Hranforil.  IT.  G.  Harrison 10  «io 

Mricluep. -ri.  .S.  .S.  of  the  Second,  by  F. 

( * .   F«  »x 50  <■» 

Emma  1'".  F.ames  500 

Brooklyn.    I'state  of   Mary   E.  Ens- 

w..rtfi,  by  P.   B.  SiMev,  ex 6«.o  co 

('ant«)n  Center.  l>y  W.  G.  Hallock....  10  10 

(\nterbrook  and  Ivurj'ton,  by  S.  F. 
Parmelee 29  50 


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Central  Village,  by  Mrs.  A.  M.  Lille- 
bridge,  throuflii  Key.  E.  R.  Palmer, 

Treas.  MassTH.  M.  Soc $867 

Colebrook,  A  Friend a  00 

Daniebonville,  Miss  L.  A.  Weld 5  00 

Durham,  by  H.  H.  Newton 1809 

Easton,  by  G.  Freeborn 1075 

East  River,  Mrs.  A.  D.  Lee 5  00 

East  Woodstock,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  J. 

M.  Paine 4  75 

Enfield, Gleaners*  Mission  Circle,  by  J. 
S.  Henry,  in  full,  to  const.  Mrs.  John 

Middleton  a  L.  M 2500 

Fairfield,   On  account  of   legacy  of 
Burr    Osbom,  by    J.  W.  ftlore- 

house,  ex 50  00 

y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Rev.  F.  S.  Child  10  00 

Greens  Farms,  by  S.  B.  Sherwood 35  00 

Greenwich,  Y.   P.    S.    C.  E.  of  the 

Second,  by  C.  P.  Childs,  special..  20  00 

A  Friend 50  00 

Guilford,  A  Friend  in  First  Ch.,  by  E. 

W.  Leete 4  00 

Hartford.  Mrs.  M.  E.  C.  Stronj;:  and 

Miss  M.  F.Collins 10  cx> 

An  Outlook  Subscriber 500 

A  Friend S  01 

Litchfield,  First,  by  Miss  C.  B.  Ken- 

ney 50  00 

Menden,  First,  by  W.  H.  Squire 276  5a 

Milford,  Plymouth  S.  S.,  by  S.  Hawk- 
ins    >o  47 

Naugatuck,  Miss  E.  Spencer 1 50  00 

New  Haven.  Yale  Divinity  School,  by 

W.  W.  Wallace 23  75 

M.  E.  Baldwin 1000 

A.  S.  F 5  00 

MissM.  Y.Yale 80 

New  London,  B.  P.  McEwcn 3000 

New  Milford,  A  Friend 5  00 

New  Preston,  A  Friend 100  00 

Norwalk,  A  Friend 200 

A  Friend i  00 

Norwich,  Legacy  in  full  of  Mrs.  Mary 

B.  Coit,  by  G.  D.  Coit,  ex 500  00 

Orange,  by  5.  D.  Woodruff 2200 

Salisbury,  by  T.  F.   Dexter 23  78 

Southbury,  Mrs.  H.  Perry 500 

Southington^  J.  F.  Pratt 52  28 

Stafford  Spnngs,  by  F.  H.  Spclman. .  15  91 

Stonington,  A  Friend 5  00 

Washington,  Mrs.  P.  H.  Hollistcr —  5  00 
Waterbury,  Estate  of   Benjamin    A. 

Lindsey,  by  Samuel  Holmes  and 

Rev.  E.  E.  Lewis,  trustees 32a  94 

Mission  Circles  of  the  First,  by  E. 

T.  Bronson 20  00 

West  Avon,  Mrs.  O.  Thompson 40 

West  Hartford.  "Christian  Workers 
Assoc."  of  the  First  Ch.  of  Christ, 

by  A.  S.  Arnold 10  00 

Mrs.  E.  W.  Morris lo  00 

Westport,  Saugatuck  S.  S.,  by  H.  C. 

Woodworth 5  26 

Winstead,  First,  by  J.  D.  Baldwin.. .  98  90 

Windsor,  A  Friend 10  00 

Woodstock,  First,  by  H.  T.  Child ....  31  64 


NEW  YORK- $2,071.39. 

Received  by  William   Spald- 
ing, Treas.  : 

Buffalo,  Pilgrim $32  2a 

Prospect  Avenue  Taber- 
nacle   4  80 

Busti 210 

Coming 500 

Danfoith,  Syracuse 36  11 

S^¥»lb 5  75 

Henrietta 1500 

Fitfis 3500 


South  Hermon $5  3S 

Walton 91  ox 

West  Newark 10  50 

Rev.  E.  Curtis xa  00 

$a44  74 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 

J .  J.  Pearsall,  Treas $0  85 

For  Salary  Fund 100  00 

Albany.  First  a*  00 

Antwerp^  for  Salary  Fund. .      38  93 

Day  Spring  Mission  Band, 

for  salary  Fund 10  00 

Brooklyn,  Clinton  Ave.  Y. 

L.  G 6000 

Lewis  Ave.  Ch 30  00 

Central  Ch.  Zenana  Band.      75  00 

Tompkins  Avenue  L.  B. 

S.,  for  Salary  Fund 129  95 

Binghamton,     Helpers,     to 

const.  Mrs.  A.  F.  Mills  a 

L.  M 5000 

Buffalo,   Mrs.  W.   G.  Ban- 
croft  '. 5000 

Cambridge 10  as 

Copenhagen 10  00 

Flushing,  Y.  W.  M.  S 1685 

Groton 2  00 

Honeoye,  $15;   Y.  L.  M.  S., 

$10 2500 

Ithaca,    in    full,  to    const. 

Miss  E.  Reed  and  MissM. 

C.  Atwood  L.  Ms X2  00 

Middletown,  Crane  Mission, 

to  const.  Mrs.  J.  J.  Silk  a 

L.  M 50  00 

Oswego  Falls 10  00 

Sandy  Creek 1276 

Watertown,      Jr.     Mission 

Circle 5  00 

—        723  59 

Binghamton,  H.  Mills  and  Mrs.  A.  F. 

Mills 500 

Brooklyn,  East  Cong.  Ch.,  by  C.  C. 

Keilholz 34  21 

South  Ch.  by  E.  D.  Ford 40000 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  of  the  Lee  Avenue 
Ch.,  by  C.  H.  Gillespie 500 

Y.   P.   S.   C.   E.  of    the  Tompkins 
Avenue  Ch.,  by  J.J.  Tappan. ..,.  1000 

Buffalo.  First,  by  R.  H.  Strickland. . .        100  00 

Chatham.  A  Friend 2  00 

Clifton  Springs,  A  Friend 6  00 

Deansvilie,  by  M.  L  Kinne 15  61 

Elizabethtown,  by  Rev.  A.  W.  Wild  .  '      28  25 
Elmira,  Sarah  A.  Muore 500 

Mrs.  L  Jennings 1000 

Fairport,  Ch.,  $27.16;  Jr.  Y.  P   S.  C. 

E.,  $9.35,  by  Mrs.  M.  Olney 3651 

Groton,  S.  A.  Barrows 25  00 

Hamilton.  Mrs.  F.  Sanford,  by  O-  S. 

Campbell    5  00 

Hopkinton,  Mrs.  C.  A.  Laughlin,  $5; 

Miss  Kent,  $5 1000 

Keenc  Valley,  63  cts. ;   Rev.  C.   M. 

Perry,  $0.37    1000 

Ml.  Sinai,  by  S.  H.  Miller  14  7a 

New  York  City,  Camp  Memorial  Ch., 

by  Rev.  F.  A.  Slyfield 1100 

Tremont,  Trinity  Ch.,  by  R.  Turner  6  30 

Broadway  Tabernacle,  H.  N.  Mar- 
shall    5  00 

Y.  P.  S.   C.   E.  of  the   Broadway 
Tabernacle,  by  E.  F.  Tripp xo  00 

Frances  P.  Plimpton,  $5 ;  A  Friend, 

S,s to  00 

Pelhamville,  Ch.  of  the  Covenant,  by 

Rev.  A.  A .  Robertson 10  05 

Poughkeepsic.  A  Friend 10  00 

Prohibition  Park,  Z.  W.  Bliss 5  00 

Richmond  Hill,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  of  the 

Union  Ch . ,  by  G.  Weston,  Jr ao  oa 

SayviUe,by  W.Gtecu \^  ^ 


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Sherburne,   by   G.    W.  Lathrop,    to 

const.  De  Forest  Marsters,  W.  A. 

Piatt,  Mrs.  S.  M.  Foote,  and  Mrs. 

A.  M.  Mcpherson  L.  Ms $04345 

Sloan,  L  G.  Rogers 15  00 

Smyrna,  H .  M.  Dixon 5  00 

Tannersville,  People's  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

H.  Smith 3  00 

Ticonderofifa,  First,  by  Rev.  E.  D. 

Evans a  50 

Woodville,  by  J.  H.  Wood lo  00 

[Errata  :  Northville,  Y.  P,  S.  C.  E.,  by  Rev. 
T.  S.  Griffith,  |io.25,  should  be  credited  to  the  W. 
H.  M.  U.  of  N.  v..  Mrs.  J.  J.  Pearsall,  Treas.— 
acknowledge  in  May  Home  Missionary. 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y..  New  England  Ch.,  should  be 
credited  as  well  as  the  S.  S.  and  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E., 
155.91,  by  J.  M.  Hyde,  to  const.  Miss  L.  E.  Parr 
a  L.  M.  Erroneously  acknowledged  in  June 
Home  Missionary.] 

NEW  JERSEY    $802.23. 

Woman's    H.    M.    Union    of     N.  J. 
Assoc.,  Mrs.  J. H.  Dcnison,  Treas.: 
Montclair,  for  Salary  Fund 375  00 

Bound  Brook,  by  Rev.  L.  B.  Goodrich  35  00 
East  Orange,  Swedish,  by  Rev.  A  P. 

Nelson a  00 

Glen  Ridge,  by  M.  G.  Belloni 233  73 

Jersey  City,  A  Friend 5  00 

Montclair,  A  Friend  500 

Newark,  Mrs.  M.  J.  Merwin 5  00 

A  Friend 5  00 

New  Brunswick,  MissM.  H.  Parker..  10  00 
Orange  Valley,  by  A.  B.  Johnson,  to 

const.  J.  S.  Pierson,  G.  L.  Manning, 

Mrs.  O.  S.  Thompson,  and  Miss  E. 

B.  Johnson  L.  Ms 200  00 

South  Orange.  E.  A.  Roberts 3  00 

A  Family  Offering,  by  M.  L.  Roberts         24  50 
Woodbride^e.  Two  Friends,   by  Rev. 

C.  H.  McDonald 900 


PENNSVLVANIA-$202.oo. 

Woman's  Miss.   Union,   Mrs. 
T.  W.  Jones,  Treas.: 

Allegheny $18  00 

Lansfurd 9  22 

-—  27  22 

Chandler's  Valley,  Scand.,  by  Rev.  C. 

J.  Lundquist 350 

Horatio,  C.   First   Day  School,  by  J. 

Harrison 1  00 

Jermyn,  Welsh,  by  h  T.  (Griffiths 5  00 

Johnstown.  Fannie  Bochck 5  00 

Neath,  by  W.  S.  Davis 3  78 

New  Castle.  Mrs.  M.  C.  McClelland. .  5  00 

Parsons,  by  Rev.  J.  J.  Jenkins 4  50 

Pittsburg.  ••  Cash  " 100  00 

Reading.  O.  S.  D..  "  Thank  offering  "  25  00 
Slatin^ton,   Bethel   Ch.  and  S.  S  ,  oy 

Rev.  W.  T.  Williams 2200 

MARYLAND-  $15  00. 

Baltimore.  J.  H.  Welsh 10  00 

J.  Hayncs 500 

DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA    $75  00. 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union  of  N.  J.  Assoc., 
Mrs.  J,  H.  Denison.  Treas.: 
Washington,  First,  for  Salary  Fund 


GEORGIA-$6.oo. 

Demorest,  by  Rev.  D.  A.  Campbell. .        $5  00 
Thebes,  S.  S.,  by  F.  R.  Sims x  00 

LOUISIANA-$6.oo. 

Calhoun,  by  Rev.  G.  W.  Wall t  00 

Kinder,  Rev.  P.  Leeds 500 

FLORIDA-$64.49. 

Bellevue,  by  Rev.  T.  H.  Rouse 31  00 

Lake  Helen,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Mra. 

A.  M.  Cooley 5  00 

Marvinia,  T.  E.  Merrill 600 

Ormond,  Union  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  W. 

Harding g  37 

E.  F.  Converse 5  00 

Pomona,  Pilgrim  Ch.,  by  Rev.  M.  C. 

Welch X4  33 

Winter  Park,  Prof.  J.  H.  Ford,  by 

Rev.  S.  F.  Gale 5  00 

INDIAN  TERRITORY-$3o.oo. 

Woman's  Miss.  Union,  Mrs.  —  Ray- 
mond, Treas. : 
Vinita,  Mrs.  F.  Hurd 500 

Vinita,  Rev.  F.  Hurd,  in  full,  to  const. 
C.  F.  Hurd  a  L.  M 15  00 


OKLAHOMA  -  $2.00. 
Enid,  Plymouth,  by  Rev.  F.  Foster.. 


Washington,  Mrs.  W.  Pitkin 


25  00 
50  00 


NEW  MEXICO-  $35.00. 

Albuquerque,  by  Rev.  E.  H.  Ashmun 
Deming,  First,  oy  Rev.  F.  L.  Drew.. 

TENNESSEE-$3o.33. 

Knoxville,  Pilgrim    Ch.,   by    D.    R. 

Samuel 

Nashville,  P'isk  University,  $5.33 :  S. 

S.,S5,  by  E.  C.Stickel 


KENTUCKY    $500. 
Williamsburg,  Mrs.  J.  C.  Bateham... 

OHIO    $665.52. 

Received  by  Rev.  J.  G.  Fra 

scr,  D.D.  : 
Cleveland,  Euclid  Avenue, 

by  J.  Snow $3275 

Horace  Ford 35  00 

Wauscon,  by  J.  L.  Gray. ...        o  35 
Newport,  Ky,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E., 

by  Dr.  W.  W.  Anderson. .        5  00 

Received  by  Rev.  J.  G.  Era- 
ser, Treas.    Bohemian 
Board,  Cleveland  : 
Cleveland,  Mizpah  Chapel.. 
Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 
G.  B.  Brown,  Treas.  : 
Akron,  West,  Self  denial . 
Ashland,  Ir.  Y.  P.  S.C.E. 

Cleveland,  Union 

Conneaui.  Y.  P   S.  C.  E., 

for  Salarv'  Fund 

Jefferson,  V.  P.  S.  C.  E., 

for  Salary  Fund 

Painesville,  B.  R.  Home . 


$3  77 


6  75 

>  53 

5  00 

6  00 

5  00 
5  «> 


3  00 


30  00 
5  00 


ao  00 
10  33 

5  00 


72  00 


3305 


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203 


Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 
G.  B.  Brown,  Trcas. : 

Columbia,  *'Z" $350  00 

Salary  Fund : 

Cortland a  55 

Marietta,  Harmar  Ch 10  00 

North  Olmsted  10  00 

Painesville 10  00 

Wellington,  L.  B.  and  H. 

M.  S 5  00 

WescWiUiamsfield 500 

$a9a  55 

Received  by  Rev.  N.  Plass 35  00 

Akrottj  West  Ch.,  by  J.  E.  Patterson, 

special 20  25 

Geveland.  Y.  P.  S.  C  E.  of  Cyril 

Chapel,  by  Rev.  J.  Musil 300 

Mrs.  A.  J.  Smith 10  00 

Fairport  and  Richmond,  by  Rev.  E. 

R.  Latham 7  41 

Hillsborough,  G.  B.  Beecher 100  00 

Janesville,  First,  %a  ;  S.  S.,  $3 ;  Y.  P. 

S.  C.  E.,  $x>so;  Alpha  Miss.  Band, 

$5,  t^  Rev.  C  H.  Hanks 1350 

Marietta,  First,  by  A.  D.  Follett 78  76 

Springfield.  Lagonda  Avenue,  by  Rev. 

R.  Albertson 3  00 

Tontogany,  Dea.  J.  Whitehead 500 

Weymouth  and  Brunswick,  by  Rev. 

E.  M.  May a  00 


INDIANA-$98.5o. 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs.  M.  T. 
Dewhurst,  Treas. : 
Hammond 3  50 

Brazil,  Mrs.  C.  L.  Andrews 5  00 

Indianapolis,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  of  the 

Mayflower  Ch.,  by  H.  L.  Whitehead  5  00 

Terre  Haute,  Mrs.  M.  H.  Ross 85  00 


ILLINOIS- $1,001.39;  of  which  lega- 
cies, $1,160.67. 

Buda.  on  account  of  legacy  of  James 

T.  Hvde,  by  M.  M.  Ford,  trustee.  x,ooo  00 
From  Esute  of   J.    F.    Hyde,   on 

account,  by  Rev.  H.  D.  Wiard  ...  566  67 

Chicago,  Mrs.  M.  A.  Keep 200  00 

Lombard.  Mrs.  I.  Claflin a  cxi 

Moline,  First,  by  Rev.  T.  B.  Wilson  .  3a  72 
Taylorville,  Legacy  of    Mrs.  B.    A. 

Mitchell,  by  E.  R.  White,  adm 100  00 

MISSOURI-$io7.95. 

De  Soto,  Mrs.  F.  M.  Hearst 45 

Hannibal,  Pilgrim  Ch.,  by  Rev.  A.  B. 

Allen 1000 

Kansas  City,  Qyde  Ch.,  f^o;  S.  S., 

$ao.  by  W.  W.  Findlay,  to  const.  E. 

A.  Fussell  a  L.  M  50  00 

Republic  and  BiUings,  by  Rev.  I.  T. 

Hull 5  00 

St.  Joseph,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  of  the  Tab- 
ernacle Ch..  by  B.  Mosman 5  00 

H.  E.  Hutchings 2000 

Springfield,  German  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J. 

F.Graf 7  5° 

Tarkio,  Lilian  Rogers 10  00 

MICHIGAN-$8.oo. 

Detroit,  M.  J.  Messinger a  00 

F.  Rajrmond i  00 

Picrport,  A  Friend 500 


WISCONSIN-$90.oo. 

Eagle  River,  by  Rev.  T.  G.  Grassie. 

Fort  Atkinson,  E.  W.  Wilcox 

Janesville,  First,  by  Miss  S.  A.  Jef- 
fris 

IOWA- $19.50. 

Doon,  $a;  Sioux  City,  $2.50,  German 
Chs.,  by  Rev.  C.  W.  Wuerrschmidt. 

Dubuque,  First,  by  J.  H.  Merrill, 
Treas.  Iowa  H.  M.  Soc 

Edgewood,  N.  G.  Piatt 


$15  00 
as  00 

50  00 


MINNESOTA-$77o.83. 

Received  by  Rev.  J.  H.  Mor- 

ley  : 
Custer,     Welsh,    Mrs.    E. 

J.Thomas $a  00 

Fairmont xo  70 

Fergus  Falls 3  35 

Gravin 106 

Mazeppa,  C.  E a  00 

Rochester 44  98 

Mrs.  M.  J.  Taintor ...  5  00 

St.  Paul,  Olivet la  88 

Winona,  First 246  76 

$338  73 
W^oman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 

M.  W.  Skinner,  Treas. : 

Austin $1730 

Belgrade 2  00 

Clearwater,  S.  S 84 

Cottage  Grove,  S.  S 3  00 

Claremont 5  00 

Detroit 5  00 

Duluth,  Pilgrim 12  50 

Dawson 2  00 

Edgerton  5  00 

Freeborn q  80 

Lake  Park,  Mission  Band.  i  25 

Mazeppa 1 1  80 

Minneapolis,  Plymouth ...  44  45 

New  Richland,  S.S 60 

Princeton 10  00 

Sauk  Center 29  00 

Waseca 1690 

S.  S,  Special 354 

Winona,  First,  to  const. 
Mrs.  M.  B.  Buflfum 
and  Mrs.  S.  G.  Swain 

L.  Ms 123  50 

Second,  special xa  00 

West  Duluth 3x5 

Worthington,  S.  S a  ao 

Y.L a  55 

$323  38 

Received     by    Miss    E.    S. 

HartwcU : 

Belgrade ^^  P 

Brownton ....  82 

Claremont 318 

Cannon  Falls a  60 

Dexter 16 

Elgin a  7a 

Faribault    a  93 

Freeborn a  59 

Freedom x  60 

Grand  Meadow 113 

Glencoe 5  50 

Hamilton x  x6 

Hartland i  i6 

Janesville 100 

Lake  City x  94 

Swedish 90 

Lyle 87 

Lamberton a  $^ 


4  50 

5  00 
xo  00 


^ 


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Mantonrille 

Morrittown  

Mapleton  

Mankato , 

Swedish 

Marshall 

Maxeppa 

Minneapolis,  Vine 

Silver  l4Uce 

Pilgrim 

Fifth  Avenue 

Bethany,  C.  E.  S  . . . 

First  Scandinavian. , 

Pijrmouth , 

New  Richland 

Northfield 

Owatonna , 

Rose  Creek 

Rochester 

Saratoga 

Stewartville 

Spring  Valley 

St.  Clair 

Sleepy  Eye 

SfMingfield 

Stillwater 

Stewart 

St.  Paul,  Plymouth. . . 

Atlantic 

Jr.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.. 

Taopi 

Winona.  First 

Watervitle 

Waseca  

Walnut  Grove 

Wabasha , 

Witoka 

Winona,  Second 

Second,  S.  S 

Zumbrota 

Zumbro  Falls 


%x  19 
I  sp 
X  3X 

9  IS 

980 
s  06 

9  50 

5  «> 

z  x6 

a  5s 

II  00 

9  5a 

184 


3  «5 

70 
3  16 

3  19 

I  8a 

«7 
505 

Z    II 

«5 

a  ao 

5  <» 

23 

18 

75 
77 
78 
46 
18 

35 
49 


$127  81 
Less  expenses 9736 


$30  45—  $683  56 


Aitkin,  by  Rev.  G.  R.  Searles 

Austin,  Firit,  by  T.  P.  McRride 

Fertile  and  Mentor,  by  Rev.  R.   H. 

Battey 

Lake  Benton,  by  Rev.  E.  P.  Huf^^hes. . 

Lamberton,  by  Rev.  C.  E.  Wilcox 

Mankato,  by  Rev.  J.  Johnson 

Minneapolis.  Open   Door  Ch.,  by  J. 
W.llom 

Dr.  and  Mrs.  G.  W.  Bass  

A  Friend,  by  M.  A.  Metcalf 

A  Friend 

St.  Paul,  People's  Ch.,  by  Rev.  W. 

Oehler   

Sauk  Center,  First,  addl.,  by  Mrs.  V. 

A.  Whipple 

Spencer  Brook,  Swedish,  by  Rev.  A. 

P.  Engstrom 

West  Duluih,  Plymouth,  by  Rev.  T. 

M.  Price 
W'inthrop,  byRev.*  W."w'.  NewcllV.!! 


KANSAS  -  $1,030.59. 

Received  by  Rev.  J.  G.  Dough- 
erty, Trcas.  Kan.  H.    M. 

Burlington $5  00 

Comet,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 800 

Junction  City,  G.  J.  Graves  5  00 
Oneida.    Y.    P.    S.    C.    E.. 

special    2  10 

Wakarusa 2  75 

C.  E.  Curtis 2  00 


5 

00 

M 

00 

6  86 

8 

00 

7 

66 

3 

00 

4 

50 

5 

00 

12 

00 

5 

00 

2 

50 

I 

00 

a 

as 

2 

50 

7 

00 

Wofluui**  H.  M.  Union,  Mrt. 
D.  D.  De  Long.  Trns. : 
To  const.  MfB.  7.  C.  Cald- 
well, Mn.  H.  G.  Curtis, 
Mrs.  C.  E.  RMd.  Mn.  M. 
G.  Hay,  and  Mn.  J.  A. 
Loomia  L.  Ms. : 

Atchison $10 

Bnx>kville 500 

Centralia s^«> 

Hemdon 100 

Highland s  00 

Lawrence,  Pljrmouth 5  00 . 

Ruasel] 10  00 

^erling «>  00 

Topcka,  Central 500 

Wellsville 00 

A  Friend ai 

tsiai 

Received  by  Rev.  S  D.  Stom 300 

Atchison,  tfo:  Wfaeaton,  $6.63,  by 

Rev.W.C.  Veasie 4<  ^ 

Atwood,  by  Rev.  J.  J.  A.  T.  Dixon. . .  a  90 
Dial,  Mt.  Ayer,  Ash  Rock,  and  New 

Harmony,  by  Rev.  N.  Enunerson  ..  s6  90 

Dunlap,  by  Rev.  I.  McRae i  y> 

iCansas  City,  Pilgrim,  by  Rev.  H.  U. 

Herr 7  50 

Leavenworth,  First,  by  Mrs.  J.  W. 

Johnson 90  00 

G.A.Eddy   1000 

Partridge,  by  W.  A.  Crotts 10  00 

Topeka,  Washburn  College,  Miss  C. 

G.  Durgin 5  00 

Village  Creek  and  Scatter  Creek,  by 

Rev.  G.  M.  Pfeiffer 3  10 

Wakefield.  A  Friend 800  ix> 

Wichita,  Olivet  Ch.,  by  Rev.  F.  Grey  i  00 


NEBRASKA-$i49.67. 

Received  by  J.  W.  Bell,  Treas.: 

Arlington $3  8a 

Dewitt 10  35 

Omaha,  Plymouth 6  5a 

Vcrdon 9  45 

Received  by  Rev.  C  S.  Billings 

Carroll,  Welsh,  by  S.  Jones 

Cortland  and  Pickrell,  by  Rev.  F.  G. 

McHenry 

Crete,  German,  by  Rev.  W.  Fritt- 
mcier 

President  D.  B.  Perry 

Omaha,  S.  S.  of  the   First;   by  G. 

Marples 

Pierce,  by  Rev.  A.  G  Brande 

Wymore  and  New  Hope,  by  Rev.  S. 

F.Wilson 


24  85 


NORTH  DAKOTA-S26.88. 

Received  by  Rev.  H.  C.  Sim- 
mons: 

Gardner,  Second,  addM $0  63 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 
J.  M.  Fisher,  Treas. : 

Hope  4  00 

Buxton 5  00 

Harwood 3  35 

Mrs,  D.  W<x)lncr 50 

Forman  and  Rutland,  by  Rev.  J.  B. 

Tones 

Oberon,  by  Rev.  L.  A.  Smith 


30  <H 


10 
5 

30 
00 

31 

56 

30 

a 

00 

10 

4  7a 
4a  00 

3  95 


1338 


350 
10  00 


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SOUTH  DAKOTA-  $159.79. 

Woman's  H.  M.  Unioo,  Mrs. 

A.  M.  Wilcox,  Treas. : 

Athol $300 

Aurora a  50 

Canova z  84 

Colvin  and  La  Roche 7  00 

Elk  Point 2  79 

Frankfort,  Miss  Taylor a  00 

Fort  Yates,  Indian  W.  M.  S.  i  zo 

Oahe,  Indian  W.  M.  S 150 

Santee,  Indian  W.  M.  S 1  00 

Spring  Lake z  00 

Watertown,  Miss.  Band z  00 

Ruk,  Micronesia,  Miss  Rose 

Kinney a  00 


S25  73 


Beresford,  S.  S.,  $6 :  Pioneer,  S.  S., 

$zo.55»  by  Rev.  W.  H.  Thrall z6  55 

Chamberlain,  by  Rev.  J.  H.  Dixon. . .  15  08 

Huron,  byRev.  W.  H.  Thrall ao  00 

Ipswich.  Ch.,  f  13  ;  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  $4  ; 

S.  S.,  $5  ;  Rosette  Park,  $z,  by  Rev. 

E.  E.  Webber as  00 

MeckliniT,  fz;  ;  Hudson,  $Z4,  by  Miss 

E.  K.  Henry 29  00 

Pioneer,  by  Rev.  W.  H.  Thrall 1  00 

Rapid  City,  Ir.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  of  the 

First,  by  W.  Shaw 5  00 

Vermillion,  Scand.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  K.  J. 

Blom 2  60 

Webster,  \^^v•\  Waubay,  $7.52;  Clark, 

$10,  by  Rev.  D.  R.  Tomlin 3183 

COLOR  ADO-$izo  90. 

Colorado   Springs,    First,  by    J.   B. 

Severy 54  90 

Crested  Butte,  Ch.,  ^ ;  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E., 

$1.50,  by  Rev.  C.  t).  Crawford 7  50 

Denver,  Glenarm  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  of  the 

First,  by  M.  A.  Morrison,  for  Salary 

Fund 25  00 

Lafayette,  by  Rev.  |.  F.  Smith 7  50 

Otis  and  Hyde,  by  Rev.  G.  Dungan. .  4  00 

Rico,  by  Rev.  H.  Sanderson 10  00 

Villa  Park,  by  Rev.  J.  C.  Rollins 2  00 

MONTANA-$za.oo. 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,   Mrs.   H.  E. 
Jones,  Treas.  : 
Castle,  Mrs.  A.  S.  Barnes 10  00 

Melrose,  by  Rev.  W.  S.  Bell 2  00 


UTAH— Szoo.oo. 
Park  City,  Rev.  W.  S.  Hunt $10000 

CALIFORNIA-$z97.26. 

Compton,  by  Rev.  J.  H.  Harwood. ...  36  66 

Elsinore,  H.  M.  Day 500 

Escondido,  by  Rev.  H.  M.  Voorhees..  30  00 

Lincoln,  by  Rev.  E.  D.  Hale 3  00 

Los  Angeles,  Plymouth,  by  Rev.  C. 

S.  Vane zo  00 

Needles,  $2.55  ;  Villa  Park,  $17.20,  by 

Rev.  J.  T.  Ford «9  75 

Nordhoff,  by  Rev.  J.  A.  Miltigan za  05 

Pasadena,  A  Friend  from  Arizona,  for 

Salary  Fund 75  00 

Santa  Barbara,  Laura  Hine a  00 

Vemondale,  Rev.  G.  A.  Rawson 3  80 

OREGON— $35.02. 

Oregon,  M.  E.  C a  00 

Portland,  Mississippi  Avenue,  by  Rev. 

H.  W.  Young 4  00 

By  Rev.  E.  Grieb a  55 

German  Ch.,  by  Rev.  E.  Grieb. ...  a  10 
Salem,   $5.20;    Forest    Grove,  $15; 

Willard,  $2,  by  Rev.  C.  F.  Clapp. . .  aa  ao 
Sheridan  and  Willamina,  by  Rev.  O. 

B.  Whitmore.'. a  17 

WASHINGTON  -  $46.20. 

Cheney  and  Spokane,  West  Side  Ch., 

by  Rev.  F.  V.  Hoyi 15  90 

Chewclah,  by  Rev.  D.  F.  Taylor 5  00 

Endicott,  German,  by  Rev.  J.  Hergert.  6  00 

Kirkland  and  Houghton,  by  Rev.  H. 

Ailing 6  00 

Ranier,  Scappoose,    and    Circuit,  by 

Rev.  G.  Baker z  30 

Spokane,  Rev.  J.  B.  and  F.  W.  Ren- 

shaw 500 

Tacoma,  East  Ch.,    by    Rev.   A.    J. 

Smith 7  00 

\Erratum :  Toledo,  Wash.,  by  Rev.  W.  A. 
Arnold,  $^,  should  have  been  credited  to  Cowlitz 
Bend.  Erroneously  acknowledged  in  April 
Home  Missionary.] 

JAPAN- $6.00. 

Kyoto,  from  the  Band  of  Missionaries 
m  Kyoto,  by  Rev.  M.  L.  Gordon. . .  6  00 

Home  Missionary 84  05 

$a4,44z  Z5 


Donations  of  Clothings  etc. 


Amherst,  Mass.,  Mrs.  P.  H.  W^hite,  box. 

Bath,  Me.,  Mary  M.  Fisk,  trunk. 

Brooklyn.  N.  YT,  Ladies'  Guild  of  Clin- 
ton Ave.  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  S.  W.  Rice,  two 
boxes $100  00 

Buffalo.  N.  Y.,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  of  the 
Peoples  Ch  ,  by  Albert  M.  Wilson, 
box 57  87 

Concord,  N.  H.,  First  Ch,,  by  Mrs.  John 
C.  Thome,  two  boxes Z95  00 

Cornwall  Hollow,  Ct.,  Miss  C.  M. 
Sedgwick,  barrel. 

East  River,  Ct.,  Mrs.  A.  D.  Lee,  pack- 
age. 

East  Rockaway,  N.  Y.,  Bethany  Ch.,  by 
Mr.  Wm.  A.  Simoos,  package. 


57  00 


Elyria,  Ohio,  W.  H.  M.  S.,  by  Mary  N. 

Garford,  box $za3  00 

Enfield,  Ct.,  Ladies'  Benev.    Soc.,  by 

Mrs.  H.  C.  Woodward,  barrel 

Goffstown,  N.  H.,  Ladies  of  Cone.  Ch., 

by  Mrs.  E.  S.  Mclntire.  barrel  ofcloth- 

ing.     [Erroneously  acknowledged  in 

June  number.] 
Hartford,  Ct.,  SewingSoc.  of  Windsor 

Ave.  Ch.,  by  L.  G.Talcott,  box. 
Lyme,   N.  H.,   Ladies^  Miss.  Soc.,  by 

Mrs.  C.  E.  Gordon,  box  

New  Haven,  Ct.,  L.  H.  M.  S.  of  Ch.  of 

the  Redeemer,  by  Mrs.  W.  A .  Hotch- 

kiss,  barrel 

Newport,    R.   I.,  Benev.  Soc.    of    the 


ao  00 


5000 


The  Home  Missionary 


United  Ch.,  by  Eliu 

New  Y™k'Ciif;'H<iipiul'Biik'«Jid 

Newgpuicr  Soc..  nckwe, 
Norfolk.  CI., G.  D.  BuMtt,  bm. 
Oruse,  N.  )..  Womui'i  Soc.  of  Cbrte- 

l<u  Work  of  Onnge  VaUn  U)„  by 

Hr«.  Viher  W.  CulU,  box.. 


Sali(bur>*,  Ct.,  Lakcvilli 
hf  Un  H.  Blake,  ftarr 

S«i«Uor,I.  Cl.,  Ladits'  " 
Mn.  K  W.  Bunnell 

Taftrille.  Ct ,  Y.  P. 


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AUXILIARV    STATE    RECEIPTS 

MAINE   MISSIONARY   SOCIETY 

RtcHfIt  of  the  Maim  Stiitiimary  SeHtty  from  March  I  te  X»y  II,  1894. 
John  L.  Ckosbv,   Trtasurer 


Altwny.J.  B.Blrd.  ... 
Aiuniita.  Joel  Spaldini 
BiSgM;  Fint,  iT  H. 


Fdrk,  (or  worii 


Centnl,  Prof.  Scwill'i  cbuv.  o(  wbich 
•40  f  hmh  B.  R.  Burpee  lor  woA  in 

Arooalook .• 

Blanchard,  by  Mutin  Gilmu 

Droiitnfield,  by  Rev.  E.  P.  Eawraan..,. 
Corinth,  legacy  of  Sarah  E,  Perbam, 

Deer  I^  Piiti, 'by'RevVj.  S.'  Rich- 

Deerinx.'  Free,'  )^  ReV.'  E.'  M'.  Couil'ni! 
Baal  Baldirin,  by  Mra.  Frank  Brown... 
Eait  Sumner,  by  Rev.  D.  S.  Hlbbvd... 
■       Cong.,    by    Rev.    C.    G. 


Eliol,  by  Rev 


v.T.F.  Milletl 

_, orC.H.  M.S 

Fanninijton    Falls,     by    Rev.    J. 


,d  Dover,  by  C.  H.  a  Wood- 


Harriaon,  by  Rev.  A.  G.  FiU 
Hiiam,  by  Mra.  J.  P.  Hubbir 
Holden.  by  Rev.  J.  B.  Adami 
*'-  — -n.  by  Rev.  W.  I.  Cole, 


Lewiiton.  Hon.  W.  P.  Frye , 

Limerick,  by  Rev.  J.E,  Adams 

Liminjclon.byBev.  G.  C.  Wilwn 

New  Sharon,  by  Mrs.  C.  A.  Wyman,. 
New  Vineyard,  by  Rev.  J.  E.  Adama.. 


North  Brid)[tan,  by  Rer.  A.  G.  FKi... 

Otitficid 

Oifoid...  

nnilpa,  by  Rev.  E.  H.  Coorioa. 

Fhippaburg,  by  Rev.  C.  L.  Nkbob.... 

Pottfind,  HiRh  Street,  Mn.  I.  P.  War- 
ren'i  Snnday-KbDol  elaai  tor  Saa- 
da*-achaol  work  by  Rev.  G.  B. 
Heicock.  Fort  Falr&Id 

y!p,S.  C.  E'.l'by'Rev. 

E.'Adan 


Charlt.  ..»,,,...... 

Princeion.  by  Rev.  1. 
Rockpon.  by  Mni^A. 


by  Key 
South  Pa 


,  E.  McCobb. 

■V.J.  E.  Adama 

I'inl,  by  E.  B.  Sheldon 
[illi,    Washburo  Memi 


Rev.  J.  E.  Bowman 

prinKfield.  by  Rev.  S.  L.  Bowler 

■remont,  by  Rev.  J.  E.  Bowman 

:inHham.  by  Mils  Alice  M.  Haskell... 

Varren,  by  W.  O.  Vioal 

VattrCord.  North,  by  Rev  J.  E.  Adam; 
Vest  Auburn,  by  Rev.  J.  E.  Adama... 

V'ilton.  by  Mi»  A.  R.  Ban 

Vindbam,  byj.  W.  KniBhl 


14  SI 
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irch  I  to  May  11.  II 

knowledgea . ..... 


VERMONT  DOMESTIC  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY 


\Vm.  C.  Tyler. 

Albany $,0  t 

Alhurffh  SoriTm  ..........  LO  C 

nal  S.S I  c 


f  Society  from  April   so  le  May  30,  lB<)4- 


cllowa  Falls... 

raintiee.  East,  and  BrookBeld.  Weal.. 

rownlneton  and  Elarton  Landing. 

irtinEton,  Bequeit  of  Mra.  Cbarlolle 
a  Iftllcr- 


iftsbuty.  North 

nville,  Mrs.  F.  L.  Knowlton... 
osburgh.  First  Ch 


Georifia.  for  C.  H.  M.  S 

GuilJhall 

Hartford.  West,  for  Women  BvaogeliMi 
Iraj4burj:h,  for  V n,__— ti— _ 

LondondefTT . . , 
Lowell 


m  EvangetlUs. . . 


July,  1894 


The  Home  Missionary 


207 


Ludlow $7  65 

Lfndoa as  46 

P^wlet,  Miss  Mary  Blokel 500 

Proctor,  Swedish  Miasion  Ch 347 

Randolpih,  West 13  25 

Roxbunr 17  00 

Rutland 50  00 

St.  Johnalmry,  Rev.  C  F.  Morse 30  00 

St.  Johnsbury  Center 926 

Simonsville.          3  oi 

Troy,  North,  Willie  Kelley i  20 

Tyson 130 

Undeifaill 7  50 

Waterbury,  for  C.  H.  M.  S 500 

Weston,  for  C.  H.  M.  S 500 

Worcester 10  50 

Vermont  Missionary 13  35 

Interest  on  Invested  Funds 4  65 

Woman's     Home     Missionary 
Union  : 

Barre,    Ladies*  Missionary 
Union $10  73 

Guildhall,  W.  H.  M.  S 300 


Johnson,  W.  H.  M.  S faa  00 

Pittsford,  W.  H.  M.  S 95  00 

Randolph,  West,  W.  H.  M.  S.  q  00 

Richmond,  Homeland  Circle.  4  00 

S.S 386 

Springfield,  W.  H.  M.  S 1000 

St.  Albans,  W.  H.  M.  S 50  00 

St.  lohnsbury,  South  Ch.,  W. 

H.  M.  S 2500 

Stowe 1335 

Vergennes 10  00 

Wilmington,  Ladies  of 3  xo 


Received  for  East  Dorset  Parsonage : 
North  Bennington 


Received  for  Boy*s  Home,  Westminster : 

Brandon,  S.  S 

St.  Johnsbury,  Miss  Mary  E.  Stone... 


$18894 


$35  00 


♦5  4» 

a  00 

♦7  4a 


MASSACHUSETTS    HOME    MISSIONARY  SOCIETY 

« 

Receipts  of  the  Massachusetts  Home  Missionary  Society  in  May^  1 894.      Rev.  Edwin 

B.  Palmer,    Treasurer 


B.  and  L $500 

Bank  Balances,  Interest  on  21  04 

Boston,  A  Friend 15  00 

A  Friend 150  00 

Cufthing,  C.  L.,  Miss 20  00 

Dorchester,  Second  S.  S.,  by  Miss  E. 

L.  Tolman 20  00 

Fuller,  Granville,  Esute  of,  by 
Samuel  Keene  for  executors,  and  to 
const.   Mrs.  A.  F.    Spaulding   and 

Mrs.  M.  F.  Keene  L.  Nfs a,ooo  00 

Mt.  Vernon,  A  Member,  for  C.  H.  M. 

S 10  00 

Roslindale,  by  W.  H.  Warner 25  00 

Roxbury,  Eliot.  A  Member,  by  Rev. 

A.  C.  Thompson,  D.D 25  00 

Hamilton,  Rev.  B.  F.,  D.D.,  by 

A.  McLean 2500 

Hifirhalnd,  A  Friend,  W.,  for  Salary 

Fund 100  00 

Shawmut,  add*I,  by  W.  A.  Chapin 2  50 

South,  Harlow,  Miss  C.  A 10  00 

South.  Harlow,  Miss  Florence 3  00 

Thayer,  M.  E.,  for  debt 50  00 

Brookline.  Belcher,  Miss  A.  T 30  00 

Harvard,  by  James  H.  Shapleigh 253  93 

Young  Ladies*  Benev.  Soc.,  by  J.  H. 

Shapleigh 50  00 

Buckland,  A  Friend 10  co 

Canton,  Morse,  Hon.  E.  A 900  00 

Concord,  Trinitarian,  \xy  Thomas  Todd  47  50 

Cummington  Village.  A  Friend 5  00 

Danvers,   First,  Junior  Christian   En- 
deavor Soc.,  by  Mrs.  R.  B.  French. . .  10  00 
Dedham,  First,  oy  Rev.  J.  B.  Seabury.  4  00 
Islington,  by  Rev.  W.  F.  Bickford ...  16  10 

Dennis.  West,  Anonymous i  00 

Douglas,  First,  by  Rev.  A.  B.  Peflfers,.  15  00 

Dudley,  by  C.  A.  Babcock 15  56 

Edgartown,  by  Miss  Florence  E.  May- 
hew 9  79 

Everett,  A  Friend  in  "  K  '' 1  00 

Fitchburg.  Davis,  The  Misses 7  00 

Foxboro,  Orthodox,  by  Horace  Carpen- 
ter   31  16 

Framingham,  Plymouth,  by  J.  H.  Tem- 
ple   4»  05 

SAZooville,  Edwards,  by  G.  H.  Tower  5  <» 


Greenwich,  Ladies*  Home  Miss.  Soc., 
by  Mrs.  S.  G.  Crowell : 
Thank-offering  for  C.  H.  M.  S.  debt  ; 

L.  M.  to  be  named  f  60  50 

Hampden  Benev.    Association, 
by  Geo    R.  Bond,  Treas.  : 

A  Friend $10  00 

Chicopee,  Second  . .   . .   32  38 

Ludlow,  First 16  01 

South  Hadley  Falls 956 

Springfield,  First 75  00 

Hope 2800 

Olivet 3100 

South >37  43 

339  38 

Hanson,  by  I.  C.  Howland 5  39 

Hatfield,  by  Alpheus  Cowles  (of  which 
S3  from  one  S.  S.  Class),  Special  for 

debt 53  00 

Haverhill,  North,  by  E.  P.  Wcntworth.        200  00 

Holland,  Bissell,  Rev.  Oscar 5  00 

Hvde  Park.  W.  H.  M.  Union  (of  which 
f25  special),  by  Mrs  M.  Clark,  Treas.. 
to  const.  Mrs.  C.  L.  Perry  a  L.  M.  of 

C.H.M.S 75  00 

Ipswich,  First,  by  N.  R.  Farley 40  00 

Lend-a-hand  Soc.,  by  Mrs.  E.  Con- 
stant   6  00 

V.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Henry  C.  Warner.  1  70 

South,  by  Rev.  T,  F.  Waters 51  xo 

Lakeville,  Precinct,  by  T.  P.  Paull  75  00 

Leicester,  Denny,  Chas.  A.  and  Caroline 

W.,  $25  each 50  00 

Lenox,  North,  S.  S.,  by  E.  C.  Carter 500 

Leominster,  by  A.  O.  Wilder 63  12 

Leverett.  First,  by  S.  K.  Field 2a  45 

Lowell.  A.  B.  S  500 

Lynn,  Chestnut  St..  Breed  Y.  P.  S.  C. 

E,  by  R.  S.  Watson    1000 

Maiden.  Linden,  S.  A.  D i  00 

Medford.  Cummings,  Charles,  to  const. 
W.   M.    Macomber  and  George  P. 

Chapin  L.  Ms xoo  00 

South.  Union,  by  N.  P.  Richardson  . .         35  00 
Jr.  Christian  End.  Soc.,  by  Mrs.  E. 

P.  Dean  7  33 

Milford,  by  George  G.  Cook,  special. . .         50  00 


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Millbiiry,  Putnam,  Mrs.  Louisa  S $40  00     Sturbridge,  Rice,  Rev.  A.  M 


Second,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  A.  Annsby . 
Monta^^e,  Turner's  Falls,  First,  by  D. 

M.  Eiowman 

Montreal,    Canada,  Williams,    Charles 

T.  and  Ella  F.  M 

Nantucket,  First,  by  Mrs.  C.  H.  Rule.. 
Newbury,  First,  by  Edward  Perkins  . . 
Newbury|X)rt,  North,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,by 

Chas.  D.  Ackerman 

Newton,  Aubumdale,  addM,  by  C.  C. 
Burr 

Center,  Maria  B.  Furber  Miss.   Soc., 

by  Emilie  F.  Hunter 

Norfolk  Co.   Conf.,    by  M.  S.  Vininf^, 
Treas 

Union,  by  W.  E.  Mann ...     

North  Andovcr,  by  J.  S.  5)anbom,  to 

const.  Rev.  H.  E.  Barnes  a  L.  M.  of 

C.  H.  M.  S 

Northbridge,  Whitinsville,  by  Edward 

Whitin 1,025  69 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Edward  Whitin. . . .  4  55 

Whitin,  Miss  Annie  L.,  for  debt  of  C. 
H.M.S 

Whitin,  Arthur  F.,  for  debt  of  C.  H. 
M.S 

Whitin,  Edward 

Whitin,  W.  H.,  Estate  of 

North  Easton.  Swede,  by  William  Berg. 

Norwood,  A  Friend,  R 

Oakham,  by  Wm.  S.  Crawford 

Reading,  by  S.  G.  B.  Pearson 

Revere,  Beachmont,   Union  Evan.,  Y. 

P.  S.  C.  E.,by  D.  D.  Kimball 

Rochester,  by  George  B.  Haskell 


xa  30     Townsend,  by  J.  W.  Eastman 

Upton.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,by  Leor»  M.Taft. 

92  64     Walpole,  East,  by  Rev.  W.  F.  Bickford. 

Waltham,  Trinitarian,  by  T.  W.  Temple. 

50  00     Ware,  East.  Rugg.  Addison 

z  00     WeUeslev  Hills.   Special,  by  L.  V.  N. 

20  13        Peck,  for  C.  H.  M.  S.. 

West  Brookfield,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Mrs. 
20  00        H.  R.  Crowed,  for  Rev.  W.  H.  Wat- 
son, Red  Lodge,  Mont 

5  cx>     West  Newbury,  First,  by  H.  M.  Good- 
rich   

15  00     Weymouth    and    Braintree,  Union,  by 

J.  L.  Delano 

30  00        South,  Union,  by  H.  B.  Reed 

zo  00     Whitcomb,  David,  fund.  Income  of .   . .  ■ 
Winchester,  First,  by  Eben  Caldwell . . 
Windsor,  by  I.  W.  Nichols,  Taft  Thank- 
offering  

Worcester,    Union,    Extra-Cent- a-Day 
Band,  by  Miss  H.  T.  Boardman,  for  C. 

Yarmouth,  First,  by  E.  D.  Payne 

Woman^s  Home  \liss.  Associa- 
tion, by  Miss  M.  L.  Wood- 
bury, Asst.  Treas. : 

Grant $to  00 

Greenwich  Auxiliary 20  la 

Rosbury,  Wal.  Ave.  Aux., 
for     Rev.      Saml.     Deakin, 

Co  wles.  Neb 37  00 

Somerville,  Broadway  Aux., 
for  Italian  Work,  Bos- 
ton        10  00 


$5 

00 

X4 

10 

10 

00 

6 

95 

z8 

97 

5 

00 

too 

00 

70  00 


500 

90  00 

3"  >5 
aai  S4 
250  00 
250  00 

844 


6  00 
50  00 


100  c» 

200  00 

500  00 

500  00 

7  00 

5  00 

24  cx> 

25  00 


Salem,  Tabernacle,  by  Jos.  H.  Phippcn 

Shelburne  Falls,  L.  M 

Shrewsbury,  by  Henry  Harlow 

Springfield,    Emmanuel,    by  H.   V.  R. 
Schermerhorn 


5  00 
13  00 

20  50 
5  00 
2u  00      IIoMK  Missionary 

12  72 


77  " 


$8,318  62 
4  20 

$8,322  82 


Donations  of  Clothing ^   etc.,   recfiiu-J  and  reported  at  the  rooms  of  the    Woman  s  Home 
Missionary  Association  in  May,  1S94.     Miss  A.\na  A.    I'ICKENS,   Secretary 


Boston,  Park  St.  Ch.,  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  E. 

Smith,  barrel 

Bradford,  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  J.  H.  Bird, 

barrel 

Brookline.  Harvard  Ch.,  Ladies,  by 
Mrs.  F.  H.  Williams,  box 

Box 


Providence,  R.  L,  Central  Ch.,  Aux.,  by 

$5ci  cx>  Mrs.  T.  B.  St(x:kwcll,  box $194  75 

Cash,  $20 ;  two  boxes 139  95 

«/j  00         Union  Ch.,    Ladies,    by  Miss    Anna 
Williams,  barrel 


314  43         Pilj^im  Ch.,  StKrial  Circle,  by  Mrs. 

212  40  James  M.  Dickson,  barrel 

Box 2.vi  00     Roxbury,  Walnut  Ave.  Ch.,  Ladies,  by 

Box 84  57         Mrs.  C.  R.  Aldrich,  package 

1150  24      Taunton.  Trinitarian  Cong'lCh.,  Ladies. 

by  Mrs.  M.  P.  Swinerton.  box 

150  00     Westficld,  .Second  Cong.  Ch..  Aux.,  by 
Mrs.  Henry  Hooker,  barrel 


Box  and  barrel . 
Cambridt^e,  Prospect   St.   Ch..    Ladies, 
by  Mrs.  C.  C.  Nichols,  barrel  . 
Shepard  Mem.  Ch.,    Ladies,  by  Mrs. 

S.  L.  Hall,  two  biirrels M»  50     Winchester.  XVestcrn  M.  S.,  by  Mrs.  J. 

Canton,    King's    Daughters,    by    Mi.ss  I*.  Boutwell.  barrel 


Marion  Pitman,  freight  and  Ih)x 1 1  85 

Dedham.  L.  B.  S,  by  Mrs.  A.  T.  Wight, 

cash,  $10  :  barrel 84  77 

Fitchburg,  C.   C.   Church.   Ladies,   by 

Mrs.  C.  M.  Parker,  barrel 60  25 

Hinsdale.  L.  B.  S.,  by  Mrs.  C.  J.  Kit- 

tredge,  barrel 0264 

Lowell,  Kirk  St.  Ch.,  L.  M.  S.,  by  Mrs. 

A.  W.  Patterson,  box dq  i  i 


Worcester,  Union  Ch.,  Ladies,  by  Mrs. 

E.  M.  Siblev,  barrel 

Central  Ch.,  L.  B.  S.,  by  Mi.ss  Abbie 

L.  Svveetser,  cash,  $26  :  barrel 

W.  H.  M.  A.  Rooms,  by  Mrs  Wm.  T. 
Shapleigh  i$28  by  Kliot  Ch.,  Roxbury), 
barrel  


96  07 
32  26 
25  c» 
6508 
62  68 

65  99 
57  00 
53  64 

4864 


MISSIONARY   SOCIETY  OF    CONNECTICUT 


Receipts  of  the  Missionary  Society  of  Connecticut  in  May,  1S94.     Ward  W.  JACOBS, 

Treasurer 


Derby,  First,  by  L.  Hubbell 

East  Lyme,  by  Dea.  (jecrgc  Griswold, 

for(  .  H.  M.  S 

East  W^indsor.  Broad   Brook,  by  S.  B. 

Adams,  for  C.  H .  M.  S 

Franklin,  by  Rev.  II.  E.  Hart 


$22  50     Griswold,  "Friends,  K.xtra.'"  for  C.  H. 

M.  S 

5  <.x)     Hartford,   Pearl  Street,  by  William  A. 

Willard 

720         Wind.sor  Avenue,   by  Hart  Talcott. . 
3  (lo     Naugatuck,  by  Ellen  Spencer 


$17  00 

53  09 

27  50 

too  00 


July.  1894 


The  Home  Missionary 


209 


New  Canaan,  by  H.  B.  Rogers,  for  C. 

H.  M.  S $3300 

Norwalk,  East  Norwalk,  Swedish,  by 

Rev.  Oscar  Lindesrren  3  50 

Old  Saybrook,  by  Robert  Chapman  ...  27  70 

ForC.  H.  M.  S 27  70 

Plainficld,  by  Walter  Kingslcy,  for  C. 

H.  M.  S 1325 

Southington,  by  J.  F.  Pratt 4  96 

Vernon,    RockviUe   Union,  by  H.   L. 

James 8389 

Warren,  by  Robert  Swift,  for  C.H.M.S.  31  07 

Waterbury,  Second,  by  B.  G.  Bryan...  605  54 
Winchester,  West  Winstead,  by  John 

Hinsdale 11  50 


W.  C.  H.  M.  U.  of  Connecticut, 
Mrs.  W.  W.  Jacobs,  Treas. : 
Hartford,     First,     by     Mrs. 

Cooley $1000 

East  Hartford,   First,  Auxil- 
iary          3  00 

Newineton,  Auxiliary 60 

East  Haven,  Auxiliary i  10 

Putnam,   Auxiliary,  by  Miss 

Hattie  E.  Clarke 1930 

Milford,  Plymouth,  Auxiliary, 
by  Miss  Meda  J.  Sparks. . . .      19  00 


$53  00 


$1,130  40 


ILLINOIS    HOME     MISSIONARY    SOCIETY 

Receipts  of  the  Illinois  Home  Missionary  Society   in   April  and  May^    1894. 

Aaron  B.  Mead,  Treasurer 


Albion,  Wanboro  Ch.,  Rev.  Wm.  Curtis. 

Anna,  First 

Aurora,  New  England,  Dr.  Sturtevant. 

Avon 

Big  Rock 

Blooming^n 

BcMiz 

Chesterfield.  Will  Duckies 

Chicago,  First,  J.   L.   Woodcock,  $25; 

Ladies*  Benev.  Soc..  $50 

New  England,  "F.,"  for  the  debt  .     . 

Bethany 

Lincoln  Park 

Union  Park  (Mrs.  E.  O.  Hills,  $1)... 

Millard  Avenue 

Ravenswood 

Bnglewood,  North 

Forestvillc,  Mrs.  J.  H .  Wilson 

Zion 

Cbillicothe 

Crete 

Dongola,  J.  D.  Benton 

I>undee,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 

Earlville,  J.  A.  D v. 

glbum    

Hlgin.  First 

Hlmi«rood 

Hvanston 

Oarden  Prairie 

Origgsvillc,  S .  S 

Hamilton,  Charles  Grubb 

Hillsboro 

Vlinsdale 

{oy  Prairie,  Lyman  F.  Joy 
Ce  wanee 

La  Harpe 

Marine 

Marseilles  (J.  Q.  Adams,  f2s) 

Scandinavians 

Mattoon 

Milburn 

Mori  ison,  William  Wallace 

Mound  City 

Neponset,  Orrcn  Hasard 


Normal,  First 

Oak  Park,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  M.  Noyes. 

Odell 

Oglesby,  E.  T.  and  H.  A.  Bent 

Payson 

Peoria,  First 

Plymouih 

Union 

North 

Avcryville 

Princeton,  Mrs.  S.  C.  Clapp 


$a 

00 

s 

00 

10 

00 

27 

08 

5  04 

8 

24 

25 

x6 

3 

00 

75 

00 

JOO 

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2 

00 

5 

50 

232  09 

22 

80 

II 

10 

00 

3 

00 

M 

00 

I 

00 

35 

"5 

00 

20 

00 

75 

00 

10 

00 

300 

00 

I 

50 

230  27 

5 

50 

8 

40 

5 

00 

19  50 

65 

97 

25 

00 

55 

60 

17 

cx> 

11 

20 

67 

06 

I 

00 

28 

21 

9 

00 

5 

00 

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5 

00 

5 

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25 

00 

29 

00 

10 

00 

15 

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Providence %yk  00 

Quincy.  First  Union 32"  48 

Kidgeland 36  96 

Rock  Falls,  S.  S 300 

Rogers  Park,  Young  People's  Society. .  5  00 

Roscoe 90  85 

Saunemin.  Mrs.  Mary  E.  Knowlton t  00 

Savanna,  Miss  Fanny  Olds 10  00 

Seneca,  Scandinavians 4  00 

Sterling,  S.  S 16  40 

Sycamore.  T.  H.  Rogers 100  00 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  D.  A.  Symc 75  00 

Thoraasboro,  "  R." 5  00 

Villa  Ridge 4  15 

Wauponsie,  Scandinavians i  49 

Western  Springs,  S.  S 5  00 

Winnctka 20  80 

Woman's    Home   M  issionary 
Union  ; 
Chicago.  Leavitt  St.  ($2.50  for 

Mr.  Rybar» $14  99 

Ravenswood 4  00 

Covenant 4  00 

Forestville 5  00 

Greenville    (Mission     Band, 

$5.  io> 8  10 

Griggsvillc,  Y.  P.  M.  Soc.   ...      40  00 
Hinsdale,  Y.  P.  M.  Soc.   (for 
M  iss  Salava) 25  00 

ioy  Prairie 16  80 
f cLcan    7  00 

Moline,  First 24  43 

Oak  Park 30  50 

Paj^son 10  00 

guincy 75  00 
ockford,  First  (S40   in   sup- 
port of  Rev.  W.  H.  Wat- 
son ) 50  00 

Second  ($118.75  •'*  support 

of  Rev.  W.  H.  Watson).     120  75 
Mrs.  Julia  P.  Warren  (in 
support  of   Rev.   L.   E. 

Camficld) 100  00 

Mrs.  C.  E.  Latimer 1  00 

504  57 

Misses  Grace  and  Gertrude  Wyckoff, 

Pang  Chuang,  China 16  00 

Rev.  Arthur  Smith,  Pang  Chuang, China  50  co 

For  evangelistic  support 95  94 

Mrs.  S.  B.  Howard 2  c» 

Miss  M.  Ella  Kelley i  00 

A  Friend  in  Southern  Illinois 60  83 

Interest  on  invested  funds 60  00 


$3%5W  TO 


J 


2IO 


The  Home  Missionary 


July.  1894 


MICHIGAN  CONGREGATIONAL  ASSOCIATION 

Receipts  of  the  Michigan  Congregational  Association   in  April  and  May^  1^94*     Rev. 

John  P.  Sanderson,  7'reasurer 


Benzooia,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E. 

Bethel 

Butternut    

Calumet,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 

Carson  City 

Carsonville 

Central  Lake 

Columbus 

Coral  

Detroit,  First 

East  Pairis 

Ellsworth 

Ewcn 

Grand  Rapids,  South . . . 
Leslie,  Second 


$685 

15  50 

I  65 

60  00 

7 

00 

3 

00 

2  15 
8  8a 

I 

116 

8 

00 

3 

6 

II 

10 
00 
68 

5 

00 

Onekama 

Owosso , 

Picrport 

Pleasanton 

Red  Jacket,  S.  S 

St.  Clair , 

Tipton,  Dea.  Edwin  Cook. , 

Wheatland 

Whittaker 

A  Friend 

RefundedbyC.  H.  M.  S... 

W.  H.  M.  U.,  by  Mrs.  E 

Treas 


F.  GrabiU, 


$a 

00 

30 

00 

9 

55 

3 

so 

9 

00 

3' 

00 

10  00 

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00 

a 

60 

z 

00 

1.07s  70 

235 

00 

$1,676  86 


IOWA  HOME   MISSIONARY  SOCIETY 

Receipts  of  the  Iowa   Home  Afissionar)'  Society    in   Aprils   1894.      J.    H.    MERRILL, 

7yeasurer 


CHUKCHES 

Alton $S  «> 

Ames,  add'l 9  35 

Anita 4  ^5 

Atlantic 127  40 

Aurclia  . .       a  44 

Avoca 2936 

German 5  00 

Baxter 15  00 

Beacon 7  <x> 

Bear  Grove 20  cx) 

Belle  Plainc 10  90 

Bellevue 5  00 

Belmond 2  00 

Berwick 1 1  61 

Blairsburg^ 21  31 

Britt 10  00 

Swedish i  00 

Buffalo  Center i  00 

Cass,  add'l i  00 

Castana 11  72 

Cedar  Falls 30  00 

Center 5  »o 

Central  City jo  00 

Chapin 10  00 

Charles  City,  Ch.  and  Soc 62  37 

Chester  Center 3  00 

Cincinnati 1700 

Clear  Lake 46  20 

College  Sprines,  add'l 11  00 

Correctionvillc  6  50 

Cresco 5  25 

Cromwell 25  87 

Danville i  ^  75 

Davenport,  Edwards 86  35 

German 510 

Dccorah 29  5° 

Des  Moines,  Easton  Place i  00 

German 8  00 

North  Park i  25 

Pilgrim 1 3  95 

Plymouth 41  74 

Dinsdale 500 

Dubuque,  First 94  68 

Dunlap 477s 

Earlville 1160 

Eddy villc 6  00 

Eldon 2145 

Eldora 40  00 

Elkhorn 4  20 

Exira  11  00 


Fairfax $x  00 

Fairfield 33  60 

Farnhamville xo  34 

Farragut  49  7« 

Fontanelle 14  88 

Forest  City 15  00 

Franklin 3  35 

Garden  Prairie 25  00 

Gatesville 89  00 

Gilman 26  45 

Glen  wood 19  66 

Gomer 17  00 

Gowrie xa  55 

Grand  River a  90 

Green  Island 21  75 

Green  Mountain 27  17 

Grinncll,  Easter  Offering 7  78 

Hampton 28  33 

Harlan 37  40 

Harmony 6  14 

Hebron 5  ^ 

Hickory  Grove 4  x6 

Hinton 136 

Humboldt 53  5© 

Iowa  City 79  55 

Iowa  Falls 4  8a 

Keck 5  30 

Kellogg 25  40 

Keokuk 53  00 

Keusauqua 46  35 

Lakeside 5  00 

Lake  View 3  08 

Lamoille 25  00 

Larch  wood ai  00 

Ledyard x  00 

LeNiars 40  00 

Lewis ^9** 

Logan 3985 

Luzerne 4  00 

Madison  Co.,  First ao  00 

Magnolia 17  00 

Manson 69  46 

Marshalltown 48  50 

Mason  City 44  2a 

Milford 550 

Mitchell a  09 

Mitchell viUe 45  66 

Mondamin 9  45 

Monona 3  50 

Monticello 47  aS 

Muscatine,  First 51  9> 


July,   1894 


The  Home  Missionary 


Nashua 

Nevinville 

Newberff 

NewcU 

New  Hampton,  German. 

Niles 

Nora  Springs 

Ocheyedan  

Onawa 

Orchard 

Orient 

Oskaloosa 

Otho 

Ottumwa,  Second 

Swede 

Owen*s  Grove 

Perry 

Pilgrim 

Pleasant  Grove 

Polk  City 

Po«tville 

Pre^on 

Ouasqueton 

Red  5ak 

Reinbeck 

Rockf  ord 

Rock  Rapids 

Rockwell 

Rowen,  First 

Runnells 

Sargent's  Bluff 

Shell  Rock  

Shenandoah 

Silver  Creek 

Sioux  City,  First 

German 

Mayflower 

Sioux  Rapids 

Spencer 

Stillwater 

Strawberry  Point,  addM . 

Stuart 

Tabor 

Traer 

Victor 

Walnut 

Wayne 

Webster 

Webster  City 

Wentworth 

Wesley,  Swede 

Westport 

Whiting 

Winthrop 

Wittembierg 


w.  H.  M.  u. 

Alden.  L.  M.  S 

Algona,  L.  M.  S 

Almoral,  L.  M.  S 

Alpha,  L.  M.  S 

Ames,  L.  S.  and  H.  M .  S 

Anamosa,  W.  M.  S 

Anita*  W^.  M.  S 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  Easter  offering. 
Avoca 

Mrs.  J.  W.  Davis 

Belle  Plaine,L.  M.  S 

S.  S. 


Jr.  y.  P.  S.  C.  E.. 
ig 


fgRock,  W.  H.  M.  U 

orlinfton,  W.  H.  M.  U 

^ar  Rapids,  L.  M.  S.,  Self-denial  meet- 
ing  

ntralCity,  L.  M.  S 

apin,  L.  H.  M.  S 

wes  City 

irokce,  L>.  H.  M.  S 

«ter  Center.  W.  H.  M.  U 

too,  L>.  M<  S. 


$40 

66 

34  70 

39 

50 

26 

00 

4  90 

15 

00 

II 

25 

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43 

30 

7  70 

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61 

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14  35 

57  43 

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00 

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4 

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38 

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X 

00 

$3,678 

92 

16 

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9 

50 

7 

00 

5 

00 

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35 

7 

50 

5 

00 

10 

00 

3 

00 

10 

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8 

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40 

10 

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77 

25 

33 

08 

6 

50 

I 

25 

11 

cx> 

65 

4 

80 

ling,  W.  M.  S 


Easter  offering. 


13  26 

781 

18  19 


Council  Bluffs,  L.  M.  S | 

L.  M.  S.,  Easter  offering 

Cresco,  L.  A.  S » 

Creston,  Pilgrim  Ch.,  L.  H.  M.  S 1 

Danville.  L.  S a 

Miss  Ida  Mix 5 

Burt  Mix 5 

Mary  Seymour x 

Mrs.  Rowley x 

Davenport,  Ladies 31  > 

Y.P.S.C.E ij  . 

Mrs.  M.WiUis sc 

Denmark,  L.  H.  M.  S X7  o 

Des  Moines,  Pilgrim  W.  M.  S 30 

Pilgrim  S.  S 3  oc 

Plymouth  W.  M.  S 45  X7 

Plymouth  W.  M.  S.,  Easter  offering. . .  aa  56 

Plymouth  Rock 38  00 

Plymouth,  Easter  offering 8  00 

Dubuque,  W.  M.  S 48  50 

Dunlap,  W.  M.  S 53  00 

Mission  Band 4  00 

Eldora,  L.  M.  S 30  00 

S.  S a  43 

Mrs.  C.  McDuren x  00 

Emmettsburg,  L.  M.  S 35  00 

Fairfield,  Ladies 30  50 

Farragut.  W.  M.  S 8  95 

Fort  Dodge.  L.  M.  S aa  xo 

Gilman,  L.  H.  M.  S 3  00 

Grinnell,  W.  H.  M.  U 64  33 

W.  H.  M.U.,  Easter  offering 6500 

Ladies*  Social 50  00 

L.  B.  S XI  00 

Mrs.  J.  B.  Grinnell 35  00 

Boys  and  Girls'  H.  M.  Army 9  9a 

Hampton,  L.  M.  S aj  00 

Iowa  City,  W.  H.  M.  U 700 

Iowa  Falls,  L.  H.  M.  S 16  08 

Y.P.S.C.  E a  13 

iewell  Junction,  W.  M.  S xo  00 

[eck,  L.  A.  S 4  00 

Kellogg,  L.  M.  S 4  00 

Keosauqua,  W.   M.  S..  for  Bohemian 

Mission 34  00 

Lansing  Ridge,  Ger.  W.  M.  S 5  00 

Lawler,  Mrs.  Crandall 4  00 

Le  Mars,  L.  M .  S 31  85 

Lewis,  L.  M.  S 9  75 

Lyons,  L.  M .  S 8  25 

Magnolia.  W.  M.  S i  50 

Manchester 78  8a 

Marion.  L.  M.  S 30  00 

Marshalltown.  W.  M.  S 3a  00 

Mason  City,  W.  M.  S....   6  73 

McGrejfor,  W.  M.  S 15  xo 

A  Friend a  00 

Midland,  Ladies 6  50 

Miles,  W.  M.  S a  60 

Monticello,  W.  H.  M.  U 35  00 

Mt.  Pleasant,  L.  B.  and  L.  M.  S 17  38 

Sunday-school 4  10 

Newell,  W.  M.  S 3  00 

New  Hampton 25  00 

Newton,  Wittemburg  Ch.,  V.  P.  S.  C.  E.  x  00 

Mrs.  McElroy's  Sunday-school  class  .  68 

New  York,  W.M.S 5  00 

Nora  Springs,  Misfion  Circle 7  00 

For  Evangelist  Packard 5  00 

Ogden,  W.M.S 6  00 

Old  Man's  Creek,  H.  and  F.  M.  S 300 

Onawa,  W.  M.  S 6  75 

S.  S.  birthday  box 76 

Osage,  W.  M.  S 40  40 

Ottumwa,  W.  M.  U 13  83 

Postville,  L.  M.  S xo  00 

Prairie  City,  Ladies 4  35 

Red  Oak,  M.  S 10  00 

Mrs.  B.  B.  Clark 500 

Rockford,  L.  M.  S 15  45 

Rock  Rapids,  Ladies 507 

Rockwell,  W.M.S 13  00 

Little  Helpers 7  00 


212 


The  Home  Missionary 


July,  1894 


Rodney,  L.  A.  S  $300 

Salem,  W.  M.  S n  «o 

Stienandoah,  W.  M.  S 3183 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 500 

Sberrill 8  00 

Sibley.  W.M.U 1  15 

Sioux  Rapids.  L.  M.  S 495 

Spencer,  W.  H.  M.  U 400 

Strawberry  Pbint,  W.  M.  S 4  db 

Stiiart,L.  H.  and  F.  M.  S 700 

Tabor,  W.  H.  M.  S 1835 

Toledo,  W.M.S 432 

Traer.  W.  M.  S 550s 

S.  S 5  00 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  C 500 

Waterloo,  L.  M.  S ao  10 

Wayne.  L.  M.  S 600 

Webftter  City,  W.  M.  S a4  00 

Wentworth,  LJulies 3  00 

Whiting,  Ladies s  00 

Winthrop,  W.  H.  M.  S 1435 

Y.  P.  S.C.  E I  Sb 

Jr.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E X  00 

From  Undesignated  Fund 33779 

$a,i6a  77 

SUNDAY-SCHOOLS 

Alden   $5  00 

Alvord X  59 

Ayoca x  70 

Basaett 56 

Belmond i  60 

Big  Rock 3  00 

Bnlt 1  as 

Buffalo  Center i  00 

Charles  City 13  10 

Cherokee 5  00 

Cincinnati a  35 

Clear  Lake 5  00 

Clinton,  Birthday  offering 8  38 

Cromwell 6  70 

Davenport,  Edwards 10  00 

German 4  42 

Denmark 5  00 

Des  Moines,  PI vmouth 50  00 

Mrs.  Rawson  s  class as  00 

De  Witt 3  00 

Dtnsdalc 2  00 

Dubuque,  First 4  85 

Dunlap 3  60 

Exira 2  87 

Fairfax , 5  00 

Fairfield 5  cx> 

Easter  offering; 7  38 

Fontanellc 10  12 

Forest  City a  00 

Oilman 555 

Cowrie 33 

Green  Mountain 232 

Grinncll ag  75 

Hampton >3  25 

Harlan 5  00 

Hickory  Grove 5  00 

Humboldt a8  c» 

Ionia 5  00 

Iowa  Falls i  30 

Kingslcy 2  35 

Le  Mars 1000 

Lyons 10  00 

M^anchcster 733 

Manihalltown 14  50 

Mason  villc i  15 

Milford 4  00 

Mitchell 6  00 

Mitchellvillc 130 

Montour 717 

Primary  class 75 

Nashua 2  55 

Newton »5  74 

Osage 50  00 

Oskalcfosa 1500 

Rev.  Mr.  Holman's  class 10  ou 


Ottumwm,  Fint $10  00 

Perry 5  00 

Pleasant  Grove. 100 

Polk  City 500 

Prairie  City 400 

RcdOak 1698 

Claai  Na  13.  in  memory  (rf  Carl  Benuu 

and  Will  Henman. 300 

Reinbeck 1000 

Rockford 13  00 

Rockwell. 500 

Rodney i  as 

Salem 3  00 

Sheldon 5  00 

SbeURock x  30 

Shenandoah a  00 

SherriU a  00 

SkmxCity.  First 7  as 

Sioux  Rapid! too 

Sloan 883 

Strawberry  Point. 5  as 

Stuart XX  ai 

Toledo 507 

Webater 500 

Y.  P.  a.  c.  m. 

Ames,  Junior $1000 

Avoca  3  4S 

Bellevue x  50 

Buffalo  Center z  00 

Cedar  Rapids. *.  5  00 

Charles  City ay  00 

Cherokee s  «> 

Chester  Center 350 

Cincinnati a  00 

Clay 500 

Clinton 7  00 

Des  Moines,  Plymouth as  00 

Dc  Witt 500 

Forest  City i  00 

Gamer,  for  N.  L.  Packard a  25 

Glenwood a  ao 

Green  Mountain 5  00 

Grinnell 10  00 

Harlan 10  00 

Hawarden 4  00 

Kalo a  IX 

Lewis 3  00 

Junior a  00 

Manchester 8  S5 

Junior 385 

Marshalltown  438 

Mason  Citv.  for  N.  L.  Packard xo  00 

Milos,  for  N.  L.  Packard s  <» 

Montour 5  00 

Newton XO  89 

Ogden s  00 

Onawa x  70 

Osage s  00 

Perry s  00 

Junior 5  00 

Red  Oak xo  00 

Rockwell 5  00 

Salem 5  00 

Sioux  City.  First a  93 

Strawberry  Point 6  00 

Stuart 6  38 

Junior 5  00 

Victor a  xo 

Washta 5  00 

Whiting X  64 

Safe  43 

PSKSONAL 

Allison,  Mrs.  I.  M.  Fisher $s  00 

Ames.  Rev.  F.  J.  Douglass 500 

Boone.  Rev.  B.  C.  Tillitt xo  00 

Brighton,  Harry  Ingham x  00 

Ceoar  Rapids.  Bethany,  L.  W.  W xo  00 

Charles  City,  H.  C.  Raymond is  00 


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Cherokee.  F.  E.  Wbitmore,  for  Evan- 
gelist Rev.  D.  E.  Skinner,  Sioux  As- 
sociation   

Mrs.  E.  C.  Chick 

R.  H.  Scribner 

Rev.  D.  E.  Skinner 

Clay,  F.  T.  Townsend 

Comincr,  *'  Personal  donation  " 

Carl  Beman's  purse 

Council  Bluffs.  '*  Business  man  ** 

Des  Moines,  Pilgrim.  Rev.  CD  

V.  P.  Twombly 

Plymouth.  E.  S.  Miller 

Rev.  A.  L.  Frisbie 

E.  P.  Douglass 

Dr.  C.W.  Baton 

Doon,  Rev.  H.  W.  Mercer 

Downey,  D.  O.  Goodrich 

Dubuque,  First,  "  Personal  " 

Grinnell,  Mrs.  J.  M.  Brewer 

Rev.  T.  O.  DNouglass 

A.  Mcintosh 

Mrs.  L.  N.  Sherman 

Rev.  C.  A.  Towle 

Harlan,  F.  Gooding 

Hazel  Green,  B.  A.  Woodward 

Iowa  Falls.  Robert  Wright 

Kingsley,  Rev.  M.  Albert 

Miles,  Rev.  Edward  Kimball 

Montour,  Rev.  Henry  Avery 

Rev.  R.  M.  Tenney 

Mt.  Pleasant,  Rev.  O.  W.  Rogers 

Nevinville 

Newell,  D.  C.  Miller 

Ocbeyedan,  Rev.  L.  R.  Fitch 

Osage,  Mrs  Elizabeth  Moreland 

J.  A.  Smith 

Ottumwa,  First,  Rev.  L.  F.  B 

Pilgrim.  H.  W.  Perrigo 

Rcmbeck,  "  A  Friend  " 

Rock  Rapids,  J.  K.  P.  Thompson 

Salem,  "Personal'* 


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Rev.  J.  M.  Cummings 5  00 

Shenandoah,  A.  S.  Lake 5  00 

Silver  Creek,  I.  M.  Reeds 10  00 

Toledo.  Rev.  J.  B.  Chase 5  <x) 

Traer,  Mrs.  N.  H.  Porterfield xo  (x> 

Washta.  *' Individual  Cash  *' 100 

Rev.  A.  A.  Baker 200 


MISCELLANEOUS 

Berwick,  rent    

Cedar  Rapids,  rent 

Bulgaria,  George  D.  Marsh 


$6oa  66 


$1  00 

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Waterloo,  Harriet  T.  Judd $200  00 

$7,502  30 

MINISTERIAL  RELIEF  FUND 

Belle  Plalne,  Ch $200 

Cass,  Ch 214 

Des  Moines.  Plymouth  Ch 20  00 

Emmettsburg,  Ch 400 

Iowa  City,  Ch 500 

Keokuk,  Ch 63s 

Dubuque.  First  S.  S 378 

Emmetisburg,  S.  S 300 

Council  Bluns  Association 23  60 

Denmark  Association 87s 

Grinnell  Association 914 

Northwestern  (or  Webster  City)  Asso- 
ciation    5  61 

Sioux  Association 3  90 


$97  27 


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CHURCHES 

l>es  Moines,  North  Park 

Fort  Atkinson 

Glenwood 

Oreenfield 

Grinnell 

Independence,  New  England 

Keokuk 

Lawler 

Linn  Grove 

Manson 

Mason  City 

Mitchellville 

Ottumwa,  First 

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Primgbar 

Riceville 

Tabor 

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Chester  Center 

College  Springs 

Iowa  Falls 

Linn  Grove 

Mason  City 

Old  Man's  Creek 

Primghar 

Sioux  City,  Trin.  German 


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Humboldt,  Junior 

Old  Man's  Creek 

Runnells,  Junior 


PERSONAL 

Des  Moines,  Rev.  R.  C.  Moulton 

J.  H.  Merrill 

Grinnell,  Rev.  T.  O.  Douglass... 

Lansing,  Rev.  And.  Kern 

Oldfield.  Asa  Turner  and  wife  . . . 
Red  Oak,  Mrs.  A.  Hcbard 


Rent  of  Stacy ville  Parsonage 


MINISTERIAL   RELIEF    FUND 


Anamosa,  S.  S 

Central  Association 

Davenport  Association. . . 

Dubuque  Ch..  First 

Dubuque  Association  . . . . 
Farragut,  W.  H.M.U.... 

Grinnell,  Ch 

Mitchell  Association 

Osage,  Ch 

Wentworth,  W.  H.  M.  U. 


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WOMAN'S    STATE    HOME     MISSIONARY 

ORGANIZATIONS 


I.  NEW   HAMPSHIRE 

FEMALE  CENT  INSTITUTION 

Org^anized  August,  1804 

and 

HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  June,  1890 


OFFICERS 

6.  MICHIGAN 

WOMAN^S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  May,  1881 

PretitUnt^  Mrs.  George  M.  Lane,  179  W.  Alexan- 
drine Ave.,  Detroit. 

Secretary^  Mrs.  J.  H.  Hatfield,  301  ElmJSt.,  Kala- 
mazoo. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  E.  F.  Grabill,  Gveenville. 


President y  Mrs.  Joseph  B.  Walker,  Concord. 
Secretary,  Mrs.  John  T.  Perry,  Exeter. 
Treasurer,  Miss  Annie  A.  McFarland,  196  Main 
St.,  Concord. 


a.  MINNESOTA 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  September,  1872 

President,   Miss  Catherine  W.  Nichols,  230  E.  9th 

St.,  St.  Paul. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  A.  P.  Lyon,  17  Florence  Court, 

S.  E.,  Minneapolis. 
Treasurer^  Mrs.  M.  W.  Skinner.  Northficld. 

3.  ALABAMA 

WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY   UNION 
Organized  March,  i8r7 
Reorganized  April,  1889 

President,   Mrs.  G.  W.  Andrews.  Talladega. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  T.  N.  Chase,  Selma. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  H.  S.  De  Forest,  Talladega. 


4.  MASSACHUSETTS    AND   RHODE 
ISLAND  * 

WOMAN'S  HOME    MISSIONARY  ASSOCIA- 
TION 

Organized  February,  1880 

President,  Mrs.  C  L.  Goodell,  The  Rochdale, 
Boston  Highlands. 

Secretary,  Miss  Anna  A.  Pickens,  32  Congrega- 
tional House.  Boston. 

Treasurer,  Miss  Sarah  K.  Burgess,  33  Congrega- 
tional House,  Boston. 


5.  MAINE 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  AUXILIARY 
Organized  June,  1880 

President,  Mrs.  Katherine  B.  Lewis.  So.  Berwick. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  Gertrude  H.  Dcnio.  168  Ham- 
mond St.,  Bangor. 

Treasurer,  ^\r%.  Rose  M.  ('rosby.  ^f^  Grove  St.. 
Bangor. 


7.  KANSAS 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October,  i88x 

President,  Mrs.  F.  J.  Storrs,  Topeka. 
Secretary,  Mrs.  Geoi^e  L.  Eppe,  Topeka. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  D.  D.  DeLong,  Arkansas  City. 

8.  OHIO 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  May.  i88a 

President,  Mrs    J.  G.  W.  Cowlcs,  417  Sibley  St., 

Cleveland. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  Flora  K.  Regal.  Oberlin. 
7'rr<w«rrr,  Mrs.  George   B.   Brown,  21 16  Warren 
St.,  Toledo. 

9.  NEW  YORK 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 
Organized  October,  1883 

President,  Mrs.  Wm.  Kincaid,  483  Greene  Ave., 

Brooklyn. 
Secretary,  Mrs.   Wm.  Sp>alding,  511  Orange  St., 

Syracuse. 
Treasurer, yirs.   J.   J.   Pearsall,  230  Macon    St., 

Brooklyn . 

10.  WISCONSIN 

WOMAN'S  HOME    MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  October,  1883 

President.  Mrs.  E.  G.  Updike.  Madison. 
Secretary,  Mrs.  A.  O.  Wright,  Madison. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  C.  M.  Blacxman,  Whitewater. 

II.  NORTH    DAKOTA 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  November,  1883 

/^resident.   Mrs.  W.  P.  Cleveland.  Caledonia. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  Silas  Daggett.  Harwood. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  J.  M.  Fisher,  Fargo. 


*  While  the  W.  H.  M.  A.  appears  in  the  above  li.st  as  a  State  body  for  Massachusetts  and  Rhode 
Island,  it  has  certain  auxiliaries  elsewhere. 


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».  OREGON 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  July,  1884 

President^  Mn.  John  Sommenrille,  S46  Washinf;^- 
ton  St.,  Portland. 

Secretary^  Mn.  Geo.  C.  Brownell,  Oregon  City. 

Treasurer^  Mrs.  W.  D.  Palmer,  283  4th  St.,  Port- 
land. 

13.  WASHINGTON 

Including  Northbkn  Idaho 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  July,  1884 

Reorganized  June,  1889 

President^  Mr«.  A.  J.  Bailey,  323  Blanchard  St., 

Seattle. 
Secretary,  Mr«.  W.  C.  Wheeler,  434  South  K  St.. 

Tacoma. 
Treetsnrery  Mrs.  J.  W.  George,  6ao  Fourth  Street, 

Seattle. 

14.  SOUTH   DAKOTA 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  September.  1884 

l^esidenty  Mrs.  A.  H.  Robbins,  Ashton. 
Secretary^   Mr».  W.  H.  Thrall,  Huron. 
T^etuurer^  Mrs.  F.  M.  Wilcox,  Huron. 

15.  CONNECTICUT 
WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  January,  1885 

^^e$identy  Miss  Ellen  R.  Camp,  9  Camp  St.,  New 

Britain. 
-Secretary,  Mr».  C.  T.    Millard,    36   Lewis   St., 

Hartford. 
Treasurer^  Mrs.  W.  W.  Jacobs,  19  Spring   St., 

Hartford. 

16.  MISSOURI 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  May,  1885 

Presidemt,   Mrs.  Henry  Hopkins,  916  Holmes  St., 

Kansas  City. 
Secretary y   Mrs.   E.   C  Ellis,  2456  Tracy  Ave., 

Kansas  City. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  K.  L.  Mills,  1526  Wabash  Ave., 

Kansas  City. 

17.  ILLINOIS 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  May,  1885 

President^  Mrs.  Isaac  Qaflin,  Lombard. 
Secretary,  Mrs.  C.  H.  Tauntor,  151  Washington 

St.,  Chicago. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  L.  A.  Field,  Wilmette. 

18.  IOWA 

WOMAN'S    HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  June,  1886 

President,  Mrs.  T.  O.  DouDrlass,  Grinncll. 
Secretary.  Mrs.  V.  H.  MuIleU.  Clinton. 
Tremsnrer^  Mias  Belle  L.  Bentley,  300  Court  Ave., 
Des  Moines,  ^ 


19.  CALIFORNIA 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY   SOCIETY 

Organized  October,  1887 

President,  Mrs.  E.  S.  Williams,  Pacific  Grove. 
Secretary,  Mrs.  L.  M.  Howard,  911  Grove  St., 

Oakland. 
Treasurer,  Mn.  J.  M.  Haven,  1329  Harrison  St., 

Oakland. 

so.  NEBRASKA 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Oi^anized  November,  1887 

President,  Mrs.  J.    T.   Duryea,    3403    Cass   St., 

Omaha. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  S.  C.   Dean,   636   So.    31st    St., 

Omaha. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  G.  J.   Powell.  30th  &  Ohio  Sts., 

Omaha. 

ai.  FLORIDA 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY    UNION 

Organized  February,  1888 

President,  Mrs.  S.  F.  Gale,  Jacksonville. 
Secretary,  Mrs.  Nathan  Barrows.  Winter  Park. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  W.  D.  Brown,  Interlachen. 

aa.  INDIANA 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY   UNION 
Organized  May,  1888 

President,  Mrs.  E.  C.  Bell,  221  Christian  Ave., 

Indianapolis. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  W.  E.  Mossman,  Fort  Wayne. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  F.  E.   Dewhurst,    28  Christian 

Ave.,  Indianapolis. 

33.  SOUTHERN  CALIFORNIA 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  May,  1888 

President,  Mrs.  Emma  Cash,  1658  Temple  St., 
I.0S  Ansreles. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  H.  K.  W.  Bent,  Box  442,  Pasa- 
dena. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  Mary  M.  Smith,  Prospect  Place, 
Riverside. 

34.  VERMONT 

WOMAN'S    HOME  MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  June,  1888 

President,  Mrs.  J.  H.  Babbitt,  West  Brattleboro. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  M.  K.  Paine,  Windsor. 
Treasurer, Mn.  Wm.   P.   Fairbanks,   St.  Johns- 
bury. 

35.  COLORADO 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October,  1888 

President,  Mrs.  J.  W.  Pickett.  White  Water. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  Charles  Wcstley,  Denver. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  S.  A.  Sawyer,  Boulder. 

36.  WYOMING 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October,  1888 

Reorganized  December,  189a 

President,  Mrs.  G.  S.  Ricker,  Cheyenne. 
Secretary,  Mrs.  W.  L.  Whipple,  Cheyenne. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  H.  N.  Sttt\Ui,iLocVL%v^"^"^!*!S^» 


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ay.  GEORGIA 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  November,  1888 

President^  Mrs.  H.  B.  Wey,  253  Forest  Ave., 
Atlanta. 

Secretary^  Mrs.  H.  A.  Kellam,  176  Ivy  St.,  At- 
lanta. 

Treasurer^  Miss  Virfj^inia  Holmes,  Barnesville. 

a8.  MISSISSIPPI 

WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  April,  1889 

President,  Mrs.  C.  L.  Harris,  1421  31st  Ave.,  Me- 
ridian. 

Secretary,   Miss  Edith  M.  Hall.  Tougaloo. 

Treasurer ^yirs.  L.  H.  Turner,  3112  12th  St.,  Me- 
ridian. 

39.  LOUISIANA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  April,  1889 

President,  Miss  Anna  F.  Condict,  490  Canal  St., 

New  Orleans. 
Secretary,   Miss   Emily  Nichols,   490  Canal   St., 

New  Orleans. 
Treasurer ^'M.rs.  C.  S.  Shattuck,  Welsh. 

30.   ARKANSAS,   KENTUCKY,  AND    TEN- 
NESSEE 
WOMAN'S    MISSIONARY   UNION  OF   THE 
CENTRAL  SOUTH    A.SSOCIATION 
Organized  April.  1889 

President,  Mrs.  Klla  S.  Moore,  Box  8,  Fisk  Uni- 
versity, Nashville,  Tenn. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  Jos.  E.  Smith.  304  Gilmer  St., 
Chattanooga,  Tenn. 

Treasurer,  h\n.  ].  E.  Moreland,  1 214  Grundy  St.. 
Nashville.  Tenn. 

31.  NORTH  CAROLINA 

WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October.  i88g 

President,  Mrs.  J.  W.  Freeman,  Dudley. 
Secretary    \ 

and         -Miss  A.  E.  Farrington.   High  Point. 
Treasurer,  ) 

32.  TEXAS 

WOMAN'S   HO.ME   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  March,  iSi;-* 

President,   Mrs.  J.  M.  Wendelkin.  Dallas. 
Secretary.    Mrs.  H.  F.  Burt,  Lock  Box  56^.  Dallas. 
Treasurer, yir^i.   C.    I.    5>C(iticld,    Lock    Box   220. 
Dallas. 

33.  MONTANA 

WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  May.  iScjo 

President,   Mrs.  O.  C.  Clark,  Missoula. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  W.  S.  Bell.   410  Dearborn  Ave., 

Helena. 
Tteasurer,  Mrs.  Herbert  E.  Jones,  Livingston. 

34.   PENNSYLVANIA 

WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  June.  iSt/o 

President,   Mrs.  A.  H.  Claflin.  .Allegheny. 
Secretary.    Mrs.  C.  F.  Yennie.  Ridgway. 
Tr^asurrr.  Mrs.  T.  W.  Jones.  51 1  VVoodlond  Ter- 
race, Philadelphia. 


as.  OKLAHOMA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October,  1890 

President,  Miss  M.  McConnell,  Guthrie. 
Secretary,  Mrs.  L.  E.  Kimball.  Guthrie. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  J.  H.  Parker,  Kingfisher. 

36.  NEW  JERSEY 

Incli;ding  Dlstrict  of  Columbia,  Maryland, 
AND  Virginia 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION  OF 
THE  NEW  JERSEY  ASSOCIATION, 

Organized  March,  1891 

President,  Mrs.  A.  H.  Bradford.  Montclair. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  W.  O.  Weedcn,  Ufpcr  Mont- 
clair. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  J.  H.  Denison,  150  Belleville  Ave., 
Newark. 

37.  UTAH 

Including  Southrrn  Idaho 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  May,  1891 
Reorganized  December.  1892 

/Wsidenf,    Mrs.   Clarence  T.    Brown,  Salt   I^ake 

City. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  W.  S.  Hawkes,  135  Sixth  St.,  E  . 

Salt  Lake  City.  . 
Treasurer.  Mrs.  Dana  W.  Bartlett,  Salt  I.^kc  City. 
Por  Idaho,  Mrs.  Oscar  Sonncnkalb,  Pocalello. 

38.  INDIAN  TERRITORY 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  April,  189a. 

President,    Mrs.  Fayette  Hurd,  Vinita. 
Secretary,    Miss  Louise  Graper.  Vinita. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Raymond,  Vinita. 

39.  NEVADA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October,  i8<;2 

President,    Mrs.  L.  J.  Flint,  Reno. 
Secretary.    Miss  Margaret  N.  Magill,  Reno. 
Treasurer,  Miss  Mary  Clow,  Reno. 

40.  NEW  MEXICO 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  November,  1892 

President,    Mrs.  C.  E.  Winslow,  Albuoucraue. 
Seifcttiry,    Mrs  E.  W.  Lewis,  301  So.  Edith  St., 

Albuqueroue. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  A.  W.  Jones,  Albuquerque. 

41.  BLACK  HILLS,  SO.  DAKOTA 

BLACK   HILLS  WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY 

UNION 

Organized  October,  1893 

President.    Mrs.  J.  B.  (vossage.  Rapid  City,  Black 

Hills,  South  Dakota. 
Secret.ny,     Mrs.  H.   H.  Gilchrist.   Hot  Springs, 

Black  Hills,  South  Dakota. 
Treasurer,  Miss    (jrace    Lyman,    Hot    Springs, 

Black  Hills,  South  Dakota. 


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Vol.  LXVII  AUGUST,  1894  No.  4 

THE    MEETING   OF  THE   WOMAN'S   DEPARTMENT, 
AT   OMAHA,  NEBRASKA,  JUNE  8,  1894 

By  Mrs.  T.  O.  Douglass,  Scribe 

FULL  house  greeted  the  women  as  they  came,  in  the  regular 
order  of  the  programme,  to  the  hour  of  their  meeting.  The 
devotional  season  which  preceded  it  was  a  fitting  prelude  to  the 
deeply  interesting  occasion.  As  Mrs.  Caswell  took  her  place  to  preside 
over  the  meeting,  a  band  of  children,  marching  to  the  music  of  the 
organ,  came  to  the  front  and  sang,  then  took  their  places  to  listen  to  an 
address  given  by  the  Nebraska  children's  missionary,  Rev.  J.  B.  Brown, 
of  the  Sand  Hills.  He  told  them  of  the  community  in  which  he  lived, 
of  the  sod  houses  in  which  the  people  had  their  homes,  the  manner  of 
building  them,  the  long  distances  traveled  to  get  to  meetings,  and  the 
discomforts  of  the  way  ;  of  the  brave,  intelligent  people,  many  of  whom 
had  come  from  homes  of  luxury,  but  in  their  present  poverty  were 
patient  and  hopeful  of  better  days.  He  told  of  special  meetings  at  one 
of  his  points  of  labor,  conducted  by  Evangelist  Billings,  in  which  there 
were  twenty  or  more  young  people  and  children  brought  into  the  king- 
dom ;  of  the  desire  of  these  young  people  to  obtain  an  education,  but  of 
the  inability  of  their  parents  to  afford  it.  He  made  a  special  plea  for 
help  to  send  one  of  these  girls  to  Chadron  Academy.  After  another 
song  by  the  children,  Mrs.  Caswell  presented  Mrs.  Gay  lord  as  the  first 
missionary  wife  who  had  crossed  the  Missouri  to  labor  in  Nebraska. 
Father  and  Mother  Seccomb,  pioneer  missionaries  still  in  the  service, 
were  also  presented,  and  later  Father  Dresser,  of  early  Abolition  fame, 
and  for  many  years  a  Home  Missionary,  was  introduced  and  spoke  a  few 
words. 

Mrs.  Caswell  gave  a  brief  review  of  our  woman's  homeland  work. 
The  forty-seven  States  and  Territories  now  organized  for  woman's  work 
were  united  in  one  common  aim — the  evangelization  of  our  beloved 
land.     The   past  year  showed   growth  in   methods,  in   organization,  in 

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spiritual  power,  and  in  contributions.  These  in  the  past  year  were  over 
$51,000  for  the  treasury  of  the  Congregational  Home  Missionary  Society, 
and  nearly  $96,000  for  all  branches  of  homeland  work.  This  organized 
effort  of  the  women  was  a  movement  inspired  of  God  and  had  received 
his  blessing.  She  spoke  of  the  week  of  self-denial  which  had  been 
observed  by  many  Unions,  and  of  the  blessings  that  followed.  The  hope 
was  expressed  that  instead  of  one  week  in  one  month  of  the  year 
observed  as  a  week  of  self-denial,  there  might  be  four  weeks  of  self- 
denial  in  every  month.  The  banner  States  for  contributions  per  mem- 
ber were  mentioned,  and  it  was  a  suggestive  fact  that  Utah  and  Indian 
Territories  ranked  above  most  of  the  older  and  wealthier  organizations. 

Miss  Dyer,  of  Boston,  gave  an  eloquent  address,  in  which  she  spoke  of 
the  close  bond  which  unites  the  East  and  the  West ;  of  the  fact  that  the 
evils  which  confront  us  are  not  sectional  but  national.  As  women,  we 
appreciate  the  fact  that  no  evil  can  touch  the  extremities  of  our  organized 
life  without  affecting  the  heart  and  the  center  of  our  domestic  life  by  its 
contaminating  influence.  To  the  question,  How  can  we,  as  women,  help 
to  develop  a  purer  patriotism,  nobler  social  functions,  and  a  loftier  ideal 
of  individual  life  ?  she  gave  as  the  answer.  Multiply  the  number  and 
increase  the  influence  of  Christian  homes.  Principal  Fairbairn,  in  his 
latest  book,  says  :  "  ff  we  could  only  create  the  happier  and  more  whole- 
some home,  the  battle  were  as  good  as  won.  We  are  laying  undue  stress 
on  the  ballot.  Hack  of  the  ballot  must  be  a  personality  of  the  right  sort. 
Make  the  homes  of  America  what  they  should  be,  and  all  that  we  wish  to 
see  in  a  better  civic  and  religious  life  will  inevitably  follow."  Dr.  Park- 
hurst,  of  New  York,  says  :  *Mf  I  were  to  put  my  finger  upon  what  seems  to 
me  to  be  the  worst  spot  in  the  municipal  conditions  of  our  city  and  the 
national  condition  of  our  country  at  large,  I  would  say  that  it  was  in  the 
decadence  of  the  home  idea.  Things  cannot  exist  in  any  purer  shape  in 
society,  in  the  state,  or  in  the  church,  than  they  lie  incipiently  in  the  little 
commonwealth  of  the  family  circle  ;  and  the  atmosphere  of  that  common- 
wealth, first  of  all,  is  an  emanation  of  the  personality  of  the  mother." 
The  multiplied  agencies  for  elevating  society  by  scientific  methods,  such 
as  college  settlements,  deaconesses'  homes,  and  the  many  societies  for  the 
development  of  right  social  conditions,  have  all  in  them  the  root  idea  of 
the  home.  'J'he  essential  principle  in  all  is  :  "  Salvation  through  fellow- 
ship, the  touch  of  life  with  life,  of  character  with  character." 

This  is  just  the  thought  that  underlies  all  home  and  foreign  mission- 
ary work.  Every  home  missionary  family  which  becomes  a  center  of 
light  and  influence  is  more  potential  for  good,  because  it  represents  a 
more  normal  condition  of  civilized  society  than  the  college  settlement. 
She  pleaded  for  the  same  enthusiasm  for  Home  Missions  as  is  given  these 
newer  methods. 


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Mrs.  Duryea  spoke  words  of  greeting  and  of  welcome  to  Omaha, 
making  mention  of  the  inestimable  benefits  that  the  city  and  the  State 
had  received  from  the  Home  Missionary  Society  in  years  past. 

Mrs.  Hawkes,  of  Utah,  spoke  of  the  children  and  the  youth  of  that 
Territory.  The  Mormons  keep  their  young  people  together  through 
organization.  She  recited  hymns  which  their  children  sing  and  which 
teach  them  to  reverence  Mormonism  as  the  embodiment  of  all  that  is 
good,  and  to  regard  Salt  Lake  City  as  the  center  of  the  universe.  In  the 
'*  Mutual  Improvement  Societies  "  for  the  young  people,  dancing  is  the 
popular  pastime.  These  dances  are  institutions  of  the  church.  They  are 
opened  and  closed  with  prayer,  but  are  often  accompanied  with  gross 
immorality.  She  characterized  the  influences  which  were  helping  to 
break  the  power  of  Mormonism — legislation,  immigration,  education — 
as  efficient,  but  not  sufficient.     Only  the  Gospel  of  Christ  is  sufficient. 

The  next  speaker  was  Mrs.  Gilchrist,  wife  of  the  evangelist  in  the 
Black  Hills.  Mrs.  Gilchrist  also  engages  in  evangelistic  labor  as  she  is 
able.  She  told  of  meetings  held  at  Buffalo  Gap,  of  the  dreadful  charac- 
ter of  the  place,  of  her  husband's  call  to  her  to  come  and  help,  of  the 
meeting  of  the  Association  which  soon  called  her  husband  and  the  pastor 
away,  leaving  her  to  bear  the  responsibility  and  to  do  the  work  alone, 
save  as  the  pastor's  wife  assisted  her ;  of  the  deep  interest  which  pre- 
vailed, and  the  blessed  results  which  followed.  She  spoke  of  the  work 
near  Hot  Springs,  in  which  she  assisted  the  pastor,  and  of  the  gracious 
fruits  of  the  work. 

A  responsive  exercise,  prepared  by  Mrs.  Caswell,  entitled  "  The 
Christian  Givers'  Creed,"  was  led  by  Mrs.  DeForest,  of  Talladega, 
Ala.  The  entire  congregation  uniting  in  it,  made  it  an  impressive  ser- 
vice. On  a  proposition  to  take  a  collection  to  enable  a  young  girl 
from  the  Sand  Hills  to  attend  Chadron  Academy,  General  Howard 
headed  a  subscription  list  with  ten  dollars,  and  asked  others  to  join 
him.  The  amount  was  soon  made  up,  when  General  Howard  offered  a 
prayer  of  thanksgiving.  The  proposition  of  a  collection  to  sustain  Mrs. 
Gilchrist's  work  in  the  Black  Hills  was  met  by  one  man,  who  offered  to 
assume  that  expense.  The  collection  taken  is  to  apply  on  the  support 
of  the  girl  from  the  Sand  Hills  a  second  year  in  attending  Chadron 
Academy.  Mrs.  Drake,  of  Kansas,  asked  God's  blessing  upon  the  ofTer- 
ing,  and  especially  upon  the  friends  who  count  it  such  a  privilege  to 
support  the  work  in  the  Black  Hills. 

Mrs.  Preston,  of  Curtis,  Neb.,  described  the  Christian  development 
of  a  frontier  community.  A  little  church,  thoroughly  equipped  for  work, 
under  the  blessing  of  God  was  soon  quadrupled  in  numbers.  The  min- 
ister heard  Macedonian  calls  to  go  to  other  needy  points — one  twelve 
miles   distant,  a  neighborhood   of   intelligent  famiUes  vitv<iti^ovci^  \^^ 


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privations  of  frontier  life  ;  another  twenty  miles  away,  where  the  congre- 
gation is  largely  made  up  of  young  men  on  claims ;  again  a  call  came 
from  twenty  miles  in  another  direction,  which  he  must  decline.  A  deep 
work  of  grace  at  a  point  four  miles  from  the  central  church  resulted  in 
the  organization  of  a  branch  church,  which  is  supplied  by  the  missionary 
and  his  wife.  In  a  spirit  of  true  self-denial,  the  people  gladly  share  with 
these  otherwise  destitute  communities  the  services  of  their  missionary. 
These  and  like  Christian  communities  are  to  be  a  mighty  force  in  deter- 
mining the  character  of  the  State.  But  the  present  destitution  among 
the  people  on  account  of  the  failure  of  last  year's  crops  is  very  great,  and 
the  outlook  in  the  midst  of  the  present  drought  is  very  dark.  In  many 
cases  the  people  are  moving  away  because  they  have  nothing  to  live  upon. 
Sometimes  they  even  lack  clothing  for  comfort  on  the  journey.  These 
hardships  are  most  trying ;  and  in  the  midst  of  them  shall  we  withhold  the 
water  of  life,  and  thus  cause  spiritual  death  also  ? 

Following  this  interesting  recital,  the  roll-call  of  States  was  made,  the 
responses  showing  that  a  large  number  of  them  were  represented  in  the 
audience.  Thus  echoes  from  this  inspiring  meeting  will  be  heard  far  and 
wide  throughout  the  land. 


W^ORDS    OF    W^ELCOME 

By  Mrs.  Joskph  T.  Durvea 

It  is  my  privilege  to  represent  before  you  to-day  the  women  of  the 
West,  and  I  feci  sure  that  I  speak  for  them  all  when  I  express  our  hearty 
appreciation  of  this  message  brought  from  the  women  of  the  East — the 
wise  women  of  the  East. 

It  is  not  at  all  my  purpose  at  this  time  to  enter  into  the  consideration 
of  any  of  these  weighty  matters  which  have  been  brought  before  us,  but 
simply  to  tell  you  how  very  glad  we  are  to  have  you  all  among  us,  and  to 
give  you  a  hearty  welcome  to  all  the  best  we  have. 

We  arc  glad  so  many  of  you  have  come,  and  we  wish  there  were  more, 
for  wc  feel  that  there  is  cordiality  enough  in  our  hearts  to  give  to  all  who 
have  stayed  behind  as  warm  a  welcome  as  we  have  given  to  you.  We 
wish  we  might  make  you  know  how  warm  that  welcome  is.  The  effort 
has  been  made  in  practical  ways  to  make  its  heartiness  evident  to  you, 
but  there  is  something  in  our  hearts  which  we  should  find  it  very  hard  to 
express  in  this  way. 

Though  we  have  known   how  large  a  company  of  women  working 

"he  name  of  the  interests  represeuted  here  were  scattered  over  this 


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wide  land,  the  long  distances  between  us  have  made  it  impossible  for 
us  to  feel  the  strength  of  the  bond  of  sympathy  which  has  united  us. 
The  coming  together  in  pleasant,  helpful  fellowship  of  so  many  women 
from  the  East  and  the  West  on  Home  Missionary  ground  makes  us  feel, 
as  we  have  never  done  before,  how  closely  we  are  united  by  our  common 
interests,  and  must  remain  with  us  a  joy  and  an  inspiration. 

We  wish  you  to  know  how  very  much  good  your  presence  is  doing  us, 
and  hope,  in  return  for  what  you  leave  with  us  of  hope  and  courage,  you 
will  carry  back  to  your  work  something  which  shall  be  an  inspiration 
to  the  accomplishment  of  better  things. 

In  saying  words  of  welcome  to  you  on  this  occasion,  it  seems  hardly 
appropriate  that  we  should  speak  as  those  who  offer  you  the  hospitality  of 
that  which  is  exclusively  their  own.  You  have  been  reminded  here,  and 
we  wish  you  ever  to  remember,  that  but  for  the  work  of  this  Society  in 
Omaha  there  could  have  been  no  such  church  as  this  upon  this  spot  to-day, 
and  there  would  have  been  no  such  warm  Congregational  welcome  from 
this  and  sister  churches  as  we  have  considered  it  a  privilege  to  extend  to 
you  at  this  time. 

You  have  done  very  much  for  this  city.  We  have  taken  gratefully 
what  you  have  given,  and  made  an  effort,  like  all  human  efforts,  with 
something  of  failure  in  it,  to  use  it  well.  May  we  hope  that  you  will  find 
some  cause  for  rejoicing  in  the  results  which  you  see  about  you  ?  It 
would  be  more  gratifying  to  us  if  you  might  be  able  to  linger  long  enough 
in  the  West  to  go  over  into  the  small  country  towns  and  see  how  thor- 
oughly the  little  churches  you  have  planted  there  are  appreciated  by 
those  you  have  come  to  help.  There  is  little  of  interest  for  those  who 
come  into  the  restrictions  and  confinements  of  the  Western  country  life 
to  earn  their  daily  bread,  especially  for  the  women  and  children.  If 
you  could  look  into  the  eyes  and  take  the  hands  of  thoce  whose  lives 
have  been  brightened  and  broadened  and  blessed  by  your  ministry, 
you  would  surely  go  home  with  deeper  enthusiasm  to  more  persistent 
effort. 

If  you  are  in  search  of  encouragement,  it  seems  that  there  are  many 
reasons  why  you  have  done  well  to  come  among  us  who  live  on  these  wide 
prairies. 

We  have  heard  repeatedly  from  this  platform  during  these  meetings 
words  of  apprehension  and  alarm  concerning  the  future  welfare  of  this 
nation,  and  the  word  has  been  repeated  by  our  messenger  from  the  East. 
The  conviction  seems  to  be  universal  among  thinking  men  and  women, 
that  times  of  conflict  and  distress  are  soon  to  come  upon  us.  When  these 
things  shall  be,  where  is  the  nation  to  look  to  for  protection  and  relief  ? 
On  whom  shall  she  depend  as  her  defenders?  If  history  repeats  itself, 
America  will  find,  as  all  nations  in  time  of  crisis  have  found,  that  her  chief 


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dependence  must  be  upon  the  stout,  sturdy  yeomanry,  the  strong  sons 
of  labor,  who  have  been  raised  up  on  the  soil. 

In  coming  to  Omaha,  away  over  in  the  center  of  this  wide  land,  you 
have  come  into  a  locality  which  is  and  is  to  be  the  food -producing  region 
for  the  broad  plains  which  stretch  out  hundreds  of  miles  in  all  directions, 
north,  south,  east,  and  west.  Here,  scattered  over  these  prairies,  arc 
found  the  producers,  the  men  of  brawn  and  sinew,  who  shall  be  to  Amer- 
ica in  her  day  of  trouble  what  the  old  Roman  yeomanry  were  in  the  times 
of  stress  to  the  republic  of  Rome. 

It  seems  that  you  could  not  better  serve  your  Society  or  your  country 
than  by  coming  here  into  the  midst  of  such  men  as  these,  to  encourage 
yourselves  by  the  sight  of  what  has  already  been  done  for  them,  and  to 
arouse  yourselves  to  further  action  by  the  sight  of  what  so  much  needs 
to  be  done. 

In  looking  through  a  volume  of  poems  a  few  days  ago  I  came  upon 
some  lines  which  have  lingered  in  my  mind  because  they  were  appropriate 
to  this  occasion,  and  seemed  to  hold  something  of  hope  and  promise. 
With  repeated  thanks  to  the  women  of  the  East  for  their  message  and 
a  renewed  welcome  to  you  all,  shall  I  leave  these  lines  with  you  as 
a  prophecy  of  better  things  to  be,  and  an  omen  of  good  from  these 
Western  plains  ?     The  lines  were  these  : 

**  Say  not  the  conflict  naught  availeth, 

The  labor  and  the  wounds  are  vain  ; 
The  enemy  shrinks  not,  nor  faileth, 

And  as  things  have  been  they  remain. 
For  not  by  eastern  windows  only, 

When  daylij;ht  comes,  comes  in  the  light ; 
In  front  the  sun  climbs  slow,  how  slowly! 

But  westward  look,  the  land  is  bright" 

A   MESSAGE   FROM   THE   EAST 

By  Miss  Frances  J.  Dyer,  Boston 

I  FANCY  I  see  an  almost  imperceptible  shiver  at  the  announcement  of 
a  speaker  from  Boston.  We  who  live  there  have  such  a  reputation  for 
frigidity,  that  the  story  is  told  of  a  Chicaj^^o  man  who  suggested  to  his 
daujj^htcr,  one  exceptionally  hot  summer,  that  she  send  for  a  college  class- 
mate from  Boston  to  be  a  guest  with  them  for  the  season.  He  was  con- 
fident that  her  presence  in  the  house  would  keep  the  temperature 
sufficiently  cool. 


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It  is  not  strange,  perhaps,  that  mutual  friends  are  constantly  reflecting 
us  to  each  other  in  a  false  light.  They  say,  for  instance,  that  when  Bos- 
ton women  go  shopping  they  carry  bags  containing  Greek  lexicons  and 
Sanscrit  grammars  with  which  to  beguile  the  hours  while  waiting  for 
change  :  another  thrust  at  our  slow  movements.  We  are  accused  of 
naming  our  poodle  dogs  for  Socrates,  and  of  considering  no  dinner  com- 
plete without  its  Plato  soup.  Even  our  baked  beans  are  said  to  take  a 
course  in  Browning.  Our  infants  are  supposed  to  read  from  polyglot 
primers;  and  horse-car  conductors — motormen  are  still  an  innovation — 
kindly  correct  errors  on  the  part  of  visiting  strangers.  Equally  absurd 
are  the  pictures  of  Western  life  and  character  as  held  up  to  view  by  the 
Eastern  press,  and  one  value  of  our  great  missionary  gatherings  is  to  show 
that  underneath  this  superficial  knowledge  of  each  other,  and  below  all 
artificial  barriers  which  may  separate  us,  lie  momentous  interests  that  are 
common  to  both.  I  therefore  count  it  a  peculiar  privilege  to  bring  you  a 
message  from  the  East,  the  essence  of  which  is  found  in  one  line  of  an 
old  familiar  hymn  : 

**  Our  fears,  our  hopes,  our  aims  are  one." 

I  need  not  recapitulate  the  evils  which  threaten  our  civic  and  social 
life,  the  perils  of  unlimited  immigration,  ignorant  suffrage,  polluted  poli- 
tics, open  disregard  of  Sunday,  unholy  greed  for  gain,  and  the  like,  for 
they  have  been  repeatedly  and  eloquently  brought  to  our  notice  here  in 
Omaha  and  in  previous  gatherings.  We  have  been  told  that  they  are  not 
sectional,  but  national  ;  and  we  women  appreciate  the  fact  that  no  evil 
can  touch  the  extremities  of  our  organized  life  without  sending  back  its 
contaminating  current  to  the  very  heart  and  center  of  our  domestic  life. 
The  career  of  a  corrupt  Congressman  in  Washington  has  power  to 
influence  boys  in  the  remotest  household  of  our  Republic.  If  the  social 
standards  set  by  young  ladies  at  the  East  are  coarse  and  frivolous,  the 
tone  of  society  at  the  West  is  lowered  thereby,  and  vice  versd.  'J'hen 
there  are  more  subtle  and  secret  foes  which  invade  our  households, 
whether  our  lot  is  cast  in  the  older  civilization  of  the  East  or  among  the 
seething  forces  and  more  strenuous  life  of  the  newer  West.  Talk  with 
high-minded  Christian  physicians  in  any  of  our  large  cities,  and  they  will 
tell  you  how  moral  poison  is  spreading  in  communities  which  we  are 
accustomed  to  look  upon  as  ethically  sound.  Some  of  these  evils,  doubt- 
less, are  the  outcome  of  abnormal  industrial  conditions  that  compel  a 
great  army  of  girls  and  women  to  be  thrust  out  into  the  world  for  self- 
support  at  a  tender  age.  I  confess  that  in  my  own  contact  with  young 
p)eople  to-day,  not  only  with  the  wage-earning  class  but  in  what  is  called 
polite  society,  nothing  has  more  disheartened  me  than  to  find  how  certain 
old-fashioned  ideas  of  delicacy  are  fast  becoming  obsolete.     What  we 


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call  realism  in  art  and  literature  is  responsible  for  much  of  this  looseness 
of  thought  and  speech.  Books  which,  if  not  positively  immoral,  are  cer- 
tainly tainted  in  tone,  are  discussed  at  evening  receptions  as  calmly  as  a 
poem  of  Wordsworth. 

But  the  question  is.  How  can  we  remedy  all  this  ?  How  can  we,  as 
Christian  women,  and  feeling  our  responsibility  in  the  matter,  help 
develop  a  purer  patriotism,  nobler  social  functions,  and  a  loftier  ideal  of 
individual  life? 

One  method  seems  to  me  perfectly  simple,  direct,  and  effective.  Mul- 
tiply the  number  and  increase  the  influence  of  Christian  homes.  Principal 
Fairbairn  says  in  his  latest  book  :  "  If  we  could  only  create  the  happier 
and  more  wholesome  home,  the  battle  were  as  good  as  won.  We  are 
laying  undue  stress  of  late  upon  the  ballot,  as  though  voting  could  solve 
all  the  problems  of  the  universe.  Moral  issues  can  never  be  settled  at 
the  polls,  unless  we  have  persons  of  character  to  cast  votes  ;  and  character 
is  not  a  garment  to  be  donned  at  will,  but  a  plant  of  slow  growth,  the 
fruitage  of  home  training  and  influence.  Let  the  boys  and  girls  in  our 
households  grow  up  with  their  moral  sense  warped  or  undeveloped,  and 
of  what  earthly  use,  in  case  we  wanted  to  carry  any  righteous  reform  in 
city  or  State,  would  be  their  power  of  franchise  I  Back  of  the  ballot  must 
be  a  personality  of  the  right  sort.  Make  the  homes  of  America  what 
they  should  be,  and  all  that  we  long  for  in  the  way  of  a  better  civic  and 
religious  life  will  inevitably  follow." 

Dr.  Parkhurst,  of  New  York,  who  certainly  has  had  exceptional  facili- 
ties for  judgment  in  such  matters,  said  in  a  recent  sermon  :  "  If  I  were  to 
put  my  finger  on  what  seems  to  me  to  be  the  sorest  spot  in  the  municipal 
conditions  of  our  city,  and  the  national  condition  of  our  country  at  large, 
I  would  say  that  it  was  in  the  decadence  of  the  home  idea.  The  proofs 
of  that  are  many  and  painful,  and  some  of  them  unmentionable.  Things 
cannot  exist  in  any  finer  shape  in  society,  in  the  state,  or  in  the  church 
than  they  lie  incipiently  in  the  little  commonwealth  of  the  family  circle  ; 
and  the  atmosphere  of  that  commonwealth,  first  of  all,  is  an  emanation 
from  the  personality  of  the  mother." 

We  hear  a  j^rcat  deal  nowadays  about  scientific  tests.  From  the  inter- 
pretation of  the  Scriptures  to  the  making  of  a  pudding,  everything  must 
be  done  scientifically.  The  idea  has  crept  into  our  philanthropic  work, 
and  the  cry  is  that  all  the  old  methods  of  reforming  society  are  crude, 
unscientific,  and  therefore  inoperative.  Consequently  there  has  sprung 
up  within  a  few  years  a  whole  crop  of  new  agencies  for  converting  this 
wicked  old  world  into  a  Paradise  regained.  We  have  college  settlements 
and  deaconesses'  homes,  boys'  brigades  and  girls'  friendlies,  guilds  and 
leaj2:ues  thick  as  leaves  in  Vallombrosa,  societies  from  A  to  Z,  and  more 
clubs  than  a  whole  army  of   savage  Zulus  ever  wielded    in   an  African 


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forest.  I  am  not  deriding  these  organizations.  Rightly  used  they  art 
desirable  allies  in  the  crusade  against  Satan  and  his  forces. 

But  the  point  I  wish  to  make  is  this  :  These  methods  are  supposed 
to  represent  the  most  modern,  the  most  approved,  the  most  scientific  way 
of  regenerating  society.  They  hold  in  solution  the  combined  wisdom  of 
phrenologists  and  sociologists  and  psychologists,  and  every  other  ologist 
of  this  learned  nineteenth  century.  Yet  what  is  the  basal  principle  in  each 
and  all  of  these  organizations  ?  Analyze  them  carefully,  and  you  will  find 
that  the  root  idea  is  that  of  the  home.  Take  the  college  settlements,  for 
example.  What  motive  originated  them  ?  Were  they  not  partly  a  protest 
against  the  old  way  of  helping  the  poor  at  arm's  length,  and  an  exemplifi- 
cation of  the  more  Christian  method  of  going  and  living  among  them  ? 
As  we  examine  all  the  other  forms  of  modern  philanthropy  we  shall  find 
the  essential  principle  to  be  "  salvation  through  fellowship,  the  touch  of 
life  with  life,  the  influence  of  character  upon  character  ;  "  or,  as  Carlyle 
expresses  it,  **  Soul  is  kindled  only  in  soul." 

But  there  is  just  one  element  in  this  whole  problem,  dear  friends, 
which  puzzles  me  immensely.  I'm  not  scientific,  and  probably  I'm  stupid, 
and  I  hope  you  bright  women  here  at  the  West  will  help  me  out  of  the 
difficulty.  Wherein  do  all  these  much-vaunted  methods  differ  from  what 
our  home  and  foreign  missionaries  have  been  doing  for  years  ?  Think  of 
the  multitudes  of  noble,  self-sacrificing  men  and  women  who  have  left 
pleasant  surroundings  elsewhere  and  established  a  Christian  home  in  some 
section  of  our  land  where  vice  and  worldliness  were  getting  the  upper 
hand,  or  else  across  the  seas  in  the  darkness  of  heathendom,  there  to  let 
the  power  of  Christian  home  and  character  become  the  regenerating  force ! 
1  greatly  honor  Miss  Adams  and  the  work  she  is  doing  at  the  Hull  House 
in  Chicago.  I  am  in  hearty  sympathy  with  the  heroic  labors  of  the  young 
men  at  the  Andover  House  in  Boston.  But  I  do  contend  that  equal  honor 
should  be  given  to  Stephen  Peet  and  Erastus  Kent,  to  Joseph  E.  Roy  and 
to  Father  Seccombe,  to  Drs.  Warren,  Atkinson,  Whitman,  and  Riggs  and 
their  noble  wives,  with  a  host  of  others  who  have  laid  the  foundations  of 
so  many  commonwealths  here  in  the  West,  established  colleges  and  built 
churches,  and  guided  public  sentiment  into  channels  of  righteousness. 
Nay,  more,  I  contend  that  every  home  missionary  family  which  thus 
becomes  a  center  of  light  and  influence  is  more  potential  for  good  than  a 
university  settlement,  and  simply  for  this  reason  :  the  family,  with  its  rela- 
tions of  husband  and  wife,  parents  and  children,  represents  a  more  normal 
condition  of  civilized  society  than  a  household  composed  exclusively  of 
either  young  men  or  young  women.  I  would  by  no  means  minimize  the 
value  of  the  settlements.  We  need  more  of  them.  But  I  do  plead  for  the 
same  splendid  enthusiasm,  especially  on  the  part  of  our  college-bred  young 
men  and  women,  in  behalf  of  the  home  missionary  and  his  wife,  who  are 


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certainly  doing  a  more  permanent  and  far-reaching  work  than  any  resident 
at  these  college  centers.  The  efforts  of  the  missionary  are  necessarily 
broader  in  scope,  because  he  aims  at  reformation  of  character  as  well  as 
betterment  of  surroundings.  He  knows  that  it  is  not  enough  for  a  man  to 
have  food  and  clothing,  a  chance  to  earn  an  honest  living,  and  means  to 
educate  his  children.  After  a  few  more  experiments  in  sociology  we  shall 
believe  anew  in  the  old-fashioned  law  of  the  Gospel,  "  Ye  must  be  bom 
again."  In  "  Marcella,"  that  epoch-making  novel  of  Mrs.  Ward,  we  find 
the  heroine,  after  months  of  living  among  the  London  poor,  slipping  away 
more  and  more  from  the  idea  of  mere  external  regeneration  of  society. 
"  As  I  go  among  these  wage-earners,"  she  says,  "  the  emphasis,  do  what  I 
will,  comes  to  lie  less  and  less  on  possession^  and  more  on  character.  I  go 
to  two  tenements  in  the  same  building.  One  is  hell — the  other  heaven. 
Why  ?  Both  belong  to  well-paid  artisans  with  equal  opportunities."  She 
comes  finally  to  see  that  the  home  in  Mellor  is  the  stronger  center  from 
which  to  send  forth  streams  of  influence  and  blessing.  This  accords  in 
general  with  the  policy  which  this  grand  old  Society  has  followed  for  nearly 
three-quarters  of  a  century,  and  which  people  are  slowly  recognizing  as  the 
only  sure  way  of  building  up  Christ's  kingdom  here  in  the  world. 

I  think  sometimes  that  if  the  work  of  this  Society  could  be  presented  to 
young  people  under  some  fanciful  new  name — if  a  missionary  enterprise  in 
this  progressive,  teeming  West,  could  be  called  an  Amherst  or  a  Wellesley 
settlement,  that  their  interest  would  easily  kindle.  Somebody  comes  from 
London  and  tells  how  the  slums  there  are  transformed  by  the  presence 
among  the  poor  wretches  of  a  few  consecrated  men  and  women,  and  our 
young  people  listen  with  attention  to  the  story  of  self-sacrifice.  Mean- 
time, a  far  more  extraordinary  change  may  be  passing  over  an  entire  State 
or  Territory  here  in  the  West,  through  the  churches  and  schools  estab- 
lished by  our  missionaries,  and  these  same  young  people  are  perfectly 
apathetic  concerning  it.     My  friends,  these  things  ought  not  so  to  be. 

A  word,  again,  in  closing,  about  the  power  of  the  Christian  home.  A 
story  is  told  of  a  friendly  Hindu  who  was  asked  by  one  of  our  missionaries 
which  of  all  the  foreign  methods  was  most  feared  by  the  natives.  He 
replied  :  **  We  do  not  fear  your  books,  for  we  need  not  read  them.  We 
do  not  greatly  fear  your  schools—  we  need  not  send  our  children.  We  do 
not  fear  your  preaching— we  need  not  listen.  But  we  dread  your  women 
and  we  dread  your  doctors,  for  your  doctors  are  winning  our  hearts,  and 
your  women  are  winning  our  homes,  and  when  our  hearts  and  our  homes 
are  won,  what  is  there  left  of  us  ? "  A  similar  sentiment  is  embodied  in 
the  words  of  a  far-seeing  prophet  early  in  the  century,  who  said  :  **  No 
nation  can  advance  except  through  the  improvement  of  the  nation's  homes, 
and  they  can  only  he  improved  through  the  instrumentality  of  women."  In 
this  work  let  us  be  a  unit,  knowing  no  North,  no  South,  no  East,  no  West. 


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1893-94 

By  Mrs.  H.  S.  Caswell 

The  unparalleled  growth  of  this  organization  of  Woman's  State 
Unions  has  been  little  short  of  a  miracle.  As  one  of  our  number  has 
said  :  **  It  would  be  less  phenomenal  had  we  an  enthusiastic  leader  who, 
with  flags  flying  and  bands  playing,  had  attracted  a  large  following 
through  her  own  personality."  But,  friends,  this  movement  is  not  of 
human  devising.  It  is  our  glory  and  our  song  that  we  have  rallied  under 
divine  leadership.  Impelled  by  some  force  dimly  comprehended  at  first, 
we,  the  women  of  these  forty-eight  States  and  Territories,  have  as  surely 
obeyed  the  call  of  our  God  as  did  Abraham  of  old,  who,  impelled  by  the 
same  resistless  force,  **  moved  on,  not  knowing  whither  he  went." 

This  has  been  a  crucial  year  with  our  membership.  There  is  scarcely 
one  who  has  not  been  scorched,  to  say  the  least,  by  the  financial  fire 
which  has  swept  our  country,  and  it  has  been  difficult  to  avoid  anxious 
questioning :  Will  these  Unions  come  from  the  furnace  purified,  or  will 
faith  utterly  fail  ?     I  bring  you  glad  tidings. 

The  messages  of  these  last  days,  from  North,  South,  East,  and  West, 
may  be  condensed  into  one  ringing  word — "  Growth  I  " — growth  in  num- 
bers, in  efficient  leadership,  in  practical  methods  of  work,  in  interest- 
ing the  indifferent,  in  winning  the  pastors,  in  wise  planning  for  the 
young,  in  securing  helpful  programmes,  and,  thereby,  good  meetings. 
So  much  for  the  mechanism.  Has  there  been  growth  of  soul  ?  Is  each 
Union  more  directly  a  power  for  God  ?  Is  the  vision  clearer  as  to  the 
one  object  for  which  we  are  organized — evangelization  ? 

Let  one  Union  answer  for  all  :  **  We  believe  that  the  Gospel  of  our 
Lord  Jesus  Christ  is  the  true  solution  of  our  material  problems." 

The  week  of  self-denial,  followed  by  a  thank-offering  service,  has  been 
almost  universally  observed,  with  encouraging  results.  This  plan,  which 
is  growing  in  favor,  suggests  a  question  :  Is  there  danger  that  one  week 
of  self-denial  may  prove  a  quietus  to  the  uneasy  conscience  for  fifty-one 
weeks  of  self-indulgence  ? 

The  Woman's  Department  of  the  Congregational  Home  Missionary 
Society  has  this  year  been  placed  in  charge  of  the  "  clothing  boxes  "  sents 
out  by  the  Society  to  missionary  families  who  apply  for  them.  It  is  cer- 
tainly a  joy  to  supply  a  company  of  ladies  with  exactly  the  family  they 
desire,  and  to  know  that  a  valuable  box  of  necessary  articles  of  clothing, 
etc.,  has  been  sent  to  a  worthy  pastor,  and  that  he  has  written  a  satisfac- 
tory letter  of  acknowledgment  to  the  ladies  for  the  same.  This  is  the 
ideal  routine  of  this  important  department ;  for,  until  living  salaries  are 


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paid  to  our  men,  this  help  must  be  provided.     May  the  day  not  be  distant 
when  help  of  this  kind  )3:ives  place  to  contributions  in  cash  ! 

But  the  **  ideal  routine  "  of  this  Box  Department  is  not  at  all  times  the 
real.  While  there  are  always  more  applications  from  ladies'  societies  than 
we  can  meet  for  families  with  "  small  children,  mostly  girls,  and  a  baby,"' 
there  are  always  on  our  list  certain  *'  waiting  families  "  whose  blanks  have 
been  returned  to  us  as  " undesirable."  There  are  "  no  children,"  or  "no 
young  children,"  or  the  children  are  "grown  and  away  at  school "  (and 
never  in  greater  need  of  extra  help).  "  Boys  "  are  objected  to,  because 
"  we  don't  know  how  to  make  boys'  clothes."  Sometimes  the  dear  pastor 
is  "too  old,'*  or  "too  tall,"  or  "too  stout."  The  ladies  of  one  society 
declined  to  replenish  the  wardrobe  of  a  home  missionary  daughter  because 
her  measures  were  "not  of  the  regulation  size."  Among  the  "undesir- 
able '*  is  the  young  pastor,  fresh  from  the  seminary,  who  has  obtained  an 
education  with  great  difficulty,  and  must  save  means  from  a  meager  salary 
to  pay  debts  contracted  for  this  education.  He  has  been  ordained  to 
preach,  and  has  a  pulpit  and  a  people.  His  influence  is  weakened  by 
shabby  clothing,  and  he  pleads  with  us  for  a  "  pulpit  suit."  This  "appli- 
cation "  wanders  about  from  one  society  to  another,  and,  like  Noah's  dove, 
finds  no  rest  "  until  it  returns  to  the  "  box  of  the  undesirable  "  from 
whence  it  was  sent  forth." 

Comparatively  few  of  the  ladies'  societies  are  furnished  with  treasuries 
from  w^hich  clothing  may  be  purchased  outright,  but  it  is  due  to  them  to 
say  that  the  "suit  "  for  the  missionary  is  rarely  missing  from  the  box. 
S()meb(Kly  makes  an  extra  sacrifice,  and  the  box  is  complete. 

Sometimes  a  clothing  blank  is  returned  because  the  society,  having 
opened  a  correspondence  with  the  missionary,  discovers  that  he  lacks  that 
rare  gift  of  writing  an  **  interesting  letter  "  ! 

Sometimes  the  applicant  is  one  of  our  foreign  brethren  preaching  the 
(iosj)cl  to  foreigners  in  our  land,  and  preparing  them  to  take  the  "joyful 
tidings"  to  nations  over  the  sea.  Very  likely  his  letter  is  a  mixture  of 
broken  ICnglish  and  Bohemian,  or  Swedish,  or  German,  or  Slovak  ;  and 
the  secretary  writes  :  "  We  cannot  keep  up  an  interest  unless  we  have 
interesting  letters,  the  more  thrilling  the  better." 

Hut  the  '*  l>ox  Department  "  has  lights  as  well  as  shadows.  A  happy 
surprise  greets  us  from  the  morning  mail  :  "Send  us  an  'undesirable* 
family.  We  will  not  object  to  six  boys  !  "  One  society,  learning  that  the 
daughter  of  a  Home  Missionary  was  about  to  graduate  from  college  with- 
out suitable  clothing,  prepared  for  her  a  graduating  outfit,  not  forgetting 
the  smallest  detail  that  is  dear  to  the  heart  of  a  girl  at  such  a  time.  Many 
have  raised  the  money  to  supply  needed  "  pulpit  suits."  Your  secretary 
attended  a  frontier  service  in  Wyoming  not  long  ago,  with  a  faithful  pas- 
tor, when  he  apologized  fc^r  wearing  so  nice  a  suit  of  clothes.     "  I  want 


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you  to  know,"  said  he,  "  that  I  never  could  have  had  such  a  suit,  or  even 
a  respectable  suit  of  clothes,  but  for  the  blessed  Eastern  ladies  who  sent 
me  this  in  a  missionary  box." 

During  this  trying  winter,  when  the  local  demands  upon  our  benevo- 
lent societies  have  been  unusually  pressing,  the  missionary  family  has  not 
been  forgotten.  Again  and  again  certain  societies  have  responded  to  our 
call  where  fire  and  flood  and  financial  failures  and  illness  have  made 
special  aid  necessary. 

During  the  year  the  ladies  of  269  benevolent  societies,  to  which  may 
be  added  benevolent  individuals,  have  sent  through  this  departijient  589 
boxes  and  packages  of  clothing.  In  addition  to  this,  the  women  of  Massa- 
chusetts have  supplied  all  clothing  applications  from  six  Northern  States, 
while  Michigan,  Ohio,  Wisconsin,  Illinois,  and  Iowa  have  sent  a  large 
number  of  boxes  which  have  not  been  reported  to  us.  Through  kind 
friends  we  have  been  able  to  meet  also  some  extra  needs  in  the  line  of 
books,  magazines,  sewing-machines,  carpets,  curtains,  and  other  household 
articles,  horses,  saddles,  harnesses,  etc.  Perhaps  our  greatest  delight  has 
been  in  certain  sums  of  money  which  have  been  sent  additional,  or  in 
place  of  clothing,  to  our  missionaries.  These  contributions,  as  reported, 
have  ranged  from  two  to  fifty  dollars,  amounting  in  all  to  $1,057.30. 

The  hearty  good-will  and  prompt  response  with  which  these  noble 
women  have  met  our  appeals  for  extra  help  this  hard  winter  have  been 
most  gratefully  appreciated  by  the  Society.  With  such  a  constituency  of 
"  willing-hearted  "  Christian  women,  we  may  take  up  this  burden  of  **  spe- 
cial need  "  another  year  with  renewed  courage. 

Have  the  Unions,  this  year,  carried  the  need  of  the  Mother  Society  on 
their  hearts?  We  have  reason  to  know  that  they  have.  With  grateful 
appreciation  of  their  never-failing  loyalty  to  our  interests,  we  recognize 
their  efficient  assistance  in  many  lines  of  our  work. 

We  sometimes  look  with  envy  upon  the  Church  Building  Society, 
which  can  hold  out  to  its  constituency  such  inducements  as  windows  and 
doors,  pulpits  and  pews,  organs  and  hymn-books  ;  or  the  American  Mis- 
sionary Association,  with  its  interesting  **  races  "  ;  or  the  Congregational 
Sunday-School  and  Publishing  Society,  with  its  twenty-five  dollar  Sunday- 
school  ;  or  the  Education  Society,  with  its  earnest  young  people  working 
bravely  for  an  education:  while  we  have  nothing  to  present  save  a  mission- 
ary salary  ! 

But  what  do  these  words  mean  ?  A  brave,  true  man  of  God,  often 
taking  the  "glad  tidings"  to  regions  of  spiritual  darkness.  Is  there, 
after  all,  a  more  inspiring  "object"?  The  Unions  have  accepted  this 
object  with  noble  courage,  and  have  this  year  sustained  100  missionaries 
on  the  field. 

With  thankful  hearts  we  are  able  to  report  no  ia\\wt^  \v^t^.     TV^fc 


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Unions  have  not  only  reached  but  gone  beyond  the  financial  receipts  of 
last  year,  and  have  placed  in  the  treasury  of  the  Congregational  Home 
Missionar}'  Society  $51,204.20  ;  and  in  the  treasuries  of  the  five  national 
societies,  $95,947.93.  This  means  twenty-six  cents  apiece  for  a//  home- 
land work  from  the  360,915  women  of  the  Congregational  churches.  This 
organization  now  has  auxiliaries  in  about  one-half  the  churches,  having 
added  258  to  this  list  this  year. 

In  closing,  permit  a  few  practical  suggestions  : 

Let  us  this  year  gain  a  rich  blessing  through  "  helping  together  with 
prayer." 

Let  us,  while  preparing  for  the  missionary  meeting,  avail  ourselves  of 
that  divine  wisdom,  ''  to  none  that  ask  denied,"  which  will  make  the  occa- 
sion a  success  from  the  heavenly  standpoint. 

Let  us  temper  our  zeal  with  patience  in  dealing  with  the  "  uninterested 
pastor."  He  who  declines  to  be  driven  may  be  won  by  womanly 
tact. 

Let  us,  as  officers  of  auxiliaries,  turn  over  a  new  leaf  this  year,  and 
answer  by  return  mail,  if  possible,  every  message  from  a  State  officer. 
This  is  absolutely  necessary  to  insure  progress  of  the  work  as  a  whole. 

Let  us  guard  ourselves  against  sending  to  busy  secretaries  at  head- 
quarters financial  statements,  orders  for  leaflets,  subscriptions  to  the  mag- 
azine, and  personal  messages,  written  upon  one  sheet  in  aggravating 
confusion. 

Let  us  remember  this  year  that  subscriptions  to  the  Missionary  Herald 
and  Life  and  Light  should  not  be  sent  to  the  editor  of  The  Home 
Missionary. 

Let  us  avoid  sending  to  the  Congregational  Home  Missionary  Society 
for  material  about  the  Chinese,  negro,  mountain  white,  and  Indian. 

Let  us  make  "  the  Congregational  Alphabet  "  and  the  work  of  each 
society  a  thorough  study,  that  we  may  be  saved  from  absurd  blunders. 

Let  us  make  an  earnest  effort  to  secure  an  auxiliary  to  the  Union  in 
every  church,  with  every  woman  a  member  of  it. 

Let  us,  in  the  coming  year,  aim  at  the  highest  attainment  in  Christian 
growth. 

Let  us  realize  that  our  Lord  is  alive  and  in  mighty  contact  with  his 
people  in  this  world. 

BANNER    STATES    IN    CONTRIBUTIONS 

East :  Massachusetts.  Interior :  Illinois.  South  :  Florida.  Pacific 
Coast  :  Northern  California. 

In  average  contributions  per  church  member  of  fifty  cents  and  over : 
Florida^  Missouri,  Utah,  Indian  Territory,  and  Minnesota. 


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FROM   THE   NEBRASKA  CHILDREN'S   MISSIONARY 

Rev.  James  B.  Brown,  a  missionary  supported  by  the  children  of 
Nebraska,  said  : 

"  My  dear  friends,  and  especially  my  dear  young  friends,  it  is  a  very 
pleasant  thing  to  be  entrusted  with  the  carrying  of  the  Gospel  to  those 
who  have  it  not.  It  is  a  high  honor  that  Christ  has  put  upon  his  people. 
Christ  has  sent  us  into  all  the  world  to  preach  the  Gospel  to  every  creature, 
but  what  is  the  condition  of  the  church  to  send  ?  Now,  above  all  the 
honors  that  could  be  offered  me  by  this  city  of  Omaha  I  would  esteem  the 
honor  of  being  sent  by  these  grand  men  and  women  who  have  assembled 
here  from  different  parts  of  the  country  in  this  missionary  association  the 
greatest  honor  of  them  all,  and  I  esteem  it  a  double  honor  that  I  have 
been  sent  out  by  the  young  girls  and  boys  of  Nebraska  to  their  little  com- 
panions out  on  the  frontier,  where  they  have  not  the  privileges  you 
have  here.  Is  it  because  you  have  sent  a  missionary  to  your  young  com- 
panions out  in  the  Sand  Hills,  where  they  have  so  few  of  the  advantages 
you  have,  that  our  God  at  this  present  moment  has  given  me  such  a  rich 
harvest  of  souls  of  young  people  just  like  yourselves  ?  I  thought  of  that 
when  I  saw  the  young  girls  coming  in  here  singing  that  beautiful  mission- 
ary song.  Some  of  the  little  girls  sent  a  message  that  they  could  not 
come,  girls  who  had  pleaded  with  the  fathers  and  mothers  to  obtain  per- 
mission to  come  and  meet  with  God's  people. 

"  It  would  be  a  very  difficult  thing  for  me  to  make  the  people  who  live 
here  in  the  city  understand  our  situation.  Mrs.  Caswell  has  asked  me  to  tell 
you  something  of  our  mode  of  living  in  the  Sand  Hills.  It  is  very  difficult 
to  describe  that,  as  there  are  some  things  you  must  see  to  understand. 
We  live  in  sod  houses,  as  has  been  said.  Some  of  you  young  people  have 
seen  a  picture  of  one  of  our  sod  houses.  I  don't  know  how  it  got  out.  I 
sent  a  little  pencil  sketch  that  some  one  got  hold  of  and  it  was  printed,  so 
all  of  the  young  people  have  probably  seen  what  a  sod  house  looks  like,  in 
a  picture,  anyway.  That  house  is  not  new,  but  the  one  in  which  i  now 
live  is,  because  the  old  one  was  too  small,  so  1  just  had  to  go  to  work  and 
make  another.  We  are  all  architects  out  there  and  build  our  own  houses, 
and  our  knowing  people  call  me  a  very  good  mason.  I  built  the  new 
house  all  out  of  sod,  and  shingled  it  with  sod,  and  I  have  a  very  comfort- 
able house.  We  have  a  schoolhouse  to  worship  in.  We  have  no  such 
grand  buildings  as  this  out  there.  We  would  not  have  any  use  for  a 
church  like  this  on  our  new  field. 

'*  We  have  young  people  up  there  who  don't  have  the  opportunities  for 
education  that  you  have.  We  will  send  our- boys  and  girls  from  the  Sand 
Hills  to  the  towns  and  cities  to  be  educated.     You  need  them.     Wt.  Vva.N^ 


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232  The  Home  Missionary  August,  1894 

one  or  two  girls  there  who  would  like  to  avail  themselves  of  your  city 
school  education.  Their  parents  are  poor,  and  cannot  send  them  here. 
We  would  like  very  much  to  send  them,  as  it  would  make  them  wonderful 
workers  for  God,  but  we  have  not  the  means  of  doing  it.  I  would  like  it 
very  much  if  I  had  it  in  my  power  to  send  one  or  two  of  these  Christian 
girls  to  a  Christian  academy  and  let  them  have  a  good  Christian  education. 
It  would  only  take  $100  to  send  one  of  these  girls  to  school  for  one  whole 
year,  and  I  know  that  it  would  be  a  grand  investment. 

"  There  is  barely  one  more  minute  left  me,  and  in  that  little  time  I 
want  to  make  a  plea.  I  want  to  make  you  Eastern  people  understand  what 
kind  of  men  and  women  we  have  away  there  in  the  Sand  Hills.  The  men 
and  women  are  there  only  as  your  servants.  They  are  only  handling  your 
money.  When  you  send  1,000  head  of  cattle  out  to  the  Sand  Hills,  send  the 
(lospel  with  it,  and  you  will  have  more  fat  cattle  in  the  fall.  When  you 
send  your  goods  out  to  us,  send  the  Gospel  along  with  it,  and  the  devil, 
who  is  there  to  lick  off  the  cream  of  your  investments  as  fast  as  it  rises, 
will  not  take  all  of  the  profits,  but  some  will  return  to  you.  Fathers  of 
Nebraska,  your  sons  are  living  there,  some  of  them  on  the  neighboring 
ranches,  bared  to  all  the  wickedness  of  such  places.  It  takes  money,  very 
little  thouj^h,  to  send  men  and  women  out  there  to  tell  them  of  Him  who 
died  to  save  them.  We  want  you  to  help  us  by  giving  a  little.  Will  you 
do  it  ? " 


MRS.   GILCHRIST'S   ADDRESS 

After  all  the  addresses  that  have  been  given  and  all  the  words 
which  have  been  spoken  by  the  ladies  who  have  gone  before  me,  I  feel  very 
timid  and  very  small,  but  I  want  to  say  that  I  have  learned  that  if  I  can't  do 
anything  but  stand,  I  will  stand  for  Jesus.  I  could  not  have  taken  the  place 
of  Mrs.  Caswell,  and  1  don't  want  to.  I  could  not  take  the  place  of  these 
ladies  here.  That  is  not  my  work,  but  there  is  one  thing  that  I  can  do — that 
I  want  to  do—  and  that  is,  to  go  with  my  husband  and  work  for  Jesus.  I  have 
done  this  to  some  extent,  and  I  know  that  the  Lord  has  been  with  us  and 
blessed  our  work.  One  flay  a  letter  came  to  us  in  our  old  home  to  go  to 
the  i>lack  Hills — there  were  two  letters  came  to  us  to  go  to  the  Black 
Hills.  The  first  we  considered  prayerfully,  but  we  could  not  see  the  way 
clear  to  go.  The  second  letter  came,  and  we  considered  that  prayerfully, 
and  we  dared  not  refuse.  We  went  to  Buffalo  (lap,  a  few  miles  from  Hot 
Springs,  where  we  resided.  Our  pastor  from  Hot  Springs  is  here,  and  he 
could  tell  you  what  a  terrible  place  it  was.  Mr.  (iilchrist  began  a  revival 
there.     I  could  not  go  with  him  when  he  went  to  begin.    He  came  back 


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after  he  had  been  gone  about  two  weeks  and  said,  "  Belle,  you  are  needed 
over  there,"  so  I  just  arranged  my  work  and  went.  Just  a  few  days  later 
there  was  to  be  a  meeting  held  at  Belle  Fourche.  Mr.  Gilchrist  and  the 
pastor  of  Buffalo  Gap  had  to  go,  and  that  left  me  all  alone  with  the  work 
there.  Just  before  Mr.  Gilchrist  went  away  he  told  me  that  1  would  have  to 
be  responsible  for  the  meeting,  and  he  said,  "  There  are  a  lot  of  my  ser- 
mons in  the  satchel,  if  you  would  like  to  use  them."  I  said,  "  No,  I  won't 
use  them  ;  they  don't  fit  me.  I  want  my  own  armor.  Your  sermons 
won't  fit  me,  and  I  can't  use  them.  I  will  trust  in  Jesus.  That  is  better 
than  all  of  the  sermons.  I  can  depend  on  him."  I  had  all  of  the  respon- 
sibility on  my  hands.  We  got  along  very  nicely,  and  the  Lord  was  with 
us,  and  we  ran  the  meeting  two  weeks  longer.  The  pastors  returned  en- 
couraged and  took  hold,  and  a  grand  work  was  done.  A  few  days  later, 
when  Mr.  Gilchrist  came  home,  he  had  to  go  away  again.  He  was  with 
Rev.  Mr,  Lyman,  and  the  services  had  already  begun,  and  Mr.  Gilchrist 
was  asked  to  preach  a  sermon.  This  was  within  two  miles  of  our  house. 
It  was  very  cold,  one  of  the  coldest  days  that  we  had,  and  Mr.  Gilchrist 
came  to  me  and  said,  "Belle,  do  you  want  to  go  over  there  with  me?" 
I  knew  that  he  wanted  me  to  go,  and  so  1  said  "Yes."  We  had  to  go 
through  the  cold,  and  to  come  back  through  all  the  bitter  cold,  and  we 
had  to  walk  five  miles  both  ways,  but  we  did  not  care  for  that,  so  long  as 
we  were  working  for  Jesus.  We  had  one  of  the  sweetest  meetings  we 
ever  attended. 

1  never  could  talk  much  before  an  audience  like  this,  and  I  can't  now  ; 
but  there  is  one  thing  1  can  do,  and  one  thing  that  I  am  going  to  do  until 
I  lay  down  my  life,  and  that  is,  work  for  Jesus.  Oh,  how  1  love  to  work 
for  Him  who  has  laid  down  his  life  for  me,  and  how  I  want  to  tell  others 
about  him.     I  shall  keep  on  telling  about  his  love  until  I  die. 


W.  H.  M.  U. 

By  Mrs.  Amy  Sturtevant  Hobart,  Scribe 

On  the  charming  afternoon  of  June  6th,  in  one  of  the  pleasant  parlors 
of  the  First  Congregational  Church  of  Omaha,  the  eighth  annual  meeting 
of  the  officers  of  the  Woman's  State  Home  Missionary  organizations  was 
held.  Miss  E.  R.  Camp,  of  Connecticut,  who  presided,  read  the  chapter 
from  Genesis  containing  those  inspiring  words  :  "  I  will  bless  thee,  and 
thou  shalt  be  a  blessing,"  and  Mrs.  Kennedy,  of  Missouri,  offered  prayer. 

The  response  to   the  roll-call  showed  that  there  were  twenty-eight 
officers  present,  representing  fourteen  States  and  Territories. 
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• 

The  following  resolution,  presented  by  Mrs.  Lane,  was  adopted  : 

Resolved^  That  at  any  regular  meeting  of  the  officers  of  the  Woman's 
State  Home  Missionary  Unions  an  authorized  delegate,  who  is  not  an 
officer,  bringing  credentials  from  her  Union,  shall  be  admitted  to  the 
session. 

Mrs.  T. O.  Douglass,  of  Iowa,  in  her  paper  on  "What  facts  in  connec- 
tion with  our  work  need  especial  emphasis  ? "  mentioned  particularly  the 
need  of  spiritual  growth,  and  that  we  must  recognize  as  Christ  did  the  law 
of  love  and  sacrifice. 

In  answering  the  question,  "  How  can  we  increase  the  sense  of  per- 
sonal responsibility  in  our  workers?"  Mrs.  J.  T.  Duryea,  of  Omaha,  said  : 
"  We  must  remember  that  Christ  has  left  us  to  be  witnesses  for  him,  and 
to  complete  his  work.  We  can  begin  by  teaching  the  young  what  per- 
sonal responsibility  means." 

Nearly  all  took  part  in  discussing  the  question,  "  How  can  we  interest 
the  uninterested?"  and  among  other  helpful  suggestions  were  these: 
Through  attracting  the  children,  we  may  influence  the  mothers.  Printed 
programmes  make  the  work  more  definite,  and  may  be  used  as  invitations. 
If  each  woman  is  full  of  hope  and  enthusiasm,  she  ought  to  interest 
others. 

Miss  Pickens*  paper  on  the  **  Practical  Value  of  the  Christian  Endeavor 
Missionary  Extension  Course  "  was  suggestive  of  what  may  be  accom- 
plished by  the  thorough,  systematic  study  of  missionary  fields. 

Before  Mrs.  Regal,  of  Ohio,  began  her  talk  on  **  Our  Column  in  the 
Advance^''  she  moved  that  a  vote  of  thanks  be  tendered  to  Mrs.  Claflin, 
of  Illinois,  who  has  ably  and  faithfully  edited  this  column  for  four  years, 
and  the  motion  was  unanimously  carried.  Mrs.  Regal  pointed  out  the 
fact  that  the  Advance  column  seems  as  yet  to  be  our  only  way  of  reach- 
ing the  Unions,  aside  from  The  Home  Missionary,  and  that  for  many 
reasons  the  task  of  filling  it  has  been  a  difficult  one.  The  question, 
**  Shall  we  continue  our  column  in  the  Advance  ?  "  was  answered  by  a  vote 
in  the  affirmative.  At  a  later  session  Mrs.  Regal  was  appointed  to  take 
charge  of  the  column  for  the  next  year,  and  every  woman  present  was 
earnestly  requested  to  respond  cheerfully  and  promptly  to  calls  for  items 
of  interest,  and  thus  aid  in  making  the  column  a  success. 

The  paper  written  by  Mrs.  William  Kincaid,  of  New  York,  and  read 
by  Miss  Camp,  suggested  that  a  committee  be  appointed  for  three  years, 
whose  duties  should  be  : 

(1)  To  arrange  time,  place,  and  leader  for  the  annual  meeiing. 

(2)  To  act  in  an  advisory  capacity,  if  necessary,  during  the  year. 

(3)  To  reply  to  queries  referred  to  thcMn  by  State  officers. 

It  was  voted  to  appoint  such  a  committee,  with  this  change,  that  the 
first  member  be  elected  to  serve  three  years,  the  second  two  years,  and 


August,  1894  The  Home  Missionary  235 

the  third  one  year,  and  thereafter  one  member  be  elected  annually  to 
serve  three  years,  Mrs.  L.  F.  Berry,  of  Iowa,  Mrs.  E.  S.  Williams,  of 
California,  and  Mrs.  J.  H.  Babbitt,  of  Vermont,  were  afterward  appointed 
to  constitute  this  committee. 

A  unanimous  vote  of  thanks  was  tendered  Miss  Camp  for  taking 
charge  of  the  meeting  upon  such  short  notice,  and  conducting  it  with 
so  much  grace  and  efficiency. 

The  discussions  which  followed  each  of  the  papers  were  exceedingly 
helpful.  Again  and  again  came  the  same  thought,  clothed  in  different 
words,  "  the  power  and  need  of  personal  work."  We  must  be  filled  with 
the  spirit  of  Christ,  and  then  reach,  not  masses  of  people  hundreds  of 
miles  away,  but  our  neighbor.  The  success  of  our  woman's  work  depends 
upon  the  success  of  the  individual  society,  and  the  success  of  the  society 
upon  the  faithfulness  of  each  member  in  interesting  and  helping  some 
other  woman^  To  the  heart  of  each  woman  present  came  the  note  of 
hope  ;  for  surely  this  means  for  all  an  opportunity  to  aid  in  the  grand 
work  of  saving  our  land  for  Christ,  and  a  fresh  resolve,  voiced  in  the 
resolution  presented  later,  at  a  short  business  meeting,  by  Mrs.  Coit,  of 
Massachusetts,  and  unanimously  adopted : 

Resolvedy  That  on  Good  Friday,  that  day  which  commemorates 
Christ's  gift  of  himself  to  the  world,  or  on  Easter  Sunday,  that  day 
of  joy  and  gladness,  we  will  give  special  thought  and  prayer  to  the  work 
of  Home  Missions — prayer  and  thought  and  purpose  which  shall  result  in 
continued  thank-offerings  and  prayer  throughout  the  year. 

MORMON   YOUTH 

By  Mrs.  W.  S.  Hawkes,  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah 

Children's  Day  is  near  at  hand,  and  suggests  the  subject  upon  which 
I  am  to  speak  to  you — "  The  Outlook  for  Mormon  Youth." 

Ten  years  ago,  when  I  went  from  Massachusetts  to  Arizona,  I  firmly 
believed  Boston  to  be  the  "  hub  "  of  the  universe.  After  five  years'  experi- 
ence as  a  "  New  West "  teacher,  and  ^s^  as  the  wife  of  a  home  missionary 
superintendent,  I  know  whereof  I  speak  when  I  say  that  neither  to  Boston 
nor  Chicago,  nor  even  Omaha,  belongs  this  honor,  but  to  Salt  Lake  City. 
This  I  can  prove  to  you  from  their  children's  primary  hymn-book : 

**  Immortal  garlands  crown  the  day 
On  which  brave  men  of  God, 
Who  pioneered  the  desert  way, 
Id  Salt  Lake  Valley  trod. 


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From  here  the  '  little  stone  '  will  roll, 

The  '  kingdom '  spread  abroad, 
Till  peace  shall  reign  from  pole  to  pole. 

And  all  acknowledge  God." 

These  children  of  the  *  latter-day  saints  *  are  as  proud  of  their  birth- 
place as  any  of  you  can  be,  as  you  may  judge  from  the  following 
selections : 

*'  We  will  praise  thee,  O  God,  we  will  praise  thee, 
Thy  name  we  will  gladly  adore, 
That  we  live  in  this  blest  dispensation 

Desired  by  the  prophets  of  yore. 
Yes,  the  prophets,  the  bards,  and  the  sages 

IxK)ked  forward  to  these  latter  days  : 
And  we,  in  the  grandest  of  ages. 
Are  living  and  learning  thy  ways. 

•*  The  Gospel  that  men  can  rely  on 

Is  restored  by  the  Ix>rd  Go<l  of  Hosts ; 
And  that  we  have  been  *  bom  in  Zion  ' 

We  "forever  will  gratefully  boast. 
We  truly  and  fervently  thank  thee 

That  our  lot  is  appointed  to  be 
With  thy  chosen  and  covenant  people, 

In  these  valleys,  '  the  home  of  the  free. 


>  n 


**  We'll  bless  him  no  historic  page 
Enrolled  our  name  \m  former  age, 
IJut  that  we  live  in  days  so  brij^ht, 
Emblazoned  by  the  Gospel  light. 

**  Revealed  by  Joseph  firm  and  true, 
liy  Hrigbam  and  by  Heber  too  ; 
And  Brother  Tavlor's  honored  name 
Has  on  our  hearts  as  warm  a  claim." 


'J'he  Mormons  are  a  much  organized  people.  They  have  the  "  pri- 
mary "  for  the  little  ones,  and  the  **  mutual  improvement  society  '*  for  the 
young  people. 

At  an  early  age  they  teach  pride  in  Mormonism,  as  the  following  lines 
will  indicate  : 

"  The  Mormon  fathers  love  to  see 
Their  Mormon  families  all  agree. 
The  prattling  infant  on  the  knee 
Cries,  '  Daddy,  I'm  a  Mormon.* " 


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The  children  sing  this  hymn  : 

"  I'll  be  a  little  Mormon, 

And  seek  to  know  the  ways 

Which  God  has  taught  his  people 

In  these  the  latter  days. 
•  •  •  •  • 

With  Jesus  for  our  standard — 

A  sure  and  perfect  guide — 
And  Joseph's  wise  example, 

NVhat  can  I  need  beside  ?  " 

Let  me  give  you  a  picture  of  life  among  the  latter-day  saints  when  I 
was  an  "Arizona  schoolma'am."  As  a  Christian  teacher  I  was  preached 
against  as  a  dangerous  guide  for  Mormon  youth.  One  of  their  bishops 
concerned  himself  for  my  salvation,  and  begged  for  an  opportunity  to 
expound  the  Mormon  faith  in  the  New  West  schoolhouse.  Unsuccessful 
in  this,  he  called  at  my  boarding-place,  where  he  stayed  to  dinner,  and 
spent  the  evening  revealing  things  new  and  strange  from  the  new  dis- 
pensation. From  him  I  learned  that  Mary  and  Martha  were  the  wives 
of  Jesus,  and  the  marriage  in  Cana  of  Galilee  was  his  own  wedding.  But 
to  my  relief  his  career  was  short.  I  had  visited  his  home,  seen  his  two 
wives,  and  noted  the  sad  face  of  the  first.  He  was  next  heard  from  as 
in  company  with  sheriffs  on  his  way  to  the  Detroit  penitentiary. 

I  attended  their  meetings,  where  I  heard  one  Sunday  three  young 
missionaries.  The  first  speaker  lamented  because  he  was  sent  in  place 
of  another  brother,  and  was  sure  he  could  not  "  speak  to  edification,"  and 
I  agreed  with  him  perfectly.  The  second  advised  all  the  women  of  the 
congregation  to  win  any  sister  of  a  different  faith  who  might  be  among 
them,  and  thus  save  a  soul  from  death.  That  meant  designs  on  the  New 
West  schoolma*am,  as  all  the  rest  were  Mormons. 

I  can  remember  only  the  opening  sentence  of  the  third  speaker,  which 
was  this  :  "The  sooner  I  rise  up,  the  quicker  I'll  get  done." 

At  another  meeting  the  bishop  dilated  at  length  upon  the  many  and 
various  happenings  of  crime,  casualty,  and  terror  in  the  world  outside  of 
Utah.  He  claimed  the  prediction,  upon  Mormon  authority,  of  a  universal 
war  which  should  terminate  at  last  in  the  millennium,  when  the  remnant 
should  return  to  Utah  and  there  should  be  peace.  To  those  of  us  who 
are  engaged  in  a  "  holy  war  "  with  the  evils  of  Mormonism,  it  would  seem 
that  a  fulfillment  were  nearer  than  we  had  dared  to  hope  ten  years  ago, 
but  not  in  the  Mormon  way.  The  Bible  is  taught  so  far  as  it  serves  their 
purpose  in  upholding  the  Mormon  faith,  and  the  teachings  of  Joseph 
Smith  are  added  to  those  of  Christ,  thus  poisoning  the  truth  of  the 
Gospel. 

Young  people  have  listened  to  these  teachings  and  many  more  like 


238  The  Home  Missionary  Augrust,  1894. 

them.  To-day  other  influences  are  thrown  around  them,  and  though  not 
welcomed,  are  sure  to  gain  ground. 

Among  the  difficulties  in  the  way  of  winning  the  young  people  to 
higher  and  purer  lives  is  the  dance.  It  is  sanctioned  by  the  church,  and 
I  have  seen  them  look  in  open-eyed  wonder  at  the  Christian  teacher  who 
refused  to  join  them.  "  Why,"  they  say,  "  our  dances  always  open  and 
close  with  prayer."  And  so  they  do,  but  between  the  opening  and  closing 
prayer  is  abundant  opportunity  for  immorality  and  intemperance. 

The  following  fact  lately  came  to  my  notice.  In  one  of  our  mission 
schools  a  promising  young  girl  was  offered  the  opportunity  for  higher 
education,  expenses  paid,  including  music,  by  a  lady  in  the  East,  if  she 
would  promise  to  give  up  her  dances.  She  accepted  the  offer,  studied 
three  months,  and  then  went  home  to  spend  a  vacation.  Instead  of 
returning,  her  teacher  received  a  letter  from  her,  saying  she  had  decided 
to  give  up  the  education  in  favor  of  her  former  amusement. 

To  show  the  position  taken  by  the  mothers,  I  will  quote  from  the 
Woman  s  Exponent^  a  paper  published  by  the  women  of  Zion,  bearing  date 
April,  1894 : 

**  It  was  unavoidable  that  our  children  should  go  to  school  to  those  not 
of  us,  but  mothers  should  instill  into  their  minds  the  principles  of  the  Gos- 
pel that  they  may  not  be  led  astray  by  the  influences  that  surround  them." 

Also  an  item  in  regard  to  instruction  in  theology  : 

"  I  have  noticed  with  pleasure  the  many  young  people  who  attend 
Professor  Talmage's  theology  class.  I  hope  that  we  may  be  able  to  save 
them  with  a  glorious  salvation." 

It  has  always  seemed  to  me  that  my  Mount  Holyoke  class  motto,  "To 
brake  yc  evyl  and  uphokle  ye  Christe,"  was  peculiarly  fitted  for  work  in 
Utah.  Among  the  influences  which  have  united  to  "brake  ye  evyl"  are 
legislation,  politics,  Gentile  j)opulation,  a  superior  system  of  public  schools, 
and  popular  sentiment.  Freedom  of  thought  among  the  young  people  is 
gaining  ground,  which  in  a  few  years  will  make  statehood  for  Utah  a 
safe  experiment. 

All  these  things  are  '*  efficient,"  as  Joseph  Cook  says,  but  not  "suffi- 
cient." Only  by  upholding  "ye  Christe  "  in  the  churches,  the  young 
people's  societies,  in  Christian  homes  and  lives,  lies  the  salvation  of  Utah. 


"We  pray  for  the  Woman's  Home  Missionary  Auxiliaries  who  labor 
so  hard  to  send  us  barrels  of  clothing  that  we  may  appear  well  dressed 
before  our  peoi)lc  and  the  community.  Even  out  here  in  ('olorado,  where 
day  laborers  go  about  arrayed  as  suits  their  convenience  or  purses,  a 
'preacher  '  does  well  to  respect  his  calling." 


August.  1894  The  Home  Missionary  239 

PERSONAL    EXPERIENCES 

Bv  Mrs.  C.  W.  Preston,  Curtis,  Neb. 

The  details  of  home  missionary  life  vary  in  different  places,  but  per- 
haps one  field  may  serve  as  a  sample,  in  many  respects,  for  the  work  in 
general.  Picture  to  yourselves  a  central  church,  in  the  midst  of  intelli- 
gent, enterprising  people  from  Iowa,  Illinois,  New  York,  and  New 
England.  The  houses  are  small,  but  well  furnished  ;  people  well  in- 
formed, but  with  their  minds  turned  largely  towards  material  things.  The 
church  is  small  and  unorganized.  The  brave  little  Sunday-school  that 
has  heroically  kept  its  place,  preaching  or  no  preaching,  is  the  most 
encouraging  sign  of  life.  Many  of  the  church  members  are  unspiritual 
and  worldly,  but  thoroughly  Congregational  in  each  wanting  his  own 
way !  Almost  despairing  we  ask,  "  Can  this  ever  be  a  united,  warm, 
loving,  spiritual  church  ? " 

A  Christian  Endeavor  Society  is  organized,  and  its  grand  pledge  of 
loyalty  to  Christ  familiarized  the  Christians  with  the  thought  of  conse- 
cration to  God  and  his  service.  Through  the  organization  of  a  Woman's 
Home  Missionary  Society,  the  ladies  of  the  church  are  led  to  take  a  new 
interest  in  Christ's  kingdom,  and  in  lost  souls  to  be  rescued.  The  estab- 
lishment of  teachers'  meetings  helps  to  transform  the  Sunday-school  into 
an  agency  for  reaching  scholars,  and  teaching  them  to  find  in  God's  Word 
their  guide.  God  fulfills  his  gracious  promise,  "  My  word  shall  not  return 
unto  me  void,"  and  the  simple,  earnest  gospel  message  is  the  power  of 
God  unto  salvation.  The  prayer-meeting  deepens  in  interest.  The 
church  doubles,  then  quadruples.  Warm  hearts  listen  while  our  great 
benevolent  causes  are  presented.  Offerings  are  made,  small  indeed  at 
first,  but  the  beginning  of  larger  things.  A  Children's  Mission  Band  is 
formed,  and  enthusiastic  young  hearts  are  asking,  "  What  shall  we  do 
next  to  earn  money  to  send  the  news  of  Jesus  to  heathen  children  ? " 
The  workers  thank  God  and  take  courage.  They  say  :  "  The  Lord  hath 
done  great  things  for  us,  whereof  we  are  glad." 

What  if  salaries  are  small  and  unpaid,  and  fruit  so  scarce  that  one 
little  boy  said  :  "  Mamma,  it  makes  me  almost  cry  to  think  of  the  peaches 
I  used  to  throw  at  the  cows  back  in  Illinois  last  summer  !  "  The  Great 
Master  is  granting  his  blessing,  and  the  fruit  is  that  of  souls  saved,  and 
more  earnest,  consecrated  Christian  lives.  *'He  that  reapeth,  receiveth 
wages,  and  gathereth  fruit  unto  life  eternal." 

If  the  Christian  minister,  in  a  region  like  the  one  described,  is  true  to 
his  Lord,  and  worthy  of  the  great  honor  of  being  an  ambas.sador  of 
Christ,  like  Paul  at  Troas,  he  sees  a  vision  and  hears  a  M.fic^doTv\^.Yv  cvj^ 


^40  The  Home  Missionary  August,  1894 

"  Come  over  and  help  us  !  "  that  stirs  him  to  his  heart's  depths.  The 
towns  are  small  and  far  apart,  but  all  along  the  way  between  are  people 
living — some  in  comfortable  houses,  but  more  in  temporary  shells,  sod 
houses,  dugouts,  with  little  furniture,  the  dwellers  therein  often  scantily 
clothed,  with  minds  neglected  and  souls  starving.  They  are  not  ignorant, 
shiftless,  nor  dull.  They  are  heroically  holding  their  claims,  making  first 
improvements  and  settling  the  wilds.  The  future  of  these  vast  regions 
is  being  determined  by  these  people.  Listen,  as  the  Macedonian  cry 
comes  from  a  place  twelve  miles  distant : 

"  We  are  trying  to  keep  up  a  Sunday-school ;  we  have  no  meetings. 
Can't  you  come  over  and  help  us  ? " 

A  week's  meetings  are  held.  Christians  have  their  faith  and  love 
quickened.  The  pastor  asks :  "  Why  not  have  some  meetings  of  your 
own  ?  "  "  There'd  be  no  one  to  take  part."  "  But  why  not  you  ?  "  "I 
used  to,  but  have  got  out  of  the  way  of  it."  "  Will  you  not,  for  Christ's 
sake  and  the  good  of  this  community  ?  "  "  Yes."  "  Will  you  pray  here 
and  now  ? "  "I  will."  A  prayer-meeting  starts  with  a  dozen  praying 
members.  All  that  was  needed  was  some  one  to  lead  these  believers  out 
into  active  Christian  work. 

Another  Macedonian  cry.  This  time  it  is  from  a  place  twenty  miles 
distant  :  **  We  have  never  had  a  meeting  in  all  this  region.  Can't 
you  come  and  hold  one  service  ? "  A  month  passes.  The  call  is  re- 
peated, **  Can't  you  come?  "  Another  month  :  "  We  want  you."  "  Possibly 
next  Sunday  eveninjj^,"  the  pastor  says.  **  If  I  can,  will  let  you  know." 
No  word  is  sent,  as  he  finds  he  cannot  go,  but  upon  the  bare  hope  the 
schoolhouse  is  crowded.  Finally,  some  week-day  evening  meetings  are 
held.  The  congregation  is  found  to  be  composed  largely  of  young 
bachelors  holding  down  claims.  They  will  soon  be  wealthy,  influential 
citizens.  Again  and  again  comes  the  Macedonian  cry.  Now  it  is  from  a 
place  twenty  miles  distant  in  the  opposite  direction.  Heart  and  hands  are 
so  full  already  that  a  deaf  ear  must  be  turned  for  the  present  to  this  call. 

The  Macedonian  cry  comes  in  different  ways.  Shortly  after  entering 
the  field  the  pastor  and  his  wife  spend  a  day  calling  in  a  place  four  miles 
distant  from  the  church.  Not  a  single  person  is  found  who  even  claims 
to  attend  church.  Sometimes  we  know  people  will  make  a  claim  to 
church  attendance  when  they  are  seldom  found  within  its  walls,  but  these 
people  make  no  such  claim.  Probably  many  of  them  have  not  clothing 
so  that  they  can  go.  A  preaching  service  is  appointed  for  the  next  Sun- 
day afternoon  at  the  schoolhouse.  How  the  faces  light  up  at  the  an- 
nouncement I  It  seems  as  though  you  could  almost  read  the  thoughts  : 
"  That  sounds  good  ;  "  '^  That's  like  old  times  ;  "  '*  That  makes  me  think 
of  home."  Saturday  finds  a  laigc  number  of  people  from  this  country 
region  in  town.     They  make  a  run  upon   the  milliners'  shops,  upon  the 


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shoe  stores,  and  the  glad  exclamation  upon  their  lips  is,  "  We  are  going 
to  have  preaching  next  Sunday."  (The  church  helps  business.  The 
church  is  not  a  beggar.)  Regular  preaching  services  and  prayer-meeting 
are  sustained  at  this  place  by  the  pastor  and  his  wife  every  Sunday  after- 
noon. When  the  winter  comes,  a  precious  revival  visits  this  countr/ 
region.  Souls  are  saved.  Wandering  Christians  remember  their  covenant 
vows.     Touching  are  the  testimonies  given. 

One  lady  says,  "  When  I  came  West,  I  left  my  religion  back  East  in 
the  big  church,  but,  thank  God,  I've  found  it  again,  in  a  little  school- 
house."  Another  :  "  We  won't  spend  our  Sundays  next  summer  in  fish- 
ing, as  we  did  last  summer."  "  O  God,  help  us  never  to  get  back  to 
where  we  were  before,"  is  the  cry  of  one  heart.  **  So  good  to  get  back 
to  God,"  the  repeated  testimony  of  another.  A  branch  of  the  central 
church  is  organized  at  this  place,  with  regular  preaching  and  prayer-meet- 
ing services.  When  the  question  arises  whether  they  will  be  willing  to 
relinquish  their  regular  workers  every  alternate  Sabbath,  accepting  some 
substitute  in  the  place,  that  another  call  eight  miles  from  the  town  may 
be  answered,  the  people  say,  "  We  shall  miss  you  greatly,  but  if  you 
can  do  any  other  community  the  good  you  have  done  us,  we  bid  you 
God  speed,"  and  thus  the  way  is  opened  for  answering  another  Macedo- 
nian cry. 

These  communities  are  soon  to  be  a  mighty  power.  Our  country's 
destiny  will  be  settled  by  them.  They  are  determining  their  character 
now.  It  is  an  awful  crisis.  Oh,  for  time  and  strength  to  respond  to  all 
these  Macedonian  calls  ! 

The  past  year  has  been  one  of  drought.  After  the  good  crops  of  the 
two  previous  years,  the  farmers  a  year  ago  entered  with  high  hopes  upon 
their  work  in  the  spring.  The  seed  was  sown  hopefully,  the  crops  were 
well  cared  for  ;  all  pointed  toward  prosperity  and  plenty.  Time  passed. 
There  was  no  rain.  People  began  to  say,  **  Well,  corn  will  be  scarce,  but 
we'll  have  a  good  crop  of  wheat  and  oats."  No  rain.  **  We'll  have  a  half 
crop  of  corn,  wheat  and  oats  will  be  scarce,  but  hay  plenty."  Still  no  rain. 
The  corn  was  a  failure,  the  harvest  of  little  account,  hay  very  scarce.  By 
midsummer  the  fields  were  brown  and  parched.  As  autumn  came  on, 
the  joking  inquiry,  **  Did  the  frost  hurt  your  garden  ? "  might  sometimes 
be  heard.  Perhaps  some  of  you  don't  appreciate  the  joke.  Why,  in  most 
of  the  gardens,  there  was  nothing  at  all  to  be  injured.  One  lady  boasted 
to  her  neighbors,  of  the  pint  of  cucumbers  she  had  raised  for  pickles. 
Prairie  schooners  might  be  seen  headed  eastward.  When  asked,  "  Where 
are  you  going?"  not  infrequently  the  reply  would  be,  "  We  don't  know  ; 
we've  nothing  to  live  on  here.  We  can't  get  work."  One  family  starting 
in  that  way,  had  not  clothing  sufficient  to  be  comfortable  for  a  journey. 
A  bundle  of  warm  things  was  gathered  for  them.     It  made  one  feel  a  Uttle. 


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solemn,  when  one  who  knew  their  circumstances  said,  as  the  bundle  was 
being  prepared,  **  These  things  may  make  all  the  difference  between  life 
and  death  to  these  people." 

We  feel  that  all  this  is  temporary.  Doubtless  again  the  desert  will 
blossom,  and  the  earth  groan  under  loaded  fields.  The  question  which 
confronts  us  as  Christians  is,  Shall  we  withhold  the  water  of  life,  and  turn 
this  land  into  a  spiritual  desert  ?  God's  Word  tells  us  of  a  worse  famine 
than  the  famine  for  bread,  of  a  worse  thirst  than  the  thirst  for  water.  It 
is  **  for  hearing  the  words  of  the  Lord."  We  see  the  result  upon  the  nat- 
ural world  when  the  rain  from  heaven  is  withheld,  but  infinitely  worse 
results  will  follow  if  the  water  of  life  is  withheld  from  these  souls. 
Thank  God,  it  is  our  privilege  to  have  a  part  in  carrying  to  thirsty  ones 
this  precious  life-giving  draught. 

**  Our  land  for  Christ !  "  we  cry. 
We  lift  this  banner  high  ; 
In  God  our  strength. 
Oh,  that  his  story  told, 
By  champions  firm  and  bold, 
Would  bring  within  the  fold 
All  lands  at  length  !  " 

The  work  continues,  and  precious  revivals  and  a  doubling  of  the  mem- 
bership attended  the  winter's  labors.  The  hardships  are  on  the  part  of 
the  people.  It  is  pitiful  to  see  frugal,  hard-working  people  suffering  for 
food  and  clothing.  One  of  the  hard  parts  of  the  missionary  wife's  work 
is  to  find  out  these  cases  of  need,  and  supply  them  with  that  tact  which 
does  not  offend  people  unused  to  charity,  nor  lower  their  self-respect. 
Yet  this  work  brings  with  it  joy  which  I  wish  I  could  share  with  the  kind 
friends  who  by  donations  have  made  it  possible  to  supply  many  a  case  of 
need,  an  J  to  keep  many  in  church  and  Sunday-school,  who  would  have 
dropped  out  for  very  decency's  sake,  if  unsupplied.  In  another  world,  if 
not  in  this,  you  will  understand  it  all,  and  receive  full  reward  from  Him 
who  has  said,  **  Inasmuch  as  ye  have  done  it  unto  one  of  the  least  of  these 
my  brethren,  ye  have  done  it  unto  me.*' 

The  coming  year  will  be  still  harder  than  the  last.  The  bright  sun 
shines  by  day.  The  stars  glitter  at  night.  The  parched  earth  appeals  in 
vain  for  refreshing  showers.  Scarcely  enough  rain  has  fallen  to  lay  the 
dust  since  the  slight  snows  of  winter.  Farmers  courageously  go  on  with 
their  work.  Their  wheat  and  oats  are  already  ruined.  Still  they  go  on 
with  a  persistency  which  borders  closely  upon  despair.  They  plant  their 
corn  in  the  dust,  and  hope  the  rain  may  come  to  sprout  it.  The  pitiful- 
ness  of  it  all  cannot  be  understood  by  those  at  a  distance.  Last  year's 
drought  meant  loss  ;  this  year  it  means  starvation.     The  hopelessness, 


August,  1894  The  Home  Missionary  243 

helplessness,  of  these  hard-working,  earnest  people  rests  on  the  mission- 
ary's heart,  as  the  heaviest  trial  he  has  to  bear.  Yet  we  know  that  out  of 
this  misery  and  cutting  off  of  earth's  supplies,  many  will  be  led  to  seek 
enduring,  heavenly  riches,  and  these  light  afflictions,  which  are  but  for  a 
moment,  will  work  out  a  far  more  exceeding  and  eternal  weight  of  glory. 


THE   PROPHET   OF   THE   PRAIRIE 

[Through  the  generosity  of  friends,  an  unusual  number  of  Home  Missionaries  and 
their  wives  were  present  at  the  Omaha  meeting.  The  keen  enjoyment  with  which 
these  Christian  pioneers  entered  into  the  spirit  of  the  occasion  was  an  inspiration 
to  Eastern  friends.  The  following  is  the  personal  experience  of  two  of  these  earnest 
heralds.] 

Three  years  ago  a  graduate  of  Chicago  Theological  Seminary,  class 
of  '91,  came  to  South  Dakota  as  his  chosen  field. 

Before  graduating  he  had  spent  a  summer  vacation  on  those  wide, 
billowy  prairies  of  Charles  Mix  County,  supplying  three  preaching  sta- 
tions. He  found  room  enough  there  for  the  exercise  of  his  exceptional 
executive  talents,  and  a  crying  need  for  all  the  spiritual  forces  at  his  com- 
mand ;  and,  thank  God,  a  Home  Missionary  has  God  and  the  whole  uni- 
verse "  at  his  command  "  on  his  field  !  Here,  in  this  "  desert  place,"  this 
prophet  of  the  great  rolling  prairies  had  a  "  vision  " !  Here  was  a  county 
that  had  a  population  of  4,000,  without  a  single  school  of  the  grammar 
grade ;  and  distances  to  places  with  a  good  graded  public  school  system 
were  great.  The  "  vision  "  was  of  a  Christian  academy  that  should  arise 
at  a  strategic  point,  around  which  a  town  should  grow,  to  be  visited  by 
the  railroads  in  due  time.  Stranded,  seemingly,  on  these  wide  prairies, 
far  from  educational  centers,  he  found  as  a  token  of  God's  leading  by  the 
vision  a  scholarly  professor  and  his  wife  from  one  of  our  older  State 
universities.  Both  had  been  educators  all  their  lives.  The  professor  had 
sought  these  altitudes  near  the  Bijou  Hills,  and  the  clear,  dry  air  of  South 
Dakota,  for  his  health.  His  noble  wife  was  just  the  one  to  fill  the  position 
of  principal  of  this  academy  which  our  prophet  saw  in  the  "  vision." 
Nor  was  he  "  disobedient  unto  that  heavenly  vision."  And  now,  faith  in 
God,  grit,  and  plenty  of  hard  work  with  his  hands,  like  the  great  Home 
Missionary,  Paul,  has  made  that  Christian  academy  an  accomplished  fact. 
The  prospective  first  four  students  increased  at  once  to  twenty  ;  and  now 
the  school  year  closes  with  a  roll  of  over  fifty.  "  The  Academy  Church  " 
has  been  organized  with  twenty- five  members,  the  result  of  a  revival 
during  the  winter. 


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All  has  been  wrought  out  against  almost  insuperable  difficulties,  such 
as  would  have  daunted  any  ordinary  man.  The  finances  of  the  enterprise 
have  been  managed  with  singular  economy  ;  and  Ward  Academy  stands 
to-day  a  miracle  of  faith,  wisdom,  and  good  management. 

All  this  time,  let  it  be  remarked,  Rev.  Lewis  Camfield  has  been  carry- 
ing right  alongside  the  building  of  this  institution  the  onerous  labors  of 
the  home  missionary  pastorate.  There  is  a  brave  wife  who  joins  him  in 
the  privilege  of  sacrifice  and  service  at  every  point,  and  perhaps  their 
greatest  sacrifice  has  been  the  giving  up  of  their  own  little  home — with 
the  sweet  baby  girl  in  it  to  make  it  dearer — to  live  at  the  academy  in 
order  to  give  the  boarding  pupils  loving  care  in  a  Chri.stian  home. 

In  a  region  one  hundred  miles  west,  across  the  Missouri  River,  where 
the  **  ranches  "  are  mostly  five  miles  apart,  live  many  children  who  have  not 
even  the  advantages  of  a  district  school.  They  are  coming  to  Ward 
Academy— and,  necessarily,  come  quite  young.  They  need  training  in 
home  ways.  They  need  to  know,  many  of  them,  what  a  good  Christian 
home  is  like.  It  is  plain  to  be  seen  that  to  have  a  neatly  furnished  room 
and  to  keep  it  well,  is  a  most  important  part  of  their  education. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Camfield  need  help  in  the  simple  and  neat  furnishing  of 
these  rooms  in  the  building.  So  far,  chairs  made  of  boards,  with  soap- 
boxes for  wash-stands,  and  other  things  to  correspond,  have  had  to  do 
service  this  first  year.  It  might  be  urged  that  pupils  should  furnish  their 
own  rooms.  If  this  were  demanded,  furnishings  would  be  meager  and 
most  unsatisfactory  ;  for  in  a  new  country  the  people  are  usually  poor  in 
the  earlier  years.  So  that  the  youthful  pupils  could  hardly  be  trained  to 
"  take  care  "  for  furnishings  that  are  not  worth  the  care.  On  the  other 
hand,  they  would  respect  and  could  be  made  to  take  care  of  furniture  not 
their  own. 

About  250  yards  of  carj)eting  are  needed  to  carpet  the  floors  of  nine 
rooms  ten  by  fifteen  feet,  and  nine  rooms  ten  by  eleven  feet,  and  two  halls 
ei^ht  by  twenty-one  feet.  Mr.  Camfield  is  very  modest  in  his  request,  and 
Only  asks  for  rag  carpetings,  which  ladies*  aid  and  missionary  societies 
could  prepare  with  little  outlay.  A  part  of  this  is  already  pledged.  It 
would  be  a  nice  tiling  to  do  here,  as  at  other  schools,  for  individuals  or 
societies  to  pledge  each  to  furnish  and  name  a  single  room. 

Last  winter,  Mrs.  Herron,  the  principal,  drove  six  miles  through  the 
cold  every  morning  and  six  miles  every  evening  to  and  from  the  school, 
leaving  her  invalid  husband  and  family,  and  often  tried  by  the  insufficient 
help  received  from  such  servants  as  a  new  country  affords. 

To  found  this  Christian  school  has  taken  the  ail  of  these  brave  work- 
ers. They  have  not  counted  their  lives  dear  unto  themselves  in  this 
work.  All  has  been  poured  out  lavishly  for  Him  who  gave  up  all,  even 
life  itscU,  for  us  and  them. 


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A    GRATEFUL    MESSAGE 

[And  here  comes  from  yet  another  grateful  couple  of  hard  workers  the  expression 
of  their  overflowing  thankfulness  to  God  and  his  faithful  stewards  for  the  long-desired 
privilege  of  attending  the  Annual  Meeting. 

Will  not  the  hearts  of  the  givers,  on  reading  this  "  grateful  message/'  beat  as  gladly 
as  did  those  of  the  receivers  of  their  timely  benefaction  ?] 

My  heart  is  so  full  that  I  feel  constrained  to  write.  Oh,  the  marvel- 
ous lovingkindness  of  our  God !  This  is  another  evidence  that  he 
really  does  hear  and  answer  prayer.  We  have  been  asking  daily  that  the 
way  might  be  opened  for  us  to  attend  the  Omaha  meeting,  that  Annual 
Meeting  of  which  year  after  year  we  have  read,  but  dared  not  hope  ever 
to  attend.  Yet  the  fact  that  it  was  to  be  held  in  Nebraska  kindled  a  ray 
of  expectation  which  was  likely  to  be  realized  when  a  couple  asked  my 
husband  to  marry  them. 

"Of  course,"  I  said,  "the  fee  will  not  be  less  than  ten  dollars  from 
this  man,  and  we  can  go  to  Omaha !  " 

Alas !  we  are  one  hundred  dollars  behind  on  our  salary,  and  some 
unpaid  bills  were  staring  us  in  the  face,  and  as  soon  as  it  was  known  that 
we  had  received  a  wedding  fee  it  was  taken  from  us  to  meet  a  grocery 
bill.  Every  bright  hope  vanished  with  that  ten-dollar  bill,  and  we  prayed 
for  submission  to  the  divine  will. 

Then  came  that  letter  of  letters,  containing  the  gift  which  opened  the 
way  to  the  great  meeting.  When  1  realized  what  had  come  to  us,  my 
heart  gave  a  great  throb,  and  I  sang  for  joy.  When  I  told  the  glad  news 
to  my  husband,  he  covered  his  face  and  cried  like  a  child.  The  children 
have  no  words  to  express  their  surprise.  I  am  sure  this  experience  will 
strengthen  their  faith. 

If  those  who  give  are  more  blessed  than  those  who  receive,  what  must 
be  the  joy  of  those  who  make  it  possible  for  the  missionary  to  indulge  in 
such  a  luxury  as  this  grand  meeting  ? 

God  forgive  me  that  I  have  sometimes  said— I  fear,  impatiently — 
*•  Will  the  time  ever  come  when  the  children  of  a  frontier  missionary  may 
really  have  two  eggs  at  a  meal,  and  meat  when  they  are  hungry  for  it,  and 
need  it — and  fruit,  sometimes,  and  letter  paper  and  postage  stamps  for 
correspondence,  and  a  little  change  now  and  then  in  their  poor  little 
purses  ? " 

To-day,  in  this  new  joy,  I  am  condemned  for  such  complaints,  and 
can  say  from  my  heart :  "  For  the  love  of  Christ,  and  in  his  cause,  we 
can  endure  all  things."  "  For  our  light  affliction,  which  is  but  for  a 
moment,  worketh  for  us  a  far  more  exceeding  and  eternal  weight  of 
glory.' 


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246  The  Home  Missionary  August^  1894 

FROM  A    MISSIONARY   WIFE    WHO    COULD  NOT 

COME  TO   OMAHA 

We  are  trying  to  do  something  here,  on  the  frontier,  for  "  God  and 
home  and  native  land."  I  am  homesick  this  afternoon  with  longing 
for  that  meeting,  and  the  most  natural  thing  for  a  woman  to  do  is  to  write 
to  a  sympathizing  friend.  Have  you  any  idea  how  lonely  we  missionaries 
get,  how  we  hunger  and  thirst  for  the  inspiration  that  comes  from  contact 
with  earnest  Christian  workers  ?  We  are  not  in  the  heart  of  Africa, 
although  it  seemed  to  me  we  were  when  we  came  800  miles  through  the 
sage  brush  and  sand  from  Denver,  a  year  ago  ;  and  when  I  think  of  the 
dear  New  England  home,  3,000  miles  away,  it  seems  to  me  at  times  we 
might  about  as  well  be  there  !  We  are  500  miles  from  anywhere,  and 
traveling  is  so  expensive  that  it  is  seldom  we  catch  a  glimpse  of  any 
person  from  the  outside  world.  No  wonder  if  we  grow  rusty  and  morbid, 
and  no  wonder  if  our  "  tree  "  bears  rather  imperfect  fruit ;  and  yet  there 
never  was  a  place  where  goodly  trees  of  righteousness  were  more  needed 
or  where  Christian  missionaries  needed  to  shine  with  a  clearer  light  than 
right  here,  where  the  standard  of  Christian  life  is  so  very  low. 

For  example :  The  ministers  and  their  wives  recently  received  cards 
of  invitation  to  a  grand  ball,  gotten  up  by  one  of  our  charity  societies, 
the  president  of  the  same  being  the  leading  man  in  a  sister  church. 
Upon  the  cards  were  printed  the  names  of  the  committee,  including  those 
of  many  prominent  church  members  from  all  the  churches.  It  is  needless 
to  add  that  none  of  the  ministers  attended,  although  their  churches  were 
largely  represented. 

Gambling  is  looked  upon  by  many  as  a  legitimate  business,  and  drink- 
ing is  indulged  in  by  the  greater  part  of  the  men  who  hold  office  and 
govern  our  pretty  city.  Indifference  is  everywhere,  and  so  many  infidels 
that  I  wonder  why  the  Lord  doesn't  rain  down  fire  and  brimstone.  The 
wonderful  lovingkindness  of  our  Father  is  endless,  is  it  not?  We  found 
five  members  here  last  June ;  five  more  were  out  of  town,  but  returned  in 
the  fall.  The  first  month  we  averaged  twelve  adults  at  our  services,  with 
perhaps  twenty  at  Sunday-school.  We  have  been  like  Mr.  Finney's 
** turnip,"  and  **  have  grown  and  have  grown"  until  our  hall  is  pretty  well 
filled,  and  our  Sunday-school  numbers  over  sixty.  We  have  received 
twenty-four  into  membership,  among  them  some  pretty  hard  cases  ;  two 
men  in  particular,  who  seem  to  be  doing  well.  We  have  a  Ladies'  Aid 
Society  with  about  twenty  members.  They  are  all  nice,  intelligent 
women,  full  of  work,  but  with  not  one  least  particle  of  missionary  zeal, 
though  they  are  ea)?:er  to  help  in  church  work  so  far  as  raising  money 
is  concerned,  and  seemed  to  enjoy  our  "  tea."     We  shall  have  another,  or, 


August.  1894  The  Home  Missionary  247 

rather,  we  are  going  to  have  "  strawberries  **  instead  of  "  tea,"  and  they 
are  going  to  get  a  little  more  information  in  regard  to  work  outside  their 
own  little  sphere,  and  I  trust  the  seed  will  spring  up  after  a  time.  It 
requires  tact  and  wisdom  to  lead  them  out  of  themselves  ;  they  see  so 
much  to  be  done  right  here  that  it  is  not  much  wonder. 

I  am  so  thankful  for  the  leaflets  you  sent  me,  and  they  have  already 
begun  their  work.  My  husband  read  "  Aunty  Parsons'  Story  "  to  our 
people  the  night  we  met  to  decide  what  could  be  raised  on  the  field,  and 
I  have  no  doubt  it  helped  them  to  decide  they  could  raise  $400  toward 
the  salary,  besides  the  rent  of  the  hall,  which  is  really  a  great  deal  for 
them  to  undertake,  as  we  are  all  feeling  the  hard  times  very  much.  This, 
with  the  J 1 00  less  which  my  husband  proposes  to  receive,  will  relieve  the 
Society  quite  a  little,  and  I  trust  we  shall  get  along  nicely. 

How  I  long  for  strength  to  do  the  many  things  in  the  parish  that 
seem  waiting  for  some  one,  and  yet  all  the  year  past  I  have  been  so  weak 
and  miserable,  having  come  from  the  high  altitude  and  work  of  eleven 
years  in  Colorado  completely  prostrated  nervously,  with  no  ambition  or 
ability  to  take  hold  and  lift  at  this  load,  and  so  the  missionary  has  had  to 
do  his  part  and  that  of  his  wife  too.  I  am  feeling  better  the  past  few 
weeks,  and  I  trust  I  shall  be  able  to  do  more  than  the  little  I  have  so  far 
accomplished. 


AN    ACKNOWLEDGMENT 

The  personal  experiences,  at  the  Woman's  Meeting,  of  the  missionary 
wife  in  a  drought-stricken  community  so  touched  the  hearts  of  a  few 
jS^uests  at  the  Millard,  that  a  check  for  sixty  dollars,  contributed  by  these 
friends,  was  forwarded  to  Mrs.  Preston  immediately  after  the  close  of  the 
Annual  Meeting.  To  this  token  of  sympathy  and  appreciation  came 
this  grateful  response  : 

"  I  wish  I  could  personally  thank  all  the  kind  friends  who  helped  send 
me  this  munificent  gift.  When  it  came  I  could  hardly  believe  the  evi- 
dence of  my  own  eyes.  While  my  heart  rejoiced  with  those  who  received 
at  that  meeting  financial  aid  in  their  work,  the  thought  never  entered  my 
mind  that  any  one  would  remember  me !  This  is  indeed  a  very  unex- 
pected experience.  I  am  sure  the  kind  Father  must  have  put  this  thought 
into  the  hearts  of  these  generous  friends.  Through  this  gift  I  can  now 
carry  out  some  plans  in  the  work  here  which  I  could  not  carry  out  before. 
Please  present  to  the  donors  my  heartfelt  thanks  for  this  assistance. 

«  Gratefully, 

••CURTIS,  Neb."  "  ^^^-  ^  ^-  P^^ston. 


248  The  Home  Missionary  August.  1894. 


FROM  TENNESSEE 

The  prayers  of  the  Woman's  Union  of  Tennessee  are  with  you  at  the 
Annual  Meeting  at  Omaha.  May  the  blessing  of  Numbers  vi.  24-26  be 
upon  you. 

Our  work  is  one,  our  hopes  and  our  hindrances  are  one,  and  we  serve 
the  **One  altogether  lovely,"  "the  Wonderful,  the  Counselor,"  "the 
Everlasting  Father,"  "the  Prince  of  Peace,"  who  will  not  let  us  fail. 
The  slave  song  says : 

"  Oh,  he  sees  all  70a  do. 
He  hears  all  you  say, 
My  Lord  is  writing  all  the  time." 

We  would  gladly  send  a  delegate  to  Omaha,  to  represent  our  Union, 
but  our  treasury  will  not  permit. 

Our  own  Annual  Meeting,  held  last  month,  was  a  most  encouraging 
one.  While  we  could  not  boast  of  much  money  raised  or  wonders  accom- 
plished, we  witnessed  a  helpful,  growing  interest  in  the  homeland  work. 
Accept  our  greetings  and  our  prayers,  and  believe  us  your  co-laborers  In 
His  Name. — Ella  Shepherd  Moore,  President  Tennessee  Union, 


Fruit  in  Old  Age. — I  represent  a  circle  of  King's  Daughters  called 
"  The  (jrowing-Old    Circle,"  connected  with   the  First   Congregational 

C'hurch  in .     We  now  number  seventeen,  although  fully  one-half  are 

unable  to  work  on  account  of  age  and  its  attending  infirmities.  We  are 
all  over  sixty- two,  and  some  are  nearly  eighty.  We  have  decided  to  work 
for  the  Congregational  Home  Missionary  Society  this  summer;  therefore 
we  write  for  a  family  to  work  for.  I  realize  that  we  are  taking  **  a  big 
thing  "  on  our  hands,  but  am  full  in  the  faith  that  He  who  inspired  our 
hearts  to  so  decide  will  help  us  through. — Mrs.  D.  A.  K. 


A  Valuable  Auxiliary. — The  Woman's  Missionary  Union,  under 
the  guidance  of  the  pastor's  wife,  is  now  becoming  a  valuable  au.xiliary 
to  the  church.  It  is  winning  the  confidence  and  interest  of  the  ladies  by 
its  elevating  and  spiritual  character,  and  uniting  them  on  a  higher  plane 
than  their  former  Aid  Society.  An  interest  in  missions  is  being  aroused 
among  the  members.  Christians  are  generally  becoming  more  loyal  to 
the  Master,  and  some  who  have  been  afar  off  show  signs  of  coming  nigh 
We  look  for  a  far  greater  display  of  the  Spirit's  power. — South  Dakota^ 


August.  1894  The  Home  Missionary  249 

GRANDMA'S   HOOD 

By  Miss  M.  E.  Smith,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

She  lived  across  the  street  from  her  daughter's  home.  The  dear 
grandma  was  very  precious  to  them  all ;  she  was  such  a  sweet,  frail 
little  woman,  it  seemed  always  that  a  breath  of  wind  might  waft  her  away. 

Mary  ran  over  often  to  her  grandmother's  house.  One  day  she  said  : 
'*  Why,  grandma,  what  do  you  want  of  that  funny  little  bonnet  ?  "  "  It  is 
a  hood,  child.  This  piece  of  gray  silk  has  lain  a  great  while  in  the  red 
chest ;  it  was  a  piece  of  my  wedding  dress,  so  you  see  it  has  its  little 
history."  "Grandma,  you  have  bonnets  enough  ;  I  should  think  you 
would  make  things  to  put  in  the  barrel.  Everybody  is  making  things 
for  it,"  said  Mary,  who  was  the  little  chatterbox  of  the  family.  **  What 
could  I  put  in  the  barrel  ? "  asked  grandma.  "  I  don't  know,  unless 
you  put  that  bonnet  in."  "  Never  mind,  child  ;  I'm  pretty  old  to  make 
things  for  a  missionary  barrel."  Mary  stayed  a  while,  had  some  of  Aunt 
Lizzie's  cookies,  and  ran  back  home. 

"  What  is  grandma  doing  this  afternoon  ? "  asked  Mary's  mother. 
'*  Oh,  she's  making  a  bonnet,"  said  Mary.  **  Guess  it's  a  missionary 
bonnet.  I  didn't  quite  know  what  she  said,  but  I  think  so."  "When 
your  grandma  sets  any  stitches  they  are  neat  and  dainty,  and  her  work 
always  has  a  little  mission  of  teaching  us  to  do  thoroughly  all  that  we 
try  to  do,"  said  the  mother.  Not  many  days  after.  Grandma  Roberts 
walked  across  the  street,  wearing  the  little  hood,  expecting  her  daughter 
would  laugh  and  call  it  a  Quaker  bonnet.  But  as  she  came  in  Mrs. 
Dean  said  :  "  What  a  pretty  missionary  bonnet  that  is  !  "  Then  she  told 
her  mother  how  Mary  had  named  it.  "  That's  a  queer  name  for  a  hood," 
said  she.  "  What  kind  of  missionary  work  do  you  expect  my  hood  to 
do  ?"  "  Oh  !  the  sweetest  kind,  if  it  keeps  you  warm  to  come  across  here 
in  the  winter,  though  it  must  be  most  too  warm  now,"  was  the  reply. 
"Yes,  I'm  like  a  child  coming  to  show  my  work." 

Winter  days  came.  Grandma  was  not  strong  ;  when  she  took  a  cold 
she  could  not  throw  it  off,  and  she  did  "  waft  away  "  from  those  that 
loved  her  so  well.  Earlier  than  this  a  good  woman,  writing  to  her  niece, 
said  to  her :  "  If  any  of  the  people  in  your  town  have  it  in  their  hearts  to 
send  supplies  anywhere,  as  they  have  in  the  past,  won't  you  tell  them  of 
Mr.  Gregory's  family  ?  He  lives  many  miles  from  my  home,  but  I  hear 
of  the  work  he  is  doing  as  a  Home  Missionary,  and  I  have  heard  of  the 
needs  in  his  family  and  among  his  people."  Sarah  was  happy  enough  to 
have  this  letter  from  her  aunt,  and  to  feel  that  something  was  wanted  of 
her.  She  began  to  plan  what  she  could  spare,  and  went  about  among  the 
neighbors  until  there  was  gathered  enough  to  fill  a  barrel  and  bundle. 

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It  was  a  very  cold  winter's  day  when  Janet  moved  about  getting 
breakfast,  while  James  went  out  to  care  for  the  horse,  almost  fearing 
to  find  him  frozen  in  his  poor  shelter.  Poor  as  they  were,  they  could 
not  do  their  work  without  a  horse.  James  and  Janet — Rev.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Gregory — had  gone  into  the  far  Northwest  to  do  missionary  work, 
and  they  felt  sure  for  many  reasons  that  the  Lord  had  placed  them  just 
where  they  were.  As  James  came  in  his  wife  was  saying :  "  What  shall 
we  do  ? "  "  Oh,  Janet,  you  mustn't  lose  courage,  for  1  was  just  thinking 
this  morning  that  things  did  look  badly  for  the  winter,  but  if  I  lacked 
courage  and  faith  I  could  trust  to  yours.  Really,  Janet,  I  do  not  see  how 
we  shall  have  clothing  and  necessary  comforts  for  the  winter.  Many  of  the 
people  here  need  help  as  badly  as  we  do,  and  none  of  our  friends  know —  " 
Janet  finished  his  sentence  by  saying  :  "  None  ;  only  God  knows.*' 

In  the  Eastern  town  they  collected  some  money,  not  only  for  the 
freight,  but  enough  to  pay  for  some  of  the  **  making  over,"  if  any  tailor's 
work  should  be  necessary,  or  for  whatever  the  missionary, most  needed. 
Great  interest  somehow  centered  in  that  barrel,  and  they  had  never  packed 
one  so  valuable  before.  Just  before  it  was  full  Mrs.  Dean  brought  the 
little  **  missionary  hood  "  her  mother  had  made,  saying  she  had  intended 
to  keep  it  in  memory  of  the  last  whole  piece  of  work  her  mother  did  with 
her  needle,  but  she  had  decided  to  send  it  in  the  barrel  in  memory  of  her 
mother. 

Toward  night  of  that  same  cold  January  day  in  which  things  had 
looked  so  dark  to  James  and  Janet,  one  of  the  deacons  drove  up  in  an 
oddly  fashioned  box  on  "  bobs."  He  drove  mules,  not  horses,  came  as 
near  the  house  as  the  snow  permitted,  and  called  out,  **  Halloo  ! "  All 
rushed  to  the  door  except  Sammy,  who  had  that  day  fallen  sick  with  a 
cold  and  partly  with  discouragement. 

Deacon  Barber  called  out :  **  Barrel  and  bundle,  sent  prepaid,  directed 
to  Rev.  Mr.  Gregory  ;  your'n,  sure,  so  1  brought  it  along  on  my  sleigh. 
Didn't  know  you's  'specting  anything  from  any whar !  " 

Charlie  called  out:  '*  We  arc  not  expecting  anything,  are  we,  ma?" 
"  Guess,  then,"  said  Deacon  Barber,  *'  it's  right  down  from  the  Lord,  and  it 
hain't  come  amiss  either,  has  it  ?  I  was  a-saying  to  myself  as  I  was  driving 
along,  that  must  be  one  of  the  Lord's  *  comfortable  blessings*  that  Sister 
Chloe  talks  about.  You  know  there  on  her  bed  she  alw^ays  finds  *  comfort- 
able blessings,*  while  the  rest  of  us  this  winter  hain't  seen  many  of  'em." 

If  there  had  been  interest  and  excitement  at  the  Eastern  end  of  the 
line  where  the  barrel  and  bundle  were  packed,  it  seemed  only  to  be  inten- 
sified as  they  reached  their  Western  destination  ;  and  the  children  said  : 
*'  Why,  that  was  what  the  story  meant,  that  story  we  read  where  there  was 
an  *  opening  day.'     This  is  our  *  opening  day.'  " 

Janet  after  a  few  days  wrote  this  letter  to  the  people  who  sent  the 


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barrel :  **  We  took  one  of  the  warm  blankets  and  put  it  right  over  Sammy, 
for  it  is  so  cold  that  the  walls  are  frosty  where  we  sleep.  And  he  was 
sick  and  needed  the  blanket ;  then  there  were  so  many  others,  we  could 
all  keep  warm..  Now  I  must  tell  you  about  many  of  the  things.  But 
first  about  the  little  Quaker  bonnet.  I  have  begun  to  wear  it  already, 
as  we  have  to  ride  so  far.  Our  meeting-house,  or  the  upper  room 
where  we  meet,  for  we  have  no  building,  is  four  miles  away  from  our 
house,  and  the  people  are  scattered  over  the  country  many  miles  apart. 
Somehow,  my  children  right  away  named  the  hood  *  a  missionary  hood,* 
so  1  thought  I  must  tell  you  about  wearing  it  as  we  went  to  distribute 
some  of  the  supplies  among  our  very  needy  ones — *  ministering  to  the 
saints,'  you  know.  I  went  to  carry  Sister  Chloe  some  comforts.  She  is 
bed-ridden  these  many  years ;  she  works  up  patches  of  silks  and  cotton, 
and  gets  some  little  things  to  sell,  and  adds  her  mite  to  the  support  of  the 
little  church.  As  I  went  to  her  she  said  :  *  Your  bonnet  makes  me  think 
of  my  dear  grandmother,  so  long  ago.  Oh,  yes,  that  will  be  a  real  **  mis- 
sionary hood,"  I  know.' 

"  We  took  the  red  beaver  cloak  with  black  braiding  to  Deacon  Barber's 
wife.  She  is  a  little  woman  and  it  just  fitted  her,  and  now  she  too  has  a 
'  comfortable  blessing. '  I  did  like  the  cloak,  but  the  black  one  fits  me, 
and  perhaps  red  is  not  as  becoming  to  the  minister's  wife. 

"  How  could  so  much  ever  go  in  a  barrel  and  bundle  ?  We  are  not 
only  well  clothed,  but  we  have  had  enough  to  help  about  every  needy 
family  so  they  will  not  suffer  with  the  cold,  and  their  children  can  keep  on 
in  school,  and  the  people  will  not  have  to  stay  from  church  for  lack  of 
clothing.  The  books  and  games  are  such  delights  in  our  home,  and  the 
luxury  of  toilet  soap  !  How  can  I  tell  you  what  it  means  ?  I  wish  you 
could  have  heard  our  people  in  the  next  meeting  offer  prayers  in  German, 
Scandinavian,  and  English — prayers  of  thanksgiving  for  the  barrel  and 
bundle  ;  then  you  would  know  that  God  through  you  had  sent  *  comfort- 
able blessings  *  to  this  whole  community." 

Somehow  the  story  of  grandma's  hood  and  Mary's  first  calling  it  a 
"  missionary  hood  "  reached  some  of  the  city  churches,  and  letters  began 
to  come  to  the  pastor  of  the  mission,  with  money  toward  a  building. 
W^hen  the  next  New  Year  came  the  people  had  a  good  meeting-house  free 
from  debt,  a  present  to  them.  Many  of  the  letters  said  :  "  They  had  been 
interested  in  grandma's  missionary  hood,  and  the  church  must  be  in 
memory  of  the  grandmothers  that  used  to  make  the  hoods,  with  thanks  to 
little  Mary  for  naming  it." 

When  Mary  heard  it  all  she  said  :  "  Grandma  didn't  know  when  she 
made  that  bonnet  that  she  was  building  a  meeting-house,  did  she  ?  I 
wonder  if  she  knows  it  now  ?  " 


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APPOINTMENTS    IN    JUNE,    1894 


Not  in  commission  last  year 

Brier.  John  W.,  Antioch,  Cal. 
Combe,  Philip,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 
Cotton,  Harry  A.,  Graceville.  Minn. 
Dexter,  Granville  M.,  Guinda,  Cal. 
Fcrgfuson,  William  D..  Spring  Creek,  Pa. 
Gipson,  Jacob  M.,  Phcenix  City,  Ala. 
Gober.  H.  M.,  Juno,  Ga. 
Hardin,  Robert,  Courtland.  Ala.- 
Haynea,  Ausustus  J..  Cumberland,  No.  Wis. 
Helms,  George  L.,  Ree  Heights,  Greenleaf,  and 
Spring  Hill.  So.  Dak. 

{ensen,  Julius  A.,  Fort  Payne.  Ala. 
Cnowdell,  James  R.,  San  Bernardino,  Cal. 
Lunsford,  Charles  P.,  Hacklesburg.  Ala. 
Mudie.  Howard,  Mantorville,  Minn. 
Nash,  James  H.,  Lovejoy,  Ga. 
Naylor,  Benj.  D.,  Crockett,  Cal. 
Okerstein,  John   F.,  Pillsbury,    and   Swanville, 

Minn. 
Parsons.  A.  S.,  General  Missionary  in  Butte  Co., 

Cal. 
Pederson,  Hans,  Washburn  and  Bayfield,  Wis. 
Prescott,  Matthew.  Lamar.  Ala. 
Stiles,  Darwin  F.,  Siloam  Springs,  Ark. 
Tanner,  Allan  A.,  Pueblo.  Colo. 
Thompson,  Thomas,  Winfrcd  and  Freedom,  So. 

Dak. 
Warren,  Leroy,  Brookfield,  Mo. 


Re-  comm  issioned 

Adams,  Thomas  J..  Amandaville.  Ga. 
Armstrong,  William  B.,  Braswell  and  Plainville, 

Ga. 
Banham,  Henry  E.,  Etta,  Cal. 
Barteau,  Sidney  H..  Lake  Charles,  La. 
Binder.  George  J.,  Oleander,  Cal. 
Boroughf,  Wesley  A..  Erwin.  So.  Dak. 
Boyle.  Frank  W.,  El  Paso,  Texas. 
Bradford.  Benjamin  F.,  Cedar  Grove,  N.  J. 
Brandt,  Felix  G.,  Perth  Amboy,  N.  J. 
Brewer,  William  K.,  Duluth  and  Flowery  Branch, 

Ga 
Brink,  Loc  A..  Bowdle  and  Spring  Lake,  Sf*.  Dak. 
Brown.  Aurclian  L.,  Villard  and  Hudson.  Minn. 
Burgess.  Hubert  F.,  Auburn.  Cal. 
CargiU,  Derastus,  (iencral  Missionary  in  La. 
Carroll.  W.  Irvinp.  South  Dallas,  Texas. 
Clarke,  Almon  T..  Shelby.  Ala. 
Conrad.  George  A.,  Lake  Preston.  So.  Dak. 
Coolcy,  H.  (Jeo  ,  Appleton.  Minn. 
Cumbus,  George  \V  ,  Columbus,  (ia. 
Dahlgreen,  John  A..  Warren.  Pa. 
Danielson.  .Anders,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 
Davis,  Albert  A.,  Lakeland,  Minn. 
Dent.  Thomas  J.,  Aberdeen.  So.  Dak. 
Dobbs,  J.  Hcrvey.  Palestine.  Texas. 
Drew.  James  B..  .St.  Paul,  Mirn. 
Dunaway,  Willis  J.,  Jackson  Gap,  Ala. 
Edwards.  Jonathan,   Spokane,   Pleasant   Prairie, 

and  Trent,  Wash. 
Embree,  Jehu  H..  Linwood.  Kan. 
Evans.  \V  illiam  H.,  Big  Lake.  Minn. 
Fleming,   Moses  G.,    Bowman  and  Danielsville, 

Ga. 
Finnstrom.  Benjamin,  Rush  City,  Minn. 
Fisk,  Pliny  B.,  Crcsbard  and  Myron,  So.  Dak. 
Gates.  Arthur  G.,  Perkins  and  Corduroy.  Okla. 

Ter. 
Gilliam,  John.  North  Rome  and  West  Rome,  (Ja. 
Gordon.    WilJiam,    Hydesville,   Rohnerville,  and 
Alton,  Cal. 


Herbert,  Emery.  So.  Dak. 
Hale,  Edsoo  D.,  Lincoln,  Cal. 
Hanna.  Thomas,    Black  Diamond,    Port  Costa, 

and  Stewart ville,  Cal. 
Hardy,  William  P.,  San  Rafael,  Cal. 
Haven,  Egbert  D^  Rocklin.  Cal. 
Haynie,  Thomas  B.,  Verbena,  Ala. 
Henry,  Mias  E.  K.,  Evangelist  in  So.  Dak. 
Herlove,  Rasmus,  Generu  Missionary  in  Chicago 

and  vicinitv. 
Holbrook,  Ira  A.,  Tecumseh,  Okla.  Ter. 
Houlding,  Horace  W.,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 
Howell,  James,  Coulee  Citv  and  Alnrira,  Wash. 
Irons,  John,  Starkville,  Cdo. 
Ives,  Joseph  B.,  Palermo,  Cal. 
Tames,  Horace  P.,  Colfax,  Wash, 
[amison,  H.  W.,  Beresford  and  Pioneer,  So.  Dak. 
[enkins,  John  J.,  Parsons,  Pa. 
Jesseph,  L.  E.,  Colville,  Wash. 
Johnson,  Alfred  K.,  Rosedale  and  Rose,  Cal. 
Jones,  John  A.,  Cottonwood,  Cal. 
Jones.  Richard  M.,  Oswego.  Ore. 
Kantner,  William  C.,  Corvallis,  Ore. 
Ke van,  James  H.,  Columbia^  So.  Dak. 
Kloss,  Charles  L. ,  Kansas  City.  Mo. 
Langdale.  Thomas  G.,  Clark,  So.  Dak. 
Leglcr,  Jacob,  Fresno.  Cal. 
Lewis,  John  T.,  Powell,  So.  Dak. 
Lindley,  Thomas  M.,  Milner,  Ala. 
Locke,' J.  F.,  Round  Prairie.  Minn. 
Loomis.  Eli  R.,  South  Bend,  Wash. 
Luark,  Marcellus  J.,  Mokelumne  Hill,  Cal. 
Lundquist,  Carl  J.,  Chandler's  Valley,  Pa. 
Lyle.  Arthur  J.,  Stone  Mountain  and  Antioch, 

Ga. 
Magill,  Thomas,  Reno,  Nev. 
Matthews,  Tames  T.,  Blossbun?-  Pa. 
Martin,  C.  Victor,  San  Juan.  Cal. 
Moore,  Will  N.,  New  Duluth.  Minn. 
Morton.Gcorge  F'.,Braincrd,  Parker,  and  Randall, 

Minn. 
Nilson.  Frank,  General  Missionary  in  Northeast 

Pennsylvania  and  Western  New  York. 
Nelson,  Gustav  W.,  Kalama,  Wash. 
Olds,  Alphonzo  R.,  Weston  and  Free  water.  Ore. 
Owens,  Miiamin  J..  White  Bay  Springs,  Ala- 
Paddock,  Edward  A.,  Weiser,  Idaho. 
Parsons,  Henry  W..  New  Brighton,  Minn. 
Paul.  Beniamin  F.,  Detroit,  Minn. 
Peabody,  Harry  E..  Trinidad,  Colo. 
Pitman,  Travis,  Glenmore.  Ga. 
Quaife,  Robert.  Toledo,  Ohio. 
Quattlebaum.  Wilks  H.,  Williford,  Ga. 
Kisser.  Henry  A..  Winona,  Minn. 
Robbins.  Anson  H..  Ashion,  Athol,  Clyde,  and 

La  Prairie,  So.  Dak. 
Robbins.  J.  Clarke,  Berkeley,  Cal. 
Robertson,  William   J.,  Tidwell,   Tidmorc,  and 

Hanceville,  Ala. 
Roeers,  Samuel  J..  Robbinsdale,  Minn. 
Rollins.  John  C,  Villa  I^rk  and  Denver,  Colo. 
Rose,  Samuel.  Provo,  Utah. 
Rowe,  George  W..  Haleysvitle,  Ala. 
Sanborn,  D.  I-cc,  Bruce  and  Appollonia,  No.  Wis. 
Sargent.  Benjamin  F..  Santa  Rosa,  Cal. 
Shattuck.  C.  S.,  Welsh.  Esterly.  and  Iowa,  La. 
Sheldon,  Charles  F.,  Sherman,  Texas. 
Smith,  Felix  G..  Cartecay,  Ga. 
Smith.  Green  N.,   Baxley,   Meridian,  and  New 

Bethel,  (ia. 
Stal lings,  Jeremiah 
Spillers.  Ashl>el  P., 

I^a  Crosse.  Ga. 
Spriggs.  John.  Wier  and  Pleasant,  Ga. 
Stevens.  William  D.,  Hancock  and  Lake  Emily, 

Minn. 
Sltou^,  Jacob  H.,  Sunol  Glen,  No.  Cal. 


1  .  Genera]  Missionary  in  Ala. 
Rochelle,  Asbury  Chapel,  and 


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Swain,  Carl  J.,  Pelican  Rapids,  Minn. 
Swartout,  Ed^far  P..  Firesteel,  Letcher,  Perry, 

and  Lisbon.  So.  Dak. 
Taylor,  Raynesford,  Pescadero.  Cal. 
Tcnney,  Marcus  D.,  Chandler,  Okla.  Ter. 
Thayer,  O.  F.,  Tekoa,  Wash. 
Tibbals,  William  H.,  Lynne  and  Slaterville,  Utah. 
Tomlin.  David  R..  General  Missionary  in  So.  Dak. 
Trussell,  William  P.,  Benson,  Minn. 
Van  Blarcom,  Grant,  Lusk,  Douglas,  and  Man- 

ville,  Wyo. 


Veazie,  Walter  C,  Evangelist  in  Kan. 

Wallace,  Louis,  Etna,  Cm. 

Walton,  Richard  C,  Henry,  So.  Dak. 

Webber.  Edwin  E.,  Ipswich  and  Rosette  Park. 

So.  Dak. 
Wells,  Archibald  C,  Central  and  Tallassee.  Ala. 
WIdinjr,  Carl  A.,  Mt.  Jewett,  Pa. 
Wikoff,  Harry  H  ,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 
Willett,  George,  San  Luis  Obispo,  Cal. 
WoodhuU.  George  H.,  Windsor,  Mo. 
Wright,  Turner,  MounUin  Meadow,  Ala. 


RECEIPTS  IN   JUNE,  1894 

For  account  of  receipts  by  State  Auxiliary  Societies,  see  pages  258  to  261. 


MAINE-$aiz.90. 

Auburn,  Ladies*  Miss.  Soc.  of  Sixth 

Street  Ch.,  by  G.  P.  Maloon $5  oo 

Blanchard,  by  M.  Gtlman 6  25 

Calais,  First,  by  A.  L.  Clapp 30  00 

Damartscotta,  A  Friend a  00 

Eastport,  Central  Church,  by  Rev.  C. 

S.  Holton 365 

Kennebunk,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  of  Union 
Ch.,  by  Miss  H.  M.  Ferry,  through 

Rev.  E.  B.  Palmer 500 

Portland,  Highland  St.  Ch.,  A  Friend  xoo  00 

State  St.  Ch.,  by  E.  Corey  A  Co 50  00 

Saco,  First,  by  G.  B.  Allen 5  00 

Westbrook,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  A.  E. 

Bragdon 5  co 


NEW  HAMPSHIRE-$284.o5. 

F.  C.    L  and  H.  M.  Union, 
Mi^    A.    A.   McFarUnd, 

Trcas $500 

Concord,  First 30  6q 

Gilsum 3  60 

38  29 

Bedford,  S.  C.  Damon 550 

Concord,  A  Friend 5  00 

East  Jaffrey,  Mrs.  M.  A.   Raymond, 

through  Kev.  E.  B.  Palmer  3  00 

Goffstown.  by  D.  Grant,  through  Rev. 

E.  B.  Palmer 13  65 

Groton  and  Hebron,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E...  i  00 

Hennikcr,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 12  00 

Hollis,  A  Friend 2  00 

K<>ene.  In   Memoham  of  Edwin  H. 

Oark.  by  F.  M .  Clark 100  00 

Penacook,  by  Charles  M.  Rolfe 22  73 

Piermont,  by  Mrs.  W.  A.  C.  Converse  23  00 
Stratham,  V.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Mrs.  C. 

H.  Thompson 2  75 

Suncook,  P.  A .  Mills 5  00 

Walpole,  by  C.  E.  Sparhawk 50  13 


VERMONT— $1,029.27;  of  which  lega- 
cy, $659.85. 

Received  by  W.  C.  Tyler, 
Treas.  Vt.  Dom.  Miss. 
Soc. : 

Brookfield,  First $7  a8 

Second 1664 


26  17 


W.  H.  M.U. : 

Barton,  A  Friend $500 

Burlington,  First,  Young 
Ladies'  H.  M.  Soc.,  for 
Salary  Fund 10  00 

Cornwall,  Ladies^  Cent 
Soc 8  00 

Newbury,  West 4  00 

Sheldon 5  00 

$33  oc 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 

W.  P.  Fairbanks,  Treas.  :  300  00 

Highgate  Center,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  for 
Salary  Fund 2  00 

Brattleboro,  On  account  of  Legacy  of 
Clark  Jacobs,  by  C.  F.  Thompson..        659  85 

Derby  Line,  South  Stansteao  Ch., 
Ladies'  Aid  Soc.,  by  Mrs.  H.  S. 
Stone 9  25 

MASSACHUSETTS      $21,236.83 ; 
of  which  legacies,  $13,620.05. 

Mass.  Home  Miss.  Soc..  Rev.  E.  B. 

Palmer,  Treas 2,500  00 

For  work  among  foreigners  in  the 

West 4i5co  00 

By  request  of  donors 130  81 

Woman's  H.  M.  A.,  Miss  S.  K.  Bur- 
gess,  Treas : 
Aubumdale,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  Rally. .  5  00 

Amherst,  Amherst  College,  add'l,  by 
Prof.  W.  C.  Esty 65  00 

Attleboro.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  Second,  by 
A.  G.  Tillson 5  00 

Boston,  W.  A.  Wilde,  for  Salary  Fund.        xoo  00 
S.  F.  W 25  00 

Chesterfield,  by  Elihu  Loomis 6  00 

Georgetown,  On  account  of  L^acy  of 
Lucy  H.  Dole,  by  M.  G.  Tenney, 
Adm 2,37500 

Greenfield,  Legacy  of  W.  B.  Wash- 
bum,  by  F.  G.  Fcs^enden,  Ex 795  05 

Marshfield.  Bible  Class  of  Second  Ch., 
by  Israel  H.  Hatch 1060 

Massachusetts,  Thank-offering 100  00 

Monson,  by  E.  F.  Morris,  Treas 23  29 

Newburyport,  North  Ch.  S.  S.,  by  G. 
W.  Kimball 18  48 

Newton  Center,  Extra-Cent-a-Day 
Band,  by  S.  F.  Wilkins 25  00 

Northampton,  Dorcas  Soc.  of  First,  by 

Mrs.  t.  E.  Clark,  for  Salary  Fund.         56  25 

M.  L.  Cable 5  00 

Mary  E.  Boyd 5  00 

Sheffield,  by  A.  T.  Wakefield,  M.D...  n  35 


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South  Weymouth.  L^acy  of   J.   S. 

Fogg,  by  Thomas  Weston,  Bsq $9«S«>  00 

West  Everett,  "  Widow's  Mite  " 1  <» 

Whitinsville.  Mrs.  M.  F.  W.  Abbott. .  17  00 

Worcester,   Legacy   of    Elbridffe   G. 

Partridge,  by  Willis  E.  Sibley.. ..        950  00 
A  Member  of  Plymouth  Ch.,  by  F. 
W.Chase 600 

RHODE  ISLAND -$383.98. 

Bristol.  First,  by  P.  Skinner,  Jr 6z  04 

Little  Compton,  S.  S.,  by  J.  Lade.  .   .  14  00 
Newpon,  United  Ch.,  by  Erastus  P. 

Allan  18  94 

Mrs.  T.  Thayer 3000 

Pawtucket,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  of  Park 

Place  Ch,  by  F.  O.  Bishop 500 

Providence.   Union    Ch.,  by    W.    A. 

Mc Auslan    950  00 

Harry  M.  Hutchins 5  00 


CONNECTICUT-$x3,6o4.84  ;  of  which 
legacies,  $11,  487.50. 


Miss.   Soc.  of  Conn..   W.   W.  Jacobs, 
Trcas.,  by  Rev.  W.  H.  Moore»  Sec. . . . 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs.  W.  W. 

Jacobs,  Treas  : 
Griswold,   Pachaug  Acorns 

Mission  Circle,  special $8  00 

Ridgefield.   Ladies'    Union, 

by  Mrs.  C.  H.  Kendall  . .        10  00 
Stonington,  Agreement  Hill 

H.  M.  Soc..  by  Miss  Emma 

A.  Smith,  for  Salary  Fund.       8  00 

Ash  ford.  Mrs.  C.  S.  Trowbridge 

Birmingham.  Mrs.  Thomas  Slater 

Bridgeport,  Mrs,  A.  J.  Baldwin 

Bristol.  Miss  E.  G.  Peck 

Centerbrook.  S.  P.  Parmelee 

Collins villc.  S.  E.  Brown 

Cornwall,  Second,  by  H.  M.  Pratt,  to 
const.  Samuel  R.  Scoville  a  L.  M . 

Estate  of  Silas  C.  Beers,  John   E. 
Calhoun    and    Geo.  C.   Harrison 

Exs..  in  part 

Danbury.  Legacy  of  Emily  P.  Ryder, 

by  L.  P.  Treadwell.  Ex 

Derby,  Second,  by  James  Ewen 

Durham.  addM, by  H.  H.  Newton 

East  Haven,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E..  special... 
East  Woodstock.  Mrs.  Harriet  I^on. 
Farmington,  S.  S.  of  First,  by  H.  W. 

Barbour  

Groton.  by  Wilson  Allyn 

Hartford.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  First,  by  R. 

O.  Wells    

Lebanon,  First,  by  Miss  Julia  R.  Max- 
well         

Meriden.  A  Thank-oflfering 

Middletown,   Ladies'   H.   M.  Soc.  oif 

First,  by  Miss  C.  M.  Bacon 

Milford.  Plvraouth.  by  A.  A.  Baldwin. 
New  Hartford,  North  Ch.,  by  F.  B. 

Jones 

New  Haven,  United  Ch..  by  C.  E.  P. 
Sanford 

A  Friend 

New     I^ndon,    Second,    by     E.    H. 

Wheeler 

New  Milford.  James  Hinc      ...     

Nonhfield,  Mrs.  Deacon  John  Catlin. 

by  H.  C.  Peck 

Pe<^uabuck,  (x.  A.  Scott,  special 

Plainville.  Friends 

Mrs.  C.  E.  BIakeslce,$5  ;  A  Friend, 

$- 

Plymouth,  S.  S.,by  G.  A.  Cleveland. 


M«  03 


a6  00 

5  00 
I  00 

25  00 

xo  00 

62 

TO  00 

79  50 


10,000  98 


500 

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00 

30 
43 

00 
57 

36 

04 

.385 
15 

00 
00 

701 
5 

12 
00 

15 
18 
16 

0(') 

75 
00 

6 

00 

20 

ou 

Portland,  by  H.  Kilby $39  14 

Preston,  Legacy  of  Mn.  Anne   M. 

Kin^,  by  Gardiner  Greene,  Jr.,  Ex.       887  50 

Southington la  00 

South  NorwiUk.add'l,  to  const.  Mrs. 

Mary   Paul.  Mrs.  T.  F.  EYerden, 

and  Mr.  Chaa.  R.  Helmer,  Jr.,  L. 

Ms.,  by  Edward  Beard 15000 

Thomaaton,  Pint,  byG.  H.  Stough- 

ton i«  76 

Watertown.  S.  S ao  00 

Westminster,  Rev.  and    Mrs.  S.  B. 

Carter 4  00 

West   Suffield,  Estate  of  Horatio  K. 

Nelson,  by  Clinton  H.  and  Martha 

T.  Nelson,  exs 100  00 

Windham  County,  A  Friend 50  00 

Winthrop,  A  Friend 8  00 


NEW    YORK-$io.3a8.34 ;    of 
which  l^acies,  ^259.14. 

Received  by  Wniiam  Spald- 
ing, Treas. : 

Gaines,  $xo.o6 ;  S.  S.  $2.89. .  $ia  95 

Rome 9  00 

Syracuse.  Danforth z  00 

Good  Will  S.S X500 


Walton. 
Wilmington... 
Rev.  E.  Curtis. 


15  50 

4  00 

xo«oo 


Albany,  A  Friend 

Black  River  and  St.  Lawrence  Assoc., 

by  J.  J.  Doty 

Brooklyn,  Central    Ch.,  in  part,  by 
James  H.Pratt 

South  Ch.,  by  E.  D.  Ford 

Legacy  of  Racillia  B.  Anderson,  by 
Geo.  Wilcox,  ex 

James  Hyde  Young,  special 

A  Friena 

A  Friend  

Cambria  Center,  by  Rev.  D.  T.  Will- 
iams  

Canandaigua,  Miss  L  P.  Granger,  for 

Boh.  work 

Cortland,  Legacy  of  James  B.  Packer, 
by  F.  P.  Hakes 

Dea.  A.  M.  Waterbury 

Elbridge,  by  C.  H.  Van  Vechten 

Essex,  from    Estate   of  Mrs.   S.    A. 

Stower,  by  A.  J.  B.  Ross 

Hamilton,  Mr.  Frank  Church,  by  O. 

S.  Campbell 

Homer,  Estate  of  Sarah  E.  K.  Hobart, 

by  H.  W.  Hubbard,  trustee 

Hopkington,  on  account  of  Legacy  of 

Jason  Brush,  by  C.  H.  Brush,  ex... 
Ithaca.  First,  by  S.  D.  Sawyer 

iamestown.  L.  H.  Hazeltine 
<ockport.  East  Avenue,  by  Rev.  H. 

S.  Brown 

Massena.  Second,  Mrs.  S.  A.  Worden, 

by  M .  J .  Steams 

Morrisville,  on  account  of  legacy  of 

Ebcnezer   G.   Tidd,   by  H.  B.  Cor- 

man 

New  Lebanon,  by  Rev.  T.  W.  Harris. 
New  York  City,  A.  B.  Jennings 

A  Friend 

A  Friend   

Parkville.  by  Rev.  W.  A.  Kirkwood. 
Poughkecpsic.  First,  by  O.  S.  Atkins. 
Sherburne,  Dr.  O.  A.  Gorton 


NEW  JERSEY -$824.25. 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union  of  N.  J.  Assoc. 
Mrs.  J.  H.  Denison,  Treas.: 
Chatham,  Stanley  Ch , 


67 

45 

25 

00 

9 

60 

454  37 
60  00 

5.000 

00 

5 

00 

54  50 

4  40 

xo 

00 

40 

00 

x,ooo 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

30 

80 

I 

00 

700 

00 

xoo 

00 

xoo 

00 

I 

00 

x8 

45 

5 

00 

2,428 
»7 

'4 

5 

00 

xo 

00 

10 

00 

10 

63 

50 

00 

zoo  00 

za  00 


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255 


East  Orange,  O.  H.  Kelsey,  for  Sal- 
ary Fund. $100  00 

Mootclair,  FirBt,  by  F.  T.  Bailey 368  00 

Paterson,  Auburn  Street  Ch.,  by  J. 

Chase,  through  Rev.  E.  B.  Palmer.  26  25 

Summit,  N.  E.  M 10  00 

Westfield,  by  J.  R.  Connolly 30800 


OKLAHOMA-$io.35. 

Downs,  Ladies*  H.  M.  Soc.,  by  Rev.  J. 

Harper 

Perkins,  by  Rev.  A.  G.  Gates 

West  Guthrie,  by  Rev.  C.  C.  Hem- 

bree 


♦5  75 

3  00 

I  60 


PENNSYLVANIA-$x7s.76. 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union  of  N.  J.  Assoc., 
Mrs.  T.  H.  Denison,  Treas.: 
Philadelphia,  Central  Ch.  for  Salary 

Fund . 

Hartford,  by  E.  T.  Tiflfanv 

Philadelphia,  Mrs.   A.   H.   Heritage, 

special    

Potterville,  by  Dea.  E.  B.  Powell .... 


MARYLAND-f3i.oo. 

Baltimore,    Second,    by  Rev.  E.  T. 

Root 

Frostburg,  by  Rev.  G.  W.  Moore  ... 


DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA-$45.oo. 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union  of  N.  J.  Assoc., 

Mrs.  J.  H.  Denison,  Treas.: 
Washington,  First,  for  Salary  Fund.. 
Washington,  L.  H.  Kendall,  First  Ch., 

by  Rev.  E.  B.  Palmer 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  First,  by  Rev.  S.  M. 
Newman 


NORTH  CAROLINA- $7.09. 

Tryon,  United  Ch.,  by  Rev.  A.  Win- 
ter  


SOUTH  CAROL  INA-  $1.50. 
Union,  A  Friend 


LOUISIANA-$4.79. 

Baldwin,  Mrs.  F.  D.  Blood,  through 
Rev.  E.  B.  Palmer 

New  Orleans,  University  Ch.,by  E. 
C.  Little 


ARKANSAS- lao.oo. 
Little  Rock,  by  Rev.  R.  C.  Denison.. 

FLORIDA-  $100.64. 

Florida,  H.  M.  Soc.,  W.  G.  Peck, 
Treas.: 

Winter  Park 

Interlachen,  Mrs.  F.  R.  Haskins 

Jacksonville,  Union    Ch.,  by  C.  H. 

Smith    

Macclenny,  A.  A.  Stevens 

Melbourne  and  Rocklidge  Station,  by 

Rev.  J.C.Williams 

Tavares,  by  C.  H.  Newell 

Yallaha,  Sarah  A.  Benedict 

TEXAS— $3.00. 
Sbcnnan,  by  Rev.  C.  F.  Sheldon 


80  91 
15  JO 

75  CO 
4  75 


15  00 
6  00 


25  00 

5  00 

15  00 


7  09 


»  50 


I  00 

3  79 


30  00 


42 

U 

2 

50 

25 

00 

5 

00 

16 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

OHIO- $271.17. 

Received  by  Rev..  J.  G.  Fraser, 
D.D.: 
Castalia,  by  J.  C.  Prentice. .    $22  05 

Mrs.  A.  T.  Crowell 3  00 

Cuvahqga  Falls,  S.  S.,  by 

J.  S.  Heath 8  18 

Hudson,  by  Miss  E.  E.  Met- 

New  Albany,  by  G.  E.  Sim- 
monds 5  00 


Received  by  Rev.  J.  G.  Fraser,  D.D., 
Treas.    Bohemian    Board,  Cleve- 
land, in  June  : 
Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs.  G.  B. 
Brown,  Treas.: 
Alexis^  Willing    Workers 
for  Bible  Readers'  5>chool     $2  50 

Geneva.  I.  H.  M.  S 2  <x> 

Unionvillc.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E. 

-    for  Miss  Reitingcr 10  00 


Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 
G.  B.  Brown,  Treas.: 
Salary  Fund: 
North    Monroeville,  Mis- 
sion Circle 

North  Ridgeville,  Y.  P.  S. 

C.E 

Ridgeville  Corners,  W.  H. 
and  F.  M.  S 


$5  00 

10  38 
3  00 


3  00 


Ashtabula  Harbor,  b/  Rev.  F.  Leh- 
tinen 

Brecksville,  First,  by  H.  M.  Rincar  .. 

Gomer,  Welsh  Ch.,  by  John  W.  Mor- 
ris, to  const.  David  R.  Evans  a  L. 
M 

Oberlin,  Second,  by  N.  Huckins 

Toledo,  First,  by  M.  Brigham 


INDIANA— $2.20. 

Brightwood,  by  Rev.   H.  C.    Funk- 
houser 


ILLINOIS-$48.oo. 

Chicago,  Mary  R.  Blackburn 

Jacksonville.  A  Friend 

Polo.  Ind.   Presb.  Ch.,    by  Mrs.  A. 
Wilber 


MISSOURI-S122.36. 

Kansas  City.  First,  by  W.  P.  Holmes. 

Lebanon,  First,  by  Mrs.  L.  G.  Wal- 
lace     

Mine  La  Motte.  by  Rev.  D.  C.  McNair 

Todd,  Boys'  and  Girls'  Home  Miss. 
Band,  40  cents  coll.  on  Children's 
Day  ;  $1.10  by  Miss  Jennie  Brown.. 

Windsor,  by  Rev.  G.  H.  WoodhuU. , , 


47  83 


14  50 


18  38 


T  50 
8  45 


50  C)0 

50  84 

80  27 


2    30 


10  00 

5  00 
33  00 


79  »5 

25  00 
15  00 


I  50 


256 


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MICHIGAN    $a.oo. 
Dc  Witt,  Mrs.  E.  J.  Cook 

WISCONSIN-$27.5o. 

Amery,  Rev.  P.  A.  Simpkin,  $5 ;  Mrs. 

P.  A.  Simpkin.  $5 •  • 

Bloomer,  Cleveland  Ch.,  by  Rev.  T. 

M.  C.  Birminjfham ••• 

Hayward,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Rev.  T. 

G.  Grassie 


IOWA    $51  33 

Boone.  A.  M.  Palmer . 

Iowa  City,  Bohemians,  by  Rev.  F.  T. 

Bastel 

Lansing,  Rev.  A.  Kern 

LonR  Creek,  Welsh,  by  D.  D.  Davies. 

McGregor,  J.  H.  Ellsworth 

Minden.  by  Rev.  M.  E.  Eversz 


$3  CO 


10  00 

5  00 
12  50 


10  00 

5  00 
a  00 
8  00 

ao  00 

6  33 


Granite  Falls,  First,  by  Rev.  C.  H. 

Routliffc $1200 

Grovcland,  by  Rev.  E.  E.  Rogers.  ..  11  00 

Lakeland,  by  Rev.  A.  A.  Davis i  25 

Rush  City,  Swedish,  by  Rev.  B.  Finn- 

strom «  50 

KANSAS-$3o.8i. 

Received     by     Rev.    J.    G. 
Dougherty,  Treas. : 

Athol ...y.     $340 

Muscutah  Ch.,  $11.30 ;  C.  E., 

^$J54 "84 

Ocheltree x  00 

Valencia x  45 

18  69 

Abilene,  Mrs.  H.  M.  Hurd s  «> 

Muscolah.  $a.6o  :  Kansas  City,  Hattie 

Bruce,  $1.  by  Rev.  W.  C.  Vcaiie. . .  3  60 
Pittsburn^.  Miss  Nettie  Brayman,  by 

Rev.  J.  H.  B.  Smith 3  «> 

Sycamore,  by  Rev.  E.  Pratt 5» 


MINNESOTA    $454  64 

Received  by  Rev.  J.  H.  Morley 

Belgrade 

Claremont 

Elk  Rjver 

Lake  City 

Minneapolis,  Plymouth 

Plymouth,    Rev.    H.    L. 
Chase   

Vine 

Ortonville.  Y.  P.  S.C.  E.... 
St.  Paul,  Plymouth,  $25.90; 

S.  S.  §4  S3    ••• 

St.  Anthony  Park 

Sherburne 


Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 

M.  W.  Skinner,  Treas.: 

Ada 

Ash  Creek 

Cannon  Kails 

Douglas  S.  S 

Ellsworth 

Excelsior 

Faribault 

Freedom 

Hawley,  S.  S 

Hutchinson,  Si  ;    Mission 

Band,  ;?io 

Kanaranzi 

Madivjn  ^ 

Minneapolis.  Kirst 

Lowry  Hill 

Lyndale.  S.  .S 

Pilifrim,  special 

Montevideo 

Rochester 

St.    Paul,    Plymouth,    C. 
E.  S 

South  Park 

Winona.  First 

Waterville  


Zumbrota,  $ 


7  ??  I 


s  s 


$7.01  ;  Jr.  v.  P.  S.C.  E., 
?5 


$5  00 

3  50 
10  00 
18  43 
40  00 

IS  tx> 
5  00 

5  50 

30  23 

6  08 
10  00 

148  74 


6  00 
I  10 

36  02 
5  00 

1  22 

2  80 
22  00 

5  00 

5  40 

11  (» 

08 

I  40 

24  00 

22  20 

4  43 

6  00 

5  CK> 

37  78 

I  00 

1  00 
46  65 

2  50 


20  o?t 


268  18- 


Big  Lake,  by  Rev   W   H.  p:vans 

Campbell    and    Tiniah,   by    Rev.    A. 

Metcalf 

Crookston,  by  Rev.  T.  G.  Smith 

Edgerton,  by  Rev.  E.  Carter 


416  92 
2  50 


NEBRASKA- $530.11. 

Received     by    J.    W.     Bell, 
Treas.  : 

Crete $12  00 

German  S.  S.,  Bible  class.  i  50 
Fremont.  "  A  friend  of  mis- 
sions"   10000 

Harvard.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 2  00 

Omaha,  St.  Mary's  Avenue.  10  00 

Weeping  Water 19  16 

York 5  50 


Bcrtrand.  by  Rev.  H.  C.  Snyder 

Butte  and  Spencer,  by  Rev.  W.  Loney 
Cowles  and  Pleasant  Ridge,  by  Rev. 

S.  Deakin 

Dodge    and    Howells,   by    Rev.    A. 

Fams  worth 

Harbinc,  $8 ;  Plymouth,  First,  $12,  by 

Rev.  J.  B.  Doolittle • 

Holdregc,  by  Rev.  V.  F.  Clark 

Nebraska  City,  Mrs.  M.  J.  Sibley 

Newcastle  and  Daily  Branch,  by  Rev. 

J.  Roberts 

Omaha,  Collections  at  Annual    Mis- 
sionary Meeting,  June  10,  1894  — 

Collections    at     Annual    Woman's 
Meeting,  June  8,  1804,  .special 


NORTH   DAKOTA    $19.73. 


ICO  16 


3 

25 

I 

50 

4 

50 

3 

50 

20 

00 

6 

50 

5 

00 

13 

00 

5t 

60 

272 

01 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 
M.  M.  Fisher,  Treas.  : 

Carrinpton,  Mite  box  Fund 

Cummin>;.s,  "  Christian  Sol- 
diers"  

Rose  Valley 

Valley  City,  Mission  Band. 

Wynamere 


Caledonia,  bv  Rev.  W.  Griffith. 
Dwi^jht,  by  Rev.  G.  S.  Bascom, 


$3  43 

3  00 
5  00 
>  55 
5  00 


17  98 

I  35 
40 


SOUTH  DAKOTA-  $74.60. 


Colvin  and  I^  Roche,  by  Rev.  L.  E. 

Camfield 

a  37         Fort  Pjerre.by  Rev.  I.  R.  Prior. 

4  10 
2  00 


Frankfort  and  Tinton,  by  Rev.  C.  H. 
Dreisbach 


6  25 
2  00 

10  00 


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257 


Gothland,  $13.  ac  ;  Mr.  Branson.  $5  ; 
Ashtoo,  $13.50,  by  Miss  £.  K.  Hen- 
ry        $31  75 

Pitrodie,  Inr  Miss  E.  K.  Henry 960 

Tjmdall,  German,  by  Rev.  A.  F. 
Schmalle 10  00 

Walconda,  by  Rev.  J.  M.  Bates 5  00 


IDAHO    $14.15. 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs.  D.  W. 
Bartlett,  Treas. : 

Pocatello 


Geneseo.  by  Rev.  T.  W.  Walters. 
Pocatello,  by  Rev.  C.  W.  Luck  . 


$3  00 

8  40 


40 


COLORADO -$11.76. 

Received  by  Rev.  H.  Sanderson  : 
Colorado    Western    Assoc., 

by  Mrs.  S.  R.  Pickett $a  36 

Denver,  Olivet 5  ao 

Julesburg^ a  20 


Denver.  Manchester  Ch..  by  Rev.  W. 
B.  Robb 


9  76 


2  00 


CALIFORNIA-$49.5o. 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Southern  Cal- 
ifornia. Mrs.  M.  M.  Smith,  Treas. : 

Los  Angeles.  First 11  50 

Highlands,  Ch.  of  Christ,  S.  S.,  by 

S.  H.  Barrett 6  00 

Little  Shasta,  by  Rev.  E.  Hoskins —  x  00 

Los  Anf^eles,  Olivet,  by  Rev.  A.  B. 

White 15  00 

San  Juan,  by  Rev.  C.  V.  Martin 16  00 


WYOMING-$4  50. 
Sheridan,  by  Rev.  E.  D.  Bostwick . . . 


4  50 


OREGON    $13.35. 

Beaver  Creek,  by  Rev.  W.  Powell, 
Condon,  by  Rev.  E.  Curran , 


XI  35 
3  00 


MONTANA-$a7.6o. 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs.  H.  E. 
Jones,  Treas.: 
BillinfiTS,  King's  Daughters 


Big  Timber,  by  Rev.  J.  Pop* 

Bonner,  by  Rev.  W.  S.  Bell 

Red  Lodge,  by  Rev.  W.  H.  Watson. 


UTAH-$7.oo. 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs.  D.  W. 
Bartlett,  Treas. : 

Ogden 

Salt  Lake  City.  S.  S.  of  Phillips  Ch., 

by  Rev.  D.  W.  Bartlett 


5  00 

13  00 

45 
10  15 


a  00 


5  00 


WASHINGTON-$93.so. 

Woman's  H.  M.   Union,  Mrs. 

J.  W.  George,  Treas $41  50 

Quillayute 300 


Aberdeen,  Rev.  G.  Lindsa v 

Farmington.  by  Rev.  H.  M.  Mobbs.. 

Medical  Lake,  $3 ;  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  $5, 
by  Rev.  T.  W.  Walters  

New  Whatcom,  First,  by  Rev.  J.  W. 
Savage    

Roy,  by  Rev.  J.  Wolfe 

Spokane,  Second,  by  Rev.  W.  Davies 

West  Ferndale,  Mt.  View,  and  Enter- 
prise, by  Rev.  O.  S.  Harris 

HoMK  MiSSIONANV 


44  50 


10 

00 

5 

50 

8 

00 

10  00 

8 

00 

5 

00 

a 

50 

51 

ao 

$50,199  50 


Donations  of  Clothing,    etc. 


Bennington,  Vt.,  L.  H.  M.  S.  of  Second 

Ch.,  by  Julia  A.  White,  box 

Bronxville,  N.  Y.,  Woman's  Miss.  Soc., 

by  Mrs.  F.  Bacon,  barrel 

Cambria.  N.  Y..  First  Ch.,  by  Miss  Mary 

E.  Whitwell.  barrel 

Cummington,  Mass.,  Mrs.   Huntington 

Porter,  box  of  books,  etc. 
Colchester,  Ct.,  Ladies'  Benev.  Soc.,  by 

Mrs.  F.  S.  Curtis,  barrel. 
Hancock,  N.  H..  Ladies'  Sew.  Soc.,  by 

Mrs.  Sarah  E.  Farmer,  barrel 

Hartford,  Ct.,  Asylum  Hill  Ch.,  by  Mrs. 
S.  M.  Capron,  box 

Mission  Baind  of  Asylum  Hill  Ch.,  by 

Mary  A.  Hurlbut,  box 

Hollis,    N.    H.,    Ladies'    Reading  and 

Char.    Soc.,    by  Ellen    H.    Lovejoy, 

barrel 

Homer.   N.  Y.,  L.   H.   M.  and  Church 

Aid  Soc..  by  Mary  S.  Pomeroy,  barrel 
Meriden,  Ct.,  N.  H.  Catlin,  package. 
Mtddletown,  Ct.,  L.  H.  .M.  S.  of  First 

Ch..by  Mrs.  M.  L.  Crittenden,  barrel. 
New  Haven,  Ct.,  Mrs.  Horace  P.  Hoad- 

ley.box 


$»93  3« 
50  GO 

II  46 


39 

75 

lax 

35 

75 

00 

70  50 

50 

00 

97 

54 

59 

60 

New  London,  Ct..  First  Ch.  of  Christ, 

by  Alice  Chew,  two  boxes $200  00 

New  York  City,   Hospital,   Book,  and 

Newspaper  5^oc  .  package. 
Norwicn  Town,  Ct..  L.  H.  M.  S.,  by  Mrs. 

H.  L.  Pcrinjrton,  box 

Osweffo.  N.  \ .,  C.  E.  Society,  by  Mrs. 

W.  B.  Couch,  box 

San  Diego.  Cal..  First  Ch.,  by  Mrs  Ellen 

E.  Wiggin,  box 

Sandusky,  O,  W.  M.  U.  ol  First  Ch.by 

Mrs.  Chas.  A.  Judson,  two  boxes.   . . . 
San  Francisco,  Cal..  Ladies'  Benev.  Soc. 

of  First  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  J.  H.  Warren. 

box 

South  Coventry.  Ct.,  First  Ch.,  by  Mrs. 

J.  Isham,  barrel 

Springfield,  Mass  .  W.  S.  Avery,  box. 
St.    Johnsbury,  Vt..    Ladies   of    North 

Ch.,  by   Miss   Mary    E.    Stone,  two 

boxes 

Wethersficld,  Ct.,  Ladies'  Aid  5>oc.,  by 

Mrs.  Gardner   B.   Smith,  barrel  and 

cash 

Windsor  Locks,  Ct.,  L.   H.   M.  S.,  by 

Mrs.  Chas.  H.  Coye,  bantl 


25 

00 

145 

a8 

24 

50 

60 

00 

70 

00 

50 

00 

aas  00 


108  00 


^ 


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The  Home  Missionary 


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AUXILIARY    STATE    RECEIPTS 

VERMONT  DOMESTIC  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY 

Receipts  of  the  Vermont  Domestic  Missipmasy  Society  from  M^  20  to  Jmiae  SO*  1894- 

Wif.  C.  Tylzr,  Treasurer 

May  TO  to  Juste  9 


Bftire.  East 

Bridgeport 

Bridgewater 

Brookfield.  First  Church,  for  C.  H.  M.  S. 

Second  Church,  for  C.  H.  M.  S 

Y.  P.  S.  C«  E>,  'or  K^.  H.  M.  S. .  •.•••• 
Borice,  East,  Church  and  W.  H.  M.  U.. 

Calais,  East 

Castleton 

Charleston,  West 

Cambridijmport,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E  ,  for  ladf 

evangelists 

Chester,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  for  lady  evan- 

gelisu 

Dummerston 

Eden 

Mrs.  Calvin  Warren 


Essex  Junction,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E. 

Fairfield,  East 

Fair  Haven 

Welsh  Church 

Fairlee.  West   

Glover  and  West  Glover 

Hartford,  West 

Hartland 

Sunday-school 

Hubbardton 

Hyde  Park,  North 

Island  Pond 

{ericho.  First  Church 
:irby 

Lyndonville  

Marshfield 

Milton 

Montgomery  Center 

Morgan 

Newbury,  First  Church 

Northticld  

Norwich,  Rev.  N.  R.  Nichols. 

Orange 

Plainfield 

P68t  Mills  

Poultncy,  East 

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Royalton $10  00 

Royaltoo.  South 3637 

Rutland  Center, 'SwedMi  Cbordi 245 

St.  Albans us  00 

Sc  Johnsbory.  NoftfaChurdi,  Supply..  1300 

SoathClnirai 6755 

Ewt 343 

Sheldon ts  00 

Sborehan 14  so 

Strafford 7600 

Sunderland i  00 

Salisbiiry •  36 

Tnnbridge 500' 

Vershire 7  }q 

Warren 3  00 

Wardsboro,  South 900 

Waterville 7  eo 

Westminster 10  50 

Weston z6  00 

Wolcott a  S5 

Woodbury,  South 6  00 

"Vermont  Missionary'* 8  15 

Income  from  Invested  Funds 143  ot 

$1,085  47 

WOMAN^S  HOMB  MIS5IONAKV  imiON. 

Barton,  W.  H.  M.  S $5  00 

Bennington.  North,  W.  H.  M.  S 10  00 

Burlington,  Collen  Church,  W.H.  M.  S.  10  00 

First  Church.  Cent-a-Day  Band 10  00 

Mclndoe's  Falls,  W.  H.  M.  S i  95 

Newbury,  W.  H .  M.  S 3a  50 

Peacham,  W.  H.  M.  S 5  00 

Sajcton's  River,  Ladies'  Benevolent  Soc.  5  00 

Shoreham,  W.  H.  M.  S. t 5  50 

South  Hero,  W.  H.  M.  S 12  45 

St.   Tohnsbury,  South  Church,  W.  H. 

M.  S ao  CO 

Westminster.  W.  H.  M.  S $8  75 

Windham.  W.  H.  M.  S a  00 

Winooski.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 44a 

Randolph.     Homeland    Circle, 

Oct.  1893 1000 

L___!?_? 

$i,aa7  84 


From  June  g  to  June  20 


Brattleboro $100  00 

Hartford,  *'  I.  H.  H." i  00 

Holland 7  50 

Irasbur^j^h 5  <» 

Westminster 100 

Annual  Collection,  St.  Johnsbury 98  75 

$213  25 
woman's  home  missionary  union. 

Barton,  **  A  Friend  " $5  00 

Berlin,  W.  H.  M.   S.,   Thank- 
offering  a  06 

Cornwall,  Ladies'  Cent  Society.  8  57 


Newbury.  West,  W.  H.  M.  S  ..     ^4  40 
Sheldon,  W.  H.  M.  S 500 


FOR  c.  H.  M.  s. 


fas  03 


Barton,  "  A  Friend  " $5  00 

Burlington,  First  Church,  Y.  L. 

H.  M.  S.  for  Miss  Reitinjgner.  10  00 

Cornwall.  Ladies'  Cent  Society.  8  00 

Newbury,  West,  W.  H.  M-  S. . .  4  00 

Sheldon,  W.  H.M.  S 500 


3a  00 


IsToaS 


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NEW  HAMPSHIRE   HOME   MISSIONARY  SOCIETY 

Receipts  of  the  New  Hampshire  Home  Missionary   Society  from  April  i    to  July  ij 

1894.     Lyman  D.  Stevkns,  Treasurer 


Abtead.  Thank  offering  of  Y.  P.  S.  C. 

E 

Amhent,  Ch.  and  Soc 

Andover  Center,  Y  P.  S.  C.  £.  of  Ch. 

and  Soc 

Atkinson,  Ch.  and  Soc.,  in  part  to  const. 

Mrs.  Sarah  Knight  a  L.  M.  of  Cong. 

Home  Miss.  Soc 

Bath,  Ch.  and  Soc 

Bedford.  Legacy  of  Charles  Gage 

Bennington,  Ch.  and  Soc . 

Berlin,  Ch.  and  Soc.,  for  Cong.  Home 

Miss.  Soc 

Boscawen.   Ch.   and   Soc.,   for  Cong. 

Home  Miss.  Soc 

Candia,  Ch.  and  Soc.,  for  Cong.  Home 

Miss.  Soc 

Center  Ossipee,  Ch.  and  Soc 

Claremont.  Hi.  and  Soc 

Danhury.  Ladies'  Prayer-meeting 

Derry,  First  Ch.  and  doc.,  ^3.55 ;  S.  S., 

BastAlstead . 

East  Concord,  Lecacy  of  Abigail  W. 

Lang,  for  Cong.  Home  Miss.  Soc 

East  Sallivan,  Ch.  and  Soc 

Gilsum.  Ch.  ajid  Soc 

Goffstown.  Ch.  and  Soc 

Greenland,  Ch.  and  Soc.,  $20.35 ;  and  for 

Cong.  Home  Miss.  Soc.,  £5. 
Henniker.  Ch.  and  Soc.,  tiii3 :  and  for 


{3 

Cong.  Home  Miss.  Soc.,  $60.75 

H<dli8,  Ch.  and  Soc..  $13 ;  and  for  Cong. 

Home  Miss.  Soc..  $«    

Hopkinton,  Ch.  and  Soc 

Hudson.  Ch.  and  Soc 

Keene.  Second 

Laconia,  Ch.  and  Soc 

Lancaster,  Ch.  and  Soc 


$3 

so 

la 

50 

10 

00 

30 

81 

10 

40 

aa4 

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4  94 

14 

10 

ai 

48 

12 

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10  00 

29 

00 

5 

00 

78 

55 

5 

50 

X84  84 

5 

00 

IZ 

00 

50 

as  25 

107 

75 

18 

00 

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00 

no 

00 

36 

00 

Lisbon,  Mary  R.  Cummings,  for  Cong. 

Home  Miss. Soc..   ..   

Manchester,  Fiist  Ch.  and  Soc.,  $114.84  ; 

Mrs.  Nancy  Barr,  $10 

Nashua.  Legacy  of  Clarissa  P.  Abbott. 

Friends  in  Pilgrim  Ch.,  $4  ;  M.  E.  E. 

of  Pilgrim  Cn.,  $t 

Newington.  Rev.  H.  P.  Page  and  wife. 

Newport,  Ch.  and  Soc 

North   Conway,  Income   of   Abby  K. 

Wentworth  F'und 

North  Hampton,  I.  L.  Philbrook 

Pelham,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  for  Cong.  Home 

Miss.  Soc 

Plymouth.  Ch.  and  Soc . 

Portsmouth,  North  Ch.  and  Soc 

Raymond,  Mrs.  James  F.  Dudley 

Rind^e,  Ch.  and  Soc 

Rockingham  Co.  Conference 

Salem,  Birthday  money  of  Mrs.  M.  B. 

Presby's  S.  S.  class,  $5 ;  Y.  P.  S.  C. 

E.,  $1.05 

Seabrook   and    Hampton    Falls.    First 

Evan.  Ch.  and  Soc.,  $7;  Joseph  Kim- 
ball, $io 

South  Bamstead.  Ch.  and  Soc 

Sullivan,  Ch.  and  Soc 

Washington.  Ch.  and  Soc 

Webster,  Alfred  Little  Gleaners  Mission 

Band 

West  Concoid,  Miss  Lucv  Holden 

West  Lebanon,  Ch.  and  doc 

Winchester,  L.   H.  M.  5h)c.,  in  part  to 

const.    Mrs.   Rosa  Hullis  a  L.  M.  of 

Cong.  Home  Miss.  Soc 

Wolfboro,  Y.  P.  S.  C.   E.  of  Ch.  and 

Soc 

N.  H.    Female    Cent    Insiitution    and 

Home  Miss.  Union 


$100  00 


124 

84 

as; 

50 

5 

00 

10 

00 

28  88 

10 

00 

10 

00 

25 

00 

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55 

200 

00 

4 

60 

22 

00 

6  05 


17  00 

5  30 

6  00 
10  00 

8  00 

5  10 

10  00 


4>  50 

9  78 

242  07 


MASSACHUSETTS    HOME    MISSIONARY  SOCIETY 

Receipts  of  the  Massachusetts  Home  Missionary  Society  in  June,   1894.      Rev.  Edwin 

B.   Palmer,    Treasurer 


Amesbury,  Main  St.,  by  C.  F.  Hovey . .  $18  28 
Amherst,   North,  A  Friend,  by  E.  H. 

Dickinson 5  00 

Andover,  Free  Christian,  by  Mrs.  M.  C. 

Cole 7>  20 

Whatsoever  Society,  by  Mrs.  Mid- 

dleton 10  00 

Whittemore,  Mrs.  A.  M 3  00 

Ballardvale,  Union,  by  William  Shaw, 

for  debt 1306 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E..  for  debt 500 

Ashfield.  by  Mrs.  Daniel  Williams 5  50 

Ayer,  First,  by  Mrs.  Geo.  F.  Kingsbury.  20  36 

Bank  Balances,  May  interest  on 47  11 

Boston.  A  Friend,  special 2500 

A  Lite  Member i  00 

A.  M.  B I  00 

Dorchester, "  B.,"  for  the  West i  00 

E.  C.  C,  xQit  C.  H.  M.  S 5  ^^ 

H.  T.  A 2000 

Park  St.,  by  E.  H.  McGuire 500 

Roxbury,  West,  Soath  Evan.,  by  Mrs. 

M.B.Botsford 7868 

Walker,  Mrs.  John 500 

Thayer,  M.  E.  and  F.  G.,  for  debt. .  6  00 

Z ZO  90 


Braintree,  First,  by  A.  B,  Keith 

Brimfield,  S.  S.,  by  H.  M.  Corbin 

Cambridgeport,  Wood  MemM  Junior  En- 
deavor Soc.,  by  Rev.  L  W,  Sneath. . . 

Chelmsford,  Central,  by  Charles  J.  Sod- 
erberg 

Cummington  Village.  A  Friend 

Dana,  by  N.  L.  Johnson 

Danvers,  First,  by  George  Taplcy 

Dudley,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Bertha  E. 
Whiting 

Fitchburg,  Calvinistic  S.  S.,  by  Alice  L. 

Gilson 

Rollslone,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Grace  U. 
Davis 

Framingham,  Plymouth,  by  John    H. 

Temple 

South,  Grace.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,.by  Miss 
Mary  L.  Chamberlin 

Granville,  East,  by  Rev.  Geo.  A.  Beck- 
with 

Greenfield,  First,  by  Rev.  C.  H.  Watson 

Greenwich  Village,  Haskell,  Mrs.  P.  T. 

Groton,  Union,  by    Frank    D.  Lewis, 


$116/75,  less  2§  cents  expressage. 
Hale,  E.  J.  M.  Fund,  Income  of. . . 


5  63 


10  00 

15  00 
xo  00 

4  50 
4900 

748 

3  35 
20  00 

54  44 

10   CXD 

12  05 
10   00 

4  00 
116  50 


2  DO 


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August,  1894 


flampden  Benevolent  Association,  by 
Geo.   R.   Bond,  Tr.,  South  Hadley 

Falls $10  00 

Harwich,   Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by   Annie  P. 

Smith 5  00 

Hatfield.  S.  S.  Class  of  A.  H.  Graves,  by 
Mrs.  Julia  E.  Hubbard,  for  debt  C.  H. 

Hawley, ' West,*  Y.'  P.*  sV C*  E.',  by  Chaa'.  *  °° 

Stiles  I  40 

Holden,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Harris  W. 
Moore 5  00 

Hudson,  by  A.  T.  Knight ixoo 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E,  by  A.  T.  Knight 500 

Hyde  Park,  by  A.  McMillan 48  63 

First.  S.  S.,  by  A.  C.  Farlin w  06 

Clarendon,  by  Rev.  A.  H.  Johnson.. .  8  35 

Clarendon    Hills,  L.  H.  M.  Soc.,  by 
Mrs.  S.  H.  Risk,  for  Salary  Fund..  6  00 

Lakeville  Precinct,  by  T.  P.  Paull 7  00 

S.  S.,  by  T.  P.  Paull 9  50 

Lexington,  Baker,  Walter  W 50  00 

Manchester  by-the-Sea,     Essex,    South 
Branch.   W.   B.   M.,  by    Mrs.  H.  L. 
Phillips  16  00 

Marlboro,  Fentross,  Christina z  00 

S.  S.,  Inf.  Dept.  for  Vinita  Academy.  20  00 

Newburyport,  Belleville,  to  const.  C.  L. 
Foster,  Geo.  N.  Ordway,  Jr..  Annie 
Mutch,  and  Geo.W.  Richardson  L.  Ms. 
of  C.  H.  M.  S.,  and  Rev.  D.  T.  Fiske, 
D.D.,  and  Rev.  A.  W.  Hitchcock  of 
M.  H.  M.  S 271  83 

Newton,  Eliot,  by  F.  C.  Partridge 125  00 

First  (Center),  by  J.  E.  Rockwood 183  37 

Northampton,  Edwards.  S.  S.,  Prim. 
Class,  by  Miss  C.  P.  ik>rdman,  for 
some  special  wurk  to  interest  chil- 
dren    12  75 

First,  by  Mrs.  J.  H.  Scarlc 223  69 

Northbridgc,  Whitinsville,  Abbott, 
Helen  L.,  Estate  of,  by  Mrs.  F.  W. 

Abbott 12000 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Edward  Whitin. . .  15  09 

Plaintield,  by  Rev.  John  A.  Woodhull  7  96 

Plymouth.  Chilton ville,  by  Miss  C.  E. 
Langford 26  00 


Ouincy,  Wollaston,  bj  R.  L.  Robbint..     $246  34 

Reed,  Dwight  fund.  Income  of 15  00 

Rochester,  East,  by  George  P.  Morse  . .  5  56 

Rockport,  Pigeon  Cove,  by  Rev.  R.  M. 

Peacock 750 

Salem  Tabernacle  S.  S.,  by  A.  L.  Aver- 
ill,  for  Fr.  Prot.  Coll.,  and  to  const. 

Jonah  Jones  a  L.  M 50  00 

Somervifle,    Prospect   Hill,   by  M.  P. 

Elliot 31  85 

Springfield,  Capitals too 

Swede  Congl.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  Carl  E. 

Carlson 5  19 

Sudbury,  South,  Memorial,  by  Frank 

Howe 41  00 

Taunton,  Winslow,  by  Geo.  W.  Andros         90  00 
Waltham.  Trin.,  by  T.  W.  Temple.  ...  aa  63 

Wayland,  by  Edward  Carter 800 

S.  S..  Children's  Day   Offering,   by 

Edward  Carter 415 

West  Brookfield.  by  A.  G.  Blodgett.  L. 

M.  to  be  named 3500 

Westford,  Union,  by  Daniel  Atwood ...  10  00 

Westport,  Pacific  Union,  S.  S.,  by  J.  C. 

Macomber 14  28 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Rev.  T.  F.  Norris. .  5  00 

Weymouth,  Fogg,  John  S.,  Estate  of, 

by  J .  A.  Fogg  and  A.  B.  Vining.  Exs.   10,000  00 
And     Braintree,    Union,    by   J.    L. 

Delano,  add'l 5  00 

Whitcomb,  David,  fund.  Income  of ... .        150  co 
Williamstown,  Torrcy,  Mrs.  Anna  H...  z  00 

Wobum,  B.  and  L 5  00 

Worcester,  Pilgrim,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by 
Alice  L.  Trask,  for  F.  H.  Ball,  Tou- 

galoo.  Miss Z5  00 

Plymouth,  by  F.  W.  Chase 94  75 

Woman's  Home  Missionary  Association, 
by  M.  F.  Woodbury,  Asst.  Treas.: 
Roxbury,   Wal.    Ave.   Aux.    towards 
Salary  of  Rev.  Sam*l  Deakin 31  00 

$za,854  5a 
Home  Missionary 330 

$12,857  8a 


Donations  of  Chthini^,  elc,   rfccived  and  reported  at  the  rooms  of  the  Woman  s  Home 
Missionary  Association  in  June,  1S94.      Miss  ANNA  A.   PiCKENS,  Secretary 

Allston.  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  E.  A.  Raymond.  Providence,  R.  I.,  Central  Ch.,  Ladies, 

cash  $10,  and  barrel $11400             by  .Mrs   H.  E.  StockwcU,  2  barrels.      $17279 

Florence.  Younij  Ladies'  Mission  Circle,  Plymouth  Ch..  Ladies^  Home  Mission- 
by  Miss  Martha  Whitmarsh,  -2  bar-  ary  Circle,  by  Mrs.  R.  W.  Jennings, 
rels ii3cx>             barrel 35  00 

Hvdc  Park.   Ladies,  by  Mrs.   Mary  C.  Sharnn.    Ladies'    Sewing    Society,    by 

Clark,  b.irrel 10400         Mrs.  Emma  L.  Pcttee.  oarrel 8684 

Lonjfmcadow.  LAdies.  by  Mrs.  Harriet  Wellesley,  Ladies,  by  Mary  F.  Brown,  a 

C.  Bliss,  cash  $5.  and  barrel 1 10  7a         barrels 228  15 


MISSIONARY   SOCIETY    OF   CONNECTICUT 

Receipts  of  the  Missionary  Society  of  Connecticut  in  June,   1894.     WARD  W.  Jacobs, 

Treasurer 


Branfoni,  by  L.  J.  Nichols 

For  C.   H.   M.  S 

Chatham.    East    Hampton,  First,  by  S. 

M  ills  Hcvin 

Cheshire,  by  F.  N.  Hall 

East  Lyme,  Niantic,  by  Deacon  Cieorge 

Griswold 

East   Windsor,  P'irst.  by  Rev.  William 

F.  English 

U§sex,  byS.  J.  Tillcy 


$11  50 
II  50 

16  Oo 

17  o::> 

2  00 
10  CXD 


Greenwich,   North    Greenwich,  by    B. 

Close 

Hartf(»rd.  First,  by  C.  T.  Welles    

Pearl  Street,  bv  William  A.  Willard 
forC.  H.  M.  S 

Wethersfield  Ave.,  by  Henry  S.  Forbes 
Lebanon.  Exeter,  bv  C.  C.  Loomis 

r^ rorn  y  .  i  .  o>  v. •  £!#•  •••••••««••«•••••• 

Middlefield,  by  Rev.  John  Allender 

54  86     New  Hartford,  Nepaug,  by  J.  B.  Spencer 


$" 

€10 

M9 

60 

60 

53 

3a 

00 

31 

33 

a 

00 

47 

CO 

10 

30 

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Norwich,  Broadway,  by  S.  B.  Bishop. . .  $200  00 

Plymouth,  by  Arthur  Beardsley 34  70 

SaQem,  by  Rev.  E.  W.  Merritt 36  00 

Saybroolc,   Deep   River,  Swedish,    by 

Frank  A.  Lund 3  64 

Stamford,  Long  Ridge,  by  Rev.  Calvin 

B.  McLean 1250 

Stonington,  Second,  by  Rev.  Charles  J. 

Hill,  for  C.  H.  M.S... 69  00 


Mystic,  by  Miss  Anna  C   Denison, 

Watertown,  by  George  N.  Griswold  . . . 
Windsor,  First,  by  S.  H.  Barber 


Boxes 
Norwich,  Broadway,  Ladies,  a  box. 


$5  00 
27  63 
63  75 


$997  «4 
$63  00 


MICHIGAN  CONGREGATIONAL  ASSOCIATION 

Receipts  of  the  Michigan  Congregational  Association    in  June^   1894.     Rfa*.  John    P. 

Sanderson,  Treasurer 


Ann  Arbor $52  50 

Calumet,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 25  00 

Cannon 9  00 

Clinton 12  00 

Custer,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 2  00 

East  Gi  lead 200 

Grand  Rapids,  Smith  Memorial 

S.S 455 

Grandville,  S.  S 625 

Hudson 5  00 

Maple  Rapids 500 

Prattvillc 2  36 

W.  Scion 500 


W.  H.  M,  U.  Receipts  in  A/ril, 
May,  andjune^  Mrs.  E.  F. 
Grabill,  Treasurer  : 

Allegan,  W.  M.  S 

Alpena,  W.  H.  M.  U 

Ann  Arbor,  W.  H.  M.  S 

Banks,  Ladies  of  the  Ch 

Bridgeport.  W.  M.  S 

Calumet,  W.  M.  S 

Charlotte.  L.  B.  S 

Cheboygan.  W.  H.  M.  S 

Columbus.  W.  H.  M.  U 

Detroit,  First.  W.  A 

Detroit,  Wood  Ave..  W.  U 

Dowagiac.  Jun.  Y.  P.  S.  C 
East  Newton.  W.  M.  S. . . . 

Flint,  W.  H   M.S 

Fredonia.  W.  M.  S 

Grand  Rapids,  West, W.  H. 


.  E. 


M.S. 


$11  50 
25  00 
57  00 

5  00 

2  40 
25  00 
25  00 

7  00 

5  50 

icx>  00 

50  00 

5  00 
2  60 

6  00 
T  50 

50  00 


$137  66 


Greeiiville,  W.  H.  M.  S.,  $15; 

Juv.  Miss.  Bd.,  $1.1^ $1615 

Hopkins*  Sution,  W.  H.  M.  S..  8  00 

Imlay  City,  W.  H.  M.  S 2025 

Kalamazoo,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 9  00 

Lawrence,  Aux 5  00 

Lick  ley's  Comers,  W.  H.  M.  S.  2  00 

Mattawan,  W.  H.  M.  U 1000 

Memphis,  C.  E.  S i  25 

Mich.  Center.  S.  S.,  $1 ;  Help- 
ing Hand,  $4.50 550 

Olivet,  L.  B.  S 28  57 

Portland,  W.  M.  S 470 

SaJem,  First,  W.  H.  M.  S 250 

Sault  Ste.  Marie,  H.  &  F.  M.  S.  6  78 

South  Emmet,  Aux 50 

Stanton,  W.  H.  M.  S 1415 

T.  N.  Stevens,  to  const,  his 
dau|[hter,  Bertha,  a  L.  M. 

ofCH.  M.S 5000 

Traverse  City,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.. . .  15  78 

Union  City,  V.  P.  S.  C.  E 5  00 

Vicksburg,  Aux 10  00 

Victor,  W.  H.  M.  S 500 

West  Adrian,  L.  M.  S 17  50 

Wheatland,  W.  H.  M.  U 1475 

Wolverine,  W.  H.  M.  S 382 

Of  which  previously  acknowl- 
edged   


S634  70 
235  00 

$399  70 


The  W.  H.  M.  U.  receipts  include  the  sum  of 
$719.14  not  received  by  the  treasurer  of  the 
M.  C.  A.  on  date  of  reporting,  July  a,  1894. 


WOMANS     STATE     HOME     MISSIONARY 

ORGANIZATIONS 


OFFICERS 


X.  NEW    HAMPSHIRE 


FEMALE  CENT  INSTITUTION 

Organized  August,  1804 

and 

HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  June,  1890 

Presidents  Mrs.  Joseph  B.  Walker,  Concord. 
Secretary^  Mrs.  John  T.  Perry,  Exeter. 
Treasurer^  Miss  Annie  A.  McFarland,  196  Main 
St,  Concord. 


2.  MINNESOTA 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY   UNION 
Or«ranized  September,  1872 

PrcsiiicHt.   Miss  Catherine  W.  Nichols,  ajo  E.  9lh 

St.,  St.  Paul 
Secretary,   Mrs.  A.  P.  Lyon.  17  Florence  Court, 

S.  E.,  Minneapolis. 
Treasurft  Mx^'  M.  W.  Skinner,  North^eVl. 


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3.  ALABAMA 

WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY  UNION 
Org^anized  March,  T877 
Reorganized  April,  1889 

Fresident,  Mrs.  G.  W.  Andrews.  Talladega. 
Secretary^    Mm.  T.  N.  Chase,  Seima. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  H.  S.  Dc  Forest,  Talladega. 

4.  MASSACHUSETTS   AND   RHODE 
ISLAND* 

WOMAN'S  HOME    MISSIONARY  ASSOCIA- 
TION 
Organized  February,  1880 

President,  Mrs.  C.  L.  Goodell,  The  Rochdale, 
Boston  Highlands. 

Secretary,  Miss  Anna  A.  Pickens.  32  Congrega- 
tional House.  Boston. 

Treasurer^  Miss  Sarah  K.  Burgess,  32  Congrega- 
tional House,  Boston. 

S.  MAINE 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  AUXILIARY 
Organized  June,  1880 

President,  Mrs.  Katherinc  B.  Lewis.  So.  Berwick. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  (tcrtrude  H.  Denio,  168  Ham- 
mond St.,  EUinjfor. 

Treasurer,  y^T^.  Rose  M.Crosby,  26  Grove  St., 
Bangor. 


6.  MICHIGAN 

WOMANS   HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 
Organizcil  May,  1881 

Presidt-nt,  Mrs.  George  M.  Lane.  179  W.  Alexan- 
drine Ave  ,  Detroit. 

Secretary^  Mrs.  J.  H.  Hatfield.  301  Elm  St.,  Kala- 
maz(K). 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  E.  F.  Grahill,  Greenville. 


7.  KANSAS 

WOMANS   HOMK    MISSIONARY   UNION 
Orjianized  October.  1881 

President,    Mrs.  V.  J.  Storrs,  Tnpcka. 
Secretary,    Mp».  (ieorgc  L.  Epps.  Topcka. 
7'reasi4ri-r.  Mrs.  I).  D.  DcLon^f.  Arkansas  City. 

8.  OHIO 

WOMAN  S   HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 
Organized  May.  1882 

President,   Mrs     J.  G.  W    Towlcs.  417  Sibl  y  St., 

Clevclantl 
Secretarv.    Mrs.  Flora  K.  Rcir-il.  Olwrlin 
T'/r.MW/f'r.  Mrs.  (f<f)rirf    \\     Hrown.  .mi ^  Warren 
St  ,  Toledo. 


9.  NEW  YORK 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organised  October,  1883 

President^  Mrs.  Wm.  Kincmid,  483  Greene  Ave., 

Brooklyn. 
Secretary^  Mrs.  Wm.  Spslding,  511  Orange  St., 

Syracuse. 
TVroxwrrr,  Mrs.  J.  J.  Pearsall,  ajo  Macon   St., 

Brooklyn. 

10.  W48CON8IN 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October,  1883 

President,  Mrs.  E.  G.  Updike,  Madison. 
Secretary^  Mrs.  A.  O.  Wright,  Madlaoo. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  C.  M.  Blackman,  Whitewater. 

XI.  NORTH   DAKOTA 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  November,  1883 

President,   Mrs.  W.  P.  Cleveland.  Caledonia. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  Silas  Daggett.  Karwood. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  J.  M.  Fisher,  Fargo. 

IS.  OREGON 

WOMANS  HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  July,  1884 

President,  Mrs.  John  Sommerville,  246  Washing- 
ton St.,  Portland. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  Geo.  C.  Brownell,  Oregon  City. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  W.  D.  Palmer,  283  4th  St.,  Port- 
land. 

13.  WASHINGTON 

iNCLmiNC   NORTHRRN   IdaHO 

WOMAN'S   HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  July,  1884 

Reorganized  June.  1889 

PresidcH*,   Mrs.  A.  J.  Bailey,  323  Blanchard  St., 

Seattle. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  W.  C.  Wheeler,  424  South  K  St., 

Tacoma. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  J.  W.  George,  620  Fourth  Street, 

Seattle. 

14.  SOUTH    DAKOTA 

WOMAN'S   HOMK    MISSIONARY  UNION 

Orf^anizcd  September,  1884 

President,  .Mrs.  A.  H.  Robbins.  Ashton. 
Secretary,  Mrs  W.  H.  Thrall,  Huron. 
'/Vrrtj/z/rr,  Mrs.  F.  M.  Wilcox,  Huron. 


*  ^V11ile  the  W.  H.  M.  A.  apfxrars  in  the  above  list  as  a  State  body  for  Massachusetts  and  Rhode 
Island,  it  has  certain  auxiliaries  elsewhere. 


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15.  CONNECTICUT 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  January,  1885 

President^  Mtas  Ellen  R.  Camp,  9  Camp  St.,  New 

Britain. 
Secretary^  Mrs.  C.  T.    Millard,    36   Lewis   St., 

Hartford. 
7V^a*a# rrr,  Mrs.   W.   W.  Jacobs,   19  Springy   St., 

Hartford. 

16.  MISSOURI 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 
Oiiganized  May,  1885 

President^  Mrs.  Henry  Hopkins,  916  Holmes  St., 

Kansas  City. 
Secretary^   Mrs.   E.   C   Ellis,  2456  Tracy   Ave., 

Kansas  Citv. 
Treasurer^  Mrs.  K.  L.  Mills,  1526  Wabash  Ave., 

Kansas  City. 

17.  ILLINOIS 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Orfiranized  May,  1885 

President ^  Mrs.  Isaac  Qaflin,  Lombard. 
Secretary^  Mrs.  C.  H.  Taintor,  151  Washington 

St.,  Chicsu[o. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  L.  A.  Field,  Wilmette. 


as.  INDIANA 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY   UNION 
Orfi^anized  May,  1888 

President^  Mrs.  E.  C.  Bell,  221  Christian  Ave., 

Indianapolis. 
Secretary,  Mrs.  W.  E.  Mossman,  Fort  Wayne. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  F.  E.   Dewhurst,    28  Christian 

Ave.,  Indianapolis. 

33.  SOUTHERN  CALIFORNIA 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  May,  1888 

President,  MfB.  Emma  Cash,  1658  Temple  St., 
Los  Anffcles. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  H.  K.  W.  Bent,  Box  442,  Pasa- 
dena. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  Mary  M.  Smith,  Prospect  Place, 
Riverside. 

34.  VERMONT 

WOMAN'S   HOME  MISSIONARY   UNION 
Organized  June,  1888 

President,  Mrs.  J.  H.  Babbitt,  West  Brattleboro. 
Secretary,  Mrs.  M.  K.  Paine,  Windsor. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Wm.  P.  Fairbanks,  St.  Johns- 
bury. 


18.  IOWA 

WOMAN»S    HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  June,  1886 

President,  Mrs.  T.  O.  Douglass.  Grinnell. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  V.  H.  Muflctt.  Clinton. 
Treasurer,  Miss  Belle  L.  Bcntley,  300  Court  Ave., 
Des  Moines. 

19.  CALIFORNIA 

WOMAN'S  HOME    MISSIONARY    SOCIETY 

Organized  October,  1887 

President,  Mrs.  E.  S.  Williams,  Pacific  Grove. 
Secretaty,   Mrs.  L.  M.  Howard,  911   Grove  St., 

Oakland. 
Treasurer,  Mts.  J.  M.  Haven,  1329  Harrison  St., 

Oakland. 

30.  NEBRASKA 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  November,  1887 

President,  Mrs.  J.    T.   Duryea,    2402    Cass   .St., 

Oniaha. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  S.  C.  Dean,  636  So.    3151    St., 

Omaha. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  G.  J.   Powell,  30th  A  Ohio  Sts., 

Omaha. 

31.  FLORIDA 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY    UNION 

Organized  February.  1888 

President^  Mrs.  S.  F.  Gale,  Jacksonville. 
Secretart^  Mrs.  Nathan  Harrows,  Winter  Park. 
TreeuureTy  Mrs.  W.  D.  Brown,  Interlachen. 


35.  COLORADO 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  October,  1888 

President,  Mrs.  J.  W.  Pickett.  White  Water. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  Charles  Westlcy,  Denver. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  S.  A.  Sawyer,  Boulder. 

36.  WYOMING 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October,  1888 

Reorganized  December,  1892 

President,  Mrs.  G.  S.  Ricker,  Cheyenne. 
Secretary,  Mrs.  W.  L.  Whipple,  Cheyenne. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  H.  N.  Smith,  Rock  Springs. 

37.  GEORGIA 

WOMAN'S   HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  November,  1888 

President,  Mrs.  H.  B.  Wey,  253  Forest  Ave., 
Atlanta. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  H.  A.  Kellam,  176  Ivy  St.,  At- 
lanta. 

Treasurer,  Miss  Virginia  Holmes,  Barnesville. 

28.  MISSISSIPPI 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  April,  1889 

President,  Mrs  C.  L.  Harris,  1421  3TSt  Ave.,  Me- 
ridian. 

Secretary,    Miss  Edith  M.  Hall,  Tougaloo. 

Treasurer,yi.r%.  L.  H.  Turner,  31x2  12th  St.,  Me- 
ridian. 


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39.  LOUISIANA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  April,  1889 

Fresident^  Miss  Anna  F.  Condict,  490  Canal  St., 

New  Orleans. 
Secretary^  Miss   Emily  Nichols,   490  Canal  St., 

New  Orleans. 
Treasurer ^yin.  C.  S.  Shattuck,  Welsh. 


30.   ARKANSAS,   KENTUCKY,  AND    TEN- 
NESSEE 

WOMAN'S    MISSIONARY  UNION  OF   THE 

CENTRAL  SOUTH   ASSOCIATION 

Organized  April,  1889 

President,  Mrs.  Ella  S.  Moore,  Box  8,  Fisk  Uni- 
versity, Nashville,  Tcnn. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  Jos.  E.  Smith.  304  Gilmer  St., 
Chattanooga,  Tcnn. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  J.  E.  Moreland,  1214  Grundy  St., 
Nashville,  Tcnn. 


31.  NORTH  CAROLINA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October,  x88<j 

President,  Mrs.  J.  W.  Freeman.  Dudley. 
Secretary    | 

and        vMiss  A.  E.  Farrington,  High  Point. 
Treasurer,  \ 

32.  TEXAS 

WOMAN'S   HOME  ^MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  March,  1890 

President,  Mrs.  J.  M.  Wendelkin,  Dallas. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  H.  F.  Burt,  Lock  Box  563.  Dallas. 
Treasurer, y[r%.    C.    I.    Scotield,    Lock    Hox    220, 
Dallas. 


33.  MONTANA 

WOMAN'S   HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  May,  i8(/^ 

President,    Mrs.  O  C.  Clark,  Missoula. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  W.  S.   Bell.    4'.o  Dearborn   Ave, 

Helena. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Herbert  E.  Jones,  Livingston. 

34.   PENNSYLVANIA 

WOM.ANS   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  June.  i8<y) 

President,   Mrs.  A.  H.  Claflin,  Allegheny. 
Secretary.    Mrs.  C.  F.  Ycnnic.  Ridgway. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  T.  Vv .  Jones.  511  Woodland  Ter- 
race, Philadelphia. 

35.   OKLAHOMA 

WOMAN'S    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  Octol>cr.  \?^y^ 

President.    Mrs  J.  H.  Parker.  Kinjtjti^her. 
Secretary.    Mrs.  J.  E.  Piatt.  Guthrie. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  A.  B.  Hammer,  Oklahoma  City. 


36.  NEW  JERSEY 

Including  District  op  Columbia,  Makvland, 
AND  Virginia 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION  OF 
THE  NEW  JERSEY  ASSOCIATION, 

Organized  Masrh,  1891 

President,  Mrs.  A.  H.  Bradford,  Montclair. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  W.  O.  Weeden,  Upper  Mont- 
clair. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  J.  H.  Denison,  150  Belleville  Ave., 
Newark. 


37.  UTAH 

Including  Southrrn  Idaho 
WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  May,  1891 
Reorganized  December.  1893 

President,    Mrs.  Clarence  T.    Brown,  Salt  Lake 

City. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  W.  S.  Hawkcs,  135  Sixth  St.,  E., 

Salt  I.Ake  City. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Dana  W.  Bartlett,  Salt  Lake  City. 
For  Idaho,  Mrs.  Oscar  Sonnenkalb,  Pocatello. 

38.  INDIAN  TERRITORY 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  April,  1892. 

President.    Mrs.  Fayette  Hurd.  Vinita. 
Secretary,    Miss  Louise  Grapcr,  Vinita. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Raymond,  Vinita. 

39.  NEVADA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  Octoi)cr,  189a 

President,    Mrs.  L.  J.  Flint,  Reno. 
Secretary.    Miss  Margaret  N.  Mag^ill,  Reno. 
Treasurer,  Miss  Mary  Clow,  Reno. 

40.  NE\V  MEXICO 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  November.  1892 

President,    Mrs.  C.  E.  Winslow,  Albuouermie. 
Secretary,    .Mrs  E.  W.  Lewis,  301  So.  Edith  St., 

.Albuquerque. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  A.  W.  Jones,  Albuquerque. 

41.   BLACK  HILLS,  SO.   DAKOTA 

BLACK    HILLS   WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY 

UNION 

Organized  October,  1893 

Preside  fit.    Mrs   ].  B  Gossagc.  Rapid  City,  Black 

Hills.  Si)uth  Dakota. 
Secrctafv,     Mrs.  H     H.  Gilchrist.  Hot  Springs, 

Black  Hills.  South  Dakota. 
Treasurer,  Miss    Grace    Lyman,    Hot   Springs, 

Black  Hills,  South  Dakota. 


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Vol.  LXVII  SEPTEMBER,  1894  No.  5 


THEN    AND    NOW 

OR  TEN  YEARS*  PROGRESS  IN  THE  WORK  OF  THE  CONGRE- 
GATIONAL HOME  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY  FOR  THE  SLAVIC 
POPULATION    IN   THE   UNITED   STATES 

By    SUPT.    H.   A.   SCHAUFFLER,    D.D.,   CLEVELAND,    OHIO 

I  HEN  the  editor  of  The  Home  Missionary  asked  me  for  an  illus- 
trated article  on  Slavic  work,  I  was  puzzled  to  know  how  to 
respond.  But  Providence  has  solved  the  problem.  The  first 
conference  of  the  Slavic  missionaries  in  this  country,  held  in  Cleveland, 
July  9th  to  nth  last,  furnished  such  a  delightful  and  inspiring  object 
lesson  and  demonstration  of  the  genuine  progress  made  in  this  work 
during  the  last  ten  years,  reckoning  from  the  time  of  the  first  report  of  a 
half-year's  work  made  to  the  Congregational  Home  Missionary  Society  by 
the  writer  in  the  spring  of  1884,  that  it  became  plain  that  a  picture  of 
that  body  of  workers,  and  some  statements  concerning  them  and  the  work 
they  are  engaged  in,  as  compared  with  the  day  of  small  things  ten  years 
ago,  could  not  fail  to  interest  and  encourage  all  friends  of  Home  Mis- 
sions and  all  lovers  of  God  and  their  country. 

Ten  years  ago  last  spring  I  was  entirely  alone  in  the  Bohemian  home 
missionary  work  of  the  Congregational  body,  the  first  denomination 
which,  through  its  Home  Missionary  Society,  took  up  work  for  the  Slavic 
population  in  this  country.  Cleveland  was  then  our  only  station,  and  the 
Bohemians  the  only  Slavic  people  for  whom  we  worked.  Sunday  morn- 
ing I  preached  in  a  small  and  very  poorly  furnished  "  wigwam  "  in  the 
largest  Bohemian  district,  and  in  the  afternoon  in  a  little  Congregational 
chapel  in  a  large  Roman  Catholic  district  on  the  west  side.  We  also 
held  a  small  Sunday-school  in  the  crowded  wigwam.  I  had  discovered 
one  converted  Bohemian  in  an  English  Sunday-school,  and  two  or  three 
others  had  been  won  for  Christ.  The  first  mentioned  suffered  bitter 
persecution  from  her  parents.  Coarse  materialism  and  blasphemous 
z8 


266  The  Home  Missionary.         September,  1894 

infidelity  had  made  havoc  with  the  unintelligent  faith  and  blind  supersti- 
tion of  large  numbers  of  a  people  mostly  enslaved  by  Rome,  and  yet 
instinctively  yearning  for  a  freedom  once  the  glory  of  Bohemia.  Without 
the  Gospel,  however,  American  liberty  was  fast  being  turned  into  license. 
The  golden  opportunity  for  reaching  these  people  with  the  truth  on  their 
arrival  in  this  country  had  been  neglected.  It  was  hard  to  regain  lost 
ground.  Besides,  Americans  knew  little  about  Bohemians,  and  that  little 
was  not  to  their  credit.  Missionary  workers  conversant  with  the  Slavic 
languages  were  not  to  be  found.  And  yet  the  Slavic  population  was 
rapidly  increasing  and  becoming  a  source  of  no  small  danger  to  our 
country.  The  outlook  from  the  human  standpoint  was  gloomy  indeed. 
But  the  work  was  the  Lord's.  He  put  it  into  the  heart  of  the  late  Rev. 
Charles  Terry  Collins  to  seek  a  missionary  for  the  25,000  Bohemians  of 
Cleveland,  when  he  knew  not  where  to  look  for  one,  and  Mr.  Collins  led 
the  Congregational  churches  of  Cleveland  and  the  officers  of  the  Congre- 
gational Home  Missionary  Society  to  believe  with  Judson  that  the  pros- 
pects of  success  were  **  as  bright  as  the  promises  of  God."  How  fully 
events  have  justified  this  faith,  was  proved  most  conclusively  by  the 
recent  conference. 

Let  us  turn  to  the  object-lesson  group,  and  see  the  contrast  presented 
to  the  condition  of  things  ten  years  ago. 

The  thirty-three  persons,  besides  Prof.  Graham  Taylor,  represent  the 
Slavic  home  missionary  work  of  our  Congregational  churches,  with  forty- 
two  missionaries,  including  twelve  wives,  most  of  whom  engage  actively 
in  the  work  ;  eight  male  students  ;  three  students*  wives  ;  eight  Bible- 
reader  pupils — a  total  force  of  sixty-one,  working  in  nine  States  (not 
counting  South  Norwalk,  Conn.,  where  a  Magyar  work  of  real  promise 
has  a  Braddock  Slovak  brother  as  its  missionary),  Ohio,  Pennsylvania, 
Michigan,  Illinois,  Wisconsin,  Minnesota,  Iowa,  Missouri,  and  Nebraska  ; 
in  thirty-two  stations  and  out-stations  ;  for  ten  churches,  with  a  member- 
ship of  554  and  additions  during  last  year  of  126  ;  with  sixteen  Sunday- 
rxbools,  liavinj^  a  membership  of  ovtr  2,900  ;  with  forty  preaching  services 
and  seventy-four  other  meetings,  almost  all  weekly,  and  an  average 
attendance  of  over  4,900  ;  with  20,878  visits  made  during  the  last  mis- 
sionary year,  and  677  copies  of  the  Scriptures  and  over  278,000  pages  of 
tracts  circulated  in  the  same  time  ;  with  a  successful  Slavic  Department 
in  Oberlin,  and  a  flourishing  Bible- Readers  School  in  Cleveland. 

This  is  the  contrast  to  the  solitary  missionary  of  ten  years  ago. 

Let  us  look  at  tlie  picture  more  in  detail.  Suppose  the  reader  shall 
first  attempt  to  pick  out  the  twenty-three  Bohemians,  three  Poles,  one 
Slovak,  and  seven  Anj^lo-Americans  in  the  picture. 

We  naturally  commence  with  Cleveland,  where  our  Slavic  work  began. 
Here   the    Bohemian    workers   are    Rev.  John    Prucha    (21),    Bohemian 


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preacher  in  Bethlehem  and  East  Cleveland  and  Mizpah  Chapel — where  ser- 
vices are  held  every  Sunday  in  four  languages — himself  a  Catholic  when 
he  commenced  attending  our  services,  converted  in  Bethlehem  and  edu- 
cated  in  the  Oberlin  Slavic  Department  (Rev.  E.  M.  May,  the  English 
preacher  at  Bethlehem,  is  not  in  the  group) ;  Rev.  John  Musil  and  wife 
(4  and  8),  of  Cyril  Chapel,  west  side — he  a  Protestant  converted  in  Bohemia 
and  educated  in  Switzerland  and  Oberlin,  and  she  a  graduate  of  the  Bible- 
Readers  School;  Superintendent  and  Mrs.  Schauffler  (27  and  16),  she  prin- 
cipal of  the  Bible-Readers  School  ;  Miss  Sarah  R.  Merrell  (15),  working 
in  the  East  Cleveland  field  with  our  East  Madison  Congregational  Church 
as  a  center  since  1887  ;  Miss  Marie  Reitinger  (3),  missionary  and  teacher 
in  the  Bible- Readers  School,  herself  a  fruit  of  the  American  Board's 
work  in  Bohemia  and  Moravia  ;  and  Miss  Magdalena  Kuchera  (28),  our 
first  and  only  Bible-Reader  nurse,  doing  most  important  work  for  the  sick 
and  the  poor,  but  whom  the  poverty  of  the  Home  Missionary  Society 
prevents  our  employing  at  present. 

Chicago  is  represented  by  Rev.  Dr.  Adams  (24),  ten  years  missionary 
of  the  American  Board  in  Prag,  Bohemia,  and  since  the  fall  of  1884  in 
charge  of  the  large  Bohemian  mission  work  of  our  Chicago  churches ; 
Mr.  Joseph  Jelinek  (32)  aiding  Dr.  Adams  in  the  work,  whose  total  aver- 
age weekly  attendance  is  1,348.  From  the  St.  Louis  station  Rev.  Edmund 
Wrbitzky  (12)  is  present.  He  was  converted  in  our  mission  in  Brtinn, 
Moravia,  educated  in  Switzerland  and  Oberlin,  served  several  years  as 
pastor  of  Cyril  Chapel,  Cleveland,  and  in  1891  removed  to  St.  Louis, 
where  he  married  Miss  Marie  Pipal,  a  graduate  of  the  Bible-Readers 
School,  who  had,  single-handed,  commenced  a  promising  work  there 
among  Bohemians,  and  where  Miss  Anna  Belshan,  our  first  Bible-reader 
pupil,  is  laboring  with  them  for  the  oldest  Bohemian  colony  in  the  United 
States.  A  small  church  was  formed  there  last  March.  Mr.  Vaclav 
Prucha  (19)  represents  the  St.  Paul  (Minn.)  Bohemian  work,  where  a 
church  was  formed  in  1893  ;  and  Rev.  Philip  Reitinger  (17)  is  pastor  of  the 
flourishing  Silver  Lake  church,  sixty  miles  west  of  St.  Paul,  which  built  a 
church  without  aid  in  1891,  and  has  furnished  five  young  people  for  mis- 
sionary work.  Mr.  John  Rundus  (29),  one  of  the  earliest  students  in  the 
Oberlin  Slavic  Department,  whom  the  writer  invited  thither  from  his  farm 
in  Kansas,  is  working  for  the  Bohemian  farming  population  of  Saline 
County,  Neb.  The  Bohemian  stations  not  represented  in  the  group  are 
Milwaukee,  Wis.,  where  Mr.  V.  Totushek  and  his  wife  are  laboring  in  a 
difficult  but  very  important  field,  and  Iowa  City,  Iowa,  with  its  out-stations 
of  Vining  and  Luzerne,  where  Rev.  F.  T.  Bastel  and  wife  are  stationed. 
In  Vining  the  people  built  a  church  last  year  without  asking  for  aid. 

The  Polish  force  consists  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  J.  Dessup — not  in  the 
picture— <he  born  in  Poland  of  a  French   father  and  German  mother ; 


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Congregational  Slavic   Home  Missionary  Workers. 

Miss  Anna  Trchka,  Bohemian  i^upil  Bible  Readers  School,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

Mr.  W.  L.  Shendel,  Missionary  to  Poles,  Toledo,  Ohio. 

Miss  Marie  Reitinoer,  Bohemian  Missionary  and  Teacher  in  Bible  Readers 

School,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 
Rev.  John  Musil,  Pastor  of  Cyril  Chapel  (Bohemian),  Cleveland,  Ohio. 
Prof.  Graham  Taylor,  D.D.,  of   Chicago   Theolojrical   Seminary,  which  is 

beginning  to  educate  Poles  for  Polish  missionary  work. 

6.  Mr.  L.  HoDOL'SH,  Student  in  Adclbert  College,  preparing  for  Bohemian  mis- 
sionary work,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

7.  Rev.  John  Lewis,  Missionar)*  to  Poles,  Detroit,  Mich. 

8.  Mrs.  John  MrsiL,  Bohemian  Graduate  of  Bible  Readers  School. 

9.  Mr.  Martin  Prucha,  alx)ut  to  enter  Mt.  llcrmon  Sch(K>!,  aiding  in  Bohemian 
work  during  vacation,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

la  Miss  Antonie  Osinek,  Bohemian    Pupil    Bible  Readers  School,  from  Silver 
Lake,   Minn. 

11.  Miss  Theresa  Prucha,  Graduate  of  Bible  Readers  School,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

12.  Rev.  E.  Wrbitzky,  Pastor  Bohemian  Mission  Church,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

13.  Miss  Anna  A.  Gross,  Matron  and  Teacher  Bible  Readers  School. 

14.  Miss  Barbara  Slawinski.  Polish  Pupil  Bible  Readers  SchooL 

15.  Miss  Sarah  R.  M  err  ell.  Missionary  to  Bohemians,  Kast  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

16.  Mrs.  Clara  IIobart  Sihauffler,  Principal  of  Bible  Readers  School. 

•*    17.  Rev.  Philip  Keitinger,  Pastor  Bohemian  (Church,  Silver  Lake,  Minn. 

••     18.     Miss  Emily   Mistr,  Graduate   Bible   Readers   School,   Missionary  to  Poles, 
Toledo,  Ohio. 

*'     19.     Mr.  Vaclav  Prucha,  1k>hemian  Student  and  Missionary  in  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

20.  Prof.  L.  F.  MiSKovsKY,  Principal  Slavic  Department  of   Oberlin  Theological 
Seminar)'. 

21.  Rev.  John  Pri'ciia,  Bohemian  Pastor  Bethlehem  Church,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

22.  Miss  Frances  Tri/tna,  Bohemian  I'upil  Bible    Readers  Sc1kx>1,  from  Silver 

I^ke,  Minn. 
••    23.     Miss  Marie  Osinkk,  liohemian  Pupil  Bible  Readers  School,  from  Silver  Lake, 
Minn. 

24.  Rev.  E.  A.  Adams,  D.D.,  in  charge  of  Bohemian  Mission,  Chicago,  and  editor 
of  Pravdti, 

25.  Miss  Ella  Horart,  Missionary  to  Poles  in  Cleveland  and  Teacher  in  Bible 
Readers  Sc1uk)1. 

26.  Mr.  Anuro  KdVal'H,  Slovak  Student,  Oberlin,  from  Braddock,  Penn. 

27.  Supt.  H.  A.  Scjiaufklkr,  Slavic  Department  of  C.  H.  M.  S.  work. 

28.  Miss  MAiilJALKNA  KicHKRA,  Bohemian  Bible  Reader  Nurse,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

29.  Mr.  John  Ri'NDI's,  Missionar)'  to  Bohemians  in  Saline  Co.,  Neb. 

30.  Miss  Anna  Honorsn,  (;raduaie  Bible  Readers  School,  Nfissionary  to  Slovaks 
in  Braddock,  Penn. 

31.  Rev.  John  Jklinkk,  Pastor  Branch  Slovak  Church,  Braddock,  Penn. 

32.  Mr.  Josef  Jklinkk,  Missiomiry  to  Bohemians,  Chicago,  111. 

33.  Miss  Fannik  Bochkk,  Missionary  to  Slovaks,  Johnstown,  Penn. 

34.  Mr.  Karel  Trchka,  Student  Oberlin  Slavic  Department,  from  Cleveland,  Ohio. 


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Miss  Ella  Hobart  (25),  who  has  learned  Polish  and  divides  her  time 
between  missionary  work  for  Poles  and  teaching  in  the  Bible-Readers 
School ;  Rev.  John  Lewis  (7),  converted  in  Cleveland,  educated  in  Ober- 
lin,  and  working  for  Poles  in  the  great  and  very  difficult  field  in  Detroit, 
\lich.;  Miss  Emily  Mistr  (18),  a  Bohemian  graduate  of  the  Bible-Readers 
School,  laboring  for  Polish  women  and  children  in  Toledo  and  Detroit ; 
and  Mr.  W.  L.  Shendel  (2),  a  Pole  converted  in  Cleveland,  educated  in 
Oberlin,  and  just  appointed  to  work  for  Poles  in  Toledo,  Ohio. 

In  the  Slovak  work  are  Rev.  John  Jelinek  (31),  converted  in  connection 
with  our  Bohemian  mission  in  Chicago,  and  Miss  Anna  Hodoush  (30), 
converted  in  Cleveland,  a  graduate  of  the  Bible-Readers  School,  who  have 
been  working  in  Braddock,  Pa.,  and  the  region  round  about  since  August 
and  October,  1890,  and  have  had  the  joy  of  gathering  a  church  of  over 
sixty  members,  all  of  whom  were  addicted  to  drinking,  dancing,  and 
money-making  before  our  missionaries  went  there.  In  Johnstown,  Pa., 
Miss  Fannie  Bochek  (33),  who  labored  for  years  in  the  Bohemian  field  of 
St.  Paul,  is  working  in  connection  with  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Mata,  fruits  of  our 
Braddock  mission,  for  the  Slovak  people  of  Johnstown,  where  the  Brad- 
dock  Lutheran  Slovak  minister  has  roused  bitter  opposition  to  our  work. 

The  Oberlin  Slavic  Department  is  represented  by  Prof.  L.  F.  Mish- 
kovsky  (20),  who  while  a  student  in  New  York  City  was  the  first  Bohe- 
mian to  come  to  my  help,  during  his  summer  vacation  in  1884  ;  subse- 
quently studied  theology  in  Oberlin,  and  is  now  principal  of  the  Slavic 
Department  ;  Mr.  V.  Prucha  (19),  temporarily  studying  in  the  University 
of  Minnesota,  and  preaching  in  St.  Paul ;  Mr.  Karel  Trchka  (34),  Bohe- 
mian pupil  from  our  mission  in  Bohemia,  who  has  worked  in  several  places 
in  this  country  ;  and  Mr.  Andro  Kovach  (26),  a  Slovak  pupil  from  Brad- 
dock. 

The  Bible-Readers  School  is  represented  by  the  principal,  Mrs. 
SchauflflcT  ;  Miss  Anna  A.  Gross  (13),  matron  and  teacher;  Miss  Barbara 
Slawinski  (14),  a  Polish  pupil,  of  Cleveland;  Misses  Antonie  and  Marie 
Osinek  (10  and  23),  and  Frances  Trutna  (22),  the  three  last  Bohemian 
pupils  from  Silver  Lake,  Minn.;  and  Miss  Anna  Trchka  (i),  from  our 
mission  in  Bohemia.  Miss  Therese  Prucha  (11),  a  graduate  of  the  Bible- 
Readers  School,  is  caring  for  the  family  of  her  orphaned  brothers  and 
sisters,  but  hopes  soon  to  be  able  to  devote  herself  to  missionary  work. 
Messrs.  Martin  Prucha  (9)  and  Louis  Hodoush  (6)  are  students  who  will, 
we  hope,  in  time  become  missionaries  to  their  own  people.  They  are 
already  aiding  in  the  work.  Last,  but  not  least,  in  the  group  is  Prof. 
Graham  Taylor  (5),  of  our  Chicago  Theological  Seminary,  which  is  edu- 
cating German  and  Scandinavian  missionaries,  and  has  recently  received 
its  first  Polish  student  from  Winburne,  Pa.,  where  we  formed  a  small 
church  of  Poles  and  Germans  last  September. 


September.  1894  The  Home  Missionary  271 

The  conference  was  full  of  deep  interest  and  practical  importance  to 
all  who  took  part  in  it.  On  Monday  evening  it  was  opened  with  public 
services,  when  Rev.  E.  Wrbitzky,  of  St.  Louis,  preached  on  "Glorying 
in  the  things  of  God."  Tuesday  forenoon,  as  brief  reports  were  given  of 
the  work  from  the  various  fields  scattered  over  the  country  from  Penn- 
sylvania to  Minnesota  and  Nebraska,  from  the  Bohemian,  Polish,  and  Slo- 
vak fields,  by  pastors,  evangelists,  Bible-readers,  teachers,  and  students, 
concerning  labors  for  Roman  Catholics,  infidels,  and  dead  Protestants, 


for  overworked  women,  neglected  children,  and  the  helpless  sick,  a  new 
impression  was  created  of  the  greatness  of  the  field,  its  variety  and  true 
unity,  its  urgent  importance,  and  of  the  rich  divine  blessing  which  had 
rested  on  it  thus  far.  All  felt  drawn  nearer  to  one  another,  as  they  learned 
of  each  others'  difficulties  and  trials,  as  well  as  successes  and  joys,  and 
saw  more  clearly  the  unfolding  of  the  divine  plan,  which  had  prepared 
them  for  this  work,  led  them  into  it,  and  j^iven  them  success,  so  that 
from  a  small  seed  has  already  sprung  up  a  goodly  fruit-bearing  tree.  The 
Other  session.s,  on  Tuesday  and  Wednesday,  were  occupied  with  exceed- 
ingly practical  and  interesting  papers  and  lively  discussions  on  themes 


272  The  Home  Missionary  Scpiember,  1891 

vitully  cuiinected  with  the  Mavic  missionary  work.  The  spirit  that  per- 
vaded tlic  mtctintiB  was  one  of  delightful  harmony  and  brotherly  love. 
There  was  not  lacking  a  spice  of  genuine  humor  that  prevented  all  sense 
of  wearinesri.  N'o  boasting  or  glorying  in  man  was  indulged  in,  but  in 
full  actord  with  the  keynote  struck  in  the  opening  sermon  all  glory  was 
ascribed  Id  Him  whose  Inve  and  wisdom  had  given  to  these  present,  and 
their  absent  fellow-workers,  .1  share  in  bringing  about  the  happy  results 
attained  in  the  Slavic  work,  as  shown  in  this  conference — results  full  of 


•;Iad  prinni.sc  fur  tlic  fulurc.  Thi;  i  orifer<.iii<.>  lii.u'hly  appreciated  the  visit 
of  IV'if.  Craliaiu  I'aylor,  wluiso  wise  anil  ln.'l|)fiil  words  were  understood 
by  nearly  all  iirescnt.  U'lilne^day,  Inward  evcnini:,  the  conference  and  a 
few  uiher  friends  tuok  lea  at  the  writer's  huiise,  which  jiavc  opportunity 
for  some  lirief  Iiiit  very  enjnyuble  after-.sii|'per  remarks  by  a  number  of 
the  ijuests,  and  led  i>ne  "f  the  oldest  niembers  of  the  iiohcmjan  Mission 
Hoard  of  ricveiaiid  to  remark  that  this  oeiasion  had  so  deeply  impressed 
him  with  the  wide  extension  and  inthieiiee  >•(  the  work  beijun  in  Cleve- 
land that  he  felt  well  paid  fur  all  the  lime  and  effort  he  had  put  into  the 
care  of  it. 


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ety  for  publishing,  and  Mr.  John  Rundus  for  compiling,  the  new  and 
very  welcome  American-Bohemian  hymn-book."  Hearty  recognition  of 
and  thanks  for  Dr.  E.  A.  Adams'  labors  in  furnishing  so  excellent  a 
Christian  Bohemian  paper  as  the  Fravda  were  also  expressed.  It  was 
felt  that  the  Fravda  is  indispensable  to  the  Bohemian  work.  A  very 
tender  and  impressive  communion  service  closed  the  conference,  which 
left  the  hearts  of  all  who  had  participated  in  it  full  of  joy,  gratitude,  and 
courage.  All  felt  that  rich  blessing  had  come  to  them,  and  that  a  great 
impulse  had  been  imparted  to  the  Slavic  work  of  our  churches.  To  the 
Lord  be  all  the  praise  ! 

A  few  words  may  be  added  concerning  the  other  pictures. 

Bethlehem  Church,  Cleveland,  was  built  in  1884.  The  Bible-Readers 
School,  in  its  rear,  was  erected  in  1890.  Here  is  the  center  of  the  Cleve- 
land Bohemian  work,  which  has  three  other  stations,  with  thirty-three 
services  and  meetings  (three  of  them  monthly),  with  an  average  weekly 
attendance  of  2,027.  Bethlehem  Church,  including  Cyril  Chapel  branch, 
had  192  members  last  April. 

Mizpah  Chapel,  a  mile  south  of  Bethlehem,  is  situated  between  a  large 
Bohemian  and  a  large  Polish  district.  It  is  our  polyglot  chapel,  as  three 
services  and  one  Sunday-school  are  held  there  every  Sunday  in  four 
languages. 

The  Braddock  picture  shows  the  outside  of  a  small  store  where  our 
Slovak  services  were  held  till  it  was  overfilled,  when  a  hall  in  the  second 
story  of  a  terribly  noisy  house  next  to  the  railroad  was  hired  and  fitted 
up.  Mr.  Jelinek  stands  in  the  open  door  ;  in  front  of  him  Miss  Hodoush, 
and  at  her  right  Mrs.  Jelinek.  Just  inside  of  the  door  is  a  *' gospel 
screen."  Women  crowded  round  the  door  during  service  time,  but  feared 
to  peep  in  lest  they  should  be  seen.  Mr.  Jelinek  put  up  the  screen,  after 
which  the  Slovak  women  would  fill  the  doorway,  where,  unobserved  by 
those  within,  they  listened  eagerly  to  what  was  said  and  sung. 

A  finely  illustrated  article  concerning  the  Chicago  Bohemian  work  can 
be  had  by  applyin;^  to  Rev.  J.  Tompkins,  D.D.,  151  Washington  Street, 
Chicago,  111.  Fuller  accounts  of  the  Slavic  Conference  will  be  found  in 
the  Con^rcgationalist  and  Advapice  of  July  26,  1894. 


Timely  Help. — It  has  been  a  privilege  to  have  placed  in  our  hands 
clothin<i:  and  other  supplies  from  a  number  of  places  for  the  sufferers  from 
our  crop  failure.  Several  have  thus  been  enabled  to  be  at  meetings  who 
could  not  otherwise  have  dressed  so  that  they  would  like  to  have  been  seen. 
In  two  instances  two  young  men  could  not  have  been  with  us  to  unite 
with  the  church  but  for  such  help. — Rev.  C.  W.  Preston,  Curtis^  Neb. 


September,  1894  The  Home  Missionary  275 

ADDRESS    OF    WELCOME    AT    THE    SIXTY-EIGHTH 
ANNUAL   MEETING,  JUNE  7,   1894 

By  William  H.  Alexander,  Esq. 

After  a  few  pleasant  words  of  introduction,  Mr.  Alexander  spoke  as 
follows : 

"  It  is  eminently  appropriate  that  the  first  meeting  in  the  West  of  this 
grand  organization  should  be  held  in  the  geographical  center  of  the  field 
in  which  its  greatest  work  has  been  accomplished,  and  it  is  a  peculiarly 
happy  providence  that  brings  this  splendid  company  of  delegates  together 
on  the  spot  where  its  standard  was  first  set  up  in  this  trans- Missouri 
region. 

"  It  was  a  humble  beginning,  but  of  untold  ijnportance  to  us  of  this 
next  generation.  The  beginnings  of  all  institutions  which  have  g^own 
into  prominence  and  value  are  of  much  more  than  ordinary  moment  to 
those  who  inherit  the  fruition  ;  and  the  story  of  labor,  of  sacrifice  and  faith 
which  marked  the  beginning  of  this  church  here  would  doubtless  be 
listened  to  gladly,  but  I  cannot  now  review  the  history  of  your  missionary 
work  in  Nebraska,  nor  would  it  be  proper  to  speak  at  length  of  the  men 
who  came  to  this  so-called  *  desert '  to  make  that  history  possible. 

"  In  the  brightest  window  of  this  beautiful  building  we  have  fixed  a 
memorial  of  Reuben  Gaylord.  In  the  middle  of  winter,  when  scarcely  a 
score  of  buildings  were  standing  upon  these  hills,  he  crossed  the  river, 
not  only  as  your  pioneer,  but  bearing  the  Lord's  commission,  to  preach 
the  Gospel  of  truth. 

"  Patiently,  faithfully,  prayerfully  he  labored  to  build  up  the  Master's 
Kingdom.  His  earnest  wife,  who  gave  the  force  of  a  steadfast  faith  and 
the  charm  of  her  gentle  ways  to  help  him  on  to  triumph,  has  just  returned 
from  over  the  mountains,  and  joins  us  here  this  morning. 

"  I  am  sure  you  will  pardon  the  digression  if  I  turn  for  a  moment  to 
this  venerable  woman  and  give  her  a  warm-hearted  greeting.  Mrs.  Gay- 
lord  :  you  stood  at  your  husband's  side,  to  share  in  his  joys  and  his  trials, 
in  the  days  of  his  labor  amongst  us.  It  has  pleased  the  Master  to  leave 
you  here  long  after  he  called  your  companion,  and  all  through  the 
years  you  have  shown  us  the  beauty  of  Christian  example.  We  are 
grateful,  indeed,  this  morning  that  Providence  has  spared  you  life  and 
given  you  strength  to  come  back  home  from  the  far  west  sun-lands  to 
honor  and  exalt  this  occasion.     God  bless  you  ! 

"  Toward  the  rear  of  the  church  I  discover  another  of  Omaha's  pioneer 
builders,  a  man  who  has  earned,  and  who  holds  in  full  measure,  the 
respect  and  esteem  of  our  people.      Dr.  George  L.  Miller  was  one  of  tVve. 


276  The  Home  Missionary  September.  1894 

few  who  welcomed  your  missionary  Gaylord,  and  one  of  his  stanchest 
supporters  through  all  the  years  of  his  ministry.  I  have  heard  him  speak 
of  those  fruitful  years  with  the  eloquent  voice  of  experience,  and  I  wish 
he  could  stand  in  my  place  for  a  moment  and  tell  the  story  to  you.  From 
the  simple  but  firm  foundation  which  they  and  their  earnest  co-workers 
set  up,  there  has  risen  a  church  and  a  city  whose  lights  are  not  under  a 
bushel,  and  they  cannot  be  hid. 

"  Remembering  those  crude  beginnings,  and  having  in  mind  the 
wonderful  religious,  intellectual,  and  ethical  growth  since  then,  we  are 
conscious  of  something  akin  to  pride  as  we  open  the  doors  of  this  spacious 
temple  and  bid  you  welcome  to  our  city. 

"  There  are  persons  still  living — some  in  the  East,  I  am  told — ^who 
believe  that  a  Western  man,  in  speaking  of  Western  achievements,  will 
decorate  facts  rather  freely  with  the  plumage  of  fancy,  and  then  set  the 
fairy  creations  afloat  for  .men  to  admire.  Now,  it  may  be  true  that  a  few ' 
ambitious  narrators  whom  fortune  has  favored  with  rhetorical  genius  may 
have  drawn  on  a  nimble  imagination  for  data ;  and  possibly,  too,  some 
Omaha  men,  were  they  standing  in  the  presence  of  an  audience  in  Boston, 
or  some  other  city  no  nearer,  would  round  out  the  truth  just  a  trifle  con- 
cerning their  favorite  city.  But  to  me  it  seems  better,  this  morning,  to 
tell  only  moderate  tales.  You  are  here^  as  intelligent  observers,  to  make 
up  a  judgment  yourselves  of  a  city  and  a  people  whose  history  has  all 
been  written  in  forty-and-two  brief  years. 

"  If  you  stand  apart  and  listen  to  the  hum  of  commerce  ;  if  you  lift 
your  eyes  and  gaze  on  these  peopled  hills  ;  if  you  count  the  spires  of  our 
Christian  temples  and  the  stately  homes  of  our  splendid  schools  ;  if  you 
watch  the  smoke  as  it  curls  away  from  a  hundred  panting  stacks  ;  if  you 
figure  the  cost  of  our  public  works,  in  brain  and  brawn  and  money,  and 
then  remember  that  this  great  urban  panorama  was  chiefly  planned  and 
fashioned  in  less  than  forty  years,  you  will  catch  a  little  of  the  Western 
spirit,  and  leave  our  city  with  clearer  views  of  Western  push  and  courage. 

"  There  has  been  some  drifting,  but  a  great  deal  of  purpose,  in  Oma- 
ha's progress.  The  wondrous  achievements  which  have  made  that  prog- 
ress memorable  have  largely  come  through  the  enlightening  force  of  the 
church  and  the  school,  those  two  great  jewels  in  the  forehead  of  civiliza- 
tion, whose  radiant  beams  stretch  on  ahead,  to  discover  and  reveal  the 
way.  Your  missionaries  began  in  this  region  the  building  of  a  church, 
and  your  great  institution  encouraged  and  fostered  the  efforts  to  round 
out  its  mission  and  add  to  its  wealth  and  its  power.  We  have  added  the 
schools,  and  the  minds  and  the  hearts  of  this  people  are  intelligent, 
ennobled,  and  earnest, 

**  Nineteen  centuries  have  rolled  awav  since  the  faithful  twelve  re- 
ceived  the  Spirit,  and  under  its  quickening  influence  began  to  preach  the 


September,  1894  The  Home  Missionary  277 

Gospel  as  the  cross  had  revealed  it.  Sixty  generations  have  come  and 
gone  since  then,  and  to-day  not  only  the  twelve  and  the  hundred  and 
twenty,  but  millions  of  other  disciples  are  telling  the  beautiful  story, 
and  nearly  two-fifths  of  the  earth's  population  have  welcomed  the  Chris- 
tian faith.  Surely  the  words  of  the  old-time  prophet  are  fast  coming 
true  :  *  The  earth  shall  be  filled  with  the  knowledge  of  the  glory  of  the 
Lord,  as  the  waters  cover  the  sea/ 

**  In  this  excellent  work  you  have  borne  a  conspicuous  part.  This  city, 
this  State,  and  this  nation  are  united  in  giving  you  praise.  Your  presence 
in  Omaha  now  should  serve  as  a  great  inspiration  to  heartier  and  loftier 
effort.  It  should  strengthen-  the  timid,  encourage  the  faltering,  and 
quicken  the  slow-going  servants  to  a  truer  perception  of  what  God 
expects  them  to  do. 

"  And  so  we  are  glad  of  your  coming.  We  are  glad  to  look  into  your 
faces,  to  clasp  Ihe  warm  hands  that  have  helped  us. 

"  For  you,  General  Howard,  the  head  of  this  grand  institution,  we  have 
more  than  an  ordinary  welcome.  We  remember  the  years  of  your  service 
amongst  us,  and  bring  up  your  record  to  bless  you.  We  honored  you 
then  as  a  soldier  entitled  to  honor,  as  a  Christian  in  whom  we  could 
trust.  We  honor  you  now%  but  we  know  that  the  warm  touch  of  friend- 
ship is  more  to  your  liking  than  praise. 

"  To  your  earnest  co-workers,  this  great  congregation  of  men  and 
of  women,  who  speak  for  our  whole  Christian  country,  we  tender  the 
heartiest  of  welcomes. 

**  You  have  come  from  localities  famous  in  story,  to  a  city  whose  story 
is  only  begun.  We  shall  not  be  permitted  to  show  you  a  Plymouth  where 
the  Puritans  labored  and  triumphed,  but  we  will  show  you  the  place 
where  your  own  Pilgrims  landed  when  these  hills  were  as  barren  as 
Plymouth. 

*'  We  cannot  invite  you  to  a  Lexington  or  a  Concord  where  the  struggle 
that  gave  us  a  nation  began,  but  we  can  show  you  the  places  where  this 
generation  first  started  and  nurtured,  and  afterwards  brought  to  fruition,  a 
wide-reaching  civilization. 

**We  cannot  escort  you  to  Carpenter's  Hall  where  our  sturdy  first 
congressmen  met,  nor  show  you  the  bell  that  first  gave  the  tidings  when  the 
great  Declaration  was  signed,  but  we  point  to  the  summit  of  our  loveliest 
hiil,  and  show  you  our  national  trade-marks,  the  church  and  the  school. 

"  So,  this  morning,  our  great  city  greets  you.  The  voices  of  industry 
greet  you.  The  songs  of  the  birds  and  the  sweet  scent  of  blossoms  are 
borne  on  the  warm  air  to  greet  you.  Through  the  wide-open  doors  of 
our  sixty-five  schools  come  the  paeans  of  children  to  greet  you.  And 
here,  on  behalf  of  this  church  which  has  grown  to  full  stature  from  the 
seeds  of  your  planting  ;  on  behalf  of  our  young  sister  churches,  whose 


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vigor  has  brought  them  abreast  of  the  parent  in  every  good  work  ;  on 
behalf  of  our  neighbors  from  over  the  river,  whose  pastor  stood  forth  in 
the  kindliest  spirit,  asking  you  to  honor  our  city,  and  whose  hands  are 
held  out  in  the  fullness  of  fellowship,  seeking  our  cooperation  ;  on  behalf 
of  the.  flourishing  churches  of  this  commonwealth,  and  the  brave  little 
missions  whose  work  you  are  aiding  ;  on  behalf  of  the  people  who  honor 
your  great  institution  and  rejoice  in  all  moral  advancement,  I  give  you  a 
warm  Western  welcome." 


DR.   MILLER'S   REMINISCENCE 

Dr.  George  L.  Miller  said  :  "I  have  had  the  opportunity  of  again 
shaking  the  hand  of  the  wife  of  the  pioneet  Congregational  missionary 
in  this  trans  Missouri  country.  That  noble  woman  ha^een  my  neigh- 
bor for  many  years.  Her  husband,  a  man  of  benignant  face,  clear  eyes, 
medium  stature,  and  earnest,  conscientious  character,  crossed  the  Missouri 
River  in  perfect  devotion  to  this  great  work.  This  man,  whom  I  am  here 
to  aid  you  in  honoring,  personally  the  very  embodiment  of  purity,  devoted 
to  one  idea,  came  here  without  a  congregation,  built  a  church  and  put 
one  in  It,  and  by  the  force  of  his  spiritual  and  religious  character  brought 
Sunday  across  the  Missouri  River.  This  man,  who  came  to  us  in  the 
midst  of  the  conflict  between  barbarism  and  civilization,  when  our  govern- 
ment first  began  this  conflict  with  the  barbarian,  and  told  us  the  old  story 
of  the  Christian  religion — I  have  stood  by  his  side,  and  have  known  of 
his  spending  a  life  in  devotion  to  the  success  of  this  missionary  work. 
Reuben  (}aylord  has  a  place  in  this  heart  of  mine  and  in  my  memory 
which  no  other  man  in  any  calling  ever  occupied. 

Our  friend  has  told  you  of  a  prayer  which  he  heard  of  that  good  man 
making.  The  Deity  and  I,  only,  heard  that  prayer.  No  human  being  was 
before  him  ;  he  was  in  an  empty  church,  and  I  heard  that  prayer  through 
the  window.  The  storv  of  his  devotion  is  a  noble  storv.  I  learned  to 
love  him,  as  you  love  him.  I  can  never  forget  him  and  his  devotion  to 
the  life  and  work  of  the  home  missionarv. 


GENERAL    HOWARD'S   RESPONSE 

"  I  WISH  that  I  could  in  some  way  scoop  up  the  thought  and  the  faith 
and  the  love  which  are  in  the  hearts  of  the  delegates  to  this  convention, 
and  make  a  united,  condensed  reply  to  this  beautiful  welcome,  answering 
this  brotherly  greeting  with  brotherly  greeting. 


September,  1894  The  Home  Missionary  279 

**  It  is  only  nine  years  since  I  was  here,  but  the  changes  are  so  won- 
derful that  I  am  startled.  The  city  is  twice  as  big  as  it  was  then  ;  these 
magnificent  buildings  are  beautiful ;  and  they  were  wise  to  put  up  on  the 
tip-top  of  the  hill  the  best  thing  they  had,  the  High  School.  But  they  have 
added  so  much  to  the  city  in  every  direction  !  I  rejoice  at  the  expansion 
and  the  beauty  of  your  city.  I  lived  here  four  happy  years,  about  the 
happiest  of  my  life,  and  I  have  been  thinking  what  a  nice  place  thi^  would 
be  to  live  in,  where  we  have  everything  for  our  comfort  and  convenience. 
Why,  here  in  the  first  place  is  the  Congregational  church  !  Then,  yes- 
terday we  were  invited  to  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  rooms, 
and  they  have  an  elegant  building  to  welcome  all.  Then  they  have  here 
some  of  those  things  that  I  always  thought  we  went  to  war  to  sustain — 
we  have  the  Christian  family  here.  I  have  been  inside  of  a  great  many 
houses  in  Omaha,  and  there  is  no  better  exhibition  of  the  American  family 
and  American  family  life,  that  godly  life  which  you  find  here  and 
nowhere  else  on  the  globe. 

"  I  once  went  over  to  Africa  and  got  into  another  sort  of  civilization. 
It  was  in  the  valley  of  the  Nile,  where  I  went  up  to  a  little  place  and 
found  one  of  our  missionaries.  As  soon  as  I  stepped  inside  the  house, 
there,  right  in  front  of  the  doorway,  was  *  Welcome,'  and  then  these  beau- 
tiful texts  of  Scripture;  *  The  Lord  is  my  shepherd,  I  shall  not  want,' 
and  so  on.  The  arrangements  everywhere  were  just  like  home.  I  have 
not  seen  such  another  house  anywhere.  Occasionally  in  England  you 
will  find  something  similar  to  it ;  almost  never  in  France  ;  Germany  is 
peculiar  ;  but  the  American  family  and  the  American  home,  where  the 
father  is  true  to  the  mother,  and  the  mother  is  true  to  the  father,  and 
where  the  father  and  mother  are  true  to  the  children,  and  the  children  are 
true  to  their  parents — that  is  what  I  mean  by  the  Christian  family  and  the 
godly  home. 

"  Then  the  school — it  is  no  more  what  it  was.  They  were  wise  in 
building  here.  We  have  a  beautiful  system  of  schools  and  churches. 
Dear  brethren,  the  churches  ! — let  us  use  the  word  in  the  plural  once  in  a 
while.  We  have  heard  that  our  forefathers  came  over  to  Massachusetts 
to  establish  churches,  and  worship  God  according  to  the  dictates  of  their 
own  consciences.  I  told  a  friend  of  that  last  night,  and  he  said,  *  Well, 
chey  have  departed  from  that  since  that  time.'  *  No,'  I  said  ;  *  they  didn't 
depart  ;  it  was  somebody  else  that  departed.  It  is  always  somebody 
else  that  departs.'  We  can  say  *  churches  *  ;  and  if  you  want  to  say 
*the  church  of  Christ,'  that  will  cover  all  who  love  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ 
and  try  to  do  his  will. 

"  I  have  lived  here  amongst  these  dear  people,  and  have  worked  with 
them.     We  started  the  First  Congregational  Church  when  I  came  here, 


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and  then  in  a  little  while  we  had  a  church  up  on  St.  Mary's  Avenue.  It 
was  faltering  a  little  then.  Then  brother  Sherrill  over  here — he  had  his 
eyes  on  a  lot ;  he  was  always  fond  of  lots,  and  he  got  a  lot  where  we  had 
a  mission  and  ran  a  Sunday-school,  and  now  I  come  here  and  find  Ply- 
mouth Church  resting  on  that  lot.  Then  there  was  another  lot  over  in 
Saratoga,  and  a  church  is  resting  up  there.  Then  there  is  still  another 
back  in  a  new  city,  that  I  didn't  know  anything  about.  Then  there  is 
another  Omaha  down  here,  called  Eastern  Omaha,  that  really  it  seems  the 
river  took  away  from  Iowa — and  I  hope  they  have  better  prohibition  there 
than  they  have  in  Council  Bluffs. 

*'  It  was  my  fortune  last  winter  to  go  down  to  Key  West.  I  found 
brother  Fraser  there,  and  the  first  thing  he  said  was,  *  Come  right  over  to 
my  church.'  There  wasn't  any  Congregational  church  there  then  when 
he  came,  and  he  said  :  *  Why  not  come  in  here  and  form  a  Congrega- 
tional church  ? '  It  is  the  easiest  thing  in  the  world  to  get  five  of  the 
brethren  together  and  call  a  minister,  and  then  you  have  a  Congregational 
church.  So  he  got  the  church  together,  and  they  put  up  a  building  that 
will  hold  6go  people,  and  I  never  in  my  life  saw  such  an  energetic  work- 
ing church,  praying,  singing,  so  that  I  really  believe  that  Key  West  may 
be  converted  to  the  Lord. 

*'  Well,  Omaha,  as  I  said,  gives  you  an  example,  and  Key  West  gives 
you  an  example.  In  New  York,  my  son  and  myself,  finding  that  if  we 
atlciuled  Broadway  Tabernacle  we  could  not  get  back  in  tiie  afternoon, 
sought  a  place  where  we  might  labor  in  the  lower  part  of  the  city,  where 
work  is  so  much  needed,  and  we  found  a  little  church  that  had  been  in 
existence  for  some  years,  called  the  Camp  Church,  named  after  Rev.  Mr. 
Camp,  who  established  it.  It  was  a  poor  little  place  ;  you  could  almost 
touch  the  top  of  it,  and  I  said  to  the  brethren  :  *  Why  can't  we  get  a 
better  place?'  We  found  an  abandoned  building  where  formerly  had 
been  a  Baptist  church  down  in  that  section  of  the  city.  We  raised  the 
money  and  |)aid  for  it  by  the  help  of  the  Church  Building  Society,  and  we 
have  been  at  work  ever  since  there,  on  Chrystie  Street.  That  is  only  a 
drop  in  tlu*  Inu  kct.  It  is  right  in  the  midst  of  the  throbbing  population. 
We  have  cvorythin;^  there  you  can  imagine  ;  we  have  the  Gospel,  and  we 
have  temperance  work,  and  we  have  kindergarten  every  day  where  women 
can  take  their  children  and  leave  them  while  they  go  to  work,  and  we 
have  Bible  classes  and  Sunday-schools,  and  a  constantly  increasing  mem- 
bership. It  is  a  little  thinj::,  it  seems  to  me  to  be  a  very  small  work — very 
small,  com|Kircd  with  this  out  here  in   Nebraska. 

*'  Last  Sunday  I  was  in  (jalesburg,  and  I  was  invited  by  Mr.  Wanamaker 
to  go  over  to  the  other  side  of  the  city.  A  large  population  is  there, 
really  without  a  church.     He  has  got  a  little  building,  and  has  begun  his 


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work,  just  as  the  work  always  begins,  with  a  Sunday-school.  When  I 
first  got  in  it  seemed  to  me  to  be  very  small,  but  pretty  soon  he  began 
opening  up  doors  on  the  right  and  doors  on  the  left,  and  there  must  have 
been  room  for  250  or  300  people,  and  he  told  me  he  had  fifty  Christian 
people  ready  to  enroll  in  a  new  church.  Some  of  the  brethren  are  much 
discouraged  because  they  can  give  so  little,  because  they  have  so  little. 
What  you  want  is  a  man  like  him  to  stay  there  and  keep  right  on — a  man 
who  is  full  of  devotion  and  self-sacrifice,  and  who  looks  to  God,  and  to 
God  alone,  for  help. 

**  Last  night  I  had  a  dream,  a  singular  dream.  I  dreamed  1  was  in 
battle,  and  I  dread  that  kind  of  dream  very  much  indeed,  for  I  am  always 
in  a  fix.  I  couldn't  get  my  armor  on.  The  firing  was  rapid,  and  I 
thought  I  wanted  a  musket  or  a  rifle,  and  then  I  thought  about  the  mod- 
ern rifles  and  wanted  a  good  deal  better  one  than  I  saw  there.  I  wanted 
one  that  was  breech-loading,  so  that  I  could  fire  rapidly,  and  then  I  was 
afraid  that  I  would  hit  somebody.  I  could  see  no  way  to  get  away  from 
the  shells  and  from  the  firing,  and  I  was  in  great  distress  about  it.  Finally  I 
concluded  that  I  would  buckle  on  my  sword  as  an  emblem  of  authority,  and 
then  I  awoke.  When  I  awoke  it  was  daylight — I  was  at  Judge  Wool  worth's 
house — and  when  I  got  up  I  saw  a  little  tablet  in  my  room  with  these 
words  upon  it :  *Let  nothing  trouble  you.'  Just  think  how  frightened  I 
was!  *All  things  pass  away;  God  alone  is  immutable.  Patience  over- 
comes all  difficulties.  Those  who  possess  God  want  nothing.  God  alone 
suffices.'  Oh,  dear  brethren,  how  true  that  is  !  Don't  you  know  the 
passage  of  Scripture,  '  If  two  of  you  shall  agree  as  touching  anything 
they  shall  ask,  it  shall  be  done  for  them  of  my  Father  which  is  in  heaven  '  ? 
There  used  to  be  a  man  in  this  church,  and  I  expected  to  see  him  here, 
who  used  to  agree  with  me,  and  he  was  about  the  only  one  that  ever  did, 
fully  and  thoroughly.  We  would  go  up  to  his  house  and  take  a  Bible  and 
pray  together,  and  then  we  would  go  out  and  speak  to  individuals  together, 
or  sometimes  we  would  go  out  separately  and  come  back  and  report  to 
each  other.  So  1  used  to  think  that  if  we  two  agreed  and  the  Spirit 
agreed  with  us,  then  there  were  three  of  us  that  agreed,  and  the  thing  we 
wanted  could  be  accomplished. 

"  Now,  dear  brethren,  if  we  want  money  let  us  just  agree  and  ask  for 
it.  It  is  in  the  country.  Did  you  think  it  was  all  gone,  just  because  it 
has  been  gathered  up  and  so  its  circulation  prevented  ?  Let  us  ask  the 
Lord  for  it." 


Expect  Answers. — Those  who  really  believe  in  prayer  really  pray. 
Those  who  really  pray  look  for  answers.  Those  who  look  for  answers 
sooner  or  later  get  them. 

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REPORT   OF  COMMITTEE 

Rev.  Russell  T.  Hall,  of  Greenwich,  Conn.,  Chairman— on  the 
Sixty-eighth  Annual  Report  of  the  Executive  Committee 

"  The  work  of  the  sixty-eighth  year  of  the  Society  is  presented  in  this 
voluminous  report  with  all  the  fullness  of  details  which  has  been  custom- 
ary and  is  doubtless  wise.  The  record  of  that  work  carried  on  this  year 
in  forty-seven  States  and  Territories,  and  among  foreigners  of  many  races 
as  well  as  among  native  Americans,  is  so  vast  and  multifarious  as  to  make 
a  respectable  volume  in  itself.  We  have  examined  it  with  care,  and  on 
the  whole  we  consider  that  the  Society  has  abundant  cause  for  thankful- 
ness over  the  scope  and  results  of  the  year's  work,  accomplished  in  spite 
of  the  most  serious  financial  disturbances  known  in  this  country  for  a 
generation.  It  is  true  that  fewer  new  churches  have  been  organized  than 
in  the  previous  year,  but  practically  the  same  number  of  missionaries — 
2,010  in  all — have  been  kept  at  work.  The  additions  to  the  churches  by 
confession  have  been  1,259  more  than  in  1892,  and  the  report  for  1894, 
which  will  include  the  fruit  of  many  revivals  during  the  past  winter,  will 
doubtless  disclose  still  more  remarkable  gains.  Hard  times  seem  once 
more  to  have  been  times  of  refreshing  from  on  high,  both  in  our  self-sup- 
porting and  our  aided  churches.  As  in  former  years,  it  appears  that  the 
home  missionary  churches  are  much  more  fruitful  in  conversions  than 
were  the  stronger  churches,  and  thereby  have  proved  the  wisdom  of 
maintaining  them. 

**  In  three  new  directions  the  Society  has  been  pushing  its  work  of  late 
years.  We  arc  glad  to  find  that  an  unusual  degree  of  success  has  attended 
the  labors  of  the  workers  in  each  of  these  new  fields,  as  compared  with 
the  older  work.  Missions  among  the  foreigners  have  been  extended, 
especially  in  Massachusetts  and  the  Northwest  ;  and,  tested  by  the  num- 
ber of  conversions,  this  work  has  been  more  successful  than  any  other  of 
the  successful  enterprises  of  the  Society  and  its  auxiliaries.  It  is  encour- 
aging to  find  that  Scandinavians,  Germans,  French,  Bohemians,  and  others 
are  good  material  for  Congregational  churches.  The  new  work  in  the 
Southeast  seems  also  to  be  prospering  as  far  as  numbers  go,  and  also  to 
all  appearance  in  the  establishment  of  proper  relations  with  the  negroes 
and  their  churches  connected  with  our  Congregational  body.  There 
seems  no  reason  to  doubt  the  final  success  of  these  efforts  to  build  up  true 
churches  of  our  order  in  that  region,  accepting  gospel  ideas  of  religious 
equality  among  all  races  of  men.  We  are  also  glad  to  note  the  rapid  organ- 
ization of  the  women  of  our  churches  into  *  unions '  auxiliary  to  the  Home 
Missionary  Society,  and  hope  for  still  further  progress  in  this  direction. 


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'*  It  IS  upon  the  financial  side  of  the  situation,  and  that  alone,  that  we 
discover  any  disheartening  facts  in  this  report  of  the  Executive  Commit- 
tee. These  matters  are  presented  so  completely  and  so  intelligently  that 
it  is  easy  to  grasp  the  salient  points.  The  wholly  unprecedented  and 
unexpected  loss  of  $150,000  in  receipts  is,  of  course,  the  prime  fact.  But 
upon  further  examination  it  appears  that  more  than  half  of  this  shrinkage 
is  in  legacies,  which  probably  will  partly  at  least  be  made  up  hereafter, 
when  estates  shall  have  been  settled  that  are  now  in  executors*  hands.  A 
shrinkage  of  $70,000  in  contributions  from  the  living  is  unpleasant,  of 
course,  but  not  at  all  surprising  or  ominous,  in  view  of  the  pecuniary  dis- 
asters of  the  year  past.  Expenditures  have  been  increased  very  little 
during  the  year,  and  for  the  immediate  present  and  the  near  future  appro- 
priations have  been  reduced.  We  regret  the  necessity  of  this  latter  meas- 
ure, but  we  can  see  that  no  other  course  is  possible. 

"We  also  regret  the  large  debt  of  $125,000,  but  we  cannot  see  that 
the  Executive  Committee  has  acted  unwisely  either  in  the  expenditures 
that  necessitated  the  debt  or  in  borrowing  the  money.  The  work  of  a 
vast  organization  like  the  Home  Missionary  Society  cannot  be  arrested 
or  even  curtailed  suddenly  without  serious  damage,  and  any  honorable 
expedients  that  will  tide  over  an  emergency  and  thereby  prevent  damage 
are  justifiable  and  commendable.  We  sympathize  with  the  Secretaries 
and  Executive  Committee  in  the  distress  and  suffering  imposed  upon  them 
when  an  overdrawn  treasury  compels  them  to  cut  down  appropriations 
and  restrict  the  natural  and  wholesome  expansion  of  their  work  in  many 
directions.  We  also  sympathize  with  the  brethren  in  the  field  in  their 
personal  privations,  and  their  disappointment  over  the  withholding  of  the 
means  necessary  for  the  development  of  the  work  intrusted  to  them.  It 
seems  proper  also  to  acknowledge  here — though  the  fact  belongs  to  the 
record  of  the  coming  year  rather  than  this  one — the  generosity  and  devo- 
tion of  the  entire  administrative  force  in  reducing  their  own  salaries  ten 
per  cent.  Such  a  spirit  as  has  been  shown  in  the  home  office  and  in  the 
field  ought  to  touch  the  hearts  of  our  people  in  all  the  churches,  and 
should  help  greatly  toward  the  speedy  wiping  out  of  the  debt. 

"As  an  expression  of  the  feelings  of  the  Society  at  this  time,  and  in 
view  of  the  state  of  things  disclosed  by  the  sixty-eighth  report  of  the 
Executive  Committee,  we  ofifer  the  following  resolution  : 

"  Resolved^  That  we  rejoice  with  the  Executive  Committee  in  the  great 
and  encouraging  spiritual  results  of  the  work  of  the  year  just  closed,  and 
heattily  approve  of  the  means  used  by  them  to  meet  the  deplorable  dimi- 
nution of  contributions  and  legacies,  while  we  lament  the  inevitable  re- 
striction of  the  work  of  the  Society  and  the  contraction  of  a  serious  debt. 
We  urge  upon  our  brethren  and  upon  the  churches  the  necessity  of  special 
and  determined  efforts  to  increase  their  home  missionary  contributions  to 


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such  a  figure  as  will  wipe  out  the  debt  and  remove  the  present  painful 
restriction  of  their  work. 

"  I  think  I  need  add  but  a  word  in  support  of  these  resolutions.  The 
work  we  have  undertaken  must  go  on,  and  the  loss  of  contributions  and 
legacies  and  the  present  financial  distress  should  offer  to  properly  consti- 
tuted, conscientious  Christian  men  a  reason  for  giving  largely  to  help  the 
Society  out  of  its  present  difficulties.  There  are  two  things  that  might  be 
enlarged  upon  here.  The  first  is  the  exceedingly  favorable  spiritual 
showing  that  has  been  made.  If  it  could  be  shown  that  the  missionaries 
were  idling,  inefficient,  and  unproductive  ;  if  it  could  be  shown  that  there 
was  no  result  worth  while,  we  should  feel  differently  ;  but  when  accessions 
to  the  churches  have  been  swollen  as  they  have  been,  and  where  revival 
after  revival  is  reported,  and  where  the  churches  seem  to  be  gathering 
strength  in  every  direction,  it  is  time  that  the  debt  should  be  paid  and  the 
work  of  the  Society  should  be  not  restricted,  but  enlarged.  The  other 
point  is  this  :  It  is  sometimes  said  that  there  is  never  more  than  one  duty 
offered  to  any  man  at  any  one  time.  That  may  be  true  in  a  certain  sense, 
but  every  pastor  of  a  contributing  church  knows  that  the  number  of  appli- 
cations for  aid  are  infinitely  more  numerous  and  pressing  than  by  any 
possibility  can  be  attended  to,  and  the  selection  of  objects  to  be  aided  is  a 
necessity,  and  I  therefore  believe — and  I  think  I  speak  in  behalf  of  the 
committee  in  this  respect — that  the  churches  and  the  pastors  and  our 
brethren  everywhere  should  see  that  if  they  are  to  do  any  work — that  if 
there  is  any  work  of  our  church  that  more  than  another  demands  con- 
tinuous and  enthusiastic  support — it  is  this.  The  Congregational  Home 
Missionary  Society  demands,  and  should  receive  at  this  time  above  all 
others,  a  reception  in  our  affections  and  a  support  with  our  substance 
which  shall  make  glad  the  hearts  of  the  secretaries  and  missionaries  who 
have  been  bearing  this  heavy  burden  and  making  these  sacrifices  that  the 
work  might  go  on." 


ADDRESS  OF   REV.   WILLIAM    G.  PUDDEFOOT,  FIELD 

SECRETARY 

^*  I  AM  glad  to  see  a  good  many  strange  faces  here  in  the  West.  I  am 
glad  to  see  some  of  our  Eastern  friends  here  ;  we  hope  some  day  that  we 
may  coax  you  out  West.  I  am  glad  you  have  got  to  the  center.  Some 
one  said  to  mc  to-day  :  *  Puddefoot,  I  doubt  the  wisdom  of  bringing  our 
Eastern  people  out  to  a  city  like  this/  I  asked  why.  *  Why,  look  at  these 
buildings,  look  at  these  streets,  look  at  these  stores.'  *  Well,'  I  said, 
'  M'hat  about  it  ? '     *  Well,'  he  said,   *  won't  they  go  back   thinking   the 


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people  can  take  care  of  themselves  ? '  I  said  :  *  My  friend,  that  is  one 
way  of  looking  at  it ;  but  these  Eastern  friends  have  passed  a  panorama 
of  thousands  of  miles,  along  every  mile  of  the  road  a  monument  to  their 
prayers  and  their  gifts  to  Home  Missions.  I  want  to  raise  something  on 
hope  rather  than  on  fear.  Talking  about  help,  I  have  looked  around  this 
city,  and  I  believe  we  are  now  here  just  in  the  right  place,  where  there  is 
no  north,  no  south,  no  east,  and  no  west — in  the  very  heart  of  the  nation  ; 
and  we  find  here  perhaps  the  finest  city  of  its  size  on  the  continent.  When 
you  take  all  these  beautiful  broad  streets  and  the  well-equipped  railways 
and  the  wonderful  improvements,  and  when  I  think  of  it  all,  I  do  not 
believe  we  can  match  Omaha  anywhere  on  this  continent.  You  think,  in 
comparison  to  what  she  is,  that  she  does  not  help  enough  ?  Well,  just 
wait  a  minute.  She  sends  us  back  every  year  nearly  $80,000,000 
interest  money  to  the  East ;  she  is  in  partnership  with  you.  I  think, 
when  you  look  at  these  numerous  improvements  and  these  great  buildings, 
they  bring  an  inspiration  to  you.  Did  you  see  that  great  building  yonder, 
with  its  tower  lifted  up  into  the  heavens,  and  its  beautiful  polished  marble 
steps,  and  its  elegant  elevators  ?  Did  it  come  over  you  that  a  boy 
who  was  turned  out  here  on  the  prairie  was  the  architect  of  that  building, 
and  they  didn't  have  to  go  down  to  Boston  for  it  ?  These  things  are  in- 
spirational things  ;  they  lift  a  man  up  ;  it  is  worth  going  a  long  way  to 
see  these  things,  and  some  day  we  will  get  you  out  West. 

**  Some  one  has  said  there  are  three  kinds  of  lies — black  lies,  white 
lies,  and  statistics.  I  am  going  to  give  you  some  of  the  latter.  It  is 
well,  when  we  are  talking  well  of  ourselves  and  getting  puffed  up,  some- 
times to  examine  ourselves  and  see  where  we  stand.  We  have  spent 
nearly  $470,000,000  in  building  churches  in  this  land,  and  $500,000,000  in 
building  jails.  It  costs  $50,000,000  a  year  to  run  the  churches,  and 
$400,000,000  to  run  the  jails.  The  interest  money  on  our  jails  amounts  to 
two  and  one-half  times  as  much  per  year  as  the  whole  church  raises  for 
home  and  foreign  missions.  We  pay  out  eight  times  as  much  for  running 
our  fellow-men  down  and  jailing  them  as  we  do  in  trying  to  make  them 
better  so  that  they  will  not  need  the  jail.  It  takes  the  world  a  long  time 
to  find  out  that  men  are  not  made  better  by  force.  We  read  that  the 
whole  world  was  once  destroyed  on  account  of  men's  wickedness,  except- 
ing eight  persons,  who  were  picked  out  of  the  flock,  and  it  turned  out  a 
complete  failure.  The  best  man  of  the  company  got  drunk  as  soon  as  his 
grapes  were  ripe,  and  men  went  right  on  sinning  again.  Elijah  tried 
force,  cutting  off  the  heads  of  400  men  to  reduce  the  denominations,  and 
learned  afterward  that  God  was  not  in  the  earthquake  or  whirlwind,  but 
in  the  still  small  voice,  a  fact  that  many  of  us  have  yet  to  learn.  And  even 
Peter,  standing  by  the  side  of  the  Prince  of  Peace,  must  cut  off  a  man's 
ear ;  but  his  Master  rebuked  him  and  said :   *  Peter,  put  up  again  thy 


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sword ;  for  all  they  that  take  the  sword  shall  perish  with  the  sword.'  *Bc 
not  overcome  of  evil,  but  overcome  evil  with  good.* 

"  No  more  terrible  illustration  of  the  truth  of  Christ's  words  can  be 
found  than  that,  with  all  our  jail  buildings,  crime  of  the  deepest  dye  has 
increased  in  the  last  decade  beyond  all  precedent.  While  the  population 
has  increased  forty  per  cent.,  crime  has  increased  400  percent.  In  1882 
there  were  1,400  murders  and  suicides  ;  in  1892  a  murder  or  a  suicide  for 
every  hour  in  the  year,  leaving  out  the  Sabbath  days;  and  last  year  11,055 
murders  and  suicides.  We  must  admit  in  the  light  of  these  facts  that  our 
remedy  is  not  the  right  one.  Look,  too,  at  the  terrible  strikes  anli  other 
methods  of  men  to  right  things.  All  these  can  be  settled,  but  not  by  force, 
not  by  Pinkerton  detectives,  not  at  Washington.  Israel  went  down  to 
Egypt  for  horses  and  was  thrashed.  We  do  the  same,  and  instead  of  over- 
coming the  evils  they  are  only  multiplied. 

*'  Read  your  Carlyle's  *  Past  and  Present.'  It  might  well  have  been 
written  yesterday.  Joey  Manton  bills,  Morrison  bills,  and  corn  laws  only 
stay  for  a  little  the  oncoming  tide  of  troubles.  The  principles  of  the 
Gospel  of  Christ,  and  all  the  true  prophets  before  and  since,  emphasize 
the  fact  that  the  only  true  way  is  to  cease  to  do  evil,  learn  to  do  right,  to 
visit  the  poor  and  the  afflicted — in  short,  to  do  unto  others  as  we  would  have 
them  do  unto  us  ;  and  then,  and  not  until  then,  will  our  walls  be  righteous- 
ness and  our  gates  praise. 

**  The  depopulation  of  rural  districts  and  the  congestion  of  great  cities 
are  causes.  Back  in  the  East  are  1,000  empty  churches ;  yonder  in  the 
West  1,000  towns  and  villages  that  have  never  had  a  church.  These  are  the 
true  causes  for  the  terrible  crimes  and  unrest  of  the  present  time.  The 
small  country  town.  East  and  West,  without  the  Gospel  regularly  preached, 
is  the  hotbed  of  crime  and  the  genesis  of  the  city  slums.  It  is  impossible 
for  the  principles  of  Christ  to  be  practiced  unless  they  are  first  preached. 
There  is  not  a  more  incongruous  spectacle  in  all  history  than  ours  to-day. 
Egypt  with  her  granaries  filled  and  her  people  slaves  is  matched  by 
Chicago  with  30,000,000  bushels  of  wheat  and  thousands  begging  on  her 
streets.  Never  did  a  country  have  so  grand  an  opportunity,  never  so 
great  a  responsibility  ;  never  was  one  so  well  fitted  to  meet  the  needs  of 
humanity.  All  that  is  needed  is  that  her  energies  be  directed  aright — 
Christ  in  the  mart,  Christ  in  the  forum,  *  Holiness  to  the  Lord  *  on  the 
bells  of  the  horses  and  the  pots  in  the  Lord's  house. 

*^  One  of  the  mightiest  factors  in  human  life  to-day  is  the  language  we 
use.  Three  centuries  ago  about  6,000,000  were  using  it ;  to-day  125,000,000, 
being  more  than  almost  all  others  combined.  The  most  powerful  because 
the  most  useful  ;  no  one  thing  in  a  nation's  life  so  shapes  its  destiny.  The 
Duke  of  Argyle  was  once  asked  which  was  the  best  language.  He  said: 
*  If  1  want  to  be  polite  I  use  the  French  ;  if  I  want  to  be  understood  I  take 


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the  English  ;  if  I  want  to  praise  my  Maker  I  take  the  Gaelic,  my  mother- 
tongue.'  Foreigners  coming  here  think  in  their  own  language,  speak  in 
ours ;  gradually  they  think  in  English,  and  still  dream  in  their  mother- 
tongue  ;  but  at  last  dream,  think,  and  speak  in  the  language  of  the  land, 
and  become  homogeneous  with  the  nation. 

"  One  of  God's  greatest  gifts  to  this  new  world  is  the  foreigner.  The 
thought  came  to  me  while  on  my  way  to  Savannah  :  Why  did  not  the 
discoverers  of  the  western  hemisphere  find  a  higher  civilization  than  the 
one  they  left  ?  It  is  a  fair  question.  A  man  who  discovered  it  to-day 
would  find  a  higher  type  than  any  before.  Why  should  God  have  kept 
so  large  a  portion  of  the  world  hidden  for  ages  on  ages  and  raised 
nothing  but  Indians  ?  Had  he  not  some  grand  design  that  in  the  fullness 
of  time  he  would  lead  Columbus,  like  Abraham  of  old,  to  found  a  new 
nation  ?  And,  friends,  it  is  the  world's  last  chance.  Take  your  map  and 
find  those  States  which  the  stream  of  immigration  has  passed  by,  and  in 
every  case  you  find  them  behind  the  times.  The  church  has  not  yet  got 
her  proper  view  of  this  question  of  the  immigrant  who  is,  and  who  was 
the  foreigner.  First,  he  was  the  other  man  ;  then  he  became  of  the  other 
family.  As  some  families  became  strong  they  became  clans,  and  then 
he  was  of  the  other  clan.  The  barons  came,  and  then  nations,  and  the 
foreigner  became  the  one  of  the  other  nation.  But  the  Master  says  to 
his  church  to-day :  *  Behold  a  stranger  at  the  door.'  (You  say  a 
foreigner.)  He  says,  *  My  brother,  my  neighbor.'  Strange  how  prejudice 
warps  our  vision.  Jefferson  said  :  *  Would  to  God  the  Atlantic  were  a 
sea  of  flame  ' ;  and  Washington  said  :  *  1  would  We  were  well  rid  of  them.' 
Strange  words  for  a  man  who  would  not  have  been  an  American  had  his 
father  not  been  an  immigrant.  Hamilton,  the  man  of  whom  it  was 
said,  *  the  greatest  man  this  country  had  produced,'  was  an  immigrant. 
Albert  Gallatin,  the  financier ;  Agassiz,  the  scientist,  and  thousands  of 
illustrious  names  would  make  a  strong  list.  One-twelfth  of  the  land 
foreigners,  but  one-fourth  of  the  Union  armies  were  foreigners,  too — 
one-twelfth  furnished  one-fourth.  Men  fought  for  the  Union  who  knew 
no  language  but  Old  Glory. 

**  Hermann  takes  from  an  empty  can  a  Union  Jack,  and  the  band  plays 
*  God  Save  the  Queen ' ;  a  French  flag,  and  the  Marseillaise  hymn  ;  a 
German,  and  the  *  Watch  on  the  Rhine ' ;  a  Russian,  and  the  Russian 
hymn  ;  but  quick  as  a  flash  the  flags  disappear,  and  in  their  place  the 
Stars  and  Stripes,  and  all  the  music  in  the  *  Star-spangled  Banner.' 

"  When  Linnaeus  was  under  gardener  the  head  gardener  had  a  flower  he 
could  not  raise.  He  gave  it  to  Linnaeus,  who  took  it  to  the  back  of  a 
pine,  placed  broken  ice  around  it,  and  gave  it  a  northern  exposure.  In  a 
few  days  the  king  with  delight  asked  for  the  name  of  the  gem  before  him. 
It  was  *the  forsaken  flower.*    So  there  are  millions  of  cur  fellow-men  in 


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Europe  to-day  with  harsh  environment,  sickly,  poor,  and  ready  to  die  ;  but 
transplanted — a  new  home,  clothes,  food,  and,  above  all,  the  freedom  that 
shall  blossom  and  help  to  make  our  land  the  very  paradise  of  the  poor  of 
all  lands — they  have  made  the  brown  prairie  to  blossom  as  the  rose,  the 
wilderness  to  become  like  the  garden  of  the  Lord.  They  drove  the 
Louisiana  lottery  out  of  North  Dakota;  they  voted  for  temperance  in 
South  Dakota.  Their  hearts  beat  warm  for  their  native  land,  but  they 
are  true  to  their  adopted  country,  and  their  children  will  rise  up  and  bless 
you.  The  mixture  of  the  nations  is  the  very  thing  that  makes  us  first, 
has  produced  a  new  type,  and  if  we  but  do  our  duty  to  them  the  time  is 
fast  coming  when  we  shall  be  the  arbitrator  of  the  nations.  No  way  to 
lift  Europe  so  fast  as  to  evangelize  her  sons  who  come  to  us.  Sixteen  per 
cent,  go  home  to  live  who  can  never  forget  what  they  saw  here ;  and  did 
we  but  teach  them  aright  they  would  be  an  army  50,000  strong  of  foreign 
missionaries,  preachers  of  the  Gospel  to  the  people  in  the  tongue  in  which 
they  were  born,  and  thus  creating  a  perpetual  Pentecost. 

"  One  other  great  fact  needs  pointing  out.  The  discovery  of  this  land 
was  by  the  Latin  races,  and  yet  they  failed  to  hold  it,  lacking  the  genius 
for  colonization  for  which  the  Anglo-Saxon  is  preeminent.  During  the 
last  fifty  years  over  13,000,000  immigrants  have  come  to  this  land.  Great 
Britain  sent  nearly  6,000,000  ;  Germany,  4,500,000  ;  Norway  and  Sweden, 
939,603  ;  Denmark,  144,858  ;  Netherlands,  99,522  ;  Belgium,  42,102.  Here 
we  have  over  11,500,000  of  the  13,000,000  Anglo-Saxon,  and  almost  half 
of  them  speaking  English  ;  while  Italy,  Russia,  Poland,  France,  Austria, 
Switzerland,  Hungary,  Spain,  Portugal,  and  all  other  nations  sent  but 
1,708,897  out  of  the  13,296,157.  And  here  we  must  note  that  nearly  all 
of  the  Latin  races  came  within  the  last  few  years,  so  that  we  were  a  nation 
50,000,000  strong  before  many  of  them  came  ;  and  eighty  per  cent,  of  all 
our  people  talk  English. 

"  No  nation  ever  drove  its  people  out  but  lost,  as  witness  Spain,  and 
France  with  her  Huguenots.  England  took  them,  and  they  helped  ta 
make  her  great.  Nay,  even  when  a  nation  has  actually  been  conquered 
by  war,  she  in  turn  conquers  her  victors  and  is  made  better.  Germany 
conquered  Rome,  but  Roman  laws  and  Roman  government  conquered 
the  invaders  and  made  Germany  the  mother  of  modern  civilization. 
Norsemen,  Danes,  and  Saxons  ploughed  Britain  till  her  fields  were 
drenched  in  blood.  The  Norman  brought  his  beef,  his  mutton,  and  the 
rest,  but  the  English  kept  their  oxen,  sheep,  and  swine,  and  eventually  the 
Norman,  Dane,  and  others  became  the  mother  of  the  Anglo-Saxon  race,  of 
which  to-day  we  are  the  very  loin.  England  has  four  times  as  much 
inventive  genius  as  the  rest  of  Europe,  but  America  has  ten  times  as 
much  as  I'jii^land  ;  and  why  ?  Because  added  to  the  English  colony  is  all 
Europe,  and    in    our   own    people   we    have   the   practical    English,   the 


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thoughtful  German,  the  metaphysical  Scot,  the  quick-witted  Irish,  the 
sprightly  Gaul,  the  musical  and  artistic  qualities  of  the  Italian,  the  hardy 
Swiss,  the  frugal  and  clear-headed  Swede  and  Norwegian  ;  and  all  united 
make  the  type  which  the  world  will  yet  come  to,  the  manhood  which  will 
recognize  the  inherent  nobility  of  the  race,  its  brotherhood,  and  the  great 
God  its  Father." 


THE  WORK   OF  THE   LOCAL   CHURCH 

An  Address  at  the  Omaha  Annual  Meeting,  by  Rev.  James  S.  Ainslie, 

OF  Elkhart,  Indiana 

The  noble  paper  [Secretary  Choate's]  to  which  we  have  listened  has 
surely  freshened  in  all  our  minds  our  conception  of  the  splendor  and 
comprehensiveness  of  this  home  missionary  work.  This  Society,  with 
its  2,000  commissioned  agents  and  its  annual  expenditure  of  nearly 
3700,000,  is  engaged  not  only  in  the  work  of  soul  saving.  It  is  not  so 
busy  saving  "souls"  that  it  has  no  time  to  save  men  and  women.  It 
is,  rather,  an  enterprise  of  man-redeeming  and  society-transforming.  It 
affects  the  whole  personality  of  man,  and  extends  its  influence  to  all  his 
interests  and  occupations  ;  and  while  its  aim  is  to  reach  and  to  save  all  of 
the  man,  it  also  endeavors  to  reach  all  of  the  men.  The  motto  of  the  New 
York  Sunday-School  Association  is  :  **  The  Bible  in  the  hand  of  the  living 
teacher  to  every  child  in  the  State."  The  motto  of  this  Society,  if  I  may 
frame  it,  is :  "  The  Gospel  by  the  voice  of  the  living  teacher  to  every 
individual  of  this  nation."  And  in  carrying  the  Gospel  the  preacher 
carries  the  church  with  him.  The  Master  said  :  "  Seek  ye  first  the  king- 
dom of  God  and  his  righteousness,  and  all  these  things  shall  be  added 
unto  you." 

Long  years  ago  this  Society  discovered  that  if  it  could  find  the 
missionary  and  get  the  means  to  send  him  out  he  would  carry  with  him, 
as  Secretary  Choate  has  just  said,  "  that  organizing  force  which  Chris- 
tianity imparts  to  the  social  and  civil  life  of  every  community,  the  living 
church,  embodiment  and  instrument  of  the  living  Christ." 

I  want  to  focus  your  attention  upon  the  local  church  as  the  chief 
instrument  of  this  Society  in  doing  its  national  work.  I  mean  by  the 
local  church  the  group  of  men,  women,  and  children  who  are  gathered 
together  in  one  place  in  the  name  of  Christ.  You  remember  the  servant 
girl  said  to  Peter,  "Thou. also  art  one  of  them."  You  are  one  of  that 
little  group  round  the  person  of  Christ.  They  form  a  compact  social 
nucleus.     They  meet  in  the  spirit  of  love  and  loyalty  to  Christ,  singing 


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his  praises,  and  trying  to  become  like  him  in  the  spirit  of  love  and  loyalty 
to  one  another,  helping  one  another,  and  encouraging  each  other  ;  in  the 
spirit  of  love  and  loyalty  for  the  highest  interests  of  the  community  in 
which  they  live,  in  order  that  there  may  be  a  light  there  that  shall  not  be 
extinguished  by  business,  nor  by  politics,  nor  by  pleasure,  nor  by  anything 
else,  and  shall  be  a  perpetual  testimony  of  the  living  Christ  who  can 
succor  and  save. 

Now,  Mr.  President,  this  little  home  missionary  church  is,  in  itself,  a 
wonderful  institution.  The  "  institutional  church  ''  has  been  referred  to. 
I  believe  in  it.  Our  new  edifice,  just  completed  in  Fort  Wayne,  Ind.,  was 
built  with  a  view  to  the  adoption  of  certain  features  of  the  institutional 
church.  But,  on  the  whole,  let  us  remember  that  the  great,  commanding 
work  of  this  Society  is  being  done  through  the  average  home  missionary 
church.  The  minister  preaches  the  Gospel  of  Christ,  and  thereby  the 
humblest  tiller  of  the  soil  is  exalted  and  becomes  a  child  of  the  Father 
and  a  servant  of  Almighty  God.  In  the  frontier  settlement,  when  the 
service  is  held  on  the  Lord's  Day,  the  miners  throw  dowh  their  spades 
and  the  lumbermen  rest  from  their  logging  to  hear  the  story  of  the 
Savior. 

It  is  a  wonderful  thing  to  carry  the  institution  of  the  Christian 
Sabbath  to  a  careless,  godless  community.  The  minister  preaches  of 
personal  purity,  and  thus  establishes  a  social  purity  organization — a  wing 
of  the  White  Cross  Army.  The  subject  of  temperance  comes  up  for  dis- 
cussion, and  by  reasoning  and  moral  suasion  the  missionary  endeavors  to 
keep  the  men  from  the  drink.  He  also  speaks  to  the  corporate  conscience 
of  the  community,  and  by  local  option  and  prohibition  tries  to  keep  the 
drink  from  the  man.  So  the  church  is  the  best  possible  temperance 
society.  In  times  of  industrial  disturbance  and  lawlessness  the  preacher 
is  again  at  the  front  with  a  message  counseling  peace  and  respect  for  law ; 
so  the  church  becomes  a  law  and  order  league.  Through  its  numerous 
social  oratherings  it  becomes  a  mutual  improvement  society.  By  its 
Sunday-school  it  promotes  Bible  study.  It  has  a  message  for  the  citizen  at 
the  ballot-box  when  it  declares  that  "  rii^hteousness  exalts  a  nation,  while 
sin  is  a  reproach  to  any  people  "  ;  and  so  the  church  becomes  an  organiza- 
tion for  the  advancement  of  good  government.  In  its  observance  of  the 
great  festival  days  of  the  Christian  year  it  becomes  a  society  for  the 
promotion  of  good  cheer.  In  its  efforts  to  evangelize  the  nation  and  the 
world  it  becomes  a  patriotic  missionary  society,  making  every  church  a 
mission  station  and  every  member  a  missionary. 

I  believe  our  Lord  meant  that  his  church  should  contain  in  itself  the 
cure  of  every  social  ill.  There  is  a  latent  power  for  evangelization  in  our 
churches  that  needs  to  be  called  forth.  Great  as  is  the  work  that  has  been 
done,  it  is  not  what  it  should  be.    While  rejoicing  in  the  splendid  achieve- 


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ments  of  the  past,  we  must  not  forget  the  sad  fact  that  there  are  multi- 
tudes who  drift  within  the  influence  of  the  church  and  of  the  Gospel  who 
are  not  held  and  molded  into  good  citizenship.  A  few  years  ago  I  heard 
from  the  lips  of  a  representative  pastor  of  Albany,  N.  Y.,  the  statement 
that  every  poor  girl  coming  to  the  house  of  shelter  (a  house  for  the 
profligate  and  abandoned  in  that  city)  had  sometime  been  a  member  of  a 
Sunday-school.  And  the  records  of  the  penitentiary  bore  testimony  to 
the  fact  that  ninety  per  cent,  of  our  native-born  American  criminals  had 
been  identifled  with  Christian  congregations.  This  does  not  prove  that 
Christianity  is  a  failure,  but  it  does  indicate  that  the  membership  of  our 
churches  are  not  awake  to  their  duties.  The  minister  cannot  be  leaven 
for  the  whole  community.  If  our  country  is  to  be  evangelized,  every 
Sunday-school  teacher,  every  Christian  Endeavorer,  and  every  member 
must  become  a  consecrated  worker,  a  faithful  soldier  of  Jesus  Christ. 

But  the  rank  and  file  of  our  churches  are  not  here,  and  the  present 
methods  of  communicating  missionary  ideas  are  not  adequate  to  reach  the 
majority  of  our  members  and  train  them  into  a  large  sense  of  personal 
responsibility.  We  have  Women's  Home  Missionary  Societies  and 
Women's  Foreign  Missionary  Societies  and  various  juvenile  societies. 
We  reach  the  young  people  somewhat  through  the  Christian  Endeavor, 
and  the  children  somewhat  through  the  Sunday-school ;  but,  alas  !  for  any 
systematic  plan  for  teaching  and  training  the  men.  It  seems  to  be  taken 
for  granted  that  men  cannot  be  interested  in  missions,  except  as  they  will 
make  an  occasional  offering  in  response  to  an  occasional  call  from  the 
pulpit. 

Yet  it  is  the  men,  chiefly,  who  have  the  money ;  and  it  is  the  men 
largely  that  we  must  look  to  for  the  resources  to  carry  on  this  great  work. 
Let,  therefore,  the  men  in  the  local  church  be  organized  into  activity.  In 
a  majority  of  our  churches,  where  the  membership  does  not  exceed  300, 
let  there  be  one  grand  missionary  society  including  men,  women,  and 
children,  letting  it  meet  once  a  month,  taking  the  hour  of  the  mid-week 
prayer-meeting.  Let  the  brightest  and  best  possible  programme  be 
arranged,  with  many  taking  part.  Let  every  member  be  thus  schooled 
and  solicited  and  trained  until  his  thought  and  prayer  and  purse  are  linked 
to  the  mighty  enterprise  of  saving  America  to  save  the  world.  And  in  less 
than  three  years  the  Congregational  churches  of  our  land  will  march  to 
the  tune  of  $1,000,000  for  the  cause  of  Home  Missions. 

Work. — The  spiritual  life,  like  the  physical  and  the  intellectual,  for 
its  healthful  sustenance  and  growth  is  largely  dependent  on  work.  There 
is  plenty  of  it,  of  the  best  kind,  waiting  to  be  done.  No  work  pays 
better. 


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DR.   HOPKINS'S   ADDRESS 

After  the  reading,  on  Thursday  afternoon,  June  7th,  of  Secretary 
Choate's  paper  on  "  Home  Missions  for  the  Sake  of  America,"  Rev.  Dr. 
Henry  Hopkins,  of  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  spoke  substantially  as  follows  : 

"  Our  confidence  in  the  statement  that  Jesus  Christ  is  to  be  King  of 
nations,  as  he  is  King  of  saints,  is  the  reason  for  our  being  in  Omaha. 
We  are  here  as  a  company  of  professed — I  had  almost  said  professional — 
optimists  ;  that  is  a  part  of  our  calling  as  Christian  men  and  women.  We 
cannot  help  it.  Our  Almighty  God  is  almighty  goodness,  and  we  are 
still  holding  fast  to  the  first  recorded  promise  and  expecting  that  the  seed 
of  the  woman  will  bruise  the  serpent's  head.  We  are  indeed  able  to  sus- 
tain all  the  weary  weight  of  this  unintelligible  world  in  the  personal  and 
in  the  corporate  life  only  because  we  believe  that  truth  is  stronger  than 
error,  virtue  than  vice,  Christ  than  Belial,  love  than  hate,  and  that  God 
and  Christ  and  truth  and  virtue  and  love  must  by  and  by  triumph. 

"The  Home  Missionary  Society  finds  the  reason  for  its  existence  in  its 
firm  faith  that  it  is  sent  to  help  to  bring  in  the  kingdom  of  God  between 
the  two  oceans.  This  characteristic  of  home  missionary  people  makes 
Home  Missions  necessary  for  the  sake  of  America.  Through  light  and 
darkness,  marching  and  fighting,  long  waiting,  deadening  indifference,  and 
ignoble  peace,  there  must,  for  the  safety  of  the  Republic,  be  those  who 
never  fear,  nor  flee,  nor  sleep,  nor  doubt  the  coming  of  the  morning. 
The  paper  of  Secretary  Choate  is  an  inspiring  statement  of  our  past,  and 
rings  with  a  note  of  high  expectancy ;  but  it  has  also  startled  us,  if  we 
have  ears  to  hear,  with  its  notes  of  warning,  and  in  that  he  is  also  true  to 
the  genius,  if  I  may  so  speak,  of  the  Christian  faith.  For  the  true  Chris- 
tian, though  an  optimist,  is  not  a  sentimentalist,  not  a  lotus  eater.  He 
always  dares,  with  holy  courage,  to  look  facts  in  the  face,  and,  if  need 
be,  to  drag  them,  hateful  and  hideous,  into  the  light.  He  pays  the  hom- 
age of  his  understanding  only  to  facts;  his  confidence  is  born  not  of 
indolence  and  ignorance,  but  of  faith  in  God  and  in  himself  helped  of 
God.  We  cannot  forget  that  no  true  soul  ever  lived  in  this  world  without 
having  at  times  the  great  indignations  of  his  nature  stirred,  and  the  more 
Christlike  a  man  he  is,  the  more  certain  it  is  that  he  can  neither  be  indiffer- 
ent nor  silent  in  the  presence  of  the  shames  and  wrongs  of  his  fellow-men. 
Our  Lord  himself  was  angry,  angry  with  the  duplicity  and  hypocrisy 
of  his  time.  The  hottest  invective  and  the  most  scathing  denunciation 
on  record,  he  spoke.  We  do  well  not  to  forget  the  scourge  of  small 
cords  with  which  he  drove  out  those  who  profaned  his  Father's  house. 
The  Apostle  Paul  has  left  for  us  in  the  first  chapter  of  Romans  a  picture 
of  the  unspeakable  degradation  of  humanity  without  God  in  his  day, 


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which,  like  the  '  Last  Judgment '  of  a  mightier  Angelo,  hangs  in  the 
world's  sky.  Every  prophet  of  God  and  every  child  of  God,  small  or 
great,  having  anything  of  the  prophet  spirit,  has  seen  and  hated,  exposed 
and  denounced  evil,  whether  Savonarola  or  Luther  or  Huss  or  Knox 
or  Lincoln  or  Lowell  or  Harriet  Beecher  Stowe.  This  Christian  attitude 
toward  sin  and  all  evil  is  the  second  reason  why  we  need  Home  Missions 
for  the  sake  of  America.  Consciousness  of  wrong,  indignation  against  it, 
and  opposition  to  it  cannot  be  spared  from  the  national  life.  Secretary 
Choate  presented  in  powerful  lines  some  of  the  dangers  which  threaten 
the  republic — the  debased  foreigners'  menace,  the  municipal  menace, 
the  startling  and  increasing  danger  of  spiritual  destitution  in  the  coun- 
try districts  ;  but  of  other  facts  indicating  imminent  and  deadly  peril  he 
could  not  speak,  nor  have  I  time  so  much  as  to  enumerate  them.  It 
is  impossible  also  to  even  mention  certain  causes  and  tendencies  in 
our  political,  industrial,  social,  and  religious  life  which  menace  not  only 
the  peace  but  the  stability  of  our  institutions.  But  for  one,  after  deliber- 
ate survey,  I  am  ready  to  say  that,  looking  at  the  visible  and  most  appar- 
ent trend  of  events,  and  after  studying  causes  and  tendencies  in  the 
light  of  much  of  our  modern  thinking,  the  outlook  of  our  country  seems 
to  be  an  exceedingly  dark  one.  Nay,  I  am  ready  to  freely  acknowledge 
that  except  for  the  presence  of  the  indwelling  and  outworking  spirit  of 
Jesus  Christ,  an  unseen  spirit  which  political  economy  takes  no  account 
of  and  the  man  of  the  world  despises,  the  spirit  which  is  revealed  only  in 
Christ's  cross,  the  spirit  of  love  in  self-sacrifice— except  for  this,  despite 
our  sciences  and  literatures,  our  schools  and  commerce  and  laws,  the 
case  would  be  hopeless.  And  it  is  at  least  an  open  question  whether, 
unless  there  be  a  vast  increase  of  the  manifestation  of  this  spirit,  it  is  not 
hopeless  already.  My  personal  belief  is  that  in  order  to  save  the  Repub- 
lic there  has  got  to  be  a  great  awakening,  a  new  energizing  and  a  new 
directing  of  the  followers  of  Jesus  Christ.  But  I  believe  we  have  prom- 
ise that  it  is  on  the  way  ;  that  it  is  here  waiting  to  be  apprehended. 
Meantime  we  may  stay  ourselves  on  the  old  fundamental  truths  in  which 
all  the  saints  have  trusted.  We  may  stay  ourselves  on  God.  God  is, 
and  man  is.  God  has  a  part  in  the  history  of  the  world,  the  material- 
ists to  the  contrary  notwithstanding,  and  personality  is  a  mighty  trans- 
forming force  in  history,  if  a  fatalistic  philosophy  has  demonstrated  the 
folly  of  trying  to  make  the  world  over.  God  is,  and  man  may  be  co- 
ordinated with  God  ;  then  man  is  strong  as  God  is  strong.  The  sun 
yonder  is  not  only  a  center  of  light  and  heat,  but  also  of  immeasurable 
electric  force. 

**The  earth  has  always  known  it,  has  felt  at  the  root  of  her  shaken 
mountains  his  power,  and  in  seismic  tremors  answered  to  his  touch  ;  the 
aurora  borealis  has  always  thrown  out  its  fluttering  banners  of  recogni- 


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tion,  and  the  little  plants  in  the  depths  of  the  forest  have  folded  and 
unfolded  their  leaves  in  obedience  to  the  pulsations  of  these  lines  of  force. 
Man  has  known  nothing  of  all  this  until  of  late,  but  now  doubtless  it  is 
this  power  from  the  sun,  the  great  central  dynamo,  which  is  utilized  in 
all  the  commonest  industries  of  life.  So  there  is  a  science  of  spiritual 
dynamics  as  yet  but  faintly  understood.  There  are  mysterious  move- 
ments of  the  foundations,  signs  in  the  sky,  and  tremblings  of  sensitive 
souls  that  are,  and  always  have  been,  the  manifestation  of  the  life  of  Him 
who  is  the  center  of  all  being.  At  any  rate  it  is  rational  and  it  is  scien- 
tific to  take  account  of  unseen  forces,  and  to  build  hopes  and  make  plans 
and  hold  annual  meetings  of  the  Congregational  Home  Missionary  Soci- 
ety on  the  strength  of  them.  Men  of  God  have  always  taken  account 
of  the  unseen  and  eternal.  Moses  did — *  The  eternal  God  is  thy  refuge, 
and  underneath  are  the  everlasting  arms.'  Jesus  did — *  All  authority  in 
heaven  and  earth  has  been  given  unto  me  ;  go  ye,  therefore.'     Paul  did — 

*  I  can  do  all  things  through  Christ,  who  strengthens  me.' 

"  Our  optimism  is  not  born  of  ignorance.  The  Christian  patriot  does 
not  shut  his  eyes — he  is  the  last  man  to  do  it — to  the  visible  trend  of 
events  toward  the  pit,  nor  does  he  deny  the  half  truths  of  modern  un- 
christian thought.  He  welcomes  truth  from  any  source.  The  Christian 
church  of  to-day  cheerfully  acknowledges  her  dependence  upon  condi- 
tions. She  confesses  that  in  the  past,  through  ignorance,  she  has  often 
lost  her  opportunity,  but  she  proposes  in  the  future  to  be  wiser,  more 
scientific,  if  you  please.     She  has  already  learned  to  make  words,  like 

*  heredity '  and  *  environment,'  which  have  become  the  cant  of  shallow 
minds,  the  watchwords  of  her  triumphing  progress. 

"  It  is  scientific  to  take  account  of  the  factor  of  personality.  It  is  un- 
scientific not  to  do  it.  You  must  do  it  to  read  history  aright,  especially 
American  history.  It  is  rational  to  believe  in  the  supernal  power  for 
good  of  a  rightly  directed  human  will,  of  a  God-inhabited  man,  of  a  man 
'  free  from  doubt  and  fear,  and  flung  into  the  hands  of  Almighty  God  to 
be  used  at  his  will.'  It  is  rational  to  believe  that  a  man  in  the  future  may 
be  mightier  than  any  man  in  the  past.  Mr.  Moody  once  said  that  the 
world  has  yet  to  see  what  Ciod  can  do  with  a  wholly  consecrated  man. 
Some  true  glimpse  of  this  he  himself  has  given  us ;  but  of  a  church, 
wholly,  constantly,  enthusiastically  surrendered  to  the  service  of  God  in 
the  service  of  humanity,  we  have  not  yet  received  much  intimation,  much 
less  has  there  been  an  example  of  a  group  of  churches  so  given.  When 
this  shall  at  last  be,  then  shall  there  be  furnished  for  the  mighty  Spirit  of 
God  media  through  which  he  will  work  boundless  blessings.  Then  shall 
a  nation  be  born  in  a  day. 

**  The  Secretary  has  laid  special  emphasis  upon  the  new  name  of  the 
Society,  and  upon  the  special  aptitudes  of  *  the  Congregational  way '  for 


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successful  home  missionary  endeavor.  Upon  this  a  word,  and  I  have 
doge. 

**  There  are  two  characteristics  of  our  Congregational  Christianity, 
very  broad  and  noble  and  important,  which  in  the  unfolding  of  our  his- 
tory have  made  our  past  distinguished,  have  made  some  of  our  men  and 
some  of  our  eras  illustrious.  What  are  these  two  characteristics  of  Con- 
gregational history  thus  far?  They  are  both  contained  in  our  Lord's  last 
command,  *  Go  ye,  therefore,  and  make  disciples  of  all  nations,  baptizing 
them  in  the  name  of  the  Father,  and  of  the  Son,  and  of  the  Holy  Ghost, 
teaching  them  to  observe  all  things  whatsoever  I  command  you.'  Univer- 
sal evangelization  followed  by  universal  Christian  education.  Evangeliz- 
ing all,  teaching  all.  Am  I  wrong  in  claiming  for  our  churches  fealty  to 
these  grand  ideas,  these  two  fundamental  principles,  these  two  divine  com- 
mands ?  The  fealty  has  not  been  as  loyal,  as  generous,  as  constant  as  it 
ought  to  have  been,  but  the  history  of  our  beloved  American  Board,  of  this 
noble  Society,  and  of  the  various  other  forms  of  our  home  mission  work, 
testify  for  us  that  we  have,  with  something  of  enthusiasm  and  sacrifice, 
accepted  our  obligations  for  world-wide  evangelism  ;  while  the  record  of 
the  Christian  schools  and  colleges  and  seminaries,  that  have  always  stood, 
and  to-day  stand,  by  the  side  of  our  churches,  show  that  we  have  not 
been  unmindful  of  teaching  as  well  as  preaching  in  Christ's  name.  There 
is  no  need  to  dwell  in  this  presence  on  the  history  of  our  missionary 
work,  home  and  foreign,  nor  upon  the  history  of  Christian  education  as 
connected  with  Congregationalism,  but  it  is  a  recognized  fact  that  our 
name  is  honorably  linked  with  these  two  grandest  movements  of  our  time. 
The  struggles  of  our  fathers  for  soul  liberty,  and  the  part  they  had  in  the 
establishment  on  this  continent  of  free  institutions,  shed  immortal  luster 
upon  them  ;  but  not  less  bright  is  the  record  of  those  who  came  after 
them,  as  the  pioneers  in  this  land  of  Christian  missions  and  Christian 
education. 

"  We  must  keep  alive  here  in  the  center  of  the  continent  the  great 
traditions  that  started  yonder  by  the  sea,  and  help  preserve  strongly 
marked,  in  our  time  and  place,  these  heaven-born  characteristics  of  Con- 
gregational life.  To  evangelize  and  to  teach  is  not  our  whole  task.  To 
Christianize  is  more  than  this.  It  is  *  teaching  them  to  observe  all  things 
whatsoever  I  have  commanded  you.'  A  Christianized  society  is  the  aim 
of  all  our  efforts — an  embodied  Christianity.  This  would  be  the  king- 
dom of  God  set  up  in  the  world.  To  this  task  the  generation  in  which 
we  live,  the  providence  of  God  and  the  leadership  of  Jesus  Christ, 
through  his  mighty  Spirit,  are  calling  us.  Let  us  not  be  deaf  to  this  call. 
The  church  is  a  means  of  saving  men  and  of  saving  society.  These  days 
are  critical ;  along  the  nation's  horizon  lie  clouds  dark  with  portent,  and 
lightened  and  streaked  by  the  play  of  forces  that  may  be  either  let  loose 


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for  destruction  or  harnessed  for  beneficence.  There  is  need  of  applied 
Christianity.  There  is  need  of  conscience,  of  truth,  of  justice,  of  purity, 
in  business,  social,  and  political  life,  but,  above  all,  of  love  in  sacrifice, 
which  is  Christianity.  These  we  must  have  or  perish.  Our  churches 
exist  not  for  the  rearing  and  training  of  those  who  shall  make  real  and 
actual  this  Christian  ideal ;  they  exist  for  the  lifting  up  of  Christ  on  the 
cross,  not  only  in  tireless  proclamation,  but  also  in  the  daily  living  of  its 
members,  always  and  everywhere,  that  he  may  draw  all  men  to  himself. 
There  are  signs  that  our  churches  are  awake  to  this  call  and  are  trying  to 
meet  this  demand.  They  are  learning  to  believe  more  in  the  church  and 
also  in  the  kingdom.  If  we  have  an  '  understanding  of  the  times/  we 
may  be  called  of  God  to  lead  in  a  new  movement,  as  we  were  called  to 
lead  in  behalf  of  liberty,  of  missions,  and  of  Christian  education." 


A    CALL    TO    UNITED    PRAYER 

[The  following  letter  has  been  received  from  the  secretary  of  the  Woman's  Execu- 
tive Committee  of  the  Presbyterian  Church.  We  present  this  "  call  to  prayer  "  to  the 
woman's  homeland  organizations  of  our  own  churches,  in  the  hope  that  the  date  herein 
mentioned,  September  25,  may  be  generally  observed  by  all  auxiliary  societies. — 
H.  S.  C] 

"  In  view  of  the  financial  depression  which  impedes  missionary  work  ; 
of  the  wide  departure  from  a  sanctified  observance  of  the  Sabbath  ;  of 
the  unrest  and  disturbed  condition  of  the  various  classes  of  society  which 
threaten  our  welfare  as  a  nation,  the  Woman's  Executive  Committee  of 
Home  Missions,  profoundly  convinced  that  prayer  is  the  most  potent 
force  to  meet  this  emerg^ency,  and  with  humble  reliance  upon  divine 
favor,  calls  for  a  special  day  of  humiliation  and  prayer  throughout  the 
auxiliaries. 

"  That  a  united  chorus  of  prayer  may  ascend  to  the  throne  of  grace, 
the  fourth  Tuesday  in  September  (25th)  is  designated  as  the  time  for 
general  observance. 

*'  Every  auxiliary  is  earnestly  urged  to  observe  this  day  by  a  special 
meeting,  either  in  the  accustomed  place  of  gathering,  or  by  uniting,  in  the 
larger  cities  and  towns,  in  a  union  meeting,  as  may  be  found  convenient 
and  expedient.  Those  members  who  may  be  prevented  from  attending  the 
special  meeting  are  earnestly  and  affectionately  urged  to  observe  the  day 
in  their  own  homes,  by  special  and  importunate  prayer  in  their  closets. 

**  That  our  j^etitions  may  be  directed  in  a  common  channel,  the  follow- 
ing topics  are  suggested  : 


September,  1894  The  Home  Missionary  297 

" PRAYER 

**  For  an  outpouring  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  that  the  church  may  rise  to  a 
higher  plane  of  life  and  self-denial ;  that  a  spirit  inciting  to  increased 
giving  may  prevail,  and  that  the  debt  which  now  hampers  the  work  of 
Home  Missions  may  be  speedily  removed. 

"  That  the  laws  of  God  may  be  better  known  and  obeyed  throughout 
our  country. 

"  That  the  Sabbath  may  be  honored,  Sunday  travel  and  traffic  cease, 
and  Sunday  newspapers  be  discontinued. 

**  For  the  President  and  his  advisers,  and  all  who  are  in  authority  in 
our  land  ;  for  our  State  and  National  legislators  ;  for  our  political  leaders, 
that  they  may  be  unselfish,  seeking  the  general  welfare  of  the  country 
in  all  their  plans ;  and  that  bribery  and  corruption  may  cease. 

"That  the  Christian  women  of  the  country  may  be  taught  of  (iod 
their  duty  in  this  emergency. 

"  This  is  the  call  which  we  make  through  our  September  Home  Mission 
Afonthly  to  all  our  societies,  and  we  should  be  very  glad  if  our  sister 
organizations,  like  our  own,  would  observe  the  day  with  us.  If  it  seems 
wise  and  expedient  to  you,  will  you  suggest  it  to  your  societies  ? 

"  Very  cordially  yours, 

"  Emeline  G.  Pierson, 
"  Cor.  Sec.  Woman* s  Ex,  Com.  Presb,  Ch'* 


GOOD    READING-MATTER   WANTED 

[These  calls  for  good  book?,  magazines,  and  papers  are  perpetually  coming  from  all 
the  remoter  parts  of  the  field.  We  give  space  here  to  three  out  of  many»  believing  that 
the  friends  of  the  work  will  not  grow  weary  of  the  frequent  repetition,  but  will  gladly 
respond  to  requests  so  reasonable  and  easily  answered.  Did  those  friends  but  know  the 
urgency  of  the  need,  and  the  help  which  the  desired  reading  matter  would  afford  the  mis- 
sionary, the  supply  would  be  speedy  and  liberal.] 

In  South  Dakota. — You  know  that  through  our  exchange  library 
plan  I  am  enabled  to  furnish  all  our  new  schools  with  a  Sunday-school 
library,  and  to  exchange  with  all  our  schools  as  they  may  need,  if  I  can 
keep  a  sufficient  supply  on  hand.  Books  that  have  been  used,  and  are 
worn  and  torn,  I  "  doctor  "  with  needle  and  thread  or  paste,  or  with  a 
new  cover,  as  each  case  may  require,  and  then  they  are  ready  to  go  out 
again  on  their  errand  of  helpfulness.  I  have  found  it  so  difficult  to  keep 
the  shelves  of  this  "  book  dispensary  "  filled,  so  that  I  could  supply  the 

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298  The  Home  Missionary  September.  1894 

demand,  that  I  have  been  prompted  to  ask  if  you  will  not  say  to  any 
churches  or  schools  or  Endeavor  societies,  through  the  columns  of  The 
Home  Missionary,  that  if  they  can  gather  books  suitable  for  a  Sunday- 
school  library,  or  magazines  or  Sunday-school  papers,  and  send  to  me 
prepaid,  for  the  work  in  South  Dakota,  they  will  be  greatly  appreciated, 
and  will  do  good. — Rev.  C.  M.  Daly,  Huron,  So.  Dak. 


In  Idaho.— Our  sore  need  here  is  books — Sunday-school  books  for 
the  children.  The  Sunday-School  and  Publishing  Society  gave  us  a  small 
library,  but  the  children  have  read  it  thrdugh  and  through  and  are  hungry 
for  more.  No  doubt  there  are  hundreds  of  volumes  in  Sunday-schools  at 
the  East,  laid  aside  because  they  have  been  read.  How  I  wish  we  might 
have  them! — Rev.  E.  A.  Paddock,  JVetser,  Idaho. 


In  Wisconsin. — One  great  need  in  these  communities  is  religious 
literature.  The  only  papers  we  have  of  the  kind  are  the  IVe/i  S/>ring 
and  Little  Pilgrim.  The  missionary  would  gladly  distribute  any  papers 
that  might  be  sent  to  him  from  the  friends  of  Home  Missions.  A  Sunday- 
school  library  would  he  a  great  blessing  to  our  schools.  Are  there  not  those 
who  would  gladly  donate  books  that  have  been  read,  for  the  benefit  of 
the  little  ones  here  in  Wisconsin  woods,  who  now  satisfy  their  desire  for 
reading  with  the  most  blood-curdling  stories  of  border  life — Indians, 
detectives,  etc.?  Such  reading  cannot  but  poison  the  minds  of  the  readers, 
and  the  only  antidote  is  books  of  a  pure  and  elevating  tone.  Will  not 
some  one  help  the  work  of  saving  these  precious  souls  by  givmg  to 
them  what  may  now  be  cumbering  the  bookshelves  of  homes  and  Sunday- 
schools  ? — Rev.  D.  L.  Sanborn,  Bruce,  Wis. 


H(nv  Thev  Pay  Him. — One  of  the  questions  answered  by  each  mis- 
sionary in  making  his  quarterly  report  to  the  Society  is  this  :  **  What 
amount  has  been  received  from  your  field  during  this  quarter  ? '* 

In  his  report  lately  received  a  good  brother  in  Washington  says,  oppo- 
site this  inquiry  :  "  Four  dozen  eggs." 

Even  the  sharpest  critic  of  the  cost  of  ministerial  support  will  hardly 
call  this  an  eggsorbitant  tax  on  a  parish  for  three  months  of  pastoral 
service. 


September,  1894  The  Home  Missionary  299 

ONE  GENEROUS  GIFT  FOR  HOME  MISSIONS  THIS 
YEAR  FROM  EVERY  CONGREGATIONAL  CHURCH 
IN    THE   UNITED  STATES 

[The  following  circular  has  been  issued  over  the  names  of  the  Society*s  Executive 
Committee  and  officers,  with  the  design  of  reaching  thereby  every  Congregational  church 
and  pastor  in  the  land.  In  the  hope  of  securing  the  interested  attention  of  friends  in 
pastorless  churches,  and  others  whom  for  various  reasons  the  mailed  circular  may  not 
reach,  it  is  reproduced  in  these  pages.  Every  lover  of  Home  Missions  can  do  something 
to  forward  the  end  here  sought.  Just  what  that  something  may  be,  will  readily  suggest 
itself  to  the  earnest  reader.] 

Dear  Brother  : — The  Executive  Committee  of  the  National  Society, 
moved  by  what  they  believe  to  be  sound  business  reasons,  have  felt  com- 
pelled to  reduce  the  missionary  expenditures  of  the  current  year  by  the 
amount  of  $75,000. 

They  pledge,  however,  that  all  receipts  of  the  year  above  the  amount 
apportioned  shall  be  used,  not  for  the  extinguishment  of  the  debt,  but  for 
the  restoration  of  the  cut  of  $75,000. 

Here  is  the  opportunity  of  the  churches  throughout  the  whole  land  to 
save  the  work  of  the  Society  from  the  dire  calamity  which  must  follow 
should  the  proposed  reduction  be  enforced. 

ONE    GENEROUS     CONTRIBUTION     FROM     EVERY     CHURCH     OF     OUR     MORE 
THAN    5,000    CHURCHES    WILL    AVERT    THE    THREATENED    DISASTER 

Will  you  pledge  us  your  best  personal  endeavor  to  put  your  own 
church  into  an  unbroken  line  of  giving  churches  this  year? 

Will  you  indicate  on  the  enclosed  card,  and  return  to  the  secretary, 
Jhe  Sunday  which  in  your  judgment  is  the  best  Sunday  in  the  whole  year  for 
an  earnest  presentation  of  the  subject  and  for  the  taking  of  such  a  collec- 
tion among  your  people  ? 

SUBJECTS    FOR    SERMONS 

1.  The  Glorious  Record  of  the  Past  Year. — Literature  :  Sec- 
retary Clark's  paper,  "  Bright  Spots  in  a  Dark  Year  "  ;  Summary  of  Re- 
sults ;  Annual  Report ;  Omaha  Bee  supplement. 

2.  Home  Missions  for  the  Sake  of  America. — Literature  :  Sec- 
retary Choate's  paper  on  this  theme  ;  Dr.  Webb's  leaflet,  **  National 
Prosperity";  Dr.  Strong's  **Our  Country";  Mrs.  Arnold's  leaflet,  "A 
Nation's  Opportunity  "  ;  Omaha  Bee  supplement. 

3.  Home  Missions  for  the  Sake  of  the  World. — Literature : 
Secretary  Kincaid's  paper  on  this  subject ;  Dr.  Schauffler's  and  Mr.  Pud» 
defoot's  Omaha  addresses  ;  Omaha  Bee  supplement. 


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4.  The  Method  of  the  Kingdom. — Literature :  Dr.  Herrick's 
sermon,  preached  at  Omaha  ;  Dr.  Coe's  "  Origin  and  Work " ;  Omaha 
Bee  supplement. 

5.  Home  Missions  and  Congregationalism.  —  Literature:  Dr. 
Stimson's  sermon  at  Saratoga  meeting,  1893  ;  Leaflet,  "  Undue  Multipli- 
cation of  Churches  on  Home  Missionary  Ground"  ;  Leaflets  Nos.  115 
and  116. 

6.  Woman's  Work. — Literature  :  Mrs.  Casweirs  report ;  "  The 
Christian  Givers'  Creed  "  ;  Story  of  the  Woman's  Meeting ;  August  num- 
ber of  The  Home  Missionary. 

7.  The  State  Work. — For  literature  apply  to  the  State  secretary. 

The  above  are  suggested  only  as  sample  themes.  Others  better  than 
these  will  occur  to  thoughtful  pastors. 

The  success  of  the  effort  will  depend  upon  several  conditions,  namely  : 
Beginning  early  ;  deciding  upon  the  proper  Sunday  ;  properly  advertis- 
ing its  approach  ;  careful  preparation  of  the  facts  and  motives  to  be  pre- 
sented ;  their  earnest  presentation  by  the  pastor. 

The  object  is  to  secure  one  good  collection  from  the  church  and  con- 
gregation, as  such,  aside  from  any  effort  of  the  Sunday-school  or  the 
Woman's  Society  or  the  Young  People's  Society  of  Christian  Endeavor. 

Of  our  5,000  Congregational  churches  in  the  United  States,  about 
1,200  churches  gave  nothing  last  year,  as  such,  to  the  Home  Missionary 
Society.  The  other  4,000  churches  may  not  need  this  reminder,  but  it  will 
help  the  effort  we  have  in  view  if  they  will  kindly  cooperate  in  this  plan. 

We  would  suggest  that  life-memberships  be  made  by  vote  of  the 
church  with  the  funds  collected.  Fifty  dollars  make  one  such  member- 
ship, entitling  the  holder  to  a  handsome  engraved  certificate,  a  subscrip- 
tion for  life  to  The  Home  Missionary,  and  a  vote  at  the  Annual  Meeting 
of  the  Society. 

The  literature  named  above,  with  the  exception  of  "  Our  Country," 
will  be  supplied  to  the  secretary  of  each  State,  from  whom  it  may  be 
ordered,  without  expense,  by  pastors.  Other  aids  to  this  effort,  such  as 
collection  envelopes,  pledge  cards,  mite  boxes,  and  pastoral  letters,  to  be 
sent  out  to  every  member  of  the  congregation  previous  to  the  taking  of 
the  collection,  will  be  furnished  by  the  National  Society. 

We  need  a  Rescue  FunJ  of  at  least  $75,000  above  the  apportionment 
of  the  year,  to  save  our  work  from  serious  injury.  A  pull  all  together 
will  realize  that  amount. 

Do  not  forget  to  return  the  card,  with  the  date  fixed  and  pledged. 
Do  not  forget  to  order  the  literature.      Do  not  forget  to  use  it. 

Yours  in  the  bonds  of  the  Gospel, 
[Signed  by]         The  Executive  Committee  and  Officers. 


September.  1894  The  Home  Missionary 


301 


TREASURY    NOTE 


Four  months  of  the  sixty-ninth  financial  year  have  passed.  How  the 
receipts  at  the  National  Society's  treasury  during  these  months  compare 
with  those  of  the  first  third  of  the  previous  year,  may  be  seen  from  this 
statement : 


CONTRIBUTIONS 


LEGACIES 


1893 

April $10,366  46 

May 9)46 1  46 

June 15.136  17 

July..  .  .    15,293  72 


1894 

$18,936  34 
18,608  21 

15*249  44 
18,908  65 


1893 
April..    .   $6,681   14 

May 25,812  59 

June 10,254  35 

July 8,940  39 


1894 
$8,701  36 

6,113  58 
35»026  54 
10,695  22 


$50,257  81     $71,702  64 

$71,702  64 
50*257  81 

$21,444  83  gain  in  contributions. 


$51,688  47     $60,536  70 

$60,536  70 
51,688  47 

$8,848  23  gain  in  legacies. 


A  total  gain  of  $30,293.06  over  the  corresponding  months  of  1893. 

Our  friends  will  rejoice  with  us  in  several  facts  brought  out  by  this 
statement : 

(i)  More  than  two-thirds  of  this  gain  is  in  contributions  of  the  living, 
and  not  from  the  ever  uncertain  returns  from  payment  of  legacies. 

(2)  This  gain  has  been  made  during  the  continuance  of  "the  hard 
times,"  and  while  there  was  small  prospect  of  their  speedy  improvement 
— made,  too,  in  some  of  the  year's  least  fruitful  months— showing  the 
strong  hold  of  the  cause  of  Home  Missions  upon  the  hearts  of  our  Con- 
gregational people. 

(3)  That  such  a  gain  should  be  made  under  such  circumstances  proves 
the  practicability  of  carrying  out  the  earnest  wish  and  purpose  of  the 
Society's  executive  committee  and  officers,  to  restore  at  an  early  day  the 
compulsory  reduction  of  $75,000  in  this  year's  outlay. 

(4)  If  only  the  rate  of  increase  here  seen  be  continued  through  the 
more  fruitful  months  to  come,  this  hope  will  be  realized,  and  the  work 
will  go  forward  as  rapidly  and  healthfully  as  before  the  "cut-down,"  if 
indeed  its  pace  may  not  be  materially  quickened. 

What  can  be  done,  should  be  done.  It  is  the  Lord's  work,  and  they 
who  plan  and  work  with  him  never  need  to  fear  failure. 

On  another  page  will  be  seen  an  appeal  from  the  secretary  of  the 
\Voman's  Department  to  its  auxiliary  "Unions,"  for  a  day  of  united 
prayer.     There  is  no  doubt  of  the  large  response  to  this  appeal. 

Pastors,  Sunday-school  superintendents  and  teachers.  Christian  En- 
deavorers,  faithful  helpers  all — will  you  not  work  for  a  sure  success } 


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APPOINTMENTS    IN    JULY,    2894 


Not  in  commission  last  year 

Anderson.  Charles.  Big  Horn,  Wyo. 

Becker,  James  A.,  Hertnosa  and  Rockerville.  So. 
Dak. 

Bentley,  Frank  Drew.  Weymouth   and    Bruns- 
wick. Ohio. 

Blakeslee,  Allen  D.,  Montrose,  Colo. 

Brisendine.  Wm.  H..  Tucker  and  Union  Hill,  Ala. 

Choate,  Charles  Wesley,  Dayton,  Ohio. 

Cibula,  John.  Western  Pennsylvania. 

CoIIom.  Joseph  Ed.,  Littleton,  Colo. 

Culpepper,  Lewis  P..  Fredonia,  Ala. 

Dean,  Amos  N..  DouKlas.  Neb. 

Dcrr.  Albert  C,  St.  Mary's,  Ohio. 

Downs,  Allison  O  ,  Manitou    and  Green  Moun- 
tain Falls.  Colo. 

Evans,  George  S.,  Lake  Benton  and  Tyler.  Minn. 

Griffith,  Fred.  W..  North  Crandon  and  Dunbar, 
Wis. 

Hufifgins,  Hezekiah,  Hilton.  Ala. 

Jensen,  Charles  J.,  General  Missionary  in  North- 
eastern Wis. 
iMephson.  H.  F.,  Clintonville.  Wis. 
Covac,  Andrew.  Cleveland.  Ohio. 

Le  Bar,  William  H.,  Hildreth,  Moline,  and  Up- 
land. Neb. 

Lyons.  Eli  C.  Shcrburn  and  Lake  Belt,  Minn. 

Murphy,  Charles  G.,  Wallace,  Neb. 

Pederson.  L.  J.,  FaiKo,  No.  Dak. 

Sabol,  Tohn,  Braddock.  Pa. 

Shendel.  William  L.,  Toledo.  Ohio. 

Smith,  Charles  W..  Cope.  Colo. 

Watry,  Francis.  Bvron  and  Bethany.  Cal. 

Webster.  Calvin,  Dc-xtcr.  Minn. 

Wells.  C.  W..  Red   Cliff,  Gilman.  and   Minlurn, 
Colo. 

Ke-iommis  Slotted 

Ainslie,  James  S.,  Fort  Wayne.  Ind. 

Arnold.  William  A.,  Toledo  and   Cowlitz    Bend, 

Wash. 
Atkinson,  Wm.  Henry,  Lake  Park  and  Hillhurst, 

Wis 
Beadenkoff,  Thomas  M..  Canton,  Md. 
Bente,  Christopher  H.,  St.  Louis.  Mo. 
Birlew,  Gordon  R.,  San  Rafael,  New  Me.x 
Bosworth,  William  A.,  Pcrrv.  Okla. 
Bradley,  Nelson  S..  Mitchell.  So.  Dak. 
Braithwaite,  Thomas  S..  Ea.st  Rockaway,  N.  V. 
Cadwalader,  John,  Delta.  Pa. 
Chavez.  Ezekiel  C,  San  Rafael.  New  Me.x. 
Childs.  Lucas  S.,  Pleasant  Ridge  and  Mt.  Hope, 

Okla. 
Cole.  Thomas  W,.  Ravenna.  Neb. 
Culver.  Wm.  C.  Kintrston   and   Light  wood,  Ala. 
Curran.  Edward,  Condon,  Or. 
Dunfran,  George.  Oti>  and  Hyde,  Colo. 
Eckel,  Frank  Rdward,  Bachelor.  CoU). 
Kckles,  John  G..  San  Francisco.  C'al. 
EUwood,  William.  Stafford,  Kan. 
Emerson,   Fred.   C,   Lake   Park  and    .Audubon, 

Minn. 
Emmerson.  Nicholas.  Dial  and  Ml.  Ayr.  Kan. 
Evans.  William  L..  Plymouth.  Pa 
Fcrrier,  William  Warren.  Pacific  Grove,  Cal. 
Fiske,  John  B..  Bonne  Terrc.  Mo. 
Forbes,  Harrison  L  ,  St.  Louis.  Mo. 
Frame,  Ezra  E..  Hot  Springs.  So.  Dak. 
Francis,  David  R.,  Cleburne.  Tex. 
Foster,  Jesse  D..  Lorin.  Cal. 
Galer,  Michael  H..  Stewartville.  Minn. 
Gilt,  Henry  F.,  Eugene.  Or 
Gimblett.  William  H..  Carringion,  No.  Dak. 
Gould,  J.  S..  Wichita.  Kan. 
Gridley,  Albert  L..  Chillicothc  and  Kidder,  Mo. 
Gricb,  Edmund,  Portland.  Ore. 


Griffith.  William,  Caledonia,  No.  Dak. 

Hansen,  Carl  J.,  General  MiBsionary  among  the 

Scands.,  So.  Dak. 
Hardy,  James  W..  Norfolk.  Neb. 
Harrison,  Hiram  B.,  Hillsboro.  No.  Dak. 
Haskell.  Robert  B..  Guttenberff.  N.  J. 
Henry,  Alex.  J.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Hicks.  William  H.,  McAlester.  Ind.  Ter. 
Hilkerbaeumer,  R..  Sutton  and  Stockham,  Neb. 
Hill.  George.  Cleveland.  Ohio. 
Hills.  William  S.,  Denison.  Tex. 
Hodoush,  Miss  Anna,  Braddock,  Penn. 
Huffman,  William  Nathan.  Tipton,  Cal. 
Hull,  Lyman,  Garden  City,  Kan. 
Kimball.  Jeremiah.  Aurora,  So.  Dak. 
Lewis,  James  M.,  Indianapolis.  Ind. 
Lewis,  Thomas  G.,  Ritzville  and  Griffith.  Wash. 
Lewis.  Thomas  H..  Dawson  and  Bird.  Minn. 
Libby,  Edgar  H..  St.  Louis.  Mo. 
Mc Arthur,   William,  Sherbum  and   Lake   Belt. 

Minn. 
McCleery,  O.  L.,  Clearwater  and  Glovcrsville, 

Neb. 
McCready,  William.  Petersburg.  Neb. 
McLaughlin,    James.     Forman,    Rutland,    and 

Cayuga,  No.  Dak. 
McPhee.   Moses,  Bloom ington.  Ash   Rock,  and 

New  Harmony,  Kan. 
Merrill.  Henry  A..  Kansas  City,  Mo. 
Morse.  Edgar  L..  St.  Louis.  >lo. 
Mounts.  S.  A..  Campbell,  Neb. 
Mucklow.  William  B.,  Brookville,  New  Cambria, 

Mentor,  and  Humharger,  Kan. 
Nash.  F.  W..  Mountain  Home,  Idaho. 
Kelson.  Neis  I..  Woodlake,  Grantsburg.  and  Doc- 
tor's Lake.  Wis. 
O'Brien.  James  P..  St.  Louis.  Mo. 
Orchard,  John,  Dickinson,  No.  Dak. 
Page,  Charles  E..  Minneapolis,  Minn 
Paradis,  E..  Special  services  in  Louisiana. 
Parker,  Frederick  W.,  Challis,  Idaho. 
Parsons,  Julius,  Prentice.  Wis. 
Paske,  William  J.,  General  Missionary  in  Neb. 
Pease,  William  P^  Wilcox  and  Freewater.  Neb. 
Petterson.  John,  Clear  I^ke.  Wis. 
Plan,  Luther  H.,  Alton.  Kan. 
Foling,Daniel  v., Independence  and  Rickreall, Ore. 
Pollard,  Samuel  W..  West  Indianapx>lis,  Ind. 
Reitinger,  Philip.  Silver  Lake.  Minn. 
Rich.   Ulysses  u.,   Michigan  City  and  Niagara. 

No.  Dak. 
Rt)binson,  William  Henry.  Clayton,  Cal. 
Rogers.  Flnoch  E.,  Groveland.  Minn. 
Sanderson.  Horace,  General  Missionary  in  Colo. 
Simpkm,  Peter  A..  Amery,  Wis. 
Stevens.  M.  A.,  West  Minneapolis,  Minn. 
Swengel.  A.  Willmer,  Riceville  and  Centre ville. 

Penn. 
Thomas.  Isaac,  Old  Forge,  Penn. 
Totusek,  Vincent.  Milwaukee.  Wis. 
Trchka.  Charles,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Tro\yer,    William    G.,   Brownton    and    Stewart, 

Minn. 
Tubb,  William  H.,  San  Francisco.  Cal. 
Vaughan.  Frederick  W..  Oxford  District,  Ala. 
V^aughan,  George  W.,  Chullafinnee  and  Edwards- 

ville,  Ala. 
Ward.  Frank  G..  Wichita,  Kan. 
White,  Isaac  J..  Georgiana.  Halton,  and  Bullock. 

Ala. 
White.  Levi.  Marion,  Ind. 
Whitelaw.  lames  D.,  Jamestown  and   Eldridge. 

No   Dak. 
Williams,  William  T..  Slatington,  Penn. 
Wolfe.  Joseph,  Roy,  Wash. 
^I'riaht.  Reuben  B.,  Boise  City.  Idaho. 
Young.  Arthur  G..  Melville.  Pitigree,  and  Rio, 

Nf).  Dak. 


September.  1894  The  Home  Missionary 


303 


RECEIPTS    IN    JULY,   1894 

For  account  of  receipts  by  State  Auxiliary  Societies,  see  pages  307  to  309 


MAINE— $3,078.19;   of  which   legacy, 
$2,000.00. 

Bridf^on,  First,  by  J.  H.  Caswell $11  64 

Castine.  Mary  F.  Cushman 8  00 

Hampden,  S.  S.,  Mrs.  E.  E.  Temple, 

Treas.,  by  E.  F.  Duren 1505 

Kennebunkport,  South  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

C.  H.  Pope 8  so 

Orono,  Esute  of  Edward  Mansfield. 

on  account,  by  J.  L.  Crosby,  att'y.  2,000  00 

Phillips,  A  Friend 10  00 

West  Lebanon,  E.  J.  Shapleigh 25  00 

NEW    HAMPSHIRE  -  $1,707.46;   of 
which  legacy,  $257.50. 

Received    by    Hon.     L.     D. 
Stevens,  Treas.  N.  H.  H. 

in.  90C. 

Candia $1200 

Henniker 69  75 

Nashua,  Legacy  of  Clarissa 

P.  Abbott 257  50 

Pelham 4000 

Y.  P.  S.  C  E 25  00 

Winchester 4150 

Wolfborough 9  78 

455  S3 

F.  C.  Land  H.  M.  U.  of  N.  H., 

Miss    A.  A.    McFarland, 

Treas. : Sx6o  89 

Boscawen.  Aux lu  06 

Bristol,     Ladies*      Mission 

Circle,  in  full,  to  const.  C. 

Boardman  a  L.  M 2512 

Concord.  South    Ch.  Cent 

Soc.  and  H.  M.  Union 32  86 

228  93 

Hampton,  Mrs.  T.  Ward 5  00 

Kensington.  Friends 3  00 

Portsmouth,  Mizpah  Circle,  by  A.  R. 

Young 5  00 

Stratham,  A  Friend 10  00 

Troy,  David  P.  Lowe,  by  Mrs.    D. 

P.  Lowe 1,000  00 


VERMONT-$68o.88 ;   of  which  lega- 
cy, $500.00. 

Received  by  W.  C.  Tyler, 
Treas.  Vt.  Dom.  Miss. 
Soc.  : 

Peacham  $45  64 

West  Brattleboro 600 

41  64 

Brattleboro,  From  Estate  of  Mrs. 
Fanny  S.  Jacobs,  by  C.  F.  Thomp- 
son, ex 500  00 

Burlington.  College  Street,  by  J.  L. 

Southwick 50  ?2 

Danville,  S.  Knowlton 25  00 

Derby  Line,  Ladies*  Aid  Society  of 
the  South  Stanstead  Ch..  add1,  by 

Mrs.  H.  S.  Stone 2  50 

East  Berkshire,  Enos  Birk.  special 222 

Manchester,  by  S.  G.  Cone 33  66 

RocbQSter,  by  Mrs.  B.  D.  Hubbard ....       31  84 
Willitton,  by  C.  D.  Warren 370 


MASSACHUSETTS-$n,796.58; 
o(  which  legacies,  $4,890.00. 

Mass.  Home  Miss.  Soc.,  by  Rev.  E.  B. 

Palmer,  Treas. : $4,000  00 

By  request  of  donors i  ,010  97 

Woman *s  H.  M.  A..  Miss  S.  K. 
Burgess,  Treas. : 

Salary  Fund $200  00 

Dedham,  Mrs.  M.  S.  Dar- 
ling, debt 300 


203  00 


Amherst.  First,  by  W.  Hamlin. 
emardsK 
Crowell. 


■t 


Bemardston,  V.  P.  S.  C.  E..  by  K.  M 


Boston,  W.  A.  Wilde,  for  Salary  Fund. 

C.  L.  Shattuck 

S.  F.  Wilkins 

Bridge  water.  Central  Square,  by  A.  G. 

Boydcn 

Curtisville,  A  Friend 

Dorchester,     Second,     by     Miss    E. 

Tolman 

Douglas,  A  Friend        

FitcJnburg,  Rev.  and  Mrs.  John  Wood. 

Foxboro.  Mrs.  Mary  M.  Phelps 

Gilbcrtville.   Mission    Circle,   by    F. 

Jones,  special 

Greenfiela,  Mrs.  E.  B.  Loomis 

Hadlcy.  Y.   P.   S.  C.   E,  by   B.    E. 

Bardwell     

Harwichport.    Pilgrim    Ch..    by     N. 

Doane 

Haverhill.  C.  Coffin 

Haydenvillc,  by  C.  D.  Wait 

Longmeadow,    Bal.     of     Legacy     of 

Mercy  S.  Coolcy.  by  D.  E.  BurbAnk, 

ex 

Monson,  Legacy  of  Sophia  B.  Holmes, 

by  F.   E.  Morris.  E.  D.  Cushman. 

and  E.  R.  Holmes,  cxs. 

New  Bedford,  North  Ch  .  by  J.   W. 

Hervey 

Northampton.  A.  L.  Willision 

North  Brookfield,  The  Happy  Workers 

of  the  First,  by  Miss  N.  H.  Morrill. 
Norton,  Trin.   Cong.  Ch.,  of  which 

from  Mrs.  E.  B.  Wheaton,  $50,  by 

S.  H.  Cobb 

Norwood,  by  Rev.  A.  L.  Loder 

Rockland.  Y.   P.   S.   C   E.  by  J.  M. 

Hitchcock,  special     

Rutland.   First,   by  S.   Crawford,   to 

con.st.  N.  L  Sargent  a  L.  M 

Sheffield,  by  A.  T  Wakt-ficld.  M.D. . . 
Springfield,  "  A  Memorial  GiU  " 

S.  M.Coe 

Sunderland,  First  $130;  S.  S..  $^5.  by 

W.  L.  Hubbard,  to  const.    Mrs.  {.. 

H.   Pomeroy.  Mrs.   A.   C     Warner, 

and  Mrs.  E.  M.  Smith  L.  Ms 

Taunton.  Friends 

Ware.  A  Friend 

West  Brookfield.  Mrs   H.  Brown 


100 

00 

2 

50 

100 

00 

5 

00 

34 

00 

37 

82 

10 

00 

iij 

48 

4 

00 

20 

00 

50 

00 

33 

00 

I 

80 

34 

59 

4 

00 

4 

40 

7 

07 

Williamsburg,  b^-  H.  W.  Hill 
Yilliamstown, 
C.  G.  Smith 


In-  H.  V 

,  S.  S.  o 


f    the   First,  by 


Worcester,  Salem  Street  Ch,  by  L.  C. 
Muzzy 


140  00 


4.750  00 

54  9» 
300  00 

35  00 


55  56 
37  s  00 

5  00 

5J  00 

II  z6 

5  00 

10  00 


155  Ok> 

;  00 

15  uo 

17  60 

15  00 

15  62 

27  00 


304 


The  Home  Missionary  September,  1894 


RHODE  ISLAND- $3.T4ioQ ;  of  which 
leffaciea,  $3,037.56. 

Bristol,  First  S.  S.,  by  I».  Skinner.  Jr., 

f « »r  Salary  Fund $40  00 

Newport.  United  Ch.,  Mrs.  T.  Thayer, 

by  E.  P.  Allan 20  00 

Pawtucket,  Estate  of  Hugh  McCrum, 
William  E.  Tolman,  adm..  on  ac- 
count       a»9To  89 

Peace  Dale,  by  J.  A.  Brown 18  53 

Providence,  Legacy  of  Susan  P.  Glad- 
ding, by  J.  G.  Parkhurst,  ex 66  67 

Beneficent  Y.  P.  S  C.  E..  by  E.  W. 
Olney,  toward  L.  Mp.  of  Frank 
R.  Stafford as  00 


CONNECTICUT— $a,Q58  60;  of  which 
legacy,  $10.16. 

Miss.  Soc.  of  Conn.,  W.  W.  Jacobs, 

Treas.,  by  Rev.  W.  H.  Moore,  Sec.  :  64  91 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union.  Mrs. 
W.  W.  Jicobs,  Treas.  : 
Kensington,  by  Mrs.  J.   C. 

Graham,  for  Salary  Fund.    $33  50 
Pom  fret    Center,   Aux.,  by 
Miss  M.   E.  Dcnison,  for 

Salary  Fund 48  50 

—  8a  00 

Black  Rock,  by  D.  H .  .Sturges 75  00 

Bristol,  by  L.  G.  Mcrick 75  00 

Brooktield  Center,  by  A.  Jiomers 24  17 

Clinton.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E..  by  Miss  E.  H. 

Redtield.  for  Salary  Fund 20  00 

Colchester,  Mrs.  O.  O.  Destin 2  00 

Columbia,  by  S.  F.  West 16  00 

Connecticut.  A  Friend 50  00 

A  Friend   .25  00 

Danbury,  Julia  Hatch.  First  Ch  12  co 

Darien,  by  M.  S.  Mather.         40  oci 

East  Avon,  by  Rev.  N.  J.  Seclcy 18  oj 

Farminpion,  A  Friend 1 10  00 

Gilead.  by  A.  W.  Hutchinson 3^  00 

Hartford.  "S.  M.  D.*' 50  «» 

Lebanon.  First,  addl,  by  J.  R.  Max- 
well   200 

Madison.  In*  J.  S.  Scranton 3200 

Meridcn,  Center  ("h.,  of  which  $?<> 

from  J.  W.  Yale,  toward  L.  Mn.  of 

Miss  M.    E.   Yale,   by   Miss   M.  A. 

Wood 50  00 

Morris.  S  S.,  by  S.  A.  Babbitt 10  f>} 

New  Haven.  First,  by  F.  S.  Bradley.  214  75 

Humphrey  Street  (  h..  $96.50 :  S.  S., 

Si'»  41.  by  N.  P.  Smith. 1:2  qi 

Davenport,  by  G.  F.  Burgess 82  t>; 

Yale  College,  b^'  W.  W.  Farnam. . .  55  oo 

C«»llcge  Street  Ch..  Miss  S.  L.  Stone.  5  o) 

S.  H.  Street,  for  the  debt 5  f-) 

New  London.  First,  by  H.  C.  I-camed.  102  74 

Second,  Miss  M.J.  Turner 50-.) 

New  London  Co.,  Friends io<>  00 

Ndtih     Branford.    From    Estate    of 

Luther  Chidsey.  by  (.'harles  Pat'C  . .  10  16 

Norihticld.  S.  S.  W(K)lsey,  special 10  f»i 

Nwrthlord.  by  E.  Smith 3..  r>o 

Norwich,  Broadway,  by  S.  B.  Bishop  80  01 
Old  Lyme.  S47.';7  :  Y.  P.  S.  C.  K.,  ?^, 

by  A  Shirley 51  S7 

PUiinville,  by  M.  S.  Corning 4')  77 

Salisbury,  Ladies'  Board   of   H.    M.. 

by  .Mrs.  A.  B.  Robbins 3*^  00 

Scotland.  Ch.,  of  which  $5  from  John 

(hesbro.  by  Rev.  H.  B.  Mead 40  00 

Shar.>n.  First,  by  R.  E  (»oodwin  ...  22   u 

S«)mcrs.  .MissH.  R.  Pease m  iyt 

South  Manchester,  by  C.  E.  Hou-e  ..  125  21 

Y   P  S.  C.  E..  by  Mrs  J.  H.  Min- 
ikin    13   00 

Th  >maston,  P'irst.byG.  H.  Stoughton  n  (,r, 

Wallingford.  by  W.  E.  Pallee 8  25 


Washington,  First,  bjr  C.  L.  Hickox, 
to  conM.  Rev.  R.  E.  Carter,  Mn.  H. 
W.  Seeley,  Charics  L.  Hickox,  and 

Edward  Sterling  Carter  L.  Ms faoj  00 

West  Hartford.  First  Ch.  of  Christ, 

by  B.  S.  Elmer 18  83 

Westminster,  by  A.  C.  Greene »  ao 

Winchester,  by  E.  B.  Bronsoo a  00 

Woodstock,  S.  S.  of  the  First,  by  E.  S. 
Boyden 19  U 


NEW  YORK-$i,583  45- 

Received  by  William  Spslding, 
Treas.: 

Center  Lisle $'55 

East  Ashford 4  IP 

Harpersfield 600 

Lisle 6  70 

Norfolk 5  00 

North  Java 3  76 

North  Pitcher 6  00 

Pitcher 1 1  00 

Pulaski.  S.  S 7  00 

Rochester,  South  Ch 34  <» 

Syracuse,  Good  Will 10  00 

Union  Valley 8  00 

Wateriown 60  00 

E.Curtis 1000 

«73  3« 

Angola,  A.  H.  Ames s  «> 

Binghamton,  First,  by  A.  G.  Sheak  . .  34  is 
Brooklyn.  Penn.  Avenue,  by  Rev.  W. 

T.  Beale 5  00 

Canandaigua,  First,  by  H.  C.  Buell. 

M.0 93  V 

Church ville.  by  A.  D.  Stone iq  85 

East    Rockaway,    Bethany    Ch.,    of 

which  $3.93  from  the  Jr.  V.  P.  S. 

C.  E.,  by  Rev.  T.  S.  Braithwaite  ...  22  00 

Homer,  by  L.  F.  Rice 14  i-o 

Maine.  First,  by  S.  C.  Carman 14  00 

New  York  City,  Mt.  Hope,  Christ  Ch., 

by  Rev.  H.  M.  Brown 1118 

S.  b.  of  Forest  Avenue,  by  Rev.  W. 

S.  Wool  worth T5  00 

A  Friend,  through  the  Third  Na- 
tional Bank 1,000  «• 

J.  G.  Miner >:»  00 

O.  W.  Coc 50  00 

New  York  State.  A  Friend isoo 

Niagara  Falls,  First,  by  J.  Brown....  11  12 

Norwood,  by  W.  D.  Fuller 2866 

Salamanca.  First,  by  W.  H.  Hazard..  13  31 

Waterville,  Welsh,  by  R.  C.  Williams  3  00 

West  Brook,  by  T.  S.  Hoyt 4  »> 

WfKxlhaven,  by  Rev.  F.  I.  Wheat  ...  39  34 

NEW  JERSEY    $7580. 

Chester.  J.H.Cramer 4000 

lersey  City  Heights,  Mrs.  C.  L.  Ames  s  ^^ 

Newark,  First,  by  W.  H.  Marcell 25  80 

Vineland.  Kate  Gillette 5  00 


PENNSYLVANIA-  $84.13. 

Ka.st  Smithfield.  by  O.  B.  Kellogg... 
(iuy*s  Mills.  Mrs.  V.  M.  Guy.  toward 

L.  Mn.  of  Mrs.  S.  J.  Guy  Radle.  of 

whicn  $10  special 

Johnstown.    First,    by    Rev.    T.    A. 

Humphreys 

Le  Raysville.  by  Mrs.  H.  C.  Lyon... 
Meadville.  Y.  P.  S.  C  E.  of  the  Park 

Avenue,  by  Mrs.  W.  T.  Sutherland, 

f •  >r  Salary  Fund 

Philadelphia.    Roxborough,   Miss   P. 

Fobes 

Plvmouih,  Puritan  Ch.,  by  Rev.  T. 

.Sic  Kav 


II  27 


3$  00 


II 

16 

4 

20 

10 

03 

30  00 

3 

50 

September,  1894  The  Home  Missionary 


305 


MARYLAND-$soo.oo. 
Maryland.  A  Friend . . . 


$500  00 


DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA-$25.oo. 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union  of  N.  J.  Assoc., 
Mrs.  J.  H.  Denison,  Treas  : 

Washinfcton.  First,  for  Salary  FUnd         35  00 


VIRGINIA-Sa.72. 


Hcmdon,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  H.  F. 
Lowe 


GEORGIA-$i9.46. 

Clark's  Mills.  Bowers  and  Maf^dalena, 
by  Rev.  G.  Home 

Columbus,  First,  by  Rev.  G.  W.  Cum- 
bus 

Hendricks,  by  Rev.  W.  H.  Graham. . . 

Juno,  by  Rev.  H.  M.  Gober 

Mcintosh.  Cypress  Slash  S.  S  ,  by  A. 
C.  Phabian 


ALABAMA— $12.50. 

Central,  Mt.  Olive,  and  Tallassee.  by 
Rev.  AC.  Wells 

Clanton  and  Verbena,  by  Rev.  T.  B. 
Haynie 

Gate  Citv,  by  Rev.  W.  R.  East 

Oxford,  Union  Grove,  by  Rev.  F.  W. 
Vaughan  

Shelby,  Rev.  A.  T.  Clarke.  50  cents ; 
Mrs.  A.  T.  Clarke.  50  cents:  Maude 
Clarke,  so  cents:  J.  P.  Clarke,  50 
cents:  H.  F.  Clarke,  50 cents:  Lena 


M.  Clarke.  50  cents. 


rOUISIANA-$4.9o. 

White  Bay  Springs,  by   Rev.   M.  J. 
Owen 


FLORIDA    $8.17. 

Ormond.  Y.  P.  S.  C  E.,  by  Rev  S.  F. 
Gale 


TEXAS- $26.00. 

Woman's  H.   M.    Union,    Mrs.  C.  L 
fkrofield,  Treas.: 
Paris.  Ladies'  Soc.,  by  Rev,  L.  Recs. 


Palestine,  by  Rev.  J.  H.  Dobbs. 


OKLAHOMA-$5.5o. 

Alpha,  Park,  and  Mt.  Pisgah.  by  Rev. 

J.  F.  Robberu 

Chandler,  by  Rev.  M.  D.  Tenncy 

Waynoka,  by  Rev.  J.  W.  McWilfiams. 
West  Guthne,  by  Rev.  L.  J.  Parker. . 


OHIO-$30i.86. 

Received  by  Rev.  J.  G.  Fraser. 

D.D.: 
Castalia,   addM,    by    J.    C. 

Prentice $5  00 

Columbus.  North,  S.  S.,  by 

D.  Weiser 5  56 


3  7a 


2  75 

1  50 
xa  70 

51 

2  cx> 


3  25 

1  00 

2  25 

3  00 


3  00 


4  qo 


8  17 


10  00 
16  00 


I  00 
X  00 

1  00 

2  50 


Pftrkman,   by   Rev.    S.   R. 

Dole $5  00 

Sullivan,   by   Rev.    H.    F. 

Thompson 670 

Twinsburg,  by  O.  O.  Kelsey      to  00 

Received  by  Rev.  J .  G.  Fraser. 

D.D.,    Treas.    Bohemian 

Board,  Cleveland: 
Savbrook,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  for 

Miss  Reitinger $a  00 

Sullivan,  S.   §.,  Children's 

Day   3  TO 


$3a  26 


Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 
G.  B.  Brown,  Treas  : 

Cleveland,  First,  W.  H. 
M.S 

Conneaut,  Oklahoma  C. 
E.  Union,  for  Miss  Rei- 
tinger   

Marietta,  Harmar  W.  M. 
S 


Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 
G.  B.  Brown,  Treas.: 
For  Salary  Fimd : 

Geneva,  1.  H.  M.  S 

Hudson 

Norwalk.  U.  M.  S 

Painesville 


5  30 

10  00 

65 
4  00 


$14  65—       19  95 


I650 
3  75 
5  00 
9  00 


Coolville,  Centennial,  and  Ireland,  by 

Rev.  F.  S    Perry 

Bcllevue,  S.  W.  Etoise 

East  Liverpool,   Rev.  H.  D.  Kitchel, 

D.D 

Tackson,  First,  by  Rev.  W.  O.  lones. 
Mt.  Vernon,  Friends,  by  O.  F.  Nfurphy 

Nelson,  Mrs.  M .  O.  Beardsley 

Oberlin,   First,    $66.68 ;    Mrs.    Veits, 

$10,  by  L.  W.  Upton 

Springfield,  Y.  P.  §.  C.  E.  of  the  First. 

by  M.  Lawrence 

Toledo,  First,  add'l,  by  M.  Brigham.. 


24  25 

5  62 
30  00 

50  00 
a  00 

64  00 
I  xo 

76  68 

5  00 
I  00 


[Erratum :  Woman's  H.  M.Union,  Mrs.  G. 
B.  Brown,  Treas. :  Columbia.  "  Z,"  should  read 
Columbus,  '*Z,"  erroneously  acknowledged  in 
July  Home  Missionary.] 


INDIANA— $22  40. 

Woman's  H.   M.  Union,  Mrs. 
F.  E.  Dewhurst,  Treas.  : 

Angola $175 

Indianapolis,       Fellowship 

Ch 400 

Plymouth 11  00 

Mauchport 30 

Terre  Haute,  First xo  00 


Less  expenses. 


$27  05 
10  00 


Central,  Cedarwood,  and  Beechwood, 
by  Rev.  J.  Trueblood 

Liber,  J.  J.  Bockovcn,  ^3;  Amboy, 
$2.35,  by  Rev.  E.  D.  Curtis 


ILLINOIS-$2xo.oo. 

Illinois  Home  Missionary  Society,  by 
Rev.  J.  Tompkins,  D.U.,  special  for 
Salary  Fund 


X7  05 

X  00 
4  35 


Oak  Park,  Mrs.  MA.  Keep. 


xoo  00 
xio  00 


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MISSOURI-S35SO- 

Kansas  City,  Clyde,  by  Rev.  A.  K. 

Wray $5  «> 

New  Cambria,  by  Rev.  A.  W.  WiR- 

jfins 5  5° 

St.  Louis,  Pilgrim  Ch 25  «> 


IOWA    $1779 

Chester  Center.  Ch.  and  Y.  P.  S.  C. 

E.,  by  H.  A.  Woodford 779 

Tipt(m,  Rev.  D.  B.  Eclls 1000 


Logan,  Herndoo,  and  I^uddl,  Gcr 
man,  by  Rev.  W.  Sue« $4  00 

Manhattan,  iao  -,  Smith  Center,  $3.35, 
by  Rev.  W.  C.  Veazic 23  35 

Osawatomie,  First,  by  Rev.T.  S.  Rob- 
erts   800 

Sabetha.  by  Rev.  A.  C.  Hoffbin.  to 
const.  Dr.  Harry  Reding  a  L.  M...         so  00 

St.  Francis,  $6 ;  McDonald,  $3.21 ; 
Middle  Beaver,  67  cents,  by  Rev.  R. 
H.  Harper 0  88 

Wabaunsee,  Firtt  Ch.  of  Christ,  of 
which  from  Mrs.  Amy  Brady,  $6 ; 
Mrs.  H.  M.  Brady,  9i.8o,  by  J.  F. 
Willard a3<» 


WISCONSIN-$i7.oo. 

Bloomer,  Woman's  Miss.  5><)C..  $4.50  ; 
Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  $12.50,  by  Rev.  t.  G. 
(irassie 

MINNESOTA-  $92..«. 

Benson,  by  W.  F.  Tnisscll 

Faribault,  by  A.  Yount; 

Mmncapolis.  W^.  H.  Norris 

New  Brighton,  by  Rev.  H.  W.  Parsons 
Park  Rapids,  by  Rev.  R.  W.  Harlow. 
St.  Charles.  First,  by  Mrs.  L  N  Howe 
WorthinKton.  Tnidn,  by  Dr.  G.  (). 
Moore 


K.'\NSAS    $j4J.i'2. 

Received  by  Rev. J.  (i.Doujfh- 
erty,  Trcas. : 

Capiomu 

Douela.ss 

Eurrk  i 

Fowler 

Ocheltrec 

Wabaun!>ee 


$1  60 

2  78 

25  54 
^  00 

3  ■;" 

10   <A3 


Woman's  H.   M.  I'nion.  Mrs. 
U.  D.  I)e  I-^)n^,^  Treus  : 

Blue  Rapids 

Oliver 

Fl.  Scott 

(larnett 

(jcxxlland 

(ireat  Bend,  V.  P.  S  C    K   . 

Highland 

Independcncf 

Kii  win 

Lena 

.Maple  Hill   

Olathe 

Ottawa.  .Mrs.  A.  W.  Hen.son 

Si.  Mary's 

To|K'ka.  First 

Wabaunsee 

Wellsville 


Less  ox [K* rises, 


$.\s  5"» 
5  <*' 

5  on 

S  50 
5  ■>» 

5  •« 
;;  on 

5  00 

'    55 
5  00 

12  5'> 

lU    KXJ 

^    OJ 

50    e.KJ 

$!'•<)    65 


Ellis.  V.  P.  S.  C.  E.  of  the  First,  by 
J.J.   Forbes 

Kansas  City.  Wyandotte  Forest,  and 
Vance,  by  Rev'  W.  B.  Fisher 

Linwood.  by  Rev.  J.  H.  Embree 


17  00 


3  00 
59  18 
12  50 

J  »5 
2  00 

484 
7  3.? 


45  4-* 


if^,  2f> 


7  5«^ 

2  41 
2  ^o 


NEBRASKA  -  $436.91. 

Received     by    J.    W.     Bell, 
Treas. : 

Waverly $9  00 

Woman  s  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 
G.  J.  Powell,  Treas 290  00 


Received  by  Rev.  G.  E.  Tay- 
lor : 

I.,oomis 

McCook 

Moline 

I^isade — 

Wallace 

Individuals 


$2  y> 
5  00 

J  25 
4  J5 
3  99 
I  49 


Carroll,  Welsh,  by  Rev.  S.  Jones.   . . . 

Oete.  by  Rev.  E.  Mannhardt 

('ulbertson,  Hayes  Co.,  and  Palisade. 

German,  by  Rev.  A.  Hodel 

Friend  and   Turkey  Creek,  German. 

by  Rev.  P.  Lich 

Germantown,  German,  by  Rev.    F. 

Woth 

Indianola,  Rev.  G.  E.  Taylor 

Lincoln,  (icrman.  by  Rev.  J.  Lich... 

Milford,  by  Rev.  R.  M.  Travcrs 

Oiij^alalla,  by  Rev.  W.  S.  Hampton . . . 
Reno,   $2.14;    Verdon,  S.   S.,  $6.  by 

Rev.  J.  B.  Brown 

NORTH  DAKOTA    $15.00. 

Inkster  and  Orr.  by  Rev.  A.  E.  Evi- 

son 


SOrTII  DAKOTA-$94.48. 

Armour,  by  Rev.  W.  B.  Hubbard 

Badger.  Sprinur   Lake,  and   Hetland. 

by  Rev.  G.  W.  Crater 

Bowdle  and  Sprinf^  Lake,  by  Rev.  L. 

\.  Brink 

Bryant.  Union  Ch.,  by   Rev.  G.  W. 

Brownjohn 

Cresbard  and  Myron,  by  Rev.  P.  B. 

Fisk 

Hijihmore,  by  Rev.  P.  Hitchcock 

Hot  Spnntfs,  by  Rev.  E.  E.  Frame. . . 
Mission  Hill,  by  Rev.  D.  B.  Nichols.. 
Powell,  by  Rev.  J.  T.  Lewis 

Welsh,  by  Rev.  J.  T.  I^wis 

Ree   Hei(;hts.  Greenleaf.  and  Spring 

Hill,  by  Rev.  G.  L.  Helms 

South  Dakota  Cong.  Assoc.,  by  Rev. 

M .  E.  Eversz 

Springticld,    Runninjg     W'ater,    and 

Wanari.  by  Rev.  C .  Seccombe 

Waubav.  Ch.,  $2.0 ^ ;  Webster,  $3.65; 

Cresbard,  $6.75.  by  Rev.  T.  R.  Tom- 

lin 


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Iv.  ' 

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3 
?5 
»5 

^5 


»5 


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!?■ 

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«j5 

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lv> 

0.' 

^ 

5' 

2 

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5 

oil 

* 

00 

• 

40 

12 

30 

3 

00 

"  43 


September"  1894  The  Home  Missionary 


307 


COLORADO -$56^. 

Denver.  Third,  by  W.  E. 

Elyria.  Pilgrim,  by  Rev.  C.  B.' Wells. 

Steamboat  Springy,  by  Rev.  J.  W. 

Guon 

Villa  Park,  $7  30 ;  Bachelor,  fa,  by 

Rev.  H.  Sanderson 


WYOMlNG-$3.3o. 

Woman's    Missionary    Union,    Mrs. 
H.  N.  Smith,  Treas. : 
Rock  Springs,  Aux 

MONTANA- $3.65. 

Melrose,  Sa.io :  York,  55  cents,  by  Rev. 
W.S.  BeU 


IDAHO -$5.00. 
Mountain  Home,  by  Rev.  F.  W.  Nash. 

CALIFORNIA-$78.65. 

Alturas,  Rev.  L.  Wallace 

Bakersfield,  First,    by    Rev.    J.    W. 

Phillins 

Etna,    Callahan's,    Oro    Fino,     and 

Mound,  by  Rev.  A.  S.  McLellan 

Hesperia,  by  Rev.  J.  T.  Ford 

Los  Angeles,  WestEnd  Y.  P.  S.  C.  £., 

$1.25:  Eagle  Rock,  S.  S.,  $4,  by 

Rev.  G.  Morris 


$99  54 
5  00 

2  ao 


3  30 


3  65 


5  00 


5  00 

12    50 

5  40 
5  25 


Nordhoff,  by  Rev.  J.  A.  Milligan 

Palermo,  by  Rev.  J.  B.  Ives 

Pescadero,  by  Rev.  R.  Taylor 

Perrts,  Y.  P.  S  C.  E.,  by  Rev.  W.  N. 

Burr 

Santa  Barbara,  by  C.  P.  Low 


930     OREGON- $33.38. 


Beaverton  and  Tualitin,  by  Rev.  W. 

Hurlburt 

Corvallis,  by  Rev.  W.  C.  Kantner 

Hillsboro,  First,  by  Rev.  J.  M.  Dick. 

Oswego,  by  Rev.  R.  M.  Jones 

Weston  and  Freewater,  by  Rev.  A. 

R.01ds 


WASHINGTON-$x68.os. 

Endicott,  by  Miss  J.  M.  Kirkland 

Pataha,  by  Rev.  E.  Cobleieh 

Seattle,    rlymouth.    by    Rev.  A.  J. 
Bailey 

TaylorCh.,  by  Rev   G.  H.  Lee... 
Sultan  City,   Woman's  H.   M.  U,  by 

Rev.  G.  Kindred 

Tacoma,     Atkinson     Memorial    Ch., 
Rally,  by  Rev.  A.  J.  Bailey 

First,  by  Rev.  A.  J.  Bailey 


CHINA-Ss.oo. 

Shao-wu,  Foochow,  Mrs.  J.  E.Walker. 
Home  Missio.n  ary 


$3  oc 

^3  as 

3  00 

7  00 
12  xo 


6  00 

8  15 

"  73 
a  50 

5  00 


25  00 
6  90 

100  00 

4  00 

25  00 

a  IS 

5  00 


5  «» 

34  3S 


$26,682  01 


Donations   of  Clothing,    etc. 

Allegheny,  Pa.,  Home  Miss.  Soc.  of  Henrietta,   N.   Y.    Ladies'  Home   and 

First  Cn.  and  West  Spring  Creek,  by  Foreign   Miss.   Soc.  of  First  Ch.,  by 

Miss  A.  Gallager,  two  boxes    $8500        D.  W.  Bull,  box $1400 

Cincinnati,  Ohio,    Ladies'   Home    and  Methuen,  Mass.,  box  of  magazines. 

For.  Miss.  Soc.  of  Walnut  Hills  Ch.,  New  Haven,  Conn.,  Mrs.  M.  G.  Livcr- 

by  Mrs.  I.  F.  M.  Dille.  box  and  cash.  no  55         more,  box. 

Danbury,  Conn. J  Mrs.  E.  R.  Whittlesey,  San  Diego.    Cal.,   First  Ch.,  by    Mrs. 

package  clothing.  Geo.  W.  Marston,  box  66  50 

Haverhill.  N.  H.,  Ladies'  Soc.,  by  Alice  Saratoga,  N.  Y..  Mrs.  E.  B.  Ripley,  box 

M.  R.  Sainoer,  box 3000        clothing  and  books  (cash,  $10) no  00 


AUXILIARY    STATE    RECEIPTS 

VERMONT   DOMESTIC   MISSIONARY  SOCIETY 

Receipts  of  the  Vermont  Domestic   Missionary  Society  from  fune   20  to  fuly  20,  1894. 

Wm.  C.  Tyler,  l^easurer 


Brattleboro $2500 

Brattleboro,  West 19  60 

For  C.  H.  M.  S 6  00 

Burlington,  College  Street  Ch 50  33 

Clarendon.  East 800 

Danby.  Ch.  and  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 8  25 

Fairlee 7  'S 

Franklin  and  Grand  Isle  Conference...  2  00 

Glover i  34 

Hartford,  West 8  00 


Lower  Watcrf ord $ j  5i 

Ludlow,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 385 

Lyndon 5  00 

Middlebury .  A  Friend 5  oi 

Pawlet,  West 2  co 

Peacham,  for  C.  H.  M.  S j?  64 

Interest  on  invested  funds 66  00 


$256  6^ 


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The  Home  Missionary  September,  1894 


MASSACHUSETTS   HOME   MISSIONARY  SOCIETY 

Receipts  of  the  Massachusetts  Home  Missionary  Society  in  July,  1 894.      Rev.  Edwin 

B.  Palmer,    Trecuturer 


Acton,  S.  S.,  by  Rev.  F.  P.  Wood $20  00 

Amherst,  North,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by 
Frank  W.  Harrington 6  29 

Andover,  West,  by  F.  S.  Boutwell 50  00 

Athol,  Evan.,  by  C.  A.  Chapman 105  35 

Hank  Balances,  Interest  on 37  53 

Belmont.  Wavcrley,  by  William  Jewett         15  93 

Boston.  B.  and  L 500 

Bennett,  Mrs.  Oliver 50  00 

Boylston,    by    G.    E.    S.     Kinney, 

addl I  19 

East,  Maverick,  by  L.  S.  James 106  54 

Roxbury.  Highland  S.  S.,  Inf.  Dept.. 
by  Clara  M.  Zciglcr,  L.  M.  to  be 

named 30  00 

Walnut  Ave.,  by  F.  O.  Whitney  ...        100  00 
Union,  by  William  H.  White "97  36 

Bo.xford.  First,  by  D.  W.  Conant 25  57 

West,  by  Rev.  C.  L.  Hubbard 10  00 

Braintree.  South,  by  H.  B.  Whit- 
man   1500 

Bridj^ewater.  Scotland,  by  Mrs,  S.  O. 
Keith 2355 

Brookrteld,  by  J.  M.  Grover 9  96 

Brooklinc,  Harvard,  by  James  H.  Shap- 

leigh.  in  part 130  90 

Harvard,  by  James  H.  Shaplcigh.  spc 
cial  for  Italian  work 92  75 

Buckland.  by  E.  F.  Smith  44  38 

Cambridge,  Shcpard  Memorial,  by 
George  S.  Saunders.  L.  .Ms.  to  be 
named 732  00 

Cambridgeport,    Pilgrim,     by    N.     H. 

Hojbrook 35  55 

Chelsea,  Central,  Society  of  Women 
Workers.  National  Dept..  by  Mrs.  I.  C. 
Flagg.  for  debt.  .> 1200 

Chigwell,  EntKland.  Ropes,  Miss  S.  L.. 
by  Hon.  J.  S.  Ropes 1000 

Dan  vers.  Maple  St.,  by  C.  G.  Mcars,  to 
const.  Mrs  I.  W.  Porter.  Fred.  B. 
Ferguson,  Addie  A.  South  wick,  Nellie 
M.  Campbell,  and  Ada  T.  Lyford  L. 
.Ms.  (.f  C.  H.  M.S 275  74 

Dedham,  First,  by  G.  W.  Humphrey, 
Treas ..         ^51  41 

Dudley,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Bertha  E. 
Whiting 4  14 

Enfield,  by  L.  I).  Potter 40  00 

Esse.x  Co.,  A  Friend,  regular  work,  $50 ; 
Vinita  Academy.  $100 150  00 

Fitchhurg,  Calvinisiic.  Friends    25  00 

Rollstonc,  b>-  David  Salmond.  to  const. 
Silas  W.  Plimpton  a  L.  .M 40  00 

Framingham.  South,  Duttf)n.  Mrs. 
Sarah  A.,  by  Rev.  E.  Hodgman 5  00 

Gloucester.  Trinity,  by  Joseph  O.  Proc- 
ter        60  00 

Hampden  Benevolent  Association, 
by  (icorgc  R.  Bond,  Treas. : 

.Agawam,  Feeding  Hills S6  00 

Blandford 59  75 

Chicor)ce,  First 40  75 

East  Longmcadow "79 

Holyokc,  First 45  5° 

Palmer.  First 14  17 

Springfield,  North,  w.  p.  g.  to 
const.  Rev.  H.  P.  Beach, 
E.  E.  Hamilton.  Harriet  S. 
Hatch,  Marian  Dickinson, 
and  Edwin  O.  Hapgood 
L.  Ms 100  00 


Olivet $34  00 

S.  S x6  00 

West  Springfield,  Park  Street.      5  00 


$343  04 


Haverhill,  Center,  by  Daniel  Hackett, 

tor  v..  rl.  M.  9»  • .  •  •  •   .........   ..   .         138  4' 

Crowell,    Y.    P.    S.   C.    E.,   by   D. 

Hackett,  for  C.  H.  M.  S 15  00 

Hinsdale,  by  C.J.  Kittredffe 714 

Holbrook,  Winthrop,  by  P.  W.  Blanch- 

ard 16  7a 

Ipswich,    South,    by    Rev.    T.  Frank 

Waters 40  00 

Jessup.  Charles  A.,  fund.  Income  of  . . .        150  00 
Kingston,  Mayflower,  by  Mrs.  Mary  H. 

Peckham 20  00 

Leicejiter,  First,  by  j.  C.  Watson 74  96 

Lunenburg.  Evan.,  by  E.  S.  Francis. . .         24  00 
L)mnfield,     Second,    oy    Rev.     H.     L. 

Brickett 1000 

Marlboro,  Union,  by  Rufus  Howe z8i  00 

Medford.  West,  by  J,  H.  Grerrisb 7  00 

Medway  Village,  in  part,  by  Rev.  R.  K. 

Harlow 50  00 

Middleboro,  First,  addM,  by  Treas 2  00 

Newbur>-port,  North,  by  J.  B.  Crcasey.  34  00 
Newton.  West,  Second," by  J.  J.  Eddy..          40  00 
Northampton,    Edwards,    Benev.    So- 
ciety, by  S.  D.  Drury 255  00 

Smith.  Mrs.  Lavinia  M 500 

Northbridge.  Whitinsville.  E.  C.  a  Day 

Band,  by  Mrs.  C.  E.  Whitin «6  35 

North    Brookfield,    First,   by    John  S. 

Cooke,  w.  p.  B.  to  const.  Mrs.  Henry 

Moore,  Mrs.   Kosa  Walker,  and  Miss 

Clara  Crawford  L.  Ms 43  05 

Oxford,  by  Rev.  A.  E.  Bradstreet,  to 

const.  Mrs.  Jane  P.  Leary  a  L.  M 40  00 

Pelham.      Packardville,       Union,     by 

Georce  M .  Robbins 5x4 

PiltsfieTd,  First,  by  Frank  W.  Dutton..  50  00 

Randolph,  First,  bv  Joseph  Graham. . . .        167  53 

S.  S..  by  Elmer  Pame 10  00 

Reading,  by  S.  G.  B.  Pearson 25  00 

Revere,  First,  by  Geo.  A.  Dairy mple. 

to  const.  Rev.  W.  S.  Eaton  a  L.  M...  36  15 

Reed,  Dwight,  fund.  Income  of 90  00 

Rockport,  First,  by  Zcno  \.  Appleton  .  16  19 

Appleton.  Zeno  A 500 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E..  by  Alida  Nickerson  ...  13  77 

Salem,  South,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,by  Rev.  J. 

F.  Brodie 15  73 

Sherborn,  Pilgrim,  by  Lowell  Coolidge  30  00 

Southboro,  Southfield,  by  H.  W.  Palmer  5  00 

South  Hadley.  First,  by  L.  M.  Gaylord         25  00 

Taunton,  Union,  by  H.  S.  I^ne 38  53 

Two  Sisters,  gcn'l  work,  $50 ;  Overton, 

Colo.,  $30 100  00 

Upton.  P'irst,  by  Horace  A.  Walker,  for 

C.H.M.S 270a 

Uxbridge.  Evan.,  by  W.  W.  Thayer,  to 

const.  Mrs.  E.  C.  Slater.  Mrs.  M.  S. 

Thayer,   and    Sam'l   J.   Murdock   L. 

Ms '3637 

Watertown,  Phillips,  by  Moses  Fuller, 

for  C.  H.  M.  S 118  26 

Wellesley  Hills,  by  L.  V.  N.  Peck 46  04 

West  Boylston.  First,  by  E.  B.  Rice...  xo  00 

Weymouth,  South.  Old  5>outh,  by  Rev. 

H.  C.  Alvord x8  00 

Whitin,  J.  C,  fund,  Income  of iso  00 


Septciir:)er,    1894 


I  he    Hoine    MissioiKirv 


3'-*  9 


VVilliamstown,  South,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by 

B«rtha  A .  Torrcy $1  00 

Wmchester,  special.  -  T." 5  00 

Wobum,  First,  Ladies'  Charitable  and 
Reading^   Society,    by    Mrs.    M.    T. 

iameson,  to  coast.  Mrs.  B.  F.  Wyer  a 
«.  M 3000 

Worcester,  Central,  by  Ephraim  Whit- 
man, for  C.  H.  M.S 136  00 

Lake  View,  by  Rev.  J.  E.  Dodge, 
towards  L.  Nip 12  00 


Piedmont,  by  Chas.  F.  Marble $^5  00 

Plymouth,  by  F.  W.  Chase 193  00 

Union,  by  C.  B.   Greene  (of  which 

$344.71  for  debt)  373  67 

E.  C.  a  Day  Band,  by  C.  B.  Greene, 

Ch.  Treas 7  00 

$6,oa3  43 
HoMB  Missionary 5  40 

$6,027  83 


Donations  of  Clothings  etc,  received  and  reported  at  the  rooms  of  the   Woman* s  home 
Missionary  Association  in  July,  1894.     Miss  Anna  A.   Pickens,   Secretary 


Oxford,  W.  M.  S..  by  Mrs.  E.  Wetherell 
(cash,  $5),  barrel  

South  Byfield,  Helen  Noyes  Mission 
Band,  by  Miss  Sarah  Chase,  box 


Walpole,  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  M.  H.  Piper, 
$4500        two  barrels $16500 


ai  00 


$231  00 


MISSIONARY  SOCIETY  OF    CONNECTICUT 

Receipts  of  the  Missionary  Society  of  Connecticut  in  July,  1894.     Ward  W.  Jacobs, 

Treasurer 


Ashford,  Westford,  by  Rev.  E.  N.  Bill- 
ings  

Branford,  Stony  Creek,  by  Rc!V.  Geo. 
A.  Pclion 

Bridgeport,  First,  by  R.  E.  Wheeler. . . 

Columbia,  by  Samuel  F.  West 

Ellington,  by  H.  L.  James 

Glastonbury.  South  Glastonbury, 
Ch.  and  S.  S.,by  H .  D.  Hale 

Haddam,  by' Rev.  E.  E.  Lewis 

Hartland,  West   Hartland,  by    H.    L. 

Wilcox 

*Killtn|^lv,  Danielsonville,  by  Charles 
hillii 


$6  00 


Phillips. 
ForC.  H.  M.S. 


Middletown,  Third,  by  J.  T.  Wilcox .... 

Swedish,  by  Rev.  H.  Palmer 

New  Britain,  First,  by  A.  N.  Lewis,  to 

const.  Rev.  G.  Henry  Sandwell,  of 

New  Britain,  a  L.  M 

New  Haven,  First,  by  F.  S.  Bradley. . . 

Dwight  Place,  by  Fred.  C.  Lum 

New  London,  First,  by  H.  C.  Learned. 

New  MUford,  by  C.  H;  Noble 

North  Haven,  by  Whitney  Elliott 


10 

00 

142 

65 

'5 

00 

303 

19 

7 

73 

4 

12 

6 

00 

43 

50 

55 

8z 

8 

84 

3 

00 

50 

00 

234 

75 

216 

02 

51 

86 

X06  08 

100 

00 

Orange.  West  Haven,  by  S.  J.  Bryant.. 
Plymouth,  Terryville,  by  A.  B.  Beach. . 

Prospect,  by  Rev.  Wm.  H.  Phipps 

Redding,  Georgetown^  by  E.  Gilbert... 
Southinffton,    Plantsville,    by     E.     P. 

Hotchkiss 

South   Windsor,  Wapping,  by   F.  W. 

Gilbert. 

Suffield,  West  Suffield,  by  Benj.  Shel- 
don  

Somers.  Somersville,  by  H.  L.  James. . . 
Stamford,     Long     Ridge,     ureenleaif 

Young 

Vernon,  by  H.  L.  James,  for  C.  H.  M. 

S 

Wallingford,  by  W.  E.  Pattee 

West  Hartford,  by  E.  S.  Elmer 

Anson  Chappell 

Windsor  Locks,  by  C.  A.  Porter,  for  C. 
H.  M.  S 

Rev.  W.  J.  Jennings,  of  Huntington, 

N.  Y : 


S45  as 


40  79 
t6  00 

as 

00 

33  5a 

21 

97 

X4 
10 

46 
87 

2  50 

9  10 

2  75 
12  78 
zo  00 

44  23 
10  00 


$1,562  77 


WOMAN'S     STATE     HOME     MISSIONARY 

ORGANIZATIONS 


OFFICERS 


I.  NEW   HAMPSHIRE 

FEMALE  CENT  INSTITUTION 

Organized  August,  1804 

and 

HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Oi^nized  June,  i8go 

Pretidenty  Mrs.  Joseph  B.  Walker.  Concord. 
Secretary^  Mrs.  John  T.  Perry,  Exeter. 
TV-AMwrrr,  Miss  Annie  A.  McFarland,  196  Main 
St.,  Concord. 


3.  MINNESOTA 


WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  September,  1872 

President,   Miss  Catherine  W.  Nichols,  230  E.  9th 

St.,  St.  Paul. 
Secretary^   Mrs.  A.  P.  Lyon,  17  Florence  Court, 

S.  E.,  Minneapolis. 
Treasurer ,Vix^.  M.  W.  Skinner,  Northfield. 


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3.  ALABAMA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  March,  1877 
Reorg^anized  April,  1889 

rresidtMt.  Mrs.  G.  W.  Andrews.  Talladega. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  T.  N.  Chase,  Seima. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  H.  S.  De  Forest,  Tallade|{:a. 

4.  MASSACHUSETTS   AND   RHODE 
ISLAND* 

WOMAN'S  HOME    MISSIONARY  ASSOCIA- 
TION 
Organized  February,  1880 

President,  Mrs.  C.  L.  Goodell,  The  Rochdale. 
Boston  Highlands. 

Secretary.  Mis5>  Anna  A.  Pickens,  33  Congrega- 
tional House.  Boston. 

Treasurer.  Miss  Sarah  K.  Burgess.  33  Congrega- 
tional House,  Boston. 

5.  MAINE 

WOM.ANS  MISSIONARY  AUXILIARY 
Organized  June,  t88o 

Ptesident,   Mrs.  Kathcrine  B.  Lewis.  So.  Berwick. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  Gertrude  H.  Denio.  168  Ham- 
mond St.,  Bangor. 

Trfasiirer.y[T%.  Rose  M.  Crosby.  26  Grove  St.. 
Bangor. 

6.  MICHIGAN 

WO  .MANS   HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 
Organized  May,  i83i 

Prciidtnt.  Mrs.  George  M.  Lane.  179  W.  Alexan- 
drine Ave..  Detroit. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  J.  H.  Hatfield,  301  Elm  St.,  Kala- 
mazoo. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  E.  F.  Grabill,  Greenville. 


7.  KANSAS 

WOM.\NS   HO.ME    MISSIONARY   UNION 
Organized  October.  1881 

r>\siitt->it.    Mrs.  F.  J.  Siorrs,  Topeka. 
Sicrtfiiry.   Mrs.  George  L.  Epps.  Topeka. 
/rrd.w/ '/■'-.  Mrs.  I).  I).  DeLong.  Arkansas  City. 

8.  OHIO 

W()M.\N  S   HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 
Organized  May.  1882 

Preu'dcnt.   Mrs    J.  G.  W.   Cowles.  417  Sibley  St  , 

Cleveland. 
Secretary .    Mrs.  Flora  K.  Regal.  Oberlin. 
rr^rt^/^'f.  Mrs.  George   B.   Brown.  3116  Warren 
St.,  Toledo. 

*  While  the  W.  H.  M.  A.  appears  in  the  above 
Island,  it  has  certain  auxiliaries  elsewhere. 


9.  NEW  YORK 

WOMAN*S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Origanized  October,  1883 

President,  Mrs.  Wm.  Kincaid,  483  Greene  Ave., 

Brooklyn. 
Secretary^  Mrs.  Wm.  Spalding,  511  Orange  St., 

Syracuse. 
7Vrax«rrr,  Mrs.  J.  J.  Pearsall,  330  Macon    St., 

Brooklyn. 

10.  WISCONSIN 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October,  1^3 

President.  Mrs.  B.  G.  Updike,  Madison. 
Secretary^  Mrs.  A.  O.  Wright,  Madiaon. 
Treasurery  Mrs.  C.  M.  Blackman,  Whitewater. 

XI.  NORTH    DAKOTA 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  November,  1883 

President.   Mrs.  W.  P.  Cleveland,  Caledonia. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  Silas  Daggett.  Karwood. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  J.  M.  Fisher,  Fargo. 

13.  OREGON 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  July,  1884 

President,  Mrs.  John  Sommerville.  346  Washing-  % 
ton  St.,  Portland. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  Geo.  C.  Brownell.  Oregon  City. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  W.  D.  Palmer,  383  4lh  St.,  Port- 
land. 

13.  WASHINGTON 

Incli'ding  Northern  Idaho 

WOMAN'S   HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  July,  2884 

Reorganized  June.  1889 

Presidency   Mrs.  A.  J.  Bailey,  323  Blanchard  St., 

Seattle. 
Secretary,  Mrs.  W.  C.  Wheeler.  424  South  K  St., 

Tacoma. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  J.  W.  George,  6ao  Fourth  Street, 

Seattle. 

14.  SOUTH   DAKOTA 

WOMAN'S   HOME   ^MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  September.  1884 

President,  Mrs.  A.  H.  Robbins.  Ashton. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  W.  H.  Thrall.  Huron. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  F.  M.  Wilcox,  Huron. 

list  as  a  State  body  for  Massachusetts  and  Rliode 


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xs.  CONNECTICUT 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organixed  Januaiy,  1885 

PresidtHty  Miss  Ellen  R.  Camp,  9  Camp  St.,  New 

Britain. 
Secretary,  Mrs.  C.  T.    Millard,    36   Lewis   St. 

Hartford. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  W.  W.  Jacobs,  19  Spring;   St. 

Hartford. 

x6.  MISSOURI 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 
Oi^^anized  May,  1885 

President,   Mrs.  Henry  Hopkins,  916  Holmes  St., 

Kansas  City. 
Secretary,   Mrs.   E.   C.   Ellis,  2456  Tracy  Ave., 

Kansas  Citv. 
Treasurer.  Mrs.  K.  L.  Mills,  1526  Wabash  Ave., 

Kansas  City. 


sa.  INDIANA 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY   UNION 
Organized  May,  1888 

President,  Mrs.  E.  C.  Bell,  aax  Christian  Ave., 

Indianapolis. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  W.  E.  Mossman,  Fort  Wayne. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  F.  E.   Dewhurst,    a8  Christian 

Ave.,  Indianapolis. 

33.  SOUTHERN  CALIFORNIA 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  May,  1888 

President,  Mrs.  Emma  Cash,  1658  Temple  St., 
Los  Anffeles. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  H.  K.  W.  Bent,  Box  44a,  Pasa- 
dena. ' 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  Mary  M.  Smith,  Prospect  Place, 
Riverside. 


X7.  ILLINOIS  M.  VERMONT 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION  WOMAN'S    HOME  MISSIONARY   UNION 
Organized  May,  1885  Organized  June,  1888 

President,  Mrs.  Isaac  Qaflin,  Lombard.  President,  Mrs.  J.  H.  Babbitt,  West  Brattleboro. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  C  H.  Taintor.  151  Washington  Secretary,  Mrs.  M.  K.  Paine,  Wmdsor 

St .  Chicago.  Treasurer,  Mrs.  Wm.   P.   Fairbanks,   St.  Johns- 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  L.  A  JField.  Wilmette.  *>ury. 


18.  IOWA 

WOMAN'S    HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  June,  1886 

President.  Mrs.  T.  O.  Doujrlass.  Grinnell. 
Secretary.   Mrs.  V.  H.  Mullett,  Clinton. 
Treasurer,  Miss  Belle  L.  Bentley,  300  Court  Ave., 
Des  Moines. 


19.  CALIFORNIA 

WOMAN'S  HOME    MISSIONARY    SOCIETY 

Organized  October,  1887 

President.   Mrs.  E.  S.  Williams,  Pacific  Grove. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  L.  M.  Howard,  911   Grove  St., 

Oakland. 
TiCitsurer.  Mrs.  J.  M.  Haven,  xjag  Harrison  St., 

Oakland. 

so.  NEBRASKA 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  November,  1887 

President.  Mrs.  J.    T.   Duryea,    2402    Cass    St.. 

Omaha. 
Secretary.    Mrs.  S.  C.   Dean.   636   So.    31st   St., 

Omaha. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  G.  J.  Powell.  30th  &  Ohio  Sts., 

Omaha. 

31.  FLORIDA 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY    UNION 

Organized  February,  1888 

Prtsideni^  Mrs.  S.  F.  Gale,  Jacksonville. 
Steretary^  Mrs.  Nathan  Barrows,  Winter  Park. 
Trteuurtr.,  Mis.  W.  D.  Brown.  Interlachen. 


as.  COLORADO 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  October,  1888 

President,  Mrs.  J.  W.  Pickett,  White  Water. 
Secretary.   Mrs.  Charles  Westley,  Denver. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  S.  A.  Sawyer,  Boulder. 

26.  WYOMING 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October,  1888 

Reorganized  December,  1892 

President,   Mrs.  G.  S.  Ricker,  Cheyenne. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  W.  L.  Whipple.  Cheyenne. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  H.  N.  Smitn,  Rock  Springs. 

ay.  GEORGIA 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  November,  1888 

President,  Mrs.  H.  B.  Wey,  253  Forest  Ave., 
Atlanta. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  H.  A.  Kellam,  176  Ivy  St.,  At- 
lanta. 

Treasurer.  Miss  Virginia  Holmes,  Barnesville. 

28.  MISSISSIPPI 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  April,  1889 

President,  Mrs.  C.  L.  Harris,  1421  31st  Ave,  Me- 
ridian. 

Secretary,   Miss  Edith  M.  Hall,  Tougaloo. 

Treasurer, '^T&.  L.  H.  Turner,  3112  12th  St.,  Me- 
ridian. 


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39.  LOUISIANA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organiied  April,  1889 

i*resident^  Miss  Anna  F.  Condict,  490  Canal  St., 

New  Orleans. 
Secretary^  Miss   Emily  Nichols,   4Q0  Canal   St., 

New  Orleans. 
Treasurer^  Mrs.  C.  S.  Shattuck,  Welsh. 


30.   ARKANSAS,   KENTUCKY,  AND    TEN- 
NESSEE 

WOMAN'S    MISSIONARY  UNION  OF   THE 
CENTRAL  SOUTH   ASSOCIATION 

Organized  April,  1889 

Preiident,  Mrs.  Ella  S.  Moore,  Box  8.  Fisk  Uni- 
versity, Nashville,  Tenn. 

Secretary^  Mrs.  Jos.  E.  Smith,  304  Gilmer  St., 
Chattanooga,  Tenn. 

Treasurer  ^ViT%.  J.  E,  ^floreland,  1214  Grundy  St., 
Nashville,  Tenn. 


31.  NORTH  CAROLINA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October.  1889 

President^  Mrs.  J.  W.  Freeman.  Dudley. 
Seer  eta  ry    i 

and        >Miss  A.  E.  Farrington,   High  Point. 
Treasurer^  S 

3a.  TEXAS 

WOMAN'S   HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  March,  1890 

President,   Mrs.  J.  M.  Wendclkin.  Dallas. 
Secretary.   Mrs.  H.  F.  Burt,  Lock  Box  567,  Dallas. 
Treasurer,  Mrs,   C.    I.    Scofield,    Lock    Box   220. 
Dallas. 

33.  MONTANA 

WOMAN'S   HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  May.  1890 

President,   Mrs.  O.  C.  Clark,  Missoula. 
Secretary    Mrs.  W.  S.  Bell,   ^'.o  Dearborn   Ave,. 

Helena. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Herbert  E.  Jones.  Livingston. 

34.   PENNSYLVANIA 

WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  June.  1890 

Pr,i/dt  Kf.   Mrs.  A.  H.  Claflin.  Allegheny. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  C.  F.  Ycnnie.  Ridgway'. 
1 1  easurer.  Mis.  T.  W.  Jones.  511  Woodland  Ter- 
race. Philadelphia. 

35.   OKLAHOMA 

WO.MANS   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  October.  180'.) 

President,   Mrs  J.  H.  Parker.  Kingfisher. 
Secretary.    Mrs.  J.  E.  Piatt,  (iuthne. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  A.  B   Hammer,  Oklahoma  City. 


36.  NEW  JERSEY 

Including  Disrkicr  of  Columbia.  Maryland. 
AND  Virginia 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION  OF 
THE  NEW  JERSEY  ASSOCIATION, 

Origan ixed  March,  1891 

President,  Mrs.  A.  H.  Bradford.  Montclatr. 
Secretary,  Mrs.  W.  O.  Weeden,    Upper    Mont- 

clair. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  J.  H.  Denison.  150  Belleville  Ave.. 

Newark. 


37.  UTAH 

Including  Soitthrrn  Idaho 
WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  May.  1891 
Reorganized  December,  1892 

President,    Mrs.  Clarence  T.    Brown,  Salt  L^ike 

Citv. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  W.  S.  Hawkes.  135  Sixth  St.,  E., 

Salt  Lake  City. 
Treasurer.  Mrs.  Dana  W.  Bartlett.  Salt  Lake  City. 
For  Idaho,  Mrs  Oscar  Sonnenkalb,  Pocatello. 


38.  INDIAN  TERRITORY 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  April,  1892. 

President.    Mrs.  Fayette  Hurd,  Vinita. 
Secretary.    Miss  Louise  Grapcr.  Vinita. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Raymond.  Vinita. 

39.  NEVADA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  October,  1892 

President,    Mrs.  L.  J.  Flint.  Reno. 
Secretary.    Miss  Margaret  N.  Magill,  Reno. 
Treasurer.  Miss  Mary  Clow,  Reno. 

40.  NEW  MEXICO 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  November.  1892 

Preside?it.    Mrs.  C.  E.  Winslow.  Albuouerquc 
Secretary.    Mrs   E.  W.  Lewis,  301  So.  Edith  St.. 

Albuquerque. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  A.  W.  Jones.  Albuquerque. 

41.   BLACK  HILLS.  SO.  DAKOTA 

BLACK   HILLS   WO.MANS   MISSIONARY 

UNION 

Organized  October,  1893 

President,    Mrs.  J.  B.  Gossage.  Rapid  City,  Black 

Hills,  South  Dakota. 
.Secretary,     Mrs.  H.   H.  Gilchrist.  Hot  Springs. 

Black  Hills.  South  Dakota. 
Treasurer,  Miss    Grace    Lyman.    Hot   Springs 

Black  Hills.  South  Dakota. 


The    Home    Missionary 

Vol.  LXVII  OCTOBER,  1894  No.  6 

NOTES    FROM    IOWA 

By  Secretary  Truman  O.  Douglass,  D.D.,  Grinnell 

OR  the  last  dozen  years  very  little  has  appeared  in  The  Home 
Missionary  respecting  our  work  in  Iowa.  For  many  earlier 
years  no  other  portion  of  the  country  was  more  prominent  in 
these  pages.  The  reason  for  the  change  is  apparent.  In  1882  the 
American  (now  the  Congregational)  Home  Missionary  Society  essentially 
completed  its  work  in  Iowa.  At  that  time  the  State  assumed  self-support ; 
and  since  that  time  the  Iowa  Auxiliary  has  had  an  organ  of  its  own — Con- 
gregational Iowa — through  which  to  report  its  work.  We  are  now  very 
glad,  in  response  to  your  kind  invitation,  to  report  ourselves  to  the  great 
Congregational  household  of  the  land  through  the  pages  of  this  venerable 
magazine. 

Of  Iowa  as  a  State  I  need  not  speak  at  length.  Friends  outside  call  us 
"the  Massachusetts  of  the  West,"  **  the  Mesopotamia  of  America,"  *'the 
Garden  of  Eden."  With  a  very  modest  little  bow  we  accept  these  com- 
pliments. It  is  pretty  well  known  that  Iowa  is  someztf/ia/ \aTgeT  than  Rhode 
Island,  and,  indeed,  is  almost  as  large  as  the  whole  of  New  England ; 
that  it  is  a  rural  State,  its  largest  city  having  a  population  of  less  than 
70,000  ;  and  that,  while  there  are  here  extensive  mines  of  coal  and  lead, 
and  manufacturing  enterprises  are  multiplying,  Iowa  is  preeminently  an 
agricultural  State,  and,  as  such,  is  unsurpassed.  Almost  every  day  the 
Des  Moines  Register  sings  the  praises  of  "  peerless  Iowa,  peerless  Iowa  !  " 
**  Peerless  Iowa  "  is  a  little  off  this  year,  but  still  we  will  have  **  enough 
and  to  spare,"  but  not  much  to  add  to  our  wealth. 

Nebraska  disputes  our  claim  to  preeminence  in  the  matter  of  liter- 
acy, but  until  she  can  prove  her  right  to  the  first  place  by  some  higher 
authority  than  an  Omaha  paper,  we  will  continue  to  assert  that  in  literacy 
and  swine  Iowa  stands  at  the  head.     As  to  the  swine  there  is  no  dispute. 

While  Robert  West  was  editor  of  the  Advance^  it^t'^'j  few  weeks  he 
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had  something  to  say  about  "  brave,  clean  Iowa."  Alas  !  Iowa  is  not  as 
brave  or  clean  as  she  once  was !  We  have  surrendered  to  the  saloon. 
We  have  nullified  our  prohibitory  law  in  a  way  that,  as  I  look  at  it,  is 
at  once  stupid,  cowardly,  dishonest,  and  lawless,  legalizing  that  which 
the  law  forbids,  for  a  consideration  in  the  form  of  a  mulct  tax.  As  a 
result,  saloons  are  springing  up  in  all  parts  of  the  State,  and  all  the  evils 
of  intemperance  are  on  the  increase.  For  this  inexcusable  blunder  on 
the  part  of  our  legislators,  good  men  mourn  and  are  "  filled  with  shame 
and  confusion  of  face,"     However,  the  end  is  not  yet. 

But  I  am  not  to  write  of  the  affairs  of  the  State  ;  only  of  Congrega- 
tional Iowa.  1  wish,  in  the  first 
place,  to  remind  our  friends  that 
Congregational  Iowa  is  still  in 
the  days  of  its  youth.  Our  old- 
est church  was  organized  in  1838. 
Two  of  the  original  members  of 
this  Denmark  church  are  still 
living ;  one  of  them,  Mrs.  Lucy 
K.  Brown,  formerly  Miss  Taylor, 
of  New  Ipswich.  N.  H.,  is  so 
young  that  every  pleasant  Sun- 
day morning  she  comes  to  the 
services  and  stays  to  the  Sunday- 
school.  But  this  woman  is  thirty 
years  older  than  our  oldest 
church  !  Please  remember  our 
youth,  and  don't  expect  too 
much  of  us. 

We  are  still  young  and  small, 
hut  can  report  some  progress 
made.  The  Denmark  church  is 
now  in  fellowship  with  more 
than  300  Congregational  churches  in  the  State.  Our  resident  member- 
shi|)  is  aboiil  27,000.  More  than  33,000  children  and  youth  are  in  our 
Sunday-scliodls.  Wc  have  two  colleges,  Iowa  and  Tabor,  and  they  are 
good  <nic-s.  Our  acaik-niics,  Denmark  and  Hull,  are  so  good  they  ought 
to  he  made  l]i:tter  by  lar;.;(;r  endowments.  We  have  about  $3,000,000 
invested  in  church  and  cdllejji:  i>roporty. 

These  figures  indicate  our  |)hysical  proportions.  Our  spiritual  meas- 
urement we  cannot  give.  The  prophet  Zechariah  once  saw  in  vision 
a  smart  j-oung  man  going  out  with  his  little  measuring  line  to  measure 
Jerusalem.  The  prophet  learned  by  the  vision  that  Jerusalem  could  not 
be  measured  in  that  way,  because  Jerusalem  was  not  physical  alone,  but 


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a  spiritual  force  as  well.  How 
large  Congregational  I6wa  may 
be  as  a  moral  and  spiritual  force, 
only  God  and  the  angels  can 
tell. 

These  churches,  colleges, 
academies,  buildings,  endow- 
ments, spiritual  forces,  whence 
came  they  ?  All  these  are  of 
God,  but  through  human  agen- 
cies in  part,  very  prominent 
among  the  human  agencies  be- 
ing the  American  Home  Mission- 
ary Society  and  its  Iowa  Auxil- 
iary. 

In  January,  1836,  Rev. 
Cyrus  L.  Watson,  a  Presbyterian 
minister,  under  commission  of 
the  American  Home  Missionary 
Society,  began  labor  at  the  "  Du- 
buque mines,"  M.  T.  (Michigan 
Territory).     How  was  he  supported 


A  few  "  bits  "  and  "  picayunes" 
came  from  the  people,  but  his 
salary  for  the  most  part  came 
from  "friends  in  the  East" 
through  the  American  Home 
Missionary  Society.  Other 
missionaries  followed,  supported 
in  the  same  way,  and  thus,  at 
length,  the  First  Congregational 
Church  of  Dubuque  was  estab- 
lished, the  American  Home  Mis- 
sionary Society  expending  on  the 
field  $3,300.  The  contributions 
of  that  church  to  the  Society  up 
to  date  amount  to  $5,779.66. 

In  August,  1838,  Rev.  Asa 
Turner  began  his  thirty  years' 
pastorale  at  Denmark.  His 
salary  was  $300 — one  hundred 
of  this  only  from  the  people, 
one-fourth  of  the  ime  hundred 
in     produce  ;     $ioo    from     the 


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October,  1894 


American  Home  Missionary  Society,  Mr.  Turner  acting  as  agent  of  the 
Society  in  the  new  Territory. 

In  1843  came  "the  Iowa  Band,"  and  they  came  saying  :  "  Please  God, 
we  will  spend  our  lives  in  Iowa."  'I'hey  found  stalwart  pioneer  mission- 
aries of  the  American  Home  Missionary  Society  already  on  the  ground 
—such  men  as  Asa  Turner,  Julius  A.  Reed,  Reuben  Gaylord,  John  C. 
Holbrook,  and  Oliver  Emerson.  They  found  also  thirteen  home  mis- 
sionary churches  already  organized  ;  but  they  also  found  some  40,000 
people,  in  scattered  settlements  up  and  down  the  river,  almost  totally 
destitute  of  the  bread  of  life,  November  5,  1843,  seven  of  the  band  were 
ordained  at  Denmark,  in  the  building  represented  by  the  accompanying 
cut,  the  first  Congregational  meeting-house  in  Iowa. 


For  the  most  part  the  brethren  of  the  hand  had  no  opportunity  to  ^ 
"build     uixin    another    man's    foundation."      They    went   out    to    make  ^ 
churches  for  themseKi:s.      How  were  tlu'v  supported  in  this  church  plant-  — 
ing  work  ?      For  years  almost  ciuirely  by  friends  in  the  Kast,  through  thei^ 
American  Home   Missionary  Society.      They  came  to  stay.     Five  of  tlic= 
band  are  living  still,  four  of  them    in  Iowa.     Father  Harvey  Adams  is^ 
living  with  a  daughter  in  New  Hampton,    lirother  F.phraim  Adams  resides- 
at  Waterloo,  the  wife  of  his  youth  .';till  spared  to  him.     Dr.  William  Salter 
is  now  in  the  forty-eighth  year  of  his  pastorate  at  Kurlington.    (He  has  an 
associate.)     Dr.  Alden   It.    Robbins  came  to  Muscatine  in   1843.      He  is 
stil)  in  .Muscatine.     For  the  past  few  years  he  has  been  relieved  of  the 


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t>»ardensof  the  pastorate,  but  he 
'sv  still  "  pastor  emeritus."  The 
•helpful  wives  of  three  of  these 
L>rethren— Mrs.  Salter,  Mrs.  Har- 
^'«^>-  Adams,  and  Mrs.  Robbins — 
*^av-e  been  called  home  to  their 
'■^^vard  since  June,  rSgj. 

In  1856  Rev.  Chauncy  Tay- 

**^r,    of  Vermont,  came  to  Iowa 

^'*'itli    a    commission    from    the 

■^'Tierican  Home  Missionary  So- 

*^*<^ty    to    labor    somewhere    in 

***<irthwestern   Iowa.      One   Fri- 

^*iy    afternoon    he    stopped    at 

"'^■Igona,    just   as    the   surveyors 

^^■ere  plotting  the  town.     After 

**o  years  of  labor  he  organized 

**  church  of  five  members,  two  of 

^hese   of  his  own  family.     Two 

years  later  the  church  had  dwin- 

*iled    down   to   three    members. 

Only  one  outside  of  the  minister'i 


home.  The  grasshoppers  had  come, 
and  the  people  had  gone  away. 
It  was  nine  years  before  the 
church  had  developed  "deacon 
timber"  sufficient  to  have  a 
single  deacon.  It  was  twelve 
years  before  the  church  had  a 
house  of  worship.  Now  you 
may  worship  with  our  people  at 


Algona    in    a 

building    costing 

about  §1 2.000 

■,  and   for  a  good 

many   years 

this   has   been  a 

strong,    self- SI 

j])porting  church. 

[iut  how  was 

■'  Father  Taylor  " 

supported  tliro 

■u-h  [he  time  when 

[lit    church    M 

.as    so    small    and 

wL-ak  ?    lM,r  m 

,any  years  a  hirge 

ixirtion  of  the 

.salary  came  from 

friends  in  the 

I'.ast   lhrou.i;b  the 

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ciety.      The  Society  ])iit  iulii  tl 
£oundaV\owsulxV\'ac\\\i^c\\%*o,i>' 


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Congregational  uhurches.  His  i 
is  now  eighty  years  of  a^i.-,  but 
is  still  at  work. 

Here  he  is^"  Father  Sands  " 
^a  typical  Home  Missionary. 
He  and  his  noble  wife  celebrated 
their  golden  wedding  years  ago. 

Here  is  the  answer  to  the 
question,  Whence  came  these  in- 
stitutions and  spiritual  forces, 
called  Conjirei^alional  Iowa?  In 
large  measure  ihey  arc  the  re- 
sults of  Che  toil  and  sacrifices  of 
these  consecrated  men,  and  a 
host  of  others  of  like  faith  and 
consecration,  who  have  wrought 
for  God  and  his  kingdom  on 
earth  in  the  pioneer  fields  of 
Iowa,  commissioned  and  assisted 
by  the  .\merican  Home  Mission- 
ary  Society  and  its  Iowa  .\uxil- 
'-ry.     The  history  of  Congrega- 


About  fifty  years  ago  a  young 
man  in  Canada  came  to  the  re- 
solve :  "  Other  young  men  give 
themselves  to  the  work  of  foreign 
missions ;  I  will  give  myself  to 
the  work  of  Home  Missions." 
In  1856  he  came  to  Iowa.  For 
many  years  he  bore  the  title, 
"  Bishop  of  Wright  and  Hancock 
Counties."  He  covered  the  nu- 
merous points  of  his  great  parish 
by  midweek  meetings.  Some- 
times for  months'  together  he 
would  hold  services  in  eight  or 
ten  different  communities  every 
week.  One  of  his  appointments 
was  in  a  French  settlement, 
where  lie  preached  to  the  people 
in  their  own  tongue.  Within  the 
bounds  of  his  original  parish 
there  are  now  seven  flourishing 
lary  has  seldom  exceeded  $400.     He 


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tionalism  in  Iowa  is  substantially  the  history  of  home  missionary  opera- 
tions in  the  State.  Congregational  Iowa  is  growing,  and  is  destined 
to  grow.  Every  few  days  a  church  is  organized,  and  every  few  Sab- 
baths a  house  of  worship  is  dedicated.  Eighteen  churches  have  come 
into  our  household  and  sixteen  houses  of  worship  were  dedicated  within 
our  borders  during  the  past  year.  In  1893  our  net  gain  in  membership 
was  1,866.  Our  increase  in  membership  for  the  past  ten  years  is  11,192. 
We  have  had  more  than  one-third  of  our  growth  during  the  past  decade. 
Our  benevolent  offerings  in  1883  were  $33,956  ;  in  1893,  $89,836.  There 
is  a  growing  demand  for  our  churches.  At  Masonville,  recently,  remnants 
of  churches  united  in  a  Congregational  church.  The  Union  Church  at 
Hiteman  is  still  a  Union  Church,  but  it  has  taken  the  Congregational  name. 
A  Union  enterprise  at  Runnells  was  a  failure,  but  as  a  Congregational 
church  it  is  a  decided  success.  The  fact  is  more  and  more  recognized 
that  "  Congregationalism  is  the  solvent  of  sects "  and  **  the  common 
denominator  of  the  denominations." 

A  rapidly  increasing  family  makes  lively  work  for  the  parents.  The 
Iowa  Congregational  Home  Missionary  Society  has  its  hands  full,  and 
more  than  full.  In  our  last  home  missionary  year  we  had  107  missionaries 
in  our  employ,  and  gave  assistance  to  116  churches  with  their  numerous 
out-stations,  and  expended  in  the  work  $21,543.  To  do  properly  the 
work  pressing  in  upon  us  here,  we  ought  to  expend  $50,000  a  year. 

But  we  recognize  the  claims  of  other  portions  of  the  land  and  the 
world.  We  would  not  live  for  ourselves  alone.  Our  sympathies,  prayers, 
and  contributions  go  to  the  ends  of  the  earth.  We  gave  last  year  to 
foreign  missions  $11,285.  Our  sons  and  daughters  are  giving  themselves 
to  the  work  of  the  kingdom  at  home  and  abroad.  The  most  conspic- 
uous legend  on  our  banner  is :  **  Iowa,  our  Country,  and  the  World  for 
Christ ! " 


EXTRACTS    FROM    AN    ADDRESS    IN    OMAHA 

By  Rev.  Joseph  Anderson,  D.D.,  of  Waterburv,  Conn. 

We  are  here  as  a  Home  Missionary  Society,  and  we  should  hold  that 
aim  before  us — the  old  purpose— and  yet  something  more  than  that.  I 
remember  pretty  distinctly  when  about  the  only  argument  that  was  used 
in  reference  to  Home  Missions  and  foreign  missions  and  all  others  was 
the  imp>ortance  of  saving  the  individual  soul  from  the  perils  awaiting 
it  in  the  future.  Attention  seemed  to  concentrate  almost  exclusively 
upon  that  idea.     It  still  remains  true,  as  Dr.  Kincaid  said  in  his  paper^ 


320  The  Home  Missionary  October.  1894 

that  this  is  to  be  in  an  important  sense  the  chief  object  of  all  our  efforts, 
and  yet  the  paper  of  this  afternoon  goes  to  show  how  we  have  broadened 
our  range  and  added  one  conception  upon  another,  and  another  upon  that, 
until  we  find  ourselves  to-night  thinking  not  alone  of  the  individual  soul, 
but  of  Home  Missions  for  the  sake  of  America,  and  of  Home  Missions  in 
America  for  the  sake  of  the  wide  world.  1  like  that  broadening  out.  Not 
that  the  human  soul  is  of  less  account  than  ever  ;  not  that  it  is  not  of 
infinite  account ;  but  we  are  learning,  as  we  have  been  told  more  than 
once  in  this  meeting — we  are  learning  to  look  upon  man  not  simply  as  an 
individual,  but  in  his  relations  to  other  men  in  society  and  in  connection 
with  the  nation.  Not  only  as  Christians  do  we  come  here,  but  as  patriots, 
patriots  looking  to  the  home  missionary  work  and  home  missionary  results 
in  the  light  of  their  effect  upon  the  future  of  this  great  nation.  And  is  it 
not  a  noble  thought,  is  it  not  a  thing  for  which  we  should  congratulate 
ourselves,  that  these  good  men  who  shape  our  programmes  for  us,  in  view 
of  the  fact  that  we  are  standing  here  at  the  center  of  this  American 
nation,  suggest  for  our  consideration  not  America  only,  but  the  wide 
world  as  the  field  in  which  the  home  missionary  effort  shall  bring  forth 
its  fruit  ? 

I  was  a  little  curious  to  notice  how  the  connection  was  established 
between  America  and  the  world  in  the  matter  of  Home  Missions,  and  I 
must  say  that  it  seemed  to  me  that  Dr.  Kincaid  was  not  altogether  suc- 
cessful. Perhaps  what  he  threw  out  was  simply  by  way  of  suggestion. 
He  spoke  of  Italians  and  others.  He  might  have  mentioned  the  Chinese 
.also  coming  to  this  country  for  temporary  purposes,  to  earn  a  little  money 
and  then  going  home  to  spend  it,  perhaps  going  home  Christianized. 
There  is  a  broader  view  than  that.  I  have  been  interested  lately  in  think- 
ing of  the  relations  of  the  nations  to  one  another  in  the  future — I  do  not 
know  whether  the  near  future  or  the  remote  future,  but  I  think  the  con- 
dition which  I  have  in  mind  is  sure  to  come.  There  are  suggestions  of 
it.  There  is  a  suggestion  of  it  in  what  has  been  done  by  David  Dudley 
Field,  referred  to  so  beautifully  in  the  paper,  and  by  men  of  like  stamp, 
in  establishing  an  international  code  of  laws.  There  was  a  suggestion  of 
it  in  such  L'^atherings  as  those  at  Chicago — the  fair  itself  and  the  parlia- 
ment of  religions  and  other  parliaments — suggestions,  I  mean,  of  the  time 
when  nations  shall  stand  to  one  another  in  relations  of  positive  confedera- 
tion. We  have  read  long  ago  of  the  parliament  of  men,  the  confederation 
of  pc(»ples,  and  if  we  believe  fully  in  the  Old  Testament  prophets  and  in 
the  New  i'estanient  (iosjK*l  we  must  believe  that  the  time  is  coming  when 
the  nations  will  stand  to  one  another  in  some  such  relation  perhaps  as  the 
States  of  our  Union  stand  to  one  another.  Then  there  will  at  any  rate 
be  a  confederacy  possible-  we  think  it  is  probable-  -a  confederacy  in 
which  the  nations  shall  know  one  another  and  help  one  another  to  work 


October.  1894  The  Home  Missionary  321 

together  for  these  grand  ultimate  results  which  are  to  be  gathered  up 
into  the  final  kingdom  of  God. 

Every  nation  on  the  face  of  the  globe  to-day  is  passing  through  a 
tutelage  with  reference  to  that  grand  result.  Every  nation  is  being 
trained  and  disciplined  for  such  results.  For  the  nations  will  not  continue 
to  live  for  themselves  only  ;  they  will  learn  sooner  or  later  to  love  their 
fellows  also.  Do  we  forget  that  our  nation  is  but  a  child  among  the 
nations  in  some  respects  ?  The  example  of  the  child,  the  influence  of  the 
child,  is  not  great,  and  sometimes  I  think  that  the  influence  of  our  nation 
amongst  other  nations  is  not  nearly  as  great  as  the  American  people 
suppose  it  to  be.  One  or  two  visits  to  Europe,  perhaps,  will  lead  us  to  a 
different  estimate  from  that  which  we  generally  take.  But  the  child  who 
is  educated  in  the  right  way  is  being  educated  for  future  things  ;  character 
is  being  developed  ;  that  character  will  take  effect,  and  will  tell  sooner  or 
later  on  the  child.  When  he  gets  to  be  a  man,  he  will  make  his  influence 
felt  among  men. 

Let  us  think  of  the  possibilities  that  lie  before  us  in  the  way  of 
developing  our  nation  with  reference  to  that  character  of  the  future  to 
which  I  am  pointing  you.  1  think  it  was  Shakspere  who  said  :  "  Some 
are  born  great,  some  achieve  greatness,  and  some  have  greatness  thrust 
upon  *em."  We  are  accustomed  at  our  home  missionary  meetings 
and  at  various  other  places  to  speak  of  the  greatness  of  America.  We 
are  perhaps  a  little  too  boastful  in  regard  to  ourselves.  Now,  you  take 
that  America  represented  by  the  Congregational ists  of  to-day  and  that 
America  of  one  hundred  years  ago,  and  ask  what  it  has  done — looking 
back  at  things  for  a  moment,  if  you  can,  ask  what  it  has  done  in  the  way 
of  greatness.  I  grant  that  it  was  born  great.  How  much  greatness  has 
it  achieved,  considered  in  one  way  or  another  ?  And  yet  we  ought  to 
take  into  consideration  the  greatness  which  has  been  thrust  upon  us — this 
territorial  greatness  of  which  we  hear  so  much  at  our  home  missionary 
meetings.  This  is  not  greatness  which  we  have  achieved  ;  this  is  great- 
ness that  has  been  thrust  upon  us,  and  it  might  be  a  great  deal  larger 
without  making  us  very  great.  And  then  consider  the  incoming  multi- 
tudes from  beyond  the  sea.  Think  of  all  those  who  have  come  already. 
And  consider  to  what  an  extent  our  greatness  has  been  thrust  upon  us 
by  the  incoming  of  these  millions  who  beautify  our  fields  and  crowd  our 
cities  to-day. 

I  have  been  going  along  your  streets  reading  the  names  upon  your 
signs,  and  I  have  been  surprised  to  find  how  English  they  are,  how  few 
Germans  and  French  and  Bohemians  there  are,  judging  by  the  names  of 
your  storekeepers.  But  it  is  not  so  in  every  part  of  the  country;  it  is  not 
so  in  Waterbury,  where  I  live  ;  it  is  not  so  in  New  York  ;  it  is  not  so 
along  the  seaboard.    And  you  know  very  well  that,  taking  the  coviivlT^  ^'5»  ^ 


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whole,  the  greater  part  of  its  population  came  from  beyond  the  sea,  and 
a  large  part  of  its  work  is  done  by  them  ;  and  this  forces  a  certain  kind 
of  greatness  upon  us.  I  am  afraid  the  native  American  would  make  a 
poor  hand  at  the  digging  of  canals  and  the  building  of  railroads  and 
working  in  mills,  when  it  comes  to  brawn  and  sinew.  I  do  not  forget  the 
American  farmer,  but  I  am  speaking  for  the  foreign  laborer,  and  I  must 
recognize  the  fact  that  our  greatness  is  to  a  considerable  extent  thrust 
upon  us.  But  I  have  not  time  to  dwell  upon  this.  I  only  want  to  sug- 
gest that  there  is  a  greatness  of  character  to  be  achieved,  a  greatness 
which  consists  in  grandeur  of  character.  I  suppose  this  claim  is  cor- 
rect, that  in  the  matter  of  material  well-being  we  have  reached  a  higher 
level  than  other  nations  ;  it  may  be  correct  that  in  the  matter  of  intelli- 
gence we  have  reached  a  higher  level — at  any  rate,  the  percentage  of 
illiteracy  is  smallest  here  where  we  stand  to-night ;  and  it  may  be  that  in 
the  matter  of  happiness  we  have  reached  a  higher  level  than  most  others. 
And  at  the  same  time  there  is  another  view.  There  are  suggestions  that 
arise  as  to  whether  we  are  achieving  or  have  achieved  as  a  nation  great- 
ness of  character,  in  order  that  we  may  take  our  proper  place  in  the  grand 
confederation  of  the  future.  We  must  be  great  not  only  territorially,  not 
only  great  intellectually,  not  only  great  in  the  way  of  superficial  happiness, 
but  great  in  those  elements  of  character  which  come  from  possessing  the 
truth  and  the  Gospel  of  Christ  in  the  heart  and  living  it  forth  in  the  life. 
Let  that  be  our  aim — to  attain  to  that  greatness.  And  how  shall  we  do 
it  ?  By  establishing  Congregational  churches  ?  Yes.  Do  not  let  us 
stop  doing  that.  But  let  us  also  take  warning  from  the  noble  discourse 
of  last  night,  that  there  is  something  besides  institutions  required  in  the 
achievement  of  this  great  work.  The  church  is  an  institution,  and  the 
institutional  church  toward  which  we  are  drifting  is  an  institution,  and  we 
are  in  danger.  There  are  those  who  devote  themselves  to  the  institution, 
and  the  rest  stand  idly  looking  on.  We  must  do  something  beside  that 
if  we  would  make  our  country  a  missionary  country  for  the  nations  of 
the  world.  We  must  ask,  without  much  reference  to  the  institutions. 
What  can  I  do  to  make  America  more  noble,  more  Christ-like  ?  What  can 
I  do  to  bring  on  the  brotherhood  of  man  ?  What  can  I  do  to  fill  these  gulfs 
that  are  deepening  between  classes  and  classes?  What  can  I  do  to  bring 
on  the  day  of  peace  and  the  day  of  Christ  in  this  land  ? 


Information  Wanted. — If  one  of  those  wise  men  of  our  time  who 
know  how  to  account  for  all  things  without  God,  can  show  just  how  this 
Republic  has  been  preserved  and  made  the  progress  it  has  in  spite  of 
bloody  wars  and  ceaseless  opposition  from  imported  ignorance,  depravity, 
anarchy,  and  atheism,  he  will  confer  a  favor  by  sending  his  solution  of 
the  problem  to  this  office. — Ed. 


October.  1894  The  Home  Missionary  323 

THE    HOME    MISSIONARY    FIELD    DAY 

By  Mrs.  Charles  W.  Shelton,  Birmingham,  Conn. 

For  two  years  the  words  "  Field  Day  "  and  "  Home  Missionary  Rally  '* 
have  been  much  in  our  ears  and  before  our  eyes,  until  most  of  the  mis- 
sionary public  have  ceased  to  ask  their  meaning ;  but  there  are  still  those 
who  have  little  idea  of  the  effort  now  being  made  to  report  to  our 
hundreds  of  churches  the  work  which  is  being  done  at  the  front,  and  as 
the  autumn  approaches  and  the  languor  of  the  hot  season  gives  way,  it  is 
to  the  many  that  we  would  again  call  attention  to  the  Field  Day. — What 
is  it? 

It  is  a  day  set  apart  for  the  consideration  of  all  matters  pertaining  to 
the  field  of  the  missionary,  to  the  work  done  by  the  missionary,  to  his 
need  and  his  effort  ;  it  is  a  day  spent  somewhere  in  the  field  of  givers,  a 
sort  of  an  account-giving  to  those  who  work  at  this  end. 

It  is  impossible  for  the  officers  of  the  Congregational  Home  Mission- 
ary Society  to  visit  all  our  churches  in  person  to  tell  the  results  of  the 
money  sent  to  the  front.  While  they  make  the  very  most  of  time  and 
opportunity,  the  year  has  in  it  too  few  Sundays  to  admit  of  a  general 
presentation,  and  the  great  complaint  on  the  part  of  many  churches  has 
been  :  "  What  do  you  expect  of  us  ?  We  never  learn  much  of  the  work 
you  do  ;  we  know  little  of  its  results." 

And  so  the  Field  Day  was  instituted  to  fill  the  demand  for  this 
occasional  report  of  field  work,  and  much  time  and  thought  were  spent 
in  finding  out  the  best  methods.  The  outcome  is  the  present  "  rally." 
Some  centrally  located  church  sends  out  its  invitations  to  the  churches  of 
all  the  surrounding  towns  to  come  and  spend  a  day  with  it  in  the  con- 
sideration of  home  missionary  problems.  Inducements  are  most  hospi- 
tably offered  in  shape  of  a  noon  repast,  and  the  announcement  of  an 
evening  with  a  stereopticon  promises  a  feature  quite  new  to  missionary 
gatherings.  These  invitations  are  always  kindly  accepted,  and  the 
different  churches  are  represented  by  the  pastor  and  a  delegation  of 
people  from  his  congregation. 

The  entertaining  church  has  always  shown  its  hospitality  most 
pleasantly  by  many  evidences  of  thought  for  the  comfort  of  its  guests. 
Flowers  offer  their  fragrant  welcome,  loaded  lunch  tables  speak  volumes, 
and  the  whole  atmosphere  is  conducive  to  real  enjoyment.  Whether  the 
day  be  bright  or  cloudy,  there  is  the  atmosphere  of  light  within  the 
church  which  always  accompanies  interest  in  one's  fellow-men,  and 
nothing  drags  at  these  meetings,  the  only  trouble  being  the  lack  of  time 
to  tell  the  half. 


324  The  Home  Missionary  October,  1894 

Many  phases  of  the  work  are  talked  over — all,  as  far  as  possible. 
The  State  Secretary  tells  his  plans,  his  needs,  and  his  achievements,  giving 
a  short  account  of  his  stewardship.  The  representative  of  the  whole  or 
national  work  comes  laden  with  the  more  important  missionary  questions 
of  the  day  ;  another  speaker  deals  with  the  great  subject  of  the  flood  of 
immigration,  and,  often  as  can  be,  the  superintendent  of  some  Western 
field  comes  with  the  thrilling  facts  of  his  work,  to  which  no  one  who  is  not 
an  eye-witness  can  do  justice.  Then  comes  the  study  of  woman's  work 
in  the  State  and  in  the  field  at  large,  with  the  woman's  standpoint  well 
brought  out,  and  often  time  is  given  to  those  sister  societies  of  ours,  the 
Church  Building  and  the  Sunday-School  societies,  without  which  our 
work  would  be  only  half  done  ;  and  the  evening  is  devoted  to  a  r/sum/ 
of  the  whole  subject,  with  the  additional  aid  of  the  stereopticon  slides 
which  emphasize  and  tell  through  the  eye  what  the  ear  has  failed  to  catch. 

It  is  an  established  fact  that  one  illustration  of  an  immigrant  in  his 
own  country,  of  a  slum  alley- way  in  New  York,  or  of  a  sod  church  on  the 
prairie,  will  leave  a  much  clearer  impression  on  the  minds  of  an  audience 
than  |)agcs  of  most  vivid  word  picturing.  This  is  the  reason  for  the 
growing  use  of  the  stereopticon.  It  does  not  find  a  place  on  the  Field 
Day  programme  because  of  its  powers  of  entertainment,  nor  because  of 
its  popularity,  but  solely  because  it  is  one  great  means  of  imparting 
information  in  a  nutshell. 

When  one  of  these  Field  Days  is  over  and  people  scatter  in  all  direc- 
tions to  thtMr  homes,  they  go  with  an  impression  that  the  one  thoroughly 
important  thing  in  this  world  is  the  work  of  Home  Missions,  and  many 
are  they  who  say,  **  Why,  wc  never  knew  these  facts  before  !  No  one  has 
come  our  way  to  tell  us  them.  Is  it  possible  these  things  are  true?'* 
And  the  result  is  that  from  many  new  sources  streams  of  revenue  come 
flowing  into  the  home  missionary  treasury,  showing  emphatically  the 
worth  of  the  Field  Day. 

These  are  not  days  of  *' collections,"  when  the  chief  feature  is  the  con- 
tinual passing  of  the  plate.  Nothing  is  said  of  money,  and  the  interest 
is  not  (leadened  by  the  clinking  of  coins  before  one's  face;  but  the  leaven 
is  left  to  work  ;  the  information  is  free,  and  the  results  are  good. 

As  has  already  been  said,  these  days  are  planned  with  much  hard 
thought  and  effort,  and  in  all  their  details  nothing  is  done  lightly.  The 
quiet  runnin«.i:  <^^f  ^^^^  machinery  of  it  all  through  the  day  and  evening 
means,  not  that  these  speakers  lead  easy,  irresponsible  lives,  but  that 
there  have  been  hard  days  and  weeks  of  work  beforehand,  to  bring  about 
the  smoothness  with  which  the  programme  runs  along. 

When  one  remembers  that  a  Field  Davis  simply  one  of  many  held 
throughout  the  State,  and  that  each  means  the  writing  of  many  letters, 
the  fixing  of  dates,  the  adapting  of  dates  to  churches,  the  rearranging  of 


October.  1894  The  Home  Missionary  325 

dates  and  programme  to  suit  the  convenience  of  local  churches,  which 
sometimes  necessitates  the  rearranging  of  the  whole  plan  for  the  State, 
with  the  countless  details  to  be  gotten  into  harmony  ;  the  hard  travel,  the 
hours  of  mental  strain  during  the  long  sessions,  the  endless  work  in  placing 
lantern  and  sheet,  arranging  slides  and  light  for  the  stereopticon,  the 
packing  and  moving  of  the  apparatus  when  the  day  is  over,  the  rushing 
on  to  another  Field  Day  on  the  following  morning,  when  all  is  gone 
through  again,  one  realizes  that  these  secretaries  are  busy,  tired  men. 
But  this  is  not  the  burden  that  weighs  them  down — this  routine  of  travel 
and  speaking,  and  speaking  and  travel  ;  this  is  not  what  saps  the  vital 
force  and  undermines  the  health.  It  is  the  awful  consciousness  of  a  work 
undone,  of  the  fact  that  after  every  effort  is  made,  after  every  dollar  in 
the  treasury  is  sent  out  into  the  work,  there  are  still  those  many  towns 
west  of  the  Mississippi  River  in  which  no  public  prayer  is  heard  ;  there 
are  still  those  thousands  of  people  in  our  city  slums  who  never  have 
known  a  God  ;  there  is  still  this  whole  unredeemed  country  looking  to  the 
Christians  in  it  for  help — and  they  so  negligent.  We  Christians  see  so 
little  fruit,  compared  with  what  might  be,  because  of  the  great  lack  of 
unity  in  our  work,  not  because  of  lack  of  strength.  The  strength  of  the 
Christian  church  is  beyond  computation;  but  we  give  spasmodically — here 
much,  there  nothing — and  our  strength  amounts  to  so  little  because  it  is  so 
divided.  If  the  shoulder  of  the  church  were  once  placed  against  the  wall 
of  wickedness  in  America,  that  wall  would  topple  over  like  a  wall  of  clay. 
If  each  church  member  were  to  give  but  his  one  cent  a  day,  there  would 
be  no  such  burden  as  now  weighs  on  the  hearts  of  the  workers. 

To  this  end,  that  our  church  members  may  feel  and  appreciate  the 
need  of  this  unity  of  force,  has  the  Field  Day  been  established. 


AFTER    THE    STRIKE 

The  Strike. — During  the  last  two  weeks  the  railroad  shops  have 
been  closed,  throwing  out  of  work  425  men.  This  uncalled-for  strike  has 
caused  more  misery  and  suffering  than  its  originator  can  allay  in  his  life- 
time. Many  of  the  men  with  larger  and  clearer  logic  were  not  in  sym- 
pathy with  the  movement,  and  would  have  worked  through  the  trouble, 
but  they  were  locked  out  of  the  shops  by  the  company  and  have  not  been 
reinstated,  and  have  no  way  of  foretelling  the  outcome.  We  were  hoping 
that  we  could  start  our  new  house  of  worship,  but  the  times  are  so  uncer- 
tain that  we  shall  have  to  wait.  Before  another  month  passes  away  many 
•  will  be  in  destitute  circumstances.     Coupled  with   this,  the   vrv^Tc\\;sccA.s 


326  The  Home  Missionary  October,  1894 

have  given  out  word  that  they  cannot  sell  except  for  cash.  When  will 
man  learn  the  principles  of  love  and  brotherhood  as  taught  from  God  ? — 
Rev.  J.  M.  Brown,  Cheyenne^  Wyo, 


Four  Months  of  STRiKEs.-*-After  nearly  four  months  of  strikes 
and  lawlessness  the  miners  have  gone  to  work  this  week.  We  have  had 
a  tremendous  time  here.  Last  week  an  army  of  strikers  came  here  from 
a  neighboring  town  with  a  brass  band,  asking  our  miners  to  go  with  them 
and  help  stop  the  trains  ;  but  that  night  our  reading-room  was  full  of  the 
boys,  and  they  refused  to  go.  Some  one  that  same  night,  at  the  place 
these  men  came  from,  wrecked  the  midnight  passenger  train,  killing  the 
engineer  and  fireman.  Fortunately  no  passengers  were  hurt,  though  the 
engine  was  a  complete  wreck  and  two  baggage-cars  were  torn  to  splin- 
ters. You  know  there  is  no  Protestant  church  there,  and  it  takes  the 
belt  for  lawlessness  and  wickedness  in  all  these  towns.  If  we  could  have 
put  a  little  church  there,  that  wreck  most  likely  would  not  have  occurred. 
How  I  would  like  to  get  amongst  those  fellows  and  show  them  better 
things  I  But  with  four  towns  already,  and  having  to  be  at  them  regu- 
larly to  keep  things  straight,  I  have  quite  all  I  can  do.  How  much 
the  passengers  on  the  railway  trains  are  indebted  to  our  grand  old 
Society  ! — Indiafia. 


More  of  the  Strike. — But  for  this  disastrous  strike,  the  outlook 
was  cheering  for  our  next  communion.  1  had  anticipated  taking  into 
the  church  a  few  on  confession  and  three  or  four  by  letter.  But  all  is 
changed.  As  a  consequence  of  this  strike,  Green  River  is  being  depopu- 
lated. No  man  engaged  in  the  strike  is  to  be  employed  again  ;  hence  the 
people  are  leaving  daily  by  the  dozen,  so  that  our  membership  is  reduced 
to  five.  Yesterday  there  was  only  my  own  family  of  three  in  number  to 
carry  on  the  school,  our  working  force  having  all  left  the  town.  It  seems 
as  though  by  next  Sunday  we  would  have  very  few  of  the  scholars  left. 
There  have  not  been  many  men  employed  in  the  works  yet,  and  these 
seem  mostly  to  be  sini^le  men  — among  them  a  few  Mormons.  We  had 
some  of  these  out  to  service  last  night ;  likewise  a  few  soldiers  from  the 
company  sent  here  to  guard  railroad  |)roperty,  etc. — Rev.  T.  Thirlowav, 
Green  River ^  IVyo, 


The  Strike  Again. — My  commission  was  gratefully  received  last 
evening  after  a  long  delay  on  account  of  the  railway  strike.  Matters 
have  been  serious  here  on  that  account.  We  have  been  nearly  three 
Greeks  without  seeing  a  single  train  moving  on  the  Oregon  and  California 


October.  1894  The  Home  Missionary  327 

road,  except  Mrs.  Stanford's  private  car  going  back  to  San  Francisco. 
She  was  treated  like  a  queen  by  the  strikers. — California, 


The  Strike  Ended. — The  past  quarter  has  been  a  time  of  trial  to 
our  people  on  account  of  the  strike.  They  had  no  work  and  very  little 
to  live  on,  and  were  much  discouraged.  Spiritual  work  seemed  to  be  at 
a  standstill  in  all  the  churches  here.  I  had  to  stop  our  cottage  prayer- 
meetings  on  account  of  the  excited  feeling  among  the  people.  I  never 
realized  so  fully  the  need  of  divine  guidance  as  during  the  dark  days  of 
the  strike.  How  to  lead  by  the  right  way,  feed,  strengthen,  and  encourage 
those  whom  God  had  given  me  with  the  command  to  "  watch  for  their 
souls  as  one  that  must  give  account,"  was  a  work  that  required  more 
than  human  wisdom  and  ability.  Realizing  the  fact  that  an  unguarded 
word  might  offend  some  brother,  I  prayed  for  mouth  and  wisdom,  and  that 
God  would  make  me  his  humble  messenger  and  enable  me  to  feed  his 
sheep  and  lambs.  The  Lord  has  granted  me  far  more  than  I  asked.  The 
strike  is  over ;  the  people  have  gone  to  work  at  the  old  wages.  Soon 
they  will  have  plenty  to  feed  their  bodies  and  clothe  their  little  ones  (and 
they  are  many).  I  hope  in  time  a  better  feeling  among  the  people  will 
prevail  and  the  church  will  be  built  up. — Maryland, 


DOES   IT   PAY? 

By  Rev.  William  C.  Burns,  Stanton,  Mich. 

With  but  four  exceptions,  the  churches  of  our  Lansing  Association 
are  home  missionary  churches.  Located  in  what  till  a  few  years  ago  was 
the  richest  and  most  famous  pine  belt  of  the  State,  they  have  suffered  a 
loss  which  no  words  can  express,  in  the  removal  of  the  pine  and  lumber 
interests.  Only  the  most  heroic  self-sacrifices  both  of  pastors  and  people 
have  kept  these  churches  from  being  completely  annihilated. 

The  men  who  despoiled  this  country  of  its  treasure,  and  became 
immensely  rich  in  so  doing,  have  migrated  to  the  cities.  They  have  taken 
millions  of  dollars,  but  few  have  ever  contributed  one  in  return  toward  the 
removal  of  the  traces  of  desolation  left  behind,  or  toward  the  improvement 
of  the  communities  wherein  they  became  wealthy. 

With  the  departure  of  the  lumber  interests,  thousands  of  families  left. 
In  face  of  these  facts,  it  might  seem  wise  to  let  the  little  churches  organ- 
ized in  this  "sawdust  country  "  drop  into  oblivion  just  as  the 


Dewdrop  slips 

Into  the  shining  sea.' 


328  The  Home  Missionaty  October,^  1894 

But  not  so.  Each  of  these  little  home  missionary  churches  is  still  situ- 
ated in  the  center  of  settlement  of  from  two  hundred  to  twelve  hundred 
inhabitants.  The  monotony  of  living  in  a  country  where  pine  stumps 
number  two  hundred  to  the  acre,  and  where  for  miles  and  miles  nothing 
but  tall,  gaunt,  and  blackened  pine  spars  greet  the  eyes,  is  simply 
appalling. 

The  little  home  missionary  church  is  an  oasis  in  this  desert-like 
existence.  It  is  a  center  of  social  life.  It  is  a  source  of  mental  and 
spiritual  growth.  Take  it  away,  and  you  take  away  nearly  everything 
which  makes  life  endurable  in  such  a  country. 

This  pine-stump  land,  which  only  a  few  years  ago  was  thought  to  be 
valueless,  is  proving  to  be  the  best  potato  land  in  the  world.     The  process 
of  changing  it  into  productive  potato  farms  is  laborious,  therefore  slow. 
Then,  too,  the  settlers  have  but  little  capital.     If  they  have  enough  to  put 
up  a  rough,  one-story  frame  shanty  and  get  a  team  of  horses  or  oxen,  they^ 
consider  themselves  fortunate.     But  most  of   them  are  young,  hopeful 
yand  bright. 

Our  little  churches,  planted  in  palmier  days,  in  days  when  the  saw-mil 
and  not  the  potato  farm  was  characteristic  of  the  country,  are  on  th 
ground  and  at  work.  These  churches  must  receive  aid  from  the  Horn 
Missionary  Society  for  years  to  come,  and  the  question  naturally  arises 
Will  it  pay  to  continue  to  foster  and  nourish  them  ?  Pay  ?  Yes, 
hundred-fold  !     Without  them,,  most  of  the  communities  in  which  they  ar 


would  be  in  a  state  of  semi-heathenism.      Infested  by  religious  tramps 
men  whose  preaching  is  only  some  travesty  of  the  Oospel,  the  need  or 
some  provision  whereby  the  people  may  have  the  real  Gospel  presente< 
to  them,  simply  yet  intelligently,  is  certainly  imperative. 

Aside  from  this,  these  small,  rural,  sawdust-country  churches  are  t< 
our  city  churches  what  mountain  rills  arc  to  rivers.     One  of  these  churches, 
whose  location  is  not  such  as  to  lead  one  to  exclaim  :  **  Ever}'  prospecr 
pleases,  and  only  man  is  vile,"  dismisstd  fifteen  of  its  members  last  year 
to  various  city  churches.     It  encouraged  three  of  its  most  promising  younjc; 
people  to  enter  one  of  our  Michigan  colleges.     It  contributed  $25  to  th( 
Home  Missionary  Society. 

Another,  without  a  remonstrance,  raised  its  full  assessment  ancfii^'^ 
forwarded  it  to  the  State  Treasurer  long  before  any  of  the  self-sustaininj 
churches  had  done  so.  For  nearly  a  year  it  has  had  no  regular  preachinj 
services,  but  through  the  ('hristian  Endeavor  Society  it  has  maintaine( 
meetings  which,  in  point  of  attendance  and  interest,  render  all  thought  ol 
"giving  up  the  ghost  "  entirely  out  of  the  question. 

Last  summer  a  handful  of  loyal  Christians,  living  in  a  hamlet  of  a 
hundred  and  fifty  people,  built  a  church  edifice  which  cost  $2,100.  Not  a 
member  of  that  church  lives  in  a  decent  frame  house.     Forty  to  one 


October.  1894  The  Home  Missionary  329 

hundred  acres  of  pine  stumps  and  swamp  is  the  sum  total  of  any  member's 
wealth.  Each  member  prayed,  then  gave,  and  worked.  The  process  was 
repeated  and  repeated  till  a  handsome  little  church  building,  free  of  debt, 
was  dedicated  to  Almighty  God. 

Another  of  these  pine-stump  country  churches  granted  twenty-three  let- 
ters last  year  to  members  who  have  gone  into  the  cities.  In  the  same  time 
it  gave  five  dollars  and  seventeen  cents  per  member  10  the  various  benevo- 
lent societies  of  our  denomination.  This  church  is  self-sustaining,  but  the 
amount  contributed  to  the  benevolent  causes  equaled  five-eighths  of 
the  amount  paid  its  pastor.  Many  of  its  members  live  in  one-story 
shanties,  and  its  minister,  a  college  and  seminary  man,  lives  in  an  old 
story-and-a-half  house  whose  only  foundation  consists  of  pine  blocks  and 
stumps.  Does  it  pay  to  nourish  and  encourage  such  churches  ?  There  is 
but  one  answer. 


THE  TRUE   HISTORY   OF   MRS.   BRIGHT   PENNY 

By  Mrs.  Almeda  H.  Barrett,  Hood  River,  Oregon 

She  and  I  were  twins,  so  I  know  all  about  her  as  well  as  though  Td 
made  her.  Christened  Nimble  Penny  was  she,  and  I  was  Wise  Penny, 
changed  since  into  Penny  Wise.  "  Penny  wise,  pound  foolish,"  some 
folks  call  me,  though  I  see  no  sense  in  that.  Nothing  worth  telling 
happened  to  us,  Nimble  and  me,  until  we  found  ourselves  together  in 
John  Brown's  pocket.  We  had  belonged  to  the  minister,  but  one  day  we 
heard  him  say,  **Wife,  I've  brought  home  another  man  and  brother  to 
feed  and  clothe."  "Why,"  says  she,  '*you  gave  away  your  last  old  coat 
last  week,  and  the  trousers  went  before."  "  Then  I  must  put  on  my 
pulpit  suit,"  said  he,  gravely,  "for  this  fellow  must  have  warmer  clothes 
or  die." 

And  so,  as  I  said,  we  being  in  the  minister's  pocket,  belonged  after  that 
to  John,  and  at  the  meeting  that  night,  being  still  in  the  pocket,  we  all 
experienced  religion.  At  least  John  did,  and  Nimble  did,  and  I — well, 
I — suppose — I— did;  but  I  wasn't  so  possessed  by  it  but  that  I  could  see 
into  a  grindstone  as  far  as  ever,  or  but  that  I  knew  when  John  and  Nimble 
made  fools  of  themselves,  for  when  the  contribution  box  went  round  and 
I  scrambled  for  a  corner.  Nimble  fairly  jumped  into  the  hand  he  reached 
down  for  one  of  us,  and  I  heard  her  whisper  something  about  his  prayer 
going  with  his  first  gift.  Stuff !  The  Lord  didn't  begin  to  need  Nimble 
as  much  as  John  did.     After  leaving  the  church  John  met  one  of  his  old 

cronies,  and  began  at  once  to  tell  how  he  had  received  food  awd  oXoX.Vv't'e. 
99 


,;,;.>  'Ihr     [IntlK-     MLssioniiry  Oclobfr,    I^Sc^ 

,it  Ur-  ininisur'^  IkuhI--,  ,,[m1  a  iii_u  lii^art  at  God's  hands,  and  how  iiiru)  he 

was  going  tu  live  righl.    ■■  Ihat's  all  very  well  on  a  full  stomach,"  says  ' ^^ 

crony,  "but  just  wait  till  you're  's  empty  as  me  ag'in."  Then  Joh^c  ti's 
hand  stole  downwardn  and  clutching  mc  from  the  very  lowest  comer  '  of 
his  pocket,  where  I  was  hiding,  he  said  :  "  Here,  Bill,  get  a  loaf  and  fi'l 

up."  "How  many  "ve  you  got?"  asked  Bill.  "Oh./'m  in  luck,"  sa^^say^ 
John.  "  I'm  to  sweep  the  church  in  the  morning."  "  What !  "  says  Bill,  "  ""  '»" 
this  is  your  last  penny."  And  all  the  way  to  the  baker's  he  muttei — :^aed 
about  the  change  in  John;  and  what  he  said  wasn't  complimentatr-^ry. 
either. 

Well,  when  I  was  in  the  baker's  till  and  Nimble  in  the  contributi  S:  Jon 
box,  I  had  leisure  for  reflection.  And  if  one  thing  was  clearer  to  my  mi  A  i"'' 
than  another  at  that  lime,  it  was  that  the  kind  of  religion  John  ar  .^and 
Nimble  had  got  was  too  <»//<■/■- worldly  to  live  by  here.  There  he  was,  ji_»^  i"Si 
up  from  a  sick-bed,  a  job  on  hand,  and  no  breakfast  to  work  on  !  AndEra"!  'f 
■  he  expected  the  Lord  would  supply  it,  as  I  heard  him  thinking,  he  wi^**™a* 
"  presuming  on  short  acquaintance,"  according  to  my  notion — ^my  noli  i  ^""' 
and  Deacon  Little's.  Deacon  Little  was  the  minister's  uncle,  and  dropp^^-Jf*'^ 
in  on  his  nephew  at  least  once  a  week  to  point  a  moral  or  adorn  a  Bil*"  «"ble 
exposition. 

After  every  missionary  sermon  especially  he  seemed  moved  to  c^s^=^^"> 
The  text,  "Take  no  thought  for  the  morrow,"  meant  that  you  must  be  '  ^ 

supremely  saving   that   to-day's  store  would   lap   right   over  and  cov.^^  '*''" 
to-morrow.      "Behold  the  fowls  of  the  air-,  for  ihey  sow  not,  neiiher  •  ''" 

they  reap,  nor  gather  into  bams ;  yet  your  heavenly  Father  feedeth  thenr^*^^- 
That  text  the  deacon  said  his  nephew  had  used  to  make  careless  peopi^iJ''^ 
shiftless;  but  it  was  meant  to  show  that  even  the  fowls  of  the  air 
fed  up  so  's  man  could  make  money  out  of  'em.  He  didn't  believe 
taking  chances.  He  thought  a  bird  in  the  hand  was  worth  two  it 
promises.  He  didn't  do  a  trust  business,  not  even  willi  the  Lord, 
laying  aside  a  tenth  ol  his  income,  he  said  he'd  as  "  lief  turn  Jew  oi 
out,  and  forswear  pork  forever."  "Besides,"  says  Deacon  Little,  "/don 
believe  in  sending  gold  spoons  to  the  heathen.  The  Bible  don't  s, 
tion  it." 

These  talks  would  e.xasperate  the  minister's  wife  beyond  all  expression     ^ 
and  I,  being  in  her  husband's  pocket,  thus  hearing  his  thoughts,  kne**^ 
he  was  of  the  same  mind.      But  he  only  said  ;  "The  Little  family  has  :^^' 
good  many  representatives  in  our  church,  my  dear.      The  only  difference^ 
between  them  and  the  deacon  is  that  while  they  only  live  it  out,  he  talk^ 
it  out,  too.     Don't  worry.     If  such  a  spirit  in  a  deacon  threatens  the  life; 
of  the  church,  the  Lord  will  either  change  his  heart  or  send  him  some— 
H-Aere  else."    As  I  lay  there  \nV\\e  Aa^VA\v\ritTO^W'"*t""**™*>'>'"**"^**^ 
doctrines  had  fallen  on  stony  so\\  vw  \W\t  ^itw^^  - 


October,  1894  The  Home  Missionary  331 

John's  voice,  and  in  less  time  than  it  takes  me  to  tell  it,  I  was  paid  as 
change  into  his  hand.  **  Here,  Bill,  's  your  lucky  penny.  I've  got  the 
other,*'  says  John.  "  I  tell  ye.  Bill,  I  was  glum  when  I  started  out  this 
morning,  weak  and  hungry  ;  but,  going  to  work,  I  found  the  minister  in 
his  best  trousers  sweeping  the  sidewalk.  I  took  the  broom  and  finished 
the  sweeping,  and  was  given  a  good  hot  breakfast.  That  chirked  me  up 
so's  I  did  good  work  at  the  church,  and  got  a  job  as  church  janitor. 
How's  that  ?  But  the  best  of  all  was  having  my  lucky  penny  paid  back." 
**  That  must  be  Nimble,"  says  I  to  myself ;  but  I  didn't  get  to  go  to  her,  as 
they  say  where  I  live,  for  I  stayed  with  Bill  till  one  Sunday  evening  when 
he  went  to  church  with  John.  Toward  the  close  of  the  service  I  heard 
Bill  thinking:  "Now,  I  hain't  had  no  luck  like  John,"  says  he.  " S'pose 
I  try  his  way.  It  won't  do  me  no  good,  'tain't  likely  ;  but — w-e-1-1,  h-e-r-e 
g-o-e-s,  for  luck, "  And  I  was  tossed  into  the  box  just  passing.  And  when 
it  was  set  down  on  the  table  under  the  pulpit,  I  could  see  the  minister  as 
plain  as  plain  could  be,  and  as  plain  as  plain  could  be  I  saw  he  had  on  a 
spick  and  span  new  suit  of  clothes.  I  afterward  learned,  with  a  shock, 
that  Deacon  Little  had  died  suddenly,  and  without  a  will,  so  that  a  large 
part  of  his  riches  went  to  his  nephew,  the  minister.  This  explained 
what  I  had  heard  John  say  about  the  good  ofie  first-class  funeral  had 
done.  "It's  a  pity,"  he  said,  " they  were  not  more  in  fashion  in  that 
church." 

It  was  long  years  before  I  saw  Nimble  again,  but  I  heard  that  she  had 
become  Mrs.  Bright  Penny ;  that  she  had  a  rapidly  increasing  family,  but 
was  continually  on  the  go  ;  that  whether  sent  on  home  missions  or  foreign, 
she  always  contrived  to  enlist  numerous  others  in  the  same  cause,  and 
work  herself  around  to  John's  hand  again  ;  that  her  husband,  an  immense, 
light-complexioned  piece,  not  only  approved,  but  had  the  same  habit 
himself ;  and  that  all  her  progeny,  both  white  and  yellow,  took  to  doing 
good  as  naturally  as  a  duck  to  water.  Last  week  I  heard  that  a  golden 
wedding  was  to  be  celebrated  at  the  minister's,  and  really  made  a  great 
effort  to  be  there.  Until  I  saw  Nimble  (Mrs.  Bright  Penny,  I  should  say), 
I  was  not  at  all  conscious  of,  having  grown  so  dark  and  battered  and 
common  looking.  But  she  looked  as  young  as  when  I  saw  her  last,  and 
was  dressed  in  gold  from  head  to  foot,  and  labeled,  "  The  Lucky  Penny." 
She  was  the  center  of  attraction  in  the  midst  of  a  wonderful  display  of 
presents.  And  John  was  there,  who  told  how  she  had  been  given  by  the 
minister  when  he  (John)  was  poor  and  sick  and  discouraged,  and  how  she 
had  been  the  foundation  of  every  good  that  had  come  to  him.  "  She 
would  never'  stay  in  my  pocket,"  said  he,  "  when  there  was  any  good 
she  could  do  ;  and  though  she  started  out  alone,  she  always  returned  with 
a  crowd.  She  has  taken  comfort  to  the  sick  and  dying,  courage  to  the 
poor  and  discouraged,   the,  water  of  life  to  the  lVv\ts\,y  IxotvXA^x's*^  ^xA 


332  The  Home  Missionary  October,  1894 

the  light  of  life  to  the  heathen.  And  she  never  came  back  to  me,"  he 
added,  reverentially,  "  until  she  had  done  all  I  had  asked  that  she  might 
do/'  Then  the  minister  stepped  forward.  "  I  have  heard  John  called 
lucky,"  he  said,  "  and  we  laugh  about  Mrs.  Bright  Penny  being  his  lucky 
piece ;  but  the  secret  of  it  all  is  in  his  last  sentence.  He  never  sent  ev^n 
a  penny  out  without  a  prayer,  and  his  prayer  gave  wings  to  what  was  sent. 
When  you  read  of  peculations  by  church  officials,  you  may  be  sure  that 
no  money  started  out  as  John  started  his  sticks  to  the  dishonest  fingers. 
I  know  it  is  fashionable  nowada>:3  to  call  such  beliefs  'superstitions'; 
but  why  more  than  the  acknowledgment  of  any  secret  forces  of  nature  ? 
I  do  not  know  why  a  yellow  and  a  red  and  a  white  rose  grow  from  exactly 
the  same  soil  under  exactly  the  same  conditions.  A  microscopist  will 
show  you  the  different  colored  grains  of  chlorophyll  in  the  cells  of  the 
tissue  of  the  petals  ;  but  if  you  ask  him  what  makes  the  difference,  he  will 
tell  you  he  doesn't  know.  Neither  do  I  know  how  money  is  carried  safely 
in  the  great  hand  of  Providence,  nor  how  God  increases  it  in  answer  to 
prayer.  1  only  know  that  praying  of  itself  is  not  sufficient,  giving  alone 
is  not  enough,  but  that  together  they  are  one  of  the  unknoufablc  forces  of 
nature.  One  word  more.  Each  of  you  may  have  a  lucky  penny,  if  you 
choose,  that  will  turn  into  a  Mrs.  Bright  Penny  and  increase  indefinitely, 
both  for  your  own  comfort  and  for  the  regeneration  of  the  world.  How- 
ever, I'll  stop,  or  you'll  call  this  a  sermon/'  "  No,"  says  John,  "  we'll  call 
it  the  history  of  Mrs.  Bright  Penny."  But  they  hadn't  told  the  half.  I 
therefore  resolved  to  give  it  in  full,  and  here  it  is.  But  in  closing  let  me 
say  that  after  the  minister's  remarks  /  knew  what  had  made  the  difference 
between  Nimble  and  me.  I'd  been  given  away  and  given  away  ;  into  the 
contribution  box  for  luck  and  for  looks  ;  and  because  I  was  small  Td  been 
chucked  to  the  blind,  thrown  to  beggars,  tossed  up  to  decide  trades, 
and  thrown  out  with  a  handful  to  make  a  disgraceful  scramble.  But 
never,  7icver  since  I  belonged  to  Bill  had  there  been  a  single  prayer  said 
over  me. 


ITEMS    FROM    THE    FIELD 

A  Circuit  W.^lker. — One  of  my  visits  this  month  was  to  the  Warrior 
District,  above  Birmingham,  where  I  held  meetings  at  two  of  the  churches. 
The  country  is  very  rough  and  mountainous  in  that  district,  and  the  peo- 
ple arc  generally  poor  and  work  hard.  There  are  five  churches  in  this 
district,  four  of  which  are  grouped  together  and  are  serv^ed  by  Brother 
W.  J.  Robertson.  This  brother  lualks  his  circuit.  Having  but  one  horse, 
he  haves  that  for  his  children  to  work  with.    This  is  very  hard  on  him,  as 


Ociober.  1894  The  Home  Missionary  333 

the  country  is  mountainous.  I  suppose  he  walks  about  200  miles  each 
month.  I  also  visited  the  Bear  Creek  District,  and  held  meetings  with  two 
of  the  churches.  I  found  that  the  church  in  Liberty  Grove  had  been 
worshiping  under  a  shed — similar  to  that  of  an  old-fashioned  stand  at  a 
camp-ground — which  had  become  untenantable.  About  a  year  ago,  at 
my  suggestion,  they  determined  to  build  them  a  house  of  worship,  and, 
at  a  sacrifice  for  people  of  their  limited  means,  have  succeeded  in  secur- 
ing a  building  lot,  and  have  a  church  framed,  weather- boarded,  covered, 
floored,  with  temporary  seats  and  pulpit,  but  without  sash  blinds,  doors, 
and  ceiling.  Unfinished  as  it  is,  they  are  worshiping  in  it,  hoping  for  help 
soon  from  the  Building  Society.  I  held  meetings  with  them  from  Wednes- 
day to  Monday.  Four  were  added  to  the  church,  and  several  children 
were  baptized.— Rev.  S.  E.  Bassett,  Alabama. 


A  New  Recruit. — An  important  event  of  the  quarter  is  the  arrival  of 
a  baby  boy  at  the  parsonage.  I  believe  the  Home  Missionary  Society 
does  not  put  any  premium  on  babies,  but  expects  them  as  a  matter  of 
course.  This  baby  has  been  a  home  missionary  baby  from  the  start.  He 
has  already  made  two  trips  into  the  country  and  helped  to  start  a  Sunday- 
school.  As  to  the  exact  nature  of  his  assistance,  I  will  only  say  that  with- 
out his  presence  his  mother  would  have  been  unable  to  be  there  and  render 
important  aid  in  singing  and  other  matters. 

That  Sunday-school  is  ten  miles  from  town,  where  is  a  center  for 
a  few  scattered  ranches.  The  people  have  seemed  too  few  and  scattered 
to  do  any  religious  work  effectively  hitherto,  but  we  have  succeeded  in 
gathering  ten  children  and  about  as  many  adults  together  for  a  Sunday- 
school.  Once  a  month  1  hold  a  preaching  service  in  connection  with  the 
school. — Arizona. 


Tent  Wanted. — Our  great  want  is  buildings  to  worship  in,  where  we 
could  meet,  protected  from  the  scorching  heat  of  summer  and  the  cold 
blast  of  winter.  If  I  had  a  tent  large  enough  to  accommodate  100  to  200 
people,  it  would  be  a  far-reaching  help  to  me  in  my  work  ;  in  fact,  it  is 
almost  necessary  to  its  success.  Can  you  not  induce  some  one  to  help  in 
this  matter  ?  A  tent  is  of  more  value  to  me  here  at  present  than  a  church 
building.  If  I  had  a  tent,  I  could  move  from  point  to  point  doing  great 
good . — Oklahoma. 

A  Sad  Picture. — Language  cannot  portray  the  deplorable  condition 
of  many  families  I  come  in  contact  with  in  my  rounds  of  visitation.  There 
are  many  living  in  holes  in  the  ground,  without  the  limited  necessaries 
needed  for  housekeeping. 

My  wife  and  I  have  visited  people  who  are  so  destitute  that  they  have 


334  The  Home  Missionary  October,  1894 

not  sufficient  clothing  for  a  change  ;  who  do  their  cooking,  such  as  it  is,  by 
a  camp-fire  ;  who  have  no  table,  no  bedstead,  no  chairs,  no  stove,  nothing 
but  a  few  boxes  for  furniture.  And  such  people  have  lived  month  after 
month  in  that  manner.  It  would  melt  to  tears  the  hardest  heart  to  see,  as 
we  see,  the  misery,  sorrow,  and  utter  joylessness  of  the  lives  of  many  people 
of  education  who  have  been  reduced  to  poverty  by  unavoidable  circum- 
stances. We  have  impoverished  ourselves  by  giving  to  those  in  need,  help- 
ing to  alleviate  their  sufferings,  until  we  cannot  give  any  more. — Rev.  R. 
P.  Brown,  Arapahoe^  Okl, 


Work  for  Indians. — We  take  advantage  of  every  opportunity  to 
speak  to  the  Indians.  We  have  held  about  forty-five  meetings  with  them 
this  quarter,  sometimes  meeting  in  their  tepees,  and  often  in  open  air,  and 
have  had  audiences  of  from  one  to  fifty  Indians.  Moore  Van  Horn, 
an  educated  Indian,  joined  our  .church  at  Darlington  early  in  the  quarter, 
and  has  been  of  great  service  to  us  as  an  interpreter.  He  is  a  faithful 
Christian  young  man,  and  confesses  Christ  in  the  face  of  much  opposi- 
tion. Van  Horn  is  acting  as  Government  police  in  the  Kingfisher  Dis- 
trict, about  eighteen  miles  distant  from  here,  but  he  comes  in  every  two 
weeks,  stays  from  three  to  five  days,  and  is  always  very  willing  to  inter- 
pret for  us  when  it  is  possible  for  him  to  do  so.  He  has  refused  to  accept 
money  for  interpreting  ;  says  that  he  wishes  to  do  it  for  Christ's  sake.  W^e 
only  wish  that  we  might  find  more  Indians,  and  whites  even,  who  arc  will- 
ing to  do  things  "  for  Christ's  sake." — Oklahoma, 


Short  Crops. — The  dry  weather  and  hot  winds  have  cut  off  the 
crops  so  that  people  are  leaving  as  fast  as  they  can  get  away.  It  is 
exceedingly  discouraging.  Some  have  jj^one  who  would  before  this  have 
joined  us.  Yet  my  audiences  are  very  good  for  the  place,  with  two  other 
churches.  The  interest  is  good  and  increasing,  so  1  live  and  labor  in 
hope. — Ka  nsas. 


Moving  Away. — The  outlook  is  no  better.  Families  keep  moving 
away  because  there  is  nothing  here  to  siij)p(>rt  them.  My  income  from 
the  field  has  fallen  off  just  one-half,  and  it  looks  as  though  it  will  be 
impossii)le  for  the  village  to  have  a  resident  pastor  much  longer.  This 
will  be  a  misfortune,  as  ours  is  the  only  Protestant  church  in  the  place. 
We  hope  things  will  take  a  favorable  turn  in  the  fall,  but  of  this  we  are 
not  at  all  sure. — Minnesota. 


FoRKKiN  Literature. — We  have  added  to  other  agencies,  a  cabinet 
containing  literature  in  the  (iernian,  English,  and  Scandinavian  languages, 
which  we  invite  the  people  to  use  freely.     Can  you  please  put  us  in  the 


October.  1894  The  Home  Missionary  335 

way  of  obtaining  literature  in  the  Swedish,  Norwegian,  Danish,  or  Ger- 
man languages,  free  of  expense  ?  It  would  help  us  greatly. — Rev.  S. 
Wood,  Havelock^  N^b, 


Willing  to  Try. — I  came  here  direct  from  Chicago  Seminary,  and 
we  are  just  learning  each  other.  Believing  that  "  it  is  not  good  for  man 
to  be  alone,**  I  have  taken  unto  me  a  wife,  and  we  are  now  settled  in  a 
neat  little  cottage,  rented  from  an  absent  member,  which  we  call  our  home. 
It  adds  a  good  deal  to  a  man's  usefulness  in  this  community  to  have  a 
home  where  he  can  preach  by  example,  which  is  quite  as  necessary  as  a 
good  sermon  from  the  pulpit ;  more  so  in  this  town,  I  think.  It  will  do  lots 
of  good  here  for  a  man  to  simply  preach  and  be  honest  for  a  year  or  so,  even 
though  he  does  little  else.  But  we  are  prepared  to  do  more  than  that. 
We  hope  in  a  social  way  to  get  hold  of  many  of  the  young  men  here  who 
have  no  homes,  and  no  social  amusements  except  the  dances  and  billiard 
halls  or  Dakota  saloons.  We  have  a  good  many  of  them  in  our  evening 
services,  and  we  hope  to  interest  more  yet.  Many  very  fine  young  people 
in  the  town  never  go  to  church.  Hard  and  patient  work  is  needed.  I  do 
not  know  that  I  can  do  it,  but  I  am  going  to  try. — South  Dakota. 


Floating. — The  people  in  this  field  are  poor  and  kind,  but  have  been 
little  accustomed  to  attend  church.  We  are,  however,  getting  a  better 
attendance.  The  population  is  floating,  continually  on  the  move,  follow- 
ing the  construction  of  the  railway.  A  majority  are  out  here  to  make 
money,  and  it  is  not  easy  to  get  people  to  observe  Sunday  at  all.  The 
prevailing  sins  are  gambling  and  drunkenness.  The  country,  too,  is  filled 
with  all  denominations  that  only  hurt  the  cause  of  Christ. —  Wyoming. 


More  or  the  Drought. — Never  did  this  locality  see  such  a  drought 
or  complete  failure  of  crops  ;  never  were  business  men  and  farmers  so 
discouraged.  Occasionally  a  covered  wagon  may  be  seen  leaving  the 
country,  carrying  away  some  poor  farmer  and  his  earthly  possessions,  seek- 
ing a  more  friendly  soil  and  climate.  But  many  stout  hearts  will  remain 
and  face  certain  hardships  in  the  coming  winter.  Although  at  times  there 
has  not  been  a  cent  in  our  purse,  we  have  received  something  on  our  salary 
in  the  way  of  trade  and  food,  and  have  not  suffered.  The  amount  received 
has  not  all  been  cash,  want  of  which  has  sometimes  been  inconvenient ; 
for  instance,  the  last  quarterly  report  had  to  wait  four  days  for  two  cents 
to  buy  a  stamp. — South  Dakota, 


Summer  Resort  Religion. — We  have  severely  felt  the  pressure  of 
hard  times  here.  No  aid  has  been  received  previous  to  this  call  in  some 
eight  years.     We  have  enlarged  our  church  at  a  cost  of  $6,000,  and  the 


336  The  Home  Missionary  October,  1894 

outlay  exhausted  all  our  available  resources.  Money  that  was  pledged 
for  my  salary  was  paid  on  the  church  debt,  at  my  request  That  debt  is 
now  wholly  paid. 

We  are  now  in  the  midst  of  our  "  resort  season/'  but  we  do  not  realize 
one-tenth  the  amount  of  assistance  from  the  visitors  that  was  usual  in 
former  years. 

Our  church,  seating  350,  is  well  filled,  and  it  is  a  joy  to  preach  to  a 
full  house  of  strangers,  though  they  do  not  respond  to  the  "  morning  offer- 
ing "as  of  old.  We  have  **held  the  fort*'  here  for  five  years,  and  hope 
for  better  things,  but  are  feeling  that  **  summer  resort  religion  "  is  not 
always  of  the  most  satisfactory  kind. — ManitoUy  Colo, 


A  High  Church. — Our  church,  the  "Bachelor  Congregational,"  is 
the  highest  Congregational  church  in  America.  It  is  11,560  feet  above 
the  sea  level. 

We  are  occupying  the  church,  although  it  is  not  finished  inside  or  out. 
But  we  hope  to  finish  it  and  dedicate  before  winter.  Thank  God  we  are 
free  from  the  burden  of  debt  that  hangs  over  some  of  our  churches.  We 
have  a  bright  prospect  before  us  now  of  having  a  parsonage  given  to  us. 
The  Lord  is  blessing  the  work,  for  which  we  are  thankful. — Rev.  F.  E. 
EcKKL,  Teller^  Colo, 


A  Salkifick  — Our  church  edifice  is  nearing  completion.  It  will  seat 
350  in  the  main  room  and  eighty  in  the  prayer-meeting  room.  We  have 
raised  ;^2,ioo  hc^rc,  §200  from  the  Church  Building  Society,  $121  from 
friends  in  Hartford,  and  sliall  have  to  raise  $275  more  here  so  as  to  dedi- 
cate without  debt.  Of  course  you  know  it  has  required  true  Christian 
sacrifice  to  accomplish  this.  One  incident  of  many  will  help  you  to  under- 
stand. One  dear  old  lady  of  sixty-five  years  has  a  small  "  hen  ranch." 
Fourteen  months  ago  she  planned  to  deny  herself  of  some  actual  necessity 
in  order  to  save  twenty-five  dollars  for  a  set  of  teeth.  I  testify  that  she 
needs  them,  and  '^  needs  them  badly,"  but  when  we  began  on  the  church 
she  came  to  me  with  a  smile,  saying  :  **  I  have  conquered  a  little  pride. 
Here  arc  twenty-five  dollars.  It  was  saved  to  buy  my  teeth,  but  I  will 
*  munch  '  my  food  another  year  for  the  dear  Lord's  house."  Those  eggs 
were  saved  a  dozen  at  a  time,  and  sold  from  ten  to  seventeen  cents  a 
dozen.     AVe  expected  only  two  dollars  from  her. — Santa  Ana^  CaL 


CiKRMAN  Work. — Althouj^h  my  people  could  not  raise  more  money 
toward  my  support  than  last  year,  but  even  less,  I  hear  that  my  salary 
must  be  reduced  by  fifty  dollars,  while  T  am  almost  wholly  dependent  upon 
our  Society's  draft.  Our  church  is  noted  as  the  poorest  in  the  city,  but, 
thanks  be  to  Cod,  our  house  of  worship  is  not  closed  yet,  and  a  goodly 


October.  1894  The  Home  Missionary  337 

number,  though  poor,  congregate  there.  The  attempts  of  some  to  scatter 
our  people  and  thus  ruin  our  church  have  had  the  effect  to  make  the 
faithful  ones  known  and  cause  them  to  pray  more  earnestly.  Therefore 
are  our  services  and  prayer-meetings  well  attended,  and  also  the  Sunday- 
school.  I  have  started  a  day-school  with  our  children  during  their  vaca- 
tion, in  which  they  are  taught  to  read  and  write  in  German,  besides  instruc- 
tion in  Biblical  truths. — Rev.  E.  Grieb,  Portland^  Ore, 


Pinched,  but  Happy. — I  reported  the  absolute  need  of  a  horse  for 
my  work,  and  the  providential  (so  it  seems)  finding  of  just  the  right 
animal  at  a  ridiculously  low  figure,  or  I  could  not  have  spared  the  price 
out  of  my  little  salary.  But  by  close  economy  on  many  lines,  we  managed 
it,  and  hope  to  pay  twenty  dollars  for  a  cow  also  before  long,  to  have 
milk  and  butter  of  our  own.  Our  whole  butcher's  meat  expense  for  one 
quarter  was  forty  cents,  and  another  quarter  we  spent  ten  cents  only  for 
fresh  meat.  This  would  have  seemed  like  starvation  when  we  first  left 
New  York  City  and  came  West.  But  we  feel  as  though  we  "  lacked  no 
good  thing,"  and  heartily  give  God  daily  praise  for  our  blessings.  I  am 
happy  in  the  work.  Even  if  I  were  able,  and  doing  it  without  any  salary 
whatever,  I  should  be  in  a  delightful  service. — W.  A.  Arnold,  Toledo^ 
Wash. 


COMPLIMENTARY   AND   SUGGESTIVE 

[Compliments:  when  sincere  and  deftly  tendered,  like  the  following,  are  always 
acceptable  at  this  office — they  so  help  to  keep  up  the  spirits  and  gently  spur  to  stronger 
effort.  Jt  is  not  easy  to  guess  how  largely  the  obvious  excellences  of  the  magazine  are 
due  to  kind  words  like  those  of  *'  Alpha  "  and  his  friends.  So  please  keep  a-saying  these 
good  things! 

Suggestions,  too,  arc  always  welcome — especially  when  we  can  adopt  them.  We 
will  gladly  pay  for  "interesting  stories*'  and  other  taking  matter  for  these  pages,  if  any- 
body will  give  us  special  offerings  for  that  purpose.  Till  then  we  see  no  way  but.  as 
now  and  heretofore,  to  rely  on  the  kindness  of  our  gifted  brothers  and  sisters  who  volun- 
teer the  products  of  their  brains  and  hearts,  as  their  way  of  helping  Home  Missions.  So 
please  keep  a- writing  and  sending  us  your  best  things. — Ed. J 

"Dear  Mr.  Editor  : 

"  It  must  be  your  extreme  modesty  that  prevents  you  from  mentioning 
to  your  readers  once  in  a  while  the  fact  that  all  over  this  goodly  country 
there  are  a  great  many  people  who  speak  in  loud  praise  of  the  improved 
appearance  of  The  Home  Missionary  for  the  last  year.  It  may  be  true, 
however,  that  you  do  not  often  hear  the  words  of  praise  spoken  about 


338  The  Home  Missionary  October.  1894 

your  work,  just  as  it  is  not  infrequently  the  case  that  many  another  person 
goes  through  life  without  ever  knowing  that  his  or  her  efforts  are  appre- 
ciated, simply  because  their  friends  fail  to  speak  out  the  kind  things  they 
feel.  For  one  I  am  glad  to  say  plainly  that  the  Society  has  reason  to  be 
proud  of  The  Home  Missionary,  and  I  sincerely  hope  the  Executive  Com- 
mittee will  not  hesitate  to  supply  the  *sinew^s  of  war'  so  that  you  may  not 
only  keep  up  the  standard  you  have  raised,  but  do  still  more  and  better 
things,  so  making  this  publication  rank  with  other  great  monthly  maga- 
zines, and  causing  our  young  people  to  look  eagerly  for  it. 

"  If  suggestions  are  in  order,  let  me  make  one  or  two :  Firsts  improve 
the  outward  appearance  still  further  by  making  the  covers  more  attractive. 
Second,  offer  a  premium  to  the  writers  on  the  field  who  will  write  inter- 
esting stories,  founded  on  such  facts  as  we  all  know  are  obtainable  in 
their  work.  I  have  an  idea  that  Lew  Wallace's  *Ben-Hur'  could  be  put 
in  the  shade  by  some  of  our  home  missionary  workers.  This  is  too  long 
a  letter  already,  and  as  it  is  my  first  one  to  you  perhaps  it  might  be 
signed,  Alpha." 


A   WORD   FOR   THE   WOMEN 

I  MUST  tell  you  how  I  have  enjoyed  the  August  number  of  The  Home 
Missionary.  So  did  my  wife.  I  had  to  read  it  all  at  one  sitting  to  begin 
with,  and  then  pickings  and  pickings.  If  we  could  have  just  one  such 
meeting  as  the  Omaha  meeting  on  the  Pacific  Coast,  the  good  it  would 
do  is  beyond  counting. 

Well,  take  woman  out  of  the  work  of  missions,  and  what  would  be 
left  of  missions?  To  the  W.  H.  M.  U.,  1  would  say :  "Under  the  divine 
leadership,  your  glory  and  your  song,"  you  will  have  growth  more  and 
more  as  the  years  come  and  go-  growth  in  numbers,  methods  of  work, 
wise  planning,  and  ** growth  of  soul";  and  you  will  be  more  and  more 
a  "  power  for  CJod."  My  prayer  is  that  the  Master  will  make  the  Woman's 
State  Unions  such  a  power  throughout  the  land. — Rev.  J.  H.  Warren, 
San  Francisco^  Cal,     Extract  from  a  personal  letter. 


A   JOYFUL    VETERAN 

Failing  health,  which  I  may  perhaps  attribute  in  part  to  years  of 
service  for  the  Master  on  the  frontier,  drove  me  to  this  retreat.  I  have 
a  son,  now  a  senior  in  Doane  College,  preparing  to  take  my  place  in  the 


October.  1894  The  Home  Missionary  339 

**  vacant  ranks."  A  year  of  quiet  rest  has  done  wonders  for  me.  I  find 
myself  able  (not,  however,  without  a  great  effort)  to  visit  Douglas  once 
in  two  weeks  and  preach  for  them.  The  church  is  very  weak,  but 
heartily  united,  and   it  gives  promise  of  future  growth  and  usefulness. 

A  very  distressing  failure  of  crops  renders  the  people  unable  to  pay 
more  than  $150  toward  my  support.  An  equal  sum  from  your  Society, 
with  the  efforts  of  my  incomparable  wife  (the  best  that  God  could  pick 
out  for  me  in  Vermont),  enables  us  to  live  comfortably,  keep  Frank  in 
college,  and  care  for  an  invalid  daughter,  who  has  also  given  her  health 
to  the  work. 

Do  not  pity  us.  No  !  No  !  Rejoice  with  us  that  we  are  counted 
worthy  to  go  the  front  and  bear  the  flag  so  long.  Our  work  has  been 
a  constant  joy.  To  review  it  is  a  delight  unspeakable.  And  the  end  is 
near. —  Your  old  Nebraska  Missiotiaryy  Rev,  A,  N,  Dean,  Crete,  Neb, 


REVIVED    RELIGIOUS    INTEREST 

Songs  of  Joy. — Our  church  is  singing  Psalm  cxxvi. :  "  When  the  Lord 
turned  again  the  captivity  of  Zion,*'  etc.  "  The  Lord  hath  done  great 
things  for  us :  whereof  we  are  glad."  We  have  just  closed  a  series  of 
meetings  which  lasted  two  weeks.  At  the  closing  service  twenty-three 
confessed  Christ  for  the  first  time,  and  fifteen  others  expressed  a  wish 
to  become  Christians.  July  15th  1  had  the  joy— the  deepest,  I  think,  that 
comes  to  a  pastor — of  welcoming  into  our  church  twenty-five  members, 
eighteen  of  them  on  confession  of  faith.  I  hope  at  our  next  communion 
to  receive  others  who  were  not  ready  now. 

We  have  learned  one  thing,  which,  indeed,  we  always  knew — that  the 
Spirit  in  his  working  does  not  observe  times  and  seasons.  ^^Now  '* 
means  July  as  well  as  January. — South  Dakota, 


Ingathering. — Sixteen  have  been  received  into  the  church  this  quar- 
ter, fourteen  by  confession  and  two  by  letter.  I  held  meetings  at  the 
schoolhouse,  and  we  organized  a  church  of  twenty-eight  members. 
Later   I   baptized   and    took  in  four  more,   and  I  have  hopes  of  more 

to  follow.     I  held   two  weeks*   meetings  at   our  church   at  G ,  and 

five  came  in  on  confession,  and  as  many  more  are  coming.   Things  look 
hopeful  for  the  future. — Minnesota. 


Revival  Meetings. — Sickness  disabled  the  pastor  from  attending 
more  than  the  first  of  the  special  meetings  conducted  by  Miss  Henry 
on  the  Pitrodie  field,  which  lasted  six  days  and  resulted  in  eight  persons 


;,-l'i  'i  he   HoriKj   Missionary  Ortfhcr,  TS94 

cMim-ssiii;,'  ii  il(.~iri  In  livL  ii  Cliristian  life.  Some  of  these  we  hope  losi;e 
come  into  the;  (jliureh  at  the  wexl  communion.  I  have  not  been  ableto 
look  after  these  "  baljcs  in  Christ "  as  a  pastor  should,  because  of  sidness 
and  no  means  of  cnnveyance.  The  church  is  thirteen  miles  from  Willow 
Lake,  where  1  reside,  and  the  people  come  from  eight  miles  or  more  on 
either  side,  thus  making  the  field  over  sixteen  miles  in  width. — Sotli 
Dakota. 

Revived.-  Rev.  F.  L.  Smith,  the  evangelist,  labored  with  us  for 
two  weeks  at  Cottonwood,  and  wc  have  had  a  refreshing  from  the  pres- 
ence of  the  Lord.  For  two  weeks  the  church  was  about  full  every  night, 
the  revivalist  holding  forih  the  word  of  life  with  clearness  and  power. 
I  verily  thought  that  there  was  going  to  be  a  general  sweep  into  the  king- 
dom. That  would  have  been  the  result  at  the  East  from  such  powerful 
meetings.  But  many  here  are  afraid  or  unwilling  to  join  the  church. 
Nevertheless  we  received  a  few  excellent  members. — Rev.  J.  .A,  Jones, 
Cottonwood,  Cal. 

AwAKENEii.— .\t  the  commencement  of  this  quarter  Rev.  Charles  N. 
Crittenton  madf  a  brief  visit  to  our  churches.  The  meetings  were  entered 
into  with  eamestnet^s,  and  accomplished  much  good.  About  15a  cards 
were  signed,  of  which  the  smaller  churches  received  about  fifteen  each  ami 
the  larger  twenty-five  each.  Since  the  meetings  our  prayer  services  have 
increased  in  power  and  interest.  I  can  truly  say  that  the  spiritual  condi- 
tion of  the  church  is  better  than  at  any  time  before  since  my  coffiinS 
here. — Rev.  B.  F.  Sargent,  Sanln  Rosa,  Cal, 


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FROM   A   GRATEFUL    MISSIONARY    WIFE 


"  Mv  HEAn  Sister  in  Christ  :  Your  kind  and  comforting  letter, '' 
of  loving  sympathy,  came  to  us  yesterday.      How  it  cheered  us  both! 
read  between  the  lines  the   abounding  love  of  a  mother's  heart.     Y'^ 
words  reach  ns  with  the  same  gentle,  refreshing  touch  that  the  rain  gi''" 
3  the  prairie  flowers  after  a  long  season  of  drought.     It  was  so  good 


;,^W 


t'*S 
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you  to  write  me  such  a  nice  letter,  that  I  just  want  freely  to  pour  out   **r,, 
gratitude   for  so  much  kindness.     God  has  surely  blessed  us  and  *'* 
supply  all  our  needs.     I  thought  I  was  asking  too  largely,  but  if  the  d^ 
ladies  wish  to  send  more  you  may  tell  them  that  a  wrapper  of  some  wa** 
goods  would   be  a  great  blessing  to    mc.     And  my   husband   says  '"     ,, 
when   spring  opens  he  wiil  need  a  '  mackintosh,"  and  he  thinks  I   s^""^^, 
need  a  'gossamer.'     It  is  so  encow^a^m^  to  know  thnt  wp  i^niiv  =h^»-^; 


October,  1894  The  Home  Missionary  341 

receive  a  box.  How  nice  it  will  be  to  have  warm  underwear  and  some 
new  clothes  !  It  has  been  three  years  since  we  came  here  for  missionary 
work,  and  we  have  had  some  very  trying  experiences,  but  the  Lord  has 
cheered  us  through  every  trial.  We  have  never  asked  for  a  box  before, 
thinking  that  perhaps  some  minister  with  little  children  needed  it  more 
than  we  did  ;  but  last  fall  we  felt  that  we  should  be  obliged  to  receive 
some  aid  in  this  way  or  suffer  when  the  winter  came.  But  as  winter 
approached  and  the  storms  came  and  we  heard  nothing  about  a  box  we 
grew  faint-hearted,  and  finally  I  took  up  my  thimble  and  needle  and  said, 

*  Well,  if  it  is  the  Lord's  will,  I  will  patch  through  another  winter.' 

"  A  funny  incident  happened  that  will  show  you  the  comical  side  of 
our  life.  I  did  my  week's  washing,  folded  the  clothes  ready  for  ironing, 
and  in  the  afternoon  went  with  my  husband  out  about  seven  miles  to 
call  on  a  sick  family.     When  we  returned,  in  the  evening,  I  exclaimed, 

*  Oh,  what  is  that  in  the  clothes-basket  ?  *  My  question  was  answered 
by  a  big  rat  jumping  out  and  scampering  across  the  floor  ;  and  what  do 
you  think  he  had  done  but  eat  right  through  both  my  white  tablecloths! 
When  I  saw  the  ruin  I  just  cried.  But  the  next  day  I  took  my  faithful 
thimble  and  went  to  work.  I  cut  up  one  tablecloth  to  mend  the  other, 
and  put  on  just  twenty-seven  patches  and  then  ironed  it.  I  put  it  in  the 
drawer  with  the  feeling  of  one  who  has  won  a  battle  ! 

"  Besides  doing  my  housework  1  help  my  husband  in  many  ways.  I 
superintend  the  Sunday-school,  which  has  been  increasing  gradually 
slU  winter.  Many  of  our  Sunday-school  scholars  come  from  three  to  {i\q 
miles  to  attend.  We  also  have  a  Junior  Endeavor  Society  of  thiity-six 
anembers.  Once  each  week  I  spend  half  a  day  teaching  them  to  sew,  knit, 
<and  darn,  and  many  other  useful  things.  In  their  devotional  meeting, 
"which  comes  once  a  week,  they  are  learning  blessed  truths  about  salva- 
tion. Many  have  found  Christ  and  are  faithful,  consecrated  workers.  So 
our  life  has  many  blessings,  and  every  self-sacrifice  is  rewarded  by  our 
"blessed  Master,  who  sees  the  work  of  his  humblest  servants. 

"  You  asked  me  to  tell  you  if  there  were  any  special  things  that  we 
needed.  If  you  had  not  thus  opened  the  way  I  could  not  have  brought 
myself  to  speak  of  additional  wants,  but  your  letter  is  so  motherly  that 
1  will  tell  you  some  little  things  that  we  do  sorely  need.  First,  1  would 
like  a  roll  of  old  white  cloth.  I  am  called  upon  for  poultices  and  plas- 
ters and  have  used  up  all  1  had.  Only  yesterday  I  was  obliged  to  tear 
up  a  sheet  that  could  have  been  used  longer  by  a  little  mending.  You 
will  understand  how  much  of  this  work  I  do  when  I  tell  you  that  in  the 
last  two  days  I  have  made  and  sent  out  nine  mustard  plasters  and  two 
poultices.  The  sudden  blizzards  and  sharp  winds  cause  so  much 
croup  and  lung  fever  that  we  have  very  little  rest  during  this  season 
of  the  year.     I  should  also  like  some  safety-pins,  a  pap^i  o\  xv^^^^'s*^ 


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October,  i 


some  black  twist,  and  some  old  pearl  buttons — they  do  not  need  to  be 
new  ones.  Just  let  the  children  fill  a  little  box  with  them.  I  would  like 
a  potato-masher  I  We  did  not  bring  one  when  we  came,  and  cannot  get 
one  here.  I  can  and  do  use  a  fork.  If  any  of  the  children  will  send  a 
box  of  colored  chalk  for  blackboard  drawing  I  could  use  it  to  a  very  good 
advantage  in  Sunday-school  work.'*— A'a/w/w. 


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SOME   PHASES   OF   WORK   IN   CALIFORNIA 


By  Rev.  H.  D.  Wiard,  Field  Secretary 

[Mr.  Wiard,  now  Field  Secretary,  with  bis  oflSce  in  Chicago,  was  recently  superi**' 
tendent  of  Northern  California.     In  an  address  at  the  Annual  Meeting  in  Omaha  t*^ 
related  some  of  his   experiences  in  the  Pacific   Slope  work,  among   which   were  t1^^ 
following. — Ed.] 

In  the  northern  part  of  California  there  are  seventeen  counties  wit  ^ 
176,000  people  in  them,  and  there  are  only  five  little  Protestant  chnrch^^^ 
in  that  whole  1 76,000  people.    We  haven't  a  church  in  the  whole  list  of  the^^^ 
counties.     I  went  into  one  of  them  with  28,000  people  in  it,  and  there  w 
just  one  preacher  in  that  county,  and  I  went  to  the  superintendent  of 
gold  mine  there,  from  which  they  take  $90,000  in  gold  every  month, 

head  a  subscription  for  us,  and  he  told  me  they  might  go  to ; 

didn't  use  the  Revised  Version  either.  I  said  :  **  If  they  do  you  will  s 
them  when  you  get  there."  He  seemed  to  be  mad  about  it  and  said 
"  Do  you  want  to  insult  me  ? "  and  I  said  :  •*  No  ;  not  unless  you  want  t 
insult  rac."  And  then  he  said  :  **  How  much  do  you  want?'*  and  1  hav 
been  kicking  myself  ever  since  to  think  1  didn't  ask  for  more.  I  tol 
him  I  wanted  §100,  and  he  gave  it  to  me  so  quickly  that  it  scared  me. 

I  went  into  a  saloon  once  at  three  o'clock  in  the  morning  in  Angel^^^ 
Camp — they  must  have  been  bad  angels,  for  all  the  saloons  and  gamblin^^^ 
places   were   open.     The    first   place    I  went  into,  there  were  a  dozer"^^ 
young  men  and  three  or  four  girls.     Some  of  the  men  were  lying  down   -^ 
drunk,  and  one  of  the  girls  stepped  over  and  spoke  to  me,  and  when  I  tol(^ 
her  I  was  a  minister  I  never  saw  such  a  look  on  anyone's  face  as  hers  had 
when  she  stepped  back,  clasped  her  hands,  and  made  an  appeal  for  those 
boys.     '*Oh,  sir,"  she  said,  "  do  something  for  these  boys.     The  girls  are 
past  help,  but  do  something  for  these  poor  boys."     That  little  girl  is  now 
in  a  beautiful  home  in  San  Francisco,  and  sits  in  a  pew  in  church  there 
between  two  white-haired  old  people,  and  she  can  look  up  into  the  face 
of  the  uld  man  and  say  ''  faihet,"  awd  iato  the  face  of  the  old  lady  and 


October.  1894  The  Home  Missionary  '343 

say  "mother,"  and  she  can  take  the  place  of  the  old  mother  who  went 
to  heaven  back  in  Massachusetts. 

I  spoke  to  the  boys  the  next  night  in  a  little  meeting,  and  after  I  was 
through  talking,  one  of  the  boys — a  Green  Mountain  boy  he  was — came 
up  to  me  and  put  his  hand  on  my  shoulder  and  asked  :  "  Why  don't  you 
send  us  more  preachers  ?"  "  Why  do  you  stay  here  ?  "  I  asked.  And  he 
drew  himself  up  and  said:  **  Do  you  suppose  I  am  going  back  and  tell 
them  that  I  am  a  failure  ?  I  will  die  first  ! "  And  then  he  spoke  to  me 
about  his  home,  and  he  asked  :  "  Do  you  ever  go  to  Vermont  ? "  **  Yes,"  I 
told  him,  "  I  do  go  there  sometimes."  He  said  :  **  If  you  find  my  mother, 
don't  tell  her  how  I  am  living  here,  but  tell  them  to  send  us  more  preachers." 

1  was  in  the  home  of  a  foreigner  a  few  years  ago  in  my  work.  1  had 
occasion  to  go  up  and  see  him.  He  lived  in  a  great,  long,  adobe  house, 
with  himself  and  his  family  living  in  one  part,  and  the  pigs  and  the  cows 
and  the  horses  in  another.  There  was  a  place  roofed  over  from  the 
house  down  to  the  place  where  he  kept  his  stock,  so  that  the  blizzards 
couldn't  catch  him  in  the  winter  when  he  had  to  go  down  there  to  care 
for  his  stock,  and  pigs  and  the  cows  would  come  back  to  return  the 
call.  He  wasn't  there  when  I  arrived,  but  by  and  by  he  came  in  and  we 
sat  down  to  dinner,  and  he  said  :  "  My  dear  brother,  will  you  ask  a  bless- 
ing ?  "  And  then  when  we  were  through  he  returned  thanks.  Now  let 
me  tell  you  how  we  took  supper.  It  was  just  put  on  in  chunks,  and  the 
old  man  took  up  a  great  loaf  of  bread  and  the  knife,  and  held  the  loaf 
under  his  arm  and  cut  off  a  chunk,  and  then  stuck  the  knife  in  the  loaf 
and  handed  it  across  the  table  to  me.  There  was  a  ham  on  the  table — 
it  was  boiled  whole,  and  I  was  glad  of  it — and  he  took  that  up  and  held 
it  under  his  arm  and  cut  off  a  slice,  and  then  handed  it  to  me  to  cut  off  a 
slice.  Then  when  bed-time  came  I  went  to  bed  with  two  great  big  feather 
beds — I  thought  they  weighed  about  150  pounds.  There  was  somebody 
ahead  of  me — about  10,000,000  of  him.  I  didn't  sleep  much,  and  1  was 
glad  when  the  old  man  came  and  stuck  his  head  into  the  room  and  said  : 
"Breakfast  is  ready."  After  breakfast  we  talked  a  little  and  I  prayed  a 
little,  and  he  brought  out  a  German  Bible  and  said  :  "  Will  you  read  ? " 
I  couldn't  read  it,  and  he  said  :  "  My  daughter  will  read."  And  his  daugh- 
ter read  from  the  fourteenth  chapter  of  John — I  could  catch  enough  to 
tell  that — and  then  he  asked  me  if  I  would  pray,  and  when  I  had  prayed  I 
began  to  gather  myself  up,  and  then  he  began  to  pray,  and  then  his  wife, 
and  then  his  daughter,  and  then  the  oldest  boy,  and  then  the  hired  man ; 
and  then  when  we  were  through  he  took  me  by  the  hand  and  looked  me 
in  the  face,  and  said  :  "  Mein  bruder,  I  am  glad  you  have  come,"  and  he 
kissed  me  on  the  cheek.  I  have  had  people  kiss  me  when  I  enjoyed  it 
better,  but  I  kissed  him  back.  I  couldn't  have  done  it  but  for  the  grace 
of  God  which  makes  us  brothers. 


344  The  Home  Missionary  October,  1894 

EXPERIENCES   IN   SOUTH   DAKOTA 

By  Rev.  William  McCready 

One  of  the  bright  things  in  this  life  is  the  thought  of  success  in  work- 
ing for  the  kingdom  of  the  Master.  I  remember  once  I  went  into  a  little 
log-house  about  eighty  miles  west  of  Pierre  on  an  Indian  reservation.  1 
found  there  a  man  named  Hemphill,  and  he  told  me  a  little  something  of 
his  story.  He  said  he  was  reared  in  Texas,  and  until  he  was  forty-five 
years  old  he  had  no  thought  of  being  a  Christian.  He  said  he  had  heard 
of  the  Bible  only  from  persons  who  made  fun  of  it,  and  if  it  hadn't  been 
for  that  he  wouldn't  have  heard  even  then  of  that  good  book.  He  came 
up  from  Texas  with  a  lot  of  cowboys  and  settled  out  there  on  the  reser- 
vation, and  established  what  they  call  a  road  ranch,  a  wayside  hotel  where 
persons  could  stop  and  get  a  meal.  He  found  it  very  lonesome  on  his 
ranch,  living  alone  in  that  way,  and  so  he  began  to  look  around  to  find 
himself  a  companion.  Where  should  he  go  ?  There  were  Indians  all 
about,  but  no  white  settlers  nearer  than  Fort  Pierre.  So  he  went  down 
there  and  went  into  a  house  of  ill-repute  and  selected  a  companion.  They 
went  over  to  a  magistrate  and  got  married,  and  then  he  took  his  wife  back 
to  his  ranch,  eighty  miles  west  of  Pierre,  and  I  found  them  there  on  my 
trip  across  the  Black  Hills.  During  that  time  he  had  found  that  there 
was  something  in  the  Bible  besides  what  had  been  made  fun  of,  and  when 
I  went  there  and  asked  the  privilege  of  staying  all  night,  I  found  that  he 
was  glad  to  meet  a  minister  ;  and  he  began  to  ask  me  about  the  Bible  and 
about  the  person  whom  they  called  Jesus  Christ,  and  what  I  thought  about 
God,  and  did  (iod  really  make  the  world  ?  And  was  it  a  fact  that  God 
made  man,  and  if  the  first  man  was  made  by  the  Almighty  and  placed  in 
this  world  ?  That  was  the  character  of  the  questions  he  asked  me.  I 
tried  to  point  him  to  the  fact  that  the  Bible  presented  all  these  things  to 
us,  and  that  if  he  would  read  it  carefully  he  would  find  that  these  things 
would  be  gradually  opened  up  before  him.  1  went  across  that  country 
four  or  five  times  in  the  course  of  the  next  five  years,  and  the  last  time  I 
saw  him  I  presented  *'  Ben-Hur*'to  him,  and  he  told  me  that  his  wife  and 
he  kneeled  down  every  morning  and  evening  and  prayed,  and  that  they 
were  looking  to  (iod  and  asking  him,  for  the  sake  of  his  Son,  Jesus  Christ, 
to  forgive  their  sins  and  help  them  to  live  as  Christians.  That  is  just  one 
of  the  evidences  of  the  influence  of  the  Bible  and  the  Gospel,  as  simply 
told,  upon  the  life  of  the  j)eople. 

When  I  went  into  the  Black  Hills  I  went  out  with  the  thought  of 
preaching  the  (iospel  where  there  had  been  no  one  preaching.  I  remem- 
ber one  little  neighborhood  I  went  to  on  the  Klkhorn  Railroad.  I  went 
there  on  Friday  or  Saturday  and  gave  out  an  announcement  to  preach  in 


October,  1894  The  Home  Missionary  345 

the  post-office  building.  I  visited  among  the  people  up  and  down  through 
the  neighborhood,  and  went  to  the  different  houses,  having  prayers  with 
the  families  and  distributing  tracts  and  inviting  them  to  come  to  preach- 
ing services  on  Sunday  morning.  When  I  came  back  to  the  town  on 
Sunday  morning  I  saw  on  one  of  the  telegraph  poles  a  figure  hanging. 
I  looked  up  at  it,  but  didn't  pay  much  attention  to  it,  and  when  I  got  to 
the  post-office  building  the  postmaster  asked  if  I  hadn't  seen  that  effigy 
hanging  out  there.  I  said  I  had,  and  asked  what  it  was  for,  and  he 
said  that  it  was  meant  for  me.  Then  I  went  out  and  looked  at  it  again 
and  examined  it  closely,  and  I  found  written  upon  it  these  words  :  "  Black 
Hills  Missionary,  Beware."  It  was  about  150  feet  from  the  post-office. 
When  eleven  o'clock  came  about  forty  people  gathered  into  the  building, 
and  1  preached  a  sermon  as  good  as  I  could,  and  after  I  got  through 
preaching  I  talked  to  them  about  the  organization  of  a  Sunday-school. 
They  said.  Yes,  they  should  like  to  have  a  Sunday-school,  and  so  we 
organized  one,  elected  a  superintendent  and  other  officers,  and  they  went 
forward  in  the  regular  work  of  the  Sunday-school.  Still  the  effigy  was 
hanging  there,  but  I  didn't  think  much  about  it.  1  learned  afterward 
that  a  couple  of  men  did  it  for  the  sake  of  having  some  fun  with  the  mis- 
sionary. I  didn't  think  about  being  scared.  Out  West  it  is  anything 
to  have  a  little  fun,  and  if  they  can  get  their  fun  out  of  the  preacher, 
why,  it  pleases  them  better  than  anything  else. 


FROM    THE    GROWING-OLD    CIRCLE 

[Our  readers  have  not  forgotten  the  brief  note  from  the  secretary  of  the  "Growing- 
Old  Circle"  in  The  Home  Missionary  for  August,  page  248,  and  they  will  be  glad  to 
learn  the  result  of  the  summer's  labors  of  that  band  of  enterprising  old  ladies,  as  told  in 
the  few  lines  that  follow.] 

"  I  HAVE  reported  the  shipment  of  our  box  to  the  secretary,  as  we 
wish  it  to  be  credited  to  the  Woman's  Home  Missionary  Union.  The 
Lord  has  helped  us  in  our  work,  and  we  have  been  enabled  to  do  much 
more  than  we  expected.  In  fact,  we  could  not  well  hold  back  when  the 
missionary  needed  so  much.  We  have  succeeded  very  well  for  *  old 
ladies,'  and  while  the  younger  ones  have  been  enjoying  their  summer 
vacation  we  have  worked  en,  but  now  we  will  rest. 

**Our  number  has  increased  to  twenty-three  since  we  began  to  work 
for  the  reverend  gentleman. 

**  Yours  in  His  name, 

"  Mrs   D.  a.  K.,  Secretary:' 
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346  The  Home  Missionary  October,  1894 

BURNED    OUT 

My  ^ood  library  was  lost  in  the  terrible  fire  of  August  3d.  In  less  than 
an  hour  and  a  half  the  main  business  portion  of  our  village  was  in  ashes — 
not  burmng,  but  burned.  Brick  blo;  ks  went  as  quickly  as  wooden  buildings. 
About  fifty  buildings  were  consumed  and  twenty-three  families  made 
homeless.  Hardly  one  saved  anything  of  any  amount.  No  human  lives 
were  lost,  but  there  w^ere  some  narrow  escapes.  Unfortunately,  I  was 
away  from  home.  Wife  and  daughter  saved  my  horse,  buggy,  and  har- 
ness ;  all  else  could  be  packed  in  a  hand  grip.  Nearly  all  of  my  manu- 
scripts, notes,  lectures,  sermons,  etc.,  went  with  the  library ;  also  several 
hundred  stereopticon  slides.  Not  a  slide  nor  book  is  left.  As  soon  as  I 
can  attend  to  it,  I  wish  to  make  other  slides  from  some  of  the  illustrations. 

A  majority  of  the  burned  out  are  of  **  our  people."  The  parsonage  was 
well  under  way,  and  we  are  pushing  it  as  rapidly  as  possible,  hoping  by 
September  ist  to  have  a  home  once  more,  even  if  there  is  little  in  it. 

With  commendable  energy  temporary  structures  have  been  erected  for 
business,  and  permanent  buildings  have  in  several  instances  been  begun. 
Not  one  of  the  sufferers  is  "  well  off,"  but  they  press  on.  Insurance  is 
about  one-quarter  of  the  loss.  I  did  not  have  any.  The  loss  will  foot  up 
about  $150,000. — Rev.  Charles  H.  Seaver,  Lakeview^  Mich. 


A  Pathetic  Message. — This  county  is  completely  burned  up  with 
drought.  Famine  stares  us  in  the  face.  Unless  help  is  sent  from  out- 
side, the  people,  with  their  stock,  must  die  the  coming  winter.  I  never 
saw  anything  like  it  in  my  life. — Nebraska. 


A    WAY    TO    GET    IT 

I  THINK  we  have  nearly  500,000  members  in  our  Congregational 
churches  [Reported  in  1894  :  561,631,  less  75,377  absentees — 486,254. 
loi).]  Wliy  not  have  each  member  personally  requested  to  give  five  cents, 
with  as  much  more  as  he  can  ?  No  one  could  refuse  the  ^\t^  cents,  and 
many  must  out  of  their  abundance  ii^ive  more.  1  would  have  a  week 
apjM)intcd  for  the  offerinij,  somewhat  in  advance,  that  it  might,  through 
pastors  or  printed  matter,  he  brouci^ht  to  the  minds  of  all.  1  would  have 
each  pastor  prepared  to  lay  the  matter  before  his  people  with  all  earnest- 
ness. Surely  that  §75,000  must  be  forthcominii,  and  more,  if  we  can  only 
feel  the  responsibility  which  rests  with  us  as  the  avowed  followers  of  the 


octoV'M,  1S94  [he    Iloinc    Missioiiar)'  347 

Lord.  His  work  must  be  done.  His  kingdom  of  love  must  come.  How 
soon  ?  Just  as  soon  as  each  professing  Christian  accepts  his  work  which 
he  promised  the  Lord  to  do.  The  work  is  worthy  a  great  effort.  Let  it 
be  made  at  once.  Let  there  be  no  hesitancy,  no  faint  hearts.  There  is 
money  enough  ;  the  lack  in  the  Lord's  treasury  means  blind  eyes,  deaf 
ears,  and  selfish  hearts.  Christ's  kingdom  is  ours.  The  reign  of  love 
will  be  with  us  when  we  will.     Why  not  now  ? — Alassachusetts, 


FAITH    WITH    WORKS 

[Thus  writes  a  hard-working  missionary  from  a  Southern  field,  where  times  are 
hard  and  money  is  terribly  scarce.] 

The  Home  Missionary  is  just  at  hand.  Turning  anxiously  to  the 
note  on  the  treasury,  I  find  an  appeal  to  the  churches  to  restore  the 
$75,000  reduction. 

I  believe  it  is  feasible  for  the  Congregational  churches  not  only  to  do 
this,  but  to  put  an  additional  $75,000  beyond  their  usual  offerings  into  the 
Lord's  treasury  for  the  Home  work,  and  to  do  this  without  embarrass- 
ment. My  knowledge  of  this  work  assures  me  that  it  ought  to  be  done — 
the  work  imperatively  demands  it,  and  God  would  greatly  bless  the  effort. 
My  salary  has  been  cut  down  one-half  during  these  "  hard  times,"  but  we 
have  had  a  family  conference  over  the  situation,  and  have  voted  unani- 
mously to  send  fifty  cents  each  to  your  treasury  as  a  thank-offering  to 
God  that  we  still  have  work  to  do  for  him,  and  that  we  have  not  as  yet 
lacked  for  food. 

We  give  our  mites  toward  an  advance  of  $150,000  in  home  missionary 
offerings :  Rev.  A.  T.  C,  Mrs.  A.  T.  C,  Maude  C,  John  Paul  C,  Harvey 
Fisk  C,  Lena  Marietta  C,  fifty  cents  each  ;  three  dollars  inclosed. 

With  faith  in  our  future,  sincerely  yours, 

ATP 
Alabama.  ^'  *•  '^• 


A  SNOW-BLOCKED   TRIP   IN    MAY 

By  Rev.  J.   K.   Harrison,  Superintendent   of    Northern   California 

Have  just  now  returned  from  a  long  and  hard  missionary  jaunt,  which 
would  have  been  longer  and  harder  still  had  I  not  been  shut  off  from  one 
of  my  appointments,  involving  a  ride  of  125  miles  across  the  mountains, 
by  a  heavy  snow-storm.  Probably  that  does  not  sound  as  hard  to  you  as 
to  usr  Californians,  who  grow  so  accustomed  to  sunshine  that  a  snow-storm 
becomes  a  synonym  for  great  privation  and  discomfort. 


348  The  Home  Missionary  October,  1894 

« 

1  do  not  often  speak  of  my  journeys,  do  I  ?  I  hate  to  seem  to  *'  blow 
my  horn."  The  past  two  weeks,  however,  are  a  fair  sample  of  what  my 
work  has  been  for  the  whole  time  since  I  came  into  the  superintendency. 
Two  weeks  ago  Monday  1  started  for  Wyandotte,  in  Butte  County,  to 
attend  a  council  called  to  recognize  a  new  church  and  to  ordain  a  new 
man.  The  church  is  the  result  of  the  faithful  labors  for  two  years  past 
of  Rev.  A.  S.  Parsons.  He  did  a  little  work  for  the  Home  Missionary 
Society  in  Dakota  in  years  past,  but  drifted  into  Butte  County,  California, 
and  engaged  in  mining.  While  there  he  attended  a  meeting  where  an 
evangelist  was  expected  to  preach,  who  did  not  appear.  Mr.  Parsons 
offered  to  preach,  and  a  revival  was  the  result.  For  two  years  he  has 
faithfully  ministered  to  them,  and  organized  a  church,  somewhat  on  the 
Union  idea,  owing  to  peculiar  environments,  yet  with  a  strongly  Congre- 
fXational  polity.  The  council  (of  which  Dr.  J.  K.  McLean  and  Prof.  F.  H. 
Foster,  of  the  Pacific  Seminary,  were  members)  most  heartily  and  unani- 
mously voted  to  receive  them  into  fellowship,  and  to  ordain  Mr.  Parsons 
as  an  evangelistic  pastor. 

After  an  all-day  meeting  at  Wyandotte,  I  drove  hurriedly  over  to 
(Iridley  and  took  an  early  forer.oon  train  for  Lincoln,  to  attend  the  Sacra- 
mento Association,  where  1  presented  the  "burning  question  "  of  Home 
Missions.  Back  ai^ain  on  an  evening  train  to  Oroville,  in  time  to  go  into 
the  leaver-meeting  and  speak  again  on  that  theme.  The  next  morn- 
ing off  for  Olive,  where  we  have  a  small  church  in  a  good  community, 
served  by  a  brother  who  works  on  a  farm,  and  preaches  on  Sundays-for 
the  love  of  it.  We  used  to  have  a  missionary  here,  but  our  money  gave 
out.  On  the  same  evening  I  went  to  Thermalito,  where  we  have  still 
another  aided  church,  and  where  1  preached  to  a  houseful  of  people. 

The  following  morning  Mr.  Parsons  and  I  started  for  Paradise  (an 
earthly  one).  On  the  way  we  passed  a  sign-board  with  two  arms;  on 
one  were  the  words,  '*  Seven  miles  to  Paradise  ";  on  the  other,  "  Nine  miles 
to  Hell-town."  These  are  actually  the  names  of  two  towns  near  each 
other. 

We  passed  through  and  visited  in  Cherokee.  Here  is  a  large  mining 
community  where  no  regular  services  have  been  held  for  twenty  years. 
Also  at  Pentz — a  rich  farming  district,  twelve  miles  farther  on — we  visited 
and  left  ai)pointments.  We  arrived  at  Paradise  in  time  to  preach  to  a 
houseful  of  people.  Several  were  moved  to  express  a  desire  for  a  new 
life.  1  started  also  the  ball  rolling  for  self-support,  and  by  diligent 
visiting  the  next  day  got  them  to  roll  off  the  $300  received  last  year  from 
us  and  to  promise  to  support  their  pastor  alone.  The  money  thus  saved, 
with  a  little  more,  we  plan  to  recommend  lo  the  employment  of  Mr.  Parsons 
as  a  missionary  in  Hutte  County.  He  has  special  fitness  for  the  work,  and 
the  fields  are  pitifully  destitute  all  around  him. 


October,  1894  The  Home  Missionary  349 

We  left  Paradise  in  time  to  get  back  to  Mr.  Parsons*  home  at  nine  p.m. 
Left  the  next  morning  to  preach  in  Wyandotte  in  the  forenoon  ;  then 
a  hasty  dinner  and  a  long  drive  over  to  Olive.  A  sermon  there  to 
another  audience,  and  then  another  drive  over  hills  and  through  caftons 
to  Palermo,  to  preach  in  the  evening,  ordain  deacons  and  deaconesses, 
receive  new  members,  and  administer  the  Lord's  Supper.  Up  the  next 
morning  at  three  a.m.,  to  come  back  to  the  city.  Found  a  mass  of  cor- 
respondence to  get  off ;  made  preparations  for  our  executive  committee 
meeting  on  Tuesday,  where  we  wrestled  all  the  day  trying  to  make  our 
$13,770  go  around.  Honestly,  that  was  the  hardest  day  of  all,  and  the 
worst  of  it  was  we  could  not  accomplish  it,  and  are  to  have  another  meet- 
ing over  it.  The  next  morning  off  again  for  a  three  days'  campaign  in 
Sonoma  County,  writing  on  the  cars  ;  walking,  the  last  day  of  the  three, 
twenty-eight  miles  over  a  steep  mountain  road  in  order  to  get  the  train 
back  to  the  city.  Telegraphed  ahead  for  my  wife  to  meet  me  at  the  ferry 
with  another  valise,  so  that  I  could  start  at  once  for  Hornbrook,  Siskiyou 
County.  There  I  helped  to  organize  a  church.  It  is  a  town  of  500  peo- 
ple ;  has  been  a  town  for  forty  years,  yet  had  never  had  a  church  organi- 
zation before,  and  1  administered  the  first  sacrament  of  the  Lord's  Supper 
they  had  ever  had  in  the  community  last  Sabbath.  A  mile  away  is  the 
town  of  Henley  ;  three  miles  away,  Pokegama  ;  and  four  miles,  the  town  of 
Ager — not  one  oi  them  with  a  church  or  preaching  of  any  kind.  Our 
good  Missionary  Hoskins,  of  Little  Shasta,  drives  twenty  miles  every 
Sabbath  to  preach  at  Hornbrook,  and  as  soon  as  possible  will  begin 
services  at  the  other  points.  From  Hornbrook  I  was  to  go  to  Adin 
to  inaugurate  the  Mount  Shasta  Association.  But,  as  I  said,  the  heavy 
snowstorm  made  the  roads  impassable.  We  drove  twenty  miles  in  the 
storm,  and  had  to  give  it  up. 


Correction. — When  men  talk  as  fast  and  as  entertainingly  as  our  Mr. 
Puddefoot  talks,  no  reasonable  stenographer  can  be  expected  to  keep  up 
with  him.  But  when  he  says  that  Nebraska  pays  about  $8,000,000  in 
yearly  interest  to  the  East,  he  thinks  the  reporters  should  not  make  him 
say  that  Omaha  pays  $80,000,000  a  year.  (See  The  Home  Missionary 
for  September,  page  285).     That  is  talking  faster  than  even  he  talks. 

And  he  thinks  his  friends,  the  reporters,  would  have  come  nearer  to 
the  mark  if  they  had  called  the  cost  of  church  buildings  and  equipments 
owned  by  all  denominations  in  the  United  States  $679,694,434  instead  of 
"^^70,000,000."  Stenographers  are  making  rapid  strides  nowadays,  and 
will  doubtless  be  able  by  and  by  to  keep  up  with  our  swift-talking  Field 
Secretary. — Ed. 


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October.  1S94 


TREASURY   NOTE 

The  receipts  in  the  five  months,  April-August,  1894,  inclusive,  and  a 
comparison  of  them  with  the  corresponding  months  of  1893,  will  appear 
in  the  figures  following  : 


CONTRIBUTIONS 


1893 

April $10,366  46 

May 9*46 1  46 

June i5»i36  17 

July 15*293  72 

August..      9,479  91 


1894 

$18,936  34 
18,608  21 

15*249  44 
18,908  65 

7,886  18 


$59,737  72  $79»5SS  82 


$79,588  82 
59,737  72 


LEGACIES 
1893 

April..    .  $6,681  14 

May 25,812  59 

June 10,254  35 

July 8,940  39 

August..    14,885  55 


1894 

$8,701  36 

6>ii3  58 

35,026  54 

10,695  22 

35,280  76 

$66,574  02     $95,817  46 


$19,851   10  gain  in  contributions. 


$95,817  46 
66,574  02 

$29,243  44  gain  in  legacies. 


The  privilege  of  reporting  a  gain  of  $49,094.54  in  the  receipts  of  five 
months,  and  nearly  $20,000  of  the  amount  from  contributions  of  living 
givers,  is  one  that  the  officers  of  the  Society  have  not  for  a  long  time 
past  been  permitted  to  enjoy.  It  has  filled  their  hearts  with  gratitude 
and  a  gladness  unknown  since  the  wave  of  business  reverses  swept  over 
the  country,  wrecking  so  many  of  its  substantial  interests  and  staying  or 
hindering  the  progress  of  its  most  important  religious  institutions. 

Does  not  this  continued  and  enlarged  increase  of  the  Society's 
resources,  in  such  a  time  as  this  on  which  we  have  fallen,  warrant,  and 
more  than  warrant,  all  that  was  said  in  the  way  of  encouragement  of 
givers  to  Home  Missions  on  page  301  of  The  Home  Missionary  for 
September  ? 

To  those  remarks  we  renewedly  ask  the  attention  of  our  readers. 
Clearly  it  is  no  visionary  thing  to  work  for  and  expect  the  early  restora- 
tion of  the  *'cut  "  of  $75,000  so  reluctantly  made  in  the  year's  estimated 
expenses,  and  at  no  distant  day  to  cancel  all  demands  against  the  treasury, 
and  set  the  Society  upon  a  rapid,  sure,  and  steady  upward  progress,  whose 
results  shall  eclipse  all  that  has  been  seen  in  the  bright  track  of  its  glori- 
ous history.  Let  that  **  One  Generous  Offering  "  from  all  our  Congre- 
gational churches  be  made  with  conscientious  fidelity,  each  giving  accord- 
ing as  the  Lord  hath  prospered,  and  the  work,  under  God's  blessing,  will 
be  done.  Who  can  doubt  that  such  an  offering  will  be  most  acceptable 
*o  Him  who  gave  Himself  for  us  ? 


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351 


RECEIPTS    IN    AUGUST,  1894 

For  account  of  receipts  by  State  Auxiliary  Societies,  see  pages  354  to  357 


MAINE— $173.40 ;    of    which    legacy, 
$100.00. 

Auburn,  Mrs.  E.  T.  Little,  by  George 

T.  Little $1  00 

Blue  Hill,  by  Rev.  C.  M.  G.  Harwood  7  90 

Cumberland  Center,  Legacy  of  Mrs. 

Mary    E.   M.   Rtdeout,    by   S.    M. 

Rideout 100  00 

New  Castle,  Second,  by  Joel  P.  Huston  30  75 
Portland,  St.  Lawrence  Street  Ch.,by 

J.  J.  Gerrish 10  00 

*'  Mrs.  Jeannie  Anderson,  collector  **         23  75 

NEW    HAMPSHIRE -$10,506.96;   of 
which  legacies,  $10,398.56. 

Received  by  Hon.  L.  D.  Stevens,  Tr. 
N.  H.  H.  M.  Soc.: 
Northampton,  to  const.  Mr.  Alfred 
Bachelder  a  L.  M 50  00 

Acworth,  Band  of  Home  Missionary 

Workers,  by  Mrs.  T.  W.  Darling, 

through  Rev.  E.  B.  Palmer i  40 

Amherst,  Legacy  of  Rev.  Josiah  G. 

Davis,  by  Edward  Spaldins^  ex 400  00 

East  Brentwood,  Rev.  H.  H.Colbum  10  00 
Hebromand  Groton,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by 

Rev.  C.  W.  Shelton 1  00 

Henniker,  A  Friend 10  00 

Keene,  Primary  Dept.  of  the  Second 

S.  S.,  by  C.  E.  Whitcomb 5  00 

Mason,  C  B.  Goodwin 100 

Newport,  Mrs.  C.  H.  Gleason 35  00 

Orford,  by  Rev.  J.  R.  Flint    . .  5  00 

Wilmot,  Legacy  of  Stephen  Felch,  by 

Hon.  L.  D.  Stevens,  Treas.  N.  H. 

H.  M.  Soc 9,998  56 

VERMONT-$9o.oo. 

Hartford,  "  N  "    15  00 

Manchester,  S.  G.  Cone 50  00 

Norwich.  Rev.  R.  N.  Nichols,  by  Rev. 

C.  W.  Shelton 3  00 

Vermont,  "A  Friend  of  Home  Mis- 
sions '* 22  00 

MASSACHUSETTS-$8,598.88;of 
which  legacies,  $5,605.25. 

Mass.  Home  Miss.  Soc.,  by  Rev.  E.  B. 

Palmer,  Treas 2,500  00 

By  request  of  donors 196  00 

Agawam,  A  Friend         3  00 

Belchertown.  by  A.  D.  Randall 46  23 

Belleville,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Rev.  C. 
W.  Shelton 5  00 

Boston,  W.  A.  Wilder,  for  Salary 
Fund 100  00 

East  Longmeadow.  J.  A  Davis,  spe- 
cial, by  Rev.  C.  W.  Shelton 5  00 

Granville,  Legacy  of  Clement  Hol- 
comb,  by  M.  J.  Rose,  ex 2500 

Indian  Orchard,  by  Rev.  W.  T.  Hutch- 
ins.  Sweet  Pea  Fund 3  00 

Ipswich,  on  account  of  Legacy  of  Miss 
Abbie  A.  Cobum,  by  D.  E.  Safford, 
ex 3'75o  00 


Leominster,  Woodbury  Fund,  by  A. 
O.  Wilder $12000 

Natick,  Legacy  of  Rev.  J.  F.  Norton, 
by  D.  W.  Farquhar,  adm 300  00 

North  Adams,  Braytonville,  "  Earnest 
Workers,"  by  E.  M.  Harrison 5  00 

NcMlhampton.  Legacy  of  G.  W.  Hub- 
bard, by  J.  Whittlesey,  trustee x,ooo  00 

Palmer,  A  Friend 5  00 

South  Egremont,  by  Rev.  S.  T.  Liv* 

ingston  30  00 

A  ^end,  special,  by  Mrs.  H.  S. 
Caswell 6a  50 

South  Framingham,  Grace  Ch.,  by  J. 
P.  Freese 3^  9° 

Weymouth,  Legacy  of  Mary  P.  Faulk- 
ner, by  A.  C.  Russell,  ex 410  25 

RHODE  ISLAND-$40.oo. 

Providence,   Pilgrim   Ch.,  by  R.  P. 
Jenks 40  00 


CONNECTICUT- $^,329. 19;  of  which 
legacies,  $1,944.66. 

Miss.   Soc.    Conn.    W.    W.    Jacobs, 
Treas.,  by  Rev.  W.  H.  Moore,  Sec.        155  03 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs.  W.  W. 
Jacobs,  Treas. : 
Hartford,  Miss  Annie   W.  Moore, 
special 10  00 

Berlin,  Second,  by  C.  S.  Webster 25  76 

Bridgeport,  Second,  by  O.  H.  Broth- 

well 96  75 

A  Friend 20  00 

Chester,  by  Rev.  Alex.  Hall so  75 

Collinsville,  by  J.  S.  Heath 4a  00 

Columbia,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E  ,  by  Miss  E. 

J.  Fuller 12  00 

Connecticut,  A  Friend 100  00 

A  Friend 10  00 

Cromwell,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  special,  by 

Rev.  C.  W.  Shelton 500 

Danielsonville,  H.  N.  demons 5  00 

East  Woodstock,  by  J.  M.  Paine 42  50 

Ellington,  Mrs.  C.  Bradley 9  00 

Guilford,  First,  by  E.  W.  Leete,  to 

const.   Mrs.   Hobert  E.    Dudley   a 

L.  M 50  00 

Hartford,  "  Seminary,*'  by  Geo.  H. 

Post 35  58 

Student's  Mission  Band.  Hartford 
Theol.  Sem.,  by  Rev.  C.  W.  Shel- 
ton    5  00 

Kent.  First,  by  G.  R.  Bull 14  04 

Marlboro,  by  William  W.  BoIIes 3  24 

Naugatuck,  Miss  P.  D.  Smith,  by  Rev. 

C.  W.  Shelton 6  00 

Norwich,  "  Thank  Offering  " 2  00 

Nutmeg,  $250:  for  Salary  Fund,  $300, 

special 550  00 

Pomfret,    Legacy   of    Mrs.    Zara   G. 

Comstock,  by  w.  E.  Tolman,  ex. . .        100  00 
Salisbury,  by  Rev.  T.  F.  Dexter  ....  23  29 

Somers,   Legacy  of    Miss   Catharine 
Poroeroy,  by  Miss  Lucinda  Pome- 

roy.  trustee 1,140  91 

South  Britain,  S.S.,  by  G.  W.  Mitchell.         av  -5^ 


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October,  1894 


South  Canaan,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Rev. 

C.  W.  Hanna,  special $7  05 

Southport,  Mrs.  H.  D.  Gookin xoo  00 

Suffiefd,  A  Friend a  00 

Thomaston,  First,  by  Geo.  H.  Stoug^h- 

ton zz  34 

Torrin^ton,  Balance  from  Estate  of 

George    P.  Roberts,  by    H.  Gay, 

adm 303  75 

Westchester,  by  A.  R.  Bifrelow 5  00 

West  Woodstock,  Rally,  by  Rev.  C. 

W.  Shclton 191 

Windsor,  Legacy  of  W.  F.  A.  Sill,  by 

M.  E.  Sill,  ex 50000 

\ Erratum  :  |ao  from  West6eld,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E., 
by  Rev.  C.  B.  Strong,  should  be  West  Suffield. 
Erroneously  acknowledged  in  May  Home  Mis- 
sionary. 


NEW  YORK-  $17,786.27  ;  of  which  leg- 
acies  $17,332.29. 

Received  by  William  Spalding, 

Treas.: 

Busti $110 

Otisco,  Ladies'  Home  Miss. 

Soc 2x70 

Rome,  Welsh 5  00 

South  Granville 6  72 

Summer  Hill 500 

Syracuse,  Plymouth 8  00 


47  5a 


Woman's  H.  M.Union,  Mrs.  J. 

J.  Pearsall,  Trcas. : 
W.  H.  M.  U.,  Collection  at 

Annual  Meeting $21  75 

Canandaigua 143  00 

Special 75  00 

Hamilton 1500 

Moravia,  Mrs.W.  C.  Tuthill.  100  00 

Rochester,  South  Ch 15  00 

Wellsville 5  00 


Albany,  Mrs.  Sophia    D.  Hale 

An^rola.  First.  bvR.U.  Blackney 

Brooklyn.  J.jhn  Boyle . . 

Buffalo,  People's  Ch.,byE.  C.  Wil- 
son, towara  a  L.  >Ir) 

East  Bloomficld,  by  ¥.  Munson 

Fort  Covington,  Legacy  of  Adelia 
Bliss,  by  M.  C.  Ransom 

NcwYork  City. Estate  of  Ann  V'oorhis, 
on  account,  by  Stetson,  Tracy.  Jen- 
nings and  Russell 

North  Lawrence,  Miss  Almira  Will- 
iams  

Orient,  by  M    B.  Brown  

f^iyvillc,  by  Willett  Green     

Spcncerport.  S.  S.,  by  Anna  Mcln- 
tyre 

Warsaw,  by  F.  W.  Relyca 


NEW  JERSEY    $130.50. 

Helmclta.  E.  C.  Williams  

Perth  Amboy.  Swedish,  by  Rev.  F. 

G.  Brandt 

Upper    Montclair.    Christian    Union 

Ch.,  by  C  W.  Anderson 

Vineland,  "  Infant  Class."  by  Miss  A. 
C.  Gardner,  special 

T.  A.  Gardner,  special 


374  75 


20 

CO 

»3 

65 

25 

00 

8 

39 

21 

17 

300  00 


16.932  29 

2  00 
I?  06 
II  25 

4  79 
»3  40 


2 

00 

2 

5^ 

iiB 

5'^ 

2 

50 

5 

00 

PENNSYLVANLA-$4o  2a 

handler's  Valley,  Sw 
Rev.  C.  J.  Lundquist 


Charmian,  by  Adam  Reocb 

Delta,  Betheada,  by  Rer.  J.  Cadwal- 

ader 

Warren,  Swedish  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  K. 

Dahlgren 


MARYLANO~|8.5a 

Canton,  by  Rev.  T.  M.  Beadenkoff . . , 
Frostburg,  by  Rev.  G^  W.  Moore. . . 


NORTH  CAROLlNA-$xo.oo. 

Hendersonville,  Miss  S.  R.'Ives,  $5 ; 
Mrs.  £.  L  Brown,  $5,  by  S.  R.  Ives. 


FLORIDA-$5.oo. 

Winter  Park,  Rev.  E.  P.  Hooker,  by 
Rev.  S.  F.  Gale , 


TEXAS — $5.00. 
Columbia,  Mrs.  E.  H.  Evans. 


$35 


Chandler's  Valley,  Swedish  Ch.,  by 
aq 


2  00 


OKLAHOMA-$7.oo. 

Woman's    Miss.   Union,   Mrs.  A.   B. 
Hammer,  Treas 

Enid,  Plymouth,  by  Rev.  F.  Foster... 


OHIO-I266.83. 

Received  by  Rev.  J.  G.  Eraser, 

D.  D.  : 
Andover,    by    Mrs.    L.    R. 

Griftis S15  00 

Cleveland,   Pilgrim,  by  H. 

C.  Holt 65  00 

Hartford,  by  Sarah  P.  Bush- 

mll 4  CO 

Lenox,  by  Rev.  F.  W.  Link.        4  00 
Troedrhewdalar,  by  E.  A. 

Rowlands    870 


Received  by  Rev.  J.  G.  Eraser, 

Treas.    Bohemian    Board, 

Cleveland  : 
Cleveland,   Pilgrim,  by  H. 

C.Holt S90  00 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 
G.  B.  Brown,  Trcas. : 

Ml.  Vernon,  for  Bible- 
Readers'  Home 9  00 

Plain,  for  Bible- Readers' 
Home 5  00 

Springfield.  First,  for  Bi- 
ble-Readers' Home 5  00 

TallmadKC,  for  Bible- 
Readers'  Home coo 

West  Williamsfield,  Jr.  Y. 
P.  S.  C.  E.,  for  Miss 
Reitinger 300 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union.  Mrs.  G.  B. 
Brown.  Treas.  : 
Toledo.    Washington    Street,     for 
Salary   Fund 

Marietta.  Second.  Little  Muskingum 
and  Stanleyville,  by  Rev.  C.  B. 
Shear 

Obcrlin.Mrs.  E.  B.  Clarke 


%  00 
z  00 


s  50 
6  00 


to  00 


500 


5  00 


6  00 
I  00 


96  70 


117  00 


10  00 


9  00 
10  00 


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353 


Ravenna,  of  which  $x.6o  from  S.  S. 

class,  by  F.  W.  Woodbridffe 

St.  Mary's,  First,  by  Rev.  A.  C.  Derr 
Zanesville,    First,    by    Rev.   C.    H. 

Hawks 


INDIANA-$i5.oo. 

Indianapolis.  Fellowship  Ch.,  by  Rev. 
E.  S.  Smith 

ILLINOIS-$ioo.oo. 
Chicago,  Mrs.  M.  A.  Keep 


MISSOURI-$2o.44. 

Eldon,  S.  S.,  by  Rev.  John  Vetlcr 

Hamilton,  by  Rev.  W.  W.  Fellows... 

Kidder  and  Chtllicothe,  Union  Ch., 

by  Rev.  A.  L.  Gridley 


$11  63 
5  00 

7  50 


15  00 


xoo  00 


a  44 
10  00 

8  00 


KANSAS  -  $s8.8a. 

Received  by  Rev.  J.  G.  Dough- 
erty, Treas.: 

Dover $5  5® 

Fowler 7  00 

Haven i  75 

Hutchinson a  00 

Jetmore a  00 

Osbonie,  Jr.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E. .  5  00 

Powhattan 4  50 

A  Friend 10  00 

Received  by  Rev.  S.  D.  Storrs,  collec- 
tion   

Alton,  by  Rev.  L.  H.  Plati 

Kansas  City,  Pilgrim  Ch.,  by  Rev.  H. 
D.  Herr 

Mcpherson,  $3.40;  Linwood,  $1.50, 
by  Rev.  W.  C.  Veazie 

Maize,  by  W.  S.  Williams 

Scatter  Creek,  $3.65 :  Village  Creek, 
$a.o5,  by  Rev.  G.  M.  Pfeiffer 


$37  75 

a  00 

3  00 

4  ai 


X  ao 


5  70 


MlCHIGAN-$7.oa 
Detroit,  German,  by  Rev.  A.  Huelster 

WISCONSIN-$9.5o. 

Cumberland,  Ladies'  Soc.,  by  Rev.  A. 

J.  Haynes 

Mauston,   Mrs.   C.  W.   Barney,  $1 ; 

Mrs.  M.  A.  Loomis,  $1 

Wood  Lake,  Grantsburg,  and  Doctor's 

Lake,  Swedish  Chs.,  by  Rev.  N.  L 

Nelson 

IOWA  -^.00. 

Davenport.  First  German,  by  Rev.  C. 

F.  Finger 

Gomer,  S.  S.,  by  S.  M.  Jones 

MINNESOTA-  $381.53. 

Received  by  Rev.  J.H.Morley : 

Lake  City  $17  as 

Medford 1000 

Spring  Valley xo  00 

*  

$37  25 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 
M.  W.  Skinner,  Treas.: 

Anoka $1  ao 

Elk  River 7  ao 

Fairmont,  85c.;  Y.  P.  S.  C. 

E..  $3.05 390 

Mazeppa 213 

Minneapolis,  Plymouth ...  64  33 

Young  Ladies 1835 

S.  S 6a  oa 

Park  Avenue 6000 

Silver  Lake 4  09 

Union 17  00 

Miss  Lora  Hollister  ...  10  00 

NewDuluth x  50 

Rochester 4  00 

St.  Anthony  Park  35  00 

St.  Paul.  'Plymouth 40  43 

St.  Cloud,  $«;.io;  Jr.  Y.  P. 

S.  C.  E.,  $6.90 la  00 

Winona,  Second 7  00 


7  00 


6  00 


a  00 


X  50 


6  00 
a  00 


$339  »5—  376  40 

Minneapolis,  *' Redeemer '' a  00 

Spencer  Brook.  Swedish  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

A.  P.  Bngstrom a  00 

Upiala,  by  Rev.  A.  G.  Petterson i  la 


NEBRASKA-$95.a6. 

Received  by  J.  W.  Bell,  Treas. : 

Greenwood $za  90 

Red  Cloud 3a  04 

$44  94 
Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 

G.  J.  Powell,  Treas.: 

Greenwood,  S.  S 3x5 


Arborville,  by  F.  N.  Recknor  . . . , 
Franklin,  S.  S.,  by  F.  D.  James.. 
Hildreth,  by  Rev.  W.  H.  Le  Bar. 


By  Mrs 


by  K« 
./.  M. 


Henry, 


Leigh  and  Macedonia,  by  Rev.  A.  G. 

Washington 

Stockham,  German,  by  Rev.  R.  Hil- 

kerbaeumer 

Strang,  Shickley.  and    Bruning,   by 

Rev.  G.  J.  Battey 


NORTH  DAKOTA-$i3.75. 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 
J.  M.  Fisher.  Treas.: 
Buxton,  *' Pearl  Gleaners".      $3  35 
Cummings,  **  Christian  Sol- 
diers"         450 

Hankinson,  Mission  Band..        a  cx> 
Wahpeton.  Conference  La- 
dies^ Miss.  Meeting 300 


Wogansport,  A  Friend, 


SOUTH  DAKOTA-$a9.a5. 

Dover,  by  Miss  E.  K.  Henry 

Lake  Preston,  by  Rev.  G.  A.  Conrad. 
Valley  Springs.  Ladies'  Miss.  Soc.,  by 

Rev.  W.  K:  Thrall 

Willow  Lakes  and  Piirodie,  by  Rev. 

J.  F.  Walker 


COLOR  ADO-$i  14.07. 

Woman's  H.    M.   Union,  Mrs.  S.  A. 
Sawyer,  Treas.  : 
Bucna  Vista,  Aux..  to  const.  Mrs.  L. 
C.  Graves  a  L.  M 

Denver.  Glenarm  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E..  by 
Martha  A.  Morrison^  for  Salary 
Fund 


47  09 


3  10 

3  94 

4  30 
4  30 

ai  65 

8  61 

3  87 

II  75 
I  00 


10  25 
5  00 

4  00 
10  00 


50  00 


•xt^co 


354 


The  Home  Missionary 


October.  1894 


Greeley,  $3.50 ;  Cortex,  $5,  by  Rev.  H. 
Sanderson 


Lafayette,  by  Rev.  J.  F.  Smith 

Manitou  ana  Green  Mountain  Falls, 

by  Rev.  A.  O.  Downs 

Otis,  Mrs.  L.  Dun^^*s  S.  S.  class. ... 
Otis  and  Hyde,  by  Rev.  G.  Duncran.. 
Whitewater,  by  Rev.  C.  C.  Kirtland. 


$7 

50 

3 

00 

10 

00 

I 

27 

la 

30 

5 

00 

OREGON— $16.50. 

Portland,  Miss.  Ave.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  H. 

W.Young 

Sheridan  and  Wil  lamina,  by  Rev.  O. 

B.  Whitmore 

Willard.  $3 ;  Forest  Grove,  $6.50,  by 

Rev.  C.  F.  Clapp ..TT,.  . 


16  00 
s  00 

8  50 


WYOMING -$6.00. 

Cheyenne,  South  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  M. 
Brown 


MONTANA-$a.75. 

Horse    Plains,    $1.90:     Thompson's 
Falls,  85c.,  by  Rev.  W.  S.  Bell 


CALIFORNlA-$4S.25. 

Antioch,  by  Rev.  J.  W.  Brier 

Fresno,  German  Ch..  by  Rev.  J.  Lcg- 

Icr 

Lincoln,  by  Rev.  E .  D.  Hale 

Los  Aneeles.  Plymouth,  by  Rev.  C. 

S  Vaile 

Oakdale.  Mrs  C.  S.  Downey,  by  Rev. 

E.  W.  Stoddard 

Pasadena.  A  Friend 

Sunol  Glen,  by  Rev.  J.  H.  Strong 

Vemondale,  Rev.  G.  A.  Rawson 


6  00 


a  75 


5  55 

6  00 
5  00 

10  00 

5  00 
8  20 

^  50 


WASHINGTON-$95.i6. 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,   Mrs.  J.  W. 
George,  Treas. : 
Seattle 

Chenev'  and  Spokane,  West  Side  Ch., 

by  Rev.  F.  V.  Hoyt 

Chewelah,  by  Rev.  D.  F.  Taylor 

Colfax,  Plymouth  Ch.,  by  Rev.  H.  P. 

James 

Steilacoom.  Oberlin  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J. 

M.  Lydgate 

Tacoma,  First,  $5a-5i  :  Pwt  Angeles, 

First,  $3.55  :  and  Pine  Hill,  50  c.,  by 

Rev.  A.  L  Bailey 

Toledo  and  Cowlitz  Bend,  by  Rev.  W. 

A.Arnold 

Wenas  and   Nachez.  by  Rev.  R.  G. 

Hawn 


zo  00 


500 

SCO 

5  CO 

2   70 

5656 

5  <» 

5  90 

[Erra/um :  The  item  of  $5.35,  in  May  Home 
Missionary,  as  a  contribution  from  i  iberty  Chapel. 
Georgia,  was  erroneously  acknowledged.] 

Home  Missionary , 99  45 


$48,  "4  45 


Donations  of  Clothin^^    etc. 


Boston,  Mass.,   Dr.   D.   L.  Furbcr,  by 

Rev.  E.  B.  Palmer,  box. 
Buffalo.  N.  Y.,  First  Ch..  by  Miss  Lucy 

F.  Sander,  two  boxes $12243 

Norwood.   N.   Y.,   Growing-Old   Circle 

of  King's  Daughters,  by  Mrs.  D.  A. 

Kinsman,  box  and  package 143  25 

Plainville,  Ct.,   Ladies'   Benevo.   Soc., 

by  Mrs.  C.  E.  Biakeslee,  barrel  and 

freight 67  65 


San  Francisco.  Cal.,  Ladies*  Aid  Soc. 

of  Third  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  F.  P.  Pullan, 

box $ioj  50 

Talcottville.  Ct..  Ladies'  Miss.  Soc..  by 

Mrs.  Samuel  A.  Talcott.  barrel 79  00 

Warsaw,  N.  Y..  Ladies'  Soc.,  by  Mrs. 

M.  D.  Jenks,  box 90  00 

West  Hartford.  Vt..  C.  E.  Soc.,  by  Mrs. 

E.  M.  Copeland,  box 26  50 


AUXILIARY    STATE    RECEIPTS 

VERMONT   DOMESTIC   MISSIONARY   SOCIETY 

Receipts  of  the  Vermont  Domestic  A/issionjrv  Soeiety  from  July  20  to  August  20,  1894. 

\Vm.   C.   Tyi.kr.   Treasurer 


Brandon S>5  3^^ 

Bridu'cwater .• 5  00 

Middlebury   Q5  qo 

Newbury.  West 7  50 

Olcott,  Junior  Y.  P.  S   C.  E i  00 

Poultney.  East.  Mrs.  Sarah  A.  Mears...  2  00 

Proctor,  H.  L.  Newell 5  00 

Sharon 30  38 


Springfield   ''A  Friend" $1  00 

Thetf(»rd.  FinjtCh 14  22 

Wolcott 230 

Vermonl  Missionary ao  01 

Income  on  Invested  Funds no  00 


♦309  6« 


October,   1894 


The  Home  Missionary 


355 


MASSACHUSETTS   HOME    MISSIONARY  SOCIETY 

Receipts  of  the  Massachusetts  Home  Missionary  Society  in  August,   1 894.     Rev.  Edwim 

B.  Palmer,   Treasurer 


Abington,  First,  by  B.  M.  Nash 

bank  Balances,  July  interest  on 

Barre,  Evan.  S.  S.,  by  F.  A.  Gaylord. . . 

Boston,  B.  and  L 

Charlestown,  Winthrop,  by  Geo.  S. 
Poole 


'•■••' 


Park  St.,  by  E.  H.  McGuire 

Roxbury.   Alice   Stockwell,  by  Rev. 

W.  G.  Puddefoot 

Brockton,  Campello,   South,  S.  S.,  by 

Ina  L.  Rich 

Danvers,  First.  E.  C.  a  Day  Bsmd,  by 

May  P.  Grover 

Doufflas,  First,  Jr.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by 

Myra  A.  Proctor 

Easthampton,  I^iyson,  by  H.  L.  Clark, 

forC.  H.  M.  S 

Falmouth,  W<}ods  Holl 

Grafton.  Saundersville,by  A.E.Gumey, 

forC.H.  M.S  

Hampden  Benevolent  Association, 
by  Georffc  R.  Bond,  Treas.: 

Chicopee,  First $10  77 

Second 37  57 

Holyoke,  Second 390  ao 

Ludlow.  First 18  53 

Southwick 4  36 

Springfield,  First 5000 

Indian  Orchard 34  89 

South 40  00 

West  Sprin^eld,  A^ley  School 
and  Charitable  fund 195  63 


Hatfield,  by  Alpheus  Cowles 

Hinsdale,  by  C.J.  Kittredgc 

S.  S..  "The  Willingr  Ten,"  by  Mrs.  C. 


$«5  95 

39  13 

>o  73 

5  a> 

79  «7 
10  00 
65  00 

I  00 

5  99 
3  00 
I  00 


150  00 
8  80 


3  00 


J.  Kittredge,  for  debt. 


681  94 
17  00 


Hopkinton,  A  Member  of  Cong.  Ch.,  by 
J.  D.  Stewart 

Hyde  Park,  Hlue  HilY  Evan.'  Soc.',  by  S. 
T.  Elliott 

Longmeadow,  A  Friend 

Millbury,  First,  by  O.  H.  Waters 

Millis,  by  A.  H.  Wheelock,  for  C.  H. 
M.S 

Newton,  North,  S.  S.,  by  W.  E.  Lowry. 

Norwood,  First,  by  Edson  D.  Smith .  . . 

Northficld,  A  Friend,  by  Rev.  W.  G. 
Puddefoot 

Otis,  by  Rev.  C.  E.  B.  Ward  

Peabody,  West,  by  F.  K.  Mclntire 

Reed,  Uwight,  fund.  Proceeds  of  scrip 
sold  for  exchange 

Richmond,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Mrs.  J.  H. 
Fairfield 

Rochester,  North,  by  Mrs.  M.  A.  Ben- 
nett   

Rockland,  by  Will  E.  Clark 

Rowley,  by  Woodbury  Smith 

Shrewsbury,  by  Henry  Harlow 

Wakefield,  by  W.  P.  Preston 

Waltham,  AFriend,  "  G." 

Triniurian  Ch.,  by  T.  W.  Temple. . . . 

Ware,  First,  by  W.  L.  Brakenridge..  . 

Wellesley,  by  R.  E.  Andcrr on 

Winchendon,  by  Rev.  G.W.  Jones,  Taft 
thank*offering. 

Worcester  So.  Conf.,  East  Douglas  Ses- 
sion, by  A.  Armsby,Treas 

Wrentham,  First,  by  S.  M.  Gerould.... 


%x  00 


7 

68 

I 

15 

40 

10 

ao 

00 

5 

00 

ao3 

80 

5 

00 

9  71 

4 

00 

35  55 

3  91 


»5  00 

18  80 


I  7a 

15  75 
25  84 
10  00 
23  07 

23  «S 
a  00 


HOMB  MiSSIONAKV. 


5  00 

30  05 

'9  ^7 

$1,7x1  a6 
z  ao 

$i,7ia  46 


RHODE    ISLAND    HOME    MISSIONARY    SOCIETY 

Receipts  of  the  Rhode  Island  Home  Missionary  Society  to  August,  1894. 

J.  William  Rice,   Treasurer 


Bliss^  Four  Comers,  Mission  Ch 

Newport,  United  Cong.  Ch 

Pawtucket.  Cong.  Ch 

Loraine  Ch 

Peace  Dale,  Rowland  Hazard 

Providence,  Beneficent  Ch.,  $100 ;  $100. 


$9  05 
1894 

360  00 

3  50 
250  00 

200  00 


Highland  Chapel.  $15  ;  $50 $65  00 

Miss  E.  L.  Howard 50  00 

Tiverton,  Amicable  Ch 25  00 

Westerly,  Pawcatuck  Ch 30  00 

$1,011  49 


MISSIONARY  SOCIETY  OF    CONNECTICUT 

Receipts  of  the  Missionary  Society  of  Connecticut  in  August,  1894.     Ward  W.  Jacods, 

Treasurer 


Bloomfield,  by  F.  C .  Bidwell 

Bolton,  by  William  H.  Loomis 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Annie  M.  Alvord. . 
Chatham,  Cobalt,  by  Rev.  J.  W.  Moulton 


$8  25  Fairfield.  First,  by  Samuel  Morehouse, 

7  90        for  C.  H.  M.  S 

3  00  Guilford,  Third,  by  Rev.  George  W. 

1500        Banks 


$8a  00 


356 


The  Home  Missionary 


October,  1894 


Montville,   Mohegan,   by   Mrs.  E.  T. 

Baker 

New   Britain.    Bethany,    Swedish,    by 

Rev.  E.  G.  Hjerpe 

New  Canaan,  by  H.  B.  Rogers 

Special,  f or  CT.  H.  M.  S 

New  Haven,  Danish,  by   Rev.   N.  C. 

Christensen 

Norfolk,  by  J.  N.  Cowles 

North  Haven,  by  Whitney  Elliott,  with 

prev.  cont.  to  const.  Rev.  William  G. 

Lathrop.  Hannah  C.  Thorpe.  Edith  B. 

Smith,  all  of  North  Haven,  L.  Ms. . . . 


Old  Saybrook,  by  Robert  Chapman. . . .  $18  70 

$S  00        ForC.  H.  M.S. 1879 

Portland,  Swedish,  bir  H.  HanioD too 

ao  00     Simsbury,  by  A.  S.  chapman 3100 

50  08     Suffield,  West  Suffiekl,   by   Benjamin 

10  00        Sheldon 8  34 

Thomaston,  Swedish,  by  Rer.  H.  Seder- 

5  00        holm 5  3S 

xao  46     Torrimrton,     Third,     by     Frank     M. 

WheSer.. 4>  7« 

Windham,  by  WUliam  Swift a8  53 

50  00  f  $55  78 


ILLINOIS    HOME    MISSIONARY    SOCIETY 

Receipts  of  the  Illinois  Home  Missionary  Society  in  June  and  Jufy^   1^94' 

Aaron  B.  Mead,  Treasurer 


Albion,  First $7  a6 

Alto  Pass 5  00 

Atlas I  00 

Aurora,  First 15  00 

Brimiield,  Supply  Fee 10  00 

Byron  x9  25 

Caledonia 33  50 

Chicago,  First $97  73 

A.  B.  Mead.  |io(>;  Mrs.  Dean, 

$5  ;  Miss  Little,  $5 x  10  00 

207  73 

Plymouth,  Mrs.  Slafter 5  00 

Bethany 135 

Lincoln  Park 55  80 

Union  Park,  S.  S 35  00 

Millard  Avenue,  G.  S.  Nccdham 10  00 

University,  Rev.  Henry  Willard 25  00 

Ch.  of  the  Redeemer i  25 

Warren  Avenue.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 10  00 

Bethlehem,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 500 

Mont  Clare 6  32 

Zion 8  00 

Cobden 2  87 

Crete 15  54 

Dan  way 2  00 

De  Kalb 1000 

Earlvillc,  J.  A.  D 25  00 

Elbum  5  00 

Elmwood 10  32 

Evanston 71  00 

Farmington 50  34 

Galesbur^,  First 22  37 

Geneva,  C.  H .  Beers 50  00 

Granville.  V.  P.  S.  C.  E 20  00 

Greenville 14  44 

Hamilton 5  cxj 

Huntley,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 260 


Lombard,  Supply  Fee  $10  00 

Marseilles,  J.  Q.  Adams ss  00 

Scandinavians 648 

Melvin «....  6  so 

Mendon 19  31 

Naperville,  R.  H.  Dickinson 5  00 

Nova ID  50 

Ottawa 3<S  98 

Pecatonica 5  67 

Peoria.  South 0  75 

Princeton,  S.  S 10  00 

Rockefeller 2  80 

Rockf ord.  First 78  00 

Seneca.  Scandinavians i  35 

Seward,  R.  E.  Short 100  00 

Sprinjirfield,  Second 20  00 

Stillman  Valley,  supply  fee  ....    $ia  50 

Lovejoy  Johnson 25  00 

37  50 

Sublette 3  53 

Summer  Hill 10  00 

Sycamore,  Eltham  Rogers 50  00 

Thawvillc 4  00 

Waup>onsie 150 

Wyanet   6  40 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union: 

Chicago,  New  England $54  16 

Oak  I^rk 23  65 

Rockford.  Second '   50 

Mrs,  Julia  P.  Warren,   Sal- 
ary Fund 100  00 

Sterling    2800 

ao6  3* 

R.  S.  Critchell,  Chicago  «>  ocp 

A  Friend  in  Southern  Illinois -21  50 

$1,472  7^ 


MICHIGAN  CONGREGATIONAL  ASSOCIATION 


Receipts  of  the  Michigan  Congregational  Association  in  July  and  August ^  1894. 

John  P.  Sanderson,  Treasurer 


Rev 


Bancroft $7  07 

Hridgman 3  00 

Cedar  Springs 5  00 

Chase 2  00 

Chassell 12  16 

Coral 1  72 

Dcmcrly,  S.  S i  75 


East  Grand  Rapids $3  35 

East  Paris 3  00 

(xladstone i  ^j 

Hancock 53  65 

Imlay  Citv 8  a> 

Jackiion,  First 838 

Plymouth ^  qq 


October,  1894 


The  Home  Missionary 


357 


lacobsvUIe $M  07 

Kendall 5  3a 

Lanting,  Plymouth 7600 

LeUiid A  00 

Nortliport 8  00 

Sawyer a  00 

Standish  . .  5  oo 

Tawas  City 6  25 

Whittaker , 10  00 

W.  H.  M.  U ,  by  Mrs.  E.  F.  Grabill,  ^^ 

Trcas 213  14 


$461  s» 


Receipts  of  the  W.  H.  M.  U.  in  July,  as  re- 
ported by  Mrs.  E.  F.  Grabill,  Treas.: 


Allendale 

Chelsea,  W.  M.  S. 


$5  00 

10  00 


Detroit,  W.  U.  of  Woodward  Ave.  Ch. 

Grass  Lake,  W.  H.  M.  S 

Harrison,  W.  H.  M.  S 

Kalamaxoo,  W.  H.  M.  U 

Lansinfp,  Plymouth,  W.  H.  M.  S 

Ludington,  W.  H.  M.  S 

Mulliken,  W.  H.  MS 

Muskegon,  First,  W.  H.  M.  S 

North  Adams,  W.  H.  M.  S 

Olivet,  L.  B.  S 

Otsego,  Aux 

Pontiac,  W.  H.  M.  U 

Reed  City,  W.  H.  M.  U  

Mrs.  Anspoker^s  class 

Tipton,  W.  M.  S s 

Xiirce  Oaks,  nr .  rl.  M.  u 

Traverse  City,  W.  H.  M.  S 

Tvrone,  S.  S.,  Children's  Day  Offering. 
TV eDstcr,  w .  n .  01 .9. 

S.  S.  Miss.  Soc 

Union  City,  W.  H.  M.  S.  and  Ch 


I 


$5000 
z5  00 

4  as 
99  41 
13  3a 
10  00 

2  00 
00 
00 

6  09 

3  40 

48s 

8  8a 

I  68 

10  00 

3  70 
as  00 

«  57 

6  00 

a  30 

la  zi 

$a34  64 


Received  in  August 


Bellaire 

Charlevoix 

Clinton 

Columbus 

Covert 

Eastport 

Ewen 

Greenville 

Utchfield 

Merrill 

MuUiken 

Nunica 

Sandstone 

Traverse  City 

Union  City 

W.  H.  M.  U..  by  Mrs.  E.  F.  Grabill. 
Treas 


$5  00 

24  50 
10  00 

4  75 

37  05 

3  06 

a  CO 

49  81 

«3  50 

6  25 

I  00 

a  00 

SO 

2»  45 

24  00 

146  3a 
$351  69 


Received  by  W.  H.  M.  U.  in  August,  as  re- 
ported by  Mrs.  E.  F.  Grabill,  Treas.  : 


SKNIOR    FUND 


Almont,  W.  H.  M.S , 

Athens.  Ladies*  Miss.  Soc. 
Breckenridge,  W.  H.  M.  S 

Bridgman 

Bronson 


$376 

5  00 

6  50 
a  25 
5  50 


Detroit,   Woman's   Asso.   First 

Ch $50  00 

Flint,  from  Esute  of  Mrs.  A.  E. 
Farrar,  to  const.  Miss  Lucy 
D.  Farrar  a  L.  M.  of  C.  H. 

M.  S 5000 

Hartford,  W.  H.  M.  S 535 

Greenville,  W.  H.  M.  S a  50 

Hersey,  Mrs.  L.  F.  Waldo,  con- 
tenu  of  her  H.  M.  mite-box  at 

her  death 70 

Memphis.  W.  H.  M.  S 500 

Musknron,  Grand  Ave.,  W.  H. 

North  Adams',  W.*  W.  M* ."  s". .  *  *.  * '. 
Onondaga,  W.  H.  M.  S 


a  00 

30 
5  so 


vofNC  pkople's  fund 

Almont,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E  $a  73 

Baldwin,  for  special  gift  to  Rev. 

C.  H.  Seaver,  Lakeview 65 

Bronson,  Mission  Band  . .  3  00 
Breckenridge,  Boys'  and  Girls' 

H.  M.  Army 33 

Greenville,   towards   pulpit   at 

Thompson vtUe 5  00 

Morenci,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 300 


$144  a6 


14  71 


$>S8  97 


WOMAN'S    STATE    HOME     MISSIONARY 

ORGANIZATIONS 


I.  NEW   HAMPSHIRE 

FEMALE  CENT   INSTITUTION 

Organized  August,  1804 

and 

HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  June,  xS^o 

President^  Mrs.  Joseph  B.  Walker.  Concord. 
Secretary^  Mrs.  John  T.  Perry.  Exeter. 
Trtmturer^  Miss  Annie  A.  McFarland,  196  Main 
St,  Concord. 


OFFICERS 

a.  MINNESOTA 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  September,  1872 


President,  Miss  Catherine  W.  Nichols.  230  E.  9th 

St..  St.  Paul. 
Secretary^  Mrs.  A.  P.  Lyon.  17  Florence  Court, 

S.  E.,  Minneapolis 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  M.  W.  Skinner,  North6eld. 


358 


The  Home  Missionary 


October,  1894 


3.  ALABAMA 

WOMAN^S  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  March,  1877 
Reorganized  April,  1889 

President,  Mrs.  G.  W.  Andrews.  Talladega. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  T.  N.  Chase,  Selma. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  H.  S.  De  Forest,  Talladega. 

4.  MASSACHUSETTS   AND   RHODE 
ISLAND* 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY  ASSOCIA- 
TION 
Organized  February.  1880 

President^  Mrs.  C.  L.  C^oodell,  The  Rochdale, 
Boston  Highlands. 

Secretary,  Miss  Anna  A.  Pickens.  3a  Congrega- 
tional House.  Boston. 

Treasurer,  Miss  Sarah  K.  Burgess,  32  Congrega- 
tional House,  Boston. 

S.  MAINE 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY   AUXILIARY 
Organized  June,  i88-.> 

Presiticnt,   Mrs.  Katherinc  B.  Lewis.  So.  Berwick. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  Gertrude  H.  Dcnio,  168  Ham- 
mond St.,  Bamjor. 

7Wtfji/rrr,  Mrs.  Rose  M.  Oosby,  26  Grove  St., 
Bangor. 

6.  MICHIGAN 

WOMAN'S   HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 
Organized  May,  188 1 

Presidtnt,  Mrs.  George  M.  Lane.  179  W.  Alexan- 
drine Ave..  Detroit. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  J.  H  Hatfield.  301  Elm  St.,  Kala- 
mazfK^. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  E.  F.  Grabill,  (ireenville. 


7.  KANSAS 

WOMAN'S   HOMK    MISSIONARY    UNION 

Orpanizrd  OctolxT.  1881 

Prjsiiient,    Mrs.  F.  j.  Storrs.  T()p<*ka. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  (icorK'f  L    Kpps.  To[)cka. 
yW/ijfw/Vr,  Mrs.  I).  I).  l)cL«>nj^.  Arkansas  City. 

8.  OHIO 

WOMAN'S   HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 
Organized  May.  1882 

President,   Mrs    J.  (J.  W.  Cowles.  417  Sibley  St., 

Cleveland. 
Secretary.    Mrs.  Flora  K.  Rrjjal.  Obcrlin. 
7>^/*jwr/-r.  Mrs.  George   i^    Brown,  ai  16  Warren 
St.,  Toledo. 

*  While  the  W.  H.  M.  A.  appears  in  the  above 
Island,  it  has  certain  auxiliaries  elsewhere. 


9.  NEW  YORK 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  October,  1883 

President,  Mrs.  Wm.  KiDcaid,  483  Greene  Ave., 

Brooklyn. 
Secretary,  Mrs.  Wm.  Spalding,  5x1  Orange  St., 

Syracuse. 
7rr«r«rr4r,  Mrs.  J.  J.  PearsaU,  a^o  Macon   St., 

Brooklyn. 

xo.  WISCONSIN 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October,  1883 

President.  Mrs.  E.  G.  Updike.  Madison. 
Secretary,  Mrs.  A.  O.  Wright,  Madtaon. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  C.  M.  BlacVman.  Whitewater. 

XX.  NORTH   DAKOTA 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  November,  1883 

President.   Mrs.  W.  P.  Cleveland.  Caledonia. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  Silas  Daggett.  Harwood. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  J.  M.  Fisher,  Fargo. 

la.  OREGON 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  July,  1884 

President,  Mrs.  Jr>hn  Sommerville,  246  Washing- 
ton St.,  Portland. 

Secretary,   Mrs.  Get)  C.  Brownell.  Oregon  City. 

Treasurer,  Mrs  W.  D.  Palmer,  283  4lh  St.,  Port- 
land. 

13.  WASHINGTON 

iNCLl'Dim;    NOKTHRRN    IdAHO 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  July,  1884 

Reorganized  June,  1889 

President,   Mrs.  A.J.  Bailey,  323  Blanchard   St., 

Seattle. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  W  C.  Wheeler.  424  South  K  St., 

Tacoma. 
Treasurer.  Mrs  J.  W^.  George,  620  Fourth  Street, 

Seattle. 

14.  SOUTH   DAKOTA 

WOMAN'S   HOMK   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  September.  1884 

President,   .Mrs.  .A   H.  Robbins.  Ashton. 
Secretary.   Mrs  W.  H   Thrall.  Huron. 
Treasurer^  Mrs.  F.  M.  Wilcox,  Huron. 

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15.  CONNECTICUT 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  January,  1885 

Presidtmt^  Miss  Ellen  R.  Camp,  9  Camp  St.,  New 

Britain. 
Srcrttary,   Mrs.   C.  T.    Millard,    36   Lewis   St., 

Hartford. 
Treasurer^  Mrs.  W.   W.  JacolM,   19  Spring   St., 

Hartford. 

16.  MISSOURI 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  May,  1885 

Rresident^   Mrs.  Henry  Hopkins,  916  Holmes  St., 

Kansas  City. 
Secretary^    Mrs.    E.   C.   Ellis,  2456  Tracy   Ave., 

Kansas  City. 
Trtasurer,  Mrs.  K.  L.  Mills,  1536  Wabash  Ave., 

Kansas  City. 

17.  ILLINOIS 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  May,  1885 
Prtsident^   Mnt.  Isaac  Oaflin,  Lombard 


aa.  INDIANA 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  May,  1888 

President,  Mrs.  E.  C.  Bell,  m  Christian  Ave., 

Indianapolis. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  W.  E.  Mossman,  Fort  Wayne. 
Treasurer^  Mrs.  F.  E.  Dewhurst,    38  Christian 

Ave.,  Indianapolis. 

33.  SOUTHERN  CALIFORNIA 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  May,  1888 

President,  Mrs.  Emma  Cash,  1658  Temple  St., 
IxM  Angeles. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  H.  K.  W.  Bent,  Box  443,  Pasa- 
dena. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  Mary  M.  Smith,  Prospect  Place, 
Riverside. 


34.  VERMONT 

WOMAN'S   HOME  MISSIONARY   UNION 
Organized  June,  1888 


^^^^^  ^^    ^^^  President,  Mrs.  I.  H.  Babbitt,  West  Brattleboro 

Se^relary,  Mre!  C.  H""fai'mor,  Tsx  Washington     Secretary,   Mrs.  M.  K.  Paine,  Windsor 


St.,  Chicago. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  L.  A   Field,  Wilmette. 


Treasurer, Mn.  Wm.   P.   Fairbanks,   St.  Johns- 
bury. 


x8.  IOWA 

WOMAN'S    HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  June.  1886 

President,  Mrs.  T.  O.  Douglass.  Grinnell. 
Secretary.   Mrs.  V.  H.  Mullctt.  Clinton. 
Treasurer,  Miss  Belle  L.  Bentley,  300  Court  Ave., 
Des  Moines. 

19.  CALIFORNIA 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY    SOCIETY 

Organized  October,  1887 

President,   Mrs.  E.  S.  Williams,  Pacific  Grove. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  L.   M.  Howard,  qii   Grove  St., 

Oakland. 
Treasurer,  .Mrs.  J.  M.  Haven,  1329  Harrison  St., 

Oakland. 

20.  NEBRASKA 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  November.  1887 

President,  Mrs.  J     T.   Duryca,    2402    Cass    St., 

Omaha 
Secretary,    Mrs.  S.  C.   Dean,   6^6   So.    31st    St., 

Omaha. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  G.  J.   Powell.  30th  &  Ohio  Sts., 

Omaha. 

ai.  FLORIDA 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY    UNION 

Organized  February.  x888 

President,  Mrs.  S.  F.  Gale,  Jacksonville. 
Secretary^  Mrs.  Nathan  Barrows.  Winter  Park. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  W.  D.  Brown.  Intcrlachcn. 


as.  COLORADO 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  October,  1888 

President,  Mrs.  J.  W.  Pickett,  White  Water. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  Charles  Westley,  Denver. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  S.  A.  Sawyer,  Boulder. 

a6.  WYOMING 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October,  1888 

Reorganized  December,  1892 

President,   Mrs.  G.  S.  Ricker.  Cheyenne. 
Secretary,  Mrs.  W.  L.  Whipple.  Cheyenne. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  H.  N.  Smith,  Rock  Springs. 

27.  GEORGIA 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  November,  1888 

President,  Mrs.  H.  B.  Wcy,  251  Forest  Ave., 
Atlanta. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  H.  A.  Kellam,  176  Ivy  St.,  At- 
lanta. 

Treasurer.  Miss  Virginia  Holmes,  Barnesville. 

a8.  MISSISSIPPI 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  April,  1889 

President,  Mrs  C.  L.  Harris.  1421  31st  Ave.,  Me- 
ridian. 

Secretary.    Miss  Edith  M.  Hall,  Tougaloo. 

Treasurer,  yir^.  L.  H.  Turner,  3x12  12th  St.,  Me- 
ridian. 


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29.  LOUISIANA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 
OfKanized  April,  1889 

President^  Miss  Anna  F.  Condict,  490  Canal  St., 

New  Orleans. 
Secretary^  Miss   Emily  Nichols,   400  Canal  St., 

New  Orleans- 
Treasurer ylKx%.  C.  S.  Shattuck,  Welsh. 


30.  ARKANSAS,   KENTUCKY,  AND    TEN- 
NESSEE 

WOMAN'S    MISSIONARY  UNION  OF   THE 
CENTRAL  SOUTH   ASSOCIATION 

Organized  April,  1889 

President,  Mrs.  Ella  S.  Moore.  Box  8,  Fisk  Uni- 
versity, Nashville,  Tcnn. 

Secretary^  Mrs.  Jos.  E.  Smith,  304  Gilmer  St., 
Chattanooi^a,  Tenn. 

Treasurer,  ^Ts.  J.  F.  Moreland,  1214  Grundy  St., 
Nashville,  Tcnn. 


31.  NORTH  CAROLINA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October,  1889 

Pmident,  Mrs.  J.  W.  Freeman,  Dudley. 
Secretary    J 

and  '     '-Miss  A.  E.  Farringlon.   High  Point. 
Treasurer,  ) 

32.  TEXAS 

WOMAN'S   HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  March,  189^:) 

President,  Mrs.  J.  M.  Wendclkin.  Dallas. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  H.  F.  Burt,  Lock  Box  56;?,  Dallas. 
Treasurer, '^r^.   C.    1.    Scoficld,    Lock    Box   220, 
Dallas. 

33.  MONTANA 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  May,  1890 

President,    Mrs.  O  C  Clark,  Missoula. 
Secretarv,   Mrs.  W.  S.  Bell,   4*0  Dearborn   Ave., 

Helena. 
Treasurer,  }Ars.  Herbert  E.  Jones,  Livingston. 

34.  PENNSYLVANIA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  June,  1890 

Presidettt,   Mrs.  AH.  Claflin,  Allegheny. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  C  F.  Ycnnie.  Ridgway. 
'treasurer,  Mrs.  T.  W^   Jones,  511  Woodland  Ter- 
race, Philadelphia. 

35.  OKLAHOMA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October,  1890 

President,   .Mrs.  J.  H.  Parker.  Kingfisher. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  J.  E.  Piatt.  Guthrie. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  A.  B.  Hammer,  Oklahoma  City. 


36.  NEW  JERSEY 

Including  District  of  Columbia,  Maryland, 
AND  Virginia 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION  OF 
THE  NEW  JERSEY  ASSOCIATION, 

Onpmized  Match,  1891 

President,  Mra.  A.  H.  Bradford,  Montclair. 
Secretary,  Mrs.  W.  O.  Weeden,    Upper    Mont- 

clair. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  J.  H.  Denison,  150 BdleTille  Ave, 

Newark. 


37.  UTAH 

Including  Southrrn  Idaho 
WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Orji^ized  May,  1891 
Reorganized  December,  1892 

President,    Mrs.  Clarence  T.    Brown,  Salt  Lake 

City. 
Secretary,  Mrs.  W.  S.  Hawkes,  135  Sixth' St.,  S^ 

Salt  Lake  City. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Dana  W.  Bartlett,  Salt  L»ht  €%. 
For  Idaho,  Mrs.  Oscar  Sonnenkalb,  PocaUl|Bl. 

»  38.  INDIAN  TERRITORY 

•  WdMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  April,  1893. 

President,    Mrs.  Fayette  Hurd,  Vinita. 
Secretary.    Miss  Louise  Grapcr.  Vinita. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Raymond,  Vinita. 

39.  NEVADA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October,  1892 

President,    Mrs.  L.  J.  Flint.  Reno. 
Secretary.    Miss  Margaret  N.  Maf^ill,  Reno. 
Treasurer,  Miss  Mary  Clow,  Reno. 


40.  NEW  MEXICO 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY   UNION 
Organized  November,  185a 

President,    Mrs.  C.  E.  Winslow,  Albuciuerauc. 
.SV<  retary,    Mrs  E.  W.  Lewis,  301  So.  £ditn  St., 

Albuquerque. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  A.  W.  Jones,  Albuquerque. 

41.  BLACK  HILLS,  SO.  DAKOTA 

BLACK  HILLS   WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY 

UNION 

Organized  October,  1893 

President,    Mrs.  T.  B.  Goesage.  Rapid  City,  Black 

Hills,  South  Dakota. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  H.  H.  Gilchrist.  Hot    Springs, 

Black  Hills,  South  Dakota. 
Treasurer,  Miss    Grace    Lyman,    Hot   Springm, 

Black  Hills,  South  Dakota. 


The    Home    Missionary 

Vol.  LXVII  NOVEMBER.  1894  No.  ; 

THE    MINUTE-MAN    ON    THE    FRONTIER 

By  Rev.  W.  G.  Puddefoot,  Field  Secretary 

I H  E  minute-men  at  the  front  are  the  nation's  cheapest 
policemen  ;  and  strange  as  it  may  seem,  these  men 
stand  in  vital  relations  to  all  the  great  cities  of  the 
country  from  which  they  are  so  far  removed.  It  is 
a  well-known  fact  that  every  city  owes  its  life  and 
increase  to  the  fresh  infusion  of  country  blood,  and 
it  depends  largely  on  the  purity  of  that  blood  as 
to  what  the  moral  condition  of  the  city  shall  be. 
Therefore  it  is  of  the  utmost  importance  that  Zion's  watchmen  shall  lift 
up  their  voices  day  and  night,  until  not  only  the  wilderness  shall  be  glad 
because  of  them,  but  that  the  city's  walls  may  be  named  Salvation  and  her 
gates  Praise. 

Let  us  make  the  rounds  among  our  minute-men  to  see  how  they  live 
and  what  they  do.  Our  road  leads  along  the  Grand  Rapids  and  Indiana 
Railway.  All  day  long  we  have  been  flitting  past  new  towns,  and  toward 
night  we  plunge  into  the  dense  forests  with  only  here  and  there  an  open- 
ing. The  fresh  perfume  of  the  balsam  invades  the  cars,  the  clear  trout- 
streams  pass  and  repass  under  the  track,  a  herd  of  deer  scurry  yonder,  and 
once  we  see  a  huge  black  bear  swaying  between  two  giant  hemlocks. 

At  eleven  p.m.  we  leave  the  train.  There  is  a  drizzling  rain  through 
which  we  see  a  half-dozen  twinkling  lights.  As  the  train  turns  a  curve  we 
lose  sight  of  its  red  lights  and  feel  we  have  lost  our  best  friend.  A  little 
boy,  the  sole  human  being  in  sight,  is  carrying  a  diminutive  mail  bag. 
The  sidewalk  is  only  about  thirty-six  feet  long.  Then  among  the  stumps 
we  wind  our  slippery  way,  and  at  last  reach  the  only  frame  house  for 
miles.  To  the  north  and  cast  we  see  a  wilderness  with  here  and  there  a 
hardy  settlor's  hut ;  sometimes  a  wagon  with  a  cover  and  the  stump  of  a 
stove-pipe  sticking  through  the  top. 

After  climbing  the  stairs,  which  are  destitute  of  a  balustrade,  we  enter 


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our  ruom.  It  is  carpeted  with  a  horse  blanket.  Starting  out  with  a 
lumber  wagon  next  iiuirning,  with  axes  and  whipsaw  we  hew  our  way 
thri>uj;h  thf  forest  to  another  line  of  railway— and  returning,  are  asked 
by  the  people  in  tlie  settlement,  "  Will  it  ever  be  settled  ? "  "  Could 
a  man  raise  apples?"  "  Snow  too  deep?"  "Mice  girdle  all  the  trees, 
eh  ?  ■'  etc. 


Five 


on  a  sleeping-car,  we  open  our  eyes  in  the  morning. 
The  little  solitary  stations  that  we  passed  before  are 
vith  houses.  White  puffs  of  stoam  come  snapping  out  from 
factories.  A  weekly  paper,  a  New 
\'ork  and  Boston  store,  and  the 
five  and  ten-cent  counter  store 
are  among  the  developiiient& 
Our  train  sweeps  onward,  miles 
beyond  our  first  stop,  and  in- 
stead of  the  lonely  lodging- 
houso,  palatial  hotels  invite  us, 
hands  of  music  are  playing,  the 
hay  is  a  .scene  of  magic,  here  a 
little  naphtha  launch  and  there 
a  steam  yacht,  and  thcaa  mighty 
steamer  that  makes  the  dock 
crinpf  its  whole  length  as  she 
slowly  ties  up  to  it. 

Night  comes  on,   but  the 

woods  are   as  light  as  day  with 

lights.     Rustic  houses  o( 

design  are  on  every  hand. 

vhere  it  was  thought 

ci.uld   not  be  raised   be- 

I  Chautauqua. 

aril  into  the  northern  coun- 

lolhouses — all  are  building. 

vlng  to  leave  part  of  their 

lartiTs  of  our  own  and  other 

mining    towns,  and    county 

What  can  he  do  ?     Nearly 

IS  neither  church,  parsonage, 

is  towns  with  twenty  saloons 

.;,'  fights,  men  fights,  no  Sab- 

liauchery.    The  minute-man 

IS  that  would  appall  a  town 

I'use  that  is  a  home  ;  he  has 


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missed  his  train  at  a  funeral.  It  is  too  cold  to  steep  in  the  woods,  and  so 
he  walks  the  streets. 

A  saloon-keeper  sees  him.  "  Hello,  Elder !  Did  ye  miss  yer  train  ? 
Kind  o'  tough,  eh  ?  "  with  a  laugh.  "  Well,  ye  ken  sleep  in  the  saloon  if 
ye  ken  stand  it."  And  so  down  on  the  floor  he  Roes,  comforting  himself 
with  the  text,  '•  Though  I  make  my  bed  in  hell,  behold,  'I'hou  art  there." 

Another  minute-man  in  another  part  of  the  country  finds  a  town  given 


'   I  bought  so 
I  don  t  knoi 
Oh   strangei 
we  need  preachmg  here  bad. 
"  Good  ;  I  will  preach." 
The  saloon  man  stretrbt! 
writes  : 


up  to  wickedness.     He  gets  his 
frugal  lunch  in  a  saloon,  the  only 
place  for  him. 
"  Are  yoi 
"  Yes." 
^  oti  want  to  preach  ?  " 
whtre  I  can  get  a  hall." 
I  11  j.i\t.  \e  mv  dance  ball  ;  jest  the  thinj;,  and  I  tell  ye 


drinks  ser\'ed  durinj 

It  is  a  strange  cro> 
saw  a  school.  With  w 
he  speaks  he  feels  m< 
host  seizes  his  big  hat, 


this  place  iri 
service,  ' 
wd  :  there  ai 
[ime  little  tre 
i.irt-  friicdom 
I  with  a 


(if  cotton  across  his  bar,  and 


At  the  c<mclusi. 
to  take  up 


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lection,  remarking  that  they  had  had  some  pretty  straight  slugging.  On 
the  back  seats  arc  a  number  of  what  are  called  five -cent -ante  men,  and  as 
they  drop  in  small  coin,  lie  says: 

"  Come,  boys,  ye  liave  got  to  straddle  that." 

He  brings  the  hat  to  the  parson  and  empties  a  large  collection  on  the 
table. 

"  IJut  what  can  1  do  with  these  colored  things  ? " 

"  Why,  pard,  them's  chips,  every  one  redeemable  at  the  bar  in  gold. " 

Sometimes  the  minute-man  has  a  harder  time.  A  scholarly  man  who 
now  holds  a  high  position  in  Now  Hngland  was  a  short  time  since  in  a 
mountain  town  where  he  preached  in  the  morning  to  a  few  people  in  an 
empty  saU>on.  and  announced  that  there  would  be  service  in  the  same 
place  in  the  evening.  l!ut  he  had  reckoned  without  his  host.  By  evening 
it  was  a  saloon  again  in  full  blast.     Nothing  daunted,  he  began  outside. 

The  men  lighted  a  tar  barrel  and  began  to  raffle  off  a  mule.  Just  then 
a  noted  bravo  of  the  camps  came  down,  and  quick  as  a  flash  his  shooting- 
irons  were  out  in<l  with  i  voice  like  t  lion  he  said  : 

"  l)o\».   I  drop  tht  tirst  onL  tli  it  mterferes  with  this  service." 

Thus  under  gu  ird  from  uncvjiecttd  ([iiarters,  the  preacher  spoke  to  a 
number  of  men  who  hid  bcLii  furnitr  thurch  members  in  the  far  Kast. 


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Often  these  minute-men  must  build  their  own  houses  and  live  in  such 
a  rough  society  that  wife  and  children  must  stay  behind  for  some  years. 
One  minute-man  built  a  little  hut  whose  roof  was  shingled  w^ith  oyster 
cans.  His  room  was  so  small  that  he  could  pour  out  his  coffee  at  the 
table,  and  without  getting  up  turn  his  flapjacks  on  the  stove.  A  traveling 
missionary  visiting  him,  asked  him  where  he  slept.  He  opened  a  little 
trap-door  in  the  ceiling,  and  as  the  good  woman  peered  in  she  said  : 

"  Why,  you  can't  stand  up  in  that  place  !  " 

"  Bless  your  soul,  madam,"  he  exclaimed,  "  a  Home  Missionary  doesn't 
sleep  standing  up." 

Strapping  a  bundle  of  books  on  his  shoulders,  this  minute-man  starts 
out  on  a  mule  trail.  If  he  meets  the  train  he  must  step  off  and  climb 
back.  He  reaches  the  distant  camp,  and  finds  the  boys  by  the  dozen 
gambling  in  an  immense  saloon.  He  .steps  up  to  the  bar  and  requests 
the  liberty  of  singing  a  few  hymns.     The  man  answers  surlily  : 

"  Ye  ken  if  ye  like,  but  the  boys  won't  stand  it." 

The  next  minute  a  rich  baritone  begins,  "What  a  friend  we  have  in 
Jesus,"  and  twenty  heads  are  lifted.     He  then  says  : 

"Boys,  take  a  hand  ;  here  are  some  books."  And  in  less  than  ten 
minutes  he  has  a  male  choir  of  many  voices.  One  says  :  *'  Pard,  sing 
number  so  and  so  "  ;  and  another,  "  Sing  number  so  and  so."  By  this 
time  the  saloon-keeper  is  growling,  but  it  is  of  no  use  ;  the  minister  has 
the  boys,  and  starts  his  work. 

In  some  camps  a  very  different  reception  awaits  him,  as,  for  instance, 
the  following  :  At  his  appearance  a .  wild-looking  Buffalo-Bill  type  of 
man  greeted  him  with  an  oath  and  a  pistol  leveled  at  him. 

"  Don't  yer  know  thar's  no  luck  in  camp  with  a  preacher  ?  W^e  are 
going  to  kill  ye." 

"Don't  you  know,"  said  the  minute-man,  "a  minister  can  draw  a 
bead  as  quick  as  any  man  ? "  The  boys  gave  a  loud  laugh,  for  they 
love  grit,  and  the  rough  slunk  away.     But  a  harder  trial  followed. 

"  Glad  to  see  ye,  pard  ;  but  ye'll  have  to  set  'em  up  'fore  ye  commence 
— rule  of  the  camp,  ye  know."  But  before  our  man  could  frame  an 
answer,  the  hardest  drinker  in  the  crowd  said  : 

"  Boys,  he  is  the  fust  minister  as  has  had  the  sand  to  come  up  here, 
and  ril  stand  treat  for  him." 

It  is  a  great  pleasure  to  add  that  the  man  who  did  this  is  to-day  a 
Christian. 

One  man  is  found  on  our  grand  round,  living  with  a  wife  and  a  large 
family  in  a  church.  The  church  building  had  been  too  cold  to  worship  in, 
and  so  they  gave  it  to  him  for  a  parsonage.  The  man  had  his  study  in 
the  belfry,  and  had  to  tack  a  carpet  up  to  keep  his  papers  from  blowing 
into  the  lake.     This  man's  life  was*  in  constant  ieo^atd^ ,  ^vx^d  Vv^  ^s^^-a.-^^ 


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carried  two  larjje  revolvers.  He  had  been  the  cause  of  breaking  up  the 
sti^ckuitu  dens  of  the  town,  and  rnffians  were  hired  to  kill  him.  He  seemed 
to  wear  a  charmed  life-  Inn  then,  he  was  over  six  feet  high  and  weighed 
more  than  two  hundred  pminds.  Some  of  the  facts  that  this  man  could 
narrate  are  unreportaMe. 

The  lives  lost  on  our  frontiers  to-day  through  sii;  in  alt  its  forms  are 
legion,  and  no  man  realizes  as  well  as  the  Home  Missionary  what  it  costs 
to  build  a  new  country  :  on  the  other  hand,  no  man  has  such  an  oppor- 
tunity to  see  the  growth  of  the  kingdom. 

There  died  in  Beloit,  in  July,  the  Rev.  Jeremiah  Porter,  a  man  who  had 


ihe  ;;l..t 
the  K.H 
ages,  ail 


the 


,a>^it  loll  llrady  before  Chicago  had 
ouii.oscd  i'i  soldiers,  and  when  the 
,  111-  Mciit  with  them  and  organized 
.:|)yU-rlriii  Church  of  Chicago.  This 
bii.:i'.;o  one  niillii'n  two  liviiulred  thonsaiid  strong. 
hf  wliole  I'aiiiic  Slope  but  for  our  minute-nian, 
,  hiunaii,  «lii>  not  only  carried  his  wagon  over 
ic'k  throui.'h  si'Tii  winter  and  past  hostile  sav- 
iui:  with  \\\b>tiT  and  cithers  secured  that  vast 
ation  Wi-  owi'  a  dibl  we  can  never  repay  to  the 


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soldiers  of  the  cross  at  the  front,  who  have  endured  (and  endure  to-day) 
hardships  of  every  kind.  They  are  cut  off  from  the  society  which  they 
love  ;  often  they  live  in  dugouts,  sometimes  in  rooms  over  a  saloon  ;  going 
weeks  without  fresh  meat,  sometimes  suffering  from  hunger,  and  for  a 
long  time  without  a  cent  in  the  house.  Yet  who  ever  heard  them  com- 
plain ?  Their  great  grief  is  that  fields  lie  near  to  them  white  for  the  harvest, 
while,  with  hands  already  full,  they  can  only  pray  the  Lord  of  the  harvest 
to  send  forth  more  laborers. 

Often  there  is  but  one  man  preaching  in  a  county  which  is  larger  than 
Massachusetts.  He  is  cut  off  from  libraries,  ministers'  meetings,  and  to  a 
large  extent  from  the  sympathies  of  more  fortunate  brethren,  and  is  often 
unable  to  send  his  children  to  college.  These  men  still  stand  their  ground 
until  they  die,  ofttimes  unknown,  but  leaving  foundations  for  others  to 
build  on. 

One  place  visited  by  a  general  missionary  was  so  full  of  reckless  men 
that  the  station  agent  always  carried  a  revolver  from  his  house  to  the 
railway  station.  A  vile  variety  show,  carried  on  by  abandoned  women, 
was  kept  open  day  and  night.  Sunday  was  the  noisiest  day  of  all.  Yet 
in  this  place  a  church  was  formed,  and  many  men  and  women,  having 
found  a  leader,  were  ready  to  take  a  stand  for  the  right. 

I  am  not  writing  of  the  past,  for  all  the  conditions  that  I  have  spoken 
of  exist  in  hundreds,  yes,  thousands,  of  places  all  over  the  land.  One 
does  not  need  to  go  to  the  far  West  to  find  them  ;  they  exist  in  every 
State  of  the  Union,  only  varying  in  their  types  of  sin. 

Visiting  a  Home  Missionary  within  two  hours*  ride  of  the  capital  in  a 
State  not  four  hundred  miles  from  the  Atlantic,  I  found  the  man  in  one 
of  the  most  desolate  towns  I  ever  saw.  The  most  prosperous  families 
were  earning  on  an  average  five  dollars  a  week,  store  pay.  All  were  in 
debt.  When  the  missionary  announced  his  intention  of  going,  he  was 
warned  that  it  was  not  safe,  but  that  did  not  alter  his  plans. 

The  first  service  was  held  in  a  schoolhouse  whose  door  panels  were 
out  and  not  a  pane  of  glass  unbroken.  A  roaring  torrent  had  to  be 
passed  on  an  unsteady  plank  bridge,  over  which  the  women  and  children 
crawled  on  hands  and  knees.  It  was  dark  when  they  came.  The 
preacher  could  see  the  gleam  of  the  men's  eyes  from  their  grimy  faces  as 
the  lanterns  flickered  in  the  draughts.  He  began  to  preach.  Soon  white 
streaks  were  on  the  men's  cheeks,  as  tears  from  eyes  unused  to  weeping 
rolled  down  those  black  faces.  At  the  close  a  church  was  organized,  a 
reading-room  was  added,  and  many  a  boy  was  saved  from  the  saloon  by 
it.  Yet,  strange  to  say,  although  the  owners  (church  members,  too)  had 
cleared  a  million  out  of  those  mines,  the  money  to  build  the  needed  church 
and  parsonage  had  to  be  sent  from  the  extreme  East. 

Hundreds  of   miles   eastward    I   have  found  men  living,  sixty  and 


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seventy  in  number,  in  a  long  hut,  their  food  cooked  in  a  great  pot,  out  of 
which  they  dipped  their  meals  with  a  tin  dipper.  No  less  than  seventy- 
five  thousand  Slovaks  live  in  this  one  State,  and  their  only  spiritual 
counsel  comes  from  a  few  Bible-readers.  Ought  we  not  then,  as  Chris- 
tians, to  help  those  already  there,  and  give  of  our  plenty  to  send  the  men 
needed  to  carry  the  light  to  the  thousands  of  places  that  as  yet  sit  in  the 
darkness  and  the  shadow? 


HOW    THE    HOME 


BEGINS   WORK    IN    THE   NEW    COMMUNITY 


Firs/,  pastoral  visiting  is  absolutely  necessary  to  success.  The  feelings 
of  newcomers  are  tender  after  breaking  the  home  ties  and  getting  to  the 
new  home,  and  a  visit  from  the  pastor  is  sure  to  bring  satisfactory  results. 
Sickness  and  death  offer  him  opportunities  for  doing  much  good,  especially 
among  the  poor,  and  they  are  always  the  most  numerous. 

Some  very  pathetic  cases  come  under  every  missionary's  observation. 
Once  a  man  called  at  the  parsonage  and  asked  for  the  elder,  saying  that 
a  man  had  been  killed  some  miles  away  in  the  woods,  and  the  family 
wanted  the  missionary  to  preach  the  funeral  sermon.  The  next  morning 
a  ragged  boy  came  to  pilot  the  minister.  The  way  led  through  virgin 
forests  and  black  ash  swamps.     A  light  snow  covered  the  ground  and 


November.  1894  The  Home  Missionary  369 

made  traveling  difficult,  as  much  of  the  way  was  blocked  by  fallen  trees. 
After  two  hours*  walking  the  house  was  reached,  and  here  was  the  widow 
with  her  large  family,  most  of  them  in  borrowed  clothes ;  the  supervisor, 
a  few  rough  men,  and  a  county  coffin.  The  minister  hardly  knew  what  to 
say,  but  remembering  that  that  morning  a  large  box  had  been  sent  con- 
taining a  number  of  useful  articles,  he  made  God's  providence  his  theme. 
A  few  days  after,  the  box  was  taken  to  the  widow's  home.  When  they 
reached  the  shanty  they  found  two  little  bunks  inside.  Her  only  stove 
was  an  oven  taken  from  an  old-fashioned  cook-stove.  The  oven  stood 
on  a  dry-goods  box. 

The  missionary  said  :  "  Why,  my  poor  woman,  you  will  freeze  with  this 
wretched  fire." 

"  No,"  she  said  ;  "  it  ain't  much  for  cooking  and  washing,  but  it's  a  good 
little  heater." 

A  few  white  beans  and  small  potatoes  were  all  her  store,  with  winter 
coming  on  apace.  When  she  .saw  the  good  things  for  eating  and  wearing 
that  had  been  brought  to  her,  she  sobbed  out  her  thanks. 

In  tjie  busy  life  of  a  missionary  the  event  was  soon  forgotten,  until 
one  day  a  woman  said  :  "  Elder,  do  you  recollect  that  'ar  Mrs.  Sisco  ?  " 

"  Yes." 

**  She  is  down  with  a  fever,  and  so  are  the  children." 

At  this  news  the  minister  started  with  the  doctor  to  see  her.  As  they 
neared  the  place  he  noticed  some  red  streaks  gleaming  in  the  woods,  and 
asked  what  they  were. 

"  Oh,"  said  the  doctor,  "  that  is  from  the  widow's  house.  She  had  to 
move  into  a  stable  of  the  deserted  lumber  camp." 

The  chinks  had  fallen  out  from  the  logs,  and  hence  the  gleam  of  fire. 
The  house  was  a  study  in  shadows  :  the  floor  sticky  with  mud  brought  in 
with  the  snow,  the  debris  of  a  dozen  meals  on  the  table  ;  a  lamp  without 
chimney  or  bottom,  stuck  into  an  old  tomato  can,  gave  its  flickering  light, 
and  revealed  the  poor  woman,  with  nothing  to  shield  her  from  the  storm 
but  a  few  paper  flour-sacks  tacked  back  of  the  bed.  Two  or  three  chairs, 
the  children  in  the  other  bed,  the  baby  in  a  little  soap-box  on  rockers, 
were  all  the  wretched  hovel  contained.  Medicine  was  left  her,  and  the 
minister's  watch  for  her  to  time  it.  He  exchanged  his  watch  for  a  clock 
the  next  day.  By  great  persuasion  the  proper  authorities  were  made  to 
put  her  in  the  poorhouse,  and  she  was  lost  to  sight ;  but  there  was  a  bright 
ending  in  her  case. 

About  a  year  after,  a  rosy-faced  woman  called  at  the  parsonage.  The 
pastor  said  :  "  Come  in  and  have  some  dinner  " 

"  I  got  some  one  waiting,"  she  said. 

"  Why,  who  is  that  ? " 

"  My  new  man." 


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"  What,  you  married  again  ?  " 

"  Yes  ;  and  we  are  just  going  up  after  the  rest  of  the  traps  up  at  the 
shanty,  and  I  called  to  see  whether  you  would  give  me  the  little  clock  for 
a  keepsake  ? " 

**  Oh,  yes." 

Away  she  went,  as  happy  as  a  lark.  Less  than  two  years  from  the  time 
she  was  left  a  widow,  a  rich  old  uncle  found  in  her  his  long-lost  niece,  and 
the  woman  became  heiress  to  thousands  of  dollars. 

Sometimes  dreadful  scenes  are  witnessed  at  funerals  where  strong 
drink  has  suddenly  finished  the  career  of  father  or  mother.  At  the 
funeral  of  a  little  child  smothered  by  a  drunken  father,  the  mother  was 
too  sick  to  be  up  at  the  funeral,  the  father  too  dnmk  to  realize  what  was 
taking  place,  and  twice  the  service  was  stopped  by  drunken  men.  At 
another  funeral  a  dog-fight  began  under  the  coffin.  The  missionary 
kicked  the  dogs  out  and  resumed  as  well  as  he  could. 

At  another  wretched  home  the  woman  was  found  dying,  the  husband 
drunk,  no  food,  mercury  ten  degrees  below  zero,  and  the  little  children 
nearly  perishing  with  cold.  The  drunken  man  pulled  the  bed  from  under 
his  dying  wife  while  he  went  to  sleep.  His  awakening  was  terrible,  and 
the  house  crowded  at  the  funeral  with  morbid  hearers. 

In  one  town  visited,  a  county  town  at  that,  the  roughs  had  buried  a 
man  alive,  leaving  his  head  above  ground,  and  then  preached  a  mock 
funeral  sermon,  remarking  as  they  left  him  :  '*  How  natural  he  looks." 

As  the  nearest  minister  is  miles  away,  the  missionary  has  to  travel 
many  miles  in  all  weathers  to  the  dying  and  dead.  Visiting  the  sick  and 
sitting  up  with  those  with  dangerous  diseases  soon  cause  the  worst  of  men 
not  only  to  respect  hut  to  love  the  missionary,  and  no  man  has  the  mold- 
ing of  a  community  so  much  in  his  hands  as  the  courageous  and  faithful 
servant  of  (Christ.  The  first  missionary  on  the  field  leaves  his  stamp 
indelibly  fixed  on  the  new  village.  Towns  left  without  the  Gospel  for 
years  are  the  hardest  of  all  places  in  which  to  get  a  footing.  Some  towns 
have  been  without  service  of  any  kind  for  years,  and  .some  of  the  young 
men  and  women  have  never  seen  a  minister.  There  are  townships  to-day 
even  in  New  York  State  without  a  church,  and,  strange  as  it  may  seem, 
there  are  more  churchlcss  communities  in  Illinois  than  in  any  other  State 
in  the  Union.  Until  two  years  ago  Black  Rock,  with  a  population  of 
5,000,  had  no  church  or  Sunday-school.  Meanwhile  such  is  the  condition 
of  the  Home  Missionary  Society's  treasAiry  that  they  often  cannot  take  the 
students  who  offer  themselves,  and  the  churchless  places  increase. 

All  kinds  of  i)eople  crowd  to  the  front — those  who  are  stranded, 
those  who  are  trying  to  hide  from  justice,  men  speculating.  Gambling 
dens  are  open  day  and  night,  Sundays  of  course  included,  the  men  run- 
nin^  them  being  relieved  as  regularly  as  guards  in  the  army. 


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In  purely  agricultural  districts  a  different  type  is  met  with.  Many  are 
so  poor  that  the  men  have  to  go  to  the  lumber  woods  part  of  the  year. 
The  women  thus  left  often  become  despondent,  and  a  very  large  per  cent, 
in  the  insane  asylum  comes  from  this  class. 

One  family  lived  so  far  from  town  that  when  the  husband  died  they 
were  obliged  to  make  bis  coffin,  and  utilized  two  flour  barrels  for  the  pur- 
pose. 

So  amid  all  sorts  and  conditions  of  men  and  under  a  variety  of  circum- 
stances the  minute-man  livesi, 
works,  and  dies,  too  often  for- 
gotten and  unsung,  but  remem- 
bered in  the  Book  ;  and  when 
God  shall  make  up  his  jewels, 
some  of  the  brightest  gems  will 
be  found  among  the  pioneers 
who  carried  the  ark  into  the 
wilderness  in  advance  of  the 
roads,  breaking  through  the  for- 
est guided  by  the  surveyor's  I 
blaze  on  the  trees.  There  are 
hundreds  of  people  who  pierce 
into  the  heart  of  the  country  by 
going  up  the  rivers  before  a 
path  has  been  made.  In  one 
home  found  there,  the  minute 
man  had  the  bed  in  a  big  room 
down-Etairs,  while  the  man  with 
his  wife  and  nine  children  went 
up  steps  like  a  stable  kidder,  and 

slept  on  "shakedowns"  on  a  floor  supported  with  four  rafters  which 
threatened  to  come  down.  But  the  minute-man,  too  tired  to  care,  slept 
the  sleep  of  the  just.  Often  not  so  fortunate  as  then,  he  finds  a  large 
family  and  but  one  room.  Once  he  missed  his  way  and  had  to  crawl 
into  two  empty  barrels  with  the  ends  knocked  nut.  ,l>rawing  them  as 
close  together  as  he  could  to  prevent  draughts,  he  had  a  short  sleep,  and 
awoke  at  four  a.  m.  to  find  that  a  house  and  bed  were  but  twenty  rods 
farther. 

In  a  new  village,  for  the  first  visit  all  kinds  of  plans  are  made  to  draw 
the  people  out.  Here  is  one  ;  The  minute-man  calls  at  the  school  and 
asks  leave  to  draw  on  the  blackboard.  Teacher  and  scholars  are  delighted. 
After  entertaining  them  for  a  while,  he  says  :  "  Children,  tell  your  parents 
■that  the  man  who  chalk-talked  to  you  will  preach  here  at  eight  o'clock." 
And  the  youngsters,  expecting  another  such  good  t\mc  as  Ocve.'j  V'km^ "vj.'s.V 


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enjoyed,  come  out  in  furce,  bringing  both  parents  with  them.  The  village 
is  but  two  years  old.  At  first  the  people  had  the  drinking  water  brought 
five  miles  in  barrels  ini  the  railroad,  and  for  washing  melted  the  snow. 
Then  they  took  maple  sap.  and  at  last  birch  ;  but,  "  Law,"  said  a  woman, 
"  It  was  dreadful  ironin'  !  " 

Here  was  a  genuine  pioneer,  his  house  of  logs,  hinges  wood,  latch 
ditto,  locks  none  :  a  black  bear,  three  squirrels,  a  turtle  dove,  two  dogs, 
and  a  'coon  made  up  his  earthly  possessions.     He  was  tired  of  the  place. 

"  Laws,  Klder,  when  I  fust  come  ye  could  kill  a  deer  close  by  and 
ketch  a  sitring  of  trout  off  the  d()or-step.s,  but  everything  's  sp'iled.  Men 
beginning  to  wear  b'iled  shirts,  and  I  can't  stand  it.  I  shall  clear  as  soon 
as  I  can  git  out.     Don't  want  to  buy  that  b'ar,  do  ye  ?  " 

In  this  little  town  a  grand  minute-man  laid  down  his  life.  He  was  so 
anxious  to  get  the  church  paid  for  that  he  would  not  buy  an  overcoat. 
Through  the  hard  winter  he  often  fought  a  temperature  forty  degrees 
below  zero,  but  at  last  a  severe  cold  ended  in  his  death.  His  good  wife 
sold  her  wedding  gown  to  buy  an  overcoat,  but  all  too  late,  and  a  bride  of 
a  twelvemonth  went  out  a  widow  with  an  orphan  in  her  arms. 

Yet  the  children  of  (iod  are  said  to  add  to  their  already  large  store 
four  hundred  million  diiilars  yearly,  and  some  think  of  building  a  ten  mill- 
ion dollar  temple  to  honor  (iod — while  temples  of  the  Holy  Ghost  are  too 
often  left  to  fall,  through  utter  neglect,  because  we  withhold  the  little  that 
would  .save  them.  Wc  shall  never  conquer  the  heathen  world  for  Christ 
until  we  have  learned  the  way  to  save  America.  Save  .America,  and  we 
can  save  the  world. 


Vl^. 


[The  l:t 
CAaiitauyiiiia 


trations  niuslly  ilrawa   uxprcs.'<ly  fur  the  article  by 
Ed.  H.  M.} 


Field  Secretary  Puddefoot,  (or  Tif 
£  that  excellent  magazine.  With 
i>fer  it  to  these  pages,  addinfr  illus- 
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OUR    WORK    IN    IDAHO 

From  an  Experienced  Business  Man's  Point  of  View 

"  As  a  citizen  of  the  town  of  Weiser,  I  desire  to  address  you  regarding 
the  work  of  Home  Missions  in  this  town  and  vicinity.  We  have  heard 
rumors  of  the  possibility  of  a  withdrawal  of  Mr.  Paddock  from  this  field. 

"  I  do  not  know  whether  or  not  the  Executive  Committee  are  informed 
"as  to  the  situation  and  opportunities  here,  but  we  believe  that  Weiser  and 
vicinity  is  a  very  important  field,  for  the  reason  that  the  natural  devel- 
opment of  the  country  will  result  in  a  large  population  living  there 
within  the  next  few  years.  The  valleys  of  the  Snake  River  and  its  tribu- 
taries in  this  part  of  Idaho  are  exceptionally  fertile,  affording  a  wider 
range  of  agricultural  and  horticultural  productions  than  any  other  part  of 
the  State,  and  most  parts  of  the  Northwest,  on  account  of  the  lower  alti- 
tude and  longer  warm  seasons.  A  railroad  will  soon  be  built  from  Weiser 
to  Lewiston,  in  the  northern  part  of  the  State,  where  it  will  connect  with 
the  systems  of  railroads  there,  giving  the  first  rail  communication  between 
the  north  and  south  parts  of  Idaho,  and  making  Weiser  the  most  accessi- 
ble town  in  the  State.  There  are  twenty-seven  post-offices  in  Washington 
County,  in  which  Weiser  is  situated,  some  of  which  will  soon  have  quite  a 
large  population,  and,  with  one  exception,  there  is  no  church  in  any  of  them 
besides  Weiser.  They  are  surrounded  with  the  finest  agricultural  valleys, 
and  are  already  somewhat  settled  with  a  fair  number  of  large  families. 
In  the  mountains  surrounding  these  valleys  are  some  of  the  richest  gold, 
silver,  and  copper  deposits  in  the  United  States.  The  opening  of  the 
railroad  above  mentioned  will  bring  a  great  population.  It  is  absolutely 
necessary  that  the  foundations  be  laid  for  crystallizing  the  sentiment  of 
this  population  for  religion  and  morality.  Already  hundreds  of  young 
people  are  growing  up  without  religious  influences.  To  get  them  away 
from  home  at  an  educational  institution  where  they  may  be  brought  into 
contact  with  religious  ideas,  is  the  only  way  to  reach  them  at  this  time, 
and  if  they  are  not  reached  soon  it  will  be  too  late.  It  needs  experience 
and  adaptation  to  these  conditions  to  deal  with  this  question  and  save  from 
irreligion  this  great  community  that  is  already  gathered,  and  which  will  be 
so  much  larger.  It  needs  as  a  leader  in  this  work  some  one  who  is  many- 
sided,  who  can  handle  the  material,  as  well  as  the  moral  and  religious, 
questions  which  arise.  It  needs  .some  one  who  can  build  college  and 
church  edifices,  as  well  as  character.  You  sent  such  a  man  in  the  person 
of  Mr.  Paddock.  If  you  take  him  away  you  cannot  possibly  fill  his  place 
with  another.  You  can  put  some  one  here  who  will  *  rattle  around  *;  but 
who  would  be  as  able  to  gather  up  the  forces  for  withstanding  the  pressure 


374  The  Home  Missionary  November,  1894 

of  evil  ?  I  have  had  a  large  observation  of  the  growth  of  new  communi- 
ties, and  realize  the  nature  of  the  elements  which  compose  them,  and  the 
qualifications  necessary  for  those  who  deal  with  them.  I  am  sure  that 
Mr.  Paddock  has  initiated  a  work  in  Weiser  and  vicinity  which  will  have 
great  results  if  not  interfered  with. 

"  Arrangements  have  been  made  which  will  give  something  of  a  land 
endowment  for  a  college.  It  includes  a  fine  site  for  the  institution,  which 
it  is  proposed  to  open  for  scholars  on  the  first  week  in  October.  I  assume 
that  you  know  of  the  college  plan  as  an  auxiliary  to  the  church  work,  and 
that  you  approve  of  it.  There  are  indications  that  the  young  i>eople  will 
try  to  take  advantage  of  the  opportunity  to  get  an  education.  Mr.  Pad- 
dock has  the  qualifications  for  leadership  in  that  department,  as  well  as 
the  church  work  proper.  He  has  the  confidence  and  sympathy  of  the 
community  to  a  .{greater  extent  than  any  other  active  man  I  ever  knew 
among  such  a  people.  I  write  this  without  knowing  his  feeling  regarding 
a  change,  and  certainly,  if  he  desires  a  change  that  ought  to  settle  it ; 
but  my  impression  has  been  that  he  has  felt  the  importance  of  staying  by 
this  work  until  su(*h  progress  shall  have  been  made  that  no  question  would 
arise  regarding  its  success. 

"  With  best  wi.^hes  for  the  prosperity  of  your  Society,  I  remain, 

**  Yours  truly, 

"  H.  A.  Lee." 


To  THK  Bovs'  AND  (iiRi.s'  HoMK  MISSIONARY  Armv. — Your  Rally 
Day  always  occurs  on  the  Sunday  before  Thanksgiving,  so  that  it  will 
come  this  year  on  Sunday,  November  25th.  Schools,  regiments,  and 
companies  that  have  not  gotten  well  along  with  their  preparation  will  be 
wise  to  bestir  themselves  at  once.  The  time  is  getting  short,  but  there 
remains  enough  of  it,  //  w-.ll  impnn'Ci/,  to  make  Rally  Day  a  large  success. 
Much,  besides  your  own  pleasure  and  profit  at  the  time,  depends  on 
your  making  the  day  all  that  it  was  meant  to  be  and  may  be.  Will 
you  do  it  ? 


SOME    PHASES    OF    AVORK    IN    KANSAS 

liv  Rkv.  \V.  C.  \'i  azif.  Missionary  Kv.\N(;elist 

On  August  15  the  home  missionary  tent  was  pitched  in  Morris  County, 
four  miles  east  of  White  City,  in  a  purely  rural  district,  and  on  the  lot 
near  the  district  schoolhouse  in  which  our  White  City  church  is  holding 
a  mission  Sunday-school.     The  hope  was  to  reach  the  families  there,  of 


•  

November,  1894  The  Home  Missionary  375 

every  church  and  no  church,  and  get  them  closer  together.  The  time, 
as  men  look  upon  it,  was  most  inauspicious.  The  hot  winds  had  burned 
the  com  so  that  there  was  no  hope  of  grain,  and  every  hand  that  could 
work  was  in  the  field  cutting  the  stalks  for  fodder.  Yet  we  had  the 
attendance  of  most  of  "the  residents  of  the  vicinity,  and  enough  from  a 
distance  to  tax  the  seating  capacity  of  our  tent.  The  congregation, 
though  partly  of  people  who  had  often  in  the  past  disturbed  meetings  in 
the  schoolhouse,  was  most  attentive.  Sixty-eight  signed  cards  as  enter- 
ing a  new  life.  On  these  sixty-eight  cards  I  found  five  post-office 
addresses,  the  attendance  coming  from  a  district  of  as  much  as  eighteen 
miles  in  diameter,  and  made  up  of  people  of  all  kinds  of  religious  ante- 
cedents, Catholics  and  Lutherans  being  numerous. 

This  is  true  of  about  one  million  of  our  Kansas  people,  only  here  the 
distances  are  at  the  minimum.  How  can  they  be  reached  by  a  Gospel 
and  a  pastorate  that  lifts  above  the  purely  subjective  in  religion  ? 

Now  about  the  result.  One  thousand  persons  in  this  district  have 
come  face  to  face  and  listened  to  a  Gospel  which  puts  faith  before  feel- 
ing and  righteousness  before  emotion.  They  have  listened  gladly,  and, 
in  some  measure,  have  learned  of  the  one  church — **the  believers,  and 
Christ  in  the  midst.'*  Sixty  of  them  confess  to  having  turned  from  dark- 
ness to  light.  The  forming  of  organic  union  and  the  result  of  it  is  a  thing 
of  the  future.  The  Sunday-school  is  there.  Some  day,  soon,  they  will 
unite  in  the  sacrament  held  in  the  schoolhouse  by  our  White  City  church. 
Our  pastor  will  be  asked  to  baptize  some  of  their  children.  Catholic  and 
Lutheran.  Some  of  them  will  go  to  their  own  town  and  begin  there  a 
church  life. 

Financially  the  people  here  are  in  great  straits.  I  interviewed  perhaps 
a  hundred  men,  each  of  whom  said  :  *'  My  loss  this  year  is  from  $400  to 
$2,000."  This  loss  means,  in  every  one  of  these  100  homes,  old  clothes, 
no  school  or  college,  less  food,  selUng  of  something  upon  which  the 
ordinary  farmer  depends  for  his  income  ;  or,  in  one  way  or  another,  such 
economies  as  are  a  constant  burden.  These  people  were  never  wealthy. 
I  heard  no  complaint ;  sometimes  a  real  word  of  courage  :  **  We  will  get 
through  somehow."  Some  of  us  are  believing  that  these  seasons  of 
sufferings  are  of  God — our  opportunity  to  bring  these  hearts  face  to  face 
with  him. 

REPORTS    OF    AAVAKENING 

A  Glorious  Revival. — Since  my  last  report  the  church  has  passed 
through  a  glorious  revival,  with  over  fifty  conversions.  In  several  cases 
husbands  and  wives  together  decided  for  Christ  and  came  into  the  church. 


376    .  The  Home  Missionary        *  November,  1894 

As  these  are  mostly  from  families  already  identified  with  the  church,  it 
has  not  raised  our  contributions,  but  it  has  strengthened  us  spiritually. 
The  church  is  united  and  hard  at  work.  About  fifty  were  out  at  prayer- 
meeting  last  evening,  and  over  forty  of  them  are  active  Christians.  Our 
Christian  Endeavorers  have  grown  from  about  twelve  to  over  forty  mem- 
bers in  two  years,  and  many  promising  young  men  and  women  are  flock- 
ing to  our  church.  Last  Sunday  we  began  our  third  year  together,  and, 
aside  from  money  matters,  no  man  need  ask  a  more  favorable  beginning 
for  his  third  year. — Rev.  C.  H.  Bente,  Missouri, 


Quickened. — Our  special  evangelistic  services  reported  last  quarter 
resulted  in  a  quickening  of  the  whole  church,  and  an  addition  of  thirty- 
three  to  our  membership.  This  brings  our  total  up  to  one  hundred. 
Four  years  ago  we  had  eighteen. —  Washington, 


Revived. — We  have  just  closed  revival  meetings  conducted  by  Rev. 
C.  B.  Fellows,  of  Minneapolis.  Some  ten  were  seeking  salvation,  all  but 
two  of  whom  are  Scandinavians.  They  will  join  Swedish  churches,  as  I 
find  upon  investigation. — A.  A.  Davis,  Lakeland^  Minn. 


rKMpKRANCK  Kfaival. — One  of  the  most  interesting  meetings  of 
my  four  years'  work  was  a  rem|)erance  Rally  on  a  week-day  night.  It 
was  a  strong  testimony  to  the  power  of  the  Oospel.  We  had  a  house 
packed  full,  and  I  felt  proud  of  my  company  as  I  stood  and  sang  two  or 
three  male  glees  with  a  double  quartet  of  men  who  had  been  reached  by 
the  power  of  God.  On  my  right  were  two  reformed  drunkards — one  a 
young  man,  the  other  an  English  butcher  who  had  gone  to  every  excess 
for  forty  years.  On  my  left  was  another  drinker,  a  painter  about 
twenty-seven  years  old,  wlio  had  loved  liquor  from  a  child,  and  who  was 
something  of  a  tramp  and  "  hobo."  Ne.xt  to  him  stood  a  carpenter  and 
builder  who  of  late  has  taken  an  active  part  in  our  Sunday-school  work. 
Then  came  an  ex-drinker  and  gambler,  and  next  a  leading  business  man 
of  the  town  wlio  has  tried  to  live  a  C'hristian  life  in  the  dark  for  over  a 
year,  but  has  come  out  and  ceased  to  hide  under  a  bushel. —  Washington, 


Thf.  Rally  Kxfrcise. — This  year's  Rally  Exercise  (No.  4)  is  very 
much  more  interesting  than  was  either  of  its  predecessors — good  as  they 
were.  It  is  in  two  parts:  (i)  Responsive  exercises  and  hymns;  (2) 
recitations  and  dialogues.     The  exercises  are  so  various  as  to  be  adapted 


November,  1894  The  Home  Missionary  377 

to  scholars  of  all  ages — the  little  tots  of  the  infant  class,  younger  boys 
and  girls,  young  men  and  maidens  in  the  maturer  sections,  the  Bible 
classes,  etc.  Neither  scholars,  teachers,  nor  parents  can  fail  to  find  in  the 
service  that  which  will  both  entertain  and  profit.  But  the  exercises 
require  to  be  entered  into  with  spirit  and  animation. 


THE  WAY   IT   IS   DONE 

By  Superintendent  H.  Bross,  of  Nebraska 

This  month  has  been  filled  with  the  most  vigorous  and  exacting  field 
work  that  I  have  ever  done.  The  long,  hard  trips  that  have  been  made, 
the  earnest  efforts  which  have  been  required  to  secure  consolidation  of 
fields,  have  taxed  one  to  the  very  utmost.  There  seems,  from  the  con- 
dition of  things  in  the  country,  to  be  little  hope  of  any  addition  to  our 
apportionment,  so  I  have  been  at  work  with  the  utmost  resolution  and 
endeavor  to  adjust  our  work  so  that  we  shall  not  be  swamped  at  the  latter 
part  of  our  home  missionary  year.  There  are  three  elements  of  hope  : 
the  noble  spirit  of  pastors  in  reducing  salaries,  until  it  is  a  question  how 
they  will  be  able  to  get  through  the  year  ;  this  spirit  being  met  by  a 
similar  spirit  of  sacrifice  on  the  part  of  the  people  ;  and  the  consolidation 
of  fields  so  as  to  make  one  minister  go  as  far  as  possible.  As  a  sample  of 
the  work  involved  in  securing  these  results,  I  give  you  the  programme  of 
a  week  :  Last  Friday  night  I  took  the  train  to  Aurora,  on  my  way  to  Bur- 
well  and  Taylor.  The  next  day  I  rode  nearly  all  day  on  a  mixed  train  in 
heat  and  dust,  and  was  met  by  Mr.  Bright  at  Burwell,  when  we  drove 
eighteen  miles  by  team.  The  next  morning  I  preached  on  "  the  claims 
of  the  church  on  the  community,"  and  had  a  conference  with  the  church 
in  which  matters  were  arranged  for  the  coming  year.  After  dinner,  Mr. 
Bright  drove  me  back  the  eighteen  miles  to  Burwell,  where  I  preached  in 
the  evening,  and  had  a  conference  with  the  church  and  congregation  at 
its  close.  The  deepest  solicitude  was  manifested  for  the  work,  as  had 
been  the  case  at  Taylor,  and  satisfactory  arrangements  were  made  for  its 
progress.  All  day  long  on  Monday  I  rode  on  a  mixed  train  and  a  freight 
train,  reaching  home  at  midnight.  Tuesday  was  devoted  to  clearing  up 
office  work,  and  Wednesday  I  rode  on  a  mixed  train  for  most  of  the 
day,  to  reach  Wilcox.  The  train  was  late  ;  it  was  after  nine  o'clock 
when  I  reached  the  church,  and  many  of  the  people  had  gone.  A  vigor- 
ous ringing  of  the  bell  brought  them  together  again,  and  I  met  the  repre- 
sentatives of  three  of  the  churches  in  the  vicinity  in  a  very  satisfactory 
meeting.      The  next  forenoon  I  boarded   ihe  mixed  train  for  Blade.w^ 


378  The  Home  Missionary  November,  1894 

where  I  had  a  conference  with  the  officials  of  the  Bladen  and  Campbell 
churches.  Pastor  Snow  drove  me  thence  ten  miles  to  Blue  Hill,  and  I 
then  took  a  mixed  train  and  freight  train  home,  arriving  about  two 
o'clock  in  the  morning.  It  will  take  me  until  about  midnight  to-night  to 
reach  my  appointment  by  train  and  team,  and  to-morrow  I  shall  ride 
eighteen  miles  by  team,  preach  twice,  have  two  church  meetings,  and  drive 
eighteen  miles  Monday  morning  by  half-past  seven  to  take  the  train.  It 
is  a  great  comfort,  however,  to  know  that  these  meetings  are  accomplish- 
ing great  good.  The  work,  of  course,  under  these  consolidations,  cannot 
be  as  efficient  as  we  could  wish  it,  but  f  believe  we  shall  be  able  to  bring 
it  within  the  apportionment  and  to  secure  fair  service  for  all  the  fields. 


PAID   FOR   BEING   LAUGHED   AT 

Two  years  ago  last  July,  shortly  after  my  coming  to  this  work,  a  young 
lady  of  twenty-one  years,  a  member  of  my  church,  wrote,  asking  me  to 
come  out  and  preach  in  their  schoolhouse,  saying  she  would  give  me  five 
dollars  for  it.  So  I  told  her  to  make  the  appointment.  The  Sabbath  ar- 
rived, and  I  went  the  longest  ten  miles,  through  sand  and  over  prairies,  that  1 
had  ever  traveled,  but  finally  reached  the  schoolhouse.  I  found  it  packed 
to  overflowing.  That  young  lady  had  walked  all  over  the  neighborhood, 
inviting  the  people  to  come  out  and  hear  the  first  English  sermon  preached 
in  that  township.  She  was  the  only  professing  Christian  in  all  the  vicinity, 
excepting  a  few  Swedish  Luth^Tans.  Never  in  my  life  did  I  preach  to 
such  an  attentive  audience  ;  they  seemed  to  be  hungry  for  the  Word. 
After  dismissing  the  audience,  I  said  to  the  lady  that  if  the  people  wished 
I  would  come  again  and  preach  to  them.  About  three  weeks  later  I 
received  another  letter  from  her,  saying  that  people  wished  me  to  come 
again,  but  she  did  not  want  me  to  come  for  nothing,  though  the  people 
were  so  jioor.    She  then  asked  if  I  was  going  to  keep  a  cow  when  I  moved 

to ;  '*  for,"  said  she,  **  I  have  read  of  ministers  living  in  larger  towns 

than who  keep  a  cow  "  ;  and  if  I  were  to  keep  one  she  would  give  me 

a  cow  if  I  would  come  out  and  preach  two  or  three  times  for  them.  '*  I 
suppose  you  will  laugh  at  me,  but  I  must  do  something,  if  I  am  laughed 
at."  I  told  her  to  give  out  an  appointment  for  me,  and  I  would  be  there. 
**  But  how  about  the  cow  ?  "  she  asked.  I  said  :  "  Oh,  I  don't  believe  you 
can  afford  to  do  that."  *' But  I  want  to."  "Then  you  may,"  said  I.  I 
have  the  cow,  a  good  one,  and  she  has  been  a  living  fountain  of  sweet, 
fresh  milk  llowinj^  to  us  ever  since.  Thank  (lod  for  the  "want-to's!" 
Two  years  have  gone  by  since  then,  and  (lod  has  permitted  me  to  stand 


November.^ 1 894  The  Home  Missionary  379 

before  that  people  every  two  weeks  on  Sabbath  afternoon  and  preach  to 
them  the  doctrine  of  the  Cross.  From  this  small  beginning  there  has 
grown  a  good  Sunday-school,  the  average  attendance  on  which  last  year 
was  thirty-three  and  a  half,  many  coming  six  miles  every  Sabbath.  On 
Sunday,  August  sth,  I  held  a  grove  meeting  near  the  schoolhouse,  preached 
to  over  700  people,  and  after  preaching  organized  a  union  church  of  ten 
young  people,  four  of  whom  are  common-school  teachers,  and  then  bap- 
tized three  in  the  lake  near  by. 

These,  dear  brethren,  are  some  of  the  victories  that  we  have  been  en- 
abled to  accomplish  through  the  grace  of  God  and  the  Home  Missionary 
Society's  help»  and  we  hope  the  results  will  still  increase.  When  we  think 
of  the  value  of  one  soul,  what  must  be  the  joy  and  reward  of  the  young 
lady  who  was  lately  standing  alone  in  her  home  and  community  for 
religion,  but  now  sees  three  of  her  sisters  and  her  mother  brought  to 
Christ  ?  Does  it  not  pay  for  being  laughed  at  ? — Rev.  W.  H.  Evans,  Big 
Lake,  Minn, 


Have  You  Received  Them? — Samples  of  the  Rally  Exercise  (No.  4) 
and  the  Tent  Mite  Boxes  have  been  sent  to  the  superintendents  of  all  our 
Sunday-schools,  and  thousands  of  copies  ordered  have  been  mailed  to 
them.  But  thousands  more  of  these  exercises  and  of  the  Tent  Mite 
Boxes  are  ready  to  be  sent  from  the  Bible  House  immediately  on  receipt 
of  your  request.  Will  you  not  learn  whether  your  superintendent  has 
received  a  supply,  and  if  not,  ask  him  to  send  for  them  at  once  ?  By 
order  of  Major-Gen.  O.  O.  Howard,  Commander-in-Chief  of  the  Boys'  and 
Girls'  H.  M.  Army. 


ON    A    NEAV    FIELD 

The  writer  came  to  this  field  last  May,  by  invitation  of  your  superin- 
tendent and  vote  of  the  church,  to  assume  the  double  duty  of  church  pas- 
tor and  principal  of  the  Wyoming  Collegiate  Institute,  the  school  of  our 
church  founded  here. 

The  church  had  not,  except  for  a  few  months,  a  regular  pastor  since 
December,  1891,  and  there  had  been  no  service  for  a  long  time,  no  Sunday- 
school  and  no  prayer-meeting. 

We  have  succeeded  in  organizing  a  Sunday-school,  but  no  effort  has 
yet  been  made  to  start  a  prayer-meeting,  so  many  of  the  members  are 
living  in  the  country,  and  the  hurry  of  the  short  season  is  so  great. 


380  The  Home  Missionary  November,  1894 

This  is  the  most  difficult  field  I  have  labored  in  since  beginning  my 
ministry  in  1863  ;  yet  the  outlook  is  hopeful.  This  place  will  no  doubt 
become  the  center  of  our  church  work  in  Northern  Wyoming.  So  far  I 
have  been  without  a  team,  and  all  my  visiting,  extending  as  far  as  seven 
miles  into  the  country,  has  been  done  on  foot,  walking  with  a  cane.  My 
team  is  now  ai  route  from  Nebraska,  distant  700  miles,  being  driven  by  my 
son,  aged  eighteen.  My  family  are  here,  and  we  live  in  a  log-house  a  mile 
and  a  half  from  the  town,  there  being  no  house  to  be  had  there.  We  walk 
to  and  from  church. 

The  removal  of  my  family  from  FrankHn,  Neb.,  cost  me  over  ^150, 
and  as  I  have  received  only  sixteen  dollars  from  the  field,  we  are  in  sore 
straits.  The  stamp  which  carries  this  letter  is  the  last  one  I  have,  and  I 
have  not  a  single  cent  for  any  use.  But  the  Lord  will  provide,  and  we  do 
not  worry. — Rev.  C  Anderson,  Big  Horny  Wye. 


WORK     IN    TEXAS 

Our  little  church  is  doing  vital  work.  All  lines  of  church  work  are 
in  good  shape — Sunday-school  improving,  library  secured,  officers  and 
teachers  doing  well.  The  Christian  Endeavor  meetings,  also,  are  well 
attended  and  helpful. 

We  are  keeping  up  our  jail  work,  and  have  had  several  conversions 
there.  Our  street  work  also  still  keeps  us  busy  in  a  section  of  the  town 
which  our  local  paper  calls  **  the  nethermost  parts  of  hell."  It  says  of  our 
work  :  **  It  is  pretty  much  equivalent  to  raising  the  banner  of  the  Cross 
and  calling  a  prayer-meeting  in  front  of  the  Satanic  throne  itself."  We 
have  a  **  baby  "  organ,  and,  with  torches  to  light  up  the  street,  we  sing 
and  preach  to  the  motley  crowd  that  surrounds  us — Chinese,  Mexican, 
negroes,  French,  German,  male  and  female.  We  receive  respectful  atten- 
tion, and  have  been  able  to  visit  several  of  these  poor  creatures,  to  whom 
wife  and  I  gave  the  Gospel. 

The  organist  in  our  church,  jail,  and  street  work  is  a  young  lady  who 
came  here  as  a  hairdresser,  and,' being  without  friends,  failed  of  social 
recognition,  and  came  to  despair  of  her  future.  One  of  our  sisters  met 
her,  invited  her  to  church,  and  one  Sunday  afternoon  to  the  jail  service. 
There  she  played  the  organ.  Coming  out,  she  remarked  to  me  that  she 
felt  herself  to  be  as  much  in  need  of  a  Savior  as  were  those  convicts.  I 
told  her  the  Gospel  story.  She  accepted  Jesus,  joined  the  church,  now 
lives  in  a  Christian  family,  and  is  contented,  happy,  and  useful. 

Another,  a  young  man,  came  here  seeking  work,  and  was  stranded. 


November.  1894  The  Home  Missionary  381 

One  of  our  members  helped  him  and  gave  him  the  Gospel.  He  is  now 
a  member,  has  found  employment,  and  helps  in  street  preaching.  Our 
members  have  but  little  "means  now,  but  in  various  ways  show  their 
interest ;  one  loans  us  an  organ,  one  built  a  bookcase,  another  a  fine  oak 
pulpit— and  thus  we  move  on. — Rkv.  F.  W.  Boyle,  El  Paso^  Texas, 


Our  Boys  and  Girls. — Just  look  over  the  programme  (Rally  Exer- 
cise No.  4,  in  two  parts),  made  for  your  Rally  Day,  November  25th.  All 
of  you  love  to  sing,  and  here  are  good  words  set  to  tunes  that  you  all 
know.  All  of  you  love  to  unite  in  responsive  reading,  and  here  are 
several  exercises  to  be  read  responsively.  Some  of  you  are  fond  of 
reciting,  and  all  of  you  like  to  hear  good  recitations.  Here  are  plenty  of 
pieces  in  prose  and  verse  to  be  recited,  a  variety  suited  to  the  age  and 
capacity  of  every  scholar  in  the  school.  Everybody  enjoys  spirited 
dialogues.  Several  of  these  are  provided  for— as  useful  in  matter  as  they 
are  pleasant  to  share  in.     Do  you  not  like  the  programme  ? 


FROM    THE    AVIDE    FIELD 

A  New  Idolatry.— With  the  opening  of  fine  weather  (it  rains  here 
nine  months  of  the  year),  the  people  get  wild  ox\  baseball  worship.  It 
is  the  Sunday  rest.  Even  our  church  members,  with  too  few  exceptions, 
run  really  wild  after  it.  I  am  something  of  a  player  myself,  and  under- 
stand it  better  than  most  of  ihem,  yet  what  there  is  about  it  that  leads 
the  people  here  to  put  in  such  devotion,  I  cannot  see,  and  they  cannot  tell 
me.  The  first  fine  Sunday  our  Sunday-school  went  down,  slap,  one-half. 
We  cannot  help  feeling  pity  for  the  poverty  of  soul  that  wastes  God's 
precious  time  in  the  service  of  Satan,  dissipation,  and  excitement. — 
Washington,  

Woman's  Work. — We  have  lately  organized  a  Woman's  Society  to 
aid  the  pastor  in  the  temporal  and  spiritual  work  of  the  church.  They 
have  five  committees  at  work,  viz.  :  missionary,  visiting,  social,  temper- 
ance, and  flower  committees.  They  held  their  first  missionary  meeting 
three  weeks  ago.  Every  one  enjoyed  the  exercises,  and  went  away  feel- 
ing a  deeper  interest  in  missions.  Our  Junior  society  showed  its  interest 
in  our  Home  Missionary  Society  by  contributing  to  our  church  offering 
money  that  was  earned  by  the  juniors  doing  work  for  their  parents.  Long 
Beach,  with  its  summer  parliament,  has  brought  many  people  into  t\\\& 


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locality  this  season,  and  should  this  scheme  be  successful  it  will,  I  think, 
materially  help  our  work. — Rev.  T.  S.  Braithwaite,  E.  Rackaway^  Z.  /. 


A  Stand-By. — I  can  say  what  not  many  ministers  can  truthfully  say, 
th^t  I  have  served  this  church  for  six  years  in  succession,  losing  but  one 
appointment.  That  one  occurred  through  my  going  to  an  annual  con- 
ference ;  and  we  were  never  providentially  hindered  from  holding  our 
regular  meetings.  During  that  time  forty  or  fifty  were  added  to  the 
church,  till  it  numbered  something  over  one  hundred  and  twenty,  besides 
dismissing  many  by  letter.  We  have  had  no  revival  this  year,  owing 
chiefly  to  political  excitement.  Now  that  the  election  is  over,  we  arc 
hoping  and  praying  for  better  things. — Alabama, 


The  Drought. — I  am  sorry  to  repfort  no  collection  for  this  quarter, 
but  our  crops  are  a  complete  failure  and  we  have  no  money.  One  of  my 
members  planted  forty  acres  of  com  and  did  not  get  a  bushel.  Another 
from  forty  acres  of  wheat  threshed  forty  bushels.  The  same  is  substan- 
tially the  case  with  others.     But  "  God  will  provide." — Minnesota. 


Among  the  Poles. — I  have  commenced  again  meetings  on  the  south 
side  of  Cleveland.  I  received  permission  to  hold  them  every  Wednesday 
evening  in  the  Pilgrim  Congregational  Church  on  Jennings  Avenue, 
Twenty  Poles  attended  the  first  meeting,  which  was  crowned  with  great 
blessing.  Two  months  ago  I  was  in  Berea,  where  some  work  had  been 
done  in  former  years,  and  where  I  gained  the  conviction  that  there  are 
two  parties  amongst  the  Poles  there  ;  therefore  I  determined,  as  far  as 
possible,  to  make  known  to  them  Jesus  as  the  only  Savior.  May  the 
Lord  to  whom  all  power  is  given  in  heaven  and  on  earth  give  us  his 
rich  blessing  in  the  work  ! — Rev.  J.  J.  Dessup,  Cleveland^  O, 


A  Working  Vacation. — The  quarter  has  been  marked  by  many 
drawbacks  from  the  unusual  heat  and  droujrht.  The  hard  times,  which 
have  been  upon  us  now  for  two  years,  have  been  thus  made  harder.  The 
church  has  voted  me  a  vacation,  but  I  find  "  vacation  "  means  just  a  change 
of  place — so  many  opportunities  have  missionaries  in  this  new  country  to 
put  in  their  spare  time  in  other  places  when  not  at  home.  I  am  doing  the 
best  I  can,  thouj^h  I  know  I  could  do  better  if  there  were  not  such  an 
inundation  of  worldliness  everywhere  ;  but  I  have  a  good  hope  that  it 
will  not  always  be  so. — Oklahoma. 


The  Strike. — The  troubles  of  the  great  strike  did  much  to  excite  the 
thoughts  of  the  people  here  ;  for  which  reason  I  preached  to  a  good 


November,  1894  The  Home  Missionary  383 

audience  on  this  matter,  after  advertising  in  the  German  paper.  I  said 
that  I  believed  our  present  difficultness  could  soon  disappear,  and  our 
beloved  country  could  be  made  the  happiest  on  earth,  by  a  regular  con- 
tribution and  a  firm  standing  to  our  Home  Missionary  Society's  work, 
that  it  may  be  able  to  send  men  to  preach  the  gospel  of  love  to  all  peo- 
ple in  this  land.  This  would  be  the  best  remedy  against  all  sickness  of 
men's  souls  and  thoughts. — Indiana, 


Dry  Times. — A  quarter  of  hard  work  and  not  a  few  worries  on  account 
of  drought  and  hard  times.  Corn  is  an  entire  failure,  and  wheat  and  oats 
don't  average  over  five  bushels  to  the  acre.  I  am  trying  to  look  on  the 
bright  side  of  things  and  to  inspire  my  people  with  hope  for  better  things 
to  come,  by  preaching  on  texts  like  these  :  John  xiii.  7  ;  Isaiah  xxvi.  3,  4 ; 
Psalms  xlvi.  i  ;  Romans  viii.  31.  A  good  many  of  our  people  have  left 
for  Missouri,  Illinois,  and  other  States. — Nebraska, 


BuGGY-TOP  Wanted. — The  "  hard-times  arrangement  *'  is  for  me  to 
minister  to  three  churches,  giving  each  one  sermon  on  Sunday,  and  making 
a  round  trip  of  twenty  miles.  I  am  very  uneasy,  for  I  can't  do  good  work 
thus.  But  I  must  do  my  best  and  let  the  Lord  see  to  the  rest.  For  all 
this  I  am  to  have,  if  I  can  get  it,  $372,  and  find  my  own  house  !  The 
wear  and  tear  of  team,  buggy,  etc.,  is  expensive.  I  greatly  need  a  new 
top  on  my  old  buggy.  Probably  twenty  dollars  would  put  it  in  good 
shape  for  winter  comfort,  but  I  can't  possibly  make  the  ends  meet  and  do 
it.  Horse-feed  is  going  to  be  high  ;  coal  is  going  to  cost  a  dollar  more 
per  ton  than  last  year.  But  if  I  can  feel  that  I  am  doing  satisfactory 
work  for  the  Master  I  can  put  up  with  a  good  deal.  God  sees  and  knows 
all,  and  it  is  a  comfort  to  rest  in  him  and  his  promises. — Nebraska, 


Drifting  Away. — Within  the  past  few  months  ten  of  our  members 
have  been  taken  from  us — two  by  death,  the  others  by  removals.  These 
were  among  our  best  members.  An  exceptionally  fine  family  of  five  have 
just  returned  to  the  East.  All  were  members  of  our  Christian  Endeavor 
Society,  and  father,  mother,  and  daughter  were  members  of  the  church. 
How  much  these  losses  mean  to  us — how  deeply  and  sadly  they  affect  us 
all  ! — Southern  California. 


Growing. — The  year  opened  with  not  a  little  trial  of  endurance,  but 
altogether  it  has  been  the  most  successful  one  since  the  formation  of  the 
church.  The  fruit  is  larger  than  it  appears  in  the  returns,  since  the  wall 
of  separation,  which  has  kept  some  of  the  people  away  from  us  in  sym- 
pathy, seems  to  be  entirely  giving  way.  A  work  of  grace  has  continued 
throughout  the  year,  and  our  meetings  are  much  increased.     The  church 


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has  been  doubled  in  effective  strength,  and  there  are  more  yet  to  come. 
Our  community  is  comparatively  small,  but  our  membership  is  faithful 
and  earnest. —  Tavares^  F/a, 

Hard  Times. — The  financial  depression  here  is  great,  owing  to  (i) 
the  general  derangement  of  business  ;  (2)  the  newness  of  the  country- 
all  just  starting,  with  limited  means  and  many  in  debt ;  (3)  small  prod- 
ucts at  present,  inadequate  home  market,  other  markets  distant,  keeping 
prices  very  low  ;  (4)  a  severe  drought,  water  scarce  and  failing.  But  a 
scheme  is  on  foot,  with  fair  prospect  of  success,  for  irrigating  at  least 
75,000  or  80,000  acres,  east  and  northeast  of  San  Diego,  and  for  giving 
an  ample  supply  of  water  to  that  city. — Rev.  I.  W.  Atherton,  Helix^  Col. 


Among  the  Coal  Miners. — I  have  seen  many  changes  here  in  the 
last  four  years.  I  believe  that  I  have  received  over  forty  into  the  church 
by  conversion,  about  fifteen  or  twenty  of  them  young  people.  But,  I  am 
sorry  to  say,  some  again  leave  the  church,  partly  because  they  have 
nothing  to  give  to  support  the  cause.  -\nd  so  many  different  nations 
come  here  from  Europe,  that  many  families  of  Welsh  and  English  have 
gone  away.  There  are  four  or  five  small  places  about  a  mile  or  half  a 
mile  from  the  church,  which  I  visit  regularly  every  week,  holding  prayer- 
meetings  in  different  houses.  My  labor  has  not  been  in  vain ;  sinners 
have  been  converted  and  souls  saved.  But  there  are  many  saloons 
round  about  here,  and,  with  all  their  poverty,  men  will  get  drunk.  I  have 
been  a  total  abstainer  since  I  was  a  boy,  and  am  very  much  against  the 
habit  of  drinking,  which  is  the  besettinjy  sin  of  our  people.  But  we 
must  fight  against  all  sin,  and  may  God  help  us  I — Pennsylzfania. 


Amidst  Difficulties. — The  quarter's  usual  routine  of  work  has  been 
done  under  unusual  difficulties.  The  depression  of  business,  followed  by 
the  great  strike,  simply  paralyzed  everything.  At  one  station  every  man 
has  been  out  of  work  for  two  months,  and  the  people  are  too  poor  to  con- 
tribute. I  have  received  from  them  but  six  dollars  the  past  quarter. 
Some  of  the  people  are  moving  away.  All  the  eight  stations  under  my 
care  are  prosperous  as  to  attendance,  but  anxious  faces  tell  of  fears  for 
the  approaching  winter.  We  pray  God  that  these  days  of  trial  may  lead 
them  to  the  source  of  comfort. — Minnesota. 


Church  Loyalty. — The  great  event  of  the  quarter  has  been  the 
dedication  of  our  new  church  building,  and  the  clearing  up  of  the 
indebtedness  upon  it.  This  was  done  by  our  people  pledging  themselves 
very  heavily.  Men  who  are  out  of  work  and  out  of  money,  and  who  have 
families  to  support,  pledged  themselves  twenty-five  and   fifty  dollars. 


November,  1894  The  Home  Missionary  385 

They  can  pay  this  when  they  can  pay  their  grocery  bills.  The  times 
which  are  become  so  bitter  hard  with  us  see  only  five  of  the  male  mem- 
bers of  our  church  having  employment.  One  of  our  lady  members  has 
started  for  Africa  as  a  missionary  under  the  American  Board. — Rev.  R. 
Albertson,  Springfieldy  O,  

His  Board  Assured. — The  way  in  which  the  spirit  of  devotion  on 
the  part  of  our  missionaries  is  met,  is  illustrated  in  the  offer  of  one  of 
our  brethren  at  Taylor,  Neb.  He  is  a  trustee  of  the  church,  and  has 
been  most  earnestly  trying  in  some  way  to  provide  for  their  pastor.  Rev. 
D.  F.  Bright,  to  remain  with  them.  Mrs.  Bright  has  died  within  the 
year,  and  this  thoughtful  trustee  wrote  me,  emphasizing  the  good  work 
done  by  his  pastor,  and  the  utmost  importance  of  his  remaining  on  the 
field.  Among  other  things  he  said  :  "  The  Lord  has  given  me  a  good 
crop  of  wheat ;  my  wife  is  a  good  bread  maker  ;  and  rather  than  have 
Mr.  Bright  leave,  I  will  guarantee  his  board  for  the  entire  year.  Wife 
will  make  the  bread,  and  I  can  rustle  for  the  water — so  he  shall  be  sure 
of  bread  and  water." — Superintendent  Bross,  of  Nebraska, 


The  Thing  to  Do. — Now,  since  you  like  the  Rally  Day  order  of 
exercises,  boys  and  girls,  what  is  the  next  thing  to  do  ?  What,  but  to  join 
heartily  in  preparing  to  take  each  his  or  her  part  in  one  or  more  of  them, 
according  to  your  gift  or  preference,  either  to  sing,  read,  recite,  take  part 
in  dialogue,  map  or  blackboard  exercise — at  all  events  to  do  something. 

Even  the  most  timid  among  you  need  not  shrink  from  taking  part  in 
some  one  of  these  exercises  before  a  home  audience,  made  up  of  your 
parents,  pastor,  superintendent,  teachers,  neighbors — all  friends  and  well- 
wishers.  Will  YOU  take  part  and  help  to  make  the  occasion  a  happy  and 
profitable  one  ? 

HOME    MISSIONS    IN    CONNECTICUT 

By  Rev.  William  H.  Moore,  Secretary  Missionary  Society  of 

Connecticut 

Connecticut  began  to  be  the  frontier  of  Congregationalism  about  260 
years  ago,  when  settlers  from  the  Plymouth  and  Massachusetts  Bay  colonies 
planted  Windsor  and  Hartford.  Great  hardships  were  endured.  The 
winter  of  1635  was  more  severe  than  that  encounteted  b^  xYit  OVX^iJcvoxwa. 


386  The  Home  Missionary  November,  1894 

pioneers.  In  1637  they  had  a  mortal  struggle  with  the  Pequots^  and  more 
than  100  years  passed  away  before  they  were  delivered  from  fear  of  the 
Indians.  In  January,  1639,  they  adopted  a  constitution  which  declares 
their  object  in  these  notable  words :  "  To  maintain  and  preserve  Che  lib- 
erty and  purity  of  the  Gospel  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  which  we  now  pro- 
fess, as  also  the  discipline  of  the  churches,  which,  according  to  the  truth 
of  the  said  Gospel,  is  now  practiced  amongst  us." 

In  carrying  out  this  purpose  the  government  became  a  Congregational 
Home  Missionary  Society  for  Connecticut  under  the  following  plan, 
namely,  that  each  town  should  have  an  orthodox  minister  settled  for  life, 
and  a  church  organized  under  power  of  the  general  court,  and  that,  when- 
ever necessary,  said  court  should  aid  a  town  in  settling  a  minister,  building 
a  parsonage  and  a  meeting-house,  and  supplying  the  minister  until  the 
town  could  take  care  of  itself. 

Under  this  plan  the  settling  of  Connecticut  went  on  until  its  whole 
area  had  been  enclosed  in  Congregational  parish  lines — the  last  original 
town  to  be  settled  was  Colebrook,  where  a  church  was  founded  in  1795. 
At  that  time  every  town  in  the  State  had  a  Congregational  church,  one  or 
more,  and  the  general  court  might  have  regarded  its  planting  work  as 
ended.  The  work  was  done  so  well  that  only  two  of  those  incorporated 
societies  have  ever  fallen  away  from  Congregationalism.  .  .  .  Though 
many  new  towns  have  been  formed  from  the  original  towns,  we  have 
to-day  only  two  towns  without  a  Congregational  church,  and  they  arc 
towns  formed  during  the  present  century.  With  168  towns  we  have  312 
churches  and  over  60,000  church  members. 

But  the  plan  did  not  fully  and  permanently  realize  its  object.  Disturbing 
forces  came  into  operation.  The  disorders  following  the  great  awaken- 
ings of  1740,  the  burdens  and  distractions  of  the  war  with  France  and  the 
mother  country,  the  general  declension  in  the  last  half  of  the  century,  the 
spread  of  infidelity  after  the  Revolution,  the  rise  and  growth  of  other  de- 
nominations and  their  cooperation  with  each  other  and  with  one  of  the 
political  parties  for  the  overthrow  of  the  ancient  order  of  things,  the  migra- 
tion beyond  our  borders  arid  from  the  rugged  hill  towns  to  the  more  favored 
portions  of  the  State,  accelerated  by  the  growth  of  manufactories  and  of 
the  cities,  resulted  in  reducing  many  old  churches  to  feebleness,  and  also 
in  starting  new  churches  without  adequate  means  of  self-support. 

In  the  meantime  changes  in  public  sentiment  found  representation  in 
the  general  as.<;embly,  so  that  that  body,  losing  its  old-time  homogeneity 
and  finding  itself  in  conditions  not  provided  for,  and  perhaps  never 
contemplated  by  the  founders  of  the  government,  could  no  longer  be 
relied  on  to  carry  out  a  policy  which,  however  favorable  to  Congrega- 
tionalists,  was  unfair  to  all  other  religious  bodies,  a  state  of  things 
demanding  relief  likely  to  be  got  only  by  such  a  change  of  the  constitu- 


November,  1894  The  Home  Missionary  387 

tion  as  would  debar  the  general  assembly  from  aiding  any  denomination, 
and  thus  throw  all  church  bodies  upon  their  own  resources  under  God. 

In  apprehension  of  such  a  change,  and  in  view  of  destitutions  already 
alarming  in  extent,  a  Home  Missionary  Society  for  Connecticut  was 
formed  in  18 16,  only  two  years  before  the  adoption  of  the  present 
constitution  of  the  State. 

This  society  found  about  twenty-five  churches  waiting  for  its  help. 
It  has  aided  in  all  134  churches,  sixty-four  old  churches  and  seventy  new 
churches,  or  more  than  one-third  of  all  the  churches  in  the  State.  About 
two-thirds  of  all  that  have  been  aided  are  now  self-supporting,  and  some 
of  them  are  churches  of  great  usefulness.  About  fifty  churches  now 
look  to  us  for  help,  of  which  one-half  are  old  churches,  one-third  for- 
eign churches,  and  the  rest  are  new  American  churches.  Each  class  of  these 
churches  needs  and  merits  our  assistance.  We  cannot  abandon  the  old 
churches  without  ingratitude  and  folly,  for  our  roots  are  in  them  and  our 
springs  come  from  them.  We  cannot  ignore  the  new  American  churches, 
for  they  are  in  centers  of  growing  population  and  wealth,  and  the  work 
among  the  foreigners  in  the  State  especially  claims  our  attention,  because 
the  manifest  blessing  of  God  is  on  it ;  because  the  foreigners  are  already 
so  large  a  majority  that  only  fourteen  of  the  forty-four  States  have  so 
high  a  ratio  of  foreigners  to  the  whole  population  as  Connecticut,  and 
because  this  ratio  is  bound  to  be  carried  higher  by  the  larger  birth  in 
their  families  than  in  ours,  and  by  a  steady  influx  from  the  Old  World 
attracted  to  us  by  our  nearness  to  the  ports  of  entry  and  the  variety  and 
extent  of  our  manufactories ;  and,  furthermore,  because  two-thirds  of  this 
foreign  element  are  non- Protestant ;  and  because,  while  our  Congrega- 
tional constituency  was  never  more  numerous  nor  more  prosperous  than 
now,  our  Congregational  communicants  are  only  eight  per  cent,  of  the 
population,  and  the  Catholic  communicants  are  twenty  per  cent,  of  the 
population. 

In  view  of  the  whole  situation,  we  must  spend  more  of  our  home 
missionary  money  in  Connecticut  than  heretofore,  in  order  that  we  may 
hold  our  own,  and  assimilate  such  as  we  can  of  the  strangers  within  our 
gates,  and  thus  enlarge  the  area  from  which  we  gather  resources  from  the 
kingdom  of  God  at  home  and  abroad. 

Both  of  our  Connecticut  societies,  that  of  1798  for  frontier  work  and 
that  of  1 816  for  State  work,  which  since  1880  have  been  merged  into  one, 
have  been  in  hearty  cooperation  with  the  National  Society  since  1830. 

Some  idea  of  what  Connecticut  has  done  in  this  movement  may  be  got 
if  we  consider  that  in  addition  to  all  we  have  contributed  in  the  Christian 
migrations  from  us  for  over  a  century,  and  all  of  the  educated  men  we 
have  furnished  to  be  itinerants,  pastors,  superintendents,  teachers,  presi- 
dents and  professors  in  colleges,  and  the  money  v?e  Vvavt  ^uX.  VcvVo  ^^>\^^- 


388  The  Home  Missionary  November.  1894 

tional  institutions,  and  all  we  have  given  for  church  building,  our  Home 
Missionary  offerings  for  this  outside  work  from  1793  ^  date  have  ex- 
ceeded $2,975,000.  In  fact,  less  than  fifteen  per  cent,  of  what  has  been 
raised  for  Home  Missions  has  been  spent  in  and  for  Connecticut,  and 
over  eighty-five  per  cent,  has  been  distributed  to  the  country  at  large. 
And  it  is  some  satisfaction  to  be  able  to  say  that  what  Connecticut  gave 
to  this  work  in  1893  was  many  thousands  more  than  in  former  years. 

We  bless  God  that  we  have  been  able  to  do  so  much.  We  purpose 
to  keep  doing,  for,  in  the  words  of  our  venerated  Connecticut  forefathers, 
**  We  don't  expect  or  desire  to  be  freed  from  the  duty  of  promoting  the 
kingdom  of  God  and  the  interests  of  religion  in  the  world." 

As  the  churches  in  these  great  Western  States  multiply  and  grov 
strong,  the  time  will  come  when  they  will  far  exceed  us  in  numbers  and 
in  resources  for  every  good  work.  They  will  increase  and  we  must 
decrease,  but  thereby  our  prayers  will  be  answered,  our  purpose  will  be 
accomplished,  God  will  be  glorified,  and  Connecticut  will  be  made  glad. 


Pastors,  Superintendents,  and  Teachers. — You  cannot  fail  to 
see  how  largely  it  depends  on  you  whether  the  Rally  Day  shall  be  a 
success,  or  a  mere  tame,  dead-and-alive  affair,  or  a  flat  failure.  Cold 
water — cold  enough  to  chill  all  life  out  of  the  occasion — can  be  thrown 
upon  it  simply  by  indifference  or  a  merely  formal  indorsement,  a  bare 
permission  of  the  exercises,  as  of  something  of  no  importance  save  as 
they  may  please  the  children,  and  that  may  be  taking  the  place  of  a  more 
dignified  service  for  grown  people.  Do  not  the  grown  people  get  their 
full  share  of  the  church's  meetings,  and  can  you  not  afford  to  let  the 
children  have  a  good  time  on  their  Rally  Day  once  a  year?  It  will  pay 
to  help  them  with  all  your  heart.     Please  do  it. 


THE   WISCONSIN    FOREST   FIRES 

By  Superintendent  T.  G.  Grassie 

It  is  a  matter  for  great  thankfulness  that  not  one  of  our  missions  has 
actually  suffered  seriously,  though  most  of  them  have  been  seriously 
threatened.  Washburn  suffered  the  destruction  of  extensive  lumberyards 
and  docks,  but  saved  its  valuable  mills  and  the  entire  town.  The  inhab- 
Hants  were  in  almost  instant  dread,  and  had  buried  their  compact  valu- 


November,  1894  The  Home  Missionary  389 

ables  in  the  ground,  ready  to  flee  for  their  lives  and  leave  their  homes  and 
goods  to  the  fire.  Fifield  has  not  been  burned  again.  Mason,  where  we 
had  a  mission  last  year,  was  destroyed.  At  Clear  Lake  our  missionary 
turned  out  with  his  congregation  one  Sunday  to  defend  the  town.  He 
has  gained  a  fine  record  in  the  place  for  his  stout  leadership  in  protecting 
the  homes  of  the  people.     The  town  is  safe. 

On  one  trip  I  reached  Norrie  on  Saturday  afternoon,  to  find  it  invaded 
on  three  sides  with  fire,  which  the  people  kept  off  with  difficulty.  How- 
ever, they  came  to  church  in  the  evening  and  next  morning.  The  way 
thence  to  Birnamwood  was  five  miles  through  burning  woods.  I  attempted 
it,  and  got  safely  through,  though  the  smoke  was  dense,  and  in  one  place 
the  flames  were  close  on  both  sides  of  the  narrow  road.  We  got  through 
by  running  the  horse.  Heard  on  the  way  that  Birnamwood  was  in  flames, 
but  on  reaching  it  found  it  safe,  though  threatened  on  all  sides,  and 
the  inhabitants  out  with  the  fire  department  wetting  the  streets  and  houses, 
also  fighting  back  the  flames  in  the  woods  that  crowd  close  on  the  village. 
It. was  saved,  and  at  evening  a  good  congregation  came  to  church. 

At  Rhinelander  I  found  that  that  large  town  had  had  a  similar  experi- 
ence at  the  same  time.  They  were  in  dread  all  through  Sunday,  and  on 
Monday  the  mayor,  one  of  our  church  members,  ordered  all  the  mills 
closed  and  the  men  to  stand  ready  all  day  to  hold  the  fire  at  bay. 

Passing  on  the  railroads,  in  every  direction  the  country  is  a  scene  of 
smoldering  and  devastated  forests  over  two-thirds,  at  least,  of  the  area 
you  pass  through.  The  smoke  is  yet  dense  here  in  Ashland.  I  turn  to 
look  from  my  office  window,  and  at  four  blocks'  distance  I  cannot  see  the 
houses.     We  had  on  our  worst  day  to  light  lamps  three  hours  before  sunset. 

But  through  all  there  is  wonderful  cheer,  and  sense  of  God's  gracious 
protection  and  wise,  strong  providence. 

Ashland,  Wis.,  September  20M. 


PROGRESS    IN    THE    SOUTH 

By  Rev.  D.  B.  Cargill,  Alpha,  La. 

I  am  just  home  from  our  Rapids  District  Association  and  from  preach- 
ing the  sermon  at  the  dedication  of  their  new  church  house  at  Hemphill. 
It  is  the  first  Congregational  church  that  has  been  built  in  that  section  of 
Louisiana.  Therefore  it  means  a  great  deal  to  us  as  a  church.  It  is  a 
good  country  church,  the  best  in  all  that  neighborhood  by  far,  and  is 
worth  about  $1,000.  It  is  clear  from  debt,  and  was  built  by  our  own 
people  without  aid  from'our  Church  Building  Society.     We  continued  the 


390  The  Home  Missionary  November,  1894 

meeting  there  for  six  days  ;  had  a  real  good  meeting,  receiving  six  addi- 
tions to  our  church.  We  also  received  a  minister  into  our  brotherhood 
from  the  Methodists,  a  good  man  who  will  do  a  good  work  in  the  ministxy. 
This  also  means  a  great  deal  to  us  as  a  church,  as  good,  able  ministers  are 
our  great  need. 

While  the  financial  depression  of  our  country  has  been  and  is  now  felt 
by  us  as  a  church,  and  our  work  here  in  Louisiana  is  hindered  for  want  of 
means,  there  is  no  question  that  our  prospects  for  real  success  as  a  church 
in  this  State  are  brighter  now  than  they  ever  have  been.  One  reason  is 
that  we  are  not  here  to  pull  down,  but  to  help  build  up  and  advance  the 
cause  of  Christ.  The  people  at  large  are  beginning  to  see  and  to  know 
that  this  is  the  aim  of  the  Congregational  church ;  hence  the  door  is 
opening  all  the  while.  The  more  the  people  know  of  our  church,  the  better 
they  like  it. 


Parents. — You  surely  do  not  want  to  see  your  sons  grow  up  to  be 

either  raisers  or  spendthrifts.  You  desire  and  pray  that  they  may  become 
conscientious  stewards  of  the  Lord's  money,  honestly  earning  what  they 
can,  and  wisely  using  it  for  the  advancement  of  Christ's  cause.  This  you 
have  learned  is  the  only  use  of  property  that  pays.  And  you  would  have 
your  daughters  not  frivolous  devotees  of  fashion  or  worldly  pleasure,  but 
earnest  helpers  in  all  good  works,  in  the  grand  structure  of  Christian  society 
being  "  as  corner-stones  polished  after  the  similitude  of  a  palace.'*  The 
way  to  realize  these  wishes  and  to  secure  answers  to  these  prayers  of  yours 
is  to  interest  your  sons  and  daughters  in  better  things — the  best  things. 
Is  there  a  better  thing  to  live  for  than  the  spiritual  salvation  of  your 
country  ?  And  can  you  begin  too  soon  to  interest  them  in  it  ?  Can  you 
not  wisely  use  Rally  Day  as  a  helper  in  fixing  their  young  hearts  upon  this 
noble  purpose  ? 


A  CITY    MISSION 

We  have  had  an  attendance  in  the  aggregate  of  5,855,  being  450  per 
week  for  the  quarter.  We  now  hold  six  meetings  weekly.  We  have  lost 
by  death  one  of  our  best  members,  a  member  of  the  choir,  a  trustee,  and  a 
liberal  supporter  of  our  church  funds.     He  will  be  greatly  missed. 

For  several  weeks  past  the  missionary  has  preached  illustrated  ser- 
mons, which  have  helped  to  keep  up  our  Sunday  night  attendance, 
'''hrough  two  summer  months  we  closed  our  Young  People's  Association, 


November,  1894  The  Home  Missionary  391 

kindergarten,  Juvenile  Temperance  League,  and  choir  practice.  A  boys' 
brigade  has  been  established,  this  quarter,  which  greatly  interests  and  is 
likely  to  be  helpful  to  our  school.     So  far  it  is  well  attended. 

Here  terminates  a  year's  toil  for  Christ  and  humanity  in  the  Camp 
Memorial  Church,  a  most  difficult  field ;  yet  hard  work,  with  God's 
blessing,  has  won  many  victories.  The  missionary  has  made  1,380  pas- 
toral visits  in  the  homes  of  the  people,  besides  hundreds  of  calls  with 
hand-bills,  inviting  people  to  our  services.  A  very  large  number  of  meet- 
ings have  been  held,  the  church  for  months  being  open  almost  every 
night  in  the  week.  On  all  our  meetings  of  every  sort  we  have  had  an 
attendance  for  the  year  of  30,750,  an  average,  summer  and  winter,  of  591 
per  week.  At  our  Sunday-school  we  have  had  an  average  attendance  of 
131  ;  at  our  Sunday  night  services,  seventy;  and  at  our  mid-week  prayer- 
meeting,  fifty-one.  Many  have  professed  conversion,  and  some  have 
really  experienced  a  change  of  heart,  and  are  to-day  respectable,  consist- 
ent, helpful  members  of  our  church. — Rev.  F.  A.  Slvfield,  New  York  City, 


HOME   MISSIONS   IN   ARIZONA   AND   NEW   MEXICO 

By  Rev.   Alfred  K.  Wrav,  Superintendent 

The  English-speaking  congregations  of  Arizona  and  New  Mexico 
average  over  200  miles  apart,  arranged  in  a  sort  of  a  circle.  They  are 
so  arranged  by  reason  of  the  position  of  the  railroads,  and  it  is  necessary 
to  travel  over  1,500  miles  in  order  to  make  the  circuit. 

Prescott  has  for  its  nearest  Congregational  neighbor  a  church  120 
miles  away,  no  miles  of  which  it  is  necessary  to  travel  by  stage,  and 
its  nearest  neighbor  on  the  east  is  461  miles  away.  White  Oaks  is  175 
miles  away  from  its  nearest  Congregational  neighbor,  and  ninety  miles 
of  this  must  be  traveled  by  stage.  Albuquerque  has  White  Oaks  for  . 
its  nearest  neighbor  in  one  direction,  175  miles,  and  Prescott,  in  the 
other  direction,  461  miles.  You  will  see  about  how  large  a  field  we 
have. 

With  regard  to  the  people  of  our  Territories,  they  are  of  three  races  : 
Indians,  Mexicans,  and  Americans.  I  cannot  understand  why  it  is  that 
we  have  so  little  religious  work  among  the  Indians.  We  have  some 
20,000  of  them,  with  8,000  Pueblo  Indians,  but  no  Congregational  work 
has  been  done  among  them  at  all,  I  am  very  sorry  to  say.  Among  the 
Mexicans,  rather  a  wonderful  class  of  people,  we  have  two  churches. 

Then  we  have  the  Americans  as  the  third  race.     We  may  refer  to  at 


392  The  Home  Missionary  November.  1894 

least  two  classes  of  Americans  who  live  in  that  region  :  first,  those  who 
are  there  for  their  health,  and  second,  those  who  are  not  there  for  their 
health  !  The  first  class  are  quite  numerous ;  if  they  predominate  over 
the  other  class,  they  don*t  dominate. 

That  country  has  been  hard  in  its  earlier  years,  and  it  is  hard  now. 
While  we  have  not  the  roughness  in  many  of  these  places  now  that  we 
once  had,  yet  we  have  the  moral  indifference  that  has  remained  after 
that  former  period  has  passed.  In  Nogales  I  was  told  by  a  man  who 
had  been  there  from  the  beginning,  that  he  had  seen  six  men  buried 
who  had  died  with  their  boots  on,  before  he  saw  one  buried  who  had 
died  with  his  boots  off. 

1  almost  envy  you  who  have  people  coming  into  your  region  so  fast 
that  you  don't  know  what  to  do  with  them.  You  can't  help  having  your 
churches  grow.  But  with  us  this  is  not  so.  We  have  many  discouraging 
conditions.  At  the  present  time  our  region  is  practically  at  a  standstill. 
The  principal  industries  are  mining  and  stock  raising,  but  both  are  in  a 
very  low  condition  at  present.  I  believe  that  the  future  of  the  country 
depends  upon  irrigation.  There  is  an  increased  amount  of  territory 
irrigated,  and  it  will  increase  more  and  more  in  the  future,  but  it  is 
very  slow.  It  requires  a  large  capital.  So  the  progress  of  Congrega- 
tional church  work  in  that  Territory  has  been  very  slow.  1  don't  exactly 
understand  the  reason  for  it,  but  it  does  seem  to  me  that  the  record  we 
have  made  in  the  last  ten  years  should  not  be  repeated  very  often.  One 
Hnglish-speaking  Congregational  church  has  been  organized  in  seven 
years,  and  during  that  time  we  have  lost  two.  But  we  have  made  some 
progress  in  the  past  few  months.  In  Albuquerque  three  mission  Sunday- 
schools  have  been  organized  in  the  last  four  or  five  months — one  Mexican 
at  the  south  end  of  the  town,  and  one  Mexican  at  the  north  end  of  the 
town,  where  we  have  put  up  a  building.  We  don't  expect  that  either  of 
the  three  will  grow  into  a  church  very  soon.  And  we  have  a  third  mis- 
sion which  is  doing  work  among  several  races  of  people,  where  we  have 
Indians,  Mexicans,  Italians,  negroes,  and  Americans,  all  together  in  one 
Sunday-school. 

New  Mexico  and  Arizona  arc  now  knocking  at  the  doors  of  Congress 
for  Statehood,  and  whatever  you  want,  whatever  your  wishes  may  be, 
they  will  sooner  or  later  become  States.  But  in  New  Mexico  there  are 
100,000  Mexicans  to  50,000  Americans,  and  while  in  Arizona  the  majority 
is  the  other  way,  yet  there  are  20,000  Mexicans  to  40,000  Americans. 
They  are  going  to  become  States  whether  you  will  or  no.  But  these 
are  a  priest-ridden  people,  and  the  priests  are  the  worst  of  all  the 
people  in  that  whole  Territory.  Do  you  want  them  without  their 
becoming  a  Christian  and  a  Protestant  State  ?  It  will  come  ;  how  shall 
it  come  ? 


November,  1894  The  Home  Missionary  393 


FROM   KNOXVILLE,   TENNESSEE 

By  Rev.  John  H.  Frazee,  D.D. 

The  pastor's  work  for  this  quarter  does  not  suggest  exciting  incidents 
nor  provoke  extraordinary  statements.  Outside  of  strictly  pastoral  duties, 
he  was  called  to  present  diplomas  to  our  high-school  graduates ;  on  July 
4th  to  make  the  address  of  introduction  at  the  visit  of  the  well-known 
Confederate  General  and  U.  S.  Senator,  Gordon,  of  Georgia  ;  to  conduct 
services  at  the  burial  of  a  noted  lawyer,  whose  funeral  over  fifty  members 
of  the  bar  attended  ;  to  repeated  services  at  prominent  Methodist  (South) 
churches,  incident  to  the  death  of  the  wife  of  an  esteemed  brother  pastor, 
as  well  as  by  exchange.  These,  with  his  secretaryship  of  the  Pastors* 
Union,  show  the  pleasant  recognition  given  in  this  Southern  city  to  a 
Congregational  church  and  pastor,  and  indicate  the  kindly  relations 
sustained,  from  whence  good  results  must  continue  to  grow. 

It  may  be  fairly  claimed  that  our  part  of  the  South  is  to-day  one  of  the 
best  representatives  of  loyalty  in  the  Union.  Its  outlook  is  believed  to  be 
more  encouraging  along  many  lines  than  it  has  been.  Assurance  seems 
intelligently  given  that  business  interests  at  large  are  giving  promise  of 
speedy  development.  If  this  comes,  it  will  restore  to  us  some  of  the 
excellent  things  our  depressed  times  have  cost  us  so  sorely.  The  reor- 
ganization of  our  entire  railroad  system,  which  will  not  be  so  costly  to  us 
as  a  church  as  we  at  one  time  feared,  promises  to  be  of  vast  advantage  to 
our  land.  Moneyed  men — so  say  financial  authorities— are  looking  at 
our  great  latent  interests  with  renewed  earnestness.  We  are  waiting, 
standing  at  arms,  listening  for  the  Master's  command,  "whether  to  march 
or  to  stay  by  the  stuff."     Pilgrim  Church  will  be  true  to  duty. 


A    RESCUE    FUND 

Dear  Friends  of  the  Woman's  Unions  : 

The  Executive  Committee  of  the  Congregational  Home  Missionary 
Society  have  sent  a  message  to  every  Congregational  church  in  the 
country,  in  which  they  affirm  that,  moved  by  what  they  believe  to  be 
sound  business  principles,  they  have  felt  compelled  to  reduce  the  mis- 
sionary expenditures  of  the  current  year  by  the  amount  of  $75,000. 

The  churches  throughout  the  country  are  urged  to  save  the  work  of 


394  The  Home  Missionary  November,  1894 

the  Society  from  the  dire  calamity  which  must  result  from  this  cut,  by  a 
contribution  of  $75,000  above  the  apportionment  of  the  year. 

A  Question. — Members  of  the  Woman's  Homeland  Organizations: 
What  advance  can  you  make  on  your  contribution  of  last  year  to  help 
secure  this  "  Rescue  Fund  "  ? 

During  the  crucial  year,  1893-94,  you  gave  to  this  Society  over  $51,000. 
When  our  books  are  closed  on  March  31,  1895,  may  we  credit  you  with 
$61,000  ?  Why  not  ?  Seven  years  ago  you  placed  in  our  treasury  about 
$5,000.  The  next  year  you  more  than  doubled  the  amount.  Last  year 
you  multiplied  your  first  contribution  by  ten  !  In  one  year,  by  special 
effort,  your  advance  in  contributions  over  the  previous  year  amounted  to 
over  I  T,ooo,  while  during  all  the  years  your  average  advance  has  been  over 
$7,600.     Is  it  too  much  to  ask  for  $2,400  over  your  average  advance  ? 

As  officers  and  members  of  our  auxiliaries,  will  you  give  to  this  appeal 
your  prayerful  consideration?  Will  you  devise  some  method  by  which 
the  extra  $10,000  may  find  its  way  into  the  "  Rescue  Fund  "  ? 

"  Money  in  the  hands  of  a  true  Christian  giver  is  the  modem  miracle 
worker."  "Forgive  us,  Lord,  if  at  any  time  we  have  given  pence  when 
we  should  have  given  silver  ;  if  we  have  given  silver  when  we  ought  to 
have  given  gold  ;  and  if  we  have  given  gold  when  we  might  have  given 
bank-notes." 

Hopefully  yours, 

Harrikt  S.  Caswf.ll,  Sec,  of  WomatCs  Dept 


[The  above  letter,  <ient  out  by  the  Secretary  of  our  Woman's  Department  to  the 
ofTicers  of  the  Woman's  Home  Missionary  Unions,  is  being  most  faithfully  distributed 
by  them,  and  the  liearty  cordiality  of  the  responses  received  at  this  office  has  greatly 
strenjjthcned  the  anxious  hearts  at  the  Woman's  Hcjiartment  headquarters.  The  Presi- 
dent of  the  Woman's  Home  Missionary  Association,  which  includes  Massachusetts  and 
Rhode  Island,  has  had  an  "addendum"  hectographed  upon  the  blank  page  of  the  letter 
whicli  cannot  fail  to  produce  large  results.  That  all  may  receive  inspiration  from  this 
message,  we  gladly  publi>h  it. J 

Woman's  Home  Missionary  Association. 
Room  32.  i^ongrogational  House,  Boston,  Mass.,  September  12,  1894. 

Dear  P'rif.nj)s  of  our  Auxiliaries: 

I  cannot  allow  this  appeal  to  pass  through  the  office  of  our  Woman's 
Home  Missionary  Association  to  you  without  the  hearty  indorsement  of 
our  ICxccutive  Board. 

\Vc  invite  you  to  join  us  in  the  **  advance  "  herein  recommended,  and 
to  do  all  you  can  to  inspire  and  enlist  the  members  of  your  respective 


November.  1894  The  Home  Missionary  395 

auxiliaries  in  a  concerted  effort  to  relieve  the  burden  which  is  now  resting 
on  the  Congregational  Home  Missionary  Society  and  seriously  crippling 
its  work.  Is  not  this  a  crisis  in  the  history  of  our  country,  when  we  should 
all  put  on  our  strength,  and  redouble  our  energies,  and  giv€  liberally  to  save 
it  for  Christ  ?  Exceptional  exigencies  demand  exceptional  zeal  and  self- 
denial. 

This  year  may  be,  for  some  of  us,  our  last  year  of  service,  of  Christian 
giving.  Shall  it  not  be,  by  the  grace  of  God,  our  bcst^  our  most  fruitful 
one  ?  So  that  if  we  should  be  called  to  behold  him  in  glory,  "  we  may 
have  confidence,  and  not  be  ashamed  before  him  at  his  coming.*' 
"  Therefore,  as  ye  abound  in  everything,  in  faith,  and  utterance,  and 
knowledge,  and  in  all  diligence  and  love — see  that  ye  abound  in  this  grace 
also" — liberality. 

In  his  name  and  for  his  sake, 

Mrs.  C.  L.  Goodell,  Pres.  of  W.  H.  M.  A, 


Pray  for  It. — There  are  quiet  souls,  neither  pastors,  church  nor 
Sunday-school  officers,  nor  parents — some  of  them  **  shut-ins  "  on  sick- 
beds— who  can  directly  do  but  little  to  interest  the  children  and  youth  in 
Rally  Day,  but  who  bear  the  cause  on  their  hearts  and  long  to  see  it  pros- 
per. One  thing,  dear  friends,  one  thing,  if  not  more,  you  can  do  ;  you 
can  pray  for  it.  You  can  ask  the  blessing  of  your  Heavenly  Father  on  all 
who  shall  have  the  day*s  exercises  in  charge  ;  on  the  children  and  youth 
who  shall  take  an  active  part ;  on  the  missionaries  in  all  their  far-away 
fields  and  on  the  land  they  are  seeking,  with  God's  help,  to  save — a  la3d 
so  well  worth  saving,  and  for  whose  welfare  every  American  Christian  is 
in  his  or  her  just  measure  responsible.  Money  and  prayer  are  both 
essential  to  a  good  work's  success,  and  he  who  has  money  and  withholds 
it  cannot  make  good  the  deficiency  with  prayer.  But  let  the  poor  re- 
member :  "  If  there  be  first  a  willing  mind,  it  is  accepted  according  to 
that  a  man  hath,  and  not  according  to  that  he  hath  not." 


Joyful  Tidings. — Special  meetings  are  going  on  here  this  week 
under  the  leadership  of  our  conquering  King.  Superintendent  Shaw  has 
reached  us  in  his  rounds  and  is  helping  us.  He  spoke  to  us  last  night, 
and  mighty  power  came  down  on  the  people.  Some  stiff-necked  enemies 
of  Jesus  were  conquered — praises  to  his  name  !  The  religious  interest 
of  the  last  two  months  has  been  greatly  strengthened.  I  know  this  news 
will  rejoice  your  hearts.  I  wish  all  our  people  in  the  North  could  know 
what  God  is  doing  this  year  for  Alabama. — Shelbys  Ala.,  October  4///. 


396 


The  Home  Missionary  November,  1894 


TREASURY    NOTE 


One-half  of  the  sixty-ninth  fiscal  year  has  passed.  The  receipts  in 
those  six  months — April  to  September — are  given  in  the  table  below,  and 
with  them,  for  ease  of  comparison,  the  receipts  in  the  corresponding 
months  of  1893  : 


CONTRIBUTIONS 


1893 

April $10,366  46 

May 9,461  46 

June 15*136   17 

July 15*293  72 

August...     9,479  91 
Sept 13,794  35 


1894 

$18,936  34 
18,608  21 
15,249  44 
18,908  65 
7,886  18 
12,707  28 


April 

May 

June 

July 8,940  39 

August..    14,885  55 


LEGACIES 
1893 

$6,68 1    14 

25,812  59 
10,254  35 


$73,532  07   $92,296  10 
2,296  10 

73i532  07 
$18,764  03  gain  in  contributions. 


1894 

$8,701  36 

6,113  5^ 
35,026  54 

10,695  22 

35,280  76 

i5»o45^ 
2,024  12  $110,862  47 

$110,862  47 
72,024  12 

$38,838  35  gain  in  legacies. 


Sept. 


5»45o 


10 


Friknds  of  Home  Missions  :  Please  look  over  these  figures  with 
care,  and  join  your  thanks  with  ours.  They  show  a  gain  of  $57,602.38 
over  the  first  six  months  of  last  year.  This  not  in  the  good,  easy  times 
that  we  all  remember  so  well,  but  in  the  closest  pecuniary  stringency 
known  here  for  many  years  ;  a  depression  that  has  disastrously  crippled 
the  country's  business,  has  broken  up  thousands  of  stanch  old  firms,  and 
brought  distress  into  hundreds  of  thousands  of  homes  of  honest,  hard- 
working toilers  with  brain  and  brawn.  Give  thanks  with  us,  friends,  for 
this  indication  of  returning  prosperity  !  The  clouds  are  breaking  away. 
Through  their  rifts  gleams  the  brightness  of  our  Father's  old-time  cove- 
nanted favor.  He  does  not  forget  his  pledged  word.  He  is  faithful  that 
promised. 

This  gain  has  been  made  not  only  in  a  year  of  disaster,  but  in  those 
months  of  the  year  which  usually  bring  the  smallest  returns  into  this 
treasury.  Oive  thanks  to  God  I  What  can  be  our  Father's  object  in  this 
timely  special  favor,  if  it  be  not  to  lift  up  our  spirits  ;  to  revive  our  faith 
and  hope  ;  to  set  anew  our  hearts  upon  him  who,  in  our  hours  of  adver- 
sity, had  almost  seemed  for  the  moment  to  have  forgotten  his  people  ;  to 
assure  us  that  he  loves  the  work  this  Society  has  in  hand,  loves  it  in 
dark  hours  as  well  as  in  bright,  and  will  surely  give  it  final  success  ? 

At  its  October  meeting  the  Executive  Committee  directed  that  there 
be  given,  through  the  magazine,  a  hearty  expression  of  thanks  to  the 
churches  and  friends  who,  under  (iod,  by  their  loving  gifts  have   made 


November,  1894  The  Home  Missionary  397 

this  repKjrt  of  gain  possible.  They  were  anxious  that  these  willing  givers 
should  know  how  warmly  their  timely  help  is  appreciated.  They  also 
suggested  that,  in  view  of  this  encouraging  statement,  the  Society's 
friends  be  urged  to  unite  in  renewed  efforts,  during  this  last  and  most 
fruitful  half  of  the  current  year,  to  enable  the  committee  to  begin  at  once 
the  process  of  restoration,  and,  if  possible,  to  make  the  seventieth  year 
memorable  for  an  advance  all  along  the  line  of  the  Society's  operations. 
Are  there  not  in  our  churches  thousands  of  devout  hearts  that  will  be 
moved  by  grateful  joy  to  make  generous  thank-offerings  in  behalf  of  the 
cause  they  love,  and  which  is  so  manifestly  beloved  of  God  ? 


NOT    ALL    DARK 

The  sun  is  invisible  to-day.  The  inky  clouds  just  above  us  cast 
a  gloom  upon  the  earth.  Yet  as  we  look  towards  the  west  we  see  the 
pine-covered  and  snow-dotted  mountains  all  glorious  with  sunlight.  Not 
infrequently  we  who  dwell  near  the  Big  Horn  Hills  are  treated  to  this 
strange  sight,  and  it  grandly  illustrates  the  experiences  of  every  mis- 
sionary on  the  frontier.  Dark  they  often  are,  but  never  altogether  dark. 
If  the  worker  casts  his  eye  in  the  right  direction  he  is  sure  to  be  cheered 
by  the  sight  of  sunshine.  Are  the  majority  of  the  people  on  his  field  so 
grossly  wicked  that  his  efforts  to  do  them  good  fail  ?  It  is  equally  certain 
that  some  are  not.  Are  many  so  blinded  by  the  glare  of  silver  and  gold 
that  it  seems  almost  impossible  to  show  them  "  the  Way  "  ?  There  are 
always  a  few  quick  to  see  and  ready  to  accept  the  truth.  Are  too  many 
of  those  within  the  church  he  serves  **  children  tossed  to  and  fro,  and 
carried  about  with  every  wind  of  doctrine"  ?  Here  and  there  is  sure  to 
be  one  "rooted  and  grounded  in  love."  Does  he  sometimes  receive 
neither  sympathy  nor  tokens  of  appreciation  from  his  field  ?  Then  these 
come  not  infrequently  from  friends  in  the  Kast,  and  daily  from  the 
Heavenly  Father.  Does  he  feel  alone  like  a  voice  "  in  the  wilderness  "  ? 
Still  he  knows  he  has  "  a  cloud  of  witnesses." 

The  missionary  must  expect  often  to  see  the  clouds ;  but  at  the  same 
time  it  is  his  privilege  to  look  away  from  these  and  feast  his  eyes  upon 
the  sun-gilded  mountains. — E.  D.  B.,  Wyoming, 


Rally  Day. — We  may  have  spoken  of  it  before  in  this  number,  but 
we  would  remind  our  readers  that  it  comes  on  Sunday,  November  25th, 
and  that  we  need  all  the  help  they  can  give. 


98 


The  Home  Missionary  November.  1894 


APPOINTMENTS    IN    SEPTEMBER,   1894 


A'of  in  commission  last  year 

Armstrong.  Lyman  P..  Corralitos,  Cal. 

Ameit,  Samuel  I..  Aurora,  Mo. 

Childs.  Edward  P  .  Ashland.  Ore. 

De  Kay.  George  H..  Santa  Monica.  Cal 

Dc  I^n^.  Thomas  W.,  Ainsworth,  Neb. 

Fisher.  Elmer  K..  Plevna,  Kan. 

Goerlitz,  G.   Woldemar,    Inland   and   Hastings, 

Neb. 
Helms,  George  L.,  Ree  Heights,  Greenleaf,  and 

Spring  liill.  So.  Dak. 
Morton,  y  B.,  Orlando.  Fla. 
Rea,  John.  Sansalito.  Cal. 
Rowley.  Ralph  A.,  Leavenworth  and  VVenatchcc, 

Wash. 

Rt'-commisi  iontd 

Athcrton,   Isaac  W.,   Spring  Valley  and  Jamul, 

Cal. 
Bamett.  John  H.,  Corry  and  (Concord,  Pcnn. 
Billings.  C.  S.,  Evangelist  in  Neb. 
Boyle,  Frank  W.,  El  Paso,  Tex.  * 

Br<jwn,  Willard  !>.,  Inicrlachcn,  Fla. 
Burroughs.  Charles  H.,  Belle  Fourchc,  So.  Dak. 
Bushel].  Richard,  Marysville,  Wash. 
Champlin,  Oliver  P..  Oberon,  No.  Dak. 
Clark.  Victor  F.,  Holdrcdge,  Neb. 
Complon,  Herbert  E.,  Sykcston  and  Cathay,  No. 

Dak. 
Cra'.cr.  GeoYge   W.,  Carthage  and  Esmond,  Sf). 

Dak. 
Davis.  William.  Julcsburg,  Colo. 
Evison.  Albert  E.,  Ink^ter  and  Orr.  No.  Dak. 
Fritzcmcicr.  William.  Crete,  Neb. 
Frost.  Willard  J  .  Coril.ind  and  Mecca.  Ohio. 
Eraser,  Charles  W..  Key  West,  Fla. 
Fuller,  Almon  T.,  New^  Smyrna.  Fla. 
Gallagher,  Georife  W..  Tacoma.  Wash. 
Gilchrist.  Howard   H..  General  Miss'y  in  Black 

Hills  and  Wyo. 
Griffith.  William,  Caledonia.  No.  Dak. 
Haggquist.  F.  Ci,.  General  Missionary  among  the 

Scandinavians  in  No.  Wis 
Halliday.  Joseph  C  ,  Orange  City.  I'la. 
Hardaway.   George    W.,    Lung  wood    and    Palm 

Springs.  Fla. 


Harding.  John  W..  Ormoud,  Fla. 

Henn,  Jacob.  Des  Moines,  Iowa. 

Hodgeman,  Lewis  P.,  Albion,  Penn. 

Huntley,  Abi  S..  Peao*!,  So.  Dak. 

Huntley.  Sand  ford  F.,  Wessington  Springs  and 

Anina,  So.  Dak. 
Jones,  John  D.,  Medical  Lake,  Wash. 
Tones.  John  E.,  Cooperstown,  No.  Dak. 
Lewis.  John  M.,  Deer  Park  and    Loon  Lake, 

Wa^. 
Luck,  Charles  W..  Ogden.  Utah. 
Luter.  Elves  D.,  Oscill  and  Bethel.  Fla. 
Marble,  William  H.,  WalUce  and  Macon.  Kan.    ' 
Massie,  William  M.,  Kenwood  and  Glen  EUen. 

Cal. 
Melton,  Jesse  J..  Wamell  and  Panasoffkee.  Fla. 
Miller,  Willie  G.,  Compton,  Shoal  River,  and  New 

Light.  Fla. 
NewclT,  Arthur  F.,  Lincoln.  Neb. 
Noble,  Mason,  Lake  Helen,  Fla. 
Paine,  Samuel  D..  Sanford.  Fla. 
Pearce,  Isaac  A.,  Palm  Beach,  Fla. 
Pearson.  John  L.,  Oceanside  and  Encinitas,  Cal. 
Pierce.  Robert  S.,  Urbana.  Neb. 
Powell,  Gregory  J.,  Omaha,  Neb. 
Preston,  Charles  W.,  Curtis.  Neb. 
Reese,  Pleasant  H.,  Woodruff,  Ga. 
Reoch,  Adam,  Monterey.  Penn. 
Rexford.  George  W,.  Plankinton,  So.  Dak. 
Rowe.  James,  Alexandria  and  Bard.  So.  Dak. 
Shepard.  Herman  T.,  Black  Diamond  and  Frank- 
lin, W.osh. 
Smith,  William,  Huntington  and  Ontario,  Ore. 
Smith.  Zwingle  H.,  Howard  and  Vilas,  So.  Dak. 
Sutherland,  J.  M.,  Hammond,  Ind. 
Tangemann.  G.  D.,De  Witt  and  Beatrice,  .N'fb. 
Thomson,  Alexander.  Tomahawk,  Wis. 
Thurston,  Thomas  W.,  Dawson  and  Tappcn,  N'o- 

Dak. 
Tinj-le.  George  W.,  Oneida  and  AxtcII.  Kan. 
Town.  Willard  O..  Cora,  Kan. 
Wherland,  James  D..  Oberlin  and  Vinton,  La- 
Willett.  George,  San  Luis  Obispo,  Cal.  , 

Williams.  William  H.,   Springfield  and  NichoU, 

Mo. 
Wilson,  Henry.  Canton,  So  Dak. 
Wise,  William  C,  Chelan,  Wash. 


RECEIPTS    IN    SEPTEMBER,    1894 

F'or  account  of  rtM^ripts  l)y  .Si.it'^  Auxiliary  Societies,  see  pag-es  403  to  \Qy 


•:> 


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NRW  HAMPSHIRK    SiO.cx.. 

Hrooklinc.  bv  .Mis.->  E.  M.  Peterson.. .  ${  kjo 

C';nc<  >rd.  A  I'rieml     

Hennikcr,  Friends,  through    .Mrs.  L. 

W.  Peabody 5  o.. 

Lyme  (enter,  Mrs.  .\    Bailey i  «>') 

Stewartstown,  L  H.  X :i  <■<) 

VIikMONT-?;i.oj5  30;  ol  which  leg- 
acy, .*.r,oi-.5('. 

Rcaivcd  bv  W.  C.  Tyler.  Trcas.  Vt. 
I)om.  Nliss.  Soc  : 
Wr)m.-in's  H.  M.  Union.  Mrs  W   P. 
Fairbanks.    Treas. :    Essex  June 
lion,  Mrs.  Seaton 5  <io 

Bennington  Center.    •  M." 3  ro 

Iirattleb<»ro.    Balance   of    Legacy    of 

Clark  Jacobs,  by  C.  F.  Thompson. .  1.017  50 

Royalton,  First,  by  J.  Wilde      10  00 


M.A.SS.ACHUSETTS      $7,666.71  ; 
which  let^acies,  $2,037.51. 


of 


Mass.  Home  Mis.s.  Soc..  by  Rev.  E.  B. 

Palmer.  Treas %^ 

By  request  of  donors $78  57 

For  work  among  foreigners 

in  the  West 4<5oo  00 

4»5-/ 

.Acton.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  E.  Davis  .. 
Aniesbury,  Union  Ch., by  E.  A.  Good- 
win    1 

.\ubumdale,  Mrs.  E.  Price,  in  full,  to 

const.  Edith  E.  Mowr>'  a  L.  M 2 

Bt^ston.  Legacy  of  Elizabeth  C.  Jew- 
ett.  by  (?.  U.  Cotting  and  John  C. 

Ropes,  exs 1, 

W.  \.  Wilde,  for  Salar\'  Fund «; 

I     T    B 

Chester.  A  Friend i 

Cireentield.   Legacy    of   Roswell    W. 
Cook,  in  full,  by  H.  F.  Nash,  ex....       3 


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Holbrook,  Mrs.  H.  A.  Smith 

MUlbury.C.  E.  Hunt 

Monson.  by  E.  F.  Morris 

Salem,  Estate  of  Eliza  E.  Taylor,  in 

full,  by  Thomas  Weston 

Sheffield,  by  A.  T.  Wakefield,  M.D... 
South  Pramingham,  Rev.  W.  G.  Pud- 

def  oot 

Springfield,  Faith  Ch.,  by  C.  H.  Cram 
Wellesley,  Dana  Hall  School,  by  Miss 

N.  Eastman 

orcester,    Old   South    Ch.»  by    E. 

Jerome 

Woman's  Guild,  Salem  Street  Ch., 

by  L.  C.  Muzzy 

A  Member  of  Plymouth  Ch.,  by  F. 
W.Chase 


RHODE  ISLAND— $5x7.34  :  of  which 
legacy,  fsoaoo. 

Centra]  Falls,  Estate  of  Samuel  Ma- 
cartney, by  W.  H.  Gooding,  adm. . 

Newport,  W.  C.  Simmons 

Providence,  North  Ch.,  by  C.  H.  East- 
wood   


CONNECTICUT-I9.415.49;  of  which 
legacies,  $7,050.00. 

Miss.    Soc.    Conn..    W.    W.   Jacobs, 
Treas.,  by  Rev.  W.  H.  Moore,  Sec.. 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 

W.  W.  Tacobs.  Treas. : 
Berlin,     Ladies*     Benev. 

Soc..    by    Mrs.    B.    K. 

Field,  for  Salary  Fund . . 
Bethel,  Aux.,  by  Miss  H. 

H.Seelye 

Kensington,  by  Miss  C.  J. 

Grah^,  for  the  debt. . . 
Poquonock,  Aux.,  by  Miss 

N.  P.  Merwin 

South  Canaan,    Aux.,  by 

Mrs.  E.  E.  Manley,  for 

Salary  Fund 

Willimantic,    First  Aux., 

by  Mrs.  A.  L.  Dinsmore. 

Connecticut,  A  Friend 

Greenwich,    Stillson  Benev.    Soc.  of 

the  Second,  by  Miss  Katherine  M. 

Mead,  to  const.  Mrs.  D.  Gerry,  Mrs. 

H.  Mead.  Mrs.  C.  Reynolds,  Mrs.  G. 

M.    Mead,    Mrs.    F.  Hecker.   Mrs. 

Hitchcock,  Miss   E.    Kimball,  and 

Miss  A.  M.  Williams  L.  Ms 

Hartford,  "C.  E.  H." 

Madison,  From  the  Estate  of  William 

H.  Dowd,  by  J.  N.  Chittenden,  ex. 

Milford,  First,  by  F.  A.  Tucker 

Naueatuck,  Ladies'  Aid  Soc.,  by  Mrs. 

C.  L.  Soule.  special 

New  Hartford,  add'l,  by  Rev.  J.  P. 

Hawley  

New  Haven,  Two  Friends 

Mary  J.  Prudden  and  sister 

Norfolk,  by  J.  N.  Cowles 

Norwalk,  First,  by  E.  L.  Boyer 

Norwich,  Park  Ch.,  add'l,  by  H.  L. 

Butts,  to  const.  Mary  R.  Osgood  a 

L.  M 

Plainville,  Mrs.  M.  E.  Morse,  by  L.  P. 

Bucll 

Plymouth,  G.  R.  Barker 

Pomf ret,  A  Friend 

RockriUe,  Gideon  Angell 

Stratford,  by  Mrs.  S.  A.  Talbot,  to 

const.  Mrs.  losie  Bennetto  a  L.  M . . 
Thomaston,  Fint,  by  G.  H.Stoughton 


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07 
76 

West  Hartford.  On  account  of  Legacy 
of    Nancy  S.    Gaylord,  by    F.    H. 

Parker,  ex $2,250  00 

Winchester,  by  E.  Brcnson x  75 

Woodstock,  by  H.  T.  Child 20  45 


NEW  YORK— $4,403.97;  of  which  lega- 
cies,  $4,140.00. 

Received  by  William  Spalding, 
Treas. : 

Gnffins  Mills q  00 

Middletown,  First  S.  S. .  . .  49  09 

Phoenix 4500 

Washington  Mills,  Jr.  Y.  P. 

S.  C.  E 10  00 

Batavia,  From  Estate  of  Phineas  L. 

Tracy,  bv  J.  F.  Lay,  trustee 

Hancock.  Mission   Bsuid,  by  Miss  A. 

R.  Tarbox 

Mohonk  Lake,  Mrs.  C.  B.  Tompkins.. 

Morrisville,  Mrs.  L.  A.  Dana 

Mt.  Sinai,  by  S.  J.  Hopkins 

New  York  City,  On  account  of  be- 

2uest  of  J.  F.  Delaplaine,   by  J. 
Tuikshank  and  T.  W.  Chambers. 

exs 4,000  00 

**  After  Many  Days" 50  00 

Oswe^,  by  W.  B.  Couch 10  00 

Parkville,  by  Rev.  W.  A.  Kirkwood . .  5  33 


122 

64 

140 

00 

6 

00 

50 

00 

5 

CO 

X5 

00 

NEW  JERSEY-  $190.23. 
Plainfield,  by  G.  W.  Rockfcllow. . . . 

PENNSYLVANIA-$79.34. 

Bangor.  Bethel, by  Rev.  R.L.  Roberts. 
Carbondale, S.  S.,  bv  Rev.  A.  Jones.. 

Pittsburg,  A  Friend 

PlymouUi,  Pilgrim,  by  Rev.  W.   L. 

K vans 

Scranton,  Plymouth,  by  S.  B.  Powell. 


DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA- $25.00. 


Woman's  H.  M    Union  of  the  N.  J. 

Asso.,  Mrs.  J.H.  Dennison,  Treas. : 

Washington,  First,  for  Salary  Fund. 


VIRGINIA- $13.46. 
Hcmdon,  by  G.  H.  Pratt. 


WEST  VIRGINIA-  $4.09. 
Ceredo.  by  Rev.  G.  Gadsby. 

FLORIDA— ?22  6:». 


I). 


Oscall  and   Bethel,    by    Rov.   E 
Later 

Port  Orange,  $9  J2  :  Oak   Hill.  $.?.4o, 
by  Rev.  E.  T.  R.  Fripp 

Wamell  and   Panasoflfkec,  by  Rev.  J. 
J.  Melton 


TEXAS-$27.8o 

Woman's  H.    M.  Union,   Mrs.   C.  I. 
Scoficld,  Treas. : 
Sherman,  for  Salary  Fund 


190  23 


3 

00 

2 

65 

50 

00 

10 

00 

»3 

69 

25  00 


»3  46 


4  09 


2  50 
12  62 


7  5 


0 


Cleburne,  by  C.  W.  Mertz. 


4  50 


400 


The  Home  Missionary  November,  1894 


NEW  MEXICO-S8.00. 
White  Oaks,  by  Rev.  E.  H.  Ashmun. 


$800 


OHIO  -$645.57  ;  of  which  legacy,  $xoo. 

Received  by  Rev.  J.  G.  Frascr, 
D.D.  : 

Alexandria*  by  Rev.  A.  G. 
Manville $ix  oo 

Ashland,  by  J.  O.  Jennin^.      15  00 

Ashtabula.   First,    by  Rev. 
H.  D.  Wiard 10  50 

Chester,  by  James  M.  John- 
ston         4  as 

Cleveland,    Franklin    Ave- 
nue, by  Rev.  H.  O.  Allen.      10  00 

Huntington,  West  Va.,  by 
Joseph  Clare 21  19 

Little  Muskinf^m.  by  Rev. 
C.  E.  Dickinson,  D.D 5  00 

Pierponl.  Ch.  and  S.  S..  by 
E.  B.  Pitcher 1066 

Thomastown,   Miss  Rachel 

Davies 2  00 

—     -         8g  60 

Received  by  Rev.  J.  G.  Fraser, 
D.D.,    Treas.     Bohemian 
Board,  Cleveland  : 
Parkman,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by 

Rev.  S.  R.  Dole $300 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union.  Mrs. 
G.  B.  Brown.  Trcas.  : 
For     general     Bohemian 
work  : 
Akron.  First,   Y.   P.   S. 

C.   E 5  <x> 

Austinbur);; 6  00 

Cincinnati, Walnut  Hills        5  co 
Cleveland,  First.  Y.   P. 

S.  C.  E 3  64 

(?onneaut 5  00 

Elyria ...       15  lo 

Geneva,  I.  H.  M.  S 22  70 

Mansdcid 14  «k.> 

Marietta.  Hurmar id  oj 

North  Fairfield 5  ckj 

Toledo.  W  a  s  h  i  n  >j  t  o  n 

Street 10  oc> 

Twinsburjj 10  <xj 

Bible  Readers  School  : 
Akron,  First,   V.    1'.   S. 

C.  E 5  00 

Burton 515 

Cincinnati. Walnut  Hills        5  o> 

Elyria 10  oj 

Kirtland 25-^ 

Lindcnvillc 4  c>o 

Lr>di 4  00 

Mansfield 14  o-. 

Marietta,  l-'irsi 6  ck) 

Harmar 10  a^ 

Toledo.  W  a  s  h  i  n  (^  t  o  n 

Street 10  t*--) 

Twinsburp 10  lyj 

-     —  198  99 

Woman's    H.   M.  Union,  Mrs.  G.   B. 
Brown.  Treas.  : 
Elyria.  for  Salar>-  Fund   5  'o 

Ashtabula  Harbor,  Finns,  by  Rev.  V. 

Lehtinen i  5.» 

Aurora,  by  E.  R.  Fuller f  62 

Cleveland.  Cyril  Chai>cl.  by  Rev.  J. 

Musil 1600 

Hudson.  Legacy  of  Mrs.   .Abijrail    I). 

Case,  by  J.  H.  Seymour.  c\ 10.)  <>t 

Lyme,  by  Mclvin  Wo(»d ^7  7' 

Oherlin,  First,  bv  L  W.  Upton (-■■>  ^o 

Second,  by  N.  Huckins t'2  f,->, 

A  Friend ^  00 


Penfield,  Ladies*  Miss.  Soc.»  by  Mrs. 

F.  D.  Golt $15  00 

Salem,  David  A.  Allen 25  00 

Saybrook.  by  C.  W.  Sexton 26  02 

Weymouth  and  Brunswick,  by  Rev. 

F.  D.  Bentley 9  00 


INDIANA-$25.38. 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs.  F.  B. 
Dewhurst,  Treas. : 
Fremont,  of  which  $1.91  is  thank- 
offering  trom  Children's  Day  ....  8  75 

Angola,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  $z-3o;  Bremen, 
$15.23,  by  Rev.  E.  D.  Curtis 1653 

MISSOURI-$i3.8s. 

Meadville,  M.  B.  Goodale,  Sweet  Pea 
Fund  65 

St.  Joseph,  Swedish,  by  Rev.  W.  Pier- 
son  X  60 

St.  Louis,  Hope  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  P. 
O'Brien 660 

Willow  Springs,  First,  by  Rev.  J. 
Brereton 5  * 

MINNESOTA-$i.7o8  95. 

Anoka,  Jr.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  G.  C 

Bland 75 

Appleion,  by  Rev.  H.  G.  Cooley 4  ^5 

Dodge  Center,  by  Rev.  P.  A.  Johnson  j8  75 

Edgerton,  by  Rev.  E.  Carter » »S 

Lakeland,  by  Rev.  A.  A.  Davis 75 

St.  Paul,  Bethany  Ch.,  by  G.  H.  Hos- 

raer is  5° 

Received  by  Rev.  J.  H.  Morley: 

Minneapolis,  Plymouth $35  00 

Silver  Lake 1550 

Pilgrim,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 554 

Winona,  First 70  00 

$126  04 
Wom.-in's  H.  M.  Union.  Mrs. 

M.  W.  Skinner.  Treas.: 
Alexandria,  $10;  Mrs.   S. 

D.  Moles.  $10 $20  00 

Appleton I  26 

Austin 17  69 

Burtrum 2  00 

Cannon  Falls 5  00 

Cnxikston 6  00 

Custer,    J9.88  ;      Mission 

Band,  $  ?.J4 13  12 

Duluth,  Pilgrim  42  50 

Edgerton.  «2  ;  Y.  P.  S.  C. 

I-  1  $1-50 3  50 

Excelsior 2  50 

Glencoe 10  00 

Grand  Meadow 7  73 

Hutchinson,  Y.   P.    S.   C. 

E.,  for  debt 500 

Madison 2  80 

Medfordj  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  . .  2  00 

Mantorville 700 

Marshall.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.. 

for  del>t 4  69 

Minnea|K)lis,  First 12  50 

PI  ymouth 39  26 

Park  Avenue  15  00 

Union 2300 

Morris.  $<; :  Young  People, 

$;;  Y.P.  S.  C.  E.,$5..  1300 

^\^^TT\S^<^^^•V^ 2   JO 

"Jstvc  \^\c\\\a.x\A , .      -va  Vf» 


Movcmber,  1894  The  Home  Missionary 


401 


Ortonyille $2  50 

Paynesyille 400 

Rochester,  Jr.Y.  P.  S.C.  E.  5  00 

Saratoga 3  00 

St.  Charles 6  00 

St.  Paul,  Park 500 

Plymouth,  $33  75  ;     Jr- 

y.  P.S.C.  E.,$3 3675 

Spring  Valley 10  00 

Stillwater,  Mission  Band.  3  50 
Waseca,  $36 ;  Y.  P.  S.  C. 

E.,  $5 ;  Jr.  Y.  P.  S.  C. 

E.,$7 38  00 

Waterville a  35 

West  Union 10  00 

Winona,  First 35 

Second 10  00 


$456  90-  I582  94 


Received  by  Rev.  J.  H.  Mor- 
ley : 

Anoka,  special $1000 

Alexandria,  special 5  00 

Austin,  special 5  cx> 

General  Asso.,  special 33  79 

Faribault,  special 10  00 

Madison .  5  «> 

Mantorville '  5  «> 

Minneapolis,  Plymouth 50  00 

Op>en  Door,  special 725 

Lowry  Hill,  special 10  cx> 

Park  Avenue,  special 10  00 

First,  special 5  00 

Morristown 7  06 

Northfield,  special 500 

Owatonna,  special 5  00 

Plainview.  special 5  00 

Rose  Creek,  special 5  00 

Rockford,  111.,  Men's  Sun- 
day Evening  Club,  special  25  00 
St.  Anthony  I^k,  special  . .  5  00 
St.  Paul,  Bethany,  special . .  5  00 

Park,  special 10  00 

Winona,  First,  special 1000 

Wabasha,  special 500 

Waterville,  special 10  00 


$343  10 

Woman's  H.  M.  Soc.,  Mrs. 
M.  W.  Skinner,  Treas. : 

Anoka  $6  50 

Benson 3  00 

Cottage  Grove 10  00 

Elk  River 612 

Excelsior 280 

Faribault 60  00 

Fairmont 691 

Grey  Eagle 75 

Glyndon 505 

Hartland 5  00 

Hutchinson 3  50 

Little  Falls  1000 

Mazeppa 9  58 

Minneapolis.  Plymouth,  to 
const.  Mrs.  W.G.Smith 

a  L.  M 65  26 

P1ymouth,Young  Ladies  la  60 

First 35  90 

Lowry    Hill,  to   const. 
Mrs.   E.   M.  Betts    a 

L.  M 50  15 

Pilgrim 4400 

Open  Door.  Ladies  and 

Jr.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E...  23  95 

v.  P.  S.  C.  E 460 

Lyndale 16  75 

Bethany 300 

Oak  Park 5  00 

Silver  Lake 760 

Vine 5  00 

"MoaticeUo a  00 

ManbalJ 2§  00 


Morristown $2  00 

New  Paynesville 7  50 

Northfield 75  17 

S.  S.,  special 1983 

Owatonna 3  50 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 5  00 

Pelican  Rapids 1788 

Plainview 18  00 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E la  10 

St.  Anthony  Park 18  00 

St.  Cloud  6  00 

St.  Paul,  Pacific 6  00 

South  Park 309 

Park 15  00 

Sauk  Rapids 4  zo 

Stillwater 1^66 

Worthington 15  35 

West  Dora 3  80 

Mission  Band 1x6 

Winona,  First,  to  const. 
Mrs.  A.  E.  Keves  and 
Miss  Ellen  Elmer  L. 

Ms X17  10 

First,  Young  Ladies —  xo  00 
Zumbrota,  $21.54:  S.  S., 

^4.96;   Jr.  Y.  P.  S.  C. 

i..  $5 3"  50 

Contribution 231 

$847  97 
Less  expenses 231 

$845  66-$i,o87  76 

WISCONSIN-$295.46  ;  of  which  lega-     • 
cy,  $200.00. 

Woman's  H.  M.   Union,  Mrs.  C.  M. 
Blackman,  Treas. : 
Antigo 2000 

Iron  River  and  Brule,  by  Rev.  H.  J. 
McClements' 3x9 

Milwaukee.  On  account  of  Legacy  of 
E.  D.  Holton,  by  O.  W.  Robert- 
son, ex 20000 

Gertrude  E.Loomis,  to  const.  Lysan- 
der  N.  Loomis  a  L.  M 5000 

New   Richmond,   Ch.  $17.50;   S.  S., 

$2.77,  by  Rev.  T.  Kent 20  27 

Ripon,  W.  O.  Hargrave 2  00 

IOWA--$6.25. 

Sioux  City,  German,  by  Rev.  C.  W. 

Wuerrschmidt 5  00 

German  Ch.,  by  Rev.  T.  O.  Doug- 
lass   z  35 


KANSAS-$82.76. 

Received     by     Rev.    J.    G. 
Dougherty,  Treas.  : 

Dover $4  46 

Fowler,  Harvest  FestivaL.  2  00 

{etmore 420 

Cinsley.  Mrs.  Adams i  00 

North  Topeka,  G.  W.  White  i  00 

Osborne,  First,  by  J.  R.  Loomis 

Sabetha,  by   Rev.  A.  C.   Hogbin,  to 

const.  G.  C.  Cashman  a  L.  M 

Sycamore,  by  Rev.  E.  Pratt 


X2  66 

438 

65  00 
7-2 


NEBRASKA —  $162.93. 

Received  by  J.  W.  Bell,  Treas.*. 

Indianola %\«>  co 

Lincoln,  First ^  ^S 

Springvicw ^  «> 


^^«k 


402 


The    Home    Missionaty  November,  1894 


Ainsworth,  by  Rev.  T.  W.  DeLx>ng. 

Bertrand«  by  Rev.  H.  C.  Snyder 

Butlc  and  Soencer.  by  Rev.  W.  Loney 
Dodge  and  Howell,  Sy  Rev.  A.  Fam 

worth 

Doniphan,  West  Hamilton,  and  North 

Hastings,  by  Rev.  E.  Cressman..   . 

Milford,  by  Rev.  R.  M.  Travers 

Nebraska  City.  Rev.  G.  C.  Hall 

Pleasant  Rid|^.  by  Rev.  S.  Deakin. . . 
Princeton. German, by  Rev.  J.  Moracb 

Wallace,  by  E.  G.  Norton 

Wescott,  by  Rev.  J.  F.  Smith 


NORTH  DAKOTA-  $55.93. 

Received  by  Rev.  H  C.  Sim- 
mons : 

Dexter $5  00 

Farjfo,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E..  First  5  00 

Ft.  Borthold 10  00 

Spiritwood z  00 


$.11  00 


Woman's  H.  M.  Union.  Mrs. 

J.  M.  Fisher,  Treas.  : 
Cumminsrs 

S.  S     

Grand  Forks 

Harwood 

Berlin.  Mite  Boxes 

Lisbon.  Pioneer  Ch 

Wahpcion 


Caledonia,  by  Rev.  W.  Griftiih 


$23  12 

4  75 

2  00 

12  00 


$3  00 

3  20 

5  00 

7  50 

2  56 

u  uo 

10  00 

$33  26 

54  a6 

.  67 

MONTANA-fIS.80. 

Woman^s  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 
H.  E.  Jones.  Treas.: 
Livingston,    Mrs.     H.     E. 

Tones $500 

Missoula,  Ladies*  Mils.  Soc.       5  00 


^  00 

X  00 

5  00 

3  06 

4  00 

"  n     UTAH-$as.oa 


Melrose.  $2.ao ;  Thompson  Falls,  6oc.. 
by  Rev.  W.  S.  Bell 


$10  00 
slo 


Salt  Lake  City,  Rev.  D.  W.  Bsrtlett..        25 » 


CALIFORNIA-  $164.80. 

Woman^s  H.  M.  Union  of 
Southern  Cal.,  Mrs.  M.  M. 
Smith,  Treas. : 

Riverside,  First $s  00 

San  Diego.  First,  for  debt..      10  00 

Santa  Barbara 36  cx> 

Ventura 16  00 


Highland,  Ch.  of  Christ  S.  S.,  by  S. 
H.  Barrett  

Lorin,  Park  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  D.  Fos- 
ter  

Pacific  Grove,  Mayflower,  by  Miss 
M.  L.  Holroan 

Santa  Ana.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  $3.50; 
Westminster,  Jr.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E., 
$3.35,  bv  Rev.  J  T.  Ford, 

Spriof^  Valley,    Y.  P.  S. 
Rev.  I.  W.  Atherton. 


C.    E.,  by 


6700 

I05 

57  50 
1800 

585 

840 


SOUTH  DAKOTA    $42.73. 

Faulkton.  by  Rev.  J.  Stevens 

Howard  and    Vilas,   by   Rev.   Z.    H. 

Smith 

Tyndall,    German,    by    Rev.    A.    F. 

Schmallc 

Valley  Springs,  by  Rev.  VV.  H.  Thrall. 


5  '« 

5    or) 

^  73 


ORE(;ON    $71.80. 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 

W.  D.  l*almer,  Treas $54  35 

I'orest  Grove 9  45 


Astoria,  First,  by  G.  AUes 

Portland,   Henry    Yost,  by  Rev.   E. 
( f  rich 


6180 
500 
300 


COLORADO    $Mo85. 

Woman's   H.    M.  I'nion.  Mrs. 

S.  A.  Sawyer,  Treas $75  00 

T<»ward  L.  .Mp.  of   Mrs.  (i. 
W.  Bartletl is  <x> 


Flagler,   Svil>crt.   and   Claremont.  by 

Rev.  G.  K.  Tuttle 

Lont;monl.  First,  by  E.  White 


WYOMING    $2.00. 
.Sheridan,  by  Rev.  E.  D,  Bostwick... 


00   'X> 


d  00 


W  ASH  I NGTON  -$34.00. 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union.   Mrs.  J.  W. 
(ieorjfc,  Treas 

Alwrdeen.  First,  by  Rev.  G.  Lindsay.. 

Hay  Center.  A  Friend 

Sulian,  by  Rev.  G.  Kindred 


10  00 
aor 

13* 


34  85      HAWAIIAN  ISLANDS-$2oo.oo. 

Kohala.  Hawaii,  A  Friend a*'" 

HoMF.  Ml.»iSIONARV 47 

2    i-K,  S:7.I5-^  ^ 


/X'ptdfioNy  of  Clothiui^,  cU. 


Austinburc.  O..  L.  M.  S.,  by   Mrs.  E  Philadelphia.     Pa.,    Rev.     Geo.    May 

Cowlcs,  barrel  $80  00         Powell,  trunk. 

Lyme.  S.  H.,  Mrs.  C.  C.  Fairfield,  box  Port  Chester,   N.  Y.,  by  Mrs.  Andrew 

and  cash                                  %S  *^        CVatV  ,  \>vi.TT*i\ 

Orfnrd,  S.  H.,  Lidici'  Aid  Soc  ,  by  Mrs.  Su«^c\^s.  ^\■;y,^Jct^\^J\2S^x'^  * ^ 

Isuuic  W/iiard.  barrel  and  cash B2  ^s        U^>mvs,V.;.TT^\^tv^^^\V>»«^\ 


V 


November,  1894  The  Home  Missionary 


403 


AUXILIARY    STATE    RECEIPTS 

NEW  HAMPSHIRE   HOME   MISSIONARY  SOCIETY 

Receipts  of  the  New  Hampshire  Home  Missionary  Society  from  July  i   to   October  i, 

1894.     Lyman  D.  Stevkns.  Treasurer 


hen  Fitch, 


Milford,  A  Member  of  Church 

Jaffrcy 

Pembroke,  First 

Mason 

Goffstown,  50  cts  ;  Miss  Mary  A.  Had- 

ley,  Ss 

West  Concord 

Wilmot,  $5  ;  Legacy  of  Steph 
forC.  H.M.  ST,  $11,848.56.. 

Andover  

Salmon  Falls.  Ch.  and  S.  S 

Manchester.  Specific  Le^i^acy  of  Abif^ail 
S.  Knowles,  $1,000  :  from  £state  of 
Abifj^ail  S.  Knowles,  91,500 

Concord,  First 

Dublin,  Legacy  of  Mrs.  Lucy  Richard- 
son  

Dunbarton 

Lisbon,  First 

Pelham,  $25.35 :  for  C.  H.  M.  S.,  $40.. 

Wilton,  Second 

Hebron,  Union 


$1 

00 

ai 

50 

25 

67 

750 

5 

50 

»5  50 

11,853  56 

J 

50 

00 

a,5<» 

00 

9« 

41 

150 

00 

13 

aa 

ax 

58 

65  25 

19 

50 

16 

25 

Enfield 

Acworth 

Wakefield 

Dalton 

Kensin^on 

South  ^abrook 

Hillsboro  Center 

Amherst,  Legacy  of  Rev.  Dr.  J.  G. 
Davis 

Milton 

Hill 

Tamwurth 

Union 

Francistown,  Legacy  of  Emily  C. 
Starrett 

Greenville 

Greenfield 

Atkinson 

North  Hampton,  for  C.  H.  M.  S 

Gilmanton  Iron  Works 

New  Hampshire  Female  Cent  Institu- 
tion and  H.  M.  Union . 


•«5  35 

7  00 

14  40 

la  00 

6  10 

4  00 
la  00 

350  00 

9  00 

35  55 

5  75 

7  24 

17  34 
800 

xo  00 

33  60 
4  50 

836   22 


VERMONT   DOMESTIC   MISSIONARY  SOCIETY 

Receipts  of  the  Vermont  Domestic  Missionary  Society  from  August  20  to  September  20,  18Q4. 

\Vm.  C.   Tyler,   Treasurer 


Arlington,  East 

Barton,  Supply 

Cabot 

Craf tsbury.  North 

Ludlow 

Lyndon  ville 

Pfcacham 

Salisbury 

Sudbury 

South  Hero,  "  A  Widow's  Mite  ". 

Underbill,  Mrs.  J.  Woodruff 

Vergennes 

Waterbury 

Y.P.S.C.  E 

Weathersfield 


$5  50 
10  00 
30  00 
10  00 
10  71 

3  18 
19  70 

3  00 
aa  85 

25 
X  00 

15  00 

14  03 

xo  00 

6  34 


Wcstfield $20  64 

Winooski 

Woodstock 

Interest  on  invested  funds 


Woman's     Home     Missionary 

Union  : 
Essex  Junction,   Mrs.  W.  H. 

Seaton,  for  C.  H.  M.  S $5  00 

Manchester,  W.  H.  M.  S 15  00 

Middlebury,     Ladies*     Dom. 

Miss.  Soc 4000 


5  80 

43  30 
70  00 


60  00 


$361  30 


MASSACHUSETTS   HOME   MISSIONARY  SOCIETY 

Receipts  of  the  Massachusetts  Home  Missionary  Society  in  September^  1894.    Rev.  Edwin 

B.  Palmer.    Treasurer 


Amherst.  South,  by  Rev.  H.  W.  Boyd . . 

Ashby,  Orth.,  by  C.  F.  Hayward 

Auburn,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  H.  H.  Whit 

nev 

Bans  balance.  August  int 

Barnstable.  West,  by  Henry  S.  Smith . . 
Becket,  "Sortbt  Ladies*  Aid  Soc.,  by  Jar- 

visNorcott     

Boston,  A  Kriead 


$ia  00 

14  aa 

3  00 
29  71 
10  00 

15  00 
100  00 


Park  St.,  by  E.  H.  McGuire. 
rv.  I 
Campbell . 


$5  00 

Roxbury.  Highland,  by  Rev.  W.  R. 

, 10  00 

Braintree,  First,  by  A.  B.  Keith 5  91 

Cambridge,  North  Ave.,  by  Edwin  F. 

Fobes 'i.'^  ^ 

Charlemont,  E.as\.,bY  Ovat\e»  '^.  Vfta.- 

vitt  ^N^ 

Chester,  Center,  by  ILev .  ^.  C.  W^.'^tvc^        ^^  '^^ 


404 


The  Home  Missionary  November,  1894 


Cohasset,  Beech  wood,  by  Edward    F. 

Ripley 

Conway,  by  Francis  Howland 

Dana,  by  N.  L.  Johnson 


Dedham,  First,  W  Geo.  \V.  Humphrey*, 
for  H.    M.  suiiercrs  by  fire  in   Wis. 

and  Minn 

East  Bridf^ewater.  Union,  E.-C.-a-Day 

Band,  by  A.  C.  Packard 

Easthampton,  First,  by  W.  H.  Wright, 

Treas 

Payson,  by  H.  L.  Clark,  for  C.H.M.S. 

A  Friend     

Parsons.  Mrs.  Levi,  by  Rev.  W.  G. 

Puddef oot 

Everett,  A  Friend 

Franklin,  by  J.  H.  Baker 

Grovcland,  by  Miss  M.  A.  Burbank 

Hampden    Bene  v.    AsHociation, 
by  Geo.  R.  Bond,  Treas. : 

Aeawam,  Feedim^  Hills $5  oo 

Chicopee,  First.  ST  S 409 

Lonff  meadow.    Gentlemen's 

Benev.  Asso 46  33 

Ladies*  Benev.  Asso 97  25 

South  Hadlcy  Falls 70s 

Springfield.  Emmanuel  2  35 

West  SprJnii^eld.  Pork  St 30  00 

Haverhill.  A  Friend 

Hinsdale,  by  C.  J.  Kittredge 

Holliston,  First,  by  Geo.  A.  Bartlett.. 
Hyde  Park,  First,  by  S.  B.  Balkam 

Lincoln.  A  P'riend 

Lynn,  Cetitral,by  I.  K.  Harris,  for  hx^al 
Armenian  work 


Mansfield,  by  Mrs.  Rogers 

Marshficld  Hills,  by  John  Hatch 

Methuen,  First,  by  Jacob  Emerson 

Middlcion.  bv  C.  P.  Stiles 

Naiick.  South.  John  Eliot,  by  M.  V.  H. 
Bartlett 


$104 

'1 

"3 

46 
00 

"3 

37 

3  57 

69 

56 

5 

61 

07 
00 

I 
I 

25 
00 

10 
16 

00 
00 

Si 

94 

«5 

00 

6 

OQ 

46 

51 

4836 

X 

00 

15 

00 

12 

53 

13 

00 

»9 

23 

6 

82 

New  Marlboro,  Pint,  bj  GUben  Holltt- 

ter 

MUl  River,  by  E.  W.  RboMles  .... 

Newton,  Eliot,  by  F.  C.  Putridii^e 

North  Brookfield,  White.  Maria  P.,  Es- 
tate of.  by  Alfred  W.  Burrill,  adm.. . . 

Orange,  Swedish  Ch.,  t^  J.  A.  Edman. 

Peabody,  South,  by  Rev.  Geo.  A.  Hall, 
for  local  Armenian  woric 

Peru,  by  Rev.  E.  L.  Clart 

Prescott,  Webber,  Geo.  M 

Princeton,  by  Rev.  Chas.  A.  White 

guincy,  Evan.,  by  James  .S.  Baxter.. .. 
eading,  by  S.  G.  B.  Pearaoo 

Reed,  Dwight,  Fund,  Income  of 

Rochester.  North,  by  Mrs.  N.  A.  Ben- 
nett, special  coll 

Salem^  South,  by  Frank  W.  Reynolds. . 

S.  S.,  by  Rev.  Jas.   F.  Brodie.   for 

local  Armenian  work 

Sandisfield,  by  Mrs.  S.  J.  Hawley 

Sharon,  by  D.  W.  Pettee 

Shirley. Village,  by  Rev.  Joseph  Torrey, 
for  C.  H.  M.  S 

Stoughton,  Qapp,  Samuel,  interest  on 
note,  cash 

Townsend,  by  J.  W.  Eastman 

Walpole,  Orth.,  by  S.  E.  Bentley 

iV.  C.  R ••••........ 

Westminster,  by  D.  W.  Hill  (of  wh  $10 
for  Indians) 

Winchester,  First,  D.  N.  Skillings,  an- 
nuity, by  W.  D.  Middleton 

Woburn.  Scand.  Evan.  Free  Ch.,  by 
Chas.  R.  Rosenquist 

Worcester,  Plymouth,  by  F.  W.  Chase. 


$>40 

««  44 

18000 


100  00 
10  00 

10  oo 
1035 

t  00 

11303 

11  50 
25  00 

90  00 

500 
IJO  31 

10  00 

4  14 
50  00 

13  50 

165  15 

35  01 

aSoo 
300  00 

3400 

100  00 

833 
6049 


Home  Mission akv. 


14  92 


$2,491  49 

450 

$2,496  oq 


Donations  of  Ciothini;^,  t'd.,   rtCtived  and  reported  at  the  rooms  of  the  Woman  s  Ifome 
Missionary  Association  in  Se/>(emher,  1894.      Miss  Anna  A.   PiCKENS,  Secretary 


Daltun.  M.  E.  ('.  &  C.  L.  C,  barrel 

Leominster,  Young  Liulics'  Mission 
Circle,  by  .Miss  Florence  I.  Howe, 
box 


$Cn)  fx)      North   Amherst.  Ladies*    Home  Miss. 

.Soc.,  by  Mrs.  Geo.  P.  Spear.  2  barrels     $158  66 


»««y  93 


•138  5' 


RHODE    ISLAND    HOME    MISSIONARY    SOCIETY 

/Receipts  of  the  Khode  Island  Home  Missionafy  Society  to  October,   1894. 

J.    \Vii,Ll.\M  Rick,    Treasurer 

Central  Falls,  C"h S8«;  48  Providence.  Swedish  Free  Ch 

Crompton.  Swedish  I'rec  Ch 4  S"  Union  Ch 

Providence.  Pil^'rim  Ch 75  '>• 


$380 
400  00 

$56878 


MISSIONARY  SOCIETY  OF    CONNECTICUT 

Receipts  of  the  Afi^uonary  Society  of  Connecticut  in  September,  1894.     WARD  W.  JACOBS, 

'Treasurer 


Rarkhamsted.  Riverton.  by  J.  T.  Mines. 
Bridjifeport,  West  End.  by  Rev.  Henry 

Ketcnnm 

Bristol,  .Swedish,  by  Rev.  Otto  Swersor 


Sio  00     Hrot'tkfield.  legacy    from   estate    Isaac 
Lockwood.  by  Harmon  S.  Lockwood. 

14  rx)         ex $50000 

i  2S     Burlington,  by  Samuel  Russell  13  ^ 


November,  1894 


Canton,  Collinsville,  by  J.  S.  Heath  — 
Pilgrim,  Swedish,  by  Rev.  J,  £.  Wi- 
den  

Eastford,  by  Henry  Trowbrid|<e 

East  Granby,  by  James  R.  Viets,  for  C. 
H.M.S 

Greenwich,    Second,   by     Charles    N. 

Mead 

Stanwich,  by  Ekekiel  Reynolds 

Guilford,  No.  Guilford,  by  M.  L.  Chit- 
tenden   

Hartford,  First,  by  C.  T.  Welles 

Killingly,  South,  by  Rev.  William  H. 
Beard 

Lebanon,  by  Miss  Julia  R.  Maxwell . . . . 

Mansfield,  First,  by  A.  W.  Buchanan  . . 

New  Haven.  Emanuel,  Swedish,  by 
John  Larson 

North  Branford,  by  Charles  Page 


The  Home  Missionary  405 

Nohrth  Canaan,  Pilgrim,  by  J.  B.  Reed  . .       $15  86 

Salem,  Rev.  Jairus  Ordway 5  00 

Sharon,  Ellsworth,*  by  Rev.  E.  Evans, 

for  C.  H.  M.  S ID  00 

Sprague,  Hanover,  by  Rev.  L.  H.  Hig- 

Rins 30  00 

Stamford,  No.  Stamford,  by  William  B. 

Weed  i^  Qo 

Windsor!  First /by  s!  H.*  Barber,  for'c. 

H.  M.  S 8i  as 

S.  S.,  for  C.  H.  M.  S »7  51 

Windsor  Locks,  by  C.  A.  Porter,  for  C. 

H.  M.S 65  15 

Woodstock,  No.  Woodstock,  by  Esther 

E.  Bishop 33  98 

West  Woodstock,  by  Rev.  John   P. 
Trowbridge 8  00 


$50  00 

35  00 
8  50 

a  75 

88  27 
10  00 

15  00 
160  6a 

8  00 
a6  50 
52  40 


5  10 

22    50 


$i,a85  28 


MICHIGAN   CONGREGATIONAL  ASSOCIATION 

Receipts  of  the  Michigan  Congregational  Association  in  September ^  1894.      Rev.  John 

P.  Sanderson,  Treasurer 


Alba,  Jr.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E Ss  00 

Calumet,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 25  00 

Cannon 8  00 

Edmore i  50 

Pleasanton i  91 

South  Boston 6  50 

Solon 5  00 

Vestaburg i  00 

Wacousta,  Y.  P.  S.  C  E 331 

W.  H.  M.  U..  by  Mrs.  E.  F.  Grabill. 

Treasurer 190  00 

$247   32 

W.  H.  M.  U.  Receipts  in  September,  Mrs.  E.  F. 
Grabill,  Treasurer  : 

Charlotte,  L.  B.  S f»5  00 

Cheboygan,  W.  H.  M.  U 500 

Chelsea,  W.  H.  M.  S 10  00 

Clinton,  W.  H.  M.  S 1700 

Detroit,  Brewster  W.  M.  S. .  5  00 

Grand  Blanc,  W.  H.  M.  S. 14  as 

Grand  Rapids,  Plymouth  W.  H.  M.  S.  6  50 

Grass  Lake,  W.  H.  M.  S 1225 


Greenville,  W.  H,  M.  S $13  98 

Hancock,  L.  M.  S 25  00 

Hopkins,  First,  W.  H.  M.  S 10  00 

Harrison,  W.  H.  M.  S 435 

Hudson,  W.  H.  M.S 8  60 

Lake  Linden,  L.  H.  M.  U 25  cx> 

Lawrence,  Aux 5  00 

Litchfield,  L.  M.  S 1600 

Muskegon,  First,  W.  H.  M.  S ao  00 

Prattvflle,W.  H.  M  S 1000 

Salem,  Second,  W.  H.  M.  S 9  00 

South  Haven,  Aux 10  00 

Victor,  W.  H.  M.  S .' 5  00 

Watervliet,  Aux 4  50 

Wheatland,  W.  H.  M.  U 13  10 

Whittaker,  W.  H.  M.  S 500 

Ypsilanli,  W.  M.  S 700 

YOUNG   people's   FUND. 

Edmore,  Pine  Tree  Mission  Band 68 

Greenville,  Mission  Band x  25 

Muskegon,  First,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 15  00 

S303  36 


WOMAN'S     STATE    HOME     MISSIONARY 

ORGANIZATIONS 


OFFICERS 


I.  NEW    HAMPSHIRE 

FEMALE  CENT  INSTITUTION 

Organized  August,  1804 

and 

HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  June.  i8go 

President,  Mrs.  Cyrus  Sargeant.  Plymouth. 
Secretary^  Mrs.  John  T.  Perry.  Exeter. 
7Vr<»«rrr,  Miss  Annie  A.  McFarland,  196  Main 
St.,  Concord. 


2.  MINNESOTA 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  September,  1872 

President,   Miss  Catherine  W.  Nichols,  230  E.  9th 

St..  St.  Paul. 
Secretary^  Mrs.  A.  P.  Lyon.  17  Florence  Court, 

S.  E..  Minneapolis. 
Treasurer  Mrs.  M.  W.  Skinner,  Northfield. 


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3.  ALABAMA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  March,  1877 
Reorganized  April,  1889 

President,  Mrs.  G.  W.  Andrews.  Talladega. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  T.  N.  Chase,  Sclma. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  H.  S.  De  Forest.  Talladefra. 

4.  MASSACHUSETTS  AND   RHODE 
ISLAND* 

WOMAN'S  HOME    MISSIONARY  ASSOCIA- 
TION 
Origan  ized  February,  1880 

President^  Mrs.  C.  L.  Goodcll.  The  Ruchdale, 
lk>stnn  Highlands. 

Secretary,  Miss  Anna  A.  Pickens.  32  Congrega- 
tional House.  Boston. 

Treasurer,  Miss  Sarah  K.  Burgess.  32  Congrega- 
tional House,  Bt>ston. 

5.  MAINE 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  AUXILIARY 
Organized  June.  iSBo 

President^  Mrs.  Kathcrine  B.  Lewis.  So.  IkTwick. 

Secretary^  Mrs.  Gertrude  H.  Denio,  168  Ham- 
mond St.,  Banjfor. 

'Treasurer.  y[T^.  Rose  M.Crosby.  .'^)  (trove  St.. 
liangor. 

6.  MICHIGAN 

WOMAN'S   HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 
Or^fanized  May.  1K81 

President,  Mrs.  Gcor^je  M.  Lane.  171;  W.  Alexan- 
drine Ave..  Detroit. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  J.  H.  Hatfield,  ^oi  Elm  .St.,  Kala- 
mazoc). 

Treasurer,  Mr..  E.  F.  Grabill,  (ircenville. 


7.  KANSAS 

WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  Octoljer.  iSSr 

rr,\iiiint,    Mrs.  F.  J.  Storrs.  TojK'ka 

,S\t. rrfii rr ,   Mrs.  Georf^e  L.  Epps.  Titi>eka. 

Trenxurer.yilrs.  I).  I).  OcLonj^.  Arkansi»s  City. 

8.  OHIO 

WOMAN'S   HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 
Orjranized  May.  iSRj 

President,   Mrs    J.  G.  W.   Cowles.  417  Sibley  St.. 

Cleveland. 
S,-i  rttnry.    Mrs.  Flora  K.  Retr.1l,  Oberlin 
/"^r<ijr;/»rr.  Mrs.  Georj.:*'    ii.    Hn^wn.  ji id  Warren 
St.,  Toledfi. 

'  While  the  W.  H.  .M    .\   apix-ars  in  the  .vWnv 
hlund,  it  has  certain  au.xiliaries  elsewhere. 


9.  NBW  YORK 

•    WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organiied  October,  1883 

President,  Mrs.  Wm.  Kincaid,  483  Greene  Ave., 

Brooklyn. 
Secretary,  Mri.  Wm.  Spalding:,  511  Orange  St, 

Syracuie. 
Treasmrer,Mn.  J.  J.  Peartall,  230  Macoo  St, 

Brooklyn. 

10.  WISCONSIN 

WOMAN*S  HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organised  October,  1883 

President,  Mm.  E.  G.  Updike,  Madison. 
Secretary,  Mrs.  A.  O.  Wright,  Madison. 
Treasurer.  Mrs.  C.  M.  Blackman.  Whitewater. 

II.  NORTH  DAKOTA 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  November,  1883 

President.  Mrs.  W.  P.  Qeveland.  Caledonia. 
Secretary.   Mrs.  Silas  Daggett.  Hamrood. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  J.  M.  Fishcr,  Fargo. 

la.  OREGON 

WOMAN'S  HO.ME   MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  July,  1884 

President,  Mrs.  John  Sommervillc.  346  Washing- 
ton St.,  Portland. 

Secretary.  Mrs.  Geo.  C.  Brownell.  Oregon  City. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  W.  D.  Palmer,  546  3d  St.,  Port- 
land. 

13.  WASHINGTON 

iNCi.iniNc,  North ER.s  Idaho 
WOMAN'S   HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  July.  1884 
Reor^^anized  June.  1889 

Prtsideuf,  Mrs.  A.  1.  Bailey.  3:^3  Blanchard  St, 

Seattle. 
.SV.  retary.   Mrs.  W.  C.  Whcclcr.  424  South  K  St.. 

Tacoma. 
Treasurer.  Mrs.  J.  W.  George.  620  Fourth  Street, 

Seattle. 

14.  SOUTH    DAKOTA 

WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Oru^anizcd  September.  1884 

President,   .Mrs.  A.  H.  Robbins.  Ashton. 
Secretary ^   Mrs.  W.  H.  Thrall.  Huron. 
Tre.i surer,  Mrs.  F.  M.  Wilcox,  Huron. 

\\A  AS  A  Sv'aVc  \m,kIv  («»r  Mass:ichusetts  and  Rhode 


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407 


15.  CONNECTICUT 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  January,  1885 

President^  Miss  Ellen  R.  Camp,  9  Camp  St.,  New 

Britain. 
Secretary ^  Mrs.  C.   T.    Millard,    36   Lewis   St., 

Hartford. 
Treasurer y  Mrs.  W.  W.  Jacobs,  19  Spring  St., 

Hartford. 

16.  MISSOURI 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  May,  1885 

President^  Mrs.  Henry  Hopkins.  916  Holmes  St., 

Kansas  City. 
Secretary^  Mrs.  E.   C.  Ellis,  3456  Tracy  Ave., 

Kansas  City. 
Treasurer^  Mrs.  K.  L.  Mills,  1526  Wabash  Ave., 

Kansas  City. 


33.  INDIANA 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  May,  1888 

Prettdent^  Mrs.  E.  C  Bell,  aai  Christian  Ave., 

Indianapolis. 
Secretary^  Mrs.  W.  E.  Mossman,  Fort  Wayne. 
Treasurer^  Mrs.  F.  £.  Dewhurst,    38  Christian 

Ave.,  Indianapolis. 

23.  SOUTHERN  CALIFORNIA 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Oi^:anized  May,  x888 

President y  Mrs.  Emma  Cash,  1658  Temple  St., 
Los  Angeles. 

Secretary y  Mrs.  H.  K.  W.  Bent,  Box  442,  Pasa- 
dena. 

Treasurer^  Mrs.  Mary  M.  Smith,  Prospect  Place, 
Riverside. 


34.  VERMONT 

WOMAN'S   HOME  MISSIONARY   UNION 
Organized  June,  x888 


17.  ILLINOIS 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  May,  1885 

President,  Mrs.  Isaac  Qaflin,  Lombard.  President,  Mrs.  L  H.  B^bitt,  West  Brattleboro. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  C.  H.  Taintor,  151  Washington  Secretary,  Mrs.  M.K.  Paine,  Wm«Js^r. 

St    Chicago.  Treasurery^n.  Wm.  P.  Fairbanks,  St.  Johns- 

Treasurer,  Mrs.L.  ATPield,  Wilmette.  ^^U'T- 


x8.  IOWA 

WOMAN'S    HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  June,  1886 

President,  Mrs.  T.  O.  Doiiglass,  Grinnell. 
Secretary^   Mrs.  H.  H.  Robbins.  Grinnell. 
Treasurer,  Miss  Belle  L.  Bentley,  300  Court  Ave., 
Des  Moines. 

zg.  CALIFORNIA 

WOMAN'S  HOME    MISSIONARY   SOCIETY 
Organized  October,  1887 

President^  Mrs.  E.  S.  Williams,  572  12th  St.,  Oak- 
land. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  L.  M.  Howard.  911  Grove  St., 
Oakland. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  J.  M.  Haven,  1329  Harrison  St., 
Oakland. 

30.  NEBRASKA 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  November,  1887 

President,  Mrs.  J.    T.   Duryea.    3403    Cass   St., 

Omaha. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  S.  C.  Dean,  636  So.    3i5t    St., 

Omaha. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  G.  J.   Powell,  3olh  &  Ohio  Sts., 

Omaha. 

ai.  FLORIDA 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY    UNION 

Organized  February,  1888 

Presielent,  Mrs.  S.  F.  Gale.  Jacksonville. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  Nathan  Barrows.  Vftnier  Piirk. 
Treasurrr,  Mrs.  W.  D.  Brown,  Intcrlacben. 


25.  COLORADO 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  October,  x888 

President,  Mrs.  J.  W.  Pickett  White  Water. 
Secretary,  Mrs.  Charles  Westley,  Denver. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  S.  A.  Sawyer,  Boulder. 

a6.  WYOMING 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October,  1888 

Reorganized  December,  1893 

President,   Mrs.  G.  S.  Ricker.  Cheyenne. 
Secretary,  Mrs.  W.  L.  Whipple,  Cheyenne. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  H.  N.  Smitn,  Rock  Springs. 

27.  GEORGIA 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  November,  1888 

President,  Mrs.  H.  B.  Wey,  353  Forest  Ave., 
Atlanta. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  H.  A.  Kellam,  176  Ivy  St.,  At- 
lanta. 

Treasurer,  Miss  Virginia  Holmes,  Bamesville. 

38.  MISSISSIPPI 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  April.  1889 

President,   Mrs.  C.  L.  Harris.  1421  31st  Ave.,  Me- 
ridian. 
Secretary,  Miss  Edith  M.  HaA\,To>3i??^wi- 
Treasurer, '^r^.  I..  H.  Tmttvct,  ;i\\i  \'Jl'Ccv  ^X.,  Vw^ 
ridian. 


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39.  LOUISIANA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  April,  1889 

Fresidtniy  Miss  Anna  F.  Condict.  490  Canal  St.. 

New  Orleans. 
Secretary y  Miss   Emily  Nichols,   490  Canal  St., 

New  Orleans. 
Treasurer y^\x%.  C.  S.  Shattuck.  Welsh. 


30.   ARKANSAS,   KENTUCKY,  AND    TEN- 
NESSEE 

WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY  UNION  OF   THE 
CENTRAL  SOUTH   ASSOCIATION 

Organized  April,  1889 

President,  Mrs.  Ella  S.  Moore,  Box  8,  Fisk  Uni- 
versity, Nashville,  Tenn. 

Secretary^  Mrs.  Jos.  E.  Smith,  J04  Gilmer  St., 
Chattanooga,  Tenn. 

Treasurer  yyLr%.  J.  E.  Moreland,  12x4  Grundy  St., 
Nashville,  Tenn. 


31.  NORTH  CAROLINA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  October.  1889 
President,  Mrs.  J.  W.  Freeman,  Dudley. 


Secretary    \ 

t  '    TLf.'c 


and        VMiss  A.  E.  Farrington.   High  Point. 
Treasurer,  \ 


32.  TEXAS 
WOMAN'S   HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 

» 

Organized  M.irch.  iBqo 

President,  Mrs.  J.  M.  W'cndclkin,  Dallas. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  H.  Y.  Burt,  Lock  Box  561,  Dalla.s. 
Treasurer, "^vs.   C.    I.    Scoficld,    Lock    Ho.x   220. 
Dallas. 

33.  MONTANA 

WOMAN'S   HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  May.  1890 

President,    Mrs.  C).  C.  Clark,  Missoula. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  W.  S.   Hell,   410  Dearborn  Ave.. 

Helena. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Herbert  E.  Jones,  Livingston. 

34.   PENNSYLVANIA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  June.  1890 

President,   Mrs.  A.  H.  Claflin,  Allegheny. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  C.  F.  Yennic,  Ridgway. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  T.  W.  Jones.  511  Woodland  Ter- 
race, Philadelphia. 

35.  OKLAHOMA 

WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October.  1890 

rr^sn/rnf.   Afrs  J.  H,  Parker.  Kingfisher. 
.sWrrfarr,   Mm.  ]  R.  Piatt.  Gulhne. 
//r./j/z/w.  Afrs.  A.  B.  Hammer,  OWahotr.a C\i\ 


36.  NEW  JERSEY 

Including  Disnticr  op  Columbia,  Maryland, 
AND  Virginia 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION  OF 
THE  NEW  JERSEY  ASSOCIATION, 

Organised  March,  1891 

President,  Mrs.  A.  H.  Bradford.  Montclair. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  W.  O.  Weedcn,  Upper  Mont- 
clair. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  J.  H.  Denison,  150  BeHerille  Ave., 
Newaric. 


37.  UTAH 

Including  Southbrn  Idaho 
WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Oi^:anized  May.  1891 
Reorganized  December.  189a 

President,   Mrs.  Clarence  T.   Brown,  Salt  Lake 

City. 
Secretary,  Mrs.  W.  S.  Hawkes,  135  Sixth  St.,  E., 

Salt  Lake  City. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Dana  W.  Bartlett.  Salt  Lake  City. 
For  Idaho,  Mrs.  Oscar  Sonnenkalb,  Pocatello. 


38.  INDIAN  TERRITORY 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  April,  189a. 

President.    Mrs.  Fayette  Hurd.  Vinita. 
Secretary,    Miss  I^'uise  Graper,  Vinita. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Raymond,  Vinita. 

39.  NEVADA 

W^OMANS  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October,  1892 

/^resident,    Mrs.  L.  J.  Flint.  Reno. 
Secretary,    Miss  Margaret  N.  Magill,  Reno. 
Treasurer,  Miss  Mary  Clow,  Reno. 

40.  NEW  MEXICO 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY   UNION 
Organized  November,  1802 

President,    Mrs.  C.  E.  Winslow.  Albuoueroue. 
Secretary,    Mrs  E.  W.  Lewis,  301  So.  Edith  St., 

Albuquerque. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  A.  W.  Jones.  Albuquerque. 

41.  BLACK  HILLS,  SO.  DAKOTA 

BLACK  HILLS  WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY 

UNION 

Organized  Octol^r.  1893 

/Wsident.    Mrs.  T-  B.  Gossage,  Rapid  City,  Black 

Hills.  South  Dakota. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  H.  H.  Gilchrist.  Hot    Springs. 

Black  Hills,  South  DakoU. 
7VfasMrcr,"W\"?R   ^x^tt   \i^\svan.    Hot    Sprinss. 


The    Home    Missionary 


Vol.  LXVII  DECEMBER,  1894  No.  8 


CONGREGATIONALISM    IN    RHODE    ISLAND 

By  Rev.  Alexander  McGrecjor,  Secretary  of  the  Rhode  Island  Home 

Missionary  Society 

[At  the  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Congregational  Home  Missionary  Society,  held  in  Omaha, 
Neb.,  last  June,  Rev.  Alexander  McGregor,  State  Secretary  of  the  Rhode  Island 
Auxiliary,  made  an  address  by  appointment,  which,  in  part,  he  has  incorporated  in 
the  following  survey. — Ed.] 

YEAR  ago  to-day,  and  just  about  this  time,  I  took  part  in  services 
commemorative  of  the  founding,  250  years  ago,  of  the  Newman 
Church  and  the  ancient  town  of  Rehoboth,  on  the  Rhode  Island 
border.  When  Samuel  Newman,  the  pastor,  and  the  author  of  the  now 
famous  Concordance  bearing  his  name,  feft  constrained,  in  1643,  to  bow 
himself  out  of  Boston,  he,  or  one  of  his  way  of  thinking,  is  reputed  to  have 
said  :  "  We  came  from  England  because  we  did  not  like  the  lord  bishops, 
but  we  cannot  join  with  you  because  we  would  not  be  under  *  the  lord 
brethren.* "  Accordingly,  when  Newman  and  his  party  reached  the  spot 
in  the  wilderness  where  they  decided  to  set  up  their  banners  in  the  name 
of  their  God,  he  exclaimed:  "  Rehoboth,  the  Lord  hath  made  room  for  us.** 
These  men  found  there  what  they  longed  for— room. 

It  has  seemed  to  me  as  we  traveled  hither  during  the  last  few  days, 
in  crossing  the  wide  prairies  and  long  distances  that  lie  between  Rhode 
Island  and  Nebraska,  as  if  the  Lord,  who  chooses  the  lot  of  their  inheritance 
for  his  children,  saw  that  the  American  people  would  need  room,  and  so 
made  bountiful  provision  for  them  in  this  respect,  even  from  sea  to  sea, 
with  such  marvelous  capabilities  and  resources.  As  anew  this  discovery 
came  to  me,  I  felt  that  the  nation  might  well  adopt  the  words  of  Newman 
— yea,  rather,  of  Isaac,  the  son  of  promise — and  say:  **  Rehoboth,  for  now 
the  Lord  hath  made  room  for  us,  and  we  shall  be  fruitful  in  the  land." 

The  accompanying  cut  represents  the  present  Newcivau  CVvwtQ.Vv,^Vv\Ocv^ 
sdter  many  changes,  was  built  in  1810.    Us  records  catr^  vsiS»\i^O«.V.o  \^w 
^7 


4IO  The  Home  Missionary  December.  1894 

It  is  intcrcstin)ij  to  read  what  Samuel  Andrews  Peters,  a  quaint  Connecti- 
cut historian,  says  of  Newman  :  *'  This  pious  Clergyman  with  his  pious 
C'oniiianions  went  and  formed  the  settlement  of  Rehoboth  ;  the  scite  being 
pleasant,  thj  air  salubrious,  and  the  prospect  horrible.  .  .  .  There 
they  worshiped  the  Creator  with  great  devotion  and  Cruden  (Newman) 
tauj:»;ht  their  children  the  arts  and  sciences  gratis."  **  That  town,"  he 
writes  after  the  Revokitionary  war,  "is  yet  famous  for  the  education  of  its 
Children.*' 

From  the  historical  address  delivered  by  the  present  pastor.  Rev.  L.  Z. 
Ferris,  a  year  ago,  I  give  the  following  extract  :  "  Samuel  Newman  died 
in  1663,  having  accomplished  a  mission  as  a  minister  and  leader  seldom 
given  to  a  man  by  Providence.  As  author,  preacher,  the  pioneer  of  a  settle- 
ment on  the  then  very  frontier  of  civilization,  he  will  ever  hold  a  high  place 
in  the  annals  of  New  England.  Mather  says  of  him  :  *  He  loved  his  church 
as  if  it  had  been  his  family  ;  and  left  his  people  overcome  with  grief  at  his 
sudden  hut  rapturous  departure.'  " 

His  son,  Noah  Newman,  succeeded  him  in  the  pa,storate,  and  his  lot 
fell  upon  a  troublous  time.  King  Philip  and  his  savage  Indians  were  work- 
ing havoc  upon  the  settlers  and  their  homes.  Of  the  "  Battle  of  the  Plains," 
Newman,  who  led  the  pursuit  of  the  Indians  in  person,  says  :  '*  It  is  a  day 
of  the  wicked's  tryumph,  but  the  sure  Word  of  Cod  tells  us  his  tryumphing 
is  brief.     Our  exlreniity  is  Cod's  opportunity." 

King  Philij)  in  the  meanwhile,  silting  in  the  now  historic  chair,  reveled 
in  giving  savage  orders  to  si-t  fire  to  all  the  houses  of  the  neighborhood. 
The  chair,  of  which  a  rut  is  here  given,  is  King  PhiHp's  chair,  and  is  now 
in  the  possession  of  Rev.  K.  S.  Woodworth,  our  State  missionaiy,  who  also 
owns  one  of  the  very  few  copies  extant  of  the  Newman  Concordance, 
wiiicli  he  happened  to  find  a  few  years  ago  in  an  Ohio  home,  on  duty 
helping  the  rising  generation  in  its  effort-;  to  keep  abreast  of  the  music 
of  the  century. 

To  dwell  ii[)on  the  lights  and  shades  in  the  experience  of  this  mother 
of  churches  would  take  us  too  far  a-field-  the  friction  with  those  who 
held  the  tenets  of  Roger  Williunis,  as  well  as  the  misfortunes  of  *' The 
Fi;,duing  Town  Meeting,  '  woukl  of  themselves  prove  a  long  chapter.  It 
is  enough  to  say  that  this  ancient  church  holds  on  its  way,  renewing  its 
voiith,  jis  it  rejoices  in  its  daughters  and  granddaughters  who  rise  up  on 
everv  hand  to  call  her  hle^^sed. 

]u<\  100  years  later  w.is  the  lieneficent  Church  in  Providence  organized. 
l-'rom  its  first  pastor,  R^v.  |osej)h  Sfiow,  down  to  its  present  incumbent, 
it  has  had  a  succession  of  able  miiiisters.  The  story  of  its  rise  and  prog- 
ress (luring  its  150  years  of  existence  is  well  told  by  its  present  pastor, 
Rtv.  Jx.Mi-s  Ci.  V()>K.  1)1).,  in  a  volume  which  he  has  recently  published, 
and  in  which  lie  has  incorporvleA  a  vAvvaW  v:\vv\vVvi\  o\\^^'VV\q.  Ue^^innings 


412  The  Home  Missionary  Uecembcr,  1891 

of  (.'uiii,'rt)j;itiiin;ilisni  in  KIiikIi;  Island."  The  most  cursory  reading  thereuf 
makes  siillicivntly  plain  how  Rhode  Island  was  regarded  by  the  Con- 
gri.-;;alit>n.i lists  of  Massacliu setts  and  Connecticut  of  that  day  as  missionar)' 
ground,  and  of  the  laudable  efforts  put  forth  by  them  both  to  have  Chrisl 


len-d  church   polity  intro 


lis  iis  a  city   landmark   for  llit 
1  liill."  which  ■"cannot  lie  hid." 


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rcliiiiinis  /rcciiom  diil  miic\i  Vd  \->ui\\\uU'  vWXw-A^t-Ai.'.wcstnour  distiiictivt 
priiiciplf^,  must  go  ft>r  the  sayws,  Ujt  U>\.\\\'!-  s-w-j  \\v>w  \\vi.  «va.\raj'\i. -onss^ 


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414  The  Home  Missionary  December,  1894 

ifest  in  the  character  and  energy  of  Rhode  Islanders.  In  evidence  wc 
need  only  refer  to  the  fact  that,  in  wealth  and  population  to  the  square 
mile,  Rhode  Island  excels  all  the  other  States.  It  is  "Little  Rhody,"  to 
be  sure,  but  yet  not  so  little  when  regarded  from  the  standpoint  of  its 
resources. 

If  regarded  in  its  cotton  and  spinning  and  weaving  capacity,  it  will 
rank  tlie  second  in  the  Union.  There  are  about  fifteen  million  cotton 
spindles  in  the  United  States,  and  Rhode  Island  has  one-seventh  of  them. 
There  are  about  three  million  bales  of  cotton  consumed  in  the  country, 
and  Rhode  Island  uses  about  one-tenth  of  that  number.  Here  indeed  is 
a  good  illustration  of  the  "/////////;//  in  parvoJ' 

Antedating  the  planting  of  Congregational  churches  of  the  Plymouth 
succession  in  Providence,  we  find  several  other  Congregational  churches 
in  existence,  and  having  obtained  help  of  God,  they  continue  as  such  unto 
this  day.  Among  them  we  may  name  the  church  at  Barrington,  founded 
in  1665  ;  the  church  at  Bristol,  founded  in  1687  ;  and  the  church  in  Litjle 
Compton,  organized  in  1704.  The  mellowing  influences  of  the  accurau- 
latin<^  years  cause  tender  memories  to  cluster  around  them  ;  such,  for  ex- 
ample, as  the  mention  of  Little  Compton  suggests,  as  it  recalls  the  fact 
that  here  Ray  Palmer  first  saw  the  light  and  received  the  inspiration  which 
gave  the  world  "  My  faith  looks  up  to  Thee,*'  so  that  as  long  as  this 
hymn  is  sung  by  saint  or  sinner  Little  Compton  will  be  as  the  "  Window 
in  Thrums."  But  here,  too,  is  the  cemetery,  "hard  by  the  synagogue," 
in  which  arc  deposited  the  remains  of  Betty  Alden — the  first-born  daughter 
of  the  Pilgrims— the  daughter  of  John  and  Priscilla  Alden  and  wife  of 
William  J^abodie. 

'J\)-day  we  have  thirty-six  churches  in  the  State,  with  5,600  families 
and  a  membership  of  8,000.  The  contributions  last  year  to  all  religious 
l)urposes  amounted  to  §229,000. 

As  an  Auxiliary,  we  have  on  an  average  employed  twelve  missionaries 
annually  for  the  hist  decade.  For  the  last  seven  years  a  State  missionary 
has  rendered  good  service  to  us  in  organizing  new  churches  and  strength- 
ening old  and  feeble  ones.  The  Lord  has  honored  our  labors  among  our 
foreign  population,  especially  among  the  Scandinavians.  We  have  three 
thriving  Swedish  churches  with  excellent  pastors,  whilst  Armenian,  Portu- 
guese, and  Chinese  missions  are  encouragingly  prosecuted. 

(Jod,  indeed,  has  given  us  a  banner  to  be  displayed  here,  because  of 
the  truth — a  banner  handed  down  to  us,  as  we  have  endeavored  to  show, 
by  faithful  men  and  true.  May  we  aim  to  pass  it  along,  unstained,  to  the 
generations  that  follow,  so  that  it  may  be  held  aloft — 

**  Until  Ibc  f\ery  f\^Ut  is  heard  no  more, 
And  ihc  sloTTU  \Aas  ccAStvX  Vo\Ao>*;.** 


December,  1894  The  Home  Missionary  415 


BEARING    THE    HOME    MISSIONARIES'    BURDENS 

**  Bear  ye  one  another's  burdens."  All  men  admire  the  beauty  of  this 
apostolic  injunction.  But  is  that  enough  ?  Admiration  is  cold.  Who 
can  say  but  that  the  priest  and  Levite  were  so  rapt  in  admiration  of  this 
very  precept  that  they  could  not  see  their  wounded  neighbor,  as  they 
passed  by  on  the  other  side  ? 

"  Bear  ye  one  another's  burdens."  All  men  see  the  benevolence  of 
the  precept.  In  their  troubles  they  plead,  with  ready  pathos,  for  its  fulfill- 
ment. Many  have  sought  its  benefits  in  their  own  sorrows,  who  have  been 
content  with  saying  to  others,  in  far  sadder  destitution  :  **  Be  ye  warmed 
and  filled." 

**  Bear  ye  one  another's  burdens."  With  what  tender  power  does  this 
word  thrill  the  soul  of  the  Christian  believer !  He  recognizes  it  as, 
indeed,  the  law  of  Christ — of  Him  who  has  borne  our  griefs  and  carried 
our  sorrows  ;  upon  whom  was  laid  the  chastisement  of  our  peace,  the 
iniquity  of  us  all — that  heaviest  burden  which  has  ever  yet  been  borne. 

But  even  this  is  not  enough — that  the  heart  be  stirred  to  feeling.  The 
hand  must  be  moved  to  action.  Never  was  a  more  practical  precept. 
We  weep  with  them  that  weep.  It  is  well ;  it  is  much,  where  we  can  do 
nothing  more — as  with  mourners  by  the  grave  of  a  friend,  whom  only 
One  can  restore  to  life.  But  another's  burden  that  can  be  divided,  we 
share  only  as  our  shoulders  bear  all  of  it  that  they  may.  Many  of  the  bur- 
dens of  our  Western  missionaries  we  cannot  share  ;  they  must  bear  them 
alone.  Only  those  upon  the  ground  can  feel  their,  urgent  sense  of  per- 
sonal responsibility  in  the  pending  conflict  between  Christianity  and  infi- 
delity ;  only  they  can  see  the  full  bearing  of  that  conflict  on  the  forming 
character,  and  so  on  the  whole  future,  of  that  growing  realm. 

Their  monthly  appeals,  through  this  publication,  to  our  philanthropy, 
our  patriotism,  our  love  for  souls,  come  from  men  daily  seeing  for  them- 
selves practical  illustrations  of  what  we  hold  as  an  undoubted  theory — the 
vital  necessity  of  the  pure  Go.spel  to  free,  permanent  civil  institutions. 
We,  amid  ihe  settled  institutions  of  the  older  States,  familiar  only  with  our 
homogeneous  population,  cannot  feel  the  responsibility  of  this  nation  as 
(iod*s  almoner  to  all  peoples  and  ages  as  they  feel  it,  dwelling  among  the 
representatives  of  all  earth's  kindred  and  tribes. 

And  then,  how  much  can  we  share — what  can  we  really  knoiv — of  the 
burdens  of  a  Christian  missionary  family,  inseparable  from  border  life  in 
new  and  sparsely  settled  regions,  in  the  forming  stages  of  society  ?  Many 
read  the  accounts  too  much  as  we  read  romances — scarcely  feeling;  that 
they  can  be  real,  or  can  call  for  actual  help.  Real  I  ^o  \;it  \\ovcv\^€vcv^ 
exaggerated,  our  monthly  records  conceal  far  more  V\\3.t\  xXv^^^  ^y.^'^^^^  ^^ 


4j6  The  Home  Missionary  December,  1894 

the  darker  features  of  border  missionary  life.  Those  brethren  modestly 
shrink  from  telling  all  the  truth,  lest  it  should  seem  like  a  weajk.  appeal  for 
sympathy,  from  men  unwilling  to  bear  trials  greater  than  they  had  antici- 
pated. They  tone  down  the  statements,  which  even  then  many  Christians 
of  sensibility  weep  over  as  moving  fictions,  and  cold  men  of  the  world 
sneer  at  as  indicative  of  fanatical  Quixotism. 

One  of  ordinary  Christian  feeling  may  safely  be  challenged  to  open 
at  random  any  number  of  The  Home  Missionary,  believing  its  state- 
ments, and  read  unmoved  its  faithful  portrayal  of  the  daily  life  and  labors 
of  these  men  ;  their  attempts  to  hold  religious  services  and  celebrate  the 
Christian  ordinances  among  virtual  heathen  ;  their  conflicts  with  native 
and  imported  infidelity  in  every  guise  ;  opposition  from  sectarianism  in 
its  protean  forms — always  fiercest  where  truth  has  fewest  friends  and  the 
need  of  union  is  most  vital  ;  from  false  professors  of  religion,  who  use  it 
as  a  cloak  to  base  designs  ;  from  backsliders  from  our  Eastern  churches, 
who,  finding  they  had  themselves  no  piety,  believe  the  same  is  true,  or 
desire  that  it  may  prove  so,  of  all  others  ;  from  teachers  of  false  doctrine, 
whose  name  is  Legion,  who — as  loose  in  essentials  of  faith  and  practice  as 
they  are  tenacious  of  formalities — with  spurious  "  revivals '*  and  wildest 
extravagances  burn  over  our  fields  as  with  prairie  fire  ;  from  scoffers, 
railing  against  the  Sabbath,  the  church,  the  ordinances,  orderly  preaching, 
the  family,  tlic  pastoral  relation,  and  whatever  else  the  Christian  holds 
dear. 

Think,  ye  worn  and  wearied  pastors,  often  discouraged  at  the  arduous- 
ncss   of  vour  labors — and  voii  certainlv  have  no  sinecure,  even  with  a 
generous,  loving,  and  aj^preciativc  people  ;  and  ye  favored  Christians  who 
enjoy  the  undivided  services  of  such  men — think  of  the  labors  of  these  our 
home  missionary  brethren,  in  communities  where,  for  five  in  the  school- 
house  or  the  dance- hall  made  for  the  day  a  sanctuary,  a  hundred  are  at 
their  noisy  si)()rts  within  hearing  ;  where  jMofaneness  pollutes  the  air,  and 
drunkenness,  gambling,  and  every  form  of  license  hold  their  mad  revel. 
Remember  that  often,  even  here,  he  cannot  set  himself  down  to  systematic 
plans  for  the  permanent  regeneration  of  the  place.     So  mutable  is  society 
— so  liable  to  be  suddenly  broken  up  by  the  failure  of  a  crop,  by  sickness, 
business  reverses,  or  tiie  report  of  better  prospects  further  on — that  the 
missionary's  chief  h(^pe  is  to  snatch  a  soul  or  two  from  the  swarming  mass 
before  it  moves  beyond  his  reach.     Nor  can  he  give  himself  exclusively 
to  one  such   community.       Several    (^f   these,   long    miles   apart,    to  be 
reached  by  foot- journeys  over  wretched  roads  heavy  with  mud  or  snow, 
must  have  such  care  as  he  can  give,  or  be  wholly  without  religious  instruc- 
tion.    And  in  each  of  them  he  must  be  not  only  pastor — preaching,  deal- 
ing with  inquirers,  cavilers,  opposers  ;  visiting  the  afflicted,  sick,  and  dying 
— but  Sabbath-school  superintendent,  teacher,  and  librarian;  as  well  ;  tract 


December,  1894  The  Home  Missionary  417 

and  book  distributor,  leader  of  prayer-meetings,  the  school  committee,  the 
entire  society  for  temperance  and  other  reforms. 

The  pastoral  care  of  a  single  parish,  brethren,  you  find  wearing  enough, 
even  in  the  smallest  of  our  sober,  well-ordered  communities.  How  would 
you  bear  it  if  to  not  here  and  there  one,  but  lo  many  of  those  whom  you 
seek  to  point  to  Christ,  that  blessed  name  were  as  unfamiliar  as  to  the 
heathen  ?  If,  when  called  to  bury  a  child,  it  were  no  very  unusual  thing  to 
find  one  or  both  parents  too  stupid  with  drink  to  know  what  you  were  doing  ? 
It  tries  your  sensibilities  to  give  the  parting  grasp  and  say  the  parting 
words  of  cheer  to  the  dying  among  their  household  friends.  What  must 
it  be  to  execute  such  ministries  in  behalf  of  those  far  away  from  their 
homes  and  kindred  ? — sometimes  homes  that  they  have  darkened,  kindred 
whom  they  have  alienated  by  their  vices ;  in  other  instances,  homes  and 
kindred  the  joy  of  whose  life  onr  missionary  must  quench  with  the  mes- 
sage that  their  loved  and  absent  one  is  no  more.  And,  as  if  these  multi- 
farious labors  were  not  sufficiently  trying,  in  their  prosecution  the  mis- 
sionary's wife  and  children  must  be  left  to  care  for  themselves  as  best 
they  can. 

But  the  weekly  round  is  at  last  completed.  Unappreciated  and  un- 
thanked  very  likely — nay,  chilled  by  the  coldness  of  men  who  here,  it  may 
be,  called  themselves  Christians — the  missionary  turns  his  face  homeward. 
To  one  of  our  comfortable  home  nests,  think  you  ?  a  quiet  parsonage  amid 
flowery  gardens  and  shaded  by  green  trees  ?  Sometimes,  possibly  ;  more 
likely  to  a  one-story  log  cabin,  built  by  his  own  hands,  with  but  a  single 
unfloored  room,  fortunate  if  it  has  proper  door  and  window  and  is  safe  from 
being  flooded  by  heavy  rains.  And  here,  with  scanty  furniture  and  ma- 
terials, with  few  books  to  solace  the  long  hours  of  solitude,  unaided,  alone 
— save,  perhaps,  a  young  infant— toils  the  missionary  wife,  a  lady  of  edu- 
cation and  refined  culture,  who,  here  at  the  East,  graced  by  her  gentle 
manners  and  sanctified  by  her  fervent  piety  a  home  where  she  was  tenderly 
shielded,  and  where  she  would  be  to-day  but  for  her  love  to  Christ  and  to 
the  souls  for  whom  he  died. 

"  Ah,  yes,"  says  some  strong  but  not  over-sensitive  one  ;  **  rather  hard 
experience,  but  profitable  ;  the  good  soldier  of  Jesus  Christ  must  endure 
hardness."  True  ;  and  endurance  of  this  kind,  up  to  a  certain  point, 
does  indeed  harden  for  more  efficient  service  ;  but  beyond  that  point  it 
must  break  down  the  health  and  energy,  dry  up  the  spirits,  and  tend  to 
death.     It  is  a  prodigal,  sinful  waste  of  life — of  precious  Christian  life. 

But,  admitting  that  all  these  wearing  cares  and  labors,  these  self- 
denials,  perplexities,  and  struggles  do  constitute  only  a  profitable  degree 
of  hardness,  is  it  needful  and  best  to  add  to  them  ? 

Upon  these,  with  the  heavy  burden  of  poverty,  shall  we  allow  to  be 
piled  the   intolerable   one   of   Ml?    Shall   the   weary  missionary  come 


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back  from  his  tour,  not  only  to  an  uncomfortable  home  and  a  needy 
family,  but  to  peremptory  worldly  creditors,  only  too  ready  to  charge  to  a 
culpable  want  of  truth  and  honesty  his  inability  to  pay?  In  these  '*haid 
times  "  of  depressed  business,  of  forest  and  prairie  fires,  many  aided 
churches  fmd  themselves  unable  to  redeem  their  pledges,  and  the 
missionary  has  nothing  to  depend  upon  for  his  family's  support  but  the 
Home  Missionary  Society's  appropriation.  Is  it  not  a  sweet  privilege  of 
the  Christian  fellowship  to  free  these  worthy  brethren  from  so  much  as 
can  be  shared  of  their  pecuniary  burdens,  and  lovingly  to  provide  for  their 
temporal  comfort,  as  well  as  to  provide  them  with  ^  the  weapons  of  their 
spiritual  warfare  ? 

Surely  we  do  justly  oute  them  that.  Not  that  it  is  enough  to  own  and 
cancel  it  as  a  debt^  least  of  all  to  treat  it  as  a  charity.  The  world  pays  its 
servitors  their  dues  ;  nations  do  that  by  the  most  mercenary  of  their  sol- 
diers ;  the  most  indifferent  employer  does  that  by  the  least  cared  for  of 
his  workers.  Yea,  a  corporation — which  has  been  said  to  have  no  soul — 
will  faithfully  do  that  by  its  employees.  But  in  this  watchful  care  of  their 
messengers,  the  churches  should  show  their  loving  brotherly  recognition 
of  a  bond  tenderer  than  that  of  the  family,  where  nature  asserts  her  own. 
Here  grace  should  assert  her  own.  It  is  Chrisfs  law  of  love  that  should 
thrill  every  pulse  of  the  Christian's  heart  and  hand,  ready  to  such  a  work. 

"  Bear  ye  one  another's  burdens."  **  Let  no  man  seek  his  own,  but 
every  man  another's  welfare."  "As  ye  would  that  men  should  do  to  you, 
do  ye  even  so  to  them.'*  If  these  precepts  relate  to  our  bearing  toward 
all  men,  and  especially  toward  them  of  the  household  of  faith,  with  what 
peculiar  force  do  they  apply  to  such  relations  as  these  we  bear  to  our 
home  missionary  brethren  ? 

Our  elder  readers  have  not  forgotten  how  profoundly  the  nation  was 
stirred  when  it  was  only  feared  that  the  government  might  be  falling  short  of 
its  duty  to  supply  and  protect,  in  his  besieged  fortress,  the  gallant  Anderson, 
charged  with  the  defense  of  our  national  honor.  He  deserved  all  the  love 
and  gratitude  lavished  upon  him  by  every  loyal  heart.  But  did  even  he 
defend  interests  so  precious  as  are  those  in  the  keeping  of  our  Home 
Missionaries  ?  Upheld  by  the  admiration  of  a  world,  did  he  do  it  with  a 
nobler  bravery,  or  at  greater  cost  of  personal  self-denial,  than  these  men 
show  in  their  unnoticed,  unapplauded  occupation  of  their  scattered  camps 
in  the  enemy's  country  ?  And  shall  these  soldiers  of  Christ  be  left  un- 
cared  for  at  their  posts?     Let  not  our  patriotism  so  shame  our  piety. 

Can  the  churches  leave  these  brethren  to  wage  this  contest  alone  or 

but  feebly  defended  against  so  unequal  a  foe,  while  so  many  who  call 

Jesus,  Lord,  Lord,  dwell   in  their  ceiled  houses  and  watch  with  insane 

^eed  their  chests  of  cankering  gold  \    SV\a\\  vjxdo^s'  mites  be  the  only  or 

•  fance  ol  our  treasury  ?    Oi  lYve  x\e\v,  s\\a\\ \i\x\.  \v^\^  ^x^e^  >et«.x^  ^x«. 


December.  1894  The  Home  Missionary  419 

come  with  his  thousands  ?  "  Where  are  the  nine  ?  **  Where  are  the  multi- 
tudes in  comfortable  circumstances  up  and  down  the  land,  who  count 
themselves  as  the  redeemed — redeemed  not  with  corruptible  things,  as 
silver  and  gold,  but  with  the  precious  blood  of  Christ,  as  of  a  lamb  without 
blemish  and  without  spot  ?  Where  are  these,  with  their  offerings  which 
might  put  to  shame  even  the  lavish  gifts  of  Papal  Europe,  that  make 
their  churches  to  gleam  with  gold  and  gems  like  the  mines  of  fabled 
genii  ? 

These  brethren  may  be  forgotten — heaven  forbid  it,  yet  a  mother  may 
forget  her  child  that  she  should  not  have  compassion  upon  it — these 
brethren  may  be  forgotten  and  neglected  by  the  more  favored  who  should 
share  their  burdens.  But  they  will  not  be  forgotten  of  Him  whose  cross 
they  bear,  not  of  compulsion,  like  Simon  the  Cyrenian,  but  willingly.  He 
will  remember  them.     They  that  suffer  with  Him  shall  also  reign  with  Him. 

In  our  dreams  we  have  seemed  to  see  that  august  Being,  as  at  the  last 
He  shall  come,  gathering  His  chosen  around  Him.  The  tender  human  com- 
passion that  glowed  in  His  face  and  moistened  His  eye,  when  on  earth — its 
great  missionary — He  healed  the  sick,  the  lame,  the  blind,  the  demoniac, 
suffused  His  countenance  with  a  yet  softer  and  heavenlier  radiance  as  it 
rested  on  an  adoring  group  of  those  who  had  most  diligently  labored  to 
imitate  His  missionary  beneficence. 

In  that  group  were  recognized  the  features  of  men  known  as  Christian 
laborers  in  earth's  hardest  fields.  Oh,  the  loving  sweetness  of  that  voice  ! 
"  Welcome,  ye  my  brethren,  my  companions  in  charity,  in  faith,  in  labor 
and  patience  and  tribulation  !  Bring  forth  their  white  robes  and  the 
diadems  for  their  coronation  !  I,  the  Lamb,  will  lead  them  unto  living 
fountains  of  waters :  God  himself  shall  wipe  all  tears  from  their  eyes. 
Come,  ye  blessed  !  And  blessed  be  all  they  who  have  ministered  unto 
you.  Inasmuch  as  they  have  done  it  unto  one  of  the  least  of  these  my 
brethren,  they  have  done  it  unto  me." 

May  we  and  ours,  dear  friends  of  Home  Missions,  all  hear  that  bliss- 
ful word  ! 


ILLUSTRATING  THE   GOSPEL'S   POWER 

We  are  still  anchored  here  in  the  interests  of  the  Kingdom  of  Christ. 
The  depression  still  has  us  in  its  clutches,  and  the  people  in  this  vicinity 
find  it  hard  to  get  bread.  In  the  history  of  the  anthracite  coal  trade 
there  is  nothing  to  equal,  or  come  anywhere  near  to,  the  last  two  and  a 
half  years  of  demoralization.  Our  work  is  among  very  poor  people,  so 
our  contributions  are  small.  But  why  speak  oi  \.Vv^  dv\\\  Xlxxcv^'s. 's.o  <A\&\v> 
The  depleted  condition  of  the  treasury  must  terumd^OM  e.Ntx>3  ^^'i  ^^^  ^^ 


420  The  Home  Missionary  December,  1894 

facts  that  are  surrounding  the  workers  in  all  the  various  fields^  and  whilst 
we  are  in  no  condition  to  help  it  much,  we  have  done  what  we  could.  It 
may  stimulate  others  if  I  tell  you  how  our  family  made  two  dollars  and 
fifty  cents  for  missions.  We  have  a  peach-tree  that  yielded  four  baskets 
of  fruit,  and  as  we  could  not  get  the  sugar  to  preserve  them,  we  thought 
it  best  to  sell  them  at  fifty  cents  a  basket  and  apply  the  money  to  mission- 
ary use.  This  we  did,  and  made  two  dollars.  A  hen  gave  us  a  quantity 
of  eggs,  and  thus,  by  the  sale  of  her  eggs  by  our  nine-year-old  son,  we 
got  the  other  fifty  cents  ;  and  here  you  have  the  two  dollars  and  fifty 
cents.  No  more  joyful  work  than  this  has  ever  been  done  by  the  boy. 
You  see,  brethren,  how  this  trains  the  young  idea.     .     .     . 

I  was  preaching  a  little  while  ago,  and  took  the  curbstone  for  a  pulpit. 
A  company  of  hardy  workmen  were  standing,  listening  attentively  to  what 
was  said,  when  a  ruffian  approached,  looked  me  in  the  face,  and  then 
pushed  me  down  from  my  pulpit  into  the  mud.  I  arose  again  and  con- 
tinued until  this  would-be  champion  of  vice  stood  and  listened  very 
eagerly.  At  the  close  of  the  address  I  invited  him  to  our  services  on  the 
following  Sabbath.  He  had  never  before  attended  a  religious  service,  and 
he  was  visibly  affected  by  the  singing  by  my  two  boys  of  **  Where  is  my 
boy  to-night  ? "  He  came  again  and  again,  until  at  last,  with  great  be- 
wailing and  anxiety  of  soul,  he  confessed  Christ  and  was  savingly  con- 
verted. After  his  conversion  he  was  deeply  in  earnest,  and  talked  much 
of  Christ.  By  accident  in  the  mines  this  brother — for  brother  he  w^as — 
was  killed.  His  Christian  life  was  short,  but  full  of  love,  and  he  was  a 
noble  witness  for  Jesus. 

A  barber,  who  was  a  confirmed  drunkard,  has  become  interested  in 
our  services,  and  is  now  playing  his  violin  for  Christ,  charming  all  who 
listen  to  his  skillful  playing.  He  is  a  true  Christian,  and  preaches  Christ 
daily.  He  is  no  longer  seen  in  the  pool-room  or  the  saloon,  but  is  an 
enthusiast  for  the  Redeemer.  If  no  other  work  had  been  done,  surely 
these  two  brothers  are  worth  all  the  effort  that  we  have  been  able  to  put 
forth.  Out  of  these  wayward  men  what  great  good  may  come  in  future, 
no  one  can  estimate.  When  I  remember  that  Paul  was  a  persecutor  of 
Christ's  disciples,  and  see  how  these  men  were  changed,  it  makes  me  feel 
like  going  after  the  lost  with  renewed  zest.  May  God  Almighty  help  us 
to  be  not  weary  in  well  doing,  for  we  shall  reap  if  we  faint  not.  If  you 
forget  us  in  the  busy  hours  of  life,  forget  us  not  at  your  altar  sacrifices, 
is  all  we  ask. — Pennsylvania. 


He  which  converteth  the  sinner  from  the  error  of  his  way  shall  save 
'75  soul  from  death,  and  shall  \V\c\e  a  xv\\Au\.\^0^^  ^A  sxx^'j..— \ K.\.ves. ^ .,  -zo. 


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SPIRITUAL    FRUITS 

This  quarter  has  been  full  of  indications  of  God's  gracious  presence 
on  the  field.  July  ist,  1  organized  a  church  at  Oneida  with  six  members  ; 
also  perfected  the  organization  of  a  Sunday-school  of  much  promise. 
On  the  20th  of  July  I  went  north  for  rest,  and  returned  the  last  day  of 
August,  to  find  a  gracious  revival  in  progress  at  Alpha.  It  began  in  the 
prayer- meeting,  and  was  conducted  without  a  minister.  Some  twenty 
professed  conversion  ;  fourteen  united  with  the  church — thirteen  of  them 
from  the  Sunday-school,  nine  of  them  boys  from  fourteen  to  sixteen,  all 
from  one  Sunday-school  class,  and  four  young  ladies  from  another  class. 
Doubtless  others  will  come  into  church  fellowship  by  and  by.  This 
revival  reached  men  who  had  not  been  in  regular  attendance  on  this  con- 
gregation. One  man  went  to  town  and  heard  of  the  mighty  work  of  God 
and  was  convicted  ;  went  home,  called  his  family  together,  confessed  his 
sins,  set  up  the  family  altar  at  three  o'clock  p.m.  During  that  first  prayer 
he  and  his  wife  and  a  son  sixteen  years  old  were  converted.  The  son 
has  united  with  the  church,  and  the  parents  will  in  the  near  future.  I 
went  on  the  streets  and  found  one  of  the  converts — a  man  fifty  years  old, 
who  once  lived  here  and  was  called  "  a  hard  man."  He  had  a  number  of 
his  old  chums  together,  and  was  telling  them  **  the  old,  old  story  of  Jesus 
and  his  love."  They  wanted  me  to  hold  some  special  meetings,  but  I 
told  them  the  Lord  was  doing  a  mighty  mouth-shutting  work,  and 
I  would  keep  hands  off.— Rev.  J.  F.  Robberts,  Kingfisher^  Okla. 


LINKS   IN   THE   CHAIN 

By   Mrs.    Harkikt  S.   Caswell,    Secretary   Woman's   Department 

"  If  you  watch  for  special  providences,  you  will  have  special  providences  to  watch  for." 

We  were  traveling  over  the  drought-stricken  prairies — the  superin- 
tendent, his  wife,  and  myself — visiting  the  discouraged  people  in  their  sod 
houses,  claim  shanties,  and  dugouts,  on  our  way  to  the  missio.iary  pastor 
who,  with  his  people,  had  sent  an  urgent  invitation  to  us  to  hold  a  meeting 
with  them  at  that  time.  Arriving  at  the  little  missionary  home,  we  were 
cordially  welcomed  by  the  family,  while  the  horses  were  hospitably  enter- 
tained in  the  "  shack  "  of  a  neighbor. 

As  we  sat  in  the  JittJe  parlor  the  preacher's  \\ vie  c;A\^^vcv^  ^\Xfc.'^\.\^^ 
to  the  carpet  which  partially  covered  the  f\ooT,\.eVYm^  ta<im\>cv  ^xtsX-^V^ 


422  The  Home  Missionary  December,  1894 

appreciation  that  it  came  from  a  ladies'  society  in  Massachusetts.  This 
reminded  the  preacher  to  exhibit  with  great  pride  a  number  of  very  help- 
ful books  on  his  library  shelves,  which  had  come  in  the  same  box.  Then 
the  children  were  moved  to  bring  forward  their  treasures,  which  consisted 
of  a  pretty  doll  and  its  wardrobe  for  the  little  girl,  to  say  nothing  of 
sundry  articles  for  her  tiny  housekeeping ;  a  jackknife  for  the  boy,  with 
picture  books,  etc.  I  was  rejoiced  to  observe  that  this  family  had  been 
remembered  not  only  as  to  the  necessities  of  life,  but  also  as  to  those 
things  which  make  home  attractive.  This  though tfulness  on  the  part  of 
the  Eastern  ladies  called  to  mind  a  certain  dilapidated  wooden  rocker  in 
a  frontier  home,  decorated  with  a  bit  of  dainty  lacework.  The  missionary 
wife,  as  she  laid  her  hand  caressingly  upon  it,  said  :  "This  pretty  thing 
doesn't  keep  us  warm  nor  furnish  bread  for  the  family,  but  every  time  I 
look  at  it  my  heart  is  touched  by  the  thought  that  the  young  girl  who 
made  it  must  have  realized  that  the  wife  of  a  frontier  missionary  could 
appreciate  a  thing  of  beauty  like  this." 

But  my  mind  was  recalled  from  these  wandering  thoughts  by  a  look  of 
anxiety  on  the  face  of  the  missionary  wife,  which  I  had  noticed  at  inter- 
vals before.  When  she  left  the  room  to  attend  to  some  household  duties 
I  soon  followed  her,  and  found  her  in  the  kitchen,  looking  out  upon  the 
barren  prairie  in  a  state  of  painful  absorption.  She  started  at  the  sound  of 
my  voice  as  I  said  :  '^  My  sister,  something  weighs  upon  your  mind.  If 
you  are  in  trouble  and  1  can  help  you  in  any  way,  please  let  me  do  so." 
Tears  filled  her  eves  as  she  said  :  ^*  It  would  be  an  immense  relief  to  tell 
you,  but  I  do  not  sec  how  you  can  help  me.  You  know  that  we  live  on  a 
drought-stricken  prairie,  and  such  is  our  own  poverty  and  that  of  our 
people,  owing  to  the  blasted  crops,  that  of  late  we  have  found  it  extremely 
difficult  to  provide  food  for  our  family.  When  we  sent  for  you,  we 
thought  we  saw  our  way  clear  to  entertain  you  to-day  in  a  suitable 
manner,  but  we  have  failed  to  receive  the  provisions  we  expected."  S'he 
covered  her  face  with  her  hands  and  burst  into  tears.  When  she  could 
speak  she  said  :  *'  To  tell  you  the  truth,  we  have  nothing  in  the  house  to 
eat  hut  a  little  bread."  *'  My  dear  sister,"  I  said,  **  do  not  give  yourself 
another  uneasy  thou<T:ht  so  far  as  we  are  concerned.  I  think  I  see  a  way 
out  of  the  difficulty.*'  After  a  little  cheerful  talk  I  left  her,  and  looked 
up  the  superintendent,  who  was  standint:^  outside  talking  with  some  men. 
I  called  him  apart  and  stated  the  case,  with  perfect  confidence  that  he 
could  extricate  the  family  from  this  extremity.  With  an  encouraging 
word  he  disappeared. 

After  a  half-hour's  absence   Mr.    Superintendent   reappeared   at  the 
door  with  a  prairie  lumber  wagon  filled  with  straw,  drawn  by  our  horses. 
'I  wo  clogs  and  a  gun  completed  iV^e  e:v\v\\\>w\vi\\t.    "  Come  on,  every  one  of 
you  !  "  he  .shouted.     "  I  want  to  ^\\on\  ovu  ?^^^^^.  ^^'^^'kv  x}^^  "^^'^x  V^>«  ^'^ 


December.  1894  The  Home  Missionary  423 

hunt  prairie-chickens  in  this  country."  With  all  possible  dispatch  the 
missionary  family,  including  their  guests,  clambered  into  the  wagon,  and 
as  we  started  all  anxious  care  was  left  behind.  After  a  delightful  ride 
over  the  prairie,  the  hunting  dogs  ahead  began  to  show  in  their  own  way 
that*  it  was  time  for  Mr.  Superintendent  to  descend  with  his  gun.  He 
obeyed  the  signals,  and  in  a  few  moments  had  shot  six  fat  prairie-chickens 
w^hich  had  been  "  started  up  "  by  the  dogs.  On  we  went  another  two 
miles  in  the  sunshine  and  fresh  air,  repeating  the  same  experience  till 
another  half  dozen  were  secured,  after  which  we  drove  gayly  home. 

Having  arrived  there,  the  guests  **  preempted  **  the  kitchen,  picked 
the  chickens,  cooked  them,  set  the  table,  and  invited  the  family  to  dinner. 
The  hunger,  which  by  this  time  had  become  ravenous,  was  all  the  sauce 
needed  for  this  repast.  The  benevolent,  scholarly  face  of  the  preacher 
beaming  upon  us  as  he  carved  the  chickens ;  the  sweet  serenity  of  the 
missionary  wife,  whose  troubles  had  been  dispelled  ;  the  buoyant  glee  of 
the  children — all  these  conspired  to  make  this  a  memorable  occasion. 

In  the  evening  the  people  came  from  miles  around  and  filled  the  home 
missionary  church,  where  we  had  a  rousing  meeting,  in  which  both  people 
and  guests  took  part.  The  next  morning  we  went  on  our  way  to  other 
prairie  settlements,  to  carry  the  Gospel  as  well  as  we  could  to  the  drought- 
stricken  people,  and  to  the  devoted  pastors  who  would  not  desert  them 
in  their  hour  of  need. 

As  we  traveled  on,  we  came  to  a  little  home  on  the  banks  of  the 
Missouri,  occupied  by  a  venerable  missionary  and  his  wife,  who  have  been 
in  the  work  forty  years.  Less  than  a  year  ago  the  following  conversation 
might  have  been  heard  in  this  home  : 

JVi/e :  **  My  dear,  your  pulpit  suit  shines  so  that  I  can  almost  see  my 
face  in  it." 

Preacher  :  **  No  wonder  !  It  came  in  a  missionary  box  from  New 
England  more  than  ten  years  ago,  and  has  seen  constant  service  ever 
since." 

Wife :  "  Well,  it's  time  you  had  a  new  suit,  and  you  mus/  have  one." 

Preacher  :  **  You  know  very  well,  my  dear,  that  1  cannot  afford  it." 

JFi/e  :  "  1  am  very  glad  to  tell  you  that  you  can,  for  I  have  just  read 
of  a  firm  in  Chicago  who  are  selling  pulpit  suits  for  twenty-five  dollars." 

Preacher :  "  That  doesn't  help  me.  I  can  as  easily  raise  fifty  dollars 
as  twenty-five  dollars,  so  don't  trouble  your  dear  heart  any  more  about 
this." 

The  wife  said  no  more  to  her  husband,  but  in  the  privacy  of  her  own 
room  she  laid  the  matter  before  her  Lord. 

About  this  time  a  parishioner  of  the  good  minister,  who  was  also  dis- 
turbed by  the  shabby  appearance  of  her  pastor,  wrote  lo  \;v\o\5  ^\v^n}cv^\  \ 
could  in  some  way  secure  a  respectable  suit  oi  c\o\.\\es  lox  \.\v\s  <^^n<^X^<^ 


424  The  Home  Missionary  December,  1894 

man.  After  seeking  Divine  guidance,  I  was  led  to  state  the  circumstances 
to  a  generous-hearted  lady  in  Massachusetts,  not  knowing  that  she  had 
been  sent  by  her  physician  to  a  distant  city  for  treatment.  As  the  diffi- 
culty was  with  the  eyes,  her  mail  was  not  to  be  forwarded  to  her.  That 
this  particular  letter  was  made  the  exception  to  the  rule,  proves' the 
watchful  care  of  a  loving  Father. 

Having  received  much  benefit  from  her  sojourn  in  the  distant  city,  our 
generous-hearted  friend  said  to  herself  one  morning :  "  I  would  like  to 
make  a  thank-offering  to  God  for  restored  eyesight.  I  wish  I  knew 
of  some  special  case  of  need." 

As  she  took  her  seat  at  the  breakfast  table  a  few  moments  later  she 
discovered  at  her  plate  the  letter  containing  the  story  of  the  shabby  suit. 
**  Thank  God  !  *'  said  she  to  herself  ;  "  my  wish  was  a  prayer,  and  here  is 
the  answer."  Immediately  after  breakfast  this  dear  woman  enclosed  a 
check  covering  the  cost  of  a  good  suit  of  clothes  for  the  frontier  preacher. 

And  so  the  prayer  in  the  humble  home  on  the  banks  of  the  Missouri, 
and  that  other  prayer  in  the  grand  hotel  in  the  great  city,  complete  the 
links  in  this  chain  of  Divine  providences. —  The  Work  at  Home, 


WHAT  OUR  ENDEAVORERS  DID  FOR  CHRISTMAS 

I  WILL  copy  from  a  few  of  the  letters  received  from  the  missionaries  to 
whom  we  sent  Christmas-boxes  last  December,  and  if  our  experience  might 
be  printed  in  The  Home  Missionary,  perhaps  it  would  encourage  some 
other  young  people  to  contribute  similar  boxes  of  clothing,  books,  etc. 

From  Alabama:  The  missionary  in  his  letter  said:  "The  box  came 
lo  hand  on  New  Year's  day,  and  as  I  opened  it  I  thought  how  good  the 
Lord  was  to  His  servant,  for  I  assure  you  all  the  contents  of  the  box  just 
suited  my  family.  May  the  blessing  of  the  Lord  rest  upon  you  and  all  the 
members  of  ycnir  society,  and  may  you  live  long  in  the  noble  work  you  are 
doin<(  for  the  humble  missionaries  I "  From  his  little  daughter's  letter: 
^'  Little  Roy  said,  'God  lives  over  there  where  the  box  came  from,  and  1 
want  to  i!^o  and  sec  him.'  Mamma  and  I  appreciated  the  wraps  and  the 
nice  blankets  which  you  sent." 

From  South  Dakota  :  "You  ouj^ht  to  have  seen  the  happy  faces  of  the 
children  as  wc  unpacked  useful  and  warm  things  from  the  box.  You  can- 
not realize  how  it  li.u^htens  the  burdens  of  my  wife  and  how  many  stitches 
it  saves.  r»y  thus  relieving  her  she  is  able  to  devote  more  time  to  mission- 
arv  work." 

From  Florida  :  '*  To  say  yov\  gladdened  the  hearts  of  the  girls,  would 
not  be  e-vpressing  the  half  *,  lo  be  svue  \.\\e\  s^t^m  \.o  \i^  n}cv^ Vi^.^-^x^^x  chil- 


December,  1894  The  Home  Missionary  425 

dren  that  can  be  found.  Not  a  day  has  passed  but  they  leave  their  dolls 
and  presents  and  sit  down  and  ask  questions  of  their  mother,  surmising  in 
their  childisK  ways  who  and  what  kind  of  people  they  were  who  gave 
them  their  presents. 

"  The  clothing  was  certainly  a  great  thing  for  us.  The  shoes  for  Mrs. 
W.  and  the  girls  were  received  with  pleasure.  They  were  much  needed, 
as  was  my  suit,  which  was  a  welcome  present  and  fits  as  though  specially 
made  for  me." 

You  may  refer  to  me  any  Young  People's  Society  of  Christian 
Endeavor  who  would  like  to  know  about  our  work  of  sending  home 
missionary  boxes  at  Christmas.  We  have  sent  this  year  and  last  to 
four  families.  More  would  enter  into  the  work  if  once  interested. — Miss 
Elizabeth  W.  Olnev,  Providence^  R.  I. 


TIMES    OF    REFRESHING 

Work  of  the  Spirit. — At  just  the  right  time  the  Lord  sent  us  an 
evangelist,  who,  for  ten  days,  faithfully  presented  the  Gospel  in  the  town 
hall,  which,  in  spite  of  the  stormy  weather,  was  well  filled.  Many  gave 
their  hearts  to  the  Lord,  some  of  whom  had  been  interested  before,  but 
had  lacked  the  courage  to  unite  with  the  church.  Many  were  reclaimed, 
and  a  deep  conviction  was  left  with  others,  so  that  we  continued  the 
meetings  for  three  weeks  more,  with  marked  results.  Twenty-five 
have  been  added  to  our  church,  and  about  twenty-five  of  the  children  are 
formed  into  a  class  which  the  pastor  meets  every  week,  many  of  whom  we 
trust  will  eventually  come  in.  One  conversion  was  remarkable.  Closing 
a  powerful  Sunday-evening  meeting,  we  held  an  after-meeting  in  which 
the  Spirit  manifested  Himself  in  great  power.  We  were  about  to  close, 
when  one  of  our  most  prominent  citizens,  a  physician,  who  had  led  a 
somewhat  irregular  life,  arose,  and  said  that  he  had  come  in  with  his  heart 
steeled  against  the  Gospel  ;  but,  while  we  were  praying,  the  conviction 
was  so  strong  upon  him  that  he  thought  he  must  cry  out,  **  Stop  !  *'  He 
asked  us  to  pray  for  him.  We  did  so  ;  and  he  gave  himself  up  fully  to 
his  Lord,  and  has  been  praising  God  ever  since. — Minnesota. 


Prospering  Spiritually. — This  has  been  a  prosperous  quarter  for 
us  spiritually.  We  had  a  protracted  meeting  in  September/and  the  work 
was  with  great  power.  It  was  said  to  be  the  best  meeting  of  the  kind 
that  the  church  had  ever  had.  I  report  seven  hopeful  conversloiv?^^  ;k^d 
two  additions  to  the  church  already,  on  confession.  >N^  l^^\  c.oyv^'\'^vv\. 
that  we  are  still  on  rising  ground. — Clara^  Ga. 
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426  The  Home  Missionary  December.  1894 

Revival. — Rev.  Arthur  T.  Reed,  of  Oberlin,  was  with  us  one  week, 
commencing  September  3,  and  his  labors  were  blessed.  Twenty  made 
a  start  for  the  new  life,  and  it  is  hoped  that  nearly  all  of  these  may  be 
persuaded  and  helped  to  persevere  in  the  Christian  way. — Albion^  Fa, 


Ingathering. —  I  report  ten  hopeful  conversions  this  quarter,  and 
seven  additions  to  the  church,  making  twenty-four  since  my  coming, 
three  quarters  ago. — Detroit  City\  Minn. 

Spiritual  Progress. —  In  spiritual  lines  there  has  been  progress.    In 
my  last  I  reported  six  conversions.     Two  of  these  have  since  united  with 
a  church  in  another  town,  so  it  counts  as  a  gain  for  the  church,  if  not  for 
our  local  church.     Three  girls  from  our  Sunday-school  have  united  with 
us.     Two  of  these  had  some  time  been  confirmed  in  the  Lutheran  Church 
(Norwegian).      They   have   learned  what  conversion  means,  and  have 
found  a  depth  and  sweetness  of  Christian  experience  which  had  not  come 
to  them  in  their  formal  confirmation.    Since  their  "  new  birth  "  they  have 
proved  earnest  Christian  workers.     Another  of  the  same  class  will  come 
in  with   us  at  the  next  communion.     The  third  girl  has  consecrated  a 
beautiful  voice  to  our  Master's  service. — Benson^  Minn. 


Patience  and  Faith  Rewarded. — We  have  at  length  been  rewarded 
for  our  patience  of  waiting  and  of  hope.     We  have  experienced  a  time  of 
spiritual  quickening,  the  results  of  which  it  is  impossible  to  compute.    1 
report  twenty  hopeful  conversions  and  eight  additions  to  the  church  on 
confession.     The  indications  were  that  the  Lord  was  inclining  the  hearts 
of  His  people  to  Him  in  a  higher  consecration.     We  were  encouraged  also 
by  good  news  from  our  churches  in  all  parts  of  Alabama.     Three  union 
prayer-meetings  were  held  each  week,  the  Methodists,  the  Baptists  and 
ourselves  uniting.     The  interest  increased,  until  the  attendance  on  a  week- 
night  prayer  service  was  larger  than  our  usual  attendance  on  Sunday. 
The  Lord's  people  became  zealous,  and  sinners  began  to  turn  to  the  Lord. 
Some  of  the  cases  of  conversion  have  been  as  interesting  as  I  have  ever 
seen.     Two  years  ago,  six  or  seven  of  us  met  at  our  church  for  a  sunrise 
prayer-meeting.     Among  those  for  whom  prayer  was  especially  offered  at 
that  lime  were  two  :  one  of  them  a  young  man  of  collegiate  training, 
about  thirty  years  of  age  ;  another,  a  father  having  seven  beautiful  chil- 
dren in  our  Sunday-school  and  Children's  Society.     The  gentleman  last 
named  was  consecrated  to  (iod  in  childhood  by  a  pious  mother,  but  his 
mind  had  been  poisoned  by   Inger.sollisni,  and  the  young  man  also  was 
sceptical.     It  has   been  our  happy  privilege  to  see  them  both  soundly 
c(>nverted.     The  young  man  has  been  taking  lessons  in  shorthand  of  me 
cluriiifr  the  past  summer.     1  eav;eT\>j  embxwe^d  the  opportunity  to  teach 
him,  thinking  that  his  coming  to  n\y  ^txxOi^  \va\^\\V \i^  ^ xcv^-sixv's.  ^V \5.\^-^V\^^ 


December,  1894  The  Home  Missionary  427 

down  the  barriers  between  us  and  bringing  him  under  religious  influences  ; 
and  such  was  the  fact.  One  sister  asked  the  congregation  to  join  her  in 
praying  for  six  persons  who  were  especially  on  her  heart.  Five  of  the 
six  stood  together  at  God's  altar  to  confess  their  Savior  at  our  recent 
communion  season.  All  departments  of  our  work  have  been  greatly 
strengthened. — Shelbyy  Ala, 


Eleven  Converts  Added. — The  quarter  has  been  marked  by  a 
series  of  evangelistic  meetings  under  the  leadership  of  Mrs.  Peake,  of  the 
United  Presbyterian  Church.  Considerable  interest  was  manifested,  and 
at  the  following  communion  thirteen  were  added  to  our  church,  all  but 
two  on  confession  of  faith.  There  are  others  who,  we  hope,  will  follow 
in  November.  This  year,  1894,  has  been  one  of  the  best  for  our  work 
here.  It  is  true,  we  lose  members.  In  this  respect  we  seem  to  be  a 
"  recruiting  station  ;  "  but  even  so,  the  kingdom  is  enlarged. — San  Fran- 
cisco (South  Church). 


Coming  In. — We  have  had  some  good  revival  meetings  here,  resulting 
in  eighteen  hopeful  conversions,  and  five  additions  to  the  church  on  con- 
fession. Others  will  join  our  church,  and  several  have  gone  to  no  church 
as  yet.  I  have  done  the  best  I  could,  having  to  travel  on  foot.  In  this 
way  I  have  traveled  579  miles  this  quarter.  The  outlook  for  our  church 
in  this  country  is  good,  if  we  had  more  preachers  here.  I  have  more  calls 
than  I  can  fill,  and  it  grieves  me  to  see  our  people  so  hard  pushed.  But 
we  are  looking  forward  in  hope  of  better  times,  temporally  and  spiritually. 
—  TidmorCy  Ala, 


A  Fruitful  Tour. — The  end  of  the  previous  quarter  found  me  in 
the  middle  of  the  Louisiana  campaign,  and  my  report  for  that  quarter  was 
made  **on  the  wing."  July  first  1  began  a  series  of  meetings  with  the 
church  at  Hemphill,  in  Rapides  Parish,  staying  there  six  days  ;  then  took 
a  horseback  tour  of  sixty  miles  up  the  country,  holding  meetings  at  four 
places  ;  from  Hemphill  to  the  Calhoun  district  in  North  Louisiana,  attend- 
ing the  District  Association  at  Willhite's  Chapel,  and  holding  several 
meetings  there  ;  then  to  Union  Chapel,  where  we  have  a  church,  and 
where  we  had  a  fruitful  meeting  for  three  days ;  then  to  Longstraw 
church,  where  I  held  meetings  from  Sunday  night  to  Thursday,  with 
blessed  results.  This  closed  the  month.  In  that  time  forty  or  fifty  per- 
sons professed  conversion,  many  of  whom  will,  I  hope,  prove  to  be  genu- 
inely renewed.  I  wish  I  could  convey  to  you  my  convictions  of  the  great 
need  of  real,  earnest  preaching  and  teaching  work  in  that  region.  The 
ignorance  of  the  masses  is  so  pitiable  ;  yet  the  readiness  with  which  ma^w^ 
of  them  receive  the  iruih  of  God,  and  rejoice  \u  W.,  is  tcvosX.  ^tvco\\x^'^\^^. 


THE   PITYING   FATHER 

"Like  as  a  father  pitieth  his  children,  so  tt 
fear  him."  This  fatherly  pity  we  experienced 
the  summer,  and  we  most  surely  needed  it,  fc 
storms  of  trials  both  within  and  without.  But 
with  us  to  give  consolation  and  victory. 

Not  long  ago  two  brethren  were  here  assist! 
for  one  week.  We  were  greatly  disturbed  by 
One  day  word  came  to  us  that  these  noisy  men 
stale  eggs  and  rotten  apples,  with  which  they  w 
the  evening.  We  spent  the  day  in  earnest  praj 
(the  singers  did  likewise),  and  then  went  be 
Meanwhile  hup  "f  "'■-  " ' '■    '       ■  ■     ■ 


December,  1894  The  Home  Missionary  429 

this  quarter.  I  have  now  four,  two  of  which  I  visit  once  every  other 
Sunday,  and  one  every  Sunday.  I  preach  three  times  on  Sunday,  con- 
duct two  prayer-meetings,  one  young  people's  meeting,  and  one  children's 
meeting  during  the  week.  Our  two  Sunday-schools  are  continuing  as 
before,  with  an  average  attendance  of  about  eighty.  —  Wisconsin, 


HOME  AND  FOREIGN— THE  ONE  WORK 

Bv  Rev.  J.  F.  Graf,  Springfield,  Mo. 

With  this  report  ends  my  ninth  year  as  a  missionary  of  your  Society 
with  my  countrymen  here.  I  was  enabled  by  the  help  of  my  Savior  to 
labor  during  the  last  quarter  for  the  up-building  of  the  Redeemer's  King- 
dom, preaching  regularly  every  Sabbath,  teaching  and  superintending  the 
Sabbath-schoof,  visiting  among  the  people  in  and  outside  of  the  church, 
and  writing  articles  for  the  Kirchenbote^  our  German  religious  paper. 

One  occasion  in  this  quarter  had  special  interest  for  me  and  my  family 
and  church.  It  was  the  farewell  meeting  held  in  honor  of  my  daughter  at 
the  First  Congregational  Church,  with  which  other  Congregational  churches 
took  an  active  part.  It  was  a  pleasant  occasion  and  did  show  the  interest 
these  churches  have  in  home  and  foreign  missions.  Though  a  daughter  of 
a  German  Home  Missionary,  she  felt  a  call  to  serve  the  Lord  in  the  foreign 
field.  Many  friends  came  to  me  and  said  :  "  How  can  you  give  her  up  ? 
She  is  so  useful  in  your  work,  and  understands  so  well  to  care  for  children.** 
My  answer  was  :  "  That  is  just  the  reason  why  I  give  her  up.  There  are 
enough  who  want  to  stay  at  home  and  have  to  stay  at  home,  but  those  who 
can  go  and  wish  to  go  ought  to  go  and  should  never  be  hindered  by  their 
parents  or  friends.  Home  and  foreign  are  equally  *  missions,*  and  ought 
not  to  be  separated."  On  September  26th  she  left  New  York  for  Mardin, 
Turkey. 

Though  often  discouraged,  looking  at  the  small  audience,  I  feel 
hopeful  on  looking  at  our  flourishing  Endeavor  Society,  from  which  three 
young  people  have  within  half  a  year  entered  the  special  service  of  the 
Lord — one  studying  in  Chicago,  one  training  as  nurse  in  St.  Louis,  and 
the  third  my  daughter  mentioned  above.  My  audience  would  be  larger 
but  for  those  who  are  ready  to  receive  into  the  church  every  German  who 
will  join,  whether  he  comes  to  church  or  not,  telling  them  they  can  have  things 
here  just  as  they  have  them  in  Germany — preaching  on  Sabbath  forenoon, 
and  fun  the  rest  of  the  day.  I  cannot  comfort  people  with  a  formal  religion. 
Every  new  member  I  get  for  our  church,  or  even  for  ih^  3iwd\Q,TvQ.^.,V\^s^'^<^  \.^ 
speak,  to  be  broken  away  from  the  world  as  a  p\tiee  oi  loO^  vs>\itv^^xv\\Q.\^ 


430  The  Home  Missionary  December,  1894 

the  quarry.  It  is  only  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  that  can  do  this  work,  but  it 
is  done.  This  home  missionary  work  is  similar  to  the  foreign.  When  the 
missionary  in  Africa,  China,  or  Japan  sees  a  new  face  in  his  audience  and 
among  the  inquirers,  he  gladly  works  and  prays  and  visits  until  a  soul  is 
gained.  Of  course  there  is  an  easier  way  to  proceed  among  nominal 
Christians,  in  order  to  enlarge  the  membership  ;  but  that  way  is  like  build- 
ing wood,  hay,  and  stubble  on  a  good  foundation.  But  where  are  the  souls 
when  "  that  day  "  shall  come  ?  1  have  never  believed  that  the  old  Home 
Missionary  Society  asks  for  mere  numbers,  pleasant  as  they  are  to  look  at  in 
a  year-book.  It  may  look  as  if  I  did  not  care  for  large  audiences;  but  oh ! 
how  I  feel  it  when  one  or  the  other  is  not  present,  and  I  ask  the  Lord  to 
bring  them  again  and  to  give  me  the  words  to  feed  them  with  the  pure 
Gospel. 

As  our  Rally  Day  comes  in  November,  I  can  send  you  only  a  small 
amount  this  time.  Last  Sabbath  I  found  a  paper  with  three  dollars  in  it  on 
the  pulpit,  given  for  foreign  missions  by  somebody  who  did  not  wish  to 
give  his  or  her  name.  The  one  whom  I  suspect  to  be  the  giver  earns  her 
money  by  washing  for  others,  and  gives  not  from  her  abundance,  even  if 
she  has  not  given  *^  all  her  living."  So  your  German  Home  Missionary 
has  sunshine  as  well  as  shadow  in  his  labors.  Blessed  be  the  Lord  !  He  is 
good,  and  His  mercy  endureth  forever  !  **  He  leadeth  me,"  is  a  blessed 
thought. 


THE    GRACE    OF    PATIENT    CONTINUANCE 

This  is  the  grace  that  many  a  missionary  pastor  is  cultivating,  in  these 
months  of  anxious  uncertainty  as  to  the  financial  ability  of  his  little  band 
of  Christian  people  to  hold  together  the  church  organization  till  the  better 
times  shall  come.  Let  the  story  of  one  church  and  one  pastor,  during  the 
fifteen  months  from  May  i,  1893,  to  August  i,  1894,  tell  what  oppor- 
tunities and  what  needs  for  this  truly  Christian  grace  are  presented.  This 
story  shall  be  told  by  the  pastor  in  his  reports  to  this  Society.  The  field 
is  a  city  in  the  Far  West,  on  the  Pacific  coast,  with  a  population  of  some 
8,000. 

In  May,  1893,  the  Congregational  church  of  that  city  consisted  of 
twenty-seven  members.  At  this  time  the  pastor,  who  tells  his  story  below, 
took  up  the  work.  Three  months  passed,  and  August  ist  brings  the  new 
pastor's  finst  quarterly  report  to  our  rooms.     What  says  it  as  to  his  work  ? 

**Our  congregations  are  increasing  a  little.  The  A.  church  is  having 
services  but  once  a  day,  and  we  have  some  of  its  people  in  the  evening,  so 
that  the  gam  may  not  be  permanetvl.  TV\^  V\3.^d  times  have  obliged  one 
^(  my  deacons  to  leave  the  city  m  seateVv  ol  >noxV.    '\\C\s»  V^^n^s  \5«.^\>5s. 


December,  1894  The  Home  Missionary  431 

only  one  deacon,  who  is  three-score-and-ten  and  so  nearly  deaf  as  to  be 
unable  to  hear  a  word  of  the  services  We  have  lost  another  valuable 
member  in  the  person  of  Mrs.  C,  wife  of  the  secretary  of  our  Young 
Men's  Christian  Association,  who  is  obliged  to  leave  for  lack  of  financial 
support.  Mr.  C.  is  still  here,  but  must  soon  leave.  Both  he  and  his  wife 
have  been  very  helpful  in  church  work,  and  we  shall  feel  their  loss  keenly. 
When  he  goes  I  have  not  another  man  to  help  the  one  deacon  take  up  the 
collections.  A  church  without  a  man  to  take  up  the  collections  !  Never 
in  the  history  of  the  city  were  times  so  hard  as  now.  Were  it  not  for  the 
help  from  your  Society,  it  would  be  impossible  to  keep  the  church  open  a 
month.  Of  the  four  men  now  members  of  the  church,  one  has  no  income 
at  all  ;  one,  a  carpenter  by  trade,  has  earned  but  $160  in  the  last  seven 
months,  and  has  a  large  family  to  support ;  a  third  has  received  less  than 
thirty  dollars  a  month  since  the  beginning  of  the  year  and  has  left  the  city, 
J500  poorer  than  when  he  came  here.  The  fourth  is  a  young  lawyer 
trying  to  work  up  practice.  The  women  are  either  widows  trying  to  make 
the  year's  ends  meet  when  they  can,  which  is  not  often,  or  wives  of  men 
who  take  no  interest  in  the  church.  How  would  you  expect  this  people 
to  do  more  than  they  are  doing  ? 

**  This  city  is  a  paradise  for  gamblers.  Our  daily  paper  is  authority 
for  the  statement  that  there  are  150  such  places  in  this  city.  A  strong 
effort  was  made  to  legalize  gambling  by  a  system  of  high  license. 
This,  however,  failed,  and  as  a  result  of  the  agitation  which  followed, 
the  authorities  are  trying  to  prohibit  some  of  the  games— or  it  would 
be  nearer  the  truth  if  we  said  they  are  collecting  fines.  The  offend- 
ers plead  guilty  when  arrested,  but  pay  their  fines  and  go  right  on 
with  the  business,  and  the  city  has  an  income  of  $100  a  day  from  this 
source."  Here  is  a  glimpse  into  the  conditions  surrounding  that  little 
group  of  Christian  believers  who  have  rallied  about  their  pastor,  and  with 
him  have  entered  into  the  fight  with  the- evils  of  their  city. 

Three  months  more  go  by.  The  November  i,  1893,  report  briefly 
reviews  the  intervening  time,  and  has  a  tone  of  hopefulness  that  almost 
surprises  us  :  "  We  have  had  some  substantial  growth  during  the  quarter. 
Eight  have  been  received  into  the  church,  five  by  letter  and  three  on  con- 
fession. The  average  attendance  at  the  preaching  services  is  not  quite  up 
to  the  average  of  last  quarter,  due  in  part  to  the  fact  that  the  A.'s  have  a 
new  pastor,  and  a  strong  one  ;  the  B.'s  have  a  new  supply  nearly  every 
Sunday,  and,  like  the  Athenians,  our  people  are  curious  *to  hear  some  new 
thing.*  The  Sunday-school  continues  to  grow,  and  reached  its  largest 
attendance  last  Sunday,  there  being  sixty-two  present.  We  could  easily 
double  the  attendance  if  we  had  a  sufficient  teaching  force,  but  it  is  with 
difficulty  we  sustain  the  present  classes.  The  CV\T\?>\A?oevY.\\v\^"aLNQ^^<^^\^v^N 
small  in  number  and   feeble   in   life,  but  i\eveT\\\^\^s^  \X\^  \v<^\>^  <^^^  ^^ 


432  The  Home  Missionary  December,  1894 

church,  continues  to  increase  in  attendance  and,  let  us  hope,  in  real  usefal- 
ness.  The  Church  Building  Society  has  converted  a  loan  of  $600,  made 
in  1888,  into  a  grant,  thus  relieving  the  church  of  a  burdensome  debt." 

February,  1894,  brings  the  report  of  the  third  quarter  of  the  year,  and 
although  some  of  this  report  has  already  been  given  in  the  pages  of  The 
Home  Missionary,  we  give  it  again,  that  a  connected  story  of  that  one 
field  may  be  laid  before  our  readers  : 

**  I  have  been  assisting  in  special  meetings,  both  night  and  day,  for 
the  past  five  weeks.  Previous  to  these  I  had  assisted  our  superintendent 
in  a  series  lasting  nearly  three  weeks ;  so  that  for  two  months  of  the 
quarter  I  have  been  engaged  afternoons  and  evenings  in  evangelistic 
services.  Our  meetings  were  fairly  well  attended,  but  largely  by  members 
of  the  churches  and  church-going  people.  Although  we  advertised  the 
meetings  thoroughly,  we  failed  to  reach  the  business  men,  the  laboring 
classes,  and  the  saloon  element.  Night  after  night  we  have  about  the 
same  audience  of  church-going  people,  with  only  a  sprinkling  of  the 
unsaved.  About  twenty-five  persons  rose  for  prayers.  Every  possible 
effort  has  been  made  to  reach  the  business  men  and  the  people  who  fre- 
quent the  saloons.  Cards  of  invitation  were  sent  to  them.  Then  the 
workers  gave  them  a  personal  invitation.  Then  meetings  for  men  alone 
were  held  and  personal  invitations  given  ;  but  with  result,  so  far,  that  the 
business  men  ignored  the  meetings  from  the  first.  Some  strange  opinions 
have  come  to  us.  One  is  that  the  business  men  of  this  city  consider  that 
when  a  man  becomes  a  Christian  he  belittles  himself ;  he  is  less  of  a  man 
than  they  thought  him  to  be  ;  and,  however  honest  and  upright  he  may 
have  been  before,  now  that  he  has  become  a  Christian  he  will  have  to  be 
watched.  A  banker  who  attends  my  church,  and  the  only  business  man  of 
any  prominence  converted  during  the  year,  told  me  that  he  is  losing  custom 
and  men  are  quitting  him  in  business  for  no  other  reason  than  that  he  has 
become  a  Christian.  Whether  these  men  believe  what  they  say,  or  whether 
this  is  only  a  bluff  game  to  injure  the  cause  of  Christ,  there  can  be  no  doubt 
that  it  is  a  most  successful  device  of  the  devil  to  keep  men  from  embracing 
Christianity.  Another  thing  which  has  come  to  the  surface  is  that  the 
prominent  business  men  consider  the  saloons  the  life  of  the  place,  and  to 
close  them  would  be  a  great  detriment.  I  give  you  these  facts  to  show 
you  what  we  have  to  contend  witli  here.  I  am  not  discouraged.  I  believe 
the  Gospel  will  triumph  here  some  day.  Just  now  we  are  holding  a  meet- 
ing for  men  only  at  the  rooms  of  the  Voung  Men's  Christian  Association 
every  afternoon.  I  hope  to  be  able  to  make  these  a  means  of  great 
good." 

With  April  30,  1894,  the  year  for  which  this  pastor  was  commissioned 

closed,  and  the  fourth  and  last  report  for  that  twelve  months  was  received. 

It  is  brief,  without  large  resuUs  \.o  v^Vvonn  lox  v\v^  l^ivOcvlwX  ^'wi^^\i\%\.<e^\.\av]L 


December,  1894  The  Home  Missionary  433 

of  a  year,  but  with  a  strong  faith  in  the  value  of  such  an  orgatyzation  of 
Christian  force  as  that  little  church,  insignificant  in  numbers,  among  the 
city's  thousands.     This  fourth  quarterly  report  is  as  follows  : 

"  My  last  report  was  written  while  in  the  midst  of  special  union  meet- 
ings. The  effort  closed  without  our  gathering  the  fruit  we  had  hoped.  In 
fact,  we  did  not  receive  a  single  member  as  the  fruit  of  the  meetings  ;  and 
yet  I  am  not  sorry  the  effort  was  made,  though  it  resulted  in  proving  the 
field  more  difficult  than  some  of  us  had  thought  it  to  be,  and  left  behind  a 
tinge  of  disappointment.  But  it  has  left  the  people  of  this  city  without 
excuse,  and  has  laid  the  responsibility  upon  them  of  having  so  far  rejected 
the  Gospel  of  the  Lord  Jesus.  The  A.  church  is  still  without  a  pastor, 
and  will  remain  so,  though  they  are  making  an  effort  to  revive  their 
services.  The  B.'s  are  also  without  a  pastor,  but  have  a  supply  most  of 
the  time.  It  is  our  privilege  to  supply  these  congregations  with  religious 
services,  at  least  a  part  of  the  time.  And  let  us  be  thankful  for  this,  that 
we  can  lift  up  and  maintain  the  standard  while  others  are  unable  to 
do  so.'* 

May  I,  1894,  brings  to  this  office  the  new  application  of  that  church, 
that  their  pastor  may  be  recommissioned  for  another  twelve  months.  This 
application,  which  voices  the  feelings  and  the  judgment  of  the  people, 
breathes  a  courage  and  cheer  strikingly  in  contrast  with  the  silence  of  the 
previous  application  as  to  the  outlook.  Supplementing  the  mere  statistical 
part,  it  says,  touching  the  condition,  prospects,  and  wants  of  the  field, 
this  : 

"  First :  Conditions. — The  church  is  thoroughly  united.  There  are 
no  dissensions  of  any  kind.  We  all  have  perfect  confidence  in  the  leader- 
ship of  our  pastor,  and  are  wholly  satisfied  with  his  ministrations.  Finan- 
cially there  has  been  a  step  from  embarrassment  and  discouragement  to 
freedom.  We  are  out  of  debt.  Our  property  is  without  incumbrance. 
As  to  growth,  the  number  of  additions  has  been  fifteen,  with  six  dismis- 
sions ;  a  net  gain  of  nine.  The  Sunday-school  and  congregations,  though 
not  large,  have  been  steady.  The  influence  of  the  church  in  the  com- 
munity has  never  been  more  decided  or  helpful. 

^^  Second :  Prospects. — This  church  will  probably  for  some  time  supply 
the  religious  services  to  other  congregations  as  well  as  our  own.  The 
A.  church  is  without  a  pastor,  and  probably  will  remain  so.  In  a  difficult 
but  important  town,  ours  has  been  a  leading  church  ;  and  in  the  growth 
of  the  city  it  will,  by  steady  and  persevering  work,  be  ready  to  have  its 
share  in  improvement.  It  is  the  part  of  wisdom  to  be  ready  for  the 
increase  that  comes  with  the  growth  of  the  future. 

**  Third :  Wants. — The  most  of  our  wants  are  spiritual — the  fellowship 
^d  sympathy  of  the  churches,  as  well  as  the  blessm^  o(  Oo^.    "^^  ^•^^>^. 
the  grace  and  cheerfulness  to  do  the  work  commvUed  \.o  m%^\.o  Vfcfc.-^  '^^ 


434  The  Home  Missionary  December.  1894 

faith  and  be  one  of  the  beacons,  not  of  the  United  States  Light-house 
service,  but  of  the  Lord,  in  a  place  greatly  needing  gospel  life." 

To  grant  such  an  application,  with  a  voluntary  reduction  of  twenty- 
five  per  cent.,  was  a  great  satisfaction  and  pleasure  to  the  Executive 
Committee ;  and  a  commission  for  the  new  year  was  sent  forward  to  the 
faithful  man  doing  the  Master's  work  in  these  most  trying  conditions. 
The  story  of  this  field,  for  the  period  of  fifteen  months,  closes  with  the 
latest  report  at  hand,  bearing  date  August  i,  1894.  This  report  is  as 
follows  : 

**  August  is  not  a  good  month  in  which  to  make  a  report.  With 
steamer  loads  of  people  coming  here  on  excursions  every  Sunday,  with 
the  city  full  of  pleasure-seekers,  with  picnic  excursions  going  hither  and 
thither,  with  our  own  people  scattered—  all  this  has  its  influence  on  the 
churches  here,  and  makes  all  our  meetings  smaller,  and  our  work  harder 
and  less  hopeful.  The  quarter  has  been  one  of  hard  work,  even  to  hold 
our  own.  Our  B.  friends  have  had  services  most  of  the  time,  and  this 
has  taken  away  some  of  our  audiences.  The  A.  church  has  secured  a 
pastor,  and  he  is  on  the  field  and  at  work.  With  five  churches  open  and 
manned,  the  attendance  at  each  is  smaller  than  when  one  or  more  are 
closed,  for  we  have  a  smaller  population  of  church-going  people  now 
than  any  other  city  on  the  coast.  Our  average,  however,  is  up  to  the 
previous  quarter,  except  in  the  Sunday-school,  which  always  suffers  some 
depletion  during  the  summer  months." 


GETTING  STARTED   IN    SOUTHWESTERN  OREGON 

This  first  report  shows  very  small.  The  church  is  weak  in  numbers 
and  in  financial  strength,  but  as  it  occupies  a  good  portion  of  the  town  by 
itself,  its  work  and  influence  are  needed.  If  it  rises  to  its  opportunities 
it  will  prove  itself  a  power  for  godliness.  Not  only  is  the  church  weak, 
but  it  was  discouraged.  When  I  came  the  members  complained  that  they 
could  do  nothing,  and  it  was  not  of  much  use  to  try.  But  they  seem  to 
be  willing  to  try  now,  so  we  think  we  are  on  the  road  to  better  things. 
They  had  had  no  evening  services  for  a  long  time,  and  said  we  could  not 
support  one.  The  electric  lights  had  been  turned  off.  We  began  with 
fifteen  the  first  Sunday  evening,  and  have  had  over  sixty  since,  and  this 
during  our  worst  season  of  the  year.  They  could  not  sing,  and  had  had 
no  choir  for  months.  We  formed  a  quartet  of  wife  and  myself  as  soprano 
and  tenor,  with  another  man  and  his  wife  as  bass  and  alto.  With  this 
help  we  find  several  now  sms^in^  nv\\o  ec»w\d  xvot  s\ti^  before.  We  are 
crippled  from  lack  of  books,  lox  \^z  v\c^A  wow'^V  \o  'i^vq^  ^n^\>j  ^"wt^x 


December,  1894  The  HoiTie  Missionary  435 

two  a  book  for  singing  and  responsive  reading.  It  takes  four  or  five  for 
the  choir,  and  there  are  only  twelve  books  to  be  found.  We  hope  to  get 
all  to  singing  in  the  course  of  time.  They  declared  they  could  not  sing 
in  the  Sunday-school,  and  they  did  not  sing  for  a  month  or  more  ;  but  we 
have  selected  a  few  of  the  most  "  singable  "  pieces,  and,  by  repetition 
and  urging,  they  are  taking  hold  much  better.  We  need  a  new  good  book 
for  children's  singing  in  the  school  ;  one  with  words  adapted  to  thoughts 
of  the  character  of  the  lessons,  and  music  that  younger  scholars  can  learn 
and  sing.  The  school,  however,  despite  this  lack,  is  alive,  and  we  are  try- 
ing to  make  it  grow,  and  we  expect  to  see  it  grow,  if  hard  work  and  care 
can  help  it  on.  We  are  urging  the  children  to  come  as  we  visit  their 
homes  and  meet  them  on  the  street. 

The  indifference  to  church  and  Sabbath  attendance  here  is  new  to  me 
and  hard  to  overcome.  If  all  who  promise  me  they  will  come  to  church 
and  Sunday-school  were  to  attend,  our  seats  would  soon  be  full.  They 
say  this  west  coast  is  all  alike  as  to  Sunday  riding,  hunting,  fishing,  and 
loafing.  All  the  more  need  of  care  on  the  part  of  Christians,  and  preach- 
ing and  work  to  change  it,  say  I.  But  it  is  hard  to  keep  one's  patience 
and  see  a  stream  of  pleasure  teams  begin  at  7.30,  a.m.,  and  flow  on  all 
day  long.  The  saloon  element  here  is  strong  too,  and  it  is  hard  to  get 
used  to  seeing  them.  We  have  only  seven,  but  they  draw  in  our  young 
men,  and  we  find  it  hard  to  get  young  men  to  attend  church  at  all.  Our 
prayer- meetings  are  good,  but  the  pastor  feels  lonely  for  lack  of  male 
help. 

We  are  praying  now  for  a  revival  service.  W^e  want  to  hold  special 
meetings  as  soon  as  we  are  ready  for  them.  We  need  a  good  revival 
more  than  anything  else.  The  Presbyterian  pastor  agrees  to  hold  with 
me,  and  we  propose  to  try  to  get  the  others  to  unite,  and  are  preaching, 
talking,  and  praying  to  this  end. — Oregon, 


ITEMS    FROM    THE    FIELD 

An  Active  Veteran. — After  about  forty-five  years  of  active  service. 
Rev.  D.  B.  Nichols,  of  Mission  Hill,  South  Dakota,  reports  :  "  Our  work 
the  past  quarter  has  kept  up  its  numbers  as  compared  with  the  past  two 
years.  There  has  been  service  morning  and  evening  without  a  single 
interruption  ;  preaching  in  the  morning,  followed  by  the  Sabbath-school 
and  Christian  Endeavor  meeting  at  night.  In  each  session  the  pastor 
has  taken  an  active  part.  He  also  has  the  adult  Bible  class,  and  often 
the  Young  Ladies'  class  joins  this.  In  the  C\\mUat\  '^tv^i^^NOT  ^o<£\^v^ 
generally  the  labor  falls  into  his  hands.     Of  the  motmtv^  ^^W\c^  ^  xcvofsX. 


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436  The  Home  Missionary  December.  1894 

encouraging  part  is  the  children's  sermon  of  five  minutes,  immediately 
before  the  second  hymn.  These  talks  are  prepared  with  care  and  study, 
and  promise  paying  results,  not  only  from  the  children  but  their  parents. 
The  children  sit  immediately  in  front  of  the  pulpit,  and  the  pastor,  in  this 
short  discourse,  stands  on  the  floor,  on  a  level  with  them,  before  the  com- 
munion table.  We  are  soon  to  have  more  helpers,  who  will  bring  strength 
to  our  Christian  work,  but  the  time  is  not  far  distant  when  it  must  fall 
into  younger  and  more  efficient  hands.  I  am  devoutly  thankful  that  I 
have  been  permitted  to  live  to  see  so  many  changes  for  the  better.*' 


Unquiet  Sundays  — Excursion  parties,  both  by  rail  and  carnage, 
have  taken  us  almost  by  storm  on  Sunday  mornings.  Sermons  are  preached 
amid  the  puffing  of  locomotives,  the  cheers  of  excursionists,  the  whistling 
of  steamboats,  and  the  clangor  of  brass  bands.  Seven  saloons  are  open 
on  Sunday,  about  as  on  other  days.  This  defiance  of  law  is  met  by  so 
sickly  and  sentimental  a  public  feeling,  that  often  it  fills  a  good  citizen 
with  complete  disgust.  Under  such  circumstances  the  young  men  are 
not  easily  influenced  to  walk  in  the  safe  path.  We  have  a  very  hetero- 
geneous population.  The  elements  do  not  easily  unite  to  make  substantial 
citizens.  Yet  there  has  been  some  progress  made  since  I  began.  Then 
it  was  a  common  sight  to  see  "  young  ladies  "  playing  ball  in  the  streets 
on  Sunday  afternoon,  while  the  married  people  were  **  entertaining  '*  their 
friends  at  a  '*  Sunday  afternoon  tea."  Such  things  are  not  common  now. 
Our  young  people  have  responded  to  the  preaching  till  a  degree  of  self- 
respect  is  seen. — Minnesota, 


Busy  and  Tired. — Our  work  is  fairly  promising.  We  have  invitations 
to  hold  services  in  at  least  three  places  which  it  would  not  be  wise  to 
attempt  to  fill  unless  we  can  take  into  them  more  energy  and  freshness 
than  we  have  now.  Our  church  at  Callahan's  is  almost  completed,  and  our 
chapel  at  McConaughay  will  be  finished  in  a  few  days.  The  pastoral 
work  has  been  heavy  and  trying.  Standing  often  before  the  same  people 
in  the  presence  of  their  departed  draws  heavily  upon  my  sympathy.  We 
lately  parted  with  our  own  little  one.  I  selected  the  service,  and  a  lay 
brother  read  it.  I  am  very  tired,  having  taken  this  year  nothing  like  a 
vacation,  I  have  not  only  laid  out  the  work  on  the  chapel  for  inexperienced 
young  men,  but  have  worked  with  them  this  week  and  another,  five  days 
each,  driving  five  miles  morning  and  evening,  taking  care  of  my  horse  at 
nine  o'clock  at  night,  to  end  up  my  day's  work  ;  also,  as  architect,  super- 
intended the  erection  of  the  church  at  Callahan's.  I  send  photographs 
to  show  what  chapels  we  can  build  here  for  $1,000  and  $500. — California. 


Three  Happy  Years. — It  \s  \us\.  vVvxe;^  ^^^^x'^  s\^c.^\^\%\.  ^^Vv^v  ^^ 


December,  1894  The  Home  Missionary  437 

the  "  Land  of  the  Dakotas."  As  I  look  back  over  them,  remembering 
(as  it  is  human  nature  to  remember)  for  the  most  part  the  pleasures  1 
have  experienced  in  the  service  of  the  Master,  and  seeing  the  marvelous 
way  in  which  He  has  been  leading  me,  I  am  moved  to  say  with  the  Psalm- 
ist :  "  Bless  the  Lord,  O  my  soul,  and  all  that  is  within  me  bless  his  holy 
name."  Yet  in  no  other  years  of  my  life  have  the  yearnings  of  my  soul 
for  the  salvation  of  men  been  so  oppressive  as  they  have  been  here. 
Prayer,  sermon  work,  personal  labors,  all  in  the  name  of  Christ,  have  been 
the  means  of  lifting  much  of  the  burden,  and  given  me  bright  glimpses  at 
the  beginnings  and  growth  of  a  few  Christian  lives. — South  Dakota. 


A  Bright  Idea. — For  new  and  useful  inventions  we  have  been  wont 
to  look  to  New  England  ;  but  these  words,  from  the  report  of  one  of  our 
German  missionaries  on  the  Pacific  coast,  indicate  a  talent  in  that  line 
that  should  lead  our  Yankee  friends  to  look  to  their  laurels.  Our  loyal 
Teutonic  worker  says  :  ">//  every  celebration  of  marriage  among  our  people 
a  collection  is  taken  for  Home  Missions,  and  a  number  of  times  I  have  had 
the  pleasure  to  forward  it."  We  heartily  congratulate  our  brother  on  his 
entirely  original  plan,  and  cherish  the  hope  that  weddings  may  be  fre- 
quent in  his  parish. 


Methods  of  the  Adversary. — I  am  better  acquainted  than  I  was 
with  the  methods  of  Satan,  and  am  convinced  that  he  need  not  be  afraid 
that  the  people  of  God  will  materially  interfere  with  his  plans  until  he 
sees  them  on  their  knees  asking  God  for  wisdom.  Then  his  kingdom 
will  certainly  be  in  danger.  If  I  get  my  people  to  praying  this  winter 
with  an  unceasing  desire  for  the  salvation  of  the  lost,  you  may  expect  to 
see  better  statistical  reports  from  us  than  you  have  been  accustomed  to 
see.  Along  that  line  I  purpose  to  advance  this  winter,  and,  God  helping 
me,  there  shall  be  a  change  for  righteousness  in  this  town. — South  Dakota. 


^LiGHT  greatly  Helps  a  Prayer-Meeting. — Some  changes  relating 
to  the  conduct  of  the  prayer-meeting  which  I  introduced  about  a  month 
ago  give  promise  of  being  useful.  We  ceased  to  use  the  prayer- meeting 
room,  where  there  was  one  lamp,  and  moved  into  the  church  proper,  where 
there  were  four  big  lamps  and  the  organ.  I  discarded  the  prayer-meeting 
topics,  which  we  had  been  rigidly  following,  and  substituted  Bible  read- 
ings. Under  these  conditions  the  attendance  at  the  mid-week  meeting 
has  largely  increased,  and  the  interest  is  growing.  Our  average  attend- 
ance at  prayer-meeting  was  six.  I  announced  the  change  in  method,  and 
eight  attended  ;  the  next  night,  twelve  ;  the  i\eii\.  tvv^X.,  ^\l\.^^^\  '^^  X*^^ 
night,  twenty-two  adults,     I  believe  the  change  vj^?»  ^^\%^  o^^^*^^^^^ 


438  The  Home  Missionary  December.  1894 

will  continue  the  present  method  until  a  better  is  suggested  or  evolved. 
— Minnesota, 


Rather  Blue. — Our  work  here  locks  rather  blue  at  the  present  time. 
Several  families  left  us  some  of  our  most  regular  attendants  being  among 
the  number,  and  all  helped  support  the  work.  The  only  shingle- mill  in 
town  burned  a  few  days  ago,  throwing  out  of  work  several  others  of  the 
church  helpers.  These  are  trying  limes  with  us  all.  There  is  scarcely 
any  money  to  be  had,  and  I  have  taken  wood  and  work  on  subscriptions. 
I  am  happy,  however,  to  report  the  conversion  of  two  young  men,  both 
members  of  a  society  which  I  have  organized  especially  for  boys  and 
young  men. —  Washington, 


Fire,  Smoke,  and  Bears. — Never  will  this  quarter  be  forgotten. 
Fire,  smoke,  and  bears  have  been  around  us  for  three  months.  It  is  a 
wonder  of  God's  grace  that  we  are  still  alive.  I  have  been  with  some 
of  my  church  members  when  every  spear  of  their  hay  went  to  ashes ;  I 
have  seen  the  people  leave  the  meeting  and  rush  away  in  the  middle  of 
the  sermon  to  save  their  homes  ;  I  have  seen  people  lying  in  the  woods 
burned  to  death.  The  great  fire  has  driven  the  bears  down  into  the 
settlements,  and  they  are  picking  our  calves  and  pigs  from  us.  But  the 
good  Lord  has  kept  us  safe. —  Wisconsin, 


The  Hopeful  and  the  Hopeless. — The  longer  I  work  here,  the 
more  hopeful  the  lives  of  the  children  and  young  people  seem  to  me  ; 
the  more  hopeless  the  lives  of  the  middle-aged  and  older  persons  who 
have  not  confessed  and  certainly  do  not  intend  to  confess  Christ.  I  am 
beginning  to  realize  that  the  unforgivable  sin  is  the  constant,  lifelong 
resistance  to  the  sweet,  loving  influences  of  the  Holy  Spirit  pointing  one 
always  to  holiness. — South  Dakota. 


The  Ounce  of  Prevention. — Your  missionary  has  been  kept  busy 
in  heading  off  trouble,  and  takes  to  himself  part  of  the  credit  for  keeping 
our  railroad  men  from  joining  the  strike.  For  many  days  not  a  car  of 
any  kind  passed  through  the  place.  All  mails  came  by  stage.  The 
laboring  men  here  were,  many  of  them,  about  to  strike.  Your  missionary 
regarded  himself  as  in  a  measure  responsible  for  their  conduct.  He 
called  a  labor  meeting  at  the  Congregational  church,  and  presided  over 
it.  The  speakers  introduced,  all  but  one,  spoke  in  favor  of  obeying  the 
law.  The  one  exception  was  more  than  answered  by  the  others.  Not  an 
em ployee  struck . — Minnesota. 


Keeping  his  Spirits  up.— T\^eTe  \^  \\o  cvx\^s^  'lox  '^o^m-^  >:icvQ>\i.^\s^ 


December,  1894  The  Home  Missionary 


439 


Money  is  almost  an  unknown  thing  among  our  people,  who  are  as  needy 
as  any  people  can  well  be.  They  have  bread  and  seed  wheat,  and  some 
wheat  to  sell  ;.but  their  destitution  is  so  great  that  it  takes  a  large  amount 
of  wheat  at  from  thirty  to  thirty-four  cents  a  bushel  to  place  them  in  a 
condition  to  endure.  They  are  paying  me  nothing,  or  next  to  it,  and  yet 
I  believe  they  fret  more  about  it  than  I  do.  My  grant  from  the  Home 
Missionary  Society  is  all  I  can  surely  look  to,  but  it  has  enabled  me  to 
keep  out  of  debt  so  far  ;  and  if  God  sends  me  a  box  of  clothing  for  wife 
and  myself,  we  will  make  the  $300  keep  us  three  (you  know,  I  must  count 
"  Frank,"  my  pony,  in  our  family).  I  rejoice  that  1  am  kept  so  well,  and 
have  such  a  privilege  to  preach  the  glorious  Gospel.  Have  no  fears 
about  our  suffering.  God  will  take  care  of  us.  1  am  very  hopeful  for 
the  future. — Oklahoma. 


To  Kind  Inquirers. — The  letter  "  From  a  Grateful  Missionary  Wife," 
in  The  Home  Missionary  for  October,  was  addressed  to  ladies  in  Washing- 
ton, D.  C,  who  had  kindly  offered  to  prepare  a  "box"  for  this  Kansas 
family.  It  is  due  to  these  ladies  to  say  that  they  gladly  and  generously 
responded  to  all  the  suggestions  of  the  missionary  wife.  It  is  hard  to  find 
words  that  fitly  express  our  thankfulness  to  the  ladies'  societies  and  indi- 
vidual helpers  who  so  promptly  respond  to  the  direct  and  indirect  calls 
for  aid  found  in  these  pages. 


TREASURY     NOTE 

To  our  regular  monthly  statement  we  add  the  receipts  in  October, 
and  compare  the  receipts  of  the  first  seven  months  of  the  current  fiscal 
year  with  those  for  the  corresponding  part  of  1893. 


CONTRIBUTIONS 


1893 

April $10,566  46 

May 9,46 1  46 

June 15*136  17 

July 15*293  72 

August.. .     9,479  91 

Sept 13*794  35 

Oct 7,342  56 


1894 
$18,936  34 
18,608  21 
15,249  44 
18,908  65 
7,886  18 
12,707  28 

9*523  04 


$80,874  63  $101,819  14 

$101,819  14 
80,874  63 


LEGACIES 
1893 

April $6,681  14 

May 25,812  59 

June 10,254  35 

July 8,940  39 

August..  14,885  55 

Sept 5,450  10 

Oct 4,025  00 


1894 
$8,701  36 

6,113  58 
35*026  54 

10,695  22 

35,280  76 

15,045  01 

5*369  o- 


$2o,g44  5/  gain  in  contributions. 


$76,049  12  $116,231  49 
116,231  49 


440  The  Home  Missionary  December,  1894 

Here  is  a  total  gain  of  $61,196.99  over  the  first  seven  months  of  the 
previous  fiscal  year,  and  of  that  gain  nearly  (31,000  is  in  contributions ! 
Again  we  call  upon  you  to  unite  with  us  in  heartfelt  thanksgiving — all  ye 
good  friends  whose  increased  offerings  have,  with  God's  blessing,  made 
this  statement  possible. 

And  now,  with  hearts  full  of  joy  and  gratitude  for  our  Father's  favors 
in  the  months  here  reported,  we  turn  with  faith  and  courage  to  the  five 
months  to  come,  reckoning  safely  on  your  continued  and  even  more 
liberal  help.  These  later  months  are  always  the  most  fruitful  of  the 
twelve  to  our  treasury.  This  year  they  should  be  especially  so.  More  of 
the  time  and  strength  of  our  friends  can  now  be  turned  from  "  politics," 
for  weeks  past  justly  claiming  from  all  good  citizens  the  best  they  had 
to  give.  The  new  day  has  dawned.  The  dark  clouds  are  flying  before 
the  freshening  breeze.  Our  country's  growing  business  prosperity  is  no 
longer  doubtful.  It  is  the  fitting  time  for  hearty  thank-offerings  from  all 
who  truly  love  our  land  and  serve  the  mighty  God  who  has  wonderfully 
preserved  it  hitherto,  and  for  the  time  intrusts  it,  subordinately,  to  our 
keeping,  that  it  may  be  the  broad  deep  channel  of  His  salvation  for  the 
world. 

Never  before  were  so  many  open  doors  waiting  for  consecrated 
laborers ;  never  was  there  such  cryin^^  need  of  them,  the  land  over ; 
never  was  there  richer  promise  of  spiritual  harvests  as  the  reward  of  the 
faithful.  Nothing  is  lacking  but  the  means  of  making  sure  their  tem- 
poral support. 

The  duty  and  privilege  of  assuring  that,  we  lovingly  and  confidently 
lay  upon  these  our  ever  faithful  helpers  : — 

The  Congregational  churches  of  our  land,  from  each  of  which  we  tisk 
"one  generous  offering" — from  the  rich  *'  as  God  has  prospered  them  ;  " 
from  the  poorest,  something,  however  small,  to  prove  their  loving  interest. 

The  Women's  State  and  Local  Unions,  depended  on  for  more  than 
$50,000  in  cash,  yearly,  and  steadily  increasing  the  sum  of  their  ready 
helpfuhicss. 

The  Sunday-schools,  **  the  Boys'  and  (iirls'  Home  Missionary  Army," 
the  Voung  People's  Societies  of  Christian  Endeavor,  Mission  Bands,  and 
other  circles  of  young  people— that  the  habit  of  giving  for  their  country's 
spiritual  welfare  may  be  early  formed,  to  last  through  life. 

Those  charged  with  the  guardianship  of  property  left  by  departed 
friends  for  this  sacred  use — from  which,  perhaps,  by  watchful,  loving  care 
a  portion  may  be  earlier  realized  to  meet  the  urgent  need. 

And  from  each  and  all  we  beg  a  constant  interest  in  their  prayers, 
that  our  Father's  richest  covenant  blessings  may  rest  upon  the  cause  and 
all  cnira^ecl  in  ity  whether  as  workers  \v\  vV\il  ^\t\v\  c»\  vWlt  suv)!?orters  by 
nfferings  and  prayers  at  home.     A^nd  iwoi^  ^oOl  \A^ss  w-^,  ^n^\^  ^^^\ 


o|  wbmijtej,  jgaaj 


442 


The  Home  Missionary  December.  i8^ 


APPOINTMENTS    IN    OCTOBER,    1894 


lYot  in  comwission  last  year 

Adams.  Miss  Marffarct  M..  Teacher.  Roeors,  Ark. 
Dada.  Rdward  T.,  Hcminffford  and  Nonpareil, 

Neb. 
Ely.  Kdward  L.,  Omaha,  Neb. 
Fishbum,  M.  H.,  R<K'kville  Center,  N.  Y. 
Hinckley.  Frank,  Oakland.  Cal 
Inf^ham,  John  E..  Clear  Lake.  Wis. 
Knutson,  Henry  S.,  St.  Hiljire  and  Dlack  River, 

Minn. 
Parker,  Lyman  B.,  Chf^iclaw  City,  Okla. 
Parsons.  Charles,  Webster  and  Waubay,  So.  Dak. 
St|uire,  Abraham  L.,  Burwell,  Neb. 
Tenber.  A.  C,  Glen  Ullin.  No.  Dak. 
Terborgh.  Isaxic.  Ada.  Minn. 
Trandt,  Adam,  Denver.  C«tl. 
Upton,  R.  P..  Fertile  and  Mentor,  Minn. 

A\'-i'(>w//i  i^  sioncii 

Ailing,  Horatio,  Kirkland.  Wash. 

Andrewson, Severt  M.,  Maple  V'.illcy,  Wis. 

Rair,  William  R.,  Dunlap.  Kan. 

Belt,  Salathicl  D.,  Ellensburgh,  Wash. 

Bh'akley,  Mat   A.,  Cross,  Okla. 

BiH-'hek.  Miss  Fannie.  Johnstown,  Pa. 

Burhans,  Paul  C.    Henncs>ey,  Okla. 

Camlield,  Lewis  E  .  Academy,  Colvin.  and  Kirk- 
wood.  So.  D.ik. 

Dalton.  John  J  .  Thayer.  Mo. 

Donov.an,  David.  Madison.  .Minn. 

Doiy.  Micajah.  (ilenvicw.  So.  Dak. 

Dreisbach.  Charles  H.,  Frankfort  and  Turton.  So. 
Dak. 

Enijstrom.  Alfred  P..  Spencer  Rro<»k,  Minn. 

Knlow.  Charles  E  .  Cleburne.  Tex:Ls. 

lM)ster.  Rii.hard  B..  I*erkins  .iiul  Olivet,  Okla 

Fowler.  Olin  L.,  McMillin,  Alderion,  and  Rhode 
Lake,  Wash. 


Gadsby.  George,  Ccrcdo,  W.  Va. 

Galloway,  Emil  R.,  Wravervillc  and  Lewistoo, 

Cal. 
Hobart,  Miss  Ella,  Cleveland,  O. 
Hughes.  Evan  P.,  Hubbard,  Elltott  Prairie,  and 

Smyrna,  Ore. 
Ibanex,  Mr.  D.,  E!  Paso.  Tex. 
Isaacs.  William  L,  Williston.  No.  Dak. 
Jeiferies.  John.  Crawford,  Neb. 
Jones,  Samuel.  C  arroU,  Neb. 
Kidder,  Josiah.  Hetland,  Bangor,  and  Spring  Lake, 

.So.  Dak. 
Mills,  Harry  E  .  Strong.  .Kan. 
Nichols.  John  T..  Seattle,  Wash. 
Norihrup,  George   E.,  Mcrritt   and   McKinky, 

Minn. 
Pierson,  William,  St.  Joseph.  Mo. 
Pratt,  D.  Butler,  Brooklyn.  N.  Y. 
Price,  Thomas  M.,  Duluth,  Minn. 
Prior.  Isaac  R..  Bryant,  So.  Dak. 
Reese.  Thomas  P.,  Cambria,  So.  Dak. 
Richardson.  Hcnrv  M.,  Spcarfish,  So.  Dak. 
Rood,  fohn  Sauk  Rapids  and  St.  Cloud.  Mion. 
RoutlifTc,  Charles  H  .  Granite  Falls,  Minn. 
Ruddock,  Charles  A..  Clarksfield  and  Brighton. 0. 
Ruddock,  Edward  N.,  Burtnim  and  Grey  Ea^r< 

Miim. 
Scribncr,  Miss  Bessie  B.,  Teacher,  Rc^rs,  .\rk. 
Scroggs.  J.  W.,  Rogers.  Ark. 
Sprague.  Elma  E..  Farnam,  Neb. 
Taylor,    Horace  J.,   Fidalgo    City  and  Ro»no, 

Wash. 
Thing.  .Milo  J.  P..  Arcadia.  Neb. 
Tom  1  in.    David    R.,    (Jencral  Miteionary  in  -J^" 

Dak. 
Uzzell.  'Ihomas,  Denver.  Colo. 
Wade.  Justin  w.,  Sedalia.  Mo. 
Warren,  Willis  A.,  Watervillc  and  Morris^o*^ 

Minn. 
Wells,  J.  Lester,  Jersey  City,  N.  J. 
Winter,  Alpheus  Tryun,  N.  C. 


RECEIPTS    IN    OCTOBER,    1894 


For  account  ot"  receipts  l)y  State  Auxiliary  .Societies,  sec  pages  448  to  4 


MAINE    $)5is. 

B.in;>'«>r.  John  L.  Cn^shy $ioo) 

.\  Friend n  ou 

r.eU.i^t.  First,  hy  B.  F.  I-'irld 15  .v, 

Nrw  ^il')uccster.  bv  H.  (».  .Mank vi  <*> 

I'ortl.md.  A  Thank  (ifTiriii}^' \<j  n.. 

Wells    Beach.    I'lrst.  by  Rev.    N.    M. 

Baihry x6  15 


NEW  IIAMPSHIRK  ^x.-j.-z. 

Receivetl    by    Hon.     T..     D.    S'evens, 
Tre.is    .\.  H.  H.  M.  Soc. : 

Nfirth  Hampton     ;<.:<'»•:> 

Cl.iremoni.  by  H.  W.  I'rosi •»)"»> 

Ilaf\'»ver,  .-\    Few  LaMies.  bv  Mr-.   C. 

()  Bl.iisdell ' .-.'  '>> 

IJnl.ton.  by  D.  C.  Keinviek !«■  '•-• 

Sew  Ipswich.    IVfMCcds  of  Fair,  hv 
Mrs.  Charles  Whcek  r 7  '^' 


V?:RMONTs«  205.05. 

Vermont  I)  »mestic  Missionary 
Soc  .  by  W.  C.  Tyler, 
Treas. : 

.Mluiryh  Sprinjjs $4^ 

Heiininmon.  N<irth -j^  co 

I'awlct.  West 3  53 

Wom.m's  H.  M    l-nion  : 
li.irion.  tor  Salary  Fund  .       15  00 
Murlinmon,  First.  f.»r  Sal- 

•iry   I'und 4*;  o^^ 

Chester,  for  Salary  Fund.  10  ix> 
Ess«\  huKtion.  A  Friend  5  00 
.Middlebury.      L.    D.     M. 

Soc 35  00 

Riclnnond.TIomeland  Cir-  . 

cle.  for  Salary  Fund.    .        5  00 
Westminster.     West,     for 

S.il.iry  I'und 5  =1 

-  -  $1*:^ 

ntiinin-i.'n.  S   S.  .)f  the  Old  First,  by 

N\\^^\n   \.\\\\\,W\\ ^ 

V.AVvc.  \>\  V  .  ^\0^\\  ^t\.« >,* 


December,  1894  The  Home  Missionary 


443 


Greensboro,  by  J.  A.  Crane $500 

Hinesbur^h,  S.  S.  Rally,  by  N.  D. 

Partch    6  75 

St.  Albans.  L.  M.  G x  00 

Sheldon.  S.  S.  RallVi  by  A.  E.  Eldred  x  .15 

Williamstown,  by  G.  Eicckctt ix  46 

MASSACHUSETTS  -  $3,682  41 ;     of 
which  legacies,  $700. 

Mass.  Home  Miss.  Soc.,  by  Rev.  E.  B. 

Palmer,  Treas x,o5o  00 

By  request  of  donors xoo  00 

Woman  s  H.  M.  Assoc.,  Mass., 
Miss  S.K. burgess,  Treas. : 

For  Salary  Fund $835  ao 

Brighton,  Aux.... 6735 

Chelsea,  Third  1500 

Danvers.  Maple  St 25  00 

Peabody.  Aux..  South  Ch. . .      20  00 
Sheffield,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by 

Miss  L.  Wakefield 1000 

97a  55 

Boston.  F.  L.  Fuller 5000 

W  A.  Wilde,  for  Salary  Fund 50  00 

Braintree,  Ix;gacy  of  E.  F.  E.  Thayer, 

by  C.  H.  Hobart 20000 

Brookline,  Mrs.  Mary  L.  Stone,  by  J. 

S.  Stone,  for  work  in  the  West 50  00 

Curtisville,  Dea.  A.  A.  Barnes 8  00 

Dorchester,  Second,  by  Miss  E.  Tol- 

man 156  39 

Falmouth.  First,  of  which  $50  to  const. 
Ellen  M.  Hamlin  a  L.  M.,  by  O.  F. 

Hitch 70  00 

Greenfield,  Mrs.  M.  K.  Tyler 15  00 

Lee.  Esuteof  Elizur  Smith,  by  W.  J. 

Bartlett ...  500  00 

Massachusetts,  A  Friend 100  00 

Northampton.  Dorcas  Soc.  of  the 
First,  by  Mrs.  J.  E.  Clarke,  for  Sal- 
ary Fund 56  25 

Northfield,  Trinitarian  Ch..  A  Friend         25  00 
Norton,  Trin.  Ch.  of  which  S50  fmm 

Mrs.  E.  B.  Wheaton,  by^S.  H.  Cobb         55  88 
Pittsfield.  Y.   P.  S.    C.  E..  of  First 

Ch.  of  Christ,  by  C.  F.  Brown 45  34 

South  Framingham.  A  Friend,  $5 : 
Rev.    W.    (;.   Puddefoot.     $50,  of 

which  Sio  special 55  00 

Spencer,  Mrs.  C.  J.  Sage,  special 20  00 

A  Friend ao  00 

Walpole,  S.  S..  by  Frank  Swan 27  oo 

Webster,  First,  by  E.  L.  Spalding 50  00 

Westborough,  J.  M .  Bullard i  00 

West  Newton,  "  Pax  " 5  00 


RHODE  ISLAND-$29.97. 

Newport,  United  Ch..  bvE   P.  Allan. 
Providence.  Beneficent  V.  P.  S.  C.  E., 

by  Miss   E.  W.  Olncy.   toward   L. 

Mp.  of  Frank  R.  Stafford 

CONNECTICUT-$5,i2o.77;   cf  which 
legacies,  $3,450.00. 

Miss.    Soc.    Conn.,    W.    W.    Jacobs, 
Treas.,    by    Rev.  W.   H.  Moore, 

Sec 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 
W.  W.  Jacobs.  Treas.  • 

Greenwich.  Mrs   H.  Webb.      $5  00 

New  Britain.  South  Ch., 
Prof.  D.  N.  Camp.  t<> 
const.  Emma  Cjcrtrudc 
Rogers  a  L.  M 50  00 

Say  brook.  Ladies*  H.  M. 
Soc..  by  Miss  Agnes  A. 
Acton ... 50'' 

Miss  Elizabeth  Kilburn 5  o-) 


2x  4a 

85s 


100  70 


Bran  ford,  A.  J.  Palmer $1000 

Bristol,  by  L.  G.  Merick xoo  00 

Cornwall.  Estate  of  Silas  C.  Beers.  G. 
C.  Harrison,  and  J.  E,  Calhoun,  exs.     2,500  00 

Coventry,  Legacy  of  Mrs.  M.  L. 
Brewster,  by  E.  Kinesbunr,  ex ax>  00 

East  Haven,  by  Miss  eT  L.  Street a9  a7 

Goshen,  by  A.  N.  Decker 114  04 

Mrs.  M.  Lyman  1000 

Greenwich,  auld'l.Stillson  Renev.  Soc. 
of  the   Second,   by  Miss  K.  M. 

Mead xo  00 

Mrs.  G.  S.  Ray 5  00 

Groton,  Wilson  Allyn a6  90 

Hartford,  On  account  of  Legacy  of 
Ann  R.  Barrows,  by  A.  W.  fear- 
rows  and  James  H .  Tallman 750  00 

Park  Ch.  by  W.  E.  Smith 3a  ax 

Y.  P.  S.  C  E.  of  the  First,  by  R.  O. 

Wells 10  35 

Roland  Mather 50000 

Huntington,  bv  E.  S.  Hawley a8  00 

Middletown,    South    Ch.,    by  G.   A. 

Craig 500 

A  Friend x  00 

New  Britain,  V.  P.  S.  C.  E.  of  the 
South  and  Center  Chs.,  David  C. 
Rogers,  Treas 6  55 

New  Haven,  United  Ch.,  by  C.  E.  P. 

Sanford a27  00 

Prof.  Samuel  Harris 100  00 

L.  A.  B 5  00 

A  Friend a  00 

New  London.  First  Ch.  of  Christ,  by 
H.  C.  Learned.... 70  >9 

New  Preston  Village,  by  D.  Bum- 
ham  32  75 

Southport.  by  R.  W.  P.  Bulklcy.  to 
const.  Miss  L.  A.  Laccy  a  L.  M.. ..         79  09 

Southington,  by  J.  F.  Pratt 43  96 

Terryvillc,  S.  S.,  by  G.  A.  Scott,  spe- 
cial    x8  75 

Thomaston,  First,  by  G.  H.  Stough- 
ton 10  30 

Woodbury,  North  Ch.  by  F.  W.  Jud- 
son 37  71 

NEAV  YORK    $1,627.42;  of  which  lega- 
cies,  $619.02. 

Received  by  William  Spald- 
ing, Treas.: 

Barryville $350 

Binghamton.  Plvmouth.  to 
const.   Rev.  W.   H.   Kcp- 

hart  a  L.  M 64  13 

Burrvillc 1320 

Collinsvillc 4  00 

Columbus 20  25 

East  Ashford i  co 

Etmira,  St.  Luke's 550 

Glen  Spcy 10  25 

Harpcrsficld 6  00 

HowcUs 16  15 

Oxford,  E.  L.  Corbin 50  00 

Port   Lcyden.   $23  05;  S.  S. 

$1 26  05 

Rochester,     Rev.      H.      C. 

Ri^«:s,  D.D 2500 

Roscoc 5  00 

R<Klman.  to  const.  Rev.  J. 

.Monroe  Lyon  a  L.  M 55  55 

Sherburne     126  19 

Sinclairville 100 

Syracuse.  South  Avenue...  2  c»o 

G(M)dwill 1000 

Uiica.  Uethesda.  Welsh 10  (o 

Wa-ihintrton  Mills a.j  <«» 

West  Newark 5  10 

Rev.  ¥..  Curtis 10  00 


6s  00 


Brooklyn,  PennsyWamA  \vc. 
Ch.,byRcv.VJ.T.^o\«. 


444 


The  Home  Missionary  December,  1894 


South  Ch.,  by  E.  D.  Ford. . 

Mrs.  M.  D.  Ellison 

Clifton  Sprints,  Mrs.  Z.   Eddy  and 

Mrs.  E.  R,  Marvin 

Flushing,  by  W.  H.  Lendrum 

Franklin,  V.  P.  S.  C.  E.  of  the  First, 

by  Mrs.  W.  F.  Pbdps 

New  York  City,  Estate  of  Ann  Voor- 
his,  by  Stetson,  Tracy,  Jennings, 
and  Russell 

Forest  Avenue  Ch,,  by  Rev.  W.  S. 
Woolworth 

**  A  Small  Surplus '' 

A  Friend 

C.  M.  Mather 

North  Walton,  S.  S.,  by  A.  L.  White. 

Orient,  by  M.  B.  Brown 

Potsdam,  Mrs.  M.  C.  Dagg^ctt 

Poughkeepsie,  First,  by  O.  S.  Atkins. 

Pulaski,  by  G.  L.  Sherwood 

Rensselaer  Falls>  J.  J.  Doty  

Richford.    Harvest  coll.,    by   W.    J. 

Hutchinson 

Willsborough.   Estate  of  Mrs.  S.  A. 

Stower,  by  A.  J.  B.  Ross 


NEW  JERSEY-$i6i.4o. 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union  of  N.  J.  Asso., 
Mrs.  J.  H.  Denison,Treas. : 
German  town,  Pa.,  Mesima  Guild.. 

East  Oranpe,  Swedish,  by  Rev.  A.  P. 

Nelson    

O.  H.  Kelsey,  for  Salary  Fund 

Newark,  A  Friend,  Thank-offering. . . 


PENNSYLVANIA-  $144.95. 

Woman's   Miss.   Union.    Pa., 
Mrs.  T.  W.  Jones,  Treas.: 

Braddock $400 

Cambridgeboro 1000 

Kane 5  00 


$125  00 
35  00 

5  00 
55  75 

5  00 


55»  la 

59  50 
xoo  00 

ID  00 

15   85 
92   60 

50 

31  9» 
843 
I  00 

41  00 

67  90 


10  00 


I  40 

100  00 

50  00 


Blossburu,  Welsh,  by  D.  R.  Evans  . . 

Canton,  Henry  Sheldon 

Delta,  Bethcsda,  by  Rev.  J.  Cadwala- 

dcr 

Kane,  First,  by  W.  H.  Davis 

Lander,  Alfred  Cowlcs  and  son 

Plymouth,  Rev.  T.  McKay  and  family 

Roxborough.  A  Friend 

Scranton,    Puritan,  by    Rev.    D.    A. 

Evans  

Titusvillc.  Swedish   Ch.,  by    Rev.  A. 

J.  Isakson 

Vandling,  by  Rev.  J.  G.  Evans 


MARYLAND     $1^50. 

Canton,  by  Rev.  T.  M.  RcadcnkofT 
Froslbur^,  by  Rev.  G.  W.  .Moore... 


19  uo 

9  15 
25  00 

2  50 
16  00 

20  00 
2  50 

40  00 


2  00 
5  00 


2  50 
10  00 


DLSTRICT  OK  COLU.MDIA     $.-5  cxd. 

Woman's  H    M.  Union  of  N.  J.  Asso., 
Mrs  J.  H.  Donison.  Treas. : 
Washintjtf>n.  I'irst 


VIRGINIA     $15.30. 
Falls  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  U   Jenkins. 


25  t» 


GEORGIA— $35.35. 

Asbury  Chapel,  Sa  35;  La  Ciosae,  $1, 

by  Kev.  A.  B.  SpiHars 

Baxley,  Friendship  Ch.,  Meridian  and 

New  Bethel,  by  Rev.  G.  N.  Smith.. 

Clara.    Center,   by   Rev.    W.  C.  D. 

Christian 

Pleasant  HiU,  by  Rev.  H.  E.  New- 

ton 

Clark's  Mill,  Bowers  and  Magd^ena, 

by  Rev.  G.  Horn 

Columbus,  First,  by  Rev.  G.  W.  Cum- 

bus  ..  

Duluth,  by  Rev.  W.  F.  Brewer 

Hoschton,  by  Rev.  T.  C.  Forrester.... 
North  Rome  and  West  Rome,  by  Rjev. 

T.W.Gilliam 

Williford,  by   Rev.  W.  H.  QuatUe- 

baum 


ALABAMA-$X3.oo. 

Central,  Equality,  and  Balm  of  Gilead 
Chs.,  Mt.  Olive  and  Tallassee  Chi., 
by  Rev.  A.  C.  Wells 

Cla'nton,  First,  Union  Point,  Mt. 
Springs,  Verbena,  Shady  Grove  Ch., 
by  Rev.  T.  B.  Havnie 

Ft.  Payne.  Emanuel  Ch..  by  Rev.  J. 
A.  Jensen 

Hilton,  Antioch,  by  Rev.  H.  Huggins 

Union  Grove,  by  Rev.  F.  W.  Vauufhan 


LOUISIANA    $5.00. 

Lake  Charles,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Rev. 
S.  H .  Bartcau 


FLORIDA-$39.25. 

Avon  Park,  by  Rev.  F.  D.  Rood 

Intcrlachen.  by  Rev.  W.  D.  Brown  . 


TEXAS-$32  75. 

Austin,    Tillotson    Ch..    by    W.    M. 

Brown 

Dcnistm,  First,  by  Rev.  W.  S.  Hills.. 
Palestine,  by  Rev.  J.  H.  Dobbs 


3  80     OKLAHOMA    $9.20. 


Alpha.  Park,  and  Mt.  Pisgah.  by  Rev. 

J.  F.  Robberts 

Chandler,  by  Rev.  M.  D.  Tenny  .  ,. 
Hennessey,  by  Rev.  P.  C.  BurHans... 
Waynoka,  by  Rev.  J.  W,  Mc Williams. 


INDIAN  TERRITORY- $3.00. 

McAlestcr.   First,    by    Rev.     VV. 
Hicks     


H. 


ARIZONA     ?is9  30. 

Arizona,  A  Friend 

Prcscott,  First   

By  Rev.  E.  H.  Ashmun. 


l3>5 

«;$ 
10  00 

500 

T»5 

100 

250 
a  so 

I  00 

I  00 


4S«> 


I  00 


00 


SO 

00 


00 


8a 
00 


5-* 


00 


15  50     OHIO 


8594  ^'J- 


NORTH  CAROLINA    ?^35. 

Hamilton  Cross  Roads,  by  Rev.  R.  R. 
Drookshier 


Received  by  Rev.  J.  G.  Eraser, 
D  D   : 
t\s\\\a^>\\\\\.  Secowd,  by  Rev. 
\\.W.\\\t^s^ 

3   ^^  "ViuXXOTV 


ttecember,  1894  The  Home  Missionary 


445 


Center  Belpre,  by  F.  W. 
Campbell $14  ao 

Cleveland.  Piljfrim,  by  H. 

C.  Holt 6000 

Irving    St.,   by    Mr*.    J. 
Reese 1000 

Fredencksburg.  by  Rev.  D. 
R.  James,  $14  ;Y.  P.  S.  C. 
E.,  by  Miss  Emma  Fire* 
stone  for  H.  M.  work  on 
frontier.  $5 19  00 

Hudson,  by  Miss  E.  E.  Met- 
calf 8  00 

Ironton.  by  Rev.  W.  B. 
Marsh zo  30 

Lafayette,  by  G.  W.  Bu- 
chanan         718 

Mantua,  Miss  Caroline  M. 
Davis 5  00 

North  Madison 6  25 

Ridgeville  Comers,  by  Mrs. 
H.  C.  Tubbs 2  56 

Rugifles,  $29.31  ;  Coral 
Workers,  $5:  Y.  P.  S. 
C.  E..  $1.  by  Rev.  Albert 
Bowers;  W.H.  M.  U.,  $6, 
by  Mrs.  G.  B.  Brown,  in 
full  to  const.  Miss  Clara 
A.  Fast  a  L.  M 41  31 

South  Newbury    12  05 

SprinjB^ld.  First,  by  Henry 
G.Forbes 1160 

Thompson,  by  F.  E.  Benja- 
min         500 

Unionvtlle.  by  I.  W.  Cone.,      ix  77 

West  Andover,   by   Henry 

Holcomb 15  00 

West  Mill  Grove,  by  Rev. 
G.  B.  Brown 14  25 

West  Williamsfield,  by  Rev. 
W.  W.  Leslie 12  00 


Received  by  Rev.  J.  G.  Fraser, 

D.D.,    Treas.    Bohemian 

Board,  Cleveland  : 
Amherst,  S.S.  Birthday  Box 
Oeveland,  Pilgrim,  by  H 

C.  Holt 

Lenox,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  for 

Miss  Reitinger 

Richfield,  Jr.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E., 

by  Dr.  Schauffler 

Ruggles,  by  Rev.  A.  Bowers 


Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  by 

Mrs.  G.  B.  Brown.  Treas. : 
Ashtabula,  Second.  Y.  P.  S. 

C.  E.,  for  Miss  Reilinger. 

Bellevue 

Cleveland,  First,  Y.  P.  S.  C. 
E 

Plymouth 

Plymouth,  Y.   L.   M.   S., 
tor  Bible  Readers  Sch . . 

Plymouth,  for  Miss  Reit- 

uiger 

Hudson,  for  Bible  Readers 

School 

Ironton 

Cheerful  Workers 

Medina,  for  Miss  Reittni;er, 

For  Bible  Readers  5>cn . . . 
North    Bloomfield,    King's 

Daughters 

Oberlin,  Second,  L.  S..  Bible 

Readers  School 

Steubenville,  Bible  Readers 

Sch 

Wauseon,  S.S 

West  Andover,  Bible  Read- 
en  School 


» 

1 

$7 

60 

90 

00 

6 

00 

5 

00 

9 

00 

$117  60 


$5 

00 

7 

00 

9 

as 

5 

00 

4 

xo 

90 

2 

50 

I 

20 

8  80 

5 

00 

3 

00 

2  00 
20  00 

2  00 
10  00 


293  69 


Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 
G.  B.  Brown,  Treas.: 

Madison f  i  00 

North  Rl3omfield 200 


Coclville,  Mi.s8  M.  J.  Bartlett,  to  const. 
Mrs.  Jennie  Morrison  a  L.  M 

Centennial  and  Ireland,  by  Rev.  F. 

S.  Perry 

Freedom,  S.  S.  $5;  Ch.  $9,  by  J.  B. 

Kel'ogg 

Kirtland,  by  S.  Hunkin 

Locke.  Lillie  B.  Stoughton 

Plain,  Ch.  $5.75  ;  S.  S.  $2.53,  by  W.  H. 

Minton 

St.  Mary's,  First,  by  Rev.  A.  C.  Den- 
Sweden.    Swedish,    by    Rev.   C.    F. 

Olsson 


INDIANA-$2.oo. 

Central,  Cedarwood  and  Beachwood, 
by  Rev.  J.  Trueblood 


ILLINOIS- $x83.88. 

Illinois  Home  Miss.  Ssc.,  by  Rev.  J. 
Tompkins,  D.D.,  Special  for  Salary 
~    »d 


$5  «> 

18  82 

2  40 


'  50 
S87  25—    204  85 


Fun< 

Received    by    Rev.   M.    E. 
Eversz,  D.D.: 

Fall  Creek $2683 

Payson 18  05 


Geneseo,  Mrs.  A.  E.  Keyes,  forex' 

pressage  of  packages,  etc 

Oak  Lawn.  Tnomas  Armstrong 


MISSOURI-$359.76. 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 
K.  L.  Mills, Treas.: 
Cameron.   Children's    Mis- 
sion Band 

Carthage 

Hannibah  Pilgrim 

Kansas  City,  Olivet,  Jr.  Y. 

P.  S.  C.  E    

Olivet,  for  Salary  Fund . . 

Oyde 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  of  Clyde 
Ch.,  for  Salary  Fund . . . 
Southwest,  Tabernacle. . . 

Lamar 

Lebanon 

Neosho 

New    Cambria,  for    Salary 

Fund 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  for  Salary 

Fund.   .. 

Pierce  City 

St.  Jose[>h . 

St.    Louis.    Compton    Hill, 

for  Salar\'  Fund 

Compton   Hill,  Y.  P.  S.  C. 

E. .  for  Salary  Fund 

Pilgrim 

First  

Central  Ch 

Ch.  of  the  Redeemer. . .     . 
Y.  P.  S.C   E    of  the  Ch. 

of  ihc  Redeemer 

UnionCh.  Y.  P.  S.C.  E.. 

Springfield,  First 

Y.P.  S.C.V..  oivYveY\T%\. 

Central 

Y.P.S.C.E.ol  xYve  Cttv- 
irad 


2 

50 

15 

00 

15 

CO 

5 

00 

3 

25 

5 

00 

10 

00 

4 

25 

25 

00 

2 

50 

IX 

40 

15 

75 

4 

00 

10 

.SO 

68 

90 

20 

00 

24 

00 

4 

00 

5 

00 

3 

00 

\o 

V> 

b  OQ 

1  0*5 

$3  00 


50  00 

2  52 

14  00 
.3  25 

5  00 

8  98 

3  90 

6  00 


2  00 


126  00 


4488 


10  00 
3  00 


^  V^ 


446 


The  Home  Missionary  December,  i^ 


Jr.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.   of  the 

Central $350 

Windsor 100 

$3"  82 
Less  expenses  ...      15  59 

—     $296  23 

Kansas    City,    First,    $10;    Helpinfi: 

Hand.  S.  S..  $9  23,  by  W  P.  Holmes  19  23 

Kidder,  by  Rev.  A   L.  Gridley 15  oo 

St.  Louis.  Third,  by  B.  I.  Klene a^  45 

Springfield,  (*crman  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J. 

F.Graf a  85 


WISCONSIN-$i4.33. 


O.nhkosh,  Ladies'  Miss.  Soc.  of  Ply- 
mouth Cb.,  by  Mrs.  D.  Roberts.... 


IOWA  -  $647  54  ;  of  which  lefi^acy,  $600. 

Dubuque.   First,    special,  by   W.  C. 

Chamberlain 

Edgewood,    From    Estate   of    N.  G. 

Piatt,  by  L.   D.    Piatt  and    E.   G. 

Piatt 

Iowa.   A    Friend,  for  work  in  .South 

Dakota 

Prairie  City,  by  J.   H.  Merrill.  Treas. 

LC.  H.  M.  S 

Storm    I^ke,   S.   S.  Rally,   by    E.   C. 

Cowlcs 


MLVNESOTA-$.i6.9o. 

Glyndon,   Ch.   and   S.    S..  by  C.    G. 

Trac  V 

Lake  I'ark  and  Sanborn,  by  Rev.  F. 

C.  Emerson 

Mazcppa  and  Zumbro  Falls,  by  Rev. 

Q.  C.  fodd 

Minneapolis,  W.  H.  Norris 

Mc.rris.  S.  S  Rallv,  by  1.  J.  Pimm..  . 
Park  Rapids,  by  Rev.  R.  W.  Harlow. 
Stewart,  by  Rev.  W.  G.  Trower 


KANSAS    $.m',mH. 

Received   by   Rev.  J.  G.    Douj^fhcrty, 

Treas. : 
Capioma $<;  30 


Comet,  Harvest  Festival 
Dover,  S.  S.,   Harvest    Festi 

val 

Downs.  Harvrsi  Festival 

Fredonia.  S.  S  ,  Harvest  Fes 

tival 

f»ri-enwood,  Tnion  S.  S 

Haven 

Kaiiwaka 

Louisvillf 

Maple  Hill.  H.irvest  I'estival 

Mount  I 'nion 

Os,il:c  City     

Powh.itan.  H.irvrsi  lM-,tiv.il., 

I'dall,  Harvest  Festival 

White   Cloud,   Harvest    Festi 

val     

Mrs   Mary  I,au)jhlin 


.?  7^ 


4 
6 

50 

I 

79 

4 

JO 

I 

75 

3 

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10 

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5 

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'4 
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84 

7 

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I 

to 

Woman's    H.  M.  Cnion.  Mrs. 
1)   1)    DeLon;^',  Treas. : 

Hurlinyton Si 5  00 

1  i> ) 

2  44 


Carson 

v.  P  S.C   E 

Ccntr.ilin^    Toward  L    Mp. 

of  Mrs.  B.   V.  K\t\)i 

Cora 


«4  33 


10  00 

6ix>  00 
20  00 
14  00 

3  54 


4  34 
i:  cx> 

1  80 

12    so 

2  18 

3  00 

1  o3 


04  23 


Eureka 

Ft.  Scott 

Hemdon 

Hiawatha 

Kirwa 

Lawrence,  Plymouth 

Lin  wood 

Louisville    

Manhattan 

Maple  Hill 

Newton  

Olathe.  I.  E 

Ona^ja,  Yount;  Ladies'  Miss. 

Soc 

Osawatomie . .  .^ 

\^IL4AVv  a       •••  •••••■••■•«*■ 

Paolo 

Partridf^ 

Parsons 

Portis 

Smith  Center 

Stockton 

Udall 

Vernon,  Two  Friends 

Wakefield 

S.S 

Wakarusa 

Wallace 


Ss 


00 

00 

«7  50 

00 

56 

ao 

y» 

53 

00 

60 

10  00 

65 

SO 

75 

00 

00 

00 

00 

65 

70 

00 

50 

SO 

00 

50 

00 

8 

40 

I 

00 

Less  expenses.... 


^»9o  7S    ,  ., 

X  81-  |x86  9( 


Blue  Rapids.  First,  by  L.  B.  Tibbetts. 

(.'lay  Center.  Thomas  Morse 

Cora,  by  Rev.  W.  O.  Town 

Dial  and  Mt.  Ayer.  by  Rev.  N.  Em- 

merson 

Ellis,  by  G.  Johnston 

Emporia.  A  Friend 


Gaylord  and   Twelve   Mile,  by  Rev. 

W.  H.  Merrill 

Netisho  Falls,  Rev.  S.  B.  Dyckman... 

Plevna,  by  Rev.  E.  K.  Fisher 

Scatter  Creek,  fti;  Fredonia.  $1.50,  by 

Rev.  W.  C.  \eazie 

Staflford.  by  Rev.  W.  Ellwood 

Valky  Falls,  by  N .  Hay  ward 

Village  Creek,   $-'.53:  Scatter  Creek, 

Sfc  7'..  by  Rev.  G.  M   Pfeiflfer 

Wichita.  V.  P.  S.  C.  E..  of  Plymouth 

Ch..  by  K.  Hinman 


NEBRASKA    $204  70. 

Received  by  J.  W.  Bell,  Treas.: 

Blair $ai  00 

Cambridge 35  44 

«3  OS 
I  02 

II  95 
10  00 

5  00 

6  21 


3500 
300 
6  00 

i:  5^ 
750 

5w 

500 
2  00 

23  V 

i  SP 

14  ^^3 

9^5 


Friend.  GiTman 

Hayes  Center 

Turkey  Creek,  German  ..   . 

Yerdon 

York 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union.  Mrs. 
(i   J.  P<nvell,  Treas 


—  _        xo3 


7  5'"' 
2   S'-* 


Berlin,  hv  Rev.  M.  E.  Eversz 

Bloointitid  and  Addisi»n,  by  Rev.  E. 

Martin 

Clearwater  and  (doversville,  by  Rev. 

().  L.  McClecry 

CiillM-rtMin.  Hayes  Co..  and  Palisade. 

tii-nnan  Chs..  by  Rev.  A.  Hodel 

Frii-nd  .>nd  Tiirkev  Creek,  German,  by 

Rev.  P.  Lich...' 

Germant«>wr..  (ierman  Ch.,  by  Rev.  F. 

Woil, 

Grand    Island.    I'irst,   by  Rev.   J.  H. 

\\v\\v\vTst>w         

Ciu\v\c   \^v>cV,  SvlL\>v■T\v^T      •a.Tvi^  '^^^a.N^i 

\^Tev\v\ecVv 


60 

pa 


3 

5  ^ 

6  "- 


December.  1894        The  Home  Missionary 


447 


$8  00 
20  CO 


Heminfirford  and  Nonpareil,  by  Rev. 

EX.  Dada 

Lincoln,  German,  by  Rev.  J.  Lich.  . . 
New  Castle   and    Daily  Branch,  by 

Rev.  J.  Roberts 

Norfolk,  Second,  by  Rev.  J.  W.  Hardy 
Trenton.  $5;  Franklin,  Ladies'  Miss. 

Soc.,  $2,  by  Rev.  J.  H.  Bcitel 

NORTH  DAKOTA-$ia2.75. 

Received  by  Rev.  H.  C.  Simmons : 

Fargo  College $5000 

Fessenden 3  5° 

$53  50 
Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 
J.  M.  Fisher,  Treas. : 

Amenia $5  00 

Buxton 10  CO 

Coral  Workers 500 

Dwight X  00 

Grafton 250 

Michigan  City  5^ 

$20  10—      8a  60 
Hoffnungsville.Gemunde,$i2.45;  Fes- 
senden   Mission,    $12.40 ;    Emhcits 
Gemundc,  $10.30,  by  Rev.  D.  Ncucn- 

sch  wander 35*5 

Obcron.  by  Rev.  O.  P.  Champlin 5  00 


WYOMING— $58.70. 


SOUTH  DAKOTA-SX56.71. 

Armour,  by  Rev.  W.  B.  Hubbard 

Bowdle  and  Spring  I-ake,  by  Rev.  L. 

A.  Brink , 

Canton,  by  H.  Wilson 

Centerville.  by  Rev.  E.  A.  Wood 

Oark.  by  Rev.  T.  G.  Langdale 

Crcsbard  and  Myron,  by  Rev.  P.  B. 

Fisk 

Glen  view,  by  Rev.  M .  Doty     

Gothland,  by  Rev.  G.  W.  Doty 

Hetland,  Badger  and  Spring  Lake,  by 

Rev.  J.  Kidder 

Highmore.  by  Rev.  P.  Hitchcock 

Hot  Springs,   First,  by  Rev.   E.   E. 

Frame 

Hudson.  $10;   M.  E.  Tomlin,  $5,  by 

Rev.  D.  R.  Tomlin  

Letcher,  by  Miss  E.  K.  Henry 

Meckling,  by  R.  B.  Arthur 

Mission  Hill,  by  Rev.  D.  B.  Nichols.. 
Powell,  by  Rev.  J.  T.  Lewis 
Rapid  City,  First,  by  J.  W.  Barron     . 
Ree  Heights.  $3.20:  Greenleaf.  71  cts.. 

bv  Rev.  G.  L.  Helms. 


Richland,  J.  A.  Warner 

Spearfish.  Jr.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Mrs. 

H.  M.  Richardson 

Springfield.     Running     Water     and 

Wanari,  by  Rev.  C.  Scccombe 

Vermilion,  Scandinavians,  by  Rev.  C. 

J,  Hansen 

Wakonda,  by  Rev.  J.  M.  Bates 

Winfrcd  and  Freedom,  by   Rev.   T. 

Thompson 


COLORADO -S88. 17. 

Woman's  H.  M.  Unirn,  to  const.  Mrs. 

M.  L.  Mason  a  L.  M 

Cope,  by  Rev.  C.  W.  Smith 

Green  Mt.  Falls.  $3;  New  Castle.  Si-42; 

Rico.  $12.  by  Rev.  H.  S.indirson 

Manchester,  by  Rev.  H.  Sanderson.   . 
Manitou  and  Green  Mountain   Falls. 

by  Rev.  A  O.  Downs 

Stesunboat  Springs,  by   Rev.  J.    W. 
Conn 


9  00 


5 

00 

10 

00 

10 
3 

00 
69 

2 
■2 

a 

50 

75 
60 

7 
3 

50 
10 

2 

50 

J5 

00 

3 

5 

2 

00 

00 
00 

I 
25 

25 
00 

3 

2 

9» 
00 

5 

00 

3 

00 

12 
6 

91 
00 

Woman's  Missionary  Union,  Mrs.  H. 
N.  Smith,  Treas. : 
9  3^  Cheyenne,  Aux 

4  50 

7  00     MONTANA- $3  75 

Columbus,  $1-05  i  Horse  Plains,  $2. 10 : 
Bonner,  60 cts..  by  Rev.  W.  S.  Bell 


OREGON-$6o.33. 

Astoria,  First,  by  Rev.  C.  F.  Clapp. . 
Beaverton  and  Tualitin,  by  Rev.  W. 

Hurlburt 

Condon,  $5;  The  Dalles,  $15,  by  Rev. 

C.F.  Clapp 

Gaston  and  Hillside,   by  Rev.  J.  M. 

Beauchamp 

Hillsboro,  First,  by  Rev.  J.  M.  Dick. 
Hubbard.  Elliott  Prairie,  and  Smyrna, 

by  Rev.  E.  P.  Hughes 

Oswego,  by  Rev.  R.  M.  Jones 

Portland,  Ebenezer  German  Ch.,  by 

Rev.  E.  Grieb 


CALIFORNIA-$93  65. 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union  Southern  Cal., 
Mrs.  M.  M.  Smith,  Treas.: 
Santa  Barbara 

Avalon.  by  Rev.  E.  O  Tadc 

Belmont.  Mrs.  E.  L.  Reed,  sptcial... 
Cottonwood,   First,   by   Mrs.   M.  M. 

McCabe 

Guinda.  by  Rev.  (i.  M.  Dexter 

Hesperia,  by  Rev.  L.  N.  Barber 

Pescadero,  by  Rev.  R.  Taylor 

San    Diego.    Mrs.    M.    Hadlcy,  $10; 

Miss  E.  M.  Hadley,  $:o.   by  H.  L. 

Rowtll 

San  Rafael,  by  Rev.  W.  P.  Hardy .. .. 
Sutton  Co.,  S.  E.  E 


$50  70 


WASHINGTON    St4a.95. 

Woman's  H.   M.  Union,   Mrs.  J.  W. 
George,  Treas.: 

By  Rev.  R.  Bushell $25  00 

By  Rev.  W.  A    Arnold 2500 


14  00 


50  00 
a  00 

i3  42 
6  50 

10  00 

I  25 


Colvillc,  $^.75;  Seattle,  W.  H.   M.  S., 

$2c;,  by  Rev.  L.  E.  Jes.scph 

Coulee  ('ity  and   Almira,  by  Rev.  J. 

Howell 

Eagle  Harbor,  by  Rev.  J.  U.  Clark  . 
McMillin.  Aldcrton  and  Rhode  Lake, 

by  Rev  C).  L.  Fowler  

Scitile,   Taylor  Ch.    by  Rev.  G.   H. 

Lee 

Toledo,   .«:.,  .Ki ;  Cowlitz    Bend,   $4.85, 

by  Rev.  W   A.  Arnold 

Vancouver.    Piljrrim,  ♦^.-js:  Y.   P.  S. 

C.  E  .  $1;  S.  S..  $1.65.  by  Rev.  A. 

A.  Hurd 

Washington,  T.  C.  Craij;,  by  Rev.  A. 

J.  Bailey     


CHINA     $5.00. 
Taiku,  Shansi.  Miss  R.  Bird, 
UuMK  M\SS\ON\V.\ 


3  75 

$xo  00 

500 

ao  00 

3  60 

6  00 

7  52 
a  53 

5  70 


5  00 


9 

00 

10 

00 

6 

OS 

5 

00 

xo 

00 

5 

00 

30  00 
8  60 

5  00 


50  00 


28  75 


t> 

00 

17 

50 

13  05 

T 

90 

10 

75 

5 

o<j 

10 

00 

448 


The  Home  Missionary  December,  189^ 


Donations  of  Clothings    ttc. 


Atlanta.  Ga.,  Woman's  Bible  Class,  by 
Mrs.  Henry  B.  Wey.  box $50  00 

Bath,  N.  H.,  W.  M.  S..  by  Mrs.  Annie 
S.  France,  box 98  00 

Bennington  Center.  Vt..  First  Ch  ,  by 
Mrs.  ri.  H.  Harwood,  box «04  a? 

Bethel.  Ct.,  Ladies*  Miss.  S<x;.,  by  Miss 
H.  H.  Seelye,  box 90  00 

Bloomficld,  Ct..  by  EtU  E.  bidwcl., 
box  and  package 97  76 

Brattleboro.  Vt.,  I.adic&*  Miss.  Soc.,  by 
Mrs.  W.  H.  i^oni,  ca.<h 5  00 

Chicaj^,  III  ,  So.  Conc'l  Ch..  ladies,  by 
Mrs.  R.  O.  Casscll,  box.  barrel,  gro- 
ceries etc ai5  51 

Claremont,  N.  H.,  Laiies'  Asso.,  by 
Fannie  S.  Cvoss.  barrel 63  t>o 

Clinton.  Wis.,  Ladies'  Miss.  Soc.,  by 
Mrs.  J.  M.  Covert,  box 5 J  78 

East  Concord,  N.  H.,  by  Mrs.  G.  H. 
Dunlap,  box 55  «> 

Ellington.  Ci..  Ladies*  Benev.  Soc..  by 
Mr«.  Fannie  E.  Thompson,  barrel 
and  cash 124  54 

Genesco,  111.,  by  Mrs.  A.  E.  Keyes,  two 
boxe.s. 

Kane,  Pa.,  First  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  C.  A. 
Jones,  baurel 77  00 


Lakeside,  111.,  Aid  Soc.,  by  Mrs.  O.  E. 
Bole,  box las  00 

Litchfield,  Ct.,  L.  H.  M.  S.,  by  Mrs.  H. 
R.  Coit,  box «4.=!  38 

North  Coventry,  Cl,  1  adies*  Fragment 
Soc..  by  Mrs.  R.  M.  Lillie,  barrel, 
package  and  cash 75  00 

North  Ridgeville,  O..  Ch.  and  En> 
deavor  Soc.,  by  Mrs.  J.  P.  Riedinger, 
box M  34 

Norwalk,  Ct.  First  CongH  Ch..  Ladies' 
Benev.  Asso.,  by  Mrs.  E.  W.  Brown, 
box.  barrel,  and  cash  $10.  15800 

Norwich,  Ct.,  L.  H.  M.  S.  of  Park  Ch. 
by  Mrs.  Geo.  W.  Lane,  box joooo 

Old  Saybrook.  Ct.,  L.  H.  M.  S.,  by 
Agnes  A.  Acton,  two  boxes 192  00 

Philadelphia,  Pa.,  Mrs.  D.  J.  Pierson. 
box. 

Simsbury,  Ct.,  by  Mrs.  A.  J.  Holcomb, 
box 55  00 

Wallingford,  Vt.,  by  Mrs.  Ned  Scribner, 
barrel 64  57 

West  Woodstock,  Ct ,  Miss  H.  E.  Car- 
penter, box. 

Winchester.  Ct ,  Ladies*  Benev.  Soc. 
and  Busy  Boes,  by  Mrs.  E.  A.  Bran- 
son, barrel 5400 


AUXILIARY   STATE    RECEIPTS 
MAINE    MISSIONARY    SOCIETY 

Receipts  of  the  Maine  Missionary  Society  from  June  13  to  October  I,   1 894. 

John   L.   ('r«)SHY,    Treasurer 


Abbott  Village,  by  Rev.  J.  E.  Adams...  $4  52 

Albany,  by  J.  E.  Hird 6  12 

Alfred,  Y.  W  S.  C.  E..  for  Island   Falls 

Ch  ,  by  G.  L.  Akcrs  25  00 

Amherst    and   Aurora,    by   Rev.   W.  J. 

.Minchin i j  rx> 

Annual  meetinir  at  Hanyor 25  07 

Ans')n,  bv  S   Dinsmore 500 

Banirur.    First.    IVof.  C.    A.    Heekwiih, 

for  Islatul  Falls 5^10 

C'ash S  cKj 

Essex  .Street,  bv  Rev.  J    K.  Adams  5  ^8 
Leji.icy  of  \.  Kitired^je.  add"l,l)y  H.  R. 

Th  itcher.  ex    750  <xi 

Bar  f larbor,  by   Rev.  F.  F..  Adams -.»6  o) 

Hmtiham.  by  Mrs.  Calvin  Colby 625 

Boothbav  Harh  »r.  .Seiond.  tueonst   Rev. 

M    ().  P.iltoii  .1  L    M 20(0 

r^ridvicr«itj.  hv  \\.  W.  Webb 1  tjo 

Bristol,  hy  Rev.  K.  M.  Cousins t;4  50 

Hu  kH*  )rt.  Elm  St  .  by  \\.  Swazey 61   i<^ 

Hv  E   S\vaz«-y S'^  24 

Rurlinj,'ton.  by  .M.  S.  C.  I\)rier 8  07 

(Talais.  by  R<*v    Chas.  Whiltier n>  f>) 

Casline    .\  I'Vii-ml.  speeial 9f>  <-o 

S.  S. .  by  A.    F   Adams   8  50 

Leij.K  y   of    David    Dunbar,    .idd'l,  by 

(ieori,'e  M .  \V';-.rr<-n 28  27 

Chirlo'.tL'.  by  Rrv    Charles  Whitlier  3  00 

Cornis'i.  bv  M  iri;i  •  ^\  Marr 12  85 

Cumb.'rl.inl     Center.     I.rijacv   of    Mrs. 
Mary    .M.   Ride -ut.  by  Silas    M.  Ride- 

oiJt lOi  (XJ 

CirnberJ.ind  MjII^..  Warren  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

I).  M.irtyn ^""^  '^^ 

Dec  Isle.  1'lrsi,  by  Rev.  J   S.  Ricbau\s.  a  <^»^ 

Srond.  hy  Rev.  J   E.  Adams s  <><^ 

Sunset,  by  Rev.  J.  K.  Adams S  '^'^ 


Denmark,  by  Mrs.  Augusta  C  Brown..  $s  25 

Dcnnvsvillc.  by  Edwin  R.  Gardiner 38  go 

East  Banpor.  by  S.  E.  McGcehon 11  00 

El;ist  Ornngton,  by  T.  B.  GcorRe 7  79 

Ellsworth  Falls,  A.  J.  Richardson 4  82 

Farmintrtcm,  C.  N.  Bixby  100 

G«»rham.   S.   E.   Stone,  by   Rev.  J.  E. 

.•\dams 500 

Hallowell,    Le^jacy  of  Mrs.    Mary   Fi- 

field,  add'l.  by  J.S.  Fifield,  ex loi  8i 

1  lam  J  »den 4  84 

1  larpswell.  by  W.  C.  Eaton  20  00 

Hiram,  by  Rev.  G.  C  Wilson 400 

Hy  Rev.  F^.  M.  Cousins 3  «> 

Island  Falls,  by  Rev.  Charles  Whiltier.  15  00 
Kennebunkport   South,  by   Rev.  C.  H. 

Pope 7  00 

Limerick,  by  Rev.  G   C.  Wils«-*n 17  36 

Limin^ion.  bv  Rev.  C.  S.  Wilder  23  00 

Lineoln.  by  Kate  E.  Warren 2  50 

Lilthfn-ld    Corners,  Miss    Lettie    Alex- 

.ander.  by  Rev.  James  Richmond  ..  60 

Lovell.  i\v«)  chs..  by  John  M.  Farrinjfton  22 

Maehia^,  Center  St.,  by  A.  L.  Hcaton...  2 

Marsbf'tld.  bv  Mrs  J.  W.  Foss 4  00 

Med  way.  bv  Rev.  Charles  W^hiltier a  jo 

Hy  Rev.  W.  C.  Martyn 3  00 

.Minot  Center,  b)' James  E.  W^ashbume.  6  4J 

N«  »rtl\  Auj,'usla.  bv  H.  W.  Webb 8  00 

Ni»rih  Heitast.  by  W.  S.  Hatch 7  00 

North  FJIsworth.  by  Mrs.  Cora  James..  3  i-^ 

N<irthtie!d.  by  Rev.  J.  E.  Adams "3  00 

Ni.rth   Yarmouth,  Y.   P.   S.   C.  E.,   by 

Gertrude  L.  Rowe 6  00 

i>.\V^\c\d la  af> 

i^\A\Wv^TV  ,\>'*j'  \      V.     N.^tCVtVS. ^79 


December,  1894  The  Home  Missionary 


449 


Conference  Mission ,  by  Rev.  S .  S.  York  $i  80 

Pittston.  by  E.  A.  I^pham »3  97 

Portland.    St.  Lawrence  St.,  by  J.  J. 

Gerrish 10  00 

West,  by  B.  C.  Fuller 25  00 

Williston,  by  A.  K.  P.  Messerve. ...  3^  39 
**  A  former    resident  of  Maine."  by 

Rev.  J.  G.  Merrill 10  00 

John  Elliott,  by  Rev   E.  M.  Cousins..  5  00 
Red  Bcuch,  Mrs.  E.   A.    Harlow,  with 

Krev.  don.,  to  const.    .Walter  Newell 

[arlow  a  L.  M 5  00 

Rockland,  Emma  Rachrller.  to   const. 

Mrs.  M.  H.  Miller  a  L.  M ao  00 

To  const.  Dea.  A.  J.  Shaw  a  L.  M., 

by  A.  W.  Butler at  82 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  A.  W.  Butler xo  00 

Rumford  Point,  by  Rev.  D.  S.  Hibbard, 

Second 10  00 

Sanford,  by  Rev.  G.  C.  Wilson 20  00 

Searsport,  First,  for  Frankfort,  by  E.  B. 

Sheldon 23  25 

Sebai^o  Lake,  by  A  E.  Saunders 5  00 

South  Gardiner,  by  Cbas.  H.  Capen 8  60 

Standish,  by  Rev.  E.  M.  Cousins to  00 

Sumner  Hill,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Annie 

H.  Heald 3  00 

Temple,  Cong.,  by  Rev.  E.  R.  Smith. . .  9  00 


Tremont,  by  Rev.  E.  M.  Cousins 

Union  Conference,  by  A.  G.  Fitz 

Vanceb^ro.  by  Rev.  J.  E.  Adams 

Veazie.  by  Rev.  J.  E.  Adams 

Watervilie,  by  A.  M.  Kennison 

Westbrook,  Legacy  of  NathM  H.  John- 
son, add'l,  by  Lewis  R.  Johnson.     . 
West  Hrooksville,  by  Rev.  J.  E.  Adams. 
West  Dresden,  by  Rev.  A.  H.  Mulnix  . 

Whiting,  by  Rev.  Chas.  Whittier 

Woodfords.  by  J.  H.  Clark 

S.  S,  byj.  H.Clark. 


•  •  •  •  • 


These  two  donations  to  const.  Linus 
Seely,  Edwin  Thompson.  Edith  Soule, 
F.  H.  Morrill,  and  Albion  D.  Wilson 
L.  Ms. 
Woolwich,  A  Friend  (omitted  in  May*. 
York  Conference,  by  Rev.  Geo.  A.  Lock- 
wood  

York  Comer,  Cong.  Soc.,  by  C.  C.  Bar- 
ren  

York,  S.  S.  and  Field,  by  Rev.  E.  M. 

Cousins 

Woman's  Maine  Missionary  Aux 

Rev.  E.  M.  Cousins,  preaching 

Income  from  Investments 


$7a8 

5  00 

6  20 

285 

3990 

217  a6 

6  84 

5  27 

4  05 

73  42 

26  58 

X  00 

5  77 
3  60 

2x8  72 
7  00 

975  50 
$3,607  70 


VERMONT  DOMESTIC  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY 

Receipts  of  the  Vermont  Domestic  Afissionary  Society  from  September  20  to  October  20,  1894. 

VVm.  C.  Tyler,  Treasurer 


Alburgh  Springs,  for  C.  H.  M.  S 

Ramet 

Bennington,  Ncith,  for  C.  H.  M.  S 

Berlin 

Bethel 

Brattleboro,  West 

Duxbury 

Grafton 

Hardwick.  East 

Northficld 

Norwich,  Mrs.  C.  M.  Smith  

Pawlet 

West      

ForC.H.  M.S 

Pittsford 

Randolph,  West.'Hannah  Wood  Fund" 
Royalton,  for  Women  Evangelists 

South 

Sunday-school 

Thetford,  North 

Waterbury.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  for  Women 

Evangelists 

Windham 

"  Banks  Fund  " 

Windsor  County  Conference. 

Vermont  Missionary 

Interest  on  invested  funds 


$460 

93  50 

25  00 

IS  .32 

4  57 

16  69 

6  25 

'4  37 

29  65 

16  81 

4  00 

8  10 

2  50 

3  55 

50  cx> 

"  »3 

15  50 

15  57 

I  04 

7  25 

6  98 

8  00 

2  00 

3  70 

2  70 

169  08 

Woman's     Home      Missionary 

Union  : 

Berlin.  W.  H.  M.  S $700 

Rutland.  W.  H.  M.  S 5000 

Burlington,  First  Ch,  W.  H. 

M.S.forC.  H  M.  S 2500 

For  Miss  Reitinger 2000 

Barton.  W.  H.  M.  S.,  for  Rev. 

L.  E.  Canfield 1500 

Chester,  W.  H.  M.  S.,  for  Rev. 

L.  E.  Canfield 10  00 

Essex    Junction,    A    Friend. 

Thank-offering,    for  C.   H. 

M.S 500 

Middlebury.  L.  D.  M.  S.,  for 

C.  H.  M.  S 2500 

Richmond.  Homeland  Circle, 

for  Miss  Reitinger 500 

Westminster,  West,  W.  H.  M. 

S 5  21 


$167  21 
$70507 


Pittsford,  S.  S.,  for  East  Dorset  Parson- 
age        25  00 


MASSACHUSETTS    HOME    MISSIONARY  SOCIETY 

Receipts  of  the  Massachusetts  Home  Missionary  Society  in  October,   1 894. 

Rf.v.  Kdwin  B.  Palmkr.    Treasurer. 


Abington,  First 81 »  80         Young   Ladies'    Society   of  Christian 

Amherst,  Merrick,  Harriet  B,  Estate  of,  Workers,     by     Florence    Kimba.lU 

by  Jonathan  Merrick,  adm 100  00            Trca?.. — 

HlontAfpie,  W.  L 1000  Auburn.  b>' Rc\.  CYx^xXe^'^.VXexc.t 

Aadover,  Conference,  Mcthucn  Session,  Hank  BaVatvccs.  Sev\em\>tx  xtvVcxtsN.  wv, 

bjrA.  W.  Burnbam,  Treas 48  75  Belcbcrtowtv,  X  Ftxttvd 


450 


The  Home  Missionary  December,  1894 


BemardRton.  by  H.  L.  Crowcll 

Boston,  Ara  Kclvan,  J.  J.,  by  Rev.    M. 
H.   Hitchcock,  for  K>cal  Armenian 

work 

Horchestcr,  Second 

Gulcsian,  M.  H.  by  Rev.  M.  H.  Hitch- 
cock, for  local  Armenian  work 

Jamaica  Plain,  Central,  by  M.  R.  Wen- 
dell, jr 

Mt.  Vernon,  by  D.  R.  Craii;,  in  part.. 

Park  St.,  by  E.  H.  McGuire 

Roxbury,  £liot.  by  Alpine  McLean.. 
West,  South  Riran.,  by   Mrs.  C.  H. 
Botsford , 


$7  30     Marsb<ield  Hills.  S.  S..  by  Agna   L. 

Sherman  

Medford.  Mystic  S.  S.,by  Geo.S.  Mont- 

25  00        gomcry 

5  00     Middleboro.  North,  bv  S.  White 

Milford,  by  Geori^e  G.  Cook 

5  oi     Newton  t Center)  First,  by  J.  E.  Rock- 
wood  

206  7Q     Northbridge,  Whitinsvillc,  E.-C.a  Day 

704  3<j        Band,  by  Mrs  A.  C.  Whitin 

55  00     North   Brookfield,   First,    by  John    S. 

15276        Cooke 

Peabody.  Second,  by  Rev.  F.  I.  Kelly.. 
2  00     Pepperell.  bv  Charles  Crosby. . . 


T.  G 20  00     Plymouth,  Chiltonville.  by  Miss  C.  E. 


S8n 

5000 
.16  «J 

187  00 
16  ji 

3Q5« 

II  00 

«3  »3 


Brookfield,  by  J.  W.  Grovcr 
Brookline,  Harvard,  by  James  H.  Shap- 

leigh 

Cambridgeport,  Hope,  by  Rev.  C.   M. 

Carpenter 

Pil.ijrim,  by  N.  H.  Holbrook 

Carter,  Sabra,  fund.  Income  of 

Carver,  North,  by  Theron  M.  Cole    . .   . 

Charlemont,   East,    raised   by    pastor's 

wife  in  5  cent  gifts,  by  Chas.  H.  Lea- 

vitt 

S.  S.,  by  Master  John  Kendrick 

Coleraine,  by  Rev.  F.  H.  l>odman 

Smead.  Mrs.  S.  R..  by   Rev.  D.  H. 

Strong 

Dallon.  Crane,  Mrs.  Z.  M.,  forC.  H.  M. 

S 

Dan  vers.    Maple    St.   S.   S.,  by   H.    M. 

Braiistrect  : 

Dcdham,  Islington,  by  Rev.  W.  F.  Hick- 

f  urd     

Non-resident  Member,  by  Rev.  W.  F. 

B     

Eayres.  E.  P..  fund,  Income  of 

Everett.  A  Friend.  S.  R.  S 

Filchburg.  A  Friend,  interest 

Lawrence,  Mrs.  A.   G..  of  the  C.  C. 

Ch 

Framiiigham.   South,  Grace,     by    Geo. 
M.    Arasdcn,"f(»r  Eastern  Weekly 

l*ub.  Co." 

Grace  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E..  l>y  Miss  Mary  L. 

ChamlK'rlin 

Grafton,  Evan.,  by  (ieorj^'c  K.  Nichols. 

Gurney,  R.  C.  fund.  Income  of 

Halle,  S.  W.,  fund.  Income  f)f 

Halifax,  by  Lydia  H.  Grovcr 

HamjHlen  Benevolent  Assr>eia- 
tion.  by  George  R.  Bond, 
Trcas. : 

A^awam $34  50 

Holy«:»kc,  Second 47  89 

Longmcadow,    (ifnilrmcn's 
Benevolent  .Association...       21  <.)o 

Sprinirrield.  Olivet t7  <>»> 

.S<iuth 6.)  or> 

West  Spritiulielil '7  75 

Mit  '.ineague   4"  05 

H.irdwick,  Gilbertville,  by  A.  H.  Rich- 

ards<»n 

H.iwiey.  West.  l)v  C    iMiIler 

S   S  .  by  Mrs.  \V.  Vincent 

Hinsdale.  I)y  C   J.  Kitin-dge 

Ho|il«"n.  I'v  Marion  F.  Warren 

H.ilyoke.  French  Fvan..  by  Rev.  C.  II. 

V'essot 

Huntin^ti»n.  First,  by  C.  H  Kirkl.ind.. 
Ipswich.  Lmebrook.  by  J.  H.  Tcnney.. 


100  00 

25 

00 

6 

27 

I 

00 

24 

ix-> 

10 

iK) 

?4 

50 

200 

00 

10 

«.>o 

80 

77 

18 

<X) 

62 

50 

8 

47 

278   I.; 


3'^ 

84 

21 

4-» 

2 

58 

7 

•■5 

I  a 

'>> 

(\ 

-'? 

i 

<j> 

I  ■ 

75 

4»5 
00 


10  75        Langford,  Assist.  Trcas' aS  00 

Quincy,  Evan.  S.  S.,  Primary  Dept.,  by 

77  14  Mrs.  M.  E  Taber c  00 

Wollaston,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  F.  K. 

4  OD  Belcher,  for  Rev.  F.  Wrigley 18  40 

.17  00     Reading,  by  S.  G.  B.  Pearson 15  00 

2500         Lewis.  J.  B 10  CO 

33  oo     Reed,  Dwight,  fund.  Income  of 64  00 

Rochester.  North,  by  Mrs.  N.  A.  Bennett  i  » 

Royalston,  South,  5^ond,  by  E.  L.  Rich        90  00 
3  50     Saugus.  Band  of  Willing  Woricers,  by 
200  Miss  .\.  I^aroyd 800 

11  17     Sharon,  by  D.  W.  Peitec,  to  const.  Fred 

W.  Mitchell.aL.  M 

500     Shulesbury.  by  N.  A.  Briggs 15 

Southboro,    Pdt;rim.   by  Mrs.   Charles 

Temple 

PiUfrim  S  S.  Infant  Class,  by  Mrs. 

Charles  Temple 

Wall,  fund.  Income  of 

Wal|>ole.  East,  by  Rev.  W.  F.  Rickford 

Waltham.  Trin.,  by  T.  W.  Temple 

Ware,  French  Evan.,  by  A.  B.  Simuneau 
Wcstmmster.  Ladies'  Sewing  Circle,  by 

MA.  Wood 

West  port.  Pacitic  Union  S.  S.,  by  J.  C. 

Macomber 

5  00     West    Tisbury,    First,    by   UlyNscs    E. 

Mayhew 

Whitc«»mb.  David,  fund.  Income  of 


1400 
30  47 


Whitin.  J.  C.  fund.  Income  of •*       Isi 

Williamstown,  First,  by  Charles  S.  Cole.  ^^^  J, 


by 
I    H.  N.  J  of  which  Ssspecial), 

Wilmington,  by  A.  O.  Buck 

Winchendon,   First,  by  Mrs.  Sarah  M. 

Rich 

Woburn,  North,  by  S.  A.  Thompson 

Worcester.  Bethany,  by  Charles  Hardy, 

Talt  Thank-offering 

Ht)j)c,  by  Mrs.  Emma  G.  Hall,  Taft 

'I  hank-offerinc   

Piedmont,  by  ("harles  F.  Marble 

Plymouth.  S.  S..  by  Miss  .Mary  J.  Em- 
erson,   for    Bible    Readers   School, 

C  leveland,  f  )hio 

Smith,  A.  I 

Union.  In'  C.  B.  Greene 

I'nion.   R.  C.  a   Day   Band,  by  Mass 

H.  S.  Hoard  man   

Woman's  Home  .Missionary  Association, 

by  M.  L.  Woodberry.  Asst.  Trcas.: 

Boston.  Rt)xbury. Walnut  Ave.  Aux., 

ft>r  Rev.  Samuel  Deakin,  Cowles, 

Neb 


000 

6  7J 

500 

6co 

8  00 
«6  75 


^0  00 
£77 


Hu.ME  MlSMON.\RY. 


S4.5- 


S4.5? 


Donatious  <>/'  ('/.^f/iin:;,   ./r.,    rirr/:;-:/  ami  rcp.^)  t.d  ,it  t'W  room  a  of  the  Womaus  IT^'' 
Mirsiouary    Is.uhia/ion  in    Oi/of'ur,    i8<;4.       Miss  Anna   .\.    PiCKKNS,  Secretary 

liarre.   L;i«Iies.  by  Mrs.  (^r.ime'.  (ikvrk. 

iKtrrrl %<r.  ^^ > 

Dorchester,  ViWiUlc.   Uh  .    Hume    M\ns 
.S'f>c.,  by  Afrs.  F.  M.  Swan,  box  and 
barrel M^ 


Gardner.     Ladies'    Soc'al  and     Bencv. 
\\o\Av;t\,  \.-.vv\'\cs    WcwcN. 'JvcK.-^Xi^j  '^r^. 


V- 


December,  1894 .         The  Home  Missionary 


451 


New  Bedford,    Home   Miss.   Soc.,   by 

Mrs.  W.  C.  Parker,  box $225  00 

Newton  Center,  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  A.  L. 

Harwood.  five  barrels 286  21 

Orange.  Ladies'  Aux.,  by  Mrs.   M.  J. 

Pomeroy,  barrel 86  97 

Saxonville.  Ladies,  by  >f  rs.  J.  B.  John- 
son ,  barrel 70  00 

South  Dcerfield.  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  A.  M. 

Rice,  barrel 7»  15 

Soiith   Fmraingham,  Ladies'  Aux.,  by 

Mrs    F.  W.  Taft.  barrel        73  95 

West  Brookfield.  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  A.  M. 

Rockwell,  box 103  29 


West  Newton,  Mrs.  S.  L.  Bragdon,  bar- 
rel         $50  00 

Winchendon,  Indies'  Benev. Soc. ($^4.84, 
by  L.  E.  O.  Soc),  by  Mrs.  C.  C. 
Parker,  box 167  28 

Winchester.    Western    Miss.    Soc.,   by 

Mrs.  J.  P.  EouiwcU.  barrel 71  29 

Worcester.  Bethany  Ch.,  Ladies,  by  Mrs. 

A.  C.  Tourielloi,  box 2725 

Old  South  Mission  Circle,  by  Miss  E. 
M.  Sibley,  two  barrels 19000 

$1,916  08 


MISSIONARY  SOCIETY  OF    CONNECTICUT 

Receipts  of  the  Missiotiary  Society  of  Connecticut  in   October,   1894.    Ward  W.  Jacods, 

Treasurer 


Andover,  by  Rev.  G.  A.  Curtis $«  30 

Avon,  West  Avon,  by  D.  A.  Hadsell. ...  9  87 

Bridgeport,  Olivet,  by  L.  F.  Marshall . .  16  50 

West  End,  by  Rev.  Henry  Ketcham . .  t  00 

Bristol,  by  L.  G.  Menck as  00 

Canton  Center,  by  W.  G.  Hallock 1 2  64 

Colchester.    First,    by    E.    L.    Strong, 

Treas.  Benev.  Fund 63  4a 

Derby,  Birmingham,  by  James  Ewcn..  15  00 

East  Granby,  by  James  K.  Viets 315 

East  Windsor,  First,  by  Rev.  William 

F.  English 20  00 

Fairfield,  Soutbport,    by    Mrs.   H.    T. 

Bulkley 60  00 

Griswold,  First,  by  Rev  F.  E.  Allen ...  2  00 
Huntington,    Shelton,    by    George    E. 

Mitchell 57  50 

S.  S.,  by  George  F.  Cook 12  50 

Madison.  First.  Cent  Society,  by  Mrs. 

Elizabeth  Wood 39  00 

Manchester,  Second,  by  Levi  Drake. ...  91  80 

ForC.  H.M.S 9180 

Meriden.  First,  by  Wilbur  H.  Squire. ..  100  00 

Middletown,  South,  by  G.  A.  Craig 49  42 


New    Britain,    South,    by   William  H. 
Hart  

New  Haven.  Taylor,  by  John  N.  Krapp, 
$14  to;  S.  S  ,  S5  :  Y.  P.  S.  C  E..  S4-50 

New  London,  First,  by  H.  C.  Learned.. 

Orange,  West  Haven,  by  S.  J.  Bryant.. 

Pomtret,  Abington,  by  Edward  L.  Wil- 
liams  

Preston,  by  H.  H.  Palmer 

Ridgebury,  by  Mrs.  I.  P.  Kccler 

Somcrs,  i>omerville,  by  H.  L.  James 

ForC.  H.  M.  S 

Southington,  by  J.  F.  Pratt 

Stamford.  First,  by  R.  M.  Anthony 

Tolland,  by  H.  L.  James 

Washington,  New  Preston  Hill,  by  W. 
L  Birkins 

West  Hartlord.  by  E.  S.  Elmer 

Weston.  Georgetown,  Swedish,  by  Rev. 
A.  A.  Nordlund 

Woodstock,    Swedish,   by  C.  A.  Hag- 
sirom 


$122  26 


24 

00 

51 

78 

41 

42 

6 

00 

16 

00 

«:? 

00 

12 

93 

8 

90 

8 

II 

S 

80 

24 

«6 

IS 

on 

12 

28 

e  00 


5  00 


$1,041   64 


ILLINOIS    HOME     MISSIONARY    SOCIETY 

Receipts  of  the  Illinois  Home  Missionary  Society   in   Auji^ust  and   September,    1894. 

Aaron  B.  Mead,   Treasurer 


Albany,  E.  Olds.  $2  ;  Rent  of  building, 

$10 $1200 

Albion.  Union  Ch.,  O.  S.  Rice 25  00 

Algonquin 4  00 

Alton,  Ch.  of  the  Redeemer 92  56 

Atkinson 10  64 

Atlas 2  00 

Beverly 8  75 

Blue  Island 10  00 

Chesterfield 36  61 

Chicago,  First  (Individuals) 17  00 

Millard  Avenue 6  20 

Jefferson  Park.  German 5  00 

Duncan  Avenue,  Rev.  J.  D.  McCord..  25  00 

Auburn  Park 1402 

Evan.  Lutheran 625 

Chillicothe 2  cjo 

Danway,  in  support  of  services,  $5.4.21  ; 

S.  S..  Socenls 54  oi 

Dundee u  00 

Evanston,  Ch.,  $6;  S.  S.,  $35.09 41  no, 

Galesburg.  Union 212 

Cridley,  Ch.,  $7 ;  S.  S..  $4 1 1  00 

Hamilton 7  00 

Hitlstx>ro c  50 


Hinsdale , 

Ivanhoc,  Mrs.  Eliza  A.  Dean , 

\acv.t\ , 

Malta 

Marseilles.  Scandinavians 

Mctrooolis  

Oneida 

OlUwa.  Rev.  W.  K.  Day 

Princeton 

Mrs.  Rufus  Carey 

Rantoul,  Ch.,  ^■2^^  :  S.  S  ,*si.53 

Ridgeland.  S.  S 

Rockefeller 

Ro<»dhouse 

Rosemcmd 

Seneca. Scandinavians 

Shabbr>na 

Sycamore.  Eltham  Roj;ers . . , 

Thomasboro.  •'  R." 

Watacfa 

Waukeuan.  F irsl,  \ .  V .  S.  V: .  "^ . . 

Waup<>ns\c 

Wilmellc ' 

Woixlhurn.  ^ .  1,.  S\\\t>»cs 

While  Wi\\ow,Lew\sS\\uTT\\\ 


fi5 

50 

I 

00 

12 

00 

II 

00 

2 

48 

6 

50 

77 

00 

2S 

00 

18 

9» 

1«X> 

00 

4 

io 

10 

Ki 

17 

61 

\ 

70 

y^ 

S'^ 

a 

75 

35 

74 

JO 

00 

7 

00 

a 

»S 

■va  ^*i 

•*  "\^ 

•2.V*  'ao 

-vo  vo 

vo  «ao 

452 


The  Home  Missionary         .  DeoemWr,  it9i 


Woman*!  H.  M.  Uoion  : 

Chicago.  New  Bniirland $m»  oo 

UdcoIh  Pttrk »  $» 

Dandcc 300 

Emington,  for  Gennau    and 

ScandinaTian  work 500 

MarKilles  ($10  special) ao  00 

Metropolis 160 

Oaknirfc i|  9 

Payson ..  s  00 

Pittsficld.     Yonng     People's 

MiBs.Soc 3000 

Rockford,  First 1997 

Seoood 49$ 


t  , 


Saadwkh,  Jr.  Bad.  SoCn  tor 
lifB.Hindck 


Shatihona,  Y, 


.p. 


1 00 

S.C.B 900 

WUnette,  Y.  P. S. CBiJ'for     **"* 


RcMoe  Food 


f« 


■S 


Baiate  of  John  RlKOor^pcr  &  B.  BewoiK 

«s 

Bnnnn  AMoctaCiOB,  ■poclal  ..■>••  ■••■ 
A  Friend  in  SoHthcnnffltooiB 


Mii 


9»0B 

41  tf 


H>m«» 


ReiHffed  in  OtUber, 


AIMoo,  First,  Rev.  F.  B.  Mines 

Algonquin 

BaUYia. 

Cable 

Chicago,  Lincoln  Park 

Ravenswood 

Jefferson  Parkt  Y.  P.  S.  C  £•••■.«••• 
deston^  s>  s.....  ..•...••••••••>•.  •** 

Dongola,  J.  D.  Benton 


I»  so 


Eariville,  J.  A.  D. 
Bmlngton 


Gatesbarg,  First 

GrIggsviUe,  Mr^  Anna  B.  McWlIIiams. 


Lawn  Ridge 

MelTilte 

Mount  Forest 

North  Aurora 

Oak  Park 

Ontario 

Rockford,  Second,  S.  S 

Rollo 

Sandwich.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  B 

St.  Charles 

Sterling,  S.S 

StlUnum  Valley 

Streator,  Brid^  Street 

Wauk^fan,  First 


s 

s 

so 

00 

10 

so 

5 

00 

10  00 

I 

SO 

««5 

00 

»5 

00 

•5 

00 

5 

CO 

34  IS 

100  00 

10  00 

5 

00 

7  40 

9 

4X 

6 

»7 

4 

00 

154  <H 

61 

00 

90  00 

ZI 

»5 

6  76 

3«  as 

3I 

00 

a6 

I 

94 

4 

50 

Woaiaa*s  Home  Missionary  Uaton: 

Chicago,  New  England fas 

Leavitt  Street 7 

Lincoln  Psili. •...•• 15 

Covenant s 


Y.P.S.C.B 

Hinsdale 

mini 

Loda 

Mandlles,  f y  jnpjgort  of  J. 
WaOnoe  Greene,  Steawooat 

oS^.^.  •.•;•.•.  •.•.•;.•.:::: 

Ontario 

Peoria,  First 

Plainikld 

Rockford.  Second 

Mrs.  Julia  P.  Warren,  for 
suf»ort  of  L.  B.  Camfield 

Sprinff  valley 

Sterling 


00 
s  10 
Soo 


3 

14 


5 

•4 
ao 

as 

II 

39 

100 
10 

«S 


00 
00 
SO 

ao 
00 
00 


Estate  of  Mrs.  S.  P.  M.  Avery,  per  Rev. 

W.  R.  Butcher,  ex 

Rev.  S.  F.  Porter,  for  North  Dakou... 

Interest  on  Invested  F^ods 

Sale  of  Produce,  Edgewood  Fkrm 

A  Friend  in  Southern  Illinois 


$a.i4S 


MICHIGAN  CONGREGATIONAL  ASSOCIATION 

Receipts  of  the  Michigan  Congregational  Association   in  October^  1^94*     Rev,  John 

Sandkrson,   Treasurer 


Ada.  First 

Bancroft 

Banfi^r 

Bangor,  West 

Bcllaire 

Bradley 

Cannonsbur^;.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 

Cheboygan , 

Chippewa  Lake 

Clare 

Clarksville , 

Custer 

Detroit,  Plymouth 

Dundee 

East  Paris  , 

Eastport 

Ewen 

Ewcn.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 

Frceport 

GayJord 

Gilmore 

Gnmd  Rskpids,  First 

Second 


SS  Q5 

7  75 
3  00 

3  00 
5  00 

8  00 

4  00 

12  00 

13  60 

4  74 
xo  00 

2  06 
21  87 
16  60 

8  00 

2    IT 

15  50 

16  25 
4  00 


Plymouth fir.         1 

Hartford ^^    J 

Jackson.  Plymouth ^^    ** 

Second,  S.  S ^^    W 

Lawrence w^  75 

Mecosta ^S  9* 

Mendon ^  00 

Mindcn  City. sm.  00 

Muskegon.  First »w<» 

Grand  Avenue .?  «5 

Oxford va  6a 

Port  Sanilac a  /j 

Rodney S  « 

St.  Ignace W 

Saginaw.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 1500 

.Sand  l^kc 5  «> 

Sault  Ste.  Marie 7  «> 

Sency 80 

South  Lake  Linden «»  ij 

Trout  Creek 5  9» 

>N!^>i\;Mvd «  « 

"Wcs\N«ocA , top 

ViYveaxXatw^ **<• 

i 


December,  1894  The  Home  Missionary 


453 


S.S $7  IS 

Whittaker xi  65 

Interest  on  Jubilee  Fund 150  00 

On  sale  of  Barbean  Ch.  property 50  00 

W.  H.  M.  U..  by  Mrs.  E.  F.  GrabUl, 

Treas 577  oa 

Receipts  of  ihe  W.  H.  M.  U.  in  Oaober, 
as  reported  by  Mrs.  E.  F.  Grabill, 
Treas: 


SENIOR    FUND. 


Alles^an,  W.  H.  M.  S 

Addison,  W.  H.  M .  S 

Almont,     of    which    Thank- 
offering,  $5.81 

Bangor.  W.H.  M.  S 


Bay  City.  W.  M.  S 

Benton  Harbor,  W.  H.  M.  U. 

Benzonia.  W  H.  M.  U 

Breckcnridge.  W.  H.  M.  U.. . 

Cadillac,  W.  H.  M.  U 

Cheboygan,  W.  H.  M.  U 

c^'oven,  1-.  M.  S 

Detroit,  First. Woman*s  Asso., 

Thank-offering 

Woodward  Ave.,  W.  U 

Dowagiac,  W.  H.  M.  S 

Dundee,  W.  H.  M.  S 

Edmore,  L.  A.  S....... 


$3  00 

6  00 

7  00 

3  50 
14  10 
10  00 

<>  53 
3  77 

3  50 

10  00 

9  00 

19  10 
50  00 
17  00 
13  00 

>  as 


Flint,  W.  H.  M.  S $ts  00 

Galesburg,     W.    H.     M.     S. 

(Thank-offering.  $10) 30  oo 

Grand  Ledge,  W.  H.  M.  S. .  .  6  00 

Greenville,  w.  H.  M.  S 4  80 

Kalamo,  W.  H.  M.  S 300 

Kendall 416 

Lansing,  W.  H.  M.  S 1870 

Ludington.  W.  H.  M  S s»  57 

Manistee,  W.  H.  M.  S 3500 

Mattawan "30 

Morenci,  Thank-offering a  31 

Mulliken,  W.  H.  M.  S i  70 

Olivet,  L.  B.  S 1550 

Rockford,  L.  M.  S 500 

St.  Joseph,  W.  H.  M.  S lo  00 

Sault  Ste.  Marie,  W.  M.  S. ...  xo  00 

Stanton.  W.  H.  M.  U 889 

Three  Oaks.  W.  H.  M.  U ax  45 

Vermontville xa  00 

Watervliet X7  79 

Wyandotte,  W.  M.  S 500 


YOUNG  PEOPLX*S  WORK. 

Almont,  Y.  p.  S.  C.  E $»  35 

Cooper,  Y.  L.  M.  S 15  00 

Mattawan,  S.  S 3  06 

Wayne.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.... 400 

Wyandotte,  Jr.  S.  C.  E 2  00 


$426  93 


36  41 


♦453  33 


WOMAN'S    STATE    HOME     MISSIONARY 

ORGANIZATIONS 


OFFICERS 


I.  NEW   HAMPSHIRE 

FEMALE  CENT  INSTITUTION 

Org^ized  August,  1804 

and 

HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  June.  1890 

President,  Mrs.  Cyrus  Sargeant.  Plymouth. 
Secretary^  Mrs.  John  T.  Perry.  Exeter. 
Treasurer ^Vi,\'s&  Annie  A.   McParland,  196  Main 
St.,  Concord. 

2.  MINNESOTA 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  September,  1872 

President,   Miss  Catherine  W.  Nichols,  230  E.  glh 

St..  St.  Paul. 
Secretary^   Mrs.  A.  P.  Lyon.   17  Florence  Court, 

S.  E.,  Minneapolis. 
Treasurer ,  Mrs.  M.  W.  Skinner,  Northfield. 

3.  ALABAMA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  March,  1877 

Reorganized  April,  1889 

President,   Mrs.  G.  W.  \ndrcws,  Talladega. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  T.  N.  Chast-,  Sclma. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  H.  S.  Dc  Forest,  Talladega. 


4.  MASSACHUSETTS   AND   RHODE 
ISLAND* 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY  ASSOCIA- 
TION 

Organized  February.  1880 

President,  Mrs.  C.  L.  Goodell.  The  Rochdale. 
Boston  Highlands. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  Louise  A.  Kellogg,  32  Congrega- 
tional House.  Boston. 

Treasurer.  Miss  Sarah  K.  Burgess,  32  Congrega- 
tional House,  Boston. 


5.  MAINE 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  AUXILIARY 
Organized  June.  1880 

President,   Mrs.  Kalherine  H.  Lewis.  So.  Berwick. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  Gertrude  H.  Denio,  168  Ham- 
mond St.,  Bangor. 

7>vrtj//r<'r.  Mrs.  Rose  M.Crosby,  26  Grove  St.. 
Bangor. 


*  While  the  W.  H.  M.  A.  appears  in  the  above  list  as  a  Stale  bod^  lot  l!\assa!c:>\\i'5fc\.\& ^xA"%^q^^ 
Jatandf  it  has  certjua  auxiliaries  elsewhere. 


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6.  MICHIGAN 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Orf^anizcd  May,  1881 

President^  Mrs.  Georjjc  M.  I-ane,  179  W.  Alexan- 
drine Ave..  Detroit. 

Secretary^  Mrs.  J.  H.  Hattield.  301  Elm  St.,  Kala- 
mazoo. 

Treasurer^  Mrs.  E.  F.  Grabill,  Greenville. 

7.  KANSAS 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  October,  188 1 

Prisident,  Mrs.  F.  J.  Storrs.  Topeka. 
Sccretaryy  Mrs.  George  L.  Epps,  Topeka. 
Treasurer^  Mrs.  D.  f).  DeLonp.  Arkansas  City. 

8.  OHIO 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  May.  1882 

President^  Mrs.  Sidney  Strong.  Lane  Seminary 

Campus,  Cincinnati. 
Secretary    Mrs.  J.  W.  Moore.  836  Hough  Ave., 

Cleveland. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  George  B.   Brown,  2116  Warren 
St.,  Toledo. 

9.  NEW   YORK 
WOMAN'S   HO.ME   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October,  iSSi 

Pft-sidifi.*,  Mrs.  Wm.  Kincaid,  483  Greene  Ave., 

Brooklyn, 
Secre^tifj-,   Mrs.   Wm.  .Spalding,  511  Orange  St., 

Syracuse. 
Treasurer,  Mrfi.   J.   J.   Pcarsall,   230  Macon    St., 

Brooklyn. 

10.  WISCONSIN 
WOM.AN'S   HOME    MISSION. \RV   UNION 

Organized  October,  1S83 

Pr.s/drN/.  .Mrs.  E.  (».  Ui>dikc'.  Madison. 
Se.'t't.try,  Mrs.  A.  O.  Wright,  .Madison. 
Triasurci .  Mrs.  C  M,  lilacknian.  Whitewater. 

11.  NORTH  DAKOTA 

WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organ i/.c<l  .N'ovcmbcr,  iPJ'3 

/Ws/./inr    Mrs.  W.  P.  Cleveland.  Calei'onia. 
St-  rt.'iirw    .Mrs.  Sil.is  Datrgctt.  Harwood. 
7'/r</.v«/<v-.  Mrs.  J.  M.  Fisher,  Fargo. 


13.  WASHINGTON 

Including  Northern  Idaho 
WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Oi^fanized  July,  1884 
Reorganized  June,  1889 

Preti'denff  Mrs.  A.  J.  Bailey.  333  Blanchaid  St., 

Seattle 
Secretary.  Mrs.  W.  C.  Wheclcr.  424  South  K  St., 

Tacoma. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  J.  W.  George,  6ao  Fourth  Street, 

Seattle. 

14.  SOUTH   DAKOTA 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  September,  1884 

President^  .Mrs,  A.  H,  Robbins.  Ashton. 
Secretary,   Mrs,  W,  H.  Thrall.  Huron. 
Treasurer^  Mrs.  F,  M.  Wilcox,  Huron. 

15.  CONNECTICUT 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  January,  1885 

Pnsidt'tit,  Miss  Ellen  R,  Camp,  9  Camp  St.,  New 

Britain, 
Sccritiiry,   Mrs.  C.  T.    Millard.    36   Lewis   St., 

Hartford. 
Trciisurcr,  Mrs.   W.   W,   Jacobs,   19  Spring  St., 

Hartford. 

16.  MISSOURI 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  May,  1885 

Preside fu\   Mrs.  Henry  Hopkins,  916  Holmes  St., 

Kansas  City, 
Stvn-t.iry,   Mrs.    E.   C.   Ellis,  2456  Tracy   Ave., 

Kansas  City. 
'/Vnijwrr,  Mrs.  K.  L.  Mills,  1526  Wabash  Ave, 

Kan.sas  City. 

17.  ILLINOIS 

WOMAN  S  HO.ME  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  May,  1885 

J'rfs/(/rnf.   Mrs.  Isaac  Claflin,  Lombard. 
Sr.rrf.try,    Mrs.  C.   H.  Tainior,  151  Washington 

St..  Chicago. 
/ft-iis/trcr,  Mrs.  L.  A.  Field,  Wilmette. 


12.  OREGON 

WOM.AN'S   HOME   MIS<?IONARV   UNION 
Organized  July.  iH^^ 

Prtsi'dt'fif,   Mrs.  J)hn  .Scimmerville.  J4'i  W.ishing- 

ton  Si  .  Portland. 
SfY/r/a/j'.   Mrs.  (Jco   ('.  IkowneW,  OTCg»m  ^.lav. 
/>/\/s.Yri'r.  Mrs.  \V.  1).  Palmer,   5.^6  3d  St.,  Von- 
iand. 


18.  IOWA 

WOMAN'S    HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 

( )rganizcd  June,  1886 

Pfw-iiii-nf,   Mrs.  T.  O.  Douglass,  Grinnell. 
.Sivufary.  N^\s.  \l.  H.  Robbins,  Grinnell. 
TviASH >'■  0 r  .'SWss  WW- \-.V»«itcC«>j ^ -s» 0»iit.  Ave.. 


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zg.  CALIFORNIA 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY   SOCIETY 
Organized  October,  1887 

President,  Mrs.  E.  S.  William^,  572  lath  St.,  Oak- 
land. 

Secretary^  Mrs.  L.  M.  Howard,  911  Grove  St., 
Oakland. 

Treasurer^  Mrs.  J.  M.  Haven,  1329  Harrison  St., 
Oakland. 

30.  NEBRASKA 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  November.  18S7 

President.  Mrs.  J     T.   Duryea,    2402    Cass   St., 

Omaha. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  H.  Rross.  2004  Q  St.,  Lincoln. 
Treasurer^  Mrs.  G.  J.   Powell,  30th  &  Ohio  Sts., 

Omaha. 

21.  FLORIDA 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY    UNION 

Organized  February.  1888 

President^  Mrs.  S.  F.  Gale.  Jacksonville. 
Secretary^  Mrs.  Nathan  Barrows.  Winter  Park. 
Treasurer^  Mrs.  W.  D.  Brown.  Interlachen. 


36.  WYOMING 
WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October,  1888 
Reorganized  December,  1892 

President,  Mrs.  G.  S.  Ricker,  Cheyenne. 
Secretary^   Mrs.  W.  L.  Whipple,  Cheyenne. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  H.  N.  Smitn,  Rock  brings. 

37.  GEORGIA 
WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  November.  1888 

President,  Mrs.  H.  B.  Wey,  253  Fore.st  Ave., 
Atlanta. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  H.  A.  Kellam,  176  Ivy  St.,  At- 
lanta. 

Treasurer,  Miss  Virginia  Holmes,  Bamesville. 

38.  MISSISSIPPI 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  April.  1889 

President,   Mrs.  C.  L.  Harris.  1421  31st  Ave.,  Me- 
ridian. 
Secretary,   Mi.ss  Edith  M.  Hall,  Tougaloo.  1 

Treasurer,  yirs.  L.  H.  Turner,  311a  12th  St.,  Me- 
ridian. 


32.  INDIANA 

WOMAN'S   HOME  MISSIONARY   UNION 
Organized  May,  1888 

President,   Mrs.  E.  C.  Bell,  221  Christian  Ave., 

Indianapolis. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  W.  E.  Mossman,  Fort  Wayne. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  F.  E.   Dewhurst,    a8  Christian 

Ave.,  Indianapolis. 

23.  SOUTHERN  CALIFORNIA 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  May,  1S88 

President,   Mrs.  Emma  Cash,   1658  Temple   St., 

I. OS  Ansrcles. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  H.  K.  W.  Bent,  Bo.x  442,  Pa.sa- 

dena. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Mary  M.  Smith,  Prospect  Place, 

Riverside. 

24.  VERMONT 

WOMAN'S   HOME  MISSIONARY   UNION 
Organized  June.  1888 

President,   Mrs.  J.  H.  Babbitt,  West  Rrattlcboro. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  M.  K.  Paine.  Windsor. 
Treasurer, y[T%.   Wm.   P.   Fairbanks,   St.  Johns- 
bury. 

25.  COLORADO 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  October,  1888 

President,   Mrs.  B.  C.  Valentine.  Highlands. 
.Secretary,  Mrs.  Charles  Westley,  Box  5>>S.  Denver. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Horace  Sanderson, ijiu  i6ti\  Ave., 
Denver. 


39.  LOUISIANA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  April,  1889 

President,  Miss  Bella  Hume,  comer  Gasquet  and 

Liberty  Sts..  New  Orleans. 
Secretary,   Miss  Matilda  Cabrfcre.  New  Orleans. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  C.  S.  Shattuck.  Welsh. 

30.   ARKANSAS,   KENTUCKY,  AND    TEN- 
NESSEE 

WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY  UNION  OF   THE 
CENTRAL  SOUTH   ASSOCIATION 

Organized  April.  1889 

Preiident,  Mrs.  Ella  S.  Moore,  Box  8.  Fisk  Uni- 
versity, Nashville.  Tenn. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  Jos.  E.  Smith,  304  Gilmer  St.. 
Chattanooea,  Tenn. 

Treasurer,  ^T%.  ].  E.  Moreland,  12x4  Grundy  St., 
Nashville,  Tenn. 

31.  NORTH  CAROLINA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Orj^anized  C/ctober,  1889 

l^rciidrnt,  Mrs.  J.  W.  Freem.in.  Dudley. 
Secret rt  ry    i 

and         -Miss  A.  E.  Farrington,   High  Point. 
Treasurer,  S 

32.  TEXAS 

WOMAN'S   HOME   MI.SSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  March.  1890 

Frrsidcnt,   Mrs.  J.  M.  Wendelkin,  Dallas. 

Sccri'tix ry,   >\ts.  H  .  V  .  WwxV AxK>K.Y«CiT.  ^<cvx.V>-J!5\a&. 


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33.  MONTANA 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  May,  1890 

President^   Mr».  O.  C.  Clark,  Missoula. 
Secretary^  Mrs.  W.  S.  Bell,  410  Dearborn  Ave., 

Helena. 
Treasurer^  Mrs.  Herbert  E.  Jones,  LivinKSton. 

34.  PENNSYLVANIA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  June,  1890 

President^  Mrs.  A.  H.  Claflin,  274  Manhattan  Sl, 
Allegheny. 

Secretary,   Mrs.  C  F.  Yennie,  Ridgway. 

Treasurer^  Mrs.  T.  W.  Jones,  51 1  Woodland  Ter- 
race, Philadelphia. 


35.  OKLAHOMA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October,  i89f:> 

President,   Mrs.  J.  H.  Parker.  Kingfisher. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  J.  E.  Piatt.  Gulhne. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  A.  B.  Hammer,  Oklahoma  City. 

36.  NEW  JERSEY 
Includi.ng  District  of  Coi.i-.mbia,  M.\kyi,and, 

AND    VlK(;i.SIA 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION  OF 
THE  NEW  JERSEY    ASSOCIATION, 

Orj;anizcd  March,  i8«ji 

President,    Mrs.  A.  H.  Bradford.  Montclair. 
Secretary,    Mrs.    \V.    O.    Wccden.    l'|  per    .Mont- 

clajr. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  J.  H.  Dcnison,  150  Belleville  Ave.. 

Newark. 


37.  UTAH 

Including  Southern  Idaho 
WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organiicd  May,  1891 
Reorganiied  December.  iSga 

President^    Mrs.  Clarence  T.    Brown,  Salt  Lake 

City. 
Secretary^  Mrs.  W.  S.  Hawkes,  135  Sixth  St.,  E., 

Salt  Lake  City. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Dana  W.  Bartlett.  Salt  Lake  City. 
For  Jdakoy  Mrs.  Oscar  Soooenkalb,  Pocalelk). 

38.  INDIAN  TERRITORY 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  April,  1893. 

President,    Mrs.  Fayette  Hurd.  Vinita. 
Secretary,    Miss  Louise  Graper.  Vinita. 
Treasurer^  Mrs.  Raymond,  Vinita. 

39.  NEVADA 
WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October,  1893 

President^    Mrs.  L.  J.  Flint,  Reno. 
Secretary.    Miss  Margaret  N.  Magill,  Reno. 
Treasurer,  Miss  Mary  Clow,  Reno. 

40.  NEW  MEXICO 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  November,  1892 

President,    Mrs.  C.  E.  Winslow,  Albuoueraue. 
Secretary,    Mrs   E.  W.  Lewis,  30X  So.  Editn  St., 

Albuquerque. 
Treasurer^  Mrs.  A.  W.  Jones,  Albuquerque. 

41.   BLACK  HILLS,  SO.  DAKOTA 

BLACK  HILLS  WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY 

UNION 

Organized  October,  1893 

President.    Mrs.  I.  B.  Gossage.  Rapid  City, Black 

Hills,  South  Dakota. 
.Secretary,    Mrs.  H.   H.  Gilchrist.   Hot    Sprinp. 

Black  Hills,  South  Dakota. 
Treasurer,  .Miss    (>race     Lyman.     Hot    SpritJgs» 

Black  Hills,  S)uth  DakoU. 


A   Happy  Thanksc.ivino  to  all  friends  of  Home  Missions,  parti^^' 
larly  to  those  whose  enlar^red  contributions  have  helped  to  make  up    ^^ 
increase  in  receipts  recorded  in  our  Treasury  Note  for  the  month,  ancf^^° 
the   Boys'  and  dirls'  Home  .Missionary  .Army  from  whom  we  are  cxp""*""^^  * 
insT  to  hear  of  noble  offerinij^s  as  the   fruit  of  their  Rally   Day.     Am 
any,  youths  or  adults,  of  either  .sex,  shall  be  moved  at  this  joyful  sei 
to  send    a  special  Thank-offerinj^  in  view  of  our  country's  brig^htenr:'''^^ 
prosperts,  uml   to  make  them  br\y;hter  still,  we  believe  theirs  will  *"     ^"^ 
act  pleasing  to  our  country's  Sdv\ot. 


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Vol.  LXVII  JANUARY,  1895  No.  9 

THE   CHURCHES   AIDED   BY   THE   MISSIONARY 

SOCIETY   OF  CONNECTICUT 

By  Rev.  William  H.  Moork,  its  Secretary 

HE   Society  aids   in  Connecticut,  old   churches,  new  American 
churches,  and  churches  of  foreigners.     This  article  presents  a 
sketch  of  one  of  each  of  these  classes  of  churches,  with  a  picture 
of  its  meeting-house. 

EAST    HARTLAND 

Hartland  is  a  part  of  that  tract  given  by  the  General  Court  of  Con- 
necticut to  the  towns  of  Hartford  and  Windsor,  in  1686,  to  save  it  from 
the  grasp  of  Sir  Edmund  Andros,  royal  governor  of  New  England  for 
1686-1689  ;  and  the  part  which  is  now  Hartland  was  deeded  at  a  later 
date  to  Hartford,  and  henge  its  name.  It  is  a  mountainous  region  in  the 
northwest  corner  of  Hartford  County,  bordering  on  Massachusetts,  con- 
tains about  thirty-four  square  miles,  and  is  divided  by  a  branch  of  the 
!Farmington  River,  flowing  through  a  deep  valley,  into  East  Hartland  and 
AVest  Hartland,  locally  known  as  East  Mountain  and  West  Mountain. 

In  1733  *^  ^*^^  bounded  and  named  Hartland,  and  the  proprietors  held 

their  first  meeting  that  year.     The  first  white   resident,  John  Xendall, 

moved  in  in  1753,  but  left  the  next  year  for  fear  of  the  Indians.     In  the 

meantime  his  wife  bore  him  twin  daughters,  the  first  white  children  born 

in    the    place.     The   first    permanent    settler,    Thomas    (iiddings,   came 

from    Lyme    in    1754;    Simon    Baxter   came    in    1755,  but    later   joined 

Burgoyne's   army  and  died    in    Halifax.      In   1756  the    population    was 

twelve.     In  that  year  Joshua  (biddings,  brother  of  Thomas,  came,  and 

had  three  sons — John,  the   first  male  child  born  in  the   place  ;  Joshua, 

who  later  moved  to  Pennsylvania,  where  soon  after  his  son,  Joshua  R. 

Giddings,  the  noted  abolitionist,  was  born  ;  and  \^ev\\;\m\v\,  ^^\>cv^\  c5.V^^n. 

Salmon  Giddings.     Other  settlers  came  from  'S'a>,'bTO<o\v,  ^^s^^V  Vi.-\C^^'^'K^> 
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East  Hartford,  Hartford,  and  Windsor.  One  of  these  settlers,  Jonas 
Wilder,  who  came  from  East  Haddam  in  1760  and  located  in  West 
Hartland,  was  living  there  in  1796,  in  his  ninety-seventh  year.  He  had 
married  twice,  and  had  lived  with  his  second  wife  about  sixty-five  years, 
and  had  twelve  children,  of  whom  seven  sons  and  four  daughters  were 
then  living.  His  sons  included,  besides  town  and  society  officers,  one 
colonel,  one  major,  one  captain,  two  lieutenants,  three  justices  of  the 
peace,  three  representatives,  and  three  deacons.  In  1773  his  posterity 
numbered  232,  of  whom  only  sixteen  had  died. 

The  town  was  incorporated  in  1761,  and  had  then  thirty-seven  families 
and  212  inhabitants.  That  year  Ashbel  Pitkin  was  employed  to  preach 
in  private  houses,  and  was  followed  by  George  Colton,  both  licensed  by 
Hartford  North  Association  in  1758.  Mr.  Colton  was  pastor  at  Bolton, 
1 763-1 8 1 2.  The  first  meeting-house,  erected  in  1764,  or,  as  others  say,  in 
June,  1770,  stood  about  half  a  mile  south  of  the  present  house,  on  the 
road  to  Barkhamsted.  The  church,  of  seven  males  and  four  females,  was 
organized  May  i,  1768,  and  Sterling  Ciraves,  of  Kast  Haddam,  was 
ordained  its  pastor,  June  18,  1768,  in  the  open  air  on  a  knoll  about  a  mile 
south  of  the  present  house  of  worship.  That  year  the  (General  Court, 
acting  as  a  church-building  and  home  missionary  society,  ordered  a  tax  of 
threepence  an  acre  yearly  for  four  years  on  all  divided  lands  east  of  the 
river,  for  settling  a  minister  and  building  a  meeting-house.  In  the 
poverty  of  the  early  days,  sometimes  it  took  twenty- five  years  or  more 
to  complete  the  first  meeting-house. 

By  the  terms  of  his  settlement,  Mr.  Graves  was  to  have  seventy-five 
acres  of  land,  and  an  annual  salary  beginning  with  thirty-five  pounds  and 
increasing  till  it  reached  seventy-five  pounds,  two^thirds  to  be  paid  in 
provisions.  He  died  in  1772,  leaving  land  as  a  fund  for  the  support  of 
the  Gospel  in  the  parish,  and  also  property  to  the  colony  to  refund  a 
bounty  he  had  received  as  an  enlisted  soldier  but  had  failed  to  enter  the 
service,  which  property,  amounting  to  twelve  pounds,  the  General  Court 
gave  to  the  parish  toward  the  settlement  of  another  minister.  In  1773 
East  Hartland  was  incorporated  as  an  ecclesiastical  society  to  enable  it  to 
hold  this  property. 

The  next  pastor,  Aaron  Church,  was  ordained  in  October,  1773  ;  was 
dismissed  in  1815  ;  and  died  April  19,  1823,  in  the  seventy  eighth  year  of 
his  age  and  the  fiftieth  of  his  ministry.  "  The  half-way  covenant  "  was 
in  use  during  a  part  of  his  term.  His  pastorate  was  the  longest  and 
most  fruitful  the  church  has  enjoyed,  adding  1 18  members  in  seven  years 
between  1774  and  1790.  He  was  held  in  high  esteem,  and  was  a  delegate 
to  the  convention  which  framed  the  present  constitution  of  the  State^ 
adopted  in  i8;8.  Under  him  the  second  and  pTtsetvVvw^eXw^'^-V^^Nxs^ ^"^^^^ 
erected  in  1801.     In  1875,  under   Rev.   Lymau  Waittvex,  V\v^  \vci>\^^  ^^^ 


460  The  Home  Missionary  January,  1895 

remodeled  without  debt,  at  an  expense  of  34*^42.05 — of  which  ^r,688caine 
from  outside,  principally  from  Hartford — and  was  dedicated  October  20, 
1875.  It  is  now  a  notably  beautiful  and  cheerful  place  of  worship,  stands 
on  ground  1,250  feet  above  sea  level,  and  fifty -seven  meeting-houses  can 
be  seen  from  its  tower. 

The  next  pastor,  Ammi  Linsley,  was  ordained  July  19,  1815,  and 
dismissed  in  1835.  He  was  a  humble,  devout,  and  successful  laborer, 
adding  forty-two  on  confession  in  the  three  years  1815-1818,  and  thirty 
in  1832  and  1833,  besides  bringing  five  young  men  into  the  ministry. 
The  church  began  to  be  aided  by  the  Missionary  Society  of  Connecticut 
in  1826.  In  a  letter  in  1827,  he  says  that  the  annual  subscription  has 
amounted  to  §240  to  $250,  which  he  accepts  and  asks  no  aid  for  that3'ear. 
He  died  at  North  Haven,  December  21,  1873,  aged  eighty-five,  having 
received  $900  from  our  Fund  for  Ministers  in  1 869-1 873.  His  two  sons 
graduated  at  Vale  College  in  1843.  His  daughter,  in  a  letter  speaking  of 
him,  says  :  "  We  were  trained  from  childhood  to  have  few  wants,  and  to 
get  a  comfortable  living  from  a  small  income." 

Since  his  day,  the  church  has  been  served  as  follows  :  Rev.  Aaron 
(iates,  1836-1841  ;  Rev.  James  ('.  Houghton,  1 843-1845,  adding  twenty- 
three  on  confession  in  1843  ;  Rev.  Nelson  Scott,  1846- 185 7.  In  1849, 
fifty  dollars  was  asked  to  pay  him  $350,  and  in  185 1, $100  to  pay  him  $400. 
In  1854  he  says  his  salary  is  §480  ;  he  lives  plainly,  and  his  wife  does  her 
own  work.  They  use  no  tea  nor  coffee  ;  he  takes  no  quarterly  nor  daily, 
and  reads  notices  of  new  hooks  often  with  pain.  Rev.  Ogden  Hall 
served  1858  1859  ;  Rev.  Alfred  White,  1859-1860;  Rev.  David  Beals, 
Jr.,  1 860-1 S65,  adding  fourteen  on  confession  in  1863  ;  Rev.  John  B. 
Doolittle,  1867-1872  ;'Rev.  Lyman  Warner,  1872-1876  ;  Rev.  Nathaniel 
Ci.  Honney,  1876-1878;  Rev.  Josiah  G.  Willis,  1879;  Rev.  Merrick 
Knight.  1S80-1890,  representing  the  town  in  the  legislature  in  1889,  and 
adding  cij^hteen  on  confession  in  1S90  ;  Rev.  Charles  H.  Riggs,  1890- 
1891  ;  Rev.  Clarence  H.  Pease,  1S92-1894  ;  and  Rev.  Arthur  E.  Davies, 
189},  aiul  now  in  service. 

For  more  than  forty  years  from  1754,  the  population  increased,  reach- 
inu:  500  i[i  1774,  and  1,318  in  iSoo.  May  4,  1780,  the  church  in  West 
Hartland  was  organized.  The  lay  of  the  ground  is  such  as  to  afford  no 
convenient  spot  wlicre  the  town  can  meet  for  stated  worship,  and  it  would 
not  be  wise  for  anv  minister,  in  view  of  the  severitv  of  the  winters  and 
the  condition  of  the  roads,  to  engage  to  take  proper  care  of  both  parishes. 

As  the   land,  though   high  and  healthy,  is  not  favored  in  its  soil,  is 

largely  coviTcd  with   forests,  and    lacks   facilities   for  travel  and   ready 

access  to  markets,  the  inhabitants  for  three  generations  have  been  dis- 

poscc!  to  move  away,  in  hope  oi  beUcwvx^A^  ^^^"^^"^^  cw\^^:\\:\v^yv,    V.ev.  Thomas 

Rohhins,  in  his  diary,  October   3,0,  x^oa,  Ww^  \>avi\\  \\\  ^\^^\^^^,^::fw.^, 


January.  1895  The  HoHie  Missionary  461 

says  :  "  Twelve  families  have  lately  moved  into  this  town  from  Hartland, 
Conn."  Other  families  moved  to  Claridon,  Ohio,  where  they  and  their 
descendants  are  in  force  to-day.  Since  1800,  each  successive  census  has 
recorded  a  decline  in  the  population,  which  is  true  of  no  other  town  in 
the  Stat3.  In  1890  the  census  reported  only  565,  or  sixteen  to  a  square 
mile,  the  ratio  for  the  State  being  149  to  a  square  mile.  Only  fourteen 
towns  had  a  smaller  population.  In  1892  the  town  had  138  families, 
namely,  one  Adventist,  two  Baptists,  two  of  some  other  name,  four 
Episcopalians,  six  Catholics,  fourteen  "no  choice,*'  twenty-seven  Metho- 
dists, and  eighty-one  Congregationalists.  Of  the  whole,  only  five  were  for- 
eign. The  "list  '*  of  the  town  was  $204,792,  or  an  average  of  $1,480  for 
each  family,  and  of  $362  for  each  person — the  average  for  the  State  being 
$511  for  each  person.  West  Hartland  has  a  small  Methodist  church. 
East  Hartland  has  only  the  Congregational  church.  A  Methodist  church 
started  many  years  ago  has  disappeared,  and  its  house  of  worship  is  now 
owned  by  the  Congregationalists,  and  used  as  their  chapel.  West  Hartland 
began  to  be  aided  by  our  Missionary  Society  in  1839,  and  is  still  depend- 
ent. In  1834  the  two  churches  had  11 1  and  84=195  members.  In  1894 
they  had  58  and  48=106  members.  In  1834  they  were  sixteen  per  cent, 
of  the  population  of  the  town,  and  in  1894  they  were  eighteen  per  cent. 
In  1860-1 893,  while  the  population  declined  thirty-three  per  cent.,  these 
churches  declined  only  two  per  cent. 

In  1819  the  town  had  six  cider  distilleries  and  four  taverns  ;  now  it  has 
no  distillery,  and  is  a  **  no-license  "  town.  At  one  time,  some  years  ago. 
one  member  of  the  East  Hartland  church  was  a  distiller.  When  the  pastor 
was  asked  why  they  did  not  deal  with  him,  his  reply  in  substance  was  : 
"  He  lives  in  a  remote  part  of  the  parish,  seldom  attends  church,  is  an  old 
man  who  belongs  to  a  former  generation  in  which  church  members  were 
allowed  to  be  distillers,  is  so  deaf  that  he  cannot  hear,  and  so  blind  that 
he  cannot  read,  and  we  find  it  very  difficult  to  get  light  enough  into  him 
to  convince  him  of  his  wrongdoing."  As  long  as  present  conditions  con- 
tinue, both  these  churches  must  be  helped. 

In  1 894  the  "  list  "  of  the  resident  members  of  this  church  was  §21,008, 
and  of  the  rest  of  the  congregation,  §33,574  ;  in  all,  $54,582.  They  have 
a  fund  of  $1,550.  The  church  had  fifty-eight  members,  forty-five  families 
under  care,  a  Sunday-school  of  eighty,  and  a  Society  of  Endeavor  of 
twenty-eight.  It  received  from  the  Missionary  Society  in  1826-1893 
$9,297.81.  Its  total  charities  for  1859-1893  were  §1,796.45,  or  a  yearly 
average  of  $51.33  f<^r  the  church,  and  of  §1.02  for  each  church  member. 
The  records  do  not  give  the  total  additions  to  its  membership,  but  208 
were  received  in  1773-1794,  and  236  in  iSo3-()ctober,  1894.  It  will  not 
be  far  from  the  truth   if  we  call  the  lola\  ev\To\\\w^v\\.  lo\  \*\^'^-V^^V 

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462  The  Home  Missionary  January,  1895 

The  church  has  furnished  valuable  helpers  for  missionary  and  minis- 
terial service.  It  has  raised  up  six  women  who  have  been  missionaries  or 
wives  of  ministers.  Their  maiden  names  were  Lydia  Cowdrey,  Jane  Cor- 
nish, Jane  Miller,  Miss  Herrick,  Jane  E.  Cornish,  and  Mattie  E.  Gates. 
Several  of  the  persons  whose  names  follow  were  born  in  that  part  of  the 
parish  which  lies  in  Barkhamsted  :  Chauncey  L.  Loomis,  bom  in  Bark- 
hamsted,  April  21,  181 8;  graduated  at  Western  Reserve  College,  1846; 
studied  at  Union  Theological  Seminary,  New  York  City,  1856-1857  ;  was 
a  medical  missionary  of  the  Presbyterian  Board  at  Corisco,  West  Africa, 
1859-1862.  His  wife  and  child  dying  there,  he  returned  to  this  country 
an  invalid,  and  resided  in  Middletown,  where  he  died  January  13,  1894, 
aged  seventy-six.  He  preached  occasionally,  but,  so  far  as  appears,  was 
not  ordained. 

The  church  is  also  credited  with  the  following  nine  ordained  ministers, 
all  born  in  East  Hartland  parish,  who  are  sketched  in  the  order  of  their 
ordinations  : 

Salmon  Giddings,  born  March  2,  1782  ;  graduated  at  Williams  Col- 
lej^e,  181 1,  where  he  was  tutor  1814-1815  ;  studied  at  Andover  1814, 
and  was  licensed  that  year  ;  was  ordained  at  Berlin,  Conn.,  December  20, 
1 814  ;  and  in  December,  1815,  under  commission  of  the  Missionary 
Society  of  Connecticut,  started  on  horseback  for  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  where 
he  arrived  April  (\  1816,  and  was  the  first  missionary  located  by  this 
Society  beyond  the  Mississippi  River  ;  served  the  Society  1815-1827.  with 
licackjuarters  at  St.  Louis,  and  in  ten  years  gathered  eleven  churches  in 
Missouri  and  Illinois,  including  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  in  St. 
Louis,  which  he  supplied  181 7-1826,  and  of  which  he  was  pastor  from 
1826  till  he  died,  ajj^ed  forty-six,  Februar}'  i,  1826,  in  consequence  of 
being  thrown  from  his  carriage. 

Orson  Cowles,  born  januar}^  14,  1801  ;  graduated  from  Yale  College 
1S28,  Vale  Seminary  1832  ;  ordained  jiastor  at  North  Woodstock,  Conn., 
April  25,  I  S3 2,  and  dismissed  September  4,  1837  ;  District  Secretary  of 
the  A.  B,  C.  V.  M.  for  southern  New  England,  September,  1840-August, 
i860;   died  at  North  Haven,  December  23,  i860,  aged  sixty. 

Lemuel  Foster,  born  November  24,  1799;  graduated  at  Yale  College 
1828,  Vale  Seminary  1831  ;  married  Lydia  Cowdrey,  of  East  Hartland, 
May  3,  1831,  and  in  the  fall  of  1833  they  rode  to  Illinois  in  a  buggy, 
where  he  began  work  for  the  American  Home  Missionary  Society  ;  was 
ordained  in  September,  1S33  ;  preached  and  taught  in  several  towns  in 
the  State,  and  died  at  Washington  Heights,  111.,  April  i,  1872,  aged 
seventy-two.     He  was  a  laborious  and  useful  pioneer  in  Illinois. 

Lewis  Foster,  brother  of  Lemuel  Foster,  born  Februar}'-  5,  1807; 
<:nidiuitcd  at  Vale  College,  1831 ;  \vi\s  v\\v>  \c;\x'?^  \wXA^  ^^TCN\^;vt^  ;  or- 
rJaincd  as  pastor  at  Clinton,  December  3,,  x^2,a.;x\-x^C^\^^vV^^^>>^^v^'^'^^. 


January,  1895  The  Home  Missionary  463 

October  27, 1839,  aged  thirty-two.     As  a  scholarly,  spiritual,  and  successful 
minister  of  Christ  he  is  still  remembered  with  affection. 

Selden  Haines,  born  November  27,  1800  ;  graduated  at  Yale  College, 
1826  ;  studied  law  and  practiced  in  Ohio  ;  later  studied  divinity,  and  be- 
came pastor  of  churches  in  Ohio,  New  York,  New  Jersey,  and  Massa- 
chusetts;  and  died  in  Rome,  N.  Y.,  March  21,  1886.  He  received  the 
degree  of  D.  D.  from  Marysville  College,  Tenn.,  in  i8j2. 

Elisha  Cowles  Jones,  born  July  14,  1807  ;  graduated  at  Yale  College 
1831 ;  Yale  Theological  Seminary,  1 833-1 835  ;  tutor  in  Yale  College  one 
year;  was  ordained  pastor,  Southington,  June  28,  1837;  and  died  there, 
March -9,  1872,  aged  sixty-five.  Was  in  the  corporation  of  Yale  College, 
1862- 1872  ;  over  500  were  added  to  the  church  on  confession  under  him. 
In  our  Connecticut  "Minutes'*  of  1863,  in  speaking  of  Joseph  H. 
Twichell,  who  was  ordained  to  serve  as  chaplain  in  the  Seventy-first 
Regiment,  N.  Y.  S.  M.,  January  30,  1863,  and  who  has  been  pastor  of 
Asylum  Hill  Church,  Hartford,  since  December  13,  1865,  and  in  the  cor- 
poration of  Yale  College  since  1874,  he  says  :  "  He  is  one  of  seven  young 
men  of  this  church  who  are  just  now  entering  the  ministry  and  in  whom  I 
take  great  satisfaction,  as  those  over  whom  I  have  watched  from  child- 
hood— four  of  them  having  been  ordained  within  about  a  year,  and  the 
other  three  just  graduating  from  the  seminary  this  summer."  His  son, 
Franklin  C.  Jones,  pastor  at  Franklin,  Conn.,  February  4,  1863-October, 
1880,  was  one  of  the  seven. 

Anson  McLoud,  born  June  22,  181 3  ;  graduated  at  Yale  College,  1838  ; 
studied  divinity  at  Union  and  Andover  seminaries  ;  was  ordained  pastor, 
Topsfield,  Mass.,  December  8,  1 841 -April  27,  1869  ;  represented  that 
town  in  the  Massachusetts  legislature,  1872;  died  at  Topsfield,  February 
21,  1883,  aged  sixty-nine. 

Edgar  Perkins,  born  March  22,  1814;  not  a  graduate;  two  years  at 
Yale  Seminary;  ordained  pastor,  Lockport,  N.  Y.,  June  25,  1845-1849; 
principal  of  Gloversville  Female  Seminary,  1855-185 7,  and  of  Kinderhook 
Academy,  185 7-1 861,  and  of  Hamilton  Union  School,  1865- 1868  ;  pastor 
of  Congregational  churches  in  Phoenix  and  Copenhagen,  N.  Y. ;  is  now 
residing  at  Wolcott,  N.  Y. 

Lorin  Samuel  Gates,  born  September  i,  1845  '»  graduated  at  Williams 
College  187 1,  and  at  Yale  Seminary  1875  ;  was  ordained  at  Cambridge, 
Vt.,  July  7,  1875  ;  has  been  in  the  service  of  the  A.  B.  C.  F.  M.  since  that 
time,  and  is  now  at  Sholapur,  India. 

These  nine  show  an  aggregate  of  279  years  of  ministerial  life,  while  the 
church  is  only  126  years  old  and  has  never  been  large.     As  a  body,  they 
have  been  superior  to  the  ministers  who  have  served  the  church  ;  aud  ;iJl 
of  them  but  one  have  entered  the  work  s'mcelVve  e\\\\\c\v\i^'^^xv\.^V'^N^'?L\^. 
In  1816-1894  we  have  aided  sixty-four  o\d  c\\utOcv^'5»,  cA  ^Vv^  «s\^ 


464 


The  Home  Missionary 


Jannary, 


has  ilied  and  two-thirds  are  now  taking  care  of  themsdves.  The  sixty- 
fi)iir  h;ivc  given  for  cliarities  more  than  twice  what  we  have  sj>ent  on 
ihem,  ;ind  have  niiscd  up  about  450  ministers.  These  facts  show  the  im- 
[viriancc  iif  aiding  these  churches  with  reference  to  the  supply  of  ministers 
and  missionaries  for  the  home  and  foreign  fields. 

wAiKKMiKv,  rniRi*  cHUkCH 
We  have  aided,  in  1816-1894,  fifty-four  new  American  churches,  of 
which  the  latest  which  has  secured  a  lumse  of  worship  is  Watcrbury, 
Third.  'I'iie  church,  of  foiirleeii  males  and  si.Meen  females,  four  from  the 
First  and  sixteen  from  the  Second  church,  w:is  recognized  by  Council 
Uccember    ly,  1892.      The    meeting-house,  which  cost  gi6,ooo  and  will 


466  The  Home  Missionary  January,  1895 

seat  500,  was  dedicated  July  13,  1893.  The  society  has  a  debt  of 
$8,000,  of  which  one-half  is  assumed  by  the  First  and  Second  churches. 
The  church  is  in  the  southwest  part  of  the  city,  in  the  midst  of  a  con- 
siderable foreign  population,  and  the  pastor  is  Rev.  Frank  P.  Water& 
Starting  with  thirty  members,  it  had,  January  i,  1894,  fifty-five  members, 
with  a  Sunday-school  of  125,  and  150  families  under  care.  It  has  been 
afifected  by  the  financial  depression  of  the  last  two  years,  but  is  doing 
well.  Its  history  is  yet  to  be  made,  and  we  need  not  doubt  that  in  time  it 
will  earn  a  goodly  place  among  the  evangelizing  forces  of  the  city. 

Though  eight  of  these  fifty-four  new  churches  have  died  in  1816-1894, 
the  amount  of  the  charities  of  the  whole  has  been  more  than  three  times 
the  aid  we  have  given  them.  The  present  condition  of  this  body  of 
churches  is  prosperous,  and  the  outlook  is  good. 

BETHANY    SWEDISH    CHURCH,    NEW    BRITAIN 

This  is  the  oldest  Swedish  Congregational  church  in  Connecticut.  It 
was  recognized  by  C'ouncil  July  15,  1886.  It  has  grown  constantly,  and 
now  has  200  members.  Its  edifice,  bought  of  the  Methodists,  is  on  the 
main  street,  in  the  heart  of  the  city,  and,  including  the  pipe  organ  and 
improvements,  is  worth  $15,000,  but  is  under  a  debt  of  $8,000.  It  will 
seat  500,  and  has  a  congregation  of  300  to  400,  under  the  care  of  Rev. 
Erik  (i.  Hjerpe. 

The  city  has  from  3,000  to  4,000  Swedes,  and  has  two  Swedish 
churches  besides  this  one.  The  church  is  steadily  befriended  by  the 
Congrejxational  churches  in  the  place. 

We  have  aided,  in  all,  seventeen  churches  of  foreigners  in  1886- 1894, 
of  which  two  have  died.  Of  the  rest,  two  are  Danish — one  in  Hartford, 
one  in  New  Haven — and  thirteen  are  Swedish.  During  the  present  year, 
1894,  in  connection  with  the  work  of  our  (iernian  missionary,  Rev. 
Herman  Sell,  a  (ierman  Con<^regational  churcli  of  forty-five  members  has 
been  formed  in  Ansonia. 

The  blessinu:  of  the  Lord  is  with  us  in  what  we  are  doing  for  these 
foreign  churches,  and  the  work  is  likely  to  ;^row  on  our  hands. 

TWO    EARLY    HOME    MISSIONARY   ENTERPRISES 

Sti'dknts  of  tlic  earlv  historv  of  our  American  Home  Missions  need 

not  to  !)C  told  of  the  movinj:^  spirit  of  ihe  Pilj^rim  P'athers — that  which  led 

them  to  the.se  shores  :  *'  the  ^reat  ho^)e  and    inward    zeal  they  had  of 

liiyh)^  some  ^o(h\  foundation,  or  ;\l  \cas\.  Vo  tvaaV^i  sv^\\\^  w^-^  vV^\^>\t\\.^^^5^j^ 

the  propairation  and    ndvanccmenl  ol  VW  <.\v>sv^\  ;xv^C.  xX^^  V\tv^^v.xsv  ^V 


January,  1895  The  Home  Missionary  467 

Christ ;  yea,  although  they  should  be  but  stepping-stones  unto  others  for 
the  performance  of  so  great  a  work."  "  For  that  the  propagation  of  the 
Gospel  is  the  thing  we  do  profess  above  all  to  be  our  aim  in  settling  this 
plantation  [Massachusetts  BayJ,  we  have  been  careful  to  make  plentiful 
provision  of  godly  ministers,  .  .  .  that  not  only  our  own  nation  may 
be  built  up  in  the  knowledge  of  God,  but  also  the  Indians  may,  in  God's 
appK)inted  time,  be  reduced  to  the  obedience  of  the  Gospel  of  Christ." 
And  Higginson,  of  Salem,  spoke  truly  when  he  said  :  "  New  England  is 
originally  a  plantation  of  Religion,  and  not  a  plantation  of  Trade." 

No  better  demonstration  of  the  depth  and  strength  of  the  missionary 
motives  that  actuated  the  Fathers  can  be  asked  or  given  than  was  pre- 
sented by  the  self-sacrificing  lives  of  John  Eliot,  **the  apostle  to  the 
Indians,"  and  his  successors  and  imitators,  five  generations  of  the  May- 
hews,  Bourne,  Cotton,  Treat,  and  others,  in  Massachusetts ;  Pierson, 
Fitch,  and  others,  in  Connecticut ;  and,  later,  John  Sargeant  and  his  son, 
Jonathan  Edwards,  Stephen  West,  David  Brainerd,  and  the  rest  of  that 
saintly  brotherhood. 

Then  followed  the  unorganized  but  energetic  and  fruitful  missions  of 
the  New  England  churches,  acting  in  concert  with  the  government,  sent 
with  or  after  the  colonies  going  out  from  the  older  parishes  to  new, 
unsettled  regions,  there  to  set  up  schools  and  to  maintain  the  preaching 
of  the  Gospel  for  themselves  and  those  who  should  come  to  be  their 
neighbors. 

Thus  was  gradually  evolved  more  clearly  the  home  missionary  idea, 
and  thus  was  awakened  the  desire — to  be  fulfilled  later — for  a  well- 
considered  and  carefully  organized  system  of  Home  Missions,  securing  to 
every  settlement,  older  or  newer,  greater  or  smaller,  the  Christian  privi- 
lege valued  beyond  all  others  :  the  Church  with  its  ordinances,  a  qualified 
ministry,  and  the  stated  preaching  of  the  Word. 

The  following  brief  sketch  of  two  of  the  earliest  enterprises  in  the  way 
of  home  missionary  evangelization  of  communities  more  distant  from  New 
England  will  interest  such  readers  of  The  Home  Missionary  as  may  not 
be  familiar  with  the  facts. 

In  May,  1642,  "bewailing  the  sad  condition  for  want  of  means  of  salva- 
tion," .seventy-one  well-disposed  persons  in  Upper  Norfolk,  Va.,  wrote  and 
sent  by  messenger  a  letter  to  the  pastors  and  elders  of  Christ's  Church  in 
New  England  for  three  pastors,  to  be  selected  and  commended  by  the 
Massachusetts  churches.  The  letter  was  publicly  read  in  15oston  on 
"lecture  day."  The  neighboring  ministers,  people,  and  magistrates  were 
called  together  for  prayer,  fastin*:::,  and  consultation.  As  the  result, 
Messrs.  Knowles,  of  Watertown,  Thompson,  of  Braintree,  and  ]ames^  of 
North  Haven,  were  appointed  to  the  mission,  \v\\\\  V\\^  \\o^^^  V^\  x^^^ 
advancement  of  the  kingdom  of  Christ  in  those  pans,     ''  T\ve^  ^^x^  's.^'^v. 


468  The  Home  Missionary  January,  1895 

forth,"  says  the  late  Dr.  Joseph  S.  Clark,  "just  as  our  home  missionaries 
now  go  to  Kansas  or  California,  except  that,  instead  of  a  commission 
from  the  American  Home  Missionary  Society,  it  was  ordered  in  general 
court  'that  the  Governor  should  commend  them  to  the  Governor  and 
Council  of  Virginia,'  which  was  done  accordingly/*  After  eleven  weeks' 
hard  travel,  the  three  brethren  reached  their  field  and  were  much  encour- 
aged.    They  were  warmly  welcomed,  and  all  seemed  full  of  promise. 

The  people  were  greatly  moved  by  their  preaching.  But  shortly  they 
were  warned  by  the  civil  authorities  that  none  but  Episcopal  preaching 
was  allowed  in  Virginia.  For  a  time  the  people  thronged  to  hear  them  in 
private  houses,  until  an  order  was  passed  that  "  all  such  as  would  not  con- 
form to  the  discipline  of  the  English  Church  could  depart  the  country  by 
such  a  day,"  and  in  1844  they  came  home,  followed  by  some  of  the  best 
of  their  Virginia  hearers,  who  preferred  the  freer  air  and  more  democratic 
rule  of  Massachusetts.  This  home  missionary  enterprise  failed  as  to  its 
immediate  object,  but  it  is  said  to  have  greatly  modified  the  Episcopal 
preaching  of  Virginia,  and  it  did  much  to  give  currency  to  the  home  mis- 
sionary idea— Christian  care  for  the  destitute  of  our  own  people  in  our 
own  land. 

There  was  a  remarkable  episode  connected  with  this  mission,  in  keep- 
ing with  very  many  divine  interpositions  for  the  welfare  of  our  Fathers. 
While  these  brethren  were  on  their  voyage  homeward,  the  Indians  rose 
upon  the  region  where  they  had  been  laboring,  and  massacred  about  500 
of  tiie  inhabitants. 

Anotlier  home  missionary  enterprise  of  exceeding  interest  was  the  - 
colony  sent  ])y  the  church  in  Dorchester  to  South  Carolina  in  1695,  of  "3 
which  the  late  Rev.  James  H.  Means,  D.l).,  gave  a  graphic  account  in 
77/('  Cou\:::rei:^atiomiI  Quartrrly  ^or  April,  1868.  He  called  that  band  **  th( 
first  liunie  missionaries  of  New  England,"  because,  as  he  says,  "  it  is  the  firsr-j 
which  hiul  jUTnianence  and  success."  But,  first  or  second,  it  was  genuine-  ^ 
home  missionary  work  ir.  the  true  home  mi.ssionary  spirit,  and  marks  th-  m 
point  wliich  the  rising  tide  of  home  niissionarv  effort  had  then  reached. 

It  seems  thai   in   1695  applicati(>ns  came  from  some  pious  settlers  i-^ 
ihe    southern   district    of    Carolina,   asking  the    Dorchester   church   **  \m 
enctnira^c,  by  a  (.'hrisiian  colony,  the  settlcriient  of  churches  and  the  pr^ 

nmtion    of    religion  in  Souihcrn  j)hint'itioris."     The  Dorchester  churt , 

un-.lcr  the  lead   of  its  pastor,  Danforth,  n  adily  responded.      Mr.  Jose ^^^Ji 
L(»r(],  a   graduate   of    Harvard,  then  teaching   in   Dorchester,  and   eijL^~/?/ 
othcr*^,  WKiw  or;^ani/ed  as  a  ( luirch  i)y  a  council  of  neighboring  churck"^(»>' 
•A   I>oston,    l\o.\l)ury,  etc.,  and    "Mr.    Loril   was  set  apart  to  be,  in    the 
]:in\iud\iv  of  the  [)rcscnt  day,  a  home  missionary."     How  many  went  \vi/A 
ihvm  to  fr»rni  the  new  ciAowy,  \>  wA  vn\  xv.'cv>xOv. 

Mr.  J^anfortii's  sevnicm,  \ue;vc\\ev\  X^^^o^v:  vWw  vX^v^Wsw^^vsvKv^vKnJ^^ 


January.  1895  The  Home  Missionary  469 

missionary  spirit,  glowing  with  pure  desire  for  the  advancement  of  Christ's 
kingdom,  and  with  tender  love  for  the  brethren  about  to  encounter  the 
perils  of  a  winter  voyage,  longer  and  far  more  formidable  than  the  voy- 
age to  Europe  is  to-day,  and  then  to  face  the  perils  of  savage  environ- 
ments in  their  new  settlement.  "  One  candle,"  he  says,  "  may  serve  to 
light  up  many  more  '* — that  favorite  figure  of  the  Pilgrims — "  and  one 
church  may  lend  material  for  the  furnishing  of  another.  The  candlestick 
which  holds  the  candle  must  not  monopolize  its  light  and  influence.  Our 
Lebanon  is  not  for  ourselves  only,  but  to  inclose  others  with  doors  of 
cedar.  Our  mines  and  treasures  must  stand  open  to  our  Solomon  to 
build  more  palaces  of  silver  with.  Hath  the  Lord  inclined  places  remote 
to  send  hither  for  spiritual  help  ?  Hath  the  Lord  inclined  the  hearts  of 
sundry  of  our  dear  brethren  to  accept  of  mission  unto  such  service,  and  are 
they  now  going  forth  ?  What  we  all  owe  to  God  and  to  His  kingdom  we 
have  separated  them  to  discharge  it  for  us,  and  they  are  New  England's 
offering  to  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ  for  the  service  of  His  kingdom."  "You 
must  work  for.  as  well  as  pray  for,  the  salvation  of  souls  and  the  enlarge- 
ment of  the  kingdom  of  Jesus  Christ,"  he  says  to  the  colonists.  "  There 
is  something  worth  seeking,  if  God  lights  the  candle.  Your  pains  is  well 
paid  with  the  gain  of  one  soul.  You  will  be  most  happily  situated  to 
spread  religion  in  the  American  islands  and  continent.  If  schools  of 
learning,  fundamentally  necessary  to  the  propagation  of  godliness  forward 
to  the  nations  and  onward  to  posterity,  will  not  agree  with  the  govern- 
ment and  people  there,  I  charge  you,  in  the  name  of  God  and  the  Lord 
Jesus  Christ,  and  as  you  have  any  regard  to  the  souls  of  your  posterity, 
to  return  to  us  again.  However,  despair  not  till  you  have  made  the 
trial." 

How  characteristic  is  this  of  a  New  England  mission  !  What  was  there 
already  cropping  out  in  the  Southern  character  to  excite  this  foreboding, 
this  foresight  of  a  contingency  realized  so  many  years  afterwards  on  a 
larger  scale,  when  the  American  Home  Missionary  Society  withdrew  its 
missionaries  from  the  South,  for  this  very  reason  :  that  the  New  England 
principles  of  universal  education  and  civil  and  religious  freedom  did  not 
"  agree  with  the  government  and  people  there"  ? 

After  a  stormy  voyage  of  fourteen  days,  the  eighth  of  which  they  kept 
as  a  fast  on  account  of  the  perils  which  threatened  them,  the  colonists 
reached  Charleston  and  were  received  with  a  salute  of  nine  guns.  They 
soon  established  themselves  on  the  Ashley  River,  in  an  unbroken  forest, 
twenty  miles  from  any  civilized  man,  naming  their  settlement  Dorchester. 
There,  on  the  second  day  of  February,  1696,  under  shelter  of  an  oak,  they 
celebrated  the  Lord's  Supper,  the  first  celebration  of  that  ordinance  in 
Carolina.  Here  they  soon  built  a  meetinjr -house,  awd  ^tv\o^^v\  \.\\<^\\  VLot^- 
^egational  church  polity  and  privileges,  w\th  sleadWy  'mex^^^vcv<^  ^x'^vc^^^^ 


470  The  Home  Missionary  January.  1895 

and  moderate  property,  for  half  a  century.  Then,  in  1752,  for  healthier 
climate  and  better  land,  they  removed  to  a  place  which  they  called  Mid- 
way, in  Cieorgia,  between  the  Rivers  Altamaha  and  Ogeechee,  where,  in 
1754,  they  numbered  816  souls.  Cordially  welcomed  by  the  p>eople,  and 
by  the  legislature  with  a  large  grant  of  land,  the  colony  entered  on  a  new 
era  of  prosperity.  Strictly  adhering  to  their  Congregational  principles, 
'*  they  were  a  marked  community,  differing  from  the  surrounding  inhabit- 
ants,"  says  one,  "as  greatly  as  did  the  Jews  from  the  Canaanites."  True 
to  their  New  England  love  of  country  and  of  liberty,  when  Georgia  was 
hesitating  whether  to  send  delegates  to  the  Continental  Congress,  this 
parish  sent  one  on  its  own  account,  and  "on  the  13th  of  May,  1775,  the 
Continental  Congress  at  Philadelphia  was  composed  of  the  representa- 
tives of  twelve  united  colonies,  and  Dr.  Hall  from  this  Midway  parish 
of  St.  John's  '* — a  name  soon  changed  to  Liberty  County,  in  commemora- 
tion of  their  patriotism. 

It  would  be  interesting  to  follow  out  further  here  the  fortunes  of  this 
faithful  band,  "  whose  descendants  have  spread  themselves  over  Georgia 
as  the  pioneers  of  religion,  education,  and  jurisprudence.*'  It  has  given 
to  Georgia  two  governors,  two  of  its  most  distinguished  judges,  a  minis- 
ter to  China,  a  speaker  of  the  Georgia  legislature,  a  bishop  of  the  Metho- 
dist Church,  seven  |)rofessors  in  different  institutions,  missionaries  to 
Burmah  and  China,  able  and  useful  pastors  of  many  churches — "  nearly 
seventy  of  them,"  says  an  intelligent  writer  on  the  spot.  This  writer,  in 
a  Macon  newspaper  of  March  22,  1874,  after  a  most  interesting  outline 
of  the  history  of  the  old  church  in  which  he  was  brought  up,  and  for 
which — bitter  "  rebel  "  as  he  shows  himself — he  manifests  a  tender  rever- 
ence, goes  on  to  bewail  its  present  desolation  :  the  people  scattered  by 
Sherman's  march  to  the  sea  ;  the  sacred  house  of  worship  given  up  to 
negroes;  "the  pulpit,  which  for  more  than  a  century  had  resounded  to 
the  eloquence  of  almost  every  eminent  divine  in  the  land,  now  given 
over,"  he  says,  "  to  howling  dervishes,  who  mouth  and  shout  and  travesty 
Christianity  with  their  demoniac  dances,  monotonous  and  senseless  re- 
frains, and  disgusting  fetichism.'*  His  Southern  blood  boils  at  such  a 
spectacle  ;  "  but  yet,"  he  says,  *'  who  shall  say  that  the  old  Midway  church 
has  existed  for  naught  ?  Indeed,  like  Samson,  she  is  greatest  and  most 
glorious  in  the  hour  of  her  seeming  dissolution.  Her  noble  children  have 
gone  forth,  resolved  to  illustrate  their  spiritual  mother  by  noble  deeds  in 
every  de])artment  of  life,  all  over  this  broad  land.  Her  converts  and  her 
sons  have  leavened  the  country  from  Carolina  to  California." 

Could  there  well  have  been  a  more  striking  prophecy  and  foretaste  of 
the  future  of  Home  Missions  than  the  history  and  work  of  this  early  col- 
ony  afford  ?  And  what  can  be  morvi  pte»^\Vvx\Avi  \.o  \.\\c>s^  w^>«  \w  \.V\ft.  ^Kork, 
than  an  appreciative  study  oi  tV\dr  pTedei:^ssvi\s'  VA^ox^l 


January.  1895  The  Home  Missionary  471 

REVIVED    RELIGIOUS   INTEREST 

Rejoicing  over  Ingatherings. — On  my  late  trip  of  visitation  I 
found  the  Morehead  church  depressed  and  the  members  much  discour- 
aged, but  I  commenced  a  meeting  with  them  on  a  Friday  evening,  and  by 
Sunday  the  church  was  very  much  revived  and  joined  heartily  in  the 
work.  When  I  had  to  leave  on  the  next  Friday  morning,  thirteen  had 
professed  conversion,  several  were  reclaimed  and  strengthened,  and  six 
had  united  with  the  church.  Brother  Pope  came  to  my  relief,  and  I  left 
the  meeting  in  his  hands  while  I  went  on  to  other  places.  At  one  of  th^se 
places,  the  Cross  Roads  in  Polk  County,  last  Sunday  and  Monday,  we 
had  a  blessed  time.  Five  united  with  the  church  as  the  result  of  last 
month's  meeting  there.  In  five  weeks-  I  have  been  at  home  only  two 
whole  days,  and,  of  course,  1  have  had  no  rest.  I  have  traveled  by  private 
conveyance  320  miles  and  by  railroad  150  miles,  preached  thirty-one 
sermons,  and  conducted  four  prayer-meetings  during  the  last  month. 
Christians  have  been  strengthened,  and  thirteen  persons  hopefully  con- 
verted.— North  Carolina. 


Young  People  brought  in. — I  report  six  more  hopeful  conversions. 
On  last  Sunday  evening  an  audience  of  about  150  was  present,  and  much 
interest  was  manifested.  Six  or  eight  young  persons  arose  and  expressed 
their  desire  to  lead  a  Christian  life.  Our  Young  People's  Society  con- 
tinued its  meeting  all  summer,  and  our  Junior  Society  resumed  a  fortnight 
ago.  Some  of  the  new  converts  will  be  cared  for  in  these  societies,  and 
brought  into  the  church  at  our  next  communion,  we  hope. — Maryland. 


Joy  and  Fear. — The  quarter  has  been  one  of  large  spiritual  out- 
pK)uring.  Eight  have  been  hopefully  converted,  a  thing  very  unusual  at 
this  season.  We  have  only  one  thing  to  distress  us,  the  financial  condi- 
tion of  this  section.  What  will  become  of  many  of  the  people  this  winter, 
is  a  question  that  presses  upon  us  all.  The  Lord  only  can  deliver  us. — 
Washinf^ion, 


Twenty-five  Conversions. — The  spiritual  condition  of  my  work  is 
very  good.  We  have  had  revivals  at  all  my  churches  but  one,  and  I  shall 
hold  a  meeting  there  as  soon  as  I  am  able.  I  have  been  ill  for  two  weeks 
and  am  not  well  yet.  I  joyfully  report  twenty-five  hopeful  conversions 
and  twenty  additions  to  the  church  on  confession. — Alabama, 


Young  People  Awakened. — We   have   done   much   personal  work 
among  our  members  to  hold  fa.st  the  ground  already  ^aXtvtd,  ;3ccvC5l  ^x^^-ii.^^ 
the  way  for  harvest     As  a  result,  the  attendance  aX  xVve  ^owx^^  ^i^o^^X^*^ 


472  The  Home  Missionary  January,  1895 

meetings  has  increased,  and  some  have  been  led  to  serious  thoughts 
regardinjj  their  salvation.  Three  weeks  ago  last  evening  we  saw  that 
God  was  with  us  and  had  not  forgotten  to  be  gracious.  About  thirty 
young  people  were  present,  and  at  a  call  from  the  pastor  they  all  went  on 
their  knees  before  (iod  to  implore  his  blessing  and  to  yield  themselves  to 
him.  Several  had  never  before  manifested  a  desire  to  become  Chris- 
tians. We  are  hoping  for  permanent  results  with  the  most,  if  not  all,  of 
them. — South  Dakota. 


Youth  and  Age  Rkjoicing  Together. — We  report  three  members 
received.  All  are  adults,  and  are  proving  themselves  active  and  earnest, 
particularly  one  who  is  a  young  man  and  full  of  the  Holy  Spirit.  Another, 
who  is  a  great-grandmother,  is  as  bright  and  full  of  freshness  of  hope  as 
a  spring  morning.     We  thank  (iod  for  this  encouragement.  — Crf/i/ic^/'/f/Vi. 


A  Month  of  Blessing. — The  past  month  has  been  one  of  blessinj^. 
Some  forty- five  have  professed  conversion,  most  of  whom  will  unite  with 
our  churches.  One  meeting  was  held  at  Crowell,  where  we  hope  to  form 
a  church  organization.  This,  of  course,  1  leave  to  the  pastors,  who  will 
report  as  tiiey  shall  effect  the  organizations.  I  was  glad  to  see  some  old 
soldiers  coming  out. — Nebraska. 

AN    EXPERIENCE   IN    PASTORAL   WORK 

Shortly  after  holding  services  in  n  new  field  for  the  first  time,  last 
summer,  as  1  was  driving  by  a  home  near  the  schoolhouse  where  we  had 
met,  I  felt  impressed  to  call  upon  the  family,  but  seeing  no  one  about  and 
being  somewhat  in  a  hurry,  I  drove  on.  Coniin'g  to  the  schoolhouse  later 
to  attend  another  meeting,  I  learned  that  an  infant  of  a  few  days  had 
(lied  that  morning,  and  that  the  mother  was  dangerously  sick.  So,  after 
a  short  service,  I  drove  to  tlie  house,  and  found  it  was  the  same  familv  I 
had  been  inii)rcssed  to  call  on  before.  A  Catholic  neighbor  and  his  wife 
gave  me  as  kindly  welcome  as  I  could  wish,  the  husband  helping  me  to 
c:ire  for  my  horse,  and  in  answer  to  my  (juestion  as  to  whether  the  sick 
lady  was  a  mf.:niber  of  any  church,  said  that  he  thought  she  belonged  to 
the  Catholic  church  before  she  was  married.  1  hoped  to  get  more  satis- 
factory information  before  going  into  tlie  sick-room  ;  but  not  feeling 
encouraged  by  my  first  impression  of  the  husband  of  the  sick  woman  as 
he  met  me  and  said  that  his  wife  wanted  to  see  me,  I  allowed  myself,  con- 
trary to  my  wish,  to  be  hurried  into  her  presence.  I  found  the  wife  too 
wciik  to  make  any  one  under^vand  \\^t  cy.vi^v'^  Vwix  Kvxs^baud^  or  some  one 
listening  very  clo.scly.     Throu^^\A  \V\m  s\^vl  asVv:<\  \l  \  \i^\MvL^(i  ^tv^  ^^sh'sl 


January,  1895  The  Home  Missionary  473 

the  Lord's  Supper.  This  was  her  first  question,  and  made  me  fear  that 
she  knew  religion  only  as  external  rites,  and  desired  these  sacraments 
because  she  thought  they  were  saving  ordinances,  and  that  if  these  were 
administered  her  mind  might  be  turned  from  the  only  hope  of  salvation 
through  Christ  alone,  by  faith,  to  just  the  visible  tokens  of  the  Christian 
hope.  Feeling  that  it  would  be  unworthy  of  a  Protestant  minister  to  ad- 
minister these  ordinances  as  having  the  saving  efficacy  which  many  Cath- 
olics attribute  to  extreme  unction,  I  tried  to  tell  her  that  these  sacraments 
do  not  save,  and  that  the  Lord  alone  can  save.  Reading  a  few  of  the 
promises,  I  prayed  with  her,  and  left  her  soon,  her  strength  not  allowing 
of  more  than  a  few  words,  but  I  could  not  feel  that  my  course  was  satis- 
factory to  this  poor  woman  who  might  be  dying.  I  asked  myself  whether 
the  outward  symbols  of  Baptism  and  the  Lord's  Supper  might  not  be  the 
means  needed  in  her  case  to  lift  her  eyes  in  faith  to  Christ.  But  I  was  not 
provided  with  a  **  wafer,"  and  if  she  had  known  only  the  Catholic  com- 
munion, ours  would  not  meet  her  expectation,  and  the  difference  might  be 
too  hard  to  explain  to  one  having  so  little  strength,  so  I  thought  it  best  to 
trust  the  Holy  Spirit  to  reveal  to  her  the  light. 

I  learned  afterwards  that  she  was  disappointed  after  she  found  I 
had  gone,  but  did  not  want  the  priest  to  come.  He  was  sent  for,  however, 
by  her  Catholic  friends,  came,  administered  extreme  unction,  and  was 
called  to  hold  the  funeral  services.  As  illustrative  of  his  kind  of  Catho- 
licity, he  refused  to  officiate  at  the  funeral  if  she  was  to-  be  buried  in  the 
Protestant  cemetery,  where  the  grave  had  been  dug,  and  so  another  grave 
was  dug  in  the  farm  of  her  Catholic  brother.  It  is  to  be  hoped,  for  the 
peace  of  the  living  especially,  as  well  as  for  the  true  saving  efficacy  attrib- 
uted to  the  papal  burial  service,  that  the  shadow  of  a  Protestant's  mort- 
gage does  not  rest  on  that  Catholic  farm.  We  may  honor  the  Catholics  for 
keeping  their  sectarianism  outside  of  our  places  of  burial  at  least.  The 
last  resting  place  of  the  worn-out  and  now  useless  tabernacle  of  the  de- 
parted spirit  is  of  less  consequence.  The  heavenly  flight  of  the  saved 
is  not  hindered  by  the  earthly  gravitation  of  a  cemetery. 

I  learned  after  the  funeral,  from  a  friend  of  hers  who  was  a  near  neigh- 
bor, that  this  lady  was  manifestly  one  of  the  saved.  "  She  was  converted 
in  one  of  our  meetings  in  this  schoolhouse.  You  know  she  attended  one 
of  the  first  meetings  you  held  here."  No,  I  said,  I  did  not  know  it  ;  the 
people  were  .strangers  to  me  then.  "  Well,  she  did,  and  she  told  me  that 
after  that  it  seemed  as  if  the  angels  were  right  with  her.  And  when  she 
was  sick  she  told  me  she  was  not  going  to  live.  I  asked  her  if  she  was 
prepared  to  die,  and  she  said  she  was.  And  after  she  was  too  weak  to 
talk,  she  sang  one  of  our  hymns  with  us,  and  she  sang  as  loud  as  I  did." 
I  trust  now  that  she  wished  for  Baptism  and  l\\e  I.otOl's  ^w^"^^^  x\ca.  'Oo.-ixv 
she  might  be  saved,  but  because  she  was  saved,  aud  xVv^t^lvi^^  d^sx^^Cs. 
31 


474  The  Home  Missionary  January.  1895 

these  means  of  fellowship  with  the  Savior,  and  to  bear  witness  to  his 
saving  grace  in  these  his  appointed  ways  in  the  last  act  of  her  life,  realiz- 
ing in  the  valley  of  the  shadow  of  death  the  fulfillment  of  the  promise  in 
the  comfort  of  his  presence.  Doubtless  her  preference  was  for  the  Prot- 
estant form  of  communion,  and  not  the  Catholic,  and  I  am  sorry  not  to 
have  learned  what  that  preference  was  while  she  had  strength  to  speak, 
as  I  might  if  I  had  called  sooner.  But  time  will  not  move  backward; 
people  are  dying  while  we  delay  ;  few  comparatively,  as  far  as  we  know, 
with  the  light  of  a  Christian  hope,  even  in  this  nominally  Christian  land. 
This  is  not  a  new  reflection,  but  its  lack  of  novelty  detracts  nothing  from 
its  truth. 

Three  questions  are  suggested  which,  if  not  newer  than  this,  are  more 
open  to  discussion:  (i)  How  far  should  we  follow  impressions?  (2) 
What  .should  Baptism  and  the  Lord's  Supper  mean,  in  their  fullest  signifi- 
cance, to  Christians  ?  (3)  How  far  may  visible  tokens  be  safely  used  in 
promoting  a  true,  saving  faith  in  Christ  ? 

But  here  is  not  room,  nor  is  this  the  place,  for  discussion,  and  I  leave^ 
as  it  is,  the  simple  narrative  of  an  incident  in  my  pastoral  experience  that 
may  perhaps  have  suggestions  profitable  for  others  as  well  as  for  myself. — 
Rev.  J.  S.  Kidder,  Hetland,  So,  Dak. 


HOW    TO    GET    INTO    TOUCH    WITH    OUR    HOME 

MISSIONARIES 

By  Mrs.  Lillian  C.  Whittlkskv,  Washington,  D.  C. 

[A  paper  read  in  Washing^lon,  I).  C,  at  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Woman's  Home 
Missionary  Union  of  the  New  Jersey  Association.] 

It  was  a  hot  day  in  early  September.  Men,  women,  and  children 
strugjL^led  through  the  iron-railed  passage  and  out  at  the  turnstile  to  the 
broad  platform  with  its  lines  of  trains  impatiently  panting  to  start  on  their' 
long  journeys.  Fifteen  children  in  one  day  coach,  and  every  seat  full, 
when,  just  as  the  brakeman  calls,  "  All  aboard  !  "  a  woman  with  four  chil- 
dren, baskets  and  bundles,  blocks  up  the  aisle.  She  crowds  down  be- 
side a  lady  who  reluctantly  moves  her  satchel  and  books.  Two  of  the 
children  squeeze  in  also,  one  very  cross  and  crying,  neither  very  clean. 
Hidden  in  the  mother's  cape  is  an  eight-wx*eks-old  baby,  the  most  com- 
l)osed  and  contented  member  of  the  party. 

Mrs.  Carlisle  Salisbury,  with  books  and  satchel   piled  upon  her  lap, . 

stares  out  of  the  car  window  al  C\V\e'Av;o  ">  mo\\<o\owows  '=.viburbs  till  the  con-  ■ 

ductor  comes  along.    Then  she  asVs  -.  ^^  Wonn  w\^v\^'  v^v^v^^  ^v^  >S^^  vss.N^'sJ^ic^ 


January,  1895  The  Home  Missionary  475 

put  into  one  seat  ?  **  "  One  for  every  ticket,  nia*am.  This  lady  here  " 
(looking  at  the  other  one)  **  has  one  ticket  and  two  halves — halves  are 
down  by  the  door.**  "  I  am  very  sorry  to  crowd  you  so,"  timidly  says 
Mrs.  Charley  Cook,  "  but  children  have  to  have  so  much  lunch  ;  then  there 
are  the  baby's  things.  Claude  might  sit  with  Lottie,  but  he  won't  ;  the 
children  all  want  to  hang  on  to  me.  We  traveled  all  day  yesterday  and 
last  night,  and  will  have  to  be  on  the  cars  to-night." 

Mrs.  Salisbury  had  not  a  heart  of  stone,  and  soon  became  interested. 
She  hung  her  bag  on  a  hook,  gave  up  all  the  floor  space  she  could,  dried 
Claude's  tears  by  holding  him  so  that  he  could  look  out  of  the  car  window, 
and  forgot  her  books  in  this  story  of  life — very  active  animal  life  on  the 
part  of  the  children,  very  patient  practical  life  on  the  part  of  the  mother. 
It  was  a  story  too  common  this  year,  of  the  drought  that  had  burned  and 
blasted  all  their  living  for  the  winter.  **  He  "  had  stayed  behind  to  get 
what  he  could  for  the  stock,  and  she  was  making  her  way  to  her  old  home 
in  Pennsylvania  for  an  indefinite  stay.  The  children  were  not  all  hers  ;  two 
were  the  minister's.  Rev.  Mr.  Curtis  and  his  wife  would  not  desert  their 
flock  at  such  a  crisis,  and  were  sending  their  boy  and  girl  to  the  wife's 
parents  under  the  friendly  care  of  this  parishioner.  She  was  a  good 
guardian,  distributing  at  frequent  intervals  bread  and  butter  with  a  liberal 
allowance  of  sugar  on  it,  and  letting  them  trot  down  the  aisle  with  the 
bright  tin  cup,  for  a  drink,  in  regular  order.  Her  generous  lunch  basket 
was  passed  over  to  a  party  who  hungrily  said  that  she  had  forgotten  to 
bring  any  for  her  family  ;  and  when,  in  return,  the  suggestion  was  made 
that  **them  children  on  the  other  side  had  whooping-cough,"  the  minis- 
ter's children  were  first  warned  of  danger,  then  her  own  put  in  a  place 
3f  safety,  so  far  as  the  now  partially  empty  car  allowed. 

Mrs.  Cook  talked  a  good  deal  of  the  little  church  she  was  leaving,  of 
the  help  that  the  minister  had  been  during  this  hot,  disappointing  summer. 
'*  He  "  never  would  have  stood  it  if  the  minister  had  not  talked  so  good, 
ind  prayed  with  us  when  we  found  that  we  must  give  up  the  place  and 
:ome  away,  and  so  on  and  so  on — details  of  a  narrow,  homely  life  through 
ivhich  a  bright  cord  of  unselfishness  ran  that  seemed  to  have  been  woven 
into  it  by  the  hands  of  the  minister  and  his  wife. 

Mrs.  Salisbury,  partly  from  curiosity,  made  a  few  polite  inquiries  about 
:he  Curtises.  "  Had  he  a  large  church  ?  "  Twenty-three  members  ;  they 
iad  the  new  building  all  boarded  in  when  the  hard  times  began.  Mr. 
Curtis  worked  with  the  other  men  shingling  the  roof.  There  were  no 
loors,  no  doors  nor  windows,  but  they  had  put  long  boards  on  blocks  for 
;eatSy  and  Mr.  Curtis  used  a  dry-goods  box  for  a  pulpit.  They  had  had 
iuch  good  meetings  !  They  would  have  to  stop  when  cold  weather  came, 
'or  they  could  not  finish  the  building. 

''Was  there  a  parsonage .? "     Oh,  dear,  no  ;  l\\e  Cums^s  \\n^^  \\^  ii. 


476  The  Home  Missionary  January.  1895 

"shack,"  with  two  rooms,  and  a  loft  reached  by  a  ladder.  Yet  this  home 
was  better  than  some  of  those  about,  and  was  general  dispensary,  minis- 
terial hotel,  and  social  and  committee  room  for  two  counties. 

"  Do  you  have  committees  and  societies  out  there  ?  "  Oh,  yes ;  we  have 
a  missionary  society,  and  divide  equally  between  home  and  foreign.  Last 
year  it  was  only  three  dollars  and  fifty-five  cents  for  each  one,  and  this 
year  it  won't  be  any  more  ;  but  so  much  has  been  done  for  us,  we  like  to 
give  a  little  ourselves.  Mr.  Curtis  was  helped  out  wonderfully  last  spring 
by  a  bo-x  he  got  from  New  Jersey  somewhere,  full  of  clothes  for  the  whole 
family.  He  used  to  live  near  New  York,  and  when  he  finished  college 
and  Yale  Seminary  they  wanted  him  to  play  the  organ  and  be  an  assist- 
ant in  a  big  church  in  Brooklyn  ;  but  he  said  that  he  wanted  to  come  West, 
where  he  was  more  needed.  He  has  been  in  our  State  fifteen  years,  and 
he  says  that  he  hopes  to  stay  there  as  long  as  he  lives.  His  wife  feels 
just  the  same  way.  He  doesn't  have  any  organ  to  play,  but  he  teaches 
our  young  people  to  sing,  and  they  don't  forget  him  when  they  go  to  the 
big  cities  or  take  to  mining  out  on  the  coast. 

Mrs.  Carlisle  Salisbury  rode  in  the  passenger  coach  not  to  save  money, 
or  for  fear  of  a  Pullman  strike,  but  because  she  fancied  there  was  more 
air  there,  and  she  liked  the  variety.  To-day  she  had  had  enough  of  both, 
and  was  very  glad  that  she  had  telegraphed  ahead  for  a  section  in  the 
sleeper  for  the  night.  It  was  the  last  one  to  be  secured,  as  travel  was 
very  heavy. 

*^  Well,  good-by,  little  children,"  she  said  as  the  train  neared  Colum- 
bus. *'  I  hope  you  will  sleep  ;  those  turned-over  seats  make  very  good 
beds  for  little  folks."  '*  C'hange  cars  for  Pittsburg  ;  all  out  of  this  carat 
next  station,"  shouted  the  brakeman.  "  Why,  I  thought  we  went  through 
in  this  car.  I  won't  get  so  well  fi.xed  in  any  other,  and  I  can't  put  on 
these  children's  thini^s  and  get  everything  together  to  go  out-doors  in  two 
minutes."  For  once  Mrs.  (look's  placidity  was  shattered.  A  sudden  idea 
came  to  Mrs.  Salisbury.  *'  Here" — picking  up  a  baby,  a  basket,  and  a 
bundle  — "  just  come  with  me."  Before  the  Cooks  and  Curtises  could  say 
a  word,  they  were  handed  over  to  the  Pullman  conductor,  with  rather 
l)eremptory  orders  to  put  tb.em  in  SectK)n  cS  and  look  after  them. 

As  Mrs.  Salisbury  trird  to  And  a  pillow  on  the  hard  arm  of  the  day 
coach  that  night,  her  thoughts  were  not  of  the  first  experiences  of  her 
Nebraska  friends  in  a  sleei)ing-car,  or  of  the  dismay  of  the  other  passen- 
*;ers  at  such  an  invasion.  She  was  thinking  of  that  Home  Missionary  and 
his  wite  who  were  sending  their  children  miles  and  miles  away  while  they 
.stayed  by  their  wi^rk.  "  I  sh-nild  like  to  help  those  people,'*  she  said, 
:i]m(.st  aloud, 

.\  few  diivs  later,  silling  \u  Vict  \^e\\  'u\  v:\\v\\cV.\N\\VV\\'^:axv^^xvdchil^ 
drcn  beside  her,  she  heard  the  \yasXoT  'am^vA^^^cvl  vV^  ^^^>^'2\xsv^^>:Y^^siV>^^ 


January.  189S  The  Home  Missionary  477 

Ladies'  Home  Missionary  Society,  and  urge  all  the  ladies  to  come.  Mrs. 
Salisbury  accepted  the  invitation  ;  the  ladies  seized  upon  her  as  a  new 
element  to  be  worked  in,  and  elected  her  secretary.  The  books  and  file 
of  letters  were  promptly  sent  her  by  the  retiring  officer,  and  sitting  before 
her  open  fire,  the  new  secretary  spent  several  hours  perusing  a  class  of 
literature  entirely  new  to  her.  There  were  records  of  meetings  covering 
a  series  of  years,  a  constitution  signed  by  hands  long  ago  folded  in  the 
dreamless  sleep,  and  by  others  still  busy  in  the  Master's  service.  And 
there  were  letters  written  from  the  crowded  offices  at  the  Bible  House, 
and  from  missionaries  out  on  the  boundless  prairie.  There  were  short 
statements  of  barest  needs,  and  long  accounts  of  hopeful  work.  One  let- 
ter, written  in  a  sod  house,  had  become  grimy  from  being  carried  for  days 
in  a  pocket  barren  of  the  two  cents  with  which  to  mail  it.  A  mother  told 
of  her  struggles  to  educate  the  boys  that  they  might  become  missionaries 
like  their  father.  There  were  some  pictures  of  children,  a  pen-and-ink 
sketch  of  a  parsonage  that  had  become  too  small  for  the  ever-increasing 
family,  and  a  photograph  of  a  church  in  Southern  California.  There  were 
letters  of  acknowledgment,  in  some  of  which  the  gratitude  was  purer  than 
the  English  ;  some  signed  by  each  member  of  the  family ;  among  them  a 
letter  from  Mr.  Curtis,  dated  Cook's  Corners,  Nebraska.  "  So  it  is  this 
society  that  sent  the  box  to  that  man,"  said  Mrs.  Salisbury.  "  I  thought  the 
little  girl's  dress  looked  familiar.  It  must  have  been  one  that  was  my 
Dorothy's.  I  remember  now  one  of  the  ladies  asked  me  for  some  of  her 
outgrown  dresses  last  spring,  but  I  had  not  the  least  idea  what  became  of 
them.  I  might  have  done  so  much  more,  had  I  known.  I  am  going^to 
take  that  gray-green  magazine  and  find  out  about  these  Home  Mission- 
aries, and  dp  everything  I  can  for  them." 

It  is  safe  to  leave  Mrs.  Carlisle  Salisbury.  She  is  not  only  '*  in  touch  " 
with  Home  Missions  ;  she  has  taken  hold.  I  think  there  are  no  absolute, 
dogmatic  rules  for  obtaining  knowledge  that  is  worth  anything.  If  we 
want  to  understand  birds  or  flowers  we  study  them— from  books  somewhat, 
far  better  from  watching  and  caring  for  them.  And  this  sort  of  interest 
is  reflected  from  ourselves  ;  we  become  like  what  we  study.  Not  that  the 
true  ornithologist  or.  botanist  becomes  a  bird  or  a  flower,  but  some  of  the 
bird's  industry  and  gladne.ss,  some  of  the  flower's  beauty  and  sweetness, 
comes  into  his  life  and  shines  out  from  it.  The  true  wav  to  come  into  touch 
with  Home  Missionaries  is  to  he  a  Home  .Missionary  ;  to  become  so  inter- 
ested and  fascinated  by  unselfishness,  as  shown  in  the  lives  of  those  who 
leave  comfort  for  hardness  that  they  may  win  some  to  the  Master  of  all 
good,  that  we  too  shall  find  our  greatest  joy  in  doing  for  others. 

[Mrs.  Salisburys  are  all  about  us,  ready  to  work  when  they  know  the 
facts.     There  are  always  Curtis  families  ncedu^v^  V\Q:\\i,     Ow^  v5\vy:lv:^.  'A 
this  magazine  is  to  bring  the  two  parties  togclVitt.— ^v^.\ 


478  The  Home  Missionary  January,  1895 

A  SACRED  GOLDEN  OFFERING 

My  early  morning  thought  was,  "  What  special  thing  can  I  do  for  Christ 
to-day  ?  "  While  engaged  in  household  work  this  came  to  me  :  Among 
some  cherished  treasures  left  by  my  darling  child,  whose  tenth  heavenly 
birthday  occurred  last  Sabbath,  there  are  some  gold  pieces.  These  I  send 
to  you,  hoping  that  our  Master  will  through  you  permit  the  sacred  offer- 
ing to  send  at  least  one  ray  of  light  into  some  dark  comer  of  our  land. 
The  dear  boy  in  whose  name  I  send  this  offering  was  a  great  sufferer, 
and  could  at  times  scarcely  endure  the  pain  until  reminded  of  Christ's 
sufferings.  This  thought  gave  him  strength  to  bear  the  intense  pain 
patiently.  And  now  I  send  these  bits  of  gold  as  an  answer  to  my  morning 
prayer. — A  Boston  Woman. 


ITEMS   FROM   THE   FIELD 

Church  Buildino  Xkeded. — Last  evening  our  church  building  was 
crowded  to  the  door  ;  but  let  it  be  remembered  that  the  house  is  simply 
a  cottage  without  partitions,  and  a  hundred  persons  will  crowd  it.  Con- 
sider too  that  our  ceiling  is  very  low,  and  that  the  house  is  lighted  by 
three  large  lamps,  which  give  out  almost  as  much  heat  as  so  many  stoves, 
and  you  will  understand  why  I  am  surprised  that  the  congregation  has 
kept  up  so  well.  If  we  had  a  church  building  I  doubt  not  the  congrega- 
tion would  increase  fifty  per  cent,  at  once.  1  trust  we  may  get  one  by 
and  by,  though  I  do  not  see  just  how.  Half  the  church  is  made  up  o\ 
young  people,  and  everything  is  moving  nicely. — Missouri. 


Four   Rainlkss   Months. --The  drought   has  been  the  worst  er^^ 
known  here,  there  being  not  one  heavy  shower  or  its  equivalent  for  fo 
months,  and  the  winds  being  worse  than  ever  known  here.     Some  of  o 
jieople  are  market  gardeners  and  have  not  had  a  quarter  of  a  crop.     V. 
own  garden,  which  promised  abundance  in  June,  did  not  give  us  the  vali- 
01"  the  seed.     For  the  l.ist  two  weeks  we  have  had  two  or  three  shower 
and  we  now,  in  October,  see  some  signs  of  green  grass,  but  too  late  eve 
for  the  pastures.     It  is  probably  as  bad  in  this  county  as  in  any  place  i 
the  State,  because  our  soil  is  light  and  needs  frequent  rains.     We  have  i 
this  village  no  protection  from  fires,  and  hence  did  not  dare  to  leave  o 
homes  nuich  during  the  summer.     It  has  been  just  simply  holding  on  t- 
what  is  left,  and  trying  to  keep  up  the  courage  of  the  people. — AlinncsotCm^ 


MoDKRS  SrpKRsrrnoN.-  A  swCV  \.\\\\v^  Xvaw^iw^^X  \>cv  Q>v3.t  town  only 
few  days  ago.     It  was  announced  vw  v\\vt  ^>\vxno\\\c  v:.^\Vvi\\^  0\>\\^\i  Siwa 


January,  1895  The  Home  Missionary  479 

there  would  be  a  confirmation  by  the  bishop.  Everybody  was  urged, 
under  penalty  of  losing  life  eternal,  to  be  confirmed.  Crowds  came  to 
town  to  receive  the  sacrament,  and  because  the  saloons  are  lawfully  closed 
on  the  Sabbath,  the  church  society,  the  day  before,  ordered  liquor  in  all 
forms  into  their  hall  where  the  thirsty  could  be  refreshed.  After  the  usual 
marching  and  disturbing  the  Sabbath's  peace,  the  crowds  went  home. 
Their  self-righteousness  was  satisfied,  while  in  reality  they  were  farther 
from  heaven  than  before  they  came.  Whose  fault  was  it  ?  I  spoke  with 
a  good  many,  and  they  did  not  even  know  the  meaning  of  the  ceremony. 
Who  will  one  day  answer  for  this  crowd  ?  An  experience  like  this  burns 
like  a  fire  in  me,  and  I  feel  like  crying  out :  Who  will  have  mercy  upon 
these  people  ? — Pennsylvania, 


Hard  up  for  a  Wedding  Garment. — While  away  from  home  in 
vacation  I  visited  a  place  from  which  missionary  aid  had  been  withdrawn 
for  lack  of  funds,  and  for  months  had  heard  no  Gospel  preaching.  Malice, 
envy,  and  backbiting  were  rife  in  the  community.  The  young  people  were 
growing  up  without  God  or  any  high  aim  in  life,  and  their  condition  was 
deplorable.  On  request  I  married  a  couple  there,  and  every  article  of 
clothing  the  groom  wore  was  borrowed.  It  was  with  some  difficulty  that 
he  found  a  white  shirt,  but  he  finally  procured  one  that  had  a  piece  taken 
out  for  a  mustard  plaster.  Yet  these  people  listened  attentively  when  the 
truth  was  kindly  presented.  1  preached  on  the  foolishness  and  sinfulness 
of  cherishing  ill  feeling,  and  the  next  day  two  near  neighbors,  who  had 
not  spoken  to  each  other  for  months,  met  and  in  a  Christian  way  settled 
their  difficulties.  What  a  grand  opportunity  for  one  to  go  in  the  spirit  of 
Christ  and  gather  souls  to  His  kingdom  ! — California. 


Short  CoNTRinuTioNs. — The  State  Association  at  Austin  was  one  of 
the  best  we  ever  had.  But  all  hearts  were  made  sad  by  the  report  of  only 
$6,000  raised  for  Home  Missions  in  the  State,  and  the  cutting  off  of 
all  new  work.  The  fact  that  a  much  larger  sum,  but  none  too  large, 
had  been  raised  for  foreign  work,  is  evidence  that  there  is  money  for  the 
Lord's  work  in  this  State.  Why  can  we  not  get  it  for  our  destitute  fields  ? 
We  are  hoping  and  praying  for  better  days  and  more  cheerful  reports  for 
the  remainder  of  the  year. — Minnesota. 


Fearing  Infant  Brain  Trouble. — The  average  spiritual  life  in  our 
little  church  has  been  better  than  ever  before,  and  promises  well  for  the 
future.  We  have  added  only  six  to  our  membership,  but  others  have  been 
convicted  and  some  1  hope  converted.  Our  Sunday-school  has  good 
cause  ioT  thanksgiving  in  its  fair  attendance  and  ettee\A\^  ^^\x\\.w^  >^<5\V. 
TJje  children  Jove  to  come,  entreating  their  patents  \.o  ^etm\\.  xXv^xc^.  \i\\fc^ 


480  The  Home  Missionary  January.  1895 

kept  away  for  trivial  reasons.  The  little  ones  go  home  and  talk  to  their 
mothers  and  fathers  about  the  Lord,  and  their  infant  testimony  has  been 
graciously  used  by  Him.  This  has  led  some  parents  to  prevent  their  com- 
ing, on  the  plea  that  they  were  "  fearful  of  brain  trouble,"  as  the  little  tots 
**took  it  so  to  heart."  We  are  planning  for  our  Army  Rally  in  connection 
with  our  Christmas  exercises. —  Texas, 


"These  Hands  Ministkrkd  unto  my  Necessities." — I  have  done 
no  little  work  with  my  hands  during  the  quarter.  Three  days  I  dug  pota- 
toes for  a  farmer,  taking  my  pay  in  potatoes,  as  the  crop  on  the  parsonage 
lot  was  a  total  failure.  The  potato  crop  has  been  harvested,  and  has 
proved  even  lighter  than  was  feared.  Several  farmers  have  told  me  their 
yield  was  less  than  the  seed  planted.  May  our  loving  Father  mitigate  the 
rigors  of  the  wintry  season  in  mercy  to  the  straitened  people  among 
whom  there  else  will  be  much  hardship.  For  ourselves  we  do  not  lose 
courage,  or  faith  in  the  promises.  Our  people  will  share  their  limited 
resources  with  us,  and  we  will  share  their  shortage  with  them.  Upon  the 
Missionary  Society  will  be  our  chief  dependence  for  procuring  our  daily 
bread,  and  we  have  a  loving  promise  of  help  from  the  ladies  of  an  Eastern 
church  in  clothing  the  children.  With  these  outside  helps,  and  by  dint 
of  close  economy,  we  think  we  can  see  our  way  through. — Mifwesota, 


Work  of  a  Centiprde. — There  are  several  inviting  country  fields 
that  1  am  preparing  to  take  up,  but  I  have  been  suffering  for  some  months 
by  reason  of  a  centi])edc  wound  over  my  heart,  which  came  near  being 
fatal,  the  result  of  goini,^  to  the  river  to  baptize  some  persons  who  pre- 
ferred immersion.  We  have  been  much  affected  by  drought.  Many  of 
the  people,  and,  possibly,  some  of  our  members,  will  suffer  this  winter. 
Hut  while  this  is  true,  there  is  a  bright  side  to  the  picture.  The  people 
love  to  hear  the  (lospel,  and  wiiile  their  clothes  wear  out  I  trust  grace  will 
wear  in.  No  work  here  is  more  important  than  the  establishment  of 
Sabbath-schools  for  the  children.  Thank  Ood  that  I  am  counted  worthy 
to  endure  for  His  name. — Oklahoma, 


C'oxoRi.<iATi()XAL  LiTKRATURK  XiiDFi). — Thc  polity  of  the  Congrc- 
t^ational  Church  is  new  in  this  part  of  the  vineyard  to  a  great  extent.    The 
people  have  not  been  taui^ht  as  to  our  church  government,  but  when  they 
see  into  what  it  is,  they  fall   in   love  with  our  church.     We  need  a  vast 
amount  of  Conij^rejj^ational  literature  circulated  in  this  section  to  go  with 
the  Ihble,  which  is  full  of  our  doc^trines  as  Christ  gave  them.     We  report:- 
four  liopcfii]  conversions,  aud  ^ovu  ivvXdvid  Vv^  \V\^  cUvvvcU  on  confession,  witl* 
three  bv  letter.  —  GiO?xia. 


January,  1895  The  Home  Missionary  481 

NOTES   OF   LONG  SERVICE   IN   COLORADO 

By  Rev.  Roselle  T.  Cross,  York,  Neb. 

I. — The  New  Field 

The  day  after  his  arrival  your  missionary  engaged  a  house,  moved 
in  his  goods,  which  had  arrived  some  time  before,  bought  some  furniture 
at  a  second-hand  store,  and  on  Monday  was  keeping  house  again.  On 
Sunday  there  was  no  service  in  one  or  two  of  the  other  churches,  and, 
hence,  an  unusually  large  congregation,  seventy-five  in  all,  gathered  to 
hear  the  new  minister,  who  gave  in  his  first  sermon  what  he  desired  should 
be  the  keynote  of  his  ministry,  a  missionary  discourse  from  the  text, 
**  What,  could  ye  not  watch  with  me  one  hour  ? "  In  the  evening  there 
was  no  service  except  a  prayer-meeting  in  behalf  of  the  college. 

The  missionary  began  to  study  his  new  field.  The  place  had  about 
2,000  inhabitants.  It  had,  indeed,  been  losing  population  the  previous 
year,  and  there  were  many  empty  houses,  but  it  was  only  the  reaction 
from  the  first  building  excitement.  Every  Western  town  has  such  a  reac- 
tion sooner  or  later.  It  had  been  just  dwe  years  since  the  town  was  an 
unsettled  portion  of  the  plains,  over  which  buffaloes  roamed  and  Indians 
hunted.  An  ambitious  narrow-gauge  railroad  was  pushing  southward 
from  Denver  into  a  wild  and  almost  uninhabited  region.  Its  promoters 
had  to  start  towns  in*  order  to  make  business.  They  had  located  this 
town,  and  extensively  advertised  it.  But  its  best  advertisement  was  the 
fact  that  it  was  "a  temperance  town."  In  the  deed  of  every  lot  sold  was 
a  proviso — afterwards  sustained  by  the  United  States  Supreme  Court — 
that  the  land  should  revert  to  the  original  owners  if  liquor,  as'a  beverage, 
was  ever  sold  on  it.  Although  now  a  city  of  13,000,  it  is,  in  its  twenty- 
second  year,  a  place  that  never  has  known  the  open  saloon,  except  possibly 
for  a  very  short  time  when  it  was  first  started. 

The  town  was  near  the  foot  of  a  great  mountain  pass,  over  which,  be- 
fore the  railroads  entered  the  mountains,  an  almost  continuous  procession 
of  freight  wagons  carried  supplies  from  the  railroad  to  a  vast  mining 
region,  and  brought  back  ore  from  the  mines.  It  was  five  miles  to  the 
mountains,  which,  when  one  was  not  looking  directly  at  them,  often  gave 
the  impression  of  being  a  huge  black  cloud  in  the  west.  To  the  north, 
south,  and  east  on  the  plains  there  was  a  large  stock-raising  interest  which 
centred  at  the  place.  Some  noted  mineral  springs  were  five  miles  away 
in  the  foot-hills,  and  these,  with  the  general  healthfulness  of  the  climate. 
drew  many  invalids  thither. 

The  scenery,  too,  was  very  •attractive.     Within  ten  miles,  in   different 
directions,  over  hard  gravel  roads,  was  such  a  coiyv\V\\v.v\!\ot\  o\  o.-ao^cycvs^  vlvnsn- 
cades,  and  waterfalls,  parks  and  mountain  vaUeys,  pTee\\)\ce.^  ^xv^  ^^sx^i 


482  The  Home  Missionary  January,  1895 

rocks,  mineral  springs  and  caves,  as  is  perhaps  found  in  no  other  one  spot 
in  the  world,  'i'he  pastor's  study  looked  out  upon  many  of  these.  This 
remarkable  scenery  brought  many  tourists  every  year,  an  ever-increasing 
number  as  the  years  went  by. 

The  town  itself  was  beautifully  and  regularly  laid  out  on  a  gravel 
plateau  that  was  perfectly  level,  except  that  it  had  a  gentle  slope  to  the 
south.  This  allowed  water  to  run  in  the  irrigation  ditches  on  each  side  of 
every  street,  and  kept  alive  the  Cottonwood  trees  that  had  been  set  out  on 
all  the  streets. 

The  days  through  the  fall  and  winter  were  mostly  sunny  and  warm, 
while  the  nights  were  cool.  For  two  whole  years  the  sun  did  not  fail  to 
put  in  an  appearance  every  day,  and  even  in  March  were  counted  twenty- 
four  days  so  pleasant  that  on  them  people  could  go  to  the  mountains  on 
picnic  excursions.  All  beautiful  climates,  however,  seem  to  have  a  great 
deal  of  exceptional  weather,  and  occasionally  there  would  come  swooping 
down  from  the  mountains,  or  off  from  the  plains,  fearful  storms  of  rain  or 
snow,  of  wind,  thunder  and  lightning.  Sometimes  a  dust  storm  would 
rage  for  a  day  or  two,  sifting  fine  dust  over  everything  within  the  house, 
scratching  window-panes  and  cutting  faces  with  the  gravel,  and  piling 
drifts  of  sand  in  front  yards.  But  these  were  only  occasional,  and  hard 
storms  were  rather  welcome,  to  break  the  monotony  of  weeks  and  months 
of  constant  sunshine. 

There  was  something  almost  intoxicating  in  tHe  ozone  of  the  air  at 
that  altitude  of  6,000  feet  above  the  sea.  People  had  to  guard  against  the 
danger  of  overwork.  The  missionary  felt  much  of  the  time  as  though  he 
wanted  to  run  and  jump  over  a  fence,  and  two  steps  at  a  time  became  his 
normal  method  of  <j:oing  upstairs. 

He  made  it  a  rule  to  like  any  place  where  the  Lord  called  him  to  work, 
and  he  had  come  with  his  mind  made  up  to  like  this  place  and  this  people. 
When  he  came  to  know  the  people,  and  to  realize  what  the  climate  and 
scenery  were,  he  said  emphatically  :  '*  There  is  no  pleasantcr  place  than 
this  to  live  in,  in  all  our  country.  Surely  the  lines  are  fallen  unto  me  in 
pleasant  places  " 

There  were,  however,  loo  many  (luirches  in  the  place — eight  or  nine 
in  all-  and  it  was  with  an  uneasy  feelini^  that  the  new  pastor  learned  that 
the  one  which  he  was  to  serve  was  the  latest  one  organized.  It  had  a 
reas(^n.  however,  for  being.  Two  and  a  half  years  before,  the  six  (Congre- 
gational churches  in  the  Territory,  only  two  of  them  being  self-supporting, 
true  to  the  traditions  of  their  denomination,  hatl  organized  a  college,  and 
located  it  at  that  place.  That  necessitated  a  church  for  the  future,  and 
one  was  started  the  same  year.  When  the  town  had  increased  its  popu- 
lation  nmny-fokl,  all  the  churcVes  Wciwv.v:  sVxv^\v;l,  AVivK  wvLAlthy. 

Jt  was  seventy-live  ml\js  lo  \.\^e  ucatcsV  v\\w\v:X\  vA  W\^'=.^^^VvcA  ww>iw«?r 


January,  1895  The  Home  Missionary  483 

north  ;  on  the  east  and  west  it  was  many  hundred  miles ;  while,  south- 
ward, one  would  go  nearly  round  the  world  before  finding  another  such 
church,  and  when  found  it  would  be  at  Cheyenne,  180  miles  north. 

There  were  three  invalid  or  aged  ministers  in  the  church,  besides  a 
returned  medical  missionary  and  his  wife.  That  same  week  another  min- 
ister, who  had  come  to  see  if  he  could  revive  the  almost  dead  college, 
arrived  in  town,  bringing  with  him  a  college  professor  who,  with  the  new 
principal  of  the  public  schools,  who  came  about  the  same  time,  proved  to 
be  good  church  workers,  and  were  afterward  elected  deacons.  So  the 
church  took  on  new  life  and  courage. 

Some  of  the  people  feared  that  the  sad  experiences  of  his  journey 
would  discourage  the  new  pastor — for  in  the  course  of  it  he  and  his  wife 
had  stood  by  the  dying  bed  of  her  mother  and  had  buried  two  of  their 
three  children — but  at  the  first  prayer-meeting  their  fears  were  set  at 
rest,  when  he  told  them  that  he  and  his  wife  looked  upon  their  trials  as 
simply  a  preparation  which  God  saw  it  was  necessary  for  them  to  pass 
through  to  prepare  them  for  their  work  in  Colorado,  and  that  his  heart 
was  constantly  crying  out  for  the  only  comfort  that  would  satisfy  him : 
the  privilege  of  seeing  souls  converted,  the  church  built  up,  and  the 
Lord's  work  prospered. 

As  soon  as  he  could  get  the  time  he  started  out  to  look  up  the  people 
and  see  them  in  their  own  homes,  not  waiting,  as  Eastern  pastors  some- 
times must,  for  a  deacon  to  go  round  and  introduce  him.  He  was  out 
calling  one  day  when  a  deacon,  the  depths  of  whose  spirituality  he  had 
not  yet  had  an  opportunity  to  sound,  overtook  him  and  asked  him  to  ride. 
The  pastor  supposed  that  a  deacon  would,  of  course,  be  interested  in  the 
spiritual  welfare  of  the  church  and  desire  to  see  the  Lord's  work  revived. 
Some  remark  was  made  to  him  about  the  work.     **  Well,"  said  the  deacon 

in  reply,  "what   we  greatly  need    here  in  this  place  is  a  revival " 

**  Good  !  "  thought  the  pastor  to  himself,  "  here  is  a  man  who  longs  for  a 
revival.  I  am  so  glad  to  find  such  a  deacon  I "  But  when  the  deacon 
finished  his  sentence — "a  revival  of  business  .so  that  the  town  will  boom 
again,"  the  pastor's  heart  sank  within  him,  and  his  hope  of  spiritual 
help  from  that  deacon  fell  below  zero.  It  was  not  so  bad,  however,  as  it 
was  with  the  minister  in  a  certain  mining  town,  who  had  to  postpone  his 
communion  to  the  Sunday  evening  service  because  his  deacons  were  at 
work  in  the  mines  all  day  Sunday. 

A  few  days  after  the  pastor  was  settled  in  his  new  home,  he  heard  one 
evening  the  cry  of  fire.  He  responded,  with  others,  and  for  a  few  hours 
worked  very  hard  in  carrying  furniture  out  of  buildings  that  were  in  the 
path  of  the  fire.  It  was  in  the  bu.^^iness  part  of  the  town,  and  twenty-five 
stores  and  dwellings  were  burned.  A  ^uu  slote  nna.^  XivxTtv^^.-a-xA^V^^ 
the  flames  reached  the  cartridges  ^n^  Ihey  be^aw  \o  ^^Tj\oCi^  ^^^  ^^'^^ 


484  The  Home  -Missionary  January,  1895 

bullets  in   every  direction,  there  was  a  lively  scampering  among  the 
bystanders  to  reach  a  place  of  safety. 


THAT  WONDERFUL  FUR  COAT 

I  AM  very  glad  to  learn  that  it  was  through  your  kind  forethought  that 
Dr.  M.'s  coat  became  mine.  I  did  not  see  how  he  had  come  to  know  my 
wants,  yet  I  surmised  that  the  New  York  office  had  brought  it  about. 
Please  accept  my  hearty  thanks.  It  is  a  great  help  and  inspiration  in  this 
work  to  experience  in  such  practical  ways  the  sympathy  and  kindness 
of  our  brethren. 

1  could  not  have  been  more  surprised  if  the  coat  had  come  down  from 
the  skies,  directly.  It  is  a  garment  such  as  1  never  dreamed  of  possess- 
ing. I  have  worn  it  now  on  my  recent  journey,  a  two  weeks*  tour  through 
the  north  part  of  the  State,  and  oh,  what  a  strange  sensation  it  has  been 
to  feel  its  warm  comfort  enwrapping  me  !  Almost  every  man  1  have  met 
has  had  some  remarks  to  make  upon  the  garment  :  "  Where  did  you  get 
that  coat  ? "  or,  **  Oh,  my,  what  a  coat  you've  got !  "  **  What  kind  of  fur 
is  it  ?"  *'  What  did  you  pay  for  it  ?  "  etc.,  etc.  1  have  been  quite  be- 
wildered about  it,  myself,  and  felt  at  last  as  if  1  needed  to  apologize  to 
every  man  I  met  for  wearing  it.  I  had,  however,  a  safe  retreat,  for  to 
every  question  I  simply  said  1  got  it  from  a  friend  in  the  East. 

It  is,  1  suppose,  quite  natural  that  some  should  be  a  little  perplexed 
at  seeing  me  in  such  a  costly  wrapping.  Looking  at  the  coat,  they  might 
take  me  for  a  millionaire  ;  but,  ah,  me  !  looking  at  my  head  and  my  feet, 
they  would  easily  recognize  the  poor  missionary — a  felt  hat,  three-quar- 
ters of  the  brim  torn  off,  and  a  hole  an  inch  and  a  half  in  diameter  at  the 
top.  And  at  the  other  end,  a  pair  of  legs  hanging  out  of  trousers  that 
havcbccn  trimmed  and  trimmed  of  their  ragged  superfluity  until  they  seem 
to  disappear  enlirely,  for  very  shame.  No  wonder  people  were  startled 
at  such  a  middle  and  such  extremities  ! 

Pardon  me  for  !)ranching  out  in  this  dithyrambus  on  the  coat.  But 
the  fa(^t  is,  il  is  a  new  revelation  in  my  life,  a  veritable  Carlylian  **  fact," 
to  be  stared  at  in  mute  wonderment  and  admiration. — South  Dakota. 

ANNUAL    CONFERENCE   OF   SECRETARIES 

7///;  (V>/)fcren(c  of  SeereVivnes  ul  SvaVvi  Wmwvt  NVves'^.vvNuarY  Societies 
HuxiJinry  to  the  Congregatumai  Home  ^Vx'^sxowaxn  ^Sv^^\^\>5  ^^tvm^w^^  \ss^ 


January,  1895  The  Home  Missionary  485 

its  twenty-second  annual  meeting  at  the  Congregational  House,  Boston, 
Mass.,  at  9  a.m.,  Tuesday,  October  30,  1894. 

Present:  Rev.  Jonathan  E.  Adams,  Secretary  of  the  Maine  Missionary 
Society  ;  Rev.  Alfred  T.  Hillman,  Secretary  of  the  New  Hampshire  Home 
Missionary  Society  ;  Rev.  Charles  H.  Merrill,  Secretary  of  the  Vermont 
Domestic  Missionary  Society  ;  Rev.  Joshua  Coit,  Secretary  of  the  Massa- 
chusetts Home  Missionary  Society ;  Rev.  Alexander  McCiregor,  Secretary 
of  the  Rhode  Island  Home  Missionary  Society  ;  Rev.  William  H.  Moore, 
Secretary  of  the  Missionary  Society  of  Connecticut  ;  Rev.  Ethan  Curtis, 
Secretary  of  the  New  York  Home  Missionary  Society. 

Also  by  invitation  :  Rev.  Washington  Choate,  Secretary  of  the  Congre- 
gational Home  Missionary  Society  ;  Mrs.  Harriet  S.  Caswell,  Secretary  of 
the  Woman's  Department  of  the  Congregational  Home  Missionary  Society; 
Rev.  William  G.  Puddefoot  and  Rev.  Charles  W.  Shelton,  Field  Secretaries 
of  the  Congregational  Home  Missionary  Society;  Rev.  Josiah  Strong,  Sec- 
retary of  the  Evangelical  Alliance  of  the  United  States  ;  Rev.  Charles  B. 
Rice,  Secretary  of  the  Congregational  Board  of  Pastoral  Supply. 

Mr.  Adams  was  made  chairman  ;  Mr.  Moore  was  made  scribe. 

Prayer  was  offered  by  Mr.  Merrill. 

Messrs.  Coit  and  Merrill  were  made  a  Business  Committee. 

The  report  of  the  registrar,-  including  a  programme,  was  made  and 
accepted. 

The  report  of  the  treasurer  was  made  and  accepted. 

It  was  Voted :  That  the  next  annual  meeting  be  convened  at  the 
Congregational  House,  Boston,  Mass.,  at  9  a.m.  on  Tuesday,  October 
29,  1895. 

It  was  Voted:  That  the  minutes,  when  approved,  be  offered  for  publi- 
cation in  The  Home  Missionary. 

The  Business  Committee  reported  the  programme  presented  by  the 
registrar,  which  was  accepted,  and  the  following  topics  in  it  were  consid- 
ered: 

1.  How  far  is  it  right  to  go  in  aiding  churches  that  do  not  gain,  but 
rather  lose,  during  a  series  of  years  ? 

2.  How  far  is  it  wise  to  discourage  the  diversion  of  gifts  from  general 
to  specific  objects  ? 

3.  The  Maine  plan  of  securing  comity. 

4.  How  to  get  people  to  realize  their  obligation  to  the  State  work. 

5.  The  new  Congregational  Board  of  Pastoral  Supply. 

6.  The  relation  of  an  aided  church  to  the  Home  Missionary  Society. 

7.  What  suggestions  can  be  made  as  to  the  further  improvement  of 
The  Home  Missionary ;  and  can  anything  more  be  wisely  done  to  ^5roiu<.\t.^ 
its  circulation  ? 

At  12.J0,  recess  until  1.30. 


486  The  Home  Missionary  January,  1895 

8.  How  far  are  the  principles  of  the  so-called  "institutional  church  " 
applicable  to  churches  in  country  towns? 

9.  The  effect  of  the  times  on  the  supply  of  ministers  and  funds. 

10.  Foreign  home  missions. 

11.  The  ordination  of  women. 

12.  The  ordination  of  men  of  limited  education  and  reading,  when  re- 
quested by  churches  in  which  they  are  doing  good  work. 

13.  The  value  of  missionary  rallies. 

At  5.15,  adjourned  till  9  a.m.  Wednesday. 

Nine  a.m.   Wednesday,  October  31st.     Opened   with   prayer  by  Mr. 
Moore. 

14.  The  working  of  the  new  plan  of  union  with  the  National  Society. 

15.  Our  relations  with  Free  Baptists,  and  cooperation  with  other  de- 
nominations. 

16.  The  outlook  for  the  coming  winter. 

The  minutes  were  approved.     Prayer  was  offered  by  Mr.  Coit,  and  at 
11.30  the  body  adjourned. 

William  H.   Moore,   Registrar. 


A    BUSINESS   MAN'S   SUGGESTION 

By  \Villl\m  H.  Alkxander,  Esq.,  of  Omaha,  Neb. 

At  the  late  annual  meeting  of  the  Congregational  Home  Missionary 
Society,  in  Omaha,  we  **  woolly  westerners  "  were  somewhat  disappointed 
over  the  non-attendance  of  many  delegates  whose  presence  we  had  been 
encouraged  to  expect,  from  New  England  and  other  Eastern  districts. 

This  lack  in  delegates  from  those  sections,  however,  was  in  part  made 
good  by  an  unusual  number  of  ministers  and  laymen  from  the  fields  of 
active  missionary  effort  in  the  West.  As  our  thoughts  run  back  to  that 
exceedingly  inspiring  occasion,  we  are  almost  ready  to  believe  that  the 
holding  of  the  meeting  in  Omaha  was  providential,  because  of  the  privi- 
lege it  gave  to  our  earnest  field-workers  to  mingle  with  one  another,  and 
with  the  officials  and  friends  who  had  come  from  the  Eastern  States. 

Men  were  here  whose  memories  will  never  release  the  good  impressions 
they  received,  and  most  surely  many  a  humble  servant  went  back  to  his 
lonely  but  C'hrist-l)lcssed  parish  with  renewed  vigor  and  better  courage  for 
his  work.  They  are  nol)le  men,  giving  freely,  often  for  a  pittance,  the 
best  years  of  their  lives,  and  they  are  justified  in  the  hope  that  the  Chris- 
tian people  who  live  in  comparative  comfort — many  of  them  in  luxury — 
will  not  forget  them  as  the  prawie  wvwds  \;xo\n  e«.A«\vi\  7\x\v\  Vvow\^  demands 

'ncrcase. 


January,  1895  The  Home  Missionary  487 

The  immediate  cause  of  this  allusion  to  the  missionary  meeting,  and, 
hereinafter,  to  the  State  Association  recently  convened  in  Neligh,  Neb., 
is  a  desire  to  offer  a  suggestion  concerning  facilities  for  greater  attendance 
of  our  patient  field-workers  upon  these  important  occasions. 

At  Neligh,  owing  in  part  to  hard  times,  to  uncertainty  of  full  compen- 
sation during  the  coming  winter  and  spring,  and,  possibly,  to  absolute 
lack  of  money  and  apparel  sufficient  for  the  journey,  quite  a  large  num- 
ber of  ministers,  and  some  laymen,  were  not  in  attendance.  Ten  or  fif- 
teen dollars,  to  a  family  whose  income  may  not  exceed  from  $300  to  $500 
per  year,  and  much  of  that  in  farm  products  and  other  useful  articles,  is  a 
goodly  sum,  and  a  preacher  is  to  be  commended  who,  in  weighing  the 
matter,  gives  up  the  annual  meeting  for  his  family  requirements.  But 
he  ought  not  to  have  the  alternative  presented.  Still  water  stagnates. 
A  seed,  deprived  of  sunlight,  and  kept  away  from  moisture,  will  shrink 
and  die,  and  all  its  glorious  possibilities  will  never  be  known.  Can  we 
expect  better  things  of  man,  the  sensitive,  responsive,  def)endent  image  of 
God? 

These  annual  meetings  are  reservoirs  of  comfort,  of  inspiration,  of 
hope,  of  courage,  from  which  each  liberated  worker  draws  full  and  last- 
ing draughts.  They  are  the  bright  particular  spots,  the  red-letter  days. 
Notes  are  exchanged,  friendships  formed,  confidence  strengthened,  the 
whole  man  awakened  and  renewed.  It  should  be  the  privilege,  as  it 
would  be  the  pleasure,  of  every  minister,  every  missionary,  and  many 
laymen — and  lay  women,  God  bless  them  ! — to  be  present.  And  would  that 
all  the  ministers*  wives  could  go  !  They  need  an  outing.  God  knows,  if 
we  do  not,  the  unvoiced  sorrow  which  isolation,  privation,  and  a  thousand 
cares  bring  down  upon  the  patient  hearts  of  these  dear  co-workers  in  the 
Master's  outer  fields. 

We  would  suggest  that  when  churches  send  their  pastors,  and  at  least 
one  delegate,  they  offer  to  pay  expenses.  In  many  cases  the  money 
would  be  returned,  but  it  frequently  happens  that  the  most  valuable  repre- 
sentatives are  not  the  ones  who  can  spare  the  time  and  the  money,  too, 
for  the  journey.  This  matter  received  some  consideration  at  the  Neligh 
meeting,  but  nothing  very  definite  resulted. 

Representation  is  of  vital  importance  to  the  churches.  In  earlier 
times,  in  this  country,  it  was  demanded.  Our  American  economic 
systems  provide  for  it  in  every  sort  of  deliberative  body,  but  we  are 
growing  careless  of  its  acceptance.  From  the  First  Church,  Omaha,  nine 
delegates  were  selected,  most  of  them  present  when  appointed,  in  the 
hope  that  the  full  quota  would  go  to  Neligh.  The  writer  was  the  only 
layman  in  attendance.  St.  Mary's  Avenue  Church,  rarely  behind  the 
leaders  in  progressive  things,  was  not  represented  aV  aW.  V\>^\'i\^^  Ocv\\xO^ 
W3S  without  a  delegate,  and  Plymouth  had  one,  V\.s  pasVox.    \\.\%  '^k^t^^- 


488  The  Home  Missionary  January,  1895 

what  disappointing  to  men  from  the  weaker  churches  to  discover  such 
apathy  in  metropolitan  districts.  It  is  a  duty  we  owe  to  our  churches 
throughout  the  State,  to  see  that  at  least  one  delegate  and  the  pastor 
attend  the  State  Association. 

It  is  true  that  some  churches  and  missions  are  not  able  to  pay  the 
expenses  even  of  a  pastor,  and  it  is  more  particularly  concerning  these 
instances  that  we  would  speak.  If  a  church  is  feeble,  the  salary  of  its 
minister  is  not  very  likely  to  be  in  good  health.  Neither  feels  able  to 
take  on  an  extra  expense.  And  yet,  of  all  the  churches,  and  of  all  the 
faithful  pastors,  those  having  the  least,  seeing  the  least,  giving  the  most 
and  doing  the  most  for  Christ's  sake,  are  of  right  entitled  to  thoughtful 
consideration.  We  would  suggest  that  each  State,  by  one  means  and 
another,  set  up  a  fund,  the  interest  of  which  shall  be  exclusively  devoted 
to  the  use  of  such  overworked  and  underpaid  missionary  preachers  as  do 
not  feel  able  to  bear  the  expense  themselves,  in  an  annual  pilgrimage  to 
the  Mecca  of  the  churches,  the  State  Associations.  It  should  not  be 
offered  as  a  charity,  but  as  a  just  reward  for  faithful  service.  If  such 
funds  were  started  in  the  home  missionary  States,  we  are  confident  that 
they  would  increase  rapidly,  from  expected  and  often  from  unexpected 
sources,  and  that  they  would  do  a  world  of  good. 

CLOTHING   WANTED 

Clothinc,  especially  for  young  men  and  women  from  twenty-five  to 
thirty  years  of  age,  is  much  needed  for  those  who  are  helping  by  interpret- 
ing for  me  in  my  cam])  work  among  the  Cheyenne  and  Arapahoe  tribes 
of  Indians.  These  young  peoj^le  have  been  partially  educated  in  some 
of  the  Indian  training-schools  of  the  Kast,  and  are  loth  to  put  aside 
civilized  dress  for  the  blanket,  or  to  make  use  of  the  clothing  issued  them 
as  a  gratuity  by  the  government,  which  is  of  coarse  fabric  and  uniform 
manufacture  ;  this  latter  circumstance  seems  to  tend  to  place  them  on  an 
ecjuality  with  others  who  are  not  at  all  civilized.  I  notice  that  when 
students  return  from  school  they  are  nicely  dressed  and  "enthused** 
with  a  love  for  tlie  Master's  work  ;  but  when  their  clothes  are  w^orn  out 
and  they  beiiin  to  look  shai)by.  their  zeal  for  religious  work  among  their 
people  leaves  them.  They  then  rapidly  degenerate,  and  the  Master  loses 
efficient  helj),  for  these  boys  and  girls  are  the  only  means  we  have  of 
conveying  the  Lord's  words  to  this  |)eoi)le.  I  cannot  too  strongly  urge 
upon  benevolent  persons  the  necessity  of  furnishing  clothing  for  these 
helpers  :is  part  com[)ensat\ou,  iil  \eas\.,  i^^^  \X\w  wWXwx*^ s^\n\^^. — ^^^v.  O. 
Rick,  Darlingtou,  Okla,     Address  iox  Ixv£\'^\av,  lU  Reno,  Okla. 


January,  1895  The  Home  Missionary  489 

LIFE   FROM    DEATH 

One  of  the  most  helpful  of  our  members  went  to  her  reward  August 
4th.  She  had  been  an  invalid  for  seven  years,  yet  she  was  an  inspira- 
tion to  all  who  met  her.  The  last  four  months  of  her  life  were  months 
of  intense  suffering.  1  never  saw  such  patient  waiting.  Those  of  us  who 
cared  for  her,  learned  lessons  of  patience  every  day.  It  did  not  .seem  as 
if  she  were  facing  death.  We  used  to  talk  of  the  approaching  change  just 
as  we  would  of  a  very  long  journey,  and  far  more  hopefully.  Always  it 
was  sunshine  there  in  her  room. 

Her  husband  had  been  given  to  the  drink  habit  years  ago.  About 
four  years  since,  he  professed  conversion  and  united  with  the  church. 
Last  year,  while  away  from  home  at  work,  he  took  to  drink  again  and 
made  a  wreck  of  everything.  We  did  the  best  we  could  by  him,  and 
thought  him  sufficiently  punished.  This  spring  he  was  away  from  home 
and  again  fell.  I  had  several  sober  talks  with  him,  and  he  quit  the  drink 
while  among  the  same  associations  and  surroundings. 

I  next  succeeded  in  getting  him  to  sign  what  has  proved  to  be  a  most 
solemn  pledge.  I  made  out  three  pledge  cards  :  one  for  himself,  one  for 
the  children,  and  one  for  me.     The  following  is  a  copy  : 

I,  A.  B.,  in  the  presence  of  Almighty  God,  do  solemnly  promise  that  I 
will  never  again  drink  of  any  variety  of  intoxicating  liquors.  I  further- 
more promise,  that  just  so  far  as  1  know  how,  I  will  be  true  to  my  children, 
to  myself  and  my  God.  I  call  my  dying  wife  and  my  children  to  witness 
this  pledge.  A.  B. 

Countersigned  by  his  wife  and  three  children. 

The  week  following  the  death  of  her  mother,  little  Mary,  nine  years 
old,  was  taken  with  diphtheria.  From  the  first  it  seemed  as  if  there  was 
no  help  for  her.  Tn  just  two  weeks  from  the  death  of  Mrs.  B.,  Mary  went 
to  her  mother.  This  was  a  terrible  blow  to  Mr.  B.,  and  makes  his  pledge 
doubly  binding.     He  is  keeping  it. 

Mary  was  a  beautiful  child,  and  her  character  was  more  beautiful  than 
her  person.  While  she  was  sick  the  physician  wished  her  to  take  some 
wine.  **  My  mamma  told  me  never  to  touch  any  such  thing."  The  doctor 
asked,  "  Would  you  rather  die  ?  "  She  simply  bowed  her  little  head  and 
waited  for  the  angels  that  she  knew  were  soon  coming  to  take  her  to  her 
mother. — Minnesota, 

HOW    SOME    LITTLE    GIRLS    RAISED    MONEY 

OvR  little  society  read  the  interesting  piece,  ^^  Owt  Co\iT\XYw^^^^^V  ^-'^ 
your  February  magazine,  and  we  thought  tV\at  peiVv^L^^  ov\vex  \i^tv^i%  ^ w\^ 


490  The  Home  Missionary  January,  1895 

like  to  know  what  we  are  doing.  We  organized  in  April,  1893,  at  Hop- 
kins Station,  Mich.,  and  called  ourselves  **  The  Helping  Hand  Missionary 
Band."  It  is  composed  of  twenty-one  little  girls.  VV^e  chose  a  president 
(our  Sunday-school  teacher),  a  vice-president,  secretary,  and  treasurer,  and 
voted  to  meet  every  month. 

In  the  summer  we  started  a  memorial  quilt,  each  member  taking  a 
block,  and  the  name  of  every  person  giving  ten  cents  was  worked  on 
the  quilt.  We  voted  that  if  three  or  more  would  get  fifteen  names  each, 
we  would  have  a  candy-pull.  One  lady  whose  three  little  girls  were  mem- 
bers promised  them  that  if  they  would  get  fifteen  names  apiece  she  would 
contribute  a  quart  of  maple  syrup  toward  the  candy-pull.  When  the  day 
came  to  bring  in  our  money,  we  met  at  our  leader's  house,  and  on  count- 
ing it  found  that  we  had  twenty-two  dollars.  Afterwards  we  had  our 
candy-pull. 

To  dispose  of  our  quilt,  we  got  up  an  entertainment  consisting  of 
recitations  and  music.  We  charged  ten  cents  admission,  which  entitled 
each  one  to  vote  who  should  have  the  quilt.  It  was  voted  to  our  leader. 
We  received  ^8.20  that  evening,  making  our  total  received  for  the  quilt 
twenty-nine  dollars. — Vernie  Lane,  Secretary  of  the  Band. 


A    PROMPT   AND   GENEROUS    RESPONSE 

Dear  Brethren  : 

I  have  read  with  deep  interest  your  appeal  for  "one  generous  gift  this 
year  for  Home  Missions  from  every  Congregational  church  in  the  United 
States,"  and,  with  you,  feel  the  great  need  to  the  cause  of  the  Master  for 
this  extra  effort.  A  special  collection  of  fifteen  dollars  from  each  of  our 
5,000  churches  would  sustain  the  work  without  retrenchment,  and  pay 
tlie  debt. 

Ours  is  a  mission  church,  struggling  to  pay  its  debt,  yet  in  this  year 
of  depression  it  has  given  the  largest  offering  for  Home  Missions  in  the 
history  of  the  church.  But  we  want  to  do  our  part  in  keeping  up  the 
work,  and  paying  the  debt,  and  I  herewith  send  a  supplemental  offering  of 
fifteen  dollars,  and  pray  that  those  1,200  churches  that  failed  to  give  any- 
thing last  year  may  learn  the  precious  truth  that  "the  Lord  loveth  a 
cheerful  giver,"  and  seek  a  blessing  by  "giving  to  the  service  of  the  house 
of  the  Lord."     Praying  that  your  efforts  may  be  crowned  with  success, 

1  am 

Yours,  in  His  Nam.e, 

P/4LESTrNE,  Tex.,   December ^  \%y)^. 


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TREASURY     NOTE 


CONTRIBUTIONS 

1S93  I 894 

April §10,366  46  $18,936  34 

May 9,461  46  18,608  21 

June 15.136   17  15*249  44 

July 15*293  72  18,908  65 

Auirust. ..     9,479  91  7,886  18 

Sept i3»794  35  12,707  28 

Oct 7,342  56  9,523  04 

Nov 13,387  77  13,683  01 

§94,262  40  $115,502  15 

S««5,502   15 
94,262  40 

$21,239  75  g^in  in  contributions. 


LEGACIES 

1893  1894 

April $6,681   14  $8,701  ^6 

May 25,812  59  6,113  58 

June  ....    10,254  35  35»026  54 

July 8,940  39  10,695  22 

August..    14,885  55  35*280  76 

Sept.:...      5,450  10  25,045  10 

Oct 4,025  00  5,369  02 

Nov 4,682  73  6,672  70 

$80,731  85  $122,904  19 

$122,904  19 
80,731  85 

2,172  34  gain  in  legacies. 


This  table  shows  a  total  gain  in  the  past  eight  months  of  $63,413.09; 
so  that  once  more  we  bring  our  report  of  advance  both  in  contributions 
and  legacies  over  the  corresponding  months  of  1893.  A  slight  increase 
of  this  average  rate  of  gain  will  insure  an  addition  of  $100,000  to  last 
year's  receipts,  if  it  be  kept  up  through  the  four  remaining  months — 
months  when  business  is  happily  reviving,  when  our  churches  and  indi- 
vidual givers  are  at  home,  when  the  pastors,  ladies'  societies,  Sunday- 
school  teachers.  Army  boys  and  girls.  Christian  Endeavorers,  and  our 
other  faithful  helpers  have  their  best  opportunity,  and  when  the  Holy 
Spirit's  reviving  power  is  usually  felt  in  largest  measure. 

This  advance  should  be  made,  (i)  Because  the  welfare  of  our  country, 
threatened  especially  in  its  newer  fields  by  materialism,  infidelity,  atheism, 
and  all  forms  of  false  religion  and  of  no  religion,  vitally  needs  that  only 
adequate  safeguard,  the  Gospel,  which  these  missionaries  exemplify, 
preach,  and  impress  upon  children  in  the  Sunday-school.  It  is  a  solemn 
responsibility  to  be  put  in  trust  of  the  Gospel  for  such  a  purpose.  (2)  It 
is  a  wise  economy  of  money,  time,  and  strength,  to  go  into  opening  fields 
with  the  very  first  settlers,  instead  of  waiting  till  the  adversary  gets  a 
foothold,  and  then  coming  to  drive  him  out.  No  greater  responsibility 
was  ever  laid  on  man  than  comes  with  the  guardianship  of  such  a  treas- 
ure, (3)  Souls  are  every  day  going  unprepared  to  their  last  account  who 
might  be  saved  to  Christ  and  his  kingdom  were  the  way  of  salvation 
brought  to  them  by  the  loving  faithfulness  of  our  Home  Misslouau^s.    \.l 

is  a  fearful  responsibility  to  let   these  thousands  d\G  wwc^vx^^  ^o;^  ^^n^ 
vn  warned. 


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APPOINTMENTS    IN    NOVEMBER,    1894 


Not  in  commission  last  year 

Ambrosiani.  Frans  E.,  Perth  Amboy,  N.  J. 
Andrcwson,  Andrew  J.,  Merrill,  Wis. 
Biscoe,  George  S.,  Bimamwood  and  Norrie,  Wis. 
Brown,  James  B.,  Hyannis  and  Reno,  Neb. 
Fayant,    Miss   Josephine,    Worcester   Academy, 

Viniu,  Ind.  Ter. 
Gray,  Edward  D.,  Meckling.  So.  Dak. 
Hall,  Geor^fe  D.,  Dover,  N.  J. 
Hardie,  Miss  G.  W.,  Worcester  Academy,  Vinita, 

Ind.  Ter. 
Heal,  Edward  G.,  Wilkes  Barre,  Pa. 
Hess,  Henry,  Knox  and  Boyd  Counties.  Neb. 
Holleyraan,  Thomas  B.,  McAlester,  Ind.  Ter. 
Hopkins,  Harold  L.,  Worcester  Academy,  Vinita, 

Ind.  Ter. 
Knapp,  George  W.,  Grant,  Madrid,  and  Venango, 

Le  Grande,  O.  G.,  Soldier  Creek,  Okla. 
McKinlcy,  George  A.,  Pendleton,  Ore. 
Middlekauff.  B.,  General  Missionary  in  Colorado. 
Sallsirom.  J..  Tacoma.  Wash. 
Shoemaker.  H.  C..  Whitewater,  Col 
Sumner,  Frederick  A.,  Glen  wood,  Minn. 
Thomson,  James.  Hannibal,  Mo. 
Upton.   Augustus  G.,   Villa   Park    and    Denver, 

Col. 
Wise,  Daniel  W.,  Ahtanum  and  Tampico,  Wash. 

Rt'-com  m  is  sioned 

Atkinson.  William  H.,  Lake  Park  and  Hillhurst, 

Wash. 
Berry.  Edward  A  ,  Chattanooga.  Tenn. 
Bishop.  A.  W.,  Worcester  Academy.  Vinita,  Ind. 

Ter. 
Bixby,   William   S.,   Powhaltan  and    Netawaka, 

i<an. 
Bleakley,  Nathaniel  A..  Cross.  Okla. 
Brcrrlon.  John,  Willow  Springs.  Mo. 
Bushell.  Jonas,  Port  Angeles  and  Pine  Hill,  W^ash. 
Buitram.  Eliiah  A.,  Potolo  and  Oak  Ridge,  Fla. 
Carter,  Elijah.  Edtjerton.  Minn. 
Cheadle.  Stephen  H.,  North  Yakima,  Wash. 
Cressman,  Edmund.  Doniphan,  West  Hamilton, 

and  North  Hastings.  Neb. 
Da  vies.  William,  SjKjkane,  Wa.sh. 
Fales,  Elisha  F.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 


Fisher,  William  B.,  Wyandotte  Forest  and  Kansas 

City,  Kan. 
Fisk,  Wilbur,  Freeborn,  Freedom,  and  Hanland. 

Minn. 
Flint,  Elbert  E..  Kiowa,  Kan. 
Ford.  Lorenzo  M.,  Los  Ranchos  de  Atrisco,  New 

Mex. 
Foster,  Guy.  Crcede,  Col. 
Fowler,  William  C,  Genesee,  Idaho,  and  Union- 

town.  Wash. 
Frazee,  John  H.,  D.D.,  Knoxville.  Tenn. 
Haines.  Oliver  S.,  Femdale,  Mountain  View,  and 

Enterprise,  Wash. 
Hardcastle,  William,  De  Smet  and  Lake  Henry^ 

So.  Dak. 
Harper,  Richard  H..  Oklahoma  City,  Okla. 
Hawks,  John  S.,  North  Enid,  Okla. 
Henderson.  T.  H.,  San  Francisco.  Cal. 
Hershner,  John  L.,  Hood  River,  Ore. 
.  ohnson,  J.  Wesley.  Newkirk.  Okla. 
\  ones,  Abraham,  Carbondale.  Pa. 
udah.  Solomon  B.,  Coatsville  and  Wausau,  Fla. 
^throp,  Stanley  E.,  Washburn,  Wis. 
-oney,  Wesley,  Butte  and  Spencer,  Neb. 
Lvman,  William  A..  Pierre,  So  Dak. 
McPhce,   Moses,   Bloomington,  Ash    Rock,  and 

New  Harmony,  Kan. 
McWilli.ims,  J.  W..  Waynoka.  Okla. 
Merrill,  William    H..  Gaylord  and  Twelve  Mile, 

Kan. 
-Miller,  Louis.  Bagdad,  Antioch,  and  Hurobo.  Fla. 
Mistr,  Miss  Emiljr,  Toledo.  O.,  and  Detroit.  Mich. 
Nelson,  A.  G.,  General    Missionary   amon^^  the 

Swedes  in  Northeastern  Minnesota  and  North- 
western Wisconsin. 
Olsson,  Carl  F..  Ashtabula,  O. 
Pearson,  Samuel,  West  Point,  Neb. 
Piatt,  Luther  H.,  Alton.  Kan. 
Pope,  (ieorge  S..  Charlotte,  N.  C. 
Roberts,  Richard  L.,  Bangor,  Pa. 
Savaife,  John  W..  New  Wnatcom,  Wash. 
Shockley.  Albert  D..  Manville,  Wyo. 
Taylor.  W.  A.,  Waukomis,  Hope,  and  Mt.  Calvary^ 

Okla. 
Tenney,  Marcus  D..  Chandler,  Okla. 
Walters.  T.  W.,  General  Missionary  in  Washing- 
ton. 
Ward.  John  R..  Bloomer,  Wis. 
Woodruff,  Purl  G..  Bagdad,  Crestview,  Bonifay, 

and  Caryville,  Fla. 


RECEIPTS    IN    NOVEMBER,    1894 

For  account  of  receipts  by  State  Auxiliary  Societies,  see  pages  498  to  501 


MAINE    $126.93. 

Kcnnebunk,  Union  Ch.,  by  H.  S. 
Brifjfham 

Piscataquis  Conference,  by  J.  L. 
Crosby 

Portland.  *'Z.  R.  Farrington.  col- 
lector."  

Sears] )ort.  North,  Samuel  Miller,  by 
Mr.  Martin 


NEW     HAMPSHIRE    $2,515-47;     oi 
which  ic^'^acies.  $1,300.00. 

Concord.  A  Friend 

£.vefer.  Second.  A  Member,  by  Rev. 
E.  B.  Palmer 


Mrs,   E.    L.   Hall,  by  Hon.   L.   D. 
Stevens,  Treas   N.  H.  H.  M.  Soc.  $1,157  <^ 

Lanjidon.  by  C.  Winch 8  47 

$61  21         Milford.   On    account   of    Legacy  of 
Caroline  B.  Harris,  by  J.  E.  Foster, 

5  7-'  e.v 1,00000 

North  Hampton.  E.  Gove    70  w 

58  00         Orford.   A.  W.   Newcomb,  a  Thank- 
offering    ...         5  00 

2  GO         Pt'lham.  A  Friend 10  «.» 

Salem,  Lejracy  of  Maria  K.  Gage,  by 
D.  W.  Gage,  ex 300  00 

\'eTTe\c»w\.  ^ovcvcis'Vvt  "WvSSVCiTvaX^  '$s»t.^ 


10  CO 


January,  1895 


The  Home  Missionary 


493 


Brookfield,  First,  bv  G.  B.  J.  Hall. ...  $6  68 

CasUeton,  R.  M.  Wright 500 

Dorset.  Mrs.  H.  M.  Johnson 100 

Lunenburg,  by  Rev.  E.  F.  Blackmer.  6  00 
Newport,    Mrs.    E.   ).  Richmond,  a 

Thanksgiving  offering 5  00 

Springfield,  bv  B.  F.  Aldrich 76  90 

Vermont,  A  Friend xoo  00 

Vennont,  Frances  J.  Fowler 5  00 


>IASSACHUSETTS-$5,4«  7«. 

Mass.  Home  Miss.  Soc.,  by  Rev.  E.  B. 

Palmer 4»o<»  «> 

By  request  of  donors 138  93 

Woman's  H.  M.  Assoc.,  ftuss 

S.  K.  Burgess,  Treas. : 

Amherst,  Aux $119  00 

Andover,  Union  H.  M.  Soc.      ao  00 
Haverhill,    Mrs.    Mary    L. 

Clark    a  00 

Wellesley.  Mrs.  C.  B.  Dana      xo  00 
South  Hadley.  Mt.  Holyoke 

College,  Silver  Circle, 

Miss  E.  M.  Bard  well,  $5  ; 

Miss    M.    Bradford,   S^ ; 

Miss  S.  B.  Ives,  $5  :  Miss 

L.  Osffood,  $5 :  Miss  M. 

Noble.fs*.  MissC.  Stevens, 

fs;  Miss  E.  B.  Prentice, 

f 5.  by  Miss  S.  H.  Melvin.      35  00 

Williamsburg,  Aux 50  00 

236  00 

Boston,  W.  A.  Wilde,  for  Salary  Fund         50  00 

S.F.Wilkins ao  00 

Brighton.  Mrs.  M.  F.  Keene  and  Mrs. 

A.  F.  Spaulding,  special 35  00 

-Cummington,  A  Friend 10  00 

Dorchester,  Second,  B.  C.  Hardwick, 

by  Miss  E.  Tolman zoo  00 

Florence,  by  W.  L.  Wilcox,  for  Salary 

Fund 60  00 

Gilbertville,  S.  S.  Rally,  by  T.  Leather.         14  01 
•Greenwich  Village,  Mrs.  A.  E.  Cutler, 

"  Extra  Cent  a  Day  " a  00 

Hawley,  Rallv,  by  J.  E.  Harmon 36 

Hinsdale,  S.  s.,  by  A.  S.  Storm 13  19 

Holbrook.  A  Friend 2  40 

Indian  Orchard,  Rev.  W.  T.  Hutchins, 

Sweet  Pea  Fund i  00 

Lawrence,  from  Estate  of  Mrs.  M.  T. 

Benson,  by  Mrs.  A.  T.  Brewster. . .  20  00 

Littleton,  Orth.  Ch..  by  J.  S.  Hartwell.  14  00 

Massachusetts,  A  Friend 90  00 

Millbury.  Second  S.  S.  Rally,  by  C.  F. 

Holman 6  48 

Natick,  Primary  Dcpi.  of  the  First,  by 

A.  M.  Morse 5  00 

South  Framtngham,  Rev.  W.  G.  Pud- 

defoot.  from  sale  of  pictures,  special.         40  00 
South  Hadley.  Miss  S.  H.  Mclvin,  Mt. 

Holyoke  Seminary,  for  freight a  91 

South  Hadlev  Falls,  from  the  Estate 

of  Mrs.  E.  M.  Gaylord,by  Elizabeth 

Gaylord 500  00 

Spencer.  "  Extra  Cent  a  Day  Band," 

by  F.  E.  Dunton 50  00 

Springfield,  Memorial,  by  H.  N.  Bow- 
man          40  30 

Ware,  '*  Member  of  the  Silver  Circle," 

by  Miss  Hattie  S.  Hyde 5  00 

Worcester,  Bethany  S.   S,  by  C.   H. 

Hill 10  18 

C.  O.  Bachelor 10  00 

CONNECTICUT-Si,6i4.27 ;  of  which 
legacy,  $84.87. 

Miss.  Soc.  of  Conn..  W.  W.  Jacobs, 
Treas.,  by  W.  H.  Moore,  Sec 165  59 


Woman *s  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 

W.  W.  Jacobs,  Treas.  : 
Bridgeport,  Ladies*  Benev. 

Soc.   in  So.  Ch.,  by  Miss 

M.   L.   Higby,  for  Salary 

Fund $a4  13 

Canaan,    by    Miss    S.     W. 

Adams,  for  Salary  Fund..      xo  00 
East  Haven,  by  Mrs.  Justin 

Bradley x8  00 

Hartforcl.  A  Friend  in  the 

First  Ch xo  00 

Kent,  Aux..  by  Mrs.  S.  M. 

Robens.  for  Salary  Fund, 

fro;  Bible  Readers  Home. 

$ao  :  special,  $18 8800 

Pomfret,  Aux.,  Miss  M.  E. 

Denison,  Thank-offering..      35  00 

Terry  ville,  special 35  00 

Watertown,  by  Mrs.  T.  P. 

Baldwin 500 

$a25  X3 

Danburv,  First,  by  H.  Williams zoo  00 

Eastford,  Mrs.  E.  S.  Huntington,  for 

Western  work 5  00 

East  Hartford,  A  Friend 200  00 

Greenwich,  Second,  Mrs.  R.  T.  Todd  a  00 

A  Friend  to  Missions 50  00 

Guilford,  First,  by  E.  W.  Leete 2z  00 

Hartford,  "  In  memory  of  M.  C.  H.**  250  00 

Higganum,  by  R.  J.  Gladwin 24  00 

Litchfield,  First,  by  Miss  C.  B.  Ken- 

ncy 44  91 

Middletown,  First,  Miss  H.  L.  Starr, 

in  memoriam,  by  E.  P.  Augur. ...  5  00 

Miss  S.  C.  Clarke,  special xoo  00 

Millington,  by  Rev.  G.  L.  Edwards..  2  00 

New  Haven.  Edmond  Pendleton 500 

Newington.  by  E.  W.  Atwood 3928 

Newtown,  S.  S.,  by  E.  L.  Wolcott. ...  5  00 
North  Woodbury,  North  S.  S..  by  W. 

C.  Scott 4  50 

Norwalk,  A  Friend a  00 

Salisbury,  Woman's  Board  of  Home 

Missions,  by  Mrs.  A.  B.  Robbins. . .  a6  75 
Stonington,    Income  from  Estate  6f 
Charles  P.  Williams,  by  W.  J.  H. 

Pollard,  ex 84  87 

X zo  00 

Terryville,  S.  S.,  by  G.  A.  Scott Z3  00 

Bal.   of  coll.,   $36.63  ;  special  coll., 

$74.76.  by  A.  B.  Beach xxz  39 

Vernon,  by  A .  W.  Post 30  50 

Washington,  First,  by  C.  L.  Hickox..  a6  75 
Willimantic,  Mrs.  M.  A.  Williams,  a 

Thanksgiving  offering 20  60 

Windsor,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  M.  G. 

Marsh 40  00 


NEW    YORK  -  $5,819.27  ;   of  which 
legacies,  $4,142.55. 

Received  by  William  Spalding, 

Treas.  : 

Angola.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E Jizo  00 

Ashville 8x5 

Busti z  35 

Camden 8  66 

Rally II  00 

Miss  Bertha  Conant 2  50 

Eaton    2  50 

Granville.  Welsh 10  00 

Middletown,  North  Street..  10  00 

Moravia Z4  00 

Napoli 6  72 

Sinclairville 14  00 

Syracuse.  Plymouth Z3  00 

Good  Will \T  «> 

Wmthrop ^  v» 


^V»  W^ 


\ 


494 


The  Home  Missionary 


Januar\\  1895 


Woman*8  H.  M.  Union.  Mrs. 
J.  J   Peaniall,  Treas. : 

Special,  of  which  Rev.  W. 
and  Mrs.  Kincaid,  $ao 

Brooklyn.  Ch.    of  the  Pil- 

fjrims 

Class  O,  Tompkins  Ave. 

S.  S.  special 

Beechcr  Mem<irial  Ch 

Buffalo.  Niaf^ara  Square  Peo- 
ple's Ch 

Canandaicua,  special 

Canton.  Kev.  H.  Mill's  from 
the  Silver  Circle,  by  Rev. 
E.Curtis 

Falrport 

Homer 

Mrs.  B.  W.Payne 

Miss  J.  M.  Stehbins 

Ithaca,  special 

Norwich 

Rodman 

Sherburne 

Walton 


$45 

00 

3« 

00 

10 

00 

10 

00 

19  00 
10  00 


5  00 

aa  66 

15  try 

5  00 

1  o-i 

5  00 

20  00 

20  00 

71  to 

10  o> 


-      $399  66 


Black  River  and  St.  I^wrence  Asso.. 

by  l.J.  Doty 

Brooklyn.  Tompkins  Avenue,  by  P. 
Palmer 

Park,  by  J.  T.  H.  Ray  nor         

Puritan  S.  S.,  by  S.  E.  Hosford 

Rockaway  Avenue,  by  E.  E.  Stewart 

R  

Church ville.  I^>;acy  of  Zophur  Wil- 

lard.  by  J.  L.  Randall    

Clifton   Sprin^^s,  Mrs.   A.   (J.  Warner 

and  daiiL'hler 

Gli»versvilli',  Kstatc  of  Isaac  V.  Pl'icc, 

W.    D    West  and    Cyrus  Stewart, 

cxs 

Jiimt'itown.    First    S.   S.,   by   W.    i). 

Hri>dhcad 

McCirawville,  H.  I).  Corry 

Mcxic«».  Rally,  by  1.  N   Hyinjjlon  . . . 

M«»rristown.  First,  by  J.  .Mi to 

New  Y(»rk  ("itv.  Forest  Avrnue  Ch.. 
a.un.by  W.  K   Triiv 

A    Fnend,  for   Min\:t<-mcn  on  iho 

frontier 

Nurthvillf.  by  I.  T   Downs 

Oswcjjo,  Mrs.  1.   A.Clark     

P.itsMam.  On  atiouni  o*    Lolmcv  of 

Harriet   Lampbirc.    Henry   Sir'un/.. 

.^dm   

Rocbt'si'T.  by  F.  W.  Peck 

Sherburne.  \  Fricnn 

STnyrna,  Lt'i^acy  oi    I  t*\  i   H.  ('  Dins. 

by  H.  M.  Di.xon  and   Levi  Collins. 

cxs 

Warsaw.  S   S.  by  H    L    Martin 

Wrll^vilU'.  I'irst.  bv  .M.  F.  Lewis 

West  WiniM-M.  l)y  A.  A.  Lcarli 

Oneida.    ChrnanK''  i'lid     Dtl.iwarc 

/^.ss"  .  l)^'  H.  M    PiV'-n 

Wo.KhiIle.  S.  S  Rallv.  bv  A.  Wrj(Kl.  Jr. 


NEW  JERSEY    $vvQfi. 

IJcaind  Hpv  k.  by  V  V    Ik-r^jcn 

Cerlar  (iro-c.  I)v  Rev    H    F    Hr.'idford 
l*.a«-rs'in.  .-Xiiburn   .Mrcel  S.  S..  t)y  C 
C.  lli'pp-.r . 


PENNSYLVANIA     $i.n.' 5 

Wt  min's  MisKJcmary  I'nti'n.  .Mr».  T. 
W    lone-.  Tn-as   : 
West  .Sprinjr  Crtck 

Chandler's  Valley.  Swedish,  by  Rev. 
C  /.  Lundquisi 


4  34 


1. 000 

00 

8 
20 

.^5 
60 

5 

00 

2 

00 

2.000 

00 

8 

«o 

7  24 
I  <.o 

3  <>■> 

1  75 

10  00 

.'5  .>j 

2  00 


"-'  55 

2'>  Oh 


44  o.i 

I)  S6 

14  CX) 
4  00 


21    2') 

»i5  75 
II  01 


Drifton,  Welsh  Ch.,  br  E.  J.  Edwards 

Lansford,  by  J.  W.  Thouutt 

Pennsylvania,  **  Cash  ** 

RidfiTway.  First,  by  W.  H.  Ostcrhout 
Slatmeton.  Bethel,  by    Rev.  W.  T. 

Williams 

Warren,  Swedi!^.  by  Rev.  J.  A.  Dahl- 

grcn 


DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA-$66.oo. 


Washinfrton,  Fifth,  by  A.  Rcoch. 


Woman*^  H.  M.  Union  of  the  N.  J. 

Asso  ,  Mrs.  J   H.  Deni^xi.  Treas.: 

Washinfl^lon.   D.  C..   First  Ch..  of 

which  5so  toward  .Salary  Fund. . . 


NORTH  CAROLINA    $vr.oo. 

Woman*s  Missionary*  L'nion.  Miss  A. 
E.  Farrincton,  Treas. : 
Charlotte,  y  rs.  G.  S.  Pope 


GEORGIA    S£k>.6S. 

Woman *s  H.  M.  I'nion.  Miss  Virjjie 

Holmes.  Treas. : 

.Atlanta,  Central $  - 1  a8 

Pleasant  Hill * ;  00 

Star  Band 1  25 

Bamosvil!e.  Fredonia     5  ».«o 

Itaxley.  Friendship,  Mrs.  G. 

N.Smith 500 

Clara.  Center 3  50 

D.'mf>rrsl 2  00 

Fi.  Valley.  Mrs.  S.  E.  Bas- 

scu.  $1  ;  Mrs.  Wilson.  25 

cents I  25 

M.icon.  Mrs.  Dr.  Tones        .  43 
Meansvillc.  Nine  little  pirls 

and  <»ne  b-  -v 5  37 

Rochcllc,  A  lillle  ^irl 10 


Lev?  F.xixrnscs 


5S  18 
S  00 


Aman<l:'.vilh*,by  Rev.  T.  J   Adaa:s  .. 
Charlton.  Rev.  W.  A.   Ri:i^.  by  Rev. 

S    F  (I'lle 
Demort'st.  by  Rev.  D   A.  Caniplxll  .. 


A LA HAM A 


$7.40. 


5  00 


1  o.> 


Fredonia,  .Mt.  Pispah,  by  Rev.  I..  P 
(?ul|>cppcr 

Kin^fston  and  Li>rhiw(VKl.  L'nir  n  Ch  , 
by  Rev.  W.  C  Culver 


LOnSLANA    $6.68. 

Woman'';  Mi'sionary  I'nion.  Mrs  C. 
S.  Shattuck.  Treas.  : 
Welsh.  Mary's  and  Martha's  Aux.. 

C.ilhoun.  by  Rev.  G.  W.  Wall 


FLORIDA-$76.76. 

Received  by  Rev.  S.  F  Gale  : 

n.if^d.id $.'  oi 

Florida  Western  Conference  1  S5 

Hanntield   2  00 

K»?\  West li;-;:; 

Ot\c  Sc\\.-^ttCva\  \Vyk ^  tp 


$10  o» 
1365 

100  00 

57  CO 

10  00 

3  OO 


IS  00 


74  oo 


2  o& 


51  »? 
.?  00 

so 


5  ''^ 

2  4-^ 


3  78 
a  9.> 


»^  "\^» 


January,  1895 


The  Home  Missionary 


495 


Bafzdad.  Bethel  Ch.,  Antioch.  and 
Hurubo,  by  Rev.  L.  Miller 

Eden.  S8.46 ;  White  City,  Si -Co*  by 
Rev.  S.  r .  Gale 

Sanford,  People's  Ch.,  by  Rev.  S.  D. 
Pamc 


TEXAS- 820.00. 

Woman's  H.   M.   Union,   Mrs.  C.  I. 
Scofield,  Treas.  : 
Dallas,  for  Salary  Fund 


OKLAHOMA- $36. 50. 

Arapahoe,  by  R.  P.  Brown 

Carney,  by  Rev.  W.  Lumpkin 

Enid.  Plymouth,  by  Rev.  F.  Foster.. 

ienninjjs,  by  Rev.  C  W.  Snyder 
»erkins  and  Olivet,  by  Rev.  R.  B.  Fos- 
ter  


ARIZONA  -«8.oo. 
Tcmpe,  by  Rev.  E.  H.  Ashmun  , 

OHIO    $1,806.91  ;     of    which     legacy. 

Received  by  Rev.  J.  G.  Fraser, 
D.D  : 

Cleve'and So  85 

Euclid  Avenue,  by  Justin 

Snow 30  75 

Lakewood   3  00 

Geneva,  S.   S.,    for   Salary 

Fund 5  00 

Mansfield.   First,    add'I,  by 

Dr.  Hubbell        4720 

Medina,  by  H.  A.  Horn,   in 

full   to  const   O.    H.   Mc- 

I>oweIl.  Curtis  B.  Abbott, 

Cvrus     E.    Clark,    and 

Clara  Slebb  L.  Ms 2it  01 

Kent,  by  C.  M .  Power 20  00 

Paddy's     Run,     by    James 

Scott 2100 

South  Ncwbur>',  add'I 50 


Received    by    Rev.     J.     G. 


Dv    Ke 
Krasor,  D.D..   Treas.  Bo- 
hemian Board,  Cleveland: 

Andover 

Cleveland,  First 

Euclid  Avenue 

Geneva.  S.  S 

Medina.  S.  S 

Woman's H.  M.Union.  Mrs. 
G    B.  Brown,  Treas.  : 
Austinburjr.   V.    P.  S.   C. 
E..  for  Miss  Rciiinjjer.. 
Marysville.  Willinjr  Work- 
ers   

Ravenna.  Jr    Y.  P.  S.  C. 
E..    for    niblc    Readers 

Scho<»l 

Springfield,  First 

L^nioriville,  for  Miss  Reil- 

inper 

For       Bible       Readers 

School 

Wellington.  L.    B.  and  H. 
M.S 


Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs.  G.  B. 
Brown.  Trras.  : 
Akron.     Firit,    for    Salary 

Fund      $20  00 

Brif^hton,  for  Salary  Fund.        a  50 


$5 
10 
68 

00 
81 
10 

10 
8 

00 
74 

5 

00 

I 

25 

10 

54 
00 

5 

00 

a 

8.S 

10 

00 

$8  00 
10  06 
30  00 


90  00 


1  25 

5  00 
to  00 

10  25 
10  00 


8  00 


339  3» 


«37  29 


Marysville.  Y.  L.  A.,  for 
Salary  P'und $3  25 

North  Ridgeville.  Y.  P.  S.  C. 
E.,  for  ^ary  Fund 5  74 

Rootslown 5  50 

Windham^  L.  H.  H.  S.,  for 
Salary  Fund a  00 


Alexis,  S.  S.  Rally,  by  Mrs.  G.  B. 
Brown,  TreaF.  W.  H.  M.  U 

Atwater,  by  G.  W.  Weldy 

Bellevue.  First,  by  H.  M.  Hoyt.  M.D. 

Cuyahoga  Falls,  Legacy  in  full  of 
Mrs.  Emily  P.  Coc,  by  C.  P.  Rich- 
ardson, Ex 

Dover,  by  D   D.  Osbom 

East  Liverpool,  Mrs.  H.  D.  Kitchel .. 

fackson.  First,  by  Rev.  W.  O.  Jones., 
anesville.  First. 'by  Rev.  C.  H.  Hanks 
Marietta,  Second.  Little  Muskingum, 
Lawrence,  and  Stanleyville,  bv  Rev. 

C.  B.Shear '. 

Oberlin.  Second,  by  N.  Huckins 

Mrs.  M.  A.  Keep 

Piitsfield,  by  Rev.  J.  A.  Belanger. . .  . 
Rootstown.  of  which  $5  es  from  Y.  P. 

S  C.  K  .  b V  H   A.  Dcming 

Springfield.  Lagonda  Avenue,  by  Rev. 

R.  All)ertson 

Weymouth  and  Brunswick,  by  Rev. 
F.  D.  Bentley 


INDlANA-$67.o5. 

Andrews,  by  Rev.  H.  Janes 

Porter  and  Lake  Station,  by  Rev.  R. 

Smith 

Tcrre   Haute,   First,   by    Rev.  E.  D. 

Curtis,  D  D 

Washington    and    Cannelburgh,    by 

Rev.  R.  Mackintosh 


lLLINOIS-$33i.75;  of  which  legacy, 
S181.75. 

111.  Home  Miss.  Soc..  by  Rev.  J.  Tomp 
kins  : 

Designated   by  donors,   for   Salary 

F*und 

Buda,   Estate  of  John   F.   Hyde,  by 

Rev.  H.D.  Wiard 

Chicago.    Mrs.    M.    L.    Bumham,    a 

Memorial  Gift 

Evanston,  Mrs.  C.  B.  Wells 

Rockford,  Second,  by  A.  R.  Rca.  to 

const.  Mrs.  H.  P.  Robertson  a  L.  M. 


MISSOURI-  $9004. 

Amity,  bv  Rev.  J.  P.  Field 

Breckenridfzc.  by  Rev.  A.  K.  Wray  .. 
Brookficld.  Park,  by  Rev.  I  Warren. 
Chillicothe,  Union  Ch..  by  Rev.  A.  L. 

Gridlcy 

Old  Orchard,  by  W   L.  Bailev 

Thayer,  First,  by  Rev.  J.J.  Dalton    . 


WISCONSIN    $31.58. 

Bruce,  $7.60  ;  Apollinia,  $4.75.  by  Rev. 

D.  L.  Sanborn 

Clear  I^ke.  Swedish,  by  Rev.  T.  G. 

Grassic 

Eagle  River.   First,  by  Mrs.  J.  Mor- 

Ran 

F\sh  CtccV .  K  VtactnA 


S38  99 


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5 

24 

60 
50 
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9^3  53 

30  35 

50  00 

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12 

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27 

75 
56 
75 
13 

42 

80 

3 

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3 

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8  00 

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75 

25 

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5 

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100 

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10 

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25 

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January,  1895 


IOWA-$4o  81. 

Davenport.  First  German,  by  Rev  C. 
F.  Finger 

Lansing,  Rev.  A.  Kern 

Muscatine.  Proceeds  of  sale  of  Lucas 
Grove  Ch.  building,  Muscatine  Co., 
by  Rev.  A.  B.  Robbins,  D.D 

Winthrop,  Rally,  by  Rev.  C.  B.  Car- 
lisle   


MINNESOTA-$ii2.67. 

Duluth,    Plymouth,  by  Rev.  T.  M. 

Price 

Lake  Benton  and  Tyler,  by  Rev.  G. 

S.  Evans 

Mankato  and  Kasota,  Scandinavians, 


by  Rev.  C.  E.  Ryberg-  • 

Mantorville,  by  Rev.  H.  Murdie 

Marietu,  by  Mrs.  H.  M.  Bell 

New  Richland,  by  Rev.  F.  M.  Hub- 
bell 

North  Branch  and  Sunrise  City,  by 
Rev.  P.  H.  Fisk 

Northfield,  S.  S.  Rally,  by  C.  H. 
Cooper 

St.  Paul,  Atlantic,  by  C.  L  Tracy 

People's  Ch.,  by  Rev.  W.  Oehler  . . . 

Spencer  Brook,  Swedish,  by  Rev.  A. 
P.  Engstrom 

Springfield  and  Sclma,  by  Rev.  F. 
VVnglcy 

West  Duluth.  The  Pine  Needles  of  the 
Plymouth  Ch  ,  Rally,  by  T  M.  Price 

Upsal.i.  Swedish,  by  Rev.  A.  G.  Peter- 
son  

Worth injfton,  Ch  ,  $8.88;  S.  S.,  $2.93, 
by  (i.  O.  Moore 


KANSAS    $278.  so. 

Received  by  Rev.  J.  G.  Dougherty. 
Treas. : 

Anthony $8  18 

Central  1.1 13  35 

Clear  Creek.  S.  S 2  54 

Douglass,  S   S 5  ^o 

Highland 4  15 

Harvest  Fcsiival  : 

Arj^eniine  Ch.  and  S.  S. ..  9  30 

Bala.  S.  S 4  50 

Goshen,  S-  S 541 

(ireat  Bend,  C  h.  and  S.  S.  5  00 

Kirwin.  Ch.  and  S  S 7  05 

I^eona »8  77 

S.  S 1  33 

Mt.  Hope  Ch.  and  S   S.    .  10  2(S 

Neosho  I'alls,  S.  S 7  23 

Netawaka,  S.  S 4  50 

Oclieliree.  S.  S 7  ^ 

P.iola,  S   S    7  79 

Partridf-^e.  S   S                ...  n  47 

Sterlinii.  V    P.  S   C.  K. . . .  4  <>o 

Jr.  Y    P.  S   C.  IC I  cxj 

Wak.irusa.  S.  S 3  3^^ 

Wclli.iytoii 5  00 


Atwo'd.  hv  Rev.  J.  J.  A   T.  Dixon.   . 
Bloominjiton.    Ash     Rock,   and    New 

Harmony,  by  Rev.  M    McPhee. 
Chase  and  Little  River,  by  Rev.  C.  T. 

Voung  

Dunlap.  by  Rev.  W.  R.  Bair 

(iarnett.  by  D   N.  Simmons 

Kansas,  colls  by  Mrs    F.  .1    Storrs     . 
Kans;is  City.  Pil;,'rim.  by  R-.'v   H.  D. 

Hcrr 

McDnnald  S.  S.  Rallv.  by  S   B.  Alen 
Sahctha,  by  Rev.  A.  C.  Hogbin 


$576 
3  00 


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Valley  Falls,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  B.,  by  O.  K. 

Knooae $«  00 

Wakefield,  by  W.  Eustace 3000 

Wellsville,  bv  Rev.  W.  C.  Veaxie  ....  i  00 

White  City,  by  Rev.  R.  F.  Markham.  7  76 

Wyandotte  Forest  and  Kansas  Citv, 
Chelsea  Place  Ch.,  by  Rev.  W.  B, 
Fisher 3  a 

NBBRASKA-$X78.5S. 

Received  by  J.  W.  BelU  Treas.: 

De  Witt $1760 

Fairmont xx  15 

S.  S 9  xo 

Kilpatrick 380 

Omaha,  Plymouth 9  05 

Sutton 30  00 

8076 

Cortland  and  Pickrell,  by  Rev.  F.  G. 

McHenry 31  06 

De  Witt  and  Beatrice,  Kilpatrick  Ch., 

in  part,  by  Rev.  G.  D.  Tan|femaiin.  8  75 

Dustin,  Lonneyview,  and  Richmond, 

by  Rev.  W.  T.  Williams  8  00 

Hyannis   and    Reno,  by  Rev.  J.  B. 

Brown x5  65 

Inland,  German  Ch.,  by  Rev.  M.  E. 

Eversz a  00 

Minden,  Mrs.  H.  W.  Sprague.  $10; 

Mrs.  N.  C.  Rogers,  $5,  by  Mrs.  H. 

W.  Sprague 15  00 

New    Castle  and    Daily   Branch,  by 

Rev.  J.  Roberts 6  30 

Sutton   and    Stockham,    German,  by 

Rev.  R.  Hilkerbaeumer 11  00 


NORTH  DAKOTA-Siaa.73. 

Received  by  Rev.  J.  Sattler  : 

Kigenfeld   $5  00 

Guadenfcld 16  00 

iohanne 10  00 

[ulm 1000 

St .  Paul  10  00 

Zion 75 

Bu.xton,  Ch.,  $17  :  Cummings.  S13.  by 

Rev.  C.  H.  Phillips  

Hankinson.  by  J.  J  Jones  

Inkstcr  and  Orr,  by  Rev.  A.  E.   Evi- 

son 

Sanborn  and  Odell.  by   Rev.  N.  W. 

Hankmever 

Syke.ston  and  Cathay,  by  Rev.  H,  E. 

ComptC)n 


27  0-2 


SOUTH  DAKOTA-$284.o6. 

Rec<'ived    by    Rev.    W.     H. 
Thrall  : 
Huron,  by  Rev.  B.  H.  Burtt, 
to    const.  Rev.   and    Mrs. 
W.  H.  Thrall  L.  Ms..   ..    $107  00 
Letcher 5  27 

Woman's   H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 
A.  M.  Wilcox,  Treas  : 

Armour $385 

J'adtrer 5  40 

Chamb-jrlain 5  00 

Jr.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 70 

Clark 1  60 

Columbia   i  75 

Deadwood 4  80 

Firesteel 3  66 

Henry 2  24 

WowaLxd    4  80 

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5»  75 

30  00 
10  00 

10  70 

6  50 
n  73 


112  37 


January,  1895 


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497 


Mission  Hill $500 

Mitchell  ..   200 

Redfield 14  47 

Vermilion aj  30 

Tr.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 6  00 

"\\atertown,  M.  B a  00 

Willow  Lakes,  Jr.  Y.  P.  S. 

C.  E 1  05 

Yankton zi  6a 

M.B 3  80 

$zo6  66 

Alexandria.  Rev. J.  Rowe 3  75 

Aurora,  by  Miss  E.  K.  Henry 716 

By  Rev.  r.  Kimball 527 

fieresford,  by  Rev.  H.  W.  Jamison. . .  6  00 

Brj'ant,  by  Rev.  I.  R.  Prior 3  16 

Elk  Point,  by  Rev  A.  M.  Pipes 2  00 

Firesteel.  Letcher,  Bethel,  and  Lis- 
bon, by  Rev.  E.  P.  Swartout 6  43 

Hermosa  and  Rockerville,  by  Rev.  J. 

A.Becker 475 

Plankinton,  Jr.  Y.  P.  S.  C  E..  75c. : 
Howard,  Jr.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  $1; 
Siou.x  Falls,  Jr.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E..  75c., 

by  T.  G.  Langdale 3  50 

Redfield.  by  Rev.  L.  Reynolds 141a 

Webster  and  Waubay,  by  Rev.  C. 
Parsons xo  00 


COLORADO -$74.70. 

Bachelor,  by  Rev.  C.  M.  Thomas.  . . . 

Denver.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  for  Salary 
Fund,  by  Miss  M.  A   Morrison 

Grand  Junction,  by  Rev.  S.  F.  Dick- 
inson  

Lafayette,  by  Rev.  J.  F.  Smith 

Montrose,  by  Rev.  A.  D.  Blakeslee.. . 

Otis  and  Hyde,  by  Rev.  G.  Dungan . . . 


WYOMING-S5  25. 

Biff  Horn,  First,  by  Rev.  C  Anderson. 
Glenrock,  by  Rev.  W.  H.  Brcarley... 


MONTANA-$5o.oo 
Billings,  by  Rev.  H.  M.  Burr. 


5  as 

as 

00 

»5 

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9  45 
16  00 

4 

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4  'W 
X  35 


SO  00 


IDAHO-$33.oo. 
Weiser,  by  Mrs.  N.  L.  Hawthorn $33  00 

CALIFORNIA-$67.85. 

Alpine  and  Flinn  Valley,  by  Rev.  J.  A. 

Rogers 3  40 

Antioch,  by  Rev.  J.  W.  Brier 400 

Lincoln,  by  Rev.  E.  D.  Hale 38  30 

Loe  Angeles, Plymouth  Ch..  toward  L. 

Mp.  of  Rev.  C.  S.  Vaile,  by  Rev.  C. 

S.  Vaile 35  00 

Pcscadero,  by  Rev.  R.  Taylor i  65 

Sunol  Glen,  oy  Rev.  J.  H.  Strong. ...  4  00 

Vemondale,  Rev.  G.  A.  Rawson 3  50 

{Correction  :  In  receipts  from  California  (H.  M. 
for  Nov.,  p.  403),  Lorin,  $57.50  should  read  $5.] 

OREGON— $37.50. 

Oregon  City,  by  Rev.  C.  F  Clapp 26  00 

Sheridan  and  Willamina,  by  Rev.  O. 
B.  Whitmore i  50 

WASHINGTON-S175.38. 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 

J.  W.  George,  Treas.  '.  ...    $48  73 
Quillayute,  by  Rev.   R.  W. 
Fletcher 500 

S3  73 

Cheney  and  Spokane,  West  Side  Ch., 

by  Rev.  F.  V.  Hoyt 5  00 

Chewelah,  by  Rev.  D.  F.  Taylor 5  00 

Colfax,  Plymouth,  by    Rev.    H.    P. 

James 1  75 

Endicott,  German,  by  Rev.  J.  Hergert.  8  40 

Everett,  First,  by  Rev.  T.  W.  Butler.  14  00 

Kalama.  by  Rev.  G.  W.  Nelson 3  50 

Pataha  City  and  Eureka,  by  Mrs.  E. 

Cobleigh 6  oo 

Port  Gamble  and  Port   Ludlow,  by 

Rev.  W.  Butler 9  00 

Riizville  and  GriflBth,  by  Rev.  T.  G. 

Lewis        730 

Steilacoom.  Oberlin  Ch.,  by  Rev.   J. 

M .  Lydgate 10  60 

Walla  Walla,  First,  by  T.  C.  Elliott.,  49  10 

HoMR  Missionary 6a  00 

$30,158.37 


Donations  of  Clothing,  etc. 


Akron.  O..  Ladies  of  West  Ch.,  by  Mrs. 

Jennie  J.  Davies.  barrel 

Albany.  N.  Y.,  Ladies  of  First  Ch.,  by 

Miss  Sarah  L.  While,  box 

Amherst,    N.    H..    Ladies*    Charitable 

Asso.,  by  Mrs.  Eveline  M.  Hartshorn, 

box 

Atlanta,  Ga.,   L.  H.  M.  U.  of  Central 

Ch.,  by  Mrs.  F.  M.  Reed,  barrel 

Bin^hamton.  N.  Y.,    Helpers'  Soc.    of 

First  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  H.  A.  Goflf.  box.. . . 
Black  Rock.  Ct.,   Ladies,  by  Sarah  J. 

Bartram.  barrel 

Bridgeport.  Ct..  North  Ch..    by    Miss 
Harriet  S.  Palmer,  box  and  packasre 

Seizing     Soc      of     South     Ch.,    by 

Caroline  J.  Calcf .  two  barrels 

Brooklyn,  Ct..  Ladies'  H.  M.  Union,  by 

Mrs.  r.  B.  Sibley,  box 

Buffalo,  Mo..  Mrs.  J.  M.  Anderson,  cash 
Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  Y.  P  S.  C.  E.  of  People's 

Ch.,  by  Albert  M.  Wilson,  box 

Cabot.   Vt .   by  Mrs.  James  P.  Stone, 
barrel  Mad  cash 


$50 

00 

144 

65 

67 

00 

50 

00 

180 

00 

75 

00 

14c 

00 

Mf 

00 

iro 

00 

5 

CO 

82 

50 

4X 

00 

Canandaigua,  N.  Y.,  W.  H.  M.   S.  of 

First  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  H.   T.  Parmele, 

box  and  cash $253  -^i 

Cleveland,  O.,  L.  H.  M.  S.  of  Euclid 

Ave.  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  J.  W.  Moore,  barrel  80  19 
Concord,  N.  H.,  South  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  W. 

J.  Fernald,  box,  barrel,  and  package..  z68  48 
Cortland,  N.  Y,  W.  M.  S.,  by  Mrs.  A. 

M.  Waterbury,  barrel 41  00 

Danbury,  Ct.,  Christian  Endeavor  Soc., 

by  Mrs.  C.  A.  Mallory,  barrel 105  08 

East  Hardwick,  Vt..  W.  M.  S..  by  A.  T. 

Byington,  barrel ai  00 

East    Orange.   N.    T.,   Trinity    Ch..   by 

Cynthia  fc.  Quimbv.  box  and  barrel. .  350  00 
Elyria.  O  .  W  H.  M.  S.,  by   Mary  N. 

Garford.  box 148  g6 

Fairfield,  Ct.,  by  Mrs.  Jane  A.  Kippen, 

two  boxes 17500 

Fairport,  N.  Y  ,  W.  H.  M.  U.,  by  Mrs. 

A.  T.  Baker,  two  barrels 103  00 

Foxcrod  and    lovtt.  N\^..,  \jaA\t^  <A 

Ch..  w\t\\  %\  itom  N.V,S.C^.,\s^ 

MissH.T.lc.vatvv\»rc^ ^"^^ 


498 


The  Home  Missionary 


January,  1895 


Glen  Ridge.  N.  J.,  by  Clara  F.  White, 
box  and  barrel $175  00 

Hartford,  Ct..  Ladies*  Hcnev.  Soc.  of 
Asylum  Hill  Ch.,  by  S.  M.  Capron, 

three  boxes 334  28 

Fourth  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  Henry  H.  Ktlsey, 
barrel 98  67 

Jamestown,  N.  Y.,  L.  H.  M.  U.  of  First 
Ch.,  by  Mrs.  G.  W.  Giflford.  barrel  . .         66  50 

Jefferson.  C,  L.  M.  S.,  by  Mrs.  A.  W. 
Simonds.  barrel 60  79 

Lexing:ton,  O.,  L.  H.  M.  S.,  by  Mrs.  H. 
F.  DeLamater,  barrel 11  81 

Lincoln.  Neb  ,  L.  M.  S.  of  First  Ch.,  by 
Mrs.  T.  H.  Leavitt,  box 69  00 

Littleton,  N.  H.,  First  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  L. 
D.  Hyde,  barrel  and  box 10445 

Manchester,  N.  H.,  Ladies'  benev.  Soc. 
of  Hanover  St.  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  F.  C. 
Chase,  barrel  and  cash 17a  45 

Mcadville,  Mo.,  by  Mrs.  W.  B.  Loomis, 
box 2735 

Middletown,  Ct.,  Home  Miss.  Soc.  of 
First  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  A.  R.  Crittenden, 
box  and  barrel »38  75 

Moline.  111.,  Ladies'  Aid  Soc.  of  First 
Ch.,  by  Mrs.  J.  W.  Atkinson,  two 
barrels  and  cash X05  80 

Muscatine.  la..  Ladies*  Aid  Soc. of  First 
Ch..  by  Ajfie  R.  Brooks,  barrel 50  00 

.Mystic.  Ct.,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E  ,  by  Helen 
Prentice,  barrel 28  00 

New  Britain,  Ct..  First  Ch.,  by  £mma 
L.  Pickett,  barrel 96  60 

New  Haven,  Ct..  Ladies'  Aid  Soc.  of 
United  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  .Sarah  E.  Cham- 
pion, box  230  6a 

.Vew  York  City.  Frances  li.  Lake,  two 
b'>.xes 70  00 

N't;w  Hartford,  Ct  ,  Nepaug  South  Ch., 
by  .Mrs.  H.  A.  Tyler,  barrel  and  pack- 
age    50 .00 

North  Hampton,  N.  H..  Lad'cs'  Dorcas 
Circle,  by  .Mrs  R.  M.  Chapman,  barrel         50  97 

Norwich.  Ct..  Broadway  Ch.,  by  Mrs. 

(t.  B.  Bishop.  boK 257  00 

L.  H.  M  Asso.  of  Park  Ch.,  by  Louisa 
G.  Lane,  barrel 140  00 

.Vorwich.  N.  Y..  Ladies'  Wi^rkinj?  Asso., 
by  Mrs.  T.  D.  Miller,  barrel 55  00 

Oakland.  Cal.,  Ladies'  Aid  Soc  of  First 
Ch  .  by  Mrs.  J.  K.  .McLean,  two  boxes 
.'ind  c.'ish 2(x)  90 

Philadelphia.  Pa..  W.  H.  M  S  of  Cen- 
tral Ch.,  by  .Mrs.  A.  \V.  Goodell.  two 
barrels,  box,  and  packajje 13a  00 

P:>rtland.  Me.,  Benev.  Circe  of  Willis- 
tun  Ch  .  by  Mrs.  W.  M.  Chenery.  two 
barrels 15000 

Portsmoutn.  N.  H  .  North  Ch..  by  .Mrs. 

L  11.  I'pton.  b.".rrel 11-2  48 

Providence.  R  I  .  Ladies'  Benev.  Soc  , 
by  .Mrs.  \Vm.  Knij.,'ht.  b^x         2-0  oi 

Redlands,  Cal..  W.  .M.  S.  of  First  Ch., 
by  .Mrs.  John  P.  Fisk,  Jr.,  barrel .so  ^5 


Richford,  N.  V.,  W.  M.  S.,  by  Mary  E. 
Allen,  package 1*7  3» 

Ridgway,  Pa  ,  W.  M.  S.,  by  Annette  D. 
A.  Hamblen,  ^box 49  42 

Rockford.  111.,  W.  M  S.  of  First  Ch..  by 
Miss  Anna  Carpenter,  barrel 6a  30 

Rockville,  Ct.,  Ladies*  Aid  Soc.  of 
Union  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  H.  K.  Talcotl, 
box »05  75 

Rootstown,  C,  Ladies'  Sew.  Circle,  by 
Mrs  Ellen  M.  Parsons,  barrel 

Seward,  III.,  by  Mrs.  R.  E.  Short,  barrel 

Sherburne.  N.  Y..  L.  H.  M.  S.  of  First 
Ch.,  by  Minnie  C.  Coats,  box 

Sherman,  Ct.,  Ladies*  Aid  Soc.,  by  Mrs. 
J.  M.  Pickett,  barrel 

South  Eg-remont,  Mass.,  Ladies'  Aid 
Soc.,  by  Mrs.  R.  C.  Talt,  box 

South  Hadley,  Mass.,  Mi.  Holyoke  Col- 
lege, by  Sarah  H.  NIelvin,  box 

South  Manchester,  Ct.,  Ladies*  Benev. 
Soc.  of  First  Ch.,  by  Antoinette  B. 
Spencer,  box 

Stafford  Sprinfsrs,  Ct.,  by  Ellen  J.  Mc- 
Laughlin, box 

St.  Johnsbury,  Vt..  W.  H.  M.  S.  of 
North  Ch.,  by  Miss  Mary  E.  Stone, 
barrel 

Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  Plymouth  Ch.,  by  Mrs. 
E.  N.  Packard,  barrel  ....     

Terry  ville,  Ct..  Benev.  Soc.,  by  Mrs,  W. 
H.  Scott,  cash  

Thompson,  Ct.,  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  J.  Scott 
Lewi?,  two  barrels 

Toledo.  O..  L.  H.  M.  S.  of  Washington 
St.  Ch..  by  Mrs.  J.  D.  Price,  box  and 
carpet So  60 

Twinsburj,'.  ().,  Woman's  Home  and 
Foreign  Miss.  St)c..  by  Miss  H.  Dodge, 
two  barrels 5^3} 

Vineland,  N.  J  ,  L.  H.  M.  S.  of  Ch.  of 
the  Pil^^rims,  by  Miss  E.  L.  Sawyer, 
b.irrel 5^  So 

Ware.  Mass..  King's  D.iuj;hters'  Circle 
of  Gleaners,  barrel  and  three  packages         55  «> 

Wellington.  O.,  Ladies'  Benev.  and  H. 
M    S<-k:..  by  Mrs.  E.  H.  Wait.  box.   . .  80  00 

Wellsville,  X.  Y.,  Ladies'  Mi.ss.  Union 
of  First  Ch.,  by  J.  S.  Lewis,  barrel 
and  ca-sh 43  «> 

West  Brattleboro,  Vr..  Ladies"  Bene/. 
Soc.,  by  Mrs.  C.  S.  Clark,  box  and 
cash 70  00 

West   Hartford,  Ct.,  Elmwood  Soc.,  by 

Miss  Julia  L.  p-axton.  barrel 83  64 

West  Hartford,  Ct.,  Miss  M.  L.  Whit- 
man, barrel. 

Wc>.tp«trt.  Ct  .  Saugatuck  Ch  by  Mar- 
garet E.  Backus,  two  barrel;? 96  47 

Wcybridiie.  Vt  .  Indies*  Aid  Soc.,  by 
Lucy  H.  Wj Hard,  two  barrels 65  t» 

Williamstcnvn.  Vt.,  Ladies,  by  Miss  E. 
L.  .Xinsworth.  box xa  00 

W(Mcesicr.  Mass  .  Young  Ladies  of  First 
Ch.,  by  Mrs.  H.  A.  Conrad,  box 65  00 


22  00 

3688 

82 

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3' 

50 

47 

00 

25 

oo 

100  00 

170 

00 

85 

H 

55 

00 

35 

00 

279  51 

AUXILIARY   STATE   RECEIPTS 

VERMONT   DOMESTIC   MISSIONARY  SOCIETY 

Receipts  of  the  J'erntont  Domestic  Missio/t  iry  Society  from  October  20  to  XtK'ember  20,  i8q4- 

W.M.   C.    Tyi.KR,    Trea.utr-r 


Cornwall 

Dorset 

Dorset,  East ,  w 

Fairfield.  First  Ch.  and  S(x: 


$14  5:2  FairfieUl,  East $10  00 

\  \  yy  \V\<i\\v\AVc.  >x\tvvC^  ^"^^^^.^^^irs 4  00 

2   <:>->       ^»^\\V\SV^V\ <^*^ 

700     \;.\T\iV,^<^t\\omiiVi^-N'^tv^«iS\^\s> ^vtn 


January,   1895 


The  Home  Missionary 


499 


Leicester 

Lowell, Ch 

S.S 

Lvndon,  East,  for  Women  Evangelists. 
Manchester 

Samuel  G.  Cone 

Marlboro,  for  Women  Evangelists 

Mclndoes  Falls 

Newbury,  West 

Ne wfane,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 

Norwich 

Pomfret,  North 

Pleasant  Valley.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 

St.  Johnsbury,  South  Ch 


So  25 

3  38 

6  98 
la  00 

35  30 
20  00 

zz  zo 

7  00 
I   16 

8  00 
17  00 

»4  5» 
5  00 

57  75 


St.  Johnsbury,  South  Ch.,  for  Women 

Evangelists $37  00 

Springfield 23  a8 

Waitsfield za  00 

Windsor 7  Z5 

Vermont  Missionary 34  25 

Interest  on  invested  funds 508  00 

$930  93 
Woman's  Home  Missionary  Uni'-n  : 
Randolph,   "  Homeland  Circle,"  for 
C.  H.  M.  S 25  00 

S9S5  93 


MASSACHUSETTS    HOME    MISSIONARY  SOCIETY 

Rfceipts  of  the  Massachusetts  Home  Missionary  Society  in  N o^f ember ^   1894* 

Rev.  Edwin  B.  Palmer,   Treasurer 


Amesbury,  by  C.  F.  Hovey $17  64 

Andover,  Chapel,  by  W.  ¥.  Draper,  L. 

Ms.  to  be  named 200  00 

Bank  Balances.  Oct.  Interest 18  05 

Beverly,  Dane  St.,  by  Henry  Woodbury.         90  36 
Boston.  Collins,  Susan,  Estate  of.  by  A. 

I.  Coolidge,  ex 2,4Z3  25 

Old  South,  by  Joseph  H.  Gray  797  43 

Roxbury,  Eliot,  by  A.  McLean 5  00 

An  af  ed  and  blind  Member,  by  A. 

McLean ♦..   ,.  65 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,Miss.  Gathering,  by 

A.  McLean 2825 

Brainiree.  South,  by  H.  B.  Whitman Z4  00 

Cambridge,  First,  Mrs.  Thurston's  S.  S. 

class,  by  H.  L.  Flint zo  00 

Cambridgeport.  Pilgrim,  by  N.  H.  Hol- 

broolc    (of  which   $29.67   Mon.    Con. 

Coll.) 79  80 

Cohasset,  Second,  Ladies*  Benev,  Soci- 
ety, by  Mrs.  Sarah  Bates Z5  00 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Mary  A.  Croiker..  3  85 

Concord,  Trinitarian,  by  Thomas  Todd, 

Oct.  Coll 34  40 

Danvers,  First.  E.-C.-a-Day  Band,  by 

May  P.  Grover 2  00 

Danversport,  Richards,  Mrs.  L.  S 2  00 

Dedham,  S.  S.,  by  Miss  Sarah  K.  Bur- 
gess   zs  67 

Douglas.  Wells,  Mrs.   Mary  A.,   Estate 

of,  by  Chas.  E.  Gibson,  ex z,ooo  00 

Dudley,  First,  add'l,  by  Chas.   A.  Eab- 

•  COClc A   \'\ 

Dunstable.  Y.  R  s!  C.  E.,  by  WmV  P. 

Proctor zo  00 

Easton.  by  H.  Y.  Mitchell i  00 

Fall  River,  Broadway,  by  Adam  Cat- 

terall 4  47 

Foxboro,  by  Horace  Carpenter 28  1 1 

Georgetown.  First,  by  Helen  H.  Daniels.         25  00 

Goshen,  by  J.  R.  MoIHson zs  00 

Hampden    Benevolent  Association,   by 

G.  R.  Bond,  Treas. : 
South  wick. Taft  Thank-offering.    Siz  5a 
Springfield,  First 87  08 

Hope 32  59 

North,  w.  p.  g.  to  const.  Mrs. 
Margaret  D.  Whitney  a  L. 
M 2500 

West  Springfield,  Park  Street.      21  73 

177  9a 


Hanover,  First,  by  H.  Barstow S3  75 

Harvard,  by  J.  W.  Bacon,  for  the  debt..  11  00 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  J.  W.  Bacon,  for 

the  debt 500 

Hinsdale,  by  C.  J.  Kittredge 89  30 

Hubbardston,  Grimes,  Mrs.  Abbie  D. . .  5  00 

Lawrence,  W  hite,  Samuel 40  00 

Lexington,   Hancock,  by    W^alter     W. 

Baker 47  00 

Lowell,  High  St..  by  Samuel  A.  Chase, 

forC.  H.  M.  S 133  93 

Merriam,  Rev.  Charles  L 500 

Medfield,  A  Friend 50  00 

Merrimac.  First,  by  C.  L  Churchill  ...  75  00 
Middlefield,  Johnson,  Edson,  sp>ecial  for 

Chester  Center  Ch zo  00 

Newbury.  First,  by  Edward  Perkins....  26  05 
Newbury  port,  Whitfield,  by  H.  B.  Pack- 
ard    8  96 

Newton,  Aubumdale,  by  C.  C.   Burr, 

for  C.  H.  M.S 5  00 

North  Evangelical.  S.  S.,  by  Wm.  E. 

Lowry 5  00 

North  Andover,  by  Jos.  S.  Sanborn  ...  25  00 
North    Attleboro,   First,  by    Chas.    E. 

Jordan 5  35 

Trinity,  by  R.  G.  Semple la  00 

Richmond,  by  C.  H.  Dorr 5  Z5 

Salem,  Tabernacle,  by  Jos.  H.  Phippen.  26  25 

Shrewsbury,  by  Henry  Harlow zo  00 

Somerville,   West,    Day  St.,  by   J.    F. 

Terry 6  00 

Southbridee,  "  Our  Country  " 50  cx> 

South  Hadley.  First,  by  L.  M.  Gaylord.  13  00 

Springfield,  French,  by  A.  S.  Nadow. . .  5  00 
Stoncham,  A  Member,  by  Rev.  Geo.  E. 

Love  joy i  00 

Wakefield,  "S." 2  50 

Wenham.  by  Mrs.  Mary  S.  Richards...  10  00 

Westhampion,  by  A.  D.  Montague 29  za 

West  Stockbridge,  Center,  by  Rev.  W. 

W.  Curtis zo  00 

West  Stockbridge  Village,  by  Rev.  W. 

W.  Curtis 27  50 

Whitcomb,  David,  fund.  Income  of 250  00 

Worcester,  Immanuel.  by  Rev.  Geo.  S. 

Dodge.  Taft  Thank  offering 25  00 

$6,045  84 

Home  Missionary 510 

$6,050  94 


500 


The  Home  Missionary 


January,  1895 


Donations  of  Clothings  etc.    riceh*ed  and  reported  at  the  roams  of  the  IVomans  Home 
Missionary  Association  «n  November,  1894.     Mrs.  Ix)UISE  A.  Kbllogg,  Secretary 


Auburndale,  Aux..  by  Mrs.  H.  A. 
Hazen,  barrel  and  box 

Campello,  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  N.  H.  Wash- 
bum,  barrel 

Centerville,  Ladies,  by  Miss  Handy, 
barrel 

Danvers.  Maple  St.  Ch.,  Ladies,  by  Mrs. 
R.  C.  Ewine,  two  barrels 

Georgetown,  First  Cb.,  W.  H.  M.  S.  and 
S.  S.,  by  Mrs.  Irene  M.  Taylor,  bar- 
rel  

Haverhill,  No.  Ch. .  Bethany,  by  Miss  A. 
G.  Kimball,  two  barrels 

Hinsdale.  L.  B.  S.,  by  Mrs.  C.  J.  Kit- 
tredffe,  barrel  and  box 

Holyoke.  Second  Cb.,  by  Mrs.  E.  C. 
Weiser,  box 

Housatonic,  L.  B.  S.,  by  Mrs.  T.  G. 
Ramsdall,  barrel 

Lincoln,  \>\  Miss  A.  M.  Pi'^rce,  barrel .. 

Lowell,  Hif(h  Sr  Cn.,  Miss.  Assoc.,  by 
Mrs.  Emma  '.  t^'uller,  barrel  

Marlboro,  Soc.,  by  Mrs.  W.  A.  Walker, 
box 

North  Brookfield,  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  F.  P. 
Cutler,  barrel 

Pittsfielc,  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  Mary  B. 
Dtivis,  two  barrels 


S&. 

00 

150 

00 

8x 

75 

xxo 

97 

57 

00 

i6a  06 

107  54 

»44 

08 

84 
80 

79 
4« 

78  45 

143 

00 

55 

^ 

X40  70 

Pittsfield,    Ladies,  by   Mrs.   Mary  B. 
Davis,  barrel 

Providence,  R.  I.,  Central,  Aaz.,   by 
Mrs.  S.  B.  Scockwell,  box 

Roxbory,  Walnut  Ave.,  L.  H.  M.  S.,  by 
Mrs.  P.  Stevenson,  fear  barrels. 

Shelbume  Falls,   Ladies'  Aid  Soc.,  by 
Mrs.  Afnies  W.  Ariiky,  box 

Southborough,  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  L.  A. 
Crouch,  barrel 

Spencer,  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  C.  O.  Tyler, 
barrel 

W^atertown.  Phillips  Sewing  Circle,  by 
Mrs.  M.  Fuller,  barrel 

Westboro,  L.  S.  C,  by  Mrs.  E.  P.  New- 
ton, barrel 

Whitman,  Aux.,  by  Mrs.  S.  P.  White, 
two  bairels 

Wobum,  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  F.  O.  Bryant, 
barrel 

Wollaston,  Aux.,  by  Mrs.  W.  S.  Wash- 
bum,  two  barrels. 

Worcester,  Central,    Ladies,   by   Miss 

Abbie  L.  Sweetser,  barrel 

Plymouth,  L.  B.  S.,  by  Mrs.  Mafion 
E.Sibley,  box 


$1x914 

33»4« 

MS  77 

«37  9« 

4985 

SI  91 

ti4  00 

95  <» 

X06  40 

xxa  4t 

X30  00 

8100 

n9'S 

♦4»044«« 


MISSIONARY   SOCIETY  OF    CONNECTICUT 

/Receipts  of  the  Missionary  Society  of  Connecticut  in  Noi'cmbcr.  1894.     Ward  W.  Jacous, 

7Veosttrer 


Avon,  West  Avon,  by  D.  A.  Hadscll. . . . 
Chaplin,  by  K.  C.  Lumtnis 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  for  C.  H.  M.  S..  with 
cont.  of  April  o.  1894,  to  const.  F.  C. 

Lummis  a  L.  M 

Clinton,  by  I>anicl  W.  Stevens.  

Danbury.  First,  by  H.  Williams 

East  Haddam,  First,  by  E.  W.  Chaffee, 

forC.  H.  M.  S 

Glastonbury,   South    Glastonbury,   Ch. 

andS.  S.,  by  H.  D  Hale  

Griswold.  by  Rev.  F.  E.  Allen,  for  C. 

H.  MS 

Hartford.  Windsor  Ave.,  by  Hart  Tal- 

coit 


$8  25 

q  21 

xo  42 


2  37 

54  70 
46  00 

21  72 

II    XI 

X3  20 
30  80 


Hartland,  East  Hartland,  by  E.  P.  Jones 
New  Britain,  First,  by  A.  N.  Lewis,  for 

C.  H.M.S 

New  Hartford,  Nepaug,  by  J.  B.  Spencer 
North  Canaan,  East,  by  A.  B.  Garfield.. 
Norwich.  Broadway,  by  S.  B.  Bishop. . . 
Old  Say  brook,  by  Robert  Chapman 

ForC.  H.  M.  S 


Plaintield,  First,  by  Walter  Kingsley... 
Wethersfield,  by  S.  F.  Willard 


$10  00 

100  00 

6  40 

•'^44 

348  24 

1788 

X7  83 

10  65 

44  <y> 


Boxes^  etc. 
Ansonia,  First.  Ladies. Cash... 


♦770  27 
$50  db 


MICHIGAN   CONGREGATIONAL  ASSOCIATION 

Receipts  of  the  Michii^an  Coni^rci^ational  Association  in  November ,  1S94.      Rev.  John  P. 

Sandrrso.n.   Treasurer 


Allendale 

Alpena , 

Ann  -Arbor 

Y  P.  S.  C.  E 

Bay  Mills 

Benton  Harbor 

Bridgeport 

Calumet 

\^suition%  J.  P.  o*  C.  £•• «•••• 


•••«•••«• 


S15  70     Central  Lake 

75  00     Charlotte 

100  00     Chase 

1 5  40     Chesterfield 

1  83     Clintrm 

26  57         Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 

7o  00         S.  S 

11 A  AS     Columbus.,... 

6500     V.v>\\w\>\,S.?» 

3  a^  TKyw;i?\aLC,X . V . S. ^. ^ . 


S3  24 

35  » 

5  CO 

2  00 

7  00 
12  00 

8  00 
5  05 

3  25 


January,    1895 


The  Home  Missionary 


501 


East  Gilcad $4  30 

Fremont »2  is 

Fruitport 6  05 

Grand  Haven 34  00 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 3  66 

S.  S 7  34 

Hamburg 4  25 

Hilliards 23  31 

Hudson 8110 

Hudsonville 16  82 

Ironton 10  00 

Kinderhook 4  00 

Lake  Linden 2500 

Lansing^.  Plymouth 1500 

Northport 25  00 

Nunica 7  48 

Old  M  ission 5  25 

Olivet 84  93 

Onondaga 500 

Pentwaier 9  00 

Pickney 15  75 

Pittsford I  30 

Rochester 1650 

Rockford 1500 

Romeo 1000 

Roscommon 2  25 

Saginaw 144  93 

St.  Johns 105  48 

Sandstone 23  28 

Standish 1760 

Wayne 8  ss 

V.P.  S.  C  E ...  5  00 

West  Adrian 13  00 

W.  H    M.  U.,  by  Mrs.  E.  F.  Grabill, 

Treas X04  55 


I1.389  37 


Receipts  of  theW.  H.  M.U.  in  Novem- 
ber, as  reported  by  Mrs.  E.  F. 
Grabill,  Treas.: 

Addison,  W.  H.  M.  S $9  00 

Alamo,  W.  H.  M.  S 700 

Allendale,  W.  H.  M.  U 500 

Ann  Arbor,  W.  H.  M.  S 28  00 

Alpena,  W.  H.  M.  S 700 

Benton  Harbor,  W.  H.  M.  S. .  x  00 

Benzonia,  W.  H.  M.  S 247 

Calumet,  L.  M.  S 35  00 

Chelsea,  W.  M.  S 500 

Clare,  W.  M.  S 747 

Coloma,  Aux 13  00 


Detroit,    W:    A..    First    Ch., 

dying  gift  of  a  member $95  00 

Dorr,  W7  H.  M.  S xa  50 

Eaton    Rapids,    W.     M.    S., 

Thanksgiving zi  50 

Frankfort,  W.  H.  M.  S 9  78 

Fremont,  L.  A.  S 400 

Grape,  W.  H.  M.  S 450 

Greenville,  W.  H.  M.  S «2  35 

Highland  Sution,  W.  H.  M.  S.  10  00 

Maple  City,  W.  H   M.  S 5  00 

Merrill.  W.  H.  M.  S 625 

North  Adams,  W.  H.  M.  S 21  00 

Olivet,  L.  B.  S 21  j8 

Portland.  W.  H.  M.  S  200 

Ransom,  L.  A.  and  M.  S 2000 

Reed  City,  W.  H.  M.  S 725 

Rochester,  W.  M.  S 19  00 

Solon,  W.  H.  M.  S a  00 

South  Emroett,  W.  H.  M.  S...  50 
Southern  Michigan  W.  M.  S., 
Association  meeting  collec> 

tion 1300 

Traverse  City,  W.  H.  M.  S —  2^  00 

Union  Citv,  W.  H.  M.  U 10  00 

Wayne.  W.  H.  M.  S 12  00 

West  Adrian,  W.  M.  S 5  00 

Whittaker 8  00 


YOUNG  PEOPLE  S    SOCIETIES  AND  SUNDAV- 
SCHOOl  s  : 

Ann  Arbor,  Children's  Miss. 

Soc $10  00 

Flint,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 832 

Frankfort,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 12a 

Kalamazoo 800 

Ludington.  S.  S.  Rally 18  76 

Ransom.  Y.  P  S.  C.  E 5  00 

Shelby,  S.  S.  Rally 3  00 


S369  75 


54  30 


$424  05 
DONATIONS  OF  CLOTHING 

Detroit,  First,  two  boxes Si6x  00 

Flint,  one  box 37  00 

Muskegoh.  First,  one  box 60  50 

Richmond,  one  box 35  00 


WOMAN'S     STATE    HOME     MISSIONARY 

ORGANIZATIONS 

OFFICERS 


X.  NEW   HAMPSHIRE 

FEMALE  CENT  INSTITUTION 

Organized  August,  1804 
and 

HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  June,  x8go 

President^  Mrs.  Cyrus  Sargeant.  Plymouth. 
Se^rfary,  Mrs.  John  T.  Peny.  Exeter. 
rrfoxmrrr,  Miss  Anaie  A.  AfcFarland,  196  Main 
St.,  Concord. 


2.  MINNESOTA 


WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 


Organized  September,  1872 

President,   Miss  Catherine  W.  Nichols^  2^0  E.  qth 
Secretary,  >At^.  \.  V.  V.>jow,  \i  '^^'WW:.^  ^qn«\.> 


502 


The  Home  Missionary 


January,  1895 


3.  ALABAMA 
WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  March,  1877 
Reorganized  April,  1889 

President,  Mrs.  G.  W.  Andrews.  Talladega. 
Secretary,  Mrs.  J.  S.  Jackson,  Montgomery. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  E.  C.  Silsby,  Talladega. 

4.  MASSACHUSETTS   AND   RHODE 
ISLAND* 

WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY  ASSOCIA- 
TION 

Organized  February,  z88o 

President,  Mrs.  C.  L.  Goodell,  The  Rochdale, 
Boston  Highlands. 

Secretary,  Mrs  Louise  A.  Kellogg,  32  Congrega- 
tional House.  Boston. 

Treasurer,  Miss  Sarah  K.  Burgess,  3a  Congrega- 
tional House,  Boston. 

5.  MAINE 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY   AUXILIARY 
Organized  June,  1880 

president y   Mrs.  Katharine  B.  Lewis.  So.  Berwick. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  Gertrude  H.  Denio,  168  Ham- 
mond St.,  Bangor. 

Treasurer,y^r%.  Rose  .M.Crosby,  26  Grove  St., 
Bangor. 

6.   MICHIGAN 

WO.MANS   HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 
Organized  May,  1881 

President y  Mrs.  George  M.  I^nc.  17Q  W.  Alexan- 
drine Ave..  Detroit. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  J.  H.  Hatfield,  joi  Elm  St..  Kala- 
mazoo. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  E.  F.  Grabill,  Greenville. 

7.  KANSAS 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  Ociol>er.  1881 

President,   Mrs.  F.  J.  Storrs.  Topeka. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  George  L.  Epps.  Topeka. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  D.  D.  DeLong.  Arkansas  City. 

8.  OHIO 

WO.MANS   HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 
Organized  May.  1882 

President,  Mrs.  Sidney  Strong.  Lane  Seminary 

Campus.  Cincinnati. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  J.   W.   Moore,  836  Hough  Ave., 

Cleveland. 
Tr^rfxwr^r,  Mrs.  George   B.   Brown.  21 16  Warren 
St.,  Toledo. 


9.  NEW  YORK 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October,  1883 

President,  Mrs.  Wm.  Kincaid,  483  Greene  Ave, 

Brooklyn. 
Secretary,  Mrs.  Wm.  Spalding,  5x1  Orange  St, 

Syracuse. 
Treeuurer,'i\T%.  J.  J.  Pearsall,  ajo  Macon   St., 

Brooklyn. 

zo.  WISCONSIN 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October,  1883 

President.  Mrs.  E.  G.  Updike,  Madison. 
Secretary,  Mrs.  A.  O.  Wright,  Madison. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  C.  M.  Blackman,  Whitewater. 

xz.  NORTH   DAKOTA 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  November,  1883 

President.    Mrs.  W.  P.  Cleveland.  Caledonia. 
Secretary.    Mrs.  Silas  Daggett.  Harwood. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  J.  M.  Fisher,  Fargo. 

Z2.  OREGON 

WOMAN'S  HO.ME   MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  July,  1884 

Ptesident,    Mrs.  John  Sommerville.  246  Washinjj- 

lon  St  ,  Portland. 
Secretary.   Mrs.  Geo.  C.  Brownell.  Oregon  City. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  W.  D.  Palmer,   546  3d  St.,  Port' 

land. 

13.  WASHINGTON 

Inclidi.ng  Northern  Idaho 
WOMAN'S   HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 
Organized  July,  1884 
Reorganized  June,  1889 

President,    Mrs.  A.  J.  Bailey.  323   Blanchard  St., 

Seattle 
Secretary.   Mrs.  W.  C.  Wheeler,  424  South  K  St., 

Tacoma. 
Treasurer.  Mrs  J.  W.  George,  620  Fourth  Street, 

Seattle. 

14.  SOUTH    DAKOTA  ^ 

WOMAN'S  HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  September,  1884 

President,   .Mrs.  A.  H.  Robbins.  Ashton. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  W.  H.  Thrall,  Huron. 
Treasurer^  Mrs.  F.  M.  Wilcox,  Huron. 


*  While  the  W.  H.  M.  A.  appears  in  ihc  a\>ovt  Vv^x.  as  ;a.  ^\a.vc;  \>cA>i  \ox  VL^.'aaafc\i>Mfc\\»«A'«si^ 
'd,  it  has  certain  auxiliaries  elsewhere. 


January,   1895 


The  Home  Missionary 


503 


15.  CONNECTICUT 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
OTgzniied  January,  1883 

President^  Miss  Ellen  R.  Camp,  9  Camp  St.,  New 

Britain. 
Secretary^   Mrs.  C.   T.    Millard.    36   Lewis   St., 

Hartford. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.   W.   W.   Jacobs,   19  Spring   St., 

Hartford. 

x6.  MISSOURI 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  May,  1885 

President,   Mrs.  Henry  Hopkins.  916  Holmes  St., 

Kansas  City. 
Secretary,   Mrs.   E.   C.   Ellis,  2456  Tracy  Ave., 

Kansas  City. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  K.  L.  Mills,  1526  Wabash  Ave., 

Kansas  City. 

Z7.  ILLINOIS 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  May,  1885 

President^  Mrs.  Isaac  Caflin,  Lombard. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  C.  H.  Taintor,  151  Washington 

St..  Chicago. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  L.  A.  Field,  Wilmette. 

x8.  IOWA 

WOMAN'S    HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  June.  1886 

President,   Mrs.  T.  O.  Douglass.  Grinnell. 
Secretary.   Mrs.   H.  H.  Robbins,  Grinnell. 
Treasurer,  Miss  Belle  L.  Bentley,  300  Court  Ave., 
Des  Moines. 

zg.  CALIFORNIA 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY 
Organized  October,  1887. 

President,  Mrs.  E  S.  Williams,  572  12th  St.,  Oak- 
land. 

Secretary,   Mrs.   L.   M.  Howard,  911  Grove  St., 
Oakland. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  J.  M.  Haven,  1329  Harrison  St.   « 
Oakland. 

ao.  NEBRASKA 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  Noveml)er,  1887 

President.  Mrs.  J     T.    Duryea,    2402    Cass    St., 

Omaha. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  H.  Bross.  2004  Q  St..  Lincoln. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  G.  J.   Powell,  3olh  &  Ohio  Sts., 

Omaha. 

ai.  FLORIDA 

WOMAN'S    HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  February,  1888 

President,  Mrs.  S.  F.  Gale.  Jacksonville. 
Jiirr/'/arr,  Mrs.  Nathan  Harrows,  Winter  Park. 
Trta^rer,  Mrs.  W.  D.  Brown,  Jnterlachen. 


aa.  INDIANA 

WOMAN  S  HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  May,  x888 

President,  Mrs.  E.  C.  Bell,  321   Christian  Ave., 

Indianapolis. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  W.  E.  Mossman,  Fort  Wayne. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  F.  E.   Dewhurst,    38  Christian 

Ave.,  Indianapolis. 

a3.  SOUTHERN  CALIFORNIA 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  May,  1888 

President,   Mrs.   W.  J.  Washburn,  510  Downey 

Ave.,  Los  Angeles. 
Secretary,  Mrs.  P.  J.  Colcord,  Claremont. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Mary  M.  Smith,  Public  Library, 

Riverside. 

34.  VERMONT 

WOMAN'S    HOME  MISSIONARY   UNION 
Organized  June,  1888 

President,  Mrs.  J.  H.  Babbitt,  West  Brattleboro. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  M.  K.  Paine.  Windfor. 
Treasurer, Mrs.   Wm.   P.   Fairbanks,   St.  Johns- 
bury. 

35.  COLORADO 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  October,  1888 

President,   Mrs.  B.  C.  Valentine,  Highlands. 
Secretary.  Mrs.  Charles  Westley,  Box  508.  Denver. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Horace  Sanderson,  17 10  i6th  Ave., 
Denver. 

36   WYOMING 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October,  1888 

Reorganized  Deceml)er,  1892 

President.   Mrs.  G.  S.  Ricker.  Cheyenne. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  W.  L.  Whipple,  Cheyenne. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  H.  N.  Smitn,  Rock  Springs. 

37.  GEORGIA 

WOMAN  S    HOME    MISSIONARY    UNION 
Organized  November,  x888 

President,  Mrs.  H.  B.  Wey,  253  Forest  Ave., 
Atlanta. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  H.  A.  Kellam,  176  Ivy  St.,  At- 
lanta. 

Treasurer,  Miss  Virginia  Holmes,  Bamesvtile. 

38.  MISSISSIPPI 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  April,  1889 

President,   Mrs.  C.  L.  Harris,  1421  31st  Ave.,  Me- 

T\d\ax\. 
Secretary,  M'\8a  EA\VYi  "NV .  W^>\,To>x\Ra\"oc» 
Treasurer yVLX%.  V..  W.  tMTtwct ,  "iwi  xiSJcw  'sj.v,,  Vi^- 


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39.  LOUISIANA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  April,  1889 

PresuifMt,   Miss  Bella  Hume,  comer  Gasquetand 

Liberty  St8.,  New  Orleans. 
Secrftary,   Miss  Matilda  Cabrfcrc.  New  Orleans. 
Truuurer,  Mrs.  C.  S.  Shattuck,  Welsh. 

30    ARKANSAS,    KENTUCKY.  AND    TEN. 

NESSEE 

WOMAN'S    MISSIONARY  UNION  OF  THE 
CENTRAL  SOUTH  ASSOCIATION 

Organized  April,  1889 

Presiiient^  Mrs.  Ella  S.  Moore,  Box  8,  Fisk  Uni- 
versity, Nashville,  Tenn. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  Jos.  E.  Smith,  304  Gilmer  St., 
Chattanooga.  Tenn. 

Treasurer^  Mr.s.  J.  E.  Moreland,  1214  Grundy  St., 
Nashville,  Tenn. 

31.  NORTH  CAROLINA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  October.  1889 

President,  Mrs.  J.  W.  Freeman.  Dudley. 
Seer  eta  ry    f 

a  flit         -Miss  A.  E.  Farrington.  High  Point. 
Treastirer,  \ 

yi.  TEXAS 

WOMAN'S   HO.ME   MISSIONARY   UNION 
Organized  March.  i8<)o 

Presiiient,   Mrs.  j.  M    Wendelkin.  Dallas. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  H    V .  Burl,  Lock  Bo.\  563.  Dallas. 
I reasHrer,^^^^.    C.    1.    Scotield,    Lock    Box    220. 
Dallas. 

33.  MONTANA 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  May,  iSgo 

President,    .Mrs.  O  C.  Clark.  Mis.soula. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  W.  S.   Bell.   4!o  Dearborn  Ave., 

Helena. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Herbert  E.  Jones,  Livingston. 

34.  PENNSYLVANIA 

WO.MANS   MISSIONARY   UNION 
Organized  June,  i8ik> 

President,  Mrs  .\  HClaflin,  274  Manhattan  St., 
.Mk'u'lu'nv 

Secretary,    Mrs.  C.  V   Vennie.  Ridgway. 

'I reasurer,  .NIrs.  T.  W.  J«>ncs.  511  Woodland  Ter- 
race. Philadelphia. 

35.  OKLAHOMA 

WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY   UNION 
Organized  October.  i8.)o 

Pn-sj  '(-nf,    .Mrs.  J.  H.  Parker.  Kingfisher. 
■'i^crtfitrv,    Mrs.  J.  E.  Piatt.  Guthrie. 

•asurrf.Mrs.  A.  H.  Hammer,  Ok\ahotr.a  C\iv 


36.  NEW  JERSEY 

LnCLCDING  DiSTKlCT    OP    COLUMBIA,    MaBVLAXD. 
AND    ViKCIKIA 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION  OF 
THE  NEW  JERSEY  ASSOCIATION 

Organized  March,  1891 

Presidenty  Mrs.  A.  H.  Bradford,. Montclair. 
Secretary^  Mrs.  W.  O.  Weedcn,    Uj  per   Moot- 

clair. 
Treasurer^  Mrs.  J.  H.  Denison,  150  Belleville  Arc, 

Newark. 

37.  UTAH 

Including  Solthbrn  Idaho 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Onifanized  May,  1891 
Reorganized  December,  i&js 

President,    Mrs.  Clarence  T.    Brown,  Salt  Lake 

City. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  W.  S.  Hawkes.  135  Sixth  St .  £., 

Salt  Lake  City. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Dana  W.  BartleU.  Salt  Lake  City. 
For  Idaho,  Mrs.  Oscar  Sonnenkalb,  Pocatello. 

38.  INDIAN    TERRITORY 

WO.MANS   MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  April.  1892 

President.    Mrs.  Fayette  Hurd,  Vinita. 
Sei  retary.    Miss  Louise  Graper.  Vinita. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Raymond,  Vinita. 

39.  NEVADA 

WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October,  1892 

President,    Mrs.  L.  J.  Flint,  Rerio. 
Secretary.    Miss  Margaret  N.  Magill,  Reno. 
Treasurer,  Miss  Mary  Clow,  Reno. 


40.  NEW  MEXICO 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  November,  1892 

President,    Mrs.  C.  E.  Winslow,  Albuquen^ue. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  E.  W.  Lcwis,  301  So.  Edith  St., 

Albuqueraue. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  A.  W.  Jones,  Albuquerque. 

41.   BLACK  HILLS,  SO.   DAKOTA 

BLACK    HILLS    ^'OMAN'S    MISSIONARY 

UNION 

Organized  October,  1893 

President,   Mrs.  J.  B.  Gosgage,  Rapid  City.  Black 

Hills.  South  Dakota. 
Sovt.f.irv,  NUs    H.   H.  Gilchri*;t,  Hot    Springs. 

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ITEMS   OF   EARLY   HOME    MISSIONARY   HISTORY 

'EADERS  of  our  January  number,  page  467,  have  seen  how  the 
process  of  systematic  church  extension  began  in  the  going 
out  of  colonists  representing  their  spiritual  mother  and  often 
taking  along  one  of  their  former  religious  teachers. 

Thus  in  1647,  forty-three  churches  had  been  organized  among  a  pop- 
ulation of  30,000,  giving,  on  an  average,  one  minister  to  600  or  700  souls. 
In  1696  the  number  of  churches  had  grown  to  134  in  New  England, 
ninety-eight  in  the  province  of  Massachusetts,  and  the  fact  that  six  of 
these  were  destitute  of  settled  ministers  alarmed  the  whole  country  ! 

This  process  of  growth  went  on  in  much  the  same  fashion,  with  no 
more  formal  methods  of  supplying  deficiency  of  ministerial  care — perhaps 
with  little  need  of  more  formal  methods — until  well  along  into  the  eight- 
eenth century.  It  was  natural  that  these  colonies  should,  from  time  to 
time,  be  visited  by  their  former  pastors,  whose  preaching,  prayers,  and 
counsel  would  greatly  help  in  molding  their  young  institutions  after  the 
model  and  in  the  spirit  of  those  they  had  left  behind. 

Next  we  find  many  of  the  Massachusetts  and  Connecticut  pastors 
devoting  their  annual  or  more  frequent  "  vacations  "  for  rest  and  recrea- 
tion, to  these  apostolic  visits — "  missionary  tours  " — not  only  to  their  own 
former  parishioners,  but  such  other  settlers  as  they  could  reach,  especially 
such  as  had  gone  from  their  neighborhood,  desirous,  as  all  were,  of  this 
acceptable  voluntary  service. 

The  returning  pastors,  of  course,  told  in  ministerial  circles  the  story 
of  their  experience,  thus  encouraging  and  multiplying  the  number  of  such 
tours.  Next,  local  associations  of  ministers  began  to  be  formed,  Presi- 
dent Stiles  says,  as  early  as  1670  (we  have  manuscript  records  of  the  Cam- 
bridge Association  in  1690),  and  these  gave  opportunity  for  more  and 
more  concert  of  action  in  the  matter,  the  ministers  who  could  so  serve 
laying  out  their  trips  with  reference  to  the  greatest  need,  mutual  con- 
venience, and  the  best  promise  of  results  ;  and  l\\e  tv^\^c\!ciOXvc\'^  \i\^'Cc>x^'^ 

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who  could  not  so  serve  cheerfully  supplied  in  turn  the  vacated  pulpits  at 
home.  When  the  General  Associations  of  these  States  were  formed,  that 
of  C(.>nnecticut  in  1709,  and  that  of  Massachusetts — always  jealous  of 
organizations  outside  the  churches  that  might  possibly  interfere  with  their 
independence — not  till  1802,  still  more  definite  form  was  given  to  this 
early  style  of  Home  Missions,  as,  with  the  growth  of  the  country,  the  need 
of  such  work  had  greatly  increased. 

These  voluntary  missionary  tours,  with  the  many  facts  they  spread  before 
the  churches  through  the  meetings  of  associations,  pamphlets,  the  early 
religious  magazines  and  otherwise,  naturally  led  to  the  formation  of  local 
societies  which  should  disseminate  information,  secure  laborers,  raise  the 
needful  money,  and  take  the  general  oversight  of  the  work,  each  in  its 
own  chosen  field.  Hy  far  the  most  interesting  portion  of  the  records  of 
New  England's  religious  history,  after  the  story  of  the  earliest  settlement, 
is  that  devoted  to  these  efforts  at  church  extension,  which  meant  with  the 
fathers  the  giving  to  each  new  settlement  those  priceless  blessings  for 
whose  enjoyment  they  had  hazarded  and  endured  so  much. 

Massachusetts  came  slowly  to  the  formation  of  a  General  Association 
(1802),  and  then  the  local  bodies  one  by  one  reluctantly  gave  in  their 
adhesion.  When  the  proposition  to  organize  was  made,  it  appears  that 
of  the  twenty-four  district  associations,  only  seven  approved,  four  di.sap- 
provcd,  four  were  undecided,  and  the  rest  do  not  appear  to  have  made 
reply.  To  this  Massachusetts  jealousy  of  ecclesiastical  dictation  it  was 
doubtless  largely  due  that  the  home  missionary  work,  wiiich  in  Connecti- 
cut was  managed  by  the  (ieneral  Association,  was  from  the  first  carried 
on  in  Massachusetts  chiefly  through  these  voluntary  societies,  under  the 
care  of  prominent  ministers  and  laymen,  sustained  by  contributions  of 
churches  and  annuo!  members.  Some  brief  notice  of  these  societies 
may,  perhaps,  be  our  readiest  way  to  trace  the  progress  of  early  Home 
Missions. 

M ASSAC H USETTS    S( )CI KTIES 

In  1787  was  organized  **  The  Society  for  Propagating  the  Gospel 
among  Indians  and  others  in  North  America,"  in  cooperation  with  the 
Scotch  and  iMiglish  *'  Ss)ciety  for  Promoting  Christian  Knowledge."  It 
devoted  to  the  Indian  wi»rk  in  New  England  and  New  York  the  money 
received  from  abroad,  and  (the  Legislature  having  granted  a  **  brief  "  for 
contributicMis  from  all  the  churches  in  the  State)  raised  what  it  could  at 
home  for  the  suj")port  of  missions  and  schools  and  the  distribution  of 
Pibles  among  the  people  of  the  new  settlements.  In  sixteen  years  it  had 
acquired  a  fund  of  ,S23,4i7,  the  income  of  which  helped  out  their  receipts 
from  annual  contributions. 

In  ijgS  was  formed  **  The  IWrksWuii  •A\\v\Vlo\\3.\\\\:i\;s.\VYa^\viY^^^  S^oclety  " 


February,  1895  The  Home  Missionary  507 

***  for  the  propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  new  settlements  and  among  the 
Indian  nations."  Its  support  came,  in  about  equal  parts,  from  Christian 
•people  in  the  neighboring  counties  of  Berkshire,  Mass.,  and  Columbia, 
N.  Y.  This  society  liberally  distributed  Bibles  and  religious  books,  and 
expended  about  $13,000  in  aiding  an  average  of  four  missionaries  for  three 
months  in  each  year.  Its  New  York  members  in  time  joined  other  asso- 
ciations in  their  State,  and  the  Berkshire  friends  united  with  the  Massa- 
chusetts Missionary  Society.  This  Berkshire  and  Columbia  Society  sent 
out  the  first  missionary  who  crossed  the  Genesee  River,  Rev.  David  Perry, 
of  Richmond,  Mass.  Penetrating  the  wilderness,  he  at  length  found  one 
man  who  had  been  a  professor  of  religion,  and  they  set  up  public  worship 
on  the  Sabbath. 

"  The  Massachusetts  Missionary  Society "  was  formed  in  Boston, 
May  28,  1799,  with  Dr.  Emmons,  of  Franklin,  for  its  first  president. 
This  was  by  far  the  most  efficient  body  that  had  yet  come  into  being 
in  Massachusetts,  and  was  destined  to  a  long,  useful,  and  honorable 
life.  Its  original  declared  object  was,  *'  to  diffuse  the  knowledge  of 
the  Gospel  among  the  heathen  as  well  as  other  people  in  remote  parts 
of  our  country,  where  Christ  is  seldom  or  never  preached."  This  was 
so  amended  in  1804  as  to  read,  "  To  diffuse  the  Gospel  among  the 
newly  settled  and  remote  parts  of  our  country,  among  the  Indians  of  the 
country,  and  through  more  destitute  regions  of  the  earth  as  circumstances 
shall  invite  and  the  ability  of  the  society  shall  admit."  Its  first  plan  was, 
what  they  thought  apostolic,  to  send  out  laborers  two-and-two,  an 
ordained  and  unordained  man  together  ;  but  this  they  had  to  abandon 
after  searching  for  men  and  corresponding  in  vain  for  nearly  two  years. 
Its  work  was  carried  on  in  close  connection  with  that  of  the  Connecticut 
Missionary  Society,  largely  in  the  same  fields,  with  mutual  good  under- 
standing and  helpfulness. 

This  was  the  mother  of  the  present  Massachusetts  Home  Missionary 
Society,  that  has  been  now  for  so  many  years  the  National  Society's  right 
hand,  raising  for  its  treasury  from  $50,000  to  $100,000  a  year — over 
$55,500  last  year  of  the  $86,500  received  by  the  National  Society  from 
Massachusetts. 

After  the  early  tide  of  emigration  to  Connecticut  had  somewhat 
slackened,  and  that  State  had  come  to  take  care  of  itself  and  others  too, 
the  colonists  began  to  turn  their  faces  northward  and  eastward  to  New 
Hampshire,  Vermont,  and  what  is  now  Maine.  In  these  new  regions  land 
could  be  easily  obtained  by  the  poorest  actual  settler.  Very  naturally, 
therefore,  the  earliest  work  of  the  Massachusetts  Society  was  largely 
directed  to  these  States.  The  first  missionaries  sent  were  two  to  Maine, 
two  to  Northern  Vermont,  and  two  to  Western  New  York.  Iv^  tVv^  \.V\\\^ 
year  one  for  Pennsylvania,  was  added.     In  i&o5,b^*=i\^^^\.\v^lo^^^^^^^'^^ 


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were  commissioned  for  Rhode  Island,  "  at  the  request  of  some  inhabitants 
of  that  State."     The  Massachusetts  Society  did  its  full  share  in  keeping 
up  the  interest  of  the  churches  in  these  emigrants  and  stirring  the  con-  • 
sciences  of  young  men,  and  older  men  too,  in  the  ministry,  as  to  their  duty 
to  care  for  the  new  fields. 

We  used  to  hear  from  those  who  remembered  him  in  Vermont,  the 
story  that  good  old  **  Father  Tufts  *'  was  wont  to  tell  of  his  troubles  as  to 
**  entire  consecration  "  during  his  theological  studies.  With  all  the  rest 
looking  to  the  ministry  he  had  to  face  this  home  missionary  question,  and 
it  lay  upon  his  heart  day  and  night.  He  did  try  hard  to  be  sincere  in 
self-renunciation,  and  in  every  prayer  was  careful  to  say,  **  Open  before 
me,  Lord,  the  way  of  duty.  Send  me  where  thou  wilt  send."  **  But," 
added  the  honest  old  man,  "  1  don't  think  I  ever  was  quite  able  to  rise 
from  my  knees  after  saying  this  to  the  Lord  without  whispering  to  myself, 
1  hope  it  won't  be  to  Vermont."  So  to  Vermont,  of  course,  the  Lord  did 
send  him  ;  for  which  he  never  ceased  to  be  grateful.  Nor  did  the  people 
with  whom  he  left  so  fragrant  a  memory  as  a  true  servant  of  God,  blessed 
to  the  salvation  of  many. 

In  1802  *' The  Hampshire  Missionary  Society"  was  organized  at 
Northampton,  its  supporters  being  the  good  people  of  the  old  Hampshire 
County,  embracing  the  present  Hampshire,  Hampden,  and  Franklin 
counties.  Its  object  was  "to  promote  the  spreading  and  propagation 
of  the  Gospel  of  Jesus  Christ  among  the  inhabitants  of  the  new  settle- 
ments of  New  England  and  the  aboriginal  nations  of  the  continent." 
Prior  to  the  foundation  of  the  American  Home  Missionary  Society  it 
had  disbursed  $33,000  for  missionary  service  and  $10,000  for  Bibles  and 
other  religious  books.  It  had  an  annual  average  of  perhaps  five  men  in 
commission,  chiefly  in  Western  New  York  and  Maine,  from  three  to  six 
months  each.  By  subscriptions  and  legacies  it  had  accumulated  a  fund, 
the  annual  income  of  which  (several  thousand  dollars),  with  collections  of 
the  churches  accustomed  to  act  through  it,  were  divided  between  the 
American  and  the  Massachusetts  Home  Missionary  Societies.  It  has 
been  from  the  first  one  of  the  most  faithful  and  efficient  auxiliaries,  and 
to  its  influence,  doubtless,  is  largely  due  the  marked  liberality  of  many 
churches  and  individuals  in  Western  Massachusetts.  We  cannot  speak  in 
detail  of  its  early  work,  but  the  journal  of  Rev.  John  Taylor,  of  Deer- 
field,  who,  in  its  behalf,  made  the  tour  of  the  Mohawk  and  Black  River 
counties.  New  York,  in  1802,  shows  that  missionary  service  on  the  "  fron- 
tier "  in  those  davs  had  its  annovances,  not  unlike  those  of  the  more  dis- 
tant  frontiers  of  our  time. 

Here  is  a  specimen  :  At  Northampton,  N.  Y..  whose  name  would  natu- 

raJJv  be  full  of  promise  to  him,  he  *'  put  up  "  with  a  Dutch  deacon.     **  Had 

a  dinner/'  he  says,  **  of  boWed  squas\\  's>^^m^\\t\'^  \tv\i>3\.\.^\,'5.>«^^\.^i^ed  a 


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little,  and  with  this  mess  the  family  mixed  vinegar  in  great  plenty.  This 
is  a  poor  country,'*  he^adds,  **  too  sandy  and  dry,  and  the  inhabitants  may 
in  general  be  considered  as  the  fag  end  of  man."  At  another  place  he 
was  quartered  with  some  emigrants  from  a  New  England  State,  of  whom, 
we  grieve  to  say,  he  gives  this  account :  **  Here  is  a  mixture  of  all  the 
physical  and  moral  evils  that  can  well  be  conceived  of — filth  of  all  kinds, 
such  as  dust,  mud,  fleas,  bedbugs,  gnats,  decayed  meat,  and  sour  bread  ; 
and  as  to  moral  evils,  you  may  here  find  ignorance,  self-will,  self-suffi- 
ciency, ill-manners,  pride,  boasting,  fanaticism,  and  witchcraft."  Of  course, 
he  couldn't  expect  to  do  much  here  toward  a  Congregational  church  !  But 
four  miles  further  on  he  was  comforted  to  find  a  settlement  of  decent, 
respectable,  industrious  people,  mostly  from  Connecticut. 

In  1803  "  The  Massachusetts  Society  for  Promoting  Christian  Knowl- 
•edge  "  was  formed.  Its  object  was  "  the  promotion  of  evangelical  truth 
and  piety,  (i)  by  the  distribution  of  religious  books  and  tracts  among 
poor  and  pious  Christians,  and  also  among  the  inhabitants  of  new  towns 
and  plantations  ;  and  (2)  by  supporting  charity  schools  and  pious  mis- 
sions in  places  where  the  means  of  religious  instruction  are  sparingly 
enjoyed."  Its  first  distribution  of  books  was  made  in  1804  ;  its  first 
missionary  was  sent  out  in  181 1.  For  ten  or  fifteen  years  it  expended 
some  j2,ooo  a  year  in  circulating  books  and  supplying  destitute  families 
with  preaching  in  various  parts  of  New  England,  especially  in  New 
Hampshire. 

In  18 18  "  The  Domestic  Missionary  Society  of  Massachusetts  proper  " 
was  formed  by  the  General  Association,  to  operate  exclusively  within 
the  State  of  Massachusetts  ;  its  declared  object  being  "  to  assist  needy 
churches  and  parishes  and  waste  places  within  the  limits  of  the  State," 
which,  Dr.  J.  S.  Clark  says,  '*  the  old  Massachusetts  Society,  with  its  exist- 
ing charter,  could  not  do." 

Its  grandest  work,  perhaps,  one  that  entitles  it  to  perpetual  remem- 
brance, was  the  timely  aid  by  which  it  saved  scores  of  our  faithful  "  exiled  " 
churches  from  extinction,  in  the  time  of  the  Unitarian  defection  and  per- 
secution. In  1827,  when  each  of  these  societies  was  employing  about 
twenty-five  ministers — the  old  society  in  Maine  and  the  Domestic  in 
Massachusetts — they  united  and  became  auxiliary  to  the  American  Home 
Missionary  Society,  not  long  after  its  organization  for  the  national  work 
in  1826. 

But  while  "  the  northern  wilderness  "  naturally  depended  on  Massa- 
chusetts churches  more  than  any  others,  New  York,  including  Long 
Island,  received  a  large  share  of  attention  from  the  Massachusetts  and 
Connecticut  societies. 

The  population  of  Long  Island  had  been  early  infused  whh  a  decided 
clement  of  Puritan  Congregationalists,  the  e3L?»\.eTtv  ^xv^  \i^\w^  >^Qr^>c\-^^^ 


5IO  The  Home  Missionary  February,  1895 

largely  from  Massachusetts,  almost  entirely  from  New  Ervgland,  and  "  for 
a  time  was  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  colonies  of  New  Haven  and 
Connecticut,"  a  fact  which  was  a  thorn  in  the  flesh  to  Governor  Andres 
and  some  of  the  other  early  lay  and  clerical  dignitaries  of  New^  York. 
Governor  Dongan,  in  1687,  wrote  :  "  Most  of  the  people  of  Long  Island, 
especially  towards  the  eastern  end,  are  of  the  same  stamp  with  those  of 
New  England,  refractory  and  very  loath  to  have  any  commerce  with  this 
place,  to  the  great  detriment  of  his  majesty's  revenue  and  ruin  of  our 
merchants." 

Southampton  was  settled  in  1640  by  emigrants  from  Lynn,  who 
stipulated  for  "as  full  and  free  liberty  both  in  church  order  and  civil 
government  as  the  plantations  in  Massachusetts  enjoyed." 

Easthampton  was  settled  in  1648,  by  persons  from  the  same  vicinity^ 
on  the  same  conditions  ;  Upper  Aquebogue  and  Brook  Haven  in  1665,  by 
emigrants  from  the  vicinity  of  Boston.  Other  places  were  settled  from 
various  parts  of  Connecticut ;  and  between  the  settlers  from  these  two 
States  was  a  mutual  understanding — in  at  least  one  instance  a  formal 
league — "  to  maintain  and  preserve  the  liberty  and  purity  of  the  Gospel 
of  our  Lord  Jesus  which  we  now  profess,  as  also  the  discipline  of  the 
church  which  according  to  said  Gospel  is  now  practiced  among  us." 

Nor  was  such  a  league  uncalled  for.  Many  of  these  early  churches 
of  Long  Island,  and  also  many  more  on  the  neighboring  mainland  of 
Southwestern  Connecticut  and  New  York  and  New  Jersey,  disappeared 
from  the  rolls  of  the  Congregational  body,  "supplanted,"  as  Dr.  J.  P. 
Thompson  says,  "by  an  ecclesiasticism  foreign  to  the  soil,  but  forced  upon 
the  people  by  the  civil  power." 

Taking  this  influence  of  the  civil  power  in  connection  with  that  less 
violent  but  not  less  effective  ecclesiastical  shrewdness  which  drew  our 
unsuspecting  and  fraternal  ancestors  into  the  famous  "  Plan  of  Union,"  it 
is  not  easy  to  see  how  any  of  the  churches  in  either  Eastern  or  Western 
New  York,  or  further  west,  could  have  been  left  to  Congregationalism 
but  for  the  liberal  aid  and  watch  of  the  New  England  missionaries.  Dr. 
George  Punchard  had  the  names  of  about  ninety  churches  in  New^  York, 
once  Congregational,  that  had  become  Presbyterian.  Dr.  Thompson 
stated  in  i860  that  one  hundred  and  twenty-four  Congregational  churches 
were  then  connected  with  Presbyteries  and  reported  in  the  minutes  of 
that  body. 

The  first  church  gathered  in  Western  New  York  was  (in  1790  to  1792) 
by  a  clergyman  from  Dighton,  Mass,  who  had  settled  in  "the  Gen- 
esee country."  He  was  soon  followed,  1795,  ^^Y  ^ev.  Zadoc  Hunn  from 
Berkshire  County,  who  successfully  preached  the  Gospel  and  gathered 
churches  in  the  region  round  about  till  his  death  in  1801.  After  him 
came  John    Rolph,  Reuben   ?atme\t^/\\vt\o\.\\^^  Y\Ov^,^\\xw^  ¥alrbanks. 


February,  1895  The  Home  Missionary  511 

and  others  from  Massachusetts  and  Connecticut,  as  were  a  large  majority 
of  the  Christian  settlers. 

Church  after  church  was  gathered  by  these  Congregationalists.  Rev. 
Chester  Colton,  in  1814,  names  thirteen  in  the  **  Holland  Purchase" 
alone.  Association  after  association  was  formed,  the  first  in  1800,  the 
second  in  1804;  and  yet  as  early  as  1822,  by  some  mysterious  process, 
"  all  the  original  Congregational  organizations  of  ministers  and  churches 
in  Western  New  York  had  become  defunct."  But  the  blessed  influence 
of  these  unsectarian  labors  for  Christ  was  not  defunct.  It  will  never  be 
lost  from  His  remembrance,  though  it  may  have  made  little  show  in  our 
denominational  records. 

[Some  brief  account  of  the  Home  Missionary  Societies  of  Connecticut  and  New 
York  may  follow,  preparing  the  way  for  the  story  of  the  organization  of  the  American 
Home  Missionary  Society. — Ed.] 


ONE    WEEK'S    WORK 

Let  me  report  one  week's  work  as  done  by  me  from  Sunday,  Novem- 
ber 4th,  to  Sunday,  November  nth,  inclusive. 

Preached  at  home  station,  Dickinson,  November  4th,  attended  Sun- 
day-school and  taught  a  Bible  class  of  men;  left  for  an  out-station  by  train 
at  twelve  m  ,  arrived  3.30  p.m.;  spoke  at  Sunday-school  there,  conducted 
Bible  class,  preached  in  the  evening  to  sixty  people.  Left  on  Monday 
morning  at  six  a.m.  for  a  trip  among  the  sheep  ranches  ;  addressed  a 
meeting  eighteen  miles  distant  among  the  herdsmen  ;  started  with  our 
team  at  eight  a.m.  next  day,  Tuesday,  arrived  (sixteen  miles  out) 
at  three  p.m.  ;  spoke  to  several  families  of  winter  sheepmen.  Wednes- 
day, drove  to  a  hunter's  camp  and  found  quite  a  number  of  trappers, 
lumberers,  etc.,  who  at  first  were  greatly  afraid  of  the  missionary's 
company,  but  ere  long  we  found  ourselves  in  helpful  sympathy,  and  by 
song,  illustration,  and  a  bright  address,  won  our  way  to  the  hearts  of  all, 
and,  as  some  of  these  outwardly  rough  men  told  me,  they  were  in  prayer 
and  Bible  conversation  for  the  first  time  in  many  a  ycaY.  Thursday, 
rising  at  four  a.m.,  breakfasted  at  five  (quite  dark),  I  was  invited  to  a 
day's  hunt  for  deer,  antelope,  wolves,  etc.  I  gladly  accepted,  and  walked 
seven  miles  to  another  camp  ;  from  thence  went  out  with  rifle  and  car- 
tridges, secured  a  beautiful  antelope  and  other  game,  returned  to  our 
morning  camp,  preached  again,  and  went  out  the  second  day.  We  .secured 
a  beautiful  buck,  and  the  boys  unanimously  gave  it  to  me  as  a  specimen 
for  our  college  at  Fargo.  I  regret  to  say  that  on  account  of  lack  of  funds. 
President  Simmons  could  not  receive  it  just  now,  so  that  the  State  Normal 
SchooJ,  at  Valley  City,  became  the  possessor.     l^e,\.\:»xv\\x\^  Vci  c.'a.vcvs;^  n>cv2^. 


512  The  Home  Missionary  February.  1895 

evening,  carrying  the  heavy  buck  on  our  pony's  back,  we  were  much 
delayed  ;  but  this  proved  God*s  opportunity  for  a  unique  and  beautiful 
answer  to  prayer.  We  were  within  a  mile  of  camp  when  it  became  quite 
dark,  and  we  lost  our  way.  For  two  hours  we  wandered,  and  our  hopes 
of  reaching  Chester  became  very  slight,  humanly  speaking.  It  was  two 
degrees  below  zero,  and  an  open  camp  on  the  prairie  would  be  somewhat 
unpleasant,  but  the  men  said  :  "There  is  no  help  for  it,  we  must  do  it" 
I  said,  "  Wait,  boys,  there's  one  thing  we  have  forgotten."  "  What's  that  ?" 
they  said  in  chorus.  "  Why,"  I  said,  "  we  have  forgotten  to  tell  Father 
about  it."  Still  more  puzzled,  they  asked  what  I  meant.  I  said,  "My 
Father  and  yours  knows  we  shall  find  it  bitterly  cold,  and  perhaps  some 
of  us  will  be  badlv  frozen.  I  will  tell  our  Father  in  heaven  about  it." 
With  willing  consent  and  with  reverence  we  knelt  and  put  our  case  in  His 
hands.  An  answer  came  to  me  direct ;  it  was  this :  Let  the  pony  loose 
and  follow  him.  We  did  so,  and  in  two  hours  reached  a  deserted  camp 
at  ten  o'clock,  Friday  night.  Directly  we  reached  here  we  knew  our  trail 
to  camp,  but  since  five  o'clock  that  morning  we  had  had  no  food.  Looking 
around  in  this  camp  we  found  flour  and  sugar  with  baking  powder,  and 
an  old  stove,  and  soon  the  sweetest  flap-jacks  that  ever  came  to  hungr}' 
men  were  ours.  'J'hus  the  dear  Master  guided  us  to  shelter,  gave  us  food, 
and  put  us  on  our  way  to  our  own  camp,  which  we  reached  at  two  o'clock 
on  Saturday  morning.  1  cannot  tell  you  the  way  in  which  these  fifteen  or 
twenty  men  received  this  answer  to  prayer,  such  as  they  had  never  seen 
before,  and  I  am  sure  they  never  will  forget  it.  We  turned  in  and  slept 
until  five.  'J'hen  I  had  to  leave  for  home,  a  thirty-eight  miles  drive  across 
a  bleak  prairie,  with  a  thin  overcoat,  the  mercury  ranging  in  tempeiatiire 
from  one  below  to  fifteen  above  zero.  We  arrived  at  the  depot  in  the 
evening  at  seven.  A  freight  train  left  at  7.30,  and  1  reached  home  at 
two  o'clock  Sunday  morning.  Preached  at  eleven,  taught  Bible  class  at 
twelve.  Junior  Endeavor  at  three.  Senior  Endeavor  at  6.45,  preached 
at  7. 30  P.M.  This  in  brief  is  a  week's  work  of  a  North  Dakota  missionary. 
Let  me  close  with  one  thought  on  our  meetings  among  these  men.  I 
was  the  first  minister  who  had  ever  visited  their  sheep  ranches,  and  when 
I  gathered  the  ccHUjiany  together  wc  had  bright  singing.  Finding  an 
organ  at  one  j)lace,  1  sang  several  solos,  among  them  "  Come  Home," 
*'  Where  is  my  Wandering  Boy,"  "  The  Ninety  and  Nine."  After  I  had 
finished  singing  one  of  these  pieces,  1  found  them  nearly  all  weeping,  and 
one  old  man  said,  "  Sing  her  alone  again,  won't  ye,  minister?  I  like  it." 
I  sang  again  and  again,  and  for  two  hours  and  a  half  those  dear,  forsaken 
American  heathen,  men  and  a  few  women,  drank  deep  of  the  stream  of 
life.  My  journey  was  long,  arduous,  and  trying,  yet  the  glad  response 
from  these  men  made  my  heart  leap  for  very  joy. — Ri^v.  J.  Orchard, 
D/c/n'nsofty  No.  Dak, 


February,  1895  The  Home  Missionary  513 


A    PASTOR'S    EXPERIENCE 

Ax  incident  or  two  will  give  a  glimpse  of  your  Home  Missionary's 
work.  My  pastoral  calling  found  me  one  day  in  the  sitting  room  of  a 
gentleman  who  has  all  his  life  enjoyed  the  blessings  of  civilization  and  the 
church,  yet  had  never  called  himself  a  Christian.  Six  years  ago  he  was 
taken  with  an  incurable  disease,  and  now  he  can  scarcely  live  many 
months.  I  pressed  upon  him  the  salvation  and  comfort  which  Christ 
offers  to  all  and  is  needed  so  much  by  one  in  his  situation,  but  he  would 
only  say,  "  1  do  not  understand  it.  Religion  may  be  all  very  well  for 
those  who  can  understand  it,  but  1  do  not."  He  has  to  be  treated  with 
morphine  constantly  to  be  able  to  live  at  all,  and  it  is  unspeakably  sad 
that  he  should  die  without  knowing  what  Christ  has  done  for  him. 

Yesterday  a  man  came  to  my  door  quite  early,  and  said  that  he  had 
been  robbed  the  night  before  while  playing  at  faro  in  the  city  gambling 
dens.  He  professed  to  be  very  much  distressed,  and  wanted  the  ministers 
and  Woman's  Temperance  Union  to  help  him  get  back  his  money,  or  at 
least  to  take  the  opportunity  his  testimony  would  afford  to  prosecute  and 
see  if  such  places  could  not  be  closed.  To-day  is  city  election,  and  he 
thought  votes  could  be  influenced  to  elect  officers  that  would  execute  the 
laws.  I  told  him  it  was  probably  too  late  to  do  much  at  this  election  ; 
that  his  case  was  only  one  of  many  similar  ones ;  that  it  was  just  such 
men  as  he  that  kept  these  dens  running,  and  it  was  my  conviction  he 
could  not  recover  his  money.  I  found  afterwards  he  went  to  other 
ministers  with  his  story.  He  came  three  times  yesterday,  but  has  not 
appeared  to-day.  The  chances  are  that  he  was  a  hired  emissary  of  the 
gamblers  themselves,  to  get  the  unsophisticated  temperance  and  church 
people  to  divide  their  votes  and  give  them  a  better  chance  to  elect  their 
man.  I  fancy,  if  any  one  gets  a  chance  to  see  human  nature  in  its 
peculiar  phases,  it  is  the  home  missionary. — Oregon. 


REJOICING    IN    A    NEW    CHURCH    HOME 

Through  all  this  quarter  we  have  been  busy  building  a  little  church, 
the  aggregate  cost  of  which  is  about  $1,000.  To  meet  this  we  have  in 
receipts  and  pledges  over  §850.  How  has  this  been  done,  you  will 
ask,  where  the  staple  industry  is  farming,  which  this  year  is  little  less 
than  a  total  failure.'  In  the  first  place,  our  Church  Building  Society  has 
pledged  us  a  grant  of  $200.  Then,  on  our  home  subscription  list  we 
have  ^750  in  sure  money  and  $25  or  ^30  \t\  V\3Lt<\\\2it^,  v^vcvX.,  ^\.^.    'Wnr. 


514  The  Home  Missionary  February,  1895 

ladies  of  the  church  pledged  to  raise  $100,  but  they  have  exceeded 
this  amount,  and  probably  will  raise  8150.  The  Young  People's  Society 
of  Christian  l'2ndeavor  has  given  $25,  and  on  Dedication  Sunday  we 
raised  in  cash  and  i)ledges  nearly  $ioc.  You  will  see  that  the  above 
items  only  show  about  §600,  and  will  ask,  What  about  the  other  S250? 
Well,  I  am  more  than  happy  to  say  that  in  addition  to  the  above,  the 
whole  of  the  carpenter's  work  has  been  given,  and  this  at  the  very  lowest 
figuring  is  worth  $250.  Two  of  our  members  have  rendered  heroic 
service,  one  having  given  over  sixty  days'  work,  and  that  under  the 
pressure  of  his  own  business,  and  the  other  at  least  fifty  days,  and  at 
times  his  health  has  been  very  indifferent.  Other  members  who  are 
carpenters,  when  their  business  would  admit  it,  have  done  good  work ; 
and  what  has  been  an  especial  pleasure  to  me  w^as  to  have  members  and 
friends  of  other  churches,  and  some  belonging  to  no  church,  come  with 
their  hammers  and  saws,  and  sometimes  for  three  or  four  days,  at  other 
times  for  a  day  or  a  half-day,  give  us  their  help,  thus  showing  their 
fraternal  feeling.  And  although  I  am  no  carpenter,  yet  almost  from  the 
very  commencement  of  the  framework  I  have  found  myself  ver}*  busy 
witli  hammer  and  saw.  1  don't  think  it  is  possible  to  find  out  a  better 
l^lan  for  encouragin;^  others  than  to  throw  off  one's  coat  and  go  to  work 
in  riglit  down  earnest.  After  much  hard  work  and  discouragement,  we 
are  now  rewarded  and  cheered  by  having  a  very  neat  little  home  in  which 
to  worshij),  and  our  people  feel  very  proud  of  it.  You  will  appreciate 
their  feeling  on  being  reminded  that,  although  they  have  been  organized 
for  about  fourteen  years,  they  have  never  till  now  had  a  home,  but  have 
worshiped  in  old  store  buildings,  or  on  alternate  Sabbaths  in  some  other 
church.  Such  conditions  do  much  to  thwart  church  grow^th  and  pros- 
])erity.  I  trust  that  the  opening  of  our  little  church  home  may  be  the 
opening  of  a  brighter  era  in  tlie  moral  and  spiritual  history  of  this  people. 
And  "  not  unto  us,  O  Lord,  but  unto  thy  name,  be  all  the  praise  I  " — Rev. 
Wm.  Ell  wood,  Stafford,  Kansas. 


THE    CURRENT    EVENTS    CLUB,    AND    WHAT    CAME 

OF    IT 

I'v  Miss  Katiikkinl  MAcX.\r(;HiKX,  Ai.r.AXV,  X.  Y. 

The  spacious    parlors  of    Helen's    home  were    ready  for  the  weekly 

meeting  of  the  Club.     Softly  shaded  lamps  shed  a  glow  over  the  tasteful 

furnishings,  while  all  around  were  evidences  of  refined  taste.     The  young 

girls  assembled^  many  of  them  coWev;^  '^t;xO!iwv\v^'5., -awCi  ^.^xXv^^'t*  >«Vvc>^<&  con- 


February,  1895  The  Home  Misslonar)'  515 

genial  tastes  bad  led  them  into  the  formation  of  this  little  club  for  united 
study  and  exchange  of  ideas. 

The  subject  for  the  day  was  the  highest  development  of  woman  and 
her  influence  in  this  wondrous  century  of  the  world's  progress — an  ever 
new  and  absorbing  subject  to  each  class  as  it  steps  into  the  untried  world. 
Many  subjects  had  been  discussed  in  the  two  years'  study— political 
economy,  educational  problems,  abstract  questions  on  heredity,  Brown- 
ing's and  Edwin  Arnold's  philosophy  of  life — nothing  was  too  deep  to 
come  into  this  modern  culture  club. 

Helen,  the  natural  and  acknowledged  leader,  a  bright,  enthu.siastic 
woman  of  many  ideas  and  brimming  over  with  life,  opened  the  discussion. 
Physical  culture,  intellectual  advancement,  musical  and  artistic  develop- 
ment, all  had  their  earnest  advocates,  with  the  usual  firm  opinions  on 
each  side  as  to  the  manner  in  which  the  highest  development  of  a  rounded 
womanhood  could  be  achieved — and  the  tremendous  influence  to  be  ex- 
erted in  what  we  fondly  call  woman's  age  of  the  world. 

Finally  a  quiet,  sweet  voice  broke  in  on  the  discussion,  and  Edith  with 
her  earnest  serious  face  rose  to  speak. 

**  1  have  listened  to  all  the  plans  for  our  development,  and  also  for  the 
future  subjects  for  discussion.  I  wish  to  propose  a  new  one,  and  in  our 
current  events  to  include  the  study  of  the  missionary  work  in  our  country 
and  our  relation  to  it." 

"  Oh,  dear  !  "  laughed  impulsive  Susie,  "  turn  our  nice  Current  Events 
Club  into  a  missionary  meeting  !  I  just  hate  missions  ;  let  us  leave  them 
to  our  mothers  and  grandmothers.  Time  enough  for  us  when  we  grow 
old  and  have  nothing  particular  to  think  of." 

A  ripple  of  laughter  floated  through  the  room.  Edith  still  stood,  a 
slight  flush  on  her  cheek  the  only  sign  of  emotion  ;  but  a  little  twinkle 
in  her  eye  and  a  smile  curving  her  lip  as  an  involuntary  vision  rose  to  her 
mind  of  a  dimly  lighted  church  parlor,  with  a  solitary  figure  at  a  table, 
with  depressing  rows  of  chairs  in  the  open  space,  and  away  in  the  far  dis- 
tance a  few  people  scattered  here  and  there,  which  to  some  minds  still 
remains  the  fondly  cherished  traditional  notion  of  a  missionary  meeting. 

**  1  know  what  you  are  all  thinking,"  she  continued,  "  but  I  did  not 
propose  a  missionary  meeting,  but  a  study  of  one  of  the  deepest  subjects 
which  have  come  to  this  nation  among  the  many  problems  which  confront 
this  people,  and  in  which  women  should  naturally  take  some  interest.  I 
think  we  might  take  one  evening  from  Browning  or  Edwin  Arnold,  or  the 
discussion  of  the  evolution  of  the  moral  idea,  and  give  some  attention  to 
questions  which  the  brightest  intellects  of  our  age  do  not  think  beneath 
them."  Another  subdued  sound  of  laughter  was  heard,  for,  secretly,  some 
of  these  advanced  young  ladies  were  growing  a  little  weary  of  Browning 
and  Emerson,  and  the  endless  discussions  that.  st^vcv^iiX.oX^'aAxv^^V^'^^N 


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but  they  lacked  the  moral  courage  to  show  what  they  knew  would  be  con- 
sidered a  lack  of  the  hijjhest  culture. 

The  clear  voice  went  on  :  **  Some  of  us  are  Daughters  of  the  King/* 
and  she  touched  the  little  sign  of  special  service  that  hung  at  her  waist. 
**  Shall  we  leave  our  highest  privileges  to  others,  and  give  up  all  our  time 
to  our  own  cultivation,  with  no  thought  of  the  many  in  our  own  country, 
as  dear  to  the  King  as  ourselves,  who  are  shut  away  from  our  light  and 
privileges  ?  " 

A  hush  fell  on  the  little  group.  Gay  little  Susie  gave  a  little  sob  and 
for  once  was  speechless. 

Suddenly  the  leader  spoke  :  **  I  say,  girls,  we  are  too  mean  to  live, 
and  have  treated  Edith  abominably.  I  move  we  give  one  evening  a  month 
to  the  study  of  the  missionary  work  of  our  own  country." 

"  So  say  we  all  of  us,*'  chanted  these  very  cultured  young  people, 
and  the  matter  was  settled.  Many  after  discussions  took  place  at  the 
close  of  the  meeting,  after  the  usual  way  of  women — at  least,  so  say  the 
brothers  and  husbands. 

The  first  meeting  after  the  "  new  departure  "  was  crowded.  Almost 
every  member  was  present,  not  all,  perhaps,  from  the  very  highest  motives. 

Edith  occupied  the  place  of  leader.  She  spoke  of  the  work  under- 
taken in  our  country  ;  of  the  struggles  of  missionary  pastors  in  founding 
new  places  in  the  far  West  among  reckless,  irreligious,  or  indifferent  people; 
of  women  from  refined  homes  cooing  into  these  voluntary  exiles,  as  pastors' 
wives  or  as  teachers  among  the  alien  races  in  our  land  ;  of  young  girls 
like  themselves,  some  even  from  their  own  circles  of  acquaintance,  brav- 
ing the  unspeakable  misery  and  degradation  among  the  Mormons,  or 
the  equally  perilous  Mexican  work,  to  teach  and  uplift  their  fellow 
beings. 

In  the  intermission  Helen's  beautiful  contralto  voice  gave  a  deeper 
meaning  to  the  touching  words,  "  The  Lord  is  Mindful  of  His  Own," 
which  was  her  contribution  to  the  meeting,  lifting  them  all  into  a  higher 
atmosphere,  and  touching  a  responsive  chord  in  many  of  the  eager  young 
souls.  The  meeting  was  quieter  than  usual,  and  no  more  opposition  was 
ever  heard  from  any  member. 

As  the  study  went  on,  and  the  wonderful  history  of  their  own  land  was 
taken  up,  with  its  many  alien  races,  with  their  singular  superstitions  and 
differences  of  environment,  so  many  side  subjects  came  up  that  the  study 
bec^aine  more  absorbing  than  any  heretofore  pursued.  Gradually  psy- 
chology and  Browning  and  Edwin  Arnold  retired  into  the  background. 
Helen  took  a  little  time  from  Wagner  and  Chopin,  and  opened  up  a  new 
world  of  delight  to  many  in  the  divine  strains  of  Handel,  Haydn,  and 
Mendelssohn.  Those  who  had  been  roused  to  high  aspirations  by  Ruskin 
and  Emerson,  and  who  yet  had  iiAv  so\\\^\.\\\\\'$,Va.cVvcv'^,  S.^5^3.\v^l  v\  the  dis- 


February,  1895  The  Home  Missionary  517 

cussion  of  the  deep  questions  of  raising  their  fellow  creatures  from  sin 
and  vice  a  deeper  interest.  They  were  led  by  their  own  helplessness  in 
dealing  with  profound  questions,  to  the  great  Teacher  whose  **  philosophy 
of  life  "  went  deeper  than  that  of  mere  human  teachers. 

Gradually  a  desire  to  **  do  something  "  was  aroused.  Many  a  dainty 
bit  of  embroidery,  or  a  sketch  from  some  artistic  fingers,  went  along  with 
the  more  substantial  things  into  the  **  missionary  box,"  to  warm  the  hearts 
and  brighten  the  lives  of  these  lonely  workers  on  the  frontier  ;  or  a  box 
of  Christmas  good  things  went  to  the  colored  schools,  to  make  rapturous 
these  impressible  young  scholars. 

Years  passed  on,  and  the  little  band  was  broken  in  upon.  Edith  mar- 
ried a  struggling  young  lawyer,  and  with  many  cares,  and  young  children 
upon  whom  she  could  lavish  her  tenderness,  yet  found  a  place  for  her 
beloved  Club  Meeting,  which  broadened  her  views  and  kept  her  from 
becoming  entirely  absorbed  in  home  duties.  Enthusiastic  Susie  pursued 
kindergarten  studies,  and  among  the  poor  waifs  of  the  worst  street  in  her 
native  town  put  her  learning  into  practice,  aided  by  her  native  wit  and 
easy  adaptability  to  new  ideas.  Much  to  the  amusement  of  her  friends, 
the  one  who  **  just  hated  missions"  was  president  of  her  Church  Mission- 
ary Society,  and  turned  to  good  account  her  firm  convictions  of  "  what  a 
missionary  meeting  ought  not  to  be."  No  one  ever  called  her  meetings 
'*  stupid  old  things  "  ;  but  the  young  girls  flocked  to  them,  and  were  gladly 
welcomed  by  the  "  mothers  and  grandmothers  "  who  for  long,  discourag- 
ing years  had  held  the  fort  when  missions  were  not  popular. 

And  what  of  Helen  ?  From  her  far-away  home  in  a  frontier  town, 
living  in  a  shackly  frame  building,  "waiting  for  the  parsonage  which  yet 
lies  in  the  dim  future,"  she  writes  bright  letters  to  her  former  companions. 
She  describes  their  many  stratagems  to  make  the  two  ends  meet ;  the 
wild  efforts  to  keep  warm  when  riding  with  the  long-suffering  pastor  on 
his  extended  pastoral  tours  ;  of  how  her  glorious  voice  is  accompanied  on 
a  wheezy  melodeon,  as  she  tries  to  win  the  cowboys  and  miners  from  the 
too-attractive  saloon  in  the  neighborhood. 

Many  a  gift  from  her  old  friends  brightens  her  dull  home.  Even  the 
coveted  Browning  and  Emerson  give  a  scholarly  air  to  the  little  shabby 
sitting  room,  kitchen,  and  study,  which  is  also  their  reception  room  for 
"church  sociables."  Her  heart  throbs  and  her  eyes  fill  sometimes,  as  she 
sees  these  reminders  of  her  girlish,  careless  life ;  but  no  lasting  regret 
dims  her  bright  spirit,  for  in  the  service  so  dear  to  her  heart  she  has  found 
her  reward.  We  cannot  follow  them  further.  Who  can  fathom  the  deeps 
of  even  one  human  heart  ?  But  the  seed  sown  in  that  far-off  time  is 
bringing  forth  its  fruit  in  noble  lives.  They  have  found  the  secret  of 
true  development,  and  in  the  service  of  the  loving  Christ,  who  came  "  not 
to  be  ministered  unto,  hut  to  minister,"  they  Yvakd  ioviwii  ^.w  ^w^-^^w.^ '^^'^ 


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vague  longings  which  had  stirred  and  troubled  their  young  hearts.     They 
could  echo  the  words  of  the  sweet  singer,  Lucy  Larcom  : 


*'  I  cannot  in  the  valleys  stay, 
The  great  horizons  stretch  away, 
The  very  cliflfs  that  wall  me  round 
Are  ladders  unto  higher  ground. 

**  To  work,  to  rest,  for  each  a  time  ; 
I  toil,  but  I  must  also  climb. 
What  soul  was  ever  quite  at  ease, 
Shut  in  by  earthly  boundaries  ? 


'*  I  am  not  glad  till  I  have  known 
Life  that  can  lift  me  from  my  own  ; 
A  loftier  level  must  be  won. 
A  mightier  strength  to  lean  upon. 

**  And  heaven  draws  near  as  I  ascend, 
The  breeze  invites,  the  stars  befriend, 
All  things  arc  beckoning  to  the  Best, 
I  climb  to  Thee,  my  God,  for  rest." 


REPORTS    OF    SPIRITUAL    GAINS 

One  Hopeful  Convert. — The  East  Association  of  Oklahoma  met 
with  us,  and  we  had  a  large  and  delightful  meeting.  After  the  Associa- 
tion, 1  continued  the  meetings,  assisted  ten  days  by  Rev.  Joel  Harper, 
son  of  the  Rev.  Joel  Harper  who  died  in  your  service  a  few  years  ago  at 
Cortes,  Colorado.  Mr.  Harper  is  a  beautiful  singer  and  a  capital  preacher. 
The  good  done  in  the  meetings  is  not  to  be  measured  by  the  statistics 
herein  reported — one  hopeful  convert  and  ten  additions  to  the  church. — 
Okia  ho  ma.  

Another. — 1  see  that  some  hearts  are  being  touched,  and  in  that  I 
rejoice.  At  our  last  communion  we  received  a  young  lady  who  has  found 
the  Savior  since  I  came  here.  At  her  father's  request  she  waited  six 
months  before  uniting,  "  to  see  if  she  held  out,"  and  she  has  been  grow- 
ing in  Christian  experience  all  the  time.  It  was  a  great  privilege  to  give 
her  the  right  hand  of  fellowship. —  California. 


'\\\o  More. — 1  report  two  hopeful  conversions,  and  three  additions 
to  the  church  on  confession.  One  poor  woman  has  recently  lost  a  child, 
and  is  almost  beside  herself  with  grief.  She  never  professed  to  be  a 
Christian,  and  one  great  source  of  her  sorrow  was  that  she  could  not 
meet  her  little  girl  in  heaven.  I  called  twice,  showed  her  how  plain  and 
easy  was  the  way  of  salvation,  prayed  with  the  family,  and  she  gladly 
signed  a  card  expressing  her  purpose  to  lead  a  Christian  life.  A  young 
lady  also  signed  a  similar  one.  While  1  cannot  point  to  any  great  results 
from  my  few  weeks'  work  here,  yet  I  hope  that  eternity  will  show  some- 
thing done  for  the  Master. — Missouri. 


L\r;.ATHERiNG. — We  have  received  within  the  quarter  five  new  mem- 
bers,  three  of  them  on  confessUm  ol  i'«x\x.\\.    NN  vi  \vOv<\  \i>3.\  ^xvcvn\?\  \s\^^\.vk^^ 


February,  1895  The  Home  Missionary  519 

last  week,  and  the  records  of  the  work  showed  by  far  the  most  fruitful  in 
this  church's  history.  Seventy-five  new  members  have  been  received  in 
the  year,  of  whom  fifty-six  came  on  confession  of  faith.  It  is  safe  to  say 
that  the  congregations  have  doubled  since  we  came  into  our  new  church 
home,  one  year  ago. — Indiana. 


Happy  Man   and  Wife. — We  have  received  two  on  confession  of 
faith — a  husband  and  wife.     He  had  not  for  years  inclined  to  have  any- 
thing to  do  with  the  church  and  its  objects  ;  so  much  so  that  the  wife 
did  not  dare  to  unite  without  his  consent.     Both  now  are  quite  happy  in  / 
the  husband's  change  for  good. — Michigan, 


An  Aged  Convert. — Let  me  speak  of  one  conversion  here  which 
God  wonderfully  brought  about — that  of  a  man  sixty-five  years  of  age, 
who  had  lived  in  sin  all  his  life,  and  had  become  hardened  in  intemper- 
ance and  other  vices.  He  is  a  man  of  learning  and  good  mental  power, 
but  had  grown  to  be  skeptical.  My  heart  became  burdened  for  him,  and 
I  induced  him  to  come  to  church.  To  the  great  surprise  of  all  who  knew 
him  he  came  once,  then  again  and  again.  The  third  time  he  came  with 
deep  conviction  depicted  upon  every  feature.  The  house  was  full.  I 
realized  at  once  that  God  would  have  me  change  my  line  of  thought.  A 
different  text  from  that  which  I  had  selected  came  to  my  mind,  and  I 
used  it.  **  Come,  for  all  things  are  now  ready,"  Luke  xiv.  17.  God 
seemed  to  give  me  unusual  power.  At  the  close  of  the  sermon  this  gray- 
haired  man  came,  almost  tottering  with  his  weight  of  sin,  and  with  his 
hand  outstretched  to  me  he  cried,  "  I  am  ready  too ; "  and  there  upon 
bended  knees,  through  tears  and  sobs,  he  found  peace  and  pardon.  The 
audience  was  moved  to  tears.  He  received  baptism  and  is  now  a  devoted 
child  of  God,  regularly  with  his  family  in  God's  house  on  the  Sabbath. — 
Oklahoma, 


Gracious  Outpouring. — Ten  months  ago  this  church  appeared  to 
have  no  vitality.  Every  member  of  what  had  been  a  well-established 
church  then  felt  that  he  was  clinging  to  a  sinking  raft,  was  hurrying  to 
abandon  this  society,  and,  alas,  to  forsake,  in  this  community  of  more  than 
a  thousand  mechanics  and  trades-people,  the  entire  support  of  Christian 
work.  Now,  however,  the  congregations  at  our  preaching  and  prayer 
services  number  ten  times  as  many  as  then,  and  the  reputation  of  the 
church  is  most  promising.  Revival  meetings  held  in  October  led  232 
persons  to  indicate  a  desire  to  lead  a  Christian  life,  and  no  of  these  have 
so  far  manifested  to  their  old  acquaintances  a  sincere  purpose  and  a  real 
change.     Every  one  connected  with  us  re}0*\ces  \\\  vVv^  \>\^%ivcv^^  x^-^V-^c^^ 


520  '  The  Home  Missionary'  Februar>'.  1895 

come  to  us,  and  the  prospect  that  inspires  us  to  larger,  more  faithful 
endeavor.  The  beginnings  of  our  present  growth  were  in  the  preaching 
in  our  pulpit  of  Dr.  John  K.  McLean  and  his  associate,  Rev.  William 
Rader.  They  supplied  the  pulpit  until  August  ist,  when  it  was  taken  by 
Mr.  Philip  Graif,  who  also  worked  gratuitously.  I  believe  that  with  the 
help  of  the  Home  Missionary  Society  we  shall  within  six  months  be  not 
only  a  self-supporting  church,  but  also  one  which  can  and  will  help  others 
financially. — Rev.  F.  E.  Hinckley,  Wfsf  Oakland^  CaL 


To  Save  the  Lost. — One  who  had  been  a  drinking  and  sporting  man 
was  taken  .sick  and  asked  to  have  me  visit  him.  Before  he  died  he  gave 
himself  up  to  (iod  and  said  he  believed  Christ  had  forgiven  his  sins. 
The  night  before  he  passed  away,  a  small  company  of  us  around  his  bed 
sang  **  Rock  of  Ages,"  and  with  his  broken  voice  he  joined  with  us. 
About  the  same  time  I  was  asked  to  visit  another  man  who  was  out  of 
health.  I  went  a  few  times,  and  after  talking  and  praying  with  him  and 
his  wife,  trying  to  show  them  the  way  of  life,  they  both  gave  their 
hearts  to  (iod.  Last  evening  we  had  a  very  pleasant  and  helpful  cottage 
meeting  at  their  home.  We  rejoice  that  our  Heavenly  Father  has  been 
pleased  so  to  bless  our  efforts  to  reclaim  the  lost. — Ohio. 


NOTES   OF   LONG  SERVICE   IN   COLORADO 

By  Rev.  Roselle  T.  Cross,  York,  Neb. 

II. — Showers  of  Blessing 

Your  missionary  soon  became  acquainted  with  the  other  pastors  of 
the  place.  They  gave  him  a  cordial  welcome,  and  he  was  glad  to  find 
that  their  hearts  beat  in  unison  with  his  in  the  desire  to  see  the  Lord's 
work  revived.  The  time  was  drawing  near  for  **the  week  of  prayer." 
The  pastors  decided  to  go  two-by-two  and  visit  all  the  houses  in  the  place, 
not  merely  to  make  a  religious  canvass  and  leave  programmes  of  the 
union  meetings,  but  to  converse  with  the  people  about  religious  matters. 

There  were  four  pastors  to  engage  in  this  work,  the  Baptist  and  Method- 
ist pastors  going  together,  and  the  Presbyterian  and  Congregational 
pastors.  Each  pair  canvassed  one  half  of  the  town,  the  work  being  so 
divided  that  each  pair  would  have  a  part  of  the  poorer  class  of  people 
to  visit. 

Tht  brother  who  went  with  \out  vv\\^^\ox\;it^'  nn^.'s  Ci^v£\^^^i\>j  lo^-al  to  his 


February,  1895  The  Home  Missionary  521 

own  denomination,  but  they  worked  together  admirably.  As  they  went 
from  house  to  house  they  took  turns  in  opening  the  conversation  and  in 
suggesting  a  season  of  prayer  whenever  it  seemed  best.  If  they  found 
persons  of  other  denominations,  it  was  part  of  the  programme  to  report 
their  names  to  the  respective  pastors.  The  places  of  business  were  visited, 
and  also  the  billiard  saloons,  in  order  to  leave  notices  of  the  meetings,  and 
personal  invitations  to  attend  them. 

Then,  as  at  other  times  in  their  Western  experience,  they  found  many 
a  homesick  Christian  whose  light  was  being  hidden  under  a  bushel.  Long- 
ing and  even  weeping  for  the  associations  and  privileges  of  the  old  church 
home,  back  East,  they  were  failing  to  make  themselves  known  or  their 
influence  felt  in  the  new  church  homes  which,  out  of  manifold  and  diverse 
materials,  were  crystallizing  around  them.  Frontier  pastors  soon  find 
that  a  large  part  of  their  work  is  to  hunt  up  such  Christians  as  soon  as 
possible  and  help  them  out,  or  dig  them  out,  of  that  homesick  reserve  and 
home-staying  habit  which  is  so  often  the  prelude  to  a  positively  back- 
slidden state.  A  pastor  in  a  new  Western  town  must  find  his  congrega- 
tion, and  he  is  almost  sure  to  fail  unless  he  is  a  house-going  minister.  He 
must  often  canvass  his  neighborhood  house  by  house.  He  must  keep 
watch  of  new  houses  that  are  beinj;  built,  and  when  he  sees  a  load  of 
household  goods  going  past  his  door  it  may  be  a  good  investment  of  time 
to  follow  it  up  and  ascertain  what  new  family  is  coming  into  the  neighbor- 
hood. When  he  finds  people  who  attend  a  sister  church,  he  can  bid 
them  a  cordial  God-speed  and  speak  some  good  word  for  their  own  church 
or  pastor.  He  can  also,  if  they  live  far  from  their  own  church  and  near 
to  his,  ask  them  to  drop  in  occasionally  when  they  cannot  get  to  their  own 
services. 

On  the  first- Sunday  in  December  one  person,  a  married  lady,  was  con- 
verted in  the  new  pastor's  congregation,  and  he  rejoiced  in  the  first  soul 
given  him  on  his  new  field.  The  following  week  a  fellowship  meeting 
was  held,  two  visiting  ministers  and  the  pastor  visiting  from  house  to 
house  during  the  day  nnd  holding  meetings  in  the  evening.  On  the  third 
Sunday  in  December  the  pastor  superintended  the  Sunday-school,  taught 
a  Bible  class,  preached,  and  received  one  person  to  the  church.  In  the 
afternoon  he  walked  three  miles  to  a  schoolhouse,  where  he  also  superin- 
tended the  Sunday-school,  taught  a  class,  and  preached.  'J'hen,  after 
walking  home,  he  attended  a  prayer-meeting  in  the  evening  and  conducted 
a  combined  Bible  reading  and  j^raise  service,  and  went  to  bed  feeling 
good.  On  the  last  day  of  the  year  he  received  fourteen  new  members, 
half  of  them  on  confession. 

Before  the  week  of  prayer  arrived  the  town  had  been  well  canvassed 
and  the  union  meetings  well  advertised  in  other  ways.  The  week  before 
they  began  the  pastor  had  had  a  glorious  meelm?;  sil  ^x\  owX-^\.^\\cycv  ^x^v^i.^-'x 


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a 

miles  away,  with  some  conversions,  and  there  had  also  been  held  a  meet- 
wfT  at  a  private  house  to  pray  for  a  revival.  On  Sunday  there  was  a  fear- 
ful wind-storm,  and  the  congregations  were  small.  The  pastor's  wife  and 
child  were  sick,  and  he  had  an  urgent  call  to  go  to  the  help  of  the  brethren 
at  the  out-station,  but  the  campaign  had  begun  in  town  and  he  could  not 
leave. 

Tuesday  night  the  church  where  the  meetings  were  held  was  crowded, 
and  three  persons  rose  for  prayers.  One  of  them  was  a  man  who  had 
professed  conversion  in  Mr.  Moody's  meetings  in  Liverpool.  The  pastor 
went  that  day  to  call  on  a  beloved  physician  who  was  not  expected  to  live. 
"  I  have  been  thinking  much  about  you  lately,**  said  the  pastor  to  him. 
Before  he  could  say  more  the  man  replied  impatiently  :  "  Oh,  now,  don't 
begin  to  talk  that  way.  I  have  heard  so  much  in  that  line  that  I  am  tired 
of  it."  A  few  words,  however,  were  spoken,  tenderly  and  tearfully,  on  the 
great  subject,  and  then  the  only  recourse  seemed  to  be  silent  prayer  for 
the  dying  man's  soul. 

The  next  day  there  was  a  crowded  children's  meeting,  and  the  next 
night  four  persons  rose  for  prayers.  The  next  day  from  thirty  to  fifty 
school  children  asked  for  prayers,  and  seventeen  remained  to  be  prayed 
with.  At  night  twelve  rose  for  prayers,  and  there  was  an  inquiry  meeting 
at  the  close.  Surely  the  tide  was  rising,  and  prayer  was  being  answered. 
One  heart  at  least  was  receiving  the  comfort  in  affliction  for  which  he  had 
[)rayed.  The  next  day  many  school  children  asked  for  prayers  in  the 
afternoon  meeting,  and  many  remained  for  prayers,  among  them  a  number 
of  young  men.  In  the  evening  twelve  rose  for  prayers.  One  of  them,  the 
daughter  of  an  infidel,  earnestly  requested  prayers  for  her  father.  After 
the  meeting  a  class  of  young  ladies  went  to  the  home  of  their  teacher  for 
a  class  prayer-meeting. 

Sunday  night  the  church  was  crowded.  The  text  w^as  :  '*  How  long 
halt  ye  between  two  opinions?"  Several  persons  were  converted.  A 
young  lady  for  whom  there  had  been  a  special  prayer  circle  that  afternoon 
at  the  pastor's  house,  shot  up  like  an  arrow  as  soon  as  there  was  an  oppor- 
tunity, and  asked  for  prayers.  An  hour's  inquiry  meeting  was  held  after 
the  service. 

No  one  church  was  now  large  enough  for  the  meetings,  so  the  ministers 
agreed  to  divide,  the  l>aj)tists  and  Methodists  meeting  in  the  Baptist 
church,  and  the  (/ongregationalists  and  Presbyterians  meeting  in  the  Pres- 
bvterian  church,  the  two  churches  being  acro.ss  the  street  from  each  other. 
Kight  rose  for  prayers  on  Tuesday  night  in  the  Presbyterian  church.  On 
Thursday,  while  out  calling,  your  missionary  had  the  great  joy  of  seeing 
three  souls  converted — a  lady  in  one  house  and  a  husband  and  wife  m 
another.  They  needed  but  little  urging  to  kneel  and  consecrate  them- 
sclves  to  the  Lord,  and  nol  ov\^i  ol  \.\\vi  \.\\^^^  Vv;b.d  attended  any  of  the 


February,  1895  The  Home  Missionary  523 

meetings.  Evidently  God's  Spirit  was  at  work  in  the  community.  The 
next  Sunday  he  preached  three  times,  once  at  a  town  five  miles  away, 
and  at  night  he  was  tired,  but  when  tired  at  such  times  and  for  such  reasons 
it  was  a  blessed  feeling  of  tiredness,  and  his  heart  said : 

'*  One  more  day's  work  for  Jesus, 
One  less  of  life  for  me  ! 
But  heaven  is  nearer 
And  Christ  is  dearer 
Than  yesterday  to  me  ; 
His  love  and  li^ht 
Fill  all  ray  soul  to-night." 

And  so  the  meetings  went  on  ;  sometimes  encouraging  and  some- 
times discouraging.  They  lasted  about  four  weeks.  Some  who  started 
turned  back,  and  some  who  made  no  start  then  came  out  afterwards  and 
joined  the  church.  On  the  whole  it  was  a  blessed  work  of  grace,  a  shower 
of  blessing,  a  genuine  revival,  such  as  that  young  community  had  not 
known  before.  Those  four  churches  were  all  weak  then  ;  they  are  all 
strong  now,  each  having  several  hundred  members.  The  few  early  mem- 
bers who  are  still  there,  remember,  with  peculiar  joy  and  gratitude,  that 
first  extensive  work  of  grace  that  the  place  enjoyed. 

It  is  the  experience  of  all  workers  on  the  frontier,  that  revival  work 
goes  hard  in  new  towns.  The  materialistic  spirit  is  uppermost  in  the 
minds  of  people  who  are  making  new  homes.  The  people  are  largely 
strangers  to  each  other,  and  there  is  not  that  compactness  of  religious 
sentiment  which  is  found  in  old  settled  communities,  and  through  which 
a  whole  community  is  moved.  It  is  somewhat  like  the  difference  between 
moving  a  boulder  and  moving  a  lot  of  sand  or  gravel. 

One  man  was  greatly  interested  in  the  meetings  and  attended  them 
night  after  night.  His  daughter  was  converted,  and  he  was  almost  per- 
suaded, but  a  Sunday  livery  business  stood  in  the  way,  and  he  would  not 
yield.  Those  who  labored  and  prayed  for  his  conversion  doubtless  tried 
to  do  their  best,  but  probably  they  could  have  worked  and  prayed  still 
harder.  They  would  at  any  rate  have  had  a  new  and  strong  argument  to 
urge  at  the  throne  of  grace,  had  they  foreseen  that  in  a  little  while  that 
man  was  to  become  very  wealthy  through  a  lucky  strike  in  a  Leadville 
mine,  of  which  he  was  part  owner.  Many  of  the  church  members  were 
interested  in  the  mines,  and  some  of  them  had  great  expectations  of  the 
future.  In  some  cases  those  expectations  were  partly  realized,  and  in 
other  cases  they  slipped  from  the  grasp  just  as  they  seemed  about  to  be 
realized. 

A  good  sister  in  the  church  suggested  one  day  that  a  special  meeting 
be  held  to  pray  that  the  Lord  would  turn  more  of  the  wealth  of  the  mvu^'s. 
into  the  hands  of  Christians^  so  that  the  cVvuicVvts  vcvv^X.  \i^  Yvs^"^^^  "5^:^^ 


524  The  Home  Missionary  February.  1895 

the  college  endowed.  The  pastor  suggested  that  it  would  be  better  to 
pray  that  Christians  might  get  into  that  state  where  the  Lord  could  safely 
trust  them  with  great  wealth,  as  it  was  the  easiest  thing  in  the  world  for 
the  Lord  to  turn  wealth  into  the  hands  of  his  children  when  He  saw  that 
it  was  best  to  do  so. 


THE    "DISPERSION"    TRUTH 

[Extracts  from  a  sermon  preached  at  the  143d  Street  Congregational  Church,  New 
York  City,  by  Rev.  W.  T.  McElveen,  Ph.D.,  to  stimulate  the  establishment  of  a  branch 
church  at  Wilton  and  Port  Morris. 

Text :  *  *  Therefore  they  that  were  scattered  abroad  went  everywhere  preaching  the 
Word." — Acts  viii.  4.] 

Christianity  is  not  simply  a  religion  of  inward  composure ;  it  is  a 
gospel  of  aggressive  activity.     Jesus  would  have  us  be  not  only  absorbent 

disciples  but  radiant  apostles. 

.  .  .  The  Christian  Church  at  this  time  was  about  seven  years  old. 
It  had  met  and  tried  to  solve  some  of  the  great  questions  of  the  day. 
After  a  fashion  it  solved  the  question  of  wealth  and  poverty  by  resolving 
itself  into  a  sort  of  communistic  society.  It  had  done  something,  too,  in 
the  way  of  organizing  the  church  and  administering  its  affairs.  Handi- 
capped by  temporal  matters,  the  apostles  advised  the  church  to  elect  from 
their  number  seven  deacons  who  would  attend  to  the  distribution  of  the 
funds  to  the  needy.  One  of  these  deacons,  Stephen  by  name,  was  a 
larger  man  than  his  office  ;  so  he  combined  with  the  diaconate  the  office 
of  preacher.  In  this  he  was  eminently  successful.  Stephen  was  a  man 
of  faith,  power,  and  the  Holy  Ghost.  His  words  were  sharper  than  anv 
two-edged  sword.  They  cut  to  the  quick.  Those  whom  his  preaching  did 
not  convict  and  convert,  it  enraged  and  exasperajtcd.  Finally,  on  a  false 
charge,  Stephen  is  arrested,  hurriedly  tried,  and  cruelly  stoned  to  death. 
His  murder  was  the  prelude  to  a  general  onslaught  on  all  Christians.  The 
rulers  having  tasted  blood  became  ferocious.  They  made  havoc  of  the 
church.  They  determined  they  would  stamp  out  this  heresy  by  perse- 
cution. Rut  *'  the  blood  of  the  martyrs  is  the  seed  of  the  church."  The 
persecution  scattered  the  disciples  all  over  the  land  ;  and  each  disciple 
becoming  a  burning  and  a  shining  light,  the  whole  country  was  illuminated 
for  Crod.  The  rulers  thought  they  could  put  out  the  fire  by  scattering  the 
embers  ;  but  each  ember  became  another  fire,  and  the  blaze  spread.  The 
wind  of  persecution  carried  the  seed  of  truth  to  other  fertile  fields,  and 
abundant  harvests  were  the  result.  T'he  v>crsecution  was  a  "blessing  in 
disguise. "    'J'hus  the  domain  and  X\\^  nnoxV  ol  Wv^  Ocvn\\^\v  >^^^  ^wVx^^d, 


February,  1895  The  Homc  Missionary  525 

.  .  .  Pripr  to  his  departure  Christ  had  commanded  his  disciples 
both  to  "  go  "  and  to  "  tarry."  They  were  **  to  go  into  all  the  world,  and 
preach  the  Gospel  to  every  creature."  They  were  **to  tarry  at  Jerusalem 
until  they  were  endued  with  power  from  on  high."  The  tarrying,  how- 
ever, was  to  precede  the  going.  On  the  day  of  Pentecost,  while  tarrying 
with  one  accord  in  one  place,  they  received  the  power  and  the  Holy 
Ghost.  The  next  step  was  to  go,  to  scatter,  to  disperse,  and  become  wit- 
nesses of  Christ  in  Judea,  in  Samaria,  and  in  the  uttermost  parts  of  the 
earth. 

But,  somehow,  the  disciples  forgot  that  last  command  to  go.  They 
were  fond  of  Jerusalem,  as  well  they  might  be.  They  loved  the  Temple, 
its  services,  and  its  ceremonies.  The  keyword  of  Judaism  was  "  Come." 
The  keyword  of  Christianity  is  **Go."  The  tendency  of  Judaism  was 
centripetal.  The  tendency  of  Christianity  is  centrifugal.  Christianity 
God  designed  to  be  not  a  local,  but  a  universal  religion.  If  the  infant 
church  will  not  dispense,  it  will  in  time  become  a  mere  sect  of  Judaism. 
God*s  plans,  however,  are  not  to  miscarry.  If  the  disciples  will  not  obey 
the  command  to  go,  they  must  be  compelled  to.  God  guides  with  His  eye 
— the  gentle  method  of  love — but  if  we  do  not  follow  where  He  thus  leads 
He  will  guide  with  His  hand  and  rod — the  harsh  method  of  chastisement. 
The  church  is  shattered  that  its  members  may  be  scattered  ;  they  are 
scattered  that  they  may  everywhere  preach  the  Word. 

The  same  old  spirit  of  selfish  centralization  and  criminal  seclusion 
exists  in  the  Christian  church  to-day.  The  church  needs  to  learn  this 
truth  of  dispersion. 

This  truth  is  a  universal  one.  Embryologists  tell  us  that  when  we 
first  began  to  be,  we  were  tenants  of  a  tiny  microscopic  cell  that  could 
not  be  discerned  by  the  naked  eye,  and  did  not  measure  one-tenth  of  a  line 
in  diameter.  How  did  that  cell  grow  ?  It  grew  by  a  process  which  the 
physiologists  call  "segmentation."  That  is,  the  cell  grows  by  dividing 
itself  in  two,  by  splitting  itself  into  two  smaller  cells.  **  Reproduction 
begins,"  Drummond  tells  us,  as  rupture.  Large  cells  beginning  to  die 
save  their  lives  by  self-sacrifice.  The  cell  grows  then  by  partitioning 
itself,  giving  up  some  of  its  life  to  another  cell,  becoming  two  cells 
that  will  in  time  repeat  the  surrender.  Men  physically  grow  by  disper- 
sion. 

The  plant  crowns  and  completes  itself  with  a  beauteous,  fragrant  flower. 
Hidden  in  a  cradle  of  exceedingly  cunning  workmanship  is  a  capsule 
crowded  to  bursting  with  seeds.  One  day  as  the  plant  begins  to  droop 
and  die  the  capsule  breaks  open  and,  with  the  help  of  the  wind,  disperses 
the  seed  over  the  ground.     The  flower  reproduces  itself  by  dispersion. 

Books  on  military  tactics  remind  us  of  the  Napoleonic  manoeuvre  "  to 
divide  and  conquer." 


526  The  Home  Missionary  February,  1895 

The  Heavenly  Father  acts  upon  the  truth  of  dispersion.  He  sent  the 
Son  :  the  Holy  Trinity  divided.  The  first  step  that  Christ  took  in  his  re- 
demptive career  was  to  abandon  heaven.  The  old  Congregational  practice, 
which  in  New  York  has  fallen  too  much  into  desuetude,  of  sending  out 
colonies  from  a  mother  chqrch  to  organize  independent  church  life  else- 
where, is  having  the  spirit  and  mind  of  Jesus  denominationally. 

.  .  .  Now  this  our  church  is  situated  in  the  most  rapidly  growing 
section  of  this  metropolis.  If  the  Twenty-third  and  Twenty-fourth  Wards 
of  New  York  city  were  a  city  separate  by  itself  it  would  be  in  size  the  fifth 
city  in  the  Empire  State.  According  to  police  and  health-board  statis- 
tics the  population  of  these  wards  is  125,000.  The  population  of  Albany 
is  97,000  ;  of  Syracuse,  91,000  ;  and  of  Troy,  64,000.  The  growth  of  this 
district  has  been  greatest  since  1890.  Four  great  new  bridges,  connecting 
this  .section  with  Manhattan  Island,  are  in  process  of  erection.  Real  estate 
as  a  consequence  in  this  district,  in  the  teeth  of  the  hard  times,  has  in- 
creased twenty-three  per  cent,  in  the  last  year.  This  is  the  first  year  we 
have  had  the  continuous  five-cent  fare  to  the  city  proper.  The  elevated 
railroads  and  the  trolley  are  giving  us  excellent  service.  **  It  doth  not  yet 
appear  what  it  shall  be  "  when  we  get  real  rapid  transit.  This  section 
is  fast  becoming  the  residential  community  of  the  great  wage-earning 
class. 

The  assessed  valuation  of  the  Twenty-third  Ward,  the  greater  part  of 
which  is  our  parish,  has  increased  in  twenty  years  from  $11,000,000  to 
$37,000,000.  Already  the  New  York  Central  Railroad  is  preparing  to 
build  the  coming  Cirand  Central  depot  at  138th  Street.  Next  spring  will 
witness  an  immense  exodus  (we  hope  not  of  the  children  of  Israel)  from 
the  city  proper  to  these  parts.  Business  men  generally  are  making  ready 
for  this  incoming.  Immense  buildings  and  blocks  of  handsome  residences 
are  going  up  on  all  sides.  Everybody  is  alert  and  active  except  our 
churches.  They  are  blind,  slothful,  poorly  equipped.  Fields  which  in  a 
very  few  years  would  support  strong  churches  are  neglected.  The 
points  of  advantage  are  not  occupied.  Districts  with  a  population  of  3,cco 
are  without  a  single  church.  Everywhere,  if  we  had  ears  to  hear,  we 
could  hear  the  Macedonian  cry. 

Let  this  church  be  faithful.  Let  it  go  to  these  spiritually  poor  but 
materially  well-to-do  sections.  Let  it  *'  disperse,"  that  everywhere  through- 
out this  rapidly-growing  community  Congregational  church  life  may  be 
created.  Spend  and  be  spent  that  we  may  take  this  region  **  for  Christ 
and  the  Church."  Even  new  churches  that  have  been  organized  in  this 
ccmmunity  during  the  last  ten  years,  with  one  single  exception,  have  been 
the  result  of  a  church  quarrel  and  split.  God's  people  would  not  **go"; 
and  perhaps  He  was  again  using  the  rod  of  |)ersecution  to  compel  them  to 
scatter  and  everywhere  preacV\  l\\^  \Wix<\. 


February,  1895  The  Home  Missionary  527 


FROM    THE    WIDE    FIELD 

Winning  by  Kindness. — Two  incidents  of  local  significance  have 
cheered  us  this  quarter.  A  Roman  Catholic's  little  child  died.  In  their 
indecision  the  parents  kept  the  little  body  unburied  for  a  couple  of  days, 
and  finally  sent  for  me  to  conduct  the  funeral.  Next  day  the  father  handed 
me  hve  dollars.  The  little  event  won  for  our  struggling  society  interest 
from  a  quarter  coldly  isolated.  The  other  Sunday  evening,  as  I  stood  at 
the  church  door  at  the  close  of  the  service  to  shake  hands  with  each  one 
as  he  passed  out,  a  saloon-keeper,  saturated  with  his  business,  remarked  to 
his  fellow  :  "  If  he*d  only  fight  us ;  but  he  melts  us  with  love."  His 
children  now  are  in  the  Sunday-school,  and  the  mother  and  two  large 
boys  were  at  church  twice  last  Sunday.  Events  like  these  are  as  precious 
to  us  as  the  "  loaves  and  fishes"  blessed  and  broken  by  the  Master  for  the 
hungry  crowd. — SoufA  Dakota. 


A  Working  Veteran. — One  Sunday  in  the  month  I  have  a  special 
day  of  work  and  travel.  It  is  more,  perhaps,  than  I  could  endure  weekly 
at  my  age.  Dr.  Samuel  Hanson  Cox  said  that  "  God  never  made  a  man 
to  preach  three  times  on  the  same  day."  But  I  do  this  twelve  times  a 
year,  besides  attending  generally  two  Sunday-schools,  and  traveling  from 
eight  to  fourteen  miles.  Much  of  this  is  done  afoot,  for  I  can  get  along 
without  a  horse  and  really  cannot  afford  one  in  these  times,  hard  for 
missionaries  and  for  almost  everybody.  In  this  rice  country  of  irrigation 
and  overflow,  I  sometimes  have  to  wade.  When  it  is  too  deep  for  my  tall 
rubber  boots,  I  get  ferried  over  by  a  friend  for  nothing,  or  by  a  Roman 
Catholic  for  a  good  price.  But  if  I  can  only  "get  there  '*  and  not  disap- 
point my  congregation  and  myself,  I  am  well  satisfied.  To  do  all  this 
on  a  Sunday,  and  come  out  fresh,  or  even  at  all,  makes  me  thank  God 
for  the  privilege  of  preaching  the  blessed  Gospel  for  now  almost  fifty 
years. — Louisiana, 


Christian  Comity. — Trinity  Church  is  a  practical  exemplification  of 
Christian  comity.  The  Congregational  and  Presbyterian  churches  have 
joined  forces  in  carrying  on  the  Lord's  work,  and  there  is  a  hopeful 
outlook.  I  confess  I  came,  with  some  misgiving,  as  a  Presbyterian 
minister,  to  take  charge  of  this  church,  especially  when  I  found  some 
indications  of  feeling  on  the  part  of  the  Congregational  people,  that,  with 
a  Presbyterian  minister  and  services  held  in  the  Presbyterian  church,  the 
odds  would  be  against  them.  But  as  there  seemed  to  be  a  hearty  unanim- 
ity by  both  congregations  in  the  invitation  extended  me,  aud  as  \  ^-^s* 
rsnsed  a  Congregationalist  and  knew  \\tt\e  bes\des  \tv  ^  QN\>YtOcv  ^^n^  x.^ 


528  The  Home  Missionary  February,  1895 

grown  to  manhood,  1  concluded  to  quiet  my  fears  and  go  to  work  for  the 
whole  church  as  though  there  were  no  lions  of  divided  interest  in  the 
way.  This  first  quarter's  work  has  been  very  pleasant,  and  justifies  a 
hope  that  a  genuine  spirit  of  mutual  confidence  is  being  cultivated.  I 
live  in  the  Congregational  parsonage,  which  the  ladies  of  Trinity  Church 
have  refitted  very  comfortably. — Rev.  G.  A.  McKinley,  Pendleton,  Ore, 


Blessed  from  the  First. —  The  people  began  to  be  interested  from 
the  first  of  our  coming.  Sinners  were  converted,  and  now  our  member- 
ship is  double  what  it  was  when  we  reached  the  field.  I  have  adminis- 
tered the  ordinance  of  baptism  to  eleven  persons  within  the  past  two 
months.  The  church  has  risen  to  a  higher  standard  spiritually,  and 
many  are  striving  to  get  up  still  higher.  At  our  services,  twice  each 
Sabbath,  the  attendance  is  always  good,  the  house  often  being  crowded 
beyond  its  seating  capacity.  We  are  praying  (iod  that  the  saloons  and 
gambling  dens  may  yet  be  turned  into  places  of  prayer. — Okla?wma. 


An  Uncomfortable  Fellow-Tkaveler. — At  our  out-station  the 
people  have  to  walk  long  distances  through  the  heavy  winter  snow.  It 
may  be  of  interest  to  some  to  mention  that  occasionally  these  people,  in 
going  to  or  from  the  meetings,  encounter  some  difficulties  that  are  not 
common  in  the  Hast.  Only  last  Sunday,  as  1  was  coming  from  the  meet- 
ing, I  had  with  me  in  my  carriage  a  lady  with  her  two  little  girls,  help- 
ing them  for  a  part  of  their  long  walk,  when  we  overtook  a  gentleman 
and  his  wife  who  were  somewhat  excited,  having  just  been  successful  in 
driving  a  large  black  bear  into  tlie  brush.  He  was  w^alking  leisurely 
along  the  road,  and  for  a  while  seemed  inclined  to  hold  the  right  of 
way.  I  travel  this  road  in  all  kinds  of  weather,  in  the  light  and  in  the 
dark  ;  and  the  Loid  most  graciously  has  kept  me,  and  guarded  me 
through  it  all. —  JJ'd^/iini^ion. 


One  of  Our  Lord's  Lami'.s. — A  dear  little  girl  of  six  years  has  just 
died,  and  left  the  Sunday-school  for  heaven.  She  was  the  daughter  of 
the  French  minister  in  our  association,  who  is  reaching  with  the  Gospel 
many  Roman  Catholics.  Young  as  she  was,  she  seemed  to  realize  her 
earthly  departure,  and  died  a  calm  and  happy  Christian  death.  For  two 
communions  past  she  had  desired  to  partake  with  the  church,  and  said 
that  she  'Moved  the  Lord  as  much  as  anybody  did."  At  the  last  she 
embraced  and  kissed  her  kindred  and  friends,  bade  them  good-bye,  and 
closed  her  eyes  as  to  a  pleasant  sleep.  Tiiis  case  shows  the  power  of 
early  religious  training,  and  the  certainty  of  the  divine  blessing  on 
parental  faithfulness.  Many  years  since,  the  Protestants  of  Canada  sent 
to  ^'vntzeriand  for  some  Vte\\c\\-s\^e'AV\\Vj;  \\\\\\\'?x^\'=»  \\\  vi\^^\  \.^\^';iSLVvib.<i 


February,  1895  The  Home  Missionary  529 

Roman  Catholics.  Among  their  first  converts  was  the  grandmother 
from  whom  the  little  girl  parted  ;  and  the  first  child  of  Roman  Catholic 
parents  converted,  that  received  Protestant  baptism,  was  the  mother 
yielding  this  lamb  to  the  arms  of  "the  CJood  Shepherd."  She  was  indeed 
of  true  Christian  lineage,  and  her  blood  as  well  as  education  told  well. —  ^ 
Louisiana. 


Pleasant  to  look  back  upon  in  Winter.— An  interesting  feature 
of  the  summer's  work  was  our  open-air  meetings.  There  is  a  delightful 
picnic  grove  on  a  wooded  island,  surrounded  by  the  tumbling  waters  of 
the  Spearfish  River.  It  is  quite  centrally  located  in  the  town.  We 
arranged  plank  seats  on  the  dancing  floor,  and  here  held  our  Sunday 
evening  services  for  five  or  si.x  weeks  during  the  hottest  summer  weather. 
The  Methodists  united  with  us  in  these  meetings,  and  their  pastor 
preached  on  alternate  evenings.  A  good  many  attended  these  services 
who  would  not  go  into  a  church.  Thus  many  were  reached  with  the  Gos- 
pel who  would  not  have  been  touched  if  the  services  had  been  held  in 
the  usual  place. — South  Dakota. 


Bible  Study. — I  have  started,  in  two  of  my  fields,  classes  for  the 
systematic  study  of  the  Bible.  In  both  places  are  many  young  people 
almost  wanting  in  even  the  most  elementary  knowledge  of  the  sacred 
Book.  To  educate  the  young  converts  in  the  Book  and  its  use,  seems  to 
me  more  needful  at  present  than  even  a  series  of  revival  meetings,  which, 
in  the  event  of  their  proving  successful,  would  only  give  us  material  such 
as  we  already  have,  and  equally  inefficient.  This  will  necessitate  my 
doing  a  great  deal  of  walking  over  most  wretched  roads,  as  I  must  go 
every  week  a  distance  of  ten  miles  to  conduct  the  class.  I  have  not  suffi- 
cient compensation  to  enable  mc  to  keep  a  horse,  and  so  necessarily  have 
recourse  to  the  natural  and  primitive  method  of  locomotion.  This  would 
be  all  right  if  the  roads  were  good  ;  but  they  are  probably  the  most 
wretched  excuses  for  roads  to  be  found  between  the  two  oceans. — Oregon. 


The  "Drifting  "  Evil. — Our  friends  in  the  East  who  have  always 
been  connected  with  large  churches,  can  hardly  imagine  how  a  year  of 
crop  failure  like  this  interferes  with  our  work.  The  financial  part  of  the 
problem  is  not  always  the  worst.  While  the  draft  from  the  Society  comes 
regularly,  the  pastor  can  arrange  his  expenses  to  match.  But  oh,  the 
discouragement  of  seeing  the  result  of  past  effort  waste  away  by  removal 
of  members  and  workers  I  Last  spring  I  was  at  the  organization  of  a 
church  that  seemed  to  promise  permanence.  Now  its  members  are  scat- 
tered m  other  States.     Our  own  little  cVm\tc\\  \t\  lo\xx  \4^0<wS  ^^^^^  v^  *>^s. 


530  The  Home  Missionary  Febniar>'.  1895 

"  absent  "  list  eleven  names.  By  the  dismissal  of  these  we  lost  two  dea- 
cons, one  trustee,  our  Sunday-school  superintendent,  two  teachers,  the 
organist,  and  the  janitor.—  South  Dakota. 


A  Promising  Future. — I  spent  a  week  with  Brother  Nash  at  Mountain 
Home  and  had  some  excellent  meetings.  Two  united  with  the  church 
while  I  was  there,  and  several  will  come  later,  I  think,  as  a  result.  A  few 
weeks  since  I  went  to  a  point  about  fifty  miles  away  where  a  new  ditch 
has  been  taken  out,  and  had  sixty  out  to  an  evening  service.  It  is  across 
the  Boise  River,  opposite  Parma  Station,  on  the  railway.  It  is  new,  is 
fast  settling  up,  and  will  be  an  excellent  point  to  organize  a  church  before 
long.  It  is  being  settled  up  in  fifteen  or  twenty  acre  plats  for  fruit  rais- 
ing. I  am  sure  that  there  is  not  a  better  point  to  plan  for  a  church  in 
this  section.  A  Sunday-school  has  been  organized  through  the  aid  of  the 
members  of  our  church,  and  the  outlook  is  bright  for  work  there.  A 
bridge  is  being  built  across  the  Boise  River,  and  there  is  talk  of  a  large 
colony  from  the  Ea.st  being  located  at  the  place.  Of  course,  this  is  all 
uncertain,  but  there  is  no  uncertainty  about  its  being  an  important  p)oint 
in  its  outlook  for  the  future. — IdaJw. 


Spiritual  Pay  better  than  Cash. — I  am  still  under  the  old  dis- 
advantage— the  want  of  a  conveyance  for  making  pastoral  calls.  With 
the  corn  and  oat  crops  almost  a  total  failure  and  hay  scarce,  I  cannot 
think  of  keeping  a  horse.  My  plan  is  to  try  and  buy  a  bicycle  for  about 
fifty  dollars,  and  with  that,  when  days  are  fair,  make  my  calls.  My 
income,  financially,  is  wretchedly  small,  and  yet  the  spiritual  power  and 
love  of  my  flock  is  so  strong  that  I  am  paid  better  than  more  money  could 
pay  me.  I  could  not  leave  these  fields  simply  because  there  is  so  little 
money  for  me.  That  is  a  weighty  reason  why  I  should  remain.  I  board 
myself,  my  poor  people  bringing  in  a  little  butter,  bread,  preserves,  etc. 
I  obtain  good  milk  from  one  of  my  members,  and  thus  I  have  reduced 
expenses  here  to  a  minimum.  Of  course,  railway  fare,  washing,  and  board 
at  my  out-station  call  for  cash,  and  with  some  of  my  old  debts  I  am  kept 
"on  the  gitivive!'  (iod  knows  that  one  must  do  without  necessary  books, 
clothing,  etc.,  with  so  small  an  income.  Yet  there  are  others,  no  doubt, 
who  have  harder  fields  and  less  comfort  than  I  have. — Kansas. 


One  Way  to  Pay  Church  Debts. — We  have  just  held  our  annual 

meeting,  and  find  a  debt  of  $650.     This  is  due  to  me  by  reason  of  my 

consent  to  allow  the  salary  fund  to  be  turned  over  to  wipe  out  the  church 

debt.     This  I  did  to  secure  a  §^500  c^ift  that  we  should  otherwise  have 

lost.     For  five  years  1  have  pa\d  at\  vxwww^X  ^^NVLi^x^^^t  v^'^  wwyt^  xV^x^  '^^ 


February,  1895  The  Home  Missionary  531 

out  of  my  salary.  Last  year,  resorting  to  a  skill  acquired  long  ago,  I 
went  into  the  mountains  ancj  earned  $100  by  surveying  mining  claims. — 
Colorado. 


Prefers  a  Country  Parish. — Ministers  usually,  I  think,  prefer 
village  or  city  pastorates  to  those  in  rural  districts.  At  least,  there  is  no 
evident  desire  on  the  part  of  many  to  receive  the  latter.  Let  me  have 
the  country  work.  I  write  from  limited  experience,  and  perhaps  the  joys 
of  the  first  parish  shed  a  rosy  light  over  everything.  There  is,  too,  a 
difference  in  churches  and  communities.  But,  in  the  main,  how  these 
people  on  the  prairies  do  listen  to  the  Gospel  and  join  hands  in  the  work  ! 
May  we  not  take  a  pardonable  pride  in  a  church  which,  during  a  four 
weeks*  absence  of  its  leader,  maintains  its  prayer-meetings  with  an  aver- 
age attendance  equal  to  half  its  membership — this,  too,  when  many  of 
them  live  four  and  ^^^  miles  away  ?  For  hearty  appreciation  and  cordial 
cooperation  give  me  a  country  church. — South  Dakota. 


Army  Life. — Our  congregations  have  been  excellent  for  the  last  two 
months,  part  of  the  time  filling  the  room,  and  there  has  been  quite  an 
earnest,  inquiring  spirit.  One  Sunday  evening,  a  few  weeks  since,  a  young 
man  came  to  me  and  said  that  he  wanted  me  to  pray  for  him.  He  said 
that  he  used  to  be  a  member  of  the  church  back  in  Boston,  but  had 
enlisted  in  the  army  and  was  far  away  from  what  he  ought  to  be.  I  found 
that  he  was  a  member  of  a  cavalry  company  stationed  here,  and  was  a 
wreck  as  to  his  religious  life.  The  Spirit  was  striving  with  him  mightily, 
and  he  was  repentant  for  his  sin.  I  am  hoping  to  help  him  into  an  active 
Christian  experience,  but  it  will  be  very  hard  amid  the  surroundings  of 
army  life.  One  soldier  united  with  the  church  more  than  a  year  ago,  and 
has  done  very  well ;  but  the  immorality  in  the  army  is  a  disgrace  to  a 
Christian  nation,  and  it  seems  as  though  nothing  is  done  to  prevent  it. 
At  this  post  I  am  confident  that  a  man  who  is  trying  to  live  as  a  consistent 
Christian  will  be  treated  more  rigorously  than  a  man  who  is  known  to  be 
a  ** bummer"  and  all-around  bad  man. — Idaho. 


"  I  DON*T  know,"  writes  our  Coal  Mine  Missionary,  "  when,  in  the 
providence  of  God,  our  work  counted  for  so  much  as  during  the  past  year. 
*  Determined  perseverance  in  His  Name  '  has  been  our  motto." — Indiana. 


Sunday-School  under  Difficulties. — At  the  Sunday-school  service 
on  the  afternoon  before  Christmas,  our  place  of  worship  was  full^  but  the 
building  \s  a  very  old  one-story-and-a-haU  coll3L^^,>N\V\v^^\NANA<3v\iN^^v^^'e^ 


53^  The  Home  Missionary  February,  1895 

the  two  lower  rooms  removed,  and  the  upF>er  floors  supported  by  rough- 
hewn  columns.  This  makes  you  think  of  impending  disaster  like  that 
which  happened  to  the  Old  State  House  in  Virginia.  It  will  not  accom- 
modate more  than  150  persons.  It  is  situated  in  a  pine  grove  near  a  large 
cemetery.  Attendance  on  the  church  and  Sunday-school  would  be  largely 
increased  if  we  had  a  suitable  building.  We  own  the  lot.  Can  we  not 
have  aid  in  some  way  ?  There  are  six  good  churches  for  white  people  in 
the  borough.  There  are  several  brickyards  near,  and  many  colored 
people  are  employed  in  them  who  have  no  church  privileges  except  in  this 
place.     Sunday-school  literature  would  be  acceptable  to  us. — New  Jersey, 


THE    SWEET-PEA    FUND 

This  fund  reached  last  year  the  total  of  $520.  But  little  was  reported 
of  the  results  of  the  hundreds  of  gratuitous  packages  of  seed  that  were 
sent  out,  but  $154  were  received  through  the  author  of  the  scheme.  The 
amounts  sent  to  the  treasurer  of  the  Congregational  Home  Missionary  So- 
ciety have  stood  for  the  last  four  years  respectively,  $1 15,  $115,  §135,  and 
$[54.  This  sum  docs  not  represent  the  extent  of  this  charity,  for  the 
proceeds  go  to  other  worthy  objects  also. 

It  has  grown  so  that  the  information  with  regard  to  the  seed  has  to  be 
put  into  a  printed  circular.  More  and  finer  seed  will  be  sent  out  this  year 
than  ever  l^efore.  Circulars  will  be  mailed  to  everyone  who  has  at  any 
time  ordered  seed,  and  are//rr  to  all  n'/io  rc/s/i  them.  No  one  is  so  poor 
that  he  or  she  need  be  deprived  of  the  pleasure  of  having  some  of  this 
seed.  The  mention  of  The  Home  Missionary  w^ill  imply  that  the  proceeds 
sent  will  be  appropriated,  as  far  as  possible,  to  the  Congregational  Home 
Missionary  Society.  And  the  mention  of  The  Home  Missionary  will  bring 
a  fine  package  of  seed  whether  money  is  sent  or  not.  Write  to  Rev.  W. 
T.  Hutch  INS,  Indian  Orchard,  Mass. 

[Our  readers  will  be  ^lad  to  sec  from  the  above,  that  our  excellent  Brother  Hutchins 
(Iocs  not  tire  of  his  beautiful  sweet-pea  scheme,  great  as  is  the  labor  involved  in  it,  but 
renews  his  jjenerous  offers  to  all  who  desire  to  help  this  and  several  other  good  causes. 
while  beautifying  their  own  homes  and  cheering  the  hearts  of  their  neighbors.  He  says. 
"  They  are  iJu-  I.otifs  >weet-peas  yet,  and  the  proceeds  will  always  be  a  conscience  fund," 
and  ndd>,  *'  I  would  like  to  have  the  Congregational  Home  Missionary  Sweet-Pea  Fund 
grow  to  *i,()Oo,  and  do  not  see  w'.iy  it  may  not." 

Th;it  $1,000  is  just  what  we  also  should   "  like  to  see."     If  our  readers  will  write  to 
Mr.  Hutchins  he  will  send  them  his  priced  circular,  with  the  names  and  brief  descriptions. 
of  cii  h.i>t  st'7'i'nfv- seven  varieties  ol  lV\\s  cV\:vvtv\\\\*^  llowcr,  among  the  most  exquisite  in 
color  and  /"rn'r ranee  of  all  the  Lord's  g\lv^  vo\\\s  c\\\\Ow\v:u,—^\i\ 


February,  1895  The  Home  Missionary  533 


PARTING   WORDS   FROM    A   LOYAL   HEART 

This  is  to  be  my  last  report.  I  confess  to  a  feeling  of  tenderness  at 
severing  my  relations  with  the  Society  as  one  of  its  missionaries.  I  have 
regarded  the  home  missionary  service  as  a  calling  of  peculiar  privilege 
and  nobility.  The  commission  of  the  Society  I  shall  always  cherish  as  a 
badge  of  honor.  The  change,  in  December,  1891,  from  the  pastorate  of 
the  wealthiest  church  in  an  Eastern  State  to  the  shepherding  of  this  little 
flock,  had  its  trials.  Many  things  were  left  behind.  The  thing  most 
missed,  I  believe,  has  been  the  privilege  of  asking  large  and  frequent 
benevolent  offerings  from  my  people  ;  a  sweet  privilege  it  was  in  a  church 
whose  annual  benevolences  were  about  $8,000.  But  even  in  this  I  have 
not  been  without  consolation.  This  little  church  will  grow  up  ;  and,  with 
God's  blessing,  as  we  gain  in  ability  to  do,  we  shall  gain  in  eager  readi- 
ness. 

Great  has  been  my  thankful  joy  in  this  privilege  of  service  !  The  con- 
sciousness that  the  Master  placed  me  here,  and  that  the  work  was  for 
him  ;  the  spirit  of  loving  loyalty  and  sacrificial  service  among  the  people  ; 
the  privilege  of  laying  foundations  for  the  future  in  an  important  field — 
these  have  given  me  a  delight  for  which  '*  happiness  **  is  a  word  all  too 
thin  and  weak.  (It  is  not  a  gospel  or  a  Christian  word,  anyway.)  And 
that  I  have  been  permitted  to  engage  in  this  work  at  some  measure 
of  personal  sacrifice — this  has  put  the  bloom  of  a  supreme  joy  upon  it 
all. 

1  am  sorry  for  the  brethren  who  hang  around  the  Congregational 
House  in  Boston  because  they  must  needs  keep  within  sight  of  the  golden 
dome  of  the  State  House.  1  am  sorry  for  any  who  regard  it  as  a  cross  to 
**go  West,"  to  undertake  pioneer  work,  or  to  accept  the  commission  of  the 
Home  Missionary  Society. 

The  great  joy  is  to  be  in  the  place  to  which  the  Master  points,  wher- 
ever it  be.  But  there  is  a  peculiar  privilege  in  putting  in  some  of  one's 
best  years,  if  God  will,  amid  the  plastic  conditions,  the  tremendous  needs, 
and  the  splendid  possibilities  of  this  newer  country.  Beloved  brethren  at 
"  the  Rooms,"  let  me  thank  you  for  the  personal  kindness  and  fraternal 
courtesy  you  have  shown  me  ever  since  the  day  when  some  of  you  wrote 
me  about  this  field  and  its  possibilities.  We  are  all  grateful  for  your 
interest  in  this  little  seed  in  the  far  Western  field.  We  could  not  have 
done  without  you.  We  shall  bear  you  in  our  hearts  lovingly  and  grate- 
fully, and  pray  for  you  during  these  days  when  your  hearts  are  sorely 
tried. 

May  the  God  of  Israel,  the  faithful,  covenant  God,  supply  all  your 
needs,  and  lead  bis  people  into  a  deeper  Wie  atvd  a  W^^x  ^^\n\^^\     ^« 


534 


The  Home  Missionary 


February,  1895 


TREASURY    NOTE 


CONTRIBUTIONS 

LEGACIES 

1893-4 

18^-5 

1893-4 

1894-5 

April $10,366  46 

$'8,936  34 

April . . . 

.  $6,681   14 

$8,701  36 

May 9,461  46 

18,608  21 

May 

.    25,812  59 

6,113  58 

June i5»i36  ^7 

15,249  44 

June  . . . 

.   10,254  35 

35»026  54 

Ju»y 15-293  72 

18,908  65 

July 

•     8»940  39 

10,695  22 

August...    9,479  91 

7,886  18 

August. 

.    14,885   55 

35,280  76 

Sept 13,794  35 

12,707  28 

Sept 

.      5,450  10 

i5»045  01 

Oct 7,343  56 

9*523  04 

Oct. .... 

..     4,025  00 

5,369  02 

Nov 13,387  77 

13*683  01 

Nov 

.     4,682  73 

6,672  70 

Dec i5»693  27 

17,727  67 
$i33»229  82 

mJCC  .... 

.   10,943  'I 

'o,575  52 

§109,956  67 

$91,674  96  $ 

133*479  71 

$23»273.i5  gain 

in  contributions. 

$41,804.75  gain  in  legacies. 

Gain  in  the  nine  months,  April-December,  here  reported,  9eft,a77.] 
Our  careful  readers  will  bear  in  mind,  however,  that  in  the  latest  (68th) 
Annual  Report,  page  94,  was  acknowledged  the  sale,  and  use  in  last 
year's  work,  of  securities  amounting  to  §33,062.28.  These  securities  were 
not  a  part  of  the  Society's  permanent  funds,  but  of  legacies,  which  for 
various  reasons  could  not  properly  be  earlier  disposed  of.  Taking  these 
special  receipts  of  last  year  into  the  account,  we  are  left  with  an  excess  of 
but  little  over  $32,000  as  a  just  ground  of  comparison  at  this  date  between 
the  first  three- fourths  of  the  sixty-eighth  and  the  sixty-ninth  fiscal  years. 
What  shall  be  the  condition  of  the  treasury  at  the  end  of  the  current  year, 
March  31,  none  can  foresee.  It  will  depend,  of  course,  upon  the  liberality 
of  our  friends  in  these  closing  months.  It  is  our  hope  and  prayer  that 
the  entire  year's  income  may  warrant  the  Executive  Committee  in  making 
a  substantial  advance  towards  restoring  the  reduction  which  they  were 
last  spring  compelled  to  make  in  the  appropriations  for  this  year's  work. 

The  time  is  short.  What  the  friends  of  Home  Missions  find  it  in  their 
hearts  to  do  must  be  done  quickly,  to  be  of  large  avail.  This  is  always  the 
most  trying  season  of  the  year  in  our  home  missionary  families.  It  is 
specially  trying  this  year  when  so  many  of  their  people  are  unable  to  meet 
their  pied<;es,  leaving  many  of  these  households  wholly  dependent  on  the 
drafts  of  this  Society.  These  drafts,  in  many  cases,  ought  to  be  increased, 
and  would  be  if  the  offerings  of  the  churches  made  it  possible.  We  can 
only  leave  the  matter  with  our  faithful  helpers,  reminding  them  of  our 
Lord's  words,  **  Inasmuch  as  ye  have  done  it  (or  ye  did  it  not)  unto  one  of 
the  least  of  these  my  brethren,  ye  have  done  it  (or  ye  did  it  not)  unto 
me."  In  the  person  of  many  of  the.se.  His  "  brethren,"  He  is  waiting  for 
YOUR  response. 


February,  1895 


The  Home  Missionary 


535 


APPOINTMENTS    IN    DECEMBER,   1894 


Not  in  commission  last  year 

Byen,  Wm.  L.,  Topeka,  Kan. 

Doane.  Frank  B..  Dayton.  Wash. 

Henninir*  Oto.  W.,  Needles.  Cal. 

Johnson.  Orrin  H.,  Baffle  Harbor.  Wash. 

Osinek,  Miss  Antonie.  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Reed«  Mrs.  E.  M.,  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah. 

Rich,  Ulirases  G.,  Michigan  City  and  Niagsua, 

Shoemaker.  Henderson  C.  Whitewater,  Colo 
Thompson,  Thomas,  Winifred  and  Freedom,  So. 

Dak. 
Twyford,   Lucy   E..  Bethel,  Deer  Creek,    and 

Spring  Creek,  Okla. 

Re-commissioned 

Armitaire,  Durand  E..  South  Shore,  So.  Dak. 
Baker.  Geonre,  Washoucal   and    Mt.   Pleasant, 

Wash. 
Barber.  Jerome  M.,  Wilsonvillc,  Butlerville.  and 

Cbampoeg.  Ore. 
Baskerville,  Mark.  Spra^ue.  Wash. 
Bates,  John  M.,  Wakonda,  So.  Dak. 
Battey,  George  J.,  Strang,  Bnining,  and  Shickley, 

Neb. 
Bormorse,  Niels  N.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Brakemeyer,  Gustavus  L  .  Chicago,  111. 
Brett.  Geo.  S..  Springfield,  Mo. 
Bright,  D.  Franklin,  Taylor.  Neb. 
Brown.  Frank  J.,  Rose  Creek  and  Taopi.  Minn. 
Cole,  Thomas  W.,  Grand  Island,  Neb. 
De  Groff.  Charles   F.,  Revillo,  So.   Dak.,  and 

Marietta.  Minn. 
Dooiittle.  John  B.,  Harbine  and  Plymouth,  Neb. 
Rckles.  fohn  G.,  Portcrville,  Cal. 
Edwards,  Jonathan,  Hillyard,  Wash. 
Funk,  George  N.,  Jennings,  La. 


Graf,  John  F.,  Springfield,  Mo. 

Hall,  George  C.,  Nebraska  City,  Neb. 

Isakson.  Andrew  J.,  Titusville,  Pa. 

Kirkwood,  Wm.  A.,  ParkvUle,  N.  Y. 

Lewis.  John,  Detroit.  Mich. 

Lich,  John,  Lincoln,  Neb. 

Lich,  Peter,  Friend  and  Turkey  Creek,  Neb. 

Loba,  Victor  E.,  Noble.  Mo. 

Lopez,  J.  M..  SMuiish  Church.  N.  Y.  City,  N.  Y. 

McConaughy,  Frank,  Edmonds  and  Richmond, 
Wash. 

McDonald,  Alexander  P..  Pullman.  Wash. 

McLellan,  Archibald  S..  Oro  Fino,  Callahan's, and 
Mound,  Cal. 

Martin,  Edwin,  Bloomfield,  Addison,  and  Dol- 
phin, Neb. 

May.  Edwin  M.,  Qeveland.  O. 

Milter,  Henry  G.,  N.  Y.  City,  N.  Y. 

Murphy.  Charles  G..  Wallace,  Neb. 

Pease,  Wm.  P.,  Hay  Springs,  Neb. 

Potter,  L.  Eugene.  Capiomaand  Connet,  Kan. 

Reynolds,  Lauriston.  Kedfield,  So.  Dak. 

Robertson,  Angus  A..  Pelhamville,  N.  Y. 

Smith,  J.  Franklin,  Sargent  and  Westcott.  Neb. 

Smith,  John  H.  B..  Pittsburg.  Pa. 

Smith,  Jonathan  G..  Chillicothc,  O. 

Smith,  L.  Adams,  Christopher  and  Star  Lake, 
Wash. 

Stevens.  Julius.  Faulklon,  So.  Dak. 

Strong,  MissC.  M..  N.  Y.  City,  N.Y. 

Swartout,  Edgar  P..  Firesteel,  Letcher,  Bethel, 
and  Lisbon.  So.  Dak. 

Tingle.  Geo.  W.,  Oneidaand  AxtelUKan. 

TwvcrH,  Robert  M.,  Milford,  Neb. 

Waldrop,  Isaac  M.,  Buffalo  Park  and  CoUyer, 
Kan. 

Willctt,  (ieorge.  Buena  Park.  Cal. 

Wright.  James  C,  Fairhaven,  Wash. 

Williamson,  Lawrence  J.,  (Georgetown,  Minn. 


RECEIPTS    IN    DECEMBER,    1894 

For  account  of  receipts  by  State  Auxiliary  Societies,  .see  pages  542  to  549 


MAlNE-$55.75 

Castine.  Rainbow  Band,  by  Mrs.  C. 

M.  Cushman 

Denny ville,  S.  S.   Rally,  by    L.   K. 

Gardner 

Fort   Fairfield,  by  Rev.  G.  B.   Hcs 

cock 

S.  S.  Rally,  byG.* B ' Hcscocic ' .' ." 
Portland.  St.   Lawrence   St.  Ch.,  by 

J.  J.  Gerrish 

W.  C.   Rideout,  $1  ;    Miss    C.    A. 
Rideout,  25  cts.:  S.  H.  Rideout, 

as  cts 

Skownegan,  Island  Avenue,  by  W.  F. 

Bacon 

Thomaston.  bv  Miss  H.  E.  Tillson. . 
Waterville.  Kennebec,  and  Somerset 
Conference.  October  Union   Meet- 
ing, by  J.  Richmond 


NEW  HAMPSHIRE-  $i4j.i6. 

Franklin,  by  D.  S.  Gilchrist 

Goflfsiown,  .Miss  M.  A.  Hadlcy 

Gorham.  by  U.  Pratt 

Henniker,  A  Friend,  add'l 

Lyme,  by  D.  A.  Giant,  to  const.  Dea. 
Allen  G.  Washburn  a  L.  M 


% 

I 

00 

3 

80 

10 
8 

00 
00 

5  «> 


I  50 

12  57 
5  00 


8  88 


10  «x> 

5  «io 
5  00 

56  00 


Manchester.  A  Friend 

Nashua,  Pilgrim  Ch.,  by  F.  F.  Kim- 
ball  

VERMONT- S455.60. 

Berlin.  Mrs.  J.  E.  Perrin,  for  Salary 
Fund 

Burlington.  First,  by  M.  H.  .Stone.... 

East  Corinih,  S.  S.  Rally,  by  Rev.  E. 
W.  Hatch 

East  Duramerston.  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  A. 
F.  Miller 

North    Bennington,   Mrs.  S.  D.  Jen- 
nings  

St.    Johnsbury.   S.   S.    Rally   of   the 
South  Ch. by  Mrs  R   P.  Fairbanks. 

Waiisfield.by  Mrs  G.  Olmstead  .... 
West   Bra!tleb«»ro.  Elvira  Stcdman.  to 
const.  D.  B.  Stcdman  a  L.  M 

MASS.VCHUSETTS      $12.4^5.84  ;    of 
which  lepacie»i,  $2,929.56. 

Mass.  Home   .Miss.  Soc..  by  Rev.  E. 

B.  Palmer,  Trcas 

By  request  of  donors S    -^^S  81 

For  work  amont;  foreign- 
ers in  the  West 4.50000 


$       10  GO 

45  16 


380 
348  00 

6  30 

2  50 

15  00 

10  00 
20  00 

50  00 


3.500  Ot> 


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536 


The  Home  Missionary 


February,  1895 


Woman's  H.  M.  Assoc.,  Miss 
S.  K,  Burgess,  Treas. : 

For  Salary.  Fund $15^  00 

Athol,  Ladies'  Union  Evan. 

Ch 35  00 

Lexington as  00 

Lynn,  First,  Aux 1  50 

North  Adams.  Aux lo  oo 

Princeton,  Aux 1200 

Southbridge,  Aux 10  co 

$245  50 

Amesbury,  Union  Evan.  Ch.,  by  E.  A, 

Goodwin "37 

Amherst,  South  Ch.,  by  W.  B.  Rose  9  70 

Andover,  Legacy  in  part  of  Edward 

Taylor,  by  O.  B.  Taylor,  ex 200  00 

Boston,  W.  A.  Wilde,  tor  Salary  Fund  50  00 

Boylston,  by  D.  E.  Buriner 37  00 

Cambridceport,  A  Friend,  a  Christ- 
mas oficrmg 3  00 

Charlestown,   Legacy  of  Ojpphla   N. 

Tenney,  by  R.  E.  Pickthall,  ex.  . . .        700  00 
Easthampton,  Payson  Ch.,  by  H.  L. 
Clark,  in  full  to  const.  A.  B.  Morrell. 
E.  W.  Wood,  S.  Brown.  R.  G.  Lea- 

vitt  and  J.  N.  Lyman  L.  Ms 90  77 

Great    Barrington,   Legacy  of    Lucy 

Tucker,  by  F.  H.  Wrighi.  ex 1,671  56 

Harvard,  Rev.  C.  C.  Torrey 10  00 

Hatfield,  Ch.,  of  which  $10  from  the 
Branch  S.  S.  of  North  Hatfield,  by  A. 
Cowles,  to    const.   Mrs.   Helen   M. 

Belden  a  L.  M 

Hinsdale,  S.  S.,  by  A .  S.  Storm 

Lee.  X 

Ludlow,   Union  Ch.,    by  Rev.   A.   J. 

^)uick 

Massachusetts.  A  Friend,  special. . .   . 

Middlefield.  by  L.  C.  Kimball 

Monson,  Edward  F.  Morris 

By  E.  F.  Morris 

New  Bedford,  by  1.  W.  Henry 

North  Amherst.  Mrs.  E.  E.  P'ishcr  . .  . 

Ncjrthampton,  Dorcas  Soc.  of  the  Kirsl, 

b^'  Mrs.  J.  E.  Clarke,  for  Salary 

Fund 

Mary  E.  Byrd   

A  Friend    

North  Hrooktield.  S.  S.  Rally,  by  E. 

H.  Grout 

Pittsfield,  Mrs.  F.  S   Bissell 

Sheffield,  by  A.  T.  Wakefield.  .M.  I).  . 
Shclburne  Falls.  Primary  Depl.  S.  S  , 

by  F.  W.  Main 

Southampton,  by  H.  (i.  Healey 

Sprinuficld.     Income    of     .Missionary 
Farm  of  Levi  (iraves,  by  D.  W . 

Wells,  trustee  . .    

Memorial  Ch.,  by  H.  W.  Bowman  . 
Taunton,  Estate  ()f  Dr.  F.  M.  Jones. 

by  E.  P.  Washburn,  adm 

Townsend  Center.. Miss  Mary  E   Patch 
Ware.  Miss  E.  H.  Hyde  of  the  Silver 

Circle 

Webster.  First,  by  E.  1..  Spalding 

Worcester.    A   meml>er  of  Plymouth 
Ch.,  by  F.  W.Chase .' 


50  00 
7  50 

15  «X) 

13  00 
25  00 

3<5  57 

200  00 

12  38 

52  17 
10  o>3 


5<>  25 
5  o^ 
5  ^^' 

8  62 
5  <,».> 

9  05 

-.>9  76 

58  00 
D  25 

500  CX) 
40 

5  00 

64  68 

2   00 


RHODE  ISLAND    $Co.(<, 

East  Providence,  Newman  Ch..  bv  W. 
W.  Kills.  If,  const.  .Miss  A.  .M.  f*erry 

a  L.  M 

Providence,  Free  Evan,  Ch..  by  N.  J. 
Shcplcy  


^o  o> 


10   IX) 


Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 

W.  W.  Jacobs,  Treas $20  00 

New  Britain,  South  Ch.,  Mrs. 
J.  W.  Cooper  of  the 
Silver  Circle,  by  Mrs.  S. 

H.Wood 5  «> 

South  Ch.,  S.  S.  class  of 

Swedes,  by   Mrs.   E.  H. 

Case,  for  Salary  Fund ...      5  «» 

Norwalk.      I.adie8      Bcnev. 

Assoc,  of  the  First,  by  Mrs. 

A.  B.  Hill,  for  Salary  Fund    14  00 

Norwich,  Broadway  Ch.,  by 

Mrs.  S.  B.  Bishop 500  00 

Orange,  by  Mrs.  O.  A.  Treat, 

for  Salary  Fund 13  «> 

Pomfret,  Ladies'  H.  M.  Soc., 
by  Miss  M.  E.  Denison,  for 

Salary  Fund y>  00 

South  Norwalk.  by  Miss  G. 
H.  Benedict,  for  Salary 
Fund,  of  which  $50  10 
const.  Miss  Ella  H.  Day  a 

L.  M...   90  00 

Wallingford.  Mrs.  S.J.Parker 
of  the  Silver  Circle 5  <» 


CONNECTICUT     $5.'b>9S:   ^»f  whicb 
Icj^jacies.  $2.S4''  70. 

Afiss.   <oc.  of  Conn  .  W.  W    Jacobv. 
Trcus.,  by  Rev.  W.  H.  Moore,  Sec.        277  s^ 


Berlin,  Ch.  and  S.  S,  of  the  Second,  by 

F.  L.Wilcox 

Bethel.  A  Member 

Bethlehem,  A  Friend 

Bridgewater,  by  A.  J.  Bennitt 

Chaplin.  H.  T.  Crosby 

Cheshire,  North  Union  S.  S.  Rally,  by 

B.  L.  Tuttle 

Chester,  by  Rev.  Alexander  Hall 

Clinton.  S.  S..  by  J.  .M.  WcUman 

Cornwall.  Estate  of  Silas  C.  Beers,  on 

account 

Coventry,    Legacy    of     Mrs.    M.    L. 

Brewster,  by  E.  Kingsbury,  ex 

East  River.  H.  A.  C  Stone.  siMxial. . 
East  Woodstock,  S  S.  Rally,  by  R.  C. 

Paine 

Farmin^ton,  First,  by  R.  H.  Gay..   . 
Greenwich,  Second,  by  C.  N.  Mead.. 

A  Friend  to  Missions 

Hadlvme,  by  R.  E.  Hungerford 

Hartford,  Asvlum  Hill,  A  Friend,  by 
C.E.Thompson 

Mrs.    Mary    C.    Bemis,  by    E.    H. 

Carter 

Ivorvton,  Jr.  V.  P.  S.  C.  E..  by  Mrs. 
t.  S.  Cirig^s 

Mrs.  E   A.  Nf)rthrop.  special 

Lisbon.  S.  S.  Rally,  by   Rev.  g.  M. 

Bosw<  >rth 

Madi^tm.  by  I   S.  Scranton 

Middlebury.  Rev.  W.  F.  Avery 

Middletown.  Sflver  Circle,  Mrs.  C  V. 
Cotfin,  .-^s  <o  :  Mrs.  G.  N.  Ward. 
*s.35.  by  Mrs  J.  H.  Bunce 

A  Friend,  a  Christmas  offering 

Milford.  First,  by  F.  A.  Tucker 

Monroe.  A.  Wheeler 

NepaULT.  A  Friend 

New   Britain.  Mrs    S.  A.  Strong,  Sil- 
ver Circle  of  the  First  Ch.  of  Christ. 

by  Mrs.  Emma  L.  Pickcn 

New  Haven.  First,  by  M.  E.  Mcrsick, 
f«.r  Salarv  Fund 

Yah-   College   Ch..  by  W.   W.  Far- 
nam 

•A  l^ricnd 

Noriolk.  Estate  of  Marv  L.  Porter,  by 

F.   E.    Porter,  e.x..    Securities,   ap- 

praiseil  value.  ?^4i)«J  75 

Northford.add'Kby  Miss  M.  J.  Mall- 

bv 

North  Stonin^'ton.  by  T.  S.  Wheeler 

v\\\o\\v\\  \..  S,  \Vvvc<L  Treas.  A.  B. 

C  .  Y  .  ^\ 


$68a  00 


50 

5 
5 

7 

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34 
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00 

50 
00 

1 
20 

27 
00 

5 

33 

750 

00 

IQl 

5 

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2 
70 

21 

80 

8 

54 

00 

00 
00 

50 

CO 

100 

CO 

I 

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20 

00 

2 
6 
5 

00 

75 
00 

10 
20 

65 
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5S 

3 
2 

62 
48 
40 

5 

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^50 

00 

305 
5 

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1,605 

73 

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CO 

S7  00 


February,  1895  The  Home  Missionary 


537 


Norwich,  Park  Ch.,  by  H.  L.  Butts, 

for  Salary  Fund $190  aS 

"A.  P." as  00 

Plainfield,  S.  S.  of  the  First,  by  R.  A. 
Hall 5  36 

South  Britain,  by  Miss  M.  C.  Bradley.         31  27 

Terry ville,  S.  S.,  by  G.  A.  Scott,  spe- 
cial   1875 

Waterbury,  Mrs.  Israel  U|>son i  00 

West  Hartford,  First  Ch.  of  Christ,  by 
E.  S.  Elmer 47  «' 

Whitney  ville,  by  J.  M.  Payne x6  00 

Eaminfi^s  of  three  children,  by  C  F. 
Clarke a  75 

NEW  YORK-  Sx,484.a5. 

Received  by  William  Spal- 
ding, Treas.: 

Clayton ♦  5  64 

Cortland 50  00 

Crown  Point    31  44 

Eaton 60 

Ellinj^on 10  55 

Gasport 9  50 

Honeovc 44  00 

Madrid 13  00 

Moravia 5  00 

Osceola 10  00 

Phoenix,  S.  S.  Rally 5  00 

Roscoe SCO 

Siloam 34  36 

Syracuse,    Danforth    Ch., 

Christmas  offering 9  83 

233  9a 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 
J.  J.  Pearsall,  Treas.: 
Brookhrn,  Tompkins  Ave. 

S.  S $75  00 

King's  Daughters —  25  00 

Jr.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 1200 

Ch.  of  Pilgrims 600 

Y.P.S.C.E 1000 

Cortland 10  00 

Homer,  Aux 1060 

Mrs.  Joseph  Stebbins...  i  00 
Mrs.  William   A.  Bean, 
Hon.    Member   Silver 

Circle 5  co 

Honeoye,  W.  H.  M.  U —  1500 
Lysanaer,   L.   M.  S.  and 

M.  B II  30 

New  York  City,  Broadway 
Tabernacle,  Soc.  for 
Women's  Work,  to 
const.  Mrs.  C.  Brainerd, 

Jr.,  a  L.  M 5000 

Oswego 20  cxj 

Wellsville.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E..  10  00 

—       260  90 

Albany.  Calvin  Holmes,  Hon.  Mem- 
ber Silver  Circle s  c  o 

Angola,  A.  H .  Ames 5  00 

Aqueboguc,  by  G.  L.  Wells 10  40 

Bay  Shore,    Junior    Helpers  of   the 

First,  by  Rev.  S.  W.  King 10  00 

Brooklyn,  Lee  Avenue  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

C.H.Gillespie »o7  25 

South  Ch.,  by  E.  D.  Ford 33  73 

Puritan  Ch.,  by  E.  Na<.h 59  13 

Bushwick  Avenue  Ch.,  by  W.  H. 

Leviness 30  00 

King's     Daughters     of     Bushwick 
Avenue  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  S.  E.  Cas- 

key,  freight 2  00 

Park  Ch.,  by  H.  Barrett    17  64 

Parkvillc,  by  Rev.  W.  A.  Kirkwood.  12  88 
Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  of  Tompkins  Avenue 

Ch.,  by  P.  Palmer 2s  00 

Buffalo,  First,  by  R.  K.  Strickland ...  136  85 

Clifton  Springs,  A  Friend 5  c» 

Cortland,  Mrs.  Jerome  Angell.  Hon. 

Member  ot  Silver  Circle 5  00 


Flushing,  S.  S.  of  the  First,  by  C.  P. 

Harris $  18  01 

Fillmore^  S.  M.  Norton 1  00 

Ithaca,  First,  by  S.  D.  Sawyer 106  10 

A  Friend xo  00 

{amestown.  First,  by  F.  R.  Moody. . .  loa  00 

Ceene  Valley,  Rev.  C.  M.  Perry 2  00 

Lawrence  ville.  by  L.  Hulburd 5  00 

Little  Valley,  by  Miss  R.  W.  Chase  . .  6  00 

Lockport,  First,  by  J.  H.  Mosber. ...  10  00 

Miss  E.  A.  Moore 50 

Lysander,  bv  M.  C.  Van  Doren 16  40 

Marcy,  Bethany  S.  S.  Rally,  by  R.  P. 

Jones 1  70 

New  York  City,  Welsh  Ch 10  00 

Mt.  Hope.  Cn.  of  Christ.  S.  S.  Rally, 

by  Rev.  H.  M.  Brown 14  cx> 

Bedford  Park,  S.  S.,  by  S.  Bourne. .  3  25 

A  Friend,  for  freight i  50 

"Cash" 10000 

Northfield,  by  Rev.  T.  H.  Griffith. . . .  10  00 

North  Lawrence,  by  N.  Williams 5  00 

Almira  Williams 3  00 

Oswego,  by  W.  B.  Couch 42  55 

Olean,  First,  by  W.  S.  Brickcll 4  25 

Saugerties,  by  B.  M.  Coons 6  00 

Sidney,  Ch.,  S15.59,  of  which  $5.73 

from  the  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  >l.  C. 

Tohnston 15  59 

West  Bloomfield,  by  J.  S.  Aycrs 40  70 


NEW  JERSEY-$284.64. 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union  of  the  N.  J. 
Assoc., Mrs.  J.  H.  Denison, Treas. : 
Montclair,  First,  for  Salary  Fund..        100  00 

East  Orange,  *'  K  " 100  00 

Guttenburg,  First  Ch.,  and  S.  S.,  by 

G.  Ewell 5  00 

Jersey  City,  Waverly  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J. 

C.  Kmeiy 22  00 

Newark,  S.  S   of  the  First,  by  C.  F. 

Mackin 10  00 

H.  N.  Doolittle,  a  Christmas  gift. . .  30  00 

Orange  Valley,  A  Friend 5  00 

South  Orange,  A  Friend 5  10 

Vineland,  S.  S.  Rally,  by  T.  A.  Gard- 

ner 4  71 

Wcstfield,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E..  by  S.  G. 

Carberry la  83 


PENNSYLVANIA-$3i8.o7  ;  of  which 
legacy  $99.20. 

Woman's     Missionary    Union, 
Mrs.  T.  W.  Jones,  Treas. : 

Allegheny $2  15 

King's  Daughters 2  25 

Mayflower a  00 

First,  by  Mrs.  A.  H.  Claflin    3  a6 
Pittsburgh,    Ladies'    Soc.    of 

Puritan  Ch 3  14 

Juvenile  Band  of    Puritan 
Ch a  75 

15  55 


Woman's  H.   M.  Union  of  the  N.  J. 
Assoc.,  Mrs.  J.  H.  Denison,  Treas. : 
Philadelphia.  Central  Ch.,  for  Salary 
Fund 81  36 

Amot,  Puritan  Ch.,  by  J.  W.  Jackson  4  00 
Braddock,  Ch.,  $1.70;  S.  S.,  $3,  by  T. 

Addenbrook 470 

Delia,  Hethesda,  by  Rev.  J.  Cadwala- 

dcr 250 

Germantown,  by  S.  J.  Humphreys...  9  10 

Guy's  Mills,  by  Rev.  E.  T.  MacNfahon  8  60 

Johnslowu,  NV\s%  Y9k,tvtv\t'^w^t^«. s  '^ 

Kanc,S.S.,bv'W.W.\i^N\% -^^^^ 


538 


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February,  1895 


Mcadville,  Park  ATenuc  Ch.,  by  J.  T. 

Stem 

Ml.  Jeweit.  Swedish  Ch..  by  Rev.  C. 

A.  Wklinff 

Nanticoke.  Moriah  Welsh  Ch.,  by  D. 

P.  Thomas 

Pittsburg.  On  account  from  Estate  of 

Ellen  Price  Jones,  by  G.  N.  Monro. 
Plymouth,  Pilgrim  Ch.,  by  Re\'.W.  L. 

Evans 

Ridj^way,  Swedish  Ch.,  by  John  E. 

Swanstm 

Sharookin,    Welsh,  by   Rev.    D.    T. 

Davies 

Wilkes  Barre,  First,  by  R.  George. . . 

MARYLAND-$6.oo. 
Prosburg.  by  Rev.  G.  W.  Moore 


$6 

55 

a 

75 

xo 

00 

99 

90 

10 

00 

4  5« 

7  50 
a6  75 

lOL 


6  00 


Austin.  TiOocaon  Ch.  of  Christ,  by 

Miss  M.  I.  Adams $385 

Palestine,  by  Rev.  r.  H.  Dobbs 1500 

Sierman.  SL  Paul^  Ch.,  by  Rev.  C. 
F.  Sheldon 10  95 


INDIAN  TERRITORY-70  cents. 

McAlester.  Scoood,   by  Rev.  T.  B. 
Holleyman 70 

OKLAHOMA-fix.38. 

Alva  and  Woodward,   by   Rev.    A. 

Connet 200 

Mt.  Hope,  by  Rev.  L.  S.  Childs. 438 

West  Cvutbne,  by  Rev.  L.  J.  Parker. .  5  00 


DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA-f78.83. 
Washington,  First,  by  W.  Lambom., 

VIRGINIA-  $1.90. 
Snowville,  Mrs.  N.  M.  Richardson.., 

WEST  VIRGINIA-f7.9i. 
Ccrcdo,  by  Rev.  G.  Gadsby 


NORTH  CAROLINA    $6.50. 

Woman's  Missionary  Union, 
Miss  A.  E.  Farrinjifton, 
Trcas.  : 

Umh  Point,  S.  S.  Rally $1  50 

A.  E.  F 500 


GEORGIA    $29.55. 

Woman's    H.     M.     Union,   Miss    V. 
Holmes,  Trcas.  : 
Atlanta,  Central  Ch..  S.  S.  Rally... 


Cartccay.  by  Rev.  F.  G   Smith 

MeansviUe.  by  Rev.  S.  C.  McDaniel. 
W(.<xlrufT,  by  Rev.  P.  H.  Reese 


ALABAMA    $i<).-2^- 
Received  by  Rev.  J.  J.  Stallings 

Central.  E(]ualityand  Balm  of  Gilead 
("lis..  Mount  Olive  and  Tallassec,  by 
R(V.  A.  C.  Wells 

Courtland,  LilKTty  (Jrove  Ch.,  by  R. 
Hardin 

Talladej^a,  Talladega  Colle^rc  '*  Little 
Helpers,"  by  Mrs.  H.  S.  L)e  Forest. 

MISSISSIPPI     10  cents. 
Columbus,  Friends 


7883 


I  90 


7  9« 


6  50 


10  55 

50 

17  50 

I  00 


3  50 

4  00 

I  75 
10  00 


NEW  MEXICO-f  1.0a 
Albuquerque,  by  Rev.  E.  H.  Ashmun 

ARIZONA-fi6.o5. 

Tempe,  Ladies*  Miss.  Soc.  of  the  First, 
by  Mrs.  M.  B.  White 

KENTUCKY-$i.oo. 
Covington,  H.  E.  Cree 


1  00 


OHIO-S313.75. 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union.  Mrs. 
G.  B.  Brown,  Trcas.  : 

Bellevue,  for  Salary  Fund . .     $3  75 

Bunon,  Mrs.  E.  A.  Hitch- 
cock, for  Salary  Fund ....        5  00 

Cleveland.  Euclid  Avenue, 
for  5^1ary  Fund 35  00 

Medina,  L.  M.  S.,  for  Salary 
Fund xo  00 

Toledo,  Central,  for  Salary 
Fund 800 


Akron,  West  Ch.,  by  J.  E.  Patterson, 
special 

Claridon.  by  A.  L.  Bruce 

Cleveland,  Cyril  Chapel,  Bohemians, 
by  Rev.  J .  Musil    

Columbus,  Eastwood  Ch.,  by  F.  Hum- 
phreys     

Kirtland,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  D.  H.  Clapp.. 
S.  S.  Rally,  by  Miss  G.  Flyer 

Lorain.  First,  by  C.  E.  Pierce 

Mt.  Vernon,  First,  by  O.  F.  Murphy  . 

Olmsted,  Second,  by  F.  G.  Robb 

Tallmadpe,  S.  S.  Rally,  by  J.  W.  Se- 
ward   

Toledo.  Plymouth,  by  Rev.  A.  E. 
Woodruff 

Wakeman,  by  W.  W.  Whiton 

Wellington,  Mrs.  M.  R.  Hamlin,  by  H. 
B.  Hamlin 

Erratum  :  Legacy  of  Emily  P.  Coe, 
$963. 53.  ack.  in  January  Home  Miction- 
ary.  under  Cuyahojra  Falls,  should  be 
ack.  as  frc)m  Tallmadgc. 


x6  05 


I  00 


50  75 

76  55 
30  25 

20  00 

8  60 
10  00 

A  io 
18  59 
46  38 

8  50 

6  83 

4  00 
8  70 

ao  00 


FLORIDA    $i9.5o. 

Coatsville  and  Wausau.  by  Rev.  S.  B. 
Judah    2  00 

Geor^iana,  Mrs.  Mary  C.  Munson —  '.>o  00 

Macclenny,  A.  A.  Stevens,  a  Christ- 
mas \i\i\   S  00 

Osc;k\\   and    Bethel,   by   Rev.  E.  D. 
Luicr ^  so 


INDIANA- S52  71. 

Woman*s  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 

F.  E.  Dewhurst,  Treas.  : 
East  Chicago, Young  Ladies* 

Band  and  S.  S $3  8x 

Macksville 5  00 

>\\C\U^^XV  C\Vj  .,  Y  Vt'sA. 9  50 


v\  V 


February,  1895 


The  Home  Missionary 


539 


Central,  Cedarwood,  and  Beechwood, 
by  Rev.J.  Trueblood 

Indianapous,  Mayflower  Ch.,  by  W.  F. 
Bninner 

Michigan  City,  Thanksgivinijr  offering, 
by  Rev.  K.  Pre" 


itag 


ILLINOIS-f86.oo. 

Alton,  C.  Phinney 

Chicago,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  of  the  Leavitt 

St.  Ch..  by  M.  A.  Crane 

Illinois,  A  Friend 

Morrison,  Miss  E.  S.  Brown 


MISSOURI-$289.92. 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 
K.  L.  Mills,  Treas. : 

Amity $a  00 

Cameron 1200 

Cheltenham.  Memorial 10  00 

Hannibal,  Pilgrim 4  85 

Kansas  City,  Olivet  Ch.,  Jr. 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E a  50 

Lebanon 19  00 

St.  Louis,  People's  Taber- 
nacle Ch n  50 

Compton  Hill ai  00 

Springfield,  Jr.  Y.  P.  S.  C. 

E.  of  the  First. 5  00 


Bevier,  Welsh,  by  T.  J.  Rowland. 


Green  Ridge,  by  Rev.  A.  H.  Rogers. 
Lamar,  by  A.  C.  Burnett  


New  Lebanon,  S.  S.  Rally,  by  C.  W. 
Whittlesey 

Noble,  by  Rev.  V.  E.  Loba 

St.  Joseph,  Tabernacle,  by  O.  M.  Car- 
penter   

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  G.  E.  Jones 

Twin  Spring,  Rally,  by  T.  Brown 

Webster  Groves,  First,  by  L.  C.  Die- 
trich  


MICHIGAN-f  1,030.73. 


f  I  75 
38  65 

5  00 


a$  00 

10  00 

50  00 

z  00 


5 

00 

31 

10 

10 

09 

»5 

00 

5 

00 

43 

00 

5 

00 

I 

00 

85  88 


Ann  Arbor,  Estate  of  Dr.  C.  L.  Ford, 
on  account  of  Permanent  Fund,  by 
Walker  and  Walker 1,000  00 

Detroit,  Mrs.  T.  K.  Adams,  by  Rev. 
H.  D.  Kitchel 25  00 

Lowell,  S.  S.  Rally,  by  W.  J.  Hull .  .  a  57 

Metamora,  S.  S.  Rally,  by  E.  Aldrich  3  15 


WISCONSIN-$25.6i. 

Amery,  First,  by  Rev.  P.  A.  Simpkin  6  00 
Clintonville,  Scand.  Ch.,  by  Rev.  H. 

F.  Josephson 155 

Eafle  River,   First,  by   Mrs.  James 

Morgan 5  00 

Prentice,  by  Rev.  T.  G.  Grassie 13  06 


MINNESOTA-f5,i44.ox;  of  which  leg. 
Acy«  f  SfOoaoo. 


a  00 

CO 

00 


Received  by  Rev.  J.  H.  Morley: 

Brownton $ 

Custer,  Welsh 

Graceville 

Ortonville ,....      13  co 

Rochester 3o  38 

Sleepy  Eye !•  35 

St.  Cloud,  Swedish 9  05 

Spring  Valley 1000 

Zumbrota,  Legacy  of  Mrs. 
T.  P.  Kellet 5,000  00 


♦5,080  78 


Ada,  by  Rev.  I.  Terboigh 

Big  Lake,  by  Rev.  W.  H.  Evans 

Dawson  and  Boyd,  by  Rev.  T.  H. 

Lewis 

Cannon  Falls,  by  C.  W.  Gress 

EdgertoD,  by  Rev.  E.  Carter 

Freedom, $5;  Hartland,  $2. 08, by  Rev. 

W.  Fisk 

Lake  Park  and  Sanborn,  by  Rev.  F. 

C.  Emerson  

Marietta,  and  Revillo,  So.  Dak.,  by 

Rev.  C.  F.  De  Groff 

New  Duluth,  by  Rev.  W.  N.  Moore. . 

Pillsbury,  by  J.  F.  Okerstein 

St.  Cloud,  W.  F.  Hicks 

St.  Paul,  Pacific  Ch.,  by  J.  Stoddart.. 


go  85     KANSAS — $200. Z2. 


Received  by  Rev.  J.  G.  Dough- 
erty, Treas.  • 

Chapman f    4  83 

Eureka,  S.  S 982 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 7  00 

Paola 45  25 


Received  by  Rev.  L.  P.  Broad : 

Athol 9 

Clay  Center,  Harvest  Fes- 
tival  

Douglas,  Jr.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.. 

Kansas  City,  Pilgrim  Ch., 
S.  S.  Harvest  Festival 

Lin  wood.  Harvest  Festival.. 

Westmoreland 

White  Cloud 


7  35 

15  00 
1  50 

5  00 

15  00 

7  50 

8  00 


Cora,  by  Rev.  W.  O.  Town 

Emporia.  Mrs.  A.  W.  Date 

Kiowa,  by  Rev.  W.  C.  Veazie 

By  Rev.  E.  E.  Flint 

Leavenworth,   First  Ch.,  in  full,  by 

Mrs.  J.  W.  Johnson 

Oneida  and   AxtcU,   by  Rev.  G.  W. 

Tinff le  

Stafford,  by  Rev.  W.  Ellwood , 

Strong  City,  by  Rev.  H.  E.  Mills 

Wabaunsee.  First  Ch.  of  Christ,  by  J. 

F.  Willard 

Wichita.  Plymouth  and  Fairmount,by 
Rev.  F.  G.  Ward 

Plymouth  and  Fairmount,  by  Rev. 
J.  S  Gould 


2Z 

47 

3 

00 

8 

00 

9 

20 

z 

25 

708 

z  so 

1  58 
3  40 
a  00 

5  00 

6  75 


6690 


59  35 

a 
z 

50 
00 

4 
8 

30 
00 

»7 

00 

3  13 
7  41 
3  00 

zz 

10 

8 

21 

8 

20 

IOWA-$85.98. 

Iowa  Cong.  Home  Miss.  Soc.,  J.  H. 
Merrill,  Treas 

Burlington 

Plymouth,  Miss  M.  D.  Allen 

Sioux  City,  German  Ch..  $2.50:  S. 
S..  $2.88,  by  Rev.  C.  W.  Wuerr- 
schmidt 

Storm  Lake,  by  E.  C.  CowJes 


2t   00 
3Z    20 

6  40 


538 
18  00 


NEBRASKA-  $497.74. 

Received  by  J.  W.  Bell.  Treas.: 

Arlington .  $ 

Berlin 

Calhoun 

Crete  . . 60  00 

David  City zo  80 

Fremont \^'^  '>,'^ 

Friend , *>«i 


6  00 
308 
4  10 


540 


The  Home  Missionary 


February,  1S95 


Irvington f 

Kearney,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 

McCook 

Madrid 

Oak  Creek,  German 

Omaha,  First 

Plymouth 

Rising  City 

Riverton 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 
G.  J.  Powell,  Treas. : 

Beatrice,  S.  S 

Clark's,  S.  S 


16  ao 
xo  00 
12  71 
X  50 
X  00 
1983 

18  00 
5  <» 

844 
3  49 


Albion,  $10 :  Park  S.  S.,  $4.50,  by  Rev. 

W.  J.  Paske 

Arcadia,  by  Rev.  M.  J.  P.  Thing 

Avoca  and  Berlin,  by  Rev.  G.  C.  Hicks. 

Crawford,  by  Rev.  J.  Jeffries 

Crete,  German,  by  Rev.  W.  Fritzmeier. 
Dodge  and  Howells,  by  Rev.  A.  Fam- 

worth 

Franklin,  by  A.  C.  Hart 

Grant,  Madrid  and  Venango,  by  Rev. 

G.  W.  Knapp 

Hastings  (Ch.,  $13  ;  Ladies*  Soc,  f5),by 

Rev.  G.  W.  Uoerlitz 

Hildreth,  S.  S.,  by  Mrs.  J,  M.  Henry. . . 
Inland,  German,  By  Rev.  G.  W.  Goerlitz 
Lin  wood,  S.  S.  Rally,  by  Miss  A.  Huse- 

netter 

Princeton,  Rev.  J.  Morach 

Taylor,  by  Rev.  D.  F.  Bright 

Waverly,  S.  S.,  by  E.  P.  Fruit 

Wescott,  S.  S.,  by  Rev.  J.  F.  Smith 


NORTH   DAKOTA-$94  74- 

Received  by  Rev.  H.  C.  Sim- 
mons: 

Amcnia. $  12  00 

Farif o.  First 30  00 

Plymouth 2  00 

Gardner 2  64 

Valley  City >3  25 

Gctchells 9  85 


Dickinson,  by  Rev.  J.  Orchard 

Gardner,  Miss  A.  Hunter,  by  Rev.  W. 

Edwards 

Glen  Ullin,  by  Rev.  A.  C.  Tenber 

Williston,  by  Rev.  W.  J.  Isaacs 


SOUTH   DAKOTA- $146.88. 

Academy.  Colvin.  and  Kirkwood.  by 
Rev.  L.  E.  Camtield 

Athol,  by  Rev.  A.  H.  Robbins 

Armour,  by  Rev.  W.  B.  Hubbard 

Buffalo,  by  Rev.  S.  Wcyler 

Cambria,  by  Rev.  T.  P.  Reese 

Carthage.  |i=;;  Centcrville,  $6.71,  by 
Miss  E.  K.  Henry 

Dcadvvood.  First,  by  Mrs.  G.  G.  Ben- 
nett  

Frankfort  and  Turton,  by  Rev.  C.  H. 
Drcisbach 

Hudson,  $6  ;  Faulkton,  S.  S.  Rally, 
$2.1.',  by  Rev.  VV.  H.  Thrall 

Plankinton,  by  Rev.  G.  VV.  Re.Kford. . 

Powell,  by  Miss  E.  Williams 

Sioux  Falls,  German,  by  Rev.  F. 
Ef^crland 

Spearfish.  Ch.  and  S.  S  ,  by  Rev.  H. 
M.  Richardson 

Tyndall.  German  Ch..  by  Rev.  A.  F. 
Schmalle 

Wcssinfrton  Springs  and  Anina,  by 
Rev.  S.  F.  Huntley 


$33a  50 


23  50 

xo 

00 

4 

45 

X 

35 

as 

00 

8 

J9 

18 

05 

2 

00 

x8 

00 

3 

65 

as 

00 

7 

ao 

9 

8x 

5 

00 

I 

55 

2 

49 

t9 

74 

17 

00 

I 

00 

4 

00 

3 

00 

4 

cx> 

2 

00 

9 

00 

10 

55 

2 

00 

21 

71 

22 

00 

5 

00 

8 

12 

27 

00 

2 

OD 

5 

00 

18 

00 

4 

50 

6  QO 

COLORADO-4zao.79. 

Received  by  Rev.  H.  Saiider-> 

800,  Eaton $x5  95 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 

H.  Sanderson,  Treas. : 
Denver,  Ladies*  Aid  Soc.  of 

the   Second,  toward   L. 

Mp.  of  Mrs.  L.  M.  Bart- 

Ictt  5  00 

Highland  Lake xa  80 

Longmont,  Y.  P.  S.C.  E..     1500 

$4875 

Creede,  by  Rev.  G.  Foster 333 

Crested  Butte,  by  Rev.  C.  D.  Craw- 
ford   a4  01 

Denver,  Manchester,  by  Rev.  W.  B. 
Robb x6  50 

Flagler,  Seibert,  and  Claremont,  by 
Rev.  G.  E.  Tuttle 7  00 

Silverston,  $8 :  Denver, Boulevard  Ch., 
$13  ao,  by  RJev.  H.  Sanderson 21  ao 

WYOMING-$7.oo. 

Rock  Springs,  S.  S.,  by  H.  D.  Clark  6  00 

Sheridan,  by  Rev.  E.  D.  Bostwick. ...  x  00 

MONTANA-$5i.8o. 

Red  Lodge,  Ch.,  $28.50;  Rev.  W.  H. 

Watson,  $21.^0.  to  const.  Rev.  W. 

H.  Watson  a  L.  M 

Thompson  Falls,  by  Rev.  W.  S.  Bell. 


UTAH-S25.00. 
Salt  Lake  City,  Rev.  D.  W.  Bartlett.. 


50  00 
X  80 


-»5  00 


IDAHO— $20.40. 

Boise  City,  by  Rev.  R.  B.  Wright 3  80 

Challis,  First,  by  Rev.  C.  E.  Mason..  11  60 

Weiscr,  S.  S.,  by  R.  E.  Wolfe 5  00 

CALIFORNL\    810377. 

Fresno,  German  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  Leg- 

ler 6  80 

Hesperia  and  Halleck,  Rev.  L.  N.  Bar- 
ber    5  00 

Highlands,  $25.10;  East  Los  Angeles 

S.  S.  Rally.  $6.17,  by  Rev.  J.  T.  Ford  31  27 

Ixirin,  Park  Ch.,by  Rev.  J.  D.  Foster  4^  70 

Pacific  Grove,  Mrs.  H.  S.  Goldsmith.  i  00 

Pomona.   Pilgrim  Ch.,  A  Friend,  by 

J.  H.  Dole 10  00 

San  Bernardino,  M.  B.  Smith 5  00 

West  Saticoy,  A  Friend i  00 

OREGON    $112.91. 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union.  Mrs. 
W.  D.  Palmer,  Treas.: 

Champoeg $5  00 

Forest  Grove 8  63 

13  63 

Albany,  $4. 7s;  Ontario,  $6;  Hunting- 
ton. S7.50,  by  Rev.  C.  F.  Clapp 18  25 

Ashland,  First,  by  Rev.  E.  P.  Childs.  17  15 

Condon,  by  Rev.  E.  Curran 5  50 

Hillsboro.  First,  by  Rev.  J.  M.  Dick..  xi  11 
VKw^A  "^'wex^  ^Werside  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

"^ .  V.  WtTsYvafcT ,  6  p 


February,  1S95 


The  Home  Missionary 


541 


Portland,  S.  S.  of  Hassalo  Street  Ch., 

by  Rev.  C.  F.  Clapp $«3  cw 

Mary  A.  Bumham . . . « 100 

Salem,  First,  bv  Gilbert  Bros 23  75 

Sheridan  and  Willamina,  by  Rev.  O. 

B.  Whitmore 4  00 


WASHINGTON-fi3o.95. 

Aberdeen,  First,  by  Rev.  G.  Lindsay. 

Ahtanum,  $6.10;  Rev.  D.  W.  Wise, 
$5  ;  Tampico,  fa. 40,  by  Rev.  D.  W. 
Wise 

Chelan,  by  R^v.  W.  C  Wise 

Edmonds,  bv  Rev.  F.  McConaughy.. 

Femdale,  Mountainview,  and  Enter- 
prise, by  Rev.  O.  S.  Haines 


10  00 


»3  50 

5  00 

10  00 

15  00 


North  Yakima,  by  Rev.  S.  H.  Cheadle       f  9  po 
Port  Anf  eles  and  Pine  Hill,  by  Rev. 

J.  bushell 10  30 

Roy,  by  Rev.  J.  Wolfe 500 

Spokane.    Pilgrim,    9(9.20;    Pleasant 
Prairie,  $30.90 ;  Trent,  $2.90,  by 

Rev.  J.  Edwards 4300 

S.    S.   Rally  of  the  Second,  by  A. 

Townsend     815 

Tacoma,  East  Ch.,  by  A.  J.  Smith 2  00 

JAPAN- $10.00. 

Japan 10  00 

Home  Missionary 123  60 

$29,310  46 


Deflations  of  Clothings  etc. 


Akron,  C,  Miss.  Soc.  of  First  Ch.,  by 

H.  S.  Chase,  four  barrels,  package,  and 

freight 

Amherst,    N.    H.,    Ladies'    Charitable 

Asso.,  bv  Eveline  M.  Hartshorn,  box. 
Auburn,  Me.,  Young  Ladies*  Miss.  Band 

of  HiflTh  St.  Ch.,  by  Miss  F.  C.  Little, 

barrel .- 

Bristol,  Ct-,  W.  H.  M.  Aux.,  by  Mrs.  A. 

E.  North,  barrel 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Ladies*  Benev.  Soc.  of 
Tompkins  Ave.  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  Sarah 
L.  Higgins,  four  bsirrels,  cash  and 
f  reijB^ht 

King^  Daughters  of  Bush  wick  Ave. 

Ch.,  by  Mrs.  S.  C.  Caskey,  box 

Bucksport.  Me.,  Ladies*  Sew.  Circle  of 

Elm  St.  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  Edward  Swazey, 

box 

Buffalo.  N.  Y.,  W.  H.  M.  S.  of  First  Ch., 

by  Miss  Lucy  F.  Sander,  two  boxes... 
Burlington,  Vt.,  Ben.  Soc.  of  College 

St.  Cn.,  by  Mrs.  M.  K.  Bowers,  four 

barrels 
Carthage,'  n!  Y*  '  Ladies*  Soc.  and *Y.  P. 

S.  C.  E.,  by  Mrs.  J.  B.  Felt,  barrel. . . 
Castleton,  Vt.,  W.  H.  M.  S.,  by  Lillie  T. 

Clark,  barrel. 
Cbapin,  111.,  Joy  Prairie  Ch.,  by  Mrs. 

Arthur  Williams,  barrel 

Chester,  Ct.,  Ladies*  Benev.  Soc.,  by 
Hattie  B.  Daniels,  barrel 

Woman*s     Miss.     Union,     by     Miss 

Harriet  A.  Melvin,  barrel 

Cleveland.  C,  Christian  Endeavor  Miss. 

Committee  of  Plymouth  Ch.,  by  Sara 

E.  Farquhar,  barrel 

Collinsville,  Ct.,  by  Mrs.  J.  B.   Flint, 

two  boxes 

Cornwall,    Vt,    Willing   Workers,    by 

Estelle  D.  Lane,  barrel 

Danbury,  Ct.,  Ladies*  Sew.  Soc.  of  First 

Ch.,  by  Mrs.  H.  W.  Brown,  barrel  . . . 
Dora,  K!an.,  Ladies*  Miss.  Soc., by  Mrs. 

S.  E.  Petersen,  barrel 

East  Bridgeport.  Ct.,  Ladies  of  Union 

Park  Ch  ,  by  Mrs.  C.  K.  Bishop,  two 

f)j|ffc]s     

East  Hartford,  Ct.,  First  Ch-V by  Mary 
A.  Street,  barrel 

Elmwood,  III ,  Ladies'  Soc.  and  Y.  P.  S. 
C.  E.,  by  Mrs.  E.  S.  Presscy,  Christ- 
mas box 

Exeter,  N.  H.,  by  Mrs.  W.  L.  Ander- 
son, barrel 

Falls  Ch.,  Va.,  L.  H.  M.  S.,  by  Gertrude 
Nourse,  barrel 

Fredericksburg,  O.,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by 
Mrs.  Emma  Firestone,  barrel 

OoversviJIe.  N.  Y.,  Ladies*  Benev. 
Soc.,  by  Mrs.  Frank  Burtotij  box 


$'3i 

75 

"3 

CO 

26 

00 

8738 

364 

00 

25 

00 

85 

00 

164  83 

318 

31 

62 

00 

ai 

56 

37 

00 

30 

CO 

40 

00 

129 

00 

42 

50 

75 

73 

36 

66 

125 

08 

75 

25 

65 

00 

lOI 

70 

8S 

12 

35 

00 

50 

00 

Hamilton.  N.  Y.,  First  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  M. 

E.  Marshall,  barrel $  63  00 

Hanover,  N.  H.,  Ladies'  Benev.  Soc., 

by  Mrs.  Susan  A.  Brown,  two  barrels 

Hartford,  Ct..   Second  Ch.,  by    Mary 

Parker  Billings,  barrel 

L.  H    M.  S.  of  First  Ch.,  by  E.  C. 
Curtis,  barrel  and  freight 

Pearl  St.  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  H.  K.  Lee,  box 
Ivoryton.  Ct.,  L.  H.  M.  S.,  by  Mrs.  J. 

E.  Northrop,  barrel 

Keene,  N.  H.,  H.  M.  Assoc,  of  First 

Ch.,    by  Emma  W.    Richards,    two 

barrels 

Kensington,    Ct.,    Endeavor    Mission 

Circle,  by  Mrs.  S.  M.  Cowles,  half- 
barrel  and  cash 

Marblehead,  Mass.  Ladies,  barrel 

Marietta,  C,  First  Ch.,  by  Rev.  C.  E. 

Dickinson,  box 

Medina.  O.,  Ladies'  Miss.  Soc.,  by  M. 

R.  Calvert,  barrel 

Meriden,  Ct.,   Ladies'   Benev.  Soc.  of 

First  Ch.,  by  Mary  A.  Curtis,  box — 
Middleton,  Ct.,  H.  M.  Soc.  of  First  Ch., 

by  Mrs.  A.  R.  Crittenden,  barrel  

Milford,  N.  H.,  Ladies*  Charitable  Soc., 

by  Mrs.  J.  B.  Melendy,  barrel 

Montclair.  N.  J.,  W.  H.  M.  S  ,  by  Mrs. 

W.  M.  Brown,  two  barrels 

Mt.  Vernon,  C,  Ladies'  Soc.,  by  Miss 

Mary  Sealts,  barrel 

National '  City,  Cal.,   Ladies*  Aid  and 


200  00 

no  42 

92  31 
154  68 

70  00 


186  00 


17  00 
55  00 

94  44 

38  50 

184  00 

108  62 

66  00 

180  00 


77  00 


Miss.  Soc.,  by  Mrs.  L.  E.  Boyd. box., 
New  Britain,  Ct.,  W.  H.  M.  S.  of  First 

Ch..  by  Emma  L.  Pickett,  box 

Ladies*  Benev.  Soc.  of  South  Ch.,  by 

Mrs.  S.  H.  Wood,  box  and  cash 

New  Hartford,  Ct.,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  of 
Nepaug  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  E.  J.   Merrill, 

barrel 

New  Haven,  Ct.,  L.  H.  M.  S.  of  First 

Ch..  by  Mary  E.  Bennett,  six  boxes 

Ladies*  Benev.  Soc.  of  Dwight  Place 

Ch.,  by  Mrs.  H.  P.  Downes,  barrel. 

Newington.  Ct.,  Eumcan  Soc.,  by  Mrs. 

F.  C.  Latimer,  half-barrel     

New  Milford.  Ct ,  Ladies*  Sewing  Soc., 

by  Mrs.  J.  A.  Johnson,  two  barrels — 

New  York  City,   Hospital,   Book   and 

Newspaper  Soc..  package. 

North  Brookfield.  Mass..  Ladies*  Benev. 

Soc.  of  Union  Ch.,  by  Laura  M.  Miller, 

barrel 

North   Cornwall,    Ct..   Ladies'    Benev. 

Soc.,  by  Harriet  F.  Rogers,  barrel . . . 

Northwood.  N.   H.,  by  Mrs.  M.  A.  D. 

Grace,  barrel 

Norw\cV\,  Cl.,  Gi^etvNWV^  0^.^\ii  \^>'^. 

Gatdtvct ,  batt^V 

Broadway  Oi.,\>y '^ts,  %.^.^va5wiv> 


53  00 

75  59 
160  51 


39  o» 
".317  24 


90  00 


55  79 
175  00 


39  00 
60  35 


542 


The  Home  Missionary 


February,  1895 


box,  $233.68 :  box,  with  supplement- 
ary. $277.88 $5"  56 

H.  M.  S.  of  Second  Ch.,  by  Jennie  H. 
Bushnell,  two  boxes 202  62 

Norwich  Town,  Ct.,  W.  H.  M.  S.  of 
First  Ch.,  by  Herbert  L.  Yerringion, 
barrel 102  50 

Oberlin,  O.,  Ladies*  Soc.  of  Second  Ch.. 
by  A  dell  N.  Royce,  two  barrels 78  34 

Old  l^me,  Ct.,  Benev.  Soc.,  by  Edith 
G.  I'erkins,  barrel 45  00 

Peacham,  Vt.,  W.  H.  M.  S.,  by  MaryG. 
Pattridg^e,  barrel  and  cash 86  6z 

Piermont,  N.  H.,  by  Mrs.  W.  A.  C.  Con- 
verse barrel. 

Providence,  R.  I.,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  of  Be- 
neficent Ch.,  by  Elizabeth  W.  Olney, 
one  box  and  two  barrels 102  71 

Putnam,  Ct.,  W.  H.  M.  S.  of  Second 
Ch.,  by  Hattie  E.  Clark,  two  bar- 
rels   79  ^a 

Reddingr.  Ct.,  H.  M.  U.  Aux.,  by  Mrs. 
Edgar  Field,  barrel 5000 

Riverside.  Cal.,  Ladies*  Aid  Soc.,  by 
Maria  P.  Lyman,  barrel  and  box 183  35 

Saco,  Me.,  First  Ch.,  by  Mary  S.  East- 
man, barrel ...  7500 

Salisbury.  Ct.,  S.  S.  Class,  by  Mrs.  K. 
R.  La  Place,  two  packages 425 

San  Diego,  Cal.,  First  Ch..  by  Anna  L. 
Marston,  box 5200 

Sharon,  Ct.,  Ladies*  Benev.  Soc.,  by 
Mrs.  C.  J .  Bamum,  barrel 79  41 

Shclbum,  Mass.,  Ladies*  Circle,  barrel. 

South  Windsor,  Ct.,  H.  M.  S.,  by  Mrs. 
O.  S.  Jones,  barrel 102  79 

Stamford,  Ct.,  Ladies*  Aid  Soc.  of  First 
Ch.,  by  Mrs.  F.  R.  Ridell.  two  barrels        148  99 

St.  Louis,  Mo..  Ladies'  Asso.  of  Pilgrim 
Ch.,  by  Hattie  A.  Carman,  two  oar- 
rels 143  60 


Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Miss  Ellen  M. 

Moody,  box $6000 

St.  Josepn,  Mo.,  Tabernacle   Ch.,  by 

Mrs.  H.  K.  While,  two  boxes 80  00 

Stoniofi^on,  Ct.,  Second  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

Charles  J.  Hill,  box 115  00 

Swanton,  Vt.,  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  Ellen  E. 

Ranslaw,  barrel  and  cash 5497 

Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  Golden  Gossip  Club  of 

South  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  O.  C.  Crawford, 

barrel 63  6s 

Ladies'  Miss.  Committee  of  Danforth 
Ch.,  by  Mrs.  W.  H.  Nodtne,  two 

barrels 20  00 

Walpole,  N.  H.,  Ladies*  Sewing  Circle, 

by  Mrs.  G.  I.  Bard,  barrel 73  15 

Ware,  Mass.,  S.  S.  Class,  by  Mrs.  M.  A. 

Barlow,  box 75  00 

Washington.  D.  C.  L.  H.  M.  S.  of  First 
Ch.,  by  L.  C.  Whittlesey,  two  bar- 
rels         >9o  70 

L.  H.  M.  S.  of  Mt.  Pleasant  Ch..  by 
Mrs.  A.  B.  Chatfield,  barrel        ....         60  00 
Waterbury,  Ct.,  Ladies*  Benev.  Stoc.  of 

First  Ch.,  by  Mary  D.  Grigffs,  box. . .  192  00 
West  Stafford.  Ct.,  Ladies'  Industrial 

Circle,  by  Mrs.  F.  Z.  Fairfield,  box..  15  00 
Windham,  O.,  by  Mrs.  James  Shaw,  box  65  00 
Windsor  Locks,  Ct.,   L.  H.  M.  S.,  by 

Mrs.  Charles  Henry  Coye.  two  barrels  342  66 
Winstcd,  Ct.,  Ladies^  Aid  Soc.  of  First 

Ch..  by  S.  G.  Williams,  box 82  71 

Worcester.  Mass.,  Ladies  of  Immanuel 

Ch.,  by  Mrs.  L.  W.  Murdock.  barrel. .  36  50 
ZanesviHe.  C.  L.  M.  S.,  by  Mrs.  Carlos 

H.  Hawkes,  box 37  32 

ErratufM.-Vfest  Hartford,  Ct.,  H.  Dept.  Chris- 
tian Workers'  Asso.,  by  Miss  Mary  L.  Whitman, 
bo.x  for  distribution.  Erroneously  ack.  in  H.  M. 
for  January. 


AUXILIARY    STATE    RECEIPTS 

MAINE    MISSIONARY    SOCIETY 

Receipts  of  the  Maiue  Missionary  Society  from  October  i   to  December  i,   1894. 

John  L.  Croshy,    Treasurer 


Andover,  by  Rev.  F.  V.  Norcross $  18  08 

V.P.S.C.  E 5  00 

Augusta.  Hon.  J.  W.  Bradbury 25  00 

Bangor.  First,  by  W^.  P.  Hubbard  44  65 

First  ch.,  special 11400 

Miss  I^uisc  Stetson,  for  Cranberry 

Isle  Mission too  00 

Hammond  St..  by  E.  T,  Rich 3500 

Prof.  L.  L.  Paine.  $5;  P.  McConville. 

^5 10  00 

Central,  Y.   P.  S.   C.  E.,   in  part  to 
const.  B.  C.  Pond  a  L.  M.,by  Miss 

Porter 11  78 

John  L.  Crosby,  to  const.  John  S.  Pen- 
man a  L.  M 20  00 

Bar  Harbor,  by  Rev.  J.  E.  Adams 7  00 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 10  00 

Belfast,  First,  by  B.  P.  Field 14  03 

Bingham 15  00 

VisinchsLTA,  in  part  for  L.  M.,  by  Manin 

Gilman ^  ^» 

BluehiJl.  to  const.  Mrs.  Carrie  Lord  a 
L.    Af.,     by    Rev.    E.    Bean    icV\., 


I:. 


J17.65;  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  $3:  Junior 

indeavor,  25  cts.) 

Mrs.  Anna  D.  Hinckley,  to  const,  her- 
self a  L.  M 

Brewer.  First  Cong.    S.  S.,  by  W.  H. 

Merrill 

Bucksport,  Elm  St.  S.  S.,by  E.  Swazey. 

Y.  PS  C.  E 

Calais,    First    Cong.   Soc.  by    A.    L. 

Clapp 

Casco,  Union  Aux.,  by  Mrs.  M.  S.  East- 
man   

Corinth,  legacy  of  Sarah  E.   Perham, 

add'l,  by  Kdw.  Stetson,  Adm 

Cumberland    Center,    by   Rev.   F.  W. 

Davis 

Cumberland  Mills.  Miss  McDonald,  by 

Rev.  E.  M.  Cousins 

DetT  Isle.  First,  by  Rev.  J.  S.  Richards. 
Heart's  Ea.se  Circle  of  King's  Daugh- 
ters   

I>ttvm^TV.,\  .  \^,^.Vl.'^,-axA  S».  S,,  by 

"N\ts.  "NV.  \\  -  ^ow«& 

\>cx.\.tt,\i'*j  ^"tN.^."^.  K^'vcfi& , 


$20 

90 

20 

00 

10 

00 

10 

00 

9  37 

42 

00 

5 

00 

739 

la 

44 

00 

5 

00 

5 

00 

a 

00 

1^ 

February,  1895 


The  Home  Missionary 


543 


East  Orrington,  by  T.  B.  Georj^ $  8  50 

S.  S  a  50 

East  Otisfield,  Mrs.  Susan  Lovell,  $1 ; 

Mrs.  Susan  K.  Lorin^if,  $4 500 

Eastpoit,  by  Rev.  J.  E.  Adams 15  38 

Eliot,  by  Rev.  A.  L.  Colder 6  00 

Farmini^ton  Falls,  by  Rev.  J.  C.  Young  16  00 
Foxcroft  and  Dover,  by  C.  H.  B.  Wood- 
bury    30  00 

Freeport,  of  which  $5  from  Rev.  E.  C. 

Brown,  by  Rev.  E.  C.  Brown 16  75 

Garland,  by  Rev.  P.  B.  Thayer 7  00 

Greenville,  by  Rev.  Chas.  I^vison. ...  30  45 

S.  S 1480 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 3  00 

HarpQwell,  by  W.  C.  Eaton 17  00 

Harrison,  special,  by  Rev.  A.  G.  Fitz. . .  4  43 

YP      C      I*       P  w    /w> 

Cong.  S.  S 1  69 

Hiram 200 

Mrs.  J.  P.  Hubbard 500 

Holden,  by  George  C  Wiswell 5  45 

S.  S 3  30 

Island  Falls,  by  Rev.  H.  H.  Noyes....  13  39 

S.  S 10  00 

Jackman,  by  Rev.  Charles  Davison 513 

Jackson,  by  Rev.  J.  E.  Adams 8  00 

Jonesport,  Cong.  S.  S.,  by  D.  J.  Sawyer, 

Sup't 17  63 

Kennebec  Conference,  by  Rev.  James 

Richmond 3  27 

Kennebec  and  Somerset  Conferences  8  88 
Kennebunk,  Union,  by  Rev.  George  A. 

Lockwood 3  Is 

Lebanon  Center,  by  Rev.  John  S.  Curtis  10  00 
Lewiston,  Pine  St.,  by  A.  L.  Templeton, 
to  const.  Herbert  L.  Pratt  and  Fred- 
erick B.  Sands  of    Lewiston,  and 
Nathan  C.  Dinsmore  of  Auburn,  L. 

Ms 73  30 

Ligonia,  by  Rev.  E.  M.  Cousins 10  00 

Limerick,  Rev.  J.  A.  Water  worth 10  16 

Litchfield,  by  Rev.  James  Richmond. . .  33  00 

Rev.  James  Richmond 5  00 

Machias  Center,  by  A.  L.  HeatGn 13  17 

S.  S 8  00 

Y.P.S.  C.  E 3  19 

Med  way.  by  Mrs.  Charles  Cimpher 3  35 

Mercer,  by  Rev.  J.  A.  Jones 600 

Mil  ford,  by  Rev.  S.  D.  Towne 5  50 

Mt.  Desert,  by  Rev.  J.  E.  Bowman 5  44 

New  Gloucester,  by  Kev.  H.  G.  Mank..  14  10 

New  Sharon,  by  Rev.  J.  C.  Young 16  00 

Norridgewock,  by  C.  E.  Warren 24  00 

North  Anson 6  50 

North  Bridgton,  special,  by  Rev.  A.  G. 

Fitz 10  00 

S.  S.,  $3.31  ;  S.  S..  special,  $5.10 7  41 

Oldtown,  by  Rev.  S.  D.  Towne 6  25 

Oxford,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  and  S.  S.,  by  Rev. 

J.  E.  Adams 4  00 

Oxford  Conference,  by  H.  N.  Bolster...  i  50 

Perry,  by  Rev.  J.  E.  Adams 5  00 

Phillips,  A  Friend,  by  Rev.  E.  M.  Cou- 
sins    10  00 


Phippsburg.  Cong.  S.  S.,  by  Rev.  C.  L. 

Nichols $  300 

Piscataquis  Conference,  by  Rev.  E.  M. 

Cousins  (of  which   $5.73  for  Cong. 

H.  M.  Soc.) u  44 

Pittston,  by  E.  A.  Lapham 3  37 

Portland,  State  St.  S.  S.,  to  const.  Ansel 

G.  Dewey  a  L.  M 30  00 

West,  to  const.  Rev.  Leroy  S.  Bean 

a  L.  M.,  by  B.  C.  Fuller 24  30 

S.  S..  fii.o^;  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  $t3.oo.  to 

const.  William  H.  Morton  a  L.  M.  33  03 

Bethel,  A  Friend 3  00 

A  Native  of  Maine  and  Friend  of  the 

Soc.,  by  Rev.  J.  G.  Merrill 50  00 

A  Friend. 20  00 

Pownal,  by  Rev.  E.  D.  Disbrow 32  50 

Princeton,  by  Charles  S.  Rich 5  29 

Riverside  (Vas.<;alboro),  by  Rev.  J.  E. 

Adams I  50 

Rockland,  Mrs.  Elliott  J.  Tolman 10  00 

Rockport.  by  Rev.  E.  M.  Cousins 8  00 

Sandy  Point,  by  Rev.  J.  E.  Adams 4  25 

Sanford,  by  Rev.  J.  E.  Adams 6  so 

Scarboro,  by  Rev.  E.  M.  Cousins 38  00 

Searsport.  First,  by  E.  B.  Sheldon 58  50 

First,  for  Ch.  in  Frankfort 4  90 

Sebago  Lake,  by  A.  E.  Smith 3  00 

S.  S 2  00 

Sherman  Mills,  by  Rev.  L  C.  Bumpus, 

to  const.  William  Ball  a  L.  M 20  00 

Skowhegan,  Island  Avenue,  by  W.  F. 

Bacon 20  75 

Solon,  by  Leon  S.  Merrill 15  30 

South  Berwick,  by  Rev.  George  Lewis.  no  00 

South  Freeport,  by  Rev.  A.  Smith 27  31 

South  (Jardiner,  in  part  for  a  L.  M »5  56 

M.  C.  Phillips,  to  complete  L.  Mp.  of 

Deacon  Charles  H.  Capen 446 

South  Paris,  by  Rev.  J,  E.  Adams 6  24 

Temple,  in  part  to  const.  Deacon  Samp- 
son a  L.  M.,  by  Rev.  E.  R.  Smith. . ,  613 
Union  Conference,  by  Rev.  A.  G.  Fitz.  12  00 

Warren,  Second,  by  I.  P.  Starrctt 4  50 

Washington  Conference,  by  Rev.  C.  S. 

Holton 18  00 

Wells,  First,  by  Rev.  A.  M.  Bailey 10  20 

Second,  by  Rev.  W.  H.  McBride 7  85 

West  Newficld 17  00 

Whiting,  by  Herbert  E.  Lombard 3  00 

Whitney ville,  by  Rev.  J.  E.  Adams 3  17 

Wilton,  by  Miss  A.  R.  Bass  q  09 

S.  S 2  69 

Y  P  S  C   E  1  22 
West  Woolwich,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E..  special, 

by  Rev.  S.  W.  Chapin 5  00 

Woolwich,  Friends,  special,  by  same.   .  7  00 
York  Conference,  by  Rev.  G.  A.  Lock- 
wood... 850 

Woman's  Maine  Missionary  Auxiliary.  94  99 

Income  from  Investments 132  50 

Toul  from  Oct.  i  to  Dec.  i,  1894 $2,806  75 

Previously  acknowledged 3.607  70 

Total  from  June  13  to  Dec.  i,  1894 $6,414  45 


Receipts  of  the  Maine  Missionary  Society  from  December  i,  1894.  to  January  i,  1895. 

John  L.   (^'rosby.    Treasurer, 


Acton  Ch.,  by  Rev.  John  A.  Lawrence. . 
Aroostook    Conference,     by    Rev.    G. 

B.  Hescock 

Ashland,  by  Rev,  C.  Whittier 

Bangor.  First  Ch.  and  S.  S.,  to  const. 
George   P.  Cowan  a  L.  M.,  by   P. 

A.  Hubbard 

Hammond  Street,  Prof.  L.  L.  Paine.. 
Central  S.  S.,  Mrs.  Porter's  class 


$16  00     Bath.  Winter  Street,  special,  by  G.  J. 


15  00 
2  50 


Mitchell $166  45 

"  A  father's  tribute    to  the  memory 


of  his  daughter,"  by  Rev.  O.  W. 

Fol.som 

Brewer,     First,      Mrs.    Catherine     S. 
23  43         Hardy,     to     const.   Mrs.    Catherine 

2  CO        Bates,  Ponsmouth^  N.H.,  a.  L.  M. 

4  so     Btovitv\\\\e^  \i^  ^"CN  .NK  .^.  ^>w\Ss» 


10  00 


544 


The  Home  Missionary  February.  189$ 


Brunswick,    Willioe   Workers*   Circle 

of  Kin||f*s  Daughters S  lo  oo 

Bttcksport,   Mrs.   W.  H.  Gardner's  S. 

S.  class 3  00 

Camden,  to  const.  Capt.   H.  J.  Hem- 

ingway  a  L.  M 37  oo 

Carroll,  by  Miss  Myrtie  P.  Harlow.  .  i  75 

Cumberland    Mills,    Warren    1  h..  Y. 

P.  S.  C.  £.,  to  const.  F.  H.  Swan  a 

L.  M.,  by  Rev.  E.  M.  Cousins 30  50 

East  Madison,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  same  4  25 

Parminffton,   First,    to  const.  Wilbert 

G.  Mallett,A.M.,a  L.M.,  and  in  part, 

another  to  be  named,  by  Geo.  C. 

Purington 30  00 

Fort  Fairfield,  special,  by  Rev.  G.  B. 

Hescock 10  00 

Grand  Lake  Stream,  by  Rev.  C.  Whittier  3  67 

By  Miss  Myrtic  P.  Harlow 5  c8 

Gray,  by  Answell  W.  Merrill 20  00 

Harpswcll 23  ^7 

Houlton  and  S.  S.,  by  Rev.  H.  L.  Mc- 

Cann la  50 

Kohala,  Hawaii.  A  Friend aoo  00 

Lewiston,  Pine  Street,  add'l  3  00 

Lovell,    Rev.    and    Mrs.    H.  E.  Fam- 

ham 5  00 

Macbias.  Center  Street  S.  S.,  by  Hat- 
tie  M.  Hcaton 341 

Madison,  oy  Frank  Dinsmore 15  00 

Monson,  Ch.,  $13-75 :    Y.  P.  S.  C.  E., 

i-K  ;  S.  S.,  91.25,  to  const.  Mrs.  Anna 

Humphrey  a  I^.  M.,  by  Rev.  H.  A. 

Freeman 20  00 

New    Gloucester,    legfacy    of     Martill 

Merrill,  by  S.  H.  Chandler,  ex c;oo  ou 

North  New  Portland,    by   Rev.   H.  E. 

Oxnard 2  50 

Patten.  Ch.,  $7.27;    Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  S^. 

by  Rev.  J,  S.  Stronp 27-7 

Phippsburg',  Ch..    $7.25.   Branch    (h., 

Basin,  75c.,  by  Rev.  C.  L.  Nichols  8  00 

Portland,  Bethel    Ch.,  $5  :    Y.  P.  S.  C. 

E.,  $5 10  00 


Portland.  State  Street,   Miss   Grace 

Brown's  S.  S.  class $470 

Lawrence  Street,  by  J.  J.  Gerrish. .  10  00 

W.  C.  Rideout,  Si ;  C.  A.  Rideout, 

asc. ;  Susie  Rideout,  a«c 1  50 

Princeton,  Ch..  fg:  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.. 

$1.^0,  by  Rev.  C.  Wbittier 1050 

Red  Reaq;,  by  Rev.  E.  A.  Harlow. . .  7  00 

Robbinson,  by  Rev.  E.  A.  Harlow. . .  10  00 

Sanford  Ch..  $ao ;  S  S.,  f  5  :  ^'M*  L.  M. 

to  be  named,  by  Rev.  J.  E.  Adams.         35  00 
Searsport,  First,  by  E.  B.  Sheldon, 
which,   with    previous   donations, 
const.   Miss   Mary   McClure,  Miss 
Marcraret  Sargent,  and  Miss  Edith 

Pendleton  L.  Ms a  00 

South  Brid|;ton.  by  T.  B  Knapp x  qp 

Sprin^eld,  by  Myrtie  P.  Harlow. ...  13  75 
Standish,  S.  S.,  by  Rev.  E.  M.  Cou- 
sins   3  00 

Sumner  Hill,   S.  S.,   $5 ;  Miss    Mar- 

rett's class,  $3,  by  Rev.  J.  E.  Adams  8  00 

Union  Ch.  (annual),  by  Rev.  H.  J. 

Wells xo  00 

Vanceboro,  S.  S.,  by  J.  E.  Adams....  9  25 

Washininon,  Stickney  Comer,  by  W. 

A.  Humes 5  00 

Wcstboro,  Mass.,  E.  F.  Newton 5  00 

WhiUng.  by  Rev.  C.  WhiUier x  50 

Woman's  Maine  Missionary  Auxil- 
iary, by  Rose  M.  Crosby,  Tr.  (in- 
cluding $25  for  church  building  at 
Bingham  from  Gorham  Ladies^ 
Auxiliary) 255  54 

Income  from  Investments 69  00 

Total  from  Dec.  i,  1894,  to  J^ui.  i,  1895  $1,702  52 
Previously  acknowledged 6,414  45 

Total  from  June  13,   1894,  to  Jan.  i, 

»895 Ifi^iifi  97 


VERMONT   DOMESTIC   MISSIONARY  SOCIETY 


Receipts  of  the  Vermont  Domestit  Missionary  Society  from  Xovember  2Xi  to  December  20, 

1894.     W.M.  C.  Tyler,   Treasurer 


Burke.  East 

Danville 

Essex  

Granby 

Hartland,  "  Thanksgiving  " 

Ludlow 

Newbury,  West 

Newport.  First  Church 

Pittsford 

Rupert   

St.  Albans.  W.  D.  Wilson,  for  Women 

Evangelists 

Sheldon 

Stowe.  District  work  


$15 

25 

31 

20 

6 

.28 

T 

00 

10 

00 

0 

22 

2 

<x> 

20 

65 

II 

50 

16 

5« 

10 

00 

5 

00 

12 

38 

Wallingford f  32  65 

Ladies'  Cent  Society «9  24 

Westford 1416 

Windsor,  Old  South  Church,  add'l 1  01 

Martha  J.  Clark 400 

Vermont  Missionary 13  31 

Woman's  Home  Missionary  Union  : 

Rutland,  W.  H.  .M.  S $50  00 

Swanton.  W.  H.  M.  S 8  50 

Newbury,  Wcst.W.  H.  M.  S.  9  40 


67  90 


♦308  25 


MASSACHUSETTS   HOME    MISSIONARY  SOCIETY 


Receipts  of  the  Massachusetts  Home  Missionary  Society  in  December,   1S94. 

Kkv.  KnwiN  15.  Palmkr,    Treasurer 

Acton,  by  Isaac  T.  Flagg $^5  (x>     Amherst,  North,  by  E.  H.  Dickinson. ..       $8x  84 

South,  by  W.  F.  Hale 8  45     Andovcr.  Chapel,  by  W\  F.  Draper  \oi 

Adams,  First,  by  T.  K.  McAllister *^  00  v;V\\d\  i$\<^  (or  dcbti 48  i."© 

AJford.    Ticknnr,    Mrs.  Emma  A,  by  Vtcu,  ^CiA:\.\i>j 'S\t'^.nW\^C.*^^^^^             880 

Rev  J  Jay  Dana           ..             1000     Ku\c\av^To.S*:c^%vv^,\i>j  VAvia&.Y-.\!\«&...        th»^ 


February,   1895 


The  Home  Missionary 


545 


Bank  balances,  November  interest  on . . 
Barnstable,  Hyaimis,  by  Rosic  C.  Bearsc 
Bedford,   Trinitarian,   by  Rev.  Edwin 

Smith 

Berlin,  by  Rev.  Henry  F.  Markham 

Billerica,  Orth.,  by  Geo.  H.  Hall 

Blackstone.  by  C.  H.  Lee 

Boston,  A  Friend 

Allsion,  by  F.  B.  Wheeler 

By  I.  C.  Wheeler,  w.  p.  e.  to  const. 

Rev.  D.  S.  Bimie  a  L.  M 

S.S,  by  James  H.  Ball 

Central,  by  A.  G,  Stanwood 

Charlestown,  First,  Y.  P.  S.  C.E..  by 
Mrs.  B.  G.  Lincoln 

Dorchester,  Central,  by  D.  McCurdy. 
Second,  a  member,  by  Miss  £.  Tol- 

man 

Village,  Ladies'  Home  Miss.  Soc., 
by  Mrs.  Reuben  Swan 

Jamaica  Plain,  Central,  by  M.  R.  Wen- 
dell, Jr 

Neponset,  Trinity,  by  H.  Tucker 

Norwegian,  by  S.  Clements 

Old  South,  in  part,  by  Joseph  H.  Gray 

Park  St. ,  bv  E.  H.  McGuire 

Roxbury,  Wal.  Ave.  S.  S.,  by  Chas. 

T.  Barry 

Prim.  Dept.,  by  C.  S.  B 

South,  Phillips,  bv  H.  C.  Hird 

Bo.xford.  West  by  Mrs.  C.  L.  Hubbard. 
Bradford,  Ward  Hill,  by  Rev.  F.  Lin- 
coln Davis 

Braintree,  First,  by  A.  B.  Keith 

Bridgewaicr,   Scotland,  by  Mrs.  S.  O. 

Keith 

Brockton,  Campcllo,  South,  by  Geo.  A. 

Morse 

Brookline.  Harvard,  by  Jas.  Shapleigh. 

Rutan,  Charles  H 

Carlisle,  by  N.  B.  Chamberlin 

Charlemont,  by  Rev.  Ira  A.  Smith,  for 

debt 

Clinton,  First  Evan.,  by  J.  A.  Field 

Conway,  special  for  aged  and    needy 

missionaries   aiid    their   families,  by 

Francis  Howland 

Cummington,  West,  by  Mrs.  R.  F.  Bird 

Dalton,  First,  by  H.  A.  Barton,  to  const. 

W.  S.  Warren,  Herbert  Messenger, 

Luna  Chad  wick,  and  Mrs.  Grace  S. 

Parker  L.  Ms.  of  C.  H.  M.  S 

S.  S.,  Prim.  Dept.,  by  W.  B.  Clark... 

Weston,  Mrs.  L.,  for  C.  H.  M.  S 

Diehton,  North,  Home  Miss.  Soc,  by 

Mrs.  S.  N.  Smith 

Douglas,  Wells,   Mrs.  Mary  A.,  Estate 

of.  interest  balance  by  C.  E.  Gibson, 

cxec'r 

Djvcr,  by  J.  W.  Higgins 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E  ,  by  Mrs.  Dea.  Smith. . . 
Ea.st  Bridgewater,  Union,  by  Geo.  M, 

Keith 

Easthampton,  First,  by  W.  H.  Wright.. 

Eayrs,  Emily  P..  fund,  income  of 

Erving.  by  Kcv.  J.  W.  Brown villc 

Everett,  Mystic  Side,  by  G.  W.  Jack- 
son   

Fitchburg,  C.  C,  by  Miss  L.  A.  Hol- 

den 

Framingham,  Saxonville,  Edwards,  by 

Geo.  H .  Tower 

Freetown,  Assonet.  Nichols.  Irene  L  . 
Gloucester.  Magnolia,  Union,  by  Mrs. 

R.  C.  Hunt 

Granby.  by  Rev.  R.  C.  Bell,  to  const. 

Rev.  Robert  C.  Bell  a  L.  M 

Great  Barrington,  First,  by  Florence  R. 

Sabin  

Greenfield,  Second,  by  Lucy   A.  Spar- 
hawk 

Giimev,  R.  C.  fund.  Income  of 

Hale,  E.  /.  M.^  fund.  Income  of. 


$  18  80 

4 

cx> 

106 

41 

25 
18 

35 

:3  27 
2  00 

10 

00 

29  43 

567 

1.89.)  16 

6 

.so 

33 

^9 

a  00 


19  00 


94 

50 

2 

86 1 

00 

67 
cx> 

394  05 

28 
6 

48 
39 

150 

00 

2 

00 

10 

00 

7 

7' 

8  80 

235 

00 

'5» 

75 

100 

00 

10 

00 

3 
30 

50 
62 

25 

81 

10 

00 

214  03 

10 

00 

100 

00 

10  00 


90  00 
10  00 
10  00 

8  69 
38  6o 
10  46 

5  00 

3  75 

43  08 

30  40 
2  00 

12   00 

43  w 
8.>  ^7 

48  01 
u  76 
35  00 


Hampden  Benevolent  Association,  by 
Geo.  R.  Bond,  Treas. : 

Holyoke,  First $40  70 

South  Had  ley  Falls Jo  73 

Westfield,  First 9  53 

$  60  95 

Hanson,  by  I.  C.  Howland 345 

Havei hill.  Jones,  Mrs.  Mary  B.,  forC.H. 

M.  S 100  00 

West  S.  S.  Harvest  Festival,  by  H.  A. 
Poore,  to  const.  John  A.  Bean  a  L. 

M.ofC.  H.  M.S 70  cx^ 

Hingham,  Evan..  A  Friend 20  00 

Hyde  Park,  '*  Christmas  Oflfering  " 2  00 

Cljirendon  Hills,  by  Mrs.  A.  H.  John- 
son   1500 

First,  by  S.  B.  Balkam 38  36 

Huntington.  Second,  by  Schuyler  Clark  6  28 

Anonymous,  by  Schuyler  Clark 10  00 

Lee.  Cong.  Ch.,  $635;    S.  S.,  $35,   by 

W.  J.  Bartlett 670  00 

Lenox,  by  E.  C.  (.'artcr,  w.  p.  g.  to  const. 

Henry  Sedgwick  a  L.  M 27  s-a 

I^eominster,  North,  by  Lucy  T.  Shedd..  16  36 

Lincoln,  W.  H.  M.  Soc.,b3r  M.  C.  Flint         50  00 

Ludlow,  "  A  Grateful  Christian  " 10  00 

Lynn.  Central,  by  Isaac  K.  Harris 25 .00 

First,  by  Mrs.  C.  M.  Staton  (of  which 
$So  to   const.  Miss  Abbie  A.  bui- 

man  a  L.  M.  of  C.  H.  M.  S.) 93  4° 

Lynnfield  Center,  by  L.  B.  Smith S  00 

Nlalden,  by  Charles  F.  Belcher 95  -'4 

Marlboro.  Patch,  Mrs.  Lucy  A 80 

Marshtield,  First,  by  Rev.  E.  Aldcn 24  38 

Medway,  Third.  West,  by  George  W. 

Bullard 33  50 

Melrose  Highlands,  Barber.  Mrs.  H.  G.  2  00 

Millbury,  First,  by  O.  H.  Waters 49  18 

Putnam,    Mrs.    Louisa   S.,   by    Rev. 

George  A.  Putnam 5  00 

Montague,  First,  by  Sanford  Marsh...  27  00 

Newburyport,  North,  by  J.  B.  Creasey.  18  53 

Newton,  Eliot,  by  F.  C.  Partridge,  for 

local  Armenian  work 100  00 

North  Adams,  by  W.  W.  Richmond     . .         "8  44 
North  Brookfield,  First,  S.  S.  Children, 
for  enrollment  in   Boys'  and  Girls* 

H.  M.  Army 777 

Northficld,  Trinitarian,  by  Mary  T.  Dal- 
ton    8  00 

Orange,  Central  Evan.,  W.  H.  M.  S., 
by  F.  D.  Kellogg,  to  const.  Mrs. 
Carrie  M.  Mayo  a  L.  M.  of  C.  H. 

M.S 70  00 

Orleans,  by  J.  Higgins 1365 

Pittsfield,  First,  by  Frank  W.  Dutton . .  70  00 

Plainfield,  by  Rev.  J.  A.  Woodhull  (of 

which  $5.26  Taft  thank-offering ). . . .  2161 

Plympton,  by  Edmund  Perkins 4  66 

Reading,  by  S.  G.  B.  Pearson  30  70 

Go^gins,  G.  A.,  by  S.  G.  B.  Pearson..  2  00 

Smith,  Mrs.  Sarah 10  00 

Reed.  Dwight,  fund.  Income  of        41  80 

Rochester,  First,  by  George  B.  Haskell  8  c» 

First,  by  Mrs.  N.  A .  Bennett 65 

Rockport,  First  (of  which  $5  from  Z. 

A.  A.,  by  Zeno  \.  Appleton) 14  58 

Pastor's  S.  S.  Class,  w  p.  u.  to  const. 

Rev.  Israel  Ainsworih  a  L.  M 25  50 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  L.  A.  Nickerson, 

through  Z.  A.  Appleton g  80 

Royalston.  First,  by  J.  T.  Nichols "55 

Salem.  South,  hy  Frank  W.  Reynolds. . .        248  03 
Tabernacle.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E..  by  Jos.  H. 
Phippcn.  special  for  Rev.  J.  H.  Doo- 

little.  Harbine,  Neb  10  00 

Sau^us,  bv  John  E.  Stocker 25  50 

Cliltondale,  Cross.  Rev.  Allen  E  —  11  cx> 

Somerville,  Winter  Hill,  by  S  A  Under- 
bill, to  const.  Rev.  C.  L.  Noyes  a  L. 

M hfi  ^3Ki 

Souihbr\AGC,  CAo\mi.  W\\;jL>^<i.Y  \<tt"^-N•M^.^ 

by  VJ.i.VLftvvYv 'iB^'V 


546 


The  Home  Missionary 


February.  1895 


Sprinfffield,   First,    M.   C,  by   H.   G. 

Camp f  300  00 

Sterling,  by  Rev.  George  H.  Pratt 31  10 

Slockbridgc,  by  D.  R.  Williams 13  ^9 

Taunton.  Trin.«  Broadway,  by  George 

M.Woodward  25000 

Winslow,  S.  S.,  by  H.  A..  Walker....  15  00 

Tewksbury,  by  Enoch  Foster 8  74 

Townsend«   A    Friend   in,    by   C.    T. 

Haynes,  to  const.  Mrs.  Samuel  S. 

Haynesa  L.  M.  of  C.  H.  M.  S 50  00 

Wakefield,  by  W.  P.  Preston 6  25 

Wall  fund.  Income  of ao  90 

West  Boylston,  by  E.  Beaman  Rice. ...  18  25 
Weymouth,  South,  Old  South,  by  Rev 

H.  C.  Alvord 37  00 

Whitcomb,  David,  fund,  Income  of 279  34 

Winchendon,  North,  by  H.  S.  Allen —  125  00 


Winchester.  First,  by  Eben  Caldwell. . .  I50  00 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  E.  A.  Btgdow 10  00 

Special,  for   Rev.   W.  C.  Merritt, 

Snohomish,  Wash 5  00 

Windsor,  by  Rev.  R.   M.    Taft,    Taft 

thank-offering 500 

Eant,  Chapel,  by  Rev.  R.   M.  Taft, 

thank-offering s  00 

Worcester,  Immanuel,  by  Rev.  George 
S.  Dodge,  w.  p.  g.  to  const.  Mrs. 

Louisa  w.  Munlock  a  L.  M 200 

Plymouth,  by  F.  W.  Chase 528a 

Yarmouth,  West,  by  Abbie  B.  Crowell  8  40 

$9,001  28 

HOMK  MiSSIONASV I9  00 

$9,000  22 


Donations  of  Clothings  etc.^  received  and  reported  at  the  rooms  of  the  Woman  s  Home 
Missionary  Association  in  December^  1894.     Mrs.  Louise  A.  Kellogg,  Secretary 


Allston,   Ladies*  Aux.,  by  Mrs.  E.  A. 

Raymond,  barrel $43  83 

Andover,  South  Ch.,  Ladies'Benev.  Soc., 

by  Miss  Alice  Rogers,  barrel 102  05 

Ashby,  Ladies'  Charitable  Soc..  by  Mrs. 

F.  W.  Wright,  barrel 55  00 

Athol  Center.  Ladies*  Union,  by  Mrs.  E. 

S.  Gould,  barrel 92  co 

Boston,   Old   South.   Ladies'   Aux.,   by 

Mrs.  W.  H.  Garritt,  box  and  barrel.  105  00 
Park  St.  Ch.,    Homeland   Circle,   by 

Mrs.  E.  Smith,  barrel 200  00 

Bradford,  Ladies'  Aux.,  by  Mrs.  J.  H. 

Bird,  barrel Q7  00 

Bridsrewater,  Ladies'   Charitable  S.   S. 

Soc.,  by  Miss  Hattic  M.  Wilbar,  bar- 
rel   57  44 

Brifrhton,  Ladies'  Aux.,  by  Mrs.  Benj. 

Wormelle.  barrel 1 14  01 

Brockton,   Poncr  Ch.,  Ladies'  Benev. 

Soc.,  by  Mrs.  Annie  L.  Pierce,  bar- 
rel   91:4a 

Cambrid(fe,  First  Ch.,  Ladies'  Aux.,  by 

Mrs.  R.  B.  Hall,  three  barrels 250  00 

Dorchester.  Harvard  Ch  .  Ladies'  Aux., 

by  Mrs.  M.  F.  Bailey,  barrel 90  00 

Pilgrim  Ch.,   Ladies'  Aux.,  by  Mrs. 

Nellie  French,  barrel 59  6<5 

Fitchburjf,  Rollstone  Ch..  Ladies'  Aux., 

by  Miss  Ida  L.  Fox.  three  barrels. .  147  67 
Florence.  Ladies'  Aux.,  by  Mrs.  Fannie 

B.  Look,  package 77  65 

Hyde  Park,  Ladies'  Aux.,  by  MissE.  E. 

Brooks,  two  barrels 1 15  00 

Jamaica    Plain.    Central    Ch.,    Ladies' 

Aux.,  by  Mrs.   R.  W.  Wood,  two 

barrels 100  00 

Lynn,  Central  Ch.,  H.  M.  Soc.,  by  Mrs. 

Amelia  J.  Parker,  barrel 75  00 

First  Ch.,  Ladies'  Aux.,  by  Mrs.  C.  S. 

Bird,  barrel  6v)  43 

Marion,   Ladies'   Aux.,  by  Miss  Abbie 

Trevett,  barrel 50  tx> 

Medford,  Mystic  Ch.,  Ladies' Aux.,  by 

Miss  M .  S  Clark,  barrel 47  00 

Melrose    Hijfh lands,   League,  by   Mrs. 

Alice  1.  Calkins,  box  and  barrel. ...         60  77 


Middleboro,  Central  Ch.,  H.  M.  Circle, 

by  Mrs.  M.  J.  Belding.  barrel %to  00 

Millbury,  Second  Ch.,  Ladies'  Aux.,  by 
Mrs.  Amos  Armsby,  three  barrels. 
etc 274  7« 

Northampton.  Edwards  Ch..  Ladies,  by 

Mrs.  A.  F.  Kneeland,  barrel 96  00 

Providence,  R.  I.,  Beneficent  Ch.,  Mis- 
sion Band,  by  Mrs.  S.  E.  Slade,  two 
barrels 100  00 

Salem,  South  Ch.,  Ladies*  Benev.  Asso- 
ciation, by  Miss  Susan  S.  Driver,  two 
barrels 20561 

South  Weymouth,  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  J.  A. 

Deane.  carpet  and  barrel 79  57 

Springfield,  First  Ch..  Ladies'  Aux..  by 

Nfrs.  Charles  A.  Graves,  two  barrels        iqo  12 

Sunderland,  Ladies'  Aux.,  by  Mrs.  H. 

D.  Graves,  cash,  $40.  and  barrel. . . .        1C7  28 

Taunton,  Winslow  Ch..  Ladies'  Benev. 
Soc.,  by  Mrs.  Harriet  L.  Davis,  bar- 
rel           80  00 

Walpole,  Ladies'  Aux..  by  Mrs.  M.  H. 

Piper,  two  barrels '     130  00 

Ware,  Ladies'  Aux.,  by  Mrs.  Mary  E. 

Taylor,  barrel 100  00 

Watertown,  Ladies'  Aux.,  by  Mrs.  M. 

Fuller,  barrel 71  00 

West  Boxford,  F.  C.  Soc.,  by  Miss  Anna 

P.  Park,  barrel 73  <» 

Westfield,  Ladies*  Aux.,  by  Miss  Lucy 

C.  Smith,  box 190  39 

West  Roxbury,  Ladies'  Benev.  Soc..  by 

Miss  Jessie  C.  Dennett,  two  barrels        loi  14 

Whitinsville,    Ladies*   Benev.   Soc.,  by 

Miss  Lila  S  Whitin,  box 26743 

Williamstown,  Ladies'  Benev.  Soc.,  by 
Mrs.  Eleanor  Ralston  Duncan,  cash, 
$38,  and  three  barrels 259  96 

Wobiirn.  Ladies"  Aux.,  by  Mrs.  Eustis 

Smith,  barrel 70  00 

Worcester.  Central  Ch.,  Ladies'  Benev. 
Soc..  by  Miss  Abbie  L.  Swcctser, 
barrel 70  00 


$4*626  15 


February,  1895 


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547 


MISSIONARY  SOCIETY   OF    CONNECTICUT 

Receipts  of  the  Missionary  Society  of  Connecticut  in  December ^  1894.    Ward  W.  JACOBS, 

Treasurer 


Bridgeport,  Park  St.,  by  F.  W.  Storrs, 
to  const.    Miss   Mary   Gabriel,   of 

Bridf^eport,  aL.  M fsooo 

Canterbury.  First,  by  Rev.  A.  J.  Het- 

rick,  for  C.  H.  M.  S '4  69 

East  Haddam.  First,  by  E.  W.  Chaffee.  ai  33 

Franklin,  by  Rev.  H.  E.  Hart 5  00 

Granby.  South,  by  C.  P.  Loomis x  56 

Guilford,  First,  by  E.  W.  Leete  xi  00 

Haddam.  Haddam  Neck,  by  William  F. 

Brainerd 6  00 

Hamden.   Whitneyville,    "Two    Chil- 
dren " 2  35 

Hartford,  First,  **  Personal,"  special. . .  30  00 
Fourth,    Bequest    of    Margaret     M. 
Case,  by  E.  B.  Thrall   and    A.  F. 

Ranney,  exs xoo  00 

Hartford,  Park,  by  \jrillis  E.  Smith....  47  55 
Hartland,  West    Hartland,   by   H.   L. 

Wilcox 5  o3 

Kent,  by  George  R.  Bull x8  06 

Litchfield,  Milton,  by  S.  D.  Page 7  50 

Marlboro,  by  William  W.  Bol&s  5  00 

Menden,  Center,  by  Mary  A.  Wood. . . .  25  00 

Middletown,  First,  by  E.  P.  Augur X26  34 

A  Fnend 20  00 

New  Britain,  First,  by  A.  N.  Lewis,  for 

C.  H.  M.  S 37  4x 

New  Haven,  Westville,  bv  A.  Z.  Downs  ao  75 

North  Canaan,  East,  by  A.  B  Garfield.  3  63 

Norwalk,  First,  by  E.  L.  Boycr 50  00 

Orange,  West   Haven,  by  Rev.  S.  J. 

Bryant 13  20 

Plaintield,  by  Walter  Kingsley 4  26 


Putnam,  Second,  by  F.  J.  Daniels f  3  ao 

For  C.  H.  M.  S 481 

Redding,  by  T.  M.  Abbott 8  86 

Sherman,  by  M.  G.  Gelston 3a  00 

Stafford.  Staffordville,  by  Rev.'  H.  M. 

VaUl    4  80 

Torrington,  Third,  by  Frank  M.  Wheeler  39  76 

Tornngford,  by  C.  H.  Barber 5  00 

Vernon,  Talcotlville,  by  M.  H.  Talcott.  xoo  00 

ForC.  H.  M.S 247  77 

S.  S.  Rally,  for  C.  H.  M.  S 35  00 

Washington,  Swedish,  by  P.  J.  Ander- 
son    5  00 

Weston,  by  Rev.  C.  H.  Pease 1500 

*'  Personal  " aa  50 

Winchester.    West    Winsted,  by   John 

Hinsdale ao  00 

Windsor,  Poquonock,  by  L.  R.  Lord. . .  7  69 

Wolcott,  by  s.  L.  Hotcnkiss X5  00 

Woodstock.  First,  by  H.  T.  Child as  46 

W.  C.  H.  M.  U.  of  Connecticut,  by  Mrs. 
George  Follett,  Sec.,  from  Ladies' 
Home  Missionary  Society  of  First 
Ch.,  Hartford,  for  Rev.   Mr.  Did- 

ricksen  of  Danish  Ch..  Hartford. ...  xo  00 
Rev.  H.  C.  Alvcrd,  of  South  Weymouth, 

Mass X  00 


BoxtM. 

Hartford,  First.  Ladies'  Society,  box.. 

Trumbull,  for  Sabbath-school  of  Silver 

Creek,  Neb.,  cash 


$1,198  48 

89  00 
xo  00 


ILLINOIS    HOME     MISSIONARY    SOCIETY 

Receipts  of  the  Illinois  Home  Missionary  Society  in   November  and  December,    1^94- 

Aaron  B.   Mead.    Treasurer 


Albion,  First $  X3  35 

Amboy,  Mrs.  T.  A.  Lyman xs  00 

Aurora,  New  England 41  07 

Batavia,  Rev.  J.  E.  Bissell 7  00 

Big  Rock,  Welsh 15  00 

Bluffs 31  xa 

Buda 51  45 

Cable X3  47 

Carpentersville 5  30 

Champaign »i8  37 

Chenoa,  Trimmer  S.  S 6  30 

Chicago.  First  (Mrs.  L.  W.  Curtis,  $10)  x6o  (3o 

New  England X76  9a 

Leavitt  St x  43 

Lincoln  Park a8  00 

Union  Park,  Oakley  Ave.  Branch....  5  00 

Mrs.  L.  A.  Bushnell 50  00 

University 33  40 

Englewood,  North 37  69 

Duncan  Ave.,  Rev.  J.  D.  McCord 25  00 

Central  Park 20  00 

Douglas  Park 6000 

Union,  Rev.  H.  T.  Sell 5  00 

Waveland  Ave i  36 

CbilUcothe ^  00 


Crescent  City f  »  39 

Dallas  City 300 

Danvers  ( Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  $15.40) 49  40 

Decatur 33  85 

De  Long 6  00 

Downer^s  Grove 20  00 

Earlville 19  50 

Elgin,  Prospect  St.  (S.  S..  $5.91 ;  Y.  P. 

S.  C.  E.,  $7) 28  06 

Farlow  Grove 11  80 

Granville ai  75 

Greenville  S.  S 855 

Griggsville 44  65 

Hampton 4  34 

Hcnnr 15  00 

HillsDoro 40  00 

mini    1000 

Jacksonville 7X  00 

Toy  Prairie 4450 

Kangley,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 2  00 

Kirkland 37  aS 

Lacon 29  it 

La  SaWe s  ^ 

Marse\\\cs.  "\.  Q.  K^^m% •ks/** 

M«\dou,  S.S ^^"^ 


548 


The  Home  Missionary 


February.  1895 


MillCrcck f  4  «o 

Naperville 40  00 

Neponsct 6  55 

Normal.  First,  S.  S 2  00 

Norris  City,  S.  S 300 

OttawaiRcv.  W.  F.  Day,  $25  :  S.S.. $20)  94  49 

Paxton  (S.  S.,  Sj.oji 184  00 

Payson 9  89 

Peru 3  50 

Fittsficld 5  50 

PoplarGrove 10  53 

Port  Byron 13  28 

Princeton 4»  47 

Ridgcland.  S.  S 9  20 

Roberts  «S.  S..  f 5) 13  45 

Rockford,  First 38  60 

Second 223  75 

Rnsemond  (Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,   $25) 3x00 

Sandwich 102  50 

Seward,  First.  Kendall  Co 8  00 

Winnebaf^o  Co..  S.  S  1  72 

Sherrard 3  07 

Stcrlinfir  <Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  $5) 69  67 

Slillman  Valley,  Y.  P.  S.  C .  E 7  54 

Swedona 2  50 

Sycamore '"75 

Toulon  7 85  10 

Udina 500 

Vienna ^i  °° 

Warrensburt x8  19 

Waukegan,  First,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 5  00 


Waverly $  15  00 

Western  Sprinfi^  S.  S 570 

Wheaton,  First,  S.  S.  Rally 4  10 

College 13  65 

Winnebago ao  oo 

Woman's  Home  Missicxiary  Unkn : 

Alto  Pass ^ $500 

Chicago,  New  Eoffland aa  50 

Lincoln  Park,  Y.  P.  M.  See.  2  50 

Warren  Ave 9  50 

Geneva,  Y.  P.  S  C.  B 2000 

La  Salle 500 

Lombard 1900 

Metropolis « a  00 

Moline,  First ax  71 

Oak  Park 31  00 

Pittsfield  (Young  Ladies'  Soc., 

Sxo) ao  00 

Rockford,  Second 1x4  25 

Sandwich 41  50 

Toulon a  13 

Waverly 7  00 

31609 

Bureau  Association 5  44 

DailyNews a 

Interest  on  Invested  Funds 7300 

A  Friend  in  Southern  Illinois 63  51 

$3,X56  62 


MICHIGAN  CONGREGATIONAL  ASSOCIATION 

Reciipts  of  the  Michigan  Cofi^rt\ifan'ona/  Association  in  December^  1S94.     Rev.  John  P. 

Sanderson,  Treasurer 


Ada,  Second  S500 

Alba 6  40 

jun.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 16  00 

Almunt 33  16 

Y.  P.S.C.E I  52 

Allenville 55 

Ann  Arbor 62  80 

Bay  City 28  00 

Benton  Harbor.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 9  06 

Byron 3  eg 

Calumet 29  26 

Carmcl 500 

Chippewa  Lake,  S.S i  ix 

Detroit,  First 550  00 

Woodward  Ave 250  00 

Mt .  \\ct\yQ 2  00 

S.  S 5  <^ 

Brewster 33  3» 

S.  S — 335 

Dexttr 7  40 

Dennis  Warner 3000 

Dowapiac 67  80 

Eaton  Rapids 3  81 

Edmorc 8  S3 

Excelsior 2  00 

FarwcU,  S.  S 339 

Fisher's  Station    9  82 

Frecport 18  90 

Garden 3  15 

Grand  Rlanc 30  00 

Grand  Junction J^  75 

S.S 3  55 

Grand  Rapids,  Plymouth  S.  S 5  65 

East I  54 

GrsindvilJc 10  27 

Greenville 3"^  A'' 

Homestead ^3  IS 


Hopkins,  First  S.  S f  4  70 

Isaoella 30 

Lake  Ann 35 

Lake  Linden 60  00 

Leslie,  S.  S 3  79 

Ludington 27  57 

Maple  City 500 

Mattison 400 

Maybee 4  00 

Mendon 5  00 

Muskcfi^on,  First 37  78 

Nalima 79 

Newaygo 2500 

Northport 7  84 

S.S 5   Ql 

Orion  15  00 

Port  Huron 50  00 

Red  Jacket 56  39 

St.  Ignacc 100 

St.  John's 1  25 

St.  Joseph 7725 

Solon 8  50 

South  Haven 26  00 

South  Lake  Linden 88 

Stanton,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 10  00 

Union  City 31  27 

Vanderbilt 13  74 

Vicksburg 1040 

Webster 13  62 

West  Branch 10  00 

Westwood I  00 

Williaraston 455 

Rev.  D.  F.  Bradley 8  00 

W.  H.  M.   U.,  by  Mrs.  E.   F.  Grabill, 

Itwis 387  05 


February,  1895 


The  Home  Missionary 


549 


DONATIONS  OF  CLOTHING 

East  Newton,  Ladies*  Miss.  Soc.,  i  box 
Jackson,  First,  Ladies'  Soc..  2  boxes... 
Detroit,  Woodward  Ave.,  Ladies'  Soc., 

3  boxes 

Saginaw,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  j  box 


Receipts  of  W.  H.  M.  U.  for  December, 
1894,  a»  reported  by  Mrs.  E.  F.  Gra- 
bill,  Treas.  : 

STATE  WORK,   SENIOR  SOC. 


Allegan,  W.  M.  S.,  $3.50: 
thank-offering,  ft  to.  38 

Alphena,  W.  H.  Af .  U 

Bridgeport,  W.  H.  M.  U 

Charlotte,  L.  S 

Chcbovean.  W.  H.  M.  S 

Church^  Comers,  W.  H.  M. 
U 

District  Association,  W.  M.  S. 

Greenville,  W.  H.  M.  S 

Harrison,  W.  H.  M.  S 

Hopkins  Sta.,  W.  H.  M.  U.. 

Irving,  W.  H.  M.  S 

Leland,  W.  H.  M.  U 

Lickley's Comers,  W.  H.  M.  S. 

Litchfield.  L.  M.  S 

Morenci,  W.  M.  S 

Mulliken,  W.  H.  M.  S 

Napoleon,  Mrs.  A.  A.  Rexford 

Otsego.  W.  H.  M.  S 


$1388 
3  00 
I  00 

25  00 
5  00 


as 

«5 

25 

00 

00 

25 

50 

00 

.18 

6  05 

3  00 

zo  00 

2  50 


7 

3 
6 

4 
5 
4 
5 

7 
14 


$28  00 
130  00 

143  97 
60  00 


Ovid,  W.  M.  S 

Pontiac,  W.  H.  M.  S 

Salem,  Second  Ch.,  W.  H.  M. 
S 

Stock  Andge,  Mrs.  E.  W. 
Woodwara,  a  Thank-offer- 
ing  

Three  Oaks,  W.  H.  M.  U 

Vicksburg,  W.  M.  S 

Watervliet,  W.  H.  M.  S 

Wyandotte 


Is 

00 

5 

40 

zo 

00 

zo 

00 

9  25 

M 

00 

4 

55 

8 

50 

YOUNG   PEOPLE'S  WORK. 


S.     S. 


Alpine  and    Walker, 

special  Col 360 

Ann  Arbor,  S.  S 1500 

Detroit,  Primary  Dept.,  S.  S., 

♦3;  C.  E.,t6;  K.  C.  D.,  $3 

(Special  for  Boys*  Club  Alba)      za  co 

Edmore,  S.  S.  Rally 4  00 

Hudson,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 3  00 

Traverse  Ciyr,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.      17  47 

Vestaburg,  S.  S.  Rally i  00 

Watervliet,  S.  S.,  Birthday 
Box,  a  Christmas  gift  to 
Home  Missions 

Y.  L.  M.  S.,  Plymouth  Ch... 


za 


06 
9  25 


tx93  5« 


77  38 


Total  for  Sutc  Work. 


$270  89 


WOMAN'S    STATE    HOME     MISSIONARY 

ORGANIZATIONS 

OFFICERS 


I.  NEW   HAMPSHIRE 

FEMALE  CENT  INSTITUTION 

Organized  August,  1804 
and 

HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  June,  Z890 

President,  Mrs.  Cyrus  Sargeant.  Plymouth. 
Secretary^  Mrs.  John  T.  Perry.  Exeter. 
Treasurer,  Miss  Annie  A.  McFarland,  Z96  Main 
St..  Concord. 

a.  MINNESOTA 
WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  September,  1873 

President,   Miss  Catherine  W.  Nichols,  230  E.  qth 

St..  St.  Paul. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  A.  P.  Lyon.  17  Florence  Court, 

S.  E.,  Minneapolis. 
Treasurer ,  Mrs.  M.  W.  Skinner,  Northfield. 

♦  While  the  W.  H.  M.  A.  appears  in  the  above 
Island,  jt  has  certain  auxiliaries  elsewhere. 


3.  ALABAMA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  March,  Z877 

Reorganized  April,  1889 

President.   Mrs.  G.  W.  Andrews,  Talladega. 
"  S.  Jackson.  Montgom 
C.  Silsby,  Talladega. 


Secretary,    .Mrs.  J.  S^  Jackson._Montgomery. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  E. 


4.  MASSACHUSETTS  AND   RHODE 
ISLAND* 

WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY  ASSOCIA- 
TION 

Organized  February,  j88o 

President,  Mrs.  C.  L.  Goodoll.  The  Rochdale, 
Doston  Highlands. 

Secretary.  Mpj  Louise  A.  Kellogg.  32  Congrega- 
tional House.  Boston. 

Treasurer.  Miss  Annie  C.  Bridgman,  32  Congre- 
gational House.  Boston. 

list  as  a  State  body  (or  M.as&a.c\\\x<sit\.\&'^\\<^^i^vii^'(. 


550 


The  Home  Missionary  February.  1895 


5.  MAINE 

WOMAN*S  MISSIONARY  AUXILIARY 
Organized  June,  1880 

Pretidtnt^  Mrs.  Katherine  B.  Lewis.  So.  Berwick. 

Secretary^  Mrs.  Gertrude  H.  Denio,  168  Ham- 
mond St.,  Banffor. 

Treasurer^  Mrs.  Rose  M.  Crosby,  26  Grove  St., 
Bann^or. 

6.  MICHIGAN 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  May,  x88z 

President y  Mrs.  George  M.  Lane.  179  W.  Alexan- 
drine Ave.,  Detroit. 

Secretary^  Mrs.  J.  H.  Hatfield,  301  Elm  St.,  Kala- 
mazoo. 

Treasurer^  Mrs.  E.  F.  Grabill,  Greenville. 

7.  KANSAS 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October,  1881 

President^  Mrs.  F.  J.  Storrs,  Topeka. 
Secretaryy  Mrs.  George  L.  Epps,  Topeka. 
Treasurer^  Mrs.  D.  D.  DeLong,  Arkansas  City. 

8.  OHIO 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  May.  1882 


SI.  NORTH   DAKOTA 

WOMAN*S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  November,  1883 

PresitUniy  Mrs.  W.  P.  Cleveland.  Caledonia. 
Secretary^  Mrs.  SUas  Daggett.  Harwood. 
Treeuurer^  Mrs.  J.  M.  Fli^r,  Fargo. 

IS.  OREOON 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  July,  1884 

President^  Mrs.  F.  Eggert.  The  Hill.  Portland. 
Secretary y  Mrs.  Geo.  C.  Brownell.  Oregon  City. 
Treasurery  Mrs.  W.  D.  Palmer,  546  yl  St..  Port- 
land. 

13.  WASHINGTON 

Including  Nokthbbn  Idaho 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  July,  1884 

Reorganized  June,  1889 

President^  Mrs.  A.  J.  Bailey,  323  Blanchard  St., 

Seattle. 
Secretary^  Mrs.  W.  C.  Wheeler,  434  South  K  St., 

Tacoma. 
Treasurer^  Mrs.  J.  W.  George,  6ao  Fourth  Street, 

Seattle. 

14.  SOUTH   DAKOTA 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 
Oi^anized  September.  1884 


Presidenty  Mrs.  Sydney  Strong.  Lane  Seminary 

Campus.  Cincinnati. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  J.  W.  Moore,  836  Hough  Ave.,     President^  Mrs.  A.  H.  Robbins.  Ashton. 

Cleveland.  Secretary ^  Mrs.  W.  H.  Thrall,  Huron. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  George  B.   Brown,  3116  Warren      Treasurer y  Mrs.  F.  M.  Wilcox,  Huron. 
St.,  Toledo. 


9.  NEW  YORK 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  October.  1883 

President,  Mrs.  Wm.  Kincaid,  483  Greene  Ave., 

Brooklyn. 
Secretary,  Mrs.   Wm.  Spalding.  511  Orange  St., 

Syracuse. 
Treasurer, "^r^.  J.   J.   Pcarsall,  230  Macon    St., 

Brooklyn. 


10.  WISCONSIN 


WOMAN'S  HOME    MISSIONARY  UNION 


Organized  October,  1883 

President.  Mrs.  E.  (J.  Updike.  Madison. 
Stcrefary,  Mrs.  A.  O.  Wright,  Madison. 
TrrMurer,  iMrs.  C.  M.  Blackman,  WbiiCNwalcr. 


15.  CONNECTICUT 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  January.  1885 

President,  Miss  Ellen  R.  Camp,  9  Camp  St.,  New 

Britain. 
Secretary,  Mrs.  C.  T.    Millard,    36   Lewis   St.. 

Hartford. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  W.  W.  Jacobs,  19  Spring  St., 

Hartford. 


16.  MISSOURI 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  May,  1885 

President,   Mrs.  Henry  Hopkins,  916  Holmes  St., 

Kansas  City. 
Secretary,   Mrs.   E.   C.   Ellis,  3456  Tracy  Ave., 

Kansas  City. 
Trfa«urer,\(\.T^.  K.  I..  t^Uls^  1526  Wabash  Ave., 


February,  1895  The  Home  Missionary 


551 


17.  ILLINOIS 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  May,  1885 
President^  Mrs.  Isaac  Claflin,  Lombard. 


24.  VERMONT 

WOMAN'S   HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  June,  i838 


mstaent,  wrs.  isaac  ^.lanin,  t-omoara.  President,  Mrs.  I.  H.  Babbitt,  West  Brattleboro. 

Secretary,  Mre.  C  H.  Tainior.  151  Washington     Secretary.  Mrs.  M.  K.  Paine,  Windsor. 


St.,  Chicago. 
Treeuurer,  Mrs.  L.  A.  Field,  Wilmette. 


Treasurer ^yin.  Wm.  P.   Fairbanks,  St.  Johns- 
bury. 


x8.  IOWA  »5.  COLORADO 

^WOMAN'S    HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION  WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organued  June,  ,886  Organized  October,  1888 

President,  Mrs.  T.  O.  Douglass,  Grinnell.  President,  Mrsf.  B.  C.  Valentine,  Highlands. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  H.  H.  Robbins,  Grinnell.  Secretary.  Mrs.  Charles  Westley,  Box  508,  Denver. 

Treasurer,  Miss  Belle  L.  Bentley,  300  Court  Ave.,  Treasurer,  Mrs.  Horace  Sanderson,!/!©  !6Ui  Ave., 
Des  Moines.  Denver. 


xg.  CALIFORNIA 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY 
Organized  October,  1887. 

President,  Mrs.  E.  S.  Williams,  572  !2th  St.,  Oak- 
land. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  L.  M.  Howard,  9!!  Grove  St., 
Oakland. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  J.  M.  Haven,  1329  Harrison  St., 
Oakland. 

30.  NEBRASKA 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  November,  1887 

President,  Mrs.  J.    T.   Duryea,    2403    Cass   St., 

Omaha. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  H.  Bross,  2004  Q  St..  Lincoln. 
Trecuurcr,  Mrs.  G.  J.   Powell,  30th  &  Ohio  Sts., 

Omaha. 

21.  FLORIDA 

WOMAN'S    HOME    MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  February,  1888 

President,  Mrs.  S.  F.  Gale.  Jacksonville. 
Secretary,  Mrs.  Nathan  Barrows.  Winter  Park. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  W.  D.  Brown,  Interlachen. 


22.  INDIANA 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  May,  1888 

President,  Mrs.  E.  C.  Bell,  221    Christian  Ave., 

Indianapolis. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  W.  E.  Mossman,  Fort  Wayne. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.   F.  E.    Dewhurst,    28  Christian 
Ave.,  Indianapolis. 

23.  SOUTHERN  CALIFORNIA 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  May,  1888 

President,  Mrs.   W.  J.   Washburn,  510  Downey 

Ave.,  Los  Angeles. 
Secretary,  Mrs.  P.  J.  Colcord,  Clarcmont. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Manr  M.  Smith,  Public  Library, 
Riverside. 


26  WYOMING 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October,  1888 

Reorganized  December,  1892 

President,  Mrs.  G.  S.  Ricker.  Cheyenne. 
Secretary,  Mrs.  W.  L.  Whipple.  Cneyenne. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  H.  N.  Smith,  Rock  Springs. 

27.  GEORGIA 

WOMAN'S    HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 
Organized  November,  x888 

President,  Mrs.  H.  B.  Wey,  253  Forest  Ave., 
Atlanta. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  H.  A.  Kellam,  !76  Ivy  St.,  At- 
lanta. 

Treasurer,  Miss  Virginia  Holmes,  Bamesville. 

28.  MISSISSIPPI 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  April,  !889 

President,  Mrs.  C.  L.  Harris,  !42i  31st  Ave.,  Me- 
ridian. 

Secretary,   Miss  Edith  M.  Hall,  Tougaloo. 

Treasurer,  Mts.  L.  H.  Turner,  3112  !2th  St.,  Me- 
ridian. 

29.  LOUISIANA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  April,  1889 

President,   Miss  Bella  Hume,  comer  Gasquetand 

Liberty  Sts.,  New  Orleans. 
Secretary,   Miss  Matilda  Cabrfcre,  New  Orleans. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  C.  S.  Shattuck,  Welsh. 

30.   ARKANSAS.   KENTUCKY,  AND    TEN- 
NESSEE 

WOMAN'S    MISSIONARY  UNION  OF  THE 
CENTRAL  SOUTH   ASSOCIATION 

Organized  April,  1889 

President,  Mrs.  Ella  S.  Moore,  Box  8,  Fisk  Uni- 
versity, Nashville,  Tenn. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  Jos.  E.  Smith,  304  Gilmer  St., 
Chattanooga^  Tenn. 

Treasurer, Mt-».  ^ .  "E..  ^ox^Xm^^l^  \i\vQ»'ev«A?i "^X. 


552 


The  Home  Missionary 


February,  1895 


31.  NORTH  CAROLINA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October,  i88q 

President y  Mrs.  J.  W.  Freeman,  Dudley. 
Secretary    )  „,  ,   ^  . 

and       VMisB  A.  E.  FamngtOD,  High  Point. 
Treasurer^ ) 

3a.  TEXAS 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Orfiranized  March,  1890 

President,  Mrs.  T.  M.  Wendelkin,  Dallas. 
Secretary.  Mrs.  H.  F.  Burt,  Lock  Box  563.  Dallas. 
Treasnrer,  Mrs.  C.   1.   Scofield,    Lock   Box  aao, 
Dallas. 


33.  MONTANA 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  May,  1890 

President,  Mrs.  O.  C.  Oark,  Missoula. 
Secretarv,  Mrs.  W.  S.  Bell.  410  Dearborn  Ave., 

Helena.  .  , 

Treasurer.^x^.  Herbert  E.  Jones,  Livingston. 

34.  PENNSYLVANIA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  June,  1890 

President.  Mrs.  A.  H.  Claflin,  274  Manhattan  St., 
Allegheny. 

Secretary.   Mrs.  C  F.  Vennie,  Ridgway. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  T.  W.  Jones.  511  \Voodland  Ter- 
race, Philadelphia. 

35.  OKLAHOMA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October,  i89i> 

President,   Mrs.  J.  H.  Parker.  Kingfisher. 
Secretarv.    Mrs.  J.  E.  Piatt.  Outhnc. 
Treasuj'er.  Mrs.  A.  B.  Hammer,  Oklahoma  City. 


37.  UTAH 

lNCLin>niG  SOVTHBKN   IdAHO 

WOMAN^S  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  May,  189X 
Reorganised  December.  xSga 

President,   Mrs.  Clarence  T.   Brown,  Salt  Lake 

City. 
Secretary t  Mrs.  W.-  S.  Hawkcs,  135  Sixth  St.,  E., 

Salt  Lake  City. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Dana  W.  ElartleU.  Salt  Lake  City. 
For  Idaho,  Mrs.  Oscar  Sonnenkalb,  Pocaiello. 


38.  INDIAN  TERRITORY 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  April,  189a 

President.   Mrs.  Fayette  Hurd.  Vinita. 
Secretary,   Misa  Louise  Graper.  Vinita. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Raymond,  Vintta. 


39.  NEVADA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  October,  189a 

President,    Mrs.  L.  J.  Flint,  Reno. 
Secretary,    Miss  Margaret  N.  Magill,  Reno. 
Treasurer.  Miss  Mary  Clow,  Reno. 


40.  NEW  MEXICO 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  November.  1893 

President.   Mrs.  C.  E.  Winslow,  Albuqucr«]uc. 
Si-crctary.   Mrs.  E.  W.  Lewis,  301  So.  Edith  St., 

Albuqueroue. 
Treasurer.  Mrs.  A.  W.  Jones,  Albuquerque. 


36.  NEW  JERSEY 

iNCLL'DlNd    Dl.STRirT    OF    Coi.LMBI.V,    MARYLAND, 
A.NU    ViKOIMA 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION  OF 
THE  NEW  JERSEY  ASSOCIATION 

Organized  March.  iSqi 

President.   Mrs.  A.  H   Bradford.  Montclair. 
Secretary.  Mrs.   W.  O.   Weeden,    Ufpcr    Mont- 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  J.  H.  Denison,  ijoBcWcvtWe  ^vc.^ 
.  Newark. 


41.  BLACK  HILLS,  SO.  DAKOTA 

BLACK   HILLS   WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY 

UNION 

Organized  October.  \%q\ 

President.  Mrs.  J.  B.  Gossage,  Rapid  City,  Black 

Hills.  South  Dakota. 
Secretary,  Mrs.   H.   H.  Gilchri.st.  Hot    Springs, 

Black  Hills.  South  Dakota. 
Treastircr.'SWss    Gt^cc    Lvman.    Hot   Springs, 


The    Home    Missionary 

Vol.  LXVII  MARCH,  1895  No.  11 

OUR    GERMAN    WORK 

By  Rev.  Moritz  E.  Eversz,  D.I)..  Supkrintendent 

IE  are  asked  to  furnish  an  illustrated  article  on  our  German  work. 
The  year,  with  all  its  unfavorable  conditions,  has  brought  us  much 
to  be  grateful  for.  In  spite  of  hard  times  and  severe  retrench- 
ment, an  unusual  number  of  churches  have  been  born.  Quite  as  many  as 
usual  have  been  housed,  and  in  turn,  several  have  housed  their  pastors. 
We  are  filled  with  pride  and  gratitude  for  the  many  earnest  workers  in 
humble  places  who  have  borne,  without  murmuring  or  complaint,  retrench- 
ment on  the  one  side  by  the  Home  Missionary  Society,  and  on  the  other 
by  churches  unable  to  meet  their  pledges  on  account  of  failure  of  crops — 
men  who  in  the  joy  of  the  harvest  of  souls  forget  their  own  hardships  and 
trials. 

We  rejoice  that,  in  spite  of  poverty  and  want,  the  need  of  our  papers, 
Der  KirchenboU  and  Die  Segensquelle^  in  the  home  is  so  generally  recog- 
nized that  comparatively  few  "discontinuances"  come  in,  and  that  their 
self-support  is  but  just  ahead  of  us.  Many  special  instances  of  faith  in 
and  love  for  God's  Word  might  be  recorded. 

When  floods  compel  the  abandonment  of  home,  and  next  to  wife  and 
mother  the  Bible  is  borne  above  the  raging  floods,  while  appeals  like  the 
following  ring  out  above  the  tumult,  **  Dear  God,  take  all,  if  thou  wilt, 
but  leave  me  this,"  faith  is  not  dead.  Another,  speaking  of  his  hungry, 
half-clad  family,  bewails  more  than  all  that  his  Bible  is  falling  to  pieces 
and  the  print  is  too  fine  for  his  failing  eyesight.  How  beautiful,  that  an 
infant  class  furnished  him  with  an  elegant  Bible  ! 

"  When  the  Son  of  man  cometh,  shall  he  find  faith  on  the  earth  ? " 
Yes,  thank  God !  and  not  least  among  the  poor  and  lowly. 

Among  the  special  providences  in  our  work  we  gratefully  record  the 
long  step  forward  in  our  educational  institutions  *.  WUtow  Cie.t^xv^^j^-V^vv^- 
Jish  College  and  the  German  Department  oi  C\\\caL^o  '^^vcvxt^^slVj  . 


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"  Another  college  set  up  !  '  some  one  exclaims.  Not  "  set  up,"  but 
naturally  developing.  Not  anothi-r  college,  but  the  only  college  of  its 
kind  fostered  Iiy  our  churches  In  all  the  land.  If  It  were  only  "another," 
il  were  not  needed.  It  began  as  a  baby,  under  the  shadow  of  its  kind 
and  stronger  brother,  Doane  College.  It  was  christened,  and  struggled 
hard  under  the  title,  "  Crete  (lernian  Theological  Seminary,"  a  title 
which  held  out  no  invitation  or  promise  to  Christian  young  women  seek- 
ing a  liberal  education  and  a  preparation  for  active  Christian  work. 


^^ 

B  !  i  1  i  n  1 

I'^I™  !  llilili 

I  tnisti'i 


night 


i-Knglisii  (J 


ransfcrr 


■  to  the  ministry 
D  get  the  belt 
vidence  led  pastor  l-'ath  to 
w  useful  the  building's  >ind 
lerman  Congrcgationalisls. 
It  grew  :\n<\  (■.\panded  until  Crete  Senii- 
r  its  lnnighs  and  unfolded  into  Wilton 
biiililini;^  havL'  been  thoroughly  repaired 
of  move  lh;m  ^(i.ooo,  'V\-\>;  ■\\\\.';'!v'i.\.  -mn'.I  cwlhustasm  of  the  citi- 
I'iltoii  has  already  t-jLtnc-i  \.\\c\^  ';-.\&'t\  'i'a\i%s,\vy:\c(Ni.  <y*s.\-Cwt  v*'^ 


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thou  sand -dollar  mark,  and  is  likely  to  reach  $6,000,  while  they  give  us  a 
generous  lift  toward  securing  permanent  funds  in  a  guaranteed  subscrip- 
tion of  $13,500  to  be  paid  in  ten  annual  Installments. 

The  nine  students  at  Crete  last  year  have  increased  to  over  eighty  at 
Wilton.  Of  these  nearly  one-half  are  German-Americans  of  the  first  or 
second  generation.  If  only  sixteen  or  eighteen  are  in  the  regular  course, 
we  may  hope  that  the  strong,  wholesome,  spiritual  atmosphere  of  the 
institution  will  prepare  others  to  hear  the  divine  call  to  put  their  best 


energies  into  the  developing  of  highest  Christian  manhood  rather  than  the 
accumulation  of  things.  The  spirit  and  ^clat  of  the  students  have  greatly 
Improved  with' the  larger  numbers.  May  we  not  regard  it  a  good  indica- 
tion of  the  character  of  our  students,  when  on  an  average  not  more  than 
one  out  of  seventy-three  students  fail  to  attend  chapel  exercises  during 
a  term?  Students'  prayer-meetings  In  (lerman  and  in  English  are  held 
each  week.  Regular  services  are  conducted  on  Sundays  in  German, 
while  English-speaking  students  attend  the  church  of  their  own  choice  in 
town.  A  live  Young  People's  Society  of  ChtisliaT^  t\\4e.a,'^<at  V'aXi^sW"^ 
meetings  on  Sunday  evenings,  and  recem\y  a  cUwcVv  ol  VweW.'j-VHCi  ■wis.-wv- 


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bers  was  provisionally  organ- 
ized. 

In  addition  to  the  above 
cuts  of  our  buildings,  we  pre- 
sent the  portrait  of  Rev.  E. 
Mannhardt,  to  whom,  as  much 
as  to  any  one,  the  progress  of 
our  educational  work  is  due. 

Of  his  earlier  history  he 
speaks  as  follows  : 

"  I  was  born  in  1864,  in 
Thiiringia,  in  a  village  not  far 
from  the  Luther  Castle,  Wart- 
burg.  Among  my  early  recol- 
lections two  things  stand  out 
most  vividly :  The  beauty  of 
the  home  scenery  with  many 
points  of  great  historical  inter- 
est, and  the  singularly  consist- 
ent Christian  life  of  my  father. 
My  family,  of  course,  belonged 

to  the  State  Church,  and  in  our  region  that  church  was  at  that  lime  quite 
dead, so  that  it  was  difficult  to  find  a  converted  minister.  On  that  account 
my  father,  with  a  few  friends  of  like  convictions,  would  meet  privately  for 
prayer  and  devotion,  and  in  this  way  these  men  would  often  walk  many 
miles  to  have  an  hour  of  prayer,  in  which  each  one  could  take  part.  1 
frequently  went  with  him  to  these  meetings,  and  there,  more  than  any- 
where, the  desire  was  awakened  in  me  to  become  a  missionary  to  the 
heathen.  With  that  in  mind,  1  was  educated  first  at  home  and  in  a  neigh- 
boring town,  and  at  the  age  of  about  sixteen  I  was  sent  to  a  Lutheran 
(lymnasium  and  Seminary,  and  there  spent  six  years  in  classical  study. 
While  at  this  school,  and  somewhat  because  of  the  absence  of  anything 
that  would  cultivate  personal  religion,  1  grew  religiously  indifferent,  and 
at  ia^t  no  longer  thought  of  being  a  missionary.  About  this  time  I 
became  acquainted  with  many  .American  students,  who  studied  in  Ger- 
many, and  so  was  led  to  come  to  this  country  to  take  up  some  line  of 
business  rather  than  study.  In  this,  I  think,  I  was  quite  successful,  but, 
as  it  seemed  afterward,  this  was  not  the  way  God  would  have  me  go, 
l-'or  almost  as  soon  as  1  had  come  to  this  country,  I  found  a  friend  in  a 
student  from  Harvard  College,  who  .w  influenced  me  that  I  entered 
Union  Theological  Seminary  in  the  fall  of  1887,  About  this  time  I  also 
date  my  conversion.  Sir\ce  graiiiaVm?,  ^T(m\  Vimv^u,  vo.  i8qo,  I  have  been 
HVrking  in  our  own  CongresalwT»a.\  cV\\iit.\\;' 


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I  may  add,  that  Mr.  Mannhardt  worked  with  energy  and  success  in 
founding  our  Mission  at  Detroit.  It  was  with  great  reluctance  that  we 
asked  him  to  leave  that  field  to  take  up  the  more  important  work  at  Crete. 

He  has  been  ably  seconded  in  his  work  by  Mr.  Albeit  Moser,  a 
graduate  of  Oberlin  College.  Circumstances  had  led  the  latter  to  pay 
considerable  attention  to  physical  culture  in  addition  to  his  studies, 
which  he  applied  to  the  great  advantage  of  the  students  and  institution. 


tiBKMAX    CO.VUREdATIUNAL    CHLKUt,    MV;stM\Mi.,  1 


558  The  Home  Missionary  March,  1895 

After  devoting  four  or  five  years  to  study  here,  the  students  are 
expected  to  enter  our  Theological  Seminary  at  Chicago.  We  are  glad 
to  report  that  the  German  department  has  now  been  well  manned.  Rev. 
Prof.  C.  A.  Paeth,  assisted  by  Prof.  A.  N.  Fox,  presides  over  the  depart- 
ment with  great  ability.  He  is  at  the  same  time  pastor  of  one  of  the 
oldest  German  churches  in  the  city,  which  is  now  organized  as  inde- 
pendent, and  which  he  successfully  led  in  a  building  enterprise  under 
great  difficulties. 

We  may  hope  that  in  the  future  our  foster-mother,  the  American 
Education  Society,  will  not  patronizingly  pat  our  young  students  on  the 
shoulder,  like  the  timid  captain  in  the  face  of  battle,  saying,  "  Boys,  my 
heart  is  with  you,  but  I  can't  go  " — until  you  are  well  along  in  your 
college  course— and  that,  when  the  young  aspirant  for  the  best  things 
knocks  at  our  seminary  door,  he  will  not  be  met  with  the  notice  :  All 
non-collegians  will  please  step  into  the  special  department  at  special  half- 
fare  diet  and  rates  ;  no  matter  how  much  real  culture  may  be  implied 
in  a  command  of  two  of  the  best  modern  languages  and  their  literature. 
What  better  method  could  we  adopt  to  keep  out  of  our  work  young  men 
of  highest  gifts  and  aspirations  ?  Do  we  not  owe  them  an  education  so 
good  that  they  will  not  need  to  falter  and  stammer  in  the  presence  of 
German  ministers  educated  in  other  denominations? 

Among  our  churches  we  take  pleasure  in  calling  attention  to  our 
church  at  Muscatine.  Organized  in  1854,  it  is  the  oldest  of  our  German 
churches.  For  many  years  it  struggled  under  great  difficulties,  and  with 
varying  degrees  of  success.  But  since  1882,  when  Rev.  Jacob  Fath  be- 
came its  pastor,  its  progress  has  been  steady  and  sure.  Soon  after  his 
advent,  a  small  Reformed  church  joined  its  membership.  In  1891  the 
present  beautiful  church  was  erected.  In  spite  of  the  generous  gifts  of 
the  people  and  their  friends,  a  debt  of  $3,000  remained. 

Hard  as  the  times  are,  pastor  and  people  set  to  work  last  fall  to  clear 
this  off,  and  they  now  rejoice  in  one  of  the  finest  churches,  without 
incumbrance,  of  our  German  Congregational  Zion.  They  deserve  all 
credit  for  their  pluck  and  self-sacrifice. 

The  following  picture  represents  but  poorly  the  church  home  of  our 
Evangelical  Lutheran  Congregational  Church  of  Chicago.  At  the  begin- 
ning of  this  century  there  were  many  of  the  "  Stillen  im  Landc "  in 
Further  Pomerania.  Not  satisfied  with  the  spiritual  condition  of  the 
State  Church  and  its  ministry,  small  companies  gathered  in  many  sec- 
tions for  prayer  and  mutual  edification.  As  usual  in  such  cases,  they 
were  misunderstood  and  looked  upon  as  dangerous  to  the  church.  The 
State  was  stirred  up  against  them.  They  were  scouted  and  persecuted  as 
"Separatists,"  and  suffered  n\wcV\  ^ot  U\e\Y  (jLith.  Gradually  their  blame- 
hss  walk  and  conversal'\o\A,  tWu  ^i:t\v\\w^  vx^v^  •^'cv^  VvoJ^Jv^xs^vq^^x-^^.^osf^ 


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for  them  the  respect  and  finally  the  toleration  of  the  State.  More  tlian 
forty  years  ago  a  band  of  these  people  came  to  the  city  of  Chicago  and 
organized  themselves  into  an  independent  Lutheran  church.  At  different 
times,  and  by  all  manner  of  means,  Lutherans  and  other  denominations 
have  sought  to  bring  them  under  their  yoke,  but  all  without  avail.  They 
believed  too  firmly  in  the  prayer-meeting  and  the  self-government  of  a 
church,  and  in  conversion  as  a  personal  experience. 

A  Hitle  over  two  years  ago  they  learned  of  "  the  Congregational  way  " 
through  their 
pastor.  Rev.  Carl 
Freitag,  now  of 
Michigan  City, 
Believing  that 
they  had  found 
the  fellowship 
which  they 
craved,  Ihey  ap- 
plied for  recog- 
nition. A  large 
representative 
council  of  Con- 
gregational 
chu  rches  was 
convened  in  this 
city  last  year, 
and  cordially 
received  the 
church  into  our 
fellowship,  after 
a  full  inves- 
tigation of  the 
facts. 

An  elevated  railroad  was  laid  out  to  run  through  their  church,  erected 
only  two  years  before  it  had  to  be  sold,  and  then  a  new  house  was  built  in  a 
more  eligible  location.  While  it  is  not  as  stately  as  the  old,  it  fully  meets 
their  wants,  and  has  by  its  side  a  comfortable  jjarsonage,  which  does  not 
appear  upon  the  picture.  Having  sacrificed  twice  to  build,  the  church 
is  soon  to  be  wholly  free  from  debt  by  the  aid  of  our  Church  Building 
Society.  Mr.  Carl  Dettmers,  of  the  present  senior  class  in  Chicago 
Seminary,  has  yielded  to  the  urgent  appeals  of  the  people  to  become 
their  pastor,  and  will  undoubtedly  be  ordained  and  installed  at  the 
close  of  his  examinations.  Thus  it  appears  that  Congregationalism 
is  thp  natural  expression   of    Christian  Vile   and  lti\'i'«^v^,  ^\i\\»A  \"i 


560  The  Home  Missionary  March,  1895 

all  who  take  the  responsibilities  of  their  own  Christian  life  upon  them- 
selves. 

Another  exceedingly  interesting  part  of  our  work  is  among  the  Ger- 
man Russians.  Believing  that  the  Bible  forbade  war,  and  being  com- 
pelled to  join  the  army  if  they  remained  in  Germany,  very  many  of  these 
Pietists — converted  (lermans — migrated  to  Russia  about  a  century  ago. 
The  father  of  our  own  Dr.  Schauffler  preached  to  many  of  them  there  in 
his  missionary  tours.  Now  that  the  Russian  government  is  compelling 
their  Russianization,  large  numbers  have  settled  in  Dakota,  Nebraska, 
and  Kansas. 

If  they  have  not  kept  pace  with  the  rest  of  Germany  in  general  culture 
and  education,  they  are  far  in  advance  in  the  simplicity  of  their  faith, 
love  of  the  Bible,  the  prayer-meeting,  and  the  church. 

Seven  years  ago  we  had  but  one  church-building  among  them.  Now 
there  are  fifteen  in  the  Dakotas  alone.  On  the  Indian  Reservation  near 
the  border  of  South  Dakota  and  Nebraska,  a  student  has  spent  two  sum- 
mer vacations  under  the  direction  of  the  nearest  pastor.  Missionary 
Sattlcr  has  also  assisted.  As  a  result  we  have  four  churches.  Two  have 
already  their  own  church  homes.  True,  they  will  not  compare  with  our 
city  churches.  One  of  them  is,  indeed,  only  a  "sod"  church.  As  the 
people  had  no  money  and  no  crops  last  fall,  they  built  up  the  walls  of 
their  Zion,  trusting  that  help  would  arise  to  them  from  some  unknown 
(|uartcr.  Missionary  Sattlcr  made  an  appeal  for  them  at  our  Association 
in  November,  and  while  the  missionary  collection  always  taken  on  such 
occasions  was  generous  under  the  circumstances,  these  brethren  of  South 
Dakota,  who  had  themselves  no  crops  whatever,  and  were  sending  their 
cattle  away  to  keep  them  from  starvinji^,  furnished  some  seventy  dollars  to 
buy  material  for  a  roof  and  floor  in  the  new  sod  church  of  their  brethren 
across  the  Missouri. 

After  tiie  Sunday  morning  sermon  at  the  last  session  of  the  Associa- 
tion, a  young  man  approached  us  with  the  declaration  that  he  had  no 
rest.  He  could  no  longer  resist  the  call  of  Ciod  to  his  work.  We  found 
that  he  had  been  urged  into  a  marriage  by  his  parents,  two  years  before, 
wlien  this  same  question  was  on  his  conscience.  We  asked,  "Can  you 
deny  yourself  ?  Is  your  wife  one  with  you  in  this  matter  ?  *'  etc.  Two 
weeks  ago  we  met  him  with  radiant  face  in  our  college  at  Wilton.  He 
had  sold  what  he  had,  to  invest  it  in  an  education  for  the  work  of  the 
ministry.  His  wife's  face  was  equally  beaming  in  her  new  surroundings. 
They  had  rented  two  little  rooms,  where  they  kept  house  in  a  very  small 
way.  She  was  assisting  in  the  house  of  the  principal  as  a  servant,  while 
he  was  pursuing  his  studies. 

May  we  not  again  say,\es,  \.\\e^  \.oxd  ^\^ds  (a\tl\  on  the  earth.  May 
He  touch  many  of  His  chWdretv  v?\\.Vv  aw  eQ(v\a\  ^^v\\\.  oS.  ^^^NSfc^-^^a^Nss^x 


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FURTHER    ITEMS    OF    EARLY    HOME    MISSIONARY 

HISTORY 

CONNECTICUT    SOCIETIES 

Connecticut  from  the  first  has  gone  hand  in  hand  with  Massachu- 
setts in  Home  Missions,  and  has  an  equally  bright  early  home  missionary 
record.  Other  States  have  had  a  greater  number  of  home  missionary 
organizations  ;  Massachusetts  has  exceeded  her  in  contributions  of  money, 
and  perhaps  of  men,  as  she  well  might,  with  her  so  much  larger  terri- 
tory and  resources.  But  in  zest  for  Home  Missions,  Connecticut  has  from 
the  first  been  conspicuous.  The  earliest  exhibition  of  it,  after  the  work 
among  the  Indians,  appears  to  have  been  made  by  "divers  ministers 
in  the  eastern  part  of  the  Colony,  who,  early  in  the  last  century,  were 
at  the  pains  and  charge  of  going  and  preaching  in  the  town  of  Provi- 
dence, by  turns."  Contributions  were  afterwards  taken  in  several  towns 
and  congregations  for  the  support  of  preaching  there,  and  in  1724  the 
Legislature  "allowed  a  brief  to  be  emitted  to  encourage  the  building  and 
finishing  of  a  meeting-house  in  Providence."  Thus  our  people  first  gained 
a  foothold  in  that  Baptist  domain. 

Beginning  as  early  as  1774,  the  Connecticut  Association  commended  a 
subscription  for  sending  missionaries  "  to  the  scattered  back  settlements 
in  the  wilderness  to  the  northwest  "  in  what  is  now  Vermont  and  Northern 
New  York,  and  from  that  time  to  1788,  the  General  Association,  having 
previously  sought  the  counsel  of  the  wisest  brethren,  took  the  subject  into 
more  serious  consideration  than  ever  before.  **  Informed,"  as  they  said, 
"that  many  new  settlements  in  the  north  and  west  parts  of  the  United 
States  were  unable,  on  account  of  infancy  and  adverse  circumstances,  to 
support  the  preaching  of  the  Gospel  among  themselves,  that  some  of  those 
destitute  settlements  had  made  explicit  application  to  particular  Associa- 
tions and  individuals  and  ministers  for  help,"  they  recommended  the  par- 
ticular Associations  to  send  missionaries  of  their  own  members,  according 
to  a  rule  then  drawn  up  by  the  General  Association.  This  rule  was  adopted 
and  tried  for  a  year,  but  was  found  to  be  attended  with  great  inconven- 
ience, and  the  method  could  not  be  pursued. 

In  1792  the  Association  drev;  up  a  petition  to  the  Legislature  for  a 
brief,  for  a  general  contribution  through  the  State,  to  supply  the  pulpit  of 
the  ministers  who  should  undertake  these  missions.  It  was  granted,  and 
the  Governor  issued  his  proclamation  to  that  effect,  resulting  in  a  con- 
tribution of  over  £380.  The  next  year  eight  ministers  were  appointed  by 
the  Association,  and  they  were  among  the  first  el^iss  ol  C<^^\NfcO!sK>Ni\. 
pastors:   Huntington,   Robbins,  VaiU,  MVWs,  ^mxv^,N^e^Ocv^^€^S&,Q.^^^.^'^ 


562  The  Home  Missionary  March,  1895 

Mather  Smith — pastors,  because  (as  the  Association  said)  "  candidates  and 
unsettled  ministers  could  not  with  so  good  a  grace  press  on  the  people  the 
important  duty  of  supplying  themselves  with  a  settled  ministry."  They 
were  "  to  preach  the  Gospel  to  the  destitute,  administer  the  ordinances, 
organize  churches,  and  ordain  ministers.  Each  was  to  give  four  months 
to  the  work,  and  was  to  receive  four  dollars  and  fifty  cents  a  week,  over 
and  above  four  dollars  a  week  for  the  supply  of  his  pulpit  in  his  absence." 

The  compensation  was  raised  in  1794  to  five  dollars  a  week  for  service, 
horse  hire,  etc.,  an  advance  of  fifty  cents  a  week,  which  the  committee  of 
Association  gravely  agreed  was  "  reasonable,  considering  the  advanced 
prices  of  the  principal  commodities  of  life  over  what  they  bore  in  the  pre- 
vious year."  President  Stiles,  as  chairman  of  a  committee,  prepared  an 
address  to  the  people  of  the  new  settlements,  setting  forth  the  occasion 
and  design  of  sending  missionaries  among  them,  requesting  them  to  receive 
them  in  a  proper  manner,  and  to  cooperate  with  their  design.  This  address 
the  missionaries  were  directed  to  read  and  scatter  among  the  settlers. 

Shortly  the  President  was  able  exultingly  to  report,  **  The  Gospel  has 
been  preached  through  that  vast  tract  of  country,  from  Northwest  New 
Hampshire  to  Great  Bend  in  Pennsylvania  ;  as  far  west  as  the  Genesee 
River,  southwest  to  Great  Bend  in  Pennsylvania ;  as  far  north  in  New 
Hampshire  and  Vermont  as  the  Canadian  line  ;  in  New  York  as  far  north  as 
Crown  Point  ;  northwest  to  Fort  Stanwix  (now  Rome),  and  to  Baron  Steu- 
ben's settlenient ;  most  of  the  new  settlements  west  of  the  Hudson,  as  far 
as  (ienesee  River,  and  south  of  the  Mohawk  as  far  as  Pennsylvania,  having 
repeatedly  heard  the  Word  preached  with  thanksgivings.  Such  engaged- 
ness  was  there  to  hear  that  people  traveled  on  foot,  eight,  ten,  and  twelve 
miles,  and  even  women  made  their  way  barefoot  long  distances  through 
the  woods  to  hear."  After  describing  the  new  settlements  of  New  York, 
etc.,  peopled  from  Connecticut,  Massachusetts,  and  other  parts  of  New 
F^ngland  with  those  who  understood  and  prized  the  privileges  of  their 
native  States,  reverenced  the  Sabbath,  the  sanctuary,  and  Word  of  God, 
he  presses  "  tiie  unspeakable  importance  of  keeping  the  emigrants  and 
their  children  instructed  in  the  Gospel,  until  they  should  be  able  to 
found  churches  and  settle  a  regular  ministry  among  them,  thus  doing 
them  and  their  posterity  and  the  States  they  are  founding  a  lasting  serv- 
ice ;  and  what  is  still  more,  it  might  be  the  saving  of  many  souls  more 
valuable  than  a  world,  and  bring  endless  revenues  of  praise  to  our  com- 
mon Father  and  Redeemer." 

From  this  time  the  annual  reports  of  labor  increase  in  magnitude  and 

interest,  until  the  organization   of  the   Connecticut   Missionary  Society, 

which  entered  on  its  work  in  September,  1798,  its  object :  **  to  Christianize 

the  heathen  in   North    Amenca,  aud  Vo  svxv^^ovt  aud  promote  Christian 

knowledge  in  the  new  seU\emeT\Vs  w\vV\w  v\\^  \^mv^^^\.^\.^%.    K\s\wv^\\s> 


March,  1895  The  Home  Missionary  563 

thirteen  earliest  missionaries,  we  find  the  (added)  well-known  names  of 
Williston,  Badger,  Porter,  Dana,  in  Western  New  York  and  Pennsylvania, 
and  David  Bacon  (the  father  of  Rev.  Dr.  Leonard  Bacon)  as  its  repre- 
sentative among  the  Indians.  Tradition  ascribes  the  origin  of  this  Society 
to  the  gift  of  three  dollars,  which  a  poor,  pious  woman  put  into  the  hands 
of  her  pastor  for  a  missionary  use.  He,  not  knowing  how  to  appropriate 
it,  took  it  to  the  General  Association  and  sought  counsel  of  his  brethren. 
The  incident  and  the  discussion  it  caused  are  said  to  have  led  to  the 
organization  of  the  Society. 

It  at  once  systematically  took  up  the  work  with  a  wisdom,  zeal,  and 
self-denial  worthy  of  all  praise.  Hand  in  hand  with  Massachusetts,  the 
Connecticut  Society  sent  year  after  year  some  of  the  best  men  from  her 
home  pulpits  to  keep  alive  the  religious  spirit  and  love  of  Christian  insti- 
tutions among  the  settlers  who  had  gone  from  these  two  States  into  "  the 
wilderness  *'  of  what  was  then  known  as  "the  West."  For  our  readers  will 
remember  that  at  the  beginning  of  this  century  the  country  bordering  on 
the  Hudson  was  called  **the  frontier,"  and  the  title  "  VVestern  New  York  " 
was  given  to  all  beyond  that  river.  Our  New  England  people  had  indeed 
found  out  the  mistake  of  Elder  Robert  Cushman,  who,  to  his  "  loving 
friends"  in  England,  carefully  described  the  new  world  as  "an  island 
about  the  quantity  of  England."  Nor  did  they  longer  pin  their  faith  to 
that  report  of  a  commission  whom  the  solid  men  of  Boston  appointed  to 
lay  out  a  road  to  "the  West."  Having  surveyed  about  ten  miles,  to 
a  rough  region  now  known  as  Newton  Lower  Falls,  the  commission 
reported  that  they  "  had  gone  as  far  as  travel  was  ever  likely  to  go  in  that 
direction  "  !  But,  though  they  had  discovered  these  mistakes,  the  people 
were  not  yet  awake  to  the  actual  dimensions  of  "  the  West,"  and  a  migra- 
tion beyond  the  Hudson  was  looked  upon  as  a  very  serious  matter. 

His  friends  have  often  heard  the  late  Hon.  William  E.  Dodge  describe 
in  terms  at  once  amusing  and  touching,  the  scenes  attendant  on  the  emi- 
gration in  his  boyhood  of  a  leading  family  from  the  church  of  his  fathers  ; 
the  day  of  fasting  and  prayer  observed  by  the  church,  the  solemn  farewell 
meetings,  in  which  this  family  were  prayerfully  commended  to  the  Almighty 
care,  as,  never  expecting  to  return  or  to  see  their  friends  again  on  earth, 
they  went  forth  to  the  far-off  land  of — Utica,  N.  Y.  It  was  called  in  the 
missionary  tours  Fort  Schuyler,  and,  in  1794,  consisted  of  a  log  cabin  and 
two  or  three  other  buildings.  One  of  the  earliest  recollections  of  the 
writer  is  that  of  crying  bitterly  with  his  kindred  as  one  of  our  relatives 
with  his  wife  took  final  leave  of  us  all,  departing  to  a  little  town  called 
Mexico,  at  the  southeast  corner  of  Lake  Ontario.  It  was  less  than  200 
miles  away,  but  the  southern  Mexico  now  seems  vastly  nearer — practically 
it  is  nearer — than  that  land  of  exile  seemed  to  us  then. 

Hptchkin's  ''History  oi  Western  New  \otV  ^vn^^  ^tv  ^<:,^wccv\.^ K^\ 


564  The  Home  Missionary  March,  1895 

several  reasons  well  worth  our  readers'  study,  of  the  home  missionary 
operations  in  that  State  by  ministers  sent  from  Massachusetts  and  Con- 
necticut to  look  after  their  emigrating  brethren  who  were  settling  new 
towns  and  founding  churches,  reproducing  the  spirit  and  perpetuating  the 
principles  of  the  Fathers  in  **  the  wilderness  *'  from  the  Hudson  and  Lake 
Erie,  then  in  the  Military  Tract,  the  Genesee  Country,  and  the  Holland 
Purchase,  as  they  were  successively  secured  from  the  Indians,  sole  inhabit- 
ants of  Western  New  York  up  to  the  Revolution,  and,  in  terms  whose 
glow  shames  even  our  modem  land  speculators,  were  thrown  open  for 
sale  and  settlement. 

Early  records  bear  ample  testimony  to  the  character  of  these  settlers 
from  Massachusetts  and  Connecticut,  and  the  evil  influences  they  had  to 
contend  with  from  others.  The  process  of  settlement  was  coeval  with  the 
French  Revolution  and  the  spread  in  this  country  of  the  infidelity  which 
then  had  its  hour  of  triumph.  Some  of  the  settlers  of  New  York  were 
tinctured  with  this  poison  and  were  joined  by  others,  renegades  from  the 
restraints  of  Christian  society.  Others  were  so  immersed  in  temporal 
cares  as  to  give  little  heed  to  the  weightier  matters  of  religion.  But  the 
most  influential  of  the  settlers  were  godly  as  well  as  enterprising,  intel- 
lectual men,  determined  to  maintain  and  perpetuate  the  religion  of  the 
Fathers.  Some  of  them  were  liberally  educated,  nearly  all  had  the  com- 
mon school  and  academic  training  which  Massachusetts  and  Connecticut 
gave  to  all  their  sons.  In  the  Lincklaen  tract,  where  the  settlers,  though 
mostly  from  New  England,  were  more  "  mixed  **  than  in  many  other  dis- 
tricts, the  clerk  records  that  '*  of  those  who  took  up  land  with  him  during 
four  years,  only  one  man  could  not  sign  his  name."  "  They  loved  the 
house  of  God,"  says  the  historian,  "  and  the  institutions  of  the  Gospel, 
and  an  opportunity  to  hear  the  Word  of  God  preached  by  an  itinerant 
missionary  was  to  them  a  feast  of  fat  things.  At  any  time  they  were 
ready  with  their  families  to  go  miles  on  foot  or  on  an  ox  sled  to  hear  a 
sermon  when  notice  was  given  that  a  missionary  would  preach.  Where 
two  or  three  families  of  this  description  settled  near  each  other,  generally 
public  Sabbath  worship  was  immediately  commenced.  In  numbers  of 
instances  this  was  the  case  in  neighborhoods  where  but  a  single  male 
professor  of  religion  resided.  The  exercises  consisted  of  prayer,  singing, 
and  reading  a  printed  sermon.  In  some  cases  where  no  person  was  will- 
ing to  lead  in  prayer,  the  neighbors  would  come  together  to  read  a  sermon 
and  perhaps  sing  a  psalm."  And  as  the  churches  grew,  and  settled  pastors 
began  to  take  the  place  of  transient  missionaries,  very  "  special  care  was 
taken  that  none  but  pious  and  orthodox  men  should  preside  over  the 
churches."  Days  of  intense  interest  have  been  spent  by  the  writer  over 
the  pages  of  the  Connecticut  VA-aitv^^^UeAV  at\d  other  early  magazines,  the 
annual  narrative  pamphlets  and  ovV\^t  tecoxd'^  ol  \>cv^h<q.tV^V  \icv't'5&^«Rs^> 


March,  1895  The  Home  Missionary  565 

necticut  and  Massachusetts  missionaries — work  growing  in  amount  and 
effectiveness  year  by  year,  attended  and  followed  by  precious  revivals  of 
religion,  whereby  the  Master  testified  his  approval  and  acceptance.  Many 
interesting  items  from  these  missionary  journals  would  be  given  here,  did 
our  space  allow.  They  could  not  be  read  by  friends  of  Christian  work 
without  their  catching  something  of  the  Christ-like  spirit  of  their  writers. 
Externally,  the  events  of  chief  interest  were  the  settlement  of  **  New 
Connecticut  '*  in  the  first  years  of  this  century  and  the  awakening  thereby 
of  a  new  zeal  in  Home  Missions. 

The  Society  began  its  work  there  when  the  entire  population  of  the 
region  was  less  than  1,200  ;  and  in  1812-1813  advanced  it  by  sending  out 
Rev.  John  F.  Schermerhorn  and  Samuel  J.  Mills  in  joint  behalf  of  the 
Connecticut  and  Massachusetts  Societies  through  the  Western  and  South- 
ern States.  They  were  instructed  not  only  to  perform  missionary  services, 
but  to  inquire  particularly  into  the  moral  and  religious  state  of  the 
country.  This  tour  occupied  a  year,  and  its  valuable  results  were  pub- 
lished in  18 1 4.  It  is  interesting  to  one  who  watches  the  progress  of  this 
work  to  know  that  "  they  found  but  two  or  three  Presbyterian  ministers 
(of  course  no  Congregational)  in  the  States  of  Indiana,  Illinois,  and 
Missouri  ;  not  one  in  Michigan  ;  not  more  than  one,  if  even  one,  in 
Mississippi  and  Alabama  ;  and  only  one  or  two  Bible  Societies  in  the 
whole  Mississippi  Valley."  This  first  exploration  of  the  Mississippi 
Valley  in  the  interests  of  religion  led  to  the  establishment  of  missions  in 
Kentucky,  where  Mr.  Banks  was  sent ;  in  Missouri,  under  Simeon  Flint 
and  Salmon  Giddings,  who  organized  at  St.  Louis  the  first  church  in 
Missouri ;  in  Tennessee,  by  Cyrus  Kingsbury  ;  and  the  founding  by  Rev. 
E.  Cornelius  of  the  church  in  New  Orleans,  of  which  the  devoted  Sylvester 
Larned  was  afterward  pastor. 

The  Society  collected  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  million  dollars, 
employed  some  300  missionaries,  and  organized  probably  fully  500 
churches,  before,  except  so  far  as  the  appropriating  of  the  annual  income 
from  its  permanent  fund  is  concerned,  it  gave  place  to  its  successor,  the 
Connecticut  Home  Missionary  Society,  formed  in  1816  to  look  after  the 
feeble  churches  in  Connecticut  itself,  as  well  as  those  out  of  the  State. 
This  new  society  has  been  even  more  vigorous  than  its  mother,  taking 
care  of  the  home  destitutions  and  sending  abroad  thousands  of  dollars 
annually.  In  1830  it  became  auxiliary  to  the  American  Home  Missionary 
Society,  and  has  from  that  time  ranked  next  to  Massachusetts  in  the 
amount  of  its  contributions  for  the  national  work.  These  Connecticut 
contributions  to  the  National  Society  have  for  the  last  ten  years  averaged 
$66,500  annually  in  cash,  and  at  least  half  as  much  more  in  other  forms 
of  donation.  Last  year,  memorable  for  "  hard  Uwv^s"  ^V\  q»n^\\.V^  X-^^kA^ 
Connecticut's  cash  offering  to  the  Nal\oua\  Sod^X.^  lo\  ^o\V\cv^^c^R.^^'^^^'^ 


566  The  Home  Missionar}'  March,  1895 

regions  was  $56,816.63.  But  who  shall  reckon  up  the  indirect  influences 
for  Christ  and  his  truth  which  these  societies  have  all  exerted  and  to 
which  statistics  furnish  no  clew? 

Speaking  of  the  yearly  missionary  tours  to  Vermont  of  such  men  as 
went  from  Massachusetts  and  Connecticut,  Prof.  D.  Howe  Allen  says : 
**  When  these  men  came  back  and  told  their  children  what  they  had  seen 
and  heard,  they  kindled  a  fire  the  results  of  which  they  little  anticipated. 
When  Samuel  J.  Mills  told  his  father  of  his  determination  to  preach  the 
Gospel  to  the  heathen,  the  old  man  in  surprise  asked,  *  Where  did  you 
learn  to  be  a  missionary  ? '  *  From  my  father,  sir,*  was  the  reply.  The 
old  man  learned  it  at  the  feet  of  Christ  and  practiced  it  in  Vermont ;  the 
young  man  took  it  to  Williams  College  and  Andoverand  so  to  the  Eastern 
hemisphere." 

The  world  is  not  converted  yet ;  no,  not  even  our  own  domain  in  it. 
Other  households  in  years  to  come  will  need  the  like  teaching  of  godly 
example.  Have  we  not  some  youthful  readers  who  covet  a  place  in  this 
line  of  true  apostolic  succession  ? 

NEW    YORK    SOCIETIES 

Of  the  New  York  organizations,  faithful  according  to  their  ability, 
cooperating  with  the  older  and  more  favored  churches  of  New  England,  we 
have  room  for  but  few  words.  \Vith  the  wide  extent  of  their  Empire  State, 
nearly  seven-tenths  as  large  as  all  New  England,  and  then  rapidly  settling 
up,  they  for  many  years  found  occasion  for  all  their  strength  at  home 
and  in  their  immediate  borders. 

**  The  New  York  Missionary  Society  "  was  formed  in  1796,  "to  send 
the  Gospel  to  the  frontier  settlements  and  among  Indian  tribes  in  the 
United  States." 

**  The  Northern  Missionary  Society  "  was  organized  by  the  churches 
of  Northern  New  York,  in  1797,  with  the  same  design,  and  as  auxiliary  to 
the  New  York  Missionary  Society. 

In  1809  was  formed  **  The  Assistant  Missionary  Society  of  New  York," 
afterwards  the  Young  Men's  Missionary  Society,  which,  in  seven  years, 
made  over  to  the  parent  society  about  $5,000.  and  in  i8i6  setup  for  itself 
because  the  labors  of  the  New  York  Missionary  Society  were  chiefly  among 
the  Indians,  **  whereas  to  this  societv  the  destitute  condition  of  the  whites 
upon  the  frontier  seemed  to  open  a  door  of  missionary  usefulness 
that  ought  to  be  zealously  improved."  In  18 16  also  was  formed  **  The 
New  York  Evangelical  Missionary  Society,"  and  **The  Genesee  Missionary 
Society  "  was  organized  at  Phelps,  N.  Y.,  in  January,  1810,  to. assist  the 
feeble  churches  of  Western  New  York.  Taking  from  the  shoulders  of 
their  Co/)necticut  and  MassacVvwseU"s  \>\^\.>a\^w  'sa^.c^Vv  \^Qrtion  of  the  bur- 
den as  these  young  chutc\\cs  couXOib^o^^,  v\v^^  s\\c.c.^^Ci^Ci.\vs.^^!c^^^^ 


March,  1895  The  Home  Missionary  567 

support  of  all  the  Congregational  and  Presbyterian  churches  in  that  part 
of  the  State,  and  were  largely  aided  by  Ladies*  Cent  Societies  in  those 
churches.  They  were  supplemented  also  by  the  "  Young  People's  Mis- 
sionary Society  of  Western  New  York,"  1814,  and  the  "  Female  Mission- 
ary Society  of  the  Western  District,"  181 7,  and,  besides  doing  something 
for  the  Indians  in  the  way  of  preaching  and  schools,  helped  a  number  of 
feeble  churches  until  about  1827. 

In  May,  1822, "  The  United  Domestic  Missionary  Society  "  was  formed, 
its  members  being  from  various  evangelical  denominations.  After  four 
years  of  vigorous  life,  in  which  years,  respectively,  it  employed  fifteen, 
nineteen,  thirty-five,  and  forty-two  missionaries,  mainly  in  Western  New 
York,  it  was  merged  in  the  American  Home  Missionary  Society  on  its 
organization,  in  1826.  « 

As  was  also,  later,  "The  Western  Domestic  Missionary  Society," 
organized  at  Utica  in  1826,  which  in  1829  reported  sixty- four  missionaries 
ministering  to  about  no  congregations.  Meanwhile,  for  carrying  on  the 
work  of  Home  Missions  in  their  respective  States,  "The  New  Hamp- 
shire Missionary  Society"  had  been  formed  in  1801  ;  "The  Rhode  Island 
Home  Missionary  Society"  in  1803  ;  "  The  Maine  Missionary  Society  "  in 
1807  ;  and  "  The  Vermont  Domestic  Missionary  Society  "  in  181 8.  These 
State  societies  began  their  work  by  voluntary  tours  of  their  ministers  in 
turn  after  a  settled  plan,  these  tours  varying  from  three  weeks  to  six  or 
eight,  and  as  the  destitutions  became  known,  employing  one  man,  after- 
wards more,  paid  by  pledges  of  the  churches. 

This,  in  the  line  of  organizations,  brings  us  down  to  the  formation  of 
"The  American  Home  Missionary  Society  "  in  New  York  City,  May  10, 
1826,  to  combine  and  rally  all  these  State  societies  for  a  national  work, 
and  to  act  as  the  organ  of  all  evangelical  churches  that  should  choose  so 
to  prosecute  their  home  missionary  enterprises. 


TIMES    OF    REFRESHING 

Joyful  News. — We  have  good  news  this  morning  from  the  Cherry 
Hill  church,  Omaha,  and  I  saw  one  of  the  principal  members  yesterday. 
They  have  had  a  genuine  revival  there.  The  church  has  become  unified 
spiritually,  encouraged  and  strengthened,  and  fifteen  have  joined,  six  of 
them  heads  of  families.  Special  work  will  begin  this  week  at  Saratoga, 
Holt  County. — Superintendent  Bross. 


Thirty-seven  begin  new  Lives. — We  have  ^ust  elosi^d  ^^^^t^-^-^^v^ 
reviva]  meetings,  held  for  a  month  in  a  sloteioom^  mxXv  ^x^wiN^'^  \^^\i^^. 


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568  The  Home  Missionary  March.  1895 

We  report  thirty-seven  hopeful  converts,  two  of  whom  have  been  received 
to  membership. — Missouri, 


Many  Saved. — We  have  had  joy  and  gladness  in  our  work.  In 
revival  services  we  have  seen  many  saved  from  sin  who  in  due  time  will 
be  added  to  our  working  membership.  Among  such  are  some  for  whom 
our  life  was  burdened.  The  whole  community  has  been  moved  to  think 
better  of  God's  people  and  his  Zion.  Altogether  these  have  been  the 
best  months  of  our  work  in  this  field.  God  has  blessed  us  in  Christ  Jesus 
our  Lord,  through  the  working  of  the  Spirit  of  truth,  to  whom  united  be 
the  praise  of  God's  people. — Northern  California, 


About  Thirty. — We  held  revival  meetings  for  three  weeks  last  month. 
About  thirty  expressed  a  desire  to  become  Christians.  Among  them 
were  children  whom  we  hope  to  see  developing  into  sincere  working 
Christians.  Quite  a  renewal  of  interest  was  also  manifest  on  the  part  of 
members  of  the  church. — South  Dakota, 


To  Leaven  a  Household. — At  my  farthest  country  preaching  point, 
eight  miles  away,  I  have  held  a  series  of  meetings  covering  eight  nights. 
The  people  turned  out  to  the  meetings  well  and  seemed  much  interested, 
though  there  was  but  one  professed  conversion.  This  is  a  girl  of  fifteen 
years,  who  begins  earnestly.  She  has  at  home  seven  brothers  and  sisters, 
over  whom  I  hope  she  is  going  to  have  a  saving  influence. — Kansas. 


Sixty  Gathered  In. — I  have  been  on  the  field  one  year,  and  rejoice 
that  I  am  permitted  to  see  something  accomplished  for  the  Master.  The 
Lord  hath  done  great  things  for  us  whereof  we  are  glad.  About  sixty 
have  been  added  to  the  church,  and  other  branches  of  the  church  work 
have  been  built  up.  We  have  succeeded  in  starting  a  small  mission  down 
town  which  is  doing  good  work  ;  a  reading-room  and  small  library  are 
kept  up  in  connection  with  it.  On  the  whole  the  Master's  cause  is  being 
strengthened  on  all  sides. —  Wisconsin. 


Spiritual  Gains. — Here  closes  a  year  of  spiritual  gains — twenty- 
eight  having  been  added  to  the  home  church,  and  140  hopeful  converts 
gained  in  the  out-stations  to  which  much  of  my  time  is  given,  and  where  we 
hope  to  organize  churches  in  the  future.  I  have  witnessed  revival  scenes 
such  as  I  never  saw  before  in  my  ministry. — Alabama. 


Pentecostal. — Sixty-five  were  at  the  altar  for  prayer  last  night,  of 
whom  nineteen,  we  believe,  were  soundly  converted.     It  looks  as  if  we 
were  about  to  have  a  Pentecosta\  umt.— Dcrrucr,  CoL 


March,  1895  The  Home  Missionary'  569 


GOOD  HORSE,  BUGGY,  AND  BARN  NEEDED 

*'  Having  obtained  help  of  God,  I  continue  until  this  day,**  and  am 
endeavoring  to  do  something  for  Him  and  for  fallen  humanity.  As  you 
know,  this  is  a  field  which  demands  heroic  service  and  self-denial.  It  is 
a  kind  of  "  forlorn  hope,**  being  known  as  one  of  the  hardest,  toughest 
places  in  the  region.  I  cannot  find  record  of  one  conversion  for  several 
years  past.  Ciood  men  and  true  have  labored  here,  but  with  no  apparent 
success,  no  minister  having  been  able  to  stay  here  long  enough  to  do 
much  good.  The  salary  has  been  too  small  for  a  minister  and  his  family 
to  live  on.  My  immediate  predecessor  was  compelled  to  leave  on  account 
of  inadequate  support,  and  left  in  debt.  This,  of  course,  left  a  bad  im- 
pression on  the  minds  of  many  of  the  people,  and  makes  the  work  more 
trying  than  it  was  before.  I  do  not  want  to  leave  this  field,  for,  with 
sufficient  support  and  proper  equipment,  I  am  convinced  that  by  patient, 
persevering,  self-denying  labor,  great  good  can  be  done  here.  But  it  is 
impossible  to  support  my  family  on  the  present  salary.  What  must  I  do? 
The  great  Head  of  the  Church  knows  that  I  want  to  do  right  and  be 
where  He  would  have  me.  Can  you  kindly  help  me  in  this  crisis  ?  The 
"  proper  equipment  '*  referred  to  consists  of  a  good  horse  (a  poor  horse 
is  no  good  on  these  roads),  a  buggy,  and  a  barn.  Thus  equipped,  I 
could  travel  from  village  to  village,  and  hold  services  during  the  week,  so 
reaching  people  whom  it  is  impossible  for  me  to  reach  now.  Cannot  such 
an  equipment  be  provided  ?  There  are,  doubtless,  many  generous,  large- 
hearted  souls  who  would  gladly  supply  the  means  for  such  an  outfit  if 
they  only  knew  the  great  need  of  it.  Oh,  that  I  knew  how  to  reach 
them  !  Anyway,  I  will  pray  that  God  may  touch  the  hearts  of  those  who 
are  able  and  willing  to  help  in  this  good  work. —  Washington, 


A    MINUTE-MAN'S    SUCCESS 

We  gladly  report  decided  progress.  Considering  the  drought  and  finan- 
cial depression  this  church  has  done  exceedingly  well,  surpassing  any  previ- 
ous year  of  its  history.  The  members  have  made  an  honest  and  earnest 
effort  to  do  their  part,  and  I  have  never  met  people  more  willing  to  give  ac- 
cording to  their  means.  Yet,  when  we  began  to  talk  about  improvements 
we  did  not  receive  very  much  encouragement.  When  we  arrived  here 
the  grounds  of  the  church  were  without  a  well  or  a  fence.  The  place 
looked  barren  and  forsaken.  Now  the  pastot  V\^d  Vo  \i^c.oYcv^  orcv^  ^V  ^^^  - 
Mr.  Fuddefoot's  "minute-men.**      He    undetlooV  V\v^  t<i's.^^oxvi'^ci^\^^S  ^^ 


570  The  Home  Missionary  March,  1895 

having  the  well  bored.  It  was  not  long  before  we  had  one.  Then  he 
went  around  with  a  subscription  paper  and  got  the  money.  Everybody 
subscribed  cheerfully  and  felt  interested.  The  next  thing  wanted  was  a 
fence.  We  felt  that  this  was  an  absolute  necessity.  The  hogs  and  cattle 
were  a  nuisance.  One  day,  the  pastor's  wife  placed  a  plate  of  butter 
outside  on  a  bench  to  cool.  When  she  returned  she  found  an  aged  sow 
with  her  nose  in  the  butter,  testing  its  quality.  This  was  very  discourag- 
ing to  the  wife  about  this  time,  but  .she  made  the  best  of  it,  as  she  always 
does  ;  still  she  felt  more  than  ever  that  it  was  absolutely  necessary  to  have 
a  fence.  We  needed  the  fence,  too,  so  as  to  plant  out  trees  and  make  the 
place  more  attractive  and  agreeable  during  preaching  hours  in  summer. 
Again  the  pastor  had  to  be  a  minute-man.  He  went  to  one  of  the  ladies 
of  the  church  and  borrowed  a  wagon  and  span  of  horses,  and  went  to 
Tulare  and  purchased  the  fencing.  W^hen  he  returned  home  his  wife 
helped  him  to  unload.  A  day  was  set,  and  the  men  were  called  upon  to 
dig  the  post  holes  and  put  up  the  fence.  Only  a  few  responded,  but  these 
worked  nobly.  After  all,  the  men  seemed  to  make  a  failure  of  it,  so  the 
women  set  a  day  and  came  together  and  nailed  on  all  the  pickets.  The 
n(*xt  thiiif^  was  to  get  the  money.  This  also  fell  back  upon  the  women. 
They  concluded  to  have  an  **  election  dinner.**  This  was  a  success  be- 
yond all  expectation.  Some  of  the  ladies  worked  hard  all  day  and  night, 
and  they  made  forty-five  dollars.  This  paid  for  the  fence  and  taxes  and 
left  money  in  the  treasury.  The  ladies  have  come  forward  nobly  to  help 
the  pastor.  He  owes  the  most  of  his  success  to  them.  The  pastor  has 
had  i^rrciit  pleasure  in  ministcrin;^  to  the  people  of  Tipton  and  Pixley.  He 
has  never  enjoyed  his  work  .so  well  before.  It  must  be  because  the  people 
are  so  appreciative  and  because  God  is  with  us.  W^e  held  two  weeks  of 
revival  meetings  in  Pixley  with  glorious  results.  We  expect  several  to 
unite  with  Tipton  church  on  Sunday. — Rf.v.  W.  N.  Huffman,  Tipton,  GiL 


GRATEFUL    REMINISCENCE 

Thk  end  of  the  year  1894  calls  for  a  report  of  the  first  quarter  of  my 
tenth  year  with  this  church.  1  find  occasion  enough  to  be  thankful  and 
encouraged.  The  grace  of  the  Lord  was  with  us  every  day,  enabling  me 
to  work  in  his  vineyard,  preaching  regularly  every  Sabbath,  also  on 
Thanksgiving  Day  and  on  Christmas,  and  one  night  in  English  for  a 
Methodist  church,  the  pastor  of  which  was  called  away.  1  have  taught 
my  classes  in  the  Sunday-school,  and  superintended  the  school ;  on  Sab- 
baih  afternoons  have  be\d  K\b\e  Tc^(\\tv«s,  ;5jc\^  \v^n^  Vaielv  attended  also 
tht  /indeavor  meetings.     So  my  'SixUvaWa  ^vi-^s  ;^\^  h^OvX  q^^x^t^v^a.  >ei.'^^\ 


March.  1895  The  Home  Missionary  571 

as  the  times  are,  our  people  are  liberal  according  to  their  means  ;  the 
young  people  especially  are  willing  to  contribute  for  every  good  cause. 
On  "  Rally  Day  "  the  school  and  church  gave  seven  dollars  and  a  half  for 
Home  Missions.  The  Endeavor  Society  sent  five  dollars  about  two 
weeks  ago  to  a  student  of  the  Chicago  Seminary  who  had  been  a  member 
of  their  society.  On  Christmas  evening  four  dollars  were  contributed  to 
Foreign  Missions,  as  one  of  our  seminary  school  teachers  is  now  a  mis- 
sionary at  Mardm,  Eastern  Turkey.  If  liberality  in  giving  is  to  increase 
in  a  church,  they  ought  to  send  one  or  more  of  their  poor  young  people 
to  the  seminary,  and  one  of  their  teachers  to  a  foreign  mission  field. 
Then  praying  and  giving  will  go  hand  in  hand.  This  is  now  our  new 
experience  ;  the  minister  himself  will  lose  nothing  thereby.  With  one 
exception,  we  have  only  laboring  men  in  our  church  and  congregation  ; 
yet  they  are  good  people,  and  having  been  with  them  almost  ten  years,  I 
can  see  how  they  have  been  blessed  by  the  Lord  year  by  year.  Often  I 
had  to  make  an  extra  step  to  get  work  for  them,  and  to  say  an  extra  word 
warning  them  against  dissatisfaction,  especially  during  strike  times.  Their 
children  have  grown  from  little  boys  and  girls  to  young  men  and  women, 
who  haVe  become  church  members,  and  I  can  thank  the  Lord  from  my 
heart  for  all  the  good  He  has  done  to  myself,  to  my  family,  and  to  my 
church,  during  the  last  quarter,  during  the  last  year,  and  during  the  last 
thirty  years,  since  I  began  work  in  this  country^  Looking  still  further 
back,  I  have  still  more  cause  to  humble  myself,  remembering  how  the 
Lord  in  his  mercy  preserved  our  lives  when  we  sailed,  December  31,  1861, 
along  the  east  coast  of  Africa,  crossing  the  equator  in  an  old  frail  Arab 
*'dhow.*'  Yes,  He  is  the  same,  yesterday,  to-day,  and  forever.  Blessed 
be  his  holy  name  ! — Rev.  J.  F.  Graf,  Springfield^  Mo. 


AN    ISLAND    PARISH 

Coming  here  from  Michigan  an  entire  stranger,  through  the  kindness 
of  Superintendent  Bailey  and  others  I  was  invited  to  visit  this  church. 
So  cordial  was  the  reception  that  at  the  close  of  the  first  service  I  was  by 
a  unanimous  vote  invited  to  become  its  pastor.  This  call  I  as  **  unani- 
mously *'  accepted,  and  the  next  Saturday  found  us  "  on  deck,"  that  is, 
occupying  the  upper  rooms  of  the  Eagle  Harbor  church's  unfinished  par- 
sonage. Since  then  we  have  been  at  work.  A  new  kitchen  has  been  built 
in  rear  of  the  parsonage,  the  lumber  for  which  was  given  by  the  Port 
Blakely  Mill  Company,  and  was  transported  in  a  scow  towed  by  the 
pastor  and  some  of  the  brethren  in  row  boats.  NN^  \v^^  \.q  ^\vOcv^\  'v^^ 
scow  four  times  and  wait  for  more  {avorab\e  V\t\ds  \i^lo\^  h*^  ^\w5^^ 


572  The  Home  Missionary  March,  1895 

anchored  it  safely  in  Kagle  Harbor.  The  carpenter  work  was  done  by 
the  pastor.  The  parlor  and  dining-room  were  painted  and  papered,  the 
pastor  acting  as  painter,  paper-hanger,  etc.  Other  improvements  of 
minor  importance  have  been  made  in  the  church  property  since  our  com- 
ing. We  are  looking  hopefully  forward  for  a  revival  of  pure  and  unde- 
filcd  religion  here. 

It  may  interest  some  to  know  that  Eagle  Harbor  church  is  located  on 
an  island  in  Puget  Sound,  one  of  the  most  remarkable  bodies  of  water  in 
the  world  ;  and,  although  surrounded  by  the  briny  deep,  we  have  an 
abundance  of  pure  fresh  water,  which  never  fails,  and  which  makes  cis- 
terns and  vessels  for  catching  rain  water  of  no  account,  for  it  is  as  soft  as 
any  water  caught  from  the  clouds.  There  are  plenty  of  clams  to  be  had 
for  the  digging  when  the  tide  is  out,  and  this  is  fortunate,  as  there  is  no 
butcher  shop  in  town.  This  is  the  only  church  on  the  island,  and  we 
have  to  hold  our  services  as  yet  in  the  schoolhouse.  At  Port  Blakely, 
two  miles  distant  across  lots,  there  is  no  organization,  but  a  Christian 
machinist  in  the  employ  of  the  Mill  Company  is  a  consecrated  worker, 
and  tlicrc  is  preaching  every  Sabbath  evening.  I  preach  there  two  Sun- 
days out  of  three,  every  third  service  being  conducted  by  the  chaplain  of 
the  Seamen's  Bethel  of  Seattle.  The  audiences  there  are  very  apprecia- 
tive. I  have  also  a  regular  appointment  at  the  Anderson  schoolhouse 
once  in  three  weeks,  with  good  attendance  and  interest  ;  also  at  the 
schoolhouse  on  the  south  side  of  Eagle  Harbor  once  a  month,  with  good 
prospects.  I  have  only  visited  Port  Madison  once  ;  it  is  an  abandoned 
mill  town.  1  walked  seven  miles  and  return,  fourteen  miles  in  all,  to 
preach  to  si.\  people,  and  have  concluded  to  wait  until  there  are  better 
roads  or  an  increase  of  population.  The  only  way  1  have  of  reaching 
these  various  outposts  is  to  go  on  foot  or  by  water,  and  I  sometimes  find 
it  rough  either  way. — Rkv.  O.  H.  Johnson,  Afadrotu,  Wash. 


NOTES   OF  LONG   SERVICE   IN    COLORADO 

P>v  Ri:v.  RosKLLE  T.  Cross,  York,  Neb. 

III. — A   Home  Missionary  Camping  Trip 

Nearly  a  year  had  passed,  and  the  pastor  had  been  so  busy  with  his 

work  that  he  had  found  but  little  time  to  explore  the  wild  mountains  that 

were  so  near,  or  to  visit  the  noted  places  of  resort  whose  fame  had  gone 

over  the  land.     It  was  six  moui\\s  b^ioxo:  \\vi  x<^>»^^  ow\.  ^n^  Yi\\les  to  see  the 

finest  cafion  in  that  region,  wbeie  a  waowv\vv.\\v\  ^v^^^vxv  \xv  ^^n^^  's.n^^^'^'s.^xx^ 


March,  1895  The  Home  Missionary  573 

cascades  plunged  in  white  foam  three  hundred  feet  down  into  the  cafton. 
He  had  tried  twice  to  take  his  family  to  the  "  Garden  of  the  Gods,**  whose 
towering  red  rocks,  four  miles  away,  were  in  plain  sight  from  his  study. 
Once  the  borrowed  horse  was  so  skittish  that  his  wife  dared  not  ride  after 
it,  and  once  they  had  gone  but  a  little  way  when  the  horse — another  one — 
became  frightened,  suddenly  wheeled,  upset  the  carriage  and  threw  them 
out,  the  wife  landing  on  her  feet  with  the  little  girl  in  her  arms.  The 
first  time  the  pastor  went  into  one  of  the  cafions,  a  small  one  compared 
with  some  that  he  visited  afterward,  it  seemed  to  him  so  overwhelmingly 
grand  that  he  said  to  himself :  "I  cannot  go  on  ;  I  must  wait  until  my 
wife  can  come  and  enjoy  this  with  me."  • 

One  day  in  June  he  went  with  a  small  pany  up  the  Cheyenne  toll  road. 
It  took  from  five  in  the  morning  until  noon  to  go  ten  miles,  the  ascent  of 
the  last  five  miles  being  nearly  four  thousand  feet.  Lunch  was  eaten 
beside  a  crystal  mountain  stream  that  flowed  through  a  tiny  green  valley 
set  among  the  great  rocks. 

In  June  also  the  pastor  and  his  family  camped  for  a  few  days,  with 
some  friends,  at  the  mineral  springs,  five  miles  from  home.  A  heavy  rain 
storm  came  on,  while  it  snowed  two  hundred  feet  above  them  on  the 
hills.  Part  of  the  company  went  to  a  closed  hotel,  which  they  found  so 
thickly  inhabited  that  they  envied  those  who  remained  in  the  tent. 

Plans  were  slowly  matured  for  spending  the  pastor's  four  weeks*  vaca- 
tion in  a  missionary  camping  trip  to  Twin  Lakes,  one  hundred  and  twen- 
ty-five miles  distant  in  the  mountains.  The  Sunday  before  starting  there 
were  ten  ministers  in  the  congregation,  so  that  there  seemed  a  fair  pros- 
pect that  the  pulpit  would  be  supplied  during  the  vacation. 

The  camping  party  consisted  of  the  pastor,  his  wife  and  child,  five 
young  ladies,  three  of  whom  were  school  teachers,  Mrs.  S.  and  her  boy 
of  twelve.  Rev.  Mr.  Bliss  of  Massachusetts,  and  the  driver.  The  trans- 
portation consisted  of  two  shaky  wagons,  one  double  and  one  single,  and 
two  saddle  horses.  Camping  utensils,  two  tents,  and  provisions  for  four 
weeks  completed  the  load.  It  was  a  long  weary  climb  from  Tuesday  noon 
till  Saturday  night,  up  the  Ute  Pass,  through  Hayden  Park,  past  the  petri- 
fied forest  and  crystal  beds,  over  Puma  Pass,  and  through  South  Park  to 
the  old  salt  works,  where  they  spent  the  first  Sabbath.  But  the  novelty 
of  camp  life,  the  glorious  views  and  ever  changing  scenery,  the  bracing  air, 
the  evening  camp  fires  and  praise  meetings,  the  crystals  that  abounded, 
the  rosy  effects  of  sunrise  on  the  mountains,  these  and  many  other  things 
made  the  journey  a  delight.  They  passed  one  ranch  whose  owner,  a  hard- 
looking  character,  should  have  been  in  prison  instead  of  at  liberty,  for  the 
man,  or  men,  that  he  had  killed. 

On  Sunday  the  pastor  rode  four  miles  and  hunted  up  a  Sunday-schooU 
which  tht  scattered  settlers  in  one  corner  oi  Souv\\  ^^xV^^\^  '5»>aL%\.'2A'^\wi^. 


574  The  Home  Missionary  March,  1895 

In  the  afternoon  services  were  held  at  the  salt  works.  On  Monday  the 
horse  that  the  pastor  was  driving  that  day,  plodded  along  soberly  until 
the  middle  of  the  afternoon,  and  the  minister  was  beginning  to  think  that 
it  would  make  **  a  good  family  horse,"  when  suddenly,  and  without  any 
provocation,  that  deceitful,  two-color-eyed  broncho  began  to  kick  the  dash- 
board furiously  with  his  hind  legs  and  run  away  with  his  front  legs.  There 
was  no  getting  out  from  under  the  canvas  cover.  The  little  girl  began  to 
cry  out :  **  Too  bad  !  too  bad  !  poor  horsie  ! "  The  mother  kept  quiet 
and  calm  ;  her  husband  uttered  an  ejaculatory  prayerj  and  on  they  dashed 
down  the  rocky  hill.  Fortunately  the  harness  was  weak,  and  at  the  foot 
of  tbe  hill  the  horse  broke  loose  and  disappeared  down  the  road.  He  was 
"  caught  by  the  man  ahead  ;  the  broken  harness  and  thills  were  tied  up  with 
old  rope  ;  the  pastor's  own  horse  was  harnessed  to  the  wagon,  and  they 
drove  on  thankful  that  no  one  was  hurt. 

Three  days  were  spent  at  Cottonwood  Hot  Springs,  where  one  of  the 
absent  church  members  lived — a  good  long  pastoral  call.  The  noisy 
mountain  stream  had  an  abundance  of  trout,  as  did  also  the  lake,  four 
miles  up  stream,  embosomed  among  peaks  that  rose  a  mile  above  it,  and 
were  reached  over  a  fearfully  rough  trail. 

The  next  Friday  night,  while  on  their  way  up  the  Arkansas  Valley, 
they  had  in  camp  with  them  a  minister  who  was  on  his  way  to  take  charge 
of  a  church  enterprise  which  the  general  missionary  had  just  started  in 
California  (iulch,  where  Leadville  now  is.  A  prayer-meeting  in  the  tent 
for  him  and  his  work,  a  very  hard  rainstorm  in  the  night,  the  thunder  of 
falling  rocks,  the  constant  sound  of  the  mountain  stream,  and — sleep, 
sound  and  sweet  I 

Saturday  nij^^ht  after  dark  the  party  reached  Twin  Lakes,  so  tired  and 
hungry  that  the  fat  bear-.steak  which  they  had  for  supper  was  by  all  pro- 
nounced excellent.  The  tents  were  pitched  by  the  shore  of  the  upper 
lake,  ten  thousand  feet  above  the  sea,  above  which  Mount  Elbert  and 
Twin  Peaks  rose  four  thousand  feet  higher.  A  week  was  spent  in  boat- 
ing, fishing,  mineralizing,  botanizing,  berrying,  sketching,  climbing,  eating, 
and  sleeping.  They  had  trout,  elk,  venison,  mountain  sheep,  bear  meat, 
grouse,  wild  ducks,  and  raspberries  to  eat. 

Other  camping  parties  were  near  them,  and  on  the  first  Sunday  a 
Bible  class  of  twenty-six  was  held  in  the  pastor's  tent.  In  the  afternoon, 
he  rode  through  thunderstorms  eight  miles  to  Ciranite,  a  rough  mining 
camp,  where  there  was  but  one  professing  Christian.  Near  the  town  was 
the  grave  of  a  judge  who  had  been  shot  dead  in  his  seat  while  holding 
court,  'i'he  sermon  was  preached  to  an  attentive  and  quiet  audience, 
quiet  after  one  drunken  man  had  left  the  room.  He  was  the  first  really 
intoA/cated  person  that  the  v>reivcl\er  had  seen  in  Colorado.  A  joyful 
praise  meeting  in  camp  cAosed  v\\edv\\. 


March,  1895  The  Home  Missionary  575 

The  driver  of  the  double  wagon  was  a  character  in  his  way.  For 
years  he  had  led  the  rough  life  of  a  teamster  on  the  plains.  Two  years 
before,  while  hunting  in  a  cabin  for  some  novels  to  read,  he  found 
a  Bible,  and  read  it  much  of  his  spare  time  for  two  years.  A  few  weeks 
before  the  pastor  had  baptized  him  by  immersion.  His  *Might  reading*' 
on  this  trip  was  Edwards's  **  History  of  the  Redemption.'* 

The  second  Sabbath  at  the  lakes  brought  the  finest  view  and  the 
crowning  blessing  of  the  whole  trip.  As  the  sun  was  going  down  behind 
Mount  Elbert,  the  party  gathered  for  a  praise  meeting.  It  threatened 
rain,  and  they  saw  the  finest  mist  and  sunshine  display  they  had  yet  seen 
in  the  mountains.  The  whole  mountain  side  was  covered  with  mist  and 
falling  rain,  through  which  the  sun  was  shining  with  a  subdued  yet 
golden  brilliancy  that  words  cannot  describe.  The  sharp  peaks  that  had 
seemed  so  near,  now  seemed,  as  seen  through  the  golden  mist,  miles  and 
miles  away.  Some  of  the  party  were  artists,  and  they  all  stood  and 
admired  the  glorious  scene  with  many  an  exclamation  of  delight.  The 
rain  soon  drove  them  into  the  tent,  but  they  were  called  out  to  see 
another  sight  more  glorious  than  the  first.  The  tent  was  quickly 
emptied,  and  they  all  stood  there  in  the  rain  gazing  on  the  most  beauti- 
ful and  brilliant  rainbow  they  had  ever  beheld.  The  right  of  the  bow 
rested  on  the  edge  of  the  lake  only  a  few  rods  away  ;  the  left  rested  on 
the  dark  pines,  and  turned  them  into  brilliant  red  and  orange  and  yellow. 
The  colors  of  the  first  and  second  bows  grew  more  ar^d  more  distinct, 
until  the  eastern  sky  fairly  reveled  in  the  gorgeousness  of  rainbow  colors. 
Slowly  the  bow  moved  across  the  lake,  the  rain  passed,  the  sun  dropped 
behind  the  mountains,  and  the  party  went  into  the  tent  to  sing  with  glad 
hearts  the  praises  of  Him  who  had  spoken  to  them  through  the  beautiful 
bow  in  the  clouds. 

Monday.  What  a  contrast  it  often  presents  to  our  Sundays  !  The  con- 
fusion of  breaking  camp,  the  long  drive  up  and  down  the  hills,  losing 
stove  and  kettle  off  the  wagon  and  going  back  after  them,  a  wagon  stuck 
in  the  ditch,  a  storm  of  wind  and  rain  bursting  upon  them  as  they  went 
into  camp,  trying  to  put  up  tents  in  a  gale  of  wind,  a  straying  horse  caus- 
ing the  party  to  be  divided  for  a  night  and  a  day,  one  part  having  the 
food  and  the  other  part  having  the  dishes,  a  hunt  for  minerals  in  South 
Park,  a  Sunday  camp  thirty  miles  from  home,  a  dead  horse  discovered 
near  by  after  the  tents  were  pitched,  hands  blistered  in  trying  to  cover  it, 
a  Sunday-school  in  the  house  of  a  ranchman,  a  visit  Monday  morning  to 
the  petrified  stumps  and  the  beds  of  fossil  insects  a  mile  away,  the 
arrival  of  two  of  the  party  who  had  made  a  long  detour  to  ascend  Mount 
Lincoln;  a  halt  at  the  foot  of  Ute  Pass  to  have  their  picture  taken  as  a 
party,  the  loss  of  a  tire  from  one  wheel  of  the  pastor's  wagon,  a  fruitless 
search  for  it,  looking  out  again  on  the  gtesil  ^\i\tvs,  ^a\^  nN\^^ Vorwx^ -^^v^ 


576  The  Home  Missionary  March,  1895 

— a  dusty  and  dilapidated,  but  healthy  and  happy  set  of  campers,  tender- 
feet  no  longer.  How  they  did  appreciate  sitting  in  chairs  again,  eating 
from  a  table,  and  sleeping  on  a  bedstead  !  They  had  discovered  during 
their  camping  trip  that  they  were  not  all  angels,  but  they  agreed  to  forget 
all  little  unpleasantnesses  of  their  trip  ;  and  very  pleasant  to  them  all  after 
the  lapse  of  years,  are  the  memories  of  that  camping  trip. 


WHAT    HOME    MISSIONARIES    ARE    SAYING 

The  Florida  Freeze. — Christmas  came  in  with  bright  prospects,  but 
went  out  in  gloom.  We  had  on  Friday  and  Saturday  nights  the  coldest 
weather  on  record  for  Florida.  The  thermometer  was  three  degrees 
lower  than  in  1886,  when  it  fell  to  twenty  degrees  above  zero.  In  this 
freeze  it  was  eighteen  degrees  above  zero.  The  loss  here  is  very  heavy, 
as  this  is  probably  the  largest  orange  county  in  the  State.  Less  than  half 
the  crop  had  been  gathered,  and  consequently  most  of  it  is  lost.  All  of 
the  fruit  is  ruined,  and  many  of  the  smaller  trees.  The  damage  is  variously 
estimated — supposed  to  aggregate  in  the  State  about  $5,000,000  — Orange 
County,  Fla.  

More  Frozen  Oranges. — Our  State  and  our  work,  as  everj'body 
knows,  has  lately  met  with  a  great  loss,  not  to  say  calamity,  in  the 
destruction  of  most  of  the  orange  crop.  Three  million  boxes  of  oranges 
is  the  estimated  loss  by  one  night  of  freezing.  The  thermometer  here 
went  to  fifteen  degrees  above  zero,  which  of  course  destroyed  all  tender 
growth  in  fruit  and  vegetable.  The  loss  will  cripple  us  in  every  way. 
financially,  as  the  whole  country  is  interested  in  our  orange  crop. —  Volusia 
Coiint\\  Fla.  

Home  and  P'oreign. — Last  Sunday  the  pastor  preached  on  foreign 
missions.  One  young  lady  offered  herself  for  that  work,  and  two  others 
have  promised  to  support  two  Bible-women.  With  this  young  lady  there 
are  now  seven  of  our  members  anxious  to  go  to  the  foreign  field.  One 
of  the  new  members,  a  mechanic's  wife,  has  just  paid  me  the  first  install- 
ment of  her  pledge  of  thirty  dollars  a  year  to  support  a  worker  of  the 
Ameriran  Board  in  \x\(^\di --Texas. 


Seed   Long    Buried,   but   Alive. — 1    feel    almost  discouraged  over 

some  in  the  church  who  do  not  respond  to  the  call   for  higher  spiritual 

Wit.     J'crhaps  Christ  intended  to  (ortKv  us  a<z;ainst  such  discouragement 

hy  the  parable  of  the  sower,    't^ome.  ov\^,  ^^v^^  nn^  V^^^  w..^^-^^  'sr.^  tke 


March,  1895  The  Home  Missionary  577 

grain  growing  where  we  thought  there  was  nothing  but  stony  ground.  I 
was  deeply  moved  to  find  up  in  the  country,  on  a  rough  farm,  a  family 
the  wife  and  mother  of  which  was  deeply  interested  in  missions.  She  has 
ha3  little  missionary  literature,  but  the  effect  of  a  returned  missionary's 
address,  given  some  years  ago,  has  remained  in  her  heart  a  constant 
incentive  to  prayer  and  effort  for  China.  She  has  saved  twenty-four 
dollars  which  she  gave  me  a  few  days  ago  to  send  to  the  missionaries. — 
Kansas. 


Sunday  Evening  Hearers. — Four  saloons  are  open  every  day  in  the 
week.  The  men  who  work  in  the  woods  and  in  the  mill  from  six  a.m. 
till  six  P.M.,  six  days  in  the  week,  give  Sunday  to  resting,  visiting,  hunting, 
and  driving,  but  when  Sunday  evening  comes,  quite  a  number  of  them 
gather  at  church,  and  there  is  opportunity  to  urge  on  them  the  great  and 
precious  truths  of  the  Gospel.  The  town  has  a  considerable  German  popu- 
lation. Some  say  half  the  town  is  German,  and  certainly  the  larger  part 
of  the  settlers  in  the  little  clearings  in  the  woods  around  Birnamwood  and 
Norrie  are  German.  The  fact  that  quite  a  number  of  them  attend 
church  in  the  evening  is  encouraging. —  Wisconsin. 


More  Hard  Times. — It  looks  doubtful  whether  I  shall  receive  much 
of  anything  from  the  field  in  the  next  six  months,  and  if  the  crop  fails 
again  the  people's  part  of  my  salary  will  never  be  paid.  I  sometimes 
feel  like  leaving,  but  when  I  go  from  house  to  house  and  find  that  the 
people  have  but  little  food  and  raiment  for  themselves,  and  many  have 
scarcely  anything,  I  willingly  cast  in  my  lot  with  them.  I  spent  much  of 
this  quarter  in  doing  carpenter  work  on  our  new  church.  If  you  have 
any  special  gifts  from  those  who  wish  to  give  direct  to  missionaries,  and 
think  this  field  worthy  of  help  to  pay  for  the  lumber  used  in  this  new 
church,  all  such  offerings  will  be  thankfully  received. — Nebraska. 


Pastoral  Helpers. — There  is  one  encouraging  feature  in  my  church 
work.  The  ladies,  and  some  of  the  men,  are  helping  me  make  church 
calls.  Perhaps  they  are  not  **  pastoral  "  calls,  but  they  border  on  them. 
This  quarter  about  thirty  such  calls  have  been  reported,  and  I  think  fully 
half  as  many  more  have  been  made. — Kansas. 


Sorely  Pinched. — Our  collection  is  very  small,  but,  brothers,  this  is 
not  a  stingy  people.  They  are  honest  laboring  men,  who  have  been 
thrown  into  poverty  by  the  closing  down  of  works  and  by  the  money 
panic.  It  will  seem  strange  to  you  were  I  to  tell  you  that  quite  a  number 
of  our  church  members'  wives  and  children,  and  also  three  of  my  own 
chWdren,  are  to-day  entirely  without  shoes  av\d  VVv^  ^\o\xtv^ *v£»  ^o.^^^^^^^^^^ 


578  .  The  Home  Missionary  March.  1895 

snow  ;  but  that  is  the  truth,  and  it  is  almost  impossible  to  reach  a  man*s 
purse  while  such  facts  as  this  are  staring  him  in  the  face. — Aiahama. 


Encouraged. — The  prayer-meetings  have  been  attended  by  a  larger 
number  of  late  than  at  any  time  in  the  history  of  the  church.  We  have 
three-fourths  of  an  hour  of  prayer,  and  song,  then  a  recess  followed  by 
forty-five  minutes  more  of  Bible  study.  We  are  trying  to  arrange  to  keep 
open  a  reading-room  every  night.  We  are  also  preparing  to  reoj>en  our 
Institute  work.  The  most  disheartening  thing  is  that  on  every  side  we  are 
hampered  by  lack  of  funds.  I  have  seized  the  opportunity  of  preaching 
to  the  railroad  shop  hands  at  the  noon  hour,  as  1  have  access  to  the  Mis- 
souri Pacific,  Union  Pacific,  and  Santa  F6  shops.  I  feel  greatly  blessed 
in  such  work. — Kansas  City,  Kan. 


Giving  That  Costs. — A  few  families  have  gone  to  the  country  on 
account  of  there  being  so  little  work  in  the  factories,  and  the  struggle 
for  existence  is  very  close  and  sharp  with  many  of  our  people.  Church 
finances  are  necessarily  cramped.  A  committee  of  three  ladies  have  come 
to  the  church  on  Saturday  afternoons,  now  for  sixteen  weeks,  to  bake  pies^ 
earning  a  little  over  a  dollar  a  week  to  pay  on  their  church  subscription 
of  one  hundred  dollars.  One  dear  sister  takes  in  washing  at  eight  eents  a 
dozen,  and  pays  that  on  her  church  subscription  of  twenty-five  dollars. 
We  keep  the  church  open  daily  with  an  average  attendance  of  fifty,  and 
employ  no  janitor.  This  collection  of  $3.50  I  took  out  of  twenty-eight 
envelopes,  all  brought  by  adults,  and  one  envelope  contained  fifty  cents. 
Our  ladies  have  now  for  six  months  washed  the  bath  towels^  so  that  we 
miji^ht  keep  on  j^ivin^  the  street  boys  free  baths  on  Saturdays.  Under 
such  conditions,  calling  for  sacrifice  and  even  for  distasteful  service,  the 
sermons  arc  well  listened  to,  but  not  by  large  audiences. — Ohio. 


Vakiki)  Experiknc'ks. — The  last  three  months  have  taken  me  through 
varied  experiences,  sometimes  full  of  joy  and  hope,  with  prospects  all  flat- 
tering, the  church  apparently  prospering,  sinners  turning  from  their  wicked 
ways  to  Cnrist  their  Savior,  finding  peace  and  exulting  in  his  love,  and 
causing  my  poor  heart  to  rejoice.  Then  again  some  of  those  we  have 
recently  received  into  fellowship  have  shown  themselves  untrue,  have 
caused  a  great  deal  of  trouble  in  the  church,  and  by  their  conduct  have 
proved  the  truth  of  the  wise  Preacher's  saying,  '*  One  sinner  destroyeth 
much  good."  May  the  Lord  forgive  them  and  give  them  a  better  mind. 
—  North  C  \i  rolina . 


WfjsTKKN  Nkhraska  \H.^t\tv3  vu>^s, — Mv  work  for  the  past  month 
has  wtvy  largely  concerned  lV\e  tv\\w\^u^  \.o  \.\\^  ^^^x\\>iX^\^^^^\5t\^^^V 


March,  1895  The  Home  Missionary  579 

raska,  but  other  interests  have  not  been  neglected.  The  appeal  made  in 
the  Advance  of  November  15th,  written  by  Rev.  C.  W.  Preston,  of  Curtis, 
and  indorsed  by  me,  and  also  a  letter  published  in  the  Christian  Herald^ 
which  I  have  not  seen,  is  bringing  a  large  number  of  responses  from  dif- 
ferent parts  of  the  country,  and  has  developed  upon  me  a  heavy  responsi- 
bility in  the  distribution  of  these  gifts.  I  have  received  enough  already 
to  buy  two  carloads  of  flour  and  feed,  three  carloads  of  coal,  eight  boxes 
of  assorted  groceries,  besides  sending  quite  an  amount  of  money  to  differ- 
ent pastors  for  use  among  the  sick  and  the  aged. — Superintendent  Bross. 


Early  Lost,  Early  Saved. — A  sad  incident  in  connection  with  our 
Sunday-school  was  the  death  of  one  of  the  most  lovable  of  our  scholars, 
little  Daisy  Hunt.  She  was  the  only  daughter  of  one  of  our  families,  and 
while  playing  hide-and-seek  near  her  home  was  buried  in  a  sand  pit  by 
the  bank  sliding  in.  She  was  twelve  years  old,  and  was  a  faithful  little 
scholar  and  Junior  Endeavorer.  Many  of  the  children  from  the  public 
school  attended  her  funeral  at  our  church.  The  Junior  Endeavor  Society 
sang  her  favorite  song,  and  the  pastor  preached  from  the  Scripture  she 
especially  loved  :  Christ's  invitation  to  little  children.  I  have  preached 
at  many  sad  funerals,  but  at  none  so  pitiful  as  this.  Yet  we  hope  our  bright 
little  friend  has  entered  into  the  joy  of  her  Lord. — Kansas. 


On  the  Frontier. — The  work  on  this  field  during  the  years  1  have 
been  here  has  been  characterized  by  two  things  :  intensely  hard  work  on 
my  own  part,  and  showers  of  blessing  on  God's  part.  It  takes  both  to 
win  on  a  frontier  field.  The  lack  of  either  will  insure  a  failure.  During 
a  good  part  of  my  stay  I  have  been  preacher,  pastor,  Sunday-school  super- 
intendent, chorister,  church  cleaner,  bell  ringer,  and  coal  hauler,  regard- 
ing either  one  of  the  offices  as  high  as  any  other  one,  for  "  he  who 
sweeps  a  room  as  for  His  sake  makes  that  and  the  action  fine."  God  has 
so  smiled  upon  our  labors  that  no  communion  season  has  passed  from  the 
time  of  our  coming,  without  seeing  some  confessing  their  faith  in  the 
world's  Redeemer,  and  becoming  a  part  of  his  church.  My  work  on  the 
frontier  has  revealed  to  me,  as  I  never  saw  it  before,  the  value  of  the  Con- 
gregational Home  Missionary  Society  in  the  bringing  in  of  the  kingdom 
of  our  Lord. —  Wyoming. 


Filling  the  Dime  Banks. — The  little  girls  in  my  wife's  Sunday- 
school  class  have  been  making  little  salable  knicknacks,  most  of  which  they 
disposed  of  yesterday  afternoon  at  a  sale.  The  things  sold  at  from  one 
to  fifteen  cents,  and  they  took  in  nearly  three  dollars.  This  money  goes 
into  their  home  mrssionary  dime  bank. — /Cansas. 


580  The  Home  Missionary  March.  1895 

MAJOR-GENERAL  O.  O.  HOWARD 

VOTE    OF    THE    EXECUTIVE    COMMITTEE    ON    HIS    RETIREMENT 

Voted  :  That  the  following  resolution  be  adopted,  entered  in  full  on 
the  minutes,  a  copy  sent  to  General  Howard,  and  published  in  The  Home 
Missionary. 

In  view  of  the  retirement  of  Major-General  Oliver  O.  Howard  from 
active  duty  in  the  Army  of  the  United  States,  this  Executive  Committee 
desire  herewith  to  congratulate  the  President  of  this  Society  upon  his  long, 
faithful,  and  brilliant  services  as  a  soldier  of  the  Union,  and  to  rejoice 
with  him  in  the  honor,  gratitude,  and  love  which  his  character  and  deeds 
have  won  from  all  classes  of  his  fellow-citizens.  They  are  especially 
grateful  that  in  his  hands  the  Cross  of  Christ  has  ever  been  equally 
uplifted  with  the  flag  of  the  Union,  and  that  his  name  will  be  remembered 
not  only  as  that  of  a  defender  of  his  country  in  time  of  peril,  but  as  a 
friend  of  humanity  in  all  its  forms  of  need. 

We  follow  General  Howard  with  our  kindest  wishes  into  his  retire- 
ment from  public  life,  and  shall  hope  that  for  many  years  to  come  he  may 
continue  to  be  the  standard-bearer  of  our  great  Home  Missionary  Army 
as  it  advances  to  enlarged  and  more  glorious  victories. 


DECEASE    OF    DRS.    V/.    M.   TAYLOR    AND    D.    B.    COE 

As  these  last  pages  are  going  to  press,  the  Society  and  its  friends  are 
called  to  mourn  the  loss  of  two  of  the  most  eminent  and  valued  promoters 
of  its  work  through  patient  and  laborious  years. 

Rev.  William  M.  Tavior,  D.I).,  LL.D,  became  a  member  of  its 
Executive  Committee  in  1872,  and  gave  to  its  counsels  his  best  services 
until  the  sudden  failure  of  his  health  in  March,  1892.  Since  that  time  he 
has  rallied  strength  to  attend  six  meetings  of  the  committee. 

His  death  occurred  at  midnight  of  the  8th  of  February. 

Rev.  Dr.  David  H.  Cok  entered  the  service  of  the  Society  as  one  of 
its  Corresponding  Secretaries  on  the  ist  of  January,  1851,  and  was  con- 
stant in  the  active  duties  of  that  office  until  partly  laid  aside  therefrom  bv 
ill-health  in  1882,  when  he  was  appointed  Honorary  Secretary,  and  from 
that  time  until  recently  rendered  substantial  aid  to  the  administrative 
officers  in  lines  with  which  his  long  experience  had  made  him  familiar  and 
his  judgment  most  valuable.  He  died  at  his  home  in  Bloomfield,  N.  J., 
February  13th. 

Fuller  notice  of  both  of  these  useful  lives,  in  their  connection  with 
Home  A/issions,  may  be  looked  iut  \t\  cvVav^i  xs^^wii  v^l  \>^^  ^wa.'^^^^-Lsxv^. 


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TREASURY     NOTE 


CONTRIBUTIONS 


1893-4 

April $10,366  46 

May 9,461  46 

June 15,136  17 

July 15.293  72 

August...     9,479  91 
Sept.  ....  13,794  35 

Oct 7,342  56 

Nov 13,387  77 

Dec i5>693  27 

Jan 38,416  74 


1894-5 

$  J  8,936  34 
18,608  21 
15,249  44 
18,908  65 
7,886  18 
12,707  28 

9»523  04 
13,683  01 

17,727  67 

30,322   17 


$148,372  41  $163,551  99 


LEGACIES 


1893-4 

April $6,681   14 

May 25,812  59 

June  ....  10,254  35 

July 8,940  39 

August..  14,885   55 

Sept 5,450   10 

Oct 4»o25  00 

Nov 4,682  73 

Dec ii>943   n 

Jan 15,688  59 


1894-5 

$8,701  36 

6,113  58 
35»026  54 

10,695  22 

35.280  76 

15,045  01 

5*369  02 
6,672  70 

^0,575  52 
14,415  46 


$108,363  55  $147,895   17 


$15,179.58  gain  in  contributions.       $39,531-62  gain  in  legacies. 


Before  they  see  this  page  our  readers  will  have  received  a  communica- 
tion from  the  Executive  Committee  and  officers  of  the  Society  con- 
cerning the  present  state  of  its  Treasury.  They  will  have  learned  that,  to 
meet  promptly  its  obligations  to  the  missionaries,  the  Society  has  had  to 
add  to  its  bank  dues  by  borrowing  $44,000  since  the  beginning  of  the 
fiscal  year.  The  Society's  notes  at  the  banks  were  then  $125,000.  It  had 
in  hand  $37,000,  leaving  its  net  obligations  $88,000.  Its  notes  in  the 
banks  on  the  first  of  February,  1895,  amount  to  $169,000,  and  it  has  cash 
in  hand  $18,000,  leaving  its //<r/  indebtedness  $151,000.  As  appears  from 
the  above  table,  the  receipts  in  the  ten  months  already  past  show  a  grati- 
fying advance  over  the  same  months  of  the  previous  year,  a  generous  per- 
centage of  it  being  gain  in  the  offerings  of  living  givers.  This  advance 
in  a  time  of  such  business  depression  shows  how  warmly  the  hearts  of 
God's  people  are  with  the  work. 

But  to  close  the  current  fiscal  year  without  increasing  the  dues  at  the 
banks  over  those  of  the  31st  of  March,  1894,  the  Treasury  must  receive 
$135,000  in  February  and  March — $25,000  more  than  the  income  of  those 
months  of  1894.  If  this  seems  to  any  too  large  a  sum  to  hope  for,  let  it 
be  remembered  that  those  two  months  of  1889  brought  in  $12,000  more 
than  is  here  asked  for  the  closing  months  of  1895.  The  receipts  in  the 
single  motith  of  March,  1889,  were  $108,000,  of  which  1180,500  came  from 
living  givers.  True,  "the  times  are  hard."  But  how  much  harder  are 
they  with  the  missionaries — sharing  their  food  and  clothing  with  some 
of  their  people  actually  in  danger  of  dying  from  cold  and  hunger — than 
with  the  great  majority  oi  those  to  whom  ihest  >nox\.\v^  \i\^\X\\^^  Vi^^  V^-^ 
temporal  support  \     They  have  never  y el  \ooVeCL\oxv'|,'vcvN^vcv. 


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APPOINTMENTS    IN    JANUARY,    1895 


Not  in  commission  last  year 

Anderson,  Aaron,  Winona.  Minn 
Bumstead,  Rev.  Miss  Mary  G.,  Highland  Lake. 
Colo. 

ienry,  J.  A..  Colwich,  Kan. 

enney,  E  Winthrop,  Chamberlain,  So.  Dak. 

ones.  Richard,  Hifhmore.  So.  Dak. 
ones,  Thomas  H.,  Williamstown,  Pa. 

ones,  William  C,  Cripple  Creek,  Colo. 

^undber|[.  Albert,  Michi|^n  City,  Ind. 
Lyman,  wm.  A.,  Ft.  Pierre,  So.  Dak. 
McCook.  Hamilton  M.,  Leon,  Ala. 
Millar,  Franklyn  C,  Tecumseh,  Okla. 
Pettigrew,  Rev.  Mrs.  Nina  D.,  Lusk,  Wyo. 
Wattenbarger,  O.  T.,  Haven,  Kan. 

Re-commissioned 

Albertson,  Ralph,  Springfield,  O. 

Ball.  Marcellus  A.,  Carretson  and  Valley  Springs, 

So.  Dak. 
Bartlett,  Dana  W.,  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah. 
Bascom,  Geo.  S.,  Hankinson,  No.  Dak. 
Billman,  Howard,  Richmond  Hill,  N.  Y. 
Binder,  George  J.,  San  Bernardino.  Cal. 
Bradley.  Nelson  S.,  Mitchell,  So.  Dak. 
Brooks,  Edward  L.,  Ft.  Recovery,  O. 
Brookshier,  R.  R.,  Gen'l  Missionary  in  No  Car. 
Butler.  Thomas  W.,  Ph.D.,  Everett  and  Lowell, 

Wa.sh. 
Cushman,  Charles  E  ,  White  Cloud,  Kan. 
Denison,  Robert  C.  Little  Rock,  Ark. 
Dixon,  J.  J.  A.  T..  Atwood,  Kan. 
Doyle,  Amos  .\.,  Seattle,  Wash. 
Dreisbach,  Charles   H.,  Frankfort  and    Turton. 

So.  Dak. 
Edmonds,  Robert  H..  Mansfield,  O. 
Egerland.  Franz,  Sioux  City,  So.  Dak. 
Elwood.  William.  Stafford.  Kan. 
Emery.  John  C  ,  Jersey  City,  N.  J. 
Finger.  Charles  h.,  Davenport,  Iowa. 
Fletcher,  Rufus  W,.  Quillayute.  Wash. 
Francis,  David  R.,  Tucson,  Ariz. 
Gillespie,  Wm.,  Hone.  No.  Dak. 
Green.  George  E.,  Canova  and  Dover,  So.  Dak. 
Hansen,    Carl    J.,    General    Missionary    among 

Scandinavians  of  So.  Dak. 


Harrison.  Hiram  B.,  Hillsboro.  No.  Dak. 
Heal4«  Josiah  H.,  Nogalcs,  Ariz. 
Hemenway,  Frank  W.,  Newton,  Kan. 
Hergert,  Jacob.  Endicott.  Wash. 
Herr,  Horace  D.,  Kansas  City.  Kan. 
Hindley.  George.  Ridgeville.  Ind. 
Hoyt.    Fred,    v.,   Cheney  and   West    Spokane. 
Wash. 

iohnson.  William,  St.  Louis.  Mo. 
nilen,  lohn  T.,  Portland,  No.  Dak 

Kimball,  Jeremiah.  West  Superior,  Wis. 

Kindred,  Geo  ,  Tolt.  Wash. 

Lambert,  C.  E..  Yaquina  Bay,  Or. 

Lanfi[dale,  Thomas  d.,  Clark,  So.  Dak. 

Lehtmen,  Franz,  Ashtabula  Harbor,  O. 

Lindsay,  Geo.,  Aberdeen,  Wash. 

McRae,  Isaac,  Starkville,  Colo. 

Mason,  Charles  E..  Challis.  Idaho. 

Mobbs,  Horatio  M.,  Farmington  and   Endicott, 
Wash. 

Moody,  Benj.  F.,  Adin.  No.  Cal. 

Paske,  Wm.  J.,  Aten  and  Blyville,  and  General 
Missionary  in  Nebraska. 

Perry,  Frank  S.,  Coolville,  Centennial  and  Ire- 
land, O. 

Poling,  Daniel  V.,  Albany.  Or. 

Robbms,  Anson  H.,  Iroquois  and  Osceola.   So. 
Dak. 

Robertson,  A.  A.,  Port  Morris.  N.  Y. 

Robertson,  Albert  A..  Butternut,  Wis. 

Root.  Edward  P..  Buena  Vista.  Colo. 

Shear,   Charles   B.,    Marietta.    Lawrence,    Little 
Muskingum  and  Stanleyville.  O. 

Slyfield,  Frederick  A.,  Brightwood.  Ind. 

Stewart,  John  L  ,  Henderson  and  Rose  Hill.  Al.\. 

Storm.  J.  E.,  Springfield.  Neb. 

Taylor,    David    F.,    Chewelah    and    Springdak, 
Wash. 

Tottcn.  Matthew  J..  Rose  Vallev,  No.  Dak. 

Travis.  David  Q  .  Pocatello,  Idaho. 

Van  Alstyne.  J.  Sylvester,  Long  Pine  and  Spring- 
view.  Neb. 

Veazie,  W.  C,  Evangelist  in  Kansas. 

Walker,  Lyle  B..  Chattanooga,  Tenn. 

Wallace,  Louis.  Alturas,  No.  Cal. 

Whittlesev.  Charles  T..  Blaine.  Wash. 

Wise.  William  C,  Chelan,  Wash. 

Young,  Harry  W..  Portland,  Or. 


RECEIPTS    IN    JANUARY,   1895 

For  account  of  receipts  by  State  Auxiliary  Societies,  see  pages  592  to    597 


MAINE-$23i.75. 

Augusta.  A  Friend $5  oo 

A  Friend i  oo 

Auburn.  Hij;h  Street,  hy  J.  F.  Atwocni.  75  co 

Bangor.  Central  Ch.,  by  (x.  S.  Hall...  so  «<> 

Belf.ist,  Jr.Y.  P  S.  C  E.,  bv  E.Dunton  "  1  00 
Kenncbunkport,  South  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

C.  H .  Pope 8  »:> 

Limerick,  Miss  E.  P.  Hayes 40 

Minot  Center.  Miss  L.  E.  Washburn, 

$5  ;  Dca.  J.  E.  Washburn.  $5 10  cxj 

Portland.  State  Street  Ch.,  by  H.  M. 

Bailey 2000 

U'cst  Ch.,  by  B.  C.  Fuller i>)  00 

S:ico,  bf  F.  A.  Lord ^ i  V^ 

Waterv/JJe.  First,  by  A.  M.  Kennison.  1%  %^ 
Farmouth,  First,  by  C.  L.  Marsion...         10  00 


NEW  HAMPSHIRE-$496.92. 

F.  C.  I.  and  H.  M.  Union  of  N.  H., 
Miss  A.  A.  McFarland,  Treas. : 
Bristol,  toward   L.    Mp.   of 

Mrs.  F.Bingham $1500 

North  Hampton,  Aux 7  00 

$22  00 

Chester.  Ladies'  Miss.  Soc.,  by  Miss 

H.  A.  Melvin 2  12 

Concord,  A  Friend 10  00 

Durham,  by  L.  Thompson 4  to 

Epping,  E.xtra  offering  from  Ch 15  00 

Exeter.  Rev.  J.  Chapman 100  00 

Y^etvo^Vvow 10  00 

YT^wc«:v>Viv^v.^\>'^  K.\>cy«^«^ .,.  "W  \\ 

H^tvoNtt .,  N. Yxxtw^ ,^  ,ack 


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Hebron  and  Groton,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  R., 

by  Rev.  C.  W.  Shelton $1  00 

Manchester,  Franklin  Street  Ch.,  by 

A.F.Emerson 15139 

Franklin  Street  Ch.,  J.  Eastman,  by 
A.  F.  Emerson,  to  const.  Rev.  A. 
£.  Cross  a  L.  M 50  00 

'*  f     W     I  "  er»  crt 

Nashua^  Mrs.  S.  M.  Sargent,  by  Mrs. 

E.  S.  Gould I  00 

Miss  E.  A.  Titcomb,  by  C.  W.  Tit- 
comb I  50 

Newmarket,  T.  H.  Wiswall 10  00 

North  Conway,  A  Friend 3  40 

Oxford.  Mrs.  M.  B.  Pratt 5  «> 

Piermont,  by  Rev.  W.  A.   C.    Con- 
verse   xo  00 

Pittsfield,  First,  by  Dca.  M.  H.  Nut- 
ter   14  00 

West  Rindfre,  G.  G.  Williams 8  80 


VERMONT-$56i.ii. 

Vermont  Dom.  Missionary  5>o- 
ciety,  W.  C.  Tyler,  Treas. : 

Brattleboro.  West $  27  00 

St.  Johnsbury,  North  Ch...     no  15 

Watcrbury 7  00 

Williston,  Miss  C.  Douglas.      50  00 

194  15 

Woman's  Home  Missionary 
Union  : 

Berlin $   4  00 

Georgia 5  00 

Milton 800 

Rutland 30  00 

St.  Albans 2500 

St.  Johnsbury,  North  Ch. 

for  Salary  Fund 57  B2 

South  Ch 50  00 

South  Tuxbury 3  35 

Waterbury 8  00 

Wells  River 6  25 

-    -       3^1  57 

197  42 

Bennington,  Second,  by  Mrs.  M    B. 

Kinsley 51  50 

Burlington.  College  Street  Ch.,  by  G. 

G.  Ewnedict 42  61 

Ludlow,  D.  F.  Cooledge i  00 

Manchester,  Mrs.  S.  A.  Swett,  freight  i  00 

Middlebury,  Mrs.  C.  S.  Burditt 4  00 

New  Haven,  by  W.  H.  Partch 5^10 

West  Rutland,  by  C.  A.  Parker 16  33 


MASSACHUSETTS      $19,498.05  ;    of 
which  legacies,  $8,304.29. 

Mass.  Home  Miss.  Soc.,  by  Rev.  E. 

B.  Palmer.  Treas 8,000  00 

By  request  of  donors 440  00 

Woman's  H.  M.  Assoc.,  Miss 

A.  C.  Bridgman,  Treas. : 

For  Salary  Fund $  76  00 

Boston,  Mrs.    O.    Bennett, 

for  the  debt 100  00 

New  Bedford,  North 85  46 

Trinitarian 43  49 

Second    Ch.      at    Union 

meetings 71  05 

North  Adams 10  00 

Watertown,    F^illips   Sew. 

Cir.  Aux 15  cx) 


401  00 


Amesbury,  Union  Evan.  Ch.,  by  E. 

A.  Goodwin $4  14 

Amherst,  North  Ch.,  by  C.  S.  Crocker  4  40 

Rev.  J.  H.  Seelye,  D.  D.,  special. . .  50  00 

L.  A.  Greene a  65 

Andover,  South  Ch.,  by  T.  F  Pratt. .        462  94 
Ashbumbam,  Mrs.  C.  B.  Fairbank. . .  s  00 

Belleville,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Miss  A. 

E.  Wiggin 25  c» 

Bemardston,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  K.  M. 

Crowell 2  06 

Boston,  Interest  on  Le^cy  of  Miriam 
G.  Burrows,  by  Frank  W.  Co- 
burn,  Ex 48  51 

W.  A.  Wilde,  for  Salary  Fund 50  00 

Boxford,  Mrs.  E.  I..  Sawyer,  special.  5  00 

Brookline,  Mrs.  J.  S.  Stone,  for  Salary 

Fund,  special 50  00 

Curtisville,  by  D.  H.  Newton sa  06 

Dorchester,  Second,  by  Miss  E.  Tol- 

man 216  87 

Enfield,  Specific  Legacy  of  Mrs.  Sarah 

H.  Blodgett.  by  D.  B.  Gillett,  Ex. .     2,000  00 
Fall   River,  First,  by  E.  S.  Thayer, 

special 75  oo 

Falmouth,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  of  the  First, 

by  A.  P.  Tones ao  00 

Gardner.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  P.  Wilder. 

special 10  00 

Greenfield,  Estate  of  W.  H.  Washburn. 

by  W.  N.  Washburn  and  F.  G.  Fes- 

senden,  Exs 22  93 

Had  ley.  Income  from  Estate  of  James 
B.  Porter,  by  W.  P.  Porter,  Trus- 
tee   31  48 

S.  S.  of  the  First,  by  E.  E.  Conant.         16  56 
Haverhill,  Union,  by  C.  H  Ordway, 

Treas '. 5  00 

Haydenville,  by  C.  D.  Waite 10  00 

Hoiliston,  Estate  of  George  Batcbel- 

der,  by  T.  M.  Batchelder 26  12 

Lowell,   Kirk  Street   Ch.,  by  A.  L. 

Thompson 277  50 

Massachusetts,  W.  L 200  00 

Middleboro,  A  Friend 1  00 

Monson,  by  E.  F.  Morris 18  9a 

Miss  S.  E.  Bradford 10  00 

Monterey.  Extra  Centa- Day  Band,  by 

Miss  J.  A.  Townsend 1500 

By  Miss  J.  A.  Townsend,  special. . .  4  00 

New  Braintree,  G.  K.  Tufis,  special..  25  00 

Mrs.  H.  M.  Tufts,  special 10  00 

Newton    Center,    Extra   Cent-a-Day 

Band.byS.  F.  Wilkins 1400 

North  Brookfield,  From  Estateof  Mrs. 

E.  W.  Johnson,  by  A.  W.  Whiting, 

Ex 50  00 

Norton,  Trin.  Ch.,  by  S.  H.  Cobb. ...  9  55 

Palmer,  L.  H.  Gager 50  00 

Paxton,  Mrs.  A.  Morton,  in  memoriam 

of  Rev.  A.  Morton 10  00 

Pittsfield,  S.  S.  of  the  First,  by  A.  A. 

Mills 25  00 

Rehoboth,  by  F.  A.  Bliss 1000 

Salem,  J.  H.  Towne,  special 10  00 

Shelburne,  by  Z.  D.  Bard  well 37  00 

Southampton,  S.  S..  by  E.  M.  Tiffany.         32  61 
South  Framingham,  by  Rev.  W.  G. 

Puddefoot xoo  00 

South   Had  lev,  Mt.  Holyoke  College, 

'Silver  Circle."  by  Miss  S.  H.  Mel- 

vin.  Miss  A.  Lyman.  $5 ;   Miss  B. 

Bid  well,  $5  ;  Miss  G.  Voorhees,  Ss : 

Miss  F.  E.  Kellogg,  $5;   Miss  V. 

Bond,  $5  ;   Hon.    Mem.,  Miss    H. 

Noble,  $5 30  00 

Spencer,  Legacy  of  David  Prouty,  by 

^.9   A.  Craig,  Ex 5,125  25 

Miss  S.  fcaton,  for  freight 100 

Springfield,  Park  Ch..  by  F.  A.  Tuck 

^J IQO  Oa 

FnenAs,  b^  "^e\ .  C  'W  .  '=4\w\vckw i^  ^x^ 

StOCWbTXdgt^  >\tS.  "^  .  Y\3\\« ^^  «i 


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Topsfield.  Legacy  of  Charles  Herrick, 

by  R.  Lake.  Ex $1,000  00 

Turner's  Falls,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E..  by  Rev. 

H.  C.  Adams 3  60 

Ware,   Ir.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Miss  S. 

R.  Safe,  special 10  00 

H.   M.  "Silver  Circle/'  by  N.  S. 

Hyde lo  00 

West  Newbury,  Second  S.  S..  by  H.  S. 

Noyes 12  go 

Whately,  by  C.  K.  Waite 19  00 

Williamsburg,  by  H.  W.  Hill,  in  full 

to  const.  Msury  S.  M.  Hill  a  L.  M.  . .  35  00 

Worcester,  G.    W.  Ames,  $100 :    P. 

W.  Ames,  $100.  by  G.  W.  Ames  to 

const.  A.  A.  White  a  L.  M.... 20000 


RHODE  ISLAND- $170  13. 

Woman's  H.  M.  Assoc.,   Miss  A.  C. 
Bridgman,  Treas. : 
BristorRI 

Newport,  United  Ch,  by  E.  P.  Allan 
Providence,  Pilin'im  Ch., $2^.64:  Wom- 
an's Foreign  and  H.  M.  Union, 

«26,  by  R.  P.  Jenks 

Pilgrim,  by  R.  P.  Jenks,  special  — 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E..  by  Miss  E.  W  Olney, 

$16.45.  b^- 1°  ^ull  ^^  const.  F.  K. 

Stafford  a  L.  M.,  and  $10,  special. 

Mrs.  S.  E.  Slade,  special 


CONNECTICUT-  $5996. 79  ;  of  which 
lcy:acics,  $3,869.04. 

Miss.  Soc.  Conn.,  W.W.  Jacobs,  Trcas. 
by  Rev.  W.  H.  Moore,  Sec 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 
W.      W.    Jacobs,    Trsas.: 
Salary  Fund  : 
Bridgewater.   by  Mrs.  E. 

Kvitts S1500 

Brooklyn,     by     Mis.s    E. 

Beard 7  50 

Enfield.  Miss  Lusk.  thro. 
Ladies     Ben.    Soc..    by 

Miss  K.  C.  Abbe 5  00 

Hartford,   Ladies'   H.   M. 
Soc.,  of  the  First,  by 
Mrs.  S.  .VL  Hotchkiss.        5  00 
Mrs.   O.   W.    Moore   of 

South  Ch     .      50  00 

Mrs.  F.  R.Coolcy.of  the 

First  Ch 10  00 

Kcnsinjjton.    Mrs.   A.   A. 

Hart,  special 5  00 

Prospect,  by  Miss   M.   A. 

Clark II  c» 

Willimantic,  by  Miss  M  S. 

Elliott 1000 

Ansonia.  Mrs.  A.  Fi.  Downs 

Bethel.  First.    ?i75..j8  ;  A  Friend.  §5. 

by  A.  H.  Knox 

Branford,  S.  S.,   by  H.  E.  Thatcher, 

spec  al 

Bristol,  by  L.  G.  Mcrick      

Cornwall.  First,  by  J.  E.  Calhoun 

Cromwell,  by  S.  M.  Savage 

Danbury,  First,  by  H.  Williams 

East  Hampton,  by  S.  M.  Bcvin 

East  Hartford,  First,  by  A.  P.  Hills.. 
East  Morris,  J.  W.  Skilton 

A  Friend 

Enfield,  First,  by  F.  A .  King 

Gleaners'  Mission  Circle,  m  part  to 
confit.  Mrs.  O  Olmsted  a  L.  M., 

by  Mrs.  L.  P.  Abbe 

F&iriield,  S.  S.,  oy  W.  H.  DonaMson. 


10  00 
23  04 

50  64 
50  00 


26  45 
10  00 


319  38 


118 

50 

2 

00 

180 

28 

20 

00 

5" 

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82 

50 

1 1 1 

04 

49 

00 

24  09 

1C9 

«3 

4 

40 

8 

00 

42 

80 

3,0  QO 

^7  17 

Farmington,   by  H.    D.    Hawley,  to 

const.  Dea.  A.  Hart  a  L.  M $xoo  00 

Greenwich,  H.  M.  Silver  Circle,  Mrs. 

S.  Mead 500 

Hartford,  West,  from  Estate  of  Nancy 

S.  Gayk>rd.  by  Francis  H.  Parker    3,350  00 

Fourth  Ch..  by  C.  E.  Miller 25  38 

Mrs.  H.  fiuahnell 100  00 

M.M.Smith S5  00 

Mrs.  S.  C.  Kellogff 12  00 

Harwinton,  by  A.  W.  Buell 11  56 

Ivor3rton,  Mrs.  J.  E.  Northrop 25  00 

Kensington,  by  S.  M.  Cowles 26  08 

Led  yard,  by  G.  Fanning 1250 

S.  S.,  by  J.  M.  Gray s  xo 

Lyme,  Old  Lyme  Ch.,  by  W.  F.  Coult         44  2a 
^IarIborough,  Estate  of  Charles  Buell. 

on  account,  by  W.  W.  Jacobs  for 

the  Ex 480  39 

Menden,  First,  add'l,  by  W.  H.  Squire  i  00 

Miss  S.  H.  Rice's  S.  S.  class  of  the 
First,  by  S.  H.  Rice 5  10 

Ladies'  Benev.  Soc.  of  Center  Ch., 
by  Mrs.  F.    Augur,  freight  and 

cash  gift 10  00 

Middletown,  A  Friend,  by  Rev.  C. 

W.  Shelton 2  00 

Miss  S.  C.  Clark,  special 50  00 

Silver  Circle,   Mrs.  A.  W.  Hazen, 
$5 :  Miss  E.  Tracy.  $5,  by  Mrs. 

J.  H.  Bunce 10  00 

Mt.  Carmel,  by  H.  B.  Tuttle 39  23 

Mystic,  by  A.  F.  Young «>  45 

New  Britain,  Miss  M.  L.  Stanley  of 

the  South,  by  M.  F.  Peck 20  00 

Miss  A.  G.  Stanley 5  00 

New  Haven,  Mrs.  S.  S.  Bronson i  00 

New  London,  First  Ch.  of  Christ,  by 

H.  C.  Learned 71  83 

First  Ch.  of  Christ,  A  Friend 25  00 

New  Milford,  James  Hine 15  00 

New  Preston,  E.  C.  Williams 2  00 

New  Preston  Village,    add'l,  by  D. 

Bumham 8  00 

Newtown,  by  G.  F.  Duncombe 15  00 

Norfolk,  by  J.   N.  Cowles,  to  const. 

Rev.  John  De  Pue  and  wife  L.  Ms..        313  37 

Northfield.  b^  H.  C.  Peck 26  29 

Norwalk.   First,  by  E.    L.  Boyer.  to 

const.  Miss  L.  K.  Stanley  a  L.  M...  97  70 

Norwich,  Second,  by  A.  D.  Allen    . .  128  41 

Second.  S.  S.,  by  H.    D.  Johnson, 
special 16  21 

Greenville  Ch.,  by  F.  H.  Potter 15  00 

Porafret,  First,  to  const.  Mrs.  H.  H. 
Davenport  and  B.  Grosvenor  L. 
Ms.,  by  Mrs.  C.  E.  Williams 19879 

S.  S.  Rally,  by  L.  S.  Hayward 8  86 

Salem,  S.  S..  by  Rev.  E.  W.  Merritt..  9  00 

Salisbury,  by  Rev.   1.  C.  Goddard,  to 

const.  (J.  C.  Selleck  a  L.  M 77  33 

Woman's  Board -<if  H.  M.,  by  Mrs. 

A .  B.  Robbins 19  05 

Sharon,  First,  by  R.  E.  Goodwin ^234 

South    Manchester,  Center  S.  S.,  by 

F.  W.  .Mills 9  64 

South  Windsor,  First,  by  R.  Grant. . .  54  25 

Stoninj^ton,  Balance  from  Estate  of 
Charles  P.  Williams,  by  W.  J.  H. 
Pollard,  Ex 138  65 

First,  by  B.  F.  Williams 14  00 

Thomaston,  Jr.  V     P.   S.   C.   E.,   by 

Rev.  K.  W.  Shelton ..  300 

Unionvillc,  First  Ch.  of  Christ,  by  J. 

R.Jenkins 3000 

Wallingford.  S.  H.  B 2000 

West   Farmington,   First,   by  G.   M. 

Whiting 1 J  00 

Wcstport,   Saupatuck  Ch.,  by  H.  C. 

Wood  worth,  to  const.  G.  Fairchild 

^^'  ^^   7987 

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March,  1895 


The  Home  Missionary 


585 


NEW  YORK— $a,a38.9o. 

Received  by  WUliam  S.  Spald- 
ing, Treas. : 

Berkshire,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E....  $500 

Brandon 3  00 

Canandaigua 38  05 

Deerfield,  Salem  Ch 2  50 

East  Pharsalia,  $2  ;  Y.  P.  S. 

C.  E.,  $1 300 

Fainricw,  Welsh 10  00 

Groton 38  00 

Maine,  Mrs.  C.  T.  Barnes. .  21  00 

Morrisville 16  10 

North  Java. 4  00 

Rensselaer  Falls,  Ch.,  $^.86, 
of  which  $3  towardf  L. 
Mp.  of  A.  M.  Doty  ;  S.  S., 

$1.21 707 

Rochester,  South  Ch 10  00 

H.  C.  Ri^g^ 2500 

Sherburne,  S.  S 27  05 

Strykersville 2  00 

Syracuse,  Plymouth 10  x6 

Goodwill 5  00 

Geddes 13  cx> 

$238  93 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 
J.  J.  Pearsall,  Treas. : 

Barrvville 1600 

Brooklyn,  Entertainment  at 
Plymouth  Lecture 
Room,  by  Mr.  Montefi- 

ore  Isaacs 15000 

Central  Ch.,  for  Salary 
Fund,  contributed  by 
Rev.  A.  J.  F.  Behrends, 

D.D 5000 

Tompkins  Avenue.  L.  B. 

S.»  for  Salary  Fund 67  40 

Buffalo,  First 50  00 

For  Rescue  Fund 55  00 

Pilgrim,  special 14  00 

Carthage i  65 

Central  Asso.,  annual  meet- 
ing         5  40 

Churchville 20  00 

Cortland 1000 

Evans 500 

Hamilton,  W.  A 1300 

Homer,  Mist  E.  Phillips. ...  i  00 

IthaoL  special 5  00 

New  Haven,  Aux 17  00 

New  York  City,  Broadway' 
Tabernacle    Ch.    Society 

forW.W 115  34 

Oswc«^,  special 1500 

Poughkeepsie 25  00 

Walton 3500 

665  79 

Albanv,  A  Friend 2500 

Brooklyn.  Ch.    of    the    Pilgrims,  in 

part,  Dv  J.  E.  Leech 78257 

ATriend  to  the  Cause 70  cx> 

J.  J.  Trappan 10  00 

Buffalo,  People's  Ch..  by  E.  C.  Wil- 
son, toward  a  L.  Mp 1007 

First,  by  R.  K.  Strickland 100  cx> 

Canaan  Four  Corners,  Miss  A.  Warner  4  73 

Qifton  Springs,  Miss  J.  M.  Gilmap. .  35  00 

Mrs.  E.  R.  Marvin 10  00 

Fairport,  S.  S.,  by  W.  F.  Dobbin 1000 

Flushing,  Miss  A.  H.  Parsons 3  co 

Homer,  oy  L.  F.  Rice 13  00 

Ironville,  S.  S.  Rally,  by  M.  J.  Peas- 
ley 2  00 

{amestown,  S.  S.,  by  F.  R.  Moody. . .  8  31 

.isbon.  First,  by  M.  T.  Stocking 921 

Massena,  Sec»nd,  by  M.  J.  Stearns, 

M.D. 5  00 


$3 

••53 

a 

24 

50 

00 

5 

00 

5 

CO 

IS  90 

10 

00 

25 

CO 

12 

50 

50 

00 

5 

00 

2 

70 

3 

77 

13 

40 

4 

00 

23 

25 

5 

00 

Middletown,  First,  by  S.  R.  Corwin.. 

Millville,  S.  S.,  by  S.  Linsley 

Mt.  Vernon,  Ch.,  $31.61 ;  S.  S.,  $18.39, 

by  Rev.  L.  F.  buell/for  Salanr  Fund 

and  to  const.  E.  B.  Fuller  a  L  M.. . 
New  York  City,  C.  B 

Francis  Steele ^ 

North  Walton,  Union  Miss.  Soc.,  by 

W.  S.  Webb 

Norwich,  S.  A.   Hopkins,  a  lliank- 

offering 

Orient,  by  C.  B.  King 

By  M.  B.  Brown 

Oxford,  by  J.  W.  Thorp 

Port  Chester,  S.  S.  01  the  First,  by 

Rev.  E.  Bonfils 

Rockaway  Beach,  First,  by  G.  R.  Hen- 

drickson 

Rockville  Center,  by  Rev.  M.  H.  Fish- 

bum 

Spcncerport,  Ch.  and  S.  S.,  by  Miss  A. 

Mclnty  re 

West  Brook,  by  T.  S.  Hoyt 

West  Groton.  Ch.,  $15  00  :  V.  P.  S.  C. 

E..  $8.25,  by  Rev.  J.  Cunningham.. 
Whitestone,  Mrs.  E.  Bleecker.  Silver 

Circle 


NEW  JERSEY-$253.54- 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union  of  the  N.  J.  As- 
soc., Mrs.  J.  H.  Denison.  Treas.: 
Orange  Valley,  for  Salary  Fund ......      74  28 

Chatham,  S.  S..  by  J.  T.  Wagner 25  cx> 

Closier,  by  I.  H.  Demarest 7  00 

East  Orange,  Swedish,  by  A.  P.  Nel- 
son    I  50 

Morristown.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  of  the  First, 

by  S.  F.  Beach 9  00 

Roselle,  A  Friend zoo  00 

Upper  Montclair,  Christian  Union  S. 

S.,  by  F.  W.  Dorman 32  65 

Vineland,  Miss  M.  E.  Gardner's  S.  S. 

class,  special 310 

S.  S.,  by  T.  A.  Gardner x  01 


PENNSYLVANIA-S176.35. 

Woman's  Missionary  Union. 
Mrs.  T.  W.  Jones.  Treas.: 

Guys  Mills,  special $5  oo 

Kane lo  oo 


15  00 


Woman's  H.  M.  Union  of  the  N.  J. 
Assrj.,  Mrs.  J.  H.  Denison.  Treas.: 
Philadelphia,  Central  Ch.,  of  which 
$8.So  for  Salary  Fund 18  Bo 

Audenried.  Welsh,  by  W.  Hughes. ...  5  00 

Blossburg,  by  Rev.  J.  T.  Matthews  . .  6  50 
Edwardsdale,    Bethesda    Ch..   $4  26  ; 
S.  S.  Rally,  $4.54,  by  Rev.  D.  L. 

Davis 8  80 

W^elsh.  by  Rev.  T.  C.  Edwards 10  00 

Mt.  Carmel,  S.  S.  add*!,  by  M.  Davis.  25  co 

Nanticoke.  Bethel,  by  Rev.  W.  Smith  12  63 

Philadelphia,  *'  Chelsea  " 30  00 

Pittsburgh,  Swedish  Ch..  by  Rev.  A! 

Danielson 3  00 

Plymouth,  Puritan  Ch.,  by  Rev.  T. 

McKay 2  50 

Scranton  Citv.  Providence  Welsh,  by 

Rev.  R.  S.  Jones 25  00 

Sharon.  Welsh  S.  S..  by  W.  J.  Tomes.  2  62 
Wilkesbarre,   Puriun  Ch..  by  J.  R. 

WiUvams 'vc:^  v^ 


586 


The  Home  Missionary 


March,  1895 


MARYLAND-$643.so. 

Baltimore,  First,  by  G.  L.  Brown....  $138  20 

S.  A.  Walker,  special 2  80 

Canton,  by  Rev.  T.  M.  Beadenko£F. . .  2  50 

A  Friend 500  00 


DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA-$79. 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union  of  the 
N.  J.  Assoc..  Mrs.  J.  H. 
Denison,  Treas. : 
Washinf^on,  D.  C,  Mission- 
ary Circle  and  Juniors  of 

Plymouth  Ch $5  00 

First,  of  which  $50  for  Sal- 
ary Fund 74  00 

79  00 

GEORGIA -$94.63. 

Atlanta,  Central  Ch.,  by  C.  E.  Kemp.         44  11 

Barnes ville,  Fredonia,  by  Rev.  W.  L. 
Jones 8  44 

Braswell,  Plain  ville,  Poplar  Sprin^j^, 
$3.35;  Rev.  W.  B.  Armstrong, 
$1.50 ;  colls.,  $1.58 6  43 

Burrouifhs,  S.  S.  Rally,  by  P.  Blake..  60 

Clara.  Pleasant  Hill  Ch.,  by  Rev.  H. 
E.  Newton  3  00 

Clark's  Mill,  Bowers  and  Magdalena, 
by  Rev.  G.  Home 10  00 

Columbus,  First,  by  Rev.  G.  W. 
Cumbus 3  00 

Duluth.  $1.25  :  Flowery  Branch,  Lib- 
erty Ch.,  $1.25,  by  Rev.  W.  F. 
Brewer 2  50 

Five  Forks.  §1.80;  Oxford.  $i;;^o ; 
colls.,  20  cents,  by  Rev.  J.  C.  For- 
rester    5  50 

Juno,  by  Rev.  H.  M.  Gober 50 

North  Rome  and  West  Rome,  by  Rev. 
J.  W.  Gilliam 1  50 

Powcrsville.  by  Rev.  W^.  C.  Carter. . . 

Stone  Mountain  and  Antioch.by  Rev. 
A.  J.  Lyle ^. .  50 

Zoar.  by  Rev.  M.  G.  Fleming 3  55 


LOUISIANA  -$10. 

Lake  Charles,  by  Rev.  S.  H.  Barteau 

White  Bay  Springs,    by  Rev.  M.  J. 

Owens 


ARKANSAS-$X4.3s. 

Rogers,  First,  by  Rev.  J.  W.  Scroggs 
First,  by  Rev.  R.  C.  Walton 


FLORIDA— $6o.6a. 

Coatsville  and  Wausau,  by  Rev.  S.  B. 

Judah  

Iisterlachen,  W.  H.  M.  S., by  Rev.  W. 

D.  Brown 

Key   West,    First,   by  Rev.    C.    W. 

Fraser  

Longwoodand  Palm  Springs,  by  Rev. 

G.  W.  Hardaway 

Potolo  and  Oak  Ridge,  by  Rev.  E.  A. 

Buitram 

Tangerine,  by  G.  H.  Wood 

TEXAS -$80.90. 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 
C.  I.  Scofield,  Treas. : 
Dallas,  S.  S.  Rally  of  Grand 

Avenue  Ch $2392 

First,  for  Salary  Fund 24  90 

S.  S.  Rally 13  38 

Paris 1000 

Sherman 2  20 


Dallas,  Grand  Avenue  branch  of  the 
First,  by  I.  Carroll 


5  00     INDIAN  TERRITORY-S2.50. 


McAlester,    First,    by    Rev.   W.    H. 
Hicks 


$500 
500 


500 
9  35 


X  00 
38  00 

«3  93 

3  32 

X  00 
338 


74  40 

6  50 


2    50 


ALABAMA- $55.02. 

Dadeville,  Oak  Ridii^e  Ch.,  by  Rev.  E. 

B.  Gunn 

Echo,  Christian  Hill  Ch.,  Friendship 

Ch.  and  Wicksburg,  Bascom  Ch.,by 

Rev.  M.  V.  Marshall 

Hacklcburg.  Prospect  Ch.,  by  Rev.  C. 

P.  Lun-^ford 

Haleysville.  Union  Grove,  by  Rev.  G. 

W.  Rowe 

Jackson's  Gap.  Liberty  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

W  J .  I )unaway 

Kingsion  and  Lightwood.  Union  Ch.. 

by  Rev.  W.  C.  Culver 

Lamar.  Union  Ch.,  by  Rev.  M.  Pres- 

cotl ' 

Mille.'ville.     Bethel     and     Oak     Hill. 

Mountain     Meadow.    Shady   Grove 

Ch..  by  Rev.  T.  Wright   

Milner,  Union   Hill,  by   Rev.  T.    M. 

Lindley 

rer.)te  and  Caialpa.   by    Rev.   N.    H 

(iibson 

Phii-Miix  Citv.  Bethany  Ch.,  New  Site. 

Antioch  Ch.,  and  Bluff  Spring.  .Mt. 

Carmel  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  M.  Gipson.. 
South  C.ilera.  Rev.  J.  L.  Busbv.  $v.75  ; 

Maggie  Busby.  $1  ;  K.  M.  Jones,  35 

rent.s ;  T.  M.    Rcdlin,   25  cents,  by 

Rev.  J.  L  Busby 

Tucker,   Union  Hill,  by  Rev.  \V.  H. 
Briscndinc 


3  00 

4  25 
I  60 

1  00 

2  00 

2  57 

5  00 

6  5<-) 
5  CO 


2   75 


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OKLAHOMA-S46.02. 

Alpha,  Park  and  Mount   Pisgah,  by 

Rev.  J.  F.  Robberts 

Chandler,  by  Rev.  M.  D.  Tenncy 

Choctaw  City,  First,  by  Rev.  L.  B. 

Parker 

Kingfisher,  Union  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  C. 

Calnon 

Lincoln  Co.,  Forest  Ch.,  by  Rev.  M. 

D .  Bogue 

North  End.  First,  by  Rev.  J.  S.  Hawks 

Okarche,  by  Rev.  W.  Kelsey 

Soldier  Creek,  by  Rev.  O.  G.  I-egrande 
Waynoka,  by  Rev.  J.  W.  McWilliams. 


NEW   MEXICO- $5.00. 

White  Oaks.  $3.55  ;  Rev.   S    V.  Dil- 
ley.  $1.45,  by  Rev.  S.  V.  Dilley 

ARIZONA- $24.00. 

Tcmpe.  S.  S.  Rally,  by  R.  Walsworth 
Tucson.  First,   by  Rev.  D.  R.  Francis 

TENNESSEE- $88.43. 

C\voL\va.x\vw.>V^'a.,  Ctt>\.x?\  ^Dci.^  ^sv<^.  ^ASt 


2 

00 

I 

75 

3 

77 

15 

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2 

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3 

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15 

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3 

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5  00 


4  00 

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March,  1895 


The  Home  Missionary 


587 


Knoxvillc.  S.  S.  "  Company  A  "  Ten- 
nessee Reft.,  by  S.  C  Roney $22  93 

Memphis.  Mission  Soc.  of  Stranger's 
Cb.,  by  J.  G.  Boch 3620 

KENTUCKY-$i2.ox. 

i 

Berea.  by  A.  J.  Hanson la  oi 

OHIO -$1,641.98. 

Received  in  Dec.  and  Jan.,  by 

Rev.  J.  G.  Fraser,  D.  D.  : 
Ashtabula.  Second,  1^  Rev. 

W.  H.  Blease $a  36 

Austinburg,  by  M.  Parker. .  3  50 
Bel  pre.  by  A.  W.  Glazier. . .  12  25 
Canal  Dover,  Union  Ch.,  by 

W.  Fay  and  T.  Evans. . . .       3  00 
Cleveland,  First,  by  F.  E. 

Spelman 13  05 

Pilgrim,  by  H.  C.  Holt    . .      61  56 

Frank  L.  Ford,  special....      10  00 
<5arrettsville,    Ch.,   $24.70; 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  $5,  by  Rev. 

E.  S.  Rothrock 2970 

Oeneva,  by  S.  P.  Searle 30  00 

Greenfield,  by  Rev.   J.   B. 

Warren 620 

Hudson,  by  Miss  E.  £.  Met- 

calf,  in  full  to  const.  Mrs. 

H.  £.  Smith  a  L.  M ai  50 

Huntsburg,  S.  S.,  $5  :  Y.  P. 

S.  C.  E.,  $1,   by  A.  W. 

Tuttle 600 

Kelley's   Ishud,  by  H.  B. 

Upp 2  32 

Kingsville,  Miss  E.  S.  Com- 

injfs 1000 

Lexington,    by  Rev.  J.  A. 

Kaley 10  25 

Lodi,  by  A.  B.  Taylor 10  51 

Lucas,  bv  Walter  Fletcher .  3  00 
North  iMonroeville,  by  Mrs. 

H.  S.  Cornell 2  45 

North  Ridgeville,  by  Rev. 

J.  P.  Riedinger 19  00 

Oberlin,    D  u  d  le  y    Allan, 

M.D.,   to    const.    Prof. 

Jewett  a  L.  M 50  00 

Painesville,  by  I.  Everett . .  48  33 
Penfield,  by  W.  A.  Schwim- 

ley,  for  work  in  Utah 16  50 

Radnor,  S.  S.,  $10  :  J.,  S. 

J.,  W.  R.,  j.  W.   Powell. 

Si  each ;    U.   H.   and   E. 

Powell,  50  cents  each,  by 

John  Powell 1 5  00 

Rock  Creek,  by  John  Pogson  7  40 
Sandusky,  by  H.  H.  West..  8001 
Strongsville.  by  R.  Gibbons  10  00 
Sullivan,    addi    by  M.   De 

Mos-s I  00 

Tallmadge,  add'l,  by  J.  W. 

Seward i  00 

Thomastown,  by    Miss 

Rachel  Davies 2  00 

Tokio.  Zion  Welsh,  by  John 

J .  Jones 12  20 

Toledo,  Washington  Street, 

by  A.  U.  Young 9  24 

Troy,  S.  S.,  by  Rev.  S.  R. 

Dole  5  S5 

Wayne,  Ch.,  $30 ;  Y.  P.  S. 

C.  E,,  $20,  by  W.  B.  Smilie      50  00 
Wellington,  of    which    $10 

from  J.  S.  Case  to  con.st. 

Mrs.   Kate  A.   Wait   and 

Mrs.  Rosa  L.  Overbacher 

L.  Ms.  by  T.  F.  Rodhouse    loc  00 
Wheatland,    Pa.,    by    Rev. 

T.  M.  GriiErb 3  22 

■ —  667  10 


Received  in  Dec.,  by  Rev.J.  G. 
Fraser,  D.D.,  Treas.  Bo- 
hemian Board,  Qeveland, 
Ohio: 

Andover,  Jr.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E..      $5  00 

Chatham  Center,  S.  S., 
Christmas  Gift 25  00 

Cleveland.  Euclid  Avenue, 

by  J.  Snow 5222 

Plymouth,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E. .      15  00 
Thomas  Piwooka 10  00 

107  aa 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  by 
Mrs.  G.  B.  Brown, 
Treas.  : 

Burton,  Mrs.  E.  Hitch- 
cock, Bible  Readers 
School 5  00 

Cleveland ,  Euclid  A  venue, 

A  Friend 10  00 

A    Friend,    for   Bible 

Readers  School 10  00 

First,  L.  H.  M.  S.,  Bible 
Readers  iioo 

Hudson,  S.  S.  for  Bible 
Readers  School 5  00 

Tallmadge,  Cheerful 
Workers,  for  Salary 
Fund a  00 

Toledo,  Central,  Y.  P.  S. 
C.  E.  for  Bible  Readers 
School 5  00 

$155   22 

48  00 

Received  in  Jan.  by  Rev.  J.  G. 
Fraser,  D.D.,  Treas..  Bo- 
hemian Board,  Cleveland: 

Cleveland,  First  S.  S $17  74 

Pilgrim,  by  H.  C.  Holt. . .     114  85 

Manslield,   First    S.   S.,  by 
Dr.  Schauffler 10  41 

148  00 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 
G.  B.  Brown,  Treas.: 

Alliance,  S.  S. ,  Bible  Read- 
ers School   9  70 

Ashland,  for  Bible  Read- 
ers School 3  50 

Austinburg.Y.  P.  S.  C.  E., 
Salary  Fund 5  00 

Cleveland.  Pilgrim.  W.  A., 

Bible  Readers  School. .        15  00 

Cortland 2  00 

Elyria.  Bible  Readers 
School 10  00 

Geneva.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E., 
for  Salary  Fund 1710 

Medina 8  66 

Oberlin,  Second.  L.  A.  S., 

Bible  Readers  School.      15  00 
For  Salary  Fund 10  00 

Tallmadge.  Cheerful 
Workers 5  00 

West  Williamsfield 5  00 

253  96 

105  96 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union.  Mrs. 

G.  H.  Brown,  Ireas.: 

Columbus.  P.  L.  A $20  00 

Eastwood         40  00 

Marietta.  First 10  00 

Oberlin,  Second.  L.  A.  S...  25  00 

Tallmadge    7  48 

Salary  Fund: 

Bellcvue "v,  r«k 

C\iaTdoTV \  «* 

Chatham  CctixeT \  «k 


588 


The  Home  Missionary 


March,  1895 


Cleyeland.  First $13  00 

Hough  Avenue 20  00 

Plymouth 14  oo 

Columbus,  North,  L.  A.  S.  5  00 

Conneaut 6  50 

Greenwich 4  40 

Hudson 9  00 

North  Fairfield 250 

Obcrlin.  Second 25  00 

Sandusky 5  00 

Sullivan 3  oo 

Toledo,  Washington  Street 

W.  M.  U 1400 

Unionville 2  00 

S244  88 

Akron,  West  S.  S..  by  C.  E.  Bingham  5  00 

Ashtabula  Harbor*  Finnish,  by  Rev. 

F.  Lehtinen 3  50 

Clarksfield  and  Brighton,  by  Rev.  C. 

A.  Ruddock  7  22 

Cleveland,  Union  Ch.,  by  Rev.  E.  E. 

Scovill 20  00 

Swedish,  by  A.  W.  Franklin 5  25 

Coolville,  Centennial  and  Ireland,  by 

Rev.  F.  S.  Perry 7  <7 

Gustavus.  by  Rev.  J.  L.  Olmstead...  7  00 

North    Kingsville,    S.    C.    Kcilogg, 

special 5  00 

Oberlin,  First,  by  A.  H.  Johnson 20  00 

P  irst,  by  L.  W.  Upton 53  50 

Mrs.  E.  B.  Clark 10  00 

M .  A.  Keep 100  00 

W.  M.  Mead 10  co 

Saybrook,  Mission   Band,  by   L.  Hil- 

keri 5  15 

Springfield,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  First,  by 

M .  L.  Lawrence 6  00 

Tallmadge.   ?S2.io;  Y.   P.  S.    C.    E, 

$3  63.  by  J.W.Seward,  to  const  Mrs. 

E.  S.  Hart  a  L.  M 55  73 


INDIANA- $50.65. 

Woman's  H.    M.    Union,  Mrs.  F.  E. 
Dewhurst,  Trcas  : 
Indianapolis,  Mayflower  Ch.  for  Sal- 
ary Fund 


Ft   Wayne,  Plymouth,  by  Rev.  J.  S. 

Ainslic 

Marian,  S.  S  ,  by   Mrs.  G.  A.  Southall 


^5  50 


2  >  00 
5  15 


ILLINOIS -$3,167  89  ;  of  which  lcj;acy, 

$2,800.00. 

Illinois  Home  Miss.  Soc..  by  Rev    J. 

Tompkins,  D.  D  .  R()ckf<»rd.  Second 

Ch.,  W.  H.  M.  U..  for  .Salary  Fund.         100  00 
Brighton,  On  account  from  Estate  <»f 

L.  ?.  Stratton,  by  N.  I.  Stratton.  E.\.        800  00 
Chicago.  Lejracy  of  O.  H.  Piatt,  H.  V. 

Freeman,  E.x..  by  N.  I).  Smith...      2,000  rw 

Edmund  Noyes 80 

Delavan,  R.  Ho^liton 20  00 

Gcneseo.  Woman's  Mis^.  Union.  Mrs. 
P.  Huntin^'ton.  by  Mrs.  P.  H.  Tay- 
lor    ■;  4*^ 

First,  by  J   Gr.iy 188; 

Illinois.  David   Fales.  by  Rev.  H.  D. 

Wiard 25  00 

Kewanee.  Mf^.  J.  A.  Talcott 1  <<> 

La  rirange,  First,  by  (i    H.  McKay..  S'*  8j 

Moline.  First,  by  Rev   T    B.  Wilson..         ua  .>8 
Morrison.  William  Wallace 10  -w 

MlSSOURI-$6i4.32. 

Bonne    Terre.  First,  by  Rev.  ]    V>- 
Fiskc i>^ '^ 


Kidder,  by  Rev.  A.  L.  Gridley $10  00 

Republic  and   Billings,  by  Rev.  I.  T. 

Hull 8  00 

St.  Louis,  Pilgrim  Ch.  by  G.  L.  Day.  233  50 

First,  by  F.  T.  Knox,  M.D 225  2a 

Springfield,    First,    by    Rev.    E     C. 
Evans,  to  const.  William  H .  Fmk 

a  L.  M 98  10 

German  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  F.  Graf. ...  7  50 

MICHIGAN-$5.36. 

Detroit,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  of  Plymouth 

Ch.,  by  W.  B.  Johnson 226 

Grand  Rapids,  Mrs.  H.  R.  Peck i  20 

Jackson,  Mrs.  R.  M.  Bennet i  90 

WISCONSIN-$66.4i. 

Appleton,  Mrs.  R.  Smith,  special 25  00 

Asnland,  Ladies'  Soc..  by  E.  P. 
Wheeler,  Treas.  No.  Wis.   H.   M. 

Soc 5  00 

Beloit.  Woman's  Miss.  Soc.    of    the 

First,  by  Miss  M.  E.  Simmons 117s 

Bimamwood  and  Norrie,  by  Rev.  G. 

S.  Biscoe 10  26 

Bloomer,  by  Rev.  J.  R.  Ward 3  00 

Fifield,  by  Rev.  T.  G.  Grassie 5  00 

Washburn  and  Bayfield,  Scand..  by 

Rev.  H.  P.  Peterson 4  50 

Wood  Lake.Grantsburg,  and  Doctor  s 
Lake,  Swedish,  by  Rev.  N.  I.  Nel- 
son    I    vO 

IOWA— $65.82  ;  of  which  legacy,  $65.82. 

Des  Moines,  Rollins  Estate,  by  S.  A. 

Merrill 27  '^7 

Estate  of  Mrs.  H.  L.  Rollins,  by  S. 
A.  Merrill <&  15 


MINNESOTA- $915.21. 

Received  by  Rev.  J.  H.  Mor- 

ley  : 

Alexandr  ia.  S.  S $3  74 

Austin,  S.  S 4  04 

Barnesville.  S.  S 3  00 

Brownton.  S.  S 85 

Custer.  Welsh 5  00 

Edgerton,    $1.40  :     S.    S., 

^$3'5 4  55 

Freeborn 8  15 

J.    Woods.   50    cents;    J. 

Pierce.  50  cents i  00 

Glencoc 5  cx) 

Glyndon.  S.  S 3  50 

Graceville 4  50 

Grand  Meadow 3  00 

Gravcland.  S.  S 200 

Hawley 5  60 

Lamberion,  S.  S 5  00 

Little  Falls 500 

Madisfin.  S.  S i  25 

Mankaio.  $12  ;  S.  S..  $2.54.  14  54 

Marshall 12  24 

Med  ford 5  00 

S .  S 5  00 

Mentor,  S.  S i  00 

Minneapolis.  Vine.  $7.63  ;  S. 

S.,  Birthday  box,  $5  70.  13  35 

Union  S.  S a  75 

Robbinsdale 300 

First,  $68.79;  S.  S.,$i5..  83  79 

First  Scand 6  62 

F\Uh  Avenue.  $15.14;  S. 

%  ^^-s-*^^ '899 


March,    1895 


The  Home  Missionary 


589 


New  Ulm $ia  00 

Northfield 1:6  25 

Pelican  Rapids 4  00 

Princeton 54  5a 

Rush  City,  S.  S 2  50 

St  Paul,  Plymouth 1 1  75 

Park 56  00 

So.  Park,  Jr.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  6  25 

Bohemian  S.  S 3  38 

Spring  Valley 4  41 

staples,  d.  d....*...........  55 

Stillwater,  $5.25  ;  S.  S.,  $3  .  8  25 

Taopi,  S.  S 50 

Tracy,  A  Friend 7  00 

Wadena.  S.  S 3  00 

Waterville, Ch.and  S.  S....  11  20 

Zumbrota 30  25 

565  27 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 

M.  W.  Skinner,  Trcas.: 

Alexandria 30  00 

Claremont 4  50 

I>uluth.  West 5  CO 

Faribault 5  00 

Mankato 12  75 

Minneapolis,    Park   Ave- 
nue   59  65 

Como  Avenue 2000 

First,   $17  :  Young  La- 
dies, $so. 37  c>o 

Princeton 5  00 

Sauk  Onter,  $25.70 :  Y. 

P.  S.  C.  E.,  $1.90 27  60 

Springfield 5  00 

St.  Paul,  Park 600 

Villard 2  00 

Wabasha 5  20 

Annual    Meeting    Rescue 

Fund 3  75 

218  45     $783  72 

Custer.  Bethel  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  L.  Mar- 
tin   3  25 

Faribault,  by  A.  Young 5»  56 

Fertile  and  Mentor,  by  Rev.   R.   P. 

Upton 8  25 

Olenwood,  by  Rev.  F.  A.  Sumner 2  50 

Glyndon,  Cn.  and  S.   S.,  by  C.   G. 

Tracy 4  30 

Hudson,  by  Rev.  A.  L.  Brown i  25 

Lake  Emily,  by  Rev.  W.  D.  Stevens. .  i  20 

Mazeppa  and  Zumbro  Falls,  by  Rev. 

Q.C.Todd IT  53 

Red  Wing.  D.  C.  Hill ,10  00 

Robbinsdale,  by  Rev.  S.  R.  Rogers  . .  8  00 

Rose  Creek  and  Taopi,  by  Rev.  F.  J. 

Brown 3  00 

Sherbum.  $10;  Lake  Belt.  $5  ;  Fra- 

scr.  ^4.  by  Rev.  E.  C.  Lyons 19  00 

Worthmgton,  Union  Ch.,  $6.48  :  S.  S., 

$1. 17,  by  G.  O.  Moore 7  65 


K^NSAS-$38o.7i. 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union.  Mrs. 

E.  K.  De  Long,  Treas. : 

Alma,  bank $500 

Argentine 1700 

Blue  Rapids 9  00 

Burlington,  three  banks 30  95 

Carson i  10 

Centralia,  towards  L.  Mp.  of 

Mrs.  B.  U.  King 15  00 

Comet 300 

Cora 125 

Eastern  Assoc,  collection ...  i  95 

Emporia 1000 

Ft.  Scott 500 

Gamett 4  50 

Coodland,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 5  00 


Highland $500 

ietmore 200 
Kansas  City,  First,  in  full 
to  const.  Mrs.  Lillie  B. 

TrickettaL.  M 9000 

Pilgrim 5  50 

Kirwin 1  95 

Lawrence.  Plymouth 37  53 

Plymouth,  S.  S 2  09 

Leavenworth 10  00 

C.  E.,  two  banks 1000 

Linwood i  35 

Louisville x  25 

Newton,  one  bank 500 

Osawatcmie 4  50 

Paola,  one  bank 170-0 

Ridgeway 2  50 

Russell 600 

Sabetha 8  35 

Sedgwick 1400 

Sterling 5  00 

Stockton 6  00 

Ch.  and  S.  S.,  three  banks.  15  00 

Udall.  bank 5  00 

Wakarusa  Valley 700 

Wellsville 3  00 

S.  S 5  00 


Le<s  expenses 


298  07 
5  96 


$293    IX 

Arkansas  City,  by  Rev.  W.  C.  Veazie  45  20 
BloomingtoQ,    Ash    Rock    and    New 

Harmony,  by  Rev.  M.  McPhce x  00 

Logan.  Hemdon  and  Ludell,  German, 

by  Rev.  W.  Suess 6  25 

Milford.  H.  M.  Silver  Circle,  by  W.  C. 

Sanf ord 4  00 

Mound  City,  by  A.  M.  Gregory a  00 

Newton,  First,  by  Rev.  F.  W.  Hemen' 

way x6  65 

Osawatomie,  First,    by    Rev.    T.    S. 

Roberts a  00 

Pittsburg,  Tabernacle,  by  Rev.  J.  H. 

B.  Smith 5  00 

Twelve  Mile,  by  J.  Glcdhill 45 

Village  Creek.  $402;  Scatter  Creek, 

$2.03,  by  Rev.  G.  W.  Pfeiffer 6  05 


NEBRASKA-S186.19. 

Received     by     J.     W.     Bell, 

Trcas.  : 

Ashland $32 

Irvinpton 8 

Indian(  la 4  78 

Kearney 30  86 

S.  S 4  26 

Lincdln,  Plymouth 2250 

Paisley 7  50 

Sargent 10 

Red  Cloud 1602 

127  32 

Less  expenses 5  08 


Woman's  H.   M.   Union,   Mrs.  G.  J. 
Powell,  Treas.  : 
Princeton,  Woman's  Miss.  Soc 

Bloomfield,  Si  :    Dolphin,  $1.60.    by 

Rev.  E.  Martin 

Culbertson,  Hayes  Co.  and  Palisade, 

German  Chs.,  by  Rev.  A.  Hodel  . . , 
Doniphan,  West  Hamilton,  and  North 

Hastings,  by  Rev.  E.  Cressman.... 
Friend  and  Turkey  Creek,  German, 

by  Rev.  P.  L\ch *. 

Gcrmat\X.ovn\,  O^ttcvasv.  0\.>  Vj  "%jct  . 

F.WoXiv 


122  24 

8  80 

2  60 

2  25 

5  00 


590 


The  Home  Missionary 


March,  1895 


Guide  Rock,  Superior,  and  Beaver 
Creek,  German,  by  Rev.  F.  Brcn- 
necke 

Hyannis  and  Reno,  by  Rev.  j.  B. 
Brown 

Lincoln,  German  Ch  ,  by  Rev.  J.  Lich 

Omaha,  Saratoga  and  Cnerry  Hill,  by 
Rev.  E.  L.  Ely 


NORTH   DAKOTA    $441. 86;  of  which 
legacy,  $376.31. 

Recoived  by  Rev.  H.  C  Sim- 
mons : 

Sanborn $1  00 

Wimbledon 3  45 

Wogonsport 2  oo 

Mary  F.  ParraenLer 2  00 

8  45 
Woman's  H.  M  Union.  Mrs. 
J.  M.  Fisher,  Treas.: 

Cummings 3  00 

Michigan    City,     Mission 
Band a  50 


%a  30 

16  50 
10  00 

3  50 


5  50 

Buxton,    from    estate   of    James    P. 

Gould,  by  Asa  Sargeant.  Ex 

Caledonia,  by  Rev.  W.  Ciriftith 

Gardner,  collections,  by  Rev.  W.  Kd- 

wards 

Jamestown  and   Eldrid^'c,  by  Rev.  J. 

I).  Whitelaw 

Michigan  Ciiy  and   Nia^^ara,  by  Rev. 

W.  G   Rich  

North  Dakota,  A   Friend,  by  Rev.  .M. 

E.  Evcrsz 

Obcron,  by  Rev.  O.  I*.  Champlin 

SOUTH    DAKOTA     $juj.o. 


n  95 

376  31 
20  10 

3  00 

6  27 
9  43 

5    CXJ 

7  80 


Received  by  Rev.  C.  J    Han- 
sen. Scandinavian  (  hs  : 
Aberdeen 

S2  Oi 

Cenlerville 

Elk  Point 

I   14 

Lakeport 

Vermilion 

2    13 
14    07 

■2<^  73 


Received  by  Rev.  J.  Satiler  : 
Mcpherson  (!o..  Kmmaniu  1 
Parkston.  I'"ricdcnskld,CitT- 

man 

Salem 

Scotland,  by  Rev.  J.  .Scharer 


7  5" 
10  00 


Aberdeen,  Plymouth  Ch  .  by  Rev.  T. 

J.  Dent 

Aurora,  by  Rev.  J.  E.  B.  Jewelt 

Bonne  Homme  and  Lakeport.  by  Rev. 

N.  P.  Steves 

Bowdleand  Sprinj,'  Lake,  by  Rev.  L. 

A.  Brink 


Buffalo  Clap,  by  Rev.  (i.  Wadsworth. 
Columbia 
Kcvan 


(>ap,  by 
ia.  Unite 


d  Ch  ,  by  Rev.  J.  H. 


Cresbard   and   Myron,  by  Rev.   P.  H. 

Fisk 

De  Smet,   S4  :    Lake   Henry,   $.>.   by 

Rev.  W.  H.  Thrall 

Duncan.  Gann  Vallev.  and    Pleasant 

Valley,  by  Rev.  F.  L    Drew 

Emery,  by  Rev.  H.  Grei^ory 

Erwin.  by  .Miss  E.  K.  lienry 

Glcnvicw,  by  Rev.  M.  Doty 

Hot  Springs.    First,  by  Rev.  E.  E. 
Frame 


Howard,  by  Rev.  D.  R.  Tomlin ^  ?» 

Mission  Hill,  by  Rev.  D.  B.  Nichols..  7  75 

Powell.  Webh,  by  Rev.  J.  T.  Lewis..  i  10 

South  Shore,  by  Rev.  D.  E.  Armitage  6  66 

Spring  Hill,  by  Rev.  G.  L.  Helms t  00 

Springfield.  Running  Water,  and  Wa- 

nari,  by  Rev.  C.  Seccombe 3  00 


COLORADO  -$106.39. 

Denver,   First  German,  by  Rev.   A. 

Trandt 

North     Denver,    by    Rev.    C.     M. 

Clark 

Harmon  Ch,  by  Rev.  G.  \V.  Rose. . 

Plymouth,  by  C.  S.  Burwell 

Glenarm,Y.P.  S.  C.  E.  of  the  First, 
by   M.   A.   Morrison,   for    Salary 

Fund 

FruiU,  by  Rev.  H.  .M.  Skeeis 

Littleton,  by  J.  A.  Hamer 

Pueblo.  First,  by  Rev.  W.  A.  Tanner.  2?  91 

Starkville,  by  Rev.  L  McRae  : ,56 


WYOMING-$s.8o. 

Rock  Springs.  First,  by  Mrs.  M.  A. 
Clark 5  00 

Err ATi'M— Buffalo,  by  Rev.  S.  Weyler.  $10.55. 
erroneously  ack.   under  So.   Dak.   in    Februar>' 

Ho.ME  MiSSIO.NAKV. 


.MO.\TANA-$35  6<j. 


5 

00 

IC 

cw 

23 

s-S 

2S 

00 

3 

/  - 

5 

to 

Castle,  Mrs.  H.  H.  Barnes,  by  Mrs.  H. 

E.  Jones,  Trea?..  W.  H.  .M.  U 

Missoula.  First,  by  Rev.  O.  C.  Clark 
Thompson's     Falls.     $j.7f> :      Horse 

Plains,  90 cts.,  by  Rev.  VV.  S.  Bell.. 


NEVADA- $60,. 
Reno,  by  Rev.  T.  .Majr'H. 


2  cr% 
i  to 


.x> 


22    26 

6  58 
to  47 

10  00 

'S  00 
»5  -'5 

26  00 

4  25 

6  CO 

6  oo 

2  81 

-2?    50 

10  SQ 


IDAHO    $5.22. 

Mountain  Home.  First,  by  Rev.  F.  \V. 
Nash 


CALIFORNIA- $2,048  82. 

Received  by  Rev.  J.  T.  Ford  : 

Dehesa,  th.  and  S.  S.  Rally  $x8  00 

De  Lur    a  <>:> 

.Mentone,  S.  .S.  Rally 3  20 

Ventura 31  75 

^i-  S 5  (5 

Villa  Park 6  6c 


20 


California   Home  Missionary 
Soc  by  John  McKee  : 

Antioch 

Berkeley,  First 

Camr)bell.  .S.  S 

V    P   S  C   F 

Ferndale.  S.  S 

Green  Valley,  S.  S 

Kenwood  ...    

Lewiston,  S.  S    

Mrs.  E   E.  While 

Little  Shasta 

Lodi    

OaV\av\<\  . V\^*mouth  Avenue 

Vew^wvcvA. 

^t\ .  Y  .  ^/^wVx'ws 


15   OJ 

10  00 

10  40 

6  00 

5  <-« 

2  55 
15  00 

1  45 

2  00 

q  25 

5   55 
76  8<> 


March,  1895 


The  Home  Missionary 


591 


Redwood,  Ch $11  05 

S.  S 2  80 

Mrs.  F.  L.  Perkins 500 

Sacramento.. 50  00 

San  Francisco,  Park  Ch. ...  10  10 

S.  S 10  40 

First 200 

Plymouth  Ch 15  00 

Rev.  W.  D.  Williams 5  00 

Stockton.  First 23  50 

C.  M.  Circle 1000 

Edward  Coleman 500  00 

830  40 
Woman's    Home    Mission- 
ary Society,  Mrs.  J.    M. 

Haven,  Treas 855  00 

$1,685  40 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union  Southern  Cali- 
fornia, Mrs.  M.  M.  Smith,  Treas.: 
Los  Anf^eles,  Younf?  Ladies' 

Missy  Soc.  of  the  First.. $16  45 

A  I*riend 6  00 

North  Pasadena 3  00 

Ontario,  S.  S 6  00 

Pasadena,  S.  S.  of  the  First. .    16  00 
Riverside,  S.  S.  of  the  First..      5  25 

Saticoy,  S.  S 481 

57  5x 

Alturas,  by  Rev.  L.  Wallace 5  00 

Bethany,  by  Rev.  F.  Wairy. 10  00 

Bloomin^ton,  Rialto,  and  Btiwanda, 

by  Rev.  E.  R.  Brainerd 6  00 

Hydesville.  Rohnerville,  and  Alton, 

by  Rev.  W.  Gordon a6  75 

Needles,  by  Rev.  G.  W^.  Hcnnin^ 15  00 

Nordhon,  by  Rev.  J.  A.  Milli^an 42  no 

Pacific  Grove,  Mayflower  Ch.,  by  Miss 

M.  L.  Holman 8  00 

Pico  Heights  and  Hvde  Park,  Chs.,  by 

Rev.  J.  M.  Schaene 2  50 

Pomona.  Pilgrim  S.  S.,  by  A.  P.  Nich- 
ols   20  00 

Porterville,  by  Rev.  .1.  G.  Eckles lo  00 

Rocklin,  by  Rev.  E.  D.  Haven 12  70 

San  Francisco,  A  Friend 20  00 

San  Rafael,  by  Rev.  W.  P.  Hardy 10  00 

Santa  Monica,  by  Rev.  G.  H.  DeKay.  26  70 
Wyandotte,  Ch.,  $10.45;  Thermalito, 
$2-95  ;  Cherokee.  $10  55  ;  A  Friend, 

5  cts.,  by  Rev.  A.  S.  Parsons 24  00 


OREGON- $44.20. 

Astoria,    First,   by    1.    A.    Macnim, 

Treas $ao  00 

Beaverton  and  Tualitin,  by  Rev.  W. 

Hurlburt 6  00 

Forest  Grove,  S.  S.  Rally,  by  Rev.  C. 

F.  Clapp 7  70 

Independence,  Miss  C.  Irvine 3  00 

Oswego,  by  Rev.  R.  M.  Jones 2  50 

Pleasant  Hill,  Mrs.  E.  Y.  Swift 5  cx> 

WASHINGTON    $14131. 

Received  by  Rev.  A.  J.  Bailey  : 

Christopher $a  25 

Green    Lake,    Union   S.  S. 

Rally,    by    Mis.    W.    D. 

Wood 331 

Puyallup,    by    Mrs.    A.    B. 

Gibbs I  50 

Star  Lake 35 

7  4» 

Edison,  by  Rev.  R.    Bushcll 400 

Colfax,   i/lymouih.    by    Rev.    H.    P. 

James 38  (o 

Colville.  by  Rev.  L.  E.  jesseph 325 

Fairhavcn,   Plymouth,  by  Rev.  J.  C. 

Wright 1000 

Lake  Park,  Spanaway  Church.  $0.45  ; 

Hillhurst,  $2,  by  Rev.  W.  H.  Atkin 

son 6  45 

Marysville.  by   Rev.  R    Bushell 400 

Mima,  S.  S.  Rally,  by  S.  L.  Seward..  j  50 

Pullman.  Ch..  ;?4  50  ;  Y.   P.  S.  C.  E.. 

$5,  by  Rev.  A.  P.  McDonald y  50 

Seattle,  Edge  water,    by    Rev.  J.  T. 

Nichols 1000 

Taylor  Ch.,  by  Rev.  G.  H.  Lee j  00 

South    Bend,    hirst,   by    Rev.    E.   R. 

Loomis 8  50 

Spokane,  Westminster,  by  Rev.  F.  B. 

Cherrington 2 1  25 

Tekoa,  Ch.,  ^5:  S.  S.  Rally.  $6.10.  by 

Rev.  O.  F.  Thayer .     ..  n  10 

Wenas  and    Nachez,  by   Rev.  R.  G. 

Hawn 275 

Home  Missionahy ■'33  <^ 8 

$41,194  65 


Donations  of  dot  king,  etc. 


Albany,  N.  Y.,  The  Home  Circle,  by 
Miss  Caroline  MacNaughton,  pack- 
age    $23  00 

First  Ch.,  by  Sara  L.  White,  five  bar- 
rels          275  00 

Baltimore,  Md.,  Ladies'  Soc.,  by  Mrs. 

F  S.  Brown,  box 25  o-) 

Barre  Plains,  Mass.,  Mrs.  Wm.  W.  Gla- 
zier, box. 
Biddeford,  Me.,  Pavilirm  Ch.,  by  Eliza 

F.  Evans,  barrel. 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y..  Ladies'  Bcnev.  Soc.  of 
Central  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  John  Bliss,  five 

barrels   368  85 

Ladies'  Benev.  Soc.  of  South  Ch.,  by 

Mrs.  C.  Zabriskie.  box 235  11 

Boscawen,  N.  H.,  by  Mrs.  M.  P.  Web- 
ster, four  sacks. 
Boxford,  Mass..  Ladies'  Benev.  Soc.,  by 

Mrs.  E.  L.  Bradford,  two  barrels. 
Burlington,  Vt.,  Benev.  Soc.  of  First 
Ch.,  by  Mrs.  E.    H.   Powell,  two 

barrels 1^3  31 

Benev.  Soc.  of  First  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  E. 
H.  Powell,  clothing  for  distribution        211  08 


82  50 

97  38 
42  50 


Burlin|rton,  Vt.,  College  St.  Ch.,  by  Mrs. 
M.  K.  Bowers,  two  barrels $155  00 

Chatham,  N.  J.,  Woman's  Miss.  Soc.  of 
Stanley  Ch..  by  Mrs.  Stanley  S.  Cov- 
ert, barrel  

Cheshire.  Conn..  Ladies'  Aid  Soc..  by 
Miss  Hattie  E.  Beach,  barrel 

Cornwall  Hollow,  Conn..  Katharine  M. 
Sedgwick,  barrel. 

Cortland,  N.  Y.  by  Mrs.  A.  M.  Water- 
bury,  two  barrels 

Darien,  Conn.,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Annie 
Brady,  barrel 

Dover,  N.  H.,  First  Ch.,  barrel  and  cask 

Ladies'   Miss'y  Soc.,   by   Mrs.   S.  E. 

Petersen,  barrel 

Exeter,  N.  H..  Benev.  Soc.  of  First  Ch., 
by  Frances  P.  Dudley,  box 

Falmouth.  Mass.,  Ladies'  Benev.  Soc. 
of  First  Ch..  by  Eugenia  F.  Hamlin, 
barrel    

Fredericksburgh,  Ohio,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E., 
by  Emma  Firestone.  baxreV 

GuvUotd,  Cotvtv.,  V\t^\.  ^'^.^Xtj  ^t^^ 
ct\c  ^.  Snoyi  >\»XTt\ 


Si 

45 

340 

7'» 

3^' 

t6 

^5 

42 

yi 

00 

x<:. 

■  -v^ 

'%kS  '^a 

592 


The  Home  Missionary 


March,  1895 


Hampton.  N.  H..  Woman's  Miss.  Soc., 

by  Mrs.  Isabel  Shaw,  barrel $31  54 

Hartford,  Conn.,  Ladies'  Bcncv.  Soc.  of 
Asylum  Hill  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  S.  M.  Ca- 

pron,  box 193  68 

Henniker,  N.  H.,  Susie  M.  Gutterson, 

box. 
Henrietta,  N.  Y.,  by  Mrs.  D.  W.  Bull, 

four  barrels  (with  cash.  $5-50) 60  50 

Ivoryton.  Conn.,L.  H.  M.  S.,by  Mrs.  T. 
E.  Northrop,  half  barrel  ^.with  cash, 

$20) 50  00 

Jacksonville.  111.,  W.  H.  M.  S.,by  Miss 
Flora  A.  Smith,  box,  eleven  barrels, 

package,  and  two  carpets 423  40 

Lockport,  111..  L.  H.  M.  S.  of  First  Ch., 
by  Mrs.   M.  F.   Goodnoh,  box  (and 

cash,  $10) 21  oa 

Manchester,  N.  H..  Ladies'  Miss.  Soc., 
by  Mrs.  W.  M.  Furber,  barrel  (with 

cash.  $10.75) 56  55 

Mansfield,  O.,  W.  M.  S.  of  First  Ch.,  by 

Susan  M.  Sturges,  two  barrels 83  71 

Meriden.    Conn.,    First   Ch.,    by   Miss 
Mary  A.  Curtis,  three  barrels  and 

one  hogshead 350  00 

Ladies'  Benev.  Soc.  of  Center  Ch.,  by 
Mrs.  Fannie  Auger,  two  barrels. 
Mtddletown.  Conn.,  L.  H.  M.  S.  of  South 
Ch..  by  Sarah  P.  L.  Browning,  two 

barrels 135  00 

L.  H.  M.  S.  of  First  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  A. 

R.  Crittenden,  barrel 93  00 

Montclair,  N.  J.,  Y.  W.  M.  S.  of  First 
Ch.,  by  Gra^e  J.  Porter,  two  bar- 
rels     12900 

Montpclier,  Vt..  L.  M.  S.,  by  Mrs.  J.  V. 

Ba brock,  barrel. 
New   Haven.   Conn..   L.    H.   M.   S.,  of 
First  Ch.,  by  Mary  E.  Bennett,  four 

boxes 912  70 

United  Ch.,  by  Sarah    E.  Champion. 

box  and  barrel 349  75 

L.  H.  M.  S.,  by  Mrs.  W.  A.  Hotchkiss. 

box 10000 

New  London.  Conn.,  First  Ch.  of  Clirisl. 

by  Miss  Alice  Chew,  barrel 82  00 

Newport.  R.  L.  Benev.  Soc.  of  United 
Ch..  by  Eliza  R.  Hammeit,  box 98  00 


New    York  City,  Homital   Book  and 

Newspaper  Soc.,  package. 
Norfolk,  Conn.,  H.  M.  S.,  by  Mrs.  R.  I. 

Crissy,  barrel $j66  48 

Omaha,    Neb..    Missionary   Ladies  of 

First  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  S.  L.  Wiley,  two 

barrels 68  67 

Payson,  111.,  Daniel  E.  Robbins,  barrel 

(with  cash,  $5). 
Pomona,  Cal.,  Ladies  of  Pilgrim  Ch., 

by  Mm.  L.  P.  Frary,  barrel 47  <» 

Portland,  Me.,  L.  M.  Circle  of  State  St. 

Ch.,  by  Harriet  N.  Hobsons,  bale ....        1x7  90 
Providence.  R.  I.,  Benev.  Soc.  of  Union 

Ch.,  by  Mrs.  William  Knight,  box  ...        150  00 
Ladies'  Benev.  Soc.  of  Beneficent  Ch., 

by  Mary  S.  E.  Slade,  two  barrels..  158  00 

San  Francisco.  Cal.,  Ladies'  Aid  Soc. 

of  Plymouth  Ch.,  box 84  50 

Spencer,  Mass,  Miss  Sarah  Eaton,  box. 
Springfield,  O.,   L.  H.  M.  S.,  of  First 

Ch.,  four  barrels xoo  00 

Springfield,  Mass.,  Ladies*  Benev.  Soc. 

of  Hope  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  B.  F.  Thomp- 
son, two  barrels xag  xo 

St.  Louis,  Mo.,  Ladies'  Aid   Soc.   of 

First  Ch..  by  Mrs.  G.  S.  Anderson, 

two  barrels 159  75 

Stonin^ton,  Conn.,  Agreement  Hill  W. 

C.  H.  M.  of  First  Ch.,  by  Emma  A. 

Smith,  two  barrels xoo  00 

Tavares.  Fla.,  Union  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  C. 

H .  Newell,  package 5  84 

W.   H.   M.   Aux.,  by  Cora  L.  Peet, 
package 3  00 

L.   H.   M.  S.,  by   Marion   L.  Tripp, 

package 2  00 

Upper  Montclair,  N.  J..  Woman's  Miss, 
and  Aid  Soc.  of  Christian  Union, 
Ch.,  by  Miss    Jennie    M.   Phillips. 

two  barrels 160  28 

Warsaw,  N.  Y.,  Ladies'  Soc.,  by  Mrs. 

Mary  D.  Jenks.  box 8884 

Wauregan.  Conn.,  Indies'  Benev.  Soc., 

by  Miss  C.  L.  Fellows,  package 32  50 

Winchester,  N.  H.,  L.  H.  M.  S.,  by  Mrs. 

Arline  Atherton.  barrel 46  00 

Woodbridge,    Conn.,    Ladies'    Benev. 

Soc..  by  Mrs.  R.  C.  Newton,  barrel . .  66  45 


AUXILIARY    STATE    RECEIPTS 

NEW   HAMPSHIRE    HOME    MISSIONARY   SOCIETY 

A\rt-//>/s   of  the  Xtii'  Hampshire  Home  Missionary  Society  from   November  i,    1894,  to 

Febrnaiy  l.  1^95.      Lyman  D.  .Stevk.ns.    Treasurer 


East  Rarrinpton 

Conway.  Y.   P.  S.  C.   E  .  $5  :  Ch.  and 

S(ic..  ^4.50 

Cliarlcst"wn.  Ch.  and  Soc  .  $4;  Mr  and 

.Mr^.  \Vm.  .M.  lloldcn.  .•?! 

Wc-bstcr 

Liltk-fm 

Hoi:is 

North  Groton    

Chatham 

Hanover.  Cong   Ch.  in  Dartmouth  Col- 

Icfcrc 

Rothcstcr 

Croydon  

South  .Merrimack 

Ahtciid,  Third 

Exeter.  First,  to  const.  Mrs.  Joseph  W. 
Merrill  a  L.  M.  of  C  H.  M.  S..$i8o.k»; 
Mrs.  Elizabeth  L.  Hall,  for  C    ""  " 


$i;i  00 


9  50 


5 

DO 

28 

34 

2-^ 

OfJ 

18 

33 

I 

CO 

4 

00 

i6q 

00 

65 

00 

9 

00 

h 

76 

II 

87 

H.M. 


S..  $1,157  '  legacy  of  a   Friend,  $200; 

Second.  Ch.  and  Soc..  $191.22 

Epsom 

South  Rarnstead 

Dublin.  lc>.;.icy  of  Lucy  B.  Richardson. 

Northwood  Center 

North  Wcare 

New  Hampshire  Cent  Institution 

Manchester,  First,  to  const.  Mrs.  J.  B. 

Sawj-er  and  M.  H.  H.  Dustin  L.  Ms. 

of  C.  H.    M.   S.,  $118.50:   legacy   of 

Abigail  S.  Knowles,  in  part,  §1,000. .. 

Nashua.  First 

Chesterfield 

Somersworth.  for  C.  H.  M.  S 

Stratham.    $7.65 ;     for    C.    H.    M.    S., 

%fe 


%io. 


$1,728 

41 

7 

28 

7 

12 

275 

00 

6 

25 

10 

28 

180 

25 

1,118 

50 

80 

00 

5 

00 

5a 

76 

'3 

65 

%^^ 

March,  1895 


The  Home  Missionary 


593 


Rye $25  "o 

Chester 10  60 

Rindfire 4  34 

Nelson 18  02 

Marlboro i  00 

East  Alstead,  for  use  at  Stoddard 10  00 

Hampton 8  05 

Dunbarton,  S.  S 5  4q 

East  Jaflfrey,  legacy  of  Mersylvia  Hub- 
bard   300  00 

Warner 17  00 

Eppinf^ 21  00 

Lebanon 38  00 

Durham 212 

Dover.  First 51  75 

Brentwood 9  00 

Newingrton «3  07 

Gilmanton.  Mrs.  Mary  E.  Hidden.  $10; 

S.  S.  of  Church  and  Soc. ,  $12. 10 12  10 

Gorham 4  00 

Campton,     Ch.   and    Soc.,    $23.35  i    ^ 

Friend,  $3 26  35 

Seabrook   and    Hampton   Falls,   Boys' 


and  Girls*  Home  Miss.  Soc.  of  First 

Evan.  Ch 

Gilsum,  Ch.  and  Soc.,  $36.98;    S.    S., 

$1.92 

Kingston 

Langdon 

Cornish,  Income  of  Sarah  W.  Westgate 

fund 

Candia,  Ch.  and  Soc.,  $5  ;  S.  S.,  for  C. 

H.  M.  S<,  $5 

Lee 

Greenfield,  Union,  for  C.  H.  M.  S 

Alton 

East  Concord,  for  C.  H.  M.  S 

Plymouth,  S.  S.,  for  C.  H.  M.  S 

Salem 

Ham(>stead 

Center  Ossipcc,  $7.80 ;  S.  S.,  for  C.  H. 

Raymond 

Concord.  Swedish  Cong.  Miss.  Soc 

Tilton,  $44.75  ;  S.  S.  and  Ch.  and  Soc.. 
$58.50 :  S.  S.  Class,  $3.04. . .   


$6  00 

38  go 

10  55 

I  00 

94  29 

10  00 
10  00 
17  50 
16 


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00 
5  00 

00 
60 


I 


t5  7* 
xo  00 

50  00 
106  29 


MASSACHUSETTS    HOME    MISSIONARY   SOCIETY 

Receipts  of  the  Massachusetts  Home  Missiofiary  Society  in  January,   1 895. 

Rev,  Edwin  B.  Palmer.    Treasurer 


Abington.  First,  by  E.  M.  Nash $8  48 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E..  by  E.  M.  Nash  1000 

Acton,   Mrs.  Snow,   by  Rev.  Bernard 

Copping 2  cx) 

Amherst.    First,  Y.   P.  S.    C.   E.,    by 

Bertha  A.  Pierce 7  00 

Second,  by  Herbert  Sabin 9  00 

S.  S.,  by  Miss  Nellie  Curtis 3  34 

Andover,  A  Friend,  for  Rev.  Dr.  Schauf- 

fler's  work 10  00 

West,  by  F.  S.  BoutwcU 52  96 

Arlington,  by  Pliny  B.  Fiske  *°3  73 

Bank  Balances.  Interest  on 18  15 

Barrc.  by  Rev.  J.  F.  Gaylord,  to  const. 
J.  A.  Carruth,  J.  B.  Colby,  and  Mrs. 

Clara  Greene  L.  Ms.  of  C.  H.  M.  S. . .  147  27 
Bedford.  Church  of  Christ.  Loomis.  E. 

G.,  by  Rev.  Edwin  Smith 200  00 

Boston.  Dorchester,  Pilgrim,  by  W.  S. 

Brown 8550 

Second,   by  Miss   E.  Tolman,  lor 

Armenian  work xo  00 

Barry,  J.  L.,  by  Miss  E.  Tolman.  lo  oo 
E.  C.  a  Day  Band,  by  Miss  E.  F. 

Mwrrill 20  00 

S.  S.  Class,  by  Miss  E.  L.  Tolman  3  43 
Hitchcock.  Rev.  M.  H.,  advanced  for 

Armenian  work 750 

Mt.  Vernon,  A  Member 500 

Old  South,  by  Joseph  H.  Gray.  add'!.  751  00 

Park  St.,  by  E.  H.  McGuirc.  add'l i<;>2  50 

Ro.xbury,  Eliot,   by  A.  McLean  and 

others 17500 

Highland,  by  John  W.  Hall 1785 

Immanuel.  by  Francis  J.  Ward 119  75 

Walnut  Ave.,  by  F.  O.  Whitney. . .  165  10 

For  local  Arm.  work 25  00 

Sanford,  Mrs.  L.  C 3  00 

Shawmut,  by  D.  E.  Partridge 150  00 

By  D.  E.    Partridge,  special,    for 

Johnsonville.  O. 10  00 

Union,  by  Wm.  H.  White ^03  69 

Boxboro.  by  A.  W.  Wetherbee  ($8  of 

wh.  is  Taft  thank-offering) 31  00 

Bradford,  First,  by  S.  W.  Carleton 50  oo 

Brimfield.  Second,  by  Geo.  M.  Hitchcock  8  43 

Brookfield,  bv  J.  W.  Grover xi  09 

Cambridge,  No.  Ave.,  add'],  by  Edwin 

F.Fobes. 55  19 


Cambridgeport,  Pilgrim,  by  W.  H.  Hol- 

brook  ($20  of  which  special  coll.). . .       $55  36 

R.  L.  S 7500 

Charities,  for  Starving  in  Nebraska i  00 

Chelsea,  A  Friend,  •' R." 100 

Central,  Soc.  of   Women  Workers,  by 

Mrs.  I.  C.  Flagg as  50 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E..  by  Susie  E.  Bigelow, 

special ?...  400 

Chester,  N.  H..  Anonymous 2  00 

Cummington,  by  Rev.  T.  W.  Strout...  27  00 

Dalton,  Crane,  Clara  L.  (with  gifts  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Zenas  M.Crane), to 
const.  Carrie  F.Brown. Mrs. Cornelia 
A.  Brown,  Flora  L.  Cobban,  Mrs. 
D.  W.  iMaynard,  Mrs.  J.  E.  Milner, 
Daniel  J.  Wy land,  Justus  M.  Steams, 
Mrs.  Lydia  D.  Sturgis,  Mrs.  H.  E. 
White,  Geo. N.Perkins,  Mrs. William 
Cooper.  Mrs.  Grace  Flansburgh, 
Mrs.  J.  W.  Fuller.  Mrs.  H.  P.  Kit- 
iredge,  and  Mrs.  Harlem  Lawrence 

L.  Ms.  of  C .  H .  M .  S 300  00 

Crane.  Mar>'E.,  Mrs.,  to  const.  Mrs. 
Charles  Lathrop,  Mrs.  Charles  F. 
Slater,  Mrs.  W.  B.  Warren,  and 
Mrs.  H.  Toole  L.  Ms.  of  C.  H.  M.  S.        200  00 

Crane,  W.  M 250  00 

Crane.  Zcnas  M.  <sce  under  Clara  L).        250  00 
Crane,    Mrs.    Zenas    M.    (see   under 

Clara  L. ) 300  00 

Dedham,  "  Freight."  special 2  00 

Decrfield.  by  Rev.  E.  N.  Munroe 5  86 

Douglas.  East,  by  T.  H.  Meek 36  41 

Easthampton,  Payson.  S.  S.,  by  John  T. 

Lyman 50  00 

Enfield,  by  L.  D.  Potter 6229 

Exeter,  N.  H.,  Xenophon,  special,  for 

Rev.  Dr.  Schauffler's  work 10  00 

Fall  River,  First,  by  E.  S.  Thayer 202  67 

S.  S.,  by  Harry  H.  Hale 15  00 

French  Ptot,  by  Rev.  J.  Allard n  13 

Falmouth,  North,  by  Ward  Eldred 25  66 

Fitchburg,  C.  C,  Friends 25  00 

RoUstone.  by  David  Salmond,  to 
const.  John  E.  C.  Powers,  Mrs. 
M.    M.    Harrington,   and    \,   Ma.'i 

GoAiVdl-.H^ ^  ""f* 

Swede,  "Cv^n^. .Yrj  C^x\  \  ."^Oiasftecv,        ^^  ^ 


594 


The  Home  Missionary 


March,  1895 


Foxboro,  Phelps,  Mary  N.,  for  C.   H. 

M.S 

Framingham.    South,     Emrich,    Rev. 

F.  E.,  for  Nebraska  SuflFcrers 

Plymouth,  by  John  H.  Temple 

Gardner.  First,  by  F.  A.  Turncy 

Gloucester,     Trinity,     by    Joseph      O. 

Procter 

Granby.   Cook,    S.   M.,   to  const.   Mrs. 

Geo.  Eastman  a  L.  M.  of  C.  H.  M.S.. 

Granville,  West,  bj;-  Rev.  T  S.  Robie.. 

Groutville,  So.  Africa,  Bijfelow,  .Agnes 

M.,  by  Annie  F.  Cox.  forC.  H.  M.  S... 

Hadley,  First,  by  J.  N.  Pierce  

Hampden  Benevolent  Association,  by 
Geo.  R.  Bond,  Trcas. : 

Chicopcc,  Second S22  41 

Ludlow,  First 18  29 

South  Hadley  Falls la  04 

SprinKtield,  Olivet 58  00 

West  Spring^field.  First,  special, 
for  Rev.  Geo.  W.  Reed.  Ft. 

Yates,  No.  Dak lo  00 

Mittineague 14  32 

Hardwick,  Gilbcrtville,  by  A.  H.  Rich- 
ardson   

Harvard,  bv  J.  W.  Bacon 

Haverhill.  West,  by  Walter  F.  Poore. . . 

Special,  for  French  Protestant  College, 
by  W.  F.  Poore 

Extra  Collection,  by  Mrs.  H.  B.  Lowell 

S.  S.,  by  Henry  A.  Poore 

Hopkint«>n.   First.   Prim.iry  Class  in  S. 

S.,  birthday    offcrinj;.   by    Mis.    S     I. 

Valentine 

Hyde  Park,  Clarendon  Hills  S    .S.,   by 

J.  H.  Day    

Ipswich,  First,  by  N.  R.  Farley       

South,  by  Rev.  T.  F.  Waters 

Jessup,  C.  A.,  fund.  Income  of     

I.ancastcr,    Kvan..    Ladies'    Hencvc  lent 

Circle,  by  Harriet  A .  Keyes 

Lawrence,  Lawrence  St..  by  C.  K.  Pills- 
bury 

Leicester.  First,  by  J    ('    Watson 

Leominster.   .North.  Lsiate  of    Leonard 

Burrage  ^ remnant',  by   M.  D.    Haws. 

ex'r 

Lexinpton.  Hancock,  by  W.  W.  Baker.. 
Lincoln,  W.    H.   M.  S..  by  .Mrs.  .M    C. 

Flint,  add'l 

Lowell.  First,  by  Joseph  W.  (iriffin.  for 

C.  H    M   S 

Kirk  St..  by  A.  L.  Thompson 

Swede  i'h  .  by  Nils  O.  Dellgren 

Maine,  A  Fricn-.i    

Maiden,  l.inden.  S    .A.  I) 

Maplewood.  by  Thomas  Riishton.  Jr. 
MarblL'head,  First,  by  .N.  P.  S.inb(>rn.  to 

const.    Jane    H.    Stacey    and    Hannah 

Atkins  L.  Ms 

Marshfield.  First,  add  1,  by  Rev.  \i. 
Alden 

North,  H.  M.  Rally,  by  Agnes  L.  Shu- 
man  

Med  way.  West,   .Second,  by  A.  (i.  Par 

t  ridge 

Melrose.  Orth.  by  C.  C  (ioss         

Natick,  First,  by  R.  H.  Randall,  L   Ms. 

to  be  named 

Newbury.    Saunders.    Miss    H.    N..    by 

Rev.  W.  W.  Taylor 

Nevvl«jn.  Kliot.  by  F.  C"    Partridge 

West,  First,  by  J.  F    Rockvood 

Second,  by  J.  J.  Eddy 

Northampton,  Bcidman.  Mrs.  Luther. 
Estate  of,  in  fulfillment  of  i).ircntal 
wish,  by  four  children.  Miss  C  P. 
Bodman,  agent 

Edwards.   Benevolent  Society,  by  S. 

D.Dniry 

First,  by  J.  H.  Scarle 


$50  00 

25  00 
56  20 
90  00 

144  76 

50  00 
5  00 

10  00 
5468 


135  06 


16 

44 

»3 

00 

13 

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I 

00 

4 

30 

20 

37 

5  00 


4 

57 

JO 

75 
27 

150 

00 

10 

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79 

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28 

«3 
51 

3 

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41 

00 

50 

68 

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50 
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14 

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300 

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85  83 

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272  s"^ 


Northbridge,  Whitinsville.  E.  C.  a  Day 

Band,  by  Mrs.  C.  E.  Wbitin $17  42 

North    Brookfield,   First,    by   John    S. 

Cooke 43  71 

North6eld,  District  No.  6  meetings,  by 

C.  L.  Robbins 8  15 

East,  A  Member i  io 

Norwood.  First,  by  Edsen  D.  Smith  ...         27  55 
Orange,  North,  by  Maria  L.  C.  Blodgett  8  00 

Oxford,  by  Rev.  H.  E.  Bradstreet  and 

others,   to  const.  Erlunia  Smith  and 

ElU  C.  Ball  L.  Ms 65  00 

Peabody.  South,  by  Bcnj.  N  Moore 145  <» 

Peppercll,  by  Charles  Crosby 8  92 

Phillipston,  by  Mrs.  T.  H.  ChaflSn 8  8g 

Plympton.  Parker.  Mrs.  Hannah  S 2  00 

Prague,  Bohemia,  Porter,  Rev.  John  S.. 

by  L.  S.  Ward,  for  C.  H.  M.  S 5  00 

Reading.  Sp>ecial  Collection,  by  S.  G   B. 

Pearson 16  91 

Reed.  Dwight.  fund.  Income  of    90  co 

Rockland,  by  Will  A.  Clark 40  c» 

Rowley.  Ladies*  benevolent  Society,  by 

Nellie  F.  Jackson 12  00 

Salem.  South,  by  Rev.  J.  F.  Brodie.  ifor 

v^.  H.M.  S 250  00 

Samokov.  Bulgaria.  Clark.  Mrs.  Isabella 

G.  D.,  Estate  of,  by  Miss  F.  H.  Ayer. 

for  C.H.M.S 1500 

Soraerville,  East,  Howard.  Mrs.  Henry.  10  zo 

Southboro,  Pilgrim,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E..  by 

Miss  Emma  A.  Davis 5  00 

Souihbridge,  by  Edwin  S.  Swift 3i  ^<i 

Swampscott,  First,  by  Rev.  George  A. 

Jackson,    to   const.    Carrie    Bradford 

.Millctta  L.  M 32  4^ 

Tolland,  by  Rev.  T.  .S.  Robie 3  00 

Truro,  First,  Ch.  and  S.S..  by  Ji>hn  B. 

Dyer TO  oo 

Waltham,  Trin..  by  T.  W.  Temple 19  o.r 

Warren,  by  H.  S.  Howe jof^  :,*'■> 

Welleslcy  Hills,  by  L.  V.  N.  Peck. ...  4181 

Wendell,  by  Andrew  Raker ...  12  <x-» 

Wenham,  by  Mrs.  M.  F.  Richards to 

West  Hrooktleld.  by  A.  G.  Blodgett.  to 

const.  Miss   Lilian   Barnes  a  L.  M.  ^i   >2 

S.  S..  Class  r»f    .Marv   P.    Foster,   for 

Rev.  R.  W.  Fletcher 14  00 

Class  ff  Nellie   E    Foster,  for  Rev. 

I.  R.  Prior 10  00 

WestiK)rt.  Pacific  Union  S.  S..  by  J.  C. 

Macombcr ' 1-^9 

Weymouth.  North,    Pilgrim,    by   S.  G. 

R(Kk wood 1 5  CO 

Whitin.  I.  (\.  fund.  Income  of no  cxj 

Williamsburg,   S.    S.  Rally,  by    H.   W. 

Hill S  27 

Williamstown.  Carter.  Franklin,  LL.D  50  rxj 

First,  by  Charles  S.  Cole 23  57 

Winchester,    I'irst,   by   Eben   Caldwell 

I  with  $iSq.o6  on  foreign  acct.) 126  41 

Woburn.  Fir«>t.  by  F.  B.  Richardson...         .-68  .J7 
Worcester.  Hope,  add'],  by  Mrs.  Emma 

G.  Hall i  <K> 

Piedmont,  by  Charles  F.  Marble 40  00 

Pilgrim,  by  A.  H.  Knight 8427 

Salem  St..  by  Lewis  C.  Muzry,  for  C. 
H .  M.S 10  t>.> 

Union,  by  C.  B.  Greene  180  6-^ 

E.  C.  a  Day  Band,  by  C.  B.  G.,  for 

Mrs.  H.  T.  Boardman 6  76 

Yarmouth.  First,  by  E    D.  Payne,  w.  p. 

g.  to  const.  R.  W.  Marston,  Mrs.  E. 

L.  Marsh,  and  Wm.  H.  Matthews  L. 

Ms .  40  o.> 

$10,046  76 
Ho.MK  Missionary 27  00 

$10,073  7^ 

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x.\\\tA  Wvvt,  wv\^^x  V»os\.o^^  Vq\  '*  ^ios^ton     read 


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Donations  of  Clothings  etc.^  received  and  reported  at  the  rooms  of  the  Woman  s  Home 
Missionary  Association  in  January,  1895.     Mrs.  Louise  A.   Kellogg.  Secretary 


Boston,  Mt.  Vernon,  Ladies,  by  Mrs. 
M.  Webb  Reed,  two  barrels 

Old  South,  Ladies,  by   Mrs.  W.   B. 
Garritt,  barrel 

Shawmut,    Ladies,  by   Mrs.    W.    A. 
Richards,  barrel 

Union,  Younf?  Ladies,  by  Miss  Marion 

Gay,  barrel 

Brig^hton,  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  Keene,  box. 
Brockton,  First  Ch.,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by 

Mrs.  Ada  L.  Whitney,  barrel 

Brookfield,  Ladies'  Benev.  Soc.,by  Mrs. 

Ella  C.  Inf^alls.  barrel 

Cambridfife,    North    Ave.   Ch.,  Ladies* 

Benev.  Soc-,  by  Mrs.  Sarah  B.  Hill, 

two  barrels 

Danvers    Center,    First    Ch.,    Ladies* 

Benev.  Soc.,  by  Miss  Sarah  W.  Mud$i:e. 

barrel 

Granby,  Ladies*  Benev.  Soc.,  by  Mrs. 

Maude  I.  D.  Clark,  barrel 

H<rfyoke,  Second  Ch.,  Ladies,  by  Mrs. 

E.  C.  Weiser.  box 

Lee.  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  Wm.  May,  barrel. 
Lowell,  Kirk  St.  Ch.,  Ladies'  Aux.,  by 

Mrs.  Adiline  W.  Paterson.  box 

Lynn,  North  Ch.,  H.  M.  Soc.,  by  Mrs. 

W.  F.  Haskell,  barrel 

Maiden,  Ladies*   Aux.,  by  Mrs.   L.  C. 

Tilton,  barrel 

Newbury  port.  North  Ch.,  Powell  Mis- 
sion Circle,  by  Mrs.  K.  B.  Anderson, 

barrel 

Newburyport,  Prospect  St.  Ch.,  H.  M. 


$154  C7 

136 

44 

75 

00 

118 

38 

33 

00 

as 

(X) 

51 

70 

156  35 


84  36 

37 

00 

102 
96 

37 
»5 

130 

00 

75 

00 

59 

65 

Soc.,  by   Miss  A.  S.  Edwards,  cash 

faa,  and  two  barrels S150  95 

Ifewton  Center,  Ladies*  Aid  Soc.,  by 
Mrs.  A.  L.  Harwood,  barrel 92  42 

North  Brookfield,  First  Ch.,  Y.  P.  S. 
C.  E.,  by  Clara  E.  Crawford,  barrel.         75  00 

Peabody,  Ladies'  Aux.,  by  Mrs.  Mary 
E.  Trask,  barrel »37  55 

Plymouth,  Ch.  of  the  Pilgrimage,  H.  M. 
Soc.,  by  Mrs.  J.  W.  Cooper,  caish  $15, 
and  barrel. 108  12 

Providence,  R.  I.,  Central  Ch.,  Ladies* 
Aux.,  by  Mrs.  Harriet  E.  Stockwtll, 
box 9011 

Providence,  R.  I  ,  Union  Ch.,  Ladies' 
Aux.,  by  Miss  Anna  Williams,  box.. .        216  35 

South  Framins^ham.  Ladies*  Aux.,  by 
Mrs.  G.  H.  Hooker,  box  and  barrel. .        107  cx> 

Spencer,  Ladies'  Aux.,  by  Mrs.  E.  E. 
Stone,  barrel 95  05 

Spring:field.  Memorial  Ch..  Ladies*  H. 
M.  Soc.,  by  Mrs.  B.  F.  Peirce,  two  bar- 
rels         138  38 

Stockbridge.  Ladies*  H.  M.  Soc.,  by 
Mrs.  Marshall  Warner,  barrel 47  62 

Waltham,  Ladies'  Benev.  Soc.,  by  Mrs. 
Sarah  J.  Luce,  barrel 63  70 

Ware,  East  Cong.  Ch.,  Ladies'  Aux.,  by 
Mrs.  Mary  E.Taylor,  barrel  6280 

Winchester.  Mission  Union,  by  Mrs.  C. 
E.  Kendall,  barrel 66  02 


45  57 


$2,831   II 


MISSIONARY   SOCIETY    OF   CONNECTICUT 

Receipts  of  the  Missionary  Society  of  Connecticut  in  January,  i895.     Ward  W.  J.\cobs, 

Treasurer 


Andover,  by  Rev.  G.  A.  Curtis 

Barkhamsted.  by  Wallace  Case 

Bristol,  by  L.  G.  Merick 

East  Windsor,  First,  by  Rev.  William 

F.  English 

Enfield,  oy  Frederick  A.  King 

"  A  Friend  of  Missions  " 

Greenwich,   North    Greenwich,   by    B. 

Close 

Hartford,  First,  Homer  Blanchard,  per- 
sonal   

Fourth,  by  C.  E.  Miller 

Asylum  Hill,  by  Charles  E.  Thomp- 
son   

Killingly,    Danielsonville,    by    Charles 

Phillips 

ForC.  H.  M.  S 

Killingworth,  by  N.  H.  Evarts 

Lyme,  by  Rev.  E.  F.  Burr 

Meriden,  First,  S.  S.,  by  W.  H.  Squire.. 

Montville,  by  Henry  A.  Baker 

New  Britain.  First,  by  A.  N.  Lewis 

South,  by  William  H.  Hart,  to  const. 
E.  Allen  Moore,  John  H.  Kirkham, 
Mrs.  Melissa  B.  Wood,  and  Mrs. 
Charlotte  R.  Dunham,  all  of  New 

Britain,  L.  Ms  

New  London.  First,  by  H.  C.  Learned . 
Norfolk,  by  J.  N.  Cowles 


$9  35     North  Haven,  Ladies*  Benevolent  Soci- 

8  95        ety.  by  Mary  Wyllys  Eliot S28  00 

25  00     Norwich,  First,  by  Lewis  A.  Hyde 121  78 

Old  Lyme,  by  William  V .  Coult 164* 

12  69     Orange,  by  S.  D.  Woodruff 9  8j 

20  00     Plymouth.  First,  by  Georce  Langdon..  10  00 
2000     Ridgencld,  by  John  F.  Holmes,  for  C. 

H .  M .  S  35  ''^ 

15  00     Salisbury,  by  T.  F.  Dexter 112  27 

Thompson,  by  George  S.  Crosby     ....  21  88 

2000         For  C.  H.  M.  S 2188 

8  90     West  Hartford,  bv  E.  S.  Elmer 5  05 

Anson  Chappell,  personal . .  10  00 

389  72         Mrs.  Hannah  E.  Town,  personal 3  00 

Estate  of  Abigail  P.  Talcott,  by  S.  A. 

46  17            Griswold.  Trustee,  forC.  H.  M.  S..  73  50 

58  52     Wethcrsficld,  by  S.  F.  Willard i  00 

1100     Winchester,  by  E.  B.  Bronson .   .  1758 

57  76     Windsor,  by  S.  H.  Barber,  for  C.  H.  M. 
15  00  S..  to  const.  William  H.  Harvey,  of 

8  50            Windsor,  a  L.  M 64  cx> 

22  03         S.  S..  for  C.  H.  M.  S 25  cx> 

Woodbury,  by  J.  H.  Linsley 10  00 

Si.7'i6  86 
Bojrrs 
202  22 

48  76     YTaieTbuT^ ,  S«»tA„^^  VaAX'e&r  "^i^'»^  ^'^^ 

181  oq        cas\v V^s^^ 


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ILLINOIS    HOME    MISSIONAllY    SOCIETY 

Receipts  of  the  Illinois  Home  MisHonary  Society  in  January^  1895.     AARON  B.  Mead, 

Treasurer 


Albion,  First,  Rev.  P.  B.  Hines $  13  50 

Austin,  Junior  Endeavor  Society a  00 

Batavia,  Mrs.  L.  C.  Paterson 10  00 

Mrs.  Lucy  C.  Bull 5  00 

BiR"  Rock 5  00 

Bowen 1550 

Brimfield 8  00 

Chicago,  Union  Park,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E. . . .  10  00 

Warren  Avenue,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 10  00 

Denver.  St.  Albans 7  00 

Dover 39  65 

Klfrin,  First 36  58 

Galcsburg.  First 24  70 

First  Congregational 69  37 

Oencseo •86  88 

Granville ai  84 

Hindsdale xo  00 

Ivanhoe,  ^Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  $2.20) 12  77 

Lacon 14  50 

Morgan  Park 99  88 

Morton 7  00 

Naperville,  ( S.  School  $2.00) 3  00 

R.  H.  Dickinson 5  00 

Normal.  First 10  co 

Oak  Park.  Clarence  S.  Pellet 10  00 

Plainfield 40  00 


Ridgeland |a6  67 

Roaeville,  S.  School 3  52 

Shirland.  S.  School 4  77 

Thawville 361 

Woman^s  Home  Missionary  Union  : 

Chicago,  New  England $  25  00 

Covenant 4  00 

Pilgrim 30  00 

Pilgrim,  German 5  00 

Gene!>eo,  Mrs.  P.  Huntington.  5  00 

Godfrey 700 

Metropolis x  14 

Rockford,  Second 28  00 

Winnetka 7  54 

xia  68 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fred. Stephens,  Kankakee.  3  xo 

Edgewood 5040 

Proceeds  sale  of  Brighton  church  build- 
ing   500  00 


S  1,200  82 


MICHIGAN   CONGREGATIONAL   ASSOCIATION 

jRetdipts  of  the  Michigan  Congregational  Association  in  January^  1 895.     Rev.  John  P. 

Sanderson,  treasurer 


Ada.  First 

Armada.  S.  S  

Briduman 

Cadillac 

Cedar  Springs 

Chassell 

Clinton.  S.  S 

Custer 

Detroit.  F.)rt  St.,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  Jr 

East  Fulton 

East  Nelson 

East  Paris 

Ciaylord 

Gladstiine 

Grand  Rapids.  First  

Grand  Rapids,  Second 

Harrison 

S.  S 

Hcnicy 

Howard  City 

Jackson.  First 

Jackson.  Ph'mouth 

I^mont 

Lansinir   Plymouth 

Pilgrim 

Lawrence 

Mancehna  . 

Middhvillc 

"'-'tma 

Mission 


$  3  70 

iq  20 
8  00 

26  ^-9 

35  00 
17  84 

4  00 

2  Of  J 

5  00 
5  0(} 

16  56 

2  50 

5  M 

II    CO 

8  00 

150  00 

29  00 

4  70 

3  " 

7   CO 

857 

164  40 

6  00 

5  00 

19  .'5 
lo  00 

20  58 

7  00 

Ik^  IS 

1  9a 
a  75 


Port  Huron,  S.  S v....  $5000 

Pine  Grove  6  20 

Rapid  River 5  06 

St.  Ignacc 108 

St.  Jacques 77 

St.  Johns,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 25  50 

Stanton SQ  03 

Y.P.S.C.E,Jr 2  00 

Trout  Creek i  00 

Vestaburg 5a 

Whiltaker 6  00 

Williamston x  20 

Rev.  J.  Vincent.  Tccumsch  xo  00 

N.    B.  West,   Allegan,  to  const.   Miss 

Kate  Hudson  and  Miss  Ruth  Packard, 

both  of  Allegan,  L.  Ms.  of  the  C.  H. 

M.S ". .  xoo  00 

Pulpit  Supply 6  30 

Anonymous 500 

W.  H.  M.  U.^f  Michigan,  by  Mrs.  E. 

F.  Grabill,  Treas 568  89 


$  1,5x9  01 


DO.VATIONS  OF  CLOTHIKG 


Sag,\TWW,\\sOT.. 


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597 


Receipts  of  W.  H.   M.   U.  of  Michigan,  as  ac- 
knowledged by  Mrs.  E.  F.  Grabili,  Treas.: 


Allendale.  W.  H.  M.  S 

Breckenridge,  W.  H.  M.  S 

Ceresco,  L.  M.  S 

Cooper,  Mrs.  O.  C.  Walker 

Detroit,  W.  A.,  First  Ch 

W.  U.,  Woodward  Ave.  Ch 

Grand  Rapids,  W.  H.  M.  S.,  Park  Ch. 

Greenville,  W.  H.  M.'  S 

Highland  Station,  W.  H.  M.  U 

Homestead,  W.  H .  M.  U 

Hopkins.  First,  W.  H.  M.  S 

Ithaca,  Mrs.  S.  J.  Thoenon 

Kalamazoo,    W.    H.    M.    U., 

pledges.. $51  29 

Thank-o£Fenng 14  28 


Litchfield,  L.  M.  S 

Muskegon,  W.  H.  M.  S  ,  First  Ch.. 

Napoleon,  Mrs.  O.  F.  Colgrove 

Saginaw,  W.  Asso 


$10 

00 

a 
9 

1? 

25 

00 

80 

00 

50 

00 

23 

40 

5 

31 

5 

cx> 

5 

00 

10 

00 

X 

CO 

6s  57 


7  7a 

15  00 

10  00 

100  00 


St.  John's,  W.  Asso 

South  Lake  Linden.  W.  Asso 

Stanton,  W   H.  M.  U 

Three  Oaks.  W.  H.  M.  U 

Tipton,  L.  M.  S 

Webster,  W.  H.  M.S.. 


•  ••••••• 


$20 

oo 

5 

00 

23 

07 

6 

00 

zo 

00 

9 

34 

YOUNG  people's  WORK 

Addison,  *'The  Armor  Bear- 
ers*'of  S.S $100 

Allegan,  J un.  C.  £.  S 100 

Ann  Arbor,  S.  S.  Miss.  Soc. . .  10  00 

Benzonia,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 5  00 

Cheboygan,  S.  S.,  Christmas 

offering 10  00 

Detroit.  S.  S.  of  First  Ch 41  50 

South  Haven,  Y.  P.  S.  C  E. . .  5  00 


$494  7» 


73  50 


$568   22 


WOMAN'S    STATE    HOME     MISSIONARY 

ORGANIZATIONS 

OFFICERS 


I.  NE>V    HAMPSHIRE 

FEMALE  CENT   INSTITUTION 

Organized  August,  1804 

and 

HOME  MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  June,  1890 


Presidents  Mrs.  Cyrus  Sargeant.  Plymouth. 
Secretary^  Mrs.  John  T.  Perry.  Exeter. 
7Vrdkr«r^r,  Miss  Annie  A.   McFarland,  196  Main 
St.,  Concord. 


3.  ALABAMA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  March,  1877 

Reorganized  April,  1889 


President,   Mrs.  G.  W,  Andrews,  Talladega. 
"   S.  Jackson,  Montgomi 
C.  Silsby,  Talladega. 


Secretary,    Mrs.  J.  S  Jackson,_Montgomery. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  E.  "    "'"  " 


4.  MASSACHUSETTS   AND   RHODE 
ISLAND* 


a.  MINNESOTA 


WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 


Organized  September.  1872 


President,  Miss  Catherine  W.  Nichols,  230  E.  9lh 

St.,  St.  Paul. 
Secretary,  Mrs.  A.  P.  Lyon.   17  Florence  Court, 

S,  E.,  Minneapolis. 
Treasurer ^  Mrs.  M.  W.  Skinner,  Northfield. 


WOMAN'S  HOME    MISSIONARY  ASSOCIA- 
TION 

Organized  February,  1880 


President,  Mrs.  C.  L.  Goodell.  The  Rochdale. 
Boston  Highlands. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  Louise  A.  Kellogg,  32  Con^Tcpa- 
tional  House.  Boston. 

Treasurer,  Miss  Annie  C.  Bridgman.  32  Congre- 
gational House,  Boston. 


♦  While  the  W.  H.  M.  A.  appears  in  the  above  list  as  a  Stal^  bod'^  tot  Vl^s5ajiVw>isievx&"axA'^ic>Ks^r. 
ItAaadf  it  has  certsun  auxilisuries  elsewhere. 


598 


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March,  1895 


5.  MAINE 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY   AUXILIARY 
Organized  June.  iSSo 

Fresidtnt.   Mrs  Katherine  B.  Lewis.  So.  Berwick. 
Secretary,   Mrs.   Gertrude  H.   Denio.   i68   Ham- 

mood  St..  Ban^ror. 
Treasurer.  Mrs.  Rose  M.  Crosby.  26  Grove  St., 

Banf^or. 

6.  MICHIGAN 

WO.MANS  HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 
Or^nized  May,  i88z 

President.  Mrs.  George  M.  Lane.  179  W.  Alexan- 
drine Ave..  Detroit. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  J.  H.  Hatfield.  301  Elm  St..  Kala- 
mazoo. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  E.  F.  Grabill,  Greenville. 

7.  KANSAS 

WO.MANS  HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  October.  1881 

rr.'siiii'nt.    Mrs.  F.  J.  Storrs,  Topcka. 
Stcref.iry,   Mrs.  George  I.   Epps.  Topcka. 
/rr<».»«»-«'r.  Mrs.  D.  I).  DcLong.  Arkansas  City. 

8.  OHIO 

WOMAN  S   HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 

(^r^anized  May.  1887 

l^rfsiiicnt,   Mrs    Sydney  Strong.  Lane   Seminary 

Campus.  Cincinnati 
Sccritary.    Mrs    J     \V     Moorc.  83^^  H;)ugh  .Ave.. 

Cleveland. 
7>r<»j//'«'' .  Mrs.  ficoru'e    ii     Brown,  i' 116  Warren 
Si..  Toledo. 


II.  NORTH   DAKOTA 

WOMAN^  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Orjganized  November,  1883 

Fmideni,  Mrs.  W.  P.  Cleveland,  Caledonia. 
Secretary^   Mrs.  Silas  E>affgctt.  Harwood. 
Tretuurer,  Mrs.  J.  M.  Fiaher,  Farigo- 

II.  OREGON 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 
Orjganized  July,  1884 

President,  Mrs.  F.  Effgert,  The  Hill.  Portland. 
Secretary,  Mrs.  Geo.  C.  Brownell.  Ore^^on  City. 
Treasurer,  Mrs  W.  D.  Palmer,   546  3d  St.,  Port- 
land. 


13.  WASHINGTON 

Including  Northern  Idaho 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY   UNION 

Of^anized  July,  1884 

Reorganized  June.  1889 

President,   Mrs.  A.  J.  Bailey.  323   Blanchard  St., 

Seattle. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  W.  C.  Wheeler.  424  South  K  St., 

Tacoma. 
Treasurer,  Mrs  J.  W.  George,  620  Fourth  Street, 

Seattle. 

14.  SOUTH    DAKOTA 

WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  September.  1884 

President,   .Mrs.  A.  H.  Robbins,  Ashton. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  W.  H.  Thrall.  Huron, 
yrr^ijz/'rr,  Mrs.  F.  M.  Wilcox,  Huron. 


9.  NEW   YORK 

\VOM.\NS   HOME    MISSIONARY    UNION 

Or-^.inized  OcIoIkt.  iJ-h;, 

r> ,-siJ,  r.t,    Mrs.  \Vm.   Kincaid.   483  Greene  Ave.. 

Hrooklvn. 
.SV.  '  f'./^ ','.    Mr».    \Vm    SpaldinLT.  311   Orange   St., 

Syracuse. 
7Vv.7<,v' f" .  Mrs.    I     J.    IV.irsal!,    230   Macon    Si., 

Hrooklvn. 


10.  WISCONSIN 


\VO.M.\.\"S    HOME    MISSI()N.\RV   UNION 


Or;,'ani7.ecl  October.  1^83 

JWsn^cnf.    .^f^s.  K.  G.  I'lKHke.  Mivdxson. 
Se.rrftttY,    Mrs.  A.  ()   Wright,  Mac\\s<m. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  C.  M.  Hlackroan,  \V\Mlcv*aVeT. 


X5    CONNECTICUT 

WOMAN  S   HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 
Organized  January.  1885 

Presidt  nt,    .Miss  Ellen  R.  Camp,  9  Camp  St.,  New 

Britain. 
St\rciiiry.   Mrs.   C.   T.    Millard,    36    Lewis    St  . 

Hartford. 
Treasurer.  Mrs.   W.   W.   Jacobs,   19   Spring    St.. 

ILirtford. 


16.  MISSOURI 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  May,  1885 

President.   Mrs   Henry  Hopkins.  916  Holmes  St., 

Kansas  City. 
Sccretarv.   Mrs.    E.    C.   Ellis,  2456  Tracy   Ave.. 


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17.  ILLINOIS 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
OrflTsuiized  May,  1885 


34.  VERMONT 

WOMAN'S    HOME  MISSIONARY    UNION 
Orfi^anized  June,  1888 


President^  Mi?.  Isaac  Gaflin.  Lombard. 

Secretary^   Mrs.  C.   H.  Taintor,  151  Washington  Secretary^   Mrs. 

St.,  Chicago.  Treasurer,  Urs.   Wm.  P.   Fairbanks,   St.  Johns- 
Treasurer.  Mrs.  L.  A.  Field,  Wilmette.  bury. 


President,  Mrs.  I.  H.  Babbitt,  West  Brattlcboro. 
I.  M.  K.  Paine,  Windsor. 


18.  IOWA 

WOMAN'S    HOME   MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  June,  1886 

President.  Mrs.  T.  O.  Douglass.  Grinnell. 
Secretary.   Mrs.  H.  H.  Robbins,  Grinnell. 
Treasurer,  Miss  Belle  L.  Bentley,  300  Court  Ave., 
Des  Moines. 

19.  CALIFORNIA 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY 
Organized  October,  1887. 

President,  Mrs.  E.  S.  Williams,  572  12th  St.,  Oak- 
land. 

Secretary.  Mrs.  L.  M.  Howard,  911  Grove  St., 
Oakland. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  J.  M.  Haven,  1329  Harrison  St., 
Oakland. 

ao.  NEBRASKA 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  November,  1887 

President,  Mrs.  J     T.   Duryea,    2402    Cass   St., 

Omaha. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  H.  Bross.  2004  Q  St.,  Lincoln. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  G.  J.   Powell,  30th  &  Ohio  Sts., 

Omaha. 

ai.  FLORIDA 

WOMAN'S    HOME    MISSIONARY    UNION 

Organized  February,  1888 

President,   Mrs.  S.  F.  Gale.  Jacksonville. 
Secretary,   .Mrs.  Nathan  Harrows,  Winter  Park. 
Treasurer.  Mrs.  W.  D.  Brown.  Inlerlachen. 


32.   INDIANA 

WOM.ANS  HOME  .MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  May,  1888 

President,   Mrs.  E.  C.  Bell.  221    Christian  Ave.. 

Indianapolis. 
Secretary.   Mrs.   VV.  h.  .Mossman,  Fort  Wayne. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.   F.  V^.    Dewhurst,    28  Christian 
•Ave.,  Indianapolis. 

23.  SOUTHERN  CALIFORNIA 

WOMAN'S  HO.ME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Orjranizcd  May,  1880 

President,   Mrs.    W.   J.    Washburn,   510  Downey 

Ave..  Los  Angeles. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  P.  J.  Colcord.  Claremont. 
TreasMr^rr,  Mrs.  Mary  M.  Smith,  Public  Library, 
Riverside. 


as.  COLORADO 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  October,  1888 

President,  Mrs.  B.  C.  Valentine,  Highlands. 
Secretary.  Mrs.  Charles  Westley,  Box  508.  Denver. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Horace  Sanderson,  17 10  i6tn  Ave., 
Denver.      , 

a6   WYOMING 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October,  1888 

Reorganized  December,  1892 

President.   Mrs.  G.  S.  Ricker,  Cheyenne. 
Secretary,  Mrs.  W.  L.  Whipple.  Cheyenne. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  H.  N.  Smitn,  Rock  Springs. 

a7.  GEORGIA 

WOMAN  S    HOME    MISSIONARY    UNION 
Organized  November,  z888 

President^  Mrs.  H.  B.  Wcy,  253  Forest  Ave., 
Atlanta. 

Secretary^  Mrs.  H.  A.  Kellam,  176  Ivy  St.,  At- 
lanta. 

Treasurer,  Miss  Virginia  Holmes,  Bamesville. 

aS.  MISSISSIPPI 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  April,  1889 

President,  Mrs.  C.  L.  Harris.  1421  31st  Ave.,  Me- 
ridian. 

Secretary.   Miss  Edith  M.  Hall,  Tougaloo. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  L.  H.  Turner.  3112  12th  St.,  Me 
ridian. 

39.  LOUISIANA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  April,  1889 

President,   Miss  Bella  Hume,  corner  Gasquctand 

Liberty  Sts..  New  Orleans. 
Secretary,   Miss  Matilda  Cabrfrre.  New  Orleans. 
Treasurer.  Mrs.  C.  S.  Shattuck,  Welsh. 

30    ARKANSAS,    KENTUCKY,  AND    TEN- 

NESSEE 

WOMAN'S    MISSIONARY   UNION  OF  THE 
CENTRAL  .SOUTH   ASSOCIATION 

Organized  April.  1889 

President,    Mrs.  Ella  S.   Moore,  Pox  8,  Fisk  Uni- 
versity, Na.shville.  Tenn. 
Secretary.    Mrs.  Jos.    E.  Smith,    304  Gilmer  St., 


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31.  NORTH  CAROLINA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October,  1889 

President^  Mrs.  J.  W.  Freeman.  Dudley. 
Secretary     f 

and        -Miss  A.  E.  Farrington,  High  Point. 
Treasurer^  S 

32.  TEXAS 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  March,  1890 

President^   Mrs.  J.  M.  Wendelkin,  Dallas. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  H.  F.  Burt,  Ixxk  Box  56^.  Dallas. 
Treasurer ,yiTs.    C.    I.    Scoficld,    Lock    Box   220, 
Dallas. 


33.  MONTANA 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  May,  1890 

President,    Mrs.  O  C.  Clark,  Miss<:)ula. 
Secretary.    Mrs.  W.  S.  Bell.  410  Dearborn  Ave., 

Helena. 
7'/r^»j///<'r.  Mrs.  Herbert  E.  Jones.  Livingston. 


37.  UTAH 

LvcLi'DiNG  Southern  Idaho 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  May,  1891 
Reorganired  December.  189a 

President,   Mrs.  Clarence  T.    Brown,  Salt  Lake 

City. 
Secretary,  Mrs.  W.  S.  Hawkes,  135  Sixth  St ,  E., 

Salt  Lake  City. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Dana  W.  Bartlett.  Salt  Lake  City. 
For  Idaho,  Mrs.  Oscar  Sonnenkalb.  Pocatello. 


38.  INDIAN   TERRITORY 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  April,  189a 

Presidents    Mrs.  Fayette  Hurd.  Vinita. 
Secretary.    Miss  I^uise  Graper.  Vinita. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Raymond,  Vinita. 


39.  NEVADA 


34.  PENNSYLVANIA 

WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY   UNION 
Or^^anized  June,  j8->o 

President,  Mrs  A.  H.  Claflin,  2/4  Manhattan  St., 
Alletrlieny. 

Secretary.    .Mrs.  C.  F.  Yennie,  Rid^'way. 

'/ream re t\  Mrs.  T.  W.  Ji)nt.-s.  51:  Woodland  Ter- 
race. Philadelphia. 


35.  OKLAHOMA 

WOMAN'S   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organize<l  October,  iR/) 

President,    Mrs   J.  H.  Parker.  Kin^'ti-^her. 
Secretary.    Mrs.  J.  E.  Piatt,  (iuthne. 
Treasurer.  Mrs.  A.  H.  Hammer,  Oklahom.a  City 


WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY    UNION 
Organized  October,  189a 


President,    Mrs.  L.  J.  Flint,  Reno. 

Se>.  retary.    Miss  Margaret  N.  Magill,  Reno. 

Treasurer,  Miss  Mary  Clow,  Reno. 


40.  NEW  MEXICO 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  November,  1892 

President.   Mrs.  C,  E.  Winslow,  Albuquerque 
.Secretary.   Mrs.  E.  W.  Lewis,  301  So.  Edith  St., 

Albuquerque. 
Treasurer.  Mrs.  E.  D.  Bullock,  Albuquerque. 


36.   NEW  JERSEY 

I.NCI,LI)IN«.    Dl^IKI.    I     OJ      Cm  I  Mi;l.\.    M.\KYI.,\.M), 
\M>    \'lK<,lNI.\ 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION  OF 
THE  NEW  JERSEY  ASSOCIATir)N 

Or^ianized  March.  iRoi 
President.    Mrs.  A.  H    Bradford.  Mfjntclair 


41.   BLACK  HILLS.  SO.  DAKOTA 

BLACK    HILLS    WOMAN'S    MISSIONARY 

UNION 

Organized  October,  1893 

President.   Mrs.  J.  B.  Gossage,  Rapid  City,  Black 
Hills,  South  Dakota. 


Secretary.   Mrs.    W.   O.    Weeden,    Upper    .Mont-  Secretary,    Mrs    H.    H.   (iilchrist.   Hot    Springs. 

clair.  Black  Hills,  South  Dakota. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  J.  H.  Dcnison,  isoUcWewWe  Xve.,  IVcasurcr.^Wss    ^>^^^  ^S^xccwv    Hot    Springs, 

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ADDRESS   AT    THE   FUNERAL   OF  DR.   DAVID   B.  COE 

By  Rev.  R.  S.  Storrs,  D.D.,  LL.D. 

JT  is  perhaps  always  true,  when  one  stands  at  the  point  of  the 
departure  out  of  life  on  earth  of  a  friend  who  has  been  known 
many  years,  that  there  comes  a  sudden  and  almost  peremptory 
vision  of  the  long  course  of  acquaintance,  and  of  frequent  mutual  con- 
verse, which  has  preceded.  It  is  as  when  one  rises  to  the  summit  of  a 
crest  on  a  long  journey,  from  which  he  looks  back  at  a  glance  over  the 
miles  which  have  been  traversed,  and  notes  again  the  chief  objects  of 
interest  which  have  attracted  attention  on  the  way. 

It  comes  to  me  with  a  sense  of  surprise  to-day  that  it  is  sixty  years 
since  I  first  heard  of  our  dear  brother  now  gone  from  us,  although  I  did 
not  at  that  time  personally  know  him.  I  had  become  a  pupil  in  an  acad- 
emy in  Massachusetts,  which  he  had  left  two  or  three  years  before  to 
enter  Yale  College,  in  which  academy  he  had  been  an  honored  scholar, 
so  that  his  name  was  often  spoken,  while  I  was  there,  with  peculiar  regard 
and  esteem.  I  was  thus  early  familiar  with  it.  After  coming  to  New 
York  and  Brooklyn,  a  few  years  later,  I  of  course  came  to  know  him  well. 
We  were  associated  in  gre:it  public  trusts,  and  in  great  public  movements 
—  always  delightfully  associated — and  I  look  back  upon  those  years  with 
an  unfeigned  and  an  unfailing  gl-idncss. 

There  are  some  lives  which  disappoint  us,  some  impressions  of  char- 
acter which  we  have  to  revise  in  later  years,  possibly  even  to  reverse. 
The  inij)ressions  which  1  formed  of  him  at  the  first  have  continued  un- 
changed to  the  very  end  of  his  life ;  and  in  these  later  years  my  actjuaint- 
ance  with  him  has,  of  course,  been  even  more  close,  personal,  and  familiar 
than  it  was  in  the  earlier  time. 

I  have  known  him  in  periods  of  tranquillity,  of  undisturbed  progress 
in  the  missionary  work  with  which  he  was  so  intimately  connected  :  and 
1  have  known  him  in  times  of  strenuous  and  vehement  controversy; 
and  always  he  has  been  the  same.  He  was  a  man  of  remarkably  can- 
did and  clear  intelligence.  He  was  never  hurried  in  his  mental  progress 
toward  conclusions,  but  was  always  sufficiently  rapid  in  it  ;  and  when  his 
conclusion  had  been  reached,  it  was  decided,  dispassionate,  final.  I  do 
not  think  that  I  ever  knew  him,  after  he  had  fairly  and  largely  consid- 
ered a  subject,  to  depart  from  the  ground  to  which  he  had  decisively 
come.  Indeed,  T  should  as  soon  have  thought  of  seeing  an  oak-tree 
uproot  itself  from  the  soil  in  which  it  had  been  planted,  and  tran?;port 
itself  to  somt  other  locaWlv,  ivs  \o  sv^r  \>\.  Vv>vi  Ov^vvwv  ^\vsw\  y^  <:onclusion 
which  he  had  carefuUv,  deWbeTAUAv,  vvvxvexUxWx  x^aviVv^^.    ^v^  v\>i^^^v>v^>^  vK 


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external  pressure  could  change  his  judgment ;  and  unless  his  judgment 
and  conviction  were  changed,  there  was  nothing  that  could  disturb  the 
equipoise  of  his  mind. 

At  the  same  time,  in  carrying  into  effect  the  conclusions  to  which  he 
had  come,  he  was  extraordinarily  patient  and  persevering.  He  omitted 
no  detail  needed  to  the  accomplishment  of  the  purpose.  He  was  observ- 
ant, wide-sighted,  courageous  in  spirit ;  seeing  difficulty  and  danger 
wherever  they  existed,  but  always  expecting  good  results,  and  always 
recognizing  the  providence  of  God  in  the  midst  of  whatever  difficulty  and 
danger — a  man  to  be  greatly  honored,  greatly  trusted,  greatly  beloved. 

1  remember  that  when  I  first  saw  him  it  seemed  to  me  that  his  very 
figure  and  face  must  be  an  index  and  a  symbol  of  the  mental  and  moral 
power  behind — erect,  graceful,  clear-cut,  as  we  remember  him  ;  of  fine 
fiber,  harmoniously  molded,  yet  vigorous  and  sinewy  ;  ready  for  fatigue, 
ready  for  exposure,  not  yielding  easily  to  any  stress  or  strain  of  adverse 
circumstances.  Such  he  was  in  the  days  of  his  mature  vigor,  as  all  recall 
him.  And  the  mind  and  spirit  which  dwelt  within  this  form,  and  behind 
this  fine,  attractive,  cordial  face,  were  in  perfect  harmony  with  them. 

1  have  not  spoken,  of  course,  of  the  things  which  were  most  intimate 
in  him.  It  is  not  needful  for  those  who  knew  him  ;  least  of  all  is  it  need- 
ful in  this  hour  and  in  this  place.  His  profound  and  earnest  piety,  his 
reverence  toward  God,  his  unfaltering  trust  in  God's  Word  and  in  His 
promise,  his  tender  and  deep  affection  toward  those  closest  to  him  in  life 
— all  these  are  perfectly  known  already  in  tlie  circle  which  is  here  gath- 
ered. All  are  known,  more  or  less  distinctly,  by  all  of  us,  whatever  our 
relation  to  him  may  have  been.  And  to  touch  such  inmost  secrets  of 
character  and  life  seems  always  like  touching  the  delicate  and  celestial 
blooms  which  pale  or  vanish  when  common  hands  are  laid  upon  them. 
I  have  spoken  of  him  only  as  of  a  man  having  important  relations  with 
others,  and  with  the  public,  whom  we  all  knew  in  those  relations,  though 
some  of  us,  no  doubt,  knew  him  better  than  others. 

He  was  a  man  eminently  fitted,  by  native  faculty,  by  character,  and 
by  the  habit  of  his  life,  for  great  administrative  office.  Such  men  are 
rare— as  it  seems  to  me,  sometimes,  rarer  than  they  were.  A  man  so 
vigilant,  patient,  cordial  as  he  was,  such  an  intuitive  judi;e  of  men,  so  pro- 
foundly responsive  to  the  trends  of  public  opinion  and  of  social  movement, 
as  weir  as  of  Christian  movement,  he  seemed  predestined  from  the  begin- 
ning to  some  high  office  in  a  great  Society.  As  pastor  of  a  parish  he  was 
always  highly  honored  and  beloved  by  those  to  whom  he  ministered  ;  and 
they  who  remain  testify,  to  this  day,  to  the  affectionate  reverence  with 
whichr  in  childhood  they  met  his  benignant  presence.  Hut  he  was  the 
ideal  Secretary  of  a  great  Missionary  Society  ;  by  rcas<M\  ^\(  K\«k  ccnoUv^SsS^ 
his  equanimity  and  his  sy m()athy  ;  his  lcm\Kt;vVt  '^\\\\^^ik\v:.\\V  \  V\s  oi>^^vi.\>^ 


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ative  tendency  in  matters  of  belief,  associated  with  his  genial  interest  in 
whatever  was  liberal  in  the  movement  of  thought  ;  by  reason,  too,  of  his 
readiness  to  undergo  fatigue,  to  undertake  long  journeys — while  always 
coming  back  to  his  office  and  his  home  with  tender  and  renewed  delight 
He  was  one  whom  the  churches  confided  in  and  honored,  in  that  great 
office.  And  therein,  it  seems  to  me,  is  eulogy  enough  for  any  man.  It 
is  much  when  a  single  congregation  elects  and  rejoices  in  the  service  of 
one  of  us.  It  is  more  when  a  great  Society,  an  Institution  representing 
many  churches,  elects  and  rejoices  in  the  man  who  performs  high  offices 
for  it.  It  is  a  still  nobler  eulogy  when  all  the  churches,  cooperating  in  a 
great  and  manifold  work,  so  welcome  and  honor  a  man  who  continues 
their  representative  in  it,  and  by  whom  they  are  engaged  to  it  more  earn- 
estly.    And  that  has  been  his  honor ! 

How  immense,  too,  has  been  the  work  that  has  been  thus  accomplished 
by  this  dear  friend  !  We  feel,  when  we,  as  individual  pastors,  reach  two 
hundred  families,  or  three  or  four  hundred  families,  that  our  influence  is 
wide  ;  and  so  it  is.  We  may  not  disparage  it.  But  here  has  been  an 
influence  which  has  reached  out  over  hundreds  of  churches  every  year ; 
not  through  the  precincts  of  a  single  village,  or  even  of  a  single  city,  but 
over  lake  and  prairie,  over  mountain  ranges,  wild  ravines,  and  distant 
forests;  to  the  rough  mining-camp,  and  the  cowboy's  ranch;  to  the  insig- 
nificant hamlet  which  is  growing  up  to  become  by  and  by  the  center  of  a 
mighty  city.  Our  brother's  influence  has  gone  thither,  in  all  these  years, 
till  the  increasing  weariness  and  infirmity  of  age  detained  him  from  the 
service  to  which  his  youthful  strength  had  been  given,  in  w^hich  his 
maturcr  vigor  had  been  employed,  and  in  which  he  rejpiced  with  all  his 
heart.  How  vast  and  vital,  too,  has  that  influence  been  in  its  importance, 
since  in  all  those  regions,  to  us  unfamiliar,  unattractive  and  remote,  he 
has  been  laying  the  foundations  of  social  order  and  public  welfare,  by 
those  whom  he  sent,  whom  he  instructed  and  sustained,  and  to  whom  he 
ministered  of  his  own  inspiration  in  all  their  work.  He  has  been  further- 
int^  the  c^reat  educational  institutions  and  interests  of  the  land,  helping  all 
noble  humanitarian  effort — in  fact,  fixing  the  foundations  of  the  best  and 
finest  American  civilization  I  And  this  work  has  not  ceased.  It  still 
goes  forward,  to  continue  as  long  as  the  history  of  the  country  continues, 
and  to  reach  into  the  Eternities.  He  has  wrought  his  labor  and  life  into 
tlie  life  of  the  American  nation,  which  is  more  and  more  to  have  such 
signal  and  mighty  power  upon  the  earth. 

I  marvel  when  I  think  of  it,  and  of  the  country-farm  in  Granville  from 

which  he  came  !     I   used   to  marvel,  as  I  talked  with   him,  and  held  the 

hand  that  was  being  so  quietly  but  so  effectively  laid  upon   the  levers 

of  empire  in  this  nation  oi  ovus\    \  s^ie.  cXvi^vcX^-  ^^V^^  W  %\\QkV\ld  have  been 

so  interested  in  missionary  work-,  aud  W  \s  ovA>3  ua  ^  w-^xX-xxx^  ^^^^^^vs.  ^\>icc^.\. 


April.  1895  The  Home  Missionary  605 

interest  that,  when  he  was  a  lad  upon  his  father's  farm,  he  should  have 
been  quickened  in  his  desire  to  gain  an  education  in  college,  as  he  himself 
testified,  by  seeing  one  pass  daily  who  was  going  to  Dr.  Cooley's  for  theo- 
logical instruction,  who  himself  became  afterward  a  famous  and  heroic 
worker  for  Christ  in  the  then  almost  unknown  and  repellent  wilderness 
of  Oregon.* 

It  has  been  a  great  character,  a  sweet  character,  on  which  we  lovingly 
look  back.  It  has  been  a  great  work,  a  wide-reaching  work,  immortal  in 
its  influence,  which  we  to-day  contemplate  and  commemorate.  We  all 
may  be  grateful  for  the  privilege  of  having  known  him,  and  having  worked 
with  him,  in  one  way  or  another,  in  these  past  crowded  and  fruitful  years. 

1  cannot  but  be  reminded,  as  I  stand  here,  beside  his  coffin,  of  that 
great  circle  of  men,  revered,  honorable,  influential  as  they  were,  with 
whom  he  was  associated  when  my  early  acquaintance  with  him  began — Dr. 
Badger,  Dr.  William  Adams,  Dr.  Asa  D.  Smith,  Dr.  Erskine  Mason, 
Dr.  Hatfield,  Dr.  Cox,  Dr.  Skinner,  Dr.  Patton,  Dr.  Cheever,  and  him 
with  whom  I  was  more  personally  associated  for  many  years,  Dr.  Joseph 
P.  Thompson.  Others,  too,  I  might  name,  of  somewhat  different  church 
connections,  yet  contemporaneous  with  these — Drs.  Pott?,  Spring,  Krebs, 
Phillips,  McElroy,  Dr.  James  Alexander,  Dr.  Prime,  Drs.  DeWitt  and 
Knox,  with  many  more  whose  names  come  up  to  us  in  vivid  rememl)rance 
— now  all  departed  out  of  life  upon  the  earth.  He  is  the  last,  so  far  as  I 
at  the  moment  remember,  who  was  personally  acquainted,  and  in  some 
forms  of  service  was  associated,  with  these  men  when  I  first  knew  him. 

It  is  good  to  have  known  such  men.  It  is  good  to  have  known  them 
in  our  own  youth,  when  impressions  upon  us  were  immediate  and  most 
vivid.  It  is  good  to  have  known  them  at  a  time  and  in  circumstances 
when  our  knowledge  of  them  could  be  more  intimate  than  perhaps  it 
could  be  amid  the  present  conditions  of  life,  in  these  days  when  the  hurry 
of  affairs  crowds  us  into  comparative  isolation  from  each  other,  and  leaves 
scant  time  for  converse  and  for  friendship.  It  is  good  to  have  known 
them,  to  feel  their  influence  upon  us  still. 

And  it  is  still  better  to  look  forward  to  meeting  them  again,  and  this 

***He  [Gushing  Eells]  studied  the  greater  part  of  the  next  summer  under  Dr. 
Timothy  M.  Cooley,  the  pastor,  walking  there  on  Monday  mornings  and  returning  on 
Saturday  afternoons.  Near  that  road  lived  Deacon  Coe.  tiis  son,  David,  was  then 
at  virork  on  his  father's  farm.  As  he  saw  Gushing  walking  to  and  from  school,  he 
thought  that  he,  too,  might  l)e  doing  something  besides  working  on  a  farm.  His 
thoughts  took  such  a  turn  that  he  went  through  Vale  Gt>llege.  and  entered  the  ministry. 
For  many  years,  as  I).  B.  Goc,  D.D.,  he  was  one  of  the  Secretaries  of  the  American 
Home  Missionary  Society.  About  forty-five  years  afterwards,  when  he  commissioned 
a  son  of  Dr.  Gushing  Eells  as  a  Home  Missionary  to  the  Pacific  Goast,  he  tohl  him  how 
those  walks  of  the  father  had  had  an  influence  \n  \ecv<\\u^\v\m^\V  "vcv\o\Cvi  ^^'ax\\\<.-N*^^V 
— Siif^a/Ay  4f/  **FaiA€r  Eelis**  page  20. 


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our  honored  friend  among  them— to  meeting  them  in  the  serene  peace 
and  the  open  vision  of  the  Heavenly  Life,  in  the  fullness  of  the  new  and 
glorified  power,  in  the  beauty  and  might  of  the  immortal  youth.  How 
Montgomery's  fine  image  comes  back  to  us  : 

"  Thus  star  by  star  declines. 
Till  all  are  passed  away  ; 
As  morning  high  and  higher  shines 

To  pure  and  perfect  day  ; 
Nor  sink  those  stars  in  empty  night  : 
They  hide  themselves  in  heaven's  own  light." 

Ciod  bring  us  all  to  that  perfect  light,  to  that  city  of  the  living,  not  of 
the  dying,  to  the  vision  of  God,  and  to  the  welcoming  face  of  Christ  I 


REV.    DAVID  B.   COE,   D.D. 

David  Hknton  Cok  was  born  in  (iranville,  Mass.,  August  r6,  1814; 
was  graduated  from  Yale  College  in  1837,  ainong  the  first  in  a  class  num- 
bering Hon.  William  M.  Evarts,  Judges  Morrison  R.  Waite,  Edwards 
Pierpont,  and  John  P.  Putnam,  Dr.  .Andrew  L.  Stone,  Profs.  C.  S.  Lyman 
and  1>.  N.  Martin,  with  others  who  attained  to  distinguished  eminence. 

He  was  tutor  in  Creek  at  Yale  in  1839-40  ;  was  pastor  in  Milford, 
Conn.,  for  four  years  ;  in  New  York  City  (the  Allen  Street  church)  for 
about  five  years  ;  was  District  Secretary  of  the  American  Board  for  two 
years  ;  and  on  January  i,  1851,  became  a  Corresponding  Secretary  of  the 
American  Home  Missionary  Society,  in  which  office— for  these  latest 
years  as  Honorary  Secretary — he  continued  until  his  death  at  his  home  in 
Ploonifield,  N.  J.,  February  13,  1895.  Though  successful  as  a  teacher 
and  pastor,  events  proved  that  he  was  foreordained  and  providentially 
fitted  for  the  office  to  which  his  life-work  was  mostly  given.  Reared  by 
Christian  parents  in  a  New  England  farmer's  home — his  father  being  also 
a  deacon  in  the  Congregational  Church  of  Cranville — he  was  early 
soundly  converted,  was  inured  to  toil,  learned  manly  self-reliance,  and 
gained  an  experience  that  enabled  him  to  sympathize  with  the  self-deny- 
ing Christian  workers  in  new  and  exacting  fields  with  whom  he  was  later 
brouti^iit  closelv  into  contact.  Thev  easilv  and  naturallv  took  him  into 
their  hearts.  His  thorough  scholarship  also  enabled  him  to  be  their 
strong  helper  in  mastering  the  difficult  points  of  science,  theology,  and 
l>il)lical  interpretation  tiiat  sorely  beset  young  preachers  in  fields  far  from 
brethren  fitted  to  advise  and  help  in  the  conflict  with  acute,  educated 
inMch,  noi  .seldom  fov\u(\  \v\  ucw  vUxOsi  ^\^v^\\v  ^\t.\.N\^>K^feA\\s>  >*;V\^tc  one 
")u\(i  be  sicnv  to  look  (or  ihem. 


April,  1895  The  Home  Missionary  607 

Next  to  his  deep  piety  and  absolute  conscientiousness,  one  of  Dr. 
Coe's  prominent  characteristics  was  his  strong  practical  common  sense, 
a  native  gift,  but  sharpened  by  experience,  and  so  sanctified  by  the  Divine 
Spirit  as  to  adapt  it  to  the  highest  Christian  uses.  This  quality  he 
showed  in  common  with  his  associate  in  office,  Dr.  Milton  Badger,  fof 
thirty-eight  years  Secretary  of  the  American  Home  Missionary  Society, 
and  one  of  the  wisest  men  ever  called  to  admini.ster  affairs  in  our  churches 
and  benevolent  organizations.  Their  joint  advice  and  cooperation  were 
sought  on  every  hand,  in  the  forming  of  churches  in  the  East  and  the 
West ;  in  councils  for  ordaining  and  dismissing  pastors  or  reconciling 
differences ;  in  healing  wounds  caused  by  want  of  Christian  charity  and 
comity  between  rival  denominations  ;  in  the  founding  of  colleges  and 
finding  fit  officers  to  man  them.  With  these  and  other  services  too  numer- 
ous tO"  speak  of,  their  lives  were  crowded.  Those  charged  with  heavy 
res|)onsibilities  soon  learn  to  trust  the  judgment  of  men  like  Dr.  Coe,  and 
only  in  the  hereafter  will  it  be  known  what  a  debt'  our  most  sacred  insti- 
tutions and  various  interests  owe  to  his  far-seeing  wisdom,  his  sincerity, 
candor,  and  unselfishness,  his  strength  of  mind,  his  unshaken  faith  in  the 
divine  promises,  his  loving  fellowship  with  all  God's  people. 

These  qualities  gave  the  greatest  value  to  his  services,  especially  in 
those  days  when  the  secretaries  were  members  of  the  FLxecutive  Commit- 
tee, sharing  equally  with  the  other  members  the  responsibility  for  the 
committee's  decisions.  In  those  earlier  days  the  secretaries'  duties  had 
wider  range  than  now.  Besides  sharing  the  Executive  Committee's  work. 
Dr.  Coe  for  some  years  edited  this  magazine,  and  under  "  power  of 
attorney  *'  from  the  nominal  treasurer — as  was  then  the  general  usage — 
added  his  share  of  the  detail  of  that  branch  of  the  business  also  to  his 
secretaryship. 

The  intimate  acquaintance  so  gained,  with  the  entire  administration  of 
the  office  in  all  its  branches,  and  the  wide  range  of  experience  acquired  in 
more  than  forty  years  of  activity  in  office  and  in  field,  made  his  counsel 
of  inestimable  value  to  his  associates  after  his  hands  had  become  too 
feeble  to  bear  all  of  their  long-accustomed  burdens. 

When  he  came  into  office  the  Presbyterian  and  Congregational  churches 
together  were  supporting  1,032  missionaries,  serving  1,575  congregations 
in  twenty-seven  States  and  Territories.  More  than  half  the  number  were 
in  the  New  England  and  Middle  States,  only  488  being  stationed  west  of 
these.  Two  had  ju.st  entered  Minnesota  Territory,  two  were  beginning 
in  Oregon  and  three  in  California.  For  all  the  vast  interval  between 
Minnesota  and  Oregon  not  a  man  had  yet  been  commissioned.  The  year's 
expenditure  was  less  than  $124,000.  He  lived  to  take  part  in  commis- 
sioning more  than  2,000  in  a  year  for  nearly  :\,ooo  covv^x^<^^.tv^vv%  \^  l^^i^x.-^- 
seven  States  and  Territories,  at  an  ouVVvXY  ^^  tcvox^  \>cva.^  %•\^^^'^^^^'^'^ 


6o8  The  Home  Missionary  April,  1895 

offerinjrs  of  Congregationalists  alone.  He  saw  the  number  of  Sunday- 
school  pupils  in  the  aided  churches  go  uj)  from  70,000  to  over  164,000 : 
the  additions  of  members  to  those  churches  increased  from  107,600  to 
more  than  422.000  With  similar  gains  in  other  items  of  the  work,  our 
Covenant-keeping  (iod  year  by  year  blessed  the  labors  and  devisings  of 
Dr.  Cor  and  his  colleagues. 

None  could  have  had  more  than  a  casual  acquaintance  with  our  friend 
without  seeinj^^  that  he  was  one  of  the  most  amiable  of  men.  His  native 
disposition  was  loving  and  lovely.  Marked  feminine  traits,  beautifully 
blending  with  his  masculine  robustness,  called  for  and  delighted  in  recip- 
rocated friendship.  It  is  pleasant  to  remember  and  to  bear  record  that 
in  thirty  years  of  closest  association  not  a  cold  or  unfeeling — much  less  a 
harsh — utterance  came  from  his  lips.  Chastened  by  sorrow  and  disciplined 
by  years  of  pain,  he  knew  well  the  value  of  sympathy,  accepted  it  frankly 
and  repaid  it  in  Scripture  measure. 

Pure  in  heart,  he  now  sees  God.  And  if  it  is  permitted  those  in  l^lory 
to  look  down  upon  the  prosperity  of  Christ's  kingdom  here,  what  a  tide  of 
joy  must  be  swelling  in  the  soul  of  our  brother  whose  life  was  consecrated 
to  that  single  end  I 


EXTRACTS    FROM    DR.    R.   S.   STORRS'    ADDRESS    AT 
THE  FUNERAL  OF  DR.  WILLIAM  M.  TAYLOR 

.  .  .  In  all  our  churches  a  most  welcome  and  animating  presence 
has  his  always  been,  with  his  stirring  and  mighty  eloquence  of  the  truth, 
with  the  fervency  and  the  majesty  of  his  prayers.  And  this  is  true  in 
all  the  (^lunches  throughout  the  land  to  which  his  frequent  and  wide 
(Hiihassics  for  the  Master  have  at  any  time  carried  him. 

lie  will  Ix;  missed  and  mourned  by  the  great  missionary  societies  to 
which  he  has  given  counsel  and  wisdom,  and  to  which  he  has  imparted  of 
the  courage  and  enthusiasm  of  his  own  courageous  and  far-seeing  spirit. 
Yes  ;  he  is  mourned  to-dav  l)v  multitudes  who  have  never  seen  his  face, 
or  heard  his  voice,  but  who  have  been  imj)resscd,  quickened,  and  morally 
molded  by  his  luminous  and  stimulating  thought  as  it  has  appeared  in 
his  [)rinted  discourses.  He  is  mourned,  indeed,  by  those  who  have  never 
even  read  his  sermons,  but  who  have  known  that  he  was  filling  with  power 
this  eminent  pulpit  in  this  great  and  commanding  metropolis,  to  which  the 
eves  of  the  nation  are  all  the  time  turned.  Thev  have  known  his  stead- 
fastness  of  ])urj)ose.  his  purity  of  aim  and  of  endeavor,  his  fidelity  to  the 
Lord,  and  they  have  rejoked  \v\  \V\s  c\\ATv\ci\.vi\,>«\>:\\^wxv^'QjKvvUar  with  his 
person.      He  has  beei\  to  ibem  a  toeV  <.A  sUw^^WX^Wa^x^  q^w  \^^V.xv^^v 


6io  The  Home  Missionary  April,  1895 

a  bulwark  of  defense  against  all  assaults  made  on  the  Gospel.  He  has 
been  such  a  living  source  of  succor  and  encouragement  to  those  on  the 
far  missionary  fields  along  our  frontiers,  in  other  lands,  in  Africa  and  in 
India,  under  the  palm  trees  and  on  coral  reefs,  not  long  since  reddened 
with  cannibal  blood,  the  homes  of  savage  men  and  women,  but  now  echo- 
ing with  Christian  song  and  prayer  ! 

Hardly  any  other  could  have  been  called  from  life  on  earth  in  all  our 
circles,  the  intelligence  of  whose  death  would  have  carried  wider  sorrow 
to  the  world  than  has  his.  It  is  a  sorrow  of  the  best,  on  either  side  of  the 
.separating  seas.  Yet  we  who  have  known  him  most  intimately,  and  have 
met  and  heard  him  most  frequently,  have  doubtless  been  most  distinctly 
impressed  by  the  peculiar  combination  of  grace  and  of  power  which  was 
in  him.  We  have  recognized,  not  only  in  his  public  discourse,  but  in  all 
our  personal  conferences  with  him,  his  clearness  and  vigor  and  patience 
as  a  thinker  ;  the  wide  and  generous  ranges  of  his  reading  and  study, 
especially  the  intensity,  the  earnestness  and  persistence  of  his  study  of  the 
Scriptures,  in  which,  I  might  almost  say,  he  was  preeminent  among  us. 
How  often  he  used  to  bring  out  latent  and  precious  meanings  from  texts, 
with  which,  as  we  thought,  we  had  been  thoroughly  familiar,  but  all  the 
secret  of  which  we  had  not  explored  !  He  seemed  sometimes  to  take  olT 
the  surface  words,  to  unclose  the  native  gold  beneath  ;  at  other  times  we 
felt  that  he  would  exhaust  language  in  order  to  bring  out  the  native  force 
and  meaning  of  the  text.  How  steeped  his  mind  was  in  Scriptural  idioms 
both  in  sermon  and  in  prayer  !  His  thoughts  took  the  form  of  the  Scrip- 
tural languai^c  for  its  expression,  as  though  it  were  his  very  vernacular. 
And  in  all  his  study  of  the  Scriptures,  how  instantly  and  surely  he  came 
to  C'hrist,  as  the  supreme  revelation  of  God,  as  that  manifestation  upon 
which  everything  rests,  and  with  which  everything  is  vital,  from  the  begin- 
ning to  the  end  !  His  clear  apprehension  and  vivid  conception  of  Christ 
as  Heavenly  Lord  was  the  power  of  his  ministry,  as  it  was  of  his  charac- 
ter. He  felt  himself  a  witness  for  the  Master,  and  he  meant  to  be,  and 
was,  a  faithful  and  loyal  minister  for  Him.  He  was  a  man  with  a  mes- 
sa,!.^e — not  a  theorist,  not  a  doctrinaire,  not  a  mere  instructor  in  theologi- 
cal propositions.  He  was  here  for  the  Master,  whose  glory  was  in  all  the 
Scriptun^  and  whose  presence  he  felt  in  all  his  personal  life  and  work. 
He  had  a  message  to  deliver,  and  was  straitened  in  spirit  until  it  was 
delivered.  So  it  was,  indeed,  that  he  became  the  eloquent  preacher  whom 
we  knew.  I'^very  fiber  of  his  being,  physical  and  moral,  came  in  to  con- 
tribute to  the  intensity  and  power  of  his  utterance,  and  brought  men  and 
women  in  sucii  vast  numbers  to  hear  his  words.  I  used  often  to  think, 
when  I  was  in  the  pulpit  w\lh  V\\m  or  in  the  congregation  before  him,  that 
even  (hat  mighty  phvs\ca\  Itavwe  ^\ov\\(\  V>vt  '^V^^xv  \.ci  v^^^-^l^  -«v^K  the 
earnestness,  the  momentum,  tVxc  sv:\l Av>x-^evW\  \xav^xvsx\.>j  ^Wx^  v\vv.>^^3>x  ^^^ 


April,  1895  The  Home  Missionary  611 

utterance.  But  so  it  was  that  he  put  himself  into  other  lives  ;  put  his 
thought  into  other  minds,  his  feeling  and  purpose  into  other  spirits,  and 
swayed  assemblies  with  his  impressive  and  masterful  utterance. 

We  have  known  him  as  a  great  preacher,  and  some  of  us  have  known 
him,  no  doubt,  in  the  playfulness  and  affect  ion  ateness,  the  thoughtful  ten- 
derness of  his  domestic  household  life.  How  much  he  contributed  to  the 
joy  and  strength  of  that  dear  household  !  How  surely  gladness  and  re- 
ward, a  sweeter  confidence  and  exaltation  of  spirit  came  with  him  into  it 
as  often  as  he  entered  the  door  ! 

We  have  known  something,  too,  of  his  warm  and  wide  sympathies  for 
the  needy  and  the  weak  to  whom  he  ministered.     .     .     . 

It  was  in  the  impulse  of  this,  his  sympathetic  spirit,  that  the  effort  for 
building  parsonage  houses  for  those  who  needed  them,  and  who  could  not 
otherwise  provide  them,  especially  in  the  churches  along  the  frontier,  took 
from  him  its  mighty  furtherance.  It  was  a  movement  not,  1  think, 
originating  with  him,  but  which  certainly,  through  him,  was  carried  for- 
ward to  sudden  and  magnificent  success,  and  which  will  remain  a  monu- 
ment to  his  self -forgetting  zeal  and  energy  as  long  as  the  history  of  the 
country  shall  continue.  How  much  of  comfort  and  of  encouragement  he 
has  thus  given  to  those  laboring  on  the  far  frontiers,  or  nearer  home — to 
those  who,  without  such  sympathetic  and  victorious  help,  would  have  been 
still  desolate  in  the  wilderness  ! 

These  were  traits  which  we,  all  of  us,  perhaps,  knew — his  intimate  and 
beautiful  affection  towards  his  own,  the  responsiveness  of  his  heart  to  those 
who  loved  him  and  to  whom  his  love  went  out  in  return.  Tender  as  the 
soft  and  sunny  meadow  in  summer  was  his  spirit,  while  stern  tow^ard 
iniquity  as  the  flintiest  rock. 

But,  perhaps,  you  did  not  know — I  confess  for  myself  that  I  did  not — 
that  which  still  remains  in  my  thought  as  the  consummating  grace  in  all 
his  character.  .  .  .  Our  personal  relations  have  been  as  intimate  and 
affectionate  as  it  is  possible  for  those  of  two  men  to  be,  not  living  side  by 
side,  but  at  some  little  distance,  yet  often  and  gladly  meeting.  And  yet, 
though  I  thought  I  knew  him  to  the  center,  I  did  not  understand  that 
power  of  sovereign,  conquering,  (lod-given  patience  which  he  exhibited 
in  the  closing  years  of  his  life.  Think  of  it,  my  friends  !  A  man  in  the 
very  fullness  of  vigor  and  power,  with  every  faculty  disciplined,  with  all 
the  instruments  of  public  speech  at  his  perfect  command,  with  his  settled, 
steadfast,  and  mighty  convictions  of  evangelical  truth,  and  of  the  privilege 
of  declaring  this  to  men,  having  just  reached  the  grand  climacteric  of  his 
life,  is  suddenly  overtaken  by  this  unexpected  and  subtle  cerebral  shock, 
is  thrown  aside  from  public  service,  shut  within  the  doors  of  home,  and 
admonished  that  h\s>  end  on  earth  is  nol  i;\T  (V\s\.^vvV.  Y^iViW'^^^Vv.v^  x^^kc^ 
of  us  can  say,  "  77iat  was  a  strain  w\\\cb  \  co\iV\\i^^x  V    X^-Ji^^  ^^^  w^^^t^^ 


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frankly,  "  I  could  not,  thus  and  then,  have  borne  it."  And  I  went  to  his 
sick  chamber  when  I  first  heard  of  the  stroke  which  had  fallen  upon  him, 
timid,  for  the  first  time  in  my  life,  in  my  approach  to  him.  It  seemed  to  me 
impossible  that  there  should  not  be  a  deep  despondency,  a  dire  depression, 
perhaps  even  something  of  painful  rebelliousness  against  the  divine  will 
and  appointment  ;  certainly  something  of  sadness  and  moroseness  as  he 
looked  out  upon  the  life  which  was  swelling  around  him,  and  felt  that 
in  it  he  could  never  resume  his  place.  Instead,  I  found  a  perfect  peace 
and  utter  resignation  to  the  divine  will,  a  desire  to  have  God's  will 
accomplished  in  him,  as  it  had  been  accomplished  by  him.  I  took  away 
more  blessing  from  that  sick-room  than  I  had  even  dared  to  hope  to  carry 
thither.  The  maiden  whose  name  is  "  Peace  "  was  there.  He  was  in  the 
land  of  Beulah,  where  the  shining  ones  walk.  He  was  looking  forward 
from  the  summit  of  the  Delectable  Mountains  to  the  land  and  the  city 
which  are  beyond.  He  wanted  to  live,  if  he  might ;  indeed,  he  longed  to 
live,  he  prayed  to  live,  that  he  might  still  further  serve  God  and  His  Son 
in  the  ministry  of  the  truth.  Yet,  whensoever  the  summons  should  come, 
he  was  ready  to  **  depart  and  be  with  Christ,  which  is  far  better.'*  He 
accepted  whatever  had  come,  or  should  come,  as  the  loving,  divine  appoint- 
ment; and  while  I  may  forget  many  lessons  of  the  truth  which  I  have  heard 
from  his  lips,  and  many  inspirations  to  nobler  work  which  I  have  received 
from  his  spirit,  I  shall  never  forget,  while  life  continues,  the  benediction  of 
that  blcssinu:  which  was  on  his  face  and  in  his  utterance  while  I  sat  by  his 
bedside  and  knelt  there  in  prayer.  It  was  the  crown  and  consummation 
of  all  his  character  and  of  all  his  career. 


A    PERSONAL    TRIBUTE    TO    REV.    DR.    WILLIAM 

M.    TAYLOR 

The  story  of  Or  Taylor's  coming  across  the  sea,  twenty-three  years 
ai^o,  almost  an  entire  stranger  to  every  one,  the  Broadway  Tabernacle's 
success  in  drawing  him  from  his  Liverpool  charge,  the  speedy  filling  of 
the  church  to  overflowing,  and  the  increase  of  its  income  to  a  point  never 
before  thought  of,  is  already  well  known  to  the  religious  world.  For 
twenty  h:ippy  years  that  congregation  and  many  thousands  of  appre- 
ciative souls  from  all  parts  of  the  land  enjoyed  feasts  of  fat  things,  the 
memory  of  which  his  hearers  will  never  lose.  Christian  literature  will  be 
ever  the  richer  for  the  series  after  series  of  biographic,  expository,  and 
/7]/.s'ceIIane()us  discourses  from  his  pen,  and  issued  from  the  press  in  rapid 
succession,  until  the  volumes  ueaTX^  \.;s\\\t^  VvOcv  v\vfc  ^i^^^^s.^^Vv^Taher- 
iac/e  ministry,  and  it  seemed  as  \i  Vve  Vv^xO.  \wN^xvV^<i  ^  y.^^^  ^^^  ^^^-^^^-.v^ 


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method  of  preaching.  Not  the  least  of  the  precious  fruits  of  his  service  is 
seen  in  the  number  of  his  younger  brethren  who,  inspired  by  his  example, 
have  been  moved  to  preach  from  the  Bible,  rather  than  from  magazines 
and  newspapers,  and  to  seek  to  save  souls,  rather  than  to  tickle  the  ears 
of  the  curious  or  to  feed  intellectual  pride. 

Trained  from  early  childhood  in  his  Scottish  home  by  godly,  praying 
parents,  who  lived  upon  the  divine  Word  as  their  daily  food  ;  taken  in 
hand  by  the  very  best  teachers  in  the  highest  college  and  theological 
school  of  that  land  of  Biblical  scholars  and  thinkers,  young  Taylor's 
whole  being  became  permeated  with  the  spiritual  aroma  of  the  Book  he 
profoundly  believed  in  as  God*s  Word,  loved  with  his  whole  heart,  trusted 
as  his  perfect  guide,  and  whose  treasures  of  wisdom  and  love  he  was  later 
to  unfold  for  the  illumining,  uplifting,  and,  under  God,  the  saving,  of  his 
fellow-men  on  both  sides  of  the  sea.  Wide  and  various  as  was  his  reading 
— and  in  this  he  had  few  equals — in  a  very  real  and  marked  sense  he  was 
"a  man  of  one  Book."  Highly  as  he  valued  many  volumes  of  good  men 
as  sources  of  varied  knowledge,  stimulants  of  thought,  and  aids  to  illus- 
tration, they  all  combined  were  of  small  account  in  comparison  with  this 
beloved  daily  companion,  his  light,  strength,  solace,  inspirer,  and  guide. 

His  remarkably  retentive  memory  was  never  at  a  loss  to  recall  the 
passage  that  he  wanted,  in  either  the  Old  or  the  New  Testament,  to 
teach,  illustrate,  or  enforce  the  truth  with  which  he  was  dealing.  That 
he  was  "mighty  in  the  Scriptures,"  appeared  not  only,  perhaps  not 
chiefly,  in  his  pulpit  discourses.  Indeed,  those  flashes  of  Biblical  illumi- 
nation so  characteristic  of  him  quite  as  often  surprised  and  startled  his 
hearers  in  the  informal  mid-week  meeting  for  conference  and  prayer. 

He  had  no  heart  for  "  meetings  "  or  di.scussions  or  formal  work  of  any 
kind  on  Monday  mornings  ;  and  there  is  a  quiet  corner  of  an  office  in  the 
Bible  House  that  memory  will  forever  associate  with  our  now  sainted 
friend,  who,  year  after  year,  made  it  his  frequent  Monday  morning 
resort,  that  he  might  freely  unbend  and  rest  himself  with  frank,  fra- 
ternal converse.  In  these  hours  of  slackened  tension,  between  the  lines 
of  anecdote,  of  reminiscence,  of  literary  criticism,  of  practical  suggestion 
for  ministerial  work,  along  with  sparkling  humor  and  brilliant  wit,  keen, 
pure,  genial,  harmless,  would  frequently  drop  into  the  talk  some  Scripture 
passage  from  which  he  drew  an  entirely  fresh  meaning. 

It  was  these  conversations  which  led  to  the  suggestion  that  Dr.  Taylor 
should  write  for  The  Congregationalist  a  series  of  articles  on  difficult  or 
often  misunderstood  passages  of  Scripture — a  service  which  he  promised 
and  began  to  render,  but  which,  with  so  many  other  plans,  was  cut  short 
by  the  blow  that  fell  upon  him  three  years  ago. 

Alas  for  that  cold  March  day — ^the  saM^sX  \v\  \v\s  V<:i\s\^^  ^^^  ^^  "^^ 
saddest  in  the  lives  of  hosts  of  lovmg  It'iguOlS— IoWonj^^V^  n^\^^  >^^-^\^  ^ 


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changeful  physical  infirmity,  but  of  much  of  the  old-time  intellectual 
brightness  and  a  steady  glow  of  calm  Christian  resignation,  cheering  to 
see  and  more  helpfully  instructive  than  were  the  best  sermons  that  even 
he  could  write.  On  a  few  rare,  bright  days  the  cozy  corner  in  the  Bible 
House  beamed  again  with  his  personal  presence  and  heard  again  the 
genial  tones,  mirth-provoking  and  serious  by  turns,  as  of  yore. 

But  this  could  not  last.  The  Master's  call  for  our  brother's  ministry, 
whether  by  voice,  by  silent  patience,  or  by  assured  testimony  of  word  and 
life,  was  fully  answered,  and  at  midnight  on  the  7th  of  February  the 
summons  came  to  meet  his  Lord. 

On  Sunday,  February  loth,  Dr.  Stimson  paid  a  just,  tender,  and  loving 
tribute  to  his  memory.  On  Tuesday,  February  12th,  funeral  services,  con- 
ducted by  the  pastor,  were  held  in  the  Tabernacle,  thronged  with  minis- 
ters and  the  people  of  his  own  and  other  flocks.  Hymns  that  Dr.  Taylor 
had  named  three  years  before,  at  the  time  of  his  first  attack,  were  sung  ; 
Drs.  John  Hall  and  M.  R.  Vincent  offered  prayer,  and  Dr.  Storrs  made 
the  address.  None  knew  the  departed  more  intimately,  appreciated  him 
more  fully,  or  loved  him  more  sincerely ;  and  even  this  princely  orator 
can  never  have  spoken  more  justly,  appropriately  or  feelingly  than  on  thi.s 
occasion.  Then  filing  past  the  casket  for  a  last  earthly  look  upon  the  be- 
loved face,  the  great  assembly  parted  at  the  doors,  and  faithful  hands  bore 
our  friend's  earthly  part  to  Wood  lawn  for  burial. 

The  Wednestlay  evening  church  meeting  naturally  resolved  itself  into 
an  informal  l)iit  tender  memorial  service,  Dr.  Stimson  and  six  or  eight 
of  the  deaccius  and  others  nearest  to  Dr.  Taylor  in  his  ministry  testifying 
to  the  blessing  Ivj  had  been  to  thcrn,  in  various  lines,  as  pastor  and 
friend.  On  the  next  Fridav  evenini*  a  somewhat  similar  commemoration 
was  held  in  the  Church  of  the  Pilgrims,  Brooklyn  ;  and  on  Sunday  even- 
ing, February  16,  a  memorial  service  in  the  Tabernacle  was  participated 
in  by  ministers  of  several  denominations. 

All  this  is  well,  and  relieves  the  burdened  hearts  of  his  friends,  but  his 
best  memorial  is  in  the  hearts  of  those  friends  themselves  ;  hearts  that  he 
has  drawn  to  Christ,  illumined  by  gospel  truth,  comforted  by  deepest 
sympathy  in  st)rrow,  lifted  to  the  very  throne  by  those  unique  prayers, 
reverent,  adoring,  dictated  by  the  Holy  Si)irit,  and  uttered  as  if  in  the 
visible  presence  of  the  infinite  Hearer  of  prayer.  The  least  sympathizing 
hearer  could  not  fail  to  see  that  the  sup|')liant  knew  and  loved  God  in 
Christ  as  a  man  knows  and  loves  his  closest  friend. 

The   words  of  our  beloved  brother  are  ended.     We    shall    hear  his 

persuasive,  uplifting  tones  no  more  on  earth,  save  in  the  sensitive  ear  of 

memory.     J>lcssed  be  Cod  (ov  l\\t  \\o\^vi  Uvvvt  throuo^h   His  grace  we  may 

hereafter  .i^rasj)  that  har.d  and  Uc;u  n\uAi  uwxv:  v\Yc\V\w\\^v^xv^\^:.^i\\x^v^\^^fc<;'c^^^ 

/77.'i/;s7r;/i  of  our  Father  s  house. —   \\v^\\^^'^'^^'^'»   ^x  1   v.        s    j^ 


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REPORTS   OF   REVIVALS 

[Reports  from  brethren  in  nearly  all  parts  of  the  field  for  some  weeks  have  brought 
accounts  of  revived  religious  interest,  bringing  into  the  churches  in  some  cases  consider- 
able numbers,  and  in  many  others  from  four  to  ten  or  fifteen  hopeful  converts.  Not  a 
few  of  the  reports  date  the  beginning  of  the  good  work  back  to  "  the  week  of  prayer." 
From  the  mass  we  select  the  following  extracts,  knowing  that  they  will  cheer  the  hearts 
of  many  friends  of  the  Society  and  its  work,  with  whose  offerings  go  up  continual  prayers 
for  the  salvation  of  souls. — Ed.] 

Three  Hundred  Converts. — We  have  just  closed  seven  weeks  of 
special  meetings,  the  most  satisfactory  of  any  we  have  held  for  the  past 
ten  years.  Over  three  hundred  were  converted,  seventy-five  of  whom 
have  already  united  with  our  church,  and  others  will  come  soon.  Our 
Sunday-school  children  have  been  reached  as  never  before.  The  revival 
spirit  has  spread  into  other  churches,  and  they  are  now  having  a  refresh- 
ing from  the  presence  of  the  Lord. — Denver,  Colo. 


Young  Converts. — As  the  result  of  revival  services  with  the  Metho- 
dists and  Disciples,  about  thirty-one  cards  were  signed  and  over  fifteen  at 
once  united  with  the  churches.  Ten  of  the  converts  were  from  our  con- 
gregation and  Sunday-school.  Three  bright  children  over  ten  years  old, 
who  came  out,  were  prevented  by  parents  from  joining  any  church.  Much 
good  was  done,  and  the  feeling  is  hopeful  for  our  little  church. — 0/tio, 


Prayer  Answered. — Beginning  with  the  week  of  prayer  we  souj^ht  a 
revival  of  **  pure  religion  and  undefiled."  We  have  l>een  long  praying  and 
laboring  for  it,  and  it  has  come.  We  have  had  the  satisfaction  of  seeing 
twenty  confess  Christ  and  rejoice  in  a  new  heart. —  If'/womin. 


Six  Adults. — We  have  received  on  confession  of  their  faith  six  adults, 
and  believe  they  will  develop  into  active  helpful  workers. — jVno  Jersey. 


Spiritual  Victories. — We  have  had  this  quarter  two  decided  vic- 
tories. One  man  of  sixty  had  been  halting  long,  resisting  long.  Three 
year*  ago  his  wife  and  child  were  murdered  on  the  same  day,  and  I  need 
not  say  his  life  has  been  lonely.  He  has  been  in  my  Sunday-school  class 
for  over  a  year.  There,  and  in  the  prayer-meetings  and  at  public  worship, 
we  have  tried  to  make  the  way  plain  ;  but  still  he  held  out  until  two  months 
ago,  when  his  work  took  him  to  the  country.  At  his  last  visit  to  us  he 
told  ij.s  that  it  was  all  right  with  him.  Wowc  \\\\\v  V\v\^  \vvi.\\\A  v^VsNt-^. 
He  has  joined  our  Endeavorers,  and  \s  \m^>n  vt^Yxw^^^^  ^"^^"^  >y.^\^^^Vv^  v> 


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a  father.  Another  man  of  twenty-seven  years  who  has  spent  these  years 
as  an  active  worldling,  has  yielded  to  God*s  call.  He  says  that  he  has 
enjoyed  more  during  the  last  few  weeks  than  in  all  his  past  life.  Yes, 
we  have  had  another  victory.  Three  from  the  Sunday-school  have  come 
into  the  church,  two  of  these  young  men  who  are  very  earnest. — Florida. 


Good  Work  Increasing. — We  repKjrt  four  hopeful  converts,  and  ihe 
good  work  increasing.  Two  have  joined  with  us,  and  others  are  on  the 
way  to  their  Father's  house. — Pennsylvania, 


Men  Converted. — One  striking  feature  of  the  work  of  grace  here 
reported  was  the  remarkable  turning  of  men  to  God.  Of  thirteen  converts 
eleven  were  men.  Every  man  who  attended  the  meetings  regularly  I 
believe  to  have  been  converted.  Of  nine  received  to  membership  on  con- 
fession, seven  were  men.  Six  or  seven  othy  men  were  deeply  moved, 
and  I  have  reason  to  believe  that  at  least  three  of  them  were  converted. 
The  methods  used  were  the  simplest  possible  ;  the  Gospel  was  preached, 
and  men  were  asked  to  accept  it  and  begin  a  new  life. — North  Dakota, 


Awakening  Interest. — Much  interest  is  felt  in  the  country  districts, 
and  several,  we  trust,  are  converted. — Missouri. 


Working  in  Hope. — We  have  been  holding  special  meetings  for 
seven  evenings.  Seven  cherish  a  new  hope,  and  fifteen  express  a  desire 
to  become  Christians. —  Washington, 


Fifty-seven  Hopeful  Converts. — We  have  held  meetings  for  a 
little  over  four  weeks.  For  three  weeks  \vc  met  twice  a  day.  Great  was 
the  lesult.  All  praise  is  due  to  God.  Bless  His  name  for  ever  and  ever  I 
Many  miserable  homes  have  been  made  very  happy.  We  report  fifty- 
seven  hopeful  conversions,  and  thirty-nine  added  to  the  church  on  con- 
fession of  their  faith  — Indiana. 


More  C 'on versions.  —We  have  held  a  meeting  at  Mount  Pisgah, 
Superintendent  Parker  and  Rev.  Joel  Harper  conducting  it.  A  goodly 
number  were  converted,  and  twenty-five  united  with  the  church.  1  am 
now  holding  a  meeting  in  Park,  where  all  indications  point  to  a  work  of 
grace  going  on  in  the  community. — Oklahoma. 


As  Jnfioei,  brought  \i;.— NN^  V\acs^  ^^^'^  ^  '^'^^^'^  ^^^'^  's^r^vce  of 
special  incetings-twenty-s\x  siiTv\cv:s,  nn\\.\v  vx.v  •^n^t^'^^  ^vv^-^^^^^^  ^k  W^, 


April,  1895  The  Home  Missionary  617 

There  were  several  marked  conversions,  especially  one  man  who  had  been 
an  aggressive  infidel.  A  great  change  had  been  made  in  his  life,  and  now 
he  is  as  anxious  to  have  his  influence  on  the  side  of  Christ  as  formerly  he 
was  to  oppose  Him. — South  Dakota, 


Age  and  Youth  together. — Six  new  names  are  added  to  our  little 
flock— one  who  is  over  sixty  years  old,  and  one  a  young  man  who  means 
to  be  a  missionary. — New  Mexico, 


Eight  New  CoNVERTsV-We  have  received  nine  new  members,  of 
whom  eight  came  by  confession  of  faith.  These  give  us  six  new  families, 
all  helpful.  We  are  still  having  good  meetings,  and  shall  admit  more 
members  on  the  first  Sabbath  of  next  month. — Indiana, 


A  Harvest  Quarter. — This  quarter  has  been  one  of  harvest.  I 
have  been  permitted  to  conduct  two  series  of  revival  meetings  at  our  out- 
stations.  There  were  ten  professed  conversions  at  one  and  eighteen  at 
the  other.  Of  these  we  have  gathered  nineteen  into  the  church.  Others 
will  come.  Of  those  received  and  candidates  now  before  the  church 
there  are  five  heads  of  families. — Kansas. 


Ten  Converts. — Do  not  be  discouraged  as  to  this  field.  We  have 
had  ten  hopeful  conversions,  of  which  four  have  been  received  into  mem- 
bership. Others  have  been  voted  in  and  expect  to  enter  into  covenant 
next  Sabbath. — Nebraska, 


A  Year  of  Blessing. — We  have  just  closed  our  church  year.  Surely 
the  Lord  has  been  with  us.  We  have  received  eighty-five  members,  only 
seven  of  them  by  letter.  Our  church  now  numbers  ninety-eight  males 
and  seventy-six  females.  We  love  our  sisters,  but  we  are  as  yet  a  mascu- 
line majority.  Here  is  food  for  the  infidels  who  say  that,  because  of  the 
weakness  of  their  sympathies,  there  are  more  women  than  men  in  the 
churches.  Many  of  our  new  converts  are  very  successful  workers  and 
are  bringing  others  to  Christ. — Key  West,  Fla. 


Work  well  Rewarded. — At  one  of  my  out-stations  where  I  have 
preached  one  Sunday  in  the  month  for  some  time,  I  held  gospel  meetings, 
gaining  ten  hopeful  converts,  and  organized  a  church  with  sixteen  mem- 
bers joining  on  confession.  A  few  others  have  been  converted  and  will 
probably  join  the  church  ^oon.— Oregon. 


Twenty  Converts — 1  report  about  twenty  hopeful  conversions^  the 
present  result  of  our  special  meetings.    Otv^  oi  X.\v^  ^\^\.Vi\)^\x\ss^^^'5i?^s^ 


6i8  The  Home  Missionary  April,  1895 

to  take  a  stand  for  Christ  was  the  head  of  a  family,  whose  wife  and  daugh- 
ter were  members  of  our  church.  He  has  united  with  the  church  since 
then  and  gives  good  evidence  of  a  Christian  life.  One  very  important 
effect  of  the  work  here  was  the  deepening  of  the  spiritual  life  and  purpose 
among  Christians.  It  was  worth  all  the  effort  and  expense  to  see  how 
Christians  were  aroused  by  faithful  preaching.  We  expect  to  be  gather- 
ing up  the  results  of  the  meetings  through  the  whole  year. — South  Dakota, 


Thirteen  Added. — Thirteen  valuable  members  have  been  added  to 
our  church  as  the  result  of  the  recent  revival,  and  many  for  family  reasons 
have  placed  their  membership  in  Methodist  or  Baptist  churches.  Every 
department  of  our  work  has  shown  the  influence  of  the  revival.  The 
attendance  at  the  mid-week  prayer-meeting  is  now  twice  as  large  as  it  was 
when  I  came  here,  and  the  average  attendance  at  the  Sunday  morning  ser- 
vice has  risen  to  fifty-two  for  the  last  quarter,  counting  stormy  Sundays. 
The  young  people  of  our  Endeavor  Society,  animated  by  the  missionary 
spirit  of  the  revival,  have  gone  to  an  outlying  district,  where  there  is  an 
abandoned  Baptist  church-house,  and  organized  a  Sunday-school.  The 
attendance  at  our  children's  prayer-meeting,  held  on  week-day  afternoons, 
has  been  for  some  weeks  twenty-one  or  twenty-two.  The  religious  inter- 
est of  the  place  is  steady  and  strong.  The  people  are  very  attentive  to 
the  preaching  of  the  Word. — Alabama. 


A  Good  Year. — Spiritually  I  have  had  a  very  good  year.  Starting 
with  three  churches  the  first  of  the  year,  I  have  had  forty-three  additions 
to  these,  and  have  organized  a  new  church  of  thirty-five  members.  The 
care  of  the  four  takes  up  all  my  time. — Georgia, 


Joy  in  Success. — I  joyfully  tell  of  victories  and  successes.  Fourteen 
have  been  added  since  my  last  report,  and  the  outlook  is  hopeful. — Cali- 
fornia. 


rwENTY-NiNE  CONVERSIONS. — Twcnty-nine  conversions  and  twenty- 
four  received  on  confession — about  two-thirds  of  the  converts  in  our  union 
meetings. —  Oregon, 


Fifteen'  Ready  to  come  in.— Fifteen  hopeful  converts  are  ready  to 
unite  with  us  next  Sabbath.  When  at  the  close  of  our  meetings  we  ask 
those  who  mean  to  serve  tlie  Lord  to  rise,  the  whole  audience,  save  two 
or  three,  are  on  their  feet. — North  Dakota. 


7'wELVE  Conversions. —  \\\Cl  ^Iv^^tv  vvMxuc^w^  ^tv  ^Q»v\^ession.    The 
\vho\Q  community  is  aroused  ou  VW  su\^\ee\  ol  sAnt^jCx^tv.- Minnesota. 


April.  1895  The  Home  Missionary  619 


INTERESTING    INCIDENTS 

Most  of  our  members  are  poor  in  earthly  possessions,  but  rich  in 
faith  and  good  works.  Look  at  this  instance :  Mrs.  M.  supplies  us  with 
milk  at  one  dollar  a  month.  My  wife  offered  her  the  dollar,  and  she 
replied  :  **  No,  keep  it  ;  I  give  that  dollar  to  the  Lord.'*  What  a  sacrifice, 
when  we  consider  that  she  had  to  walk  two  miles  to  work  in  the  fruit 
orchard  for  fifty  cents  a  day,  carrying  her  baby  along  with  her.  I  did 
not  know  how  to  take  the  dollar  when  I  remembered  that  she  had  to 
work  a  whole  two  days  from  early  morning  till  dusk,  with  the  mercury  at 
TOO  degrees  in  the  shade,  to  replace  that  dollar  which  she  cheerfully  gave 
to  help  make  up  the  missionary's  salary.  You  may  know  of  a  greater 
sacrifice,  but  one  never  came  under  my  own  observation.  Were  I  not  in 
debt,  and  must  have  had  a  dollar  to  keep  soul  and  body  together,  I  would 
not  and  could  not  conscientiously  take  that  dollar  from  the  good  lady, 
who  is  the  clerk  of  our  church  and  wife  of  one  of  our  deacons. 

Mrs.  N.  and  her  three  beautiful  daughters  were  converted  in  our 
church,  ai\d  joined  with  us  some  time  ago.  They  moved  to  A.,  where  Mrs. 
N.  herself  joined,  but  they  preferred  to  let  the  names  of  the  daughters 
remain  with  us,  hoping  to  come  back  in  the  future.  But  she  liked  so 
well  our  Congregational  church  in  A.,  and  especially  its  minister,  that 
she  determined  to  take  her  daughters'  letters  and  make  their  home  where 
they  are  for  the  present.  And  so  our  loss  is  our  sister  church's  gain. 
We  are  glad  that  our  church  was  the  spiritual  mother  and  nurse  of  those 
dear  young  Christians,  and  there  is  no  loss  in  the  transaction  :  only  three 
less  on  our  church  book,  and  three  more  on  theirs.  But,  dear  me  !  it  is 
like  pulling  our  eye  teeth  to  lose  any  one  when  we  are  so  weak  and  few. 
We  must  try  to  replace  them  by  conversions.  There  are  twenty-five  in 
the  Sunday-school  that  ought  to  be  in  the  church.  But  so  far  the  world 
and  its  pleasures  have  too  strong  a  hold  on  them.  Yet  Ood  is  able  to 
raise  up  children  unto  Abraham. 

About  a  year  ago  Mr.  T.  brought  his  wife  and  little  boy  to  our  town 
from  Idaho,  hoping  that  the  warm  climate  of  California  would  save  her 
from  an  early  grave.  vShe  was  a  true  member  of  the  Episcopal  Church, 
but  she  felt  at  home  at  once  in  our  church,  although  she  did  not  join  us. 
Early  in  the  spring  we  saw  the  hectic  flush  of  consumption  in  her  cheek. 
She  wanted  your  missionary  to  pray  with  her  often,  and  was  very  partic- 
ular to  send  her  little  boy  to  our  Sunday-school.  Finally  she  was 
anxious  to  know  when  our  communion  was  to  be  celebrated,  although 
she  could  not  move  from  her  bed.  We  told  her  we  would  go  to  her  house 
and  commune  with  her.  About  ten  of  out  m^vwb^x^  Nq^tvX.^  ^^^  ^^^^V^-a. 
communion  !     The  Master  was  present.     \\\  n»i^v^^  lo\  \^^'sa.^  Niw^^^^s^R. 


620  The  Home  Missionary  April,  1895 

beautiful  eyes  would  soon  close  on  earth  to  open  in  heaven.  In  a  few 
days  she  passed  from  earth  to  receive  the  harp  and  the  white  robe  and 
join  in  the  doxology  of  the  redeemed.  May  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ  con- 
vert the  soul  of  her  kind  husband,  and  save  him  and  the  little  boy  to 
eternal  life  ! — Northern  California. 


VISITING    THE    MINERS 

When  I  heard  your  address  last  spring  concerning  work  among  the 
miners,  I  little  thought  that  I  should  have  the  privilege  of  visiting  that 
very  field.  Since  you  were  there  your  missionary  has  added  another 
camp  to  his  list,  where  the  roughs  still  think  it  sport  to  hitch  the  two 
reins  of  his  horse  on  one  side,  or  bury  a  pin  in  its  face  while  he  is  con- 
ducting service.  The  reading-room  and  the  presence  of  the  pastor  have 
almost  transformed  his  first  parish,  so  that  they  have  no  more  such  per- 
formances there.  It  is  delightful  to  see  the  change.  I  hope  the  donors 
to  that  reading-room  know  how  much  good  they  are  doing. 

How  I  do  wish  there  were  funds  for  a  reading-room  at  another  mining 
camp  quite  a  distance  from  this  one.  1  spent  last  Sabbath  there  in  the 
home  of  your  missionary.  You  told  about  the  church  walls  in  the  first 
camp  being  pierced  by  bullets.  The  church  walls  in  this  camp  also  are 
pierced  with  bullets — one  of  them  playing  around  the  feet  of  the  mission- 
ary's wife  during  service,  after  it  had  passed  through  the  door  and 
rebounded  from  the  opposite  wall. 

Your  missionary  came  here  four  years  ago.  At  first  his  church  num- 
bered twelve  ;  now,  sixty-eight.  They  have  supplied  themselves  with  a 
cottage  organ,  pulpit,  nice  chairs,  hanging  lamps,  ingrain  carpet  for  the 
pulpit,  a  neat  home-made  carpet  for  the  aisles — and  with  the  picture 
charts  for  the  Sunday-school  on  the  walls,  and  the  bright  bouquets  of 
goldenrod  and  ironweed  and  yellow  asters,  the  church  is  bright  and  neat. 
I  wish  they  had  a  reading-room  joined  to  the  church,  as  at  Coal  Bluff. 

I  wish  there  were  some  opening  for  the  education  of  the  pastor's  two 
elder  children,  a  girl  sixteen,  and  a  boy  fifteen.  They  are  both  Chris- 
tians, both  refined  in  manner,  like  their  dear  mother,  who,  by  the  way, 
has  a  brother  in  London  who  is  valet  to  Prince  Leopold's  widow,  as  he 
was  to  the  Prince.  None  of  her  family  approved  of  her  leaving  the 
Church  of  England. 

Your  missionary  receives  $200  from  the  Congregational  Home  Mis- 
sioniiry  Society.  Vrom  Wvs  \>eo\>\e  Ue  Uas  received  since  January  only 
ihiTiy  dollars  ;  and  because  oi  \\\e  sU\V^  •c\\\ao\\^ >^^ \w^^i\'5.  v^Nxvs* ^^^Vd  (or 
three  months,  and  the  lack  oi  v^otk  ^uac^  vWtv^V^  ^^^-.  ^^\.  ^>ics^^^\.  ^^^-v^ 


April.  1895  The  Home  Missionary  621 

than  thirty  dollars  additional  from  his  church  before  the  next  quarter. 
Yet  he  has  urged  their  giving  to  the  home  and  foreign  work  fifteen  dollars 
each.  The  money  was  chiefly  "  sacrifice  money,"  saved  by  the  members 
giving  up  sugar,  coffee,  and  tobacco.  The  children  helped  by  selling 
chickens. 

The  public  school  is  of  a  low  grade,  and  my  heart  aches  for  the  good 
pastor  and  his  wife  as  they  pray  for  the  way  to  be  opened  for  the  further 
schooling  of  their  two  elder  children. 

1  have  not  tried  to  describe  the  Sunday  appearance  at  another  station 
in  this  field  :  the  men  in  shirt-sleeves,  the  barefooted  children,  the  women 
in  black  sun-bonnets,  the  attempts  at  fashionable  attire  yet  more  gro- 
tesque, the  brass  jewelry,  the  pink  neckties  on  the  **  gentlemen,"  and  the 
odd  combinations  of  color  everywhere.     You  know  all  about  it. — Indiana, 


A    STRUGGLE    FOR    LIFE 

A  FEW  minutes  ago  your  commission  was  put  into  my  hands.  For  a 
long  time  I  have  waited  for  it  as  the  watchman  waiteth  for  the  morning. 
Time  after  time  I  have  returned  from  the  post-office  with  a  heavy  heart, 
and  have  had  to  say  to  my  patient,  suffering  wife,  "  No  news  from  New 
York."  More  than  six  months  have  passed  since  I  received  any  salary, 
except  very  small  driblets  in  the  shape  of  collections.  How  I  and  my 
family  have  existed  during  that  time,  the  Lord  alone  knows.  One  thing 
is  sure,  however  :  we  have  neither  been  "  clothed  in  purple  and  fine 
linen  "  nor  "  fared  sumptuously  every  day."  We  have  often  had  to  sit 
down  to  a  meal  of  bread,  potatoes,  and  salt.  You  will  admit  that  this  is 
not  a  very  dainty  fare,  especially  for  one  who  has  been  sick—  very  sick  at 
times— for  more  than  a  year.  I  think  you  also  will  admit  that  this  is  not 
the  best  fare  that  one  should  have  to  rebuild  a  constitution  broken  down  by 
hard  work  and  exposure  in  malarial  districts.  Yet  what  else  could  we  do  ? 
In  order  to  live  as  we  have,  we  have  sold  many  of  our  household  goods — 
beds,  chairs,  tables,  stoves,  washing  machine,  and  things  too  numerous  to 
mention  have  gone — gone  along  with  every  dollar  of  money,  and  now 
every  particle  of  flour  is  consumed,  and  we  are  utterly  destitute.  Hence 
our  anxiety  to  hear  from  you.  You  know  what  my  income  will  be,  if  to 
your  appropriation  to  this  field  the  people  add  what  they  pledge.  Take 
from  this  our  needful  expenses,  our  daughter's  school  expenses,  and  cost 
of  rent,  clothing,  horse  hire — for  a  horse  is  absolutely  indispensable  in 
this  work  -how  much  is  left  for  me  and  my  wife  to  live  on  ?  Will  some 
kind  friend  figure  out  for  us  how  to  make  et\ds  rcv^tX."^.  'Was  v^O^^'^^x^ 
too  much  for  me.     **  It  is  high,  I  cannot  alla\u  wTvto'wr     ^^xV^\R.  s^xsnr. 


622  The  Home  Missionary  April.  1895 

spiritually-minded  man  and  woman  may  be  found  who  live  almost  entirely 
on  spiritual  food,  so  that  they  need  little  or  no  other  kind.  If  such  can 
be  found,  they  doubtless  can  do  very  well  on  our  salary.  During  the 
quarter  I  have  done  the  best  I  could  on  this  field.  I  have  taught  publicly 
and  from  house  to  house  repentance  towards  God  and  faith  in  our  Lord 
Jesus  Christ.     May  the  Lord  prosper  this  work. —  Washington. 


ABOUT   A   MISSIONARY  BOX 

• 

We  have  been  at  work  all  day  packing  our  missionary  box,  and,  tired 
as  I  am,  I  must  tell  you  about  it.  First  of  all,  we  collected  $106.69  ;  so 
we  had  that  to  begin  with  in  good  hard  cash.  In  addition,  we  had  valu- 
able donations  of  clothing.  The  missionary  wrote  me  that  he  was  living 
over  a  hardware  store,  in  two  rooms  that  were  innocent  of  carpet,  the 
furniture  conspicuous  by  its  absence  ;  that  he  had  no  overcoat  ;  and  that 
he  drove  every  Sunday  forty-five  miles,  and  preached  at  four  stations. 

When  I  read  that  letter  1  concluded  that  nothing  would  come  amiss, 
and  set  about  getting  something  to  brighten  that  home  and  cheer  their 
hearts.  We  thought  bare  floors  must  be  dreadfully  cheerless,  so  we  put 
into  the  box  twenty-five  yards  of  extra  quality  superfine  ingrain  carpeting: 
al?o  one  ingrain  */  art  square,"  measuring  fourteen  and  a  half  by  twelve 
and  a  half  feet  ;  one  Berlin  rug  three  and  a  half  yards  long  by  one  and  a 
half  yards  wide,  all  fresh  and  new,  right  out  of  the  store.  The  rug  was 
the  gift  of  one  lady,  and  it  is  a  beauty. 

Next,  we  remembered  those  long  rides  without  an  overcoat.  A  physi- 
cian was  asked  if  he  would  give  us  a  cape  coat.  We  knew  he  had  one, 
and  thought  he  might  like  to  give  it  to  us  and  buy  another  for  himself. 
P)eing  a  friend  to  Home  Missions,  he  came  into  our  plan  most  cordially. 
This  is  a  splendid  cloak,  not  much  worn,  so  we  ladies  thought  it  would 
be  a  good  idea  to  turn  it.  We  took  it  to  a  tailor,  who  said  he  would  turn 
it  for  five  dollars,  if  we  would  do  the  ripping  ;  so  we  ripped  the  cloak  and 
had  it  turned,  after  which  it  was  almost  as  good  as  a  new  cloak.  Now,  as 
this  was  a  riding  cloak,  made  to  be  worn  over  another,  and  as  the  mission- 
ary had  written  us  that  he  had  none,  we  bought  him  a  nice  new  beaver 
overcoat.  Tiiis,  with  a  new  suit  of  clothes,  and  a  warm  cap  which  he 
couki  pull  down  over  his  ears,  and  a  pair  of  fur  gloves,  completed  a  pretty 
good  outfit  for  this  devoted  pastor. 

You  may  be  sure  we  have  looked  carefully  over  the  wardrobe  of  the 

missionary  wife#     She  also  \\as  a  T\\e^  \ntx\tc\  CL\o:bk,  material  for  a  woolen 

dres^    with  all  the  tr\mm\t\?;s,  eXc,  Vo  ^vv^-  x^ovVx^cv'^  lA  ^>^^^  ^x^^^'^'sa.^ 

'  ^tbing,  to  which  may  be  adde^  ^Xoves.V^tv^V^xOcCx^^s,^^^  ^^^^^^.  - 


^^ 


April.  1895  The  Home  Missionary  623 

have  also  remembered  necessary  utensils  for  the  kitchen,  pictures  for  the 
walls,  needles,  thread,  etc.,  for  the  work-box,  warm  bedding,  table  linen, 
and  a  host  of  other  things  too  numerous  to  mention. 

We  remembered  that  of  their  two  rooms  one  must  be  a  kitchen  as  well 
as  a  parlor  ;  and,  as  we  were  sending  a  carpet  for  it,  there  must  be  oil- 
cloth about  the  cook  stove  to  protect  the  carpet. 

Would  that  we  could  look  into  that  home  when  our  box  is  opened  ! — 
Massachusetts, 


HOW    MUCH    THE    MISSIONARY    BOXES    MEAN 

At  last  the  purse  strings  have  given  way,  and  the  remnant  of  our 
tithings  for  the  past  year  is  inclosed — only  a  mite,  but  the  dear  Lord 
blessed  that  other  mite,  and  I  trust  He  will  bless  this.  Who  that  reads 
The  Home  Missionary  can  wait  for  calls  more  pressing  ?  We  know 
something  of  what  it  is  to  sacrifice  and  save  in  a  vain  effort  to  make 
supply  and  demand  balance  each  other,  though  we  have  neither  drought 
nor  the  stern  realities  of  a  Northwestern  climate  to  resist. 

We  greatly  enjoy  reading  the  numbers  of  The  Home  Missionary. 
When,  last  fall,  we  read  that  story  of  the  "  rats  and  table-cloth,'*  1  said  to 
my  husband  :  "  I  think  1  have  the  companion  to  that  table-cloth,"  and, 
going  to  our  own  dining-table,  I  counted  the  patches.  There  were  only 
twenty-one,  but  as  it  needs  more  work  of  the  same  kind,  the  lack  can 
easily  be  supplied.  1  am  better  off  than  the  sister  of  the  story,  for  I  have 
a  reserve  of  two  good  table-cloths  which  have  been  contributed  by  a  dear 
sister  in  New  Hampshire. 

Speaking  of  missionary  boxes,  I  wish  the  friends  who  send  them  to  us 
could  know  how  much  they  mean  to  the  missionary.  Really  I  don't  know 
how  those  with  families  of  children  could  get  along  without  them.  We 
missionaries  were  somewhat  surprised  to  read  certain  statements  in  last 
August's  magazine  concerning  the  methods  of  some  ladies'  societies  in 
selecting  a  missionary  family  whose  needs  they  wish  to  supply.  I  am  - 
glad  that  an  **  undesirable  family  "  does  not  mean  an  unworthy  family, 
but,  as  1  understand  it,  a  family  without  small  children,  or  the  family  of  a 
foreign  missionary  at  home,  or  the  family  of  a  missionary  who  has  not  the 
gift  of  painting  vivid  pictures  to  the  ladies  concerning  the  missionary 
box. 

May  I,  as  a  missionary  wife,  without  being  misunderstood,  ask  one 
question  :  Don't  you  think  it  is  a    little    hard   on    families   with    whom 
correspondence    has   been    opened    about   a    missionary   box,   and    who 
(unfortunately  ^)  may  be  too  much  absorbed  \tv  \.\v^\x  'W's^  \\>i^%  "v.^  '^:^^ 
time  to  send  hack  glowing  accounts  ol  lV\e\t  u^^ds,  -^yv^  v:>  Vi^^ '^'^  \\\sNs^cNi 


624  The  Home  Missionary  April.  1895 

help?  I  think  these  societies  would  be  touched  to  the  heart  if  they 
really  knew  the  economy  practiced  in  many  families,  and  what  disappoint- 
ment comes,  not  alone  to  the  children,  who  have  looked  for,  dreamed  of, 
and  talked  about  that  box  so  long,  but  to  the  father  and  mother  also 
when  it  fails  to  9ome.  The  little  money  that  would  have  been  used  for 
absolutely  necessary  things  but  for  the  expected  box,  has  gone  to  supply 
other  needs. 

If  a  society  decides  not  to  work  for  a  missionary  family,  should  it 
not  at  once  let  the  missionary  know,  instead  of  leaving  him  to  find  it  out 
by  the  failure  of  the  expected  box  to  come?  And  should  they  not  also 
report  to  headquarters,  that  the  family  may  be  otherwise  cared  for  ?  I 
speak  what  I  know  when  I  say  that  a  mother  and  children  have  suffered 
in  the  cold  weather  for  needed  clothing  which  they  did  not  buy  because 
these  articles  had  been  mentioned  among  "  things  most  needed "  in 
response  to  questions  in  correspondence  with  the  secretary  of  a  ladies' 
society  who  had  sent  the  glad  message  :  "  We  are  preparing  to  send  you 
a  box,  etc.  ** — A  Home  Missionary  Wife, 


A    ROMANCE   OF   HOME   MISSIONS 

Bv  Rev.  A.  L.  Gridlev,  late  of  Greenville,  III. 

Self-sacrifice  and  heroic  endurance  are  manifested  in  Home  Missions 
as  truly  as  in  Foreign.  This  fact  is  well  illustrated  in  the  founding  of 
the  First  Congregational  Church  in  Greenville,  111.  This  church  was 
organized  by  a  committee  appointed  for  that  purpose  ;  but  the  only  mem- 
ber present  was  Rev.  Thomas  Lippincott,  the  man  who  officiated  at  the 
funeral  of  Freedom's  proto-martyr,  Elijah  P.  Lovejoy. 

The  church  at  once  began  the  erection  of  a  house  of  worship,  there 
being  no  church  edifice  in  the  region,  though  the  town  was  the  county- 
seat  of  Bond  County.  Subscriptions  were  secured  from  those  who  had 
simply  a  business  interest  in  the  general  improvement  of  the  place,  as  well 
as  by  those  who  longed  to  see  a  house  of  God  erected.  But  financial 
affairs  were  not  as  prosperous  as  was  anticipated.  The  subscriptions  were 
not  paid.  They  had  j^^one  on  but  a  little  way  when  it  was  found  that  not 
enough  money  could  be  realized  to  pay  even  the  board  of  the  workmen. 
All  progress  ceased.  Finally  the  building  was  .sold  by  the  sheriff  to 
satisfy  a  lien.  The  little  church  of  pioneers  could  not  redeem  it.  Heroic 
effort  must  be  put  forth,  and  he\\i  m\3L?»l  b^  s^icured  from  abroad. 

The  church  appointed  Captam  K^^i  \.,  '^^vvxv^^x^  ^'s.  ^'wax^^xA  ^^^^v 
He  was  a  man  who  could  say  Itom  Vx\s\xe;xxv  •.  -  \\on^vV>s  Oev>xxOtv,^v^^r 


April.  1895  The  Home  Missionary  625 

After  exhausting  the  financial  possibilities  of  the  new  and  poor  settle- 
ments in  the  county,  he  started  east.  In  order  that  he  might  not  be 
compelled  to  use  any  of  the  donations  received  for  the  church  for  his 
personal  expenses,  and  that  he  might  not  be  "  a  common  beggar  on  the 
road,"  in  case  of  sickness  or  other  emergency,  he  took  his  most  valuable 
horse  to  St.  Louis  and  sold  it  for  forty  dollars.  With  the  proceeds  of 
this  sale  as  a  fund  to  be  used  in  case  of  accident,  he  started  on  his  long 
journey  afoot.  He  walked  first  to  Cincinnati,  O.,  where,  through  the 
influence  of  Dr.  Lyman  Beecher,  he  received  some  assistance.  He  con- 
tinued his  wearisome  journey  to  New  York  city,  where  he  received 
further  aid,  but  not  enough  to  allow  him  to  return  and  serve  the  church. 
So  he  continued  his  march  to  Boston.  On  his  way  he  was  sometimes  so 
exhausted  that  he  could  scarcely  reach  a  place  of  shelter.  Once  he  came 
near  perishing  on  the  road.  He  was  in  such  a  condition  of  exhaustion 
that  he  had  entirely  lost  the  power  of  speech  when  he  finally  reached 
the  house  of  that  earnest  and  benevolent  Christian  worker,  Deacon  Daniel 
Safford.  Restoratives  were  applied,  and  after  a  time  he  was  able  to  make 
known  the  sacred  errand  that  had  brought  him  there.  His  faith  and 
heroic  sacrifice  were  rewarded  with  success  in  obtaining  the  means  neces- 
sary to  redeem  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

But  he  never  recovered  from  the  exhaustion  of  the  journey  ;  and 
never  again  had  the  free  use  of  his  voice.  Friends  in  the  Mount  Vernon 
Church,  Boston,  furnished  the  means  for  him  to  return  home  by  public 
conveyance  as  far  as  such  conveyance  existed.  He  was  permitted  to 
reach  his  home,  to  see  the  house  of  God  completed,  and  in  a  short  time 
was  taken  to  the  "  house  not  made  with  hands.*' 

This  is  but  one  of  many  incidents  which  show  the  heroism  and  self- 
sacrifice  of  those  who  are  struggling  to  establish  the  kingdom  of  Christ  in 
the  pioneer  regions  of  our  land. 


THE    ITINERANCY    OF    A    "PORTABLE    CHAPEL" 

By  Rev.  J.  B.  Drew,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

It  may  be  of  interest  to  the  readers  of  The  Home  Missionary  to 
know  that  the  portable  chapel  furnished  for  work  in  Minneapolis  first 
did  service  for  a  Sunday-school  on  Lyndale  Avenue,  which  grew  into  a 
church  now  known  as  the  Lyndale  Congregational,  with  a  membership  of 
350,  and  a  building  worth  $20,000.  Then  it  was  moved  to  North  Minne- 
apolis, and  sheltered  a  Sunday-school  that  developed  into  the  Silver  Lake 
Church,  with  a  membership  of  209,  having  a  fvxv^  Vvon3J5»^.  ^^^tx  \\.  ^-^s. 
taken  apart  and  set  up  again  on  Fifth  A.veuu^,  ^o\x\>cw '^\xv\\'5:'^^^\^>^a^^ 


626  The  Home  Missipnary  April,  1895 

occupied  by  a  Sunday-school  that  has  grown  into  a  church  of  105  mem- 
bers, with  a  good  house  of  worship.  From  Minneapolis  it  was  taken  to 
St.  Paul  for  a  Sunday-school,  the  nucleus  of  Bethany  Church,  which  now 
has  a  beautiful  home.  From  there  it  was  moved  to  Mohawk  Park,  and 
housed  another  school  until  the  roof  and  timbers  were  so  decayed  that 
it  was  not  considered  safe,  and  the  school  was  suspended.  Now  upon  the 
comer  of  Forest  and  Case  Streets,  with  new  roof  and  gables,  and  painted 
inside  and  out,  it  is  doing  good  work,  sheltering  a  school  of  125  scholars 
and  a  congregation  of  forty  to  fifty,  with  prospect  of  a  church  organiza- 
tion within  the  year.  Surely  the  donors  to  this  building  may  feel  that 
their  money  has  been  wisely  used  for  God  and  his  people.  Pray  for  us, 
that  its  last  work  may  be  its  best. 


THE   GOSPEL'S   VITAL   POWER 

I  HAVE  here  been  brought  face  to  face  with  the  greatest  difficulties, 
yet  never  have  1  been  more  convinced  of  the  vital  power  of  the  simple 
Gospel  of  Christ.  The  success  has  been  simply  astonishing  to  me  and  to 
others.  One  difficulty  arose  from  the  fact  that  our  congregation  was  a 
confusing  mass  of  heterogeneous  elements  :  Unitarians,  Congregationalists, 
Baptists,  Methodists,  and  some  who  had  not  got  so  far  along  in  religion 
as  to  have  any  denominational  preferences.  Many  of  these  esteemed 
themselves,  and,  1  believe,  correctly,  as  "  highly  intellectual  "  persons. 
Not  regarding  myself  as  remarkably  intellectual,  and  yet  being  deter- 
mined, if  possible,  with  the  help  of  the  Lord,  to  give  them  satisfaction, 
and  more  especially  to  do  them  good,  1  felt  that  my  only  course  was  to 
ask  the  Lord  to  make  and  keep  me  as  useful  as  possible,  by  making  me 
honest — honest  to  myself,  honest  to  them,  and  honest  to  my  high  calling 
as  a  minister  of  Jesus  Christ.  To  give  me  a  good  stock  of  sterling  com- 
mon sense,  and  a  message  to  deliver,  with  power  to  deliver  it  so  as  to 
captivate  their  attention,  make  them  feel  and  acknowledge  the  grandeur 
and  the  glory  of  the  Christian  religion,  and  bring  them,  with  their  **  high 
degree  of  intellectuality,"  to  the  foot  of  the  cross  to  love  and  serve  Him 
who  died  thereon  that  they  might  live.  My  prayer  has  not  been  in  vain. 
Every  Sunday  since  I  have  been  here  some  of  the  hearers  have  come  up 
to  thank  me  for  the  sermon,  and  to  tell  me  that  it  had  done  them  good. 
And  every  Sunday  morning,  whether  the  wind  blows — and  it  blows  most 
terrifically  here — or  whether  it  rains,  or  whatever  it  may  do,  I  am  greeted 
with  a  fine  congregation.  We  are  working  for  an  outpouring  of  the 
Spirit  on  the  people.     lndeed,\lV\ai?»a\T^^<i^^\i^'^v.tv.   ^^\v2.^^^\^^^d^i^ 

last  Sunday. — North  Dakota. 


April,  1895  The  Home  Missionary  627 

THE   GOSPEL   AND   STRIKES 

By  Rev.  Jamks  Hayes,  Coal  Bluff,  Ind. 

In  the  providence  of  God  a  great  deal  of  my  life  has  been  spent  with 
coal  miners,  so  that  I  have  seen  what  might  be  termed  the  inside  and  the 
outside  of  the  strike  business.  The  strike  has  been  called  a  necessary 
evil.  We  all  believe  it  is  an  evil,  and  that  continually.  All  of  the  many 
strikes  that  I  have  known  could  have  been  settled  by  the  parties  concerned 
if  they  would  only  do  right.  The  solution  of  the  problem  is  not  in  secret 
organizations,  no  matter  how  large  the  numbers  ;  nor  is  it  in  the  ballot 
box,  however  sacred  that  may  be  ;  but  it  is  in  the  home,  which  lies  back  of 
all  these.  When  a  man  turns  his  back  on  wife  and  little  ones,  gives  his 
attention  to  the  "walking  delegate"  or  trading  politician,  he  is  preparing 
for  the  worst  that  may  follow.  I  have  no  sympathy  with  any  church  work 
that  does  not  aim  to  correct  these  evils,  be  they  strikes,  politics,  intemper- 
ance, or  anything  else.  "  Righteousness  exalteth  a  nation,  but  sin  is  a 
reproach  to  any  people." 

Many  of  our  miners,  and  also  many  of  our  coal  operators,  are  tired  of 
strikes,  and  believe  there  is  a  better  way  to  adjust  their  difficulties.  But 
the  overwhelming  majority  are  on  the  other  side.  If  we  go  back  in  the 
history  of  these  towns,  before  we  began  our  church  work  we  find  riots, 
lawlessness,  and  murders  in  the  time  of  strikes,  and  that  used  to  be  every 
year.  With  the  beginning  of  our  Cardonia  work,  a  few  miners  met  each 
other,  talked  over  the  situation,  and  decided  on  trying  to  start  a  new 
departure  with  reference  to  these  troubles.  Three  miners  were  chosen  to 
meet  the  coal  operators  and  try  to  bring  about  a  better  state  of  things. 
Your  missionary  was  one  of  these  men.  We  met  in  the  morning,  and  had 
a  long  conference.  Noon  came,  and  our  operators  invited  us  to  dinner 
,  with  them.  In  the  afternoon  we  drew  up  an  agreement  on  a  certain  basis 
for  a  year,  which  both  miners  and  operators  were  to  sign.  This  was  the 
beginning  of  the  State  Federation  which  was  adopted  by  other  States, 
when  both  parties  met  in  council  once  a  year  to  settle  whatever  difficulties 
had  presented  themselves.  It  worked  well  for  several  years,  but  after  a 
while  the  annual  agreement  was  broken  by  some  Illinois  operators,  and 
since  then  strikes  have  been  far  too  common. 

When  a  strike  takes  place  too  many  of  the  men  have  an  idea  that  all 
law  and  order  are  suspended,  and  some  become  openly  wild  fanatics. 
Having  no  reason  to  appeal  to,  but  prejudice  and  ignorance,  persecution 
always  follows.  So  in  these  times  we  not  only  preach  a  straight  Gospel, 
but  take  up  some  attractive  line  of  work  in  and  around  the  churches.  At 
Cardonia,  last  summeVy  during  the  strike,  \\\e  mm^xs  ^^vcvXjt^  xJcnr. \snrl'«^v^s^- 
house  themselves,  going  in  debt  for  the  m^ilw^V.    "Wv^^oitwecv  ra^%^ -j^^^i^^^ 


628  The  Home  Missionary  April.  1895 

their  approval  by  carpeting  the  platform  and  putting  matting  on  the 
aisles.  During  all  that  tremendous  time  there  was  not  a  single  misde- 
meanor committed  in  the  town.  I  often  met  the  boys  and  praised  them 
for  their  good  behavior,  and  God  has  been  blessing  them  all  the  time. 

A  few  weeks  ago  I  was  at  Casey ville,  and  after  preaching  in  the 
morning  I  took  dinner  with  the  man  who  has  the  care  of  all  the  company's 
houses  in  that  town.  I  put  the  question  to  him  straight :  Has  the  Chris- 
tian work  done  by  us  in  this  town  had  any  influence  on  the  miners  during 
the  late  strike  ?  He  said  :  *'  Yes,  sir,  it  has.  Before  this  last  strike  we  had 
to  watch  all  our  property  very  closely.  Riots,  fights,  and  even  murder, 
were  common  things.  We  had  to  put  a  double  guard  on  our  railroad  to 
keep  the  miners  from  tearing  it  up,  and,  notwithstanding  all  our  care, 
the  miners  turned  out  and  stoned  the  train  ;  but  during  this  late  strike  we 
have  had  nothing  of  this.  Church  and  Sunday-school  work  have  been 
the  means  of  bringing  this  better  state  of  things  about." 

One  Sunday  night,  after  preaching  in  that  town,  a  lot  of  fellows  under 
the  influence  of  liquor  came  around  our  cabin  where  we  had  been  holding 
our  services,  shouting,  "  We'll  burn  the  bridges  ;  we'll  tear  up  the  track  !  " 
A  few  of  us  stepped  up  to  them,  and  told  them  if  there  was  anything  of 
the  kind  done  we  would  have  them  arrested  at  once.  It  is  wonderful  to 
see  what  a  little  Christian  backbone  and  grit  will  do  at  such  times.  Our 
Casey ville  people  are  getting  a  better  record  now.  You  know  what  Coal 
Bluff  used  to  be,  and,  with  its  eight  saloons,  it  is  bad  enough  now.  A 
drunken  miner  reeled  into  the  depot  at  Terre  Haute  some  time  ago,  and 
said  to  the  ticket  agent  :  "Here,  give  me  a  ticket  for  hell."  They  put 
him  off  at  Coal  Bluff.  A  saloon-keeper  met  me  on  the  track  a  little  while 
ago,  and  was  going  to  give  me  a  whipping  ;  but  he  left  me,  saying  he 
was  going  to  get  up  a  petition  to  get  me  out  of  town  because  I  was  inter- 
fering with  his  business.  Some  of  the  boys  told  me  since  that  they  had 
boycotted  his  saloon.  Here  the  pressure  came  from  all  around  to  induce 
our  miners  to  lawlessness  and  riot.  (See  The  Home  Missionary  for 
October,  1894,  page  326.) 

As  the  outgrowth  of  the  Coal  Hluff  work,  four  other  Sunday-schools 

were  organized  last  summer,  and  are  all  going  to  stay,  gathering  in  250 

more  children.     There  have  been  also  two  large   Sunday-school  rallies 

this  fall,  which   have   made  the   Sunday-school  cause  popular.     I  don't 

know  when  during  all  our  work  on  this  field  it  has  counted  for  so  much 

as  it  has  during  these  troublous  times,  and  this  is  only  one  dark  spot 

in  our  State  where  the  blessed  (iospel  is  shedding  its  rays  of  light  and 

life  in  the  hearts  and  homes  of  the  people.     If  there  has  been  so  much 

peace,  harmony,  and  good  \v\\\  bYouvl^^^.  ^\^v.^w\.  \^>^'  oyv^  Ho\x\e  Missionary, 

what  must  be  the  result  o(  the  woik  ol  w\o\e.  \\\^tv  i,qqq  tc:Y^^\^^\^ax\^^>^v^ 

are  kept  at  their  posts  by  the  Con^Yeft^uouA\  \\v.m^  ^Vx^'^xv^v.-^x^^  ^^x^v^x 


April,  1895  The  Home  Missionary  629 


WORK    THAT    PAYS 

Months  ago  I  visited  a  young  man  sick  of  typhoid  fever  in  one  of 
our  hotels.  I  found  him  tossing  on  the  bed  in  a  bare,  hot  room,  and,  realiz- 
ing that  to  leave  him  there  would  be  to  let  him  die,  I  ordered  him  to  be 
taken  to  my  home,  and  gave  him  a  nice,  cool  room  and  comfortable  bed. 
1  shall  never  forget  the  expression  of  his  face  as  he  said  to  me  :  **0h,  Mr. 
B.,  this  is  like  going  to  heaven."  With  the  assistance  of  kind-hearted 
friends,  we  nursed  the  young  stranger  through  four  weeks  of  suffering  and 
gave  him  back  to  his  dear  ones— I  trust  also  to  the  life-long  service  of 
God.  When  Christ  was  on  earth  he  touched  the  sick  and  healed  them,  I 
could  not  do  this;  but  all  that  I  could  do  was  cheerfully  done  for  his  sake. 

I  wish  you  could  know  one  of  our  brethren  who  was  converted  last  winter. 
God  has  made  a  wonderful  change  in  his  heart.  I  gave  him  a  Sunday-school 
class  in  the  spring,  and  if  you  could  see  him  with  his  little  class  of  twenty- 
nine  boys  and  girls  under  eight  years  of  age,  it  would  stir  your  heart  as  it 
stirs  mine.  The  little  ones  all  love  him.  The  man  is  a  physical  giant,  able 
to  take  any  two  ordinary  men  and  shake  them  as  a  cat  shakes  a  mouse. 
Conquered  by  the  Spirit  of  God,  he  has  become  meek  and  gentle  in  heart 
as  a  little  child,  and  the  little  children  gather  round  him  in  perfect  confi- 
dence. Ah,  my  brethren,  there  is  a  joy  in  the  service  of  Christ  here  in  the 
far  West  that  exalts  the  ministry  of  the  Gospel.  For  does  not  the  royal 
Master  use  us  to  work  the  greatest  miracles — those  whereby  a  man  be- 
comes a  new  creature  ? — South  Dakota, 


"INSTITUTIONAL"   CHURCHES   FOR   THE  FRONTIER 

After  working  for  thirteen  years  in  the  Black  Hills  and  Wyoming 
missions  I  am  convinced  that  the  slow  progress  of  evangelical  churches 
of  all  denominations  is  largely  due  to  church  rivalry—competition,  where 
there  should  be  cooperation. 

It  is  obvious  that  any  number  of  churches  whose  doors  are  open  to 
the  public  for  only  a  few  hours  each  week  cannot  counteract  the  evil  of 
an  equal  or  larger  number  of  saloons  running  every  day  and  night. 
Furthermore,  when  there  are  more  churches  in  a  Western  village  than 
the  Christians  in  the  place  can  support  by  direct  giving,  pastors  must 
depend  for  their  salaries  upon  the  questionable  schemes  adopted  by  the 
majority  of  churches  for  getting  money  from  outsiders  ;  such  as  the  quilt 
lottery,  the  ^rab-bag,  the  public  dance,  and  >w\tve  ^iwd  c^xd  ^^\\.Nft.%.  'VlV^'y^ 
schemes,  together  with    the    petty  )ea\ous\es  ^^t\d  ^o^V^t^lvycs^  w-a^:^^^ 


630  The  Home  Missionary  April.  1895 

arising  from  them  among  ambitious  workers  in  different  competing  soci- 
eties, bring  the  Christian  religion  into  low  repute  among  those  who  stand 
off  and  look  on. 

Suppose  we  have  three  towns  in  the  West  in  each  of  which  there  is  a 
Baptist,  a  Methodist,  and  a  Congregational  church,  each  doing  the  same 
work  at  the  same  hours  of  the  day  and  on  the  same  days  of  the  week. 
The  result  is  small  congregations,  poor  choirs,  lack  of  Sunday-school 
teachers,  and  few  conversions.  Now  it  will  readily  be  seen  that  the  cost 
to  missionary  societies  would  be  no  more  if  the  three  Baptist  missionaries 
were  in  one  town,  the  three  Congregational ists  in  another,  and  the  three 
Methodists  in  another.  If  three  missionaries  of  the  same  denominational 
faith  were  sent  into  one  town,  instructed  to  work  it  thoroughly,  different 
lines  of  work  could  be  taken  up  by  each,  and  a  much  larger  number  could 
be  reached. 

First,  as  the  children  of  the  West  need  help,  suppose  one  of  the 
missionaries  were  instructed  to  establish  a  kindergarten — an  institution 
which  should  by  all  means  be  fostered  by  the  church. 

The  Golden  Gate  Kindergarten  Association  of  California,  which  more 
than  twenty  years  ago  established  kindergartens  in  the  worst  parts  of  the 
city  of  San  Francisco,  tells  us  that  out  of  eight  thousand  children  who 
have  passed  through  these  schools  only  one  has  ever  been  under  arrest. 
These  were  the  children  of  criminals  and  desperate  characters. 

A  free  kindergarten  established  by  Christians  in  the  city  of  Los  An- 
geles, Cal.,  and  visited  several  times  by  the  writer,  in  six  years  entirely 
changed  the  character  of  the  neighborhood  in  which  it  was  placed,  making 
it  quiet  and  respectable,  while  before  it  had  been  noisy  and  troublesome. 

A  kindergarten  was  run  for  one  year  in  connection  with  the  Method- 
ist church  of  Sundance,  Wyo.,  with  most  happy  results.  The  kinder- 
gartner  had  charge  of  the  primary  work  in  the  Sunday-school.  At  the 
end  of  the  year  the  class  was  accidentally  taught  for  one  Sunday  by  the 
superintendent  of  the  Black  Hills  mission,  who  pronounced  it  the  finest 
class  in  the  whole  mission,  and  was  very  enthusiastic  in  his  praise  of  the 
work. 

Under  our  present  mode  of  working,  the  primary  teacher,  oftentimes 
being  not  interested  and  attending  irregularly,  has  charge  of  the  children 
for  one  hour  in  the  week.  In  the  instance  cited  above,  the  kindergartner, 
interested,  always  in  her  place,  and  understanding  the  management  cf 
children,  had  charge  of  them  for  sixteen  hours  in  each  week,  with  the 
result  described.     The  children  were  all  praying  Christians. 

My  argument  is  this  :  The  churches  and  Sunday-schools  of  the  West 

under  our  present  mode  of  woTkuVji;  are  savin*;  too  few  of  the  children  of 

Christians,  while   the  free  k\udet^a.t\^t\?»  ol  cvC\^^  ^\^  %^n\w'^>^\^  ^Vsjldren 

^f  criminals. 


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631 


Again,  the  young  men  of  the  West  need  help.  The  young  man  brought 
up  by  Christian  parents  in  the  East  has  usually,  after  he  goes  West,  no 
home  except  his  dreary,  cheerless  room  at  the  little  hotel.  As  a  rule  he 
has  no  fire  in  his  room,  and  cannot  spend  his  evenings  with  his  papers  and 
books  in  a  room  where  the  thermometer  shows  a  temperature  twenty, 
perhaps  thirty,  degrees  below  zero.  In  the  hotel  office  there  is  usually  a 
bar,  and  the  uncomfortable  parlor  offers  no  attractions.  Now,  if  in  con- 
nection with  the  kindergarten  the  church  should  also  establish  a  night- 
school,  and  a  reading-room  to  be  kept  open  days  and  evenings  and  Sun- 
days, except  during  the  hours  at  which  services  are  held  in  the  church, 
the  young  man  would  have  a  place  to  go  where  he  would  be  helped.  Such 
an  institution  surely  needs  no  argument  to  prove  its  utility.  Jt  would 
benefit  the  entire  community. 

Berkeley  Temple,  in  Boston,  and  other  "  Institutional  '*  churches  of 

the  East  have  been  attended  with  results  which  should  prove  the  wisdom 

of  such  a  plan.     Why  not  try  it  in  the  West  ? 

N.  D.  P. 
Tabor ^  Iowa, 


A    HARD    FIELD 


The  Congregational  is  the  only  English-speaking  church  on  the 
north  side  of  the  river,  and  although  we  have  a  great  many  people  on 
that  side,  there  are  very  few  who  speak  English.  Our  Sunday-school  is 
largely  composed  of  German  children,  and  it  is  a  great  blessing  to  them  ; 
but  while  the  Germans  are  willing  that  their  children  should  come  to 
Sunday-school,  they  will  not  themselves  come  to  church.  The  position  of 
the  church  is  not  favorable  to  a  large  growth  in  the  immediate  future,  but 
it  is  certainly  doing  work  for  God.  During  August  and  September  last 
we  had  to  compete  with  a  Sunday  picnic  on  one  side  of  the  church  and 
Sunday  ball-playing  on  the  other,  but  the  winter  broke  up  their  business 
for  the  time  being,  and  we  hope  to  be  able  to  keep  it  stopped  hereafter. 

Nearly  all  the  stores  and  saloons  here  keep  open  ever}'  day  in  the 
week.  Every  corporation  in  town  breaks  the  law  of  the  State  every  Sun- 
day, and  they  compel  their  employees  to  break  the  law  or  be  discharged. 
They  only  object  to  law-breaking  when  it  touches  their  pockets.  However, 
we  have  organized,  and  are  engaged  in  an  attempt  to  close  the  stores  on 
Sunday.  We  first  went  around  to  the  storekeepers  who,  we  thought, 
would  favor  Sunday  closing,  and  got  them  to  sign  an  agreement  to  close 
if  the  rest  would.  By  taking  them  one  at  a  time  we  have  induced  two- 
thirds  of  the  merchants  to  agree  to  close,  ^.tvd  vj^  \tae.tvdVQ>  U^  ^xvd  sj^ 
the  others  to  do  i/kewise. — Indiana, 


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TREASURY     NOTE 


CONTRIBUTIONS 

LEGACIES 

1893-4 

1894-5 

1893-4 

1894-5 

April . . . 

410*366   46 

$'8,936  34 

April 

$6,681    14 

$8,701  36 

May 

.       9,461    46 

18,608  21 

May 

25,812    59 

6,113  58 

June 

.    15*136    17 

15,249  44 

June  .. .. 

10,254  35 

35,026  54 

July 

•    15.293    72 

18,908  65 

July 

8,940  39 

10,69s  22 

August. 

•     M79  91 

7,886  18 

August . . 

14,885  55 

35,280  76 

Sept.  . . . 

.  13.794  35 

12,707  28 

Sept 

5,450  10 

i5»045  01 

Oct 

..   7,342  56 

9,523  04 

Oct 

4,025  00 

5,369  02 

Nov 

.  >  3.387  77 

13,683  01 

Nov 

4,682  73 

6,672  70 

Dec .  . . . 

..  15,693  27 

17,727  67 

Dec 

11,943  " 

10,575  52 

Jan 

..  38,416  74 

30,322   17 

Jan 

15,688  59 

14,415  46 

Feb  ... . 

.  10,538  94 

13,699  46 

Feb 

17,248  48 

16,324  14 

$158,9'!  35  $'77,251  45 


$125,612  03  $164,219  31 


$18,340.10  gain  in  contributions.       $38,607.28  gain  in  legacies. 

Total  gain  in  eleven  months  (April,  1894,  to  February,  1895),  $56,- 
947.38.  Needed  in  March  $100,000,  to  leave  the  Treasury  in  as  good 
condition  as  at  the  close  of  the  previous  fiscal  year. 


The  official  statement  and  special  appeal  sent  to  our  readers  last 
month  is  meeting  with  a  very  prompt  and  kind  reception.  Between  400 
and  500  responses  have  already  come  in,  fully  half  of  them  containing 
remittances,  many  of  which,  though  small  in  amount,  were  the  fruit  of 
genuine  sacrifices.  The  rest  brought  words  of  sympathy,  of  love  for  the 
work,  and  best  wishes  for  its  success,  from  those  unable  to  give  at  the 
moment.  Some  of  these  letters  we  hope  to  lay  before  our  readers  in. a 
later  issue. 

These  words  from  hundreds,  representing  thousands,  of  friends  of 
Home  Missions,  have  greatly  cheered  and  encouraged  our  faith.  "  Im- 
possible things  "  become  possible  when  God's  people  set  their  hearts  on 
doing  that  for  which  He  calls. 

How  much  He  has  done,  is  doing,  and  will  yet  do  for  us  !  Are  we 
satisfied  with  what  we  have  done  and  are  doing  for  Him  ?  Is  it  all  that 
we  shall  feel  wc  owed,  all  that  we  shall  wish  we  had  done,  when  we  look 
back  upon  life's  completed  account  ?  Future  regrets,  however  bitter,  will 
not  amend  that  record.  Only  strenuous  action  to-day  and  henceforth  can 
hriffhttn  the  present  and  comuv^  yeavs  Vi-lth  the  making  of  a  new  history 
for  oiif.selves  and  for  our  cout\Uy,ow  Yi>A\c\\A^^^^'^^^>«*v^^^^^^'^>^^^v{ 
not  so  greatly  dread  to  \ooV.. 


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APPOINTMENTS    IN    FEBRUARY,    1895 


Not  in  commissiofi  last  year 

Baomann,  Henry,  McPherson  Co.,  So.  Dak. 

Beasey.  William  N^  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Danford,    James   W.,    Brownton   and    Stewart, 

Minn. 
Dilley,  Samuel  V.,  White  Oaks,  New  Mex 
Gorrie,  William  A.,  Embarrass,  No.  Wis. 
Hannah,  William  J.,  Big  Timber,  Mont, 
fenney,  E.  Winthrop,  Oacoma,  So.  Dak. 
Jewett,  John  E.  B..  Aurora,  So.  Dak. 
Johnson,  Auf^ist  G..  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Mailley,  James,  El  Reno,  Okla. 
Mannhardt,  Ernest  G.  L.,  Wilton  Junction,  Iowa. 
Marsh,  Hammond  L.,  Winona,  Mmn. 
Morris,    Maurice    B.,    Fairport   and    Richmond. 

Ohio. 
Schenerle,  Gottlieb,  Ritzville,  Wash. 
Trandt.  Adam,  Denver,  Colo. 
Treiber,  D.  J.,  Sycamore,  Kan. 
Wheeler,  Charles  T..  Coal  Creek,  Colo. 
Williams,  Samuel,  Riverton,  Neb. 


Re-com  m  issioned 

Baumann,  G.  B.,  Butte,  Neb. 

Bingham,  Charles  M.,  Dayton  and  Port  Orange, 
Fla. 

Bosworth,  William  A..  Perry.  Oicla.  ^ 

Boyle,  Frank  W.,  El  Paso,  Texas. 

Brunker,  T.  A., ,  Okla. 

Conard,  William  J.,  Ellsworth,  Ash  Creek,  and 
Kanaranzi,  Minn. 

Davies,  William  A.,  Bladen,  Campbell,  and  Up- 
land, Neb. 

Deakin,  Samuel,  Cowles  and  Pleasant  Ridge, 
Neb. 

Drew,  Frank  L.,  Henry,  So.  Dak. 


Eveland.  Samuel,  Joplin,  Mo. 

Fisk,  Pliny  H.,  North  Branch  and  Sunrise  City, 

Minn. 
Foster,  Festus,  Enid,  Okla. 
Hankemeyer,  Nathaniel  W.,  New  Rockford,  No. 

Dak. 

Harper,  Joel, ,  Okla. 

Hawn,  Robert  G.,  Sunnyside,  Wash. 
Hayes,  James,  Coal  Blunand  Cardonia,  Ind. 
Holbrook,  Ira  A.,  Stillwater,  Okla. 
Humphrey,  Thomas  A.,  Johnstown,  Pa. 
Jenkins,  David   T.,   Dwight  and    Grafton,  No. 

Dak. 
Kucera,  Miss  Magdalena,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 
McHenry,  Feargus  G.,  Cortlandt  and  Pickrell, 

Neb. 
Moffatt.  T.  Clemence,   Palisade,  Hayes  Center, 

and  Hayes  Co.,  Neb. 
Nelson,  Andrew  P.,  East  Orange,  N.  J. 
Nutting,  John  D.,  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah. 
Oehler,  William,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 
Page,  Charles  E.,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 
Pafmer,  Oscar  A.,  Trenton,  Neb. 
Perry,  George  H.,  Pueblo,  Colo. 
Pfeiner.  George  M.,  Village  Creek  and   Scatter 

Creek,  Kan. 
Richards,  5>amuel,  Parker.  Okla. 
Ricker.  Albert  E.,  Alma  and  Naponee,  Neb. 
Robb,  William  B.,  Denver,  Colo. 
Rogers.  Enoch  E.,  Groveland,  Minn. 
Routlifle,  Charles  H.,  Granite  Falls.  Minn. 
Scott,  George,  Lead  (Black  Hills),  So.  Dak. 
Shepard,  Herman  T  ,  Butte,  Mont. 
Shuman.  Henry  A..  Monroe  and  Watts ville.  Neb. 
Smith,  G.  Ernest,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 
Stocking,  Tames  B..  New  Castle.  Colo. 
Vogler,   Henry,   Blumenthal,  Friedens,  and   St. 

Matthew,  So.  Dak. 
Wood,  Samuel,  Havelock,  Neb. 
Young,  Arthur  G,,  Harvey,  No.  Dak. 


RECEIPTS    IN    FEBRUARY,    1895 

For  account  of  receipts  by  State  Auxiliary  Societies,  see  pages  641  to  645 


MAINE- $540-69. 

Maine   Miss.  Soc.,   John    L.  Crosby, 
Treas.  : 

Income  from   the  Kittridge  Fund,     $295  00 
Auburn,  Mrs.  E.  T.  Little,  by  G.  T. 

Little 5  00 

Augusta,  A  Friend 40  00 

Bangor,  Dr.  T.  U.  Coe 25  c» 

Castme,  mon.  con.  coll.  of  the  Trin. 

Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  P.  Cushman 4  50 

Frankfort,  by  J.  Greer 3  00 

Freeport,  Mrs.  D.  Lane 5  00 

Hallowell,  Ladies*  Cent.  Soc.,  by  Miss 

M.  C.  Dole 15  54 

Mrs.  M.  H.  Russell 2  00 

Harrison,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Rev.  A. 

G.  Fitz  3  00 

Kennebunkport,  Mrs.  L.  S.  Cook 5  00 

Machias,  Center  Street  Ch..  by  A.  L. 

Heaton 8  82 

Naples.  Mrs.  A.  S.  Perley 10  00 

Norrjdj'ewock.   Rev.  R  Tappan,  $5 ; 

Mrs.  C.  F.  Dole.  $5 10  00 

Pbillips,  by  Rev.  W.  W.  Ranney 5  00 


Portland,  Williston  Ch.,  by  A.  L.  Bur- 
bank  $84  33 

*'Z.  R.  F.,  collector" 10  00 

Sherman  Mills,  Washburn  Memorial, 

J16.88;  St.  and  Jr.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.. 

$2.62,  by  Rev.  I.  C.  Bumpus 9  50 

Topsham,  F.  E.  Purinton i  00 

NEW  HAMPSHIRE    $6^1.08. 

Received    by    Hon.     L.     D. 

Stevens,  Treas.  N.  H.  H. 

M.  Soc.  : 

Candia,  S.  S   $5  00 

Center  Ossipec,  Ch.,  S7-8o  : 

S.  S.,  S7.g2 15  72 

Deerfield  Center 21  60 

East  Concord 6  00 

Greenfield,  Union  Ch.& Soc.  1750 

Hooksett t5  00 

Plymouth,  S.  S 500 

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F.  C.  I.  and  H.  M.  U..  Miss  A.  A.  Mc- 

Farland,  Treas. : 
Candia,  Ladies*  Benev.Soc., 

special $10  00 

Exeter,   A    Friend    in   the 

Second  Ch 5  00 

Tamworth, Mrs.  A.  M.  Davis     50  00 


MASSACHUSETTS  -  $17,46433 ; 
which  legacies,  $13*013.39. 


of 


$6500 


Amherst,  by  A.  S.  Wilkins 8  50 

E.  D.  Boylston 100  00 

Berlin  Mills,  Junior  Soc.,  by  J.  B.  Car- 

ruthers,  for  Salary  Fund n  50 

Canterbury  Depot,  Mrs.  M.  A.  Glines  a  00 

Concord,  G.  F.  Page 5  00 

A  Friend 5  00 

Derry,  M.  F.  Pinkerton a  00 

Miss  J.  A.  Choate 5  00 

Durtiam,  Mrs.  G.  Matties 200 

Manchester,  E.  Ferren 1000 

Mrs.  J.  A.  West 2  00 

Mason,  £.  Whitaker 50 

Nashua,  E.  Spalding zoo  cx> 

Newmarket,  A  Friend,  by  T.  H.  Wis- 

wall 5  00 

Newport  Ch.,  A  Friend 30  00 

North  Hampton,  Mrs.  A.  Gove 10  00 

Orfordville.  Mrs.  A.  L.  Pierce,  50  cts. ; 

Miss  M.  S.  Lane,  $z 150 

Pelham,  A  Friend 10  00 

Penacook,  by  L.  M.  Currier 8  50 

Pike  Station,  D.  G.  Morgan 10  00 

E.B.Pike 500 

Tamworth  Iron  Works,  Faxon  Gan- 
nett and  wife 20  00 

West  Rindge.  Dea.  H.  E.  Wetherbcc.  50  00 
Winchester,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Miss 

D.  L  Smith,  special 800 


VERMONT  -S272.91. 

Vermont  Dom.  Miss  Soc., 
by  W.  C.  Merrill,  Treas.  : 

Barnct,  S.  S $4  83 

Hardwick,Mrs.  E.  F.  Strick- 
land           5  00 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union  : 
Barnct,  V.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  for 

Salary  Fund 3  <io 

Bratilcboro,  West 45  «« 

Mrs.  M.  A.  Bigclow...   .  5  «> 

Mrs.  Hcrrick 100 

V.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  for  Salaiy 

Fund 9  cx> 

Charleston,  West,  V.  P.  S. 

C.  E..  f(»r  Salary  Fund...        1  oj 
Howe.  V.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  for 

Salary  Fund 4  80 

Rutland,  S.   S.,  for  Salary 

Fund 25  0 ) 

Troy.  V.   P.    S.   C.    E..  for 

Salary  Fund <  2.1 

^)7  o^ 1<^  86 

Bart«)n,  V.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  M.  M.  Cur- 
rier    7  50 

Brandon.  Mrs.  E.  S.  Vountr 600 

Brattlel>oro,  A  Thank  oflFcrinp.   Mrs. 

T.J.  C 2  c>o 

Cfirnwall,  coll.  in  part,  by  Rev.  S.  H. 

Barnum 35  ''^ 5 

Mitldlcbury,  L.  I*.  Boardman  5  00 

Pittsford,  N.  H.  Parmelcc i  00 

South  Royalton,  Mrs.  S.  H.  Jones,  by 

E.  Foster \<jo  00 

West  Cornwall,  .S.  S.  RockwcW \  x^ 

West  /Randolph,  Mrs.  F.  S.  Carter. ..  1  00 
West  Rutland,  J.  J.  May,  by  F.  A. 

Morse ^  ^^ 


Mats.  Home  Miss.  Soc.,  by  Rev.  £.  B. 

Palmer,  Treas $i«5oo  00 

By  request  of- donors 8790a 

Woman^s  H.  M.  Asso.,  Miss  A.  C. 
Bridgman,  Treas. : 
Dorchester,  Second 4  00 

Abington,  S.  P.  Locke 

Amherst,  First,  by  W.  Hamlin 

Attleboro,  S.  S.  of  the  Second,  by  W. 

B.  Richards 

Aubumdale,  A  Friend 

Bedford,  A  Friend 

Berkley,  A  few  Friends 

Boston,  W.  A.  Wilde,  for  Salary 
Fund 

S.  F.  Wilkins 

Brighton,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  F.  W. 

Dickerman 

Brookfield,  R.  B.  Montague 

Mrs.  R.  B.  Montague 

Brookline,  Harvard  Ch 

Curtisville,  A  Friend 

Dalton,  Mrs.  F.  Couch  .     

East  Pembroke,  H.  W.  Hodgdon 

Fiskdale,  W.  H.  Shumway 

Greenfield,  L.  A.  Lamb 

Greenwich   Village,  S.  S.,  by  N.  L. 

Snow 

Groton,  Legacy  of  Elizabeth  h.  Blood. 

by  W.  N.  Haskell.  Trustee 1 

Haverhill.  A  Friend 

J.  Flanders 

Holbrook,  In  Memoriam  of  Carlcton 

B.  Whitcomb,  by  Mrs.  R.  E    Pratt. 

Lakcville,  A  Friend 

Marlboro,  C.  F.  Robinson 

Marlow,  E.  D.  Howe 

Massachusetts,  A  Friend 

A  F*riend,  special 

Mattapoisett.  by  M.  L.  Hathaway 

Middleboro,  S.  S.  of  the  First,  by  A. 

Dcanc 

Milton,  Mrs.  T.  E.  Ruggles 

Mittincague,  S.  A.  Goodman 

Newbury.  Legacy  of  Miss  Lucy  Cof- 

lip.  by  J.  CtUeman.  Ex 

Northami)ton,  A.  L.  Williston 

S.  Maltby 

Peabody,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  of  the  South, 

by  N.  Poor 

Pitt.sfield,  by  H.  A.  Brewster 

A  Friend 

A  Friend 

Reading,  M.  H.  Leeds 

Rt).xbury,  Mrs.  S.  A.  Dwif^ht 

South  ERrem(»nt.  Estate  of  Mrs.  Hul- 

dah  Bills,  by  W.  B.  Peck,  Ex 5,808  00 

South     Framingham.    Rev.    W.    G. 

Puddef(X)t,  special 15  cx> 

South  Hadlev.  Estate  of  Caroline  J. 
Bolton.  C).  B.  Bolton.  Adm..by  C. 
A.  Gridley 50  00 

Mt.     Holyokc    College,    Miss    M. 

Sirj'ker 5  00 

S<»uth  Hadlcy  Falls.  Friends  of  Mis- 
sions   JO  00 

Sprinj:field.  Carrie  E.  Bowdoin.  in 
full,  to  const.  Miss  E.  J.  Marsh  a 
L.  M 1 5  00 

M  iss  Church 10  00 

I.  Merrill i  20 

A  Friend 250  00 

A  Friend 40 

*aVKV.htvdvi.c.  Miss  A.  Brewer 2  co 

N.  Ytxctv^ iro  00 

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Warren,  Legacv  of  Mrs.  E.  M.  Car- 

W[>entcr,  by  S.  N.  Gleason $<.i24  50 
ebster,  Y.  P.  S.  C.   E.,  by  W.  P. 

Blake 7  43 

Westboro,  E.  E.  Eddy S  00 

M.  F.  Andrews 2  00 

West  Boylston,  Mrs,  S.  L.  Cowec 5  00 

Westfield,  Y.  P.  h.  C.  E.  of  the  First. 

by  1.  C.  Ashley 315 

F.  Grant 5  00 

Westm«nstcr,  Firyi.  by  D.  W.  Hill...  22  13 

West  Newton,  "  Pax  '' 5  00 

Weston,  S.  J.  Pcnnock 2  00 

Worcester,  Central,  by  E.  W^hitman. .  156  03 

Mrs.  W.  H .  Sanford 2  00 

J,  Lof;an 50  00 

J.  Garet 10  00 

Tbank-oflerinf;,  D.  B.  Goddard  and 

family 20  00 

WorthinRton,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  E. 

Cole 4  80 

RHODE   ISLAND-$i22.76;  of  which 
legacy,  $52.16. 

Providence,    Balance   of    Legacy  of 
Susan  P.  Gladdinfir.  by  J.  G.  Fark- 

hurst,  Adm 52  i6 

Pilgritn,  by  W.  M.  Bangs 55  60 

Mrs,  E.  P.  Johnson xo  00 

J.  W.Talt 5  00 


CONNECTICUT-  $3,684.35  ;  of  which 
legacies,  $2,136.55. 

Miss.  Soc.  of  Conn.,  W.  W.  Jacobs, 
Trcas.,  by  Rev.  W.  H.  Moore,  Sec. :        189  27 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 
W.  W.  Jacobs,  Treas.  : 
Bridgeport,  Olivet,  by  Mrs. 
C.  E.  Sherwood,  for  Salary 

Fund  $12  65 

Hartford.  Fin-l,  Jr.  Aux.,  by 
Miss  Clara  M.  Coolcy,  for 

Salary  Fund ;o  00 

First,  by  Mrs  S.  M.  Hotch- 

kiss.  special 15  00 

Hartford.  Mrs.  F.  B.  Cooley 
of   the  First,  for   Salary 

Fund 20  00 

Hartford,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  of 
the  Pearl  Street  Ch.,  b> 
Mrs.  G.  Follclt,  for  Salary 

Fund 18  50 

Middletown.  Mrs.  J.  H. 
Bunce  and  Miss  F.  E.  Rus- 
sell, Silver  Circle  of  the 

First 10  no 

South  Manchester,  Ladies' 
Benev.   Soc.,   by  Mrs.  A. 

B.  Spencer,  special 20  00 

Stratford.  L.  Ii.  M.  Union. 
by   Mrs.  G.  H.  Spoil,  for 

Salary  Fund 20  00 

Torrington.  New  Year's  gift 
from    two    Friends,     for 

Salary  Fund 100  00 

Wallingford.  Ladies'  Benev. 
Soc.. by  Mrs.  L.  B.  Bishop, 

for  Salary  Fund 100  00 

-      -    -        366  15 

Berlin.  C.  M    Jarvis 2500 

Bridgeport,  A  Friend 5  00 

Bristol.  H.  A.  Carrington,  M.  D 15  oi 

A  Friend 2  00 

A  Friend 2  00 

Buckingham,  S.  S  .  by  F.  T.  Leavens.  25  co     NEW    YORK,    $i.7qi.2o:     of 

Canton  Center.  W.  G.  Hallock 10  00  which  legacy,  $225.00. 

Clinton.    Y.    V    S.  C.  E..   by  C.   W. 

Arnold,  for  Salary  Fund 200c         Rcc^txvcd  V>^   V4\\\\^\tv  S^ai^- 

Durhnm.  S.  Ii.  Foster ^00  A\t\R,  Ttc^^.  •. 

East  Haddam,  A  Friend 6  «xj  W;icV  CtwiV V^  <» 


East  Hampton.  Samuel  Skinner $10  co 

East  Hartford,  Y.   P.  S.  C.  E.  of  the 

South  Ch.,  by  Rev.  P.  P.  Bacbeler  .  1  88 
East  Woodstock,  N.  S.  Child,  50  eta. ; 

Tulia  D.  May,  50  cts i  00 

Ellington,  A  Friend 2  co 

Greenwich,  E.  Brush 5  cx» 

F.  A.  Hubbard 5  00 

A  Friend » 2  00 

Hartford,  Mrs.  R.  Seymour 2  00 

Rev.  C.  H.  Bullard i  00 

Higganum,  S.  S.,  by  Mrs.  D.  Hunting- 
ton    30  00 

R.  J.  Gladwin 13  00 

Ivoryton,  Mrs.  N.  D.  Miller i  00 

Manchester  Green,  Rev.  C.  S.  Sher- 
man    10  00 

Marshapaug,  Miss  A.  Paul 5  00 

Meriden,  G.  A.  Abell 2  00 

Middletown,  A  Friend,  a  thank-offer- 
ing   2500 

Morris,  by  S.  A.Whittlesey 800 

New  Haven.  Legacy  of  Lorinda  M. 

Hall,  by  A.  M.  Blakesley,  Ex 1,636  55 

Mrs.  M.  C.  Johnston,  to  const.  D. 

K.  Johnston  a  L.  M 50  00 

R.  A.  Benham 20  00 

W.  E.  Chandler 15  00 

R.  Crane 10  00 

C.  L.  Kitchel 5  00 

Mrs.  J .  T.  Lyman 50  00 

E.  B.  Whitney 5  00 

Mrs.  E.  A.  Whittlesey 5  00 

J •  A*t *  ^*  x^.     ......................  25  00 

A  Friend 5  00 

New  London,  First  Ch.  of  Christ 15  00 

J.  N.  Harris 50  00 

A  Friend 25  00 

New  Milford.  H.  Ives 5  00 

Norfolk,   'S." 500 

Norwalk,  '*  Highwood  " 10  00 

Norwich,  Broadway,  by  G.  P.  Bard. 

special 25  00 

Fifteen  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  H.  L.  Fer- 

rington 8  00 

J.  P.  Story 10  00 

I.  E.  S.,  "s^ial" 1  00 

Thank-offering 10  00 

Norwich  Town,  Mrs.  O.  S.  Smith 10  00 

Putnam.  Mrs.  C.  C.  Brown i  00 

Rox bury,  by  E.  W.  Preston 840 

Salisbury,  by  Rev.  J.  C.  Goddard,  to 

const.  T.  L.  Norton  a  L.  M 100  00 

Saybrook,  Rev.  A.  S.  Chesebrough . . .  10  <>o 

A  Friend 30  00 

Southport.  Misses  E.  A.  and  G.  A. 

Bulkley 90  do 

Stamford,  H.  Lockwood xo  00 

Stratford.  S.  S.,  by  E.  F.  Hall 15  00 

W.J.  P 5  00 

Storrs,  G.  F.  King. . .-. 5  00 

Suffield,  First,  by  W.  E.    Russell,  to 

const.  Miss  L.  M.   Stedman  a    L. 

M 50  00 

Terryville,  Lois  Gridley 1 1  00 

Thomaston,  First,  by  G.  H.  Stough- 

ton II  33 

Thompsi>nville.  D.  Pease 5  00 

Watcrbury,  A  Friend 10  00 

Windsor.   Y.   P.  S.  C.  E.,  in  full,  to 

con.st.  John  B.  Wilbur  a  L.  M.,  by 

M.  G.  Marsh 10  00 

Woodburj',  Legacy  of  Isaac  Strong, 

by  F.  r .  Hitchcock,  Ex 500  00 

Woodstock,  First,  by  H.  T.  Child  ... .  17  77 


636 


The  Home  Missionary 


April,  1895 


Buffalo,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  of 

PilgrimCh $3  83 

Busti X  25 

Eldred a  00 

Gasport,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 7  50 

Hopkinton az  31 

Mifiville 15  00 

Summer  Hill 50° 

Potterville,  Penn i  00 


Wommn^t  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 
J.  J.  Pearsall,  Treas. : 
Brooklyn.  Ch.  of  Pilgrims, 

for  Salary  Fund |zdo  00 

Lewis    Avenue,    Earnest 

Workers 7  40 

Canandaiffua 35  00 

New  York  City,  Broadway 
Tabernacle,  tor  Woman^s 

Work 300  00 

Syracuse,   IMlgrim    Chapel, 
L.  A 700 


$6689 


439  40 


NEW  JBRSBY-$i  12.55. 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union  of  the  N.  J. 

Assoc.,     Mrs.    J.    H.     Denison, 

Treas. : 

Orange  Valley,   add*l    for   Salary 

Fund 

Bloomfield.  W.  Phraner 

Bordentown,  Anarchist 

East  Millstone,  Miss  S.  T.  Howell. . . 

Elizabeth,  C.  H.  Langdon 

Franklinville,  J.  FTlTute 

Newark,  W.R 

Mrs.  S.  Snvder 

Passaic,  A.  Bqynton 

Paterson,  W.  Mitchell 

So.   Vineland,   C.   W.   Gardner,  for 

Salary  Fund 

Vineland,  by  T.  A.  Gardner 

West  Hobokcn,  A.  Smith 

Woodbridge,  First,  by  D.  S.  Voorhecs. 


Brooklyn.  Plymouth,  by  H.  Porter...  371  la 

Lewis  Avenue,  by  A.  Morris 96  2a 

Bequest  of  Miss  E.  Taylor,  by  M. 

A.  Davis a25  00 

M.  L.  Roberts  and  daiurbter 5a  00 

Little  Morrises  Birthday  gifts.  In 

Memoriam a  00 

Rev.  W.  W.  Fessenden i  00 

Mrs.  S.  R.  Hubbard i  c» 

G.  Clark i  00 

A  Friend 6  00 

Castile,  M.  M.  Van  Arsdale,  by  G.  A. 

Davis 5  00 

Chazy,  Rev.  A.  C.  Dill 5  00 

Clifton  Springs,  F.  W.  Spauldinf^ lo  00 

Crown  Point,  Second,  by  J.  A.  Pen- 
field  25  00 

Danby,  Ch.,  $675;  V.  P.  S.  C.   E., 

♦i.Q3,  by  L.  H.  Hollistcr 8  68 

Elizabcthtown,  A  Friend 5  00 

Flushing.  F.  A.  Janes 5  00 

Glovcrsvillc,  by  D.  H.  Farr 97  00 

Miss  C.  Van  Voast,  through  Rev. 

W.  E.  Park 200 

Hillsdale.  Mrs.  C.  R.  Stevens 2  00 

Homer.  S.  S.,  by  H.  J.  Barber 36  00 

Hopkinton,  by  Rev.  F.  Hassf>Id.  for 

work  in  the  West ac  cx> 

Jordanvillc,  A  Friend 25  00 

Lawrcnccvillc,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  L.  Hul- 

burd 5  00 

Newark  Valley,  by  Mrs.  H.  Winship, 
to  const.   Mrs.  J.  S.    Ellsworth    a 

L.  M 50  cjo 

New  Haven.  C.  S.  Shcpard 100  00 

New  York  City,  A.  Carter 50  rxj 

C.  I.  Fisher,  M.D 10  00 

{.  M .  Hyd'j 5  00 

-..  Sioibcr 10  00 

A  Friend ,  S|>ccial 2  00 

C)wcj;o.  First,  by  K.  E.  Strait 15  00 

Pcekskill,  Miss  A.  W.  Baker 5  00 

Perry  CentCTj  Ch..  $16.72  ;  S.  S.  Rally, 

$7,  by  H.  C.  Butler 23  72 

Piirl  Chester,  Ch.  and  V.  P.  S.  C.  E., 

by  Rev.  K.  Htmfils 14  00 

Richmond  Hill,  by  V.  M.  Cornelius..  16  50 
Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  of  the  Union  Ch.,  by 

MissG.  C.  Reis 8  00 

Rutl.ind.  First,  by  K.  Underwood 6  cx» 

.Sherburne.  C.  S.  Gorton 25  00 

Warsaw,  by  F.  W.  Relyca iq  67 

^Vaterfo^d.  S.  Knickerbocker 10  «> 

Watvnille,  Rev,  T.  Wilson,  a  thank- 

offering ■»  ♦« 

Wccdsport.  Mrs.  E.  A.  Hanrocr ^  o" 

Wolcott,  E.  Perkins ^  w^ 

Yonkcrs,  C.  M.  Russell S  <» 


MARYLAND    $141.05. 

Baltimore,  First,  $35-05 ;  Mrs.  M.  R. 

Hawley.  tioo.  by  G.  L.  Brown 

Frostburg.  by  Rev.  (i .  W.  Moore  .... 


•    7> 


I  00 

a  50 
I  00 

10  00 

300 
10  00 

I  00 

5  00 

ao  00 

xo  00 

7  33 

5  00 

36  00 

PENNSYLVANlA-$a39.64. 

Woman^  Missionary  Union, 
Mrs.  T.  W.  Jones,  Treas. : 

Horatio,  S.  S Sa  09 

Kane 5  00 

7  09 

Allegheny,  S.  M.  Y 5  00 

Braddock,  First,  W.  H.  M.  Soc.,  by 

Rev.  H.  M.  Bowden 555 

Cambridg^boro,  W.  Grassie i  oo 

First,  by  C.  F,  Chamberlain 15  00 

Chandler  s  Valley,  Swedish,  by  Rev. 

C.  J.  Lundquist i  50 

Philadelphia,  Mary  Tryon too  00 

A  Friend 100  00 

Spring  Creek  and  West  Spring  Creek. 

by  Rev.  W.  D.  Ferguson 3  00 

Warren,    Swedish,    by    Rev.    J.    A. 

Dahlgren i  50 


»35  05 
6  00 


DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA--$273.oo. 

Woman's    H.    M.  U.   of   the   N.    J. 
Assoc..     Mrs.    J.    H.      Denison, 
Treas.: 
Washington.  D.  C,  First,  of  which 
$25  for  Salary  Fund 51  00 

Washington,  S.  C.  Warren 2ix>  00 

R.  Dunning,  by  C.  A.  Boardman. . .  15  00 

Mrs.  F.  H.  Montague 5  00 


GEORGIA    $6.00. 

Woman's    H.    M.    Union.    Miss   V. 
Holmes.  Treas.  : 
Amcricus.    Davis   Chapel    Mission 
Band,  by  I.  W.  Rou.se 3  00 

Amcricus,  by  C.  A.  Rouse 3  00 

CV^TYvam^C  Y  .StsvwV *» t» 

SYvuVb^- ,  Vi^  Y..'\  .^\vV«\i^ TP  tfc 


April,  1S95 


The  Home  Missionary 


637 


FLORIDA -$504.94  :  of  which  legacy, 
$213.27. 


Woman's  H.  M.  Union.  Mrs. 
W.  D.  Brown,  Treas.  : 

Interlachen 

Ococe 

Winter  Park 


$5  00 
a  75 


Daytona.  G.  H  Clark 

Femandina.  A  Friend 

Ft.  Meade.  Estate  of  Thomas  jewett, 

in  part,  by  A.  Williams 

Oranffe -City,    First,  by  Mrs.   R.  S. 

Leavitt 

Orlando.  First,  by  Rev.  J.  B.  Morton. 
Tampa.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E..  by  I.  G.  Morey. 
Wamell  and  PanasofFkee,  by  Rev.  J. 

J.  Melton 


TEXAS— $4.50. 

Sherman,  W.  H.  M.  Soc  ,  by  Mrs.  E. 
Heflim 


OKLAHOMA-$io.35. 

Oklahoma  City,  Pilfirrim,  by  Rev.  R. 
H.  Harper 

Pound  Creek,  by  Rev.  W.  C  Mc- 
Cune 

Waukomis,  Hope,  and  Mount  Cal- 
vary, by  Rev.  W.  A.  Taylor 


18  25 

■J  40 
300  00 

213  27 

50  50 

8  40 

15  00 

7  " 


4  50 


7  50 

I  75 
I  00 


Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 

G.  B.  Brown,  Treas. : 

Claridon $5  00 

Columbus,  Plymouth   Y. 

P.  S.  C.   E..  for  Bible 

Readers  School s  00 

Oberlin,  First.  L.  A.  S....       5  00 
Tallmadgre,      for      Bible 

Readers  School 500 

Toledo.  Washington  St , 

T    A  <; 


Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 
G.  B.  Brown,  Treas. : 

Claridon 

Gustavus 

Norwalk.  L.  M.  U.:. 
Springfield 


•  •  •  •  I 


5  00 


$6  00 
5  00 
3  10 

5  50 


Canfield,  by  E.  P.  Tanner 

Cleveland,  Union,  by  Rev.  E.  E.  Sco- 
vill 

C.  F.  Marvin 

T.  Piwonka 

Elyria,  J.  F.  Brooks 

Springineld,  Lagonda  Avenue,  by  Rev. 
R.  Albertson 

Primary  Dept.  of  the  First  S.  S.,  by 

E.  C.  Folger.  Rally 

Tallmadge,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  add'l,  by  J. 

W.Seward 

Wakeman,  S.S.,  by  Rev.  C.  A.  Glea- 

son 

Weymouth  and  Brunswick,  by  Rev. 

F.  D.  Bcntley 


$26  00 


19 

60 

10 

00 

3 

50 

I 

00 

5 

00 

10 

CO 

5 

uo 

5 

95 

88 

10 

00 

50 

TENNESSEE-S14.SO. 

Knoxville,  Pilgrim    Ch.,    by  D.    R. 
Samuel 


OHIO-S288.80. 

Received  by  Rev.  J.  G.  Fra- 
ser,  D.  D.: 

Austinburg,  add'l,  by  M. 
Parker $4  ^5 

Cincinnati,  Vine  Street, 
special,  by  Rev.  N.  For- 
rest       5000 

Cleveland,  Plymouth,  by  S. 

H.  Stilson 66  30 

Irving  Street t2  60 

South  Welsh,  by  Rev.  D. 

Jones,  D.  D lo  00 

Grace,  by  H.  H.  Allan 6  09 

Houtrh  Avenue,  by  E.  L. 

Clarke 1040 

Olivet I  86 

Lakeview.  by  Rev.  A.  B. 
Cristy 7  50 

Fairport,  Rev.  M.  B.  Mor- 
ris         5  00 

Hartford,  by  L.  P.  Bushnell.        5  00 

Oberlin,  Prof.  A.  H.  Cur- 
rier. D.  D 3  00 

Rockport 6  00 

Steubenville,  by  Mrs.  M.  W. 
Campbell 3  40 

Wellington,  W.  L.  Richard. 
"  the  price  of  one  day's 
work     I  67 


Received  by  Rev.  J.  G.  Fr.iser, 
D.   D.,  Treas.,  Bohemian 
Board,  Cleveland. : 
CIcvclajid.  Lin  Ludlow,  by 
Dr.  Schaufflcr |i  00 


14  50 


193  07 


$5  00 

4  50 
X  70 


$5 

00 

4 

25 

2 

00 

I 

50 

5 

40 

8 

00 

35 

(X> 

INDIANA-$93.46. 

Received  by  Rev.  E.  D.  Cut- 
tis,  D.D.: 
Bremen,  Dea.  J.  J.  Wright.. 

Dunkirk 

Liber 


Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 

F.  E.  DcwhuTst,  Treas  : 
Angola.  Jr.  Y.  P.  S  C.  E... 
Cardonia 

S.S.  Rally 

Coal  Bluff 

S.S.  Rally 

Elkhart 

Terre  Haute,  First 


Fort  Wayne,  5>outh  Ch.,  by  Rev.  J. 
Kerr 

Hammond,  First,  by  Rev.  J.  M.  Suth- 
erland   

Washington  and  Cannclburgh,  by 
Rev.  R.  Mackintosh 

Westchester,  P.  Walter 


ILLINOIS— $731.47  ;  of  which  legacies, 
$683.77. 

Buda,  Estate  of  John  T.  Hyde,  by 
Rev.  H.  D.  Wiard 

Chicago,  bv  Rev.  G.  L.  Brakemeycr.. 

J.  Mabbs 

Rev.  F.  Risberg 

Elgin,  H.  F.  Derr 

Gaiesburg,  Legacy  of  Mary  J.  Brown- 
ing, bjr  W.  H.  Browning,  Ex 

Grii^gsville,  W.  Cree 

Rev.T.^.>N\\\«otv.... 

SvcamoTc,  "W.t%.  "^.  '^  vxcA » . 


II  20 


61  15 

8  00 
5  00 

2  II 

5  00 


419  87 

II  Oi» 

10  00 

5  00 
4  90 

263  90 
I  80 


638 


The  Home  Missionary 


April,  1895 


MISSOURI    S184.67 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs. 
K.  L.  Mills,  Treas. : 
Kansas   City,    Olivet   Ch., 

L  A.S $7  50 

St.  Louis,  First 15  <» 

Pilgrim 9>  4Q 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  of  Compton 

Hill  Ch.,  special 5  <» 

Springfield,  Pilffrtni  Ch  . . .  1  00 

8u^  99 
Less  expenses. ...       xo  49 


-     *io9  5c 


Brookfield,  Park  Ch„by  Rev.  L.  War- 
ren   

Eldon,  H.  Phillips 

St.  Louis,  Pilgrim'  Ch 

German  Ch.,  Si^'Sp :  Ritzville,  Ger- 
man Ch.,  357.  by  Rev.  M.  E.  Eversz. 

Springfield.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  of  the  Ger- 
man Ch.,  by  Rev.  J.  F.  Graf 

Windsor,  by  Rev.  G.  H.  Woodhull... 

WISCONSlN-$79.45. 

Received  by  Rev.  T.  G.  Gras- 
sie  : 

Hayward,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E $20  00 

Khinclander.  S.  S 1281 


Amer>',  First,  Rev.  P.  A.  Simpkin.... 

Apollonia.  by  Rev.  G.  T.  Holcombe. 

Hcloit.  Woman's  Miss.  Soc.  of  the 
First,  by  M.  E  Simmons 

Bruce  and  Apollonia,  by  Rev.  D.  L. 
Sanborn 

Cfcar  I^akc,  First,  by  Rev.  J.  E.  Ing- 
ham   

Iron  River,  by  Rev.  H.  J.  McClcm- 
ents 

W^ashburn.  First,  by  Rev.  S.  E.  La- 
throp 

IOWA  -  S8o.<xv 

Muscatine,  Mrs.  E.  Kirby 

Waterloo,  J .  H .  Lcavilt 


MINNESOTA    $338.36. 

Received  by  Rev.  J.  H.  Mor- 
ley  : 

Ada,  S.S ?2  IX 

Alexandria H  to 

Ash  Creek 3  83 

Dexter 4  «"» 

Elk  River.  S.  S 2  «;« 

Elkton -•  50 

Ellsworth   2  47 

Freeborn ('^ 

Frei-dum <  5» 

Knnaranzi ^  S"? 

MapK't«-n s  ««» 

Merritt  ni\v;djik 3  *»<» 

McKinU-y -  "" 

Minncaix')lis.  Park  Avenue.  i  v.t 

St.  ('li)ud.  S.  S «i  7-' 

St.  Paul.  S«»uth  Park 2  v.) 

$Si    17 
Woman's  H.  M.  Uni«»n.  Mrs. 
M.  W.  Skinner,  Treas.  •. 

A}cxam\nn ^  '*"' 

A(U>n,  .^f^^.  K.  M.  HusweW  ^  '.*^ 

/knsnii.  S   S ^  <*^ 

C'iarcniont ^  **" ' 

Diiwmjn T  "" 


2 

oo 

2 

00 

?5 

00 

1950 

3 
23 

00 
67 

32  8x 


I 

00 

3 

64 

>5 

75 

2 

00 

I 

SO 

s 

75 

20 

00 

55  ^•" 
-5  *^ 


Detroit S«o  oo 

Duluth,  Pilgrim 875 

Fergus  Falu 5  «> 

Freeborn 8  50 

Groveland 7  50 

Glyndon 500 

Hasty a  00 

Hutchioson 5  00 

Madison x  07 

Mazcppajr.  Y.  P.  S.  C  E.  2  50 

Minneapolis,  Park  Avenue  43  95 
Plymouth,  to  const.  Mrs. 

G.B.KirkbrideaL.M.  59  83 

Missionary  Union 10  65 

First II  45 

Lora  HoUister 10  00 

Robbinsdale,  Y.    P.   S. 

C.E 3  50 

Owatonna 25  00 

Sleepy  Eye 5  00 

Springfield x  25 

Stillwater a  50 

St.  Paul,  Bethany x  50 

Villard.  S.  S 3  30 

Winona,  First 8  j6 

Worthington.  |x2 ;  Jr.  Y. 

P.  S.  C.  E,  $x.88 13  88 

Waterville : 3  5" 

S282  QQ 

Less  expenses 50  (x> 

$232  99  -  ?248   4^' 

Brainerd.  Second,  %2  ;  Parker.  $2.25  ; 

Randall,  $2,  by  Rev.  G.  F.  Morton  6  25 

Burtrum  and  Grey  Eagle,  by  Rev.  E. 

N.  Ruddock 7  «j 

Duliith.  A  Friend 5  «^* 

Faribault,  J.  L.  Noyes s  ^^ 

Lake  Benton  and  Tyler,  by  Rev.  G. 

S.  Evans ^00 

Mankato  and  KasoU,  by  Rev.  C.  E. 

Ryberg 5  »> 

Minneapolis,  Park  Avenue,  by  O.  B. 

King >o  5!^ 

"  Rodelmer  " a  00 

Spencer  Bnx)k,  Swedish  Ch.,  by  Rev. 

A.  P.  Engstn)m 1  75 

Upsala.  Swedish,  by  Rev.  A.  G.  Pat- 
terson    :  66 

By  A.  J .  Pctterson 2  57 

Winona,  Jr.  Y.  P.   S.  C.  E.  of   the 

Second,  by  Miss  C.  M.  Croiier i  oci 


KANSAS- $345  35- 

Received      by     Rev-    J.     G. 

Dougherty,  Treas.  : 

Alma $70^ 

Barker's 1  20 

Carbondale,  S.  S.,  Har\-est 

Festival 5  00 

Downs 4  a6 

Dry  Creek 610 

Eureka 9  3'> 

Goodland,   S.   S.,  Birthday 

B.  .j.cs 3  97 

Haven n  50 

HillCily 3«> 

Kensinuion,  S.  S 2  20 

Mt.  Union 1  4«> 

.Sovery 7  9^ 

WcUinjilon 25  ^5 

M iss  A.  y\.  Bigelow 7  25 


\V\a\    vvtvd    Mt. 


Ayer.    by    Rev.    N. 


vJ  c\s\\  0\  A^^  v: .  ^ .  >^\\\\asKfc 


94  38 


8  75 


April,  1895 


The  Home  Missionary 


639 


Garden  Citv,  First,  by  Rev.  L.  Hull. 

Kansas,  colu..  by  Rev.  S.  D.  Storrs.. 

Kansas  City,  Bethel  Ch.,  by  Rev.  F. 

G.  Mitchell 

PilRrim,  by  Rev.  H.  D.  Herr 

Overbrook,  $10.25  ;  Ridireway,  $7. 53, 

by  E.J.  Hilkcy 

-Parsons.  $10.65  ;  Great  Bend,  $18.40, 

by  Rev.  W.  C.  Veazie 

To|)eka,  First,  bv  H.  C.  Bowman 

First,  in  part,  Sy  H.  C  Bowman . . . 
White  City,  by  Rev.  R.  F.  Markham. 


NEBRASKA-$i44.77- 

Received     by     J.    W.     Bell, 
Treas. : 

Fairfield ^ $4  15 

Geneva,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 10  00 

Omaha,  St.  Mary's  Avenue.  50  00 

Wisner 25  00 

Alma  and  Naponee,  by  Rev.  A.  E. 

Ricker 

Beatrice,  Mrs.  B.  F.  Hotchkiss 

Crawford,  by  A.  C.  Bowdish 

Rev.  J.  Jeffries,  $1  ;   Mrs.  Jeffries. 

$1 

Curtis,  by  Rev.  C.  W.  Preston 

Hallam,  by  Rev.  J.  Morach 

Strang.    Sbicklcy,  and    Kruning,  by 
Rev.  G.  J.  Battey 


NORTH    DAKOTA-$73.63. 

Received  by  Rev.  H.  C.  Sim- 
mons : 

Cayuf^a $1  90 

May ville 35  03 

Portland lo  00 

Valley  City,  Y.  P.  S.  C  E. .  10  00 

$46  93 
Woman's     H.     M.    Union, 
Mrs.     J.     M.      Fisher, 
Treas.  : 

Caledonia $5  70 

Lisbon,  Pioneer  Ch i  00 


Dwight  and  Grafton,  by  Rev.  D.  T. 

Jenkins 

Fargo,  Swedish,  by  Rev.  L.  J.  Peder- 

son 

New  Rockford,  by  Rev.  N.  W.  Hanke- 
mcyer 

SOUTH   DAKOTA    $17437. 

Received     by     Rev.    W.    H. 
Thrall  : 

Friends $100  00 

Garrctsr)n 3  00 

Lula  Patterson 2  00 


Alcx.indria    .ind    Bard,    by    Rev.    J. 

Rowe 

Bn-ant,  by  Rrv.  I.  R.   Prior 

Ca'nova.  by  Miss  R.  K   Henry 

Eureka,  Rev.  H.  Hctzlcr    

Fricdens,   $1  :    Jakobs.   $10 :    Mound 

City  Mission.  $3  :  Jakob  Gross.  $5. 

by  Rev.  H.  Vojjier  

Hcrmosa  and  RiHrkcrville.  by  Rev.  J. 

A .  Becker 

Hoflfnun>;sbcr>:,     $2  :      Frcidcnsfclil, 

St.i^.    German    Chs.,    by    Rev.    J. 

Battler 


$3 

2 

00 
00 

20 

00 

5 

00 

17 

78 

29  05 

25  00 
8s  00 
29  19 

89  IS 


7  ao 
10  00 

4  02 
2   00 

8  76 
14  30 

9  34 


$6  70-     53  <^3 


10  00 
5  00 
5  00 


10s  00 


9 

25 

a 

00 

4 

00 

2 

50 

»9 

00 

7 

O) 

Pierre,  Rev.  W.  A.  Lyman $5  00 

Redfield,  S.  S.,  by  L.  W.  Black 2  77 

Revillo.  by  Rev.  C.  F.  Dc  Groff 2  00 

Rosebud,  Helen  and  Ruth  Cross,  by 

Rev.  W.  H.  Thrall 1  05 

Springfield,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  40  cts.  : 

Children's  Mission  Band  of  Coral 

Workers,  75  cts..  of  which  25  cts. 

earnings  of  a  little  girl,  by  Mrs.  H. 

M.  Seccombe 1  15 

Webster,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  $3.50 ;  Wau 

bay,  $7,  by  Rev.  C.  Partons xo  50 

COLORADO-$i6i.i4. 

Colorado  Springs,  by    Rev.    M.    D. 

Ormes 700 

Denver,  First,  by  A.  W.  Gillette. .     .  63  33 

People's  Tab.,  by  Rev.  T.  A.  Uzrell.  15  00 

Elyria,  Pilgrim,  by  Rev.  C.  B.  Wells.  10  00 

Greeley,  Park  Ch.,by  C.  B.  Mayhew.  21  21 

Lafayette,  by  Rev.  1.  F.  Smith 4  00 

Lyons,  by  Rev.  H.  Harris 7  25 

Otis  and  Hyde,  by  Rev.  G.  Dungan. .  2  00 

Pueblo,  Pilgrim,  by  Rev.  G.  H.  Perry.  15  18 

Woman's  Auz.  Miss.  Soc.  of  Pilgrim 

Ch.,  by  Mrs.  E.  B.  Coleman i  15 

Telluride,  $10 :  Julesburg,  $5.02,  by 

Rev.  H.  Sanderson 1502 


WYOMING-$5.oo. 
Green  River,  by  Rev.  T.  Thirloway . .  5  00 


MONTANA-$n.5o. 

Woman's  H.  M.  Union,  Mrs.  H.   E. 
Jones,  Treas.: 
Billings.  King's  Daughters 

Billings,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  Rally,  by  Mrs. 

D.  E.  Jones 

Horse  Plains,  by  Rev.  W.  S.  Boll 


5  00 


5  00 


3  »5 


UTAH-$29  2o. 
Park  City,  First,  by  (i .  D.  Gregor. ...  29  20 


CALIFORNIA    $140.25 

Received  by  Rev.  J.  T.  Ford  : 

Highlands $810 

Redlands 80  ^5 

Westminster i  80 

90  25 

Alpine  and  Flinn  Valley,  by  Rev.  J. 

A.  Rogers 10  00 

Antioch,  by  Rev.  J.  W.  Brier 3  50 

Compton,  by  Rev.  J.  H.  Harwood 2  50 

Lincoln,  by  Rev.  E.  I).  Hale 5  00 

Los  An^relcs,  Plymouth,  by  Rev.  C.  S. 

Vailc,  in   full,  to  const.  Rev.  C.  S. 

Vailc  a  L.  M 5  cxi 

Sunol  Glen,  by  Rev.  J.  H.  Strung....  24  00 

OREGON-$4i.73. 

Woman's  H.  M.  l.^nion.  Mrs. 

W.  D.  Palmer.  Treas $10  00 

Wilson  ville.    of    which    J7 
from  the  Silver  Circle 10  00 

■  20  00 

Eugene.  First,  by  Rev.  H.  F.  (iiir. ...  7  00 

Portland.  First,  ny  I.  A.  Macrum g  73 

\o\xu^ ^^^^ 


640 


The  Home  Missionary 


April,  1S95 


WASHINGTON-$ii9.i5, 

Received  by  Rev.  A.  J.  Bailey  : 

Anacortes $1  00 

Duneeness 1  00 

Fox  Island 1  00 

Franklin i  00 

Holly 1  00 

Loon  Lake 1  00 

Lyle 1  00 

Marietta 1  00 

Mt.  Pleasant 100 

Paradise  Valley 1  00 

Port  Townscnd i  00 

Ritzville.  German i  00 

Skokoroish i  00 

Snohomish 100 

Sprague,  S.  S.  Rally  "  '5 

Tacoma.  Atkinson i  00 

Scandinavian .  .   i  cio 

Swedish i  00 

Wenstcher .  .  i  00 


$2Q  15 


Blaine,  by  Rev.  C  T.  Whittlesey $13  50 

Chewelan  and  Sprin£dale,  by  Rev.  D. 

F.Taylor 250 

Dayton,  First,  by  Rev.  F.  B.  Downs.  8  00 
Genesee,  Ch.,  $7.3^ :  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E., 

$3.75 :  Idaho  and  Uniontown,  $3.65, 

by  Rev.  W.  C.  Fowler la  75 

Medical  Lake,  $i2.3« ;  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E., 

$5,  by  Rev.  J.  D.  Jones 1735 

New  Whatcom,  Rev.  J.  W.  Savaipe. . .  15  00 

Sprague,  by  Rev.  M.  Baskerville 15  00 

JAPAN-S10.00. 

Japan xo  00 

UNKNOWN- $3.00. 

Unknown,  Miss  Campfield 3  00 

J.  B.Kelly 1  00 

Home  Missionary M9 '5 

$29,035  36 


Donations  of  Clothings  etc. 


Brooklyn.  N.  Y.,  Plymouth  Ch.,  by  Mrs. 
F.  A.  Van  Iderstinc,  two  barrels. 

Cleveland,  O  .  L.  H.  M.  S.  of  Euclid 
Ave.  Ch.,  by  Mrs.  J.  W.  Moore, 
packac^e 

Cornwall  Hollow,  Conn.,  by  Katharine 
M.  Sc'dewick,  barrel. 

Dover,  Me.,  L.  M.  S.  of  Dover  and  Fo.x- 
croft  Ch..  by  Mrs.  M.  W.  Hall,  bo.x 
and  l>arrel 

Elgin.  Ill  ,  L.  M.  S.  of  First  Ch.,  by 
Mrs.  A.  F.  Curtis,  box 

Flushing.  L.  I.,  First  Ch..  by  Emily  H. 
Thompson,  two  boxes  and  one  bar- 
rel  

Franccsiown,  N.  H.,  Ladies'  Benev. 
Soc,  by  Mary  Pettec,  barrel 

Hartford,  Conn  ,  L.  H.  M.  S.  of  Center 
Ch.,  by  Mrs.  E.  C.  Curtis,  barrel 

Haverhill,  N.  H.,  First  Ch.  and  Society. 

by  Mrs.  R.  Jenkins,  barrel  and  rash 

Ladies  of  Ch.  and  Society,  by  Mrs.  A. 

M.  R.  Skinner,  box 

Hebron,  N.  H..  Homeland  Circle  of 
Hebron  and  Groton,  connected  with 
Union  Ch.,  barrel 

Jamestown.  N.  Y.,  L.  H.  M.  U.  of  First 
Ch.,  by  Mr<.  C;.  \V.  Gitford 

Kansas  City.  Mo..  L.  H.  M.  S.  of  First 
Ch.,  by  Mrs.  A.  S  Kimbcrly.  two  bar- 
rels and  carpet 

Lcdyard.  Conn.,  by  Mrs.  Anna  Gallup. 
1h)x 

Lorain.  ()..  L.  .M.  S.,  by  Eva  E.  Hills, 
barrel 

Manchester,  N.  H..  ladies'  Rencv.  Sex; 
of  Fr.inklin  St.  Cb..  by  Mrs.  L.  H. 
Daniels,  eipht  barrels 

Meriden,  Conn.,  Ladies'  Bcncv.  Soc.  of 
Center  Ch  ,  by  Mrs.  Fannie  Auger. 

barrel 

I-adies'   Hencv.  .Soc.  of  First  Ch.,  by 
Mrs.  Mary  Curtis,  barrel 

Middlctown  Springs,  Vt.,  Indies'  Miss 
Soc,  by  Rev.  Henry  L.  Bailey,  bar 
rel 

Afonrc/a/r.  N.  J.,  W.  H.  M.  S..  by  Mrs. 
W.  M.  Brown,  four  packages 


$8  55 


35 

00 

140 

00 

300 

00 

50 

00 

37 

20 

30 

17 

80 

21 

.-,} 

4n 

rx> 

00 

55 

50 

6r. 

75 

75 

'X) 

;,6s    10 


53 

^5 

50 

00 

25 

CO 

M^ 

,  00 

New  Haven,  Conn.,  Mrs.  E.  S.  Dana, 
package. 

L^nited  Ch.,  by  Sarah  E.  Champion, 
box $92  94 

Ladies*  Aid  Soc.  of  Humphrey  St.  Ch., 
by  Miss  Sarah  C.  At  water,  seven 
barrels 235  00 

L.  H.  M.  S.  of  First  Ch.,  by  Mary  E. 

Bennett,  five  boxes 1,053  25 

Newton,  Conn.,  by  Mrs.  Eloise  Barker, 

barrel 532* 

New   York    City,   Hospital    Book   and 

Newspaper  Soc.,  pacicage. 
Omaha.  Neb.,  Ladies  and  Friends  of  Y. 

P.  S.  C.  E.  of  St.  Mary's  Ave.  Ch., 

boxes  and  supplies 63S  0^ 

Pawtucket,  R.  I.,  by  Mrs.  L.  B.  Goff, 

box.... 15000 

Pierpont,  N.  H.,  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  VV.  A. 

C.  Converse,  barrel. 
Plainville,  Conn..  Ladies'  Benev.  Soc., 

by  Mrs.  C.  E.  Blakeslee,  barrel  (and 

cash  $20) 42  i> 

Portsmouth,  N.  H..  H.  M.  S.  of  North 

Ch..  by  Mrs.  L  H.  Upton,  barrel 100  011 

Ridgway.  Pa.,  by  Mrs.  B.  Bevier,  eight 
barrels. 

W.  C.  T.  U..  by  Mrs.  L.  H.  Ravens- 
croft,  eight  barrels 350  00 

Salisbury.  Conn.,  Ladies'  Aid  Soc.,  by 

H.  W.  A.  Goddard,  box  and  barrel. ..  35  00 
Southport,  Conn.,  by  Antoinette  Sher- 
wood, box  and  barrel 55  00 

Stratford.  Conn..  Ladies'  Sew.  Soc.,  by 

Mrs.  K.  W.  Bunnell,  box  and  barrel. .        149  00 
St.  Louis.  Mo.,  H.  M.  S.  of  Central  Ch., 

by  Miss  E.  Mullen,  one  box  and  three 

barrels 176  ;c 

Taunton.    Mass.,    Miss    L.    E.  Deane, 

barrel. 
Terre  Haute.  Ind.,  First  Ch.,  by  Thiraa 

B.  Wern.stein,  two  barrels 114  50 

Terryville.   Conn.,   by  A.   S.    Gaylord, 

two  barrels  43  00 

Washington.  D.  C,  Mrs.  Emily  S.  Cook, 

package. 
Wilton.  Conn.,   L.  H.  M.  S.,  by   Mrs. 

Y.«\v5;x.T^  0\xcv%\t^«\i^\xtl 73  95 


April,  1895 


The  Home  Missionary 


641 


Donations  of  Clothing,  etc,^  received  and  reported  at  the  rooms  of  the  WomanU  Home 
Missionary  Association  in  February^  1895.     Mrs.  Louise  A.  Kellogg,  Secretary 


Aubumdale,  Ladies'  Aux.,  by  Mrs.  H.  A. 
Hazen,  barrel $85  00 

Remardston,  Goodale  Memorial  Ch., 
Ladies*  Soc.,  by  Mrs.  L  N.  Dewey, 
barrel 51  51 

a-jston.  Old  South.  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  W. 

B.  Garritt,  barrel 167  00 

Box  of  books 80  00 

Two  barrels 7500 

Chautauqua,  N.  Y.,  Friends,  box 35  00 

Dorchester,    Second    Ch.,    Ladies,   by 

Mrs.  L.  H.  Foster,  barrel 134  24 

Cash  $46,  and  barrel '59  94 

Jamaica  Plain,  Central  Ch.,  Ladies* 
Aux.,  by  Mrs.  Nathaniel  Green,  bar- 
rel         105  00 

Nashua,  N.  H.,  Ladies*  B.  and  S.  Circle, 
by  Miss  M.  L.  Andrews,  barrel 64  19 

Newburyportf  Whiteiicld  Ch.,  Ladies, 
by  Mrs.  J.  H.  Reid,  barrel 9^  95 

North  Brookfield,  A  Friend,  cash  $5, 
and  barrel  5  00 

Palmer,  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  W.  H.  Hitch- 
cock, barrel 76  33 


Peppcrell,  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  Carrie  P. 
Smith,  two  barrels $98  48 

Providence,  R.  L,  Beneficent  Ch.,  Mis- 
sion Band,  by  Mrs.  S.  E.  Slade,  two 

barrels 158  00 

Central  Ch.,  Ladies,  by  Mrs.  Harriet 
E.  Stockwell,  two  boxes 34448 

Roxbury,  Immanuel  Ch.,  Ladies*  Aux., 
by  Mrs.  C.  A.  Martyn,  cash  and  bar- 
rels         a8a  56 

Salem,  Tabernacle  Ch.,  Ladies,  by  Mrs. 
Choate ao6  00 

Spnnfifield,  South  Ch.,  Ladies*  H.  M. 
S.,  by  Miss  Harriet  L.  Lathrop,  three 
barrels 440  50 

Taunton,  Trinity  Ch..  Ladies'  H.  M.  S., 
by  Mrs.  Louisa  L.  Rhodes,  box 94  77 

West  Newbury,  First  Ch.,  Ladies*  Aux., 
by  Miss  Annie  L.  Rofi^ers,  box  and 
barrel lao  00 

West  Somenrille.  Ladies*  Sewing^  Soc., 
by  Mrs.  W.  C.  Stickel,  barrel 33  75 

$3,998  70 


AUXILIARY    STATE    RECEIPTS 

VERMONT   DOMESTIC   MISSIONARY  SOCIETY 

Receipts  of  the  Vermont  Domestic  Missionary  Society  from  December  20,  1894,  to  Feb- 
ruary 20,  1895.     Wm.  C.   Tyler,   Treasurer 

From  December  20,  1894,  to  January  20,  1895 


Arlington,  East 

Ascutnevville,  Mrs.  Newton  Gage. 

Bellows  Falls.  First 

Benninf^on,  Second 

T^crkshire,  East 

Burlington,  College  Street 

A  Member  of  First  Ch 

Rurkc 

Brattleboro,  Mrs.  Mary  L.  Hadley. 

West 

ForC.  H.M.  S 

Mrs.  Elvira  Stcdman 

Chelsea 

Chester,  S.  S 

Coventry 

Craf tsbury.  North     

Franklin 

Granby,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 

Guildhall,  for  Women  Evangelists 

Hartford 

Hyde  Park,  Ch.  and  S.  S 

ionnson 
f ontpelier,  Bethany , 

Olcott,  S.  S  ,  Infant  Department.. 

Pawlet,  West 

Richmond,  Church 

Friends 

Royaltoo,  South,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E. 
Rutland 


«•••■• 


$7  00 

5  00 

»5  41 
74  00 
10  00 
14a  61 
10  00 
12  00 
35  00 
20  70 
27  00 
25  00 
40  71 

12  62 
10  00 

6  00 
IX  04 

2  50 
655 

4  15 
25  00 

3  50 
39  67 

4  75 
2  00 

x6  00 

15  00 

5  00 

50  00 


$97  50 


no 

15 

ao 

00 

7 
10 

or» 
80 

27 

00 

50 
5 

00 
38 

5 

00 

5 

00 

44 
6i 

55 
00 

St.  Johnsbury,  North 

ForC.  H.M.  S    

Thetford,  *'  Friend  of  Home  Missions  " 

Waterbury,  forC.  H.  M.  S 

Wells  River 

Williston,  "  Thank  Oflfering." 

Miss  Cynthia  Douglas,  forC.  H.  M.S. 

A  Friend 

Japan 

C.  C.  Torrey 

Vermont  Missionary 

Income  from  Invested  Funds 


'  Si,o8o  59 

Woman *s  Home  Missionary  Union  : 

Dorset.  W.  H.  M.  S $1900 

St.  Johnsbury,  South  Ch.,  W. 

H.  M.  S 5000 

Waterbury,  W.  H.  M.  S 8  00 

Woodstock,  W.  H.  M.  S 3000 

Berlin.  W.  H.  M.  S.  for  C.  H. 

M.S 

Georgia,  W.  H.  M.  S.  for  C. 

H.  M.  S 5  00 

Milton.  W.  H.  M.  S.  forC.  H. 

M.S %  «i 

RulUtxA,  VJ .  W.  U.  S.  Vox  ^. 

H.IA.S ^«^ 


4  00 


( 


642                           The  Home  Missionary  April,  1895 

St.  Albans,  W.  H.  M.  S.  for  Wells  River,  W.  H.  M.  S $6  as 

C.  H.  M.  S $2500  South  Dujcbuiy,  Ch 3  35 

St.     Johnsbury.   North    Ch.,  $304  4» 

W.  H.  M.  S.  for  Mr.  Cam-  

field 2500  $1.38501 

North,  for  Miss  Reitin^r. .      25  00  Received  for  East  Dorset  Paraonafi^e  : 

S.  S.  Class,  for  Miss  Reit-  Bennington.  Second $50  00 

ingcr 78a  North  Ch.  and  S.  S as  00 

South,  W.  H.  M.  S CO  00  

Watcrbury,  VV.  H.  M.  S 8  00  $75  «> 


From  January  20  to  February  20,  1895 


Barnct,  S.  S.,  for  W.  H.  M.  S 

Benson 

Cabot 

Cambridge,  Second 

Charlotte 

Craftsbury,  North 

Dorset 

Essex  Junction,  S.  S 

Hardwick,  Mrs.  E.  F.  Strickland 

For  Indian  Work 

Hartford,  Second  Ch.  and  Soc 

Jamaica 

Marlboro,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 

Middlcbury .  A.  C.  Hooker 

Newport,  First 

Supply 

Northficld 

Rochester 

St     Johnsbury.    North,     Mrs.    Horace 

Fairbanks,  for  Women  Evangelists.. 

Shorcham,  a  Friend 

Watcrbury 

W.itervillc 

Worccstrr.  Mrs.  S.  S.  Hobart,  to  const. 

Rev.  E.  ().  GrisbrtK)k  a  L.  M.  of  C.  H. 

M.S 

Japan 


$4  83 

6 

00 

5 

51 

16 

52 

11 

00 

6 

SO 

I 

57 

10 

07 

5 

00 

5 

00 

9  51 

13 

50 

3 

00 

I 

00 

IQ 

00 

15 

00 

12 

23 

10 

86 

75 

00 

10 

00 

18  08 

10 

00 

50 

00 

5 

00 

Vermont  Missionary $51  25 

Income  from  Invested  Funds 127  50 


Woman ^s  Home  Missionary  Union  : 
Brattleboro,Wcst,W.  H.  M.  S.    $16  6s 

Burlington,  First as  00 

Bamet,  Y.  P.  S.  C,  E.,  for  Miss 

Reitinger 3  00 

Brattleboro,^  West,  W.  H.  M. 

S.,  for  C.  H.  M.  S 45  00 

Mrs.  M.  A.  Bigelow,  for  C. 

Mrs.  Herrick,  for  C.  H.  M. 

Y.  P.  S. 'ckV/for  Miss 
Reitinger 9  00 

Charleston,  West^  Y.  P.  S.  C. 
E.,  for  Miss  Reitinger 1  03 

Rutland,  S.  S.,  for  Miss  Reit- 
inger   2500 

Stowe,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  for  Miss 
Reitinger 480 

Troy.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  for  Miss 
Reitinger 3  20 


•502  Q3 


138  68 
$641  61 


MASSACHUSETTS    HOME    MISSIONARY  SOCIETY 

Ri'ceif'ts  of  the  .\fassachusflts  Home  Missionary  Society  in  February,    1895. 

Ri:v.  KnwiN   B.  I'almer,    l^ea surer 


Amherst.  Fearing,   Mrs.   H.  D.,  for  C!. 

H    M.  S,  Relict 

Andover.    Hallardvale.  Y.   P.  S.  C.  E., 

by  I.i/zie  M.  Rowland 

Arlmj^lon,  K.  C.  for  Utah  Mission 
Aslihurnham.  F'rst.  by  M.  M.  Slowc... 

Hank  Balances,  Interest  en     

Harnstable,  C'entcrville,  by  Rev.  W.  R. 

joyslin 

Ik'dlord.  First,  by  Rev.  Kdwin  Smith.. 
Hcltnont.  Waverley.  L.  H.  M.  Soc  .  by 

Mrs  (i    P.  (iilman 

IJeverly,    Washin^^'ton    St.,    by    Samuel 

Abbott 

Billerica.  North,  (iould.  Mrs.  K.  R..  for 

C.  H.  .M.  S.  Relief 

Boston.  .A  Friend  .    .    

Allston.  S   S.,  by  James  H.  Ball 

Benetiict.  Mrs.  F.  W..  for  C  H.  M.  S., 
Relief    

Boylston.  by  (i.  K.  S.  Kinney 

Dorcbester,  A.  M.  B 

Harvard,  by  F.  L  Glcason   

"F.  R.  A." 

Roxbury.  Eliot,  C.   F.  Day,  oficrmp 

by  Mrs.  H.  G.  Wcllinijlon 

Hifrbl.itul,  by  John  W.  HaW.  for  \Uv\ 
ian  *vork 


$5 


<x> 


5 

00 

20 

26 

02 

17 

04 

15 

00 

9 

51 

6 

25 

88 

84 

10 

00 

.'O 

00 

0 

73 

10 

OT 

41 

45 

I 

00 

0 

50 

10 

00 

\\   o^ 

Ai  ^S 

Thayer,  F.  G.,  for  Salary  Fund $25  00 

Thayer,  M.  E..  for  Salary  Fund 25  00 

Union.  .\  Member,  bv  Mrs.  S.  D.  Lane, 

for  Armenian  Work '.^5  00 

A  Member,  by  W.  H.  White 50  00 

X 5  00 

Brockton,  Campcllo,  South,  Y.  P.  S.  C. 

E..  by  Lewis  Pearson : . .  8  00 

Brook  field  by  J.  M.  Grover.  TaftThank- 

oflfering 20  00 

Brookline,  Adams,  G.  E.,  for  C.  H.  M. 

S,  Relief 5000 

Harvard.  A  Member,  by  J.  H.  Shap- 

leiyh,  C.  H.  M.  S.,  Relief 5000 

Cambridge,  North  Ave.,  by  Edwin  F. 

Fobes 15  00 

Prospect  St.  tof  wh.  $128.76  for  C.  H. 

MS.) 14002 

Cambridgeport,  A  Friend,  for  C.  H.  M. 

S,  Relief  200 

Pilgrim,  W.  H.  M.  Soc.,  by  Mrs.  Geo. 
H.  Rugp,  special,  for  Mrs.  Chas. 
H.  Burroughs.   Belle  Fourche,  So. 

Dak 10  00 

Ca.T\'CT."^m\V\.b\-  Rev.  N.  Lincoln.  Tafi 

T\\to^V  o^cTNwvk 10  00 

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643 


Chelsea,  Dutch.  Miss  Ann  M 

Frost,  Rufus  S.,  Est.  of,  to  const,  trust 
fund  for  benefit  of  Highland  St. 
Chape]  in  Chelsea,  by  H.  G.  Nichols, 

Ex 

Clinton,  V.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  G.  S.  Strout, 

for  Nebraska  sufferers     

Danvers,  Howe,  Mrs.  H.  R.,  and  daugh- 
ters Ida  and  Marfi^aret 

Dcdham.  First,  by  Geo.  W.  Humphrey 
(of  wh.  $4.43  con.  coll.),  for  C.  H. 

M.  S 

S.  S  .  by  Sarah  K.  Burgess 

I  'unstable,  by  Wm .  P.  Proctor 

Easthampton,  First.  L.  B.  Soc  ,  by  Miss 
H   E.  Chapman,  for  German  work. . . 

Everett,  A  Friend 

Falmouth,  First,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E..  anniver- 
sary offering,  by  Miss  A.  P.  Jones,  for 

Fitchburg!  Whitticr,  D.  B.,  for  C.H.  M. 

S  ,  Relief 

Foxboro.  Ladies'  Sewing  Circle,  by  Mrs. 

B.  F.  Boyden 

Framingham,  South,  Grace,  S.  S  ,  Pri- 
mary Department,  by  Mrs.   F.  G. 

Stearns  

Puddefoot,  Rev.  W.  G..  special,  for 

Rocky  Mt.  Reading  Room 

For  Oklahoma,  support  of  Miss  Mof- 

fatt 

Gloucester,  Knight,  for  C.  H.  M.  S.,  Re- 
lief   

Ladies'  H.  M.  Soc.,  A  Friend 

Greenwich  Village.  Haskell.  Mrs.  P.  T. 
Hadley,  First,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  J.  N. 

Pierce 

North.  Second,    by  J.  W.  Clark,  to 
const.  William  H.  Wilson  a  L.  M. . . 
Hampden  Benevolent  Association,  by 
Geo.  R.  Bond,  Treas.: 

A  Friend $10  00 

Agawam,  S.  S  15  00 

Chicopee,  Second 5  00 

Third 3  49 

Holyoke.  Second 138  42 

Palmer,  First 5  70 

Second 70  00 

Springfield.  First  (of  wh.  $30 

special  coll.) 94  53 

South 100  00 

Wcstficld,  First 295  09 

Second 106  36 

Wilbraham,    North,     Grace, 

Union J^  99 


JTardwick,  Calvinistic,  by  Rev.  Harlan 
Page *. 

Gilbcrtville.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E..  by  W.  J. 

Irwin,  for  C.  H.  M.  S 

Haverhill,  A  Friend,  for  C.  H.  M.  S  , 
Relief 

Fourth,  by  Rev.  Geo.  L.  Glcason..   . 
Haverhill,  Riverside,  by  Rev.  Geo.  L. 

Gleason 

Hawlev.  First,  by  T.  T.  Clark 

I.  O..  for  needy  Home  Missionary  .   . , 
Ipswich.  First,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E  .  by  W.  L. 

Augur 

Kingston,   Mayflower,   by   Mrs.  M.  M. 

Peckham 

Lancaster,  Evan.,  by   L.  Rowcll,  forC. 
H.  M.  S 

S.  S.,  by  Miss  E.  F.  Merrick 

Lawrence,  Bcanland.  John  and  Ellen. . . 

South,  by  J.  Y.  Buzzell 

Lincoln,  Baker,  Sarah  J  ,  Estate  of,  by 

Adams  &  Hlinn.  attys 

Lowell.    First,   by  Jos.  W.  Griffin,  for 

work  among  Jews,  $3.01. 


$5  CO 


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5  47 
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44  73 
8  36 
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7  66 

200 

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Lynn,  First,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Walter 

E.  Russell $2  00 

Lynnfield,  Center,  by  L.  B.  Smith 75 

Marion,  by  Dana  M.  Dustan 17  30 

Ladies*   Sewing   Society,  by  D.  M. 

Dustan 5  00 

Medway,  West,  Third,  by  Geo.  W.  Bul- 

lard 3000 

Middleton,  by  C.  P.  Stiles 3  25 

New  Boston,  by  Rev.  Cbas.  H.  Couch  .  9  00 

Newbury,    First,   men.   con.   coll.,  by 

Edward  Perkins 33  30 

Newburjjport,   Dodge,  John  W.,  for  C. 

H.  M.  5.  Relief 100  00 

Newton,  Eliot,  by  A.  A.  Sweet 100  00 

Highlands,  by  Geo.  May,  of  which  $30 
to  const.  Mrs.  Delia  H.  Warren  a 

L.    M 132    39 

North,  Evan.  Soc.  S.  S  ,  by  William 

Lowry 500 

S.  A.  and  E.  H.,  for  C.  H.  M.  S.,  Re- 
lief         100  00 

Norfolk,  Union,  by  W.  E.  Mann 10  00 

Quincy,  West,  Swedish  Ch.,  by  E.  Lung- 

auist,  for  Nebraska  Sufferers 15  20 

ham,  by  Alfred  Lockwood 3  50 

Princeton,  by  Rev.  Chas.  A.  White 10  48 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  by  Rev.  C.  A.  W 5  74 

Raynham,  First,  by  Joseph  W.  White..  14  85 

Reed,  D wight,  fund,  Income  of 90  00 

Rochester,  North,  by  Mrs.  N.  A.  Ben- 
nett    X  30 

Sharon,  by  D.  W.  Pettec.  to  const.  Miss 

Sara  B.  Chute  a  L.  M 35  ^o 

S.  S.  by  D.  W.  Pettee xo  00 

Shelbume  Falls,  by  L.  M.  Packard 38  90 

Somerville,  Broadway,  by  F.  S.  Holden.         34  35 
Southbridge,  Globe  Village,  Free  Evan- 
gelical, by  WJ.  Keith 4  f6 

South  Hadley,  First,  by  L.  M.  Gaylord, 

L.  M.,  to  be  named 30  00 

Spencer,  First,  by  F.   E.  Dunton,   to 
const.  Rev.  Sherman  W.  Brown  a  L. 

M 263  74 

Springfield,  St.  John's,  by  Rev.  J.  W. 

Tolliver 5  00 

Sterling,  by  Rev.  Geo.  H.  Pratt 20  00 

Walpolc,  a  Friend,  **G" 25  00 

East,  by  Rev.  W.   F.   Bickford,  Taft 

thank  offering 4  00 

Waltham,  Trin.,  by  Daniel  French jo  00 

Weilesley,  by  Geo.  T.  Hall 149  17 

Gillette,  IVfrs.  J.  H i  00 

Wellfleet,  South,  by  W.  Paine 5  00 

Westboro,  Life  Member,  for  C.  H.  M. 

S.,  Relief 1  00 

West  Brookficld,  Bliss,  A.  L ij  07 

Westfield,  First,  for  C.  H.  M.  S.,  Relief.  10  00 

Westhampton,  by  A.  D.  Montague,  w. 
p.  g.  to  const.  Edwin  B.  Bridgman 

aL.  M 2528 

West  Tisbury,  Church  and  Y.  P.  S.  C. 

E.,  by  Ulysses  E.  Mayhew 15  28 

Weymouth  (Heights),  First,  '•  F.  E.  L.," 

forC.  H.  M  S.,  Relief 15  00 

Williamstown,  White  Oaks,  Nickel  in- 
vestments, by  Rev.  Warren  Morse,  in 

part 10  23 

Worcester,  Case,  Mrs.  L.  G.,  for  C.  H. 

M.  S.,  Relief 1  00 

Old  South,  by  Edward  Jerome 38  18 

Wheeler,   S.   E.,  s|>ecial,  for  special 
needs 30  o.-) 

$5,936  10 

HOMK  MtSSIONAKV II    78 


$^^4.7  88 


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MISSIONARY  SOCIETY   OF  CONNECTICUT 

Receipts  of  the  Missionary  Society  of  Connecticut  in  February,  1895.     Wasd  W.  Jacobs, 

Treasurer 


Barkhamsted.  b7  Wallace  Case $1543 

Colchester,    Miss   Esther  Porter,   %s\ 
Mrs.  S.  G.  Willard,  $1 :  Miss  A.  G. 

Wtllard,  $z :  all  for  C.  H.  M.  S 7  «> 

Fairfield,  Greenfield,  by  Oliver  H.  Mee- 
ker   1400 

Glastonbury,  South,  Church  and  Sun- 
day-school, by  H.  D.  Hale 6  56 

Haddam,  First,  by  Rev.  E,  E.  Lewis. . .  13  68 

Hifffjranum.  by  R.  J.  Gladwin 14  00 

Hartford.  First,  by  C.  T.  Welles 169  17 

ForC.  H.  M.  S laa  68 

From  "  Hawes  Fund  " 35  25 

Second,  by  H.  E.  Harrinfrton 300  00 

Glenwood.  by  H.  M.  Smith 560 

Kent,  S.  S..  by  E.  W.  Bull 4  <» 

Killini;ly,  South,  by  Rev.  W.  H.  Beard.  5  00 

Middletown,  First,  by  E.  P.  Augw  ....  34  77 
New  Britain,  First,  '^  A  Friend,^'  for  C. 

H.  M.S 3  00 

New  Haven,  College  Street,  by  Samuel 

Lloyd 18  00 

Norwich,  Park,  Rev.  John  Avery,  per- 
sonal    6  00 


Old  Saybrook,  by  Robert  Chapman,  for 

Somers,  by  H.  L.  James,  $25.66  ;  Y.  P.  S. 

C.  E.,  $1.40 9706 

Somersvule,  by  H.  L.  lames 412 

Southington,  Plamsville,  Mrs.  T.  YWg- 
ffins,  $15 ;  Miss  Hattie  Hig|^ns,  $xo ; 

Cash,  $io;all  for  C.  H.  MTS 4500 

Torrington,  Third,  by  Frank  M.  Wheel- 
er          3030 

Waterbury,  First,  by  F.  B.  Hoadley. ...       xoo  00 

Windham,  by  William  Swift 33  u8 

W.  C.  H.  M.  U.  of  Conn.,  by  Mrs, 
Gecwve  FoUett,  Sec.,  from  **A 
Friend  *  in  Asyham  Hill    Church, 

Hartford 8  00 

From    '* Junior  Auxiliary*'  in  First 
Church,    Hartford,  by  Clara    M. 

Cooley 40  cx> 

Mrs.  George  Bradford,  of  Southbridge, 
Mass 5  00 


$1,08?  87 


MICHIGAN   CONGREGATIONAL  ASSOCIATION 

Receipts  of  the  Michigan  Congregational  Association  in  February^  1895.     Rev.  John  P. 

Sanderson,  Treasurer 


Allegan fss 


S.  C.  E 


Y.  P. 

S.S 

Cannon 

Charlevoix,  S.  S 

Cliebuy(2^an 

Chippewa  Lake 

Columbus 

Cr>'stal  

Custer 

Detroit,  First 

Douglas 

East  Ciilcad 

East  Nelson 

Edmore 

Farwcll 

Fruiiport 

Garden 

Garth 

(laylord 

Grand  Rlanc,  Y.  P.  S. 

Grand  Rapids.  First 

Grand  Rapids.  Smith  Memorial, 
Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 

Grand  Rapids,  East 

Hancock,  S.  S 

Hopkins.  First 

Imlay  City,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E  

Ironton    

Isabella 

Kalamo 

KendnU 

Kindcrhfxtk 

^ing^sburg 


C.  E. 


as 

4  00 
75 

7  50 

5  52 

xo  00 

3  29 

1  50 
5  3a 
3  94 

170  00 

14  50 

2  50 

13    50 

I    00 
36   61 

I    00 

1    50 

34 

31  50 

5  00 

100  ou 

500 

5  00 

a  35 

30  00 

«3  33 
10  cx) 

3  00 
hi 

\  c» 
10  t» 


Lake  Odessa 

Lcroy 

I-^well 

Manistee 

Maple  Rapids 

Milliken 

Muskegon,  Grand  Avenue 

Nahma 

Nunica 

Oakwood 

Onondaga 

Ovid,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 

Picrport.  C.  W.  Perry 

Pleasanton 

Rockford,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 

Romeo 

Sault  Ste.  Marie 

Tipton 

Vcrmonlville,  A  Friend 

Vcstaburg 

Westwood 

Wolverine 

Ypsilanti 

W.  H.   M.  U.,  by  Mrs.  E.  F.  Grabill, 
Treas 


$25 

00 

4 

50 

«3 

00 

34 

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17 

00 

6 

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29 

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4 

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5 

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5 

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5 

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163 

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4  32 

3 

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4 

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«5 

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399 

18 

$«.329 

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ReccipU  of  W.  H.  M.  U.  of  Michiffan, 
in  FetMiiary,  1895,  as  acknowledged 
by  Mrs.  E.  P.  Grabill,  Treas. : 

SENIOR  SOCIKTIKS 

Allegan,  W.  M.  S $11  05 

Ann  Aibuff  W.  H.  M.S 44  ^^ 

Ceresco,  L.  M.  S.,  thank-offering,add*l  19 

Cooper,  L.  H.  M.  S 500 

Covert,  L.  M.  S 4  00 

Detroit.  L.  A.  S.,  Fort  St.  Ch xo  00 

Woman's  Aaso.  First  Ch 9000 

Dorr 1400 

Edmore,  L.  A.  S 50 

Galesburg,W.  H.  M.  S 1500 

Grand  Rapids,  W.  H.  M.  S.,  First  Ch.  20  00 

Greenville,  W,  H.  M.  S 0  20 

Hopkins*  Sta.,  W.  H.  M.  U.,  $1.50 ; 

Church  col.,  $26.40 27  90 

Hudson,  W.  M.  S 5  40 

Mrs.  C.  B.  Stowell 25  00 

Kendall,  W.  H.  M.  S 3  75 

Lansing,  W.  H.  M.  S.,  Plymouth 15  39 

Thank-offering 12  61 

Lawrence,  W.  H.M.S 300 

Lickley's  Comers,  W.  H.  M.  S  5  00 

Merrill,  L.  M.  S 4  00 


Morenci,  iV.  M.  S  $6  55 

North  Adams,  W.  H.  M.  S 17  00 

Olivet,  L.  B.  S 15  00 

Pleasanton,  W.  H.  M.  S 5  00 

St.  Joseph,  L.  M.  S, '5  50 

Somerset.  W.  H .  M.  S 22  19 

South  Haven 10  00 

West  Adrian,  W.  M.  S 700 

Whitaker 3  50 

^5088 

YOUNG  PBOPLR's  WORK 

Allegan,    Juvenile   Y.    P.  S. 

C.K $100 

Ann  Arbor.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E . . . .  25  <x> 

Detroit.  Miss.  Armv.  First  Ch.  5  00 

Greenville,  Juvenile  Miss.Soc.  i  01 
Hopkins*  Sta.,  Helping  Hand 

Miss.Soc 210 

Leland,  S.  S.  on  Rally  Day . . .  2  00 

Rochester,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E 5  00 

St.  Joseph,  S.  S 2  00 

Stanton,  Y.  L.  M.  C 15  00 

Union  City,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E. . . .  7  25 


_65_3« 
$5*6  24 


WOMAN'S     STATE    HOME     MISSIONARY 

ORGANIZATIONS 


OFFICERS 


I.  NEW   HAMPSHIRE 


FEMALE  CENT  INSTITUTION 

Organized  August,  1804 
and 

HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  June,  1890 

President,  Mrs.  Cyrus  Sargeant.  Plymouth. 
Secretary^  Mrs.  John  T.  Perry,  Exeter. 
Treasurer,  Miss  Annie  A.  McFarland,  196  Main 
St.,  Concord. 

a.  MINNESOTA 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  September,  1872 

President,   Miss  Catherine  W.  Nichols,  230  E.  9th 

St.,  St.  Paul. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  A.  P.  Lyon.  17  Florence  Court, 

S.  E.,  Minneapolis. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  M.  W.  Skinner,  Northfield. 


3.  ALABAMA 


WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  March,  1877 

Reorganized  April,  1889 

President.  Mrs.  G.  W.  Andrews,  Talladega. 
Secretary,  Mrs.  J.  S.  Jackson,  Montgomery. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  E.  C.  Silsby,  Talladega. 


4.  MASSACHUSETTS   AND   RHODE 
ISLAND* 

WOMAN'S  HOME    MISSIONARY  ASSOCIA- 
TION 

Organized  February,  1880 

President,  Mrs.  C.  L.  CJoodell,  The  Rochdale. 
Boston  Highlands. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  Louise  A.  Kellogg,  32  Congrega- 
tional House.  Boston. 

Treasurer,  Miss  Annie  C.  Bridgman.  32  Congre-. 
gational  House,  Iloston. 


*  While  the  W.  H.  M.  A.  appears  in  the  above  \»sl  as  a  SlaXfi  VwA^  Vot\^a«aa*Jwx9fc^^*•M^^'^ia!^^ 
Jslsmd,  it  has  certain  aux/Jiaiies  elsewhere. 


646 


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5.  MAINE 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  AUXILIARY 
Ors^ized  June,  1880 

PrcsiJfHi^  Mrs.  Katherine  B.  Lewis,  So.  Berwick. 

Secretary^  Mrs.  Gertrude  H.  Demo,  168  Ham- 
mond St.,  Bangor. 

Treasurer^  Mrs.  Rose  M.  Crosby,  26  Grove  St., 
Bangor. 

6.  MICHIGAN 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 
Orfj^anized  May,  x88i 

yv«/V/iw/,  Mrs.  George  M.  Lane.  179  W.  Alexan- 
drine Ave.,  Detroit. 

Stcrftary^  Mrs.  J.  H.  Hatfield,  ^x  Elm  St.,  Kala- 
mazoo. 

Treasurer^  Mrs.  E.  F.  Grabill,  Greenville. 

7.  KANSAS 
WOMAN'S  HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  October,  x88i 

president,   Mrs.  F.  J.  Storrs,  Topeka. 
Sfcrt'tary^   Mrs.  George  L.  Kpps.  Topeka. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  D.  D.  DcLong.  Arkansas  City. 

8.  OHIO 

WOMAN'S   Iicmp:   missionary   UNION 

Organized  May.  1882 


II.  NORTH   DAKOTA 

WOMAN*S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  November,  1883 

President^  Mrs.  W.  P.  Cleveland,  Caledonia. 
Secretary,  Mrs.  Silas  Daggett.  Harwood. 
Treaturery  Mrs.  J.  M.  Fiuer,  Farso. 

13.  OREGON 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  July,  1884 

President y  Mrs.  F.  Eggrert,  The  Hill,  Portland. 
Secretary y  Mrs.  Geo.  C.  Brownell,  Oregon  City. 
Treasurer y  Mrs.  W.  D.  Palmer,  546  3d  St.,  Port- 
land. 

X3.  WASHINGTON 

Including  Northern  Idaho 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  July,  1884 

Reorganized  June,  1889 

President y  Mrs.  A.  J.  Bailey.  3^3  Blanchard   St., 

Seattle. 
Secretary,  Mrs.  W.  C.  Wheeler,  434  South  K  St  . 

Tacoma. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  J.  W.  George,  6ao  Fourth  Street, 

Seattle. 

14.  SOUTH    DAKOTA 

WOMAN'S  HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 
Organized  Scptcmbor.  1884 


Prtsident,  Mrs.  Sydney  Strong.  Lane  Seminary 

Campus,  Cincmnnti. 
S,\rttar\\    Mrs.  J.   W.   M<M)rc,  836  Hough  .Ave      President y  Mrs.  A.  H.  Rnbbins.  Ashton. 

Cleveland. 
Trctnurer,  Mpj.  (icorgc  B.  Brown,  2116  Warren 
St.,  Toledo, 


Secretary,   Mrs.  W.  H.  Thrall.  Huron. 
Treasurer y'iArs.  F.  M.  Wilcox,  Huron. 


9.  NEW  YORK 

WOM.AN'S   HO.ME    MI.SSIONARV   UNION 
■  Orjuanized  Octol)cr.  1883 

I'tiwiiicnf.   Mrs.  Wm.  Kincaiil,  483  Greene  Ave., 

HnK)klyn. 
Serrt'\ny,   Mr-i.    Win.  SpaKlinir.  511  Orange  St., 

Syracuse. 
Treasupcr,  .Mrs.   J.   J.   Pearsall,   230   Macon    St., 

Brooklyn. 

10.  WISCONSIN 
WOMAN'S   HOME    MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October,  iSa^ 

Prc.u\ftnf-    Mrs.  E.  G.  UixHke,  MaiWsou. 
.Srt A-c'/./rr,    .Mrs.  A.  ()   Wright,  Mai\\i%ot\. 
Trrtisit,','*,  Mrs.  C.  M.  Hlackman.  W^it.cwA\cT. 


15.  CONNECTICUT 

W^OMANS  HOME   MISSIONARY  UNIO.V 

Org.iniicd  January,  188  i 

President,   Miss  Ellen  R.  Camp,  q  Camp  St..  New 

Britain. 
Secretary,   .Mrs.   C.  T.    Millard,    36    Lewis    St  . 

Hart  ford 
Treasurer,  Mrs.   W.   W.   Jacobs,   19  Spring   St., 

Hartford. 


x6.  MISSOURI 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  May,  1885 

President,   Mrs.  Henry  Hopkins,  916  Holmes  St., 
K.'MV'^as  tity. 
Secretary,  '^xs.  ^..  VL.  y\\ys^  -xvej^Ei  Tracy    Ave., 


April,   1895 


The  Home  Missionary 


647 


17.  ILLINOIS 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Orf^anizcd  May,  1885 


34.  VERMONT 

WOMAN'S    HOME  MISSIONARY    UNION 
Orfiranized  June,  i8d8 


/V«/V/c»/,  Mrs.  Isaac  Claflin.  I^mbard.  President,  Mrs.  I.  H.  Babbitt,  West  flrattlcboro 

Secretary^   Mrs.  C.   H.  Taintor,  151  Washington     Secretary,   Mrs.  M.  K.  Paine,  Windsor. 


St.,  Chicago. 
Treasurers  Mrs.  L.  A-  Field,  Wilmette. 


Treasurer, yiv&.   Wm.   P.   Fairbanks.   St.   Johns- 
bury. 


18.  IOWA 

WOMAN'S    HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  June,  1886 

President,   Mrs.  T.  O.  Douiflass,  Grinnell. 
Secretary,   Mrs.   H.  H.  Robbins,  Grinnell. 
Treasurer,  Miss  Belle  L.  Bentlcy.  300  Court  Ave., 
Des  Moines. 

19.  CALIFORNIA 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY 
Organized  October.  1887. 

President,  Mrs.  E.  S.  Williams,  573  12th  St.,  Oak- 
land. 

Secretary,  Mrs.  L.  M.  Howard,  911  Grove  St.. 
Oakland. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  J.  M.  Haven,  1339  Harrison  St., 
Oakland. 

30.  NEBRASKA 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  November,  1887 

President.  Mrs.  J.    T.   Duryea,    2402    Cass    St.. 

Omaha. 
Secretary,    Mrs.  H.  Bross,  2004  Q  St..  Lincoln. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  G.  J.   Powell,  30th  &   Ohio  Sts.. 

Omaha. 

ai.  FLORIDA 

WOMAN'S    HOME    MISSIONARY   UNION 

Organized  February,  1888 

President,   Mrs.  S.  F.  Gale.  J.icksonville. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  Nathan  liarrows.  Winter  Park. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  W.  D.  Brown.  Interlachcn. 


aa.  INDIANA 

WOMAN'S   HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  May,  1888 

President,   Mrs.  E.  C.  Bell,  221    Christian  Ave.. 

Indianapolis. 
.Secretary,   Mrs.  W.  h.  Mossman,  Fort  Wayne. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.   F.  E.    Dewhurst,    28  Christian 

Ave.,  Indianapolis. 

aa.  SOUTHERN  CALIFORNIA 

WOMAN'S  HO.ME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  May,  1888 

President,   Mrs.   W.  J.   Washburn,  510  Downey 

Ave.,  I.,os  Angeles. 
St'cre/ary,  Mrs.  P.  J.  Colcord,  Claremont. 
yWasurer,  Mrs.  Mary  M.  Smith,  Public  Library, 
KivcrBi'dc. 


as.  COLORADO 

WOMAN'S  HOME   MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  October,  1888 

President,  Mrs.  B.  C.  Valentine,  Highlands. 
Secretary.   Mrs.  Charles  Westley,  Box  508.  Denver. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Horace  Sanderson,  17 10  i6tii  Ave., 
Denver. 

a6.  WYOMING 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October,  1888 

Reorganized  December,  \%^yi 

president,   Mrs.  G.  S.  Ricker.  Cheyenne. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  W.  L.  Whipple,  Cheyenne. 
Trciisurer,  Mrs.  H.  N.  Smitn,  Rock  Springs. 

a7.  GEORGIA 

WOMAN'S    HOME    MISSIONARY    UNION 
Organized  November.  x888 

President,  Mrs.  H.  B.  Wey,  253  Forest  Ave.. 
Atl.inta. 

Sfcretarj,  Mrs.  H.  A.  Kellam,  176  Ivy  St..  At- 
lanta. 

Treasurer,  Miss  Virginia  Holmes,  Barncsvillc. 

aS.  MISSISSIPPI 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  April.  i88g 

President,  Mrs.  C.  L.  Harris.  1421  31st  Ave.,  Me- 
ridian. 

Secretary.    Miss  Edith  M.  Hall,  Tougal<K>. 

Treasurer,  Mth.  L.  H.  Turner.  3112  12th  St.,  Me 
ridian. 

ag.  LOUISIANA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  April.  188) 

President,   Miss  Bella  Hume,  comer  (i.nsfj net  and 

Lil)crty  Sts..  New  Orleans. 
Secretary,    .Miss  Matilda  Cabr^re.  New  Orleans. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  C.  S.  Shattuck,  Welsh. 

30.   ARKANSAS,    KENTUCKY,  AND    TEN- 
NESSEE 

WOMAN'S    MISSIONARY   UNION  OF  THE 
CENTRAL  SOUTH   ASSOCIATION 

On?anized  April.  1889 

President,   Mrs.  Ella  S.   M<H>rc.  Bo.x  8.  Fisk  Uni 

versity.  N.xshvillc,  Tcnn. 
Secretary,    Mrs.    Jos     ¥..  Smith,    504  (iilmcr  St.. 

Treasurtr^ViXh.  ^.  ^-.  '^wtXwxek^  vx\vV:,T>\'cv^5s>i^v  . 


648 


The  Home  Missionary 


April.  1895 


31.  NORTH  CAROLINA 

WOMAN*S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organiied  October,  i88q 


Preudenty  Mra.  J.  W.  Freeman,  Dudley. 
Secretary    J 
and        y, 


Secretary    \ 

and       >  Miss  A.  E.  Farrlngtoo,  High  Point. 


3a.  TEXAS 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Oni^anized  March,  1890 

rresitient,  Mrs.  T.  M.  Wendclkin,  Dallas. 
Secretary ^  Mrs.  H.  P.  Burt,  Lock  Box  563.  Dallas. 
7  reasttrgr,  Mrs.  C.   1.   Scofield,    Lock    Box  220, 
Dallas. 

33.  MONTANA 

WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  May,  1890 

Prcsuicni.   Mrs.  O.  C.  Clark,  Missoula. 
Secretary,  Mrs.  W.  S.  Bell,  410  Dearborn  Ave., 

Helena. 
Treasurer^  Mrs.  Herbert  E.  Jones,  Livingston. 

34.  PENNSYLVANIA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  June,  1890 

Prisidi'Ptt,  Mrs.  A.  H.  Clatlin,  274  Manhattan  St., 
Allcjfhcnv. 

Secretary,   Mrs.  CT  F.  Yennie,  Ride^ay. 

Treasurer,  Mi's.  T.  W.  Jones,  511  Woodland  Ter- 
race, Philadelphia. 

35.  OKLAHOMA 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 

Organized  October.  1890 

Presiiient,  Mrs.  J.  H.  Parker.  Kingfisher. 
S.xrctary.   Mrs.  J.  E.  Piatt.  Guthrie. 
Treasurer.  Mrs.  A.  B.  Hammer,  Oklahoma  City. 


37.  UTAH 

Including  Southbrn  Idaho 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Origanlzed  May,  1891 
Reorganized  December,  1893 

President^   Mrs.  Clarence  T.    Brown,  Salt  Lake 

City. 
Secretary,   Mrs.  W.  S.  Hawkes,  135  Sixth  St.,  E., 

Salt  Lake  City. 
Treaturer.  Mrs.  Dana  W.  Bartlett,  Salt  Lake  City. 
For  Idakos  Mrs.  Oscar  Sonnenkalb,  Pocatello. 


38.  INDIAN   TERRITORY 

WOMAN*S  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  April,  1892 

President,    Mrs.  Fayette  Hurd.  ViniU. 
Secretary,    Miss  Louise  Graper,  Vinita. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Raymond,  Vinita. 


39.  NEVADA 


WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY   UNION 
Organized  October,  1892 

President^    Mrs.  L.  J.  Flint,  Reno. 
Secretary,    Miss  Margaret  N.  Magill,  Reno. 
Treasurer,  Miss  Mary  Clow,  Reno. 


40.  NEW  MEXICO 

WOMAN'S  MISSIONARY  UNION 
Organized  November,  1892 

l^esidcnt,   Mrs.  C.  E.  Winslow,  Albuquerc^ur. 
6Vt  retary,  Mrs.  E.  W.  Lewis,  301  So.  Edith  Si 

Albuquerque. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  E.  D.  Bullock,  Albuquenjue. 


36.  NEW  JERSEY 

ISLMTJlMi    DlsTKICT    Oh     CoLlMBIA,    MaKYLAND, 
.\M)    ViKCll.MA 

WOMAN'S  IKniE  MISSIONARY  UNION  OF 
THE  NEW  JERSEY  ASSOCIATION 

Organized  March.  1891 

rrfs/ift'Mf.   Mrs.  AH   Bradford.  Mv»\Uc\au 
,^riri'tary,   Mrs.   W.  O.  Wceden.  V\v«t   N\ov\V 

clair,  ,     ...     . 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  J.  H.  Dcnison,  isoUcWevVUc  Xvc, 

Newark. 


41.  BLACK  HILLS,  SO.  DAKOTA 

BLACK    HILLS   WOMAN'S    MISSIONARY 

UNION 


Organized  October,  1893 


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President,   Mrs.  J.  B.  Gossagc.  Rapid  City,  Black 
UvUs,  South  Dakota. 
Secrftury^  'SV\^  V1tjs\"vs.  •\^h»'cvrx ^  Custet,    Black 

Treasurer  ."W!vK&    Cifasyt    V.^jToaJEy,  V^^V  ^wvciw^- 
,       ire»*  ^\ajeiL^^>a.V»a!(SR.\>7ifta\x. 


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