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THE
HOME MISSIONARY
FOR THE YEAR ENDING
L, l8q*.
Go, . . . Preach the Gospel. — Mark xvi. 15.
How shall they Preach, except they be sent? — Rom. x. 15.
VOL. LXVIII.
NEW YORK :
CONGREGATIONAL HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY,
BIBLE HOUSE, ASTOR PLACE,
1896.
Press of J. J. Little & Co.
Astor Place, New York
INDEX TO THE HOME MISSIONARY
Volume LXVIII
PAGE
Above the Clouds 317
A Bright Spot • 520
A Foreig-n-Home Missionary 624
After Four Years 517
After Many Days 372
After the Children and their Mothers 519
After the Freeze 4S5
A Little Child Shall Lead Them 389
American Home Missionary Society, Forma-
tion of I
Among the Germans . 473
Among the Miners 221
Among the Swedes 15
A New Departure 338
Anniversary Addresses Number 265-299
Annual Meeting, 1895 24
Annual Meeting of Woman's H. M. Unions. . 229
Annual Report of Work by States : Alabama,
141 ; Arizona, 149 ; Arkansas, 143, 144 ;
Black Hills, 161 ; Colorado, i65 ; Con-
necticut, 122 ; District of Columbia, 130 ;
Florida, 131 ; Georgia, 140 ; Idaho, 169 ;
Illinois, 135 ; Indiana, 149 ; Indian Terri-
tory, 144, 146 ; Iowa, 139 ; Kansas, 151 ;
Louisiana, 147; Maine, 114; Maryland,
129; Massachusetts, 118; Michigan, 136;
Minnesota, 157; Missouri, 143,145; Mon-
tana, 167 ; Nebraska, 154 ; Nevada, 171 ;
New Hampshire, 115 ; New Jersey, 129 ;
New Mexico, 149 ; New York, 123 ; New
York, Brooklyn, and Vicinity, 125 ; North
Carolina, 130 ; North Dakota, 159 ; North-
ern California, 171 ; North Wisconsin,
156 ; Ohio, 133 ; Oklahoma, 146 ; Oregon,
175; Pennsylvania, 127; Rhode Island,
121 ; South Dakota, 160 ; Southern Cali-
fornia, 172 ; Tennessee, 130 ; Te.xas, 147 ;
Utah, 168 ; Vermont, 116 ; Virginia, 130 ;
Washington, 177 ; Wisconsin, 138 ; Wyo-
ming 161
An Oklahoma Trip 288
And Yet Another 6iq
A Plucky State 485
Appreciated Blessings 389
A Praying Four^Year-Old 388
A Short Home Missionary Study 626
At the Eleventh Hour 614
Auxiliaries and Missionary Fields 114
Auxiliary Secretaries' Conference 476
Bessie's Questions 426
Big Heart and Small Purse 509
Blessing in Disguise 431
Blessed in Spirit 18
Born Anew at Eighty-five 3S8
Bouton, Dr. Nathaniel i
Box Experience on the Frontier 511
Boys' and Girls' Army in Texas 574
Breaking New Ground 458
Brightening Light in Alabama 528
Busybody (Mrs.), Still Busy '68
Busybody (Mrs.), Her Account Book 558
Cannot have a Prayer-meeting 567
Capital Idea 565
Caring for the Children 429
PAGE
Change for the Better 517
Change of Oversight 574
Cheerful Givers 392
Cheering Message 246
Children Gathered In 16
Chinamen, Armenians, and Greeks in same
Sunday-school 23
Church Building 565
Church in Weaverville, Cal 613
Circumstances Alter Cases 387
Coal Mine Mission 150
Come and See for Yourselves 387
Common Mistake 431
Conclusion of Annual Report 183
Congregational Home Missionary Society :
Sixty-ninth Annual Meeting, 97 ; General
Howard's Opening Address, 97 ; Annual
Sermon, by Dr. Robert G. Hutchins, 97 ;
Roll of Members, 98 ; Committees Ap-
pointed, 98, loi ; Resolutions, 102, 103,
105 ; Addresses from State Auxiliaries,
97 ; Devotional Meetings, 97, 98, 103, 104 ;
Election of Officers, 103 ; of Executive
Committee, 103 ; Meeting of Woman's
Department, 98 ; Business Meeting, 98 ;
Congregational Church Building Society,
103; Congregational Sunday-School and-
Publishing Society, 103 ; Congregational
Education Society, 104 : Addresses from
Superintendents, 105 ; Papers from the
Secretaries, 104, 105 ; Gen. Howard Roll
of Honor, 104 ; Closing Addresses, 105 ;
Sixty-ninth Annual Report, 106 ; Decease
of Dr. William M. Taylor, 106 ; Decease
of Dr. David B. Coe, 107 ; of three Mis-
sionaries, 108 ; Summary of Results, 108 ;
The Treasury, no ; Comparative Results,
no; Our Woman's Department, no;
Our Sunday-schools, in ; Our Publica-
tions, 112 ; Our Family Supplies, 113. —
See " Annual Report of Work by States."
Consecrated Offering 69
Consecrated Quarter 9
Conversation with a Superintendent 608
Correction—" Minute Man " 527
Death of Dr. W. M. Taylor, 106; Dr. D. B.
Coe, 107 ; Rev. C. E. Englund, 108 ; G.
Horst, 108 ; H. C. Hurlbut 108
Decade of Home Missionary Work in Eastern
Washington 57
Decided Gain 390
Discovering a Cave 614
Disheartening Exodus 566
Distribution of Missionaries by States (Ta-
bles) 186, 187
Does it Pay ? 619
Editorials : i, 9, 25, 26, 75, 76, 77, 280, 329, 344,
379, 3921 394, 420, 425, 437, 457,463, 485,486,
509, 527, 528, 530, 531- 560, 574, 575, 613, 627, 628
Education versus Religion 557
Eells, Rev. Cushing 56, 66
1894-1895 210
Elias, John, the Welsh Preacher r8
Evans, Christmas, the Welsh Preacher 18
IV
Index
PAGE
Factors in the Work 58
Families Blessed 17
Father Brighthopes 339
Fellow-Laborers with Paul (verse) 251
First Impressions of Oklahoma 226
Five-Dollar Marriage Fee 336
Five Years among the Swedes 431
Formation of A. H. M. S i
For the Boys 515
For the Inquiring Giver 625
For the Silver Circle 468, 529
Forty-nine Received 17
From Coal Bluff, Ind 474
From Oregon Women 383
From Our Southeastern Outpost 7
From Prayerful Givers, for the Debt 391
From the Idaho W. H. M. U 389
Fruitful Vacation 389
Further Points of the Society's Policy and
Methods 379
Further Qualifications of "The Right Men ". 463
Future of Foreign Departments 367
Gain of Eight, Loss of One 567
General Comparative Results (1826-1896) ic8
Generous Gift from a Lady Missionary in
Turkey 349
German Department 181
Give Equal Honor to Equally Worthy Work-
ers 3:5
Giving from their Growing Crop 301
Giving till They Feel It 472
Glad in his Work 473
Good Mother Necessity 528
Grateful for Last Year— Wants for This 3:19
" Great Truths Simply Told " 528, 628
Growing Work Divided 414
Hampered by Sickness 473
Happy Year 16
Hard Work 472
Hard Work, but it Pays 518
Heavy Affliction 53
Her Father Knew and Helped 425
Home Missions in Illinois 62
Homes Blessed 430
How a Mich. Missionary's Wife Looks at It. 70
How Boys Earned a Dollar 55
How We Get Them 429
How We Made Our Old Church Home New. 321
How We Started a Church 324
Hungry for the Gospel 390
Idaho Again " 242
Idaho in Line 241
Illustrations : Bible House, N. Y.. 5 ; Breaking
New Ground, 459 ; Bird's-eye View of
Manitou, Col., 418 ; Cave of the Winds,
616 : Cheyenne Cafion, Colorado, 415 ;
Christian Sawmill. Deer Park, Wash., 59;
Congregational Church, Canterbury, Ct.,
322 ; Downieville (Cal.) Church, 6 ; Gar-
den of the Gods — Pike's Peak in the Dis-
tance, 319 ; Iron Mountain (Mont.) Board-
ing House, 316 ; Iron Mountain (Mont.)
Concentrator, 314 ; Library of Rogers
Academy, Ark., 525 ; Log jam near Bon-
ner, Mont., 315 ; " Mother Sunshine," 505 ;
Mount of the Holy Cross, 51 ; Old Brick
Church, 3 ; Peters, Dr. Abraham, 4 : Pick-
ett's Cave. 616 : Puddefoot. Rev. W. G.,
457 ; Robbie''s Grave. 606; Robbie's Offer-
ing. 602; Robbie's '" Schurch," 601; Rogers
Academy, Rogers. Ark., 524 ; Sudden Re-
covery from Smallpox, 507 : Summit of
Pike's Peak, 52 ; Swedish Cong. Church,
East Orange, N. J., 572 ; The (old white
horse) Power and the Product, 555 ;
Tower of Babel and Cathedral Spires,
Manitou, Col., 416 ; Typical Log House,
463 ; Typical Sod House, 460 ; View of
Bonner, Mont., 313 ; Weiser Academy,
Idaho, 559 ; Whitman College, Wash 65
PAGE
Immigration Problems 474
Impressive Scene 563
In a New Country 388
Infant Baptisms 519
In for the Sunday-school 432
Ingathering 568
In Prison and Ye Came 475
Iowa's Wild Flowers 432
Items from the Field 15, 3S7, 609
Items from the Field : Alabama, 429, 520, 528,
565 ; Arizona, 612 ; Arkansas, 567 ; Cali-
fornia, 15, 16, 388, 429, 518, 526, 610, 612, 624;
Colorado, 388, 389, 430, 473, 475, 520 ; Flor-
ida, 430, 4S5, 565, 566, 611 ; Georgia, 472,
565, 611 ; Idaho, 389, 429 ; Indiana, 16, 473,
474, 610 ; Indian Territory, 613 ; Iowa,
432 ; Kansas, 17, 389, 430, 519, 568, 612 ;
Massachusetts, 389, 557, 561 ; Michigan,
390, 473 ; Minnesota, 17, 18, 388. 431, 472,
475, 517, 610 ; Missouri, 429. 472, 568 ; Mon-
tana, 432, 474, 566 ; Nebraska, 15, 387, 475,
517, 518, 519. 565, 568, 610; New Mexico,
18; New York, 16, 520; North Dakota, 17,
519 ; Northwest Frontier, 567 ; Ohio, 18,
624 ; Oklahoma, 387, 388, 389, 518, 565, 609,
611, 612 ; Oregon, 17, 431, 472, 528, 567 ;
Pennsylvania, 472, 474, 475, 520, 565, 569;
South Dakota, 16, 17, 390, 432, 475, 566,
611 ; The Northwest, 389, 567 ; The South,
431 ; Washington, 16, 17, 390, 430, 480, 485,
517, 610 ; Wisconsin, 16, 390, 473, 566 ;
Wyoming 387, 527, 6ir
Jerry's Good News 513
Keep America Christian 273
Keep up the Work in Hand ici
Key West— the Spongers '7
Kind Offer to Home Missionaries 528
Lay Cooperation 281
Letters and Articles from Contributors : B.
A., 335 ; A Visitor, 338 ; L. Abbott, D.D.,
285; W. H. Ale.xander, 281; Atherton,
62s ; Rev. A. J. Bailey, 386 : Mrs. A. C.
Barnes, 221, 566 ; C. H. Beale, D.D.,
331 ; Mrs. D. M. B., 55 ; W. S. Bell, 74 ;
Mrs. L. F. Berry, 231 ; Beta, 23 ; W. T.
Blessing, 269 ; Rev. C. T. Brown, 269 ;
T. A. Brunker, 513, 622; Rev. H. Bross,
384 ; Mrs. L. E. Camfield, 209, 243 ; Mrs.
H. S. Caswell, 210; W. Choate, D.D., 361 ;
Cinereus, 619 ; Rev. O. C. Clark, 313; Con-
necticut Missionary's Wife, 425 ; A. Z.
Conrad, 269 ; Mrs. Joseph Cook, 216 ; Rev.
E. P. Crane, 618 ; Rev. A. B. Cristy, 277 ;
R. T. Cross, 10, 49, 317, 374, 414, 477, 521,
614; Rev. E. Curtis, 371 ; J. Edwards. 56;
M. Henrietta Eve, 515 ; C. W. Frazer, 7 ;
E. S. G., 69 ; Mrs. C. L. Goodell, 236 ; J. .
K. Harrison, 6, 329 ; J. Hayes, 53 ; Rev.
A. J. Hetrick, 321 ; H. Hetzler, 336 : Miss
Anna Hodous, 213, 247 ; Gen. O. O. How-
ard, 26s ; R. G. Hutchins, D.D., 484 ; W.
L. Jones, 72 ; T. W. Jones, 18 ; Mrs. J. E.
Joy, 62 ; W. Kincaid, D.D., 433 ; Lady
Friend, 574 ; W. D. Leland, 569 ; R. K.
Mc, 325; W. W. McLean, D.D., 332;
Missionary Evangelist, 324 ; Missionary
Wife, 61 ; W. H. Marble, 509 ; Miss M.
D. Moffatt, 216 ; W. H. Moore, 476 ; Ne-
braska Missionary, 330 ; G. W. Nelson,
619 ; A. P. Nelson, 571 ; Mrs. A. H. Nich-
ols, 67, 339: W. Nutting. D.D.. 291; E.
A. Paddock, 559 ; Mrs. E. A. Paddock,
241 : Anna C. Park, 248 ; J. H. Parker, 54;
H. P., 473 : Mrs. J. J. Pearsall. 229 ; S. B. •
L. Penrose, 63: W. L. Phillips, D.D.,
273 : Geo. May Powell, 343 ; Rev. W. G.
Puddefoot, 288, 458; Rev. G. S. Ricker,
372 : A. A. Robertson, 481 ; O. T. Robin-
son, 427; F. A. S., 389; Rev. C. I. Scofield,
Index
333; C. Seccombe, 428 ; South Dakota, 61 ;
" The Work at Home," 426 ; G.W. Tingle,
432 ; Mrs. H. M. Union, 247, 368, 468, 505,
5S3, 607 ; S. H. Virgin, D.D., 409 ; J. M.
Waldrop, 568; T. W. Walters, 13, 561; Mrs.
Joseph Ward 339, 601
Loan Wanted 43°
Looking after the Young People 566
Marked Conversion 513
Meetings Blessed 16
Memorable Quarter 15
Men not at Church, and Why Not ? 481
Message from Idaho 61
Midsummer Trip South 433
Mining and Lumber Camps 313
Minutes of Annual Meeting of Woman's De-
partment 209
Missionary Army Rally Day.' 392
Missionary Vacation Trip 521
Missions Among the Mountains 49
Missions Commercially Profitable 343
Modern Miracle 213
Modern Problems of Home Missions 363
Mr. Puddefoot's Book 457
Mrs. Busybody's Account Book 558
Mrs. Busybody Still Busy 68
Mrs. Dean's Vision 325
Narrow Quarters 475
Needed, but Sad, Vacation 475
Need of Spiritual Enterprise. 285
New Doctrinal Discovery 569
New England Tact 607
New Honors for Women 248
New Work and New-fashioned Pulpit. ........ 427
Nine More 16
Nonagenarian's Gift 392
Northern Idaho, its Resources and Needs. . . . 561
Northwest Pacific Coast 291
Notes by the Way 368, 505, 553, 607
Notes of Long Service in Colorado 10, 49,
3171 374. 4141 477. 521, 614
Oklahoma's Opportunity 54
One Way to Help 613
One-third of His Week's Wages 391
Open Doors in New Mexico 277
Opening Up 472
Openings for Work 520
Organizing a Church .- 374
Our Dependence on the Holy Spirit 265
Our Fallen Leader 477
Our Family Supplies 113
Our Father's Wonderful Supply 61
Our Home Missionary Academies 524
Our New Church Home 624
Our Publications 112
Our Sunday-schools iii
Our Woman's Department no
Out-station Work 10
Overcoming Evil with Good 565
Pastoral Responsibility for Missionary Collec-
tions 329
Pepper-sauce 505
Peters, Dr. Abraham 4
Pickett, Rev. J. W 477, 616
Pinched 473
Pioneer Work 57
Practical Christian Fellowship 484
Prairie Experiences 243
Praying for their Teacher 474
Primitive Settlement 526
Prized Accession 429
Progress on the Pacific Coast 385
Raising Ministers 430
Raising Money and Making Friends 520
Reading-room Wanted 387
Rebuffed 472
Rees, Rev. Luther 574
Rejoicing 565
Remembered Experience 473
Reporting Progress 561
Report of Committee on Sixty-ninth Annual
Report of C. H. M. S 269
Reports of Religious Awakening 15
Report to the National Council 361
Review of the Latest Thirty-five Years' Work
of the Society 361
Revived Religious Interest : 7, 15-18, 109, 116,
125, 131, 14s, 151, 158, 159,166, 167, 172,176,
177. 178, 181, 387. 388, 430. 513. 517. 564. 565,
566, 567, 568, 610, 611, 6i2, 622, 624
Revivals versus Saloons 389
Revived 16
Reviving Lapsed Churches 371
Robbie 601
Rogers Academy, Ark 524
Sacrifice for Home Missions
Scandinavian Department
Scofield, Rev. C. I
Self-denial
Seven, and More to Come
Seventieth Anniverary :
Short Home Missionary Study
Singing-books Wanted
Sixty-ninth Anniversary
Slavic Department
Slum Work
Society Women
So Does This One
Some Points of the Society's Policy and
Methods.
Spiritual Awakening
Spiritual Reviving
Spiritual Uplift
Spread Before the Lord
Stickney Legacy
Still Shifting
Straitened
Study in Home Missions
Summary of Results
Summer on the Pacific Coast
Summer Sunday's Work
Sunday Sports
Sunday Travel
Sunshine in the Soul
Swedish Brother's Joy
Swedish Church of E. Orange, N. J
332
180
574
236
16
627
626
388
77
178
430
387
618
344
564
567
518
391
627
475
518
6
108
431
432
474
76
622
566
571
Ten and Eight 18
Ten New Members 16
The Danes 122
The Dime Banks ' 389
The First Effort 368
The General O. O. Howard Roll of Honor,
■ 104, 189
The General O. O. Howard Roll of Honor :
Lists of Subscribers 193, 249, 298, 349,
395, 438. 487. 531, 575. 629
The Germans 122
The Hard Times 387
The Italians 123
The Missionary Barrel 425
The Old White Horse 554
The Right Men for Home Missionary Work. 420
The Society's Appeal to You 331
The Spirit's Power 387
The Swedes 123
The Two Harvests 330
The Way to do It 192
They Want Hymn Books 618
Thirty-five Awakened 17
Thirty-five Conversions 17
Those Helpful Women 390
Times of Refreshing 568
To Each Member of Our Homeland Silver
Circle 529
Too Busy for Religious Matters 389
"Tough " Country 567
VI
Index
PAGE
Treasury Note. . .26, 77, 299, 393, 437, 486, 530,
575- 628
Twenty-five Dollars Greatly Wanted 518
Twenty-nine More 17
Twenty-third Annual Conference of Auxiliary
Secretaries 476
Two Great Welsh Preachers 18
Unique Missionary Meeting 553
Upheld by Prayer 429
Utah to be Loved and Helped 296
Vinita Academy, Ind. Ter 524
Vote of the Executive Committee 76
Voyage on Land 384
Weakened by Removals 517
Weiser Academy 559
What He Lacks 472
Where the Responsibility Belongs 75
Where We Put the Emphasis 231
Whitman and Eells Memorial Church 13
Whitman College 60
Whitman College a Home Missionary Influ-
ence 63
Whitman, Rev. Marcus 13, 63
Wide and Needy Field 480
PAGE
Wide Destitution 520
Widow's Cruse and Barrel 468
Wise '• Condition " 390
Woman's Club of National Interest. 216
Woman's Department Number 209-251
Women and the Roll of Honor 247
Women Working for the Debt 566
Work among Foreigners 119, 122, 136, 159,
173, 178, 180, 181, 304, 377
Work among Swedes of New Jersey 573
Work amon^- the Slovaks 377
Work and Claims of the Society ... 409
Work for Greeks 569
Work for the Future 519
Work in Cities 364
Work in Georgia 72
Working Foreign Missions at Home 23
Work in Montana 74
Work in the South 365
Work in the Southwest 333
Yale Band 58
Year by Puget Sound 67
Young Converts 15
Young Men at the Front 568
Y. P. S. C. E., Visiting Committees 62
Youth and Age 18
53^73
The Home Missionary
Vol. LXVIII MAY, 1895 No. i
FORMATION OF THE AMERICAN HOME
MISSIONARY SOCIETY
UR rapid sketch of early home missionary work has brought us
down to the year 1826, when the societies of which we have
spoken were sustaining missionaries in all the New England
States, in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Louisiana.
The extent of the work then on hand and the calls for its enlarge-
ment, the difficulty of collecting needed facts, of securing the requisite
men and money, and of laying, at so many executive centers, plans for
a wise, systematic, economical prosecution of the work on the grand scale
then demanded, made clear the necessity for some central organization,
through which these local societies might cooperate in the national work,
after properly caring each for its own State. After much correspond-
ence and conference of the best and wisest friends of the cause, the
American Home Missionary Society was formed in the city of New York,
May 10, 1826, as the organ of all evangelical churches which felt the need
of such an institution and were willing to cooperate with each other in it.
This sense of need had been formally expressed by the Executive Com-
mittee of the United Domestic Missionary Society, New York, and by
others ; but no measures had been taken towards its realization until cer-
tain young men in Andover Seminary, where so many great early move-
ments had their origin, independently conceived the idea, reduced it to
practical form, and took steps that led to its actual realization.
The particulars of the origin of an enterprise so grand in its concep-
tion, in the results already gained, and the sublime future to which it is
pressing forward, are of exceeding interest to our readers, to young min-
isters, and to candidates for the sacred office.
But as the Society, in the Home Missionary for May, 1876, has given
the facts to the world in the words of the late venerable Dr. Nathaniel
2 , The Home Missionary May, 1895
Bouton, of Concord, N. H., the chief actor in the matter, and in brief
form in the Society'sleaflet, No. 48, prepared by the late Dr. D. B. Coe,
there is need here for Httle more than an outhne statement. It will be
drawn mostly from the narrative of Dr. Bouton.
In the last week of January, 1825, Mrs. Bartlet, wife of one of the
founders of Andover Seminary, died. Several of the students rode to
Newburyport, Mass., to attend her funeral, and on the way Messrs.
Nathaniel Bouton, Aaron Foster, and Hiram Chamberlain fell into con-
versation on domestic missions, the need of enlarged operations adequate
to the growth and extent of our country, especially the importance of
providing for the settlement of ministers as fast as new communities
should be formed at the West. As the conversation proceeded, says Dr.
Bouton, the idea of a National Society flashed on my mind with great
force, and the conversation on that topic became very earnest and ani-
mated, occupying most of the time during the ride. On the return
journey many plans were proposed and discussed, and the interest of
these young men greatly deepened in intensity. In the evening after the
funeral, at a private interview in a room in Dr. Porter's house, the matter
was further discussed. A few weeks later Mr. Foster spoke on the sub-
ject of domestic missions, before the Porter Rhetorical Society in the
seminary chapel, urging the need of a national organization. Dr. Porter
was present, and warmly approved the idea. This, Dr. Bouton thinks,
was "the first public utterance on the subject of a National Missionary
Society that had a distinct relation to the organization which followed."
As the next step, the Society of Inquiry, which had primary respect to
foreign missions, now for the first time took up systematically the sub-
ject of home missions. A special meeting was held, April 12, 1825, and
a dissertation was read by Mr. John Maltby, afterwards Dr. Maltby, of
Bangor, Me., " On the Necessity of Increased and more Efficient Exertion
to promote Missions in our Western States," and a permanent committee
of six on the subject was appointed. They urged the matter with great
spirit, publishing a large part of Mr. Maltby's address in the Boston
Recorder, and, by articles in religious papers in other parts of the country,
called Christian people's attention to the matter. " We want a system,"
said Mr. Maltby, " which shall be one — one in purpose and action — a system
aiming not at itinerant missions alone, but at planting in every little com-
munity that is rising up, men of learning and influence to impress their
own characters on these communities; a system which shall gather the
resources of philanthropy, patriotism, and Christian sympathy through-
out our country into one vast reservoir from which a stream shall flow to
Georgia, to Louisiana, to Missouri, and to Maine. We want a A^ational
Society, and if such a society is to be proposed, if the really bold design
has been conceived, of thus giving the blessings and glories of our
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republic to the latest generation that shall stand on these shores of
being — we shout success ! but not in arms. Let no sect raise its banner ;
no section stand alone ; no party wake to strife ; but blow the trumpet in
Zion, and all shall come."
At this time Dr. Porter, as the agent and counselor of the interested
students, was corresponding and conferring with influential ministers and
laymen in Massachusetts and Connecticut, kindling and keeping alive the
fire.
A great impulse was given to the cause when in September, 1825, four
of six young men of the senior class — Hiram Chamberlain, Augustus
Pomeroy, Lucius Alden, John M. Ellis, Luther G. Bingham, and Aaron
THE (old) brick CHURCH, PARK ROW, NEW YORK CITY
Foster — who had consecrated themselves to Western missions, were or-
dained in Boston, Drs. Bruen, Emerson, Cox, and Justin Edwards taking
part in the services, which called together many persons interested in the
prosperity of Zion, from various parts of the United States. These six
young men went to Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, and South Carolina.
The day after the ordination a meeting was held, in Dr. Wisner's study,
of gentlemen from Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, and South
Carolina, who gave it as their unanimous opinion that such a society is
both desirable and practicable, and appointed a committee of Drs. Porter
and Edwards, of Andover, and Taylor, of New Haven, to pursue the mat-
ter and call another meeting. This was called in Boston, at Mr. Henry
Homes's, January 11, 1826, and attended by several of the most distin-
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May, 1895
guished ministers and laymen in New England, Drs. Woods, Porter, and
Edwards, of Andover, among them. A delegation from the Executive
Committee of the New York Domestic Mission Society, detained by bad
roads, arrived too late to take part in the deliberations, but most cordially
indorsed the conclusions arrived at, viz., that a national union society
should be formed ; that the United Domestic Mission Society should be
invited to become the National Society if no unseen obstacles were in the
way ; and that that Society should call a more general meeting to con-
sider the proposal and the constitution of the projected national society
which this meeting had prepared
and accepted as desirable.
The call was issued, and on
the loth of May, 1826, 126 min-
isters and laymen from thirteen
States and Territories of the
Union, representing the Congre-
gational, Presbyterian, Dutch Re-
formed, and Associate Reformed
churches, met in the Brick Pres-
byterian Church, City Hall Park,
New York, formed the American
Home Missionary Society on the
basis of the United Domestic
Missionary Society, approved the
constitution prepared by the Bos-
ton committee, which was at once
cordially adopted by the United
Domestic Missionary Society, and
that Society was merged in the
American Home Missionary So-
ciety.
Its first Board of officers were
chosen from sixteen States, and represented four evangelical denomina-
tions. In the following month a stirring address declaratory of the scope
and object of the Society was issued to the Christian public, and it at
once entered on the work in earnest. Its first president was Stephen
Van Rensselaer, LL.D. Among its twenty-seven vice-presidents, fifty
directors, and ten members of its executive committee, chosen in 1826,
appear the names of some of the best known and most highly esteemed
divines, jurists, and statesmen of the land. Its first secretary was Rev. Dr.
Absalom Peters ; first treasurer, Peter Hawes, Esq.; first auditor, Arthur
Tappan, Esq. Many of the best and most trusted men of the nation
were banded together in the Society's formation and early management.
REV. ABSALOM PETERS, D. n. , FIRST SEC-
RETARY OF THE AMERICAN HOME
MISSIONARY SOCIETY
May, 1895
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The United Domestic Missionary Society, as we have before seen,
was formed in 1822 by the union of ten small local societies in New York,
and at the time of its union with the American Home Missionary Society
had an income of $ir,8oo, and aided 127 missions, 100 of whom were in
the State of New York, seven each in Pennsylvania and Ohio, four in
Indiana, three in Missouri, and one each in Vermont, New Jerse}^, Illinois,
Michigan, Florida, and Canada.
These were taken in charge by the National Institution and others
added, so that in its first year the American Home Missionary Society
aided 169 missions, caring for about 200 fields in fifteen States and Terri-
tories," its receipts being upwards of $18,000.
So, springing from that little germ, the conversation* of three Andover
students, this Society began that steadily growing work which has made
its name so familiar to all who care for the welfare of our American Zion.
The first offices occupied by the Society were in the " Tract House,"
140 Nassau Street. There its business matters were conducted and the
Executive Committee's meetings were held from 1826 until the Bible
House was built, in 1853, in Astor Place, then ''far uptown."
The American Home Missionary Society was the first tenant of the
American Bible Society, entering its rooms in the southwest corner of
the second story. May i, 1853, and there has made its home until this
day. On May 12, at the first Directors' meeting in these rooms, an Exec-
utive Committee of nine was chosen, of whom only Dr. R. S. Storrs is
now living.
BIBLE HOUSE, NEW YORK
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DOWNIEVILLE (CAL.) CHURCH
A STUDY IN HOME MISSIONS
By Rev. J. K. Harrison, San Francisco, Cal.
Your readers may recall an article in The Pacific, by James M.
Haven, Esq., entitled " Home Missionary Life in a Mountain Town." It
concerned the beginnings of the Downieville Congregational Church. A
rough diagram of the meeting-house in which, through most of its brief
life, that church was housed, is given here. From it, as rays, proceed
certain lines of saving influence which went out from that short-lived
organization into the larger life of the State.
Here are nine churches, most of them among the best known and most
efficient of our order, which owe not a little of their growth and present
vigor to the contributions of this obscure mountain church. "Being
dead " it "yet speaketh."
We begin with the noble First Church of Oakland. As indicating its
indebtedness, it is sufficient to mention the name of Hon. James M.
Haven, a member of it, but the legal adviser and servant of all the
churches. Mr. Haven's Christian life began in Downieville. His pastor
was Rev. W. C. Pond, and to mention Bethany Church is to suggest that
he is its founder and sole pastor. Bethlehem Church is also really an
offshoot of Bethany, without whose fostering care it would have been
impossible.
From Dowmieville has gone forth Mrs. Edwards, the daughter of Mr.
Haven, to enrich San Jose. Mrs. Edwards was born there spiritually.
So was Mr. James E. Agar, without whose service to Bethany Church in
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its earlier years its pastor declares that he could not have carried the
enterprise along. And now for several years he has been a pillar in
the church in Alameda.
Deacon Tracy, who rung the bell which first called Mr. Haven to the
Downieville Church, and who, with his like-minded wife, was instant in
season and out of season in all helpful services, afterward went to Sacra-
mento to repeat his loving ministry there.
Out of the same little fold went Mr. and Mrs. H. K. W. Bent, first to
Los Angeles, whither they seem to have been sent of God to save the now
vigorous First Church from extinction at a critical period. And now from
their church home at Pasadena they reach out helping hands to all the
churches of Southern California.
From Downieville went Mr. Clark to South Vallejo to organize our
church there, and Mr. and Mrs. Hazleton to Virginia City, Nevada.
Last, but not least, in this enumeration is Dr. Chase, who manfully
stood by that little church until its disbandment, and then threw his
strength into other Christian organizations until the close of his useful life.
These are but a few of the streams which have flowed out from that
little church gathered there in a mountain valley, always outwardly feeble
and now only a memory. But surely the labor and the money expended
on it v/ere not in vain. Neither are they lost in other places, of which
Downieville stands as a type. It surely is the part of wisdom to plant
and vigorously tend such trees of our Lord, even though they seem to be
small and feeble, and die in giving life to the world.
FROM OUR SOUTHEASTERN OUTPOST
For a long while it has been hard to tell just how the revival among
the sponge gatherers began. At a late prayer-meeting our Brother Curry
began his testimony by saying, " How much better a grain will yield sown
at the right time than a bushel sown out of season ! My father often
prayed for me, and yet I remained out of Christ. But one day with my
sister-in-law I happened into your Sunday-school. We were a few minutes
early, and the pastor came around, shook hands with us, and asked us if
we were Christians. My sister-in-law answered yes ; but for the first
time I was ashamed to say no. I would have given all the world if I
could have said, I am one. Conviction seized me there and then, and
I found no rest until I gave God my heart." Just the day before this I
had asked Brother Curry to give me an account of how the revival began.
I will let him answer in his own language :
" The great revival among the fishermen took place on board the
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schooner Huron, Capt. Charles M. Curry. He got to talking to his crew
about their souls' salvation, and three of them accepted Christ as their
Savior. This was on June 23, 1894. On July ist he held a prayer-meet-
ing, and there were nine converts. From that time he held a meeting
every night that suited, he being the leader for a few weeks. Then he was
assisted by Robert H. Finder and James Gould. The meetings were kept
up while at sea with great success, and when we arrived at Key West they
still continued. The Lord blessed us with many souls, and many that
had been weak in the faith were built up and made strong in the Lord.
We left port, and as soon as we were at the sponge fishing ground the
meetings were started again, and many were converted. September 15th
we left our fishing, and then had sixty -nine converts at sea. November
I St we formed a Floating Society of Christian Endeavor.
" This is its membership pledge :
" ' Trusting in the Lord Jesus Christ for strength, I promise him that I will strive to
do whatever he would have me do ; that I will pray to him and read the Bible every
day ; will try to keep my body clean as the " temple of the Holy Ghost " by personal
purity ; will abstain from profanity, and from all alcoholic drinks, wine, beer, and cider
included ; and that, just so far as I know how, throughout my whole life I will endeavor
to lead a Christian life.
" ' As a member, I promise to be true to all my duties, to be present at and take some
part, aside from singing, in every Christian Endeavor prayer-meeting, unless prevented
by some reason which I can conscientiously give to my Lord and Master. If obliged to
be absent from the consecration meeting of the society I will, if possible, send at least
a verse of Scripture to be read in response to my name at the roll-call.' (Signed with the
seaman's name, date, name of his ship, and his home address.)
" There have been five converts since we formed the society. There
are seventy-four of us down here, and we are praying for another pente-
costal shower of the Holy Ghost."
This gives the starting point — a word from the pastor before Sunday-
school to an unsaved man — no ; one step back of this yet. A member of
the church says : " Do you know that man ? " — meaning Captain Curry
■ — '' I wish you would say a word to him ; he is a very fine fellow."
Many of the young men told me how they even lied in their excuses
to keep from going to the meetings, but conviction seized them with irre-
sistible force ; some clung to the rigging, and felt they must not move
until the question was decided. I know the conviction must have been
intense, for they talked in their testimonies like those who had felt keenly
and truly what it means to be a sinner, and to feel the dread power of
sin. They had been terribly wicked. One young man told how he scoffed
at a lady taking communion — his last act before going out — and how now
his last act before going out was to take it himself. Many told how they
had been the sorrow of their mothers, even going on their three-hundred-
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mile trips with scarcely a good-by, spending their earnings at saloons ;
but at the last cottage prayer-meeting (better called house-yard meetings,
for sometimes five hundred people attended them) it was melting to hear
them say : " This time we have told mother, if we never see home again
we'll meet her in heaven."
Dr. George M. Boynton, of the Sunday-school and Publishing Society,
has just spent four days with us. He noticed that many of the spongers
were in the Sunday-school, and in one of his lectures he told how all of
them might be members of the Sunday-school by joining the Home
Department, and made his advice very telling by granting the needed
supplies for the first three months. We have been greatly strengthened
and encouraged by his visit. He has left very many of his helpful
words in our memories, and they will bless us for many days to come.
Our spongers are soon to go out on their long trips again where the
revival took place, and we feel the Floating Christian Endeavor and
Home or " Ocean Wave " Department of our Sunday-school will, with our
prayers, be a threefold cord. We wish here to thank our many friends
for all the books and papers that we have received, and the words of
cheer. Pray for us. — Rev. Charles W. Frazer, Key West, Fla.
A CONSECRATED "QUARTER"
[We have had for some weeks in our possession a bright new silver quarter dollar that
was handed to one of our active workers in Wisconsin, with the appended note, which
tells its story. We have already a quiet offer or two for the shining coin, large enough
to insure a good interest on the temporary deposit. If, however, any one of our " army
boys " or other friend chooses to send in a bid for the quarter, it shall be kept long
enough to receive such offer, and then shall go to the highest bidder. — Ed.]
" This quarter was one of four given to the owner for a one-dollar bill,
at the Philadelphia mint, in August, 1892. They were freshly coined the
very day of the exchange. The dollar was one which a small boy of eight
years received from Harper s Young People, for prize money, which he
earned by a successful competition in their '■ reading contest.' His mother,
thinking the dollar too precious to spend for commonplace things, gave
him another dollar in exchange for it, and then later exchanged it for four
coins fresh from the mint. Thinking the quarters would some day com-
mand a good price, because of their date, the coins were carefully laid
away and called ' God's money. ' Again and again, when tempted to spend
them, their value has been given to home and foreign missions in other
money, which cost real self-denial. One of these quarters I now send to
you, praying the Lord will bless it a hundred-fold. — One who loves His
Cause."
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NOTES OF LONG SERVICE IN COLORADO
By Rev. Roselle T. Cross, York, Neb.
IV. — Out-Station Work
When your missionary was making inquiries about his new field,
before he left New York, he specially inquired if there would be any
opportunity to do out-station work in the surrounding country. He was
told in reply that there would be some opportunity, but it would be limited,
as "the surrounding country " was sparsely settled. Twenty miles to the
north was a broad, hilly belt of land, running from the mountains far out
on the plains, and separating the drainage of the Arkansas from that of
the Platte. It was known in all that region as " The Divide," a term that
covered points thirty or forty miles apart. It was covered with pine
woods, interspersed with many very beautiful grassy parks and valleys.
There were occasional ranchmen who kept herds of cattle, or who raised
oats and potatoes at that altitude (7,000 feet) without irrigation. At the
eastern end of the timber belt, and some twenty miles from the mountains,
a schoolhouse was standing all by itself in the woods, the only school-
house for many miles in every direction. A well-educated young lady,
from Kansas, had come there to teach, in order to be with her invalid
sister. They were both earnest Christians, and they could not rest until
they had started a Sunday-school. They invited the missionary to come
and preach, and he went. The friend who kindly, took him missed the
schoolhouse and drove far out on the open prairie beyond. But they
found their way back, and were surprised to meet quite a congregation
gathered to hear a sermon on Monday evening. Where all those people
came from was a mystery ; but after the meeting was over the mystery
was solved in part when the preacher and his friend were invited to spend
the night at a ranchman's whose house was said to be comparatively close
by, but was reached by four miles of wintry moonlight drive through the
pine woods. The ranchman and his wife proved to be good Christian
helpers. After a few inquiries he and the preacher found that they had
mutual friends in the East. The next day a trip was taken to a locality a
few miles distant, where there was an immense quantity of petrified wood.
Wood-jasper, wood-opal, wood-agate, and wood-cornelian lay around in
great pieces, and even in entire logs. One huge log of petrified wood lay
partly embedded in the sandy bottom of a dry creek. A heavy load of
specimens was carried home in the buggy. On returning through the
woods the next day the right road was somehow missed among the many
lumber trails, and when they emerged from the woods they were miles
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and miles away from where they should have been. But an hour's drive
over a hard gravel road brought them to the right spot.
The preacher now made a regular appointment to go to this out-station
every third Monday night. As there was nothing else going on in that
region, except an occasional dance or cattle round-up, the people turned
out as well on a week-day night as on the Sabbath. Some would come
seven miles to attend the meetings. The preacher usually rode on horse-
back. There was no house on the road. Often he was exceedingly weary
when the time for service came, as his stopping-place would sometimes be
iniles away from the schoolhouse. Eut the people were so attentive, and
apparently so hungry for 'preaching, that it was a pleasure to speak to
them. They were poor, and their entire contributions for the three years
that he preached to them would hardly have kept his horse one year ; but
he felt that in going to that remote settlement he was doing a genuine
home missionary work. Once or twice, instead of preaching in the school-
house, he went several miles into the woods to preach at a lumber camp.
The rude kitchen where the services were held was so low that he could
not make a gesture above his head. It was crowded full of men, who were
as quiet and attentive as an audience could be, though some of them, after
the meeting was over and they were out of doors, gave vent to their feel-
ings in yells that made the woods ring.
The road to that out-station was uphill, rising a thousand feet in the
eighteen miles. Occasionally the missionary would get part way there,
and a storm would turn him back. He had an understanding with the
people that they need not expect him on very stormy days. Once one of
his deacons rode part way v/ith him, and showed him the place where he
had a flock of many hundred sheep the year before. They were still
there, but were all dead. A fearful hailstorm had mowed them down in
a great swath, and they lay where they fell.
There was wonderful inspiration in the morning rides home from the
Divide. The pines were grouped so beautifully that one might well
believe that an artist had arranged them ; yea, an Artist had done it.
The little grassy parks were clean, green, and charming, and at times
sprinkled with brightly colored flowers. No wonder the red deer loved
to wander through them. The mornings were often frosty, but almost
invariably they were clear, and the sun poured down great floods of
glorious sunshine, while the air was the purest man ever breathed, and so
full of ozone that it made one's blood tingle through his veins with new
life. Often the preacher's soul was so full of the glory of God as revealed
in nature, that as he rode alone through those woods and parks, he shouted
aloud for very joy, and the pines echoed back many an " Amen ! "
" Glory ! " " Hallelujah ! " " Praise the Lord ! "
Then as he emerged from the pines there burst upon his view the great
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plains as they stretched far to the east and sloped sixty miles south to
the Arkansas River, while beyond the river, 100 miles away, rose the
Spanish Peaks, the great landmarks of Southern Colorado. To the south-
west rose the great Pike's Peak range, the peak itself being about thirty
miles distant. It towered aloft far higher, apparently, and seemed more
majestic by far, than when at a much nearer point its great size was
obscured by the surrounding foothills. As one goes away from it out on
the plains it looms up higher and- higher, while Cheyenne Mountain and
Monte Rosa and Cameron's Cone sink lower, lower, and out of sight.
The crowning view, one that always filled his soul full and sometimes
brought tears of intense joy, was the view of Pike's Peak robed in a
mantle of purest white, which the rising sun often flooded with rosy tints,
as seen across the dark evergreen forests of the Monument Valley and of
the foothills. It was always a feast that fully repaid him for his tiresome
missionary trip.
But he had better pay than that while the revival was going on in town.
Souls were being converted at this out-station. When the time came for
the March communion ten persons from that point wished to unite with
the church. They were to drive to town on Saturday, meet with the
church on Saturday evening, and remain over Sunday. The pastor and
his people prayed for pleasant weather in order that the friends from the
out-station might not be kept away. When the time came there was a
hard storm, the hardest of the season, and a deep fall of snow. Yet the
prayer in the real thing desired was answered, for the ten were all there,
and others with them, in spite of the storm. Thus God often gives us the
real thing that we pray for, by denying us the means that we think neces-
sary to secure it. Two teams drove around that Sunday morning and
brought people to church through the storm, and the house was full.
Twenty-two of the twenty-six who were to unite were present. The com-
munion season was one long to be remembered. Nineteen united on
confession, and ten were baptized. Among those who united on confes-
sion were a business man sixty years old, and a child not quite seven.
Twenty-five had united the previous November and December, making
fifty-one new members in four months, considerably more than doubling
the membership. Two of those who united lived on ranches forty miles
out on the plains, but they were of course counted as resident members.
They were young Englishmen who had come to make homes in the New
West, and they took turns in riding or driving to town to attend church.
In May the semi-annual meeting of the Association met with the
church, eighteen persons coming from out of town. In connection with
it a council was called to install the missionary as pastor of the church.
An installation dinner, a reception at the pastor's house, reminiscences of
frontier life by Father Porter, a discussion of Darwinism, a communion
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service on Sunday at which five more persons were received to the
church, an immersion in the mountain stream, the baptism of a family of
four children, an excursion on Monday to the Garden of the Gods, the
mineral springs, Rainbow Falls, and Williams Canon — all these made it a
delightful fellowship meeting of the brethren and the churches. There
was also held during the meeting a council to formally dismiss a brother
from one of the churches. It was a council for convenience' sake, as
the church' was seventy-five miles away, and the brother was several
hundred miles away, having already begun work on his new field back
East.
At the next communion service the pastor and one of the deacons went
to the out-station on the Divide, pitched a tent near the schoolhouse, held
a communion service on Sunday, and received four more persons to the
church. By vote of the church the frontier members at this out-station
were constituted a branch, with one of their members as leader. At that
communion service the people, though quite poor, pledged forty dollars
for a Sunday-school library and thirty dollars more for the missionary.
On one of those July days the pastor went with the college president and
some of the trustees to locate the new college building that was to be
erected. That night, after nine o'clock, the president and one of the pro-
fessors and the pastor went to the site where the building was to be
erected, knelt on the bare ground, and had a season of prayer for the
future of the college, a future which none of them could foresee.
THE WHITMAN AND EELLS MEMORIAL CHURCH
By Rev. T. W. Walters, General Missionary
On the tenth of March, after a few days' extra meetings, aided by Rev.
E. L. Smith, of Walla Walla, and Mrs. N. F. Cobleigh, I had the privi-
lege of organizing a Congregational church at Whitman Station, Wash.
This historic spot is in the valley, six miles west of the city of Walla
Walla. The reader may be interested to know a few facts of its history.
It is the very place where Dr. Marcus Whitman located his missionary
station among the Indians fifty-nine years ago — the place where, soon
after his arrival, a small mission church was organized, having for its
members the missionaries and their associates. This, evidently, was the
first church of its kind in the whole Northwest. On his arrival, in 1838,
Father Eells writes, on the Sabbath, September 2d, the missionaries had
one service in English and one in Indian, and observed the Lord's Supper.
The new missionaries — himself and wife, the Rev. Mr. Walker and wife,
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and others — "united with the mission church, then composed of seven
members, making sixteen in all." "This church," says Dr. Whitman,
" was Congregational in practice." This historic spot was not only the
place where Dr. Whitman planted his missionary station, and where this
first church of the Northwest existed, but it is also the very place where
Dr. Whitman and twelve others were so brutally massacred on that dark
day, November 29, 1847, by the Indians, to whom he had been sent as a
missionary by the American Board. There we find the Whitman grave,
to this day honored less than that of a common citizen in an ordinary
cemetery. We call the place " sacred," and count it worthy to be hon-
ored. Nevertheless, it still remains a mere mound, twelve by fifteen feet
in size, inclosed by a picket fence painted white. There is not even an
inscription to tell the passer-by what the mound and the inclosure mean.
Near by, on the other side of the county road, are three large apple trees,
which grew from seeds brought over the plains by Dr. Whitman in 1836.
As we stood by them we felt as though we would like to have them tell
us something of the history of the past sixty years, as it has made itself
upon these mission grounds ; but all they said was, " We are old, but not
bearing many marks of decay." We robbed, them of two small twigs,
which we shall keep as sacred relics. A little way off, in another direc-
tion, we were shown the old mill-race of the mission, where the Doctor
used to grind his wheat and corn. Just to the left are seen marks of an
old foundation, where stood the mission house. Here, by the way, we
hope to see a chapel erected for the church just organized. While Whit-
man Station has had a sad history behind it, it is truly a beautiful place,
well located, justifying the judgment of the man who, to save this far
Northwest to the United States, took that memorable trip on horseback
to W^ashington, D. C, in the winter of 1843-44. This also is the very
place which Father Eells purchased for $1,000 from the American Board
in 1860, twelve years after the massacre, and where he and his family
lived and toiled hard for twelve years, raising cattle and horses, cutting
and selling cord wood, selling chickens, eggs, and butter, the main object
being to secure means to establish a Christian school (now Whitman Col-
lege) in honor of our martyred hero.
This my first visit to this sacred historic station was very impressive
to me, and there were certain things in connection with the organization
which I would be pleased to mention did your space allow. I will, how-
ever, relate one interesting incident. An elderly lady, who became a
member of the organization, crossed the plains about 1840 with her
parents. During the first year after her arrival she attended tlie mission
school at Whitman Station, being then, of course, but a small girl. She
can recall but little about the Doctor, but has a vivid recollection of Mrs.
Whitman as a teacher in the mission school. On March loth, we had
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the pleasure of baptizing this woman with two of her sons, and welcoming
them to this " Whitm.an and Eells Memorial Church."
It was a truly a beautiful scene — this elderly lady, rather timid, quite
small in stature, her hair white, with her two manly sons kneeling at the
same altar to receive Christian baptism, thus becoming charter members
of this church. We hope and expect to hear good things from the move-
ment. The present great need of the organization is a place of worship.
At present the people have to hold their Sabbath-school and church ser-
vice at two different places, there being no one place large enough in
Whitman. Mrs. Cobleigh has been invited to take charge of the new
work for the present year:
REPORTS OF RELIGIOUS AWAKENING
Young Converts. — On the first Sabbath in February we had the
pleasure of receiving to the church four young people, all connected with
the Sabbath-school and Christian Endeavor Society. Almost all of our
young people who have been habitually allied with us in attendance on
church services in the Bible-class and as Christian Endeavorers have
become members of the church. They are not many in number, but many
in proportion to our membership. — California.
A Memorable Quarter. — This quarter has been a very memorable
one in our history. We commenced our special daily meetings during
the holidays, and continued until February 3, and the Lord's blessing was
upon us. On February 10 we received into full fellowship of the church
sixty-eight on confession — baptizing forty-three adults and one infant.
One notable feature was that a majority of those converted and identify-
ing themselves with the church were adult males. My Sunday-school class
of young men, numbering twenty-one, between the ages of eighteen and
twenty-five, were all converted. In the young ladies' class, numbering
twenty, all but one were converted. For more than a year God has bur-
dened me with the deepest anxiety for these young people, and especially
our young men. On February 10 seven were received on confession and
four baptized, making a total of eighty accessions, ar within two of
doubling our formal membership, and others are to come. — Nebraska.
Among the Swedes. — I greatly rejoice in the Lord, who has bestowed
his mercy upon us in answer to our prayer for spiritual power in the
church and the awakening of souls. In the Swedish Mission Church at
Jamestown, a revival began about New Year's, and has continued ever
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since. Last night I had an opportunity to be with them, and assisted
in the meeting. About thirty souls were willing to give themselves up
to God. Several new converts give strong testimony of their new life in
God. — New York.
Children Gathered In. — We held revival meetings for three weeks
last month. About thirty expressed a desire to come in with us, counting
the children, whom we hope to see developing into true Christians. There
is, besides, quite a renewed interest on the part of several members of the
church. — South Dakota.
Ten New Members. — We have had a good time. God has helped us
wonderfully. Ten new members have been admitted. We held prayer-
meetings two weeks, meeting every night, and during this time many
were converted. I hope this good work will go on in the future. — Wis-
consin.
Meetings Blessed. — Superintendent Bailey preached and conducted
meetings with us each evening and on the Sabbath for about two weeks.
Great interest was manifested, and quite a number confessed Christ. I
believe, if he could have remained a little longer, there would have been
many more converted. We continued the meetings a little longer, but
were compelled to stop on account of ill-health. — Washington.
A Happy Year. — The Lord has blessed the year's efforts. During
that time twenty-six members have been received into church member-
ship. Nine hopeful conversions this quarter. Among these was the
most profane man in town. He now prays and speaks in church. His
wife, a single, and a married daughter have also been adopted into the
family of God. — Indiana.
Nine More. — We have held revival meetings, at which the interest was
good, the church quickened, and nine professed faith in Christ. — Indiana.
Revived. — We are having a series of meetings which have resulted in
several conversions, and we expect from eight to ten accessions to the
church soon. We have received eighteen since the beginning of my pas-
torate last May ; but the removals have almost equalled that number. —
California.
Seven, and More to Come. — We observed the week of prayer, and
held meetings three weeks after it. The attendance and interest have-
been good ; Christians have been revived, and I hope seven have entered
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upon the new life. I cannot tell the results of the meetings till I can visit
more among the people. I had almost made up my mind to give up the
ministry unless I could see conversions. I do not want to be unfruitful
in Christian work. I know I shall not be satisfied. We should have seen
many brought to the Lord. — South Dakota.
Thirty-five Awakened. — We have had three weeks of special meet-
ings, in which one brother helped me for one week, and another for two
weeks. Thirty-five, including enjtire classes in the Sunday-school, have
signed cards expressing a purpose to live a Christian life, and a number
give evidence of having been converted. They are young people, and
the thing that stood in the way of a general revival was the craze for
dancing on the part of many. — Washington.
Forty-nine Rcceived. — We have had a revival interest in all parts of
my field. Forty-nine have joined the church, and we expect and hope for
half as many more. — Minnesota.
Thirty-five Conversions. — We have been holding special meetings
for the last two months, with blessed results. We called in no extra aid,
only that of the Holy Spirit, who came freely and powerfully, and has
baptized us all. The whole neighborhood is awakened as never before.
We report thirty-five conversions, of whom fifteen have already been
received to membership. — North Dakota.
Twenty-nine More. — We have no church house, therefore no Sunday-
school or Endeavor Society. We preach twice a month in the Baptist
church. Yet twenty-six have united with us since the beginning of
November, which makes our membership forty. We report twenty-nine
hopeful converts, several of whom will soon unite with the church. About
two-thirds of the converts in our union meetings united with our church,
showing that the people are favorably impressed with Congregationalism.
— Oregon.
Families Blessed. — The union evangelistic meetings which began
last November continued until January 28. One meeting during the
day, and an evening meeting, keeping us at personal work until ten or
eleven p. m., took the place of calling. These meetings were followed
by a series of our own meetings, resulting in a more serious thinking on
the part of the young people, who are inclined to be frivolous, and in ten
conversions. There was a deepening of spiritual feeling among the
members, and the establishing of the Christian life of many who had not
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declared themselves as Christians. Homes which have been divided
were made complete by fathers or mothers or children, and in one case
the whole family, uniting with God's people. — Kansas.
Ten and Eight. — A very busy and In some ways successful quarter.
The series of evangelistic meetings proved to be a grand spiritual awaken-
ing. The whole church was moved, and ten united with us. Others
were converted, and the whole community was aroused on the subject of
salvation. At the out-station a series of meetings proved of much value.
Eight united with the church. Others were moved, and many more
would have been reached, could we have continued the meetings longer.
— Minnesota.
Blessed in Spirit. — Our church is blessed in its spirit. A real inter-
est is awakened, and the services are well attended. We had over one
hundred additions in 1894, and have had a number already this year,
with more to follow soon. We have voted to ask fifty dollars less from
the Society this year. I wish we could make it $100, but we cannot this
year, while a number of our families are receiving financial aid to carry
them through the hard season. — Ohio.
Youth and Age. — This quarter has been a bright one in my mis-
sionary work. Six new names are added to our little flock. One man
who united with our church is over sixty years old. Another is a young
man who has given himself to Christ, and wants to be a minister and a
missionary to publish the blessed Gospel. — New Mexico.
T\VO GREAT WELSH PREACHERS
By Rev. Thomas W. Jones, D.D., Superintendent, Philadelphia
The great Welsh preachers of the eighteenth century and the early
part of the nineteenth were men no doubt raised of God to rouse Wales
at the time from a spiritual lethargy, rather than to instruct. They were
men with burning hearts and tongues of fire— men who knew the Gospel
by profound experience and who preached because they could not help
preaching. They were large men, of prophetic bearing, with voices of
wonderful compass and melody, and the earnestness of eternity. When
they ascended the pulpit, or platform on the open field, in the presence of
thousands, they seemed as men just come from the presence of God with
May, 1895 The Home Missionary 19
a message of awful import to the people. Their very appearance hushed
the multitude when they came before them, as if they were conscious that
they were in the presence of messengers direct from God, with a message
for them
The impression made on my mind when a child by these great
preachers was so deep that it seems to me I would recognize them to-day
if they arose from the dead. Their personality, their voice, their bearing,
their hwyl, come often before me now with impressive vividness.*
My native city was a center for the great religious gatherings of all
denominations, so giving me frequent opportunity of seeing and hearing
the great preachers. John Elias, " the Demosthenes of Wales," I heard
scores of times, and followed his remains, in a procession of weeping
mourners extending over three miles, to Llanfaes, on the island of Angle-
sea. I was but a small boy, but I ran from school and crossed the Menai
Strait to meet the procession, and walked with it to Llanfaes. I shall
never forget the occasion, nor the hymns that were sung by thousands as
they slowly marched to the final resting place of the great apostle. This
great man, no doubt, had much to do with impressing upon me the desire
to become a preacher of the Gospel. More than once did he place his
hands on my head, and pray with me and a hundred other boys, many of
whom became preachers.
The secret of the power of these great preachers was chiefly that they
went with God's message before the p'eople, direct from communion with
him. They went with their hearts kindled at the throne of grace, with a
burning passion for the salvation of souls. It was said of John Elias that
his chair before which he kneeled was often found wet with his tears after
he had left the room, and the pages of his Bible, after his death, were
found, almost from Genesis to Revelation, soiled with his tears. These
men studied their Bibles and prepared their sermons on their knees. Let
us take a look into the study of Christmas Evans, and see him studying
his sermon.
On one occasion a couple of young preachers, desiring to see the
famous man, called at his humble cottage on the island of Anglesea.
They called at the hour of the evening meal. They were admitted into
the one room of the house, which was kitchen, dining-room, parlor, and
study. Mrs. Evans, who admitted them, said : " Christmas, here are some
young men who have come to see you." He paid not the slightest atten-
* This word " hwyl" means a sail. When the preacher was under its power the
soul was moving as if its sails were filled with a divine afflatus — the breath of heaven
blowing on the soul. It could not be produced artificially, nor taught like elocution. As
it came from the hearts of the great preachers it was the expression of deeply excited
emotion. The cadences were varied and prolonged, and it seemed like celestial music
flowing through human lips.
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tion, being utterly oblivious to every object and every earthly presence.
He was sitting at the table with a Bible in one hand and a teacup in the
other. He moved in his chair to and fro, closing and opening his eyes,
which even when open were blind to every object, apd his ears were deaf
to every earthly sound. He seemed as one holding communion with an
unseen Presence, and travailing in soul to give birth to truths he was
seeking to grasp. His simple-minded wife, not comprehending the soul-
struggle of the great man, nudged him, saying, " Christmas ! Christmas !
your cup has long been empty ; let me refill it. " He handed her the Bible,
and kept on the " pumping process," as John Foster calls it, moving to
and fro, with the empty cup in his hand and the Bible in his wife's hand.
He seemed as one wrestling in agony for light, and then, still holding the
cup, he dropped on his knees and prayed : " Oh, thou Enlightener of the
understanding and Revealer of truth, enlighten my understanding and
reveal thyself to my soul ! " Thus for some time remaining on his knees,
he moaned and wrestled as one in agony, and soon a glow of unearthly
joy illuminated his countenance ; the light had come, the revelation of
God had been made to his soul. The sermon was finished, which was on
the morrow to kindle hundreds or thousands into a blaze of conviction
and religious enthusiasm. Rising from his knees, he noticed the strangers
for the first time and cordially addressed them. What a lesson of the
secret of pulpit power these young ministers had, in seeing Christmas
Evans studying his sermon ! It was worth more to them than a year in
a seminary. It revealed the secret of all true power in the pulpit, and the
secret of the successful study of God's Word.
The sermons of these great men of few books, if they were not learned,
glowed with poetic imagery, imagery caught at the altar of prayer. If
their sermons were meager in what they borrowed from the writings of
men, they were rich in what they borrowed from God's Word. Like their
divine Master, they borrowed largely from two books: the revealed Word,
and Nature, which were their constant study. These men, too poor to
buy libraries, had but few books besides the Bible, but these they read and
reread till they were saturated with them. The library of Christmas
Evans, at the time of his death, consisted only of the following volumes :
The Bible, a Welsh and English Dictionary, Birkit on the New Testament,
and a few volumes of Owen's works, which in those days cost him about
half a year's salary, for his salary was only seventeen pounds a year, per-
haps equal in value to about one hundred and fifty dollars of our money.
If, however, they were not men of varied reading, they were in the
highest sense men of disciplined thought. They were thinkers, and pro-
found thinkers. No theological professor had ever taught them sy.stems
of theology. They never saw a theological seminary or a college, but
they sat daily at the feet of Jesus, studying each day for hours profounder
May, 1895 The Home Missionary 21
theology than the schools could teach. So when they preached they
preached with the boldness of men knowing the truth by experience, as
having been taught of God. They could say, " We believe, and there-
fore speak."
At the time I have pictured Christmas Evans in his study he had been,
for about two years, pastor of one of the poorest isolated churches. In
this solitary island home God was training the Boanerges of the Welsh
pulpit. When he first appeared in the great associations he was young
and uncouth ; and having but one eye he created a distrust in the older
preachers, so that they feared he might, instead of helping the meeting,
cast a chill over it. When he rose to read his text his first movements
were stiff, awkward, and wrestling ; while his observations were rather
crude and commonplace. But he had not proceeded far before he took an
indescribable, unearthly flight, bursting upon the people as if the sky were
ablaze. The people, under his resistless power, pressed closer and closer,
and the indifferent crowds in the corners of the fields hastened forward.
The most indifferent became eager listeners and pressed toward the
preacher, as if feeling that they could not get near enough. Old men and
old women, big burly country folk, thoughtless young men and maidens
listened with open mouths, while tears bathed their faces. The preachers
on the platform, who had distrusted him, unable to keep their seats, started
to their feet, wild with amazement, looked at and listened to this new
star as verily a man direct from God. As he proceeded, cries went up
from the listening multitudes, from the platform and in the fields, in loud
and raptiarous confirmation of the truths he uttered. These confirmations,
more and more tumultuous, swelling onwards from the platform, like the
waves of the sea, to the extreme margin of the wondering crowd, were
succeeded by a baptism of tears. The preacher concluded his discourse
after two hours of unbroken strain, but the weeping and rejoicing con-
tinued. This was a sermon studied on his knees.
Notwithstanding Evans' lack of school culture and training, Robert
Hall, one of the most learned of England's pulpit orators, said of him that
he was the greatest preacher of the eighteenth century. Brought up in
penury, he was seventeen years of age before he could even read the Welsh
Bible. He commenced the study of it soon after his conversion, by the
help of a companion almost as ignorant as himself.
Let no one think that I consider lack of learning a special qualification
for the preacher. But variety of knowledge cannot be a substitute for
spiritual depths of character in the pulpit. Christmas Evans, with his
want of literary culture and narrow range of book knowledge, but with
his knowledge of the Bible, his gift of abstraction, and prevalence at the
throne of grace, was a shining example of personal power ^ the highest of
all powers.
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This personal power seemed characteristic of ail the great preachers
of Wales, a score or more of whom I heard in their prime. The person-
alit}- of all of them impressed me, though but a child. Aubrey was a man
of massive physique, and a torrent in the pulpit. Owens, of Guffin, was
a flame of fire. David Jones, of Carnarvon, was a man of magnificent
bearing, who melted the audiences with his tears and pathos. John
Reese, the most famous of the Congregational preachers, perhaps, was
divine in appearance, and musically melodious while preaching.
In the presence of these men, no one could doubt for a moment that
they were men of God ; but John Elias impressed me the most of any of
them. I never was weary of looking at him or listening to him. He was
tall, and his eyes were piercingly dark. I wish I could give a picture
of him in the pulpit, as I call him to mind, on occasions of great gather-
ings in my native city. When he rose to address the people he glanced
over the sea of upturned faces, looking to the right and to the left, till
every eye was fastened on him, and the vast audience was hushed into
breathless silence. Having thus secured the closest attention of his
hearers, he gave out his text, reading it clearly and with great emphasis.
Pausing for a few minutes after reading it, he glanced inquiringly over
the crowd, as if asking, " Did you all hear me ? " He then read it again,
with loud and clear voice, as if anxious that even those on the very mar-
gin of the crowd should hear and remember the text. Having thus im-
pressed the text upon the people, he would begin in a familiar way, as if
talking to an individual, and thus would he continue for fifteen or twenty
minutes, proceeding slowly, hesitatingly, as one feeling his way into the
minds and hearts of his hearers. Little by little he warmed up. when his
eyes would begin to moisten and to kindle with celestial fire. From this
point language began to flow like the rush of a mighty river, not smooth
like the gliding of the Hudson from Albany to the sea, but like it in its
flow down the mountains, when the deep snows melt fast, and it leaps in
wild grandeur over precipices and through narrow ravines. I remember
well the effect of his preaching on vast audiences. Whole congregations
wept and moaned, and went home to weep and mourn over their sins, or
remained to express themselves in raptures of joy.
Dr. Owen Thomas, of Liverpool, the last of the great preachers, speak-
ing of the preaching of John Elias, says : '' As a preacher he was alto-
gether indescribable. There was something about him that makes it
impossible to convey a just conception of him to those who never heard
him. In the special qualities in which he excelled, he was so much supe-
rior to all of us, that not only was there no one like him, but no one
approaching near enough to him with whom he m.ight be compared.
He was, without doubt, the greatest preacher that ever appeared in
Wales."
May, 1895 The Home Missionary 23
Four days before Elias died, while yet in great physical pain, he said :
" There is no cloud intercepting between my soul and God. I seemingly
could be no happier." On the last night, a few hours before he died, he
said : " My happiness is greater than I ever before experienced." He
could say in life, " To me to live is Christ, and to die is gain."
WORKING FOREIGN MISSIONS AT HOME
Dear Mr. Editor : It may interest your readers to hear about one
method of doing foreign missionary work on home missionary ground.
For several years the Chinese have been in our Sunday-school, and we
have tried to teach them such things as circumstances would permit. In
many respects our experience has been much the same as that of others
who are engaged in similar work. The "boys," as we call them, are ex-
ceedingly kind, appreciative, anxious to learn, and very charitable. We
have discovered that if a person desires friends among them in this sec-
tion of the country he has only to ''show himself friendly" to them. Our
plan of working with them has been on the friendly line, and has proved
quite successful.
Several months ago it occurred to the person in charge of the school
that the work might be enlarged by taking in other nationalities. The
wisdom of such a departure was questioned by some in the church, but
the experiment was tried and has proved wellnigh a perfect success. We
now have Chinamen, Armenians, and Greeks, all in the same room, and at
the hour of the regular Sunday-school session. This arrangement involves
the keeping of these people a part of the Sunday-school proper, and not a
separate mission. Our purpose is to make American Christians of them ;
and to do this we emphasize the idea that they should learn to read and
speak our language and join in our services, instead of keeping up serv-
ices in their own language. In short, if they have come to live with us,
they are urged to become one of us, and so partake of all the benefits
which we ourselves enjoy.
The expense of doing such missionary work among foreigners who
have come to us is much less than it would be if done in their own lands,
and we also have the advantage of the reaction upon our own people.
Recently we invited the Chinamen and Armenians to a social gather-
ing, or "good time," as they called it. They began to arrive about half
past seven, p.m., and by nine o'clock there were about one hundred present.
After general hand-shaking the Chinamen played on their musical instru-
ments, and then the Armenians sang. Presently the China boys played
again while one of them sat with his back to the audience and sang what
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the}' called a love song. It might have been that, or almost anything else
they chose to call it, and his hearers could not have questioned their
statement. The Armenians sang once more, and then we all sang Gospel
Hymns with great satisfaction. The crowning piece was grand old
" Coronation," to the words :
" Let every kindred, every tribe,
On this terrrestrial ball,
To Him all majesty ascribe,
And crown Him Lord of all."
The singing of this hymn under such circumstances was most inspiring
and led the pastor to speak very earnestly and effectively.
A substantial but simple collation was served, and after singing once
or twice more, and joining in repeating the Lord's Prayer, the company
separated. The men said, and we all felt, that it was a "good time,"
We recently had a very gratifying illustration of the kind feeling
and generosity of the Chinamen towards the Armenians. The latter
were greatly troubled and depressed by the terrible sufferings of their
people in Armenia because of the outrages by the Turks, and were
desirous of sending the few dollars (less than twenty) which they had
accumulated by means of weekly contributions in the Sunday-school, to
help relieve the distresses of their friends in the fatherland. We all felt
like joining with them in this effort, and asked the China boys if they
wanted to help. They had a conference among themselves, and quickly
reported, " Yes, we give twenty dollars." After explaining to them the
second time what the case was, and that they were not to give simply
because we asked them to do so, the answer was promptly given, " That's
all right, we give twenty dollars Armenians." Our joy at their decision
was very great, and the very thought of these "heathen" doing such a
Christian act was indeed inspiring.
Perhaps enough has been said to convey the thought in mind in the
beginning of this letter, viz., one way of doing foreign work here at home.
— Beta, Providence, R. /., March 22, 1895.
THE ANNUAL MEETING, 1895
The sixty-ninth annual meeting of the Society will be held at Sara-
toga Springs, N. Y., on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, June 4, 5,
and 6, 1895. There will be morning, afternoon, and evening sessions on
each of those days.
The name of the preacher of the annual sermon, the programme of
May, 1895 The Home Missionary 25
services, and other particulars will be announced in the June issue of The
Home Missionary and in the religious and secular papers.
The usual redui:tion of railway fares for attendants on the meeting
will be granted this year, as before : viz., one-third rate in returning for
those who pay full fare in going. Certificates required. The Hudson
River steamboats are also relied upon for their usual concession.
Below may be found a partial list of the hotels and boarding-houses
that have already agreed to receive guests for our anniversary week, at
prices materially reduced from their regular charges. Others may be
added to the list shortly. ,
Rev. William O. Wark, and Mr. Samuel A. Rickard, the local Com-
mittee of Arrangements, will cheerfully answer inquiries, and assist in
securing places. Adress them at Saratoga Springs.
Hotels and Boarding-Houses
[The figures in parentheses indicate, in each case, the number of persons that can be
accommodated. The smaller price named is taken where two persons occupy a room ;
the larger is for a single occupant.]
HOUSES AT $1 PER DAY
J. R. Farmington, 138 Washington St. (6) ; Miss Drake, 43 Church St.
(5) ; Mrs. M. Falkenstein, 135 Circular St. (30) ; Mrs. Hills, 3 Pearl St.
(7) ; Mrs. Arnold, 153 Nelson Ave. (20) ; The Aldine Hotel (60).
|l AND $1.25 PER DAY
Franklin House, Church St. (100) ; H. Del Correl, iii Phila St. (18) ;
Hayden House, Church, corner of Grand (20) ; Mrs. Lyker, 4 Ellsworth
Row (10) ; Mrs. Jones, 86 Woodlawn Ave. (16) ; Elmwood Hall (60) ;
Mr. Brewster, 5 Dreicer Block (10) ; Mrs. Dale, 158 Circular St. (8) ;
Miss March, 125 Phila St. (25) ; Mrs. Waring, 25 Franklin St. (20) ; Cor-
bin Cottage, 157 Spring St. (10) ; Mrs. Allen, 48 Phila St. (12).
$1 AND ^1.50 PER DAY
The Albemarle, South Broadway (50) ; Dr. Travers, 103 Circular St.
(20) ; Mrs. Schmidt, 54 Phila St. (18) ; Kenmore House (150) ; Circular
St. House (75) ; Broadway House (40) ; Miss Pierce, 55 Phila St. (15) ;
Mrs. Walker, 53 Spring St. (15) ; The Linwood, South Broadway (65) ;
The Garden View, Broadway (40) ; Willoughby, Broadway (40).
$1.25 AND $1.50 PER DAY
Vermont House (135) ; Summer Rest, 175 Spring St. (40) ; Trim Cot-
tage (Mrs. Fitz Gerald), 61 Phila St. (25) ; Mrs. Hubbard, 61 Spring St.
(18) ; Mrs. Swan, 24 Woodlawn Ave. (11).
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May, 1895
Rossiter House (70).
il.50 AND $2 PER DAY
2 PER DAY
The Worden, Broadway (150) ; Dr. Strong, Circular St. (100) ; Heustis
House, South Broadway (100) ; The American (200) ; Hotel Spencer,
Woodlawn Ave. (50).
TREASURY NOTE
CONTRIBUTIONS
1893-4
April. . . .$10,366 46
May 9,461 46
June 15,136
July 15-293
August... 9,479
Sept 13,794
Oct.
Nov . . ,
Dec. .
Jan . . .
Feb . . ,
March .
7,342
13,387
15.693
38,416
10,538
17
72
91
35
56
77
27
74
94
49,636 87
1894-5
$18,936 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
13,699 46
41,506 61
$208,548 22 $218,758 06
1893-94
Contributions ^208,548 22
Legacies 158,699 11
Securities sold.. . . 33,062 28
^00,309 61
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 4,025 00
Nov 4,682 73
Dec 11,943 II
Jan 15,688 59
Feb 17,248 48
March. . . 33,087 08
1894-5
$8,701 z^
6,113 58
35,026 54
10,695 22
35,280 76
15.045 01
5,369 02
6,672 70
10,575
14,415
16,324
52
46
14
19,779 51
$158,699 II 1183,998 82
1894-95
Contributions.. $218,758 06
Legacies 183,998 82
$402,756 88
We have received, during the year which ended April 1, 1895, in
contributions from the churches, $10,209.84 more than the last preceding
year, and in legacies, $25,299.21 more, making a gain over last year, in
contributions and legacies, of $35,509.05. This gain, however, was nearly
counterbalanced by the sale, last year (1893-4), of securities from our
temporary investment fund, $33,062.28, leaving a net gain in actual
receipts from contributions and legacies of only $2,446.77. The net debt
of the Society on the ist of April, 1894, was $87,987.60. Our present
debt, as the books close, is $132,140.16.
This statement we leave with the Society's friends for their considera-
tion and action.
May, 1895
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APPOINTMENTS IN MARCH, 1895
Not in commission last year
Beede, Aaron, Ashton, Athol, La Prairie, and
Clyde, So. Dak.
Campbell, James, Black Diamond and Franklin,
Wash.
Cone, James W., Almena, Kan.
Field, James P., Amity, Mo.
Griffiths, Thomas, Petersburg, Neb.
Holcombe, Gilbert T., Evangelist in No. Wis.
Krey, Martin, St. Louis, Mo.
Miller, Charles G., Valencia, Kan.
Sanderson, Henry H., Cable, Minn.
Ticknor, Owen E., Eustis, Neb.
Winslow, Jacob, missionary in Southwest Kan.
Re-cotftjnissioned
Blaisdell, William S., Tavares, Fla.
Butler, Elmer W., Melbourne, Fla.
Chandler, Joseph H., Rhinelander, No. Wis.
Cobleigh, Mrs. Elvira, PatahaCity, Cushing, Ells,
and Eureka, Wash.
Cole, Thomas W., Grand Island, Neb.
Dick, Jeremiah M., Hillsboro and Reedville, Ore.
Fuller, Edgar R., Mt. Dora and Tangerine, Fla.
Griffith, William, Caledonia, No. Dak.
Hampton, William S., Ogalalla, Neb.
Hancock, Joseph J., Deer Park, Clayton, and Loon
Lake, Wash.
Hayward, John S., Benson, Minn.
Jackson, Frank D., St. Petersburg, Fla.
Jones, Abram, Carbondale, Penn.
Jones, John E., Sanborn, Odell, and Eckelson,
No. Dak.
McClements, H. J., Iron River, No. Wis.
Mack, Charles A., Cando, No. Dak.
Martin, John L., Custer, Minn.
Paul, Benjamin F., Lamberton, Minn.
Roberts, Thomas S., Osawatomie, Kan.
Robinson, Howard, Cumberland, No. Wis.
Rood, Francis D., Avon Park, Fla.
Rouse, Thomas H., Belleview, Fla.
Schaufeld, Paul M., Nelson, Deshler, Edgar, and
Deweese, Neb.
Schmalle, August F., Tyndall, So. Dak.
Suess, William, Herndon, Logan, and Ludell,
Kan.
Walton, Richard C, Rogers, Ark.
Welch, Moses C, Pomona, Fla.
Whitmore, Orin B., Independence, Ore.
Williamson, Lawrence J., West Dora, Minn.
Wolfe, Joseph, Roy and Yelm, Wash.
Woth, Friedrich, Germantown, Neb.
RECEIPTS IN MARCH, 1895
For account of receipts by State Auxiliary Societies, see pages 42 to 45
MAINE-$323.5g.
Belfast, Y. P. S. C. E. of the North
Ch.,by S. C. Pattee
Biddeford, Second, by E. H. Gold-
thwaite
Brooksville, Rally, by J. G. Walker . .
Bucksport, Mrs. J. Bradley, $s ; Mrs.
E. Buck, $5
Calais, First, by A. L. Clapp
Dennysville, Mrs. A. L. R. Gardner .
Hallowell, Ladies' Cent Soc, add'l,
by M. C. Dole
Kennebunk, Union Ch., by H. S.
Brigham
Limerick, A Friend
Maine, A Thank-offering
Portland, High Street Ch., Mrs. L. F.
Kendall, by H. W. Shaylor
Williston Ch., Mr. and Mrs. J. R.
Farrington
South Bridgton, by T. B. Knopp
South Freeport, by Rev. A. Smith ...
Turner, H. F. Dresser
Wells, by Rev. N. M. Bailey
NEW HAMPSHIRE-|i,993.26; of
which legacy, $800.00.
Received by Hon. L. D.
Stevens, Treas. N. H. H.
M. Soc. :
Claremont, A few^ friends,
by Mrs. N. P. Washburn, $12 15
Hanover, Ch. at Dartmouth
College 98 91
Hopkinton, J. Barnard 50 00
40
00
s
00
10
00
40
00
5
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I
00
58
09
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32
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25
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25
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14 25
Lempster, M. Smith and H.
Brigham $4 00
Manchester, First, by J. A.
Goodrich, to const. Mrs.
H. Pettee and Mrs. C. H.
Smart L. Ms loi 73
Peterborough, Extra- Cent-
a-Day Band of the Union
Ch 20 00
$286 79
F. C. I. and H. M. U. of N.
H.,Miss A. A.McFarland,
Treas. : $60 00
Concord, First, A Friend.. 100 00
Mrs. A. P, Chesley's class
of boys in South Ch.,
special 2 64
Easter offering 228 04
Exeter, Legacy of Miss E.
A. Chadwick 40 00
430 68
Acworth, W. Thayer 5 00
Amherst, L. F. B 150 00
S. F. Upham i 00
Candia, F. E. Page 2 00
Claremont, Three Friends 2 50
Concord, South Ch., A Friend, to-
ward a L. Mp IS 00
Derry, First Ch. and Soc, by G. W.
Barker, to const. H. P. Hood aL. M. 63 65
Derry Depot, A Friend 5 00
East Dunbarton, M. E. Farrar 5 00
Exeter, A member of the First Ch.. . . 15 00
A. E. Mclntire 2 00
Groton, P. Blood 20 00
Hancock, A Friend 50
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May, 1895
Henniker, Legacy of Miss Eliza Pea-
body, by L. W. Peabody, Ex
Hillsboro Bridge, C. M. Burnham
Hinsdale, E. Savage
Hollis, A Friend
Littleton, First, by D. C. Renwick.. . .
Lancaster, Mrs. S. A. Stickney
Manchester, Miss E. H. Priest
Mason, by Rev. D. W. Morgan
Milford, Mrs. J. E. Foster
Mount Vernon. Mrs. M. M. Starrett..
New Ipswich, Ch., $5.25; Y. P. S. C. E.,
$2, by J. E. F. Marsh
North Conway, A Friend, add'l
Peterboro, Union Ch., by C. S. Pierse.
Plaistow, Mrs. H. Carleton
Portsmouth, Mrs. M. Bufford, by J. S.
Rand
Mrs. J. O. Ham
South Lyndeboro. A. F. Cram
Stratham. O
Suncook. A Friend
Tamvvorth. S. S., by L. D. Blake
Mrs. L. F. Smith
West Hampstead, Mrs. E. P. Ordway,
$10 ; Nelson Ordway, $15
VERMONT— 81,489.99 ; of which leg-
acy, $675.00.
Vermont Domestic Missionary
Soc, by W. C. Tyler,
Treas. :
Bellows Falls, First $20 00
Bennington, A Friend 10 00
Brattleboro, Ladies of Cen-
ter Ch 36 00
Brookfield, First 3 50
Second 635
Grover 300
Jeffcrsonville, A Friend 50 00
Rutland 50 00
Vergennes, Three Readers
of Home Miss'y 200
Waterbury. A Friend 20 00
Westtield, Y. P. S. C. E., for
Salary Fund 310
$203 95
Woman's H. M. Union :
Bennington, Second $2000
Fairfax, Mrs. A. B. Bee-
man, for Salary Fund.. . 2 o->
Hartford, Y. P. S. C. E.,
for Salary Fund 10 00
Newbury, Y. P. S. C. E.,
for Salary Fund 3 00
Rutland. Y. P. S, C. E.,
for Salary Fund 3 00
Whiting, A Friend, for
Salary Fund 5 00
Winooski, Y. P. S. C. E.,
for Salary Fund 4 40
$47 40
Bellows Falls, E. Kirkland, M. D . . .
Berlin, Mrs. A. K. Warren
Brattleboro, A Friend
Burlington , A Friend
A member of the First
Cornwall, by Rev. S. H. Barnum . .
East Corinth, by Rev. E. W. Hatch. .
East Hard wick, by C. S. Montgomery
Dorset, Mrs. H. M. Johnson
Manchester, Miss E. J. Kellogg
Middlebury, Mother and daughter . . .
L. U. Eldridge
Mrs. S. S. Shattuck
New Haven, A Friend, to const. Mrs.
L. Nutting a L. M
ioo
00
50
00
7
00
2
00
2,3
34
3
I
00
80
10
00
5
00
3
00
7
25
3
16
00
25
2
40
10
00
I
00
I
00
2
00
10
00
6
00
251 35
10 00
4 40
50 00
5 00
I 50
23 70
13 79
34 75
1 00
5 00
2 00
5 00
3 00
SO 00
Orwell, Mrs. L. M. Dewey $1 00
Pittsford, Mrs. R. Burditt 300
Sa.xton's River. On account of Legacy
of Kezia J. Fairbanks, by Dr. E. H.
Pettengill, Ex 675 00
St. Albans, Mrs. M. A. Stranahan 5 00
St. Johnsbury, North Ch., " March
17" 300 00
Thetford, A Friend i 00
J. Colbee i 00
Vermont, Life Members, for debt 25 00
A Friend 6 00
A Friend 5 00
WallinCTford, Mrs. A. Edgerton i 50
Westminster, Mrs. C. W. Thompson. 3 00
Weston, Mrs. C. W. Sprague 2 00
Williston, by W. M. Barber i 00
MASSACHUSETTS-$i5.i56.s4; of
which legacies, $4,011.19.
Mass. Home Miss. Soc, by Rev. E.
B. Palmer, Treas 2,000 00
By request of donors $1,124 25
For work among foreign-
ers in the West 4,500 00
5,624 25
Woman's H. M. Asso., Miss A. C.
Bridgman, Treas. :
Amherst, Aux $34 00
Banister Legacy, of which
8285.71 for Salary Fund.. 571 42
Boston, Second, Aux 5 25
Boston, A Friend 10 00
Florence. Young Ladies'
Mission Circle, Aux 20 00
For Salary Fund 66 00
Framingham, Plymouth Ch.
Aux 18 00
Mt. Holyoke College, for
Salary Fund 165 00
.Natick, Aux 50 00
New Bedford, Trin. Aux. .. 78 91
North Ch 121 09
Springfield. Mrs. E. M.
Abbe, for Salary Fund ... 10 00
Ware, East Ch. Aux 50 00
• 1,199 67
Amherst, Legacy of Alonzo Dutton,
by S. E. Harrington and A. W.
Hall, Exs 100 00
" A member" 5 00
Andover, Ladies' Char. Soc. of the
South, by A. Rogers 25 00
A Friend 5 00
Auburndale, Dea. I. Leadbetter 10 00
Beverly, Legacy of Harriet W. Smith,
by F. H. Morgan, Adm 1,700 00
A. J. Bradstreet 5 00
Boston. Y. P. S. C. E. Thank-offer-
ing, by W. Shaw 2500
W. A. Wilde, for Salary Fund 50 00
W. G. Means 125 00
Mrs. H. H. Hyde 50 00
M.S.Bennett 5000
E. H. Wiggin 2 00
Boxborough, Legacy of Eliza A.Whit-
comb, by J. W. Hay ward. Ex 2,131 19
Brockton, L. F. Howard i 00
Buckland, Mrs. E. D. Bement s 00
E. S 5 00
Chelmsford Center, Y. P. S. C. E., by
C. A. Adams 8 00
Cummington, Thank-offering, Mrs.
H . P 10 00
Dedham, Mrs. A. B. Cowhens 5. 00
Dorchester, Second, by Miss E. Tol-
man igi 43
B. C. Hardwick of the Second, by
Miss E. Tolman 50 00
May, 1895
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East Boxford, S. S. of the First, by
W. W. Howe $17 79
East Brookfield, Mrs. J. A. Stoddard,
deceased, by E. H. Stoddard, to
const. Mrs. J. E. Stoddard a
L. M 60 00
The " Widow's Mite" i 00
Easthampton, Payson Ch., special, by
H.L.Clark 9000
Enfield, From Estate of Josiah B.
Woods, by R. M. Woods, Trustee.. 8000
Fiskdale, G. A. Edgerton i 00
Fitchburg, Rollstone Y. P. S. C. E.,
by L. A. Hayward 21 00
Gilbertville, S. S., by C. Frey 25 00
Granby, S. Harris 500
Greenfield, E. M. Russell 50 00
Mrs. M. K. Tyler 15 00
Groveland, E. F. Paine 2 00
Haydenville, by C. D. Waite '. . . 11 51
Hinsdale, Y. P. S. C. E., by M. C.
Sto well 414
Holyoke, The Ladies' Prayer Circle
of the Second, by Mrs. F. H.
Chamberlin 10 00
Mrs. E. Smith 50 00
M. S. Hubbard 5 00
W. Van Wagenen 40
Huntington, Y. P. S. C. E., by H. O.
Adams 3 00
Hyde Park, S. S. of the First, by A.
C. Farlin, special 10 00
Leicester, First, H. A. White 28 50
Leominster, A 5 00
Linden, Mrs. T. D. Goodhue i 00
Lowell, L. A. Merrill i 00
Massachusetts, Friend, C 50 00
Friend, M. M 5 00
A. Carlton 10 00
A Friend 100 00
Middleboro, Putnam Y. P. S. C. E.,
by C. M. Bryant 7 00
Mrs. H. O. Peirce 10 00
Mill River, S. N. Kamer i 00
Monson, G. E. Fuller, M.D 10 00
Montague, First, by S. Marsh 26 60
Natick, Mrs. A. L. Messinger, $1 ;
Mrs. H. C. Mulligan, $2 ; by M.
R. Mulligan 3 00
Mrs. S. E. Wilde 9 00
Newton Center, Extra-Cent-a-Day
Band, by S. F. Wilkins 30 00
Northampton, Dorcas Society of the
First, by Mrs. J. E. Clarke, for
Salary Fund 56 25
Mrs. S. M. Reed and Mrs. L. S.
Sanderson 22 00
Mrs. G. Butler 10 00
North Brookfield, Primary Dept. of
the S. S. of the First, by M. A.
French 10 00
North Cambridge, Mrs. L. R. Fox-
croft and ten-year-old daughter 20 25
North Chelmsford, Second, by A. H.
Sheldon 1655
North Falmouth, Mrs. W. C. Swift . . 1 00
North Wilbraham, R. Sikes . , 2 00
Oxford, Y. P. S. C. E., by Rev. A. E.
Bradstreet, for Salary Fund 10 00
Palmer, L. H . Gager 50 00
Mrs. C. W. Bennett 5 00
Mrs. W. M. Puffer, by Rev. F. E.
Jenkins 5 00
Pepperell, Primary Dept. of S. S.,$4;
Mrs. C. H. Miller, $1, by Mrs. C.
H. Miller S 00
Phillipston, Mrs. M. P. Estey 5 00
Pittsfield, Mrs. H. S. Strong, to const.
Mrs. J. Wilson a L. M 50 00
Friends, by Rev. C. W. Shelton ... 12 00
Plainville, Mrs. E. S. Shepard 52
Reading, Miss E. Scott, of the Silver
Circle, by Mrs. C. Scott 5 00
Salem, Tabernacle Ch 20 00
CONNECTICUT^!
legacies, $6,gi6.8.
1,800.98 ; of which
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs. W. W.
Jacobs, Treas. :
Bridgeport, Park Street Ch ,
Ladies' Union, by Mrs. C.
K. Bishop, for Salary
Fund 25 po
Bristol, Friends, for Salary
Fund 12 00
Higganum, Ladies' H. M.
Soc, by Mrs. E. G. Hol-
brook, for Salary Fund. . . 15 50
New Britain, So. Ch., Mrs.
Dr. Gaylord, by Mrs. S.
H.Wood 100
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00
10
00
20
00
10
00
2
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30
00
Tabernacle S. S., $50 ; W. K. Bige-
low, $10; by W. K. Bigelow. ...
A member of So. Ch
Saugus, Two Friends, special for the
debt
Sharon, W. R. Mann
Mrs. L. M. Gensler
Sheffield, by A. T. Wakefield, M. D..
Somerville, Mrs. G. P. Hammond and
Miss M. C. Sawyer
Southbridge, A Friend
Mrs. E. D. Morse, by E. D. Morse.
South Deerfield, Mrs. J. H. Stowell . .
South Framingham, Grace Ch., by G.
M. Amsden
H. A. P
South Franklin, S. D. Hunt
South Hadley, Mrs. E. S. Mead, Mt.
Holyoke College
Spencer, C. W. Powers
Sunderland, S. S., by A. T. Montague
Townsend Center, A Friend
■ Ware, Silver Circle, Mrs. C. J. Sage,
$5 : Miss S. R. Sage, Ss ; Mrs. H.
N. Hyde, $5 ; Miss H. S. Hyde, I5
A. S. Henrikson
Warren, S. S., by F. P. Stearns
Watertown, Mrs. M. Prior
Webster, First, by E. L. Spalding
Wellesley Hills, F. L. Fuller, with
previous don. to const, himself a
L. M
West Brookfield, Mrs. H. Brown, to
const, herself aL. M
Westford, Union Ch., by D. Atwood.
West Newton, A. L. Jenison
Dr. H. M. Paine
Whitinsville, Mrs. M. A. Batchelor, by
E. Whitin
Winchendon, Miss E. M. Elakelv and
Mrs. Q. Blakely .'
A Friend
Worcester, E. Sawyer
'• Two Friends "
"C"
A Friend.^ . .
Miss H. B. Smith
E. C. Sanford
RHODE ISLAND-$39o.87.
Woman's H. M. Asso., Miss A. C.
Bridgman, Treas. :
Earrington, R.I 10 00
Newport, United Ch., by E. P. Allan. 18 87
Providence, Central Ch., by M. E.
Torrey 300 00
Beneficent Ch., An absent Sister. . . 20 00
Pilgrim, by W. M. Bangs . . 15 00
Free Evan. Ch., by N. J. Shepley.. 10 00
W. F. Pitkin ic 00
Mrs. D. H. Leonard s °o
Tiverton, A. E. Brown 200
50
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May, 1895
New Britain, A Thank-offer-
ing from a Friend in the
So. Ch $5 00
North Guilford. Ch., $10; Y.
P. S. C. E., $10, by Miss
R.D.Chittenden.. 2000
Ridgefield, Ladies' Union,
by Mrs. C. H. Kendall.. . 18 00
South Canaan, Au.x., by
Mrs. E. E. Manley 5 00
Terryville, Mrs. K. S. Gay-
lord of the Silver Circle.. 5 00
Trumbull, W. H. M. U.. by
S. B. Beach, for Salary
Fund 15 00
Woodstock, Ladies' Benev.
Soc. by Miss F. H. But-
ler, for Salary Fund 35 00
$156 50
Miss. Soc. of Conn., W. W. Jacobs,
Treas., by Rev. W. H. Moore, Sec: 235 36
Berlin, Miss J. Hovey 10 00
A Member of the Second 1000
Bethlehem, A Friend 3 00
Bloomfield, A Friend 10 00
Bridgeport, Park Street Ch., by L. H.
Baker, to const. Mrs. H. Tomlin-
son a L. M 7882
Young Ladies Soc, for Salary Fund,
by Miss A. H. Hincks 25 00
Miss E. J. Eames 5 00
Buckland, Mrs. H. Pitkin 1 00
Canaan, E. A. Sedgwick 5 00
Centre Brook, A Friend of Home
Missions 500
Central Village, by Mrs. E. H. Lilli-
bridge 13 26
Chester. Mrs. A. L. Smith 2 00
Collinsville, S. E. Brown, toward a
L. Mp 1000
Columbia. Y. P. S. C. E., by A. J.
Fuller 1265
Connecticut, A Friend, S 10 00
A Friend 40 00
Friends 10 00
" A Helper" 500 00
Cornwall, Estate of Silas C. Beers, by
G. C. Harrison and J. E. Calhoun,
E.xs 2,000 00
Daabury, S. S. of the Second, by Rev.
F. A. Hatch 10 00
W. F. Burns 5 00
Danielsonville, S. S. Hall 2 00
E. J. D 1000
Darien, by M. S. Mather 31 50
East Cornwall. Mrs. G. Page 2 00
Ellington, Mr. and Mrs. C. Bradley.. 3 00
"A. B. C " S 00
Falls Village, Y. P. S. C. E., $10 ; Jr.
Y. P. S. C. E., $1, by Rev. C. W.
Hanna 11 00
Farmington, A Friend, by Rev. C. W.
Shelton 25 00
Gaylordsville, A Friend 5 00
Greenwich, Second Ch., A Friend.... 10 00
Mrs. A. Bell 5 00
Guilford, First, by E. W. Leete, to
const. Mrs. A. D. Knowles a L. M. 70 00
On account of Legacy of W. R Col-
lins, J. R. Rossiter, Ex., by F. T.
Jarman 273 38
Hartford, Park Ch., by W. E.Smith,. 39 46
Miss J. G. Loomis. $5 ; Dwight
Loomis, $20 ; by D. Loomis 25 00
A Friend 8 05
E. Gaylord i 00
Hebron, First, by F. N. Gillette 16 00
Huntington, by E. S. Hawley 2200
Ivoryton and Centerbrook, by S. F.
Parmelee 25 00
Lebanon, Goshen, From heirs of Miss
E. Hinckley, by E. N. Hinckley 25 00
Ledyard, " In Memoriam " $5 00
Mansfield. A Friend 5 00
Meriden. First, by W. H. Squire, to
const. J. W. Logan a L. M 7201
First Ch., L H. N i 00
Center Ch., by Miss M. A. Wood... 52 00
A Friend 5 00
Middlebury, by R. M. Fenn 2000
Middlesex, Conference, March meet-
ing collection 615
Middletown, Mrs. J. F. Calef, through
Ladies' Soc. of North Ch. Silver
Circle 5 00
Thank-offering, A Friend co 00
Milford, E. B. Piatt "5 00
Montville. F. F. Parker. . .» i 00
Naugatuck, by E. Spencer 150 oo
Nepaug, Mrs. H. B. Tyler i 00
New Britain, G. E. Merriman 2 00
New Fairfield, by Mrs. A. B. Brush... 8 00
New Haven, Second, by A. F. Hem-
ingway 77 33
Grand Avenue Ch., by W. Heming-
way 56 64
College Street Ch. , by S. Lloyd 67 63
G. B . Beecher 100 00
C. D. Dill 5 00
G. E. Day 20 00
E. A. Wells 5 00
Mrs. T. D. Woolsey 25 00
New London, J. E. Learned, $10 : Miss
S. Learned, $1, by J. E. Learned. 11 00
P.M. Harwood 5 00
New M ilford, A Friend 5 00
Norfolk, Estate of Mary L. Porter. . . 1,344 00
Estate of Mary L. Porter, by A. M.
Blakesley 437 50
On account of Estate of Mary C.
Porter, by J. R. Holley 162 00
Northtield, by H. C. Peck 32 04
Mrs. H. Morse 5 00
North Haven, Friends in the Cong. Ch. 26 00
North Stonington, by T. S. Wheeler.. 50 00
Norwalk, A Friend 6 00
Life Member 2 00
Norwich, Broadway Ch., A Friend... 25 00
Mrs. E. H. Loomis 2 00
Plainville, " H. A. F." 5 00
A Friend 2 00
A Friend i 00
Preston, Mrs. L. A. Palmer 10 00
Prospect, B. B. Brown 10 00
Rockville, G. Angell i 00
Mrs. A. M. Gibson 2000
Roxbury, Mrs. E. Beardsley 5 00
Sharon, First, $126.56; special coll.,
$36 ; of which from Mrs. Barnum,
J25, by R. E. Gordon 162 56
Sherman, W. B. Hawley, $5; Miss J.
A. Gelston, $1 6 00
Somers, A Friend i 00
Southbury, by S. Tuttle 20 50
South Manchester, Y. P. S. C. E., by
M. Benton, for Salary Fund 13 00
Stonington. C. A. Eldred i 00
C . G . Babcock 25 00
A Friend 10 00
Stratford, by S. A. Talbot 22 00
Suffield, Miss E. M. Clark 100
Thompson, by G. S. Crosby 36 39
Warren, C. H. Curtiss, $5 ; Ch., S31,
by A. B. Camp, in full to const. Mrs.
A. Strong a L. M 36 00
West Cornwall, C. E. Baldwin i 00
Westford, S. S Stowell 500
West Hartford, On account of Legacy
of Nancy S. Gaylord, by F. H.
Parker, Ex 2,700 00
E. W. Morris 20 00
Westminster, Rev. and Mrs. S. B.
Carter 2 40
West Suffield, B. Sheldon 2 00
West Winsted, Friends 8 00
May, 1895
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Wethersfield, R. S. Griswold
Mrs. G. W. Harris, by S. F. Willard
Whitney ville, by H. Humiston
Woodbridge, by Rev. C. W. Shelton.
by W. M. Beecher
Errata: Ivoryton, Mrs. J. E. Nor-
throp, $25, should be credited to the
Ladies' H. M. S., Ivoryton, erroneously
ack. in March Home Missionary.
In April number, contribution from
Old Saybrook should read : by Robert
Chapman. $18.59 ; for C. H. M. S., fiS.sg.
NEW YORK— $8,109.27 ; of which leg-
acies, $1,512.94.
Received by William Spald-
ing, Tre'as.:
Candor $14 62
Denis Booth '. i 00
Carthage 23 60
Clear Creek 5 85
Corning 36 00
Ellington i 75
Little Valley, Mrs. R. Chap-
man, to const. Mrs. R.
Chapman, Mrs. E. C.
Woodruff, W. Hall, F.
Merrill, Miss R. Chase, and
Mrs. E. P. Watkins L.
Ms 300 00
Middletown, North Street
Ch 875
New Haven 27 20
North Java 9 38
Raymondville, S. S., by S.
N. Babcock 2 51
Rensselaer Falls, Thank-of-
fering, J. J. D I 00
Riga 7 00
Siloam, Rev. J. T. Griffith,
$1 ; H. R. Jones, |i 2 00
Strykersville g 37
Summer Hill 5 00
Warsaw, Miss V. Lawrence 5 00
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs. ^
J. J. Pearsall, Treas.:
Antwerp. Day Spring, Jr.
Y. P. S. C. E $12 33
Brooklyn, East Ch. Aux 10 00
A Friend 25 00
Beecher Memorial, W. H.
M. U 25 00
Bush wick Avenue, King's
Daughters, special 5 00
Central, L. B. S 224 00
Zenana Band 150 00
Spanish Mission Band .... 5 00
Buffalo, Silver Circle, Mrs.
J. W. McWilliams 500
Camden, Silver Circle, Mrs.
G. Conant, $5 ; Helen
Barnes, $s ; Robert Allen,
$5 15 00
Carthage, Silver Circle .... 10 00
Cortland 10 00
Fairport, W. H. M. U 1800
Homer, Mrs. J. M. Scher-
merhorn 5 00
Howell's Depot, L. A 5 00
Little Valley, Aux S 00
Middletown, Crane Mission 20 00
Miller's Place. Mt. Sinai ... 10 25
Mt. Vernon, King's Daugh-
ters 5 00
Napoli 10 00
New York City, Broadway
Tabernacle Ch., for
woman's work 100 00
"G. G.," specials, $300.
$5 00
10 00
17 8s
460 03
Norwich $20 00
Oxford, Aux 32 75
Richville, Mrs. J. C. Wiser
and family 2 00
Riverhead, W. H. M. U 31 69
Rutland 10 00
Schenectady . , 10 00
Sherburne 39 39
Little Lights 5 00
West Winfield, L. A 5 00
$830 41
Aquebogue, by G. L. Wells 1853
Antwerp, First, by A. Hoyt 17 36
Berkshire, First, by S. L. Ball 98 00
Binghamton, S. M. Mersereaii 10 00
M. C. Ely 10 00
A Friend i 00
Brooklyn, Estate of John Cregier, by
C. C. Cregier and Jonathan Hall,
Exs 1,000 00
Clinton Avenue Ch., by F. Finlay . 2,000 45
Ch. of the Pilgrims, by J. E. Leech, 105 00
South Ch., by E. D. Ford 226 38
Puritan, by ft, A. W. Goll 149 10
Class O, Tompkins Avenue S. S., by
Mrs. M. F. Hebard 10 00
Y. P. S. C. E. of the Beecher Memo-
rial Ch., by Rev. D. B. Pratt 3 23
Parkville, by Rev. W. A. Kirkwood 4 62
Nazarene, by Rev. A. J. Henry 2 00
B. L. Benedict 16 40
Mrs. S. W. Charters 10 00
G. C. Stebbins 10 00
W. H. Williams, M. D 25 00
Mrs. L. P. Wood 50 00
E. C 5 00
Buffalo, H. E. Potter. . 30 00
Clifton Springs, Miss F. Bochek 5 00
Copenhagen, J. E. Rosebergh i 00
Coventryville, by Rev. J. F. Whitney 2 00
Crown Point, L. J. Murdock 3 40
East Bloomfield, Mrs. J. W. Taylor.. i 00
Franklin, by G. Mann 86 25
Hamilton, Thank-offering 5 00
Homer, by L. F. Rice 15 00
Jamesport, by F. Osten-Sacken 4 25
Keene Valley, S. S., by Miss G. Hall. 3 00
Lebanon Springs, E. C. Clark 2 00
Lockport, East Avenue, $19.12 ; Y. P.
S. C. E., $5, by B. A. Preish 24 12
Mount Sinai, Ch., $13.10 ; Miller
Place, mon. con., $13. 72 ; Y. P. S. C.
E., $4, by Rev. E. A. Hazeltine, in
full, to const. S. H. Miller a L. M. . 30 83
New York City, Estate of James M.
Goold, by G. P. Smith 360 94
Broadway Tabernacle Ch., by I. C.
Gaylord 1,557 37
Pilgrim Ch., by E. K. Billings, to
const. E. A. Dunham and G. B.
Mersereau L. Ms 121 07
Pilgrim, by J. G. Miner 20 00
Camp Memorial Ch., by Mr. Fran-
cisco 10 85
Bethany Mission School, by W. R.
Robinson 25 00
A. Bourn 100 00
Mrs. S. M. Cahoon 2 00
Miss Gilleo i 00
A. F. Libby 25 00
H. N. Lockwood 25 00
" First Fruits " 100 00
Mrs. L. E. Wright 5 0°
" Cash" 100 00
North Lawrence, Mrs. N. Williams. . . 5 00
Oneonta, L. J. Safford i 00
Orient Ch., $26.02 : Mrs. G. W. Hal-
lock, $10, by M. B. Brown 36 02
Oswego, A Friend i 00
Pulaski, by G. L. Sherwood 8 00
Rensselaer Falls, Mrs. N. E. Doty, to-
ward L. Mp. of A. M. Doty 10 00
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Rochester, A Friend $25 00
Rome. W. B. Hammond 2 00
Sayville, A. Payne 5 00
Saratoga Springs, A. J. Holmes 2 00
R. Osborn i 00
Scarborough, Miss A. L. Clark 4 00
Sherburne, A Friend 5 00
Smyrna, by C. D. Brooks 73 94
Summer Hill, by G. H. Allen 5 00
Utica, S. R. Bishop 200
Walton, First S. S., by H. S. White,. 15 72
A Friend 2500
Willsborough, Estate of Sarah A.
Slower, on account, by A. J. B. Ross 152 00
Woodville, A Friend 2 00
NEW JERSEY— $1,587.19; of which
legacy, §1,000.00.
Woman's H. M. Union of the N. J,
Assoc, Mrs. J. H. Denison,
Treas.:
Montclair, First, for Salary Fund.. 150 00
Bloomfield, Legacy of Rev. David B.
Coe, D. D,, by Rev, E. B, Coe,
D. D i,oco 00
M. E. C 1000
Mrs. J. Oakes 5 00
Cambridge, A. H. Brown 3 00
Camden, Mrs. F, W. Cowles 5 00
Chatham, Stanley Ch., by W. F. Coo-
ley 7 19
East Orange, Trinity Ch., by R. D.
Weeks, to const. Miss E. M. Muhle-
man. Miss E. W. Sterling, Miss G.
A. Dewey, and W. E. Quimby L.
Ms 23s 00
Englewood, W. A. Booth 20 00
Montclair, Mrs. J. Butler, Sio ; A
Friend, $5, by Mrs. J. Butler 15 00
Mrs. E. M . T. Brown 100 00
Murray Hill, S. H. Bassinger 10 00
Orange Valley, Highland Avenue Ch.,
Mrs. E. M. Barbour 5 00
Orange, Mrs. M. M. Hawes 5 co
Perth Amboy, Swedish, by Rev, F, E,
Ambrosiani 10 00
West Hoboken, A. Smith 5 00
Westfield, S. J. Hickok 2 00
PENNSYLVANIA-$268.44.
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs. T. W.
Jones, Treas, :
Meadville, for Salary Fund 10 00
Woman's H, M, Union of the N. J.
Assoc, Mrs. J. H, Denison,
Treas, : ,,
Philadelphia, Central Ch,, Mrs. E.
T. Strong 5 00
Albion, by Rev. L. P. Hodgeman 2 50
Bangor, Welsh, by R. W. Jones 5 00
Canton. H . Shelden 25 00
Centerville, L. C. Walker 25 00
Delta, Bethesda, by Rev. J, Calwala-
der 2 50
Eldred, M. A. Strickland 5 00
Germantown, C. E. White 10 00
First, by S. J. Humphrey 10 00
Minersville, Welsh, by D. T. Williams. 9 50
S. S. of the First, by S.J. Evans 461
Mt. Carmel, S. S., by Dr. W. T. Will-
iams 10 00
Philadelphia. Central Ch., Ladies, by
Mrs. T. W. Jones S 00
Park, by Rev. E. F. Fales 2 19
A Friend, by Mrs. T. W. Jones i 00
W. H. Lambert 100 00
Reading, O. S. Doolittle $1000
Riceville and Centerville, by Rev, A.
W, Swengel 7 14
Wilkes Barre, Fourth, by Rev. E. G.
Heal 5 00
Williamsport, Mrs. F. W. Tuckerman. 10 00
Williamstown, by Rev. T. H. Jones.. 4 00
MARYLAND-$i4.5o.
Canton, by Rev. T. M. BeadenkofE 4 50
Frederick City, A Friend, special 10 00
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-$486.oo.
Woman's H. M. Union of the N, J.
Assoc, Mrs. J. H. Denison,
Treas. :
Washington, D. C, First, for Salary
Fund
25 00
Washington, First, of which from
Gen. E. Whittlesey, $50 ; Friend,
in Howard University, $25, by W.
Lamborn 320 00
Mt. Pleasant Ch., by W. D. Quin-
ter, to const. Miss F. Appleby
and Mrs. L. T. Baker L. Ms 12600
Mt. Pleasant Ch., Y. P. S. C. E., by
W. H . Rousaville 10 00
W. G. Fowler 5 00
NORTH CAROLINA-ls.o.
Tryon, by Rev. A. Winter.
GEORGIA— $18.25.
Cartecay, by Rev. F. G. Smith 75
Columbus, First, by Rev. G. W. Cum-
bus 2 50
Ebenezer, by Rev. T. J. Adams 2 00
Glenmore, by Rev. T. Pitman 2 00
Hoschton. by Rev. J. C. Forrester ... 2 50
Macedonia, by Rev. J. R. Robinson , . 5 00
North Rome and West Rome, by Rev,
J, W. Gilliam i 50
Woodruff, by Rev. P. H. Reese 2 00
ALABAMA— $75.86.
Asbury, Union Hill Ch., Clio, Con-
cord Ch., and Spio, Mt. Pisgah, by
Rev. S. Weath erby 65
Central, Rev. J. E. Kimbell 50
Equality Ch. and Balm of Gilead,
Mt. Olive and Tallassee, by Rev.
A. C. Wells 4 00
Clanton. Union Point, First, and Mt.
Springs, by Rev. T. B. Haynie .... 2 00
Ft. Payne, Emanuel, by Rev. J. A.
Jensen 6 67
Gate City, by Rev. W. R. East 6 50
Henderson, by Rev. J. J. Stallings ,., 5 00
Hilton, Antioch Ch., by Rev. H. Hug-
gins 2 10
Jackson's Gap, Liberty Ch., by Rev.
W, J. Dunaway 2 00
Kingston and Lightwood, Union, by
Rev. W. C. Culver . , , 5°
Leon, Liberty, by Rev. H. M. Cook.. 2 15
Petote and Catalpa, by Rev. N. H.
Gibson 2 70
Rose Hill, New Hope Ch., and Hen-
derson, by Rev. J. L. Stewart 5 00
Shelby, Covenant Ch., by E. T.
Witherby 13 07
South Calera, by Rev. J. L. Busby... i 65
May, 1895
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Talladega, by E. C. Silsby
Union Hill, Ten Broeck, by Rev. W.
H. Brisendine
LOUISIANA-$6.s5.
Hammond, by J. Q. Adams . ...
Welsh, Esterly, and Iowa, by Rev. C.
S. Shattuck
FLORIDA— $266.50.
Received by Rev. S. F. Gale :
Florida H. M. Soc, Coll. at
annual meeting $18 06
Lake City, Olive Ch 2 50
Philips 721
Sanderson, Oak Grove ... go
C. Dinkins i 76
Taylor, Pine Grove 2 50
Bagdad, Zion Hill Ch., Crestview,
Bonifay, and Caryville, by Rev. P.
G. Woodruff ■
Daytonaand Port Orange, by Rev. C.
M. Bingham
De Land, J. A. Bryan
Interlachen, $9.77 ; S. S., $5, by Rev.
W. D. Brown
Jacksonville, Union Ch., by C. H.
Smith
Key West, First, by Rev. C. W.
Frazee
Lake Helen, Ch., $10 ; Y. P. S. C.E.,
$4, by Rev. M. Noble
Macclenny, A. A. Stevens
Mannville, Mrs. F. R. Haskins
Palm Beach, by Rev. I. A. Pearce . . .
Pomona, by Rev. M. C. Welch
Potolo, Carmel Ch., and Oak Ridge,
by Rev. E. A. Buttram
Sanford, Mrs. M. Lyman
Winter Park, by F. W. Lyman
S. S., by F. W. Lyman
TEXAS— 127.52.
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs.
C. L Scofield, Treas. :
Dallas, Children's Mission-
ary Army
Sherman
J20 67 Parker, by Rev. S. Richards
Stillwater, by Rev. I. A. Holbrook...
70 Vittrem, Memorial Ch., $7 ; Mt.
Hope, $2.50, by Rev. L: S. Childs. .
Waynoka, by Rev. J. W. McWilliams
9 50
3 00
P2 60
3 30
Cleburne, Trinity Ch., $10 ; Y. P. S. C.
E., $5.51 ; Jr. Y. P. S. C. E., $4.41 ;
S. S., $1.70, by Rev. C. E. Enlow .
INDIAN TERRITORY— $50.50.
McAlester, Second, by Rev. T. E.
Holleyman
Vinita, Academy Ch., $30 ; Ladies'
Soc, |io ; Y. P. S. C. E., |io, by
A. W. Bishop
OKLAHOMA-$87.i5.
Alpha, Park, and Mt. Pisgah, by Rev.
J. F. Robberts
Cross, by Rev. J. H. Parker
Guthrie, Plymouth, by Rev. C. N.
Queen
Lincoln Co., Forest Grove, by Rev.
M. D. Bogue
Newkirk, by Rev. J. W. Johnson
Oklahoma City, Pilgrim, by Rev. R,
H. Harper
2 5,=; NEW MEXICO— $10.75.
4 00 Woman's Missionary Union, Mrs. E.
D. Bullock, Treas , , 2 80
Aztec, Mrs. T. J. West i 00
La Belle, $2.65 ; Gallup, $4.30, by Rev.
E. H. Ashmun 6 95
ARIZONA- $147.40.
Arizona, A Friend 100 00
Nogales, by Rev. J. H. Heald 12 00
Prescott, First, by W. E. Hazeltine.. 35 40
32 53
TENNESSEE- $25.00.
^7 ^° Chattanooga, Central and East Lake,
by Rev. E. A. Berry 15 00
^7 00 East Lake Union Ch., by Rev. J. C.
^ °° Breeding 10 00
14 77
KENTUCKY-$5.oo.
20 00
Berea, Friends 5 00
5 25
14 00 OHIO— $1,743.89.
3 00
2 SO Received by Rev. J. G. Eraser,
15 00 D.D. :
6 00 Bluescreek, by Stanley
Bown $2 65
235 Chardon, by M.L. Maynard 1225
10 00 Chatham, by M. W. Pack-
67 00 ard, toward a L. Mp 27 75
39 °o Cincinnati, Vine Street Ch.,
$^7.85 ; S. S., $6.85, by A.
H.Myers 4470
Claridon, S. S., by Rev. H.
S. Thompson 5 00
Cleveland, Archwood Ave-
nue Ch., $24.33 ! S. S.,
$3; Y. P.S.C. E., $2.80 30 13
Euclid Avenue, by J.
Snow 63 31
5 9° Madison Avenue, by W.
E. Luff 22 00
Franklin Avenue, by W.
B. Mumford 662
2162 Union, by M. Williams... 600
Bethlehem, by Mrs. T.
Piwonka 3° 70
A Friend 30 00
Columbus, Mayflower, by
M. B. Rose 3 62
5° South, by Rev. J. Bright. 7 09
Dayton, by T. D. Knerr 17 65
Eagleville, Y. P. S. C. E.,
50 00 by M. Peck 2 25
Garrettsville, Y. P. S. C. E.,
by C. A. Snow, M.D 500
Geneva, Y. P. S. C. E,, by
E. Lew^is 3 65
Hudson, by Miss E. E. Met-
2 00 calf, toward a L. Mp n 50
5 00 Huntington, West Va., by
J.Clare n 35
30 00 Madison, Central, by A. S.
Stratton 17 03
2 so Mansfield, First Ch., .S83.10 ;
8 65 S. S., $20. by Rev. J. W.
Hubbell, D.D 103 10
4 50 Marysville, by E. W. Porter 20 00
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Mesopotamia, by C.N. Bates $335
North Amherst, Ch., $20;
Jr. Y. P. S. C. E.. $4.75,
by Rev. P. E. Harding. . . 24 75
Oberlin, Second, special
coll., by Rev. H. M. Ten-
ney, D.D 91 39
Ravenna, Ch., $5.73 ; Y. P.
S. C. E.. 95Cts.,by F. W.
Woodbridge 6 68
Rootstown, W. J. Dickin-
son, in full to const. Al-
pheusL. Dickinson a L.M. 2000
Toledo, Washington Street,
by A. U. Young 1325
Wellington, Y. P. S. C. E.,
by F. W. Andrus 4 00
York, of which $5 from Mrs.
M. P. Goodrich, by Rev.
E. F. Baird 2600
Received by Rev. J. G. Eraser,
D.D., Treas. Bohemian
Board, Cleveland :
Cleveland, Euclid Avenue,
by Justin Snow $33 80
Plymouth, Mrs. Mary A.
Kendrick 100
Franklin Avenue, Y. P. S.
C. E. and Jr. Y. P. S.
C.E 500
Columbus, Rev. B. Talbot. . 2 00
Mansfield, First, Children's
Hour 5 00
$46 80
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs.
G. B. Brown, Treas.:
Cincinnati. Walnut Hills. . . $5 00
Garrettsville, Bible Readers
school 5 00
Mansfield, First 15 3°
Mt. Vernon, Coral Workers 5 00
Unionville, Y. P. S. C. E.,
Miss Reitinger 10 40
Wauseon, S. S 7 50
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs.
G. B. Brown, Treas.:
Alexis, Willing Workers. ... §2 00
Cleveland. Euclid Avenue,
Mrs. Bridgman, for the
Homeland Purse i 00
Pilgrim, for Salary Fund. 10 00
Coolville, Mrs. M. B. Bart-
lett, to const. Mrs. Myra
H. Tidd a L, M ■ . 200 00
Madison, Central 1000
Marietta, First, for Salary
Fund 6 00
Mansfield, Mayflower S. S. . 5 00
North Olmsted, Second 7 00
Oberlin, Second, Y. P. S. C.
E., special 5 00
Plain, Bowling Green, for
Salary Fund 5 00
Toledo, Central, Y. P. S. C.
E, for Salary Fund 5 00
Second, W. H. & F. M. S. 5 00
$261 00
Contents of Mrs. Caswell's
Homeland Purse, from
Feb. 6 to March 7, 1895 :
Ashtabula, First $5 00
Believue 2 00
Chillicothe 6 00
Cincinnati, Vine Street. . . 25
Walnut Hills $600
Cleveland, Euclid Ave.,
of which $2 special 5 75
Plymouth 75
Columbus, Eastwood 7 55
St. Clair Avenue 10
Union Meeting 250
Dayton 6 62
Geneva 3 00
Lorain i 00
Mansfield, First 15 00
Maryville 3 00
Medina 5 00
Mt. Vernon 8 28
Oberlin, First 5 00
Second 2 50
Painesville 2 00
Lake Erie Sem i 00
Ravenna, Rootstown, and
Kent, of which $2 from
$672 77 Mrs. Carpenter 6 20
Sandusky 10 00
Springfield, First 3 00
Toledo, First 10 00
Second i 00
Central 7 00
Union Meeting 8 00
Wauseon 12 00
Wellington 5 00
$150 50
$411 50
Alliance, Mrs. J. M. Thomas 5 00
Ashtabula Harbor, Finnish Ch., by
Rev. F. Lehtinen i 50
Aurora Station, Mrs. A. Parker 2 00
Chatham Center, Mr. and Mrs. L.
Clapp, in full to const. Mrs. D. J.
Chase a L. M 25 00
Clarksfield and Brighton, by Rev. C.
A . Ruddock 5 72
Cleveland, Cyril Chapel, Bohemians,
by Rev. J. Musil 24 00
Bethlehem Bohemian Ch., Rev. H.
A. Schauffler, D.D 15 00
Cortland, First, by J. Williams 3 48
Deerfield, Mary Gouse i 00
Delta, Mrs. A. A. C. Merwin i 00
East Liverpool, Mrs. H. T. Kitchel .. 50 00
9500 Elyria, Mrs. E. W. Metcalf 500
Jewell, T. B. Goddard 200 00
Kipton, H. A. Deming, in full to
const. C. B. Hopkins a L. M 25 00
Oberlin. First, by A. H. Johnson 71 82
Rev H. S. Bennett 10 00
by N. Huckins 58 10
D. H. Manning 10 00
Oxford. Miss C. D. White i 00
Ravenna, In Memoriam 100
Rootstown, L. Hinman 10 00
Toledo, Plymouth, by Rev. A. E.
Woodruff 7 00
Y. P. S. C. E. of the Central Ch.,
by C. C. Jenkins 20 00
Wellington, C. F. West 2 00
Willoughby. Rev. S. C. Dickinson ... 5 00
Windham, Rev. W. W. Davis, for Y.
P. S. C. E 5 00
INDIANA— $529.87.
Received by Rev. E. D.
Curtis, D.D. :
Elkhart $23 75
Fairmont 6 50
Dunkirk 7 50
Hammond, First, $8; S. S.,
$2 10 00
Hosmer, Glezen . . 1000
Indianapolis, Pilgrim. ,$6.95;
S. S., $1.55 ; Ladies' Aid
Soc, $4.25 12 75
May, 1895
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Orland, to const. Rev. J. R.
Bonney a L. M $50 50
Terre Haute, First, add'l .. 58 00
Second 12 00
Two Friends of Home Mis-
sions 20 00
$211 00
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs.
F. E. Dewhurst, Treas. :
Amboy $1 00
Angola 6 40
Brightwood 2 00
Cardonia 4 00
Coal Bluff I 00
Dunkirk 2 00
Elkhart 22 00
Ft. Recovery 5 00
Ft. Wayne, Plymouth 15 .00
Glezen 10 00
Indianapolis, Plymouth .... 20 00
Fellowship 4 50
Plymouth Ladies' Union,
$33.98 ; King's Daugh-
ters, fi5 ; S. S.,$5.i3... 54 II
People's Ch : . . . . 5 00
Mayflower, W. H. M. U.,
$20; Jr. Y. P. S. C. E.,
$2 22 00
Kokomo 25 00
Liber 3 00
Ridgeville 5 00
Terre Haute, First 50 00
Washington, S. S 86
257 87
Coal Bluff, $3 ; Perth, |i ; Caseyville,
$1, by Rev. J. Hayes 5 00
Indianapolis, People's Ch., by Rev.
J. M. Lewis 51 00
Kokomo, D. P. Davis, by W. D. Davis 5 00
ILLINOIS-$253.93.
Illinois H. M. Soc, by A. B. Mead,
Treas 100 00
Alton, A Friend 50 00
Chicago, Ladies' Aid Sec. of New
England Ch., by Miss C. I. Oak-
ley 14 18
M. R. Blackburn, Sio ; A Friend,
$1, by M. R. Blackburn 11 00
Mrs. T. B. Welles i 00
Geneseo, Mrs. R. B. Paul 25 00
Harvey, Ladies' H. M. Soc, by Mrs.
E. M. Stillman 5 15
Mrs. G. Holman, by Mrs. E. M.
Stillman i 00
La Harpe, L. S. Maynard 5 00
Millburn, Mrs. J. D. Taylor 3 00
Normal, Mrs. E. L. Brown i 00
Rockford, A Friend in the Second 5 00
T. D. Robertson 25 00
Seward, Second, by L. Piatt 7 60
MISSOURI— $985.64.
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs.
K. L. Mills, Treas. :
Kansas City, Y. P. S. C. E.,
Olivet Ch., for Salary
Fund $2 50
Y. P. S. C. E. of the S. W.
Tabernacle Ch., for Sal-
ary Fund 5 00
Kidder 10 00
Mead ville 7 50
New Cambria 5 00
St. Louis, Y. P. S. C. E. of
People's Tabernacle
Ch., for Salary Fund... $3 75
Pilgrim Ch 308 15
Y. P. S. C. E. of Pilgrim
Ch., for Salary Fund.. 12 50
First 167 62
Y. L. S. of the First 7518
Compton Hill 76 00
ComptonHill,Y. L. M.S.,
for Salary Fund 12 00
$685 20
Less e.xpenses, 34 26
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Amity, by Rev. J. P. Field
Hannibal, Pilgrim, by Rev. J. Thom-
son
Kansas City, Southwest Tabernacle,
by Rev. C. L. Kloss
Kansas City, Olivet Ch., by Mrs. R.
Layfield
Meadville, by W. W. Sturges
Mine La Motte, by Rev. D. C. McNair
Neosho, by E. Skewes
Pleasant Hill, G. M. Kellogg
Sedalia, First, by W. H. Van Wagnen
Springfield, Central, by Rev. G. S.
Brett
German, by Rev. J. F. Graf
St. Joseph, Swedish, by Rev. W. Pier-
son
St. Louis, Pilg^rim, by G. L. Day
Compton Hill, by J. S. Kuhn
Ch. of the Covenant, by Rev. A.
L. Love
Third, by H. Tevis
German, by Rev. M. Krey
Swedish, by Rev. A. G. Johnson. . .
Webster Groves, First, by L. C. Die-
trich
Willow Springs, First, by Rev. J.
Brereton
MICHIGAN— 130.00.
Benzonia, A Friend
Kalamazoo, " Life Member"
T. B. Hill
North Leroy, Miss. Soc, by Mrs. N.
C. Beebe
Northport, J. Kehl
Ray Center, T. K. Mclnnis
Saline, A Friend
Vernon, A. Garrison
WISCONSIN- $5,314.23 ; of which leg-
acies, $4,863.50.
Received by Rev. T. G. Grassie :
Antigo $56 00
Ashland Ch., $86.95 ; S. S.,
$8 ; Ladies' Soc, $15 109 95
Bloomer, Ladies' Soc 5 00
Butternut 12 00
Clintonville 35 49
Embarrass 16 00
Hay ward 33 23
West Superior, Hope Ch. . . 6 25
273 92
Beloit, J. A. Holmes 3 00
Bloomington, W. M. Lenids, 50 cts.;
Thomas Smith and wife, $2.co 2 50
Clintonville, Scand., by Rev. H. F.
Josephson 2 00
Cumberland, by Rev. H. Robinson.. i 50
Fond du Lac Co 5 00
Ft. Howard, Balance of Legacy of
Mrs. Caroline L. A. Tank, by J. W.
Porter 1,113 33
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May, 1895
Kenosha, J. C. Dowse $2 00
Mauston, Rev. T. L. North i 00
Menomonee Falls, Rev. T. Loomis
and wife 10 00
Merrill, Scand., by Rev. T. G. Grassie 5 00
New Richmond, by Rev. T. Kent 23 75
Ch.. $30.30 ; Jr. Y. P. S. C. E., $3.70 ;
by Rev. T. Kent 34 00
Oshkosh, Estate of Lucy Bartlett, by
A. H. Bartlett. Adm 3,75° 17
Ripon, Mrs. A. P. Harwood 25 00
Rhinelander. $40.56 ; Peshtigo, $20 ;
by Rev. T. G. Grassie 60 56
Wood Lake, Grantsburg, and Doctor's
Lake, Swedish, by Rev. N. I. Nelson. i 50
IOWA— $99.90.
Blairstown, Mrs. J. H. French 10 00
Clinton, S. S., by H. R. Whitehouse. . 15 00
Des Moines. A Friend, to const. Rev.
C. L. Hyde a L. M 5^ 00
lowaH. M. Soc, J H. Merrill, Treas. :
Marengo, M. E. H $2 00
K. A. S I 00
3 00
Lansing, Rev. A. Kern 2 00
Luzerne, Bohemians, by Rev. T. T.
Bastel 950
Miles, Miss L. Hathaway i 40
Osage, A Friend of Missions i 00
Wilton Junction, German, by Rev. E.
G. L. Mannhardt 8 00
MINNESOTA-$i,o8o.57.
Received by Rev. J. H. Morley :
Cannon Falls $5 49
Clearwater 2 39
Detroit . . 15 3°
Dululh, Morley 20 05
Edgerton 3 00
Fertile 3 3^
Hawley 460
Lake City 3° i5
Morris 7 96
Minneapolis. Lyndale, S. S. 29 01
Open Door, S. S i 70
Bethany 3 32
Silver Lake 2 00
Vine 20 00
Como Avenue 20 11
Pilgrim, to const. E. E.
Leighton a L. M 6875
Rev. D. B. Jackson 5 00
New Paynesville 5 00
Owatonna. $20.06 ; S. S., $6. 26 06
Rochester, $36.80; S. S.,
$3 95 40 75
St. Paul, Cyril Chapel 75 00
Spencer Brook, $2.65; S. S..
60 cts 3 25
Shakopee, Rev. R. G. Jones. 10 00
Sterling 5 00
Swan ville i 00
Wayzata 4 °o
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs.
M. W. Skinner, Treas.:
Anoka 50 00
Alexandria, $10 ; S. S.,
$3.68 13 68
Austin, $16.90 ; Y. P. S. C.
E., $15 31 90
Cannon Falls, $6.64 ; S. S.,
$6.73 ; Y. P. S. C. E.,
$2.32; Jr. Y. P. S. C. E.,
$3.21 18 90
Claremont 4 00
Campbell. S. S . 12
Duluth, Pilgrim, $10.21 ;
S. S., $15 25 21
Elk River $16 51
E.xcelsior, $4.83 ; Y. P. S.
C. E.. $9.17 14 00
Faribault, of which Res-
cue Fund. $21 : Primary
Class, $5 ; Table jugs D.
and D. In., $2.50 41 15
Gracevilte i 00
Lake Benton 5 00
Lake City 60 00
Minneapolis. First 16 39
Park Avenue, in part, to
const. Mrs. A. Sawyer
a L. M 12 48
Plymouth, to const. Mrs.
H. G.Webster a L. M. 5443
Silver Lake, Y. P. S. C.
E 2 72
Pilgrim, Thank-offering 4 53
Miss. LTnion 17 7°
W. J. Dyer & Co., Ad. 5 00
Pillsbury Mill Co., Ad. 8 00
Montevideo, S. S 2 14
New Paynesville 3 00
Northtield, Carleton Col-
lege, Ad 5 00
Ortonville 5 00
Plainview 2 40
Pelican Rapids 4 28
Paddock, S. S 24
Robbinsdale, Young
Ladies 4 75
St. Paul, Plymouth 12 75
Plymouth, S. S 804
Park 36 00
Cyril Chapel 50
Bethany, $2.50 ; S. S., $3 5 50
St. Charles, S. S 427
Sauk Center 14 28
Spring Valley, $10 ; Y. P.
S. C. E.. S25 35 00
Tintah, W. C. T. U i 00
Winona, First, S. S 5 00
Zumbrota, S6.10; S. S.,
$9.90 16 00
$974 12
Less expenses 50 00
$924 12
Less amount to be for-
warded 45 00
Appleton, by Rev. H. G. Cooley
Belgrade, First, by L. B. Steel
Big Lake, by Rev. W. H. Evans
Brownton and Stewart, by Rev. J. W.
Danford
Dawson and Boyd, by Rev. T. H.
Lewis
Edgerton, ty Rev. E. Carter
Faribault, by Rev. G. S. Ricker
Fertile, Rev. R. P. Upton
Groveland, by Rev E. E. Rogers
Lake City, Mrs. H.J. Collins
Lake Park and Sanborn, by Rev. F.
C. Emerson
Marietta, and Revillo, So. Dak., by
Rev. C. F. De Groff
Minneapolis, Oak Park, by Rev. G. E.
Smith
Mizpah, by Rev. M. A. Stevens —
B. F. Ames
Mrs. S. M. Pottle
New Duluth. Mayflower Ch., by Rev.
W. N Moore
Northfield. A Friend
Ortonville. by J. Neilson
Park Rapids, by Rev. R. W. Harlow.
St. Cloud. First, by W. T. Clark .. .
Stewartville, by Rev. M. H. Galer...
Winona, Rev. A. Anderson
$879 12
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The Home Missionary
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Worthington, Union Ch., by G. O.
Moore
Mrs. Ellen M. and Edgar L. Porter
KANSAS— $1,675.57.
Received by Rev. J. G.
Dougherty, Treas. :
Arvonia I2 49
Barker's 4 07
Chapman 7 oi
Clear Creek, S. S i 40
Fowler 5 00
Hiawatha 32 40
Hill City 2 00
Independence 13 00
Kansas City, First 48 57
Kanwaka., ^51
Lawrence, Pilgrim 13 74
Mt. Hope 6 00
Ottawa 26 45
Ridgeway, Harvest Festival 4 00
Saint Mary's 10 00
Sedgwick 7 00
Seneca -. 32 56
Smith Center 13 00
Stockton a 75
Wellington 3 00
Received by Rev. L. P.
Broad :
Almena $6 00
Ahoona . . . • 2 00
Carson 10 65
Ellis 15 00
Enterprise 2 54
Fairview, Plymouth 21 60
Ford 4 10
Fredonia i 75
Kensington 2 85
Lenora, Jr. Y. P. S. C. E.. . i 44
Linwood, Y. P. S. C. E . . . 5 00
Lyons 2 00
Neosho Falls 3 60
Netawaka 5 60
Ocheltree 2 00
Onaga 8 26
Oswego I 00
Topeka, Ladies' Soc. of
First Ch i 50
Udall 9 31
Valeda 2 00
'Wakarusa, Y. P. S. C. E. . . i 50
Wellington 4 00
Western Park 14 10
Wyandotte. First 315
Received by Rev. T. V. Davies :
Brookville $3 3^
Mentor, Branch Ch 418
S. S 123
New Cambria 219
Y. P. S. C. E 70
Salina, Plymouth 1278
S. S 3 00
Ladies' Aid Soc 12 00
Y. P. S. C. E 30a
Miss L. Lapp's S. S. class 5 00
I7 75
25 00
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs. E. K.
De Long, Treas. :
Alma I25 40
Argentine 23 00
Arkansas City .' . . . 2335
Atchison 20 00
Burlington 19 05
Y. P. S. C. E 500
Centralia, toward L. Mp. of
Mrs. B. U. King 2350
248 95
Chapman $15 85
Clay Center 4 50
Council Grove 22 00
Douglas, Y. P. S. C E 2 00
Emporia, Mrs. C. Plumb. . . 5 00
Goodland 5 00
Goshen 5 00
Great Bend 10 00
Hiawatha 22 00
Ch 40 70
Kansas City, First 10 00
Lawrence, Plymouth 10 25
Leavenworth 40 00
Y. P. S. C. E 5 00
Mrs. Cushing 5 00
Leona i 75
Linwood 3 20
Louisville 4 50
Ocheltree 2 00
Olathe, Y. P. S.C. E 2 30
Ottawa, Y. P. S. C. E 664
Partridge, S. S 5 00
Plevna 7 6s
Russell, Y. P. S. C. E. 407
St. Mary's, Y. P. S. C. E. . . 2 10
Sabetha 10 50
Sedgwick i 50
Mrs. Weimer 5 00
Severy 3 10
Stockton I 50
Y. P. S. C E. and Jr. Y.
P. S. C.E 1000
Topeka, First 59 00
Valley Falls 20 00
Wabaunsee 26 30
Wakarusa 7 00
Wakefield, S. S 5 00
Wallace 2 00
Wellington 18 07
Jr. Y. P. S.C. E 500
Wellsville, Ch 8 00
Western Park 5 00
Worcester, Mass., Mrs. B.
Alden 5 00
Less e.xpenses .... 1 1 44
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs. E. K.
De Long, Treas. :
Strong City, Ch., %^.ss\ H. M.
Silver Circle. Y. P. S. C E.,
$5.42 : Mrs. Plummer's S. S. Class,
$3.80; H. E. Mills' S. S. class,
$1.40 ; Mr. Hansen and family,
$2.50 ; H. E. Mills and wife, $5,
by H. E. Mills
Alton, Ch.. $9.20 ; Y. P. S. C. E.,
$1.40, by Rev. L. H. Piatt
Abilene, Mrs. H. M. Hurd
Argentine, by Rev. W. B. Shaw
Atchison, by Rev. F. H. Allen
Capioma, $3.11 : Comet, $1.79, by
Rev. L . E. Potter
Colwich, by Rev. J. A . Henry
Cora, by Rev. W. O. Town
Council Grove, First, by Rev. L.
Armsbv . . . ■
Emporia,' First, by W. H. Mapes. . . .
Fort Riley, Lieut. E. H. Catlin
Garfield and Kinsley, by Rev. E. L.
Hull
Garden City. First, by Rev. L. Hull .
Geneva, by Rev. R. I. McGinnis. . . .
Herndon, Logan, and Ludell, Ger-
man, by Rev. W. Suess
Humboldt, Mrs. M. C. Wood
Lawrence, Plymouth Ch., $170; S. S.,
$35.60, by C. L. Edwards, to const.
Miss M. L Barteau,x and Miss K.
L. Riggs L. Ms
Leavenworth, First, byO. N. Halsted
21 67
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25
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May, 1895
Maize, Rev. J. Brunker
Muscotah, Rev. G. A. Traut, Silver
Circle
Newton, First, by Rev. F. W. Hem-
enway
Neosho Falls, W. M. S., by Mrs. A.
C. McGinnis
Nickerson, Mrs. R. McAllister
Oneida, by Rev. G. W. Tingle
Osawatomie, First, by Rev. T. S.
Roberts
Ottawa, by F. A. Wilkinson
Parsons, by Rev. F. V. Jones
Pittsburgh, Tabernacle, by Rev. J. H.
B. Smith
St. Francis, by Rev. D. H. Piatt
Topeka, First, by H. C. Bowman. . ..
Twelve Mile, by J. Gledhil!
Y. P. S. C. E., by Mrs. M. B. Mark-
ham
Vienna, by Mrs. I. Mumaw
Wakefield, by W. Eustace
Wallace, Sio ; Macon, 5, by Rev. W.
H. Marble
White Cloud, by Rev. C. E. Cushman
Wyandotte Forest, $5.70 : Kirwin,
$10, by Rev. W. C. Veazie
NEBRASKA-$777.i4.
Received by J. W. Bell, Treas.
Arborville
Aurora
Belknap
Bladen
Brunswick
Campbell
Cambridge
Chadron
Clay Center
Creighton, to const. Rev. G.
W. James a L. M
Dover
E.xeter
Freewater
Fremont
Genoa
Hay Springs
Hildreth
Indianola
Lincoln, Vine St., to const.
Rev. A. F. Newell a
L. M
Moline
Omaha. St Mary's Avenue,
in full to const. Mrs. A. E.
Dean and Mrs. M. T.
Stiger L. Ms
Omaha, Saratoga
Cherry Hill
Park
Ravenna
Y P. S. C. E
Rising City
Steelburgh ...
Stockville
Talmadge
Upland
Wahoo
West Cedar Valley
Wilcox
Willow Valley
York
$4 36
18 09
2 35
1 32
2 so
8 47
7 35
28 44
15 00
13 25
1 00
30 00
5 00
14 75
2 50
6 40
28 95
2 47
50 00
6 53
3 00
I 05
5 85
4 15
4 00
50 55
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs.
G. J. Powell, Treas...
Aurora, S. S. S21.49 ; Y. P.
S. C. E., $r.42
Creighton, Ladies' Aid
Soc
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20
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Y. P. S. C. E., $5, for
Salary Fund ; Jr. Y.
P. S. C. E., $6, for
Salary Fund $1100
S. S 2 73
Lincoln, Vine St., four
Societies 22 7s
Wilco.\ I 20
^233 42
Butte and Spencer, by Rev. W. Loney
Cowles and Pleasant Ridge, by Rev.
S. Deakin
Dodge and Howells, by Rev. A. Farn-
worth
Doniphan, West Hamilton, and North
Hastings, by Rev. E. Cressman
Friend and Turkey Creek, German,
by Rev. P. Lich
Germantown, German, by Rev. F.
Woth
Grant, Madrid, and Venango, by Rev.
G. W. Knapp
Lincoln, German, by Rev. J Lich. . . .
McCook, German, $3 23 ; Culbertson,
78 cts.. by Rev. J. Sattler
Nebraska City, First, by Rev. G. C.
Hall
Norfolk. First, by Rev. W. J. Paske,
to const. Rev. J. J. Parker a L. M. .
Omaha, Hillside, by Rev. G. J. Powell.
Palisade, Ch., $6.65; Haves Center,
$2.25, by Rev. T. C. Moffatt
Sargent, by Rev. J. F. Smith
Springfield, by Rev. J. E. Storm
Stanton, Ch., $25 ; Y. P. S. C. E.,
?;2.5o: Aten and Blyville, $6.27;
Norfolk, $20.88, by Rev. W. J.
Paske
Urbana, Si. 40 : Rev. R. S. Pierce,
$3.60 ; Bertrand, $3.05, by Rev. R.
S. Pierce
West Point, by Rev. S. Pearson
NORTH DAKOTA— $7026.
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs. J. M.
Fisher. Treas. :
Caledonia, Children's mite
box $ 59
Cummings, Christian Sol-
diers 4 00
Sykeston, Mrs. McPhee's
mite bo.\
Wimbleton
3 00
3 °o
165 00
Abercrombie, by Rev. E. E Saunders.
Cando, by Rev. C. A. Mack
Carrington, S28.45 ; Rose Hill, $3.05,
by Rev. W. H. Gimblett
Dawson and Tappen, by Rev. T. W.
Thurston
Fargo, Y. P. S. C. E. of Plymouth Ch.,
by Rev. E. H. Stickney
Medora, " Priscilla ". . '
Oberon, by Rev. O. P. Charaplin
Rose Valley, Rev. M. J. Totien
SOUTH DAKOTA-$26i.8o.
Received by T. L. Riggs :
Bad River $t 47
Cheyenne River i 50
Moreau River 40
Oahe I 40
Aberdeen, Plymouth, by Rev. T. J.
Dent
$578 40
2 00
2 09
5 00
5 00
10 00
3 00
1 19
5 00
4 01
8 00
50 00
15 55
8 90
2 50
3 55
54 65
8 OS
10 25
5 00
5 17
31 50
7 25
1 00
I CO
3 75
5 00
4 77
3 77
May, 1895
The Home Missionary
39
Academy, Colvin, and Kirkwood, by
Rev. L. E. Camfield
Armour, by Rev. W. B. Hubbard
Belle Fourche, by Rev. C. H. Bur-
roughs
Blumenthal, Friedens, and St. Ma-
thews, German Chs., by Rev. H.
Vog'ler
Chamberlain, $30.31; Ree Heights,
Ladies' Aid and Mission Soc, §2.75
Clark, by Rev. T. G. Langdale
Cresbard and Myron, by Rev. P. 13.
Fisk
Esmond, by Rev. G. W. Crater
Firesteel, $7.27 ; Drakola, 25 cts.; Iro-
quois, $2 ; Osceola, $1, by Rev. W.
H. Thrall
Frankfort and Turton, by Rev. C. H.
Dreisbach
Gettysburg, Logan, and Lebanon,
by Rev. S. E. Fish
Gothland, by Rev. G. W. Doty
Highmore, $13.08 ; Columbia, $12.43,
by Miss E. K. Henry
Hot Springs, First, by Rev. E. E.
Frame
Lesterville, S. S., by E.'F. Himes
Milbank, by Rev. W. H. Thrall
Parkston, Zion Ch., by Rev. J. Sattler
Redfield, $1.60 ; Armour, $5- by Rev.
W. H. Thrall
Springfield, Running Water, and
Wanari, by Rev. C. Seccombe
Rev. C. Seccombe
Vermilion, First, by J. R. Simpson. . .
Watertown, by Rev. W. H. Thrall. . .
Woonsocket, Tabor, German Ch., by
Rev. P. Bechtel
Yankton, by C. W. Lay
L R. Sanborn
COLORADO-I138.31.
5 00
14 00
33 06
2 50
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10 52
2 50
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25 51
6 50
1 05
20 00
2 so
6 60
3 00
7 00
26 95
3 00
3 °°
20 00
25 00
MONTANA-$47.38.
Received by Rev. W. S. Bell :
Horse Plains $2 18
Superior i 35
Thompson Falls 60
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs.
H. E. Jones, Treas.:
Castle, Mrs. A. S Barnes. . .
Helena, Ladies' Miss. Soc.
First,
Livingston, $7.50 ; Helena,
$7.50, by Rev. W. S. Bell
Missoula, First, by Rev. O. C. Clark.
Red Lodge, Y. P. S. C. E., by Rev.
W. H. Watson
UTAH-$47.4i.
Coalville, by Rev. W. S. Hawkes
Ogden, First, by Rev. C. W. Luck. . .
Provo, First, by Rev. S. Rose
Salt Lake City, Sun Beam S. S. of
People's Mission, by Rev. W. S.
Hawkes
Major J. F. and Mrs. C. A. Bradley
NEVADA-$5.7o.
Reno, Y. P. S. C. E,, Thank-offering,
by G. Clow
By Rev. T. Magill
IDAHO-$i3.35.
Genesee, Idaho, and Uniontown,
Wash., by Rev. W. C. Fowler. . . .
Pocatello, by Rev. W. S. Hawkes. . . .
$4 13
2 80
26 75
2 25
II 10
Boulder, by Mrs. H. D. Harlow
Coal Creek, Union, by Rev. C. T.
Wheeler
Creede, by Rev. G. Foster
Cripple Creek, First, by Rev. W. C.
Jones ....
Denver, North Denver, by Rev. C. M.
Clark
Manchester, by Rev. W. B. Robb..
Fruita, by Rev. H. M. Skeels
Gilman, S4 ; Red Cliff, $3, by Rev. C.
W.Wells
Grand Junction, by Rev. S. F. Dick-
inson
Littleton, by J. A. Hainer
Montrose, by Rev. A. D. Blakeslee . .
New Castle, by Rev. J. B. Stocking. .
Otis and Hyde, $7.30 ; Otis, Y. P. S.
C. E., $3 33, by Rev. G. Dungan. . .
Pueblo, Pilgrim, by Mrs. S. M. Pack-
ard
Pilgrim Ch., Ladies' Aux., by Mrs.
E. B. Coleman
J. B. Kilbourn
Ward, Union, by Rev. F. E. Eckel ..
Whitewater, by Rev. H. C. Shoe-
maker
WYOMING— $10.25.
Woman's Missionary Union, Mrs. H.
N. Smith, Treas.:
Rock Springs, Aux
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Manville, by Rev. A. D. Shockley
8 25
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CALIFORNIA— $6,156.32.
Received by Rev. J. T. Ford :
Chula Vista $30 00
Saticoy, Y. P. S. C. E 400
Ventura, Dea. N. W. Blan-
chard 100 00
Received by J. D. McKee :
Antioch, S. S $10 00
Benicia 1000
Berkeley, First 342 00
Byron, S. S i 50
Campbell 30 00
Cloverdale 31 25
Cottonwood 4 00
Douglas City, S. S 2 co
Fitchburg 14 25
Genieda i 25
Glen Ellen, by Miss L. Clark 7 00
Grass Valley 18 00
Green Valley 6 50
Guerneville 5 00
Junction City, Y. P. S. C. E. 4 00
Kenwood 5 00
Little Shasta, S. S 54 °o
Lockford 707
Martinez, of which $50 to
const. Mrs. Mary A. Hale
a L. M 81 85
Nevada City 5 00
Niles 12 95
North Berkeley, S. S 5 oo
' Oakland, Rev. G. Mooar .. 2500
First 280 00
Fourth 10 00
S. S ..,,.,. 6 10
40
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Plymouth Avenue $54 80
S. S 4 00
Market Street Ch 1185
Oleander 42 52
Oroville, in full to const.
Mrs. S. S. Topping' a L.
M 24 00
Y. P. S. C. E., toward L.
Mp. of F. S. Griggs ... lo 60
Palermo, Ch. and Y. P. S.
C E 34 00
Pescadero 11 00
Y. P. S. C. E S 00
Petaluma 25 co
Y."P. S. C.E II 10
Piedmont, Oak Chapel S. S. 2 87
Port Costa, S. S i 00
Redwood 38 40
Rocklin 12 30
Sacramento 133 05
First 58 00
San Francisco, Plymouth . . 113 10
Ocean View 8 44
Green Street 13 5°
Olivet 26 00
Rev. H. H. Cole 5 00
Third 83 50
Rev. J. Rowell 20 00
San Jos^ 152 63
San Mateo 25 00
Santa Cruz. First 33 85
Sierra Valley 12 00
Soquel 7 80
Stockton 34 55
Y. P. S. C. E 1400
Rev. J. C. Holbrook, D.D. 15 00
Miss R. Chapin i 00
Suisun 8 CO
Tipton 10 00
Tulare 20 00
S. S 2 00
Vacaville 20 00
Weaverville 1600
Woodland, S. S 9 80
$2, log 40
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs.
J. M. Haven, Treas. : $815 90
Berkeley, First 73 10
San Francisco, Plymouth,
toward a L. Mp 25 00
Kenwood S 00
Woman's H. M. Union of
Southern California, Mes.
M. M, Smith, Treas.:
Avalon $5 00
Claremont 30 00
East Los Angeles 25 05
Escondido 20 00
Highland, toward a L. Mp. 35 00
Los Angeles, First 11 00
West End 20 00
National City 30 00
Ontario 16 95
Perris, of which $50 to
const. Mrs. Emma Whit-
ney a L. M 67 70
Pomona, Pilgrim Ch 4082
Redland, First 25 50
Riverside, First 112 68
San Bernardino 8 00
San Diego, First 6500
San Jacinto 10 00
Santa Monica, Prohibition
Ch 5 00
Ventura 5 00
For Salary Fund :
Buena Park, Jr. Y. P. S.
C.E I 00
1,028 40
Claremont, Rally $7 75
Escondido, Children's
Mission Band 7 00
Pasadena, First 78 50
Jr. Y. P. S. C. E. of the
First Ch 15 00
Riverside, Jr. Y. P. S. C.E. 360
San Diego, First, S. S. . . . 10 00
Y.P.S.C.E. of the First 500
$660 55
Auburn, by Rev. H. F. Burgess 23 00
Avalon, by Rev. E. O. Tade 7 00
Berkeley, North Ch.. $20; S. S., $5,
by Rev. J. C. Robbins 25 co
Black Diamond, Port Costa and Stew-
artville, by Rev. T. Hanna 25 00
Byron, by Rev. F. Watry 20 00
Clayton, by Rev. W. H. Robinson .... 7 10
Etiwanda, $11.50; Pleasant Valley,
$5.23, by Rev. C. H. Davis 16 73
Etta, by Rev. H. E. Banham 12 00
Fresno, German Ch., by Rev. J. Leg-
ler I 40
Hesperia and Halleck, by Rev. L. N.
Barber 400
Likely, by Rev. L. Wallace 5 co
Los Angeles, First, by W. R. Black-
man 51696
Bethlehem, by Rev. J. J. Findlay... 21 20
Third, by Rev. J . F. Brown 20 00
West End Ch., S. S.. $4.05 ; Y. P. S.
C. E., $4.25 ; Eagle Rock Valley.
$2 ; Ivanhoe, $1, by Rev. G. Mor-
ris II 30
J. B. Hanson s 00
Mentone, by Rev. G. Robertson 15 00
Monrovia, Rev. A. P. F"ield 5 00
National City, First, by A. G. Adams 17 75
Oceanside and Encinitas, by Rev. J.
L. Pearson 9 45
Ontario, by Rev. A. E. Tracy, to
const. Dea. J. Crawford and Mrs.
J. Waldingham, L. Ms 103 60
Ch., $95.45 ;"V. P. S. C. E.,$6, by
Rev. A. E. Tracy loi 45
Pacific Grove, Mayflower, by Miss M.
L. Holman 6 00
Paso Robles and San Miguel, by Rev.
E. R. King 10 00
Perris, in part, by Rev. W. N. Burr.. 14 30
Pico Heights and Hyde Park, by Rev.
J. M. Schajfle 2075
Pomona, Pilgrim Ch., J. H. Dole 22 00
Pilgrim, of which I5 from a Friend. 385 21
Poway, by Rev. H. C. Abernethy 12 00
Riverside, First, of which $26.70 from
the Y. P. S. C. E., by Mrs. B.
Morse 152 57
First, add'l, T, C Hunt 3 00
W. F. Montague i 00
Rosedale and Poso, by Rev. A. K.
Johnson 18 00
San Bernardino, Bethel Ch.,by Rev.
G. J. Binder 7 22
First, by J. R. Knodell 20 13
Jr. Y. P. S. C. E., by J. R. Knodell. 4 00
San Diego, First, by H. W. Brewer.. 225 00
Mrs. Mary Hadley and Edith M.
Hadley 25 00
San Francisco, Bethlehem Ch.. $15 ;
S. S.. $3.20, by Rev. W. H. Tubb. j8 20
A Friend 5 00
Miss S. M. U. Cummings 2 00
San Jacinto, by A. W. Thompson 5 30
Santa Ana, First, by Mrs. S. A. Pea-
body 2000
Santa Barbara, by C. P. Low 90 00
Santa Monica, by Rev. G. H. DeKay. 3 30
Santa Rosa. First, by Rev. B. F.
Sargent 66 50
Sausalito. First, by Rev. J. Rea 40 00
South Riverside, to const. Rev. J. S.
Jewell a L. M., by Rev. J. S.Jewell. 100 00
May, 1895
The Home Missionary
41
Spring Valley, $12; Jamul, $13;
Lemon Grove, $5, by Rev. I . W.
Atherton
Sunol Glen, by Rev. J. H. Strong
Vernondale, b}' Rev. G. A. Rawson. .
West Saticoy, Rev. W. W. Snell
Whittier, $10 ; Buena Park. $7.45, by
Rev. G. Willett
Wyandotte, $4.05 ; Thermalito, $2.10;
Cherokee, I8.85, by Rev. A. S.
Parsons
OREGON— $io3.68.
Received by Rev. C. F. Clapp :
Forest Grove, S. S So 50
Portland, Y. P. S. C. E. of
Hassolo Street i 69
Beaverton and Tualitin, by Rev. W.
Hurlbut
Forest Grove, by Rev. C. F. Glapp. .
Gaston and Hillside, by Rev. J. M.
Beauchamp
Osvs^ego, by Rev. R. M. Jones
Pendfeton, Trinity, by Rev. G. A.
McKinlay
Portland, 1. B. Nichols
Weston and Freewater, by Rev. A. R.
Olds
Wilson ville, D. R. Barber
WASHINGTON-$2i3.38.
Received by Rev. A .J. Bailey:
Coupeville I7 26
Dayton i 00
Deer Park i 00
Ellensburg i 00
Ewartsville i 00
;3o
00
5 00
IS 50
I 00
17
45
15
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5
00
3c
14
17
85
2
50
4
00
20
00
22
00
Hillhurst $1 00
Lake View i 00
Lowell I 00
Olympia i 00
St. John I 00
Seattle, Brooklyn i 00
Springdale i 00
Tacoma, First 34 92
Swedish 5 00
Uniontown i 00
Woman's H. M. Union, iVTrs.
J. W. George, Treas.: $75 00
Snohomish, First S. S 2 85
Ch. Miss. Soc. of the First 4 55
Vancouver, Pilgrim 3 00
A"htanum and Tampico, by Rev. D. W.
Wise
Chelan, by Rev. W. C. Wise
Dayton, First, by Rev. F. B. Doane..
Ellensburgh. by Rev. S. W. Belt
Hillyard, First, by Rev. J. Edwards.
Oakesdale, by Rev. T. W. Walters. . .
Ritzville, German, by Rev. G. Sche-
nerle
Snohomish, First, by Rev. W. C. Mer-
ritt
Tacoma, Rev. L. H. Hallock
Wenas and Nachez, by Rev. R. G.
Hawn
CHINA— 15. 00.
Taiku, Shansi, Miss M. L. Partridge.
Home Missionary
85 40
5 00
2 00
6 00
15 00
2 00
I 60
17 60
5 00
4 60
5 00
208 40
Donations of Clothing, etc.
Aurora, 111., Corban Asso. of New Eng-
land Ch., by Mary L. Hurd, three
barrels and bo.x $214 39
Bellows Falls, Vt., Ladies' Union of
First Ch., by Mrs. C. W. Osgood, box 33 64
Bridgeport, Ct., Ladies' Soc, by Miss
Harriet S. Palmer, barrel, freight,
and cash 144 00
Christian Endeavor Soc, by Miss
Harriet S. Palmer, cash 2800
Brooklyn, N. Y., Ladies" Benev. Soc.
of Central Ch., by Mrs. John Bliss,
four barrels 360 93
Benev. Soc. of Plymouth Ch.,by Mrs.
F. A. Van Iderstine, two barrels.
Cheshire, Ct., Miss C. M. Hickox, box .
Cleveland, O., W. H. M. S., by Mrs. C.
W. Carroll, three barrels 46 20
Elyria. O., L. H. M. S., by Mary N.
Garfield, box 134 63
Enosburg, Vt., Woman's Aux. Soc. of
Memorial Ch., by Mrs. H. R. N. May-
nard, barrel 55 00
Hartford, Ct., L. H." M. S. of Center
Ch., by Mrs. E. C. Curtis, barrel. . . 96 00
L. H. M. S. of Pearl St. Ch., by Mrs.
H. K. Lee, box and barrel 215 31
Homer, N. Y., Ladies' Aid and Home
Miss. Soc, by Mary S. Pomeroy, bar-
rel 50 37
Lyme. N. H., Missionary Soc, bj' Mrs.
A. G. Washburn, box 35 00
Montclair. N. J., W. H. M. S. of First
Ch., by Mrs. J. R. D. Noyes, two bar-
rels 100 00
New Haven, Ct., Ladies' Benev Soc. of
Davenport Ch., by Emma B. Bur-
gess, barrel $6085
Benev. Soc of Dwight Place Ch., by
Mrs. H. P. Downes, barrel 60 00
New London, Ct. , Dorcas Soc. of Second
Ch., by Cornelia W. Chapell, box 115 00
New York City, Hospital Book and
Newspaper Soc, two packages.
Paterson, N. J., Auburn Street Ch., by
Mrs. D. Ashley, box 25 00
Portland, Me., Ladies' Circle of High
Street Ch., by Mrs. L. M. Cutts, two
barrels and cash 98 00
Providence, R. I., Ladies' Benev. Soc.
of Union Ch., by Mrs. Wm. Knight,
bo.X 175 GO
St. Johnsbury, Vt., W. H. M. S. of North
Ch., by Miss Martha J. Hall, six bar-
rels and cash. ... 417 71
Stockton, Cal., Ladies' Miss. Soc. of
First Ch., by Mrs. E. W. Drury, box. 75 00
Salisbury, Ct., Lakeville Sew. Soc of
Ch., by Mrs. Geo. B. Burrall, two
barrels 152 00
Wakeman, O., by Rev. C. A. Gleason,
four barrels 15G og
Ware, Mass., Miss Sage's S. S. Class, by
Miss M. A. Barlow, barrel 56 00
Washington. D. C, L. H. M. S. of First
Ch., by Mrs. G. J. Cummings, two
barrels and package 181 4G
Waterbury, Ct., Woman's Benev. Soc.
of Second Ch., by C. Benedict, box
and cysh 173 47
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Watertown, N. Y., W. H. M. S. of Em-
manuel Ch., by Miss Nettie Waite, two
barrels $6j 40
West Hartford, Ct., H. M. Soc, by Mrs.
James King, barrel 97 00
Westport, Ct., Woman's Benev. Soc. of
Saugatuck Ch., by Florence A. Wake-
man, bo.\
Wick, O., Lindenville W. H. M. Soc. of
Wayne Ch., by Mrs. M. H. Jones, bo.x
and freight
S78 32
Donations of Clothing, etc., received and reported at the rooms of the Woman's Home
Missionary Association in March, 1895. Mrs. Louise A. Kellogg, Secretai-y
Boston, Old South, Ladies, by Mrs. H.
H. Proctor, barrel $141 50
Newbury, First Ch., Ladies' Au.x., by
Miss A. M. B. Little, four barrels 175 00
Peabody, Ladies, by Mrs. Mary E.
Trask, box and barrel i '5 P7
Providence, R. L, Central Ch., Ladies'
Au.x., by Mrs. Harriet E. Stockwell,
box 170 81
Union Ch., Ladies' Aux., by Miss
Anna Williams, box 39 78
Sharon, Y. P. S. E., by Miss Gertrude
F. Williams, barrel 25 63
Spencer, Ladies' Aux., by Mrs. C. O.
Tyler, barrel go 00
Springfield, First Ch., Ladies' Aux., by
Mrs. C. A. Graves, barrel $80 43
Olivet Ch., Ladies' Aux., by Mrs.
Bertha h. Benjamin, box 25 00
Wellelsey, Ladies' Aux., by Miss Emma
O. Kingsbury, cash, $10, and two
barrels 193 84
Winchester, Western Miss. Soc, by
Mrs. J . P. Boutwell, barrel 72 85
Worcester, Salem St. Ch., Ladies' Aux.,
by Mrs. Henry Brannon, barrel 50 00
fi,i8o 81
AUXILIARY STATE RECEIPTS
MASSACHUSETTS HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Receipts of the Massachusetts Home Missionary Society in March, 1S95.
B. Palmer, Treasurer
Rev. Edwin
Abington, First, by E. M. Nash $16 84
Amherst, A Friend 30 00
North, A Friend, by E. H. Dickinson. 5 00
Hubbard, Mrs. S. E 10 00
Andover. West, Osgood District, by F.
S. Boutwell 4 00
Ashby, Orth. , by C. F. Hay ward 21 85
Bank Balances, Feb. Interest on 8 23
Belmont, Waverly. Jewett, Mrs. L. M.. 2 00
Bernardston, by H. L. Crowell, Taft
Thank-offering 20 00
Billerica, Stanton, Mrs. H. B i 00
Boston, A Friend, for C. H. M. S., relief 2 00
Allen, Fredk D., Estate of, by E. G.
Loomis, for Executor 300 00
Barnes, Mrs. E.J 2 00
Bowers, Miss E. P 40
Brighton. A Friend, " K. M.," for C.
H. M. S., relief 2000
Charlestown, Winthrop, bv Geo. S.
Poole " 88 40
Cushing, Miss C. L., for C. H. M. S.,
relief 1000
Dorchester, Crane, Mrs. Abby P 5 00
Village, by Miss H. D. Hutchinson. 37 58
Ladies' H. M. S., by Mrs. Reuben
Swan 15 00
Our Country 40 00
Park St.. by E. H. McGuire 59 00
Roslindale, by Rev. R. B. Grover, for
C. H. M. S., relief 1000
Roxbury, Highland, by John W. Hall 181 00
South, Phillips, by Miss I. J. Nicker-
son 3 00
Boxford, A Friend i 00
Braintree, First, by A. B. Keith 5 42
South, by H. B. Whitman 8 00
Bridgewater, Scotland, by Mrs. S. O.
Keith g 00
Brimfield, First, by Miss Julia T. Brown 9 50
Brockton, Campello, South S. S., by
Ina L. Rice, for Vinita Acad... $10 35
Y. P. S. C. E., by Lewis Pear-
son $7-50*
Swede Cong. Church, by Rev. K. F.
Ohlson 8 35
Gurney, Mrs. R. C, to enlarge R. C.
Gurney Fund $1,000*
" J." 10 00
Porter, Evan., by Geo. C. Cary 106 60
Brookline, " H. C," for C. H. M. S., re-
lief 200 00
Buckland, Ruddock, Mrs. L. B., for C.
H. M. S., relief 10 co
Burlington, Walker, Mrs. W. H 5 00
Cambridgeport, Pilgrim, by N. H. Hol-
brook 72 68
Wood Memorial, by Jas. H. Robinson 35 00
Carver. North, by Rev. N. Lincoln, for
Taft Thank-offering 400
Chatham, by Geo. S. Atwood 4 31
Deertield, Orth., A Friend, for C. H. M.
S., relief .. 1000
Douglas, First, by Rev. A. B. Peffers.. 10 00
Duxbury, Pilgrim, by Mrs. M. A. Parker 12 00
Easthampton, First, by W. H. Wright. 56 52
Y. P. S. C. E., by W. H. Wright. ... 7 43
Easton, by Rev. A. H. Fuller, relief. and
to const. Rev. A. H. F. a L. M 60 16
S. S., by Rev. A. H. Fuller 12 54
North, Swede Ch., by William Borg. . 3 70
Enfield, by L. D. Potter 25 00
Essex, by Mary C. Osgood 37 00
Everett, A Friend 2 00
First, by R. A. Rideout 41 32
Mystic Side, by G. W. Lewis 13 83
Fall River, Central, by R, B. Borden,
(of wh. $62.02 Mon. Con. Coll.) 548 79
Fowler, by F. W. Lawson, to const.
Thomas Chew a L. M 38 JQ
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Falmouth, Fish, E. L $10 00
Fitchburg, A few Friends, by Grace U.
Davis 5 00
Calvinistic, by Lulie A. Holden 207 64
German Ch., by Mrs. H. Behrens... 10 00
Framingham, South, Puddefoot, Rev.
W . G., for work in Oklahoma 85 00
Puddefoot, Rev. W. G., for work
among Germans 30 00
Gardner, A Friend 2 00
First, by F. A. Turney 27 00
Lawrence, H 30 00
Gloucester, Lanesville, by Rev. F. H.
Reed 20 00
Granby, by Rev. R. C Bell (of wh. $10
for special Thank-offering) 3000
Granville, Center, Y. P. S. C. E., by Rev.
Geo. A. Beckwith 3 00
Great Barrington, Housatonic, Ladie.s'
Benev. Asso., by Mrs. F. G. Rams-
dell 10 00
Ramsdell, Mrs. T. G 5 00
Langdon, Ella J., for C. H. M. S., relief 5 00
Greenfield, Loomis, Elizabeth B., for
C. H. M.S., relief 5 00
Second, by Lucy A. Sparhawk 28 56
Greenwich, S. S., by W. H. Glazier. ... 20 00
Groton, A Friend 100 00
Hampden Benevolent Association, by
Geo. R. Bond, Treas. :
Springfield, North, to const.
W. S. Ives, John L. Burn-
ham, James E. Tower, Frank
P. Doolittle, Annie L. Clark,
andMrs. A. P.Wight, L.Ms.. S184 85
Springfield, Olivet 35 00
2ig 85
Harwich, by W. H. Underwood 20 89
Hillsboro, N. H., Atwood, Mrs. S., by
Miss Rebecca Jones, for C. H. M. S.,
relief 2 15
Hingham, Center, A Friend, for C. H.
M. S I 00
Gushing, Mrs. E., for C. H. M. S.,
relief i 00
Holland, by Rev. Oscar Bissell 14 88
Holliston, First, by W. P. Gage 49 67
Hopkinton, by J. D. Stewart 135 00
Hudson, by A. T. Knight 5 00
Hyde Park, Blue Hill, Evan., by G. L.
Rice 5 00
McCrillis, H. O., for C. H. M. S 10 00
First, by S. B. Balkam 34 48
Ipswich, First, S. S., by Abbie L. New-
man 1050
Lawrence, Lawrence St., Morrison, R.
P., by Rev. W. E. Wolcott 500
Trinity, by W. E. Rowell 65 47
United, by G. M. Murray 10 00
Leominster, Orth , by A. O. Wilder 122 00
Manchester, by George F. Allen 23 25
Marshfield, Alden, Rev. E., for C. H.
M. S., relief 25 00
Hills, by Leander Sherman 1067
S. S. Class of Israel Hatch, by Miss
A. L. Sherman 8 67
Maynard, by W. H. GuUeridge 200 00
Y. P. S. C. E.. by W. H. Gutteridge. . 8 17
Medford, " E. H. W.,"' for C. H. M. S.,
relief 5 00
Medway, West, Second, E-xtra, by Mrs.
C. A. Adams, for C. H. M. S., relief.. 7 75
Melrose Highlands, by C. A. Coombs. . . 33 31
Orth., by C. C. Goss, special, for
French work $28.64*
Middleboro, North, A Christian En-
deavorer, relief i 00
Montague, Miller's Falls, by Mrs. D. L.
Cushman 5 00
Y. P. S. C. E., by Abbie E. French. 2 41
Turner's Falls, by D. M. Bowman 21 00
Natick, First, by R. H. Randall $200 00
Forbush, Frank M., for C. H. M. S.,
relief 5 00
Needham, by A. B. Dresser 7 23
Newbury, Little, Mary, for C. H. M. S.,
relief 100
Newburyport, Noyes, J. H., and
Daughter 3 00
Tilton, D. D., C. H. M. S., relief 10 00
New Salem, by D. A. Stowell 10 00
Newton (Center), First 633 50
Cobb, Mrs. Lydia M., Estate of, in
recognition of a mother's wi.sh, by
Henry E. Cobb, Adm'r 500 00
Coburn, N. P., Estate of, by J. A.
Woolson, H. B. Hackett, and
Thomas Weston, Ex'rs $20,000*.
North Adams, Bracewell, John, to const. "
Mrs. W. W. Richmond and Mrs. Geo.
P. Lawrence L. Ms. of C. H. M. S . . . 100 00
North Andover, by Jos. S. Sanborn 30 00
Northbridge, First, by Rev. James H.
Childs 28 00
Rockdale, by Rev. James H. Childs. . 12 00
Whitinsville, Y. P. S.C.E.,byEdvvard
Whitin II 50
North Brookfield, Union, by Hiram
Knight 23 00
Northfield, Trinitarian, by Miss Mary
T. Dutton 45 00
Orleans, East, Sparrow, Sally, Estate of.
Gift by L. A. S. Snow, in part 5 00
Oxford, Women's Miss. Soc, by Miss
L. D. Stockwell, for C. H. M. S., relief 18 00
Plainfield, by Rev. John A. Woodhull. . 3 03
Plymouth, Pilgrimage, by H. N. P.
Hubbard 60 48
Prescott, by R. H. Allen 13 00
Provincetown, by Mary N. Lewis 5 co
Quincy, Atlantic, by Frank Jenkins 21 00
Evan., by J. S. Baxter 67 25
Sunday-School 10 00
Y. P. S. C. E., by E. W. Gourd.... 375
Reading, by Dean Peabody 25 00
Reed, Dwight fund. Income of 20 00
Richmond, Ladies' Home Miss. Soc, by
C. H. Dorr 15 00
Rochester, East, by Geo. P. Morse 16 35
Rockport, Pigeon Cove, by Rev. R. M.
Peacock 10 00
Royalston, First, by Colin Mackenzie.. 3 55
Salem, Crombie St., A member, for C.
H. M. S., relief 15 00
South, by Frank W. Reynolds 3 00
Tabernacle, by Joseph H. Phippen... if4 42
Salisbury, N. H., Bowles, Frances A.,
special, for Nebraska relief i 00
Shrewsbury, by Henry Harlow 22 00
Southbridge, Globe Village, Evan. Free
S. S., by Bell Hayward 15 00
South Hadley Falls, " G " 50 00
Spencer, Anonymous, by Alice J. Hill.. 12 00
Shumway, Mrs. Elizabeth 25 00
Stoughton, Smiley, David, for C. H. M.
S. , relief 2 00
Sutton, by C. E. Hutchinson 15 20
Wilkinsonville, Hill, Mrs. W. R., to
const. Rev. Angus M. MacDonald
and Rev. Alexander P. MacDonald
L. Ms. of C. H. M. S 100 00
Upton, Johnson, Isaac T 5 00
Walpole, Orth., by S. E. Bentley 33 00
Waltham, Trin., by T. W. Temple, for
C. H. M. S., relief 140 21
West Boylston. First, by E. B. Rice 5 50
First S. S., by E. B. Rice, for C. H.
M . S 20 00
Weymouth and Braintree, Union, by
Chas. T. Cram 82 00
North (Heights), First, by Rufus
Bates 79 22
South, Old South, by Rev. H. C.
Alvord 22 00
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Williamstown, Fernald, O. M $15 00
J. H. D 50 00
Lathrop, Mrs. Lydia A S 00
South, by Rev. J. A. Lytte 10 00
Winchester, First, Skillingrs, D. N.,
Annuity, by W. D. Middleton 100 00
A Friend, " M " 5 00
Worcester, Allen, Lamson, Thankoflfer-
ing to the Lord 10 00
Central, by Ephraim Whitman,
special, for Greek work of Rev. and
Mrs. Stephen Vaitse 1500
Plymouth, by F. W. Chase, with pre-
vious gifts to const. Edward C
Whitney, Mrs. J. H. Bancroft,
Wm. H. Bartlett, Robert E. Bige-
low, David Boyden, Miss Jennie
Bradley. F. W. Chase, James
Draper, Miss Mary Emerson, Mrs.
M. W. Fitch, John E. Hartland,
Frank E. Hayward, Mrs. C. K.
Hubbard, Henry Jerome, Miss
Mary S. Minot, Geo. Prichard, W.
H. Sawyer, Mrs. C. H. Stearns,
Chas. D. Tucker, and Chas. R.
Holman L. Ms $68 72
" Two Friends," by M. L. Sanford,
for C. H. M. S., relief 3 00
" Two Friends," by M. L. Sanford.
special, for Western Neb. Sufferers 2 00
Wrentham. Burt. Mrs J. H 10 00
Woman's Home Miss. Soc, by Miss
M. L. Woodbury, Asst. Treas.:
Boston, Rox. Wal. Ave. Aux.,
for Rev. Sam'l Deakin . . . $95 00
Rev. and Mrs. Vaitse 5 00
Italian Work 5 00
Work among Foreign"s.$25*
Natick, Y. P. S. C. E., for
General Work 10 00
115 00
$8,102 S3
Home Missionary 11 70
$8,114 23
* Designated for, and charged against
special accounts $21,061 14
RHODE ISLAND HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Receipts of the Rhode Island Home Missionary' Society in the quarter ending March
31, 1895. Joseph William Rice, I'reasurer
Pawtucket, Cong. Church, for C. H. M. Mrs. D. C. Moulton. for four
S., relief $10000 Life Members of C. H. M. S. $200 00
Providence, Beneficent Church, $566 45
Two Friends gio 00 Central Church 30000
Special, for Armenians 5651 Union Church 40000
Balance 1894, and Acct. 1895.. 274 94
Mrs. Thompson, for C. H. M. $1,366 45
S., relief 25 00
MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF CONNECTICUT
Receipts of the Missionary Society of Connecticut in March, 1895.
Treasurer
Ward W. Jacobs,
Bridgeport. Second, by O. H. Brothwell
Brooklyn, Fir.st, by M. W. Crosby, $10;
for C. H. M. S., $40, to const. Mrs.
Jennie S. Jones, of Brooklyn, a L. M.
Canaan, by Rev. C. W. Hanna
Falls Village, by Rev. C. W. Hanna..
Canterbury, First, one sixth of income
from estate of Emblem L. Williams,
by L. B. Morgan, trustee
East Haddam, First, by E. W. Chaffee,
forC. H. M S
East Hartford, South, by Rev. F. P.
Bicheler
Farmington, First, by Richard H. Gay.
Glastonbury, South Glastonbury, Ch.
and S. S., by H. D. Hale
H. D. Hale, personal, for C. H. M S.,
to const. Rev. Frank Sherman
Brewer and Edward Tennant
Thompson, of So. Glastonbury, L.
Ms
Hartford. Second, by H. E. Harrington,
•• special "
Fourth, Rev. Alfred T. Perry, per-
sonal, for C. H. M S
Park, by Willis E. Smith
Zion, Swedish, by W. Seaholm
Harwinton. by A. W. Buell
Lebanon, Exeter, by C. C. Loomis
Y. P. S. C. E
Liberty Hill, by C. C. Loomis
Litchfield. First. Mrs. Lavinia M. Coe,
personal, to const. Stanley L. Coe, of
Litchfield, a L. M
$43 9°
50 00
i 10
3 45
7 00
92 00
6 37
5 00
35 00
25 44
6 84
6 73
27 51
2 24
5 25
Madison, First, Ladies' Miss. Soc, by
Mrs. C. A. Gallup
North Madison, by Rev. William E.
B. Moore
Middletovvn, First, by E. P. Augur
North Canaan, East, by A. B. Garfield.
Norwalk. East Norwalk, Swedish, by
Rev. Oscar Lindegren
Old Saybrook, Mrs. N. C. Denison, per-
sonal
Robert Chapman and family, personal ;
all forC. H. M. S
Southington, Plantsville, by E. P.
Hotchkiss
Stratford, by Rev. J. S. Ives
Torrington, Torringford, by C. H.
Barber
Trumbull, by Willard S. Plumb, $5.14 ;
forC. H. M. S,,S5.i3
Union, by Roscius Back
Vernon, Rockville, Y. P. S. C. E., by
Mrs. Mary C. Annis ..^
Voluntown. Ekonk, by RevT John El-
derkin
Rev. and Mrs. John Elderkin. personal
Reginald Elderkin, personal ...
Minnie Elderkin, personal
Wilton, by B. Gilbert
W. C. H. M. U. of Conn., Mrs. Ward
W. Jacobs, Treas.: Woman's H. M.
Union of Stratford, by Mrs. George
H. Spall
$35 00
20 00
33 61
2 26
6 00
I 00
1
5
00
2
00
2
00
i
30
00
:
10
CO
$7
55
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ILLINOIS HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Receipts of the Illinois Home Missionary Society in February, 1895. Aaron B. Mead,
Treasurer
Abingdon, Y. P. S. C E
Albion, Mrs. P. W. Wallace
Aurora, Mrs. J. L. Greenfield
Beardstown
Beverly
Big- Rock, Mrs. Dr. Long
Bunker Hill (Y. P. S. C. E., $5; S.
School, $1.75)
Bureau
Chenoa
Chicago, First, Individuals
Plymouth 1
New England (S. S., I20 ; O. B. Green,
$50 : R. VV. Patton, |io)
Lincoln Park, Mrs. C. Rennacker
South, Mrs. C B. Babcock
University (Dr. W. C. Bouton, $1 ;
Mrs. T. C. Fanning, $2)
Douglas Park (Y. Pi S. C. E., $2 ; S.
S., $2)
Waveland Avenue
Forest Glen
Chillicothe
Creal Springs
De Pue
Dover
Dwight
Gray's Lake
Gridley, S. School
Griggsville
Healey
Hinsdale
Huntley
La Salle, for drought districts
Lee Center
iio
00
3
GO
10
00
42
50
12
25
5
00
70
00
10
GO
10
20
69
00
go
54
3 00
10 00
2 00
15 00
11 70
2 28
22 00
2 GO
2 75
5 60
7 GO
35 45
7 IG
25 00
12 85
8 80
12 35
Lockport
Malta
Mazon
New Grand Chain
Newtown
Oak Park
Pana
Payson
Peru (Rev. J. K. Shultz, $5)
Polo (Mrs. R. M. Pearson and daughter,
^r,^ for National work)
Princeton, Mrs. H. N. Pendleton
Providence, Geo. C. Kellogg
Ridgeland, S. School
Rockford, Mr. & Mrs. Charles Sabin...
Sheffield (Y. P. S. C. E., $2.50)
Somonauk (Rev. W. E. De Riemer, $3).
Sycamore, Henry Wood
Tonica
Waukegan, First, Y. P. S. C. E
Wyoming
Woman's Home Missionary Union :
Chicago, New England $8 00
Forestville, for frontier work. 5 og
Griggsville, Young Ladies. . . 25 00
Oak Park i 00
Pecatonica 6 gs
Rockford. First 25 go
Stillman Valley 20 og
John R. Andrus. Fruitland Park, Fla. .
J. C. Hetzel, Chicago
A Friend in Southern Illinois
fix
GO
66
35
42
IC
7
80
6
00
256
33
2G
63
5a
2G
9 45
4
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5
00
4
40
3
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142
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II
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20
00
10
GO
2
50
13
57
5 00
41 66
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.
Treasurer, 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.
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. Goodell, The Rochdale,
Boston Highlands.
Secretary, Mrs. Louise A. Kellogg, 32 Congrega-
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 State body for Massachusetts and Rhode
Island, it has certain auxiliaries elsewhere.
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5. MAINE
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY AUXILIARY
Organized June, 1880
President^ Mrs. Katharine B. Lewis, So. Berwick.
Secretary^ Mrs. Gertrude H. Denio, 168 Ham-
mond St., Bangor.
Treasurer, Mrs. Rose M. Crosby, 26 Grove St.,
Bangor,
6. MICHIGAN
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized May, 1881
President, Mrs. I. M. Powell, 76 Jefferson Ave.,
Grand Rapids.
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.
Secretary , Mrs. George L. Epps, Topeka.
Treasurer, Mrs. D. D. DeLong, Arkansas City.
8. OHIO
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized May, 1882
President, Mrs. Sydney Strong, Lane Seminary
Campus, Cincinnati.
Secretary, Mrs. J. W. Moore, 836 Hough Ave.,
Cleveland.
Treasurer, Mrs. George B. Brown, 21 16 Warren
St., Toledo.
II. NORTH DAKOTA
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized November, 1883
President, Mrs. W. P. Cleveland, Caledonia.
Secretarv, Mrs. Silas Daggett. Harvvood.
Treasurer, Mrs. J. M. Fisher, Fargo.
12. OREGON
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized July, 1SS4
President, Mrs. F. Eggert. The Hill, Portland.
Secretary. Mrs. Geo. C. Brownell. Oregon City.
T7easuyer,y\.rs. W. D. Palmer, 546 3d St., Port-
land.
13. -WASHINGTON
Including Northern Idaho
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized July. 1884
Reorganized June, 1889
President, Mrs. A. Judson Bailey, 704 Olympic
Ave., 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, 1S84
President, Mrs. A. H. Robbins. Ashton.
Secretary, Mrs. W. H. Thrall, Huron.
Treasurer , Mrs. F. M. Wilcox, Huron.
9. NE'W 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, Mrs. J. J. Pearsall, 230 Macon St.,
Brooklyn.
ID. '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.
15. CONNECTICUT
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized January, 1885
President, Miss Ellen R. Camp, g 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, 2456 Tracy Ave.,
Kansas City.
Treasurer, Mrs. K. L. Mills, 1526 Wabash Ave.,
Kansas City.
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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.
24. 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. H. H. Rolsbins, Grinnell.
Treasurer, Miss Belle L. Bentley, 300 Court Ave.,
Des Moines.
ig. CALIFORNIA
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Organized October, 1887.
President, Mrs. E. S. Williams, 572 12th St., Oak-
land.
Secretary, Mrs. L. M. Howard, gii Grove St.,
Oakland.
Treas2irer, Mrs. J. M. Haven, 1329 Harrison St.,
Oakland.
20. NEBRASKA
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized November, 1887
President, Mrs. J. T. Duryea, 2402 Cass St.,
Omaha.
Secretary, Mrs. H. Bross, 2904 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.
25. COLORADO
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized October, 1888
President, Mrs. B. C. Valentine, Highlands.
Secretary, Mrs. Charles Westley, Box 508, Denver.
Treasicrer, Mrs. Horace Sanderson, 17 10 i6th Ave.,
Denver.
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, yir%. H. N. Smith, Rock Springs.
27. 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.
Treasu7-er, Mrs. L. H. Turner, 3112 12th St., Me
ridian.
22. INDIANA
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized May, 1888
President, Mrs. E. C. Bell, 223 Broadway, In-
dianapolis.
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, Claremont.
Treasurer, Mrs. Mary M. Smith, Public Library,
Riverside.
29. LOUISIANA
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION
Organized April, 1889
President, Miss Bella Hume, corner Gasquet and
Liberty Sts., New Orleans.
Secretary, Miss Matilda Cabrfere, 152 North Gal-
vez St., New Orleans.
Treasurer, Mrs. C. M. Crawford, Hammond.
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, Mrs. J. E. Moreland, 1214 Grundy St.,
Nashville, Tenn.
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31. NORTH CAROLINA
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION
Organized October, i88g
President, Mrs. J. W. Freeman, Dudley.
Secretary i
atid 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.
7'reasurer, Mrs. C. I. Scofield, Lock Box 220,
Dallas.
33. MONTANA
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized May, iSgo
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, iSgo
President, Mrs. A. H. Claflin, 2V4 Manhattan St.,
Allegheny.
Secretary, Mrs. C. F. Yennie, Ridgvvay.
Treasurer, Mrs. T. W. Jones. 511 Woodland Ter-
race, Philadelphia.
35. OKLAHOMA
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION
Organized October, iSgo
President, Mrs. J. H. Parker. King^fisher.
Secretary, Mrs. J. E. Piatt. Guthrie.
Treasurer, Mrs. A. B. Hammer, Oklahoma City.
37- UTAH
Including Southern Id.\ho
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION
Organized May, 1891
Reorganized December. i8g2
President, Mrs. Clarence T. Brown, Salt Lake
City.
Secretary, Mrs. W. S. Hawke.';, 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, i8g2
President. Mrs. Fayette Hurd. Vinita.
Secretary, Miss Louise Graper. Vinita.
Treasurer, Mrs. Raymond, Vinita.
39. NEVADA
WOMAN'S MISSION/. RY UNION
Organized October, 1852
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, Albuquerque.
Secretary, Mrs. E. W. Lewis, 301 So. Edith St.,
Albuquerque.
Treasurer, Mrs. E. D. Bullock, Albuquerque.
36. NE'W JERSEY
Including District of Columbia, Maryland,
AND Virginia
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF
THE NEW JERSEY ASSOCIATION
Organized March, i8gi
President, Mrs. A. H Bradford, Montclair.
Secretary, Mrs. J. D. Hagerman, Montclair.
Treasurer, Mrs. J. H. Denison, 150 Belleville Ave.,
Newark.
41. BLACK HILLS, SO. DAKOTA
BLACK HILLS WOMAN'S I\ 4SSIONARY
UNION
Organized October, i8g3
President, Mrs. J. B. Gossage, Rapid City, Black
Hills, South Dakota.
Secretary, Miss Carrie Towner, Custer, Black
Hills. South Dakota.
Treasurer, Miss Grace Lyman, Hot Springs,
Black Hills, South Dakota.
Congregational Home Missionary Society
Field Secretaries
Rev. W. G. PuDDEFOOT, South Framingham, Mass.
Rev. C. W. Shelton, Derby, Conn.
Rev. H. D. WiARD, 151 Washington St., Chicago, 111.
Superintendents
Rev. MoRiTZ E. EvERSz, D.D., German Department, 151 Washington St., Chicago, in.
Rev. Scandinavian Department,
Rev. Henry A. Schauffler, D.D., Slavic Department, Cleveland, Ohio.
Rev. Edw. D. Curtis, D.D Indianapolis, Ind. Rev. W. H. Thrall Huron, S. Dak.
Rev. S. F. Gale Jacksonville, Fla. Rev. H. C. Simmons Fargo, N. Dak.
Rev. J. H. Morley Minneapolis, Minn. Rev. H. Sanderson (Acting) Denver, Col.
Rev. Alfred K. MJray Springfield , Mo. Rev. W. S. Hawkes Salt Lake City, LI tah.
Rev. L. P. Broad..' Topeka, Kan. Rev. J. K. Harrison San Francisco, Cal.
Rev. E. H. Ashmun , Albuquerque, N. M. Rev. James T. Ford Los Angeles, Cal.
Rev. A. JuDSON Bailey Seattle, Wash. Rev. C. F. Clapp Forest Grove, Ore.
Rev. T. G. Grassie Ashland, Wis. -p„„ rp ,,, t^mtjo n n j 511 Woodland Terrace,
V, A A n^ , j Black Hills and Wyoming. Kev. i. w. jones, u.u.. .. -j Philadelphia, Fa.
Kev. A. A. BROWN. . . -J Hot Springs, South Dakota. Rev. W. S. Bell Helena, Mon.
Rev. Harmon Bross ■ Lincoln, Neb. Rev. S. C. McDaniel Atlanta, Ga.
Rev. S.E.BASSETT(Supt. Alabama).... Ft. Valley, Ga. Rev. J. Homer Parker,, Kingfisher, Okl.
Secretaries and Treasurers
of the Auxiliaries
Rev. Jonathan E. Adams, D.D., Secretary. . .Maine Missionary Society. Bangor, Me.
foHN L. Crosby, Esq., Treasurer " " " Bangor, Me.
R.ev. A. T. HiLLMAN, Secretary New Hampshire Home Miss. Society. . . .Concord. N. H.
Hon. Lyman D. Stevens, Treasurer " " " " " ....Concord, N. H.
Rev. Charles H. Merrill, Secretary Vermont Domestic " " ....St. Johnsbury, Vt.
Wm. C. Tyler, Treasurer " " " " ....St. Johnsbury, Vt.
Rev. Joshua Coit, Secretary Massachusetts Home " " .... I 9 Cong' 1 House,
Rev. Edwin B. Palmer, Treasurer " " " "....( Boston, Mass.
Rev. Alexander McGregor, Secretary Rhode Island " " ....Pawtucket, R. I.
Jos. Wm. Rice, Esq., Treasurer " " " .... Providence, R. I.
Rev. William H. Moore, Secretary Missionary Society of Connecticut Hartford, Conn.
Ward W. Jacobs, Esq., Treasurer " " " Hartford, Conn.
Rev. Ethan Curtis, Secretary New York Home Miss. Society Syracuse, N. Y.
William Spalding, Treasurer *' " " " Syracuse, N. Y.
Rev. J. G. Eraser, D.D., Secretary Ohio " " " Cleveland, Ohio.
Wm. B. HowLAND, Treasurer " _ " "* " New York City.
Rev. James Tompkins, D.D. , Secretary Illinois " " " I 151 Washington St.,
Aaron B. Mead, Esq., Treasurer " " " " ) Chicago, 111.
Rev. Homer W. Carter, Secretary Wisconsin " " " Beloit, Wis.
C. M. Blackman, Esq., Treasurer " " " " Whitewater, Wis.
Rev. T. O. Douglass, D.D. , Secretary Iowa " " " Grinnell, Iowa.
J. H. Merrill, Esq., Treasurer. " _ " " " Des Moines, Iowa.
Rev. William H. Warren, Secretary Michigan Congregational Association... Lansing, Mich.
Rev. John P. Sanderson, Treasurer " " " ...Lansing, Mich.
Geo. H. Morgan, Secretary Cong. City Miss. Society St. Louis, Mo.
Rev. Arch'd L. Love, Superintendent " " " " St. Louis, Mo.
Lewis E. Snow, Treasurer " " " " St.Louis,Mo.
Communications
relating to general business of the Society may be addressed to either of the Secretaries for Correspondence.
Communications relating to the Editorial Department of the Home Missionary may be addressed to Rev.
Alex. H. Clapp, D.D. Correspondence of the Woman's Department may be addressed to Mrs. H. S.
Caswell, Bible House, New York.
Donations and Subscriptions
in Drafts, Checks, Registered Letters, or Post-Office Orders may be addressed to Wm. B. Howland, Treasurer,
Bible House, Astor Place, New York.
A PAYMENT OF $50 CONSTITUTES A LIFE MEMBER
Form of a Bequest
I bequeath to my executors the sum of dollars, z'n trust, to pay over the same,
months after my decease, to the person who, when the same is payable, shall act as Treasurer
of the Congregational Home Missionary Society, formed in the City of New York, in the year eighteen hundred
and twenty-six, to be applied to the charitable use and purposes of said Society, and under its direction.
Congregational Home Missionary Society
Bible House, Astor Place, New York
Major-General Oliver O. Howard
President
Rev. Alexander H. Clapp, D.D., Honorary Treasurer
Secretaries for Correspondence
<
Rev. Joseph B. Clark, D.D.
Rev. William Kincaid, D.D.
Rev. Washington Choate, D.D.
Mr. William B. Rowland, Treasurer
Execittive Committee
Wm. Ives Washburn, Esq., Chairman
Asa a. Spear, Esq., Recording Secretary
Mr. Charles H. Parsons
Rev. James G. Roberts, D.D.
Rev. Samuel H. Virgin, D.D.
Mr. Joseph Wm. Rice
Mr. Herbert M. Dixon
Rev. Robert R. Meredith, D.D.
Rev. Charles H. Richards, D.D.
Mr. George P. Stockwell
Rev. Robert J. Kent
Rev. John D. Kingsbury, D.D.
Mr. George W. Hebard
Rev. Henry A. Stimson, D.D.
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Contents for June, 1895
PAGE
Notes of Long Service in Colorado,
V. Missions Among the Moun-
tains 49
A Heavy Affliction 53
Oklahoma's Opportunity ... 54
How Boys Earned a Dollar 55
A Decade of Home Missionary Work
in Eastern Washington 56
A Message from Idaho 61
Our Father's Wonderful Supply. ... 61
The Army Boys and Girls 62
Home Missions in Illinois 62
PAGE
Whitman College a Home Mission-
ary Influence 63
A Year by Paget Sound 67
Mrs. Busybody Still Busy 68
A Consecrated Offering 69
How a' Michigan Home Missionary's
Wife Looks At It 70
The Work in Georgia 72
The Work in Montana 74
Where the Responsibility Belongs. 75
Vote of the Executive Committee, 76
Treasury Note 77
Sixty-ninth Anniversary 77
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NOTES OF LONG SERVICE IN COLORADO
By Rev. Roselle T. Cross, York, Neb.
V. Missions among the Mountains.
r the end of the week in which Pike's Peak was ascended, a
theological and a geological professor from an Eastern college
1 reached town. They were old friends of the pastor, one a class-
mate and one a co-worker in former years at Oberlin. They had read a
published account of his missionary camping trip of the previous year,
and they "wanted to do so too." They did not wait long for a prelimi-
nary breaking-in trip. They reached town on Saturday at four p. m.
After supper they all started in a high wind for the out-station on the
divide, eighteen miles distant, where there was to be a communion ser-
vice the next day. Another professor joined the party, and another
minister carried them all in his double wagon. Just before dark they
reached the summit of a long hill, and saw the plains stretching away for
miles and miles without any fences or buildings. The geological pro-
fessor swung his arms and shouted, " This is grand. I feel now as
though I were out of doors."
Very thirsty, they pitched their tent that night, but were unable to
find the spring of which they had been told. That little forlorn school-
house among the pines had never before held so much learning and piety
as gathered in it the next day, and prayed, and preached, and observed
the communion. It was a spiritual and intellectual treat which the people
appreciated. Monday morning they found themselves in a dense cloud.
The professors thought that it meant a rainy day, but the pastor knew
better, and so they started for Biiou Basin to geologize among the
petrified trees. The day came off clear and beautiful, as such days
usually do in Colorado. When the party reached Mr. P.'s in the woods
on their return, they were hungry and thirsty. Mr. P. offered them all
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the milk they could use. They took him at his word, and it was not
until the third full pan of creamy milk was nearly gone that they were
satisfied.
Bright and early on the next Monday morning the two professors, a
college student, and two ministers started for a long camping trip. They
went over the same ground as the trip of the preceding year, except that in
returning they visited Leadville and ascended Mount Lincoln. Leadville
was then about a year old, and was in the full flush of its great boom.
There was no railroad within a hundred miles of the camp, but crowds
were rushing to the place, some in freight wagons, some on horseback or
by stage, and many on foot. The streets were crowded with a motley
throng of all sorts of people. Prospectors were rushing from the sur-
rounding mountains with all speed to have their " finds " assayed, and
rushing back with visions of wealth dancing before their eyes. Gamblers
and saloon keepers were doing a rushing business ; vice was open and
above-board, and made no apology to virtue. Band wagons of vile women
paraded the streets. The "mighty dollar" was the magnet that was
drawing crowds of men and women over the mountains, while drunkenness
and vice played their dancing accompaniments.
The party camped near and under a new schoolhouse that had been
erected on a large block. They felt a little safer near such an institu-
tion. One night the pastor was awakened by drunken men, and again
by a mule that was trying to steal his pillow. The pillow consisted of
a bundle of hay for which he had paid at the rate of ninety dollars a
ton. He got away from the mule only by crawling further under the
schoolhouse.
The minister whom the camping party of the previous year had met
had been working faithfully in all the towns of California Gulch, and had
also preached at different points for sixty miles down the Arkansas River.
His work was very hard and discouraging, and although the party could
not remain with him over Sunday, they had at least one very earnest
prayer-meeting with him and for him and his work. Several of the mines
were visited, and the geological professor was perfectly happy. He was
more in his element in that wicked mining camp than the theological pro-
fessor was.
On their way to Twin Lakes they passed two newly made graves on
the banks of the Arkansas. A miner near by told them that a day or two
before, two horse-thieves, who had been followed 175 miles, had been
overtaken at that point and were both shot. One of them, a young
woman dressed in men's clothes, was instantly killed. The other lived a
few hours, refused to give his name, said that the woman was his wife,
and that they belonged to respectable families back East, asked for a
decent burial, and died. The minister from Leadville, happening along,
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helped to make a rough coffin and gave a Christian burial to those two
unknown and erring youth.
While in the mountains a letter reached the theological professor, con-
taining a call to the head of an important educational institution in New
England. But there was no telegraph in the mountains then ; he could
send no reply in time, and so did not accept the call. Perhaps if he had
he would not now be filling so high a position in one of our great mission-
ary societies.
On their return trip the party crossed the Park Range at an altitude of
12,000 feet, a hard climb for, the horses. They camped over Sunday at
Fairplay, where they attended church, and on Monday ascended Mount
MOUNT OF THE HOLY CR
Lincoln, walking to the summit from one deserted mining town and on
their way passing through another. In three miles they ascended 4,000
feet to an altitude, at the summit, of 14,290 feet. Near the summit they
passed some rich mines, and entered a deserted one whose sides were
covered with millions of large frost crystals, some of them nearly an inch
long. They reflected the light of the torches like myriads of diamonds.
Above the timber line they trod on dense masses of beautiful flowers, and
ate their lunch near an ice cavern, through which a mountain stream
rushed and roared. Flowers were found within six feet of the summit.
The view was far finer than the one from Pike's Peak, although it gave
no glimpse of the great plains. South Park, forty miles long and thirty wide,
lay at their feet. Beyond the park and in every other direction, they
looked out and down on a wilderness of mountain peaks, capped here and
there by immense drifts, and some of them covered with fresh snow. A
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gem of a mountain lake lay far beneath them among the crags. Within a
few miles, on different slopes of the range, were the headwaters of the
Platte, the Arkansas, and also of the Blue, whose waters flowed to the
Pacific. Many peaks and ranges could be seen, some near and some
one or two hundred miles away — -Pike's, Gray's, and Long's Peaks, the
Mount of the Holy Cross, Mounts Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Elbert, An-
tero, and Shavano, Puma Range, the Park Range, Ten Mile Range, the
Snow Range, Elk Mountains, Sangre de Cristo Range, the far-off Spanish
Peaks, and many others. In a dozen different directions thunder-storms
could be seen sweeping over the park or beating against the mountain
SUMMIT 0¥ riKE S PEAK
walls. The lightning flashed far below, and the thunder-peals echoed and
reechoed among the mountains.
The theological professor admired all this, and then amused himself by
rolling big rocks thousands of feet down the steep mountain side. When
one made an unusually good run, his exclamations of delight were better
adapted to the wild, joyous freedom of the mountains than to the class-
room. It was July 22. The Eastern States were boiling in a hot wave,
and hundreds were dying from sunstrokes in the great cities, but the party
found their overcoats a necessity. A snow-storm passed over them, and
hands and feet became so cold that they cut short their stay, and reluc-
tantly left a view whose beauty and grandeur they will never forget.
Soon after they returned from the mountains they witnessed a total
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eclipse of the sun, a grand and impressive sight. Those who saw it from
the summit of Pike's Peak spoke with enthusiasm of the great shadow
which came sweeping down upon them from the north and then went roll-
ing off to the south.
Of course the people heard some good sermons from the theological
professor during his stay. Indeed, the pastor often secured good service
for his people from some visiting brother, by acting as guide for him on a
week-day in exchange for a sermon on Sunday. The arrangement was
agreeable and profitable to both parties. In the summer many dis-
tinguished men were often in, the vicinity. One day the pastor had in his
audience, at one of his out-stations, a man for whom it was his privilege
in after years to cast a presidential vote.
The camping trips already described were helpful, but the pastor found
that he could get the best rest by going to some quiet, lovely spot in the
mountains and camping a week or so all alone, resting, sleeping hard, and
eating heartily, communing with nature, praying over his work, and laying
plans for the coming year. In August he camped thus alone over one
Sunday at the foot of Cheyenne Mountain, five miles from home. He
could sit under the pines and look down upon his field, see the trains far
up and far down the valley, and watch the cloud-shadows playing hide-and-
seek over the great plains. It was a restful and refreshing week to body
and soul. On Sunday he took refuge from a drizzling rain in a deserted
cabin and built a rousing fire in the fireplace. On Monday eleven of his
Sunday-school boys came and spent two days and nights with him, and
then it was not so quiet. If one wants uproarious fun, let him get a dozen
boys, put them to bed on the floor of his tent in two rows, with their feet
toward each other, and then put out the lights and try to sleep.
A HEAVY AFFLICTION
Our lovely church, with the reading-room, was burned to the ground
yesterday morning, April 14th, about two o'clock. An engineer at one of
the mines saw it and ran and awoke us out of our sleep, or we all should
have been burned to death. When we were awakened the flames were roll-
ing over the roof of our church and making for the parsonage, which is
only twenty feet away. I rang the bell, and it seemed as if the whole town
were soon on the spot. The miners worked like heroes. Some stood on
the roof of the parsonage until they were blistered. Our cistern and well
were full of water. The parsonage is saved, the church organ, some
benches, and a bookcase. And, praise the Tord, we are spared awhile
longer for some purpose. We are all badly broken up, and the town is
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in a dreadful way over it. We hear all kinds of reports, but shall spare
nothing to find out who did this wicked act. The church building was
insured for $1,000, which is a great relief to us all, but it is sad to see this
people and hear them say: "What shall we do, now our lovely church
and reading-room are gone ?" We hear the boys saying : " We will build
the church again, and nobody but Mr. Hayes shall manage it."
But here is a little light. After this fight with the fire I drove over to
Cardonia, where, assisted by some of our pastors, we have been holding
two weeks of meetings. The church was full of worshipers. The pulpit
was banked with flowers. After an Easter sermon we received twenty
persons into the church, mostly young men, baptized five children and two
adults. We gathered around the table of the Master, and thought of that
other meeting in our Father's home when we shall have triumphed in his
name. It was a precious season. Then I told the people of our sad loss
and our most merciful escape from a terrible death. The miners were
melted to tears, and sent a unanimous resolution of sympathy to their
suffering brethren at Coal Bluff. How these extremes do meet in our
experiences in this world !
I know we shall have your sympathy and prayers in this our time of
need. — Rev. James Hayes, Coal Bluff, Ind.
OKLAHOMA'S OPPORTUNITY
By Rev. J. H. Parker, Superintendent
We venture to state that Congregationalism never has had a better
opportunity nor a more urgent popular demand to take a controlling place
in a commonwealth than it has at present in Oklahoma. Pleas, many,
urgent, repeated, come from all over the Territory for the organization of
churches of our order. Men and women of earnest Christian life arc
willing, are volunteering, to lay aside the earthly name of their former
church connection and join with others under our banner, that little
divisions maybe avoided, and all in a community maybe cemented in one
Christian body. We have the opportunity to show to the world that we,
as a denomination, hold the solving of sectarian issues in our hands. The
one lack is money. We have seventy-five church organizations, and at
least twenty-five more appointments, which our missionaries fill, and only
$13,100 appropriated by the Home Missionary Society for this work this
year. This amount includes thirty-five missionaries' salaries and that of
the superintendent, not more than some of our city churches lay out on
home expenses. Is this a fair division ? We ought to have at least
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twenty new missionaries in Oklahoma this year. Thanks to the gener-
osity of a blessed couple, a " band " of six young men are to enter upon
work in Oklahoma after graduating from Chicago Seminary. A lady
missionary — one of the Green Mountain force, Miss Moffatt — will be there
in March to tak« up work. These are very encouraging aids, and will
give an uplift to our cause.
When the Home Missionary college at Kingfisher is opened in the
fall, as we believe it will be, though the financial outlook is not encourag-
ing, another step towards the fruition of our fondest hopes will have
been taken. ^We desire very much to have in connection a Bible Training
School, which will ally yet more closely our churches to this school.
The whole outlook is encouraging, except the financial. God's people
can clear that cloud away by a breath of prayer and a consecrated gift
following.
Let me enumerate in a few lines some of the small needs which some,
seeing, may supply. Four buggies for missionaries who are not able to
buy — some of whom travel twenty-five miles to reach their several appoint-
ments. Two or three large tents for evangelistic services in the summer
season. Communion sets, pulpit Bibles, hymn-books, Sunday-school
libraries, Congregational literature, such as the Congregationalist or Ad-
vance, handbooks, bells, organs, carpet for pulpit platforms. Little sums
of money in the hands of a missionary superintendent will often enable
him to aid a needy church, pastor, or family, and thus materially
strengthen our cause. A few days ago twenty-five dollars aided a pastor
to buy a new buggy in place of one stolen from him. Another twenty-five
dollars aided a pastor who had sacrificed too much in helping to build
the new church building. There are scores of ways in which a little will
relieve the situation, and supply much needed help. Often it must be
rendered, and there being no other source to draw from, the scant salary
of the pastor is broken in upon, or the pocketbook of the superintendent
supplies it. L think, as I write, of a missionary with only $250 appropri-
ation, who had to pay the fee for recording deeds and mortgages, and for
the insurance, because his people were too poor to bear the expense.
These things ought not so to be.
HOW BOYS EARNED A DOLLAR
I WAS telling my Sunday-school class, "The Armor Bearers," that I
saw in The Home Missionary that a class of little boys had sent a dollar
for missions. This awakened in the class a missionary spirit, and they at
once proposed to do the same. They were to earn the money by doing
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something. We had limited our time to the end of the missionary
year.
They at once set about securing the amount, and the money began to
come in, a penny or a nickel at a time. Merton cleaned the hen-house
and piled wood. Davie piled wood, carried milk, and picked up coal.
Clinton carried water and piled wood. Earl Parker carried wood. Deane,
Guy, and Earl sold popcorn. In less than a month the money was raised,
showing what can be done when the proper spirit is developed in children.
These boys are all under eleven years, and were attending school during
the time they were raising the money. Here is the dollar. ^Mrs. D. M.
B., Addison, Mich.
A DECADE OF HOME MISSIONARY WORK IN
EASTERN WASHINGTON
By Rev. Jonathan Edwards, Spokane, Wash.
Sixty years ago the " American Board " sent the Rev. Samuel Parker
to the Pacific coast on a tour of exploration, to investigate especially the
needs and opportunities for missionary work among the Indians. He was
the first real explorer of the country, the first Congregational minister to
visit it, and the first missionary seen and heard by the Indians of Eastern
Washington. It will soon be sixty years since the early missionaries.
Whitman, Spaulding, Eells, and Walker, began their missionary operations
in this region, which led to historic events of the most romantic nature,
and to results that have affected our national history. As a result of the
labors of these heroic servants of the Lord, there are at least a dozen
Indian Presbyterian churches. The late Rev. Gushing Eells, D. D., who
probably preached the first sermon in the English language in this part
of our country, began what may be designated as home missionary work
in the early sixties, and Rev. P. B. Chamberlain soon followed and set-
tled permanently in Walla Walla, where the first Congregational church in
the State was organized. We do not know whether Dr. Eells would have
accomplished more for the Master had a commission been granted him
by the American Home Missionary Society in i860 ; but as a self-sup-
porting home missionary he did a grand work, and to the seeds sown by
him we are to a great extent indebted for the prosperous condition of
many of the churches at the present time.
Notwithstanding all this, it is safe to say that ninety per cent, of
the home missionary work of Eastern Washington has been done, and the
same proportion of results attained, within this decade. And as the
writer has entered upon the tenth year of labor in this field, and has had
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the privilege of witnessing the beginning of the work and observing its
development in many places, it is but natural that he should feel disposed
to take a retrospective view of the same.
The home missionary life of to-day in the Far West is not without its
drawbacks, self-denials, and sacrifices; but one redeeming feature worthy
of mention is the privilege of doing foundation work that will endure all
the assaults and storms of time. He can see everything growing around
him, not only towns and cities, but also the churches growing in number
and efficiency ; church buildings and parsonages being erected, each meet-
ing of the Association increasing in numbers and interest. For instance,
eight years ago the Eastern Washington Association met in Spokane, when
eight churches were represented by eight delegates and ministers, including
the representatives of the American Home Missionary and Sunday-school
and Publishing Societies. This spring there were seventy-nine delegates
representing forty-one churches attending the Association, which met in
the same city. During this decade the number of churches has increased
from nine to forty-four, the membership thereof from less than 200 to
2,000, with no less than seventy per cent, on confession of faith, and very
nearly one-third of the number were received during the last year.
Church buildings have increased from seven to twenty-five ; parsonages,
from two to eight ; and missionaries, from six to twenty-two. The esti-
mated value of church property has been augmented from ^15,000 to
$120,000. Of this sum no less than $16,000 have come from the Con-
gregational Building Society, of which amount $4,000 have been returned.
The two Christian Endeavor Societies of less than one hundred members
have grown to at least twenty-four, with fully 1,000 members.
The nine Sunday-schools with perhaps 300 scholars have become
seventy-one with an enrollment of 3,000. The amount contributed by the
churches toward their own support has increased from about $2,000 to
$20,000.
PIONEER WORK
To my certain personal knowledge we have been the first to preach
the Gospel in not less than eighteen places now occupied by us. We have
abandoned five places first occupied by us, because other denominations
came in before there was room or need for more than one church, and in
three of those places the venerable Father Eells was the first to preach.
Our missionaries were the first to preach and our churches the first
organized in every towm on the Spokane and Northern Railroad between
Spokane and the Columbia River. In no less than fifteen places ours
are the leading churches in influence. We say it with profound gratitude,
Congregationalism has more than kept pace with the growth of popula-
tion, although we have gone through a " booming " period almost unprec-
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edented in the history of the country. The city of Spokane is a good
illustration, which has increased tenfold durmg the decade, but Congre-
gational membership has increased twenty-five fold. These results are
more gratifying when we consider the fact that the material we have had
to work upon was not naturally Congregational. The Southern element
is stronger here than that of New England. Fourteen of the churches
organized did so without having among the original members any who
had been previously identified with a Congregational church, and with
four others there was but one in each. Tn eight more, Congregationalists
were in the minority. Yet in each case it was the voluntary choice of the
people. This evidences the adaptation of our church polity and prin-
ciples to all conditions and people.
FACTORS IN THE WORK
The first place of honor we must give, of course, to the Congregational
Home Missionary Society. Through it we live, move, and have our being.
For its generosity we are profoundly thankful, but we believe the money
has been well invested, and economically and wisely expended. The
Church Building Society has done nobly for us, and continues to do so,
and we have a warm place for it in our hearts ; and in the near future,
when we have found markets for our wheat and fruits, and all our silver
mines are in operation, we shall pour our money into its treasury. We
would not forget to recognize our indebtedness to the heroic efforts of
the early missionaries, such as Eells, Atkinson, and Cobleigh, and others
who labored for short seasons but did effective work. Rev. T. W. Walters,
our General Missionary, has been in front of the battle for a dozen years,
and is now the oldest resident pastor in Eastern Washington. For seven
years he has filled the position of General Missionary, during which period
two-thirds of the churches have been organized, and nearly all primarily
through his instrumentality. He is a wise manager, an indefatigable
worker, and is greatly beloved in all the churches. The State superinten-
dents, and also the representatives of the Sunday-school and Publishing
Society, deserve special mention as always ready for every good work.
Deacon Andrus in his day, and Rev. E. J. Singer at present, have always
been alert to see and improve opportunities to open new fields for Sunday-
schools and churches, as well as aiding in their development. The com-
ing of the " Yale Band " five years ago gave new impetus to the work, and
although some of them, to our regret, have left us, they have been and
continue to be a very important factor in the field. The missionaries, as
a rule, are men well equipped for the service, thoroughly devoted to their
fields of labor, and willing to work hard and deny themselves. They have
endeavored to be evangelists as well as pastors. Although necessarily
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having much to do in attending to material affairs, erecting churches and
parsonages, and countless other duties, they have generally conducted
revival meetings for weeks, and some that we know of for months, and by
helping one another revivals have been frequent. We have endeavored to
stand heroically the tremendous " cuts " of the last two years. But to take
from us one-half of what we once had is a stunning blow, and to get along
at all we have been compelled to adopt the " circuit rider " system to quite
an extent. Despite hard times and cuts, five new churches were organized
last year. All the churches are doing excellent work, not a dead or
dying one among them. Some of them show results worthy of apos-
tolic days. Our space will allow the mention of but few. The Deer Park
Church is composed principally of sawmill men and those connected
therewith. It is the ambition of the president to make the mill a model
one, not only in machinery, but also in the character of the men employed
in it. The little church of twenty-five members is practically self-support-
ing, and they are now working on a new church building to cost about
$1,500, the people felling and sawing the logs, the company donating
doors, windows, and mill-work, and nearly enough days' labor donated to
finish the building. About six miles away is Clayton, where they are
manufacturing the finest kind of pressed bricks, tiling, etc., where the
same kind of work is being done. Rev. J. J. Hancock is pastor in both
places. Nearly a year ago Rev. J. D. Kingsbury, D.D., of Bradford, Mass.,
a member of the Executive Committee of the Congregational Home Mis-
sionary Society, was in this city, and attended a Sunday evening service
held in a store building at Hillyard, a railroad town four miles from here
on the Great Northern Railway. He became especially interested in the
work, and through his encouragement and aid, with heroic efforts here, a
church has since been organized, and a church building costing over $2,000
erected. But it is very difficult, without money, to give them the amount
of preaching they need. The writer is trying to supply them in conjunc-
tion with three other preaching places. Mrs. Cobleigh is dividing her
labors between two counties. We have only one missionary for each of
the following counties : Adams, Douglas, Lincoln, and Okonogan. It is
a great pity that Mrs. Cobleigh cannot give her whole time to Walla Walla
County. We ought to be able to strengthen our work in the Walla Walla
district for the sake of Whitman College. We need $r,ooo for that
purpose.
Our vast State, of diverse resources, is only beginning to be developed,
and we have no more than begun to lay foundations in our Christian
work. We do not even attempt to reach the rural districts, which are
rapidly filling up with settlers. Spokane County, which makes the best
showing for churches, has 130 school districts, and we have but three
country churches.
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A MESSAGE FROM IDAHO
Some of our dear friends at the East have been sending us nice things
for a sale to help this little frontier church. We arranged them as taste-
fully as possible, and the people seemed to have a good time. We held
the sale in the old hall where we used to worship. It is a dark, dingy
place, but under the hands of our skillful ladies it was made very attract-
ive. Pretty booths were erected, httle tables were scattered about on
which were .served doughntits and coffee. Music was a pleasant feature
of the evening. The fancy articles were wonderfully taking, and eagerly
bought. I could not help wishing that those who made the pretty things
could have been with us. Early in the evening the president of the mis-
sionary society said cautiously : " I think we will make fifty dollars."
Later she came to me again, with eyes shining : " Do you know," said
she, " we have taken in over sixty dollars ? " And to-day at our meeting
we find we have cleared ninety dollars. This is a great surprise to us,
as the people are all poor and had just paid their taxes, which are tre-
mendous in this country. But everybody spent a little on our pretty
things, and the littles count up.
Our people are now full of courage. This money goes into the treasury
for the missionary salary. This ladies' society, not yet two years old, has
put into the treasury $375, which shows what can be done by poor people.
We could not, however, have done anything without the help from our
Eastern friends. We propose to keep on this year as last, making and
selling articles of all kinds, and we can use all the material that may be
furnished. — A Missionary Wife.
OUR FATHER'S WONDERFUL SUPPLY
Is it not wonderful how our Father supplies our wants ? He does not
always hold us tO the condition, "according to your faith," for often from
the very largeness of his heart he does for us " exceeding abundantly above
all that we ask or think." He does it, too, in a way all his own. Last
fall, as winter approached, I felt the need of a coat that would keep out
these prairie winds. I looked — though I did not need to look — at my
pocketbook, to find it empty. I took a survey of the field. Not one
dollar that I could hope to receive before the next harvest. To be sure,
there was the draft of the Society ; but that must be kept for coal, horse
feed, and grocery bills. I would not go in debt. There was only one
resort : tell the State superintendent about it. He is the missionaries'
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Santa Claus, and is supposed to have everything in his basket. The
same day he learned of my need, he received a letter from a retired min-
ister in the East, asking if some one in Dakota did not want an overcoat.
Imagine, if you can, my joy, when, after a cold drive of fifty miles from
our Association, I found a buffalo overcoat at the express office I I value
it not only for its present use, but also for the good it has done. Seldom
do I button it about me before starting for my country field without think-
ing of the one who sent it. I hope with the coat may come a double
portion of the spirit of the donor, who, now waiting for the chariot,
*' finds his deepest regret in the fact that he is not now able to preach
the Gospel of Jesus Christ. "
Yet another incident. One day I received notice that a small package
would be left at the depot by one passing through on the train. My wife
and I wondered what it might contain ; and she said : " Well, there are
two things we vmst have," mentioning some garments needed for winter.
The next day I brought the package home, cut the strings, and found in
it the very articles we were speaking about, the evening before. Isn't it
strange that things happen so ? Do they " happen " ? Our Father knows.
— South Dakota,
THE ARMY BOYS AND GIRLS
By my request you sent me 100 cards for the " Boys' and Girls' Home
Missionary Army." I want you to know that we had 137 juniors enrolled
in this army in 1894. With the use of the "tents," and in other ways, we
will contribute fifteen dollars and one cent from our army for 1894, and
five dollars for foreign missions. You have been so generous in supplying
us with material, that I want you to know it is not lost. May you have a
happy and prosperous year 1895. — Mrs. J. E. Jov, Old Orchard, Mo.
HOME MISSIONS IN ILLINOIS
To demonstrate the wisdom, zeal, and efficiency of one of the pastors
of that State, who could not be supported but by the aid granted by the
Illinois Home Missionary Society, we quote the following from a quarterly
report :
Next Sunday (the first in the year) is our regular communion Sunday,
when several will be received into the church. We have organized the
Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor into '' visiting committees,"
two members in each committee, whose business it is to call upon families
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who attend no church and are members of no church in this city, invite
them to attend the services, and if they have a church preference to go
where they choose ; also to invite the children to attend Sunday-school.
There have been some startling developments. Last week they found a
family in which the mother said she had not been in a church for thirty
years, and a daughter, txventy-three years old, had never attended a church
service. They have lived here for more than fifteen years, and no min-
ister has ever called upon them, nor have they ever been invited to a
church. The daughter was at our Sunday morning service.
We are already beginning to see the effects of these calls on our con-
gregations. The committee have been at work for five weeks, and have
made fifty-six calls. They visit in turns, week by week. Our obstacles
are many, " but where obstacles abound, encouragements do much more
abound."
WHITMAN COLLEGE A HOME MISSIONARY
INFLUENCE
By Rev. S. B. L. Penrose, its President
*
The two great needs of the West are Christianity and education.
These are the foundations of the State. The Congregational Home
Missionary Society is doing the noblest work for the future of the
United States in laying broad and deep these foundations through the
West. For these two influences Whitman College supremely stands.
Baptized with the blood of missionary martyrs, bearing the name of a
great national hero, and having for its founder a Christian saint, it is
inspired by great memories of the past and by the unexampled oppor-
tunity which is before it.
The story of Whitman College is a romance of both home and foreign
missions. Dr. Marcus Whitman went out as a missionary to the Indians,
in 1836, under the American Board. But "Oregon Territory" is no
longer considered a foreign field. Thanks to the prophet and martyr.
Whitman, the foreign missionary, it now belongs to the United States and
is home missionary field.
The readers of The Home Missionary are doubtless familiar with the
story of Dr. Whitman and his great ride across the continent, in 1842, but
a brief synopsis of the story may be useful. The pioneers of civilization
in the far northwest were the little band of missionaries who crossed the
Rocky Mountains, in 1836, to carry knowledge of "the white man's God
and of the white man's Book of heaven " to the Indians of Oregon. The
work of that mission band is unsurpassed in the missionary annals of the
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world. The energy of Dr. Whitman and his statesmanlike breadth of view
and dauntless courage inspire the student to-day with wonder and admira-
tion. But his service as a missionary is less known than his service as a
patriot. The debt of the United States to him cannot be measured.
Three stars in the American flag are due to him. Oregon, Washington,
and Idaho are his gift to the United States. He alone was prophet
enough to foresee their value, and hero enough to risk his life to save them.
Daniel Webster, at the close of his life, said to a friend of his, a lawyer
in New York City, that undoubtedly the saving of the Northwest was due
to Dr. Marcus Whitman.
Whitman's famous ride across the continent has no parallel in the
history of the world. Paul Revere's ride and Sheridan's ride are insig-
nificant beside it. Four thousand miles across the continent, through the
snows of a winter still memorable for its severity, he made his way from
Waiilatpu to Washington, on what his dearest friends regarded as a wild-
goose chase. Clad in furs he reached Washington, March 3, 1843. Daniel
Webster, then Secretary of State, heard his story, but was not moved
thereby. His plan at the time was to trade Oregon Territory to Great
Britain for a cod fishery, and the story of the unknown missionary was
heard with incredulity. Whitman went to President Tyler, who was more
impressed. The marks of his winter's journey were proofs of the doctor^s
sincerity, and Tyler said to him that if the accessibility of Oregon to the
United States could be demonstrated, if wagons could be taken across
the Rocky Mountains, the Territory should not be ceded to Great Britain.
The wagon train which Whitman led back that same summer, 1843, was
the first which ever crossed the continent, 200 wagons, almost t,ooo set-
tlers in all. It blazed a broad trail across the mountains. It opened the
Northwest for American emigration. It settled Oregon for the United
States. And, as the result of that settlement, when the northwest bound-
ary line was determined, in 1846, the United States claimed as its own
the territory which, five years before, they would have ceded as worthless
and undesirable. The stretch of country which Whitman saved to the
United States is equal in area to all of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont,
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, New
Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and three Connecti-
cuts beside. It belongs to the United States to-day, and not to Great
Britain, because of Marcus Whitman the missionary.
But the prophet and hero was to become a martyr as well. On
November 29, 1847, the Indian war-whoop rang out around the mission
station at Waiilatpu ; an Indian hatchet flashed, and Whitman fell a victim
to the savage cruelty and ignorance of those whom he had come to save.
The mission was destroyed. His work was obliterated. Had God for-
gotten his servants and allowed their efi'orts to come to nought ?
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God's ways are not as our ways. For eleven years the land lay deso-
late, inhabited only by the Indian and the coyote. Then, in 1859, Gush-
ing Eells, who had himself gone as missionary to the Indians in 1838, but
had escaped the Indian massacre, came and stood by Whitman's grave.
He found that the bones of those who had been massacred, fourteen
persons in all, had been gathered together into one great grave. Stand-
ing by that grave he thought of Whitman's life and death, and of his
services to the United States. The past, the present, and the future came
before him. The "power of the Most High" came upon him, and he
resolved that, God helping him, he would devote the remainder of his life
to establishing a worthy memorial of Marcus Whitman. What memorial
so worthy as a Christian school for the education of the young people of
that region ? That would best continue Whitman's work. That would
most surely establish the kingdom of God in the region round about.
So Whitman College came to be chartered as an academy in 1859, but
was not opened to the public till 1866. It struggled along for years,
dependent for its very life upon the sacrifices and heroic efforts of Gush-
ing Eells, its founder. The old man, the year before his death, told the
writer that when he was traveling and preaching through Eastern Wash-
ington, riding on horseback over the country and sleeping out at night
under the trees, he lived on dried salmon and water at an expense of
twenty-five cents a week. The one purpose of his life was to establish
Whitman College. During his life he gave it $10,000, and at his death
left it residuary legatee of an estate worth $5,000 more.
But great names are not sufificient warrant for a college's existence.
True it is that Whitman College is the only memorial of a hero worthy of
all honor from the nation which he loved. True it is that the spirit of
Christian love and service which begot it would seem almost sufificient to
guarantee its perpetuity. But the supreme warrant of Whitman College
is the field which it reaches and the opportunity which is now before it
for loyal work in establishing the kingdom of God. Imagine a stretch of
territory as large as all of New England and the State of Pennsylvania,
settled by an intelligent people who, while needing higher education, are
as yet unable to provide it for themselves, beset at the present time with
the poverty of hard times, and, indeed, scarcely realizing the importance
of an education beyond that of the common school; and then into this
region put a little struggling college left alone to battle for Christian
truth and higher life. Such is the situation of Whitman College. It has
in all the vast region of Eastern Washington and Oregon no competitor
save the State Agricultural College at Pullman. Its nearest rivals are
across the Cascade Mountains, more than 300 miles away. What greater
home missionary field could be asked for than this which is before it ?
The ministers of the home missionary churches in Eastern Washington
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look to the college as their most valued ally and support. They watch
over its welfare with deepest interest. Prayers for it are continually on
their lips and in their hearts. For the success of Whitman College means
in large degree the broad and firm establishment of an enlightened
Christianity in the vast region where its influence is felt.
A crisis in the life of the college is now at hand. Dr. D. K. Pearsons,
of Chicago, has offered $50,000 if $150,000 additional can be secured.
The securing of this endowment will determine the future life of the col-
lege. If the present effort to secure this endowment fails, then the college
will close its doors and a great. influence for Christian truth and righteous-
ness will be taken away. They who realize the importance of saving the
Northwest for Christ should honor the names of Whitman and of Eells.
They who love the country for which Whitman risked his life will see that
this be not allowed to happen. Let us save Whitman College in the
interests of the Northwest and of the kingdom of God.
A YEAR BY PUGET SOUND
The first year's work of my husband, Rev, J. T. Nichols, in Fremont,
Wash., has just closed. Fremont is a part of Seattle, three miles from its
business center, and connected by an electric road. We have a good
church building nearly free from debt. It was built in 1889, when a
heavy fir forest covered these hills, except for the clearing where the vil-
lage clustered around the church. Two lots owned by the church are
designed for a parsonage. Lumber and labor were never so cheap, but
money is scarce. We rent a little house of five rooms for five dollars a
month. It hasn't many conveniences, but we live very comfortably.
We have seventy-eight members, twenty-four of whom were added the
past year. Our Sunday-school of 165 members is flourishing. The gift
from the Eliot Church, Newton, Mass., of fifty new books, has given great
pleasure to the children. Last Sunday we used for the first time the com-
munion service which came from the same generous friends. Our Chris-
tian Endeavorers number fifty, of whom forty-one are " active " members,
and are doing much good. We want to do more for the boys who attend
our church in large numbers. We are praying and hoping that the way
may open for us to have a " boys' club " and reading-room. There is
space under the church to fit up such a room as we need. No one can
estimate the help such a center might be to these youths. Many would
give labor, but we need money, also, to undertake this.
Some one has kindly asked us in a recent letter to let our wants be
known, and so I say we greatly need singing books : fifty or more Gospel
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Hymns, Consolidated, or some similar book for use in the Endeavor and
social meetings. Should some church be discarding " Spiritual Songs for
Church and Choir," we should be pleased to have them, as we haven't
enough to go around at the Sunday services.
Our special meetings brought a blessing. Though the work was quiet,
forty signed the beginners' cards. — Mrs. Anna H. Nichols, Fremont^
Wash.
MRS. BUSYBODY STILL BUSY
Mrs. Busybody is still alive, for I have just seen her, and am able to
report what was done during four days of the past year :
Day Number One. — The Mission Band had at last finished the quilt
they had worked so faithfully to make for a " Home," and the young
ladies of the church had been invited to come and quilt it on Friday, and
stay to tea. Thursday evening tlie church held its meeting, and a party
of three came to bring word to pastor Busybody that a majority of one
had decided the matter, and he was no longer wanted.
How hard they had worked to save a little to put in the bank ! Away
that little went, for there was the expense of " candidating," and the
possibility of a period without appointment. Mrs. Busybody's eyes did
not close till three a. m. Then an early start had to be made, for there
was the " quilting bee " that day, the arrangement of the home, and more
baking to be done. By evening it seemed as if her tired feet could go no
farther, but the young men did not understand the invitation to tea, and
came late, to spend a late evening. Some of them had driven ten miles,
so she felt that they must be specially entertained, and that took extra
strength and steps to serve the company with ice cream and cake. Dur-
ing the evening one of the yoiing ladies was taken seriously ill, and it was
past midnight before she was quieted and the dishes could be cared for.
The hands of the clock pointed well towards two before it was possible
to retire. On Saturday Mrs. Busybody had a sick headache.
Day Number Two. — The young people wanted to give a "social"
on the lawn of Hon. , which had been kindly offered them. But
who could make the cream ? Number one's mother was an invalid, num-
ber two's was away, number three's was too busy, number four's did not
know how ; and so all around. Like the little hen, Mrs. Busybody said,
" Well, then, I will." Three gallons of ice cream to be made in a rickety
freezer take time and strength, if it is made and frozen properly. By the
time the cake was baked and the cream frozen, the day was nearly done.
Then Mr. Busybody and his wife, arrayed in their best, wended their way
to the grounds, and paid nearly a dollar for refreshments.
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The society gave seven dollars of the proceeds toward the pastor's
salary, and all were pleased that the young people were so enterprising.
A vote of thanks was sent to Hon. and Mrs. for the use of their
grounds so kindly given. Mrs. Busybody's work was done " heartily as
unto the Lord."
Day Number Three. — -It was a hot Saturday morning and eight
miles from a bakery, consequently everything must be made at home.
Company had swelled the family number to nine. Breakfast was about
ready, when a child, pale with fear, came to ask the minister to come
immediately and see her father, who had been taken suddenly very ill.
But Mr. Busybody was sick in bed. After seeing to all preparations for
breakfast and getting the family about the board, Mrs. Busybody left to
call on the sick man. When she had done all she could to ease him, she
hurried home to care for the sick dominie, who by this time was needing
her care and a breakfast. This done, she had hardly settled down to
take a bit of refreshment when another child came in to say : " Baby is
sick ; will you please come to help mamma ? " When she returned from
this trip it was noon, with dinner to get and no baking done.
Two o'clock brought the Mission Band, and leaving them in the care
of helpful company, the baking was finally done.
Day Number Four. — Mr. Busybody had arranged with Rev.
to occupy his place while he went out some distance, to supply an empty
pulpit. Saturday morning word came that Rev. need not be ex-
pected. There was no other way, and so Mrs. Busybody rose to the
emergency. Sunday found the church tastefully decorated with prairie
flowers, and a programme ready for the older members of the congregation,
on the work of the " A. M. A."
After an early dinner there was a drive of ten and a-half miles to the
out-station, where services were arranged by Mrs. Busybody. The ride
home took till after six o'clock. Then tea and another time of hurrying to
make out a programme for the use of the Christian Endeavorers ended a
wearisome day.
A CONSECRATED OFFERING
I INCLOSE one dollar, which is the contribution of my aged grand-
mother, Mrs. Stephen M. Sargent. As our church collection for your
work does not come very soon, and grandmother in her age and feeble-
ness may not long be spared to us, I forward it to you that she may
have the satisfaction of giving it herself. Her heart is in your work, and
she sends with it a prayer for God's blessing upon it. Though she has
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but little to give, it is consecrated by her giving, and will doubtless bear
the " hundred fold."— E. S. G., Nashua, N. H.
HOW A MICHIGAN MISSIONARY WIFE LOOKS AT IT
A PAPER READ BEFORE THE GEAERAL ASSOCIATION
The self-supporting churches of Michigan have a large family to look
after. In our more prosperous times the Lord gave us many children ;
they are still small and weak, and in their youth they need good teachers,
if they are ever going to become wise, self-governing people. Have we
properly considered these home missionary children and their wants dur-
ing these hard times? When this panic broke over us did we, fathers
and mothers, call our children before us, and say : " Now, children,
calamitous times have come upon us. We cannot feed and clothe you
and give you good teachers as we have done, and still have the luxuries
we have been used to and still desire, therefore one of you must die^;
another may go out in the world and seek his fortune ; and still another
must shut himself up in a room and live on bread and water, that the
remainder of the family may keep up a respectable appearance " ? It
would hardly be possible for us to find such heartless parents even among
the meanest and the lowest. Let us, then, gather our loved home mission-
ary children around our knees and say : "Dear ones, a time of sacrifice
has come upon us ; each must give up something for the general good,
that all may live. We desire, above all things, your good and advance-
ment, and to that end we will give you the best teachers we can procure,
but in order to do that we must give up nearly everything else. Will you
not enter into this new order of things gladly and heartily, as unto the
Lord ? And thus working together we shall be blessed."
Home Missionaries' wives like to set a nice table before their husbands
and their guests. They remember the injunction of Paul to " keep under
the body," but they do not exactly see why that should apply only to the
pastor's family. They do not always think it just that the deacon's family
and other members of the church should fare sumptuously every day on
the choicest cuts of meat, while the Home Missionary's table is graced
only with a soup-bone. I know home missionary families where they
hardly have an exception to that kind of meat from one year's end to the
other, and where for months no butter was on the table except when they
had company.
Do not let any one entertain the thought for a moment that these
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Home Missionaries are made of different material from others. Remem-
ber they were not born missionaries. They were reared as carefully and
tenderly as you were ; their taste is as sensitive and delicate. What right
have we to keep enough of what the Lord has intrusted to us, to take
good care of — yea, even pamper — our own bodies, while we pass on to our
brave substitute in the home missionary array barely enough to keep soul
and body together? Should there be one measure of consecration for
them and another for ourselves ?
You find some magnificent examples of true, generous, self-denying
manhood and womanhood in very remote places. In our little church of
only thirty members, all poor people, were raised over ^1,000 a year.
How did they do it ? By fifty-two weeks of self-denial in every year. One
poor foreigner, working for one dollar and a half a day and walking three
miles to church, gave five dollars to the annual home missionary offering.
A dear woman who gave sixty cents a week toward the pastor's
salary was obliged to stay at home from church in the morning for about
three months because her cloak was not fit to wear. This was not from
pride because it was not in the latest style, but because it was really so
worn and faded it did not look respectable, and she did not feel able to
get a new one and still give to every good cause as she wished. I never
knew a more hospitable woman, but it was extended generally to the poor
and friendless, or the stranger, not to those who would entertain in return.
She was one of the best workers in the Sunday-school, and could move
all hearts by the power of her eloquence. She had the real feminine love
of pretty things, and usually contrived to dress well at a small outlay. At
the time we first knew this woman, whom I esteem it an honor to call
friend, her husband was not a Christian, but a good moral man in whom
you could find no blemish. I wish I had time to tell you how he became
a Christian ; how he hesitated about uniting with the church because it
would injure his business ; how he decided to do what was right and trust
God for the rest ; how God has honored him and prospered him in his
business so that he is now one of the foremost workers in the church, and
it is prospering ; how his face just shines with love for God and his fel-
low-men. Why, it is worth half one's life to know that one couple as inti-
mately as we have done, and to have been instrumental in leading that
one soul back to his Maker.
The people are eager and anxious for the Gospel. In our first small
field of labor we never, even on the stormiest nights, had less than thirty
at our prayer-meetings. The church was never opened without being
comfortably filled with quiet, attentive, eager listeners.
As we go farther north we find the people, out from the centers, more
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and more hungry for the Gospel. Only eight miles from the " Soo " my
husband preached in a little log church filled with these eager listeners.
It was in the summer time, and the door was open. After the service
had begun there was a slight commotion outside, and on the steps lay an
old man who had crawled there to hear his last sermon, for in a few days
he was laid away in the grave. After service every family represented
there invited the minister home with them. They all lived in small
houses — most of them were of logs — but oh, blessed hospitality ! I doubt
if you are acquainted with the real quality if you have not visited some
such place. My husband went home with a Scotch family consisting of
husband and wife and five children, and that one-room cottage was made
to accommodate eight people that night. The next day he went on his
way, calling at every house, the people following him as he went, until
more than twenty persons were walking along the path through the woods,
climbing over logs and fallen trees, to another house, where they held a
religious meeting. That evening they met again in still another house,
many of them coming several miles.
Again he went out in another direction. A meeting had been appointed
at a schoolhouse, but there was no house near, and he had passed none for
quite a distance. He wondered where his congregation was coming from,
but at the appointed hour that schoolhouse was filled. The room was
lighted with lanterns, and the faces gleamed out white and ghastly from
the dim surroundings, but every eye was fixed on him as he unfolded and
preached the Word of God. At the close of the service an old lady
brought her nine-year-old granddaughter to shake hands with and look
into the face of the minister, as the child had never seen one before.
Only a few years ago, near the close of Rev. E. W. Miller's service
as State Sunday-school superintendent, he visited a region only forty
miles from Sault Ste. Marie, where there were a number of young people,
eighteen and twenty years of age, who had never seen a Christian minister.
He organized a Sunday-school there, and I am told their average per
cent, of attendance for the first year was the largest in the State.
What we need in the home missionary field is more men and better
equipped, better taken care of, and then we shall the sooner be able to
take Michigan for Christ, that we may win the world for Him.
THE WORK IN GEORGIA
The blessing of God has rested upon our churches in Georgia the past
quarter, and we have gathered a good spiritual harvest. Perhaps we
have had a larger ingathering of members than in any past year. From
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almost every church in the State there is reporteH aixincrease of accessions
over the previous year. Besides the large increase of members, there has
been a general improvement in every department of church interest.
Our ministers are preparing themselves more thoroughly for their work.
They are reading more, are better informed as to doctrine and polity,
and are better prepared generally for the work of their calling. Nearly
all of them take some one of our church papers. Their reports at the
recent conference showed increased diligence and faithfulness in the dis-
charge of their duties.
The conference was a success in the best sense of the word. Not
only was the business before it pleasantly and profitably transacted, but
the large crowds that gathered from day to day were impressed for good
by the sermons to which they attentively listened. But one thing cast a
shadow over the assembly — the death, just before the meeting, of Mrs.
McDaniel, the wife of our superintendent. We shall have no more here
the encouragement of her presence and words of wise advice. She was a
good woman, faithful to all the obligations of life. The sympathies of
the churches go out to Mr. McDaniel in this his dark hour.
The New Providence church and Davis chapel, in Sumter County,
Rev. G. W. Cumbus, pastor, are in line with our churches, moving quietly
along in the discharge of their duties. The church at Columbus has
recently, with great effort, built a nice house of worship. They had a
hard struggle, but now in their new quarters are feeling quite at home.
At the first hour's service in the new building, they had five applicants
for membership.
The low price of cotton, and the exceeding stringency in money mat-
ters, is the excuse our churches offer for small contributions. It is not from
want of appreciation of, or sympathy with, the work of our societies ; but
most of our people are in debt, and feel that their first duty is to pay
their just debts, then help others. They may be, to some extent, correct ;
but no man should fail to help, if but a little, the cause of Christ, who has
done so much for us. We pray for a brighter and better day and think
it is coming. We are trying to educate our people up to the point of
helping every Christian and church interest. It will take time to do
this.
The churches generally are in good condition. There is no distract-
ing element. Many have been converted and joined the churches ; the
membership has been strengthened and is more earnestly at work.
Divine service is better attended. We have much to be thankful for.
None of our ministers have died in the past year. The Sunday-school in-
terest in our churches has lost none of its power. New schools are being
organized in different parts of the State. May the coming year bring
with it prosperity for our Zion. — Rev. W. L. Jones, General Missionary.
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THE WORK IN MONTANA
In our attempts to take possession of Montana in the name of the Lord
of Hosts, our experience is much like that of an earthly army pressing an
earthly foe. At times the enemy seems to be getting the advantage ; our
leaders disappear, our forces become somewhat scattered, and ground occu-
pied has to be temporarily abandoned. Such, in a measure, were the con-
ditions which surrounded us at the time of my last report. But during the
past three months we have been able to close up the scattered ranks,
secure several new leaders, and make some positive advance. Livingston
has been supplied, and, after a vacancy of a year and a half, a pastor has
been secured for Butte — a most needy and difficult field.
A most interesting feature of the quarter's work has been the transfer
of our efificient pastor at Big Timber, to a new field, lying in the Yellow-
stone Valley (through which the North Pacific Railway runs for over three
hundred miles between Big Timber and Billings), with headquarters at
Columbus. Lying on the south side of the valley, between these two
points, is a large tract, in area about equal to the State of Rhode Island,
which, some two years ago, was ceded by the government to the Indians,
and it is here largely that our brother will find his field of labor. Already
four preaching appointments have been opened up, and there is opportu-
nity for as many more. No better man could have been found to take
hold of this work.
This reservation region is being settled up by a much more stable class
of population than is found in the mining camps of the State. The peo-
ple are, for the most part, poor at present, but with the possibilities before
them for agriculture and stock raising, they cannot long remain so. The
region seems providentially to have been thrown into our hands, and if we
can have the men and the money to hold it, it will do a great deal toward
strengthening our work in the State, and will prevent those long years of
deprivation of religious privileges, to which many of the early settlers in
Montana have been subjected.
There are several other points in the State at which our work greatly
needs strengthening. Our little church at Horse Plains is suffering for
the want of a pastor, and Thompson Falls, twenty-five miles west, sadly
needs the help which a regular minister could bring. Great Falls, where our
work has been suspended for nearly a year, must be looked after soon,
and Castle is likely to make greater demands upon us shortly. You may
well imagine that, in view of these conditions, I am anxiously looking for-
ward to our apportionment for next year. What it shall be, means much
to suffering communities and perishing souls in Montana. — Rev. W. S.
Bell, Superintetident.
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WHERE THE RESPONSIBILITY BELONGS
Where belongs the responsibility for the character, conduct, and min-
isterial standing of those bearing the commission of the Congregational
Home Missionary Society ?
This question arises from time to time, and misapprehensions concern-
ing it call for no little unnecessary correspondence. It may save some
time and labor so caused, if we re-state here the Society's usage which has
prevailed from the beginning, and has been set forth in every issue of its
Annual Report for certainl)^ more than fifty years.
It should by this time be well known that this Society has no ecclesi-
astical character or function, and assumes no ecclesiastical authority or
control over its missionaries. It should be well known, moreover, that
among the questions to be answered by every church applying for a mis-
sionary's commission are these :
" Of what local church is he a member ? "
[Of some church he must have been a member, to secure licensure to
preach to our Congregational churches.]
" Of what ministerial association is he a member ? "
And no one receives the Society's commission unless he is a member
in good standing of a Congregational or other evangelical church in fel-
lowship with our Congregational body, and of a ministerial association,
save in the very rarely exceptional case of one coming into a new field of
labor, who has had no opportunity to unite with the local association, and
declares his purpose to join it on the earliest practicable occasion — such
intention being vouched for by the signers of the application.
Having so connected himself, this Society, in accordance with imme-
morial Congregational usage, regards its missionary as under the watch
and care, first of the church, and secondly of the ministerial association
of which he is a member. Thenceforth to these bodies, in the order
named, and not to this Society, properly belong and are directly referred
any and all questions that may arise as to his moral character, conduct,
and ecclesiastical or ministerial standing. His unquestioned acceptance
with the church and association the Society regards as its sufficient voucher
for his character and standing.
The form of language in which this usage of the Society has been
explicitly stated for more than half a century is as follows :
" The Congregational Home Missionary Society has ever regarded the
ecclesiastical bodies as the appi'op7'iate judges of the standing of their ow?i
ministers, and of the wants of the churches in their connection. Accord-
ingly, the commission issued to each missionary requires that his conimis-
sion be acceptable to the mi^iisterial body of his denom,inatio?t, within whose
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bounds he is appointed to labor. The various ecclesiastical bodies in those
States where missionary societies do not exist, are invited to appoint each
a Committee of Missions from its own members, to receive applications from
its churches and suggest to the Society the action proper in each case.
Such a committee constitutes the official source to which reference can be
had for information and advice in all matters pertaining to missions in the
connection to which it belongs." . . . The advice of a committee
appointed by and acting in the name and by the dij-ection of the ecclesiastical
body to li'hich they belong, is regarded as the highest authority in matters per-
taining to the standing of ministers and churches in their connection. . . .
" There is one limitation, however. Should any ecclesiastical body so
far swerve from the principles of truth and gospel order as not to retain
the fellowship and confidence of the great body of the churches cooperat-
ing in the Society, that fact would cause its recommendations not to be
respected as a basis of action by the Executive Committee."
Not only is this usage of the Society in strict accord with the Congre-
gational polity, but it so commends itself to Christian judgment that it
was cordially adopted long years ago, when Presbyterian, United Presby-
terian, and Dutch Reformed churches were joined with Congregationalists
in prosecuting their home missionary work through this organization.
Nor does it easily appear where else than on the churches and ministerial
associations can wisely be laid the responsibility for the character, con-
duct, and standing of thousands of men scattered so widely over the States
and Territories of our land.
VOTE OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
The following resolutions were passed at the stated meeting of the
Executive Committee, held in the Bible House, May 6, 1895 :
Resolved : That if, in any cases, the regular appointments of our mis-
sionaries now require them to use railroad trains on Sunday, our superin-
tendents and the churches receiving aid from this Society be requested so
to arrange the work upon their several fields that such use will no longer
be required.
Resolved : That the Executive Committee of the Congregational Home
Missionary Society disapproves of the use of Sunday trains by the mis-
sionaries of that Society, except in cases of emergency.
" Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy." — Ex. xx. 8. " Keep
the Sabbath day to sanctify it, as the Lord thy God hath commanded
thee." — Deut. v. 12.
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TREASURY NOTE
CONTRIBUTIONS LEGACIES
1894-5 1895-6 1894-5 1895-6
April..,. $18,936 34 $14,202 45 April.... $8,701 36 $13,972 96
Our helpers will see that the April receipts open the current (seven-
tieth) fiscal year with a slight gain — due to an increase of legacies — over
those of April, 1894. Better this small gain than a loss ; and if the com-
ing months shall justify the hopeful predictions of our business friends as
to a decided improvement in the country's financial condition, we may
reasonably look for a steadily growing series of monthly gains that shall
cheer the hearts of our willing givers, give new life to our brethren in the
field, and lift a heavy burden from the conductors of the work. May our
Heavenly Father grant it !
SIXTY-NINTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CONGREGA-
TIONAL HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY
A NATIONAL GATHERING AT SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. V.,
JUNE 4-6, rSgs, IN THE METHODIST CHURCH, WASH-
INGTON STREET
Tuesday, June 4TH
7.30 p. M.-^Opening Address by the President of the Society, Major-
Gen. O. O. Howard. Annual Sermon by Rev. Wm. H. Davis, D.D., of
Detroit, Mich.
Wednesday, June 5TH
9 a. m. — Devotional Meeting.
9:30 A.M. — Our Auxiliaries. Addresses by Rev. C. H. Merrill,' of
Vermont ; Rev. James Tompkins, D.D., of Illinois ; Rev. H. W. Carter,
of Wisconsin ; Rev. A. L. Love, of St. Louis, Mo.
10.30 A. M. — Thirteenth Annual Meeting of the Woman's Department,
Mrs. H. S. Caswell, Secretary, presiding. Addresses by Miss Anna
Hodous, " A Modern Miracle ; " Mrs. Joseph Cook, " A Woman's
Club of National Interest ; " Miss M. Dean Moffatt, " First Im-
pressions OF Oklahoma ; " Mrs. Alice S. Barnes, " Among the Mon-
tana Miners."
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2 p. M. — The Annual Meeting of the Society for the Election of Ofifi-
cers, Hearing of Reports, and other Business.
3.30 P.M. — Our Cooperating Societies. Congregational Church
Building Society. Addresses by Rev. L. H. Cobb, D.D., New York,
Secretary ; Rev. C. H. Taintor, Chicago. Sunday-School and Publishing
Society. Addresses by Rev. Wm. Ewing, Michigan ; Rev. Willard Scott,
D.D., Chicago. Congregational Education Society. Addresses by Rev.
J. A. Hamilton, D.D., Boston, Secretary ; Rev. Wm. E. Barton, Boston.
7.30 p. M. — Paper by Secretary William Kincaid. " Review of 69TH
Year." Addresses by Rev. H. D. Wiard, Western Field Secretary ; Rev.
C. W. Shelton, Eastern Field Secretary ; Rev. VV. L. Phillips, D.D., of New
Haven ; Rev. C. H. Beale, D.D., of Boston, Mass.
Thursday, June 6th
9 A. M. — Devotiona Service.
9.30 A. M. — Paper by Secretary Washington Choate. " Open Doors."
Addresses by Rev. Wallace Nutting, D.D., Providence, R. I. ; Rev. Clar-
ence T. Brown, Salt Lake City, Utah ; Rev. C. I. Scofield, Dallas, 'i"ex. ;
Rev. A. B. Cristy, Cleveland, Ohio.
11.30 A. M.^Address by Rev. W. G. Puddefoot, Eastern Field Secre-
tary.
2 p. m. — Addresses by Representatives from the Field. Rev. S. F.
Gale, Florida; Rev. J. H. Morley, Minnesota; Rev. M. E. Eversz, D.D.,
German Department ; Rev. S. C. McDaniel, Georgia ; Rev. C. F. Clapp,
Oregon ; Rev. W. S. Bell, Montana ; Rev. H. C. Simmons, North Dakota.
7.30 P.M. — Paper by Secretary Joseph B. Clark, "The Money Prob-
lem." Addresses by William H. Alexander, Esq., of Omaha, Neb.; Rev.
Lyman Abbott, D.D., of Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Rev. R. R. Meredith, D.D., of
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Transportation
l"he Trunk Line Association will pass over its roads for one-third
fare, in returning, all certified attendants on the meeting who pay full fare
in going. [N. B. — Certificates are required in all cases to secure this
reduction.] The Hudson River steamboats are also relied on for their
usual concession.
Round-trip tickets from Boston, good until June 30, may be had for
$6.75. For further information concerning these, apply to Rev. Joshua
Coit, Congregational House, Boston.
Terms for passengers from the West will doubtless be, as usual, the
one and one-third fare, on the certificate plan.
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Hotels and Boarding-Houses
[The figures in parentheses indicate, in each case, the number of persons that can be
accommodated. The smaller price named is taken where two persons occupy a room ;
the larger is for a single occupant.]
HOUSES AT $1 PER DAY
J. R. Farmington, 138 Washington St. (6) ; Miss Drake, 43 Church St.
(5) ; Mrs. M. Falkenstein, 135 Circular St. (30) ; Mrs. Hills, 3 Pearl St.
(7) ; Mrs. Arnold, 153 Nelson Ave. (20) ; The Aldine Hotel (60) ; Mrs.
James Scoville, 57 Phila St. (25).
^I AND $1.25 PER DAY
Franklin House, Church St. (100) ; H. Del Correl, 11 1 Phila St. (18) ;
Hayden House, Church, corner of Grand (20) ; Mrs. Lyker, 4 Ellsworth
Row (10); Mrs. Jones, 86 Woodlawn Ave. (16); Elmwood Hall (60);
Mr. Brewster, 5 Dreicer Block (10) ; Mrs. Dale, 158 Circular St. (8) ;
Miss March, 125 Phila St. (25) ; Mrs. Waring, 25 Franklin St. (20) ; Cor-
bin Cottage, 157 Spring St. (10) ; Mrs. Allen, 48 Phila St. (12).
$1 AND $1.50 PER DAY
The Albemarle, South Broadway (50) ; Dr. Travers, 103 Circular St.
(20) ; Mrs. Schmidt, 54 Phila St. (18) ; Kenmore House (150) ; Circular
St. House (75) ; Broadway House (40) ; Miss Pierce, 55 Phila St. (15) ;
Mrs. Walker, 53 Spring St. (15) ; The Linwood, South Broadway (65) ;
The Garden View, Broadway (40) ; Willoughby, Broadway (40).
$1.25 PER DAY
Hotel Columbia (150) ; Walworth Mansion (40).
$1.25 AND $1.50 PER DAY
Vermont House (135) ; Summer Rest, 175 Spring St. (40) ; Trim Cot-
tage (Mrs. Fitz Gerald), 61 Phila St. (25) ; Mrs. Hubbard, 61 Spring St.
(18) ; Mrs. Swan, 24 Woodlawn Ave. (n).
I1.50 AND $2 PER DAY
Rossiter House (70).
$2 PER DAY
The W^orden, Broadway (150) ; Dr. Strong, Circular St. (100) ; Heustis
House, South Broadway (100) ; The American (200) ; Hotel Spencer,
Woodlawn Ave. (50).
Rev. William O. Wark and Mr. Samuel A. Rickard, the local Com-
mittee of Arrangements, will cheerfully answer inquiries and assist in
securing places. Address them at Saratoga Springs.
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APPOINTMENTS IN APRIL, 1895
Not in commission last year
Avery, Holly H., Steele City, Neb.
Cone, J. W., Ellis. Kan.
Dickerman. Josiah P.. Minneapolis, Minn.
Gray, David B., General Miss, in Portland and
vicinity. Ore.
Hall, John, Cold Brook, So. Dak.
Hines. Peter H., Wisner. Neb.
Lemmon. Charles H., Cleveland. Ohio.
Mata, Jan. Colporter Evangelist in Penn.
Sherman. Miss Ella, Cheyenne, Wyo.
Unger, Samuel L., Wilco.x, Freewater, Hildreth,
and Molina, Neb.
Williams. William T., Dustin, Lonneyview, and
Richmond, Neb.
Zercher, Henry J., Corvallis, Ore.
Re-commissioned
Bechtel, Philip, Woonsocket, Tabor, Immanuel,
and Viola, So. Dak.
Brande, Alfred G., Pierce, Neb.
Brehm, William E., Carbondale, Kan.
Brennecke, Fritz, Guide Rock, Superior, and
Beaver Creek. Neb.
Brown. Henry M., Mt. Hope, New York city,
N. Y.
Clark, Orville C, Missoula, Mon.
Farnworth. Arthur, Dodge and Howells, Neb.
Fellows. William W., Hamilton, Mo.
Ford. Lorenzo M., Los Ranchos de Atrisco, New
Me.x.
Gardner, Nathan E., Silver Creek and Genoa. Neb.
Griffiths, D. B., General Missionary work in Kan.
Hubbell, H. W., Lake Charles, La.
Jones, Samuel. Carroll, Neb.
Keller. Lewis H., Minneapolis, Minn.
Lundberg. Albert, Michigan City, Ind.
Markham. Reuben V .. White City, Kan.
Marsh, William B., Ironton, Ohio.
Mistr, Miss Emily, Toledo, 0.,and Detroit, Mich.
Moore. George W., Frostburg. Md.
Paddock, Edward A., Weiser. Idaho.
Palmer, Oscar A., Trenton and Fairview, Neb.
Pedtrson, Ludwig J., Fargo. No. Dak.
Petterson, Andrew G., Upsala, Minn.
Pope. Joseph, Laurel, Mon.
Roberts, John. Newcastle, Neb.
Ruddock. Charles A.. Winthrop. Minn.
Simpkin, Peter A., Gallup, New Mex.
Smith, Samuel A., Cambridgeboro, Penn.
Smith, William, Nanticoke. Penn.
Thomas, Isaac, Horatio and Lindsey, Penn.
Tychsen, Andrew C., Hoboken, N. J.
Walker. James T., Willow Lakes and Pitrodie,
So. Dak.
Watson, William H-, Red Lodge, Mon.
Waltenbarger, O. T., Haven, Kan.
Wells, George W., Fitchville, Ohio.
Wells, John L., Jersey City, N. J.
Whidden, W. R., Kensal and Wimbleton, No. Dak.
Wiggins, Aaron W., New Cambria. Mo.
Williams, James B., Lynne and Slatersville, Utah.
Wmter, Alpheus, Tryon. N. C.
Woodruff. Alfred E., Toledo, Ohio.
Woolworth, William S., Morrisania, New York
city, N. Y.
Young, Charles T., Chase and Little River, Kan.
RECEIPTS IN APRIL, 1895
For account of receipts by State Auxiliary Societies, see pages 86 to 93
MAINE— $390.00.
Bath, Winter Street Ch., by G. J. Mit-
chell
Gardiner, Mrs. H. Ballard, by Rev. J.
L. Quimby
North Bridgton, $5 ; Harrison, $2.50,
by Rev. A. G. Fitz
Searsport, S. S. of the First, by E. B.
Sheldon
South Berwick. Y. P. S. C. E., by
Miss M. T. Tobey
Waldoboro, J. H. Lovell, in memo-
riam of Mrs. H. H. Lovell
Miss J. M. Bulfinch, by J. H. Lov-
ell
NEW HAMPSHlRE-$705.49; of
which legacy, $58.25.
Received by Hon. L. D. Stevens,
Treas. N. H. H. M. Soc. :
Colebrook. Y. P. S. C.E.... $600
Hopkinton 23 76
Nashua, Pilgrim Ch. and
Soc 1000
Peterborough, Extra Cent-
a-day Band 20 00
$358 25
59 76
F. C. I. and H. M. U. of N. H., Miss A.
A. McFarland, Treas.:
Easter offerings S219 48
E.xeter, Mrs. E. S. Hall,
Easter offering 100 00
Dover, First, by E. R. Brown.
Gilmanton. Miss M. F. Page
Littleton, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hoffman.
Milford, A. C. Crosby
Pittsfield, J.S. Rand
Stratham, A Friend
West Manchester. South Main St. Ch.,
by W. J. Ayer
Wilmot, Estate of Stephen Felch, by
L. S. Ward, Trustee
VERMONT-$ii3.2i.
Barre, by W. F. Morse
C. C. B
Cambridge, Mrs. C. Safford
Castleton. by M. A. Rice. . . .
Vermont, Friends
West Rutland, by J. J. May.
$319 48
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MASSACHUSETT S— $6,913.63 ; of
which legacies, $3,500.
Mass. Home Miss. Soc, by Rev. E. B.
Palmer, Treas $2,000 00
By request of donors 290 00
Woman's H. M. A., Miss A. C. Bridg-
man, Treas.:
Framingham, Plymouth,
Aux $ 2 00
Natick, Aux 153 20
155 20
AUston, Five Friends, by Mrs. H.
Baldwin 5 00
Amherst, Jr. Y. P. S. C. E. of the First,
by R. Parkinson 2 60
South, by W. B. Rose 13 50
Ashfield, by Rev. G. H. Bailey 75 °o
Belchertown, A Friend 2 00
Berkley, by Rev. F. K. Beem 11 25
Beverly, A Friend ... i 00
Boston, Estate of Mary W. Hyde, by
Dr. G. S. Hyde, less State tax 2,850 00
W. A. Wilde, for Salary Fund 50 00
Mrs. S. D. Warren ■ 1000
Bridge water, J. Reed., i 5 00
Cambridge, Miss M. W. Brooks 2 00
Dalton, Miss C. L. Crane 5 00
Dan vers, " T" of Maple Street Ch. .. 15 00
Dedham, First Ch. Extra-Cent a Day
Band, $30.64; Y. P. S. C. E., Two-
cents-a-Week Band. $6 36 64
Framingham, Mrs. E. S. Esty, by C.
C. Esty 5000
Georgetown, from Estate of Apphia
L. N. Winter, by L. H. Bateman. . . 50 00
Haverhill, Friends 10 00
Housatonic, by H. H. B. Turner 73 87
Indian Orchard, Rev. W. T. Hutchins
turning "the wish of apoor but will-
ing giver of 5 cents"' into a reality. 5 05
Lee, I. H. N T 5 00
Lexington, Ladies' Society, by Mrs. O.
B. Darling i 00
Lowell, S. Blanchard 5 00
Massachusetts, A Friend 100 00
Merrimac, Mrs. S. 3. Sawyer 40
Millburjr, Miss J. Woodbury 50
Milton, Legacy of Miss Mary E.
Vose, by J. W. Vose, Ex 200 00
Monson, by E. F. Morris 21 77
New Bedford, Trinitarian, by J. C.
Briggs 52 06
North And over, A Friend, Easter of-
fering 5 00
North Brookfield, A. C. Stoddard. . . . 2 00
Norton, Trin., by S. H. Cobb 100 00
Pittsfield, First, by F. W. Dutton 55 31
Y. P. S. C. E. of the South, by C.
E. Dorr 13 00
Plymouth, A Friend 5 00
Salem, Primary Department of the
Tabernacle 3. S., $5 ; Y. P. S. C. E.,
$5i by J. H. Phippen, special 10 00
South Deerfield, by C. B. Tilton 44 00
Springfield, Faith Ch.,by C. H. Crane 14 oS
Mrs. L. Andrews 5 00
Helen Spring, Easter offering 25 00
A Friend 5 00
Stoneham, A. A. P 5 00
Sunderland, A few Friends 31 00
Sutton, Y. P. S. C. E. of the First, by
Mrs. I. W. Putnam 10 00
Taunton, A Friend 40 00
Ware, Legacy of Mrs. Nancy B. Hitch-
cock, by H. M. Coney 40000
Silver Circle, Mrs. H. M. Coney, $5 ;
. Mrs. H. N. Hyde, $5, by H. S. H. 10 00
West Boylston, Mrs. S. S. Harthan . . 10 00
C. T. White i 40
Whitinsville, Mrs. M. F. W. Abbott.. 17 00
West Brookfield, A Friend ? 00
RHODE ISLAND-f45.2g.
Kingston, by B. E. Helme .
CONNECTICUT— $6,320.84 ; of which
legacies, $3,000.
Woman's H. M. Union, Conn., Mrs.
W. W. Jacobs, Treas.:
Hartford, Mrs. F. B. Cooley $5 00
Meriden, First, Guardian
Soc, by Mrs. E, Hubbard 5 00
Norwich, Broadway, La-
dies' H. M. Soc, by Miss
L. G. Leavens 5 00
-Newington, Ladies' H. M.
U., by Mrs. F. C. Latimer 5 00
A member of the H. M.
Silver Circle 5 00
For Salary Fund :
New Milford Ladies' H.
M. Soc, by Miss M. B.
Hine 30 00
Whitneyville, Young La-
dies' Miss. Soc, by Miss
M. S. Dickerman 5 00
West Winsted, Second,
Ladies' H. M. Soc, by
Mrs. H. Gay 2500
Rockville, Union Ch., La-
dies' Aid Soc. by Mrs.
H. K. Talcott 75 00
Milford, First, Ladies'
Benev. Union, by Mrs.
C. A. Nettleton 5 00
New Britain, First, A
Friend in Ladies' H. M.
Soc, by Mrs. J. A.
Pickett 25 00
Fair Haven, Second, by
A. F. Hemingway 35 90
225 90
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs. W. W.
Jacobs, Treas.:
Hartford, A Friend in Pearl
Street Ch $2 00
Wallingford, Mrs. J. E.
Doolittle, Mrs. D. Ross,
Mrs. F. Waterhouse, and
Mrs. L. B. Bishop 20 00
22 GO
Andover, Y. P. S. C. E., by M. E.
Hyde 6 15
Ashford, Mrs. C. S. Trowbridge 5 00
Berlin, Second Ch., $108; Jr. Y. P. S,
C. E., $2, by C. S. Webster no 00
Bridgeport, A. J. Baldwin 25 00
A Friend i 00
Bristol, by L. G. Merick 50 00
Chaplin, Legacy of Mrs, Mary H,
Dorrance, by E, H, Davison 400 00
Cheshire, by F. N. Hall 21 48
Cornwall, Estate of Silas C. Beers, by
G. C. Harrison and J. E. Calhoun,
Exs 1,500 00
Derby, A Friend 2 00
Greenwich, Stillson Benev. Soc, by K.
M. Mead 500
Y. P, S, C, E. of the Second, by Rev.
Dr. Choate 10 00
Ladies' Bible Class of the Second
Ch., S. S,, special 30 50
Mrs. C. Brush 5 00
Mrs. H. M. Hitchcock 500
Griswoldville, Y. P. S, C, E,, by A. L.
Griswold 10 00
Groton, First, by W. Allyn .' 15 5°
Hartford, Mrs. S. M. Capron 2 00
Mrs. E. S. Hotchkiss i 00
Lebanon, R. M. Dolbeare 10 00
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Madison, by J. S. Scranton Sg 65
Milford, Plymouth Ch., B.B., by S.
Hawkins 9 58
New Haven, Legacy of Nelson Hall,
by A. M. Blakesley 1,000 00
Grand Avenue Ch , by VV. Heming-
way 56 71
New London, First Church of Christ,
by H. C. Learned 156 10
New Lebanon, Milo Mead 3 20
New Milford, J. Hine 5 00
Norfolk, A Friend 10 00
Northfield, a Friend 5 00
Norwich, Broadway Ch., special gift,
by F. J. Leavens 1,004 85
ParkCh., by H. L. Butts 1,250 69
Mrs. L. G. Lane 1 00
Norwich Town, from Estate of Dea.
E. A. Huntington, by Mrs. H. A.
Huntington, Ex".\ 100 00
Salisbury, Woman's Board of H. M.,
by Mrs. A. B. Robbins 25 15
Stamford. Ladies, by Mrs. F. R. Ri-
dell, special 12 50
Stonington, E. D. Breed, Easter offer-
ing 5 00
SuffieW, Mrs. A. R. Pierce 500
Terry ville, by A. B. Beach, to const.
A. P. Clow and E. G. Woodward
L. Ms 100 00
Thomaston, First, by G. H. Stough-
ton 17 24
Torrington, Mrs. C. Alvord 500
Washington, A. J. Galpin 200
Waterbury, Mrs. C. Benedict 200
A Friend 50 00
West Avon, Mrs. O. Thompson 40
West Hartford, First Ch. of Christ, by
E. S. Elmer 17 24
West Torrington, H. M. Silver Circle,
by Mrs. G. B. Weldon 5 00
NEW YORK— $2,190.52: of which leg-
acy, $500.
Received by William Spalding,Treas. :
Bridgewater $19 51
Chenango Forks 5 33
Corning, Ch., $22.37 • King's
Daughters, $25 47 37
De Peyster 975
East Ashford 2 60
Fairview, Hugh and John
Griffiths I 00
Gainesville 7 70
Grand Island 11 10
Plainfield Center 600
Rochester, Rev. H. C. Riggs 25 00
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs. J. J.
Pearsall, Treas. :
For Salary Fund $ioo 00
Albany Home Circle, Dime
Bank 5 00
Binghamton, First, Juniors. 5 00
Brooklyn, Ch. of the Pil-
grims, for Salary Fund. 100 00
South Ch. L. B. S 1000
Central Ch., L. B. S., of
which $50 for Salary
Fund 76 00
Clinton Avenue Ch., for
Salary Fund 50 00
Tompkins Avenue. King's
Daughters, of which $25
for Salary Fund 50 00
Mrs. S. V. White, for Sal-
ary Fund 100 oQ
Buffalo, First 20 00
I3S 36
Cambridge, Woman's Au.x. . $12 80
Churchville 5 00
Clayton. Auxiliary 13 65
Copenhagen 10 00
Fairport 715
Gloversville, L. B. A 48 79
New York City, Broadway
Tabernacle Ch, Society for
Women's Work 68 50
Oswego 30 00
Oswego Falls, W. M. U. .. 10 00
Parishville 19 25
Philadelphia, Auxiliary 1000
Poughkeepsie 15 00
Pulaski II 50
Reed's Corners, Mrs. H. A.
Davis I 00
Sandy Creek 14 40
Saugerties 5 00
Utica, Bethesda 5 00
Warsaw. Y. P. S. C. E 489
Wellsville, W. M. U 5 00
Y. P. S. C. E 20 00
West Bloomfield 18 80
Albany, " Whatsoever Circle " of
King's Daughters of the First
Ch.byM. McN. Thompson
Mrs. G. H . Learned
Angola, A. H. Ames
Binghamton, Mrs. E.Taylor
Blooming Grove, by Rev. W. Hatha-
way
Brooklyn, Clinton Avenue Ch., add'l,
by M. Finlay
Candor, E. A. Booth
Coventryville, First, by Rev. J. F.
Whitney
Flushing, Ladies' Society, by M. C.
Wood, freight
Gasport, Silver Circle, by C. M. Bug-
bee
Gloversville, Estate of Isaac V. Place,
by Messrs. Baker and Burton
Hamilton, by O. S. Campbell
Honeoye, Mrs. S. M. Day, by Rev. S.
M. Day
Hyde Park, Estate of Mrs. E. P. Bird,
for release, $1 ; for expenses, $1, by
Dr. J. S. Bird
Ithaca, A Friend
Middletown, First, by S. R. Cor-
win
W. H. Mapes
Napoli, by A. Bliss
New York city, Broadway Taber-
nacle, add'l, by I. C. Gay lord
Mrs. C. L. Smith
W. P. Ritchey
W. C. C
Northfield, by W. M. Hoyt
Patchogue, J. S. Havens
Portville, Mrs. A. M. Nichols
Prohibition Park, by Z. W. Bliss
Rockville Center, by Rev. M. H. Fish-
burn . .
Say ville, by W. Green
Spencer, S. Hart, by Rev. F. W.
Dickinson
Wantagh, Memorial Ch., by G. H.
Northup
NEW JERSEY-$229.2o.
East Orange, First, by C. H. Nevins.
Passaic, First. S. S., by R. H. Kings-
bury, special
Plainfield, by G. W. Rockfellow
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10 30
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PENNSYLVANIA— $98.85.
Carbondale, First, by D. W. Evans..
Kane, First, $25.25 ; S. S., $20.25 ; W.
H. M. U., $4.25 ; KinK's Daughters,
25 cts., by Rev. C. A. Jones, to const.
Mrs. M. J. Craven a L. M
Plymouth, Puritan, by Rev. T. Mc-
Kay
Scranton, First Welsh, by D. D.
Evans
Plymouth, by T, E. Reynolds
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-$43.oo.
Woman's H. M. Union of the N. J.
Asso., Mrs. J. H. Denison. Treas.:
Washington, First, of which 125 for
Salary Fund
Washington, Fifth Ch., $6.50; Y. P.
S. C. E., $2.50, by Rev. A. Reoch..
VIRGINIA-$5.i7.
Falls Church, Y. P. S. C. E. of the
Falls Ch., by Rev. J. H. Jenkins. . .
GEORGIA— $1.00.
Thomasville, M. V. Hargrave.
ALABAMA-$5.40.
Bullock. Oak Grove Ch., Hilton, Hick-
ory Grove Ch., and Georgiana
Union Ch., by Rev. I. J. White
Edwardsville, Salem Ch., 50 cts.;
Chullafinne, Fairview Ch., 50 cts.;
New Harmony, 50 cts., by Rev. G.
W. Vaughan
LOUISIANA -$10.20.
Jennings, by Rev. G. N. Funk
ARKANSAS-$i5.oo.
Little Rock, Pilgrim, by Rev. R. C.
Denison
FLORIDA— $12.99.
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs. W. D.
Brown, Treas. :
West Longwood, Ladies' Aux
Mt. Dora and Tangerine, by Rev. E.
R. Fuller
TEXAS— $24.58.
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs. C. I.
Scofield, Treas. :
Dallas, Aux $20 00
Children's Army 2 58
Dallas, Mrs. J. M. Wendelken
INDIAN TERRITORY— $2.30.
McAlester, Second, by Rev. T. E.
Holleyman
$1 35
50 00
7 50
20 00
20 00
34 00
9 00
5 00
5 00
4 75
8 24
22 58
2 00
OKLAHOMA— $19.40.
El Reno, Pilgrim Ch., by Rev. J.
Maillers
Perry, First, by Rev. W. A. Bosworth
Soldier Creek, by Rev. O. G. Le-
grande
OHIO — $4,013.45 ; of which legacy,
$3,000.
Received by Rev. J. G. Eraser, D. D. :
Ashtabula, Second, by Rev.
W. H. Blease $1 50
Cincinnati, Walnut Hills, Y.
P. S. C. E., by E. J. Wood 17 50
Cleveland, Cj'ril Chapel,
S. S., by T. G. Newton. . . 10 00.-.
Columbus, North S. S. Birth-
day offering, by D. B.
Weiser 10 34
Fainesville, First, by L. E.
Judson 32 79
Peking, China, Rev. W. S.
Ament ... 15 00
87 13
Received by Rev. J. G. Eraser,
D. D., Treas. Bohemian Board,
Cleveland :
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs. G. B.
Brown, Treas. :
Coolville, Mrs. M. B. Bart-
lett $100 00
Cyclone, Helping Hand,
for Bible Readers
School 2 00
Elyria, for Bible Readers
School 5 00
Jefferson 5 00
Tallmadge, Bible Readers
School 400
Unionville, S. S., Miss
Reitinger 13 10
129 lo
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs. G. B.
Brown, Treas. :
Ceredo, W. M. C, for Sal-
arj^ Fund Si 00
Cincinnati, Vine St., toward
aL. Mp 35 00
Coolville, Mrs. M. B. Bart-
lett 100 00
Oberlin, First, C. E., spe-
cial 5 00
Second, special 11 07
Second, C. E., special.... 5 00
Other Friends, special. ... 18 93
176 00
Bellevue, First, by Mrs. W. C. Walter 11 12
Berlin Heights, S. S., by Mrs. G. Hill 5 00
Brownhelm, S. S. Birthday offering,
by M. E. Perry 3 67
Y. P. S. C. E., by M. E. Perry 160
J. E. Fairchild 800
Cincinnati, Estate of W. F. Church,
by C. M. Church, Ex'x 3,000 00
Coolville, Centennial, and Ireland, by
Rev. F. S. Perry 3 50
Cuyahoga Falls, S. S., by T. S. Heath 3 33
East Liverpool, Rev. H. D. Kitchel,
D.D 100 00
Elyria, First, by G. H. Ely 450 00
Mrs. R. Fitts 3 00
Mansfield, Mrs. R. L. Avery 5 00
Oxford, L. E. Keith 2 00
Salem, Mrs. B. W. Allen 25 00
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INDIANA-$33.9o.
ReceivedbyRev. E.D.Curtis, D.D. :
Dunkirk, add'I $2 50
Elkhart, add'I, Young Men's
Sunday Evening Club, Y.
P. S. C. E., S. S 1000
Indianapolis, Pilgrim Ch.,
add"l, $1.50; Ladies, $5.. 6 50
Hudson, Mrs. A. E. Garrison
Milton, A Friend ,
$ig 00
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs. F. E.
Dewhurst, Treas. :
Michigan City, First
ILLINOIS— $841.90; of which legacy,
$731.50.
Illinois Home Miss. Soc, A. B. Mead,
Treas 100 00
Batavia 10 00
Godfrey, Legacy of Rev. Albert
Smith, by Rev. Arthur H. Smith... 731 50
Rockford, Mrs. A. H. Van Wie 40
MlSSOURI-$73.03.
Carthage, First, by L. N. Manley $14 28
De Soto, A Friend 60
Kidder, by Rev. A. L. Gridley 22 00
Lamar, by VV. S. Dean 10 00
St. Louis. Bethlehem Ch., $5 ; Miss A.
Osinek, §1, by Rev. A. L. Love .. 6 00
Swedish Ch., by Rev. A. L. Love . . 2 25
Aubert Place, by H. Wurdock 15 90
Sedalia, Second, by Mrs. T. W. Bryan 2 00
MICHIGAN-$55 10.
Woman's H. M. Union :
Greenville, S. S
Highland Station, W. M. S.
Portland, Y. P. S. C. E
Saginaw, W. M. S
2 00
2 00
WISCONSIN-$3,o65.79 ; of which leg-
acy, $3,000.
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs. C. M.
Blackman, Treas.:
Kenosha 5 00
Arena. W. J. Roberts, $5; W. H.
Jones, $2, by W. H. Jones 7 00
Cumberland, by Rev. H. Robinson .. 6 00
Genesee, Mrs. M. Fender, by Rev. J.
K. Kilbourn i 50
Kenosha, Ladies' Soc, by Mrs. O. G.
Franks, special 15 00
Oneida, Mrs. H. F. Peirce 3 00
Rochester, Mrs. S. W. Cadv 2 00
Washburn. $10; Fifield, $6.29; Bir-
namwood, $8.08 i Norrie, $1.92, by
Rev. G. T. Holcombe 26 29
Wauwatosa, Legacy of Nancy M.
Story, by W. E. Story, Ex 3.000 00
Muscatine. A Friend
Siou.\ City. Rev. C. W. Wuerrschmidt
Wayne, Children's Mission Band, by
E. Lavinne
MINNESOTA-$35.49.
Benson, Pilgrim, by Rev. J. S. Hay-
ward
Duluth, Glen Avon Presb. Ch., by
Mrs. J. A. Waugh, special
Glenwood, by Rev. F. A. Sumner
Glyndon.Ch. and S. S., by C. G. Tracy
Hancock, by Rev. W. r>. Stevens
Rockford, Mrs. F. H. Johnson
Rose Creek and Taopi, by Rev. F. J.
Brown
Winona, Mrs. W. Carpenter
KANSAS-$i8.26.
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs. E. K. De
Long, Treas.:
Carson, Miss A. Isely $500
Topeka, First, Mrs. Ward.. 5 00
$10 00
Less Expenses 20
Parsons, Miss F. A. Locke, $1 ; Mrs.
S. C. Boardman, $1
Village Creek, S3. 40 ; Scatter Creek,
$3.06, by Rev. G. M. Pfeiffer
NEBRASKA-$i52.73.
Received by J. W. Bell, Treas.:
Hastings $3 60
Naponee 413
Neligh 24 28
Y. P. S. C. E 10 00
Omaha. St. Mary's Avenue. 8 10
Red Cloud 2 00
Woman's H. M. LTnion, Mrs.
G. J. Powell, Treas.:
Avoca s 64
Clark's 2 00
Fremont, Y. P. S. C. E. . . 5 00
Neligh, Jr. Y. P. S. C. E.. 500
Omaha, Hillside 500
Wallace i 75
Waverly 425
f28 64-
Ainsworth, by Rev. T. W. De Long..
Cook, F. E. Craig
Culbertson, Hayes Co.. and Palisade,
German, by Rev. A. Hodel
Douglas, by Rev. A. N. Dean
Eustis, by Rev. O. E. Ticknor
New Castle, by Rev. J. Roberts
Plymouth, Second, by C. W. Harvey.
Santee Agency, Pilgrim Ch. Easter
offering, by F. B. Riggs
IOWA— $198.44; of which legacy,
Eldora, Estate of Alfred Woods, on
account, by E. Nuckolls, Ex
Iowa City, Bohemians, by Rev. F. T.
Bastel
183 2:
6 23
NORTH DAKOTA-S7.04.
Eiheits and Hoffnungvoll, German,
by Rev. D. Neuenschwander
Lisbon, Mrs. L. G. Barry
Sanborn, Odell and Eckleson, by Rev.
J. E. Jones
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SOUTH DAKOTA— $78.27.
Alcester, $3.50; King's Daughters, 50
cts., by R. B. Harding
Ashton, by Mrs. H. Messner
Badger, by Rev. J . Kidder
Bangor, by Rev. L. A. Brink
Burdette, $5 ; Aberdeen, $5 ; Beres-
ford, $10; Hudson, $6, by Rev. D.
R. Tomlin
Glenview, by Rev. M. Doty
Greenleaf, Ree Heights, and Spring
Hill, by Rev. G. L. Helms
Highmore, S. S. Birthday coll., by R.
Jones
Lead. First, by Rev. G. Scott
Mission Hill, by Rev. D. B. Nichols..
Powell, Welsh, by Rev. J. T. Lewis..
Sioux Falls, First, by Rev. L. Kings-
bury
COLORADO— $26.00.
Crested Butte. Union Ch., $20 ; Y. P.
S. C. E., $s,by C. D. Crawford...
Pueblo, S. M. and G. A. Packard
WYOMING-$4.i8.
Sheridan, by Mrs. J. P. Arnott ,
MONTANA-I5.00.
Laurel, by Rev. J. Pope.
UTAH-$82.oo.
Woman's Missionary Union, Mrs. D.
W. Bartlett, Treas. :
Salt Lake City
Park City, First, $35 ; Jr. Y. P. S. C.
E., $15, byC. M. Wilson, M.Dj....
Salt Lake City, PhiUips Ch., by Rev.
D. W. Bartlett
Rev. W. H.Tibbals
CALIFORNIA— $2,029.87.
Received by Rev. J. T. Ford :
Bloomington $8 25
Claremont 20 75
Compton II 65
Escondido 20 58
Los Angeles, East. $60. 50 ; Y.
P.S.C.E.,$io;S.S.,t5 75 50
Park Ch .^o 00
Third 5 92
Monrovia 6 30
Pasadena, First 301 48
Redlands, Terrace Ch 38 45
Rialto .... 7 50
Sierra Madre 36 70
Woman's H. M.Union. Mrs.
M. M. Smith, Treas.:
Compton 8 50
Pasadena, First, Y. P. S.
C. E 20 00
S. S . . 20 00
W. M. S.. add'l 8 00
Pomona, Pilgrim, W. M.
S., add'l 6 92
Santa Barbara 33 50
.3
30
10
00
50
26
00
75
35
5
00
15
00
2
00
I
37
4 18
13 00
5 00
Received by John D: McKee :
Alameda, First $235 00
Fruitvale, S. S 2 45
Guerneville 35
Hay wards 555
Kenwood 10 50
Lewiston, S. S 85
Oakland, First 206 14
S. S 20 00
Pilgrim 43 00
Rio 'i^ista 47 47
San Andreas 345
San Francisco, First 390 00
S. S 20 00
S. S., Mrs. Freude's
Class 10 00
Third 2 00
Samuel Foster 10 00
San Lorenzo ... 1 45
Saratoga 35 85
Scotia, S. S I 00
Wallace, S. S i 50
$1,046 56
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs.
J. M. Havens, Treas... 76 00
Oakland, First 66 75
San Rafael 10 00
$152 75—1,199 31
Bakersfield, First, by Rev. J. W. Phil-
lips 15 00
Corralitos, by Rev. L. P. Armstrong 12 90
Crochett, by Rev. B. F. Naylor 12 50
Etna. Oro Fino, Callahan's, and
Mound, by Rev. A. S. McLellan 26 25
Highland, S. S., by S. H. Burrett.... 7 05
Loomis, by Rev. G. J. Webster 5 00
Los Angeles, West End Ch., Y. P. S.
C. E., by Rev. G. Morris 76
San Diego, Second, by Rev. G. S.
Hall 5 25
First, add'l, by H. W. Brewer 6 00
San Francisco, Richmond Ch., by
Rev. P. Combe 1200
San Juan, by Rev. C. V. Martin 25 00
San Luis Obispo, by Rev. W. W.
Madge 20 00
San Rafael, by Rev. W. P. Hardy. ... 2 85
OREGON— $1.00.
Blalock, Mrs. M. P. Mills.
WASHINGTON-$38.io.
Coulee City and Almira, by Rev. J.
Howell
Fidalgo City and Rosario, by Rev. H.
J. Taylor
Seattle, Taylor Ch., by Rev. G. H. Lee
Tacoma, First, by Rev. A. J. Bailey. .
Toledo, Cowlitz Bend, by Rev. W. A.
Arnold
Tolt, by Rev. G. Kindred
Washougal and Mt. Pleasant, bv Rev.
G. Baker .'
JAPAN-lsoo.
Kyoto, A. W. Stamford
CHINA-$io.oo.
Pang Chuang, Rev. A. H. Smith
Taiku, Shansi, R. Bird
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2
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2
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5
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3
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2
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5 00
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$96 92 — 58o 00
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Donations of Clothing, etc.
Bennington, Vt., Second Ch., by Julia
A. White, box $13137
Brooklyn, N. Y., Ladies' Benev. Soc. of
Tompkins Ave. Ch., by Sarah M.
Higgins. barrel, bo.x. and cash 202 43
King s Daughters of Tompkins Ave.
Ch., by Mrs. John J. Pearsall, two
barrels 180 00
Mrs. L. H. Knapp, box.
Cleveland. O., Young Ladies' Miss.
Soc. of Euclid Ave. Ch., by Grace
Trumper, package 5 50
Concord, N. H., First Ch.. by Mrs. T.
M . Lang, box 230 00
Ellington. C. T.. Ladies' Benev. Soc,
by Fannie E. Thompson, box 53 00
Henniker, N. K., by Mary C. Foss, box 100 00
New Britain. Ct., Ladies' Benev. Soc.
of South Ch., by Mrs. S. H. Wood,
box 105 88
New Haven. Ct., Fairbank Mission Cir-
cle of Dwight Place Ch., by Miss
Jennie Y. Blackman, barrel $20 19
New London. Ct.. First Ch., by Alice
Chew, two barrels 155 00
New York City. Home Miss. Branch of
Soc. of Women's Work of Broadway
Tabernacle Ch., by Mrs. W. S. Sea-
mans, fifteen trunks 2,411 80
Oakland. Cal., Ladies' Aid Soc. of First
Ch.. by Mrs. J. K. McLean, two boxes
and cash 260 go
Orange, N. J.. Orange Valley Ch., by
.Mrs. M. L. Russell, two boxes 251 00
Plainfield, N. J., by E. B. Barnes, two
barrels 140 00
Providence, R. L, Ladies' Benev. Soc.
of Union Ch., by Mrs. Wm. Knight,
bo.x 150 00
Toledo. O.. Woman's Home and Foreign
Miss. Soc. of Second Ch., by Florence
M. Nants, barrel 31 23
Donations of Clothing, etc., received and reported at the rooms of the IVoifians Home
Missionary Association in April, 1895. Mrs. Louise A. Kellogg, Secretary
Barre, Ladies, by Mrs. A. E. Johnson,
barrel and box $80 oo
Dalton. Ladies, by Mrs. W. B. Clark,
barrel 102 48
Dedham, Ladies' Benev. Soc, by Mrs.
A. T. Wight, barrel "764
East Northfield. Students, by Miss
Elisabeth S. Sto) ghton, barrel 50 00
Hinsdale. Ladies' Benev. Soc, by Mrs.
C.J. Kittredge, barrel 9' 67
Lowell, High St. Ch.. Ladies' Aux., by
Mrs. Emma J. Fuller, barrel 100 53
Maiden, Ladies' Benev. Soc, by Mrs.
L. C. Tilton. barrel 51 75
New Bedford, Ladies' Aux., by Mrs. W.
C. Parker, box 100 00
Providence, R. L, Central Ch., Ladies'
Aux., by Mrs. Harriet E. Stockwell,
box $140 51
Springfield, First Ch., W. H. M. S., by
Mrs. C. A. Graves, two barrels 188 50
Westboro', Ladies' Aux, by Mrs. O. K.
Newton, barrel 60 27
West Brookfield. Ladies, barrel, $42.23 ;
Y P. S. C. E., cash, ,$8 ; S. S., cash, $8 ;
Dorcas Soc, cash, $28 86 23
Whitinsville. Ladies' Benev. Soc, by
Miss Lila S. Whitin, box '79 81
$1,379 39
AUXILIARY STATE RECEIPTS
MAINE MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Receipts of the Maine Missionary Society from February i to April i, if
John L. Crosby, Treasurer
Albany, Y. P. S. C. E., by Mrs. Alice
L Clark
Ladies' Sewing Circle, by same
Allen's Mills, by Rev. A. Redlon
Auburn. Sixth Street, Y. P. S. C. E., by
Mrs. L. J. Thomas
Bangor. First, by W. P. Hubbard
Central Ch.. S.S.by R. J. Sawyer. .
Bar Harbor, Y. P. S. C. E., by Lxtie M.
Clark, wh., with previous don., const.
Dea. William Clark a L. M
Bath, Winter Street, Y. P. S. C. E.. by
Rev. O. W. Folsom,to const. C. Fred
Curtis, M.D.. a L. M
Bethel, by J. M. Purington
Biddeford, Second, Y. P. S. C. E
5 00
5 00
25 60
25 00
25 00
14 28
Boothbay Harbor, Second, by Hattie B.
Adams, to const. Miss Isabella Beals
a L. M J' 20 00
Brewer, First, by Geo. A. Snow 15 00
Miss Grace E. Washburn, annual. ... 2 00
Brunswick, First, by R. H. Stanwood.. 124 21
Castine, Legacy of David Dunbar, by
George M. Warren, Ex., add'l 200 00
Cumberland Mills, H. S. Cobb, by Rev.
E. M. Cousins 2 00
Deer Isle, First, by Rev. J. S. Rich-
ards 5 18
East Bangor, by S. E. McGeehan 2 32
East Sumner, by Rev. E. M. Cousins.. 5 00
Foxcroft and Dover, by Rev. E. M.
Cousins 30 00
June, 1895
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Friend of the Maine Miss. Soc, by Miss
Myrtie P. Harlow $10 00
Gardiner, Legacy of Miss Sophronia A.
White, by Mrs. Dorcas L. Nye, Ex.,
add'l 60 00
Gorham, First, by Joseph Ridlon 185 00
Y. P. S. C. E., by Mrs. J. S. Leavitt. . 10 00
Grand Lake Stream, by Rev. Charles
Whittier 338
Harpswell Center, Y. P. S. C. E., by
Mrs. C. R. Merriman 2 00
Harrison, by Rev. A. G. Fitz 3 40
Island Falls, A Friend, by Mrs. C. R.
Merri man i 00
Limerick, Ch. , by Rev. J. A. Water-
worth 7 20
Lincoln, by Rev. J. E. Adams 112
New Gloucester, by Rev. H. G. Mank. 46 00
North Bridgton, by Rev. A. G. Fitz... 5 00
North Ellsworth, by Rev. J. E. Adams,
add'l 15
Orono, Y. P. S. C. E., by H. F. Gould,
by Rev. J. E. Adams 7 63
Phillips, by Rev. W. W. Ranney 19 63
Portland, Williston, Y. P. S. C. E., by
Rev. E. M. Cousins 11 00
Riverside, by Rev. J. E. Adams $ 58
Sebago Lake, by Miss Myrtie P. Har-
low 7 45
Standish, by same 738
Turner, S.S., by H. F. Dresser 10 00
Veazie, by R. R. Merson, by Rev. J. E.
Adams 15 00
By Rev. J. E. Adams, add'l i 00
Westbrook, by H. P. Murch 34 42
West Gorham, people, by Miss Myrtie
P. Harlow. 14 55
Whiting, by Rev. Charles Whittier i 50
Whitneyville, Y. P. S. C. E.,by Murray
E. Bridl^ham in
York, Second, by J. H. Moody 10 00
Woman's Maine Missionary Aux., by
Rose M. Crosby 64 53
Rev. E. M. Cousins, for preaching. ... 30 00
Income from Investments 313 50
From Feb. i to April i, '95 $i,459 33
Previously acknowledged 10,461 15
From June 13, '94, to April i, '95. . .$11,920
NEW HAMPSHIRE HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Receipts of the New Hampshire Home Missionary Society from February i to May I,
1895. Lyman D, Stevens, Treasurer
Meriden $16 65
North Hampton, Ch. and Soc, $33.50 ;
J. L. P., $10 ; J. C. Philbrook, to const.
Willard H. Philbrook a L. M., $30... . 73 50
Alstead, Y. P. S. C. E 2 00
West Lebanon 40 00
Concord, South Ch. and Soc, $101.89 \
Mrs. H. A. Goss, of First, $2 ; Swedish
Mission Soc, $16.50 120 39
Epping 10 47
Sanbornton 5 00
Plaisted and No. Haverhill 31 75
Hampton 12 37
Lempster, M. Smith and H. Bingham,
for C. H. M. S 4 00
Hanover, Cong. Ch.,at Dart. Col., for
C. H. M. S 98 91
Manchester, Legacy of Abigail S.
Kno wles 446 74
Haverhill, $7, in full to const. Mrs. P.
W. Kimball, and $21 in part to const.
Mrs. M. E. Currier L. Ms 28 00
North Londonderry 2 75
New Hampshire Cent Union 190 00
Hopkinton, Ch. and Soc, for C. H. M.
S., $23.76 ; Joseph Barnard, for C. H.
M. S., $50 73 76
Hebron 5 00
Webster, Alfred Little Gleaners towards
making the First Church self-support-
ing 5000
Hillsborough 3 00
Peterboro, Extra-cent-a-day Band of
Union Ch. and Soc, for C. H. M. S. . $20 00
Lisbon, Miss Mary R. Cummings, for
Meriden 100 co
Gilsum, Y. P. S. C. E 4 00
Pembroke, First 37 53
Wolfeborough, Int. on Nancy H. Lord
fund 4 00
Langdon . 5 50
Gorham, Y. P. S. C. E 5 00
West Stewartstown, Y. P. S. C. E 10 00
Lebanon, A Friend. 25 00
Colebrook,Y. P. S. C. E., forC. H. M. S. 6 00
Oxford 15 CO
Oxfordville 5 co
Antrim, Pres 10 87
Bath, Y. P. S. C. E 5 00
Troy 3018
Keene, First 3185
Washington 5 00
Campton i 00
Nashua, Pilgrim, $80 ; for C. H. M. S.,
$10 90 00
Portsmouth, North 165 19
Conway, Income of Abby K. Went-
worth fund 10 00
Atkinson 18 93
East Alstead 7 65
Chesterfield 4 00
Swanzey 9 00
Marlborough 14 17
Plymouth 1200
VERMONT DOMESTIC MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Receipts of the Vermont Domestic Missionary Society from March 20 to April 20, 1895.
Wm. C. Tyler, Treasurer
Alburgh $18 00
Bakersfield 8 00
Bennington Center, Old First Church. . 51 18
Bradford 13 25
Brattleboro, West 1913
Brattleboro, For C. H. M. S $7 00
For C. H. M. S. debt 6 00
Derby 4 00
Essex Junction 9 92
Hardwick, C. E., Church 5 25
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Jeffersonville, A Friend $50 00
A Friend, for C. H. M. S 50 00
Ludlow 11 75
Lyndon 26 30
Montpelier, Mason S. Stone, to const.
Mrs. C. N. Stone and self L. Ms 40 00
Newbury, West 2 50
Orwell 33 70
Pawlet, West 2 00
Pittsford, for Women Evangelists -16 51
Rt,-v. C. H. Smith, for Women Evan-
gelists 15 00
Florence, for Women Evangelists.... 21 43
Rutland, forC. H M. S 50 00
Rutland Center, Swedish Church 2 96
St. Johnsbury Center 3 50
Shoreham 16 00
Troy, North, for C. H. M. S 6 36
S. S., forC. H. M. S 2 00
Junior Y . P. S. C. E.. for C. H. M. S. 2 30
Senior Y. P. S. C. E., for C. H. M. S. 2 59
Tyson 7 49
Waterbury, A Friend, for C. H. M. S. . 20 00
Weathersfield, Mrs. E. H. Nichols i 00
Westford, Union Y. P. S. C. E 6 00
Westminster, West 5 00
New Haven, Legacy of Ira Brown 60 00
Coventry, Legacy of Cora B. Hamilton 200 00
Vermont Missionary i S 55
Woman's Home Missionary Union :
Barre, Ladies' Miss. Soc $10 00
ForC. H. M. S 10 00
Brattleboro, West, Ladies'
benev Soc 2500
Mrs. Mary A. Bigelow, tor
C. H. M. S 10 00
Y. P. S. C. E., for Miss Reit-
inger i 00
First. Y. P. S. C. E., for Miss
Reitinger 328
College Street Ch., W. H.
M. S 12 00
For C. H. M. S 11 00
Dorset, W. H. M. S., for Res-
cue Fund, C. H. M. S 5 00
Fair Haven, W. H. M. S., for
Miss Reitinger 7 36
Hyde Park. W. H. M. S., for
C. H. M. S 5 00
St. Johnsbury, South Ch., W.
H. M S 50 00
For Miss Reitinger 7 36
Westminster, West, Mission
Band, for C. H. M. S 500
$179 64
MASSACHUSETTS HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Receipts of the Massachusetts Home Missionary Society in Apj'il, 1S95. Rev. Edwin
B. Palmer. Treasurer
Amherst, Second, by Herbert Sabin $14 44
Andover, Ballardvale, Union, by Miss
L. M. Rowland 39 75
Ashland, by Edwin Perry i; 00
Bank Balances, March Interest on 28 29
Boston, Anonymous, by Rev. 3. Freu-
der. for Heb. Evan, Work $3.00*
Boylston, add'l, by G. E. S. Kinney. . 2 00
" Corn Planters," for Nebraska seed
grain 10 00
Dorchester, A Friend, A. F. D 50 00
Second, by Miss E. Tolman 12 00
Village, Ladies' H. M. Soc, by
Mrs. Reuben Swan 19 00
Jam Plain, Central S. S , by J. W,
Farmer, for Heb. Work. . .$25.00*
Swett, Sam'l W., Estate of, by
Brewer Balch, Ex $3,000*
Park St , by E. H. McGuire 25 00
Ro.x. Wal. Ave., by F. O. Whitney... 49 42
By F. D. W., special, for Heb.
Evan. C. Work $46.60* -
West, So. Evan., by Mrs. C. H. .
Botsford 8 95
Shawmut, by D. E. Partridge, for
Heb. Evan. Work $8.65*
South, Phillips, Y. P. S. C. E., by F, J.
Bradley 525
Boxford, West, by Rev. C L. Hubbard 4 00
Braintree, First, Ladies' H. M. S., by
Miss S. H. Thayer, to const. Mrs.
Russell Lane and Mrs. Samuel Web-
ster L. Ms -. 6000
Brookfield, by J. M. Grover 9 65
Brookline, Howard, by Jas. H. Shap-
leigh 141 83
Cambridge, First, by George S. Saun-
ders, for local Armenian Work 50 00
Cambridgeport. Pilgrim, Easter Offer-
ing, by N. H. Holbrook 15 00
Y. P. S. C. E.,.by Grace E. Macintosh 11 50
Carter, Sabra, Fund, Income of 2500
Charlemont, by Rev. Ira A. Smith, (of
which 25 cents for debt) $11 25
Chelsea, First, by C. A. Bacon 10 00
Concord, Todd, Thomas, for Nebraska
seed corn 5 00
Concord, Trinitarian, by Thomas Todd. 40 51
Dalton, First, by H.A. Barton, to const.
Weslev B. Barton, Mrs. Julia Leonard,
and Mrs. William Shedd L. Ms. of C.
H. M. S 150 00
Dan vers. First Cong., by Geo. Tapley, to
const. Rev. Curtis M. Geer and Mrs.
Mary G. Geer L. Ms loi 03
Douglas, First 6 00
Eayrs. E. P. Fund, Income of 16 00
Everett, Courtland St., by J. J. Heme.. 2 00
Ewing. by Rev. J. W. Brownville 3 75
Fall River, Buck, Rev. E. A., for Ne-
braska seed 5 00
Central, by R. B. Borden, of which
815.65 Mon. Con. Coll 67 60
Falmouth. Woods Holl, by Mrs. J. W.
Bowler, Taft Thank-offering 8 00
Franklin, by J. H. Baker 51 20
Frost. Rufus S.. Fund. Income of 2 75
Gloucester, West, by Mrs. J. E. Roberts 8 32
Granby, Church of Christ, by Rev. R.
C. Bell, add'l 10 00
Y. P. S. C. E., by Rev. R. C. Bell. . . . 14 00
Greenwich, by Rev. Laurence Perry... 10 15
Gurney, R. C, Fund, Income of 18 00
Haile, S. W., Fund, Income of 62 50
Hampden Benev. Association, by Geo.
R. Bond, Treas. :
Chicopee. Second $54 27
Ludlow 20 78
Palmer, Union Evan 34 63
West Springfield, First 22 50
Mittineague 20 02
Wilbraham, to const. Lillie A.
Phelps a L. M 32 00
184 20
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Hardwick, Gilbertville, by A. H.
Richardson, for C. H. M. S $125 00
Harwich, Y. P. S. C. E., by Annie P.
Smith 5 00
Holbrook, Winthrop, by F. W.
Blanchard 14 65
Holland, by Rev. O. Bissell i 00
Bissell, Rev. and Mrs. Oscar 5 00
Hubbardston, by Lucy H. Grimes 19 57
Lowell, A. G. B. S., relief 5 00
Maiden, A Friend 100 00
Linden, S. A. D 5 00
Mansfield, by Rev. Jacob Ide 13 00
Marion, Pitcher, John, Estate of, by A.
J. Hadley 5262
Middlebo rough, First, by Rev. Geo. W.
Stearns 25 00
Milton, First Evan., by Arthur H.
Tucker 52 85
Monterey, by Jessie A. Townsend 12 85
Needham, by A. B. Dresser, add'l S 91
Newburyport, Prospect St., by Chas. H.
Bliss 30 CO
Newton, Auburndale, by C. C. Burr. . . 450 01
Cash 10 00
Center, First, by J. E. Lockwood 340 43
Eliot, by F. C. Partridge. . .; 357 48
S. School, Easter offering, by Geo.
R. McF'arlin 256 13
Northboro, Evan., by Abby W. Small. . 40 00
Northbridge, Whitinsville, by Edward
Whitin 1,616 07
Whitin, Wm. H., Estate of, by Ed-
ward Whitin, Ex 500 00
North Brookfield, First, by John S.
Cooke, to const. Otis C. Bent a
L. M 40 00
Pittsfield, First, by Frank W. Button. . 53 10
Strong, Rev. Dr. Edward, by F. E.
Peirson, for C. H. M.S 10 00
Plympton, First, by Edmund Perkins. . 4 00
Raynham, North, by Rev. S. K. B. Per-
kins 5 00
Reed, Dwight, Fund, Income of 64 00
Revere, Beachmont, Union Evan., by
Rev. John Wriston 4 00
Rockland, " S." $10 00
Royalston, S. S., by H. S. Wood 15 71
Salem, Tabernacle, Friends in 5 00
Somerville, First, by Walter T. Little-
field ig 32
Highlands, by James E. Skilton 11 75
Winter Hill, by S. W. Underbill 24 00
Southbridge, " Brookside Mission
Circle," by Annie M. Goodrich . . 10 00
Springfield, Lawrence, O. W 5 00
Stoneham, by Oliver W. Richardson... 47 75
Sturbridge, by Melvin Haynes 41 03
A F"riend 6 00
Townsend, First, by J. W. Eastman. ... 24 94
Wall Fund, Income of 32 00
Waltham, Garfield, Phebe S i 40
Trinitarian, by T. W. Temple 19 78
Ware, East, by D. W. Ainsworth 380 94
Wareham, First, by Mary Gibbs 7 00
Weston, by Miss Gordon 4 00
Westport, Pacific Un. S. S., by J. C.
Macomber n 38
West Tisbury, by U. E. Mayhew, Taft
thank-offering 10 04
Weymouth, East, by Mrs. C. B. Cush-
ing 50 °o
North, Heights, Y. P. S. C. E., by
Rev. R. R. Kendall 8 38
Whitcomb, David, Fund, Income of.. . . 163 00
Whitin, J. C, Fund, Income of 362 50
Whitman, First, by Bela Alden 33 25
Williamstown, Torrey, Mrs. Anna H. . . i 00
Worcester, Piedmont, by Charles F.
Marble 30 00
Union, by C. B. Greene 122 11
Woman's Home Missionary Associa-
tion :
Boston, Rox., Wal. Ave. Aux., to-
wards salary of Rev. S. Deakin 50 00
Home Missionary.
1 133 29
16 80
* Designated for, and charged against
special accounts
P7.150 °9
3.083 25
MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF CONNECTICUT
Receipts of the Missionary Society of Connecticut in April, \i
Treasurer
Ward W. Jacobs,
Bridgeport, King's Highway, by F. W.
Storrs
" A Friend," for C. H. M. S
Bristol, by L. G. Merick
Canton Center, by W. G. Hallock
Coventry, South, by J. S. Morgan
East Haddam, Millington, by Rev. G.
L. Edwards
East Haven, by Lottie E. Street
ForC. H. M. S
Y. P.S.C.E
Do., for C. H. M. S
Farmington, Unionville, H. W. Hale,
personal, for C. H. M. S
Griswold, by Rev. F. E. Allen
For C. H. M. S
Do., Jewett City, by A. G. Brewster,
Jr
Middletown, Swedish, by Rev. H. Pal-
mer
Morris, by Dea. S. A. Whittlesey, for C.
H. M.S
New Haven, Redeemer, by William E.
Rowland
Newington, "for Italian work," by E.
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North Haven, by Whitney Elliott
Orange, West Haven, by S. J. Bryant. .
Plainfield, Wauregan, by Rev. S. H.
Fellows
Plymouth, First, "J. B. A.," for C. H.
M. S
Salisbury, Sarah D. Holley, personal. . .
Stamford, First, by R. M. Anthony . .
Do, Long Ridge, by Rev. C. B. Mc-
Lean
Wethersfield, by S. F. Willard
Woodbury, First, by J. H. Linsley
W. C. H. M. U. of Conn., Mrs. W. W.
Hartford, First', ' Mrs! F.'b.' Coole'y,
personal
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BOXES
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ILLINOIS HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Receipts of the Illinois Home Missionary Society in March, 1895. Aaron B. Mead,
Treasurer
Abingdon ( Y. P. S. C. E., $10).
Albion, First
Amboy
Ashkum
Aurora, First
New England
Batavia, Y. P. S. C. E
Cambridge, Mrs. S. M. Woolsey
Canton, Ch., $28.65 : Mrs. W. Sloss, $5 ;
Mrs. J. VV. Ingersoll, %\a
Centralia
Chebause
Chenoa
Chesterfield
Chicago, First
Ladies' Benevolent Society
Individuals
Lincoln Park ( Y. P. S. C. E., $1001... .
Union Park, W. H. M. Union
Mrs. M. M . Gaylord
South (W. H. M. U., $39.80)
Bowman ville
South German S. School
Jefferson Park, First
University, Rev. Henry Willard
Englewood, Pilgrim
North
Duncan Avenue
South Chicago, First
Chillicothe
Clifton
Crystal Lake
Dallas City
DeKalb
Elmwood
Galesburg, Knox Street
Galva
Glencoe, Arthur H. Day
Godfrey
Greenville
Griggsville
Harrison
Harvard
Hennepin
Highland
Hinsdale
Homer
Kangley, Sunday School, Birthday offer-
ings !
La Grange
La Moille
Malta (Y. P. S. C. E., $5)
F. H. Brundage, Memorial gift
Marshall
May wood (Ladies' Miss. Soc, $10)....
Mendon (Y. P. S. C. E., $10)
Mendota, A. C. Tower
Metropolis
Morgan Park. Y. P. S. C. E
Morrison. Robert Wallace
Neponset, Orren Hasard
Oglesby, T. T. Bent ...
Oharga, Second (Y. P. S. C. E., $2.50).
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Plymouth 5 30
Princeton i 00
Charles H . Colton 50 00
Riley 13 19
Rockefeller 8 00
Rock Falls 90 62
Rockford, First (S. School, $17.50) 117 50
Second (S. School, $17.50) 34 50
Roscoe 19 00
Roseville 20 30
Seward 1 Kendall Co.), First 12 00
Shabbona 38 50
Spring Valley. Rev. A. Billour i 50
St. Charles, Rev. and Mrs. G. H. Smith. 5 00
Sterling, Mrs. Charles Hubbard 2 00
Stillman Valley 88 10
Sycamore, D. A. Syrne 50 00
E. P. Safford 2 00
Thomasboro, '' R." 5 00
Victoria .- 19 00
Vienna 5 62
Wataga 21 00
Waukegan, German (S. School, $3) 8 00
Wauponsie 3 39
Waverlv (S. School, $11.80; Y. P. S. C.
E., $3-72) 37 82
Wayne 643
West Rockford 5 73
Wheaton, First 78 35
Wythe 10 52
Yorkville 17 59
Woman's Home Missionary Union :
Alton. . .' $17 50
Bloomington 5 00
Chicago. New England 4 00
Leavitt Street 9 63
Lincoln Park 37 84
Griggsville, Mrs. C. A. Butler. i 00
Joy Prairie 24 70
Marseilles, for Rev. J. W.
Gunn 900
Mendon 14 75
Oak Park 48 00
Payson 3 00
Rockford, Second ($102 spe-
cial) 112 00
Rosemond 10 00
Stillman Valley 26 23
Tolono. Mrs. L. Haskell 15 00
Warrensburg 200
Waukegan, German 10 00
349 65
Emergency Fund, Interest 176 42
Administrative Fund. Interest 48 33
Mr. and Mrs. Rugg. Rockford 10 00
Mrs. Helen P. Bull, Chicago 2 00
Rev. and Mrs. R. W. Purdue 5 00
A Friend 50
$3,187 99
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MICHIGAN CONGREGATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Receipts of the Michigan Cong7'egational Association in March, 1S95. Rev. John
P. Sanderson, Treasurer
Ada, First $10 35
Addison 9 00
Alamo 18 30
Alba 10 85
Allegan i 00
Allendale 4 3°
Almont, $iq.36 ; Y. P. S. C. E., $5.55 ;
Muir, S. S., $2 26 91
Alpena 5 0°
Alpine & Walker 31 41
Y. P. S. C. E 99
Armada 41 80
Atwood 13 50
Augusta, Mrs. D. S. Swift... 1000
Baldwin 18 00
Bancroft, $20.65 ; Y. P. S. C. E., $1.85. 22 50
Bass River 3 00
Bay Mills 18 00
Bellaire 10 00
Benton Harbor, Y. P. S. C. E 8 00
Benzonia 42 00
Big Prairie 5 00
Big Rapids Twp 2 00
Bradley 14 5°
Cadillac 20 07
Calumet, $10 ; Y. P. S. C. E., $30 4000
Cannon, $9 ; Y. P. S. C. E., $5 14 00
Carson City 23 00
Central Lake 12 61
Charlevoix 10 00
Charlotte 35 00
Chase 5 02
Cheboygan, $14.87 ; Y. P. S. C. E., .f 10. 24 87
Chelsea 6 60
Chesaning 34 00
Chesterfield 17 29
Chester Station 937
Clare 7 58
Clarksville 6 25
Chnton, $27 ; S. S., $2 ; Y. P. S. C. E.,
Jr., $1 3000
Clio 14 05
Coloma 4 25
Columbus 24 38
Constantine 50 00
Cooper 3425
Copemish 17 00
Coral 810
Covert 15 10
Crystal 7 50
Delta 3 10
Detroit, First 5671
Woodward Ave 250 00
Mt. Hope 3300
German 3 00
Dexter, Y. P. S. C. E., $5 ; Y. P. S. C. E.,
Jr., $5 1000
Disco 5 00
Dorr, $45.81 ; Y. P. S. C. E., $14 59 81
,East Fulton 6 54
East Gilead 4 26
Eastmanville 10 00
East Paris 10 86
Eastport 633
Eaton Rapids, $78.08; Y. P. S. C. E.,
$25.82 103 90
Edmore 8 00
Ensign , 2 00
Essexville, Y. P. S. C. E i 42
Ewen 8 67
Excelsior 3 00
Fenwick 5 55
Flint 40 07
Freeport $14 85
Fremont 22 53
Fruitport 12 84
Galesburg, $35 ; (personal, $25) 60 00
Garden 436
Gladstone 12 50
Grand Blanc 375
Grand Junction 7 70
Grape 7 00
Grand Rapids, First , 150 00
Second 40 25
South 46 34
Smith Memorial 500
East 7 86
Hancock, $139.10; S. S., $ioq; S. S.,
(Home Dep't) $27.23 266 33
Harrison 4 69
Hart 10 00
Hersey n 00
Homestead 1625
Howard City 5 55
Imlay City 34 00
fronton 7 45
Irving 15 75
f sabella 60
Jackson, First 166 00
Plymouth, $9 ; Y. P. S. C. E., $3.25.. 12 25
Kalamazoo 100 00
Kendall 1620
Kinderhook 8 00
Lacota 2 07
Laingsburg 18 00
Lake Ann 4 00
Lake Linden 6 68
Lakevie w 1 5 00
Lamont 17 75
Lansing, Plymouth, $191.85 ;Y. P. S. C.
E., $30 221 85
Leland 50
Leroy 6 00
Leslie, First 35 23
Second, Y. P. S. C. E 5 00
Lewiston 20 00
Litchfield 40 80
Ludington, Geo. N. Stray, to const.
Miss Cora Shackleton, of Ludington,
a L. M. of the C. H. M. S 50 00
Mancelona 2772
Manistee , 40 45
Maple City 10 00
Mattawan 5 24
Maybee 10 00
Mecosta i 09
Memphis 11 10
Mendon 840
Metamora 9 00
Michigan Center 2 35
Middleville 10 00
Millets 7 51
Morenci 29 00
Mulliken 616
Muskegon, First 59 82
Grand Ave i 83
Jackson St 122
Nahma i 98
Newaygo 5 00
New Baltimore, $4 ; Y. P. S. C. E., $1.25. 5 25
New Haven 20 25
North Adams 8 83
Nunica 9 52
Oakwood 7 50
Old Mission 12 50
Olivet 97 02
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Omena $2 10
Otsego 3 62
Ovid, $45 ; Y. P. S. C. E., $6 ; S. S., $5. 56 00
Oxford 1488
Perry 2500
Pine Grove 91
Pittstord 5 00
Pontiac, $65.75 ; S. S., $22 87 75
Port Huron 226 25
Portland 18 23
Port Sanilac, Y, P. S. C. E 4 50
Potterville i 35
Prattville 9 29
Rapid River. $4.86 ; S. S., $1.09 5 95
Red Jacket 50 00
Reed City 46 00
Richmond, $41 ; S. S , $5 46 00
Rockford, $2.50 ; S. S., $s ; Y. P. S. C.
E., $2.50 10 00
Rochester 150
Romeo 19 9°
Roscommon 14 00
Rosedale 42
Saginaw 65 00
St. Clair 84 05
Sandstone 21 50
Saranac 26 00
Sheridan 9 05
Sidney i 50
Solon 7 50
Somerset, $10 ; Y. P. S. C. E., $7 17 00
South Boston 5 06
South Haven S. S 5 00
South Lake Linden 2 00
Sugar Island i 40
Tawas City 16 41
Three Oaks 45 00
Trout Creek 4 63
Union City 16684
Utica '. 4 75
Vanderbilt 4 00
Vans Harbor i 07
Vermontville 1600
Vestaburg 2 00
Vicksburg 10 00
Wacousta, $10.75 : Y. P. S. C. E., $2.40. 13 15
Watervliet. . , 27 32
Wayland . , , 18 25
Wheatland . 19 00
White Cloud 35 00
Whitehall 2180
Williamston 15 45
Wolverine 968
Wyandotte 32 50
Ypsilanti, S36.25 ; Y. P. S. C E., $20;
S. S., $10 66 25
F. W. Bush, Orion 2 00
Anonymous, to const. Rev. C. F. Van
Atiken, Chicago, 111., Mrs. Adelaide
E. Havens of Hudson, Mich.. Miss
Lottie L. Hicks of Hudson. Mich.,
Augustus O Childsof Redlands, Cal.,
Carey P. Winkles of Elyria. O , Mrs.
Grace V. Winkles of Elyria. O.. Mrs.
Mary A. Stroud of Hudson, Mich., and
Hiram E. Bivins of Hudson. Mich.,
L. Ms. of the C. H. M. S 440 00
Interest on Jubilee Fund 150 00
Woman's Home Missionarv Union of
Michigan, by Mrs. E. F. Grabill,
Treasurer I1883 13
$57,246 93
Receipts of the Woman's Home Mission-
ary Union of Michigan, for March,
as acknowledged by Mrs. E. F.
Grabill. Treas.:
Allegan, W. H. M. S $1312
Almont. W. H. M. S 4 46
Alpena. W. H. M. S 33 00
Ann Arbor, W. H. M. S 3 00
Bangor, First, W. H. M. S $5 00
Bay City, Y. P. S. C. E 4 10
Belding, Ladies of Ch 4 05
Benton Harbor, W. H. M. S 15 00
Benzonia, W. H. M. S 18 8g
Big Prairie, Ladies of Ch 76
Bridgman, W. H. M. S 275
Bronson, W. H. M. S., $8.50 ; Y. P. S.
C. E., $10 18 50
Charlotte, W. H. M. S 2500
Chelsea, W. H. M. S 11 00
Clinton, W. M. S 13 00
Coloma, W. H. M. S., $7 ; Y. P. S. C.
E.. $2 9 00
Cooper, Y. L. M. S 5 00
Covert, W. H. M. S., $3 ; Y. P. S. C.
E., S2.50 ; S. S., $5 10 50
Detroit, First, Woman's Asso 73 00
First, S. S., from Primary Dept. . . . 5 co
First, A Friend 100 00
A Friend 10 00
Canfield Ave 20 00
Dorr. W. H. M. S 20 00
Dundee, W. H. M. S 500
Eaton Rapids, W. H. M. S So
Ellsworth, VV. H. M. S 5 00
Frankfort. Church, $3 ; W. H. M. S.,
S12.05 ; y. P. S. C. E., Sr., $2 ; Y.
P. S. C. E. Jr., 63c 17 68
Galesburg, S. S 10 00
Grand Ledge, S. S 10 00
Grand Rapids, W. M. S 68 50
A Representative 5° 37
Plym., W. H. M.S 7 io
Grape, W. H. M. S 350
Grass Lake, W. H. M. S., $22.75 ; S.
S., §1.50 2425
Greenville, W. H. M. S., $4 ; Ladies'
Aid Soc, $25 : S. S., $35 64 00
Hancock, W. H. M. S 25 00
Hartland, W. M. S 23 00
Hersey, W. H. M. S s 00
Highland Station, W. M. S 12 00
Hopkins Station, S. S 2 20
Imlay City. W. H. M. S 4 00
Jackson. Fir.st, W. H. M. S , $140;
S. S., $20 160 00
Kalamazoo, Y. P. S. C. E 515
Kalamo, W. H. M. S 300
Kendall, W. H. M. S 600
Laingsburg, W. H. M. S., S8 ; A
few Ladies, $1.60 960
Lamont, VV. H. M. S 8 00
Lansing, Plymouth, W. M. S 9424
Litchfield. W. H. M. S.. S5.45 ; Y. P.
S. C.E.. $7; Busv Workers, $5 1745
Lowell. W. H. M. S 16 co
Ludington. W. H. M. S 49 77
Manistee. VV. H. M. S 66 25
( Personal ) 25
Mattawan, W. H. M. S 10 00
Maybee, W. H. M. S 5 00
Merrill, W. H. M. S 8 50
Memphis. Y. P. S. C. E.. Jr i 30
Michigan Center, W. H. M. S so
Mulliken. W. H. M. S 513
Muskegon. First, W. H. M. S 5 15
North Leoni. W. H. M. S s 00
Olivet. W. M. S 7 46
Onekama. W. H. M. S 500
Otsego, VV. H. M. S 7 10
Ovid. W. H. M.S SCO
Owosso, W. H. M. S 45 63
O.xford. North Star Mission Band 12 50
Pleasanton, W. H. M. S 9 89
Pontiac, W. H. M. S i 85
Portland, W. M. S., $3.30; S. S.,
$10 08 13 38
Prattville. W. H. M. S 1000
Reed City, W. H. M. S 11 42
Richmond, W. H. M. S 9 00
Rondo, W. H. M. S 5 00
Salem, First, W. H. M. S 2 50
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Saugatuck, W. H. M. S $1000
Solon, W. H. M. S 2 00
South Haven, W. H. M. S 20 03
Union City, W. H. M. S. 21 55
Vermontville, W. H. M. S. 1875
Vestaburg-. W. H. M. S 97
Vicksburg, W. H. M. S 11 00
Victor, W. H. M. S 4 00
West Adrian. W. H. M. S 7 00
Wheatland, W. H. M. S 1200
Whittaker, W. H. iVI. S 5 50
Wyandotte, W. H. M. S i 50
ypsilanti, W. H. M. S $33 00
Y. L. M. S 20 00
Collection at Annual Meeting 37 87
$1,588 62
DONATIONS OF CLOTHING
Lansing, one box 46 00
One barrel 60 00
One barrel 35 00
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, ig6 Main
St., Concord.
4. MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE
ISLAND*
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY ASSOCIA-
TION
Organized February, 1880
President, Mrs. C. L. Goodell, 9 Massachusetts
Ave., Boston.
Secretary, Mrs. Louise A. Kellogg, 32 Congrega-
tional House, Boston.
Treaszirer, Miss Annie C. Bridgman, 32 Congre-
gational House, Boston.
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.
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.
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.
6. MICHIGAN
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized May, 1881
President, Mrs. I. M. Powell, 76 Jefferson Ave.,
Grand Rapids.
Secretary, Mrs. J. H. Hatfield, 301 Elm St., Kala-
mazoo.
Treasurer, Mrs. E. F. Grabill, Greenville.
* While the W. H. M. A. appears in the above list as a State body for Massachusetts and Rhode
Island, it has certain auxiliaries elsewhere.
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7. KANSAS
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized October, 1881
Prssident, Mrs. F. J. Storrs, Topeka.
Secretary, Mrs. George L. Epps, Topeka.
Treasurer, Mrs. D. D. DeLong, Arkansas City.
8. OHIO
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized May, 1882
President, Mrs. Sydney 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 HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized October, 1883
President, Mrs. Wm. Kincaid, 483 Greene Ave.,
Brooklyn.
Secretary, Mrs. Wm. Spalding, 511 Orange St.,
Syracuse.
Treasurer, Mrs. J. J. Pearsall, 230 Macon St.,
Brooklyn.
13. WASHINGTON
Including Northern Id.aho
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized July, 1884
Reorganized June. i88g
President, Mrs. A. Judson Bailey, 704 Olympic
Ave., 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. Wilco.x, Huron.
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.
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. Blackman, Whitewater.
11. 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.
12. OREGON
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized July, 1884
16. 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.
17. ILLINOIS
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized May, 1885
President, Mrs. Isaac Clafiin, Lombard.
Secretary, Mrs. C. H. Taintor, 151 Washington
St., Chicago.
Treasurer, Mrs. L. A. Field, Wilmette.
18. IOWA
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized June, 1886
President, Mrs. F. Eggert. The Hill, Portland. President. Mrs. T. O. Douglass, Grinnell.
Secretary, Mrs. Geo. C. Brownell. Oregon City. .Secretary. Mrs. H. H. Robbins, Grinnell.
Treasurer, Mrs. W. D. Palmer, 546 3d"St., Port- Treasurer, Miss Belle L. Bentley, 300 Court Ave.,
land. Des Moines.
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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.
20. NEBRASKA
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized November, 1887
President, Mrs. J, T. Duryea, 2402 Cass St.
Omaha.
Secretary, Mrs. H. Bross, 2904 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.
22. INDIANA
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized May, 1888
President, Mrs. E. C. Bell, 223 Broadway, In-
dianapolis.
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, Claremont.
Treasurer, Mrs. Mary M. Smith, Public Library,
Riverside.
24. 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
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, 1710 i6th Ave.,
Denver.
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. Smith, Rock Springs.
27. 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.
Treasttrer, 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, Vir^. L. H. Turner, 3112 12th St., Me-
ridian.
29. LOUISIANA
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION
Organized April, 1889
President, Miss Bella Hume, corner Gasquetand
Liberty Sts.. New Orleans.
Secretary, Miss Matilda Cabrere, 152 North Gal-
vez St., New Orleans.
Treasiirer, Mrs. C. M. Crawford, Hammond.
30. ARKANSAS, KENTUCKY, AND TEN-
NESSEE
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION OF THE
CENTRAL SOUTH ASSOCIATION
Organized April, 1889
President, Mi:s. Ella S. Moore, Box 8, Fisk Uni-
versity, Nashville, Tenn.
Secretary, Mrs. Jos. E. Smith, 304 Gilmer St.,
Chattanooga, Tenn.
Trea.'turer, Mrs. J. E. Moreland, 1214 Grundy St.,
Nashville, Tenn.
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31. NORTH CAROLINA
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION
Organized October, i88q
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 Bo.\ 563. Dallas.
Treasurer ,'^\r%. C. I. Scofieid, Lock Box 220,
Dallas.
33. MONTANA
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized May, i8go
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, 1890
President, Mrs. A. H. Claflin, 274 Manhattan St.,
Allegheny.
Secretary, Mrs. C. F. Yennie. Ridgway.
Treasurer, Mrs. T. W. Jones. 511 Woodland Ter-
race, Philadelphia.
37- UTAH
Including Southern Idaho
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION
Organized May, 1891
Reorganized December, 1892
President, Mrs. W. S. Hawkes, 135 Sixth East
Street, Salt Lake City.
Secretary, Mrs. H. K. Warren, 508 Third South
Street, Salt Lake City.
Treasurer,y[.r<=,. J. D. Nutting, Third North and
Quince Streets, Salt Lake City.
For Idaho, Mrs. Oscar Sonnenkalb, Pocalello.
38. INDIAN TERRITORY
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION
Organized April, 1892
President, Mrs. Fayette Hurd, Vinita.
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.
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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.
40. NEW MEXICO
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION
Organized November, 1892
President, Mrs. E. H. Ashmun, Albuquerque.
Secretary, Mrs. Peter Simpkin, Gallup.
Treasurer, Mrs. Samuel Dilley, White Oaks.
36. NEW JERSEY
Including District 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. J. D. Hagerman, Montclair.
Treasurer, Mrs. J. H. Denison, 150 Belleville Ave.,
Newark.
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, Miss Carrie Towner, Custer, Black
Hills. South Dakota.
Treasurer, Miss Grace Lyman, Hot Springs,
Black Hills, South Dakota.
Congregational Home Missionary Society
Field Secretaries
Rev. W. G. PuDDEFOOT, South Framingham, Mass.
Rev. C. W. Shelton, Derby, Conn.
Rev. H. D. WiARD, 151 Washington St., Chicago, 111.
Superintendents
Rev. MoRiTZ E. Eversz, D.D., German Department, 151 Washington St., Chicago, 111.
Rev. S. V. S. Fisher, Scandinavian Department, Minneapolis, Minn.
Rev. Henry A. Schaufflek, D.D., Slavic Department, Cleveland, Ohio.
Rev. 'Et>-w. D. Curtis, D.D Indianapolis, Ind. Rev. W. H. Thrall Huron, S. Dak.
Rev. S. F. Gale Jacksonville, Bla. Rev. H. C. Simmons.. Fargo, N. Dak.
Rev. J. H. Morley Minneapolis, Minn. Rev. H. Sanderson (Acting) Denver, Col.
Rev. Alfred K. Wr*v Springfield, Mo. Rev. W. S. Hawkes Salt Lake City, Utah.
Rev. L. P. Broad Topeka, Kan. Rev. J. K. Harrison San Francisco, Cal.
Rev. E. H. AsHMUN Albuquerque, N. M. Rev. James T. Ford Los Angeles, Cal.
Rev. A. JuDSON Bailey Seattle, Wash. Rev. C. F. Clapp Forest Grove, Ore.
Rev. T. G. Grassie Ashland, Wis. -p rj. -^jr t__,_._ nn J 511 Woodland Terrace,
13 4 A T.;,^«,„ ( Black Hills and Wyoming. -Kev. 1. w. jones, u.u -j Philadelphia, Pa.
Kev. A. A. 15R0WN. . . -J jj^j Springs, South Dakota. Rev. W. S. Bell '. Helena, Mon.
Rev. Harmon Bross ' Lincoln, Neb. Rev, S. C. McDaniel Atlanta, Ga.
Rev. S. E. Bassett (Supt. Alabama). .Ft. Valley, Ga. Rev. J. Homer Parker Kingfisher, Okl.
Secretaries and Treasurers
of the Auxiliaries
Rev. Jonathan E. Adams, D.D., Secretary. . . Maine Missionary Society Bangor, Me.
John L. Crosby, Esq., Treasurer " " " Bangor, Me.
Rev. A. T. HiLLMAN, Secretary New Hampshire Home Miss. Society. . . .Concord, N. H.
Hon. Lyman D. Stevens, Treasurer " " " " " ... .Concord, N. H.
Rev. Charles H. Merrill, Secretary Vermont Domestic " " . . . .St. Johnsbury, Vt.
Wm. C. Tyler, Treasurer " " " " ....St. Johnsbury, Vt.
Rev. Joshua Coit, Secretary ■. Massachusetts Home " " . \g Cong'l House,
Rev. Edv^in B. Palmer, Treasurer " " " "....( Boston, Mass.
Rev. Alexander McGregor, Secretary Rhode Island " " " ... .Pawtucket, R. I.
Jos. Wm. Rice, Esq., Treasurer " " " " ... .Providence, R. I.
Rev. William H. Moore, Secretary Missionary Society of Connecticut Hartford, Conn.
Ward W. Jacobs, Esq., Treasurer " " " Hartford, Conn.
Rev. Ethan Curtis, Secretary New York Home Miss. Society Syracuse, N. Y.
William Spalding, Treasurer " " " " Syracuse, N. Y.
Rev. J. D. Fraser, D.D. , Secretary Ohio " " " Cleveland, Ohio.
Wm. B. How^LAND, Treasurer " " " " New York City.
Rev. James Tompkins, D.D. , Secretary Illinois " " " ( 151 Washington St.,
Aaron B. Mead, Esq., Treasurer " " " " ( Chicago, 111.
Rev. Homer W. Carter, Secretary Wisconsin " " " Beloit, Wis.
C. M. Blackman, Esq., Treasurer " " " " Whitewater, Wis.
Rev. T. O. Douglass, D.D. , Secretary Iowa " " " Grinnell, Iowa.
J. H. Merrill, Esq., Treasurer " " " " Des Moines, Iowa.
Rev. William H. Warren, Secretary Michigan Congregational Association Lansing, Mich.
Rev. John P. Sanderson, Treasurer " " " Lansing, Mich.
Geo. H. Morgan, Secretary Cong. City Miss. Society St. Louis, Mo.
Rev. Arch'd L. Love, Superintendent " " " " St. Louis, Mo.
Lewis E. Snov^t, Treasurer " " " " St. Louis, Mo.
Communications
relating to general business of the Society may be addressed to either of the Secretaries for Correspondence.
Communications relating to the Editorial Department of The Home Missionary may be addressed to Rev.
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Caswell, Bible House, New York.
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Treasurer, Bible House, Astor Place, New York.
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in months after my decease, to the person who, when the same is payable, shall act as Treasurer
of the Congregational Home Missionary Society, formed in the City of New York, in the year eighteen hundred
and twenty-six, to be applied to the charitable use and purposes of said Society, and under its direction.
Congregational Home Missionary Society
Bible House, Astor Place, New York
Major-General Oliver O. Howard
President
Rev. Alexander H. Clapp, D.D., Hottorary Treasurer-
Secretaries for Corresp07idence
Rev. Joseph B. Clark, D.D.
Rev. William Kincaid, D.D.
Rev. Washington Choate, D.D.
Mr. William B. Rowland, Treasurer
Executive Committee
Wm. Ives Washburn, Esq., Chairmaji
Asa a. Spear, Esq., Recording Secretary
Mr. Charles H. Parsons
Rev. James G. Roberts, D.D.
Rev. Samuel H. Virgin, D.D.
Mr. Joseph Wm. Rice
Mr. Herbert M. Dixon
Rev. Robert R. Meredith, D.D.
Rev. Charles H. Richards, D.D.
Mr. George P. Stockwell
Rev. Robert J. Kent
Rev. John D. Kingsbury, D.D.
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Rev. Henry A. Stimson, D.D,
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WOMAN'S DEPARTMENT NUMBER
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Vol. LXVIIL No. 4
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Entered at the Post-Office at New York, N, Y., as Second-Class [Mail] Matter
Contents for August, 1895
PAGE
Minutes — Annual Meeting of Wom-
an's Department 209
1894-1895 210
A Modern Miracle 213
A Woman's Club of National Inter-
est.. 216
Among the Miners 221
First Impressions of Oklahoma 226
Annual Meeting of Woman's Home
Missionary Unions 229
Where We put the Emphasis 231
Self-Denial 23
Idaho in Line 24
Idaho Again 24
Prairie Experiences 24
A Cheering Message 24
Women and the Roll of Honor 24
New Honors for Women 24.
The Howard Roll of Honor 241
Women on the Roll of Honor 251
Fellow-Laborers with Paul 25;
The Home Missionary
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earnestly requested to serve Home Missions by promoting the use of this journal at the
Monthly Concert and among their people.
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Vol. LXVIII AUGUST, 1895 No. 4
MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL MEETING OF WOMAN'S
DEPARTMENT, IN SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y.,
JUNE 5, 1895
The annual meeting of the Woman's Department of the Congrega-
tional Home Missionary Society opened at 10.30 Wednesday forenoon,
with the singing of the hymn,
" Awake, my soul, stretch every nerve."
During the singing, the officers of the Homeland Unions took their
seats upon the platform, and prayer was offered by Supt. C. I. Scofield,
of Texas.
A brief summary of the year's work was given by Mrs. Caswell.
Miss Anna Hodous, of Braddock, Pa., spoke of the wonderful work
among the Slovaks in that State.
Mrs. Joseph Cook, of Boston, illustrated what might be accomplished
by a " Woman's Club of National Interests."
Miss D. E. Emerson, Secretary of Woman's Bureau of the American
Missionary Association, presented greetings for that society.
" The Great Commission," Mrs. Caswell's new Responsive Exercise,
prepared expressly for this meeting, was conducted by Mrs. E. C. Ellis,
of Kansas City, Secretary of the Missouri Union.
Mrs. Caswell invited the friends to help themselves freely to this
Responsive Exercise for the use of their auxiliaries, and to make applica-
tion to her for further supplies, at the Bible House, New York.
Mrs. Alice S. Barnes, of Montana, told the story of her work among
the miners in the Rocky Mountains.
Miss M. Dean Moffat gave her first impressions of Oklahoma, and
then an offering of $250 was contributed for the work in that Territory,
during which a solo was rendered by Mr. George C. Stebbins. Mrs.
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Louise A. Kellogg, of Boston, Secretary of the Woman's Home Mission-
ary Association, asked God's blessing upon the offering.
The benediction was pronounced by Rev. William Salter, D.D., of
Iowa, one of the original Iowa Band. — Mrs. L. E. Camfield, Burnside,
So. Dak., Scribe.
1894-1895
By Mrs. Harriet S. Caswell
While conducting a " question box " at the annual meeting of the
Connecticut Woman's Union, Mrs. Biddle, president of the Union at that
time, was asked :
" What is the object of the Woman's Homeland Union ?"
" Its object," said she, " is tenfold :
^^ First. — To arouse eve?y ivotnan in every church to a keen sense of her
responsibility for the Christian character of this nation.
" Second. — To see that every woman takes her right place in home
missionary work.
" Third. — To see that every woman becomes an intelligent worker,
without waste of strength.
" Fourth. — To see that every woman learns to practice a reasonable
self-denial.
'' Fifth. — To see that every woman has the power and the joy which
come through cooperation.
'■'■Sixth. — To see that missionary effort is consolidated in the churches.
" Seventh. — To see that every woman contributes money to Home
Missions.
" Eighth. — To see that every woman learns to be loyal to our Congre-
gational benevolences.
" Ninth. — To see that every woman helps to lift the whole work of
Home Missions above its present condition.
" Tenth. — To see that every woman develops a profound interest in
the important questions concerning our national life."
There seems to be, among certain of our Unions, a steady growth
along these lines. From all that I can learn, there has never been a year
of more thorough work, greater sacrifice in giving, and mote earnest and
honest praying. There has been much intelligent study of the great
field, and a large demand upon the Congregational Home Missionary
Society for literature and for missionary speakers.
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The officers realize more than ever the need of a field secretary, who
may go from place to place in the State, arousing the auxiliary already
organized to more efficient work, and organizing where there is none.
Wherever the right person has been elected to do this work, the results
have been truly encouraging. Now that other State Home Missionary
committees are following the example of Vermont and employing the lady
evangelist, why not make some arrangement by which she may make this
a part of her work wherever she holds special meetings ? For this service
the Union might assume a part of her salary, or pay her traveling expenses.
With thankful hearts we note an increasing interest in contributing to
the " Salary Fund," thus enabling the Society to keep our " living repre-
sentatives " on their fields.
An appeal was made to the Unions during the year for an extra offer-
ing to the " Rescue Fund." The hearty cordiality with which the officers
received this appeal, and the earnest effort to urge the matter upon their
auxiliaries, has been most gratefully appreciated by the Society. Many
gifts in response to this appeal came directly to headquarters. Had the
gifts been passed through the treasury of the Utiion, the organizations
would have been greatly encouraged.
Notwithstanding the financial pressure, the treasuries of the Woman's
Organizations have yielded to the five national societies ^94,363.78, of
which $47,674.94 has been contributed for the Congregational Home Mis-
sionary Society. The Unions have thus furnished our appropriations for
ninety-seven missionaries, besides contributing to our work among the
Bohemians, Germans, and Scandinavians, not forgetting our Indian school
at Vinita, Indian Territory.
Let us take one glance backward, when, nine 3''ears ago, we placed
$5,532.44 in the treasuries of the then six national societies. Our total to
these societies has amounted to $673,352.53, of which $344,471.03 has
been contributed to the Congregational Home Missionary Society.
About 3,000 dime banks have been distributed during the year, from
which we hope for results. Each person who accepts one of these banks
from the Congregational Home Missionary Society becomes a member of
our Homeland Silver Circle. As the bank holds fifty dimes, or five dol-
lars, if each member proves faithful, the " silver circle " will put into our
treasury the generous sum of $15,000. These members have a variety of
methods for filling their banks :
1. To place a dime in the bank every Sabbath morning, prayerfully
remembering the missionary at the front.
2. To place an extra dime in the bank when buying luxuries.
3. To place in the bank every dime received in making change.
4. To place a dime in the bank when it can be spared from necessary
expenses.
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5. To invite friends to contribute occasionally to the bank. Certain of
our gentlemen members keep a bank in the counting-room or office, for
the benefit of callers.
There has been no lack this year of appeals for literature, programmes,
etc., and your secretary has been favored with the usual number of mis-
sionary conundrums. By a sudden inspiration she determined to pass on
ten of these problems to her sisters in the work. Answers from the offi-
cers of forty-one State Unions may be found in the annual report of the
Woman's Department, entitled " Suggestions," etc.
The '' Clothing Boxes " are still under the care of the Woman's
Department, and are in the special charge of Miss Anna A. Pickens. She
tells us that : " Two hundred and eighty societies have sent 680 boxes
and packages, together with cash gifts, aggregating, in estimated value,
$46,265.70, while all work of this kind, assigned and reported through the
Woman's Department, has been valued at $69,713.81."
At a convention of women, a few years ago, one speaker presented
what she called "A Plate of Pickles." She said they had heard them-
selves called ''bands of grand, earnest, devoted women," so long, that she
believed with so much taffy a few pickles would be wholesome. Perhaps
a half-dozen of the same may not be out of place here.
One. — There are 373,081 women in our Congregational churches to-
day, and the contribution per member for Home Missions during the
year just closed has been twentv-five cents ! Is this the measure of our
love for Christ and devotion to His interests ? True, this has been given
by the faithful few, but have the six faithful few out of every hundred no
responsibility for the ninety-four who have not the holy fire burning in
their souls ? Ought I not to make it my aim this year to win at least ten
of the indifferent ninety-four who belong to my hundred ?
Two. — We are not half awake to the importance of study on Home
Missions. "Ignorance is the mother of indifference."
Three. — Many are willing to give, if some one will come after the gift,
but beg to be excused from attending the meetings. For love of Christ
ought we not to attend the missionary meeting, and make it sufficiently
attractive to win others ?
Four. — We are not ready to obey the call to leadership. If we will
but enter the open door, the way will be plain to the next open door, and
the life constantly enriched by spiritual surprises.
Five. — We would rather look at the work done than the work nndone,
because the latter is so vast and appalling, and makes us so uncomforta-
ble. Our work is only beginning. As one has said, " We have barely
touched the fringe yet."
Six. — We pray God to give the means to send forth the laborers. Has
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He not given us the means ? Have not our friends the means ? Has
not the Church of Christ the means ?
" Let us pray God to consume the selfishness which expends our
means upon ourselves. Let us adjust our expenditure in the light of our
increased knowledge. There can be no arbitrary law about giving. If we
adjust our personal needs and Christ's needs at the foot of the cross,
we shall be led to do the right thing.
"By any amount of self-sacrifice let each of us do our part. And may
the constraining memories of the cross of Christ, and that great love
wherewith He -loves us, be so in us that we may pass that love on to those
who are perishing."
A MODERN MIRACLE
By Miss Anna Hodous, Braddock, Pa,
It is only a few years since the Congregational churches began to see
the need of giving Gospel to Slovaks, but it is wonderful how God had
blessed their efforts.
I do not know whether there ever was in the United States a class of
foreign people who needed the spiritual help as much as the Slovaks
or so-called Hungarians do. A glance at their situation will confirm
this statement. Ignorant, with so few opportunities, having godless,
worldly priests as leaders, the Slovak people are in the most pitiful con-
dition.
As a class they are hard-working people, who toiled on their farms
until the American immigration craze started. Tempted by fabulous
reports they left their homes expecting to come back rich, and here they
have added to their European sins all American sins.
It seemed working against hope when four years ago last August
I was sent to Braddock as a Bible reader. In the following October
Rev. John Jelinek, the first preacher to the Slovaks, came there, and we
two, single-handed, to win one hundred thousand Slovaks.
The field given to us was Pittsburg and vicinity, Braddock as a
center. At that time there were no religious services in the Slovak lan-
guage in the whole vicinity of Pittsburg. As soonj-tiowever, as our work
started, the Lutheran and Catholic Slovak priests came there. They are
as drunken and corrupt as the people — blind leaders of the blind.
After careful search through Braddock, I found two Bibles, which,
however, were not read. My first visit to these Slovak homes was not
very encouraging. They lived in crowded, scantily furnished rooms,
each family having as high as twenty boarders. Drinking, card-playing
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and fighting was a daily recreation; Sunday a regular feast day, which
ended with full police station.
How I pitied the mothers in these homes! Some of them seemed
patient and industrious, whose worn faces showed a result of such a life.
During my first year in Braddock twenty-three wives deserted their honies
because of these things.
This shows how little help their religion affords them. They have
now their native churches, priests and forms. These attract the outside,
while leaving them in absolute ignorance of conversion and forgiveness
of sin. Their spiritual teachers are unconverted men, who hold the
people in darkness lest they should lose power over them. After being
acquainted with the people, we started to hold services in a small room.
Many came to listen, and were so eager that we held meeting twice a
day until two of the listeners were converted, — one a desperate drunkard,
the other a bar-tender in one of the saloons, who now is a student in
Oberlin Slavic Department.
The conversion of these two stirred the whole community, for two
reasons. One reason was that they were first converts out of one hundred
thousand Slovaks. The other was that a man should leave such a splen-
did position, as bar-keeping is considered, and work in a mill simply
because he reads the Bible. This was the beginning of difficulties. Our
decided position towards the drinking habit, the great sin of our people,
made us many enemies. The Catholic priest and even the Protestant
minister warned their congregation against our teaching, claiming that it
is no sin to drink. Our people are so ignorant and place such a confi-
dence in their spiritual leaders, it was not hard to convince them.
Another difficulty was the lack of having proper place to worship.
Our people always worshiped in churches, and it seems like a sacrilege
to worship in a dwelling-house. Yet during all these years we were
obliged to meet in the most uninviting places. Our present is a con-
demned dancing hall. These reasons made our work so much like
foreign mission work. To accept Christ means for Slovak Christian to
be despised. Yet I am able to say that many bravely withstood the
persecution and gave us most encouraging proof of the sincerity of
Slovak people.
An illustration : At Duquesne, one of our out-stations, a member
of our church noticed several men who, Sunday after Sunday, played
cards ; he took his Bible and spoke to them. The result was that one of
the men offered his large room for meeting. A wonderful change fol-
lowed ; cards were replaced by Bible ; quarrels, discussions, and drinking
ceased. The man who offered his house for our services was their leader
in sin, but was first to accept Christ.
Before his conversion he visited his priest, taking a Bible with him.
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They had a long interview, at the end of which the priest told him,
" Locic your Bible in the trunk ; that is only for educated people ; beside,
neither I nor you will be a saint." I wish that I could tell of the
sorrow of this man. For years he had been serving in houses of differ-
ent church dignitaries, and, as he expressed it, not one ever asked him,
" Son, do you pray ? " and now when he found the treasure he was told
to lock it. Last Christmas a strange priest visited the parish. Our
brother visited him and told him of his conversion. The priest was much
pleased and surprised at his knowledge of the Bible. When they were
parting the priest told our brother, " Thank God that He has revealed to
you His Gospel, but do not tell any one about it." He is an earnest,
soldier-like worker, always ready to tell others how, although he is thirty-
four years old, knows Christ only one year.
Every member of our church led a miserable life. One was a wife-
beater whose wife preferred a life of poverty in Europe ; but after his
conversion gladly came to him. An old couple were united after twelve
years of separation. Every one of our eighty-eight members used liquor
—many excessively ; now all are strict abstainers. Our homes are changed
to clean, pleasant places where the Bible is a chief attraction. The small
Braddock work had spread beside the Duquesne and McKeesport station
to Johnstown, where Miss Bochek works, to South Norwalk, Conn., and
to Europe. The two Bibles increased to 1,745, with 961 Testaments and
over 1,000,000 pages of tracts.
I wish that I could tell you of the prayers of thanksgiving that are
offered by our people to God for sending us to them. During last year
our people, in spite of the low wages — |i.2o a day — high rent, and general
hard times, paid all their church expenses except pastor's salary — such as
rent, coal, gas, chairs, etc. Their offering to Home Mission was $164, to
foreign, $9.
Not long ago a gentleman, a friend of our work, told me about two
pictures he had seen. One Sunday afternoon he noticed two crowds of
men standing on the street corners. One crowd was clean, well dressed,
Bibles under arm showed that they came from Sabbath-school. The other
crowd was dirty, torn, rough, their words and beer-odor showed that they
came from saloon. " I went back," said he, " five years, and thought
that if it were not for the missionary work those clean people would have
been even worse."
We have many proofs which show that God approves of our work. He
has most richly and wonderfully blessed it ; by which He asks you to
remember this work in prayer and by your generous gifts so as to make it
possible for Him to do still greater things for our needy Slovak people.
In what part of .our great country can be found people more needing
Christ ? But He can make them jewels in His crown.
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A WOMAN'S CLUB OF NATIONAL INTEREST
By Mrs. Joseph Cook, of Boston
The educated American woman as a social power, as an intellectual
leader, as a philanthropic enthusiast, as an organizer in the field of reform,
is regarded by all nations as an amazing success, whether they give her
admiration or anathema.
It is edifying to read, in the foreign newspapers, the comments of Ger-
man and French educators who were sent as delegates to the congresses
in connection with the Columbian Fair at Chicago. The consensus of
opinion was expressed by the chief commissioner of the German educa-
tional exhibit in his verdict — which may seem extravagant to many of us
— that " as business and politics take up the time of the majority of the
men, the women have become the supporters of the higher intellectual in-
terests and the promoters of intellectuality in domestic life."
A most incisive leaflet, which I have pasted into my Bible, is entitled
" Responsibility of Christian Women, Respecting Culture." It speaks of
the modern temptation that has come, clad in the garb of an angel of
light, to the women of our churches, and its watchword is " Culture, Cul-
ture."
This is. the day of Woman's Clubs, and I venture to affirm that no
woman here is so behind the times but that she belongs to a club for the
study of art, or literature, or history, or social science, or current events ;
and few are the women who are satisfied with only one such organization.
Woman's Clubs and what they are doing now form a separate department
in the daily newspaper.
Occasionally the Federation of Clubs has a grand reunion ; or the
women meet in council for the discussion of every reform under the sun,
as they did last spring in Washington. A month hence there will be a
unique gathering in this town which will assemble under the auspices of
the Woman's Association for greater Saratoga. An invitation has been
extended to the clubs, both of women and the mixed clubs of men and
women, such as the Browning, the Appalachian, the Castalian, and others,
to visit Saratoga for a reunion in June. The invitation broadly includes
all social and literary organizations "having as their purpose the promo-
tion of refinement and intelligence."
Doubtless many women who have publicly professed their supreme
love and allegiance to Christ and his kingdom will be present ten days
hence, who will know little of this gathering to-day. There is a German
proverb which asserts that " the good is the enemy of the best ; " and while
I would not decry the clubs that have " as their purpose.the promotion of
refinement and intelligence," I should question the right of any woman
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who has pledged her loyalty to Christ's kingdom, to so fill her time with
purely intellectual and social interests that the things that pertain to the
kingdom are crowded out.
You will all agree with me that there comes a time in our lives when
a choice must be made both in our reading and in the multitudinous
interests that clamor for attention. Shall we give the Bible a scant fifteen
minutes while we devote hours of study to the comprehension of Brown-
ing, or let the latest magazines and the newest books have the first place ?
It is safe to conclude that what teriipts oneself tempts one's neighbor also.
Our tables are piled high with fascinating literature which beckons to us
most alluringly. We are free to choose. And too often it is the good that
claims us rather than the best. A wonderful opportunity has come to the
women of America, in these closing years of the nineteenth century, to
make their lives full and rich and gloriously useful. Opportunity means
responsibility. As the sainted Dr. Gordon of Boston once said, " it also
means importunity, as though God were beseeching us by every open door
to open our hearts, and to open our hands, and to open our purses that we
may worthily meet the crisis of Missions which is upon us."
This banding together of women is a growth of the last twenty-five
years. Doubtless the part our patriotic women took during the Civil War
in equipping regiments, or in administering soldiers' hospitals, or in Sani-
tary Commission service, was a training school. Women had learned to
cooperate with each other in work ; and soon after the war closed, certain
prominent organizations of women came into existence. Sorosis was or-
ganized in March, 1868 ; The New England Woman s Club a month
earlier ; and a month earlier than this, in January, 1868, the Woman s
Board of Missions was founded. In the early years of this last-named
organization the women undertook both Home and Foreign Missions ; but
in 1883 the work had so enlarged that a separate society was deemed
necessary for missions in our own country, and this Woman s Club of
JVatiojial Interests V7^s formed, which has been doing splendid and effec-
tive service, although utterly inadequate to the needs, owing to the lack
of interest in the majority of the women of our churches.
Perhaps in the eyes of the world it is not as popular to belong to this
club as to many another. I venture to assert that the secular press will
not be so eager to report all our doings on this occasion as when the liter-
ary women meet here. And yet there is no literar}^ or social club that
begins to compare with this, both for what it accomplishes throughout the
length and breadth of our own fair land and also in the individual mem-
ber. The primary object is not our personal, intellectual development,
but the evangelization of the French-Canadians in New England, the
Bohemians, the Scandinavians, the Germans and Spanish, the Poles, Mexi-
cans, and other nationalities Providence has brought to our shores, who
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are to become American citizens, and will make or unmake this great
Republic.
No woman can enter heart and soul into this work without having her
mind quickened, her horizon broadened, her heart enlarged, her spiritual
nature made sensitive and sympathetic. It sometimes seems to me that
the chief reason why our Lord and Master permits us to be co-workers
with Himself is for our individual development rather than for the little
any one of us can accomplish in helping forward His kingdom. You
remember how Marcella, in Mrs. Humphrey Ward's skillful story, threw
herself without stint into the solution of the sociological problem, and
how she failed in her attempt to improve the condition of the poor. But
were her efforts entirely lost ? By no means, for Marcella herself was
developed from a crude, selfish school-girl into a noble, self-sacrificing
woman. We know that advance has been made — and great advance — even
in the few years that we women have been specially engaged in this work ;
and I like to feel that perhaps in this earth-school we are preparing for
nobler and more effective service in that world where His servants do
"serve Him day and night in His temple." It seems to me cause for
devout thanksgiving when early in life we find some noble employment
which we shall not outgrow as little girls do their dolls ; which will not
lead to the discontent and satiety one sees in the face of the so-called
" society woman, " but which will become more and more an absorbing
passion as life advances and as selfishness is consumed in the holy flame
of love for the Master and zeal for His reign of righteousness on the
earth.
In view of the importance and immensity of the work there is to be
done for the salvation of our country, it seems incredible that there are
Christian women who feel at liberty to waste their time in what our Puri-
tan forefathers would call " vain recreation." I think it was Catherine
Beecher who said that she was going to postpone card-playing until she
got to heaven. If it really would add greatly to her happiness she could
take it up in that world, but in this she thought she could use her time to
better advantage.
Speaking of the large proportion of the women of our churches who
have not identified themselves with this work, I may say that if your
experience has been similar to mine you will have noticed that among
the uninterested there are two classes. One class, and not a small class
either, glory in their shame. They look into your eyes when you appeal
to them to do something for this cause, and without hesitation they affirm,
as though it were something to be proud of, that "they have not the
slightest interest in Missions." You all will recognize that peculiar
emphasis on "slightest." And yet they are professing Christians. They
know that Christ said, " If ye love me, keep my commandments," That
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means all His commandments, and not a part of them, merely ; and what
command is more binding than the last great command which our crucified
land risen Lord gave to His disciples and through them to His Church in
lall ages ?
The second class of uninterested ones confess their indifference, but
they regret it and ask how they can awaken an interest they do not pos-
sess. The deepest root of the lack of interest in five-sixths of the women
of our churches is their lack of knowledge. This holds true in all depart-
ments. We are not interested in political economy, perhaps — few women
are. Why ? Because we know so little about it. We are not interested
in astronomy. Why ? Because many of us look at the starry heavens and
cannot trace the constellations that have blazed over our heads since
childhood. There are scores of subjects we never give a thought to ; we
are not interested in them, because we are utterly ignorant of them. We .
are doubtless losers in many ways for not being better informed as to
ithese subjects, but no moral responsibility rests upon us in regard to these.
iWe do not expect in that last great day of final reckoning to hear our
[Master say, "Why did you not inform yourself about botany, geology,
astronomy, so as better to understand the wonderful works of the
[Creator?" But we have reason to apprehend that the Master will ask
if we have done what we could to send a knowledge of the Cross and all
it means to a lost world, to those little heathen of our own country whose
only association with the blessed name of Jesus is as a "swear word."
Perhaps you, uninterested one, if such a one is here, may not realize it ;
but the truth is, if you would become intelligently interested in Missions
you must make an effort to do so, just as you would make an effort to
become intelligent on any other subject. There is no royal road to this
branch of knowledge. It does not descend upon you as a divine gift
when you join the church. It does not come in a vision of the night, so
that you can go to bed ignorant and indifferent and rise in the morning
intelligent and interested. Read Dr. Strong's " Our Country," and
acquaint yourselves with the reasons why this is a critical time in our his-
tory as a nation. The enemy is sowing tares abundantly. There is reason
to fear that the wheat will be choked in many a new field if we are not more
alert and generous in our sowing of good seed. Read the magazines and
the abundant and most interesting literature published by the five socie-
ties which form the thumb and fingers of this helping hand which the
Woman's Home Missionary Unions aid
Read of what our pioneer missionaries did to save this country from
British encroachment. When Daniel Webster was Secretary of State he
said, " Our country owes it to missionaries that all its territory west of
the Rocky Mountains and south as far as the Columbia River is not
owned by Great Britain."
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When you travel westward make an effort to study the work at the
front. Many opportunities of this kind might be improved by Christian
women, which are lost for the lack of a little wise planning. I never
understood the abominations of Mormonism until, in 1879 and again in
1890, I met the ladies of Salt Lake City — Gentiles and apostate Mormons
— and asked them questions. My first interview took place before polygamy
was practically abolished ; and when I asked why they did not publish an
account of these social iniquities so as to arouse public sentiment in the
East, their reply was that the Eastern women were not willing to read of
the atrocities in the midst of which they had to live.
Visit, as I have visited, the home of a professor in one of the young
colleges on the Pacific Coast ; and you will realize what self-denial is
practiced by our brilliant young men and women, college graduates, who
decline tempting offers from the East to take these hard places, because
the missionary spirit has been roused in them and they know that their
work will bring forth more abundant harvest there than in the well-tilled
fields of the older civilization.
One is impressed in visiting Southern California with the effect of
that soft, enervating Italian climate on the moral stamina of the dwellers
there. As some one said to me, " There is not even a thunder shower to
frighten us ! " Fruits and flowers, a delicious climate, an out-of-door life,
and the pursuit of health or wealth the main occupation, — the tendency
is to become lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God. More and
more in our Eastern cities the old Puritan standard as to the sanctity of
the Sabbath is being lowered, until now in one of our Boston churches
there is an eight o'clock service Sunday morning to accommodate the
bicyclists who want a crumb of religion to start the day with.
It is said that the secret the foreign missionary is most anxious to keep
from the native convert is the number of heathen in the home churches.
You know how we all hung our heads in shame over the criticisms that
v.'ere passed upon us as a Christian nation by the delegates from the Orient
to the Columbian Fair,
The salt that is to save America from early decay is found In just
such societies as this. May the God of our fathers keep us from perishing,
like the old, corrupt civilizations, through our wealth, our prosperity, our
luxurious living and pleasure seeking, our lavish expenditure upon our-
selves, and our shameful penuriousness toward our missionary societies
and secretaries and faithful workers at the front.
"Ye are the salt of the earth : but if the salt hath lost its savor, where-
with shall it be salted ? It is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be
cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men." — Matt. v. 13.
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AMONG THE MINERS ^
By Mrs. Alice S. Barnes, Montana
Life among the miners ! Yes, it is different from life in the Eastern
States ; how different, words fail to give any adequate idea. Bret Harte,
Joaquin Miller, and other delightful story tellers, who weave strange webs
[rom the woof of fancy, have one and all followed the same pattern. Their
miners, prospectors, heroes, and heroines have become standard types.
But cold facts prove that these have not always been painted from living
nodels. We have many a little mining camp in the West, isolated from the
outside world, made up of cosmopolitan inhabitants, where the restraints
bf civilization rest very lightly ; and yet in some farmer's hamlet in the
Eastern or Southern States, where a traveler's inn plants itself as a waiting
demon at the cross-roads in the highway, there is more outspoken wicked-
hess, deeper plotting for evil, and more danger to life and limb, than in
these lonely gulches and mountains unused to the tread of civilized feet.
Here we find men who have mined from Mexico to Alaska, have wan-
dered over Australian plains, trailed through Asiatic deserts, and hunted
diamonds in Africa. Here we find the college graduate, the lawyer, the
doctor, the professor, all mingling on the same level with the ignorant and
the unlearned in their search for gold in the bowels of the earth. Here
^re all sorts and conditions of people, who accept the present as the only
^ime and wait with unspoken hope and faith for whatever the future may
bring them. They are pleasant to talk with, affable, courteous, intelli-
gent, and brimfull of strange stories of camp and field, of quartz mines
far up the mountains, of placer diggings in once populous but now
deserted cities, and all the wonderful romances which are a part of the
adventurer's lot in whatsoever land his tent has been pitched.
I wish I had the ability to make you understand something of the
loneliness and at the same time the excitement of the lives of these
miners, many of them having come from the best of Eastern families,
intelligent, well-read, with a large stock of general information. They
came West years ago to make a fortune and return. Disappointment
attended their efforts, they had no society but men, lived in cabins by
themselves ; or, as is more frequent, two " bach together," doing their own
cooking when the day's work is over, taking Sunday for cleaning up their
cabin and themselves, washing their clothes, and purchasing supplies for
the following week. Then there is something fascinating to men in a life
|of excitement; which, when once entered, is usually continued. Perhaps
you wonder what excitement there can be in such a life. The excitement
of discovering the precious metals is equal to anything met with on Wall
Street. One man finds a "pay streak," whether in quartz or placer, gold
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or silver. He sees at once a possibility of becoming a millionaire and
going East to gladden the heart of an aged mother, or some loved relative,
or possibly of a betrothed who has faithfully waited and hoped through all
these years. Not only is he excited, but so is every one around him ; and
soon the news finds its way to the nearest local paper in glaring headlines,
"A Rich Strike," etc. This is copied by other papers, and men flock in
from all parts of the country, — a regular stampede. Every foot of ground
is staked, a town is laid out, and often a plat is sent East and corner lots
are sold at fabulous prices. Saloons are opened, with all their attendant
vices and degradations in the way of gambling dens and brothels. These,
with a grocery, blacksmith's shop, and log hotel, make a town. A school-
house may come, but often the town is dead and deserted before it makes
its appearance. The pay streak proved to be a pocket or a seam that soon
pinched out, and all that was gained was spent in hunting for more ;
or perhaps capitalists came in and bought the best property, closed it
down, and froze the others out.
But when hope is dying, a strike will be reported in some other place,
and they join a stampede there ; or quite as often one alone will pack on
the back of a mule his little all, consisting of a bed, a change of clothing
and a few of the latest magazines tied up in a gunny-sack, a frying-pan,
coffee-pot, and tin dipper, with a few supplies for the inner man, while
he, either on foot or with a cayuse, wends his way to the mountains to
prospect again where the foot of white man has never trod. And so it
goes on year after year till the home folks are gone, the betrothed of his
youth is married to another, and he settles down to enjoy each day as it
comes according to his disposition, apparently giving no thought to the
future, though really buoyed up by an ever-fleeting hope.
Kind-hearted and generous to a fault, ever ready to protect a woman
or a child, free to share their last cent with one more needy than them-
selves, noble in many traits of manhood, but too often, alas ! fallen into
habits of dissipation, — the temptations and allurements of the saloon
are always with them, while the church waits for a settled community
before she can hazard the chance of sending the Gospel to a floating
people. I believe the great trouble in all these places lies in not begin-
ning soon enough. Where two or three are gathered together in the
West, there the saloon appears, and there the church influence should
appear with it, or it gains strength and saps the life blood of the young
town, rendering it far more difficult to give it the glow of health in after
years.
But I was asked to speak of my personal work.
My husband, though a gold miner, was among the first locators in the
little silver camp of Castle, which was first laid out in 1887, far up in
the Rocky Mountains, 6,000 feet above the level of the sea, fifty miles
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from the railroad, and twenty-five from the nearest town. We were
among the first families to move there. I saw the place was composed
mostly of men, among whom the saloon was a great factor. I organized
a Sunday-school at once, but waited over one Sunday before saying any-
thing of a church service. During the second week I ascertained that
:he one young lady of the town could sing, and had a copy of the Gospel
Hymns. I too had one, and considering that with my Bible the Divine
commission sufficient, asked every one who came for the mail to meet the
next Sunday evening in our unfinished store for service. We improvised
seats with boxes and boards, and had a congregation of twenty — seventeen
nen and three ladies. The first hymn given out was " Yield not to
Temptation," and as the young lady started it, a deep bass voice joined
in, in another part of the room, accompanied by a fine tenor. They were
two young men whom I had frequently seen, after work, at the saloon
ppposite. I handed them my book, and the singing was good. In
fact, the Lord abundantly blessed that meeting in every respect. The
young men asked to take the hymn-book home that night to sing in their
abin.
From that meeting we went on, never failing to hold our Sunday even-
ng service, for over three years, but having no church organization during
;hat time. True, we met with many discouragements, but our town was
bapidly growing, and all was excitement and hopefulness. Strangers were
Constantly coming and going, but every one who came to the post-office
svas invited to attend church, and the result was that it became the popu-
ar thing in Castle to attend church on Sunday evening, however the rest
of the day may have been spent. At one time a judge from St. Louis,
[juite a prominent man, came to look over the mines. I told him while he
ivas considering the resources of Castle I hoped he would not overlook
:he church. " Oh, no," said he, " it is so uncommon to have a church in
5uch a place that I shall certainly lend my influence to it," After the
service he took my hand and with great feeling said : " Mrs. Barnes, this
Is just wonderful ; I never saw such' attention and quietness, with so large
a proportion of men, and especially young men. You are doing a work
:hat eternity alone can measure." And such was the testimony of a great
many who came in. Our greatest trouble was in finding a suitable place
For meeting. After that first Sunday the service was held in a log house
,tvith no finishing or furnishing, not even a floor. There we met for about
six months ; then having rented a warmer building for school purposes, we
•noved there, paying our portion of the rent. We remained there a year, and
chen joined with a temperance society in renting a saloon building, which we
:leansed, purified, and dedicated to the cause of temperance and religion.
This gave us a very pleasant home, which we hoped to keep, but the spring
pf 1890 came with a boom, and the building was sold to be again defiled.
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The temperance organization broke up, and not a building of any sort
was available for a church, so we were forced back to the small rented
schoolhouse. But we had an organ, and two or three dozen chairs which
we stacked up in the corner of the room, arranging them on Sunday in
the aisles and every available place. Even then many had to stand, and
some could not even find standing room. But the hardest blow came
when, on Thursday, before the close of school, a man came to me asking
for the key to the schoolhouse. I said, " Why should you have it ? "
"Because I have rented the building from the 15th, which is to-morrow,
and want to take possession as soon as school is out to-night." I asked
him to wait till Monday, but he said, " No ; I want my opening on Sun-
day." " What business ? " "A saloon." I replied : " You cannot have
the key till Monday, for the building was leased for a three months' term,
and that will not be out till Saturday night, for the teacher had one day's
lost time to make up." He protested. I stood firm and gained my point. i
1 then posted notices for every one interested in church matters to meet
me at the schoolhouse Saturday evening. It was the time of our greatest
excitement, and only three came, and one of those a non-resident. Of
course nothing could be done ; and had it not been for the precious
promises of my Heavenly Father I should have been discouraged. But
the next evening we had a large congregation, and at the close of the
services I stated the facts, and made an earnest appeal that they should
not suffer the disgrace of allowing the saloon to run out the church.
Immediately a man arose, saying he had a building, one-half of which
was rented for a restaurant, and the other half, though rented, would noti
be occupied for a month, and we could have that. So we were provided
for, though it was the poorest accommodations we had ever had. Having
only one large south window, it was very warm. The partition between
us and the restaurant was built only half way up ; but the clinking of the
dishes and filling of orders did not disturb our songs of praise, though
ihey did not add to the outward harmony. At the end of the month we
got our old room back again, as that, being the fourteenth saloon in the
place, did not pay.
In January, 1891, the Odd Fellows' Hall was finished, which we rented
at twelve dollars a month, and held till December, 1892, nearly two years.
In the meantime the Congregational society had been formed, and a pas-
tor sent us, who remained seventeen months. The boom had passed.
Work in the mines was closed, many of the people had moved away, and
those remaining were too poor to pay the rent ; and as our store, over
which are our living-rooms, was vacant, my husband offered that free of
rent ; and there we are now, comfortably situated, but with no surround-
ings to foster our pride.
Did time permit I could tell many incidents of assisting drunkards
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gamblers, and fallen women to a better life ; of the interesting congre-
'gations, composed almost wholly of men, before whom I have stood in
conducting funerals among these miners ; some of whom were killed in
the mines, two by lightning, one died alone in his cabin, one in a fit on
the street, one in a drunken debauch, and two were shot while trying to
^arrest a desperado. But such or similar experiences come into the life
of every missionary, and when I realize how much there is to be done,
and how little I am really able to accomplish, it seems scarcely worth
the telling. My heart, indeed, goes out in sympathy and tenderness for
these men, so many of them strong in their manhood and integrity,
upheld by none of the influences of society, but, like a tree on an open
plain, deep-rooted, or oftener, perhaps, like one on a side hill, gnarled
and one-sided by the winds and storms that have long beat against it,
but strong and firm, yet destitute of that greatest of blessings, a knowl-
edge of the Savior and an experience in that spiritual life which completes
true manhood.
The great need in this new country is able and earnest ministers.
Montana is no place for dude divinity students or pastors who stand on
their dignity. A minister is as good as a miner if he behaves himself,
and no better unless he proves himself to be. Manhood is the standard
of society in this rough but hearty land, and consecrated Christian men
and women are greatly needed to disseminate the Gospel and uphold the
standard for Christ.
But the old-timer is fast passing away, and a new class of men are
coming in, needing, if possible, the restraints and the blessings of the
Gospel even more than they ; for the way to the West is now made so
easy, by the advent of the railroad, that many young men of less strength
of character go there, and, taking the Bret Harte stories for their stand-
ard, load themselves at once with revolvers and a heavy belt of car-
tridges, learn to ride a bucking cayuse, to break the Sabbath, and lounge
around the saloon as soon as possible, thinking that the way not to be
thought a "pilgrim" or "tenderfoot." No greater mistake can be made,
and we must have an influence to save these young men.
For one whose heart is filled with the love of God, and can distinguish
under the rough exterior the heart of true manhood, and can recognize
all as children of one Father, for whom Christ died ; one who cares more
for the salvation of souls than for his own hire ; one who thinks not so
much what he can make out of men as what he can make of them, I
know of no better field than a lively, growing mining camp, and I pray
that more consecrated workers may be found to enter this important
field. Surely, what has been accomplished under the circumstances here
described is a certain pledge of greater blessings to come.
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FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF OKLAHOMA
By Miss M. Dean jMoffatt
My first impression of Oklahoma was decidedly unpleasant. I reached
my destination shortly after midnight, and was met by our genial Super-
ir.tendent Parker, who gave me a most hearty and cordial welcome. But
when I opened my mouth to reply to his kindly greeting it was filled with
sand as I stood facing the south, from which direction was coming a terrific j
sand storm. If you have ever experienced a sand storm you will appreciate i
what this meant. If you know nothing of one I will not attempt to describe
it, for words will fail. Perhaps a slight idea may be gained of what it is
when I say that the wind blows anywhere from twenty-five to fifty miles
an hour, and is freighted with sand. Down our way we have had no rain
for nearly a year, excepting an occasional local shower, so the ground is
all ready to be picked up and carried by every wind that blows.
Let me take you for a trip with me through Oklahoma, and see if your
'mpressions will compare favorably with mine. The first Sunday I spent on
the field, I went with Superintendent Parker to visit some of the churches. ,
We started in the face of a brisk wind from the west. As we rode along*
the wind increased and the sand flew. Part of the time we could scarcely
see our pony's head. However, after ten miles of this we reached our
first church, a very plain building, but a place for our people to meet
together and worship God.
I don't know what we would do if it were not for the generosity of the
Church Building Society in giving us these places in which to meet. You
could hardly tell that some of them were churches, unless they were
labeled, they are so very plain ; but the people are most thankful to have
them. The only dwelling in sight of our first church that Sunday was a
sod house, and I proposed that we stop there and tidy up for meeting, as
I felt positively ashamed to stand before the people looking as sandy as I
felt I did. We drove over to the sod house ; the woman kindly furnished
a tin basin and some water ; and as she noticed the look of dismay with
which I greeted my appearance in the looking-glass, she remarked to our
superintendent, '• She hain't been down here long, I reckon." I got the
outside of it off, but it took me a long time to get the sand out of my ears ;
and as I met the twinkling eye of Mr. Parker, I knew he was enjoying
one of my first impressions of Oklahoma.
When we reached the little church, however, and found there about
160 earnest, honest souls, who gave us more than a kindly greeting, we;
felt that the discomfort of the wind and dirt was as nothing ; and we had
a most enjoyable service. After dining with our friends in the sod house,
we started for our second appointment, twelve miles south. The wind,
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ivhich is more obliging in Oklahoma than in any other place which I had
jver visited, had veered around to the south, and we had the pleasure of
iacing the wind on our second trip. There was no sod house, however,
lear this church, to which we could go for a cleaning up ; but I felt that
^e would all look alike, and I saw others removing the real estate from
:heir faces and ears, as well as myself, with the aid of a handkerchief.
Ihere we had another crowded house, and I never saw people seemingly
Tiore hungry for the Gospel than the friends we met there. I haven't
;ime to tell you of the many invitations received " to come and visit us,"
md the promises I made for the future were many, indeed.
We started back home for an evening meeting at the Kingfisher church,
mother ten-mile drive and our third appointment for the Sunday. Thirty
niles in the sand storm and three services is not a bad day's work for a
'tenderfoot." On our way to the town we saw people who had met with
m accident. Superintendent Parker remained behind to help tie up the
)ld harness and broken shaft, and your missionary took into our rig the
3ld lady who had been hurt by being thrown out during the runaway. As
ve rode along we got acquainted, and I found in her an old family friend,
A^ho was living in this new country in poverty, in a house not much more
;han a shanty — a woman who in better days had entertained royalty in her
3wn palatial home in far-off Canada. We have all kinds and conditions
3f men, and'our population is slightly mixed. Before we reached King-
isher, visions of my little home came to me — for I have a home in Okla-
loma, a little hut which is ten by twelve feet, and seven feet high, origin-
illy built and occupied by cowboys, then by colored people, after which
t was used for a storehouse for grain. When these had successively
noved out, your missionary moved in. As I thought of the refreshing
:ool bath which would in some way prepare me for the evening meeting,
ny heart went up and my hopes soared high ; but alas ! when I unlocked
;he door of my little hut, I found that the sand storm had been raging in
:own as well as in the country, and I scarcely knew my little home. The
;en-cent matting which I had so proudly purchased and nailed down my-
self was nowhere to be seen because of the sand which covered it. I
:iuickly took my broom and swept a little of it out ; then, upon turning to
;he corner in which stood my washstand, another surprise awaited me — the
ivashbowl nearly half full of sand, and the water in the pitcher mud. I
Felt like crying, but I didn't — I hadn't the time. As there were only
twenty minutes left me in which to prepare for the evening service, I hur-
ried to a neighbor's house and begged the use of her bedroom for a few
minutes that I might at least appear clean.
Time fails me to tell you of the distant parishes, the long drive before
we reached them, the pathetic services where the people who are pitiably
poor meet to worship God, dressed in every conceivable fashion ; but you
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forget about these things when you see the honest faces and think of the
loyal hearts behind these rough exteriors.
One afternoon we went to dedicate a little church, and I don't think I
ever made such a goose of myself in public as I -did that day ; but after
the preaching service when we celebrated for the first time in that church
the sacrament of the Lord's Supper, and the little pine table was brought
in covered with a towel, and the wine served in plain china cups out of a
" Hood's Sarsaparilla " bottle, I mentally resolved to stand by them
through thick and thin. The raisins which this poor sister, who lived in a]
dug-out, had used to make this wine, were served to eke out the scanty]
meal which she set before our missionaries. That impression was very'
tender.
And then there is the vastness of our work, and the many needs. If I
had time I could tell you of the cowboys, of the bandits, and of the out-
laws, who surely need the softening influence of the Gospel. They have
had Winchesters and force ; they need Christ and love. And then there
are the lonely women. All over these prairies are homes, some shanties,
some sod houses, some dug-outs ; and in every home is a lonely woman,
separated from friends, separated from familiar surroundings. The cry of"
one little German woman, found in a log hut away off in some scrub oaks,
which is our only timber there, answers for all our lonely sisters : " I vas
so lonesome ; von't you come again ?" And the little daughter, looking^
up into my face, her little eyes brimming with tears, said she thought I
must be like an angel because I had come to visit them ; and as she said,
" Nobody ever comes to see my mamma, and she cries nearly all the time,"
I mentally resolved, God helping me, I would try to be an angel of mercy'
to these hearts who are longing for love and Christian sympathy. And
my going to them and to these others means the Gospel of Christ for
them.
I wish I had time to tell you of one of our missionaries who has a
parish extending 200 miles west, fifty miles north, fifty miles south, with
about 3,000 Indians and 2,000 whites for parishioners. He must be prop-
erly equipped for the work with a team in which to get around, for he is
far from the railroad, and he must have an interpreter when he visits our
Indian friends, who, as we all know, need the Gospel badly. If ever all
these in this new country needed love and sympathy and tenderness, they
need it now. The foundations of this new country are being laid now ;
let us see to it that we do what we can to have them well laid. Our wants
are many, our resources are few. May we not count on your love and
prayers and support for this work which is so much needed in this new
country? Remember it is your country, our country, whose future
welfare these new settlers are to bear their part, no small part, in
deciding.
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ANNUAL MEETING OF THE WOMAN'S HOME
MISSIONARY UNIONS
The annual meeting of the Woman's Home Missionary Unions at Sara-
j;oga, N. Y., Tuesday, June 4, 1895, at two o'clock, was one of great interest
nd power. There were present representatives from New Hampshire,
Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois,
Michigan, and Missouri. After devotions,. led by Mrs. Lane, of Michigan,
Miss Anna C. Bridgman, of Boston, read a paper on the work of the
unday-school and Publishing Society. She dwelt impressively on the
fastness of the territory covered by the Society, the number of youth and
children whose own future, with the future of so many others, was imperiled
hrough the lack of Christian training. Have the women of our Unions,
n whose eyes the Christian training of the children is a sacred trust, been
Faithful ? she asked. If so, why are not all the Unions represented in this
ivork, and why are there only thirty-five missionaries to labor in a field
which covers 3,000,000 square miles ? With the future of the children
ies the future of the nation. Consecrated persistent effort on the part of
;he Unions will do much for this end.
" Where ^hall we place the emphasis? " was the title of a very bright
paper by Mrs. Berry, of Ottumwa, Iowa, read by Mrs. Ellis. In a charm-
ing manner she presented to our minds the different types of women who
have neither time nor interest for missionary endeavor. As each type
passed in review before us we recognized many dear friends whom we
yearn to interest in the cause we love so well.
The Congregational Education Society was ably represented by Mrs.
Kellogg, of Boston. Most earnestly did she plead for an educated
ministry, for consecrated gifts, for loving prayer for this cause.
Mrs. Taintor in her inimitable way pleaded for homes for our mission-
aries. She hopes that seventy-five parsonages will be built this year. Surely
these servants of God should be provided with comfortable homes while
so nobly doing God's work. Most heartily do we hope that God will
rouse our Woman's Unions to a sense of their responsibility, until these
dear homes shall dot the land carrying the cheer and comfort of their fire-
sides into the waste places of our own beloved land.
After singing a hymn a collection to defray the expenses of the meet-
ing was received ; and at this point the committee appointed to nominate
a member of the Advisory Committee presented the name of Mrs. Kel-
logg, of Boston, which was accepted. Five minutes recess was taken, when
Mrs. Caswell told us of our open doors of opportunity in the West. She
reminded us that the open door was for entrance. She allowed us to
journey with her over those fields of missionary labor with which she i§
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so familiar. She showed us the people waiting for the message and the
need of men to publish the tidings. She told us. many instances of the
zeal of the missionaries and their devotion to the cause ; of Mr. and Mrs.
Barber, of Oregon, whose wonderful conversion and entire consecration
would not permit them to relinquish -the privilege of carrying the Gospel
to perishing souls when there was no money to pay them.
The needs of the Indian were most thrillingly urged upon our hearts
by Miss Collins, whose twenty years of service among them well fitted
her to tell of these needs. The Indian, by the greed of the white man
crowded out of the fruitful lands which he occupied, is forced to seek his
home where the land does not readily yield her increase. The chiefs
are taken from their poor surroundings to the Capitol at Washington,
and are everywhere impressed by the power and wealth of the nation ;
but when they ask for teachers they are told of the poverty of the
churches. So their confidence in us is impaired. We had prayed God
to open the Indian's heart. He has done so, but we are not doing our
part.
The hospital, the cherished work of Miss Collins, had to be closed for
lack of funds ; and many of the little children were sent back to the old
home-life, with its evil influences. If the Indian be left to his super-
stitions he becomes a savage, and as such he is a menace to our national
life. Give him the Gospel and we gain a brother. Mrs. Goodell, of
Boston, by a Bible reading, directed our thought in a delightful way to
the subject of self-denial.
She read the beautiful parable of the marriage of the king's son.
She graphically portrayed the preparations of the host for the guests, the
bestowal of the wedding garment, the guest who did not put it on, and
developed to us much of practical value on this most vital subject of self-
denial for the sake of the Master,
This most delightful meeting was brought to a close by prayer offered
by Mrs. Kincaid, of Brooklyn, whose loving earnest plea to God for
courage and strength to go on to greater achievements for Him comforted
all our hearts and gave us an uplift into the cheering sunshine of His
presence, as she offered our thanks for all His mercy in the past, and laid
before Him in her petition the work which is His and of the successful
issue of which we are assured by His faithful promises. — Mrs. John J.
Pearsall, of Brooklyn, N. ¥., Scribe.
" Verily I say unto you, wheresoever this Gospel shall be preached
in the whole world, there shall also this that this woman hath done be
told for a memorial of her,"
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WHERE WE PUT THE EMPHASIS
By Mrs. L. F. Berry, Ottumwa, Iowa
Theologians tell us that the significance of a formulated creed
depends upon where one puts the emphasis. So with the lives we lead —
their effectiveness depends upon the point of emphasis.
Dear friends, I am no skilled artist, but sometimes a crude outline
suggests a familiar figure. Let me present a few portraits. Here is a
little woman, who came from New England some fifteen years ago into
lone of the older, wealthier churches in the eastern part of our State. She
was happy to find herself in an environment of broad aesthetics and
breathing in an atmosphere of refined culture, which had developed in
young and old certain ideal graces and beauties which she had not ex-
pected to find. A pardonable pride was gratified when, during her first
year, she was elected a member of the well-known woman's literary club,
composed of all the strong feminine intellect of the city. At its annual
meeting, when subjects for papers were assigned, her subject, namely, the
" History of the Study of Psychology," caused a thrill of delight in her
ambitious soul, which flashed itself out at her very eyes. Evidently
something was .expected of her. It mattered not that home cares were
pressing, time limited, and income meagre, and that four months would
I elapse before her paper must be presented. She set about its preparation
at once. She wrote to her friend. Professor G , at the great univer-
sity, for a list of books that would be helpful. She ransacked the public
library. She purchased three new volumes for the contents of a chapter
in each. She looked up reviews and magazine articles without number,
and read and thought almost nothing but psychology for the next four
months. It is needless to say that the paper was a triumph of literary
skill, and gave this little woman a leading place among the bright lights
of her circle.
When invited to join the woman's missionary society, she replied that
really home cares would not allow. Charity began at home, she thought,
and if we did our part in our own local church work, and made that shine
very bright, she believed that was all the Lord required of us. I need not
tell you, Christian women, that this woman with the trained intellect, this
highly-cultured soul, failed to cooperate with the divine Father in His
purpose of redemption, and missed a great opportunity.
Let us try the crayon again. This time it is a beautiful, middle-aged
woman who, by the absence of care lines from her face, by her tasteful
and elegant dress, and her graceful manner, gives evidence of leisure,
wealth, and social position. She is not deeply intellectual, but rather
aesthetic. She is president of the German literary club, which meets twice
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a week in the morning — for they give their best hours to the study, when
least hable to interruption. vShe keeps always at hand, a catalogue of the
choicest engravings of " high art," and sends, regardless of cost, for what-B
ever may add to the interest of the study. She is too refined not to be
religious, though she is too sensitively organized to do personal work.
When asked to prepare a paper for a " missionary tea," she puts the
leader off by giving, with irresistible sweetness, the rather exceptional
answer : " Oh, I've been trained in these matters from babyhood up.
Ask some one who does not know much about our missionary operations,
who'll get the real benefit from studying up." And this eager-to-be-
thought-intelligent woman has a strange way of mixing up the hiero-
glyphics of our national societies, and gets into queer confusion over the
designation of missionary funds. This charming, aesthetic woman, this
literary leader, with abundant means and time at her disposal, pledges
two cents a week to the treasurer of the struggling auxiliary with a grace-
ful, self-satisfied air ; but rarely attends a meeting.
Take another woman, whose energy, thrift and faculty have been
important factors in securing her husband's business prosperity. She has
recently gone into a new home, and now bends every energy towards
tasteful furnishings. She must have china silk draperies, heavy portieres,
embroidered pongees, and fine doilies and centerpieces exquisitely
wrought in colors. Her lunch-cloths must all be hem-stitched and the
choicest ones garnished with broad " inserts " of lace-work, done by her
own skillful fingers.
Fine china, too, is a necessity. And she has such a passion for it !
She knows the whole line of ceramics, and, ever on the alert, picks up
many choice bits. She uses the brush, too, with a deft hand, and pro-
duces fine Dresden and Royal Worcester effects.
But when Missions are discussed, she wonders "why we should be
responsible for the heathen at home or abroad ; " and asks with some em-
phasis, "Won't God provide for them, just as He has for us?" She is
never seen at a missionary meeting, and when appealed to by the collec-
tor declines positively, with the assertion that " There is work enough
in our own neighborhoods, if our eyes were only open to see it ! " And
so this devotee of needlework and painted china allows the zest and
enthusiasm of life to be absorbed in what she is pleased to term "a pas-
sion for art." Not art which is inspiring and uplifting. Not art which
gives expression to the soul's highest and holiest conceptions, which
commemorates noble deeds and stirs men's hearts, and leads ever on to a
higher civilization ; but, to a large degree, it is the art of mere whims
and fashions, fittingly called an " aesthetic craze. " A master of words
describes it thus : " One year chamfered corners, with decorations in
crude red and black ; another year rounded corners, with decorations
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in peacock blue. One year a middle of gold and green, called an
'arrangement;' another year a middle of silver-leaf and yellow, called
a 'symphony.' One year Gothic, and another year Queen Anne — all of
which will probably, ten years hence, furnish the most woeful things to
look upon in the history of art," " which things perish with the using."
In the words of the great Webster : " If we work upon marble, it will
perish ; if we work upon brass, time will efface it ; if we erect temples,
they will crumble to dust ; but if we work upon immortal minds, if we
seek to imbue them with the just fear of God and the love of fellow men,
we engrave upon those tablets that which shall brighten through eternity."
Then there is the " society woman," whose home is a dream of beauty
and whose presence is a vision of loveliness. Her elegant receptions are
simply artistic crushes, much like opening-day at the department store.
Her " afternoon teas," with shrimp salad, angel food, and imported con-
fections, usually termed " perfectly charming," by general confession leave
the body exhausted and the m.ind a vacuum. Formal society is so exacting
in its demands that its service is little better than slavery. What wonder,
then, that this social leader, this woman of wit and tact and power, has
neither time nor thought for the Woman's Auxiliary ! — and as for our State
and National organizations, they are only vaguest mysteries to her mind.
Oh, brilliant society queen, listen to these meaningful words : " Give-
to a company of men and women a theme of large interest for conversa-
tion, of common interest along the line of a real service to humanity, and
you have given tone, zest, inspiration, and growth to their social life."
One more instance, and one that will claim our sympathy. It is the
care-worn mother, who, with what help the children can give out of school
hours, does all the work for a family of seven. In the evening she draws
up her work-basket, adjusts the glasses to her overstrained eyes, and sews
diligently by lamplight until eleven o'clock. Then she lays down the
work, but does not fold it away ; for she hopes, if not too weary, to rise
next morning an hour before the rest, and possibly finish her garment.
But is it jeally necessary, you may wonder, for this devoted mother's
strength to be so impoverished by extra hours of labor ?
Yes, really necessary, if she would see her fair daughters dressed as
well as their mates, with ruffles, puffed sleeves, and " bretelles " all suit-
ably applied. Much practice has given the mother real skill in her art,
and of her well-attired maidens, as of the lilies, it may be said, " even
Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these." Suitable
dress has much to do with tiding a girl safely over the awkward period
of youth, and it cannot be denied that these girls have a grace of move-
ment and an ease of bearing like that of spring blossoms upon their lithe
and slender stalks. But a modern teacher has told us that " God does
not light the world with violets." This overworked mother has neither
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time nor strength for missionary work, and she loves her own dear ones
so blindly that she sees not the need beyond. Oh, mothers, if we would
have our daughters live purposeful lives, if we would have their souls
filled with sublime ideals, if we would have them like king's daughters
"all glorious within " and like "corner stones, polished after the simili-
tude of a palace," we must be careful " where we put the emphasis " in
every-day living, lest our practice may belie our theory.
Dear friends, this is no idle " dream of fair women," but a vivid
reality. There are beautiful, gifted. Christian women who move in and
out among us in all of our communities every day in the year. They help
to make that large majority — the ninety-four percent, of the female mem-
bership of our churches who are never found in our missionary societies.
It is easy to see where the emphasis lies in those lives. It is not that
they do not recognize Christ as Master ; but they have forgotten that they
are not their own, that they have been bought with a price. And they
have forgotten the Divine command, " Freely ye have received, freely
give." Their eyes have not yet opened to the heavenly vision ; they
have not yet come into full sympathy with redeeming love ; they have
not yet felt an "enthusiasm for humanity." They can think, talk, and
work for anything in which they are interested ; but for the Lord of Life
and the extension of His kingdom they have only fagged and broken
energies.
The specific work of our Woman's Home Missionary Unions lies within
the limits of our own loved land. Moved by the impulse of patriotism,
whose focal center is love of home, moved by gratitude for the rich
heritage we have received and by loyalty to Jesus and a desire for the
extension of His kingdom, is it much that we have done for Home
Missions in the past year?
If it be true that about all there is, is Christianity, the work of our
Unions should begin in our churches. We have learned that one's ability
is but the measure of his responsibility to society. Could the strength of
intellect, the literary culture, the aesthetic taste, the quick intuition, the
delicate tact, the loving sympathy portrayed in our character sketches,
together with the enthusiasm and intensity so characteristic of our sex, be
laid upon the altar of a complete sacrifice in the service of Christ Jesus,
then would our Woman's Union " flash far and wide the flame of the
Christ spirit." For every little auxiliary would be a quenchless beacon.
How shall this be brought about ? Much rests on every one of the
active missionary women who make up the small minority of our female
church membership. Let us prove the power of lives keyed to the divine
touch. Let us heed the call of the Cross ; let us live as Christ lived, love
as He loved, and our whole being would become an energy of truth and
life. If we would win our sisters to join hands with ourselves, our ideals
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must proclaim that " life is love, and love is the redeeming power of the
world." They must see in us a holy purpose molding our characters,
the potency of a definite aim, of a steadfast will, of concentrated effort,
and, above all, a readiness to pour ourselves out in service with a zeal far
surpassing that of any devotee of mere pleasure. And be assured that
"No life
Can be pure in its purpose and strong in its strife,
And all life not be purer and stronger thereby."
Would that the power of such living might speedily be revealed ; would
that the power of such loving might speedily be experienced ! Then it
would appear that we were indeed new born and that we had our citi-
zenship in a new world. New principles would stir us. '' Labo.rai^e est
oj-are" would be our creed. And with Raskin we should affirm that " the
real, active, rational worship is that by which men act while they live, not
that which they talk of when they die." And "the real, active, rational
prayer is that which enlists the service of all our powers to accomplish."
We should live as if Christ had lived yesterday, died to-day, and were
coming to-morrow.
Then there would go forth a new revelation of the Christ life which
would find its way, not only into every darkened corner of our own land,
but, like the Christ love, to the uttermost bounds of all lands. Then giv-
ing and serving would be characteristic of our time, for self-denial would
be the fundamental idea of the new life. Says Dr. Brand, " More intelli-
gence is not the thing needed, not more information, but more of the spirit
jof Christ. The question is not, have we money enough, but have we
\christianity enough ? "
I We should think of our missionaries at the front as representing not
only Christ but ourselves divinely anointed and commissioned to the same
service. We should follow them so closely with loving sympathy, and
sustain them so generously with our gifts, that they would seem never to
lose the sound of our footsteps; and they would never have reason to lose
faith in us who have sent them forth.
More than this, our faithful Home Missionaries would never be
" pinched more or less sharply," nor be cut down in appropriations, nor
should they wait for belated salaries until heartsick from hope long
i deferred.
Our Christian schools — those permeating, vitalizing forces — would not
be crippled for lack of resources, nor our missionary teachers suffer the
I keen anguish of that terrible order, "Retrench," which means too often
ithe wasting of seed already sown, the sacrifice of work into which they
have put their very lives.
Our frontier towns would not wait fourteen years for the messenger of
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good tidings, nor his first work have to be imperiled by lack of a house
to worship in. The alien wnthin our borders would know that the Day-
star had arisen — a light to lighten his people ; and the sons and daughters
of our sterling American Highlanders w^ould be more highly favored than
their mothers.
Children's voices from the distant prairies would not be heard calling
to mothers who press their own little ones close to loving hearts, begging
in vain for the Sabbath-school and the gospel bell.
As for our own local churches that struggle against a spirit of worldli-
ness and failure to meet their apportionment — having learned that mis-
sionary life is the true basis for progress in their own life and having
caught the vision of their mighty Leader, they would move steadily
onward with " the swing of victory."
While we would not venture to predict the millennium in a day, yet
we would confess that we, Christian women of to-day, are slow to make
real to ourselves to what extent we as individuals may be helpers in
bringing it about. Let us emphasize the eternal things ; let us work with
our might, remembering the night cometh. By and by, in "the clear
light of the beyond," we shall see with larger vision ; we shall know as we
are known.
Meanwhile, in the words of another, " Let us thank God that it is not
to be a question of works or successes ; " and no sweeter words can come
to any one than may come to every one, "She loved much ; " " She hath
done what she could."
SELF-DENIAL
By Mrs. C. L. GoonELL, Boston
Among the parables our Lord gave his disciples, setting forth the
Kingdom of Heaven, we find The Marriage of the Kings Son, under the
figure of a feast. We will not now attempt to follow the general import
of the parable, but endeavor to glean from it some practical lessons which
apply equally to feasts of the sort we are enjoying here to-day.
We are gathered together as those in loving sympathy with our Lord
in his great work of building up his Kingdom in our land. Whom
should he delight to meet, if not such as we ? The Lord takcth pleasure
in his people, and it is a sweet thought, that, when he invites his friends
to a feast like this, the pleasure is not alone for the guests, but his heart
is made glad also.
lyic kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king which jnade a marriage
for his son, and sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden, saying :
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uehold, I have prepared my dinner j my oxen and my failings are killed, and
U things are ready ; come unto the marriage.
We can imagine, during the days of preparation, how the king thought
wer his guests, one by one, as he knew each by name, and anticipated
heir coming. He planned the affairs of his kingdom in such a way
hat nothing should conflict or interfere with that hour set apart to receive
lis guests.
Within the palace, his servants were commissioned to do his bidding,
some to go out with the invitations, others to set the house in order,
)thers still to make necessary provision for the table. According to the
ustom he furnished special robes in which his guests should appear, so
ihat the dignity of the occasion might be sustained, and, at the same time,
tio one need be humiliated on account of the lack of suitable apparel.
We can imagine also, with what mingled emotions of awe and reverence
ihe guests must have come up from their humble environment, and entered
he palace doors thrown open to them, and awaited the welcome from
;heir royal host.
At last the hour arrived, and when they were all assembled, we read :
The king came in to see the guests.
What follows ?
He saw there a man. From that great multitude, his eye singled out
pne person. From this we learn that no one is lost in the crowd. God's
ye sees each individual as distinctly as though there were no other.
But this is not all. He saiu there a man which had not on a wedding
zarment.
He not only saw him, but observed that he was not properly appareled.
There he was, before the king, having neglected the one thing required
Df him.
The wedding garment stands here in place of Christian character.
When God calls us, we have to come just as we are ; but if we would
see his face and enjoy his feast, we must have the holy texture of his
life upon us, or as Paul expresses it : Put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ.
If our Lord is looking in upon us, his guests, just now, does he find
each of us with this wedding garment on ? Let the Spirit search our
hearts before we make answer.
Put ye on the Lord Jesiis Christ. Just what does this mean ? It means
that we appropriate his spirit and temper of mind ; that we incorporate
into our own lives the main characteristics of his life ; that we become as
he was, in spirit and daily conduct.
In order that we may understand this a little better, let us look at
'some of the characteristics of Christ, as they are portrayed in the Gospels.
In Matthew we find these words addressed to his disciples : Learn of
me, for I am meek atid lowly of heart.
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Then, as if to show them what he meant by this, he gave them, later
on, that beautiful object lesson on humility, when he riseth from supper,
and laid aside his garments, and poureth water into a basin, and began to
wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was
girded. After that, he said unto them. If I, then, your Lord and Master,
have washed your feet, . . . I have given you an example.
Another characteristic: Christ pleased not hitnself. His own testimony
was, / do always those things that please Him.
Had Christ no will of his own ? no choice ? Yes ; but he distinctly \
tells us, / came not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me. In
effect : My own will is not the spring I act from, nor the rule I go by.
It costs but little to please one's self, — it costs much to always please
others.
Another characteristic of Christ was unselfishness.
Not to be ministered unto but to minister, was the motto of all his beau-
tiful years. He was never so busy with his own affairs that there was
no time left for others. He was never so weary that he could not attend
to the needs of those about him.
We must suppose that Christ was endowed with every natural as well
as supernatural gift that could have availed to bring him popularity,
position, and wealth ; yet all of these gifts he exercised freely, not for
himself, but for others.
Think of him, for a moment, as a public speaker. What a reputation
he could have gained for eloquence ! Even those who were unfriendly to
him testified. Never man spake like this man.
Think of him as a physician. Multitudes came to him for healing, —
the sick, the lame, the blind, the leper ; and he healed them all. If he had
charged a fair price in each case, how soon he would have become, as the
world would say, " independent " ! Yet who ever heard of Christ receiv-
ing pay for his services ?
Think of him as a miracle-worker. We read of soothsayers and
craftsmen in his day, who deceived the people and received large gains
by their pretended arts. How Christ could have brought in the money if
he had required an admission fee of all the multitudes that flocked to
behold the real marvels he performed !
Then we see how Christ shunned earthly honors, which in themselves
might have been pleasing to him. On one occasion, when the people
had witnessed, with wonder and amazement, one of his notable miracles,
and were moved to exalt him, we read, Jesus perceiving that they were
about to cotne and take him by force to make him king, he withdrew again into
the mountain himself alone. He never allowed the prospect of worldly
gain or honor to allure him away from the one divine purpose of his life :
/ came to seek and to save the lost.
August, 1895 The Home Missionary 239
Again, Christ's earthly existence was one of self-d&nial.
Do we think of him as a poor man, all his life ? No money to buy
comforts or necessities even ? No place to lay his head ? No doubt he
had human desires and longings, as we have, for things that gratify taste
and give pleasure, — and he might have had them in abundance. But he
chose not to indulge himself.
How is it with us, dear friends ? we who are followers of him. Are
we denying ourselves comforts and pleasures, saying nothing of luxuries,
for Christ's sake ? And are we giving to the Lord of that which costs us
something ?
It is well for us to remember that this life is the only opportunity we
shall ever have to deny ourselves for Christ.
A poor colored man in the South brought thirteen dollars to the mis-
sionary, as his contribution for Home Missions. The missionary said,
"Isn't this too much?" The man replied, "God's work must be done,
Massa, and I may be dead. "
Is it not to be feared that much in our day passes for self-denial
among Christian people, which scarcely deserves the name and which
I certainly cannot take the place of it ? For instance, a society is in need
of money for a worthy object. The matter is duly presented and urged
upon the people, — and there are many perhaps who contribute conscien-
tiously, according to their ability ; but the money comes in slowly, and
some other means must be devised to secure it. So a " fair " or " enter-
tainment " is gotten up which will be sure to attract. The people gather
of an afternoon or evening in a pleasant, social way, listen to charming
music, refresh themselves from the tempting table, buy the pretty fancy
articles they want, and then go away, congratulating themselves upon the
success of the enterprise. Now all this may be well, and serve a good
end. The money thus raised, not given, go&s to swell the benevolent
fund, and no doubt much good has been accomplished. But can we stop
here ? Where is the self-denial ? Has the sacred ointment been made,
with the perfume left out, which, to God, gives it all its sweet savor ?
What do ye more than others? Do not even the publicans the same?
Christ said. Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself.
I am reminded of a dream that is related of the eminent Dr. Bonar.
He dreamed that the angels weighed his Christian zeal, and found it full
weight, plumb 100. This pleased him. But they began to analyze it,
and found fourteen parts selfishness, sixteen parts pride, twenty-two am-
bition, and so on — only three parts love to man, and four parts love to
God. Only seven parts in all were purely good.
A prominent writer has said, " The same spirit that in 'Christ led him,
when he was rich, to become poor for the sake of the world, will work in
his disciples as it did in him, or else it is another spirit, and not the
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spirit of Christ." And if any man hath not the spirit of Christ, he is none
of his.
Agaiii; our blessed Lord, after thirty-three years of poverty and self-
denial for our sakes, as if that were not enough made the supreme sacri-
fice of his precious life.
No man taketh it from me; I lay it down of myself.
This was the last thing infinite love could do.
Referring to this sacrifice, Peter says, Christ also suffered for yon, leav-
ing you an example, that ye should follow his steps.
We know of some noble instances among our devoted home mission-
aries, of those who have voluntarily laid themselves on God's altar, taking
up a life of self-denial for his sake. Are they to be pitied ? N'o. Are
they to be envied ? Yes. Listen to our Savior's words :
There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or mother or
father, or children, or lands, for my sake and the Gospel's sake, but he shall
receive a hundredfold, noia in this time, . . . and in the 7aorld to come,
eternal life.
Love, indeed, is the greatest thing in the world, but sacrifice is the
highest possible expression of love ; and the sweetest happiness we ever
know comes, not from love, but from sacrifice ; the greater the sacrifice
for Christ's dear sake, the sweeter the joy.
One more reference to our parable. You will notice the king addressed
this man as " friend," yet his tone was one of sorrow and disappointment.
Friend, how camest thou in hither, tiot having a wedding garment ?
So Christ said to his disciples, / haz'e called you friends. Ye are my
friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
It is a solemn thought, and one we may well bear in mind, that Christ
is not indifferent as to the way we are following him ; that we are bring-
ing joy to his heart by our loving obedience, or pain through our neglect
of his commands. If we fail to put on the garment of humility, of un-
selfishness, of self-denial, of sacrifice.
One shall say unto him. What are these wounds in thine hands ? Then
he shall ansiver. Those with luhich I was wounded in the house of my friends.
Christ's miracles of healing we may not repeat ; his divine perfections
we may not attain ; but we may catch his inner spirit of love and sacrifice,
and reflect the blessedness of his holy, unselfish life.
St. John, in his Revelation, echoes this note of joy when he says :
Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honor to him \the Lord God\ For
the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.
And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and
white ; for the fine linen is the righteousfiess of saints. And he saith unto
me. Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the jnarriage supper of the
Lamb.
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IDAHO IN LINE
Weiser, iDAno, June i, 1895.
jTo the Woman's Homeland Organizations — Greeting !
The Idaho Association held its second meeting at Mountain Home,
VTay 8th, 9th, and loth. There were present Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Mason,
rom ChalHs. They had traveled a week^five days with their horse over
ough roads leading them through dangerous mountain passes where Mrs.
^lason said, " I was sure we would go over the precipice " — stopping
vherever night overtook them, finding intelligent people living in shanties
vhere the furniture consisted of boxes for chairs, rude frames for bed-
iteads, where the dishes were few, but where hospitality was warm and
learty. The remainder of the journey, two days, was taken on the cars,
naking a distance of 300 miles traveled. When they reached home they
lad been gone three weeks, and had traveled 600 miles, at an expense of
fifty dollars. They are intelligent and refined people from Bangor, Me.
ile has five preaching stations besides Challis, and his report was thrill-
ng. Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Wright, from Boise City, and one delegate ; Rev.
Vir. and Mrs. TVavis and two delegates, from Pocatello ; Mr. Nash and
lelegate, to represent Mountain Home ; Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Paddock, from
Veiser ; Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Hawkes and Mr. Brown, from Salt Lake ;
kev. Mr. Luck, from Ogden — these formed the company who assembled
n a plain board building. It was destitute of paint or plaster, had neither
arpet nor attractive furnishings ; but the Lord was there, and " our
hearts burned within us " as we talked of the great work in this wonderful
ptate. We were nearly overwhelmed with our responsibility, but our
)vercharged hearts found vent in song and prayer and converse together.
Ne. sang with a deep feeling " Blest be the tie that binds." I wonder if
astern hearts could sing that hymn as a few workers, isolated and full of
are, sing it ?
' The Idaho Woman's Missionary Union was organized on Friday
ffternoon. Mrs. Hawkes presided ; Mrs. Paddock acted as scribe, and a
)rogramme of interest was given. We were greatly touched when Mr.
iawkes rose and told us that the lots on which the building stood, and
)art of the lumber in the building, was paid for with money an Eastern
ady put into his hands. That tale affected the hearts of the Mountain
flome ladies, I assure you.
Our officers are : President, Mrs. R. B. Wright, Boise ; Vice-President,
[Irs. E. C. Mason, Challis ; Secretary, Mrs. E. A. Paddock, Weiser ;
treasurer, Mrs. D. Q. Travis, Pocatello ; Auditor, Rev. D. Q. Travis,
'ocatello. We look for a great work this vear, and returned to our fields
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with new courage. The Association voted to adopt the Weiser Academy,
and those present pledged $xco toward the building. — Mrs. E. A.
Paddock.
IDAHO AGAIN
There are whole counties here without gospel privileges of any kind.
The harvest is white and great, but there are no laborers. Yet here and
there they find leaders like this one who said in a public meeting :
"■ [ would rather have my boy steal sheep than go to Sunday-school.
I believe in Holy Ghost religion." When I was converted, I was jerked I
mighty near out of my boots ! I 'member the time just as though 'twas
yisterday, and I hain't had no doubt of my conversion from that day to
this."
This man admitted that he sometimes indulged in profane language,
and sometimes worked on Sunday, " when there was lots to do ; " but he
declared, " It is not I who do these things, but the devil in me."
Our missionary. Rev. E. A. Paddock, was at the very first deeply im
pressed with the great need of a Christian school for the intellectual and
moral training of the young people there. Notwithstanding the hard
times he determined to try to meet what he considered the greatest need
of the country, and last October he opened an academy in his new church
at Weiser. At the commencement only five pupils appeared, but before j
the end of the first term not less than thirty students were enrolled. Miss
Miriam Lee, an Oberlin student, is Mr. Paddock's efficient helper. The
school has now outgrown the church, and a building of some kind must
be secured. If the material can be provided, Mr. Paddock will do a large
part of the work of building himself. The following letter came to Sara-
toga too late to be read at the Woman's Meeting :
" Ohio, June 3, 1895.
" I am moved by the Spirit to write you, pleading for Weiser, Idaho. To think that
I should add my voice to the importunate throng begging for help in an emergency !
But why has this call been sounded so persistently in my ears, and stamped into my
soul, if it is not that 1 repeat it and send it on ?
" Is it not among the possibilities that at Saratoga this week, where so much of means
is represented, this academy get its send-off, and Idaho receive its blessing?
" You know all about it, but I should always feel that my cry restrained might have
been the reason the walls of Jericho did not fall ; so I shout, and break my pitcher that
my light may shine out.
"The faith, the consecration, the prayer over that academy would melt a heart of
stone. Oh, for the few thousands needed to make the wilderness blossom as the rose !
This is all. I know the probabilities, but I write because of the possibilities ; and now,
having given, and having spoken, I betake myself to prayer."
August, 189S The Home Missionary 243
PRAIRIE EXPERIENCES
By Mrs. L. E. Camfield, Burnside, So. Dakota
[Delivered at the annual meeting of the Vermont Home Missionary Union, June ii, 1895]
I HAVE just come from a most uplifting, most inspiring meeting — the
one at Saratoga. I don't know who is the most helped by such a meeting
— the Home Missionary, who comes straight from the field with hungry
heart, and hears the love, the sympathy, the encouragement, poured out
upon him, and who goes back to his work singing " Christ for the world, the
world for Him," with a fresh ardor; or the toiler at home, who has striven
for many months to raise money for salaries or for debt, and who has
given him new zeal for the coming year. Certainly, your missionary has
come away ready, willing, anxious to get back to the field and help her
husband to bring Christ's kingdom into a small part of South Dakota.
Not so small, for in all the county there is only one other minister, while
Mr. Camfield's distinctive field measures twelve by twenty miles and con-
tains four preaching stations, though only one church building, the other
three congregations worshiping in schoolhouses.
Four years ago yesterday we went there ; and it was a busy summer
for us, and for our dear old missionary horse, Tam O'Shanter, and for the
rickety phaeton which had already seen twenty-five years of service — for
every Sunday Mr. Camfield preached three times at his stations, and
Thursday evenings held cottage prayer-meetings, and through the week
we made what calls we could, and in the intervals we worked on our little
house, trying to make a sweet dainty home out of a Dakota built house
which was beginning to fall to pieces. The Ladies' Missionary Society
was revived, and has worked ever since on the basis of dividing its dues
equally between Home and Foreign Missions. Special programs for
special Sundays were prepared, and the children gathered in for miles
around to take part.
But those children were growing up in ignorance, having within their
reach only the district school, which was usually taught by an incompe-
tent miss or mister, as a stepping-stone to marriage. High-schools were
at the railroad towns, twenty-seven, thirty-five and forty miles away. The
nearest academy was seventy-five miles distant. To these pioneer people,
depending upon their yearly crops for their living, hampered by debts for
farm machinery, on which they paid two per cent, a month and more,
often with mortgages on farm or stock, the impossibility of sending their
youth away to school was perfectly apparent. We sent a girl to Yank-
ton that first year, but she was so poorly prepared that she had to enter a
low class, and the years to graduation stretched out before her with no
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prospect of the wherewithal to meet expenses. We felt a deep and grow-
ing interest in our young people, and all our thoughts and plans concen-
trated themselves in the one question, "What can we do for them?"
The Lord does answer prayer. Was it an accident that we found
there a refined, an educated, a cultured woman, who had taught Greek
and Latin at Purdue University, and had married there the professor of
mathematics ? Was it accident that having three invalids in the family,
they had come to make a home near relatives in the healthy Dakota land,
and had settled in Charles Mix County, just a month before we arrived ?
Mr. Camfield said, " I can build an academy if I can have that woman
for a principal." " Oh," I said, " you can't do that ! Think of how hard a
time you are having now. Think of how poor the people are." (I have
learned to have more faith now.) But still he said, " Lll do it." So he
began to "talk academy," we called it, until the very children, in their
little plays, would go into a corner, settle gravely down into their seats,
and say " Let's talk 'cademy."
Well, it grew. Soon two men, members of our La Roche church, gave
100 acres as a campus. Then Mr. Camfield and Mr. Bates canvassed
the county for subscriptions, getting one dollar, two dollar, five dollar,
ten dollar, and twenty-five dollar pledges. One man gave $300. He
was a bachelor, and had a mortgage on his farm. He sold it, paid the
mortgage, gave us the $300 surplus. Little by little, we secured $2,500
in money and pledges of labor, and many of you know the rest of the
story. Mr. Bates and Mr. Camfield were the first to strike their spades
into the ground which was chosen for a site, and though they had had
the laying of a stone wall left out of their education, they could mix mor-
tar and carry the hod with anyone of their size. Not having any money
to spend on an architect, Mr. Camfield drew the plans, figured and
ordered the lumber (no easy thing, I can assure my lady hearers, for I
tried to help), assisted in hauling the lumber that awful twenty-seven miles,
and then took his dinner-pail every day for months and helped the car-
penter and two or three others to erect the building. We dedicated a
week before we opened school, and our dear Mrs. Ward came from Yank-
ton and helped us christen it Ward Academy, in memory of her noble
husband. Dr. Josehp Ward.
Outside aid began to come. Ladies' societies — I don't need to tell
this to a Vermont audience — sent bedding, towels, table-cloths, carpets,
etc. The furniture was a great problem ; but it is a very simple matter
for a frontiersman to nail four legs to a spring and call it a bedstead, and
to fasten a long and a short piece of board at such an angle as to make
a comfortable chair — provided you don't sit too far forward and come to
grief — and great possibilities for a washstand are contained in a soap-bo.^
and a bit of drapery. The students sat six at a table in the school-room.
August, 1895 The Home Missionary 245
and Mrs. Herron, who says she would rather teach than eat her dinner
when she is hungry, drove six miles twice a day, and proved a wonderful
teacher. My mother, baby Florence (then five months old), Mr. Cam-
field and myself, moved into two rooms in the academy, and we made a
home for our students, as well as becoming teachers ourselves. We had
over fifty students during the year, started three bright boys in the
regular classical course, who will enter college in another year; and one of
these does the sweeping and attends to the fires for his board, keeping,
nevertheless, at the head of his classes. It was he and his chum who
really started qur first revival by urging a third boy to become a Christian,
and that revival swept through the school and the community. This was
another precious evidence that God blessed our work, and a prophecy of
the Christian influence that was to prove irresistible to new students com-
ing in, and was eventually to spread itself over the country wherever our
students went from us. Young men whom we had despaired of persuad-
ing to attend Sunday-school or church, came, first to school, then to
Sunday-school and the Christian Endeavor Society, and finally joined the
church. Time would fail me to speak of these individual cases that have
given us unspeakable thanksgiving ; and I will only say that our academy
church, the successor of the little La Roche church of ten members, has
grown to a membership of sixty-three, twenty-five of them young people,
with an average church attendance of 100, seldom falling below eighty,
even on the Sunday when Mr. Camfield preaches at his other appoint-
ments, when we hold services just the same, and have one of Moody's
sermons read.
You see we have a good field to work in, even if the people are poor
and there were no crops last year. Just a resume of what has been
accomplished : We have a property of about $10,000, including land,
house, barn, furniture, library, etc. ; and we ai'e out of debt, thank God !
but only by the most determined efforts on our part, and special help
from Him in answer to prayer in some special emergency.
But yet we are needy. We need an extra teacher to take your mis-
sionary's place in the school-room. Mr. Camfield ought to have his time
for distinctly pastoral work. The mental strain of teaching and preach-
ing without one rest day in the week, which he has been under for two
years, is very great, and is showing itself in frequent exhaustion. But to
hire another teacher means a salary to be paid out, while we have never
taken anything except our board, and have used our New York salary
freely in meeting expenses. To be sure, the rains this spring have pointed
to brighter days ahead, and we hope our people can do more than for-
merly. As a matter of fact, they have not been able to pay the minister's
salary for more than a year, except in the way of carpenter work on our
little home or hauling freight from the railway.
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Another need. We do not yet see how we are to pay the !$6oo mort-
gage, due in October, that yet remains on the quarter-section which we
bought in order to prevent saloons ever being built in our future town. I
remember that we mortgaged our horse Tam to get seventy-five dollars to
put into the first $600 payment, and we shall probably do it again if neces-
sary ; but don't think we could borrow more than ten dollars on him this
time, for horses are very cheap out there just now, and feed is scarce.
Since we moved from the academy in February there is no musical ,
instrument there except a baby organ, which is getting very wheezy from
age. A good second-hand organ or piano would be deeply appreciated,
and would enable me to give the music lessons for which some of the stu-
dents are so anxious. When we decided to move from the academy we
had, literally, not one cent ahead. The little two-roomed house a quarter
of a mile away was available, and just then we began to get sums of
money for personal use, and as it came it was put into lumber for repair-
ing and building on. If you will believe me, the money that came, little
by little, was just enough to do what was necessary to that house; and we
are very comfortable in it, and very happy. Mr. Camfield's study is still
to look forward to, but our blessings, coming one by one, are all the more
highly appreciated; and until my husband has more time for study he can
do without such a room.
And so our loving thoughts turn ever to the Vermont people, whose
loyalty to the cause of Home Missions is proverbial.
May you all live to see the places which you have aided prosperous
and diligent in good works, following the example you have so nobly
set them !
A CHEERING MESSAGE
[Our Bohemian Missionary writes about her journey to her people, from Saratoga.]
I CANNOT describe to you how much I enjoyed the scenery along the
Hudson River. When I reached New York, policeman showed me to
the car, which' took me through Bohemian quarter to ferry. It was so
pleasant to read the Bohemian names and see the faces. From New York
I started, six o'clock in the evening, and reached Johnstown at half-past
four. People there were waiting for me. I cannot tell you how much I
enjoyed Saratoga, and Mrs. Barnes, and Mrs. Camfield, and I missed you
all so much ; but at the sight of those dear people all was forgotten.
They were so glad to see me and have done all they could to please
me. The news of my arrival spread, and even strangers tried to have
glimpse of Braddock missionary. That evening we sat up till twelve, and
I had to send them home. When I was leaving, Saturday evening, all
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came to the train to see me off, and there were tears in their eyes. I
never knew that the Slovaks loved me so much.
Saturday evening I reached Braddock. Our dear Mr. Jelinek was
waiting for me at the depot, and our people on street corners where
they knew I must pass. The smiles and handshake proved that they
were glad to see me. Yesterday Mr. Jelinek gave me the details of the
work, and this morning started for his vacation. How thankful I am for
the strength received at Saratoga, because my work will be especially
difficult. For awhile I must go through the whole work and attend all
meetings which Mr. Jelinek attended, until the new workers will be ac-
quainted. This evening I am to tell to our Slovak Christian Endeavorers
of my experience while at the great meeting. I shall try my best to
acquaint them with the people whom I saw. Anna Hodous.
WOMEN AND THE ROLL OF HONOR
"Dear Mr. Editor:
"As your next issue of The Home Missionary is 'the Woman's Num-
ber,' can you give jne a little space to tell the women of these United
States something that I think they ought to know ?
"It was my privilege to attend the recent annual meeting of your
Society at Saratoga, and I simply echo the sentiment of the multitude
when I say it was the best meeting you ever held. Perhaps the most
thrilling moment at that meeting was when our brave and noble Major-
General O. O. Howard stood before that large audience and said :
" 'Friends : The debt of our Congregational Home Missionary Society
has been brought upon the Society by the hard times of the past two
years. I propose that this debt be paid by getting 1,400 shares of
$Too each,
" ' I shall be delighted to lead this roll of honor by my own subscrip-
tion of $100.'
" It was afterwards decided to invite the women of the land to furnish
500 names on this ' Roll of Honor.' The responsibility of finding these
500 women has been placed upon Mrs. H. S. Caswell, Secretary of the
Woman's Department of the Congregational Home Missionary Society.
This is no small task for a busy woman ; and it is on her behalf that I
would urge all Congregational Home Missionary women in this land to
help her to the utmost of their ability, that this burden may be lifted
within three months.
" How can you do it ?
" I. By inviting every woman in your own church who can join this
Roll of Honor, without lessening her regular annual offering, to do so.
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" 2. By formnig bands of women who cannot give the whole, but who,
besides their usual gifts for the current work, would like to help by giv-
ing a part for the debt. Two women could give fifty dollars each ; four
women, twenty-five dollars ; five women, twenty dollars ; ten women, ten
dollars ; twenty women, five dollars; a hundred women, one dollar. The
woman who forms the band should collect the money and send a one-
hundred-dollar check to headquarters, for in this plan of General Howard's
not less than one hundred dollars will entitle the band and its leader to a
place on the Roll of Honor.
" 3. By earnest prayer that these five hundred women may be found
w^ho will gladly help raise this debt, besides aiding the Society in its
important regular work.
" Hoping that these few words may prove suggestive to the women of
our churches, believe me, Very truly yours, Mrs. H. M. Union,"
NEW HONORS FOR WOMEN
Dear " Home Missionary : " I have made up my mind to help find
those five hundred women who are to be placed upon General Howard's
Roll of Honor. If prospered, I will secure twenty names. That means
$2,000. If twenty-five women would follow my example, the $50,000
from the ivomen would fall into your treasury in three months. I send
my first one-hundred-dollar letter to California to-day.
I inclose a plan which you may like to present to your readers. I
have always had a desire for military honors ; but, being a woman, this
desire has thus far remained ungratified. It seems to me that now is the
opportunity, under General Howard, for woman to rise from the rank of
a private soldier to that of a colonel, if she is willing to work for it !
This is my plan : Let every woman who gives or secures $100 for the
debt be placed on General Howard's Roll of Honor as a corporal. Let
$200 constitute a sergeant ; $300, a second lieutenant ; $400, a first lieu-
tenant ; $500, a captain ; $1,000, a major ; $2,000, a colonel.
If I can secure twenty contributions, or $2,000, and rise to the rank of
major under that Christian Hero, it will give me great joy.
Yours truly, Anna C. Park.
Bennington, Vt.
Lo, the army of our King, marching from sea to sea !
Loud their hallelujahs ring with the joy of Victory !
" The world for Christ, Christ for the world ! " we shout with glad acclaim,
Till every soul, from pole to pole, confess that Glorious Name !
August, 1895 The Home Missionary 249
THE HOWARD ROLL OF HONOR
The number reported in The Home Missionary for July was eighty-
five. The following additional subscriptions have been received :
A Friend, Central Congregational Church, Providence, R. I., by
M. E. Torrey, Treas.
Capt. Jonathan Spalding, by Miss Sarah A. Spalding, Lowell,
Mass.
Rev. A. H. NoRRis and Mrs. Mary E. Norris, Torringford, Conn.
Mrs. Amanda M. Davis, Tarn worth, N. H.
A Friend, Brooklyn, N, Y.
Miss Mary R. Bishop, Boston, Mass.
S. A. Dwight, North Scituate Beach, Mass.
Central Square Church, Bridgewater, Mass., by A. C. Boyden,
Treas.
Miss LiLA H. Jennings, Bennington, Vt.
A Friend, Maryland, five shares.
A Friend, Amherst, Mass.
Miss Louisa J. Brown, Boston, Mass.
Mrs. Arthur Wilkinson, Boston, Mass.
Misses M. E. and F. G. Thayer, Boston, Mass.
Mrs. L. D. James, Williamsburg, Mass., for Ladies' Auxiliary.
A Superintendent of the Congregational Home Missionary
Society.
E. O. Eshbaugh, Montclair, N. J.
Mrs. Dewitt S. Clark, Salem, Mass., by the Tabernacle Church.
Mr. J. E. Northrop, Ivoryton, Conn.
Mrs. J. E. Northrop, Ivoryton, Conn.
A Friend, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Miss Cora K. Bell, Exeter, N. H.
A Friend of Home Missions, New Bedford, Mass.
A Friend, Concord, Mass.
Mrs. L. F. S. Foster, Norwich, Conn.
Trinity Congregational Church, Gloucester, Mass., by Jos.
O. Procter, two shares.
Ladies' Home Missionary Society, Canandaigua, N. Y., three
shares.
A Friend, First Congregational Church, Concord, N. H.
Congregational Church, Lincoln, Mass.
Miss Sarah S.Brayton, Fall River, Mass.
Central Congregational Church, Worcester, Mass.
Miss E. M. Bartram, Black Rock, Conn.
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WOMEN ON THE ROLL OF HONOR
These names of "Honorable Women," contributors to the Roll of
Honor in June and a part of July, have proper place in this Woman's]
Number, and are repeated in the full list begun in The Home Missionary
for July. That list will be continued month by month.
Miss Anna C. Park, Bennington, Vt.
Mrs, Tkeodore Davis, Brooklyn, N. Y,
Mrs. George W. Hebard, Brooklyn, N. Y,
Mrs. George C. Stebbins, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Mrs. John J. Pearsall, Brooklyn, N. Y.
A Friend, Massachusetts.
A Friend, Massachusetts.
Miss S. R. Sage, Ware, Mass.
Mrs. Henry Wilcox, Saratoga Springs, N. Y.
Mrs. George F. Harvey, Saratoga Springs, N. Y.
Vermont Woman's Home Missionary Union.
Mrs. Phcebe A. Crafts, Columbus, O.
Agreement Hill Woman's Home Missionary Union, First
Church, Stonington, Conn.
A Friend, Massachusetts.
Mary L. Mitchell, Waterbury, Conn., five shares.
Mrs. A. F. Pierce, Suffield, Conn.
Miss Hattie a. Fellows, Norwich, Conn.
The Misses Gilman and Mrs. Lane, Norwich, Conn.
Miss Anna C. Whitin, Whitinsville, Mass., two'shares.
Mrs. MosES Pierce, Norwich, Conn.
Mrs. John G. McCullough, North Bennington, Vt.
A Friend, Connecticut.
Mrs. Amanda M. Davis, Tamworth, N. H.
Miss Mary R. Bishop, Boston, Mass.
Miss LiLA H. Jennings, Bennington, Vt.
A Friend, Maryland, five shares.
Miss Louisa J. Brown, Boston, Mass.
Mrs. Arthur Wilkinson, Boston, Mass,
Misses M. E. and F, G. Thayer, Boston, Mass.
Ladies' Auxiliary, Williamsburg, Mass.
Mrs. J. E. Northrop, Ivoryton, Conn.
Miss Cora K. Bell, Exeter, N. H.
A Friend, Concord, Mass.
Mrs. L. F. S. Foster, Norwich, Conn.
Ladies' Home Miss. Society, Canandaigua, N. Y,, three shares.
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A Friend, First Congregational Church, Concord, N. H,
Miss Sarah S. Brayton, Fall River, Mass.
Miss E. M, Bartram, Black Rock, Conn.
FELLOW-LABORERS WITH PAUL
' Those women who labored with me in the Gospel — whose names are in the Book of
Ufe."
They lived and they were useful ; this we know,
And naught beside ;
No record of their names is left to show
How soon they died ;
They did their work, and then they passed away —
An unknown band —
And took their places with the greater host
In the higher land.
And were they young, or were they growing old,
Or ill, or well ;
Or lived in poverty, or had much gold,
No one can tell.
One only thing is known of them — they were
Faithful and true
Disciples of the Lord, and strong, through prayer,
To save and do.
No glory clusters round their names on earth ;
But in God's heaven
Is kept a book of names of greatest worth.
And there is given
A place for all who did the Master please,
Although unknown ;
And their lost names shine forth in brightest rays
Before the throne.
Oh, take who will the boon of fading fame !
But give to me
A place among the workers, though my name
Forgotten be ;
And if within the Book of Life is found
My lowly place,
Honor and glory unto God redound
For all his grace !
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APPOINTMENTS IN JUNE, 1895
August, 1891
Not in commission last year
Barnard, Isaac D., Oswego, Kan.
Burleigh, B. W., Meckling, So. Dak.
Cram, Delbert W., Staples, Minn.
Crowson, John R., Clanton, Ala.
Douglass, Ale.xander. Dehesa, Cal.
Gates, Arthur G., West Guthrie, Okla.
Harris, Ransom C., New Site. Ala.
Holt, John S., Opelika, Ala.
Jasper, Gustavus A., Field's Landing and
Scribner. Cal.
Jenkins, J. Alexander, Mt. Carmel, Penn.
Jones, Winfield S., River Falls, Ala.
Legrande, Otis G., Tohee, Soldier Creek, and
Pleasant Valley, Okla.
Pharr, Theodore A., Georgiana, Henderson, Hil-
ton, and Rose Hill, Ala.
Robinson, Oliver T., Berry, Okla.
Watkins, Joseph V., Oxford, Ala.
Weaver, Horace G., Aitkin, Minn.
Re-comntissioHcd
Ambrosiani, Frans E., Perth Amboy, N. J.
Atkinson, William H., Lake Park and Hillhurst,
Wash.
Berry. Edward A., Chattanooga. Tenn.
Birlew, Gordon E., San Rafael, New Mex.
Bradley, Nelson S., Mitchell, So. Dak.
Brink, Lee A., Bowdle and Spring Lake, So. Dak.
Brown, Robert P., Arapahoe and Independence,
Okla.
Burr, William N., Perris, Cal.
Clarke, Almon T., Shelby, Ala.
CoUom, Joseph E., Littleton, Colo.
Connet, Alfred, Alva, Okla.
Combe, Philip, San Francisco, Cal.
Dent, Thomas J., Aberdeen, So. Dak.
Dexter, Granville M., Guinda, Cal.
Donovan, David, New Paynesville, Minn.
Drew, James B., St. Paul, Minn.
Earl, Theo. R., San Diego, Cal.
East, William R., HanceviUe, Tidmore, and Tid-
well, Ala.
Eckles, John G., Porterville, Cal.
Engstrom, Alfred P., Spencer Brook, Minn.
Evans, William H , Big Lake, Minn.
Emmerson. Nicholas, Dial and Mt. Ayer, Kan.
Ferrier, W. W., Pacific Grove, Cal.
Fiske, John B., Bonne Terre, Mo.
Forbes, Harrison L., St. Louis, Mo.
Freitag, Karl, Michigan City, Ind.
Gipson, Jacob M., Phoenix City. Ala.
Hale, Edson D., Lincoln, Cal.
Hanna, Thomas, Black Diamond and Port Costa,
Cal.
Hawks, John S., Carrier. Glenela, Alvaretta
Springdale, and Hillsdale, Okla.
Hoskins, Emanuel, Pescadero, Cal.
Huffman, William N., Tipton and Pixley, Cal.
Irvine, Alex. F., Omaha, Neb.
Jewell, J. Spencer, South Riverside, Cal.
Jones. John A., Cottonwood, Cal.
Josephson, Hans F., Clintonville, Wis.
Knutson, Henry S. von M., Black River, Wyan
dotte, and Norden. Minn.
Lawson, Francis, Guerneville, Cal.
Lawrence. Harry A., Clay Center, Kan.
Legler, Jacob, Fresno, Cal.
Lich, John, Lincoln, Neb.
Lindley. Thomas M., Ashland. Ala.
Locke, J Frank, General Missionary in Minn.
Magill. Thomas, Reno. Nev.
Marcelius. David, Renovo. Penn.
Matthews, James T., Blossburg, Penn.
Milligan, John A., Nordhofi, Cal.
Mitchell, Fred. G.. Kansas City, Kan.
Murphy, James S., Okarche and Mt. Pisgah, Okla
Nelson. Nels I., Wood Lake and Doctor's Lake
Wis.
Parsons, A. S., General Missionary in Cal.
Paske. Wm J.. General Missionary in Neb.
Phillips, Charles H., Jamestown, Spiritwood, anc
Eldredge, No. Dak.
Phillips, John W., Bakersfield, Cal.
Pipes. Abner M., Elk Point, So. Dak.
Prescott. Matthew, Lamar, Ala.
Robbins, John Clarke, Berkeley, Cal.
Rogers. Samuel J., Robbinsdale, Minn.
Schaefle. John M., Pico Heights and Hyde Park
So. Cal.
Snyder. Charles W., Jennings, Okla.
Strong. Jacob H., Sunol Glen, Cal.
Thirloway, Timothy, Green River, Wyo.
Thrasher, William J., Haley ville and Liberty
Grove, Ala.
Rogers, Alfred H., Green Ridge, Mo.
Rogers, John A , Alpine and Flinn Valley, So. Cal.
Sargent, Benjamin F.. Santa Rosa, Cal.
Scott, Miss Grace, Evangelist in Cal.
Smith, John F., Lafayette, Col.
Smith, J. H. B., Pittsburg, Kan.
Vaile, C. S., Los Angeles, Cal.
Vaughan, Frederick W., Oxford, Ala.
Wells, Archibald C, Central, Cowles Station, and
Kent, Ala.
White, Isaac J., Hallton and Volina, Ala.
Wright, James C, Fairhaven, Wash.
RECEIPTS IN JUNE, 1895
For account of receipts by State Au.xiliary Societies, see pages 258 to 261
MAINE— $1,071.49 ; of which legacy,
$1,000.
Auburn, Sixth Street Ch., by Mrs. L.
J. Thomas $7 °o
Castine, Rainbow Band, by Mrs. C.
M. Cushman 54
Farmington. A Friend 30 00
Orono, Estate of Edward Mansfield.. 1,000 00
Skowhegan, W. H. M. S., by Mrs. L.
W.Weston 1975
Yarmouth, First, by C. L. Marston .. 14 20
NEW HAMPSHIRE— $152.25.
F. C. I. and W. H. M. U. of N. H.,
Miss A. A. McFarland, Treas.:
W^ebster, The " Alfred Little Glean-
ers" $1500
Amherst, by A. S Wilkins 2 50
Exeter, Jacob Chapman, General
Howard Roll of Honor, for the
debt, to const. Mrs. S. C. Chesley
a L. M 100 00
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Exeter, A Friend in the First
Goffstown, by D. Grant
Penacook, by L. M. Currier ,
Stewartstown, M. E. F. and S. C ,
Suncook, P. A. Mills
/ERMONT— $977.28 ; of which lega-
cies, $119.
Received by W. C. Tyler,
Treas., Vt. Dom. Mis.
Soc. :
Barton $20 00
Brattleboro, Center Ch., for
Gen. Howard Roll of
Honor, for the debt 100 00
S. S 25 00
Asa Sherwin, Gen. How-
ard Roll of Honor, for
the debt 100 00
Randolph, West
31 6s
Troy, North Ch
6 36
S. S
Y. P. S. C. E
2 59
Jr. Y. P. S. C. E
2 30
Weston
4 00
$306 go
Woman's H. M. Union $
254 30
Barre
10 00
Barton Landing and
Brownington, for Salary
Fund
10 00
Bennington, North
5 00
Brattleboro, Center Ch.,"
A Friend
Brattleboro, West, Mrs.
Mary Bigelow
10 00
Y. P. S.C.E., for Salary
Fund
I 00
Brookfield, Second, Y. P.
S.C.E., for Salary Fund
5 00
Burlington, First, Y. L.
M.S., for Salary Fund
5 70
Y. P. S. C. E., for Sal-
ary Fund
3 28
College Street Ch
II 00
Cabot, for Salary Fund. . .
6 46
Clarendon, for Salary
Fund
3 85
Danville
5 00
Dorset, Rescue Fund
5 00
Enosburgh
7 50
Fair Haven, for Salary
Fund
7 36
Granby, for Salary Fund .
I 00
Guildhall
5 00
Hardwick, East, for Sal-
ary Fund
7 75
Highgate, Y. P. S. C. E.,
for Salary Fund
2 00
Hyde Park
5 00
Ludlow
5 00
Mclndoe's Falls
8 00
Orwell, Y. P. S. C E., for
Salary Fund
4 79
Pittsford, by Mrs. A. W.
Boardman
5 00
Randolph, Homeland Cir-
cle
12 60
Center, Y. P. S. C. E.,
for Salary Fund
5 00
Rupert, Y. P. S. C. E., for
Salary Fund
3 50
St. Albans, by Mrs. Saf-
f ord
I 00
St. Johnsbury, South Ch.,
for Salary Fund
25 00
Y. P. S. C. E., for Sal-
ary Fund
10 00
Rescue Fund
1=;
fio 00
8 60
6 IS
S 00
5 00
Salisbury, Y. P. S. C. E.,
for Salary Fund $5 00
W. H. M. S 8 00
Saxton's River, Ladies'
Benev. Soc 5 00
Springfield 5 00
Stowe, Y. P. S. C. E., for
Salary Fund i 70
Waterville 5 00
Westminster, West, Mis-
sion Band, for Salary
Fund 5 00
Windham, Y. P. S. C. E.,
for Salary Fund 5 00
Woodstock IS 00
I510 94 $817 84
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs. W. P.
Fairbanks, Treas. :
General Howard Roll of Honor, for
the debt 100 00
Jericho, Second, by C. Van Vleit 6 03
Peacham, by J. K. Williams. 29 41
Saxton's River, Estate of Kezia J.
Fairbanks, by Dr. E. H. Pettengill,
Ex 19 00
South Royalton, Y. P. S. C. E., by Mrs.
S. M. Pike 5 00
MASSACHUSETTS-16,100.67.
Mass. Home Miss. Soc,
by Rev. E. B. Palmer,
Treas $1,000 00
By request of donors 638 01
For work among foreign-
ers in the West 3,152 74
4,79° 75
Woman's H. M. Asso., Miss
A. C. Bridgman, Treas. :
For Salary Fund $76 00
Auburndale, Jr., Aux., Rally 1000
Boston, Miss M. R. Bishop,
Gen. Howard Roll of
Honor, for the debt 100 00
186 00
Ayer, First, by M. L. Kingsbury 5 75
Boston, W. A. Wilde, for Salary
Fund 50 00
Cambridge, J. H. Allen, special 5 00
Chicopee, A Friend, Gen. Howard
Roll of Honor, for the debt 100 00
Primary Dept. S. S. of the First, by
Mrs. W. D. Chapin, special 12 00
Concord, A Friend, Gen. Howard
Roll of Honor, for the debt 100 00
Conway, A. E. Rice, for Salary Fund. 10 00
Cottage City, Mrs. D. B. Goddard,
Miss E. E. Goddard, and Miss M. R.
Goddard 3 ot)
Florence, Extra coll., by W. L. Wil-
cox . 31 07
Holliston, S. S., by C. H. Simpson.. . s 00
Hyde Park, S. S. of the First, by A.
C. Farlin 17 62
Lowell, Sarah R. Spalding, In memory
of Capt. Jonathan Spalding, of
Chelmsford, Mass., Gen. Howard
Roll of Honor, for the debt 100 00
Monson. by E . F. Morris 24 07
Mount Washington, A Friend 5 00
North Amherst, North Ch., General
Howard Roll of Honor, for the debt,
by E. H. Dickinson 100 00
Southampton , by H . G. Healey 29 06
South Egremont, by R. C. Taft 7 77
South Framingham, Rev . W. G.
Puddefoot 60 00
South Hadley, Mt. Holyoke College,
Two Members of Silver Circle, by
Prof. F. Purington 10 00
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Mt. Holyoke College, Miss C. B.
Green, Member of the Silver Cir-
cle $1 30
Springfield, Memorial Ch., by H. N.
Bowman it6 83
A Friend, General Howard Roll of
Honor, for the debt 100 00
Sutton, Y. P. S. C. E. of the First, by
Mrs. I. W. Putnam 12 45
Ware, A Friend, General Howard
Roll of Honor, for the debt 100 00
Miss S. R. Sage, General Howard
Roll of Honor, for the debt 100 00
West Brookfield, M.J. Holt 2 00
Worcester, A Member of Plymouth
Ch., by F. W. Chase 16 00
RHODE ISLAND, $230.00.
Kingston, S. S., by N. Helme, for
Salary Fund 10 00
Providence, A Member of Central
Ch., General Howard Roll of
Honor, for the debt, by M. E.
Torrey 100 00
Rev. N. W. Williams 20 00
Westerly, '" X " 100 00
CONNECTICUT-$8,579.32 ; of which
legacies, $5,500.00.
Miss. Soc. of Conn., W. W. Jacobs,
Treas., by Rev. W. H. Moore, Sec. 453 86
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs.
W. W. Jacobs, Treas.:
Middletown, First, Mrs. M.
E. Bunce S500
New Britain, So. Ch., Jr.
Y. P. S. C. E., by Miss J.
Scheiblin 10 00
Simsbury, Au.\., by Mrs.
A. J. Holcomb, for Salary
Fund 15 00
Stonington, First. Agree-
ment Hill W. H. M.S., by
Miss E. A. Smith, General
Howard Roll of Honor,
for the debt 100 00
130 00
Brookfield Center, by A. Somers 22 12
Burlington, Y. P. S. C. E., by Miss
A. C. Broadbent 2 68
Connecticut, A Friend, General
Howard Roll of Honor, for the debt 100 00
Cornwall, Estate of Silas C. Beers . . . 1.500 00
Durham, by H. H. Newton 21 56
East Avon, by Rev. N. J. Seeley 10 00
East Haddam, A Friend 4 00
Ellington, by H. L. James 216 69
Hartford, Wethersfield Avenue, by
H. S. Forbes 19 00
R. Mather, of Asylum Hill Ch.,
General Howard Roll of Honor,
for the debt 500 00
Rev. W. H. Moore, General How-
ard Roll of Honor, for the debt .. 100 00
Meriden, First, by W. H. Squire 229 50
W. H. Catlin 10 00
Middlefield, Legacy of Mrs. Catherine
E. Lyman, by L. A. Mills, Adm. . . . 4,000 00
New Haven, Mrs. G. E. Thompson. . 10 00
North Woodbury, North Ch., by G. F.
Morris 24 29
Norwich, Park Ch., by H. L. Butts,
Mrs. L. G. Lane, Miss M. Gilman,
and Miss E. S. Gilman, *!ioo : Miss
H. A. Fellows, $100: Hon. H. H.
Osgood, $100, General Howard
Roll of Honor, for the debt 300 00
Plainville, In Memoriam of Lester
P. Buell, by Mrs. L. M. Buell, to
const. Rev. J. E. Herman a L. M.. . .
Seymour, by C. J. Atwater
Somersville, by H. L. James
South Britain, D. M. Mitchell, $5 ; H.
L. Mitchell, $5 ; by H. L. M. ..... .
Stonington, First, by Rev. J. O. Bar-
rows
Sufifield, Mrs. Eliza S. P. Pierce, of
which .fioo General Howard Roll
of Honor, for the debt
Terry ville, Y. P. S. C. E., by A. T.
Bntzkow
Thomaston, First, by G. H. Stough-
ton
Washington, by E. Mitchell
Waterbury, Mary L. Mitchell, Gen-
eral Howard Roll of Honor, for the
debt
West Suffield, B. D. Hodge, by B.
Sheldon
Wilton, H. M. G
Windsor Locks, S. S., by S. C. Coffin.
Winthrop, Mrs. M. A. Jones, by R. E.
Rice
Woodstock, First, by H. T. Child. . . .
NEW YORK-$i,433.o2 ; of which leg-
acy, $300.00.
Received by William Spald-
ing, Treas. :
Canton, Rev. H. Miles $5 co
East Ashford, Rev. A. B.
Sherk 5 00
Norfolk 4 00
North Java 13 13
Strykers ville 10 01
Rev. E. Curtis 20 00
Potterville, Penn i 00
Brooklyn, Parkville, by Rev. W. A.
Kirkwood
South Ch., W. Mackey
Tompkins Avenue, Mon. Miss.
Con., by P. Palmer
S. H. Brown
J. J. Trappan
Cambria Center, Ch., $10 ; Ladies'
Miss. Soc. $5, for the debt, by Rev.
D. T. Williams
Clifton Springs, Miss F. Bochek
Elbridge, by Van. C. H. Vechten
Groton, S. A. Barrows
Homer, King's Daughters of Scott
Road, by Miss F. Crampton
Hopkinton, On account of Legacy of
Jason C. Brush, by C. H. Brush, Ex.
Ithaca, Ladies' Soc. of the First, by
Mrs. C. M. Whiton
New York City, Y. P. S. C. E. of Pil-
grim Ch., by H. Lewis, for the
debt
Mrs. Parker
Rev. J, M. Lopez
Norwich, Legacy of Mrs. Elizabeth
F. Turner, by Samuel I, Foote, E.x.
Oswego, Mrs. P. Burnham of the
Cong. Ch. H. M. Circle
Saratoga Springs, Coll. at Woman's
Meeting, special for work in Okla-
homa
New England Ch., Gen Howard
Roll of Honor, for the debt
George F. Harvey, Gen. Howard
Roll of Honor, for the debt
One-tenth of one share of Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor, by Two
Foreign Missionaries
Mrs. H. Wilcox, Gen. Howard Roll
of Honor, for the debt
A Friend, for the debt
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:^EW JERSEY-SSS4.22.
«|l Chester, A Friend
East Orange, Swedish, by Rev. A. P.
Nelson
Glen Ridge, by M. G. Bascom
Paterson, Auburn Street Ch., by J.
Chase
Westfield, by J. R. Connoly
Washington, Gen. E. Whittlesey, to
const. S. A. Whittlesey a L. M
VIRGINIA-S16.80.
Falls Church, First, by A. C. Rose-
beck
WEST VIRGINIA-$3.3i.
Ceredo, by Rev. G. Gadsby .
GEORGIA— $31.80.
Woman's H. M. Union, Miss
V. Holmes, Treas.:
Atlanta, Central Ch., of
which $16.80 Thank-of-
fering from W. H. M. S.. $27 25
Star Mission Band 2 50
Y. P. S. C. E 205
ALABAMA— $3.70.
Gate City, by Rev. T. B. Haynie
Verbena, Shady Grove, Si.io; South
Calera, 60 cents, by Rev. J. R.
Crowson
FLORIDA-$3o.2S.
Avon Park, Y. P. S. C. E., by H. S.
Dalton
Belleview, by Rev. T. H. Rouse
Macclenny, A. A. Stevens
Melbourne, by Rev. E. W. Butler
INDIAN TERRITORY— 75 cents.
McAlester, Second, by Rev. T. E.
Holleyman
5 05
23s 87
15 00
293 30
'ENNSYLVANIA— $771.07 ; of which
legacy, $678 65.
Woman's H. M. Union of the N. J.
Asso., Mrs. J. H. Denison, Treas.:
Philadelphia, Central, for Salary
Fund 56 00
Edwardsdale, Jr. Y. P. S. C. E. of
the Welsh Ch., by Rev. T. C. Ed-
wards, D.D 5 00
Minersville, S. S. of the First, by S.
J.Evans 342
Neath, by W. S. Davis 4 50
Philadelphia, Legacy of Maria C.
Burnham, by E. P. Carpenter, Ex. 678 65
Chelsea 20 00
Titusville, Swedish, by Rev. A. J.
Isakson 3 50
.DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-$75.oo.
Woman's H. M. Union of the N. J.
Asso., Mrs. J. H. Denison, Treas. :
Washington, First, forSalapy Fund
25 00
50 00
31 80
5 00
2 so
NEW MEXICO-$3.25.,
Bland, by Rev. E. H. Ashmun $3 25
ARIZONA— S3-00.
Tucson, W. H. Buehman, A Thank-of-
fering '. 3 00
TENNESSEE— $36.68.
Nashville, Union Ch. of Fisk Univer-
sity, $25.00 : Miss. Soc, $11.68, by
Rev. E. C. Stickel 3668
OHIO— $1,176.02 ; of which legacy,
$461.00.
Received in May by Rev. D. L.
Leonard, Acting Sec:
Claridon, A. H. Wilmot, to
const, himself a L. M $5000
Cleveland, Pilgrim, by H.C.
Holt 6000
Cuyahoga Falls, by L. R.
Freeman n 45
Litchfield, by Rev. R.
Chapin 4 55
Lorain, by Rev. C. J. Dole. 22 03
North Monroeville, by H. S.
Cornell 631
Sylvania, by E. Harrower. . 8 50
Toledo, Birmingham, Y. P.
S. C. E., by G. H. Booth . . 6 50
Wauseon, by J. L. Gray. ... 18 00
Received by Rev. D. L.
Leonard, Acting Treas.
Bohemian Board, Cleve-
land :
Ceredo, West Va., Y. P. S.
C. E $2 00
Cleveland, Pilgrim, by H.
C. Holt go 00
$92 00
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs.
G. B. Brown, Treas.:
Austinburg, for Bible
Readers School $5 00
Brecksville, for Bible
Readers School 2 00
Cleveland, First, for Bible
Readers School 1500
Lakewood, Jr. Y. P. S.
C. E 5 00
Cortland, for Bible Read-
ers School I 00
Jefferson, Y. P. S. C. E.,
for Salary Fund 5 00
Marietta, First, for Bible
Readers Home 11 00
Received in June by Rev.
D. L. Leonard, Acting
Sec. :
East Greenville, Welsh, by
D. T. Davies $300
North Fairfield, by G. D.
Silliman 12 00
$15 00
Received by Rev. D. L.
Leonard, Acting Treas.
Bohemian Board, Cleve-
land :
Mt. Vernon §15 00
187 34
00 136 00
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Alexandria, by Rev. A. G. Manville. . $4 50
Berlin Heights, Y. P. S. C. E., by A.
Hill I 80
Cincinnati, Walnut Hills, by E. J.
Wood, to const. A. B. Turner and
E. P. Higgins L. Ms 113 49
Y. P. S. C. E. of the Welsh, by B.
Davies 5 00
Sewing School, Rally, by E. E.
Butler 6 00
Columbus, Mrs. P. A. Crafts, General
Howard Roll of Honor, for the debt 100 00
Coolville, Centennial, and Ireland, by
Rev. F. S. Perry 3 27
Fitchville, by Rev. G. W. Wells 8 00
Gomer, Welsh, by H. Williatns, to
const. Thomas VVhellington a L. M. 51 40
Little Muskingum, Children's Day,
by Rev. C. E. Dickinson 7 00
Nelson, Mrs. M. O. Beardsley 50
Oberlin, Y. W. C. A., by G. E. Stiles 6 50
Painesville, Enterprise Mission Circle,
by M. Curtiss i 00
Toledo. First, by M. Brigham 52 22
Plymouth Ch., by Rev. A. E. Wood-
ruff 100
Wakeman, Estate of Franklin Hale,
by A. A. Blair, E.k 461 00
INDIANA— $48.11.
Woman's H. M. Union. Mrs. A. H.
Ball, Treas. :
Anderson, Hope Ch 26 11
East Chicago, First, by Rev. F. E.
Bigelow 22 00
ILLINOIS-S14.50.
Received by Rev. M. E.
Eversz, D.D.:
Fall Creek, Cjerman $7 50
Lombard 6 00
13 so
Collinsville, A Friend i 00
MISSOURI— $128.04.
Woman's H. M. Union. Mrs.
K. L. Mills, Treas. :
Brookfield $15 oo
S. S 10 00
Jr. Y. P. S. C. E I 75
St. Louis, Pilgrim, Y. P. S.
C. E 12 50
Jr. Y. P. S.C. E 10 00
Compton Hill, Y. ]'. S.
C. E 5 00
$S4 25
Less e.vpenses i 38
Kansas City, Clyde Ch., $22 : S. S..
$18, by W. W. Findlay
Kidder, by Rev. A. L. Gridley
Noble, by Rev. V. E. Loba
St. Louis, Immanuel, by Rev. W. N.
Bessey
Swedish, by Rev. A. G. Johnson . . .
52 87
40 00
12 00
67
20 00
2 50
MICHIGAN-$ioo.co.
Ann Arbor, For Permanent Fund, Es-
tate of Dr. C. L. Ford :
April $1,000 00
June 1,00000
$2,000,00
Northport, William Gill, General
Howard Roll of Honor, for the debt
WISCONSIN-$29.oo.
Received by Rev. T. G. Grassie :
Eagle River, Mrs. P. Hatch $1 00
West Superior, Pilgrim Ch. 20 00
$21
Clintonville, Scand. Ch., by Rev. H.
F. Josephson ;
Hartford, Y. P. S. C. E., by C. N.
Denison t
Iron River, by Rev. H. J. McCiements 5
IOWA— $15.00.
McGregor, J. H. Ellsworth i;
MINNESOTA— $384.16.
Received by Rev. J. H. Morley :
Crookston $3 7S
Custer 2 70
Grand Meadow 4 47
Medford 10 00
Minneapolis, Cash 500
Ortonville, S. S 515
Rush City 5 35
Salem 10 00
Taopi, S. S I 00
$47 42
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs.
M. W. Skinner, Treas. :
Benson, S. S $1 10
Crookston 3 00
Dora 2 II
Freeborn, S. S 62
Fairmont, S. S 2 25
Glyndon, $1.05 ; S. S. Res-
cue, $3.10 4 15
Glenwood, S. S. Rescue.. i 00
Havvley, S. S. Rescue 6 41
Minneapolis. Park Avenue 800
Lowery Hill, Rescue .. 4 00
Vine 7 50
Lyndale 25 00
First, $13.23 ;Jr. Y. P. S.
C. E., $2.25 15 48
Mazeppa 10 78
Madison i 00
Monticello 10 00
New Richland i£ 00
Owatonna, Jr. Y. P. S.
C. E 5 00
Rochester 1640
Stillwater, S. S. Rescue. .. 200
St. Anthony, Park, $14.10;
S. S., $2.45 16 55
St. Paul, Plymouth, Res-
cue 2 25
Atlantic 225
South Park, Rescue ... 3 00
Pacific 3 00
Park, toward L. Mp. of
Mrs. Sawyer 4 00
Spring Valley, S. S., Res-
cue 2 67
Worthington, S. S 3 50
Winona, First 100 00
Wabasha, $5 ; Jr. Y. P. S.
C. E., $5 10 00
Waseca 13 00
348 44
Ada, by Rev. I. Terborgh 11 16
Big Lake, by Rev. W. H. Evans 2 00
Edgerton, by Rev. E. Carter i 50
Brownton and Stewart, by Rev. J. W.
Danford 9 00
Madison, First, by Rev. E. A. Powell 2 00
Marshall, by Rev. G. M. Morrison. . . 10 06
[Erratum : St. Paul, Park Ch., $36. in part to
const. Mrs. A. Sawyer a L. M. Erroneously ack.
under Minneapolis, Park Avenue, $12.48, in May
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KANSAS— $67.75.
Dial and Mt. Ayer, by Rev. N. Em-
tnerson . . $8 75
Emporia, A Friend 50 00
Parsons, by Rev. W. C. Veazie 9 00
iSTEBRASKA^ie.oo.
Beatrice, Y. P. S. C. E. of the First,
by iVIiss K. Kimmey
Harbine, by Rev. J. B. Doolittle
NORTH DAKOTA— I204.S3.
Received by Rev.*H. C. Simmons,
Fargo College
Wonjan's H. M. Union, Mrs.
J. M. Fisher, Treas. :
Buxton $5 CO
Cummings, Christian Sol-
diers 3 00
Inkster i 00
Langdon, Mrs. Woolner. . . . i 00
Wahpeton, Conference La-
dies' Meeting 303
A Friend 50
Caledonia, by Rev. W. Griffith
Eigenfeld, $1 ; Johanne, $1.31, by
Rev. J. Sattler
Fargo, Plymouth Ch., $5.19 ;-Inkster,
$4, by Rev. H. C. Simmons
Rose Valley, $3.75 ; James Blackford,
so cents; Mrs. H. Heath, $5, by
Rev. M. J. Totten
Wahpeton, First Y. P. S. C. E., by
Mrs. A. M. Hazen
SOUTH DAKOTA— $40.76.
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs.
A. M. Wilcox, Treas.:
Armour, A Friend $5 00
Huron 100
Rosebud 2 00
S.S 2 00
Santee, Ladies of S. N. T. S. 2 24
Sioux Falls, King's Daugh-
ters -J 20
Ft. Pierre, by Rev. W. H. Thrall. . . .
Frankfort and Turton, by Rev. C. H.
Dreisbach
Ipswich, S. S,, $2.50; Y. P. S. C. E.,
$2.50: Rosette Park, $2, by Rev.
E. E. Webber
Redfield College, by G. Williams
Scotland, German Asso., by Rev. J.
Sattler
Tyndall, German Ch., by Rev. A. F.
Schmalle
COLORADO-$87.oo.
Received by Rev. H. Sanderson :
Colorado Springs, Ladies'
Miss. See. of the First $5000
Colorado Western Ass'n 5 oo
Crested Butte, Ladies' Miss.
Soc.,by Mrs. H.Sander-
son, Treas. W. H. M. U. . 12 25
Guston 2 6s
South Broadway 10 00
Starkville 2 00
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Denver, Villa Park ^nd Olivet, by
Rev. A. G. Upton
Flagler, Seibert, and Claremont, by
Rev. G. E. Tuttle
MONTANA-$6.9o.
Horse Plains, by Rev. W. S. Bell. . . .
Red Lodge, by Rev. W. H. Watson.
CALIFORNIA-$i2i.oo.
Woman's H. M. Union of Southern
California, Mrs. M. M. Smith,
Treas :
Los Angeles, First $5 00
Y. P. S. C. E. of the First 5 00
Riverside, Jr. Y. P. S. C. E.
of the First i 40
Fresno, German Ch., by Rev. J.
Legler
Los Angeles, Olivet Ch., bv Rev. A.
B. White .'
Oakland, Second, by Rev. F. E.
Hinckley
Perris, Ch., $44, Y. P. S. C. E. $11, by
Rev. W. N. Burr
OREGON— $20.33.
Received by Rev. M. E. Eversz,
D. D. :
Alkali Flats, Zion's Ch I4 70
Stafford, W. Schatz and
Mrs. C. Woelfle 2 00
Hood River, Riverside, by Rev. J. L.
Hershner
Hubbard, Elliot Prairie, and Smyrna,
by Rev. E. P. Hughes
Weston and Freewater, by Rev. A. R.
Olds
WASHINGTON-$i47.4o.
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs. J. W.
George, Treas. :
By Rev. J. Bushell
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs. J. W.
George, Treas. :
By Rev. S. H. Cheadle
Aberdeen, Rev. G. Lindsay
Everett and Lowell, by Rev. T. W.
Butler
Midland, Miss J. H. Brown
Ritzville, by Rev. M. E. Eversz,
D. D
Roy, by Rev. J. Wolfe
Spokane, Second, by Rev. W. Davies
Tacoma, East Ch.. by Rev. A. J. Smith
White Salmon, J. R. Warner, by Rev.
A. J. Bailey
Home Mission.^rv.
$2 60
I 80
5 10
II 40
5 °o
9 60
40 00
55 00
6 70
2 50
8 73
2 40
25
00
5
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12
00
5
00
2
40
5
00
15
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00
20
00
60
50
$22,730
81 90
Summary of Contributions for the Debt, in June,
acknowledged in detail above :
General Howard Roll of Honor $4,140 00
Special for Debt 108 07
$4,248 07
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Donations of Clothing, etc.
Middlebury, Vt., H. J. Wilcox, two
Bibles.
New York City. The Hospital Book and
Newspaper Society, two packages.
Miss E. H. Remington, one set Hen-
ry's Commentaries.
Newport, R. I., Benev. Soc. of United
Ch.. by Eliza R. Hammett, bo,\ $150 00
I'hiladelphia, Pa., Ladies of Central
Ch.. by Mrs. J. H. Denison, two bar-
rels and carpet 108 57
Windsor Locks, Ct., L. H. M. S., by
Mrs. Chas. H. Coye, barrel 87 00
By Mrs. T. O. Douglass, Grinnell, Iowa:
Alden, bo.\ 30 00
Algona, bo.\ 16 00
Belmond, bo.x.
Burlington, box 50 00
Cedar Rapids, boxes 84 65
Chester Center, bo.x $19
Charles City, box. 1665
Cherokee, box.
Clinton, box , 27 oc
Davenport, box 70 00
Decorah, box 554s
DeWitt, box 25 00
Dunlap, box 1500
Eldon, box.
Fairfield, box 4 3 50
Grinnell, box 50 --o
Keokuk, box 6500
McGregor, box 40 00
Manchester, box 40 do
Manson, box 20 00
Maquoketa, box 32 00
Marion, two boxes 67 00
Marshalltown. box 45 00
Oftumwa, box 50 00
Spencer, box 20 00
Tabor, box 50 00
Donations of Clothing, etc., received and reported at the rooms of the Woman's Home
Missionary Association in June, 1895. Mrs. Louise A. Kellogg, Secretary
Bristol, R. L. First Ch., W. H. M. S.,
by Miss Mabel Lord Gardner, box...
Boston, Park St. Ch., Ladies, by Mrs.
Erastus Smith, barrel
Cambridge, Shepard Ch. Aux., by Mrs.
Robt. Hall, 2 barrels.
Dorchester, Second Ch. Aux., by Mrs.
A. M. Foster, box and barrel
Hawley, Ladies' Aid Soc . by Mrs. T.
$76 55 O. Clark, barrel $28 00
Peabody, Ladies, by Mrs. Mary E.
77 15 Trask, 2.'.. barrels 225 32
$572 o^
AUXILIARY STATE RECEIPTS
VERMONT DOMESTIC MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Receipts of the Vermont Domestic Missionary .Society from May 20 to June 8, 1895.
Wm. C. Tyler. Treasurer
Barre East
Braintree East
Brattleboro. i\ Friend. Center Church,
(C. H. M. S.)
Brownington and Barton Landing
Burke, for Women Evangelists
Burke East ...
Calais East
Colchester
Danby
Danby, Y. P. S C. E
Dummerston
Ladies' Thank-offering
Y. P. S. C. E
Ferrisburgh
Georgia
Hartford
S.S
Jericho Center, for Women Evangelists.
S. S.. for Women Evangelists
Lamdille County Conference
Lyndonville
Northfield
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30
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5
00
10
13
50
96
7
75
9 35
18 00
6
77
2
02
10
31
3
95
I
24
23
40
9
20
17
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4
28
50
17
10
09
2
50
Norwich, N. R. Nichols
Orange
Orange County Conference
Royalton
Rutland
St. Johnsbury. Rev. Henry Fairbanks..
South Church
Sheldon
South Hero and Grand Isle
Strafford
S. S
Westminster
Banks Legacy
Westmore
Weston
Williamstown
Vermont Missionary
Woman's Home Missionary Union ....
Woman's Home Missionary LInion, for
C. H. M. S
$10 00
12
7S
6
00
10
00
100
00
500
00
137
12
12
00
12
00
63
00
5
00
15
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7
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12
20
2
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b7
17 87
$1,926 07 i
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Receipts from June 8 to June 20, 1S95
Albany $2 00
Barton, for C H. M. S. Debt 20 00
Bennington, Annual Collection 42 85
Brattleboro, Center Church 185 00
S, S., for C. H. M. S 2500
Eden 61
Hyde Park North i 61
Quechee 21 00
Randolph West 6 00
forC. H.M. S 31 65
Royalton South 12 12
Salisbury 9 00
A Friend
Vermont Missionary,
;. H. M. S.. General Howard Roll of
Honor Fund :
Brattleboro, Center Church
Asa Sherwin, Esq
$366 qg
1,926 07
^2,292 16
pioo 00
100 00
MASSACHUSETTS HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Receipts of the Massachusetts Home Missionary Society in Juize, 1895.
B. Palmer, Treasurer
Rev. Edwin
"The Gen. O. O. Howard Roll
of Honor : "
Amherst, a Friend $100 00
Boston, Thayer, M. E. and
F. G 140 00
Union, Brown, Miss Louisa
J. (Woman's Dept) 100 00
Wilkinson, Mrs. Arthur
(Woman's Dept) 100 00
-^^ S440 00
A Friend $25 00
Andover, Free Christian, by Mrs. Min-
nie C. Cole (L. M. to be named) go 00
Ashfield, Maltby, J. H., by Mrs. J. W.
Hall 5 00
Bank Balances, May interest on 43 94
Boston, Allston, S. S., by Jas. H. Ball . . 6 84
Dorchester, Second, by Miss E. Tol-
man, for local Armenian work 10 00
Extra-cent-a-day Band, by Miss E.
F. Merrill 5 00
S. S., by W. Q. Wales 25 00
Merriman, Mrs. W. E., for relief of
C. H. M. S 10 00
Roxbury, a Friend, " W " 10 00
Eliot, by A. McLean 9 73
Shawmut, by D. E. Partridge, for C.
H. M. S 138 01
Boxford, West, by Rev. C. L. Hubbard. 11 47
Brackett Fund, Income of 50 00
Braintree, Ten Ladies, by Miss Sarah
H. Thayer 10 00
Brookline, Belcher, Miss Annie T 30 00
Harvard, by Jas. H. Shapleigh 129 21
Cambridge, North Ave., by E. F. Fobes,
for Greek work 15 04
Shei,ard Memorial (First) by Geo. S.
Saunders t,ooo 89
Carter, Sabra, Fund, Income of 3 00
Chelmsford, Central, by C. J. Soder-
berg 22 60
Chelsea, H. T., for relief of C. H. M. S. 20 00
East Bridgewater(Matfield), Extra-cent-
a-day Band, by A. C. Packard, for C.
H . M . S 20 00
Essex County go 00
Fitchburg, Rollstone, S. S.. by D. R.
Wright 4 89
Framingham, Plymouth, by John H.
Temple 49 72
Georgetown. First, by Mrs. A. C. Noyes. 14 14
Hadley, First, by J. N. Pierce, Extra
Collection 22 35
Y. P. S. C. E., by J. N. Pierce, Extra
Collection 5 00
Hale, E. J. M., Fund, Income of
Proceeds of sale for reinvest-
ment $242 50
Hampden Benevolent Associa-
tion, by Geo. R. Bond,
Treas. :
South Hadley Falls $11 06
Southwick 415
Hanson, by I. C. Howland
Haverhill, Center, by Daniel Hackett,
to const. Rev. Calvin M. Clark a L.
^ M. of C. H. M. S.. and Frank M. Bar-
rows, a L. M. of Mass. H. M. S
Hudson, Y. P. S. C. E., by A. T. Knight.
Huntington, Norwich, by C. H. Kirk-
land
Interest, special
Ipswich, First, by N. R. Farley
Linebrook, by J. H. Tenney, add'l. . . .
Kyoto. Japan, "Silver Exchange," to
const. George E. Cary and Walter
Cary L. Ms
Lakeville, Precinct S. S.,byT. P. Paull.
Marshfield Hills, Y. P. S. C. E., by
Miss A. L. Sherman, for Rev. T. A.
Brunker, Medford. Okla
Mattapoisett, Y. P. S. C. E., by H. LeB.
Medfield, Second! by Rev. N. t. Dyer!
Medford, West, S. S., by H. W. Marden
Monson. Nichols, W. S., Estate of. In-
come from rental
Natick. South, John Eliot, by M. B. V.
• Bartlett
NewlDury, First, by Edward Perkins. . .
New Marlboro, First, by Gilbert Holiis-
ter
Newton, Eliot, Y. P. S. C. E., by W. C.
Whitney, for local French work. . .
$5.00*
North, by Rev. Daniel Greene, for
local French work $20.00*
Northampton, Smith, Mrs. Lavinia M.,
for C. H. M. S. relief
Northbridge, Whitinsville, Y. P. S. C.
E.. by Edward Whitin
Northfield Farms, by Rev. D. W. Hud-
son
Peabody. West, by Frank Mclntire.. ..
Pepperell, Evan, by Charles Crosby..
Plainfield, by Rev. John A. Woodhull..
Rockland, " S," i per cent of " Roll of
Honor "
Rollins Fund, Income of
Smith, M.F., for C. H. M. S
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South Hadley, Mount Holyoke College,
by Miss V. R. Bond $135
Stoughton, Proceeds of sale of part of
devise of Sanford Gay, in partial dis-
charge of Samuel Clapp's mortgage
note I -o?? 50
Townsend, " Nashua River Y. P. S. C.
E," by A. S. Howard 24 73
Truro, Unexpended remainder of spe-
cial grant 2 00
Westboro, H. M. Concert Coll., by Har-
riet E. Brigham 7 00
West Newbury, First, by H. M. Good-
rich, for L. M. of Granville S. Good-
rich 32 00
Whitcomb, D., Fund, Income of 150 00
Winchester, First, by Eben Caldwell,
special for Miss M. D. »Moflfatt's work. 35 55
Woburn, Conf. of churches, by Rev.
George E. Lovejoy.f or MontvaleCh. $37 00
First, Ladies' Char. Reading Soc,
by Mrs. J. Jameson, for L. Mp. of
Mrs. M. A. Millett 30 00
Worcester, Plymouth, by F. W. Chase. 103 45
Cnion, by C. B. Greene 50 00
$4,324 93
Home Missionary 7 10
* Designated for, and charged against, special
accounts.
MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF CONNECTICUT
Receipts of the Missionary Society of Connecticut in June, 1895. Ward W. Jacobs,
7^?-easurei'
Chaplin, by Frank C. Lummis, for C.
H. M. S.. with previous conts. to
const. Mrs. Nancy E. Lamphear, of
North Windham, a L. M $23 50
Cheshire, by F. N. Hall 1 1 07
Cornwall, Second, by H. M, Pratt .. 24 45
East Lyme, Niantic, by Dea. Geo. Gris-
wold 2 00
East Windsor, First, by E. G. Morton. 30 00
Danielsonville, see Killingly.
Franklin, by Rev. H. E. Hart 5 00
Glastonbury, First, by E. H. Andrews. 441 08
Hanover, see Sprague.
Hartford, Pearl St., for C. H. M. S, by
W. A. Willard 77 12
Hartford, Windsor Avenue, by Hart
Talcott 43 43
Huntington, by F. H. Wells 21 00
Killingly, Danielsonville, for C. H. M.
S.. by Charles Phillips 9 35
Middletown, First, by E. P. Augur ^9 84
New Britain. First, for C. H. M. S., by
A.N.Lewis $15000
New Haven, United, by C. E. P. San-
ford 131 00
New Milford, First, by C. H. Noble 120 44
Niantic. see East Lyme.
Plymouth, by Arthur Beadsley 45 25
Prospect, by Rev. Wm. H. Phipps 8 50
Salem, by Rev. E. VV. Merritt 33 50
Sprague, Hanover, by Rev. L. H. Hig-
gins 10 10
Tolland, by H. L. James 34 83
Wallingford, First, by Palmer G. Town-
send, Tr. Pledge Fund 22 39
Westbrook, by T. D. Post 19 98
Windsor, First, by S. H. Barber 58 50
BOXES
Hartford, First. '' Ladies," box,— $45.00
51,352 33
ILLINOIS HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Receipts of the Illinois Home Missionary Society in May, 1895. AARON B. Mead,
Treasurer
Algonquin $2 50
Atkinson 7 67
Belvidere 29 67
Bureau 2 50
Chandlerville 71 72
Chicago, First. Nellie N. Fisher 5 00
New England, " F." for the debt .... 100 00
Leavitt Street, Y. P. S. C. E 15 00
Union Park, Church. $110.15 : Dr H.
M. Lyman, $25; [. M. Sherman.
$50; D. S. Munger, $10; H. W.
Rice, $5 200 15
Duncan Avenue 2 75
Sardis Welsh 8 00
Mont Clare 35 00
Brainerd, Y. P. S. C. E 6 75
Creston 9 32
De Pue I 25
E vanston 74 11
Hinsdale $16643
Jov Prairie, S. S 10 46
La Grange (Y. P. S. C. E., $2.36) 12 36
La Harpe, Mary Maynard 5 00
Malta 10 00
Marseilles (J. Q. Adams, $25) 74 00
Millburn '5 23
Oak Park. Mrs. E. J. Humphrey 25 00
Providence 30 00
Rock Falls 5 50
Sycamore, J. H. Rogers 25 00
Vienna 2003
Woodburn 7 92
A Friend in Southern Illinois 10 42
Rev. S. Penfield, Pontiac i 50
Mrs. A. M. Swan. Danville 5 00
Mrs. William B. Bond, Chicago 5 00
$1,000 24
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MICHIGAN HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Receipts of the Michigan Home Missionary Society in June, 1895.
Sanderson. Treasurer
Rev. John P.
Ann Arbor $100 00
Augusta, by Mrs. D. S. Swift 5 00
Big Rapids, First 5 00
Cannon 6 00
Chesaning i n
Clarksville 500
Clinton 10 00
East Paris 2 75
Grand Rapids, First 150 00
East I 59
Hartford i 70
Johnstown and Barry 5 00
Morenci, Y. P. S. C. E 5 00
Olivet i 10
Pittsford IS 00
Salem, First 1202
Y. P. S. C. E I 50
S. S 4 78
Second 11 ig
South Lake Linden 6 40
W. H. M. U., by Mrs. E. F. Grabill,
Treas 105 00
Refunded by C. H. M. S 83 08
Receipts of Woman's Home Missionary
Union of Michigan in June. Mrs.
E. F. Grabill, Treas. :
$539 12
SENIOR FUND
Breckenridge, W. H. M. U... $5 25
Calumet, L. M. S 20 00
Charlotte, L. B. S . . . $23 00
Church's Corners, W. H.
M. U 1200
Detroit,BrewsterSt. Woman's
Asso 10 00
Grand Rapids, Plymouth Ch.
W. H. M. S 400
Greenville, W. H. M. U 540
Jerome, W. H. M. S 650
Kinderhook, L. M. S 2 50
Maple Rapids, W. H. M. S.. . 3 00
Olivet, L. B. S 10 00
Stanton, Capt. T. N. Stevens. 25 00
ThreeOaks, W. H. M. U 2148
West Adrian, L. M. S 6 00
$156 13
YOUNG people's WORK
Kalamazoo, Y. P. S. C. E $8 00
Memphis, Senior C.E 100
Junior C. E 45
Ransom, S. S 3 50
Saginaw, First Ch. Y. P. S.
C.E 2000
3^ 95
$189 08
DONATIONS OF CLOTHING
Lansing, Plymouth Ch., package and
carpet $34 20
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.
Treasurer, 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. gth
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. Goodell, 9 Massachusetts
Ave., Boston.
Secretary, Mrs. Louise A. Kellogg, 32 Congrega-
tional House, Boston.
Treas2irer, Miss Annie C. Bridgman, 32 Congre-
gational House, Boston.
* While the W. H. M. A. appears in the above list as a State body for Massachusetts and Rhode
Island, it has certain auxiliaries elsewhere.
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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.
Treaszirer.ViT^. Rose M. Crosby, 26 Grove St.,
Bangor.
6. MICHIGAN
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized May, 1881
President, Mrs. I. M. Powell, 76 Jefferson Ave.,
Grand Rapids.
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.
Secretary, Mrs. George L. Epps, Topeka.
Treasurer, Mrs. D. D. DeLong, Arkansas City.
8. OHIO
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized May, 1882
President, Mrs. Sydney Strong. Lane Seminary
Campus. Cincinnati.
Secretary, Mrs. J. W. Moore, 836 Hough Ave.,
Cleveland.
Treasurer, Mrs. George B. Brown. 2116 Warren
St., Toledo.
12. OREGON
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized July, 1884
President, Mrs. F. Eggert, The Hill, Portland.
Secretary. Mrs. Geo. C. Brownell. Oregon City.
Treasurer, yix%. W. D. Palmer, 546 3d St., Port-
land.
13. 'WASHINGTON
I.NCLUDiNG Northern Idaho
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized July, 1884
Reorganized June. 1889
President, Mrs. A. Judson Bailey. 704 Olympic
Ave., 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.
Treastirer ,Vir's,. F. M. Wilco.x, Huron.
15. CONNECTICUT
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized January, 1885
President, Miss Ellen R. Camp, q Camp St., Ne^i
Britain.
Secretary, Mrs. C. T. Millard, 36 Lewis St.
Hartford.
Treasurer, Mrs. W. W. Jacobs, 19 Spring St.
Hartford.
. g. 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,yix%. 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, Blackman, Whitewater,
16. 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.
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, Wilmelte.
II. 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.
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,
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19. CALIFORNIA
I 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.
20. NEBRASKA
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized November, 1887
President, Mrs. J. T. Duryea, 2402 Cass St.
Omaha.
Secretary, Mrs. H. Bross, 2904 Q St., Lincoln.
Treasurer, Mrs. G. J. Po'vel., 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. W. A. Bell, 223 Broadway, In-
dianapolis.
Secretary, Mrs. E. S. Smith, E. nth St., Indi-
anapolis.
Treasurer, Mrs. A. H. Ball, Anderson.
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, Claremont.
Treasurer, Mrs. Mary M. Smith, Public Library,
Riverside.
24. VERMONT
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized June, 1888
President, Mrs. J. H. Babbitt, West Brattleboro.
Secretary, Mrs. M. K. Paine, Windsor.
Treasurer, ^x^. 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 508, Denver.
Treasjirer, Mrs. Horace Sanderson, 1710 i6th Ave.,
Denver.
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, yirs. H. N. Smith, Rock Springs.
27. 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, yir%. L. H. Turner, 3112 12th St., Me-
ridian.
29. LOUISIANA
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION
Organized April, 1889
President, Miss Bella Hume, corner Gasquet and
Liberty Sts.. New Orleans.
Secretary, Miss Matilda Cabrfere, 152 North Gal-
vez St., New Orleans.
Treasurer, Mrs. C. M. Crawford, Hammond.
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, Mrs. J. E. Moreland, 12x4 Grundy St.,
Nashville, Tenn.
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31. NORTH CAROLINA
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION
Organized October, 1889
President^ Mrs. J. W. Freeman, Dudley.
Secretary 1
and >Miss 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 Bo.\ 563, Dallas.
Treasurer , Mrs. C. I. Scofield, 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,Vir^. Herbert E. Jones, Livingston.
34. PENNSYLVANIA
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION
Organized June, 1890
President, Mrs. J. W. Thomas, Lansford.
Secretary, Mrs. C. F. Yennie. Ridgway.
Treasurer, Mrs. T. W. Jones. 511 Woodland Ter-
race, Philadelphia.
35. OKLAHOMA
37. UTAH
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION
Organized May, 1891
Reorganized December, 1892
President, Mrs. W. S. Hawkes, 135 Sixth East
Street, Salt Lake City.
Secretary, Mrs. H. K. Warren, 508 Third South
Street, Salt Lake City.
Treasurer,'Mrs. ]. D. Nutting, Third North and
Quince Streets, Salt Lake City.
Por Idaho, Mrs. Oscar Sonnenkalb, Pocatello.
38. INDIAN TERRITORY
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION
Organized April, 1892
President, Mrs. Fayette Hurd, Vinita.
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
President. Mrs. E. H. Ashmun, Albuquerque.
Secretary, Mrs. Peter Simpkin, Gallup.
Treasurer, Mrs. Samuel Dilley, White Oaks.
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
Organized March, 1891
President, Mrs. A. H. Bradford, Montclair.
Secretary. Mrs. J. D. Hagerman, Montclair.
Treasurer, Mrs. J. H. Denison, 150 Belleville Ave.,
Newark.
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, Miss Carrie Towner, Custer, Black
Hills. South Dakota.
Treasurer, Miss Grace Lyman, Hot Springs,
Black Hills, South Dakota.
42. IDAHO
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION
Organized May, 1895
President, Mrs. R. B. Wright, Boise.
Secretary, Mrs. E. A. Paddock, AVeiser.
Treasurer. Mrs. D. Q. Travis, Pocatello.
Congregational Home Missionary Society
Field Secretaries
Rev. W. G. PuDDEFOOT, South Framingham, Mass.
Rev. C. W. Shelton, Derby, Conn.
Rev. H. D. WiARD, 153 La Salle St., Chicago, 111.
Superintendents
Rev. MoRiTZ E. Eversz, D.D., German Department, 153 La Salle St., Chicago, 111.
Rev. S. V. S. Fisher, Scandinavian Department, Minneapolis, Minn.
Rev. Henry A. Schaufflek, D.D., Slavic Department, Cleveland, Ohio.
Rev. Edw. D. Curtis, D.D Indianapolis, Ind. Rev. W. H. Thrall Huron, S. Dak.
iRev. S. F. Gale Jacksonville, Fla. Rev. H. C. Simmons Fargo, N. Dak.
■Rev. J. H. MoRLEY Minneapolis, Minn. Rev. H. Sanderson (Acting) Denver, Col.
Rev. Alfred K. Wray Kansas City, Mo. Rev. W. S. Hawkes Salt Lake City, Utah.
Rev. L. P. Broad Topeka, Kan. Rev. J. K. Harrison San Francisco, Cal.
Rev. E. H. Ashmun Albuquerque, N. M. Rev. James T. Ford Los Angeles, Cal.
|iRev. A. JuDSON Bailey Seattle, Wash. . Rev. C. F. Clapp Forest Grove, Ore.
Rev. T, G. Grassie Ashland, Wis. ^^^ rj, ^ Tones DD J 511 Woodland Terrace,
,T> 4 A 13d«-„7xt (Black Hills and Wyoming. ' ' " -^ ~> 1 Philadelphia, Pa.
Kev. A. A. JiROWN. . . -j jjyj Springs, South Dakota. Rev. W. S. Bell Helena, Mon.
Rev. Harmon Bross Lincoln, Neb. Rev. S. C. McDaniel Atlanta, Ga.
Rev. S. E. Bassett (Supt. Alabama). .Ft. Valley, Ga. Rev. J. Homer Parker Kingfisher, Okl.
Secretaries and Treasurers
of the Auxiliaries
Rev. Jonathan E. Adams, D.D., Secretary. . .Maine Missionary Society Bangor, Me.
John L. Crosby, Esq., Treasurer " " " Bangor, Me.
Rev. A. T. HiLLMAN, Secretary New Hampshire Home Miss. Society. . . .Concord, N. H.
Hon. Lyman D. Stevens, Treasurer " " " " " ... .Concord, N. H.
j Rev. Charles H. Merrill, Secretairy Vermont Domestic " " St. Johnsbury, Vt.
j Wm. C. Tyler, Treasurer "• " " " St. Johnsbury, Vt.
Rev. Joshua Coit, Secretary Massachusetts Home " " | 9 Cong'l House,
j Rev. Edwin B. Palmer, Treasurer " " . " " ( Boston, Mass.
I Rev. Alexander McGregor, Secretary Rhode Island " " " Pawtucket, R. I.
j Jos. Wm. Rice, Esq., Treasurer " " " " Providence, R. I.
; Rev. William H. Moore, Secretary Missionary Society of Connecticut Hartford, Conn.
Ward W. Jacobs, Esq., Treasurer " " " Hartford, Conn.
I Rev. Ethan Curtis, Secretary New York Home Miss. Society Syracuse, N. Y.
William Spalding, Treasurer " " " " Syracuse, N. Y.
Rev. J. D. Eraser, D.D. , Secretary Ohio " " " Cleveland, Ohio.
Wm. B. Howland, Treasurer " " " " New York City.
Rev. James Tompkins, D.D. , Secretary Illinois " " " I 153 La Salle St.,
Aaron B. Mead, Esq., Treasurer " " " " f Chicago, 111.
Rev. Homer W. Carter, Secretary Wisconsin " " " Beloit, Wis.
C. M. Blackman, Esq., Treasurer " " " " Whitewater, Wis.
Rev. T. O. Douglass, D.D. , Secretary Iowa " " . " Grinnell, Iowa.
J. H. Merrill, Esq., Treasurer " " " " Des Moines, Iowa,
Rev. William H. Warren, Secretary Michigan Congregational Association. . . .Lansing, Mich.
Rev. John P. Sanderson, Treasurer " " " Lansing, Mich.
Geo. H. Morgan, Secretary Cong. City Miss. Society St. Louis, Mo.
Rev. Arch'd L. Love, Superintendent " " " " St. Louis, Mo.
Lewis E. Snow, Treasurer " " " " St. Louis, Mo.
Communications
relating to general business of the Society may be addressed to either of the Secretaries for Correspondence.
Communications relating to the Editorial Department of The Home Missionary may be addressed to Rev.
Alex. H. Clapp, D.D. Correspondence of the Woman's Department may be addressed to Mrs. H. S.
Caswell, Bible House, New York.
Donations and Subscriptions
in Drafts, Checks, Registered Letters, or Post-Office Orders may be addressed to Wm. B. HoWland,
Treasurer, Bible House, Astor Place, New York.
A PAYMENT OF $50 CONSTITUTES A LIFE MEMBER
Form of a Bequest
I bequeath to my executors the sum of dollars, in trusty to pay over the same,
in months after my decease, to the person who, when the same is payable, shall act as Treasurer
of the Congregational Home Missionary Society, formed in the City of New York, in the year eighteen hundred
and twenty-six, to be applied to the charitable use and purposes of said Society, and under its direction.
Congregational Home Missionary Socier
Bible House, Astor Place, New York
Major-General Oliver O. Howard
President
Rev. Alexander H. Clapp, D.D., Honorary Treasurer
Secretaries for Correspondence . -
Rev. Joseph B. Clark, D.D.
Rev. William KiNCAin. D.D.
Rev. Washington Choate, D.D.
Mr. William B. Rowland, Treasurer
Executive Committee
Wm. Ives Washburn, Esq., Chairman
Asa a. Spear, Esq., Recording Secretary
Mr. Charles H. Parsons
Rev. James G. Roberts, D.D.
Rev. Samuel H. Virgin, D.D.
Mr. Joseph Wm. Rice
Mr. Herbert M. Dixon
Rev. Charles H. Richards, D.D.
Mr. George P. Stockwell
Rev. Robert J. Kent, D.D.
Rev. John D. Kingsbury, D.D.
Mr. George W. Hebard
Rev. Henry A. Stimson, D.D.
John H. Perry, Esq.
Press of J. J. Little & Co., Astor Place, New York
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Contents for September, 1895
PAGE
Our Dependence on the Holy
Spirit 265
Report of Committee on Annual
Report 269
Keep America Christian 273
Open Doors in New Mexico 277
Lay Co-operation 281
PA«
The Need of Spiritual Enterprise. 2?
An Oklahoma Trip 28
The Northwest Pacific Coast.... 25
Utah to be Loved and Helped.... 25
The Howard Roll of Honor 2C
The Treasury 29
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OUR DEPENDENCE ON THE HOLY SPIRIT
Opening Address, by General O. O. Howard
HENEVER I think of this missionary society — and I think of it
very often, and endeavor to pray for all connected with it,
especially for its field laborers — nay mind, after wide ranging,
always returns to the one thing, namely, the Holy Ghost. We soften this
Bible expression by saying the " Blessed Comforter," the " Quickening
Spirit," the " Abiding Spirit," the " Holy Spirit," but the expression used
I so often in the Gospels, in the Epistles, and especially in the Acts of the
Apostles, is. Holy Ghost. As I understand it, the Holy Ghost is a dis-
tinctive personality ; and is it not better to say /le comes, /le cleanses, /le
comforts, ^e prepares the way, /le abides, /le achieves grand results, than
to make the expression impersonal ? The inclination of the mind to
make him impersonal arises from the exceeding reticence of this remark-
able Being, who can so possess the soul of a man as to make him feel that
the joy, the conviction, the impartation of life power, the comforting of
others, the convert-making, and the perennial peace which comes quietly,
like the morning light, are somehow a man's own. It is thus that God
glorifies the faithful soul by filling that soul with his Spirit.
GIVE honor to the SPIRIT
These facts are so well known that it is trite to repeat them. I do it,
however, with a purpose. It always seems necessary, when we come
together in a conference of a national character, to present to ourselves and
to the public our best side. We gather up basketfulls of achievements
— achievements of workers who are distributed all over our land, many of
them reaching out to remote places — and we commend them. Is there
danger of too much praise ? The Psalmist says. Praise is comely ; and it
is. The praise of good men and good women, showing appreciation of
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those who have denied themselves everything and gone out in the name]
of Christ to extend his kingdom, is a precious reward, a coveted blessing.
Thus the Lord himself glorifies his faithful servants, and yet the work
actually done, if of any great value, is due mainly to the divine companion
of the worker, namely, the Holy Ghost.
OBJECT-LESSON OF BEGINNINGS UNDER THE SPIRIT S LEAD
Brethren, the field is large, and, though they may seem many, espe-
cially when we gather in convention, yet the laborers are few. I recently
spent a Sabbath in New York city. We have a few missions there
which we hope will lead to independent churches, and among them is one
called "The Camp Memorial Church and Mission," located at No. 141
Chrystie Street. The front of the church edifice does not exceed thirty
feet; the auditorium and back building cover, perhaps, 120 feet in
extent. In the morning we had a fair audience ; in the afternoon a
Sunday-school, perhaps 200 pupils ; at three o'clock, a room full of
worshipers for the dedication of our new auditorium — a room extended
and newly fitted, in which service the pastor. Rev. S. G. Miller, Rev.
Dr. Stimson of Broadway Tabernacle, and the Rev. Dr. Virgin of the
Harlem Pilgrim Church were present and participated. In the evening
all met again. I endeavored to speak to the brethren, the house being
fairly well filled, and saw there at every service marked evidences of the
work of the Holy Spirit. There were present perhaps twenty recent
converts, mostly young men, who showed in their utterances a change
that had come over them, similar to that which fell upon the people at
the day of. Pentecost. Not one could forget the day and even the
hour of his conversion. This extraordinary time for these young men,
when they came out of the darkness into the light, was distinctly empha-
sized ; and under the direction of their pastor, who is himself indued
with the Holy Spirit, they are bound together in mutual pledges to go
forth and carry the glad tidings to others. And yet, when I looked I
around in that quarter of the metropolis, and felt that in their immediate
vicinity there are perhaps 40,000 or 50,000 Germans, Italians, Russians,
and all sorts of Americans, apparently unreached by the great message of
salvation, I could not help saying to myself : " What is this little light-
house amid so much darkness ? What are these few workers among so
many souls unsaved ? '' I had begun to rejoice in a mission well estab-
lished, in a work well done ; even the financial condition was satisfactory
and the outlook hopeful ; but I checked myself, and said : " Oh, so
little ! How little ! Who is equal to such emergencies as have come
upon us ? " The answer is plain : The Holy Ghost is equal ! Go on,
brother pastor and young brethren. Be instant in season and out of
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season. Carr)^ the glad tidings into every house where you can gain
!admission ; into every nook and corner. Speak in German, in Italian, in
Russian, in English, in any language, in every language, the wonderful
works of God. Ye are indued with power from on high. Your souls
!are filled with the Holy Ghost. Speak, speak, speak ! " For it is not ye
jthat speak, but the Holy Ghost."
HOW THE SPIRIT LED OUR SECRETARIES
I This, dear brethren, which I have given you in New York, is but an
bbject-lesson with which I am familiar. It answers the cry from every
icity. Brethren are asking for helpers ; they ask for sympathy ; they
entreat us to pray for them ; and they beg sometimes most piteously for
more money. May I say that the best results in any city come from
right starting ? The central worker at the mission, be it man or woman,
must have primarily such equipment as the Holy Ghost can give ; nay,
more, is ever waiting to give.
I I cannot describe it, but when the servant of God finds out the secret
of the Lord and becomes filled with the Holy Ghost everything in op-
jposition gives way before him. I think our secretaries must have had
Some of this sort of ruminating when they were looking out over the
broad fields ; when they saw their means growing less and less in these
[hard times, and they could not see how to get money to Oregon, to
;Washington, to California, to Arizona, to New Mexico, to Nevada, to
Idaho, and to other States and Territories ; money enough-to supply the
absolute necessities of their missionaries and their laborers ; and then
ithey looked around and strained their eyes, filled with anxiety and alarm,
jto find funds adequate to their needs and the needs of others depending
on them. God seems to have hushed them and spoken to them. There-
fore they put out, in their publication. The Home Missionary, stories of
marvelous men — men made marvelous, not by earthly power- or human
help, but by the Holy Ghost. For example, take the stories told by Dr.
Thomas W. Jones of Philadelphia in the magazine for May, 1895, con-
,cerning the two great Welsh missionaries, John Elias and Christmas
Evans. ...
It is evident that the greatness to which Dr. Jones refers in these
jinstances is due in no small degree to the talents of these men — their
talents as thinkers and as speakers ; but we have plenty of men in this
country with native talents equal to these great apostles of Wales or of
any other country, who may lack the power that these men possessed be-
cause they have not discovered the source of the power. The source is
evidently the Holy Spirit, which the Almighty vouchsafes to those souls
which are ready and waiting to receive him.
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On the first occasion of our triennial convention I was at Oberlin an^
heard the great evangelist, Dr. Charles G. Finney, speak on the subjec ,
of the Holy Ghost. The church was that day filled to overflowing
more than half the audience being clergymen, most of whom had attainec
middle life. He instructed them in the simplest way how to cleanse thi
thoughts of the heart, how to prepare each vessel, enlarging its capacity
to receive the divine visitation. He spoke earnestly upon the conditioni
absolutely demanded before the Spirit would come in and take up his resi
dence in the soul, and he touched feelingly upon the unselfishness and selfet
sacrifice, the persistent effort, essential to the man, to enable him to carrii,
out the will of God and exercise power over other souls, inside and outl-
side the divine life. Everybody was in tears, and I heard one of thfe
ablest ministers say, as he was departing from that church (and that mii^i-
ister expressed my own feeling) : " Oh, I will try hereafter to be a bettei 1
man ! " When I came to Oberlin that time, Dr. Finney, then an old maii|i.
put his arm affectionately around my neck at our first meeting, and said
'' You belong to me ! " and he took me to his house, and there I dig
covered, not Dr. Finney's talents, not his own extraordinary native
ability, but how he conducted himself before the great power that moved
him. When he prayed his prayer shook him. He sometimes wept, he
sometimes groaned aloud, so earnest was his petition. I went with him
to a prayer-meeting. After the opening exercises, for he was leading, he
said, " Brethren, what are we here for? what do you want?" One after
another arose and said, " I want to see my father a Christian." " I have^i
been praying for and talking with my two brothers, and my sister is still
out of Christ," Then Dr. Finney said : "Let us look to God for these
objects ; let us have two or three prayers." Then they prayed for
those objects specifically, and for nothing else. Somebody would call for
a hymn ; it would be sung ; and the meeting went on in that way, with
specific petitions, prayer and singing, and reciting of Scripture, to the;
close. It was the liveliest prayer-meeting that I had ever before attended,!'
and it gave me new insight into the directness of Dr. Finney's methods.
He talked with the Spirit as a man talks with his fellow, face to face, and
he became filled with the Holy Ghost.
BACK TO THE FOUNTAIN — THE HOLY SPIRIT
I do not wish to give a learned discourse on the subject of the Holy
Spirit ; but in view of all our needs, and in view of the power of God to
supply them, I wish to make an effort to bring our minds and wants back
to the source of all our blessings. The Holy Spirit is ready to convict us
of sin ; to cleanse our souls of even besetting faults ; to enlarge our
capacity for his indwelling presence ; to replenish us with that joy which
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David spoke of when he said, " Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation ;
and uphold me with thy free spirit. Then will I teach transgressors thy
Iways and sinners shall be converted unto thee."
APPLICATION — A RE-BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT SOUGHT
The Spirit is ready to go before us in the field and prepare the way
ion the prairies, on the plains, at the mines, in the sod-houses, in the hill
country of Tennessee, Georgia, and the Carolinas, among the fishermen
and those who gather sponges along the shores of the ocean, ready to
penetrate the darkest places in our towns, to cleanse the very Augean
stables, amid the lowest dens and brothels of the cities ; but unless the
'individual worker complies with his condition, the Spirit will not come in,
though by the lips of Christ he ever cries, " Behold, I stand at the door
and knock : if any man will arise and open the door, I will come in and
sup with him and he with me." The condition is plain. It is to rise
and open the door, and so invite him to come. Lord Jesus Christ, here
'I am ; send me, go with me, be with me, bless and strengthen me every
jinstant for the vital work thou givest me to do.
It must be plain to Christian men who believe the Word of God
that God is more than willing to give the Holy Spirit to all those who
ask him in sincerity, but undoubtedly he does demand that a child of his
shall use the grace which he imparts. Attempt, O child, to climb the
mountain of difficulty. His supporting strength will give breath and
energy. Strive to cross the torrent of hindrances, myriad though they be ;
the buoyancy of his abiding presence will bear your head above water,
and carry you safely to the solid shore.
For every official, for every missionary, for every member of this
Society who carries the glad tidings from Canada to Key West, from San
I Antonio to Duluth, and from the St. Johns of Nova Scotia to the Golden
Gate of California, let us here and now ask for a re-baptism of the Holy
Spirit. Let us ask this for them all, for their own joy and upbuilding,
' and to strengthen them, in order that they may do better work in the
j immense fields already white for the harvest.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE
OJV THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES SIXTY-NINTH ANNUAL RE-
PORT, PRESENTED JUNE 6, i8gs
The Executive Committee of the Congregational Home Missionary
Society present their report of the sixty-ninth year of the work of the
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Society in a folio, typewritten, covering 144 pages. Every detail of th|
year's work is carefully presented. All the features of the work of th(
Administrative Board are thus open to the inspection of any one interested
to make detailed inquiry. The report begins with an appropriate minute
commemorative of the efficient services of two men eminent in the coun-
cils of the Society for many years : the Rev. William M. Taylor, D.D.,
LL.D., and the Rev. David B. Coe, D.D. Both of these valuable mem-
bers of the Executive Committee departed thfs life in the month of Feb-
ruary, 1895.
With respect to the general report, causes for encouragement and i
thanksgiving abound on almost every page. The year which this report 1
covers has been one of catastrophes— a year of frost and fire and drought i
and depression. It began with a net debt of $87,987.60. The financial
conditions throughout the country were such as to preclude the possibility
of any very large increase in the gifts to this cause. As a result of
industrial disturbances and multiplied disasters from natural causes,
populations in many localities were continuously shifting. The report
reveals' clearly the fact that, in many instances where self-support would
speedily have been experienced, sudden changes in population left the
church depleted in numerical and financial strength. Notwithstanding
the discouraging prospect at the beginning of the year, and the limited
resources of multitudes of the people, so wise, so sagacious, so di?crimi-
nating has been the policy of the Administrative Board that they have
been enabled to continue with practically the same number of men under
commission as before, and to conclude the year with a deficit of but
^132, 140.05. The total receipts of the National Society for the year are
presented to us as $402,756.88. In addition to this, the Auxiliaries have
raised and expended on their own fields $224,942.26.
The financial stringency which has faced the administrative officers at
every step through the year has nearly doubled their labors, as they
have sought to maintain enterprises already begun, and so to apply
retrenchment as not to bring irreparable loss to churches and entire con;-
munities. Nothing could be more gratifying to this Society than to have
presented to them at this annual meeting so positive an assurance that
the power of the Holy Spirit has been with the home missionary work.
This is indicated in the fact that 13.040 souls were added to the member-
ship of the aided churches during the year past, 8,693 ^^ whom united
upon confession of faith. These numbers, though not largely in excess
of last year, are large in view of the fact that last year's report in this
particular was an exceptional one.
It is furthermore gratifying and encouraging to have our attention
called to the fact that, despite all hindrances and all discouragements, 116
new churches were organized and that thirty-four churches reached a con-
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dition of self-support. The untiring zeal of our secretaries is nowhere
more apparent than in this fact, that through their faithful presentation
of needs and their urgent appeals, the number of contributing churches
has been largely increased. The record of sacrifices, of loyalty under
distressing and discouraging conditions, is in itself a high eulogy of the
character of the men employed by the Society in carrying on this work
on the field. We note with gratification also that a powerful impulse in
church building characterizes many of the States where we should have
expected financial conditions to prohibit any advance in this direction.
This report emphasizes the fact that some of the characteristics of
home missionary work, especially in the East, are rapidly changing, as a
consequence of the foreign populations, which demand a practically
foreign missionary work. The report of the Executive Committee shows
gratifying progress among the French, the Armenians, the Hebrews, the
Finns, and the Italians, and this especially in the New England States.
It is quite remarkable that such a State as Massachusetts should have
become in every part of it home missionary ground. Its large cities teem
with populations unacquainted with New England traditions. Christian
principles, or our civic institutions. Foreigners are also occupying farms
which had been abandoned, and the hill towns, where once flourishing,
self-supporting churches were easily maintained, and from which large
contributions to missionary enterprises habitually went, are so weakened
by the emigration of their citizens to the large cities that only through
missionary effort is worship maintained in them.
What could be more indicative of the difficulties of the year than such
a sentence as this, taken from the committee's report : " It has only been
through the greatest economy, and oftentimes as a result of severe sacri-
fice, that the 4,104 missionary stations occupied by this Society have been
maintained " ? It is difficult to see how it would have been possible for the
committee to have reduced appropriations for the year that has just closed
more than they did, without inflicting a permanent injury upon the work
of the Society.
A feature of the report worthy of especial recognition is the remark-
able assistance which has been afforded through the heroic devotion to the
missionary cause of the women of the churches. (Auxiliaries have been
established in multitudes of them. "Self-denial week " has been adopted
as a means of raising funds. " Dime banks," a " Rescue fund," a " Salary
fund," and other methods have been used with remarkable success. The
contributions of these consecrated workers have fallen only $1,500 short
of the contributions of the most favored times. The woman's organiza-
tions throughout the country have paid into the treasury of the Home
Missionary Society, during the past year, $57,674.94. Thus they have sup-
ported, or made the appropriations for, ninety-seven missionaries. Add to
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this the large number of missionary boxes which have been sent out to
supplement the limited income of self-denying missionaries and their wives,
and we have an aggregate of effort which speaks volumes for the Christian
zeal of the women of our churches.)
Our attention is directed, also, to the untiring zeal of Home Mission-
aries in planting Sunday-schools in new localities.
Among the publications of the Society for the past year have been a
monthly average of 33,233 copies of The Home Missionary. These have
been undoubtedly instrumental, in a larger degree than is usually recog-
nized, in disseminating intelligence regarding the home missionary work,
and in making Christian people conscious of the imperative need of carry-
ing the Gospel to communities which would otherwise be unprovided.
The Society has also continued to supply copies of Dr. Strong's " Our
Country," and Mr. Montgomery's book, " A Wind of the Holy Spirit
from Sweden and Norway."
It does not seem to your committee adequate that we should simply
indicate that " we have carefully read the report of the Executive Com-
mittee," and follow this statement with a few brief generalizations as to
our conclusions. The general characteristics of the work will appear
more distinctly from the more significant statements of the workers them-
selves, here condensed from the very words of secretaries and superintend-
ents in the several fields under the Society's cultivation.
[Here follows an array of items from the several districts — of which
the full account may be found in the published Annual Report (sixty-
ninth), and in The Home Missionary for July. The special report con-
cludes in these words :]
It would seem impossible to contemplate the courage, the self-sacrifice,
and Christly ministrations of missionary workers without an awakened
zeal for the extension of the kingdom of God in our fair land. Nothing
could more emphatically present to our minds the urgent need for in-
creased contributions, than the definite portrayal by the superintendents
and secretaries of the condition of the fields under their charge. The one
supreme need is the dissemination of intelligence regarding our home
missionary work. After all allowance has been made for the industrial
disturbances and financial depression, it is still the fact that the contribu-
tions for this blessed work ought to be doubled, and can be largely in-
creased if the people are put in possession of facts relative to the work.
A contribution from every church, based upon information faithfully pre-
sented by the pastor, will fill the depleted treasury, remove the debt, make
possible large and important advances in other departments of home mis-
sionary effort.
A. Z. Conrad, ) ^ ■,.
' }- Committee
Wm. T. Blessing
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KEEP AMERICA CHRISTIAN
By Rev. Watson L. Phillips, D.D., of New Haven, Conn.
It is not my purpose to discuss or enlarge upon the eloquent and im-
pressive "Review of the Year" to which we have just listened. That
paper seems to me to stand before us here like a thing of life, breathing
the devoted spirit of these noble secretaries of ours, and pleading with
us all with strenuous but tender voice. Only let us hold to the fact,
made so apparent by the Secretary's paper, that God is opening before
us a " great and effectual door," and, by wonderful spiritual successes,
is showing us the divine compensation for financial reverses. May we not
also assert that by this manifest approval of our work he is encouraging
us to face this problem of hard times and of debt without flinching, and
challenging us — as definitely as when he said to Moses, " Speak to the
children of Israel that they go forward " — to throw off our burden and
go on with our work ? I shall bring you no novel or startling message.
I wish, if I can, to reiterate and emphasize certain old truths which, in
my judgment, cannot be too persistently urged, and which bear a close
relation to the work of this Society, and to its claims upon us. In a
presence like this two principles may be safely taken for granted : Fijst,
The function of the church is not simply to keep its doors open; to stand
about its altars, waiting to welcome the occasional coming of those whose
condition would naturally lead them to appreciate and seek its privileges ;
but to go out to those who feel no such attraction, who never would
come of themselves, who must be sought, convinced, captured. This
much may be taken for granted. It may also be taken for granted,
Secondly, That in the democratic, purifying principles of the Gospel of
Christ lies our only hope ; that nothing else can reach and eradicate the
root of the difficulty ; that all organizations, institutions, schemes, how-
ever excellent as supplemental forces, will of necessity fail, except as they
work along this line. To assert these principles here is to prove them ;
but by their assertion one secures footing from which to urge other im-
portant propositions. I have no scheme for adjusting the strained rela-
tions between labor and capital, the rich and the poor. I have no new
social gospel to preach. I take our conditions as they are. Under these
conditions I press the questions : What is needed ? and what can be done ?
In spite of all the splendid work of this and kindred organizations, the
great problem before the American churches still is how to reach the un-
churched and unchristianized masses. It transcends every other question.
It will not '■'■ down " at our impatient bidding. Every church, every de-
nomination, that can more than sustain itself must make some answer. No
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church is doing its duty while it is only sustaining itself and giving some-
thing to foreign missions. We must provide for the submerged and the
heathen at home. It is trite, but necessary, to be reminded that if you
go into the dark places of this land you will find ignorance, debauchery,
hopelessness, an absence of primary moral distinctions hardly to be ex-
ceeded in paganism. These are our brothers ; they have fallen among
thieves ; heredity and environment, poverty and ignorance, have outraged
and bruised them, left them bleeding and dying. The fatalism that be-
lieves all suffering to be a punishment for sin, the formalism that declares
"only at Jerusalem should men worship the Father," pass by on the other
side. It remains for the representatives of an active Gospel, whose di-
vine imperative is, " Go everywhere," to pause and bind up their wounds.
If need be we must withdraw our eyes sufficiently long from foreign fields
to become, at least partly, conscious of the moral famine existing at our
very doors, and to feel the obligation it lays upon us. Two cognate ob-
ligations "press upon us at this point. The first is the obligation to keep
America Christian. This chosen land, baptized in Puritan prayers and
blood, must never be profaned by the altars of doubt and denial ; this
world-watched experiment in free government, born of Christian hopes,
begun and fostered by Christian men, and signally blessed of God, must
not be suffered to fail through lack of an intelligent. Christian citizen-
ship. Shades of Robinson and Mather ! Spirit of Plymouth and of
Bunker Hill ! What have we to do with merely secular theories of govern-
ment or of social science ? The kingdom of God is the powerful, per-
meating principle which is to leaven this meal. The principles first
spoken in Galilee, gladly received by devout men in England, built into
living forms in Holland, reaffirmed in the cabin of the Mayflower, planted
on the bleak hillside at Plymouth, offer the only efficient cure for our
diseases, the only substantial hope for our permanence. America must
BE KEPT Christian. Closely allied to this is the obligation to increase
the base of supplies for the ever growing needs of foreign fields by con-
stantly enlarging the area of possible sympathy and support, so that in
this providentially prepared missionary nation may never be wanting the
men nor the money for fulfilling the great command, " Go, preach the Gos-
pel to every creature."
In attempting to meet these obligations you are confronted by at least
five classes in our population whose needs are peremptory, and cannot be
disregarded.
There is (i) the vicious and criminal class who live by charity
and pilfering, and constitute the dangerous, combustible element at
the bottom of society. In speaking of these I shall travel entirely
along the lowlands of a selfish social philosophy. If investigation in this
field has produced any result, it is surely this conviction: that men are so
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intensely related, so interdependent, that the high and the low, the rich and
the poor, the fortunate and the unfortunate, so perceptibly touch and affect
each other that their interests lie enmeshed like the warp and woof in the
web; and the denial of a single right or obligation on the part of one
class brings weakness and distress to all classes.
The only safe and sufficient principle for society is the principle of
mutual helpfulness. Whatever the fortunate classes possess of time, skill,
money, moral culture, they owe the world a percentage upon ; they must
meet their obligation or the future will, cast out their names as unworthy ;
they have received from all the past, they must give to the present and
contribute to the future. This is not charity, a gratuity, it is the pay-
ment of a debt ; unless room is left for the free working of this principle
no civilized society can exist. Every man of pure desires and right prin-
ciples owes it to society to help cleanse and lift up all below him. The
upper classes of society — and I use that distinctive term in no invidious
spirit — the upper classes of society are never safe so long as there are
moral combustibles in the lower. Want, temptation, neglect breed the
forces which, given place and play at the bottom, will surely produce dis-
comfort and disaster for the top. This is the lesson of revolutions, insur-
rections, communes. Forgetf ulness of kinship and obligation have brought
disaster ; they ever will. We cannot afford to close our eyes to this law.
The fact that misfortune, ignorance, temptation exist is not only a stand-
ing menace, it is a challenge ; it throws its gauntlet at the feet of the
intelligent and able classes ; it must be reckoned with. If we do not lift
up those affected by these miseries they will bruise our feet. The flying
Achilles is struck at the point by which he was held to be dipped in the
immortality-giving waters, and the wounded heel of the goddess's son
bleeds to his death. If I may be allowed the figure, the lower classes
form the vulnerable point in our social life ; that point must be covered
or all our other armor is in vain. Now every agency that removes the
causes of discontent, lessens temptation, improves mind or morals among
these classes, by so much blesses and protects society, makes property
more safe, and the whole round of life's employments and pleasures more
profitable and enjoyable. And inasmuch as an intelligent, sober, and
virtuous man is a better and more trustworthy servant than an ignorant,
drunken, and licentious one ; inasmuch as a man taught to respect him-
self, save his earnings, and make a home for his family is a more desir-
able force in society than a reckless, prodigal rover ; inasmuch as a
renewed, white-robed soul is a better commentary upon a Christian civili-
zation than a soul stained and bedraggled by sin, by so much do we owe
countenance and support to such work. Helping the man under us, we
are helping ourselves ; striking down his foes, we are striking down our
own ; as with one hand we reach out to lift him up, with the other we
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build up society, fortify business, enrich our own lives, and extend the
kingdom of God. This is not sentiment or pulpit theorizing ; it is the
cold conclusion of the severest social philosophy.
(2) The second class is composed of that great multitude to be found 1
in every large community, sober, industrious, working hard for low wages,
filling the tenement houses, and the hall bedrooms and back attic cham-
bers .pf cheap boarding-houses. For the most part they have not very
high moral ideas ; they are disposed to make Sunday a holiday ; they
seldom think much about religious things, though a few among them are
inclined to be religious, but are held in check by their environment. Of
these it has to be said that the Protestant church, as at present organized
and managed, does not reach them to any great extent. I am aware that
this is not a popular confession to make, but I fear it is a necessary one.
Our Catholic friends are able to blend all classes in one great congrega-
tion without distinction of wealth or social rank ; to cause velvet and
diamonds to kneel beside calico and a faded shawl without irritation on
the part of either. Protestantism has not yet well learned the secret.
Class churches ought not to exist, but they do ; and, under our voluntary
system of support, they seem likely to continue. High pew-rents, the
extravagant dress of many worshipers, the growing aristocracy of money,
are building barriers about the doors of the Lord's house over which the
humbler classes will not try to climb. And since they will not come to
the church, the church must go to them, for they must have the Gospel.
Mission churches, Sunday-schools, night-schools, and industrial classes,
reading-rooms, and pleasant places of resort and innocent amusement
must be planted in the centers of these populations until they shall per-
ceive the spirit of the Christ in his followers, and understand that the
church has come to stay among them and make itself a part of their
lives. I, for one, do not consider such work to be outside the province of
this Society. Of the other classes we have heard more from the repre-
sentatives of the Society ; I shall not dwell upon them. They are,
(3) The immigrants. Many of them coming with ideas antagonistic to
our own, bent upon working out their mischievous theories of liberty, and
conceiving of this land as the El Dorado of the indolent, the discontented,
and the adventurous ; some of them bringing the faith, the industry, the
high moral conceptions of which great states are built ; already in love
with our ideas and institutions, and ready to bear a manful part in work-
ing out our destiny. They must all be impressed with the essentially
Christian quality of our civilization, and with the brotherly spirit of our
churches.
(4) The pioneer, who has gone out to the frontier settlements and the
mining camps to develop new fields and increase the nation's wealth.
He must be followed by the Christian minister and the Christian church, so
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that these new communities may not become the centers of a pagan civil-
ization.
(5) The depleted churches of the back towns in the East which have
been, and are being, drained by the cities ; from which the best blood
flows into the business, the politics, the society, and the churches of the
large towns. Because of what they have done, and are still capable of
doing, for the preservation of pure American principles and a wholesome
religious atmosphere, these old churches must be sustained.
Facing the crying needs of these classes, and profoundly impressed
with its respcfnsibility, this Society stands as the authorized representative
of the best Christian sentiment of the time ; and, in an age somewhat
prone to rely upon mechanical appliances, culture, social philosophy as
checks and safeguards, it emphasizes the vital truth that the solvent of
doubt, the antidote for social heresy and moral obliquity, the one great
and universally efficient civilizing agent, is the Gospel of Christ, adminis-
tered by the loving lips and open hand of a church thrilling with
spiritual energy, and warm with a genuine brotherliness. And these Pil-
grim churches, representing the ideas of the men who founded the repub-
lic, committed by their faith and traditions to the support of every agency
that ministers to the public welfare and the extension of Christ's king-
dom, owe it to their past, to themselves, and to the future to sustain this
Society so royally as to lift the burden of debt from its shoulders, and
to secure for it the highest ease and efficiency in all its work.
OPEN DOORS IN NEW MEXICO
By Rev. Albert B. Cristy, late of Albuquerque
Three years ago, while pastor of the First Congregational Church of
Albuquerque, N. M., I had under training for the ministry Mr. Ford, a
Pueblo Indian, who was also under commission from this Society as mis-
sionary to Barelas, a Mexican suburb of our city, where the New West
Education Society has maintained its school for four years. The field
was a hard one, since the natural hostility of the Romish church to
Protestant missions made itself felt vigorously. The day-school had won
its way against three public schools that were located near us; so that
the best scholars preferred it, and in spite of priestly opposition its aver-
age attendance was about equal to that of all the other three. According
to my preconceived ideas, that was the field for my student, to which he
ought to be strictly confined, and by patient continuance in well doing
reap the full reward of his labors. And he was faithful. After his morn-
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ing studies he spent his time daily in going from house to house, caring
for the sick, helping the overburdened, talking as best he could with all,
and reading the Bible a little in the homes. Identifying himself closely
with the work of the school, he was known as in the employment of the
same people as the teacher was. During December and January of 1891
and 1892 he frequently reported that oae or more persons from the vil-
lage named Atrisco, across the Rio Grande, had invited him to come over
and visit their friends. The half-mile of river bed was then crossed by
alternately wading, and dragging a boat, and poling it over the deep
places, so that it was like going to a foreign shore to spend the time
required to make the trip. My constant admonition was: "Attend to
your own work ; let this alone. We have neither money nor men for the
new field."
One day in February, 1892, he told me he had been across the river,
and had received a very warm welcome ; the people were crazy to have a
school like the one at Barelas. " Well, what will they do for such a
school ?" asked I. " One man offers to give up his house, one of the best
in the village, for the school and the teacher ; another offers to give land
and fifty dollars, and others pledge work on the building." " Have they no
public school ? " " Yes ; but they say it is no good. The children don't
learn anything." " Will they let you do religious work in connection with
the school ? " " They say they will be glad to have me." He was aroused
by the cordial invitation, and evidently felt the contrast between those
eager villagers and the more indifferent people in Barelas.
Continued appeals induced Superintendent Hood to go in person to
the field, and he was deeply impressed with the opportunity for success-
ful work, but saw no way to enter the "open door." No other denom-
ination could take advantage of the opening ; nor would the villagers
consider anyone except our Mr. Ford in the matter. When Secretary
Bliss made his annual visitation of the New West schools, he accompanied
Mr. Ford across the river to see his importunate friends, and was deeply
interested in the prospect for useful service, but gave no encouragement
that the urgent invitation would be accepted.
Thus, for five months, an unceasing appeal was made for a Protestant
school and a missionary by these Mexicans. Mr. Ford grew impatient.
The cold logic of facts, the constant admonition to confine himself to his
appointed field, and the assurance that it was impossible to undertake
such work had no effect on him, for he was under the evident pressure of
the Holy Spirit, and he could not be kept from entering this open door.
So, about the middle of April, he announced that he was going to live on
the other side of the river after the first of May.
Now, this was manifest folly to me, as I was then prejudiced ; for
although I was greatly interested in the new field, the common inability
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to occupy it on the part of the different societies was sufficient proof that
we must not consider it ; and I did not credit all the proTnises of the
Mexicans, nor did I appreciate as they did the difference in favor of our
schools as contrasted with the public school — a difference not only in
book learning, but of a hundred little touches of patriotism, of good man-
ners, of noble impulses which stir manhood and womanhood, and send our
■ pupils forth with marked, though indefinable, improvement in behavior,
personal habits, and ambition.
The keen-eyed leaders of this village saw the influences that were at
work in Barelas, and desired that their children should be quickened by
the same agencies which they rightly associated with the Protestant
teacher and missionary. Yet I felt assured that we ought to refuse to
enter the door they had flung open so widely, because our Society could
not add to its expenses. Just as the question of allowing Mr. Ford to
have his way about going over the river to live was being agitated, word
came from Secretary Bliss that the Mexican school at Las Vegas had been
closed on account of the small-pox, and asking if we could use the teacher.
Miss Frost, for May and June. Atrisco was in a flurry of delight. The
man who had offered his house built a small sod addition for his family,
and gave up his large and comfortable rooms to the teacher and missionary.
The school prospered from the beginning. The most bitter and vigor-
ous opposition of the Romish church did not seriously embarrass it, be-
cause the people stood so loyally in its favor. During the summer Mr.
Ford was assisted by a student from the El Paso Training School, and
they maintained a Sunday-school, neighborhood meetings, and house to
house Bible readings. The priest could not shut many homes against
them. Yet about August the work was closed, and it was uncertain
whether it would be resumed. I cannot picture to you the despair of the
villagers, nor the triumph of the priest who had predicted that that would
be the way the Protestants would do after they had made them dissatis-
fied with their religion. At the last moment the disappointed people
received word that both Mr. Ford and Miss Frost would return, and they
went forth to meet them with every mark of delight and triumph.
The growing school soon demanded two teachers. The prospect of a
church forced the question of a suitable building. The decisive action of
the priest in withdrawing the privileges of the sacraments and rights to
burial from the patrons of the school, necessitated our making some pro-
vision for these religious privileges through an ordained minister and a
burial ground. The open door had wofully increased our obligations the
moment we had entered, and where were we to obtain the help needed ?
This work was a " foreign " mission ; but, unlike the work for the same
kind of people across the border in old Mexico, we must appeal to four
societies instead of one, and between them all find the great burden falling
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upon the missionaries that could not be assumed by either society. The
people were too poor to build. The Home Missionary Society does not
build schools or churches. The New West buildings were not arranged
for combined work. The Congregational Building Society imposed con-
ditions that a field without a church did not meet ; and our Albuquerque
church had just lost its building by a fire, so it could not help. Yet the;
phenomenal progress at Atrisco challenged us to make extraordinar
efforts in order to secure the advantages gained.
As I sat in my study one January day in" 1893, and listened to the
story of the latest move of the priest's and its probable effect, and faced
the difficulties in our way, I condemned our heedlessness in entering this
open door. It was wrong to ask those missionaries to give enough of;
their scanty salaries to erect a building, but who else would do it ? The
father of ten children offered us a lot, 150 by 750 feet, for our school and
church purposes, if we would agree to put up our house at once ; but our
way was hedged in. We were discouraged ; yet, seeking guidance from
Him who had opened the way for us thus far, we decided to do what we
could, and planned and estimated the cost of a sod house, twenty-five by
forty feet, which would be suitable for a church and school.
After several weeks of careful investigation and arrangement of the
offers of labor and assistance, a board of trustees was organized, the land
deeded to them, and the foundation begun. I was to be responsible for
the lumber, the carpenter, and the hardware ; the missionaries were to
provide for the walls, the plastering, cartage, and the extra labor. When
finished, the property represented $1,200 in value, of which the people had
contributed half in labor, land, and cash. The missionaries and their
friends gave $300, leaving $300 which the Congregational Building
Society granted after a church was organized, which event occurred in
March, 1894, when*we had a score of converts, an ordained minister, a
flourishing school, and a village leavened with Protestant faith.
The leaven from this village has spread abroad, and other doors are
opening, and other hands are pleading for just such work. The pastor
at Atrisco has three other Sunday-schools and neighborhood meetings,
and the Rev. G. E. Birlew, at San Rafael (one of the hardest fields in the
world), has been wonderfully blessed, reaping the harvest which others
had sown during the past eight years. Now he calls for workers in three
other villages.
Have we not here a striking confirmation of General Howard's
doctrine, in his opening address, concerning the Holy Spirit's directing
superintendence over all true workers and work for upbuilding Christ's
kingdom? Proof, too, of the wisdom of prayerfully watching for, and
then trustfully following, that guidance ? — Ed.
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LAY COOPERATION
By W. H. Alexander, Esq., Omaha, Nebraska
Longfellow once said that, in bringing life's mission to fulfillment, a
man must be either the anvil or the hammer. It seems to me, however,
that he is sometimes the substance that comes in between them, and often,
quite often, he crawls forth disfigured from the contact. With the gifted
Clark and his vigorous paper ahead of me on the programme, and the
scholarly Abbott and the irrepressible Puddefoot to follow, I can almost
■imagine myself on the anvil, and under two hammers. But this is a
Christian assembly, and presumed to be kindly disposed, applauding the
strong, enduring the weak, absorbing the best that is offered, and, doubt-
less, prepared for the worst ; and somewhere between these extremes I
am hopeful of finding a place.
Through a fine generosity in judgment, for which I can scarcely ac-
count, out of thirty-four speakers at this great convention thirty-three are
preachers. My position amongst you is therefore unique, for I stand
alone for the laymen. I have heard it discussed, but never before so
clearly determined, what the ratio of value should be between preachers
- and laymen, and that modesty which has led me to think, heretofore, that
we carry a little less weight, has been sadly rebuked by this semi-official
solution.
In any event, however, it is safe to assume that everyone here has a
mission. The All-wise Creator saw that he needed mankind to round out
his marvelous work. I say mankind, for when man stood alone, in the
great beginning, he seemed to be useless, and then God created and placed
close beside him a beautiful being from whom he should draw inspiration,
with whom he should work out a mission. So we all have a place in this
wonderful world, and in that place, wherever it may be, there is something
that needs to be done.
Since God became incarnate, and made it appear that men are his
children, not serfs, the way has been open for cheerful and dignified ser-
vice. We are working together for the good of a household, helping the
Father to make of his kingdom a home. But we must not expect that
this service will always be easy. It is far from sufficient that Christ came
to lift off our burdens. The scheme of redemption can only be wrought
out com.pletely through the bearing of burdens ourselves. Christianity is
a fact when we suffer and are willing to suft'er for our fellows ; when we
plant in the gardens of sorrow the seeds of a few fair flowers ; when we
lift up the fallen, and help them to go forth erect ; when we seek out the
byways and hedges and bid the oppressed to the wedding ; when we tear
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from our natures the mean things that selfishness nurtures, and put in
their places good-will.
When the Christ-child came, the heralds of heaven sang peace. When
the Christ-man took up his mission, he sought to establish a way and a
means through which men could find out the Father. Humanity lifted its
long-bowed head, and eagerly gazed toward the Jordan. Men looked for
a king, but the garb of a peasant concealed him. They hoped for a great
revelation, a splendid Messiah, but they only saw Jesus, the gentle prophet,
bringing a message of peace, and God's chosen people refused to acknowl-
edge their Lord. But to-day, after hundreds of years of experience, the
chief corner-stone of our civilized life is the glorified martyr of Nazareth.
V/e need not sing with the Psalmist, to-day, " What is man, that thou art
mindful of him, and the son of man, that thou visitest him ?" for we know
his estimate of men.
In the days of the prophets they longed for a tangible God, and the
legend is lovely, though it may not be true, that Abraham worshiped a
star, because it was bright and mysterious. When the moon came forth
he saw that it outshone the star, so he worshiped the moon. A cloud
swept by and covered his new-found "god," and he worshiped the cloud.
When the sun burst forth, transcending the star and the moon and the
cloud, he worshiped the sun ; but out of them all he could gather no com-
fort, for they gave no response to his longing. And then came the angel
to tell him of God, and his great heart rejoiced in a new inspiration, a
tangible, personal contact.
We turn our eyes to the star-lit sky, and ask it to show us the Father ;
but the skies cannot give us an answer. We turn to the sages of long-
gone years, and say, " Philosophers, shew us the Father " ; but philosophy
gives no response. We turn to the students of science, and ask them to
show us the Father ; but science is baffled and speechless. We turn to
our great mother. Nature, and ask her to show us the Father ; and Nat-
ure, unfolding her fairest productions, can only exclaim : "Behold ye the
works of the Father ! " We turn in despair to the sweet-faced Christ, and
beg him to show us the Father ; and the gentle and lovable Jesus replies,
"Ye have seen me ; he that hath seen me, hath seen the Father.''
Having found our God ; having ever before us the stor}^ of trial and
sorrow that tells us this God is a Father ; having learned from the teach-
ings of Jesus that God's chief desire is to have all his children come
home ; having found out the way and the means of redemption, and being
assured that all men are bearing commissions to work for the world's
conversion, the priest and the layman, the bishop and the elder, the weak
and the mighty, can all go forth in the Master's vineyard, doing the
Master's work.
We shall do this work in different ways, employing different means,
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for talents differ greatly, and the needs of men are varied. Paul may-
plant, and Apollos may water ; one may preach, and another may plod ;
on one may be settled the great power of wealth, on another the birth-
right of genius, on another the force of position, and on others — God
knows how many — a long string of burdens to carry ; but the ministries of
power and of wealth and of genius can be of great comfort to these. It is
part of God's plan that a cup of cold water, and bread for the hungry,
shall stand as a measure of service, and each one that beareth a message
of love, and careth for them that are poor, will find that a treasure is laid
up in heaven beyond the corruption of earth.
Dr. Clark, in his excellent paper, appeals to men in the pulpit ; but the
men 'in the pulpit are few — they must come to the millions about them
to gather the things they are seeking, or they cannot be gathered at all.
To us in the pews, to the brawn and the sinews of business, to the men
who are acting as stewards of wealth, who are guiding the forces of
commerce, and turning the drive-wheels of progress, their message must
come.
Was ever a time more auspicious ? Was ever a people more weighted
with great obligations, or a nation more indebted to God ? For sixteen
centuries after Christ this land was held from settlement. Why this was
so we cannot tell ; we do not know God's purpose; but over the waters of
Plymouth Bay its glittering foregleams hovered, when the Christian Pil-
grims came ashore to found a Christian nation. Three thousand miles
from home, a thousand miles, for aught they knew, from any friendly be-
ing, with savage beasts and wilder men all through the dismal forest, they
raised the standard of a changeless faith, and cast their lot about it.
" Amidst the storm they sang,
And the stars heard, and the sea,
And the sounding aisles of the dim woods rang
With the anthems of the free."
Men have called the Puritans fanatics, and charged them with bigoted
views, but the world has no parallel to the splendid courage, heroic effort,
enduring faith, and every sort of sacrifice, which marked the hard begin-
ning of what we now inherit. Beyond the goal they hoped for, beyond
the dreams their fancy pictured, beyond the heights for which their
children's children longed, God pushed the lines of progress ; and on and
on, and ever on, like waves that have no ending, these lines are still
advancing.
This land was held for Freedom. God's holy church, with all its
human faults, has been its central force. And this great church, this
home of God's anointed, should stand amongst the people now, like
mountains decked with sunlight. Christ called the church his bride, and
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men should see that no mean thing takes hold upon her garments. Inj
view of all the church has done, and all it yet must do, how passing
strange that friends must beg for funds to keep it going. Once raise the,
question of closing its open doors, and killing its moral force, and every
hamlet, town, and city would cry aloud against it ; and still, what men be
Have to be the nation's chief defense, many help the least to foster.
God speed the day when men shall love his bride ; when every need-
ful means shall be within her grasp. The conditions which meet us now
however, are not ideal. Our treasury needs a blessing. Our faith is
strong that somehow we shall have it. The Gospel must be preached,
and preached to all who need it. We call it home missionary work, and
it is, but the home is invaded by guests. From nations all over the earth,
they are coming by thousands to fill up our cities and scatter abroad
through the land. We need not go from the home fields now to do
foreign missionary work. It is here, and here to be done. The men who
bid good-by to ease, and camp along the border ; the faithful wives who
pass their days in lonely fields of labor, must not be kept in doubt about
their scant support. For seventy years this splendid institution has sent
its pilgrims forth to tell the Gospel story. They blazed a trail through
all the central West, where now an empire thrives. They are bearing the
burdens of labor, isolation, and want, and bearing them patiently, too.
Shall we, in our comfortable churches and homes, do only what seems
to be easy ? Wherein does the sacrifice lie ?
The story is told that the birds bore burdens once, but they bore them,
so grandly and gayly that God changed the burdens to wings, and they
soared away into sunlight. It seems to me, friends, that we had better
bear burdens this year, and not see our faithful ones suffer.
The night may endure for a season, but the dawn of God's day is ap-
proaching. The currents of men's liberality are rapidly changing their
courses. We are coming to see in our own generation the good that has
come from the last. We are learning the lesson that talents are only a
trust. We are given scant time for a mission, but everywhere, all round
about us, are chances to do men a service. Our millionaire neighbors are
finding the glory of giving. They are tasting the sweets of benevolent
acts, and are setting up lights for the future. They are winning applause
from the men of to-day, but the next generation will rise up to bless
them.
We are nearing the parting of the ways. The gospel of love must be
given its place, and the church is its natural sponsor. When the full
force of brotherhood comes to be known, when the full joy of fellow-
ship comes to be felt, the truth of the Gospel will come like a star-burst
filling the soul with its glory, and guiding the heart to its mission. May
God speed the day of its coming !
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THE NEED OF SPIRITUAL ENTERPRISE
By Rev. Lyman Abbott, D.D., of New York
If there is any one word which more than another characterizes the
American people, it is the word " enterprise." We pride ourselves upon
this, that we are an enterprising people. Our faces are set to the future,
and we are marching at double-quick. In all material matters this enter-
prise has characterized our history from the days of the formation of the
American Constitution, and, as a product of this enterprise, the financial
growth of the nation. We build great railroads. We run telegraph wires
out into the wilderness. We bring our houses within touch of one another
by the telephone, though thousands of miles separate them. We harness
Niagara Falls, and set it to doing our industries for us. We tunnel the
mountains. We bridge the rivers. There is nothing which Americans
hesitate to undertake.
And as a product of these enterprises a nation has grown in opportu-
nity, in population, with a growth absolutely unprecedented. Growth in
territory — look on this map, and then on that (pointing to two maps
hanging on separate sides of the platform on which he stood). Growth
in population — read Dr. Strong's "Our Country," with the census, and
then you will know all about it.
And, as a whole, growth in intellectual life — whether it has kept pace
with our material enterprises or not — has still been marked and positive.
When my father entered Bowdoin College the faculty consisted of a
president and two tutors. When my son came home, after his first term
at Harvard College, he reported that if he was to get all that he needed,
he would have to attend there steadily for twenty-one years, so rapidly
have new departments been added to the curriculum of the college.
Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Dartmouth, Oberlin, and all the colleges farther
West, how they have grown ! And our public-school system has kept
pace with our colleges. Compare to-day the public schoolhouses of the
land, and the branches taught in them, with the little log schoolhouse on
the New England hillside fifty years ago, and see whether we may not
look with pride upon our intellectual enterprises.
Now, brethren and sisters of the Christian church, the question which
confronts us is this : Is our spiritual enterprise keeping pace with our
material and intellectual and physical enterprises ? Are we to be satis-
fied to live along the lines and within the standards of the past, when the
nation was but a little colony ? This is the fundamental question which
we are to consider! Shall our spiritual enterprise keep pace with our
material, our physical, our intellectual enterprise ?
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You know what a man is who has grown in muscle and bone and fatj
and sinew, and not in brain. He is an idiot. And what is a nation that'
has grown intellectually and physically, and not in moral and spiritual
fiber ? A great nation — what constitutes it ? Extent of territory does
not make it great. A vast population does not make it great. It is the
moral and spiritual character of its people that make it great, truly great.
Is it not a great thing that you can step into an elegant palace car in
New York and arrive in Buffalo, 420 miles away, on the fastest train in the
world, within eight hours from the time of leaving ? Well, I don't know.
It depends very much on what you do when you get to Buffalo. These
things are all secondary and tributary to morals and intellect and spirit-
uality. And what about the nation that keeps pushing ahead its rail-
ways and telegraphs, and does not develop the moral and spiritual power _
of its people ? AVell, go to Rome, see what she is to-day, and there re-
ceive your answer. We cannot go back to the olden times. We cannot
go back to the hand-loom and the spinning-wheel, or the flint and stone,
or the sickle, and no more can we go back to the old spiritual ways.
How shall we make the spiritual enterprise of our nation keep pace
with the intellectual and physical and material enterprise? It is not
strange that material enterprise comes first. Paul said that the " first
man is of the earth, earthy." This American man is very big, but he is
very earthy. And the question is. What can we do to make him really
lord of all ? Well, if we are to do it we must put as much more energy
and consecration into the spiritual life of the twentieth century as we did
in that of the nineteenth as the body politic is larger.
The problem before us is not how much money you will give to the
Home Missionary Society. It is immensely larger than that. It is, How
will you adjust the strength and power and energy which you put into
financial and material enterprises with that which you put into spiritual
and moral enterprises ?
What is the demand of this nineteenth century ? It is, for one thing,
the larger and better equipment of our theological seminaries. 1 do not
wish to disparage the good work that our theological seminaries arc do-
ing, and yet I do not believe that our theological seminaries of to-day are
so much superior to those which were presided over by the best teachers
of the last generation.
The age calls not so much for more men as it does for larger, nobler,
better-equipped men, everywhere. This is the imperative demand. It is
not right that we should take a young man out of college and send him
out as a minister or a missionary, with barely salary enough to support him-
self and wife and perhaps his growing- family ; a salary which makes it
impossible for him to supply himself with the necessary and proper books
for his own intellectual and spiritual needs, thus starving himself and his
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congregation. He must have an equipment, and a spiritual and intellectual
capacity, sufficient to supply the food which their ever-recurring needs
require.
We need a broader and a larger church. We need churches which
shall reach out and use all possible instrumentalities for their upbuilding,
providing they use them in spiritual work. We need a church which can
make use of boys' clubs and girls' clubs and sewing-schools and gymna-
siums ; but not an " institutional " church, unless at the same time it is
more of an " inspirational " church than it ever was before.
We need more of the spirit of singleness of purpose. It is not worth
while for us to make great sacrifices to make Congregationalists out of
Presbyterians, or Calvinists out of Methodists ; but our purpose should be
to make Christians out of men who do not know the Lord Jesus Christ.
We need in all our churches the spirit that will put Christ first and last
and all the time. The spirit, not of church union, but of Christian union
— Christian union founded, not on a book, not on the Nicene Creed, not on
the sacraments, but founded upon Jesus Christ himself; the Christ that lived
before the better part of the book was written ; the Christ without whose
presence the sacraments would be an idle thing ; the Christ who is
himself the bishop of his church, and who certainly has appointed no
successor to himself.
Nor shall we solve the problem of our spiritual enterprise until we
learn how to recognize in every man who is trying to do Christ's work in
loyal submission a Christian brother with whom we are to have fellowship.
Our Episcopalian brethren have written upon their banner the word
"Liberty," and we have written upon ours the word " Union." And now
we have got to find a way in which we can bring these two together, thus
forming the combination " Liberty and Union." When these great Chris-
tian churches thus seek everywhere, not to gain adherents for their re-
spective denominations, but rather adherents for Christ, then, and not till
then, shall we have solved the problem of making our spiritual enterprise
keep pace with our material enterprise.
Above all, we need a new consecration of ourselves, our homes, our
families, and what is, perhaps, most of all, the consecration of our pocket-
books. We need to follow the example which the age is setting us in
philanthropy and in education.
Only a few weeks ago New York city woke up and rubbed its eyes,
to find that the President of Columbia College had given a million of
dollars to that great institution. Only a few years ago we were startled
to find that William Rockefeller, of New York, had given several millions
to Chicago University, and that Leland Stanford, of California, had done
the same for the university which bears his name in that State. Not until
love and consecration have become as full of enterprise as are the educa.-
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tional and material interests of our land shall we have solved the problem]
which God puts upon us. Not until the nineteenth-century enterprise in!
the church equals that which harnessed Niagara, spent a hundred millionj
dollars on the Nicaraguan Canal, that builds great railroads, and connects]
the whole round globe with a network of telegraph wires — not until ourj
home missionary enterprises are conducted on such a scale shall we find
our opportunity and fulfill our duty.
AN OKLAHOMA TRIP
By Rev. W. G. Puddefoot, Field Secretary
The theme of the morning has been " New Openings." I have justj
returned from the land, par excelle?ice, of new openings, Oklahoma-
land of surprises even to an old frontiersman.
As many of you know, four large tracts v/ere settled in a day each.!
At the first glance over the last strip opened, you wonder if God ever in-
tended it for settlement. You are told there are rattlesnakes of two vari-
eties— either of which answers all purposes — besides tarantulas, scorpions,
and centipedes ; and yet for every section three claimants, eager to locate,
stood ready to defend their claims with the ever-present rifle. As you go
through the train you realize that you are at the front. Here is a man
with a large grizzly bearskin ; across the aisle is another with a big bird-
cage in which are two coyotes, and in a bottle a large centipede, which
he hopes to take back alive to Buffalo ; behind him is a woman with a hen
and a brood of young chickens in a basket. Whole families are lunching
out of big baskets or sacks. You pass large herds of cattle and many
horses. The houses seem far apart, because you don't know where to
look for them; many are under ground. Reaching "Old Oklahoma,"
the scene changes. Here are good farmhouses, with large peach orchards
looking as if they might be ten years old instead of five. You are barely
out of sight of sod houses and dugouts when your train pulls up at a depot
platform, crowded with every type of humanity, 'bus touters making a
very Babel of noise. Riding towards your hotel you pass fine brick
stores and granite blocks with polished pillars at the;ir doors. A large
club of cyclists, in full uniform, come sweeping by, as if just from Rox-
bury. A town of 1,200 inhabitants, with four banks and four news-
papers, has, alas ! eleven churches, one a " Christian Science." There is
only one way to stop" this wicked sectarianism — to start with properly
qualified men in the pulpit. Now, while the above is true, it represents
the small towns only ; and we must remember that the great majority
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are living on farms. Wanting to reach a new county town, we drove
thirty miles, passing many prairie schooners, and Indians in all their finery
on their way for Government rations. On arriving we found everybody
busy, a large new courthouse going up, homes in which were all the ele-
gancies of life, stores with plate-glass fronts doing a business of ^100,000
a year. You might think you were in a Boston suburb ; yet close by are
little dugouts, tents, board houses with canvas roofs, and all the types of
architecture since Enoch built him a city, for within a mile or two were
tepees and great mud houses of a beehive shape, without windows, the
smoke coming through a hole in the top, up to the stone courthouse with
all the latest improvements.
Our next trip was 100 miles westward in the strip. After riding about
twenty miles we helped dedicate a new church. The little building stood
out on the prairie all alone, the farmhouses being scattered a half-mile
from each other. I thought. There won't be much of a turn-out here ; but
hot as it was the church was packed ; the wagon seats and all the chairs
for miles were brought in and filled. The communion season was touch-
ing. The people were very poor, but woman's hands here lit up the
poverty of the little deal table with wreaths of wild flowers. The wine
was in an old catchup bottle, and two common tumblers and an old plate
was all their table furniture.
Next came another dedication, fourteen miles farther on. The church
stood on a hill — nothing else in sight but a blacksmith's shop, opened two
days in the week, a little grocery, and one house. We went into the
grocery, kept by a friendly man, and down some stairs, cut out of the clay
and Covered with carpet, into a very large and pleasant room also cut out
of the clay. No beds were in sight, as most people here turn them up by
the side of the walls. After tea I said to myself. There won't be much of
a crowd here ; but I was wrong again. By eight o'clock I saw people
coming from all directions, as they came in Ian Maclaren's " The
Mourning in the Glen." Why, I said, they seem to be coming out of the
ground, as I saw their forms gradually rising above the horizon. "Well,"
said the man, " most of them are." Each wagon had chairs, and by 8.30,
P.M., over 300 people were there ; by nine, over 400 ; and about 9.30, no
less than 500 gathered, nearly 100 having to stand outside. Never had
I seen people so hungry for the Gospel. Many of the elders had come
from Kansas and other frontier States, their homes originally having been
in the East. Women wept — and so did strong men — as the old hymns
were sung, and fond memories came up of home and mother. Oh the lone-
liness of these prairie homes, hundreds of them without the common neces-
saries of life, even such as flour and milk ! Men were cutting wood and
carrying it twenty miles for fifty cents, and sometimes having to beg for
it at that. I don't believe there is anywhere more hardship than that of
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the poor settler who literally dies that those who come after him may live.
We had fifty miles farther to ride to another dedication — twenty-five
miles through a dust storm so violent that, with houses shut up as tight as
they could be, it seemed as if a heavy fog was in the room. After
resting the horses, getting dinner, and talking with a ragged man, a
" preacher " who thought himself an expert on baptism in the first century,
we rode on to a new county town. Court was in session with over 400
cases. It is a poor county for doctors, but an Eden for lawyers. The
hotels were crowded. We managed to get a room in one of them for
Miss Moffatt, and I was told a room at another had been provided for the
lady, which I could have. What a room ! The old house had been
brought from Kansas. Some of the doors, originally glazed, were boarded
up ; others were made of old signs. My room door had a wooden button-
fastening, but it hung precariously on a small nail. The wainscoting had
not been put on ; the table was covered with soiled clothes ; three or four
oil bottles with feathers in them looked dreadfully suspicious. The bed-
clothes and pillow were clean when they left the factory ; but that little
pillow, about the size of a shot bag, I shall never forget. I had neither
water nor washstand. The towels down-stairs were so dirty I went to
another place to wash. Without undressing I fell into a sleep, for I had
ridden fifty miles and was very tired. However, Sunday compensated for
all. When we came into town hundreds of rough fellows, many half drunk,
and full of coarse horseplay, were wrestling ; deputies by the score with
their murderous revolvers filled the streets ; scenes of violence, even
murders of men and women, and lynching of supposed informers, were of
fearfully frequent occurrence.
But to the church let us go. It is the finest in the Territory, having
been brought from Kansas and re-erected. It seemed too large for the
place ; but three times that day, with Sunday-school rooms thrown open,
it was filled to overflowing, between 600 and 700 people coming each time,
some of them over twenty miles. Many who lived five miles away went
home and milked and came again. One woman said to Miss Moffatt, " I
wish you could call on me ; I live five miles away, and only for God and
my little daughter I should die."
I met faces in these audiences I shall never forget. They haunt me.
Soul-hungry, and many of them, alas ! body-hungry too. Here came along
half a dozen women who seemed like old acquaintances ; and they were.
You had seen them in the New York, Boston, and Chicago papers, in
primrose silks, pointed shoes, hats with white ostrich feathers; and right
beside them women whose hats might have come from the boxes we see
marked, " Your choice for five cents ; " with each of these you would see
three or four brown bare-footed children. Others showed signs of better
times long ago — the old silk dress well kept, a hat many seasons out of
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style ; but a respectable face, bright and happy to-day, for they had come
with the multitude to the house of God to keep holy day.
A new church could be organized every day for the next year and not
trench on anyone's ground. Never was there a more truly Macedonian
cry going up than that which comes from the lonely sod houses and dug-
outs of Oklahoma. Thousands of these people were poor when they
came, after battling with drought for years in western Kansas and other
States. They came because, as many said, they could not be worse off.
I passed little wooden buildings, without a window, and where they had
knocked off a board for the summer, to let in light and air upon the whole
family in one small room. In one place I slept in a room, eight by ten
feet, that had been both church and parsonage. The church was organized
in it, and the first wedding took place in it. Sometimes fifty and more
will crowd one of these little places to hear preaching. Unable to sit
down, they stand patiently and gladly to hear a sermon from one who has
driven thirty or forty miles to reach them. Many Home Missionaries
have to make a journey of forty miles to get to all their churches, some
having five to look after. This year will be a terrible one for many. I
passed but one wheat-field in seventy miles that would pay for cutting,
and that depends on rain. The drought has disheartened many, and store-
keepers are beginning to stop credit. What these poor people will do is
a painful problem. Banks charge three and four per cent, a month interest,
and hundreds must have the money, even at such a ruinous rate. The
past five years in the older settled parts of Oklahoma were good, the rain-
fall was fair, and harvests too, but this year has been dry since last
December. Many must leave, and much suffering will be with those who
cannot leave. Help is more urgently needed here than in any former new
settlement, on account of the rapid growth, and what we do should be done
quickly. These poor settlers at least should have the consolation that
the Gospel brings, and for which they hunger so much. We in the East
who abound in blessings so richly bestowed should share with our needy
brethren in this new country, and await in return our Savior's word :
"Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of the least of these" — " Come, ye blessed
of my Father."
THE NORTHWEST PACIFIC COAST
By Rev. Wallace Nutting, D.D., of Providence, R. I.
When Washington was a young man the North Pacific coast of
America was not explored, was barely discovered. In our Seattle home
we planted,, in ground named after Washington, a slip from an ivy the
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original of which, growing at Mount Vernon, is said to have been planted
by Martha Washington. The vigor with which it struck its roots down-
ward and reached its arms upward seemed to indicate its delight in the '
triumph of the Washington idea, which, like itself, had traveled from the
eastern to the western sea.
Had some Japanese Columbus skirted the shores of western North
America, searching for a passage inland, he would have found only three :
one at the mouth of the Columbia River, impeded by a bar which is
dangerous at some seasons ; one at the Golden Gate, and one at the
Straits of Fuca. Besides these three approaches there are no large or
natural inlets between Alaska and Central Mexico. Had he sailed in
through the Golden Gate he would have beheld a region whose hills were
bare of trees, and whose plains afforded only at certain seasons of the
year the necessities of life. Had he, however, sailed through the largest of
these, the Straits of Fuca, he would have beheld a channel which for mag- Jj
nificence of proportions is said by competent travelers to be unequaled. ■
At this portion of our coast a mountain range has been cleft cleanly in
two and opened for fifteen miles, the conformation of the opposite shores
still showing the points of cleavage. Up this channel he might have
sailed its entire length without the precaution of sounding, and at its
li.mit he would have discovered two other great reaches of water, leading
away, the one some thousand miles northward, a vast inland channel to
Alaska ; the other opening far southward, and branching into various deep
friths. The distinctive features of this region would have been one
vast, billowy, green sea of fir-trees^ overtopped in the background by the
calm, white crest of mountain ranges, one on either hand. Near the
southern point of his navigation he would have observed, as king over
these mountains, a solitary cone, now white, now coldly blue, now deli-
cately pink, rising some three miles above the mariner's level, and attended,
all about his flowing train, though far beneath his shoulders, by a cordon
of satellite peaks, themselves wearing white helm.ets. The mariner would
have observed also that this peak alone of all those he had seen in tem-
perate climes appeared rising from the water's edge to its lofty summit,
thus giving its true and grand effect of elevation, unmatched by any other.
He might have discovered, all about the shores of these waterways, deep
alluvial valleys of great fertility, tide-lands similar to those of Holland,
great seams of iron ore extending to the water's edge, hills veined with
coal or wholly composed of limestone or carrying the precious metals.
He would have found a beautiful green sandstone island, and another of
granite. Had his vessel become too weak for further use he could have
built on any shore another craft, whose planks should be unbroken by a
joint from stem to stern, whose cabin should be composed of aromatic
cedar, and whose cargo, had he been disposed to turn merchant, might
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have been a fine grade of bog-iron ore, lumber, lime, coal, salmon, or
gold and silver ore, or potter's clay. He could have returned to his
native country carrying a truthful report that the land of his discovery
contained every source of material wealth ready to the hand of man, all
framed in scenery so glorious that their descendants might become as
wealthy as the Babylonians, as full of inspiration and the love of liberty
as the Greeks, as fair of complexion as the British.
But it was the providence of God that the Pacific Northwest should
be last of all lands occupied by our Saxon race. It is small wonder that
when at last the dominant race came into that land it became guilty of
using superlatives. It is small wonder that four of the six Pacific rail-
roads center upon that region.
That is a remarkable land where every necessity of life is at hand.
Some Western States lack lumber, and the poor man must live in a dug-
out, or mortgage his farm to build a house. Some States lack water.
This seems only a little thing ; but when you look upon such a country,
it seems to lack everything. The Eastern man, in such a region, when
told that the only lack was water, replied, " Water ! that's all they lack
down there." Some States lack mountains, and are subject to terrific
storms that sweep across their devoted surface. Some are long clasped
in the icy embrace of the North. Some are burned beneath the horror of
continual sunlight. Some lack water powers, which, with electrical devel-
opment, mean the enriching of any country where they exist. Some can
raise successfully only cereals. Some are confined to a single railroad.
The Pacific Northwest is unique in that it has a plethora of lumber ; for
water it has Puget Sound, the majestic Columbia, and a thousand moun-
tain streams for power and agriculture ; its mountains and its Japan
current make cyclones unknown ; and while its streams do not freeze,
they never boil ; while agriculturally it is as versatile as California plus
Dakota ; and it is open by the greatest avenues eastward and by the
greatest ocean westward.
It is to be noticed that just north of it Great Britain places an impreg-
nable naval fortress ; that thence opens the door to the Siberian railway,
to Japan and China, the oldest, and to Australia, the newest, continent.
What sort of a front shall we present to those nations ? One grim with
rifled guns and bomb-proof casements ? Nay, but the face of a cultivated,
Christlike American, a true citizen of the world, with the cross on his
heart, heaven in his eye, and his arms open to impart the glory of redeem-
ing Love which died to save the world.
Is it to be wondered at that the Home Missionary Society has expended
its largest State appropriation in Washington ?
And the man would be obtuse indeed who did not see in the location
and resources of the Pacific Northwest the prophecy of an empire as
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mighty as you choose to imagine. When you consider that the Straits of
Fuca form the finest entrance to commerce that God has given us, and
that they open from a region of unmeasured resources, and out to the
shortest route to Japan, the old young giant of the Orient ; to China, just
now awaking, after the sleep of ages, to the possibilities of an unlimited
commerce ; to the treasures of Alaska, and its to-be-sought-for summer
voyage by our vast recreating population ; and to the for the most part
undeveloped coast of South America, you perceive that these Straits are
the true long-sought-for " northwest passage ; " that the Puget Sound
region is the harbor, that Seattle, Tacoma, and Vancouver are at the true
center of the world, and that we are on the outer edge ! It is said that
when a body of gentlemen from Wilmington, at one end of Delaware,
were introduced to President Lincoln as "the heavy men of Delaware,"
he advised them to take the train for home immediately, lest that end of
the State should tip up. I assure you that the heavy end of the United
States, materially speaking, is the Pacific Northwest.
There are persons living in this region who are reputed to consider it
central, and to regard the West as the back door of the country. They be
Abraham's seed ; but I say unto you that God is able from, or, at least,
among, the sticks and stones of the Pacific Northwest to raise up children
unto Abraham; and I call your attention to the fact that the proportion of
native-born citizens in the State of Washington is far greater than the pro-
portion in the State of Massachusetts, and that it is not in the West, but
in the little State of Rhode Island, that our largest ratio of foreigners is
found.
Seriously, there is no district with which I am familiar that contains a
larger proportion of church-going people than the cities of the Puget
Sound region. Its population is not free from the skeptical spirit, nor are
all its angels of commerce angels of light. Nevertheless, it is a solidly
American, principally Protestant, largely religious community. In that
life one must sink or swim, and there is abundant room to swim. You
can build up a church there without having it spread over three States. You
can have an orchard all in one State, and not, as in Rhode Island, have
the apples blow off into Connecticut and Massachusetts. There is room
to swing a scythe without mowing off the legs of your neighbors. You
can have a whole special system of theology of your own, and the man in
the next county will never hear of it. You can ride hobbies without run-
ning over anybody ; but, best of all, you can build up a good work on no
other man's foundation. In spite, however, of the opportunities for the
Western minister to go astray, no new country ever suffered from a weak
theology. They need religion in strong doses in order to counteract sin.
A heart that feels the blood applied is the only thing that will live
thiough the awful realism of the West. There are large numbers of men
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in the West, especially on the Pacific Slope, of the Jonah type. The man
who runs away from his commissions often lands on the Pacific slope.
He is swallowed up by the sharks that happen around. He thinks they
happen, but the Lord prepared them. Then, at the ends of the earth,
feeling forsaken and overpowered, " out of the belly of hell " he cries.
Marfy people who know the command of God are thus brought up there,
as far away as they can get. Financial disaster overtakes many of them.
Then is the minister's opportunity ; for the runaway begins to pray, he
attends church, he wants some mighty power presented to him ; he desires
to see Jesus lifted up before him, and to hear him say, "It is finished."
He hears that voice, he looks at that life ; he sees it was a finished life ; he
is drawn, he is penitent, he is saved.
Much of the East is too comfortable to be saved. So far from being
a help to repentance, ideal material conditions hinder the progress of the
Gospel. Bring a man up 3,000 miles from home, w^ith the Pacific Ocean
in front of him, the Cascade Mountains behind him, and without a friend
or a dollar — there amid the vast solemnities of nature, its magnificent
realism, and the terrible memory of past and present sins, and you have
an unsurpassed opportunity to preach the gospel of sowing and reaping,
of the Righteousness over us, like the great mountains, and his judg-
ments like a mighty deep. Then religion has intensity. There is a
romance of truth in salvation under such conditions, as graphic as that
felt by the Israelites when they passed through the Red Sea.
Then they are ready to receive that mercy " like the wideness of the
sea ; " to look to him who holds the waters in the hollow of his hands,
who weighs the mountains in scales, who metes out the heaven with a
span, and stretches it out as a tent to dwell in. There are many men who
went there to get money and found God instead ; going away from God
they ran into his arms ; losing themselves in the continuous woods where
rolls the Oregon, they heard the voice of the Lord in the great waters.
Having gone to the uttermost parts of the earth, even there his hand led
them ; they made their bed in hell, and behold, he is there. For there is
an element that plunged into wickedness which is just now finding its way
hedged up in America. There first many have learned the meaning of
that old word : " Thou turnest man to destruction, and sayest. Return, ye
children of men ! "
The great need now of the Pacific Northwest is men of education, and
the Spirit. I am glad to say this day that in every city of Washington, so
far as I know, the Congregational church is the leading church, the Con-
gregational pastor is. accorded his full weight in the community, and the
Congregational superintendent, who was a member of my church, is a
sweet, large-spirited man. Go west, young minister !
There have been five great Pilgrim movements. Abraham, in Ur of
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the Chaldees, heard the voice : " Get thee out of thy country, and fron
thy kindred, unto the land which I will show thee." And he went out
" went West," not knowing whither he went. He set up an altar at
Bethel. And God was with him.
Again a great wandering Jew arose. They used to say that Hebre'w
meant "a passer over." This Jew heard the voice say: "Thou must
preach the Gospel in Rome also." He passed over. He preached it, and
western Christendom arose. Again, a priest saw Angles with golden hair
captives from Britain, walking the streets of Rome. He called them]
angels, and he went to make them so, and God blessed him. Again a
pilgrim arose, the minister of the Mayflower. He also forsook country
and kindred, from the old Plymouth to the new, and on these forbidding
shores set up the worship of the Christ of God. Then arose also another
p'ilgrim. He saw the mighty future of the North Pacific empire. He
went to it, he won it to our country, he died a martyr to it, and his bones
hallow the soil of Washington. It was a joy to me that my church in
Seattle, from which one could toss a stone into the great western ocean,
is also named Plymouth, and, with its 800 strong, stands for all that Abra-
ham and Paul and Augustine and Robinson and Whitman stood. And
now the genius of the pilgrims stands, the genius of Christianity, with her
foot touching the waves of that western ocean, her eyes fixed in love and
hope upon the last, newest West of Asia, her arms reaching out to it.
Shall she be ferried over ? She must ! Will you do it ?
Who will be the sixth great pilgrim, and the last, before the Sabbath
of the Lord ? Some of your rich Hfe, at least, you ought to give the West
or the farther West — the Orient.
UTAH TO BE LOVED AND HELPED
By Rev. Clarence T. Brown, of Salt Lake City
I SUPPOSE that I cannot teach you to love Utah in the fifteen minutes
that are allotted to me ; but if I could I would. It is natural that we
should love our own. I was born and reared in Ohio, and when, the
other morning, coming through that State on the cars, just at daybreak,
I looked out of the window and saw green grass growing that was not
cultivated by anybody but God, and the beautiful dear old birch trees
and maples, standing there so stately and majestic, I cried for very joy.
We can understand what Wendell Phillips meant when he said, " I love
inexpressibly these very streets " (of Boston), " and if God will give me
time enough I will make them too pure for the footsteps of a slave.
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America must be essentially Christian, or it is nothing." Most of us
could not have been born in Boston, much as we should have liked to be.
Most of us must live in adopted cities, and adopted homes.
It is two years since I went to Salt Lake City, and in that short time
I have learned to love it. And I tell you I do not enjoy your jokes
about Utah. I smile and try to enjoy them, but I can't. I come to-day
to speak for Utah. I am not stupid enough to underestimate all the
trials and terrors of the past. I do not forget that the first Sunday-
school superintendent of the church which I have the honor to serve
'f was clubbed to death at midnight before his very door. I do not forget
the broken hearts in all these years. I do not forget all that has come
II down to us. I do not forget the dearth of American traditions and
M American institutions. But you must not try to conquer the people with
\ the sword ; rather you must comfort them with love. When an arm is
bitten, the man who has any sense will have it bandaged instantly, and
just as tightly as he can draw the cords. He would keep the poison
there, and out of the rest of the body, until he can cauterize or cut out
the bite.
Now, we have no way of amputating a member of our body politic.
We are here, we are bound together, and we have got to stand together.
Utah has got to become one of our States. What Utah needs to-day is
not more bandages, not more ligaments, but more life ; what it needs is
more Gospel ; more light, more homes from the East. When the winds
are fair, then a good sailor puts out every stitch of canvas. We have been
struggling against the wind ; but now the winds which favor the progress
of Utah are setting our way, and the cry to-day is for more canvas with
which to use the powers of good that are pushing us onward toward the
American ideal.
We believe that in Utah polygamy is forever dead. I was asked since
I came here if I was not afraid there might be some personal violence if
the new constitution was adopted, and I was perfectly amazed. No fear
of that whatever. Of course there is an immense amount of ignorance in
the country — dense ignorance, , and a lethargy that must be awakened.
When a man is asleep he is just as blind as when he is dead. We need
help out there in the country districts. We need the forces of the Edu-
cation Society to be planted in the midst of us. There is no way in which
a man who is asleep can wake himself ; he must be jostled. He can't
do as the porter on one of our Pullman cars down in Texas wanted
a party of gentlemen to do. They desired to be called at a certain hour
in the early morning and so informed the porter. His answer was, " All
you have to do, boys, is just to touch the button when you want to be
woke."
Next door to my home is a schoolhouse, and it thrills my heart to
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hear those children sing " America," just as it thrills yours to hear your
children here in the East sing it. They love the flag, in which every star
might seem an angel's tear, and every stripe Christ's mercy covering all
his providence.
We are almost on top in Utah, and I beseech you, brethren, not
to desert us. On my way East I stopped over in Chicago, and while
there stood in the street and watched a procession for an hour and thirty
minutes. The first hour and twenty minutes I stood it pretty well, but
oh, the last ten minutes seemed like an age! It is the last ten minutes,
and the last prolonged effort in any line of endeavor that tries the cour-
age in any heart. The crown of life is for him who overcometh.
If you have any friends that have not been doing very well here in
the East of late ; who have been burned out, or blown out, or frozen
out, or thawed out, or obliged to get out for any other cause, why just
brush them up a little and send them to Utah. I will not promise them
a very comfortable home, especially if they go into the country districts ;
but I will promise to give them plenty to do. And for the sake of those
who are there, and those who are coming, I beg of you to " rally round
the flag.'' And if you will do it, I promise you that ultimately we shall
have in the blue of our flag another star for which you need not apologize,
another gem of which you need not be ashamed.
THE HOWARD ROLL OF HONOR
The number reported in The Home Missionary for August carried the
list up to one hundred and twenty-four shares. The following additional
subscriptions have been received :
Samuel F. Wilkins, Boston, Mass.
Mrs. A. S. "Lovett, Brookline, Mass.
A. M., Boston, Mass.
Rev. George H. Wells, D. D., Minneapolis, Minn.
Samuel B. Capen, Boston, Mass.
Mrs. E. N. Chapman, by a friend.
Mrs. Mary N. Philips, Foxborough, Mass,
A Friend, Braintree, Mass.
H. M. Weston, Boston, Mass.
Miss Clara L. Crane, JDalton, Mass.
Mrs. Z. M. Crane, Dalton, Mass.
A Friend, Worcester County, Mass.
William Shaw, Boston, Mass.
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j First Church, Burlington, Vt.
j A Lady in First Church, Jamestown, N. Y.
! Congregational Church, Southport, Conn., three shares.
Mrs. James C. Taylor, East Derry, N. H.
Miss E. R. Camp, New Britain, Conn.
A Friend, Henniker, N. H.
South Congregational Church, Bridgeport, Conn., three shares.
Esther R. Holmes, Monson, Mass.
Mrs. Newell Chamberlain, Cambridgeport, Mass.
Hon. Elijah A. Morse, M. C, Canton, Mass.
Congregational Church, Westhampton, Mass.
Village Church Sunday School, Dorchester, Mass.
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Westcott, Hopedale, Mass.
Hon. J. A. Lane, Boston, Mass. (through Union Church).
Mrs. Elvira Stedman, West Brattleboro, Vt.
Dr. J. A. Abbe, Fall River, Mass.
Mr. Samuei, Lloyd, New Haven, N. Y.
Mrs. Sarah D. Lane, Boston, Mass.
Mrs. Samuel D. Warren, Boston, Mass.
Edward Sterling, Bridgeport, Conn.
Helen Osterhout, Ridgway, Penn.
Mrs. James B. Crane, Dalton, Mass.
Mrs. Lawson Valentine, New York City."
Mrs. Frank Wood, Boston, Mass.
Mrs. H. N. Hyde, Ware, Mass.
Horace G. Talcott, Talcottville, Conn.
Mrs. H. M. Talcott, Talcottville, Conn.
Mrs. Ellen M. Spear, Holbrook, Mass.
p Rev. F. H. Means, Windham, Conn.
Annie M. Sill and Sister, Windsor, Conn.
W. F. A. Sill, Windsor, Conn.
H. B. S., Lowell, Mass.
THE TREASURY
contributions
1894 1895
April.... $18,936 34 $14,20245
May 18,608 21 12,990 05
June 15,248 46 15,226 35
July 18,908 65 21,048 24
$71,701 66 $63,467 59 $60,537 68 $60,086 68
legacies
1894
1895
April . .
. . $8,701
.36
$13,972
96
May. . .
• 6,113
5«
30,288
94
June ..
• • 35,027
52
8,058 65
July...
• 10,695
22
7,766
13
I
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APPOINTMENTS IN JULY, 1895
Not in commission last year
Davis, J. L., Waycross, Ga.
Drake, Jacobus D., Red Cliff and Gilman Colo.
Grove, Claude E., Fremont and Jamestown, Ind.
Henrickson, Karl F., Ashtabula Harbor, Ohio.
James, Benjamin, Columbia, So. Dak.
Kovac, Andrew, Braddock, Penn.
McArthur. Wm. H., Steamboat Springs, Colo.
McGinley, Wm. A., Chula Vista, Cal.
Mears, Charles Leon, Springfield and Selma,
Minn.
Moore. John D., Longton, Kan.
Petro, John, East Toledo, Ohio.
Powell, Richard, Elwood, Ind.
Shaw, Edwin S , Cooperstown, No. Dak.
Sherik, John, St. Louis, Mo.
Re-commissiotied
Armstrong, Wm. B., Braswell, Ga.
Arnold, William A., Toledo, Cowlitz Bend, and
Knab, Wash.
Barber, Leman N.. Daggett, Cal.
Becker, James K.. Hermosa and Rockerville, Sa
Dak,
Blakeslee, Allen D., Montrose, Colo.
Bond, John J , New Village and Farmingville,
N. Y.
Bradford, Benjamin F., Cedar Grove, N. J.
Brooks, Edward L., Ft. Recovery, Ohio.
Brown, Willard D., Interlachen, F"la.
Brue, James, Long Straw. La.
Bumstead, Rev. Miss Mary G., Highland Lake,
Colo.
Busby, Joseph L., Clanton. Ala.
Buttram, Elijah A., Potolo and Coatsville, Fla.
Calnon, John C, Kingfisher, Okla.
Carter, William C, Powersville, Ga.
Childs, Lucas S., Seward and Oak Ridge, Okla.
Culver, William C, Lightwood and Kingston,
Ala.
Cumbus, George W., Columbus, Americus, and
Huntington, Ga.
Dalton, John J., Thayer, Mo.
Danford, James W., Brownton and Stewart,
Minn.
Dungan, George, Otis and Hyde, Colo.
Fish, Samuel E., Gettysburg, Lebanon, and
Logan, So. Dak.
Fisk, Pliny B., Gann Valley, Duncan, Pleasant
Valley, Ree Heights, and Spring Hill, So.
Dak.
Fleming, Moses G., Comer, Ga.
Forrester, James C, Hoschton, Oxford, and Tea-
gle, Ga.
Frazee, John H., D. D., Kno.xville, Tenn.
Frazer, Charles W., Key West, Fla.
Fritzmeier, William. Crete, Neb.
Gallagher, George W., Dickinson and Gladstone,
No. Dak.
Gilliam, John W., North Rome and West Rome
Ga.
Gober, HockenhuU M., Juno, Ga.
Griffith. William, Caledonia, No. Dak.
Halliday, Joseph C, Orange City, Fla.
Hannah, William J., Big Timber, Mont.
Hardaway, George W., Longwood and PalJ
Springs, Fla.
Harding. John W., Ormond, Fla.
Harper, Richard H., Darlington, Okla.
Harrison, Hiram B., Hillsboro, No. Dak.
Henderson. John H., Anthony, Kan.
Henry, Ale.xander J., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Home, Gideon, Roberts and Magdalena, Ga.
Hubbell, H. L., Lake Charles, La.
Hurlburt, Wallace, Beaverton and Tualitin, Or
James, Henry, Andrews, Ind.
Johnson, Alfred K., Rosedale and Poso, Cal.
King, Charles W., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Kirkpatrick, John E , Seabrook, Kan.
Kloss, Charles L., Kansas City, Mo.
Langdale, Thomas G., Clark, So. Dak.
Leeds, Paul, Western, La.
Lewis, T. Henry, Dawson, Minn.
Lundquist, Carl J., Chandler's Valley, Penn.
Lundsford, Charles P., Sulligent and Hackl^
burgh, Ala.
Morton, John B., Orlando, Fla.
Neuenschwander, Daniel, Fessenden, Einheifc
and Hoffnungsvoll, No. Dak.
Newton. Howell E., Clara, Ga.
Noble, Mason, Lake Helen. Fla.
Paine. S. D., Sanford and Sylvan Lake, Fla.
Parker, Lawrence J., Evangelist in Okla.
Parsons, Charles. Webster and Waubay, So. Dak.|
Pitman, Travis, Glenmore, Ga.
Piatt, Luther H., Alton. Kan.
Rawson, George A., Vernondale, Cal.
Reitinger, Philip, Silver Lake, Minn.
Robertson, William J., Addison, Houston, and
LTpshaw, Ala.
Robinson, John R., Hoschton, Ga.
Shendel, William L., Toledo, Ohio.
Skeels, Henry M., F"ruita, Colo.
Smith, Green N., Baxley, Ga.
Soderstrom, J. N., Grantsburg, Wis.
Staver, Daniel, Astoria. Ore.
Stevens, Moody A., West Minneapolis, Minn.
Thurston, Thomas W., Dawson and Tappan, No.
Dak.
Trchka. Charles. La Crosse and St. Paul, Minn.
Twyford, Mrs. L. E., Deer Creek and Spring
Creek. Okla.
Wellman, Frederick C, South Enid, Okla.
White, Levi, Marion, Ind.
Williams. William T., Slatington and Catasauqua,
Penn.
Wood, Edwin A., Ipswich and Rosette Park, So.
Dak.
Wright, Reuben B., Boise, Idaho.
Young, Arthur G., Harvey, No. Dak.
RECEIPTS IN JULY, 1895
Fpr account of receipts by State Au.xiliary Societies, see pages 306 to 309
MAINE-$98.i7.
Maine Miss. Soc, by John L. Crosby,
Treas
Bath, Central Ch.. by T. P. I. Magoun
Lewiston, Pine Street Ch., by A. L.
Templeton
Portland, A Thank-offering
63 30
24 47
5 00
NEW HAMPSHIRE— $979,85.
N. H. H. M. Soc, by Hon. L. D.
Stevens, Treas. ; of which $9.50 for
debt $282 57
F. C. I. and H. M. Union, Miss A. A.
McFarland, Treas. :
Berlin $10 00
September, 1895 The Home Missionary
301
Boscawen $1068
Bristol, toward L. Mp. of
Mrs. F. Bingham 18 60
Candia, Aux., for the debt.. 2 50
Chester 8 34
Concord, Mrs. H. McFar-
land, for the debt 25 00
First ... 7 14 74
South Ch 6 10
Derry 11 00
Exeter 4 00
Y. P. S. C. E 2 50
Goffstown, Aux i 25
Henniker, Aux 12 66
Jaffrey 2 00
Keene, First 29 00
Manchester, Franklin Street
Ch., Ladies' Benev. Asso. 50 00
Merrimack Con., coll. in
part 2 so
Salisbury, Aux i 50
Tamworth, Mrs. A. M.
Davis, Gen. Howard Roll
of Honor, for the debt. . . 100 00
Undesignated, Friends of
F. C. I. and H. M. U 146 00
Unknown Friend, for the
debt I 00
l4S9 37
Cheshire Co. Conference, by G. W.
Osgood 60
Concord, A Friend S 00
East Derry, James C. Taylor, Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor, for the debt 100 00
Henniker, A Friend, Gen. Howard
Roll of Honor, for the debt 100 00
Manchester, Franklin Street S. S., by
J. T. Carpenter 5 00
Walpole, by C. E. Sparhawk 27 31
VERMONT-$433.78.
Bennington, Miss L. H. Jennings, Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor, for the
debt 100 00
Miss A. C. Park, Gen. Howard Roll
of Honor, for the debt 100 00
Burlington, First Ch., A few Friends,
$4,25 ; Gen. Howard Roll of Hon-
or, for the debt, $100, by M. H.
Stone 104 25
College Street Ch., by G. G. Bene-
dict 51 47
Manchester Ch., $22.06; S. G. Cone,
$50, by S. G. C 72 06
Shoreham, Miss I. G. Birchard 5 00
West Randolph, Mrs. F. L. Carter. . . i 00
MASSACHUSETTS-$9,993.88; of
which legacies, $2,769.05.
Mass. Home Miss. Soc, by Rev. E. B.
Palmer, Treas 1,200 00
By request of donors, of
which $1,300 for Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor ;
for Salary Fund, $100 . . .$1,800 00
For work among foreign-
ers in the West. 1,347 26
3)147 26
Woman's H. M. A., Miss A. C. Bridg-
man, Treas.:
For Salary Fund $25000
Williamsburgh, Aux., Mrs.
L. D. James, Gen. How-
ard Roll of Honor, for
the debt 100 00
Worcester, Extra Cent-a-
Day Band of Park Ch,,
for Salary Fund 10 00
360 00
Amherst, College Ch., by W. C. Esty $216 12
First, by W. Hamlin- 50 00
Y. P. S. C. E. of the North, by Miss
M. L.Dickinson 422
Boston, A. M., Gen. Howard Roll of
Honor, for the debt 100 00
Samuel B. Capen, Gen. Howard
Roll of Honor, for the debt 100 00
W. Shaw, Gen. Howard Roll of
Honor, for the debt 100 00
W. A. Wilde, for Salary Fund 50 00
Bridgewater, Central Square Ch.,
$29.40 : on account of one share of
Gen. Howard Roll of Honor, for
the debt, $75. by A. G. Boyden 104 40
Dorchester, Second, by Miss E. Tol-
man 134 50
Enfield, by Rev. C. W. Shelton, for
the debt 30 00
Fall River, First, by S. S. Bray ton. . . 100 00
Young Ladies' Aux. of Central Ch.
Beneficent Soc, by Rev. C. W.
Shelton, special 75 00
Fitchburg, Rollstone Y. P. S. C. E.,
by Miss L. A. Hay ward 5 00
Georgetown, Estate of Lucy H. Dole,
by M. G. Tenney, Adm 1,200 00
Gilbertville. Young People's Mission
Circle, by W. Anderson, special. ... 43 82
Gloucester, Trinity Ch., by J. O.
Proctor, Gen. Howard Roll of Hon-
or, for the debt 250 00
Lincoln, Gen. Howard Roll of Honor,
for the debt, by E. E. Bradley 100 00
Lowell, Estate of Miss Mary L. Shedd,
by O. A. Merrell, Ex 9^9 05
Legacy of Mary Ann Holden, by
Horace G. Holden, Adm 100 00
Marlboro, Girls' Miss. Club of Union
Ch., by C. F. Burdette 5 co
Monson, Mrs. D. T. Rice 2 00
New Bedford, North Ch., by J. W.
Hervey 47 86
A Friend of Home Missions, Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor, for the
debt 100 00
Newton Center, A Friend in First Ch.,
special 3 00
Northampton, Dorcas Soc. of the First,
by Mrs. J. E. Clarke, for Salary
Fund 5625
E. Mills, by Rev. C. F. Clapp 2 00
North Scituate Beach, S. A. Dwight,
Gen. Howard Roll of Honor, for the
debt 100 00
Norton, Trin. Ch., by S. H. Cobb. . . . 9 53
Pittsfield, First, by F. W. Dutton 26 13
Portsmouth, Y. P. S. C. E. of the Ch.
of Pilgrimage, by M. A. Cornish,
special for the debt 10 00
Salem, Tabernacle Ch., Mrs. DeWitt
S. Clark, by J. H. Phippen, Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor, for the
debt 100 00
Tabernacle S. S., add'l, by W. K.
Bigelow, special for the debt 25 00
Sheffield, by A. T. Wakefield. M.D. . . lo 86
South Weymouth, Old South Ch., by
Rev. H. C. Alvord, special 7 00
Springfield, M. A. Sharrocks, for the
debt I 00
Sunderland, by W. L. Hubbard 127 03
Uxbridge, Legacy of W.. H. Seagrave,
by Charles S. Seagrave, Ex 500 00
Ware, A Friend 10 00
Westboro, Y. P. S. C. E., by Rev.
H. A. Schauffler, D.D., for Salary
Fund 5 00
Williamsburg, of which $24.05 for the
debt, by H. W. Hill, to con. Dea. F.
E. Porter a L. M 50 00
Worcester, Central Ch., bal. of coll.,
$111.85 ; Gen. Howard Roll of
302
The Home Missionary September, 1895
Honor, for the debt, $ioo; special
for the debt, $20, by E. Whitman. $231 85
Rev. H. T. Cheever, Gen. Howard
Roll of Honor, for the debt 100 00
Mrs. H. W. Reed, for the debt 2? 00
CONNECTICUT-$8,S9o.3i ; of which
legacies, $3,947.08.
Miss. Soc. of Conn., W. W. Jacobs,
Treas., by Rev. W. H. Moore,
West Suffield, Y. P. S. C. E., for Sal-
ary Fund 5 00
Woman's H. M. Union. Mrs. W. W.
Jacobs, Treas. ;
Hartford, Jr. Aux. First, by
Miss C. M. Cooley, for Sal-
ary Fund $85 00
New Britain, Miss E. R.
Camp, So. Ch., Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor,
for the debt, and to
const. Mrs. G. H. Millard
and Mrs. Sarah L. Pit-
kin L. Ms 100 00
South Ch., Mrs T. B.
House I 00
Pomfret, " a mite bo.\ offer-
ing." Ladies' H. M. Soc.
by Miss M. E. Denison,
for the debt 2500
211 00
Black Rock, by D. H. Sturges 74 32
Miss E. M. feartram, Gen. Howard
Roll of Honor, for the debt 100 00
Bristol, by L. G. Merick 100 00
Columbia, Ch., $16.69 ! Cecil L. Gates,
$5, by S. F. West 21 69
Y. P. S. C. E., by A. J. Fuller n 87
Connecticut, A Friend 50 00
A Friend S 00
Cornwall, Estate of Silas C. Beers, J.
E. Calhoun and G. E. Harrison,
Exs 1226
Danbury, Y. P. S. C. E. of the First,
$25 ; Mrs. R. Averill, $10 ; Mrs. A.
B. Ensworth, $10 ; Miss M. J. Stev-
ens, $1 ; W. D. Baldwin, $1; E. J.
Gomoll, 50 cts. : the Misses Hattie
and Minnie Averill, $2 ; Miss M. E.
Stone, $[ ; Primary S. S. Class,
$10 ; Mrs. A. F. Pierce, $5 65 50
East Hartford, "' A Friend," Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor, for the
debt 100 00
Greenwich, Y. P. S. C. E., of the Sec-
ond, by Miss M. F. Choate 10 55
From a member of the Stillson Be-
nev. Soc. of the Second, for the
debt 10 00
Mrs. N. B. Hobart 5 00
A Friend of Missions 60 00
Hartford, "Vacation Bible Class " of
the First, by Rev. C. M. Lamson. 7 00
Fourth of July gift 3 00
Ivoryton, Mrs. E. N. Chapman, by A
Friend, Jiioo ; J. E. Northrop, $100 ;
Mrs. J. E. Northrop, $100— Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor for the debt,
by Mrs. J. E. Northrop 30000
Lebanon, First, by Miss J. R. Ma.v-
well 64 78
Litchfield, Estate of Barzilla Arnts, by
Hon. G. M. Woodruff, Ex 1,727 80
Madison, Estates of George M. Dowd,
Abraham A. Dowd. and William H.
Dowd, by L L. Scranton, Adm 2,198 94
Middletown, Mrs. N. A. Douglass. $5;
Mrs W. H. Burrows, $5 : Miss
M. C. Andrews, $5 Silver Circle. 15 00
A member of South Ch., by G. A.
Craig $10 00
Milford, First, by G. J. Smith, to
const. Rev. H. H. Morse a L. M 50 00
New Britain, David N. Camp, Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor, and to
const. John Leete Rogers and Dan-
iel M. Rogers L. Ms 100 00
New Haven, Cong. Club, by J. A.
Richardson, Gen. Howard Roll of
Honor, for the debt 1,200 co
Center Ch., by F. S. Bradley 376 3)
By N. P. Smith " 72 00
Mrs. A. W. Hermance 10 00
Newington, by E. W. Atwood 37 87
New London, First Ch. of Christ, by
H. C. Learned 68 47
Second, by E. H. Wheeler 503 00
New Milford, A Friend 5 00
North Branford, from Estate of
Luther Chidsey, by Charles Page , . 8 08
Norwich, Mrs. L. F. S. Foster, by H.
L. Butts, Treas. Park Ch., Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor, for the
debt 100 00
Mrs. Moses Pierce, Gen. Howard
Roll of Honor, for the debt, by H.
L. Butts, Treas. Park Ch 100 00
Plainville, by M. S. Corning 64 10
C E.B 5 00
Salisbury, Woman's Board of Home
Missions, by Mrs. A. B. Robbins... 16 70
Sharon, First, by R. E. Goodwin 20 36
South Britain, S. S., by G. W. Mitchell 22 45
South Norwalk, by E. Beard m ig
Southport. by Rev. W. H. Holman... 300 00
Suffield, Mrs. Witherell, by Rev. C.
F. Clapp 2 00
Thomaston, First, by G. H. Stoughton 11 18
Rally, for Annie Hawkes' Fund, by
Rev. C. W. Shelton 25 00
Torringford, Mrs. M. E. Norris, to
const. Mrs. M. E. Norris and Rev.
A. H. Norris L. Ms., for Gen. How-
ard Roll of Honor, for the debt 100 00
Unionville, First, by J. R. Jenkins... 30 00
Waterbury, A 200
West Hartford, First Ch. of Christ,
by E. S. Elmer 19 56
A Chappell lo 00
Westminster, by A. C. Greene 325
Westport, by Rev. J. Backus, special
for the debt .33 00
Woodstock, S. S. of the First, by E.
S. Boyden, special 18 00
NEW YORK-$i,4oi.3o.
Received by William Spalding,
Treas. :
Canaan Four Corners $s 82
East Ashford s 95
Gasport 5 00
Homer 13 00
Maine, Mrs. C. T. Barnes.. 35 00
Niagara Falls 20 00
Oriskany Falls 561
Paris 1300
Phoenix 11 05
Portland 20 50
Rochester, South Ch 20 00
Rev. H. C. Riggs 25 00
Utica, Plymouth 17 60
Watertown, $21 ; S. S.,
$14-50 35 50
Rev. E. Curtis 6 00
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs. J. J.
Pearsall, Treas. :
Brooklyn, Mrs. T. R Davis,
Gen. Howard Roll of
Honor, for the debt. . . $100 00
September, 1895 The Home Missionary
303
Jr. C. E. of Tompkins
Avenue Ch., special. . . . $20 00
Camden, Silver Circle 1500
Canandaigua, Gen. How-
ard Roll of Honor, for
the debt, $300; $17.50
special for the debt 317 50
Carthage, Silver Circle 6 10
Cortland 500
Flushing, Y. P. S. C. E , by
H. R. Butler, for work in
Okla 20 00
Poughkeepsie 20 00
Rochester, South Ch 10 00
Saratoga Springs, for Sal-
ary Fund 8 00
West Newark, M. S 1000
$531 60
Angola, A. H. Ames 5 00
Binghamton, First, by J. K. Noyes . . 17 34
Brooklyn, Memorial Ch., by Rev. D.
B. Pratt 18 12
A Friend, for Gen. Howard Roll of
Honor, $100 ; special for the debt,
$50 ■ 150 00
Canandaigua. by H. C. Buell, M.D.. 117 84
Churchville, by A. D. Stone 21 43
Flushing, S. S., by C. P. Harris 21 65
Cong. Ch 1000
Geneva, Mrs. A. H. Perry 20 00
Jamesport, by C. S. Tuthill 9 76
Jamestown, A Lady in First Ch.,
Gen. Howard Roll of Honor, for the
debt, by Mrs. W. A. Hallock 100 00
Kiantone, by L. H . Cheney 2 86
Maine, by S. C. Carman 33 00
Massena,' by M. J. Stearns 5 00
By A. E. Flaherty 481
New York City, Y. P. S. C. E. of the
Bethany Cong. Ch., by Rev. N. M.
Pratt, for Salary Fund 15 00
North Lawrence, Miss A. Williams... 4 40
Norwood, by W. D. Fuller 23 11
Orient, by M. B. Brown 14 4°
Sayville, by W. Green 16 46
Walton, Union Soc. of Y. P. S. C. E.,
by Miss Fannie Hoyt 5 oc
Warsaw, S. S., by H. L. Martin 15 49
NEW JERSEY— $822.11.
East Orange, K 100 00
Montclair, First, of which $100 from
D. O. Eshbaugh to const. Mrs. C. G.
Eshbaugh and Miss R. C. Eshbaugh
L. Ms., and for Gen. Howard Roll
of Honor, by F. T. Bailey, Treas.. . 477 11
Orange, Mrs. Morrison, for the debt,
by Rev. C. Morrison 25 00
Summit, Mrs. J. W, Dodsworth 10 00
Upper Montclair, Christian Union Ch.,
by G. W. Bostw^ick 200 00
Jr. Y. P. S. C. E., of the Christian
Union Ch., by Rev. H. Bliss 10 00
PENNSYLVANIA— $60.32.
Woman's Missionary Union, Mrs. T.
W. Jones, Treas. :
Cambridgeboro 10 00
Arnot, Swedish, by Rev. J. C. Wide-
berg 2 25
Clifford, Y. P. S. C. E., of the First,
by M. W. Leek 12 52
East Smithfield, by O. B. Kellogg. ... 11 80
Lander, by H. H. Cowles 11 00
Plymouth, offering from son of Rev.
Thomas McKay 4 50
Potterville, by Dea. E. B. Powell 4 50
Renovo, Swedish, by Rev. D. Marcel-
ius 3 75
M ARYL AND- $500.00.
Frederick City. Miss M. K. Wiestling,
Gen. Howard Roll of Honor, for
the debt
NORTH CAROLINA-$3.35.
Churches and Individuals, by Rev.
R. R. Brookshier
SOUTH CAROLINA— $5.00.
Charleston, Ladies' H. M. Soc. of
Circular Ch., by Mrs. P. A. Lance .
GEORGIA— $20.24.
Baxley, Friendship Ch., by Rev. G.
N. Smith
Columbus, Americus, and Huntington,
by Rev. G. W. Cumbus
Hendricks, Hebron Ch., by Rev. W.
H. Graham
Juno, by Rev. H. M. Gober
North Rome and West Rome, by Rev.
J. W. Gilliam
Roberta, Walker's Chapel and Mag-
dalena, by Rev. G. Home
Waresboro, by Rev. J. S. King
ALABAMA-$7.6o.
Clanton, by Rev. J. L. Busby
Lightwood. Union Ch. and Kingston,
by Rev. W. C. Culver
Oxford, Union, by Rev. F. W.Vaughan
Spio, Mt. Pisgah, Asbury, Union Hill
Ch., Echo, Friendship Ch., by Rev.
S. Weatherby
Tallassee, Kent, Mt. Olive Ch., Cowles
Station, Texas Union Ch . and Cen-
tral Equality, by Rev. A. C. Wells. .
TEXAS— $35. go-
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs, C. I. Sco-
field, Treas, :
Dallas, First, for Salary Fund
Palestine, First, by Rev. J. H. Dobbs
Paris, First, by Rev. L. Rees'.
OKLAHOMA— $4.97-
Chandler, by Rev. M. D Tenney . . . .
Park, by Rev. J. F. Robberts
Parker, by Rev. S. Richards
Stillwater, First, by Rev. I. A. Hoi-
brook
Waynoka, by Rev. J. W. McWilliams
ARIZONA-$5.oo.
Tucson, Jr. Y. P. S. C. E., by Rev.
D. R. Francis
TENNESSEE— $28.50.
Memphis, Strangers' Cong. Mission
Soc, by J. G. Bock
I 00
5 25
8 90
I 25
I 00
I 00
I 22
50
304
The Home Missionary
September, 1895
OHIO— $586.23.
Received by Rev. D. L. Leonard, Act-
ing Sec:
Ashtabula, Second, by Rev.
W. H. Blease $2 72
Burton, by Rev. E. O. Mead 26 00
Cleveland. Pilgrim, by H. C.
Holt 6000
Union, Intermediate
Christian Endeavor, by
Miss A.Curtis 550
Hudson, by Miss E. E. Met-
calf 9 00
Dea W. C. Webster 500
Kingsville, Miss E. S. Com-
ings and Mrs. S. C. Kel-
logg 50 00
Le.xington, S. S., by H. B.
Somers i 38
Oberlin. Dr. Dudley Allen.. 15 00
Parkman, by H. J. Ford. ... 9 00
South Newbury, by Rev. E.
O. Mead 1400
Tallmadge, S. S., by W. P.
Hine 24 45
$222 05
Received by Rev. D. L Leonard, Act-
ing Treas. Bohemian Board, Cleve-
land :
Cleveland. Pilgrim, by H.
C. Holt $90 00
Mt. Vernon, by Rev. H. A.
Schauffler 1500
S105 00
Woman's H. M. Union, by
Mrs. G. B. Brown,
Treas.;
Akron, First, Y. P. S.C. E. $5 00
Cleveland, Archwood Av-
enue, Y. P. S. C. E. for
Bible Readers School.. i 50
Edinburg 5 00
Elyria, Boys' Miss. Club. 2 30
Painesville, Y. P. S. C. E. 5 00
Jr. Y. P. S. C. E I 00
West Williamsfield 7 00
$26 80 131 80
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs. G. B.
Brown, Treas.-
Burton, Mrs. E. A. H., for
Salary Fund $S 00
Mrs. A. S. H., for Salary
Fun i 2 00
Cincinnati, Walnut Hills,
Olive Branch Mission,
Dime-bank, by Miss Mary
Griffiths 5 00
Cleveland, Euclid Avenue,
W. M. S., Dime bank, by
Mrs. A. R. Brown S 00
Columbus, P. S. A 10 00
Medina, Dime-bank of Mrs
McDowell 500
Oberlin, First L. A. S.,
Dime bank, Mrs. Miller . 5 00
West Williamsfield, for Sal
ary Fund 7 00
44 00
Berlin Heights, by A. M. Gunn 8 27
Brecksville, First, by H. M. Rinear.. 12 00
East Russia Township, S. S. at Dist.
No 4, by S. H. Gray 5 00
Oberlin, First, by A; H. Johnson 53 60
Second, by N. Huckins 36 51
A Friend, for the debt 30 00
Springfield, Y. P. S. C. E. of the First,
by L. Grant 10 00
Toledo, First, by W. H. Eager 33 00
INDIANA-$2.oo.
West Indianapolis, Pilgrim, by Rev.
S. W. Pollard $2 00
ILLINOIS- $1,005.00 ; of which legacy,
$1,000.00.
Galesburg. Legacy of John W. Diete-
rich, by E. N. Williams i.ooo 00
Sandwich and Princeton, Homeland
Purse 5 00
MISSOURI^$74.4i.
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs. K. L.
Mills, Treas.:
Kansas City, Clyde Ch.,
Ladies' Union, " Rescue
Fund" $1000
Meadville 5 00
New Cambria 1250
St. Louis, First 31 20
$58 70
Less e.Npenses 2 94
55 76
Amity, by Rev. J. P. Field 5 20
St. Louis, Hope Ch., by W. W. Abra-
ham 1045
Springfield, German Ch., by Rev. J.
F. Graf 3 00
MICHIGAN— $2.16.
Detroit. Y. P. S. C. E. of Plymouth
Ch., by W. J. Pethenik
WISCONSIN-$i3.37.
Hayward, Ladies' Miss. See, $7.82;
Y. P. S. C. E., $2.55, by Rev. T. G.
Grassie
Mauston, Mrs. C. W. Barney, $1 ; M.
A. Loomis, $i
Wood Lake and Doctor's Lake, Swed
ish, by Rev. N. I. Nelson
IOWA-$.i3.46.
Burlington, by Rev. Dr. W. Salter,
Gen. Howard Roll of Honor, for
the debt 100 00
Keosauqua, A Friend 2 00
Lansing, Rev. A. Kern 2 75
Wilton Junction, German, by Rev.
E. G. L. Mannhardt 871
MINNESOTA-$42o.87.
Glenwood, by Rev. F. A. Sumner
St. Paul. Plymouth, by H. E. Csgood,
West Minneapolis, Mizpah Ch., by
Rev. M. A. Stevens
Worthington, Union Ch., by G. O.
Moore
Received by Rev. J. H. Morley :
Fairrnont $8 87
Garvin i 30
Lamberton 5 00
Lyle 15 00
Mankato 9 87
St . Anthony Park 1522
6 50
16 60
September, 1895 The Home Missionary
305
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs. M. W.
Skinner, Treas. :
Anoka $i 15
Aitkin 62
Austin 15 54
Brownton i 32
Belgrade 2 00
Cannon City 45
Cannon Falls i 55
Cottage Grove 7 50
Dawson i 82
Duluth, West 75
Dexter 112
Dodge Center 42
Duluth, Morley i 00
Douglass, S. S 5 00
Freedom i 50
Freeborn . i 2 00
Faribault, $4.70 ; Easter
offering, $4.80 ; C. E.,
$15 24 50
Granite Falls 223
Grand Meadow 76
Glencoe, of which $3.02
Rescue Fund .- 5 37
Hartland 65
Hutchinson 3 36
Kasota i 15
Lamberton 2 53
Lyle 81
Lake City i 83
Mapleton 4 45
Medford 1 75
Montevideo 2 80
Madison 2 60
Marietta 70
Marshall 3 45
Mankato 1 17
Swedish 70
Mazeppa , 2 95
Mantorville 50
Morristown 55
Minneapolis, Forest
Heights I 05
Lyndale 2 43
Plymouth 44 84
Park avenue 12 45
Silver Lake, $7.64 ; S. S.
$4 II 64
First Rescue Fund,
$2.25 ; Young Ladies,
$2-25 4 50
New Richland i 00
Northfield, of which $18
Rescue Fund 2140
Owatonna i 55
Park Rapids 83
Princeton 215
Plainview 75
Rose Creek 61
Rochester, $54.62 ; S. S.,
S2.31 56 93
Selma 2 50
Sleepy Eye 71
Stewartville i 92
St. Charles 4 20
St. Paul Park, of which
$2 Rescue Fund, and in
full to const. Mrs. A. G.
Sawyer a L. M 10 00
St. Clair, S. S 100
Taopi I 41
Waseca 50
Wadena 83
Wayzata 3 30
Walnut Grove i 20
Winona, First 52 84
Waterville 80
Welch 225
Zumbrota i 30
Zumbro Falls i 50
$412 20
Less expenses 25 00
KANSAS -$66.73.-
Herndon, Logan, and Ludell, German
Chs., by Rev. W. Suess
Indianapolis, by Rev. T. S. Roberts..
Longton, by Rev. J. D. Moore
Manhattan, by C. P. Blachly
NEBRASKA- $23.10.
Carroll, Welsh, by Rev. S. Jones
Friend and Turkey Creek, German, by
Rev. P. Lich
- Germantown, German Ch., by Rev
F. Woth ..
Grand Island, Rev. T. W. Cole, for
the debt
Guide Rock, Superior, and Beaver
Creek, German Chs., by Rev. F.
Brennecke
Lincoln, German Ch., by Rev. J. Lich
NORTH DAKOTA-$9.95.
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs. J. M.
Fisher, Treas.:
Cummings ,
Michigan City and Lakota, by Rev. U.
G.Rich
Oberon, by Rev. O. P. Champlin
SOUTH DAKOTA-$io3.24; of which
legacy $50.00.
Academy, Colvin, and Kirkwood, by
Rev. L. E. Camfield
Canton, $5.88 ; Howard, $3.50 ; Tur-
ton, $2 86 ; Clark. $10 ; Webster,
$1 : by Rev. D. R. Tomlin
Carthage and Esmond, by Rev. G. W.
Crater
Chamberlain, Legacy of Rev. Samuel
R. Thrall, by Mrs. K. M. Jenney,
Ex ;
Delmont, Christoph Wieland, $1.50;
Kulm, No. Dak., German Ch., $2.50,
by Rev. J. Sattler
Oacoma, by Rev. E. W. Jenney. . . .
Mission Hill, by Rev. D. B. Nichols. .
Springfield. Wanari, and Running
Water, by Rev. C. Seccombe
Sweetland, Rev. P. B. Fisk
COLORADO— $104.41.
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs. H. San-
derson, Treas. :
Denver, Third, Ladies' Aux
Colorado Springs, First, by H. M.
Carlton
Cope, by Rev. P. Rasmussen, for the
debt
Denver, German, by Rev. A. Traudt.
Guston, $1.30 ; Manchester, Ch. and
S. S., $13.68 ; Steamboat Springs,
$3.85, by Rev. H. Sanderson
Montrose, by Rev. A. D. Blakeslee. .
WYOMING— $6.25.
S7 20 Manville, by Rev. A. D. Shockley. . .
$2 00
4 00
I 59
59 14
1 50
5 00
3 °o
5 00
3 60
5 00
5 00
2 50
23 24
II 00
4 00
5 00
1 50
3 00
2 50
42 06
6 32
2 50
6 25
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MONTANA— $15.45.
Received by Rev. W. S. Bell :
Hunter's $125
Melrose 95
Thompson's Falls i 25
Butte, Plymouth, by Rev. H. T.
Shepard
Castle, H. H. Barnes
Laurel, First, by Rev. J. Pope
CALIFORNIA-$42.87.
Alessandro, by Rev. S. G. Emerson..
Cherokee, by Rev. A. S. Parsons
Murphy's, Douglas and Sheep Ranch,
by Rev. M. J. Luark
Ontario, Rev. D. B. Eells
OREGON-$9.oo.
Beaverton and Tualitin, by Rev. W.
Hurlburt
Oswego, Leland, and Beaver Creek,
by Rev. R. M. Jones
Portland, Willing Workers of Missis-
sippi Avenue, by Rev. C. F. Clapp
2
00
5
00
5
00
14
12
2
00
16
75
10
00
4 00
2 50
WASHINGTON— $92.10.
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs
J. W. George, Treas $1345
Toledo 4 00
$17 45
Eagle Harbor, by Rev. O. H. Johnson 20 00
Olympia, First, by Miss L. H. Blackler 13 45
RitzvUle, German Ch., by Rev. G.
Schenerle 8 50
Seattle, Taylor Ch., by Rev. G. H.
Lee 3 00
Skokomish. by Rev. M. Eells 5 00
Spokane. Westminster Ch., by Dr. F.
B. Cherrington 700
Jr. Y. P. S. C E., by Rev. A. J.
Bailey 500
Sultan, by Rev. H. W. Mercer 255
Sunnvside, $1: Natches, $4; Wenas,
$2.15 ; West Kittitas, $1 ; Big Creek,
$1, by Rev. R. G. Hawn 9 15
Tolt, by Rev. G. Kindred i 00
I Home Missionary 45 30
$25,726 18
Donations of Clothings etc.
Cleveland, O., L. H. M. S. of Euclid
Ave. Ch., by Miriam C. Smith, barrel
Concord, N. H , South Ch., by Mrs. W.
J. Fernald, box and three barrels
Kensington, Ct., Mrs. M. A. Pratt,
package.
New Preston, Ct., by Mrs. Ellen M.
Burnham, two barrels
Plymouth, Ct., Ladies' Benev. Soc, by
Miss Ellen S. Langdon, bo.K
South Norwalk, Ct., King's Daughters,
by Mrs. G. H. Beard, box and pack-
$101 87 age
Saratoga Springs, N. \ ., Mrs. E. P. Rip-
200 20 ley. bo.x
St. Louis, Mo.. Home Miss. Dep't of
Woman's Asso. of Pilgrim Ch., by
Martha E. Lyman, five barrels and
50 00 four packages
Stonington, Ct , Agreement Hill, W.
102 92 H. M. U. of First Ch., by Emma A.
Smith, two barrels
Donations of Clothing, etc., received and reported at the rooms of the Woman's Home
Missionary Association in July, 1895. Mrs. Louise A. Kellogg, Secretary
Lowell. Kirk St. Ch.. L. M. S., by Mrs. Young Ladies' Mission Circle, pack-
Adaline W. Patterson, bo.x $12766 age $800
Maynard, Ladies' Aux., box 48 18 Westfield, Second Church, L. B. S., by
Warren, L. H. M. S., by Mrs. M. L. Mrs. Henry Hooker 42 17
Hastings, box 184 27
$410 28
AUXILIARY STATE RECEIPTS
MASSACHUSETTS HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Receipts of the Massachusetts Home Rlissionary Society in July, 1895.
B. Palmer, Treasurer
Rev. Edwin
The Gen. O. O. Howard Roll of
Honor :
A Friend in Worcester County $100 00
Boston, Dorchester Village, S.
S., by A. H. Moulton ... 100 00
Weston. H . M 100 00
Braintree, a Friend 100 00
Cambridgeport, Mrs. Newell
Chamberlain 100 00
Canton, Hon. Elijah A. Morse,
M. C 100 00
Dalton, Crane. Miss Clara L. $100 00
Crane, Mrs. Zenas M 100 00
Foxboro, Phelps, Mrs. Mary
N 100 00
Haverhill, Center Ch., by
Daniel Hackett :oo 00
Hopedale, Wescott, Mr. and
Mrs. A. A 100 00
Monson, Holmes. Esther R.. 100 00
Westhampton. Cong. Ch., by
A. D. Montague 116 co
^1,316 00
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Andover, Johnson, Rev. Francis H fioo oo
Bank Balances, June interest on 40 59
Barnstable, Centerville, Worrell, Mrs.
Hannah R., Estate of, by Elisha B.
Worrell 100 00
Bernardston, Y. P. S. C. E., by Mrs.
Crowell 2 10
Billerica, by J. F. Bruce • 15 oo
Boston, Allston, by I. G. Wheeler S3 75
Jamaica Plain, Swett, Satc'l W.. Estate
of, by Francis V. Balch, Ex., *$i,-
500.00.
Ross, Mrs. Anna T., by Rev. Dr. J.
T. Tucker 14 00
Roxbury, Highlands, A Friend, " W,"
towards Salary of Missionary in
Oregon 100 00
West, South Evan., by Mrs. C. H.
Botsford 97 52
South, Phillips, A Friend, 5 percent.
of Howard Roll of Honor 5 00
Braintree, South, by H. B. Whitman. . . 10 00
Bridgewater, Campello, South, by Geo.
A. Morse 150 00
Brookiield, by J. M. Grover 7 82
Brookline, Harvard, Special Contribu-
tion 108 06
Young People's Benev. Soc, by Rev.
W. G. Puddefoot, for Miss Mof-
fatt's work 50 00
Cambridge, A Friend i 00
No. Ave., by E. F. Fobes 145 70
Cambridgeport, Grover, Chester B., Es-
tate of, by L. B. Grover, Adm 1,000 00
Pilgrim, by N. H. Holbrook 35 28
Dartmouth, South, Ladies' Cent Soc,
by Mary E. McKenzie 10 00
Dedham, First, by Elijah Howe, Jr 157 34
Islington, by Rev. W. F. Bickford... 6 15
Dover, Evan., by J. W. Higgins . . . 10 20
East Bridgewater, Union, by Geo. M.
Keith 223
Easton, Evan., by H . Y. Mitchell 25 00
Homes, Francis i 00
Enfield, by Lyman D. Potter 50 00
Fitchburg, Davis, Grace W 5 00
Frost, Rufus S., Chapel Trust Fund, In-
come 20 00
Georgetown, First, S. S., by Helen A.
Holmes lo 00
Gloucester, Trinity, by Joseph O. Procter 75 00
Granby, by Rev. R. C. Bell 30 00
Greenfield, Cook, Harriet A., Est. of,
by Henry F. Nash, Ex., Five Bonds
of A., T. & S. Fe R. R. (cash value
deferred).
Second, by Miss L. A. Sparhawk 27 41
Hadley, Y. P. S. C. E., by J. N. Pierce 7 00
Hampden Benevolent Association, by
Geo. R. Bond,Treas.:
Agawam, Feeding Hills $12 70
Chicopee, First, E.-c.-a-day
Band 10 00
Holyoke, First 39 19
Longmeadow, East 15 16
West Springfield, Mittineague 6078
137 83
Harvard, Torrey, Rev. C. C n 25
Haverhill, Kimball, Mrs. Abby B., Est.
of, by Jos. S. Howe, Ex 100 00
West, S. S. Class No. 4, by Henry A.
Poore 16 71
Holbrook, Winthrop, by F. W. Blan-
chard 1 1 3 50
Holyoke, Second. Reed, A. F., M.D.,
by Mrs. E. C. Weiser 5 00
Huntington, Second, by Schuyler Clark 10 00
Ipswich, South, by Rev. T. F. Waters. . 50 00
Jessup, C. A. Fund, Income of 150 00
Kingston, Mayflower, by Mrs. M. H.
Peckham 20 00
Lakeville, Precinct, by T. P. Paull 50 00
London, Eng., Ropes, MissS. L.,by W.
R. Trask, att'y 10 00
Lowell, First, by Joseph W. Griffin, for
local work among Greeks $27 80
Swede, S. S , by David Petterson . . . . 3 21
Lunenburg, Evan., by E. S. Francis. . . 1= 60
Maiden, A Friend, S. M. S 4 00
Marlboro, Union, by Wm. A. Dudley nc C7
Y. P. S. C. E., by Miss Mabel Put-
nam y ys
Massachusetts, A Friend 500 00
Medford, West, by J. H. Gerrish u 00
Medway, Village, in part, by Rev. R. K.
Harlow 28 50
Melrose, Orth., Special for Miss Mof-
fatt's work in Oklahoma 38 39
Methuen, First, by Jacob Emerson 56 01
Newburyport. Belleville, by Rev. A. W.
Hitchcock, L. Ms. to be named 24476
New Salem, by D. A. Stowell n 25
Newton (Center), First, by J. E. Rock-
wood 242 87
Eliot, by F. C. Partridge 200 00
" Eliot Aids," by Miss Helen E. Part-
ridge 15 00
Northampton, Edwards, Eenev. Soc, by
S. D. Drury 162 50
First, by J. H. Searle 285 62
North Andover, by Jos. S. Sanborn 30 00
Northbridge, Whitinsville, E.-c.-a-day
Band, by Mrs. C. E. Whitin 16 14
North Brookfield, First, by John S.
Cooke 40 00
Norwood. First, by Edson D. Smith. . . 60 00
Peabody. South, by Benj. N. Morse 193 00
Pittsfield, First, by Frank W. Dutton.. 41 64
Quincy, Evan. S. S., Prim. Dept., by
Mrs. M. E. Taber 5 00
Reading, by Dean Peabody 16 00
Reed. Dwight, Fund, Income of 90 00
Rochester, Leonard, Miss Edith, to
const. Harriet B. Ilsley a L. M. of
C. H. M. Soc 5000
Leonard, Miss Emma, to const, her-
self a L. M. of C. H. M. Soc 50 00
Rockport, First, by Z. A. Appleton (of
which $5 from Z. A. A.). . . 1870
First, Y. P. S. C. E., by Alida Nick-
erson 1 1 22
Saugus, Cliftondale, by H. A. Haywood 23 04
Stoneham, Y. P. S. C. E.. by Oliver
Richardson, for Miss Moffatts work. 16 00
Sutton, Wilkinsonville, Hill, Caroline
W., to const. Mrs. Lucretia E. Smith
a L. M. of C. H. M. Soc 50 00
Taunton, Union, by Herbert S. Lane. . . 39 02
West, by S. P. Luther 19 28
Uxbridge, Evan., by I. W. Mascroft.. . 29 12
Waltham, Trinitarian, by T. W. Temple 20 08
Watertown, Phillips, by Moses Fuller.. 102 00
Wellesley, Hills, by L. V. N. Peck 38 00
West Boylston. First, by E. B. Rice ... 10 20
West Brookfield, by A. G. Blodgett,
M.D ■. 27 96
Westport, Pacific Union, S. S., by J. C.
Macomber 1 1 62
Whitin, J. C, Fund, Income of 120 00
Woburn, Conference, by Rev. Geo. E.
Lovejoy, special for Montvale Ch. ... 35 00
Wolfeboro, East, N. H., Oilman, M. E. i 00
Worcester, Piedmont, by C. F. Marble. 30 00
Pilgrim, Y. P. S. C. E., by Jessamine
E. Duckworth s 00
Union, by C. B. Greene 10832
Woman's Home Missionary Society, by
Miss Anna C. Bridgman, Treas :
Boston, Ro.xbury, Wal. Ave. Aux.,
towards salary of Rev. Sam'l
Deakin, Cowles, Neb 5 71
Home Missionary.
.745 44
2 40
$7,747 .84
* Designated for and charged against special
accounts.
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MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF CONNECTICUT
Receipts of the Missionary Society of Connecticut in July, 1895. WARD W. JACOBS,
Treasurer
Ashford, by Rev. C. M. Jones $7 02
Bethlehem, by William R. Harrison 44 32
Bloomfield, by F. E. Bidwell 6 28
Bristol, First, by L. G. Merick 2500
Broad Brook, see East Windsor.
Colchester, by E. L. Strong, for C. H.
M. S 23 94
Columbia, by Samuel F West 1800
Danielsonville, see Killingly.
Deep River, Svircdish, see Saybrook.
East Haddam, Hadlyme, by Charles H.
R ich 6 00
East Haven, Foxon, by Rev. Charles
Page 5 50
East Windsor, Broad Brock, by S. B.
Adams 7 94
For C. H. M. S 5 86
Essex, First, by S. J. Tiley 24 52
Foxon. see East Haven.
Glastonbury, First, byE. H. Andrews. 50 00
Hadlyme, see East Haddam.
Killingly, Danielsonville, by Charles
Phillips 35 94
For C. H. M. S 72 60
Manchester, North, by Levi Drake 93 76
For C. H. M. S 9376
Meriden, Center, by Mary A. Wood ... 25 00
Middletown, First, by E. P. Augur . . . 124 24
Third, by J. J. Wilcox 9 00
New Haven, First, by F. S. Bradley. . .
Eli Whitney, personal
New Lebanon Mission, by Charles W.
Whittlesey
New London, First, by H. C. Learned.
Second, by E. H. Wheeler
Orange, West Haven, by Rev. S. J.
Bryant
Plymouth, Terryville, by A. B. Beach.
Poquonock, see Windsor.
Savbrook, Deep River, Swedish, by
Rev. C. G. Younggren
Somers, Somersville. by H. L. James...
Stafford, West Stafford, by Rev. J. A.
Solandt
Staff ordville, by Rev. Henry M. Vaill
Stratford, a Friend
Suffield, West Suffield, by B. Sheldon..
y. P. S. C. E., for C. H. M. S., by
Rev. Charles B. Strong
Terryville, see Plymouth.
West Hartford, by E. S. Elmer
West Haven, see Orange.
West Stafford, see Stafford.
West Suffield, see Suffield.
Windsor, Poquonock. by L. R. Lord. . .
Windsor Locks, by Charles A. Porter..
$376 38
25
41
156
37
59
50
20
57
15
24
3
8
64
25
10
00
7
I
13
00
00
64
5
00
18
67
3
41
16
SO
$1,477
77
MICHIGAN HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Receipts of the Michigan Home Missionary Society in July, 1895. Rev. John P.
Sanderso.N', Treasurer
Alba $2 24
Coral 2 20
Drummond Island 50
Flat Rock 3 50
Hudsonville 500
Jackson. Plvmouth 3 72
Y. P.S. C. E 3 35
Kalkaska 60
Olivet '700
Rapid River 5 50
West Branch i 08
Wolverine 75
W. H. M. U., by Mrs. E. F. Grabill,
Treas 169 43
$204 87
Receipts of Woman's Home Missionary
Union of Michigan in July, Mrs. E.
F. Grabill, Treas. :
SENIOR FUND
Ann Arbor, W. H. M. S
Allegan Auxiliary
Canandaigua. W. M. S
Cheboygan, W. H. M. S
Detroit,- Woodward Avenue, Second
Ch. W. U
Grand Ledge. W. H. M. U
Greenville, W. H. M. U
7
00
5
00
21
50
SO
00
6
00
3
63
Jackson, W. H. M. S $32 30
Laingsburg, W. M S 1228
Lowell, W. H. M. U 5 00
Mulliken. W. H. M. U ' 205
Muskegon, W. M. S 35 00
Portland, W. M. S 5 15
Ranson , L. A . and M . S 5 oa
St. Johns, W. A 12 92
South Emmett, W. H. M. U i 00
Stanton, W. H. M. U., $6.75 ; Thank-
offering, $7.25 14 00
Whittaker, W. H. M. S s 00
Williamston, Ladies' Helping Hand
Society i 38
$252 21
YOUNG PEOPLE S FUND
Detroit, Young Woman's Union, First
Ch
Y. P. S. C E., Brewster Ch..
Galesburg. Y. P. S. C. E., for salary
of Rev. Joel Martin, Upper Penin
sula
Richmond, Y. P. S. C. E
$22 00
[The Young People's Fund is fto the amount of
$300) to be applied on salary of Rev. Joel Martin,
General Missionary in Upper Peninsula.]
$11
50
2
50
5
00
3
00
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Carmel $8 50
Detroit, Fort Street 33 oo
Doster Mission i 43
Dundee 40
Eastport 50
Ellsworth 3 45
S. S 2 55
Kalamazoo 104 15
Lawrence 8 20
Northport, Wm. Gill 35 00
Onondaga 3 00
Perry 1500
Pleasanton 511
Pulpit Supply 5 00
Vermontville i 50
Whittaker 425
Wyandotte 50
W. H. M. U., by Mrs. E. F. Grabill,
Treas 20 75
$252 29
Receipts in April, 1895, W. H. M. U., Mrs. E. F.
Grabill, Treas:
SENIORS
Detroit, Woodward Ave $50 00
Edmore, L. A. S oo
Flint, W. H. M. S 31 17
Greenville, W. H. M. S 6 00
Kalamazoo, W. H. M. U 6 92
Linden, W. M. S 3 50
Nashville, Mrs M. B. Brice 200
New Baltimore, W. H. M. S 5 00
YOUNG people's FUND
Edmore, Pine Tree Miss. Band 70
Flint, Y, P. S. C. E 5 00
$79 42
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.
4. MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE
ISLAND *
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY ASSOCIA-
TION
Organized February, 1880
President, Mrs. C. L. Goodell, 9 Massachusetts
Ave., Boston.
Secretary, Mrs. Louise A. Kellogg, 32 Congrega-
tional House. Boston.
Treasurer, Miss Annie C. Bridgman, 32 Congre-
gational House, Boston.
2. MINNESOTA
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized September, 1872
President, Miss Catherine W. Nichols, 230 E. gth
St., St. Paul.
Secretary, Mrs. A. P. Lyon, 17 Florence Court,
S. E., Minneapolis.
Treasurer, Mrs. M. W. Sifinner, Northfield.
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.
3. ALABAMA
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION
Organized March, 1877
Reorganized April, 1889
President, Mrs. G. W. Andrews, Talladega.
Secretary, JMrs. J. S. Jackson, Montgomery.
Treasurer, JMrs. E. C. Silsby, Talladega.
6. MICHIGAN
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized May, 1881
President, Mrs. I. M. Powell, 76 Jefferson Ave.,
Grand Rapids.
Secretary^ Mrs. J. H. Hatfield, 301 Elm St., Kala-
mazoo.
Treasurer, Mrs. E. F. Grabill, Greenville.
* While the W.. H. M. A. appears in the above list as a State body for Massachusetts and Rhode
Island, it has certain auxiliaries elsewhere.
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7. KANSAS
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized October, 1881
President, Mrs. F. J. Storrs, Topeka.
Secretary, Mrs. George L. Epps, Topeka.
Treasurer, Mrs. D. D. DeLong, Arkansas City.
8. OHIO
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized May, 1882
President, Mrs. Sydney Strong, Lane Seminary
Campus, Cincinnati.
Secretary, Mrs. J. W. Moore, 836 Hough Ave.,
Cleveland.
Treasurer, Mrs. George B. Brown, 21 16 Warren
St., Toledo.
13. WASHINGTON
Including Northern Idaho
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized July, 1884
Reorganized June. 1889
President, Mrs. A. Judson Bailey, 704 Olympic
Ave., 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.
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, Mrs. J. J. Pearsall, 230 Macon St.,
Brooklyn.
15. CONNECTICUT
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized January, 1885
President, Miss Ellen R. Camp, g Camp St., New-
Britain.
Secretary, Mrs. C. T. Millard, 36 Lewis St.,
Hartford.
Treasurer, Mrs. W, W. Jacobs, 19 Spring St.,
Hartford.
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. Blackman, Whitewater.
16. 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.
u. 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.
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.
12. OREGON
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized July, 1884
i8. IOWA
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized June, 1886
President, Mrs. F. Eggrert. The Hill, Portland. President. Mrs. T. O. Douglass, Grinnell
Secretary. Mrs. Geo. C. Brownell, Oregon City. Secretary. Mrs. H. H. Robbins, Grinnell.
Treasztrer, Mrs W. D. Palmer, 546 3d St., Port- Treasurer. Miss Belle L. Bentley, 300 Court Ave.
'and. Des Moines.
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ig. 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.
20. NEBRASKA
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized November, 1887
President, Mrs. J. T. Duryea, 2402 Cass St.
Omaha.
Secretary, Mrs. H. Bross, 2904 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. ■
22. INDIANA
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized May, 1888
President, Mrs. W. A. Bell, 223 Broadway, In-
dianapolis.
Secretary, Mrs. E. S. Smith, E. nth St., Indi-
anapolis.
Treasurer, Mrs. A. H. Ball, Anderson.
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, Claremont.
Treasurer, Mrs. Mary M. Smith, Public Library,
Riverside.
24. VERMONT
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized June, 1888
President, Mrs. J. H. Babbitt, West Brattleboro.
Secretary, Mrs. M. K. Paine, Windsor.
Treasiirer,yi.rs. 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 508, Denver.
Treasurer, Mrs. Horace Sanderson, 1710 i6th Ave.,
Denver.
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. Smith, Rock Springs.
27. 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.
Treasztrer, 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, Mrs. L. H. Turner, 3112 12th St., Me-
ridian.
29. LOUISIANA
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION
Organized April, 1889
President, Miss Bella Hume, corner Gasquet and
Liberty Sts., New Orleans.
Secretary, Miss Matilda Cabrere, 152 North Gal-
vez St., New Orleans.
Treasurer, Mrs. C. M. Crawford, Hammond.
30. ARKANSAS, KENTUCKY, AND TEN-
NESSEE
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION OF THE
CENTRAL SOUTH ASSOCIATION
Organized April, 1889
President, Mrs. Ella S. Moore, Bo.x 8, Fisk Uni-
versity, Nashville, Tenn.
Secretary, Mrs. Jos. E. Smith, 304 Gilmer St.,
Chattanooga, Tenn.
Treasurer, Mrs. J. E. Moreland, 1214 Grundy St.,
Nashville, Tenn.
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31. NORTH CAROLINA
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION
Organized October, i88g
President^ Mrs. J. W. Freeman, Dudley.
Secretary \
atid 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, 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, 410 Dearborn Ave.,
Helena.
Treasurer, Mrs. Herbert E. Jones, Livingston.
34. PENNSYLVANIA
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION
Organized June, 1890
President, Mrs. J. W. Thomas, Lansford.
Secretary, Mrs. C. F. Yennie, Ridgway.
Treasurer, Mrs. T. W. Jones, 511 Woodland Ter-
race, Philadelphia.
37. UTAH
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION
Organized May, 1891
Reorganized December, 1892
President, Mrs. W. S. Hawkes, 135 Sixth East
Street, Salt Lake City.
Secretary, Mrs. H. K. Warren, 508 Third South
Street, Salt Lake City.
Treasurer, yixi. ]. D. Nutting, Third North and
Quince Streets, 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 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
President. Mrs. E. H. Ashmun. Albuquerque.
Secretary, Mrs. Peter Simpkin, Ciallup.
Treasurer, Mrs. Samuel Dilley, White Oaks.
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
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, Miss Carrie Towner, Custer, Black
Hills, South Dakota.
Treasurer, Miss Grace Lyman, Hot Springs,
Black Hills, South Dakota.
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF
THE NEW JERSEY ASSOCIATION
Organized March, 1891
President, Mrs. A. H. Bradford, Montclair.
Secretary, Mrs. J. D. Hagerman, Montclair.
Treasurer, Mrs. J. H. Denison, 150 Belleville Ave.,
Newark.
42. IDAHO
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION
Organized May, 1895
President, Mrs. R, B. Wright, Boise.
Secretary, Mrs. E. A. Paddock, Weiser.
Treasurer, Mrs. D. L. Travis, Pocatello.
Congregational Home Missionary Society
Field Secretaries
Rev. W. G. PuDDEFOOT, South Framingham, Mass.
Rev. C. W. Shelton, Derby, Conn.
Rev. H. D. WiARD, 153 La Salle St., Chicago, 111.
Superintendents
Rev. MoRiTZ E. Eversz, D.D., German Department, 153 La Salle St., Chicago, 111.
Rev. S. V. S. Fisher, Scandinavian Department, Minneapolis, Minn.
Rev. Henry A. Schaufflek, D.D., Slavic Department, Cleveland, Ohio.
Rev. Edw. D. Curtis, D.D Indianapolis, Ind. Rev. W. H. Thrall Huron, S. Dak.
Rev. Sc F. Gale Jacksonville, Fla. -Rev. H. C. Simmons Fargo, N. Dak,
Rev. J. H. MoRLEV ,. Minneapolis, Minn. Rev. H. Sanderson (Acting) Denver, Col.
Rev. Alfred ,K. Wray Kansas City, Mo. Rev. W. S. Hawkes Salt Lake City, Utah.
Rev. L. P. Broad Topeka, Kan. Rev. J. K. Harrison San Francisco, Cal.
Rev. E. H. Ashmun Albuquerque, N. M. Rev. James T. Ford Los Angeles, Cal.
Rev. A. JuDsoN Bailey Seattle, Wash. Rev. C. F. Clapp Forest Grove, Ore.
Rev. T. G. Grassie Ashland, Wis. p rp ,^ t^«c-o n n I 511 Woodland Terrace,
Rpv A A RT^nvvM i Black Hills and Wyoming. Rev. 1. W. Jones, D.D -^ Philadelphia, Pa.
Ke\. A. A. i3R0WN...-j jj^^ Springs, South Dakota. Rev. W. S. Bell Helena, Hon.
Rev. Harmon Bross ; Lincoln, Neb. Rev. S. C. McDaniel Atlanta, Ga.
Rev. S. E. Bassett (Supt. Alabama). .Ft. Valley, Ga. Rev. J. Homer Parker Kingfisher, Okl.
Secretaries and Treasurers
of the Auxiliaries
Rev. Jonathan E. Adams, D.D., Secretary. ..Maine Missionary Society Bangor, Me.
John L. Crosby, Esq., Treasurer " " " Bangor, Me.
Rev. A. T. Hillman, Secretary New Hampshire Home Miss. Society. . . .Concord, N. H.
Hon. Lyman D. Stevens, Treasurer " " " " " ... .Concord, N. H.
Rev. Charles H. Merrill, Secretary Vermont Domestic " " . .. .St. Johnsbury, Vt.
Wm. C. Tyler, Treasurer " " " " ... .St. Johnsbury, Vt.
Rev. Joshua Coit, Secretary Massachusetts Home " " \g Cong'l House,
Rev. Edwin B. Palmer, Treasurer " " " " ( Boston, Mass.
Rev. Alexander McGregor, Secretary Rhode Island " " " . . . .Pawtucket, R. I.
Jos. Wm. Rice, Esq., Treasurer " " " " Providence, R. I.
Rev. William H. Moore, Secretary Missionary Society of Connecticut Hartford, Conn.
Ward W. Jacobs, Esq., Treasurer , " " " Hartford, Conn.
Rev. Ethan Curtis, Secretary New York Home Miss. Society. Syracuse, N. Y.
William Spalding, Treasurer " " " " Syracuse, N. Y.
Rev. J. D. Eraser, D.D., Secretary Ohio " " " Cleveland, Ohio.
Wm. B. Hovvland, Treasurer " " " " New York City.
Rev. James Tompkins, D.D. , Secretary ...llHnois '' " " " I 153 La Salle St.,
Aaron B. Mead, Esq., Treasurer " " " " ( Chicago, III.
Rev. Homer W. Carter, Secretary Wisconsin " " " Beloit, Wis.
CM. Blackman, Esq., Treasurer " " " " Whitewater, Wis.
Rev. T. O. Douglass, D.D. , Secretary Iowa " " " Grinnell, Iowa.
J. H. Merrill, Esq., Treasurer " " " " Des Moines, Iowa.
Rev. William H. Warren, Secretary Michigan Congregational Association. .. .Lansing, Mich.
Rev. John P. Sanderson, Treasurer " " " Lansing, Mich.
Geo. H. Morgan, Secretary Cong. City Miss. Society St. Louis, Mo.
Rev. Arch'd L. Love, Superintendent " " " " St. Louis, Mo.
Lewis E. Snow, Treasurer " " " " St. Louis, Mo.
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Communications relating to the Editorial Department of The Home Missionary may be addressed to Rev.
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Congregational Home Missionary Society
Bible House, Astor Place, New York
Major-General Oliver O. Howard
President
Rev. Alexander H. Clapp, D.D., Honorary Treasurer
Secretaries for Correspondence
Rev. Joseph B. Clark, D.D.
Rev. William Kincaid, D.D.
Rev. Washington Choate, D.D.
Mr. William B. Rowland, Treasurer
Executive Committee
Wm. Ives Washburn, Esq., Chairman
Asa a. Spear, Esq., Recording Secretary
Mr. Charles H. Parsons
Rev. James G. Roberts, D.D.
Rev. Samuel H. Virgin, D.D.
Mr. Joseph Wm. Rice
Mr. Herbert M. Dixon
Rev. Charles H. Richards, D.D.
Mr. George P. Stockwell
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Rev. Henry A. Stimson, D.D.
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Contents for October, 1895
PAGE
The Mining and Lumber Camps. . 313
Notes of Long Service in Colorado 317
How We Made Our Old Church
Home New 321
How We Started a Church 324
Mrs. Dean's Vision 325
Pastoral Responsibility for Mis-
sionary Collections 329
The Two Harvests 330
The Society's Appeal to You .... 331
Work in the Southwest 333
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Give Equal Honor to Equally
Worthy Workers 335
A Five-Dollar Marriage Fee 336
A New Departure 338
Grateful for Last Year — Wants for
This 339
Father Brighthopes 339
Missions Commercially Profitable 343
Some Points of the Society's
Policy and Methods 344
The General Howard Roll of Honor 349
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The Home Missionary
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OCTOBER, 1895
No. 6
THE MINING AND LUMBER CAMPS
By Rev. O. C. Clark, Missoula, Montana
ERHAPS some readers of The Home Missionary would like to
accompany me on one of my regular monthly visits into the
mining and lumber districts.
At 8. 15 on Monday our train moves out of Missoula and steams
slowly down what is known as the " Coeur dAlene Branch." We at once
notice a difference in the entire outfit from that with which we are famil-
iar on the main line of the Northern Pacific Railroad. There are no
Pullman coaches and no dining-cars to be seen. The train is made up of
empty " flat " cars going down the line to receive lumber, etc., or of cars
loaded with coal or freight, together with one coach, so divided as to
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accommodate both passengers and baggage. We notice also a difference
in the outfit of the passengers on the train. They are equipped with
fishing-rods, guns, spades, and mathooks, and are dressed in the rough
garments of those who are planning to " camp out " or " bach it," as
occasion may demand. For the first twenty miles we pass through a
semi-agricultural district, until we reach Frenchtown, a village of 400 or
500 inhabitants, true to its name, made up entirely of French Catholics.
From this point we plunge on quickly into the lumber region. At inter-
vals of twelve or fifteen miles are little settlements where the enterprising
IRON MOUNTAIN (MONTANA) CONCENTRATOR
lumbermen have planted their movable mills, and where they remain long
enough to saw up the logs that are within reasonable distance ; after
which they move on to the next timber center. These camps sometimes
remain in the same place for several seasons and sometimes only for one ;
never long enough for anything permanent to grow up around them.
Here and there along the route also the mining " prospector " has opened
business. At some points large, rich mines have developed, with "stamp
mills " and " concentrators " and all the appliances of rich, productive
mines. At other points the mining interests are developed on a much
more modest scale, only such as the placer miner or single-handed pros-
pector can afford. At these many points hundreds of men are employed.
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under conditions where they know no Sabbath and where all the privileges
of life, such as would minister to their spiritual and social uplifting, are
denied them. At each of these camps we introduce a supply of religious
reading matter. Many of our eastern friends are interesting themselves
in these points that are so utterly destitute of religious influences, and
are supplying them regularly, every week or fortnight, with bundles of
fresh, new literature directly from the East. Some of the many Endeavor
Societies and King's Daughters Circles in Massachusetts, Ohio, and Illi-
nois are thus cooperating with us in our effort, and Mr. Frank L. Fun,er,
LOG JAM NEAR BONNER, MONTANA
of Boston, is sending us a number of periodicals direct from the pub-
lishers. The result is that far out in the mountain camps, in the lonely
cabins, in the bunk houses, in the boarding places — indeed, all along this
line for sixty-four miles, at least, The Golden Rule, 27ie Silver Cross, The
Congregationalist, The Advance, The Hartford Religious fferald, The
Watchman, etc., are to be found ; and the hardy toilers who have been
accustomed to spending their leisure hours with The Police Gazette or some
other worthless trash, are now reading these helpful religious papers.
We stop at these different places long enough to see that our " news bas-
ket " is well filled, and then go on to the next, until we reach Iron Moun-
tain, sixty-four miles from Missoula. Here we get aboard the " limited
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express " and set out for a climb up the mountain. A long-haired, hardyr
looking driver cracks his whip over the leaders, and away we go with our
"lumber coach-and-four " into the forests and then up the mountain.
After climbing over a thousand feet we find ourselves in the heart of a lit-
tle mountain city, composed of new board shanties, with the conspicuous
sign, " saloon," over about every second door. Here the rattle of ma-
chinery and the presence of the hardy-looking miners show us that we are
in a " mining camp " in earnest. It is about four o'clock in the afternoon
when we reach our destination, and the rest of the day we must be pretty
IRON MUUNTAIN (MONTANA) IJuAKJJl.NG-llOUSE
busy, making the necessary arrangements for an evening service. The
first thing to do is to see if we can negotiate with the managers of the
dancing-school and arrange to occupy their room for an hour. This pre-
liminary settled, the " wrestling " must begin. Saloons, stores, offices,
shops, etc., must all be visited and a word of invitation extended to each
and all. Sometimes the response to our calls will be very satisfactory and
the hall will be full. But sometimes, when there is some other attraction,
the preacher will be left rather lonely.
The most interesting part of this visit, however, for our eastern friends
will be the private interviews with the people we meet. The idea of con-
sistent morality that is cherished would, perhaps, be somewhat surprising
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to an average New Englander. A single example of recent experience
will do to illustrate. As the missionary enters the saloon a long-haired
Frenchman staggers across the room to meet him, and, after some very-
polite evolutions such as the French only know how to make, he says :
" The fact is, boss, I am a Catholic, but still I think that churches are
all right and the doctrine that you preach is good ; and, in fact, I am a
pretty good Christian myself. I do about as well as I know how. With
the exception of a few minor vices, like wine, women, and tobacco, I am
a pretty moral man." This man did not speak in the spirit of jollity, but
honestly expressed his sense of his condition. Yet he was one of the
most sensual libertines in the camp.
A couple of meals at well-spread tables where frugal economy is not
considered, a night in a mountain-camp bunk, and a dashing ride down
the mountain amid scenery as grand as the Alps afford — and we are ready
to start on our homeward way. After stopping at two or three points in
the woods, where we meet with the lumbermen in their camps and preach
to the promiscuous crowd that gathers, we reach home again on Wednes-
day or Thursday night, tired, but filled with practical experience from
which to draw some pointed, helpful lessons on Home Missions for our
own people on Sabbath morning.
NOTES OF LONG SERVICE IN COLORADO
By Rev. Roselle T. Cross, of York, Nebraska
, VI. Above the Clouds
In the summer of 1878, the tall man with a big heart who had suc-
ceeded the big man with a big heart in the work at Denver, came and
gave two lectures on his travels in Europe and Asia. He and the pastor
drove to the mountains one day and went on foot about six miles up the
new Pike's Peak trail, that was just being opened and led through some
of the most charming scenery in all that region. Never was there a
more congenial companion for a tramp in the mountains than that tall
man. He fairly bubbled over with puns and fun and enthusiasm. They
found an artist friend taking the first views of some very iine waterfalls,
and he gave them the privilege of naming the views. They were trying
to drive the devil out of the mountains and they thought this a good
opportunity to keep his name out of that particular spot. Rosemma
Falls, Sheltered Falls, and Little Minnehaha were names that they gave
to three different cascades, photographic views of which have since been
sold in immense numbers. A terrific thunder-storm overtook them and
they returned home in a heavy rain.
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Three weeks later the same two ministers, with another added to
their number, took an early start with the intention of ascending Pike's
Peak. Driving to the mineral springs and stabling their horse, they
started on foot at six a.m., intending to take the climb leisurely and
enjoy the scenery all they could. The distance was said to be twelve
miles, but was really less, and the ascent was 8,000 feet. They rested
two hours at a log hotel on Lake Morraine, where with the keenest
of keen appetites they ate the squarest of square meals. It took them
five hours to make the remaining distance of about five miles. The
timber line was passed at 12,000 feet. Then the trail was very steep and
led through some deep drifts of snow. On the southwest side of the
Peak they found plenty of green grass in which blossomed myriads of
tiny but wondrously beautiful Alpine flowers.
It was June 25th, but the top of the Peak was covered with deep
snow which thawed during the day and froze at night. The last mile or
two was like climbing a very steep and soft snow drift. Every few steps
they would sink in half the length of the body. 'I'hey became very, very
tired. As they reached each rounded knob that appeared from below to
be the summit they saw the real summit still further on and up. Every
few rods they would sit down to rest, and when they rose to go on, their
knees almost failed to support them. They soon learned that they must
rest standing up. They nibbled often at the remnants of their lunch and
drank ice water, but only grew weaker. The tall minister was on the
point of giving out entirely when, just as it was growing dark, they saw a
few rods ahead of them a low, massive stone house, the United States
Signal Service station. They were soon inside of the highest house on
the continent, 14,146 feet, just in time to escape the storm of snow and
hail that swept over the mountain. A thunder-storm was raging a mile
or two below.
The telegraph wire brought the electricity into the room, and just
before each loud clap of thunder there was a report like a pistol at the
telegraphic instrument.
The signal ofiicer and one minister slept on the floor. The other two
ministers were kindly given the only bed. They were too tired to sleep,
and the rats were numerous and active, running all over and all through
the bed. The tall minister was greatly annoyed by them. Once he
thought he had a good chance to hit one and send it flying across the
room, but the rat suddenly got out of the way and the other minister
took the full force of the blow in his side. The widespread story about
Sergeant O'Rourke's baby being eaten by rats on Pike's Peak was pure
fiction, but it might have been true so far as the ability of the rats was
concerned.
The ministers were up at half past three, for it was part of their
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programme to see the sun rise. They shivered around for an hour and
then they saw the sun come up Hke a globe of fire far out on the plains —
not much of a sight after all. Their view of distant mountains was
obscured by clouds, but they had such a cloud view as they would not
have exchanged for a cloudless one. They looked far down and out
upon 10,000 square miles of white billowy clouds — one great, limitless sea
of foaming waves of mist. The clouds upon which they looked from above
were those to which the people below were looking up. Occasionally the
clouds would break and reveal a glimpse of the green earth beneath.
Once or twice through rifts in the clouds they saw the towns of Manitou
and Colorado Springs, the latter looking like a chessboard out on the
plains. A cloud went drifting by only a few rods in front of them. As
it came between them and the sun it was filled with prismatic colors.
Happening to look to the west and a few rods behind them, there hung
a pyramid of prismatic color suspended in the air. They stood on the
edge of what is called " the crater " and rolled off great rocks, and saw
them go leaping down over the snow hundreds, yea, thousands, of feet.
The crater was filled with a dense mist which was tossed and torn
by the wind and came boiling and foaming up over their heads and was
borne off to the west. There was a sudden rift in the clouds, and
they peered down through the narrow canon of mist and saw, nearly a
mile below them, the green trees bathed in the beautiful sunshine. As
they saw one and another of those glorious sights they gave utterance to
all manner of exclamations of delight. '* Oh, oh ! " " Ah, ah ! " " Beauti-
ful ! " " Splendid ! " " Glorious I " " Magnificent ! " " Isn't it grand ? "
But after a little their exclamations died away, and they stood in silence,
with souls so full that they could not express their feelings with the
poor, imperfect language used down on the earth's surface.
The dense clouds were now all about them. It was of no use to
remain longer, and they started to descend. When half way down and
walking on almost level ground, your minister tripped on a small root
and fell headlong. As he lay groaning in pain on the ground, his tall
friend picked up the things that flew out of his pocket, among them his
watch. " Is it going ?" he managed to ask. " Yes," was the provoking
reply ; " rather faster than you are just now." When they reached home
that night he was unable -to use his sprained foot. The whole party
agreed with the common verdict of those who make the ascent : " Wouldn't
have missed it for fifty dollars ; and wouldn't go again for fifty more."
But one of them did go again, and on foot, too.
The excursionists' hearts were made sad on their return to learn that
the pastor at Longmont, the beloved " Saint John " of the Colorado band,
had died on the previous Sunday after preaching in the morning. He
had suddenly ascended the heavenly mountains, going up into eternal
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sunshine above all earthly clouds and storms ; but leaving to his family,
his church, and his brethren, the heritage of a good name, a good work,
and a precious memory.
HOW WE MADE OUR OLD CHURCH HOME NEW
By Rev. Andrew J. Hetrick, Canterbury, Connecticut
Our church building, beautiful for situation, was erected, at the cost of
no little effort and sacrifice, in 1804-5, on the high and ample ground sold
by Robert Green, in 1705, to the town of Canterbury for church and other
purposes. The site slopes gracefully to the Main Street, and is adorned
with many old and young shade trees. The present church house— the
third or fourth that has occupied this ground — faces the west, has a ves-
tibule from which twD doors admit to the audience-room, and a gallery
on three sides. Though it has been often repaired on the outside, and
various changes have been made on the inside during its many years'
standing, it has lately come to be in special need of a thorough renovation.
But how to get the means of paying for the work — that was the problem.
It is a problem which many a poor church has to face sooner or later ;
and the simple story of what we did and how we did it may perhaps help
some church and pastor in an exigency like ours.
The church proper was organized June 13, 17 11, and at different
periods in its history has been a strong church ; but, for well-understood
reasons which obtain in many New England villages, it has grown weak
in recent years, the number of its members at present being only fifty-
nine. These, and those who worship with them statedly, have as much as
they can do to meet the current expenses of sustaining the cause of Christ
at home, besides making several contributions annually for the benefit of
that cause abroad. The pastor, therefore, deemed it proper to apply for
means to those friends outside of the parish who, because of family or
other associations with it, feel interested in its perpetuation and prosperity.
Early in 1S94, on his own responsibility, he began writing to them, and
continued to do so, notwithstanding some discouragements, until the con-
tributions amounted to more than $1,050. This sum was further enlarged
within the bounds of his parish to nearly $1,200.
Meanwhile the work of overhauling the old meeting-house was under-
taken. Beginning with the highest point, the steeple was repaired, and
the old rod, which, not being insulated, was more likely to conduct light-
ning into the building than from it, was taken down. None but the boys
who were wont to climb up on it shed a tear over its disappearance. The
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dark loft which had been a home for bats from time immemorial was
cleansed, and light was let in through a new window.
Then the galleries, which are very wide, were fitted up to be used
independently of the audience-room below, for festivals, literary enter-
tainments, and social gatherings. The old pews were removed, and all
available material was made use of. The sloping floors were made level ;
and the space in the walls thus left bare was closed up, largely with the
old pew doors taken many years ago from the pews in the body of the
church. A platform was erected on the northeast corner of this gallery
floor, and a dressing-room connecting with it was made of the north stair-
way, now no longer needed. A reading-desk was made for this platform
partly out of the old pulpit cushion ; the great old pulpit itself was
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changed into a table and cupboard for the church kitchen ; the long
supper table in the south gallery was firmly secured, and everything put
in excellent working order.
The south stairway was made easier by lowering it a few steps to the
level of the lowered gallery floor ; a rail and wainscoting were placed
along the walls, and the walls were whitened. On the floor of this stair-
way hall a room was partitioned off more especially to facilitate the work
of the sexton.
The main ceiling, which in some parts was out of plumb from one and
a half to two inches, was first shored up and furred, and then covered
with handsomely fluted half-inch North Carolina pine boards, which were
so paneled with southern cypress molding that all the ends were con-
cealed, and adorned with a beautiful centerpiece, also of this cypress ; the
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whole being finished in hard oil. The ceiling under the galleries was
treated in the same manner, with this difference, that the lathing and plas-
tering were entirely removed ; and all the walls were artistically frescoed,
that back of the pulpit being also finely lettered with appropriate scrip-
tures. The wall was then wainscoted the whole length, as was also that
of the vestibule. The woodwork was tastefully painted, special attention
being paid to the fronts of the galleries and to the pews. The rails of
the latter were carefully scraped, stained, and treated with shellac ; the
ends were numbered with nickel figures, and the boards supporting the
seats were narrowed six inches, that the carpets might be readily passed
beneath them. A beautiful stationary bookcase of southern cypress, about
eight by sixteen feet, was built for the Sunday-school along the west wall
back of the vestibule, and finished in hard oil. The pulpit platform was
set back, to give more room for the communion table ; the transept pews
at the left of the pulpit were taken out and added to those in the gallery,
and a platform rising one step was made for the choir in the space they
occupied. The long, ungainly stove-pipes were taken down and disposed
of, together with the old stoves, and a furnace-room was made under the
northeast corner of the building, connecting with a chimney which was
built for it ; and a new wood-burning heater was placed in it and encased
in bricks. To complement this in severely cold weather, a new large
round oak stove was put up in the northeast corner of the audience-room,
and connected by a short pipe with the same chimney. Three elegant
high-back pulpit chairs, thirty-five window shades, and 250 yards of carpet
were added to the adornments of the inside.
Outside, the stone pavement of the portico was raised and made level,
the underpinning of the church was pointed, and the clapboarding painted
where it was especially needed. Besides, twenty rock-maple trees were
planted on the green and in front of the parsonage. Every one of these
is growing finely. About one-third of an acre of ground was purchased
for seventy-five dollars to enlarge the parsonage garden ; and a long-
standing debt of $170 was canceled.
All these things, and many others, were accomplished with the money
raised as indicated above, //z^.y considerable work that was freely given.
Thus was this ancient meeting-house renovated and made, according to
the testimony of the oldest citizens, more attractive and beautiful than
ever it was. Many thanks are due to those who helped us so generously,
and much praise and gratitude to the good Lord who inspired and
sustained us in all our efforts. " Blessed be the God of our fathers who
put such a thing as this in our hearts to beautify the Church of Christ
which is in Canterbury."
" How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts ! A day in thy courts is better
than a thousand."
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HOW V^E STARTED A CHURCH
By a Missionary Evangfxist
This simple history of a work of applied Congregationalism shows
the power of God through that organization, giving unity and life to a
divided neighborhood. The situation : a country suburb of a State capital ;
a schoolhouse of good dimensions ; a district, three by five miles, contain-
ing not far from five hundred families ; the schoolhouse one and one-half
miles from the end of the rapid-transit lines. Most of the Christian resi-
dents of this district had a church home in the city near by. A small
Sunday-school was maintained in the schoolhouse, mainly by workers
from the city. The religious life of the community was at a low stage —
not so much manifested in immorality as in neglect of religious responsi-
bility. The starting of a local church of any denomination seemed to be
an impossibility. A not over-careful count revealed twenty-two different
religious sects represented by the professed Christians of the neighborhood.
Some of the city friends interested in this work, hoping that a strong
effort to bring them together might be blessed of God, sent for your
evangelist, who visited and labored with them for three weeks. In these
three weeks there were sixty-six who professed conversion, many of them,
without doubt, entering on and maintaining a new life.
On a careful canvass of those interested, only two could be found who
would promise to become members of a Congregational church.
The evangelistic effort seemed to have made more pronounced the
peculiar differences existing in the minds of the people about religious
faith and practice.
So much work had been done upon tlie field, and so many not of the
neighborhood felt that there ought to be brought about a union of the
religious forces, it was thought best to make still further effort to estab-
lish a church.
Meantime one of the city churches held a protracted meeting in the
schoolhouse, resulting in some conversions, but also in ascertained in-
ability even to establish a "class " on the ground.
Consultation among brethren developed the thought that perhaps the
building of a house of worship might get the people so working together,
and their hearts so warmed, that they could be induced to walk in fellow-
ship. The nearest Congregational church was asked to become the legal
trustee of the property and to furnish a committee which would oversee
the w^ork of building. To this request they consented. The hard times
of 1S93 and 1894 came with the beginning of the building, and the enter-
prise grew slowly. One woman of God in the far East, whose heart the
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Lord stirred, gave above $1,000. The major part of the money for the
building came from abroad.
Opposition, internal and external, was faced by the man of faith, who
pushed on, day by day, in his labor of love, to the completion of the
building. People in the neighborhood said : " The schoolhouse is good
enough." "You cannot get the people to unite in a Congregational
church. I won't." People in the near city said : " They have money
enough to build a church themselves." "They won't appreciate it."
"They will never unite."
Still day by day the walls went up. One by one the neighbors gave
time, work, and money, until the church building stood finished, withy^z;^
people willing to become members. So the interested ones said, " We
must have the evangelist again." Accordingly, a two-weeks' meeting was
held in the schoolhouse before the day of dedication, many people saying,
" They are now trying to get up an interest so that they can raise money to
pay for the building." The evangelist gave notice that no money was to
be asked for, since the house was paid for to the last dollar, and that the
true motive of the service was to hold up Christ, that we all should be
serving the same Savior and rejoicing in his love.
Saturday night before the day of dedication was set apart for organ-
izing the church. Meetings had been held every night, and the days
had been -spent in visitation.
No apparent break had come. Saturday night came, and with it the
house full. On the invitation for those who wished to walk in fellowship
to stand, seventeen of the leading people of the district rose and cove-
nanted to be a Congregational church. These seventeen represented six
different religious faiths, of whom but two were originally Congregation-
alists.
From that moment the tide of union, based in love, has risen. Their
hearts are full as they take in the beauty of the little temple, a gift of
love ; as they think- of the new life manifest in the district ; as they catch
glimpses of the future of service and victory ; and their voices rise in
praise and gladness. They have gathered pledges of above $400 toward
a pastor's salary, and look longingly toward the day when they shall, as
a flock, be led in and out by the under-shepherd of His appointing.
MRS. DEAN'S VISION
It was Sabbath morning, a beautiful bright spring morning, with cloud-
less sky, warm sun, and balmy air, wooing from the bosom of mother
earth the tiny plants and springing grass. Pastor Gray stood in the
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pulpit of the old stone church, with closed Bible, looking down on the
upturned faces of his flock. As he laid his hand on the holy Book, he
said : " My people, how is it with us ? Are we listening to the voice of
the Lord as he speaks to us? Life is short ; 'one day less to live,' the
finger of time writes to-night in our life's book. Soon will come the last
page. Are we making such a record as we shall not fear to meet when
the end comes ? Let us each, now, in this sacred place hallowed by
memory, this Bethel, ask pardon for past sins and help for present duties."
While he prayed, " Forgive, Lord ; help, Lord," a sweet calm stole into
the people's waiting hearts.
The congregation passed quietly out, seeking their family convey-
ances, not waiting for the usual salutations and exchange of greetings.
The country roads were soon filled with carriages, and the people quickly
reached their homes.
Mrs. Dean, one of the most attentive listeners to the morning's ser-
mon, went about her house all the rest of the day and evening filled
with solemn thoughts. As she read of the work in home mission fields
her heart was touched as never before. She was filled with love for the
Master and his work. A warm sympathy for the noble workers in the
fields of the Church sent a glow of heavenly fervor into her soul. She
read over and over again the letters from home missionary workers, and
the sore financial emergency confronting the Society came to her with
persistent voice, calling for help. An " empty treasury " stared her in
the face, as she sat and mused over the situation. Little Anna, her five-
year-old girl, conning over her Sunday-school lesson by her mother's
side, sang gently: "The Lord is coming by and by; will you be ready
when he comes ? " Tears filled the mother's eyes as she whispered :
" Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength."
" Help me. Master, to be ready ; show me how to help thy cause ; give
me power from above to work while it is called to-day." Walking out on
the piazza Mrs. Dean saw old black Tom, gray-haired and bent with age
and toil, working around the barn doing the " chores." As he worked he
sang, his clear, fine tenor ringing on the evening air : " Better get ready
for the judgment day." Over and over he sang this refrain, until the air
seemed filled with the words, and "judgment day," " judgment day,"
echoed around the house. Looking off into the distance, she said : " I
will look unto the hills from whence cometh my help. My help cometh
from the Lord." After an evening spent in reading and prayer, fit clos-
ing for the solemn day, the Dean mansion grew still, and sleep wrapped
the family in robes of peace. While Mrs. Dean lay sleeping her mind
became abnormally active. She found herself above the earth ; time and
space were annihilated ; the elements were at her command ; the winds
lent their chariot to carry her where she listed ; the air was filled with
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voices unheard by mortals, but coming distinctly to' her ears. The sighs
and tears of mourning souls were audible to her, and she stood awed at
the sounds. She bent her ear toward the earth, and up from the South
came the lament of the poor whites, in the quaint dialect of their country.
The wan, haggard face of the poor mother was lighted up with
affection for the children ; her heart, was just as full of love for them as
if her gaunt form were clad in satin instead of rags.
She moaned : " I thought you alls would send teachers and make
bigger schoolhouses, and that my boys and girls could get what I never
had — a chance. Is God dead ? or has he forgot he made us ? Why
don't he hear our cry ? We uns are dying, and don't know the way to
get to that heaven you tell us of. Oh, won't you uns help us ? " " Help
us, help us! " the mountains and valleys echoed. With clarified vision our
traveler sees down through the blue ether schoolhouses and mission
churches filled with souls hungry for the bread of life, willing, anxious
to learn how to live aright here and how to reach the right hereafter.
These poor people, whose moral surroundings are so low and often
degrading, are poor, oh, so poor, in this world's goods ; but, as someone
has said, " not poor when it came to handling a rifle, and standing up as
a bulwark between the nation and its foes." A people with a " native
virtue " and capacity for progress and improvement, Mrs. Dean saw
them in their humble homes, in wretchedness and squalor, begging for
schools and churches ; but between her and these her fellow-creatures,
in their great need, loomed up the "empty treasury."
Beside these poor whites stood their brother, the freedman. With out-
stretched hands and pathetic looks he cried : "Me too, sister, help me too.
I want to learn to read dat bressed Book dat tells de way to heaben."
Above his head she saw written in glittering letters, " God hath made
of one blood all nations of men."
Carried by an irresistible impulse Mrs. Dean found herself in New
Mexico ; the wail of the penitents with their blood-stained backs, the cry
of the women and children, but added to her sorrow. She groaned in
spirit as she saw the need, and knew the poverty of funds to do the
work.
An awful stillness seemed to pervade all space around, above, and
beneath her. Onward moved the wind, carrying her westward and north-
ward. On to Idaho and to Utah with its mountains and valleys, ideal-
ized in the soft shades of night, and where only man was vile. Here the
voices of helpless women and children called to her, and it appeared
almost as if she was looking into the regions of despair and listening to
the cries of lost souls as she looked into these Mormon homes. On to
Alaska flew her cloud-curtained chariot, and there the need for the
Gospel of Christ seemed so great, she could only weep and wring her
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hands in impotence. As she paused above the snow-capped mountains
of the west, the whole procession came before her — poor whites, freedmen,
and Mormons, an innumerable multitude. The tramp, tramp of their
weary feet sounded in her listening ear, as on, on they went toward
eternity, her " judgment-day brothers and sisters." A voice, calm and
sweet, but oh, so sorrowful, filled all space around her : " Hungry and ye
fed me not." " When, Lord ? " she cried. " Inasmuch as ye did it not unto
the least of these, ye did it not to me," came back the answer. Oh, how
she longed to fly back toward home to work, work for the Master. As
she moved along it seemed to her a voice said : " Too late ! Too late ! "
With a groan she awoke, to find herself in her own bed, shaken with sobs,
her pillow wet with tears, but oh, so thankful that there yet was time
to work.
Monday morning brought the regular home missionary meeting, and,
unmindful of mud, bad roads, and aching head, Mrs. Dean went to the
gathering. When opportunity oifered she rose in her place, her face
aglow with feeling as she said : " Sisters, the Lord spake to me last night,
and opened my blinded eyes to see things as they will seem in the light
of eternity." And then she told her visions of the night, saying : "It is
never too late to begin to do well. We always may be what we might
have been ; and, God helping me, I will start anew in home missionary
work, will pray more and give more, that, so far as I can help, an ' empty
treasury ' may not prevent the work in our churches and schools. Will
you join me, sisters ? " And with one voice they said: "We will!'"
Standing in the old church, with the afternoon shadows falling on " Old
Glory " floating from the schoolhouse spire just in sight, these soldiers of
the cross sang softly :
" Only an armor bearer, proudly I stand,
Waiting to follow at the King's command ;
Marching, if ' onward ' shall the order be,
Standing by my Captain, serving faithfully.
Surely the Captain may depend on me,
Though but an armor bearer I may be."
And with bowed heads they prayed that the whole church might have
open eyes to see the invisible things, and that " Too late! " might not be
said to any of God's people. — R. K. Mc, Petvisylvania.
IIlM evermore I behold
Walking in Galilee,
Through the cornfield's waving gold,
In hamlet or grassy wold,
By the shores of the Beautiful Sea.
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PASTORAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR MISSIONARY
COLLECTIONS
By Rev. J. K. Harrison, Superintendent, No. California
[These fraternal words of our Northern California superintendent have a reach wider
than the circle for which they were originally intended, and may be profitably pondered
by pastors all over the land. — Ed.]
Nearly three years of observation have emphasized in my thought
the necessity for the hearty cooperation of all pastors. Without it the
Home Missionary Society might as well give up everything ; with it we
may attempt almost anything.
A man in one of our Congregational churches once persisted in going
before the audience for a collection. The pastor deemed it unwise.
Still the man insisted. " Very well," said the minister ; "but remember
that while I cannot always get my people to open their pocketbooks,
even when I wish, it takes only a word to close them."
The truth hidden in that statement planted in me a deeper sense of my
responsibility as a pastor for the benevolence of my church. In most cases
the pastor does the work necessary to secure missionary contributions,
though he does not always get the credit for it. The question that burdens
my heart, therefore, is : How can our pastors become more interested ?
I realize that one difficulty may be in myself, who for the time represents
the Society here. I wish I were a thousand times more wise and patient
and persuasive. The cause, however, is always larger than the man.
A more important thing is that every pastor should realize the exact
condition of our missionary work and workers, and the relation of his
church thereto. It is safe to say that without the help of the Home Mis-
sionary Society two score Congregational churches in Northern and Cen-
tral California would be compelled either to close their doors or to
require of their pastors such sacrifice as would be pitiful. Besides these,
there are twenty churchless places where Congregational churches ought
to be planted — virgin soil, calling for gospel seeds. At a dozen other
points we have had churches in times past (the lots and buildings, in
some instances, being still held), where work has been abandoned because
there was no missionary money for them. We have recently been reoc-
cupying such places as fast as possible ; but these twelve remain, sug-
gesting only too readily the epitaph over the grave of a very little child :
" If so soon I was to be done for,
I wonder what I was begun for."
Again, there are some of our brethren, as worthy and as needy as any,
whom we cannot help at all. Three such I have in mind, whose aggre-
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gate salary is not more than $t,ooo per year. Some of these things, I
have to confess, I did not understand when I was a pastor. One must
see to appreciate them.
Do we realize sufificiently the interdependence of all our churches,
and that we stand or fall together ? Your church suffers somewhere,
does it not, on account of these unsupplied necessities ? It would be
stronger were there churches in these twenty churchless regions and these
twelve abandoned fields. It touches us all in our Congregational pride
that there should be three men receiving each only about |;3oo durm-g
an entire year. It would be interesting to ask how many in your church
could testify to help received from some missionary church. . .
Many churches postpone their offerings until near the close of the
year. Yours may be one of these. If so, could you not at least begin to
talk and get your people ready for the offering? The pastor of the
Tabernacle Church, Boston, attributed their very large contributions to
the fact that he said something about " missions " every Sunday in the
year. One of our churches has just taken a home missionary contribu-
tion about three times as large as any previous one. The pastor in expla-
nation says that directly upon his return from the Association he began
to talk to his people about Home W\s?,\ons, and kept it tip. This same
pastor used the " pledge blanks " with much success. In the local Asso-
ciation to which that church belongs, the missionary problem being under
discussion, it was urged that the churches could not raise two dollars a
member. They settled, therefore, on one dollar a member as their goal.
If your church shrinks from the larger sum, will they not at least attempt
something definite 2 Could you not in conference with your Church Com-
mittee lay open the whole matter, and get their pledged cooperation ?
Can you not set the mark a little higher this year than the last ? For
the sake of those three brethren ; for the sake of those twenty destitute
communities and those twelve abandoned fields ; for the honor of our
Congregational churches ; above all, for the sake of our dear Master and
of his coming kingdom, will you not do what you can in this emergency?
THE TWO HARVESTS
Since my last report to you we have passed through another harvest.
We would have harvested very little grain had not the kind eastern
friends furnished the needed seed. By their gifts we have been enabled
to reap a goodly harvest of small grain, and this winter there will not be
the painful cry for bread that there was last. While seeing the golden
grain garnered, I thought how pleased some of you would have been to see
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the many bushels of grain that came from your small gifts. You would
have been repaid for your sacrifice by seeing the joy it brought to our
poor people. Then, how much more will your joy be when your eyes are
permitted to behold the harvesting of precious souls that has been made
possible by your gifts to the Congregational Home Missionary Society ! —
From Report of Nebraska Missionary.
THE SOCIETY'S APPEAL TO YOU
By Rev. C. H. Beale, D.D., of Boston
He must be hopelessly dull of apprehension who does not see the
immense significance of facts like those contained in the report of our
worthy secretary. Sluggish, indeed, must be the spiritual life of one who
is not profoundly stirred by the recital of efforts and achievements which
we have heard. Our hearts have all been touched as the story of the
year's work, heroic as it is beneficent, has been set forth in eloquent
speech and still more eloquent figures. The work of this Society is twice
blest : it blesseth him that gives and him that takes. It is the exchanger
which takes the money of millionaire and laborer, and with its celestial
alchemy'turns it into the gold of Christian character. It might be re-
named the Society of Christian Evidences. Our theories may be insuffi-
cient and our philosophies defective, but the evidence of the presence and
power of Jesus contained in the stories of these missionaries is incontro-
vertible. The skeptic and the doubter are put to shame. Its work is for
the maintenance as well as for the propagation of the faith. It is a stand-
ing demonstration of the fact that the parting command of the Master has
lost nothing of its divine energy, and is an aifirmative answer to the ques-
tion, " When the Son of Man cometh shall he find faith upon the earth ? "
The beneficent work of this Society is everywhere seen. It extends
its supporting hand to the church in the New England village, which has
come to the weakness of second childhood on account of the depletion
caused by the migration of its lusty sons. It stands ready to lend its
temporary assistance to the church which for lack of such assistance in an
emergency might perish. It watches for strategic points upon the frontier,
where it may set up its beacon lights, which shall cheer the hearts and
strengthen the hands of the hardy pioneers who are laying broad and
deep the foundations of future empires.
Its appeal comes to all. To you who dwell in the mighty growing
West, but who look back fondly and reverently to New England as your
early home, or the home of your fathers, or the birthplace of that liberty
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you hold so dear, comes the appeal of a Society that stands guard by the
old home to see that the land made sacred by the labors and sacrifices of
the fathers is not bereft of the light that shall guide the feet of the linger-
ing remnant, and discover to the coming stranger the secret of American
liberty and greatness.
To you who dwell upon the plains, or by the banks of the mighty rivers
of the central portion of our land, comes the appeal to stand loyally by a
Society which in the early days planted three-fourths of your churches,
and thus assured at the beginning a civilization in which the Bible and
the flag should be inseparable companions, and where the church should
forever stand over against the schoolhouse, twin symbols of righteousness
and truth, of light and love.
To you who dwell by the banks of the Mohawk or the Hudson, or by
the shore of the eastern sea, comes the appeal to sustain, as generously in
the future as you have in the past, an organization whose trusty agents
follow your sons into the newer sections of the country, keeping alive the
memories of home and childhood, turning the hearts of the children to
the fathers, telling over again the old sweet story of love, that the heart
may not be eaten up by lust and greed and ambition, and planting insti-
tutions which shall multiply Empire States and newer New Englands
beyond the Mississippi and the Rocky Mountains.
To you who are patriots, and who look with pride upon the matchless
history of our hundred years, and the continental expansion of the repub-
lic, comes the appeal to support an organization which has dotted our land
with institutions, every one of which, in spirit, in influence, and in polity,
is a center of patriotic power and a standing object-lesson in democratic
methods, contributing to stability and order in times of peace, and fur-
nishing the nation its most trusty defenders in time of war.
To you who call yourselves Christians, and who look for the coming
of the heavenly kingdom, comes the appeal to furnish the sinews of war
to a Society whose workers form one embattled host, in whose victorious
march post after post has been occupied, who have planted the standard
of the Cross on a thousand hilltops, and sung the battle-song of Judah's
Lion by the side of every stream from the Bay of Fundy to the shore of
the Pacific and the banks of the Rio Grande. — Saratoga Address.
Let it not be said, in these hard times, that we have practiced self-
denial for sake of our families and friends, that we have made sacrifice
for sake of our own local church, but that we have practiced no self-denial
and have made no sacrifice for the noble Home Missionary Society and
for the devoted men and women who represent it on the field. The debt
can and must be paid. — Dr. W, W. McLean.
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WORK IN THE SOUTHWEST
By Rev. C. I. Scofield, of Texas
It is a great comfort to me to know that, coming, as I do, the last of
those who are to speak to you this morning upon Dr. Choate's statesman-
like paper, "Open Doors," I shall be able to hold my audience, for
Brother Puddefoot comes after me ; and I need comfort for many rea-
sons. It is an old adage that " Great minds run in the same channel."
I was asked about three weeks ago to prepare a little impromptu for this
occasion, but as these brethren have followed each other my little im-
promptu has been heavily blue penciled, and I have wondered whether it
was best to try to gather up the fragments that remain.
But I ask you to rejoice with me that, after fifteen years of effort in
that great State of Texas, in trying to plant a work that should be a
reproduction of the Pilgrim spirit, I have at last seen the day when one of
the secretaries of our great National Society has turned the eye of the
churches toward Texas. I believe this means that your sympathies will
follow the glance you are thus bidden to cast upon that vast stretch
of territory, and I know that the material resources with which we may
enter upon the work which awaits us there will not lag long behind your
sympathies. I feel exultant this morning. I feel that we stand on the
threshold of a better day, and I am glad for the whole country ; for we,
as a nation, cannot permanently neglect Texas without detriment to the
entire land.
I am sure that, as Secretary Choate went on with his paper, we all felt
anew the magnificent breadth of this enterprise in which we are all
engaged. I am sure that I, for one, felt how great a thing it is to be one
in the army of those who are seeking nothing else than to take this whole
land for Christ.
The discouragement with us in Texas has been indicated by Secretary
Choate. There has been nothing striking, nothing picturesque, which
would serve to fix the mind of the people upon that great commonwealth.
We have had no Dakota rush, or Oklahoma rush, and yet, as Dr. Choate
has told you, we have had more people come into Texas every year for
a number of years than have gone into Oklahoma altogether.
Understand that I am not making any comparisons to deflect one dol-
lar from these or any other fields. But it has been heartbreaking, in the
face of these occurrences elsewhere, to think of attracting the attention of
the Congregational churches to Texas and the Southwest. I believe I may
say that the same sense of discouragement is upon all the workers in the
Southwest. Your eyes have not been turned either upon the responsi-
bilities or the opportunities which have been laid upon you by that land.
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The other day I came across a sermon which was preached by the Rev.
Dr. Stone a good many years before the war. The theme of the sermon
was " The Coming Duty of New England toward the South." If I had the
funds I would republish that sermon, without the change of a caption or
a syllable, and spread ic broadcast throughout the land. I was thrilled
with it myself, and after reading it several times I read it aloud in two
Connecticut households.
Dr. Stone saw that the problem was a twofold one. Let us not for-
get, my brethren, that there are still two races in the South. It has, in a
measure, been forgotten in the North. But do not forget that the war
left us absolutely destitute, and with great problems for solution, of which
the history of the world offers no precedent.
There have been prejudices, there have been risings of a spirit which
we all condemn ; but there has been a marvelous aggregate progress
toward the better time and the better life.
There is a vast white illiteracy in the South, and these problems cannot
be solved by dealing with either race to the neglect of the other. But
each must be brought to love the other in Christ, and nothing else will
render the solution of the problem possible. They can never be reached
by external forces ; but the Gospel, in the heart of the white man and the
heart of the black man, and the church for both — these will solve that
problem, as they are equally adequate to solve every problem that troubles
this sad, vexed world to-day.
We are trying to do something of that kind down there. But Secre-
tary Choate has spoken to you so fully about Texas that I want to say a
few words to you about Louisiana, and I want to say to you that that
State of Louisiana is the most interesting community, politically, socially,
and economically, on the face of the earth to-day. It is the most mis-
understood State in the Union. That I am safe in saying. I am sure
that in that great fight with the lottery you must have been impressed
with the fact that somewhere in that State there was a moral backbone.
Words of encouragement came from the North, but, after all, the fight had
to be won on the ground ; and with all the dazzling bribes held before the
people, there was yet manhood and moral stamina in the people of Louisi-
ana to rise up and cast off this cancer which was eating out the heart of
the people so rapidly. Well, we are planting some churches there, and
oh, how many more we could plant if we only had the money ! Absolutely
nothing stands in our way in Louisiana. We have planted a college there,
and, by the way, I charge you not to forget Lake Charles College. It is
designed as a place where every poor boy in the State shall be able to go
and secure an education. — Saratoga Address.
Go toward the South, . . . which is desert."
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GIVE EQUAL HONOR TO EQUALLY WORTHY
WORKERS
It is common to make a distinction between Home and Foreign
Missions, but Christ made none. He said : Teach all nations, every
creature. He constantly presented the thought of the fatherhood of
God and the brotherhood of man, and so one might almost say there is no
such thing as Foreign Missions — everything is Home Missions, because it
pertains to the one universal family. But, accepting the terms as they are
used, let us look at the workers in each field, and see if we are helping
each class to the full measure of our ability, equally honoring those equally
deserving. Are we .putting our home workers on as high a plane as the
foreign ? Or are we of those who say, by their actions, the brightest men
and women are none too good to teach the heathen — which is true — and
the dullest are good enough to teach our brothers on the new home fields
— which is not true.
Some say, by their actions, to the Foreign Missionary: "You have
been tried and have been found pure gold ; enter upon your noble work ; "
then turn and say, by their acts, to our Home Missionary : " Now is the
time of your trial ; if there is anything in you, get to a self-supporting
church ; enter now upon your probation." The Foreign Missionary is
worthy of all he gets; the Home Missionary is worthy of more than he gets.
With the memory of such missionaries as the Judsons, Newells, and
many others, whose lives and characters rise up at the mention of these
names fresh in our minds, we have come to idealize the" foreign worker ;
but does it not often take just as much bravery, consecration, and self-
denial to become an efficient Home Missionary ?
Foreign Missionaries' friends are proud of and glory in their work,
even when they do not spiritually sympathize with it. Many Home Mis-
sionaries' friends pity them and apologize for them. Our Foreign Mission-
aries have an interesting trip — perhaps through England, France, Germany,
Italy, and on to the Orient. Our Michigan Home Missionary has a ride
of some two or three hundred miles over pine barrens, interspersed in the
Upper Peninsula with great expanses of marsh. The Foreign Missionary
is escorted on his way with great reverence by good, enthusiastic people,
wishing him Godspeed. The Home Missionary starts on his way attended
only by those nearest and dearest, some of these, no doubt, thinking " it
is too bad he should make such a failure of life, after all these years of
preparation. Why, anyone could be a Home Missionary." It is true our
Foreign Missionary leaves country and friends behind him, but even the
mighty ocean is no greater barrier between us and those we love than is
the great, pitiless ocean of poverty. The Foreign Missionary has a home
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and a church or a school prepared for him generally by "the Board."
The Home Missionary lives where he can. I know one who lived over a
saloon, the only place that he could find in the small town. I know
another faithful worker who spent a winter in the Upper Peninsula, living
in a church that you could look through and see daylight outside. Do
you wonder that before another winter he had a parsonage, even if he
did pay the entire cost, excepting forty dollars, from his own meager
salary of $300 a year ?
Too many have felt that " anyone could be a Home Missionary ; " that
it was a necessary work which had to be done, but that the men who under-
took the work were a poor, unfortunate class, lacking in something. Yet
many of our best and strongest men have belonged to this " unfortunate "
class, and we can call to mind many a cultured, refined, consecrated
toiler, now on the home field, doing a work that shall bless our land for
ages, and that should win for him the gratitude and love of all true
patriots and Christians. B. A.
A FIVE-DOLLAR MARRIAGE FEE
This five-dollar fee in reality did not belong to me. It was given for
solemnizing the marriage of my daughter, which service was intended for
the Rev. Henry Vogeler, but as he could not come, I was obliged to
officiate myself. Of course, I did not expect any pay for that, but as her
husband insisted for me to have it, and would not take it back, I told him
that I would use it for benevolent contributions. This gives me the first
opportunity to comply with a plan in mind long before now. But I must
divide it : one-half to the old dear Home Missionary Society, whicli in
former years has so liberally sustained me, but for whose commission in
the last seven years, for divers reasons, I have not applied. The other
half is intended for the A. B. C. F. M.
You would probably like to hear something of these seven years, since
you heard from me. My last quarterly report, I think, was sent to your
office in 1888. Bright and glorious results in the advancement of the
Redeemer's kingdom, I cannot report. Here, amongst the German
Russians, many different ministers are trying to get a foothold : ourselves,
the Baptists, Evangelical Associates, Reformed, Lutherans, and especially
the Seventh Day Adventists. This makes it hard to keep the little flock
together. They will often change from one to another. In these seven
years my work has not wholly been in the gospel ministry, which accounts
for the above " divers reasons " for not applying for aid from your Soci-
ety. But at the same time, although not under your commission, a
" grant " of $roo, through the kindness of your Superintendent Eversz, was
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made me. I was compelled to abandon my fields, 'on account of a severe
attack of sickness of my dear wife, lasting almost two years, requiring
me to stay at home with her, so that I could not keep up my rounds of
the seven fields I then had. Before I had as many as twelve preaching
stations. The Rev. Mr. Vogeler took charge of some of them, while I
took my wife to Scotland, So. Dak., then to a Chicago hospital for a
critical operation. In May, 1889, she came home again— something
beyond all my expectations — but in the fall of 1889 she got worse and
worse again, suffering untold pain, until on January 31, 1890, she was
called home to her heavenly rest.
Soon after I established two preaching stations again, which, later on,
were organized into churches under the names North and South Kassler
churches, the former only three miles and the latter twelve miles from
my home. I did not ask any salary of them, for they were at that time
rather more in a condition to receive than to give, on which account
money and clothing were sent here from different directions for distribu-
tion amongst them. In the summer of 1890 I was appointed an enumer-
ator for taking the United States census of four townships, which brought
me $134, by which the good Lord provided a salary for me. In 1891 I
was elected County School Superintendent for two years, and reelected
for another term for 1893-94, but on account of failing health I had to
resign in my second term. This office brought me $600 a year, surely as
good a salary as could be expected even if I had all my former fields yet.
So I was enabled to preach " free " to my poor people, without asking aid
from your Society. In the early part of 1893 Rev. Julius F. Bartsch, by
consent, took charge of South Kassler and others of our churches, which
left me only North Kassler. This I have served from its organization,
four years ago, to the present time. From fifteen members when organ-
ized, this little flock, by rem.ovals, was reduced to nine. We now number
eleven. Services are held in their houses built of sod. Prayer-meetings
are held on Sabbath afternoons. We are planning to build some kind of
structure, even if of sod, this coming summer, so that Sabbath-school can
be held also. For the lack of such a place, no Sabbath-school has been
held. Had we had such a house in the past, no doubt our little flock
would have increased more, for people will consider it more like a church,
and a more proper place for public worship. I hope we'll succeed; at least,
I shall push the matter, and although my people are not only few in num-
ber, but also poor — which you may know by what they could pay me as
salary for 1893, only about thirty dollars; and for 1894 it does not
amount to fifty dollars — yet they are doing what they can. What this
year's subscription will be I do not know. My land, a quarter-section,
on which I have my own home, and about thirty acres under plow,
brought me, in 1893, only twenty-five bushels, and about twenty bushels
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in 1894. Some six of my members broke about twenty acres of new
ground for me this summer, on which I sowed flax, the breaking being
part pay for their subscription to my salary. These twenty acres, instead
of bringing me (without overrating) 300. or at least 200 bushels, I threshed
of flax only forty-five bushels. But under all these trying circumstances
we are seeking to keep up the good work, remembering what the great
Apostle has said : " Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast,
unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as
ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord." — Rev. Henry
Hetzler, Eureka, So. Dak.
A NEW DEPARTURE
The work of the new pastor of the Second Congregational Church of
West Oakland, Cal., is justly awakening a wide interest, not only in the
parish, but in outside communities.
He has been on our coast some few months only, but the new methods
he has introduced, looking towards an " institutional church," appeal to
all classes, including business men, and it is hoped may tend to uplift the
whole life of the first ward of Oakland, and inspire higher social and intel-
lectual, as well as spiritual, standards.
The influence and example of loving, well-organized activity has drawn
the church together in a new spirit of harmony. It is nobly and rapidly
paying off its debt without public appeal, and has undertaken to reach out
a helping hand in the following lines of work : Courses of free lectures,
musical and other entertainments ; a German club for the study of Ger-
man language and literature ; an Outlook club for the improvement of
the outlook of young men upon the world of business, politics, and litera-
ture ; and a Boys' Social and Military club.
On Sunday afternoons children who are not otherwise cared for at
home are gathered for a quiet, happy entertainment with music, pictures,
and familiar talks.
A church nursery is also proposed, where very young children can be
cared for and instructed by kindergarten teachers, during church services,
thus leaving parents free to enjoy the privileges of the Sabbath.
The women of the church are also organized in the Woman's Friendly
Council, a society intended to be especially helpful, and open to the mem-
bership of all the women of the community. It seeks to promote comfort,
thrift, healthful pleasures, and mental culture in the homes, as well as the
development of the higher spiritual graces of womanhood.
May God speed our young brother ! — A Visitor,
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GRATEFUL FOR LAST YEAR— WANTS FOR THIS
A BRIEF review of the first year of Mr. Nichols' work in Fremont,
Wash., may be interesting to you. Fremont is a part of Seattle, three
miles from the business center, connected by an electric road. We have
a good church building nearly free from debt. It was built in 1889, when
a heavy fir forest covered these hills, except for the clearing where the
village clustered around the church. Two lots owned by the church are
designed for a parsonage. Lumber and labor were never so cheap, but
money is scarce. We rent a little house of five rooms for five dollars a
month. It has not many conveniences, but we live comfortably.
We have seventy-eight members, of whom twenty-four were added the
past year. Our Sunday-school of 165 members is flourishing. The gift
from the Eliot Church, Newton, Mass., of fifty new books, has given great
pleasure to the children. Last Sunday we used, for the first time, the com-
munion service, which came from the same generous friends. Our Chris-
tian Endeavor Society numbers fifty, forty-one active members, and is doing
much good. We ought to do more for the boys, who attend our church in
large numbers. We are praying and hoping that the way may open for us to
have a boys' club and reading-room. There is space under the church to
fit up such a room as we need. No one can estimate the help such a cen-
ter might be to these youths. Many would give labor, but we need money
to undertake this.
Some one has kindly asked us in a recent letter to let our wants be
known, and so I say, singing-books. Fifty or more of Gospel Hymns, Con-
solidated, or some similar book, for use in the Endeavor and social meet-
ings, we do greatly need. Should some church be discarding " Spiritual
Songs for Church and Choir," we should be greatly pleased to have them,
as we haven't enough to go around at the Sunday services.
Our special meetings brought a blessing. Though the work was quiet,
forty signed the beginners' cards. In our own home we have been blessed
with health and happiness. Please remember us in your prayers. — Mrs.
Anna H. Nichols, Seattle, Wash.
FATHER BRIGHTHOPES
By Mrs. Joseph Ward
Did you ever see Father Brighthopes ? I fancy you have seen him.
In these days of a more natural Christian living he is not so rare a char-
acter as formerly. I remember when a child having in my possession,
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for a single precious week, a beautiful Sunday-school book that told all
about him. And there were pictures in it of the loveliest old gentleman,
with flowing white hair and benign countenance. In one memorable
picture he was surrounded and captured by a crowd of lovely little boys
and girls. No ; he had captured them, of course ! This Father Bright-
hopes lived in New England ; but, strange as it may appear, though years
have passed since the day of that memorable book, here is the venerable,
veritable man himself, " away out West " ! Well, they say it makes even
old people young to come out West ! However that may be, there is no
doubt in my own mind that we have here the blessed hero of that won-
derful book.
There he goes now, into the porch of that fine, large brick house over
yonder, standing just a little way in from the street. There ! the great
hall door swings open. The lady of the house has espied him coming
up the walk, and hastens to welcome him. What hearty, generous wel-
come it is ! A vigorous hand-shaking, a *' Come right in," all in panto-
mime ! You would think, wouldn't you ? that it was the lady's own
venerable father from the eastern home a thousand miles away, so glad
is the greeting. But we know already that it is Father Brighthopes,
And that is the way the houses, large and small, all open to him. Chil-
dren everywhere run to greet him, the genial, young old man. And he
has such entertaining stories for one and all, for he has been quite a trav-
eler in his day. Hans Christian Andersen himself could not entertain
children better.
There stands his horse and carriage at the gate ! A princely turn-
out it should be. He has come down from his country parish, some
miles away. There is, " for sure," the familiar rattling old vehicle, with
as much right for the letters " V. R." to be engraved on its well-worn
sides as any of her Majesty's coaches throughout the kingdom ! Not
exactly a sign of royalty, but, as a waggish traveler interpreted the letters,
" Very Rickety." It is a low, open, one-seated buggy, with a worn buf-
falo robe thrown over the seat. And there is Blind Topsey, the horse,
dozing meditatively, head down in deep humility, there by the hitching-
post, as if all the while she were saying over to herself, " Not worthy, not
worthy to carry so holy, so devoted a servant of the Lord over the coun-
try ! " An occasional swinging of the head seems to emphasize this
humility of mien. Father Brighthopes says: "Blind Topsey can beat
anything ; beat anything." It is the private opinion of the writer that,
but for this expression, so "of the earth earthy," the "whole outfit"
(to use a western phrase) would have been turned into a chariot and horse
of fire long ago, and this venerable saint translated, like Elijah, the
prophet of old. We still think it is about all that anchors him to this
mundane sphere.
October, 1895 The Home Missionary 341
It is a cloudy day. The prairies extend widely in every direction,
brown, bare, monotonous. We should know the wind was blowing ; for,
far away to the south, clouds of sand are rising from the sand-bars of the
Missouri, like banks of fog against those distant bluffs that define the
horizon. Father Brighthopes is out " on duty. " The bitter November
wind flaps the end of his long scarf about his ears, threatens to tear away
his lap-robe, nearly takes Topsey off her feet, and threatens, also, to turn
over wagon, driver and all. The veteran Home Missionary merely mur-
murs to himself, in defense of the discomfort that comes stealing on : " It's
all right. It's all right. He holds the winds in his fists, and he will keep
his servant, too ! " He is going by appointment of his Lord to hold a
meeting at some little out-station, miles distant. He is after the few lost
sheep that are straying in the wilderness of a frontier life. There are
other few, hungry for the ministration of the Bread of Life, as only his
fingers can break it unto them. And there are the little, bright-eyed lambs
of the fold, to whom he can tell such winning stories about the Good
Shepherd. "■ Glorious work ; glorious work ! " he exclaims in the depth
of his loving heart, and smiles one of those luminous smiles that can only
be seen on the faces of those who live very near the heart of Christ.
It would seem that Father Brighthopes was impervious to the weather.
To his spirit of affectionate serving it certainly makes but little difference
whether it rains or shines ; whether the snow blows in blinding gusts, or
the summer winds whisper low. Father Brighthopes, all cheer and good
courage, is sure to meet all his appointments.
To most people, especially to those who love to be where crowds of
their fellow-men do congregate, the wide, still parish of our friend would
not seem an attractive one. So scattered are the wee dwellings that they
can only wink and blink at one another as the moving sun gives them
hourly varied expression. In winter you would call the place bleak. We
are sure you would not be far out of the way if you called the house where
Father Brighthopes lives, "Bleak House." This is an ancient structure,
if anything could be called ancient in so new a country. Its aspect sim-
ulates the air of old age to perfection. Blackened and weather-beaten,
wind-shaken, beat about, first on this side and then on that, as the gales
of summer or blizzards of winter blow north or south. The mud chinking
between the logs has grown loose in many places or fallen away altogether,
leaving so many little peep-holes for old Boreas that the inhabitants of this
same old log castle have small privacy of their own, and far less of com-
fort and coziness. And then there is the non-get-BX-ahle nest of sjiakes
under the building. Is it for a constant reminder to our saint, to beware
of " that old serpent which is the devil " ?
In summer there is much to commend the place. In the ground-swell
of this rolling prairie, all verdure, with just sweet June breeze enough to
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set the tall grasses to rocking gently, you are reminded of the grand, old
ocean stretching, limitless, away. And it takes but little dreaming to
make you think for a moment that you really are at Newport or Nantas-
ket, or some other shore of the real sea, delightfully familiar to you in
summers now gone by. Then there comes, perhaps, the peculiar liquid
note of the meadow-lark, ringing clear, and shaking you back into your
senses, and you exclaim : " There are compensations ! What a beautiful
world I How grand these prairies ! "
This is somewhat the " lay of the land " in our friend's parish. Dwell-
ing here in homes of their own, there are enough souls to warrant some
devoted servant of the Lord making his home with them. To save the
wandering ones, to cheer the burdened ones, to nurture the children in
ways of righteousness, this is the work to be done in city or country
parish. And so, year after year, the blessed, unseen work goes on. A
little church is organized ; a Sunday-school is gathered. And now, to
crown these many years of toil and hope and struggle, years of no ordi-
nary faith, years of pure trust in the Lord, there you see a veritable church
building, with holy spire pointing toward the vast blue dome that shuts in
all the wide landscape. There it stands, the little church, all alone on the
prairie, not a sheltering tree or companionable building near. Oh, how
holily it stands, the monument of a faith sublime, a courage heroic, an
unselfishness Christ-like !
A new wave of immigration is rolling into Father Brighthopes' parish
with the building of this little memorial church. A wave of revival, too,
has come, and a score or more have united with the church. The dear
old veteran gathers the young recruits about him in the weekly prayer-
meeting, where he has them in training for great victories by and by.
The joy and hope of the young people is this beloved pastor. " His very
presence seems to draw you," said a lady in my hearing, this very after-
noon. She had heard Father Brighthopes' glowing " remarks" at a recent
gospel meeting.
After many years of life, unusually eventful, spent in noble work for
humanity ; after busy years of city life, in one where his name is associ-
ated with work already illustrious in the raising up of a down-trodden
race, it would seem as if our hero thought that to spend his days in home
missionary work upon the frontier would afford him one more opportu-
nity to throw away his life for Christ's sake.
May many glorious working years remain for this servant of the Lord ;
for him of remarkable, unbounded faith in prayer ; for him who ever un-
selfishly prays, " Show me thy way, O Lord ! "
He who has often " stood before kings " in the best years of his man-
hood's prime now is working with the fiery zeal of the young man still,
while he is waiting his turn to stand before the " King of kings."
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343
May the Easter morning be far distant when it shall be said of him,
as it was of his beloved Master, " He is not here ; he is risen ! " — The
Advance.
MISSIONS COMMERCIALLY PROFITABLE
By George May Powell, Philadelphia
By all odds, the greatest creators of healthy national wealth, in pro-
portion to the money spent on them, are Christian Missions. City, Home,
and Foreign Missions, Christian Endeavor and Sabbath-school and Young
Men's Christian Association, and Woman's Christian Temperance Union
work, etc., all of them, return a hundredfold in material and mental gain
for every dollar expended in carrying them on. A City Mission in a slum
quarter changes affairs, so that houses renting for five dollars a month are
replaced in the course of a decade by those renting for fifteen dollars or
more a month. Current mercantile and industrial operations in the quar-
ter change for the better in a corresponding ratio, because population de-
manding more goods and better goods are created by the Christianizing
and educating and therefore civilizing influence of the mission. For the
same reason life and property are safer, and police less necessary in that
quarter. Similar rises in real estate, and favorable conditions of business,
follow Home Missionary work on our frontiers. The new town that is
surveyed by those who secure Home Missionary churches, even ahead of
apparent demand, will in less than a score of years be selling town lots for
from $500 to ^5,000 each. The town that courts the gin-mill and the
gambling den, instead of the mission, even though it have as good or a
better location and kindred advantages as the other, will have lots sell
slow at a tenth, or even a hundredth part, the prices in the mission-cen-
tered town.
Foreign Missions, as studied in Asia and Africa, returned $100 in com-
m2rce for every dollar put in them. Hawaii buys of us more every year,
through the one port of San Francisco, than has been spent on the mis-
sions there in the seventy years since the missions were planted there.
This in addition to what comes to us over the isthmus or around Cape
Horn. Besides and beyond this, the scientific material from which our
schoolbooks are made has chiefly come from the missionaries as free
gift.
These schoolbooks are indispensable in raising the boy to be a man,
able to earn ^1,000 a year. Otherwise he might earn only $300. This
balance of $700, reckoned as applicable to only one million of the many
millions educated in our common schools, makes seven million dollars
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every year. That alone is more than Protestant foreign missions of all
evangelical denominations annually expend on foreign missions. Is this
honest ?
The Christian Temperance Union work is the force of all others most
dreaded by the dealers in intoxicants, whose traffic, far more than silver
and tariff mistakes combined, is the cause of the " hard times " now
scourging our country. For these reasons, and such as these. Christian
missionary influences at home and abroad are of such vast material value
that the sinners could afford to pay the bills if the saints would do the
work. — Presbyterian Journal.
SOME POINTS OF THE SOCIETY'S POLICY AND
METHODS
From correspondence and otherwise it occasionally appears that some
of our brethren need to be informed or reminded of certain points in the
Society's policy and methods which they either have not known or have
forgotten. The object of these lines is very familiarly to set forth,
especially for the benefit of our younger brethren, some few particulars
in this line, adding an occasional word of explanation — since explanation
is usually a sufficient defense of the policy. Our well-informed older
friends, in the ministry and out of it, will be readily pardoned if they
omit this article in their reading of the magazine.
1. One fundamental point of the Society's policy is the organizing of
churches, rather than busying itself with inferior and miscellaneous, though
useful, work. Of that little need be said here. Many other works are
good, but the founding of evangelical, spiritual. Christian churches is the
best work. It was our Savior's own work.
2. In doing this, the employ nient of kium'ti, trained, accepted ministers of
the Gospel, either already ordained or approved to preach in advance of
intended ordination. This, because we believe it is Christ's way, and
also in self-defense, there being great liability to be imposed upon,
through the abundance in new settlements of driftwood from all sects
and many lands, and often such anxiety to secure something in the way
of ministerial service as gives impostors and unqualified men a dangerous
opportunity. The Society, however, does not assume ecclesiastical func-
tions, to put men into the ministry or out of it. Unless in cases of known
unfitness, the Society accepts, as it always requires, the indorsement of
the Association, State or local, within whose bounds the candidate is to
labor ; or of one in fellowship with it, with which he may be temporarily
connected, so leaving the responsibility where it belongs.
October, 1895 The Home Missionary 345
3. Another point with the Society is the encouragement, as far as
''practicable, of a settled, rather than an itinerant, ministry. Not that it
confines a man to one station or congregation, especially in the newest
settlements, but it does encourage his continuance, as long as practicable,
in one "field." There may be, there usually are, several "preaching
stations ; " but the Society would have the minister reside in the largest
or most important of these, radiating from it as a center to supply as
many out-stations as he can care for wisely — the " wisdom " to be decided
by the requirements of the stations and the adaptation of the man for that
kind of service. It is found by experience that some most excellent
bishops over one or two congregations have no gift for the wider work,
while some can take very effective oversight of five, six, or seven sta-
tions, and. even in rare instances of more than that. One of the " Iowa
Band" had at times twenty-five or thirty places of worship in what was
called " the New Purchase," some of them one hundred miles apart, which
he used to visit at appointed times on horseback, preaching in groves and
cabins, and organizing churches where ten years before had been the
Indian dance. His success was great, and he afterwards said, " In those
years I had more joys amid greater hardships than at any other period of
my life." The problem is to use each man at his best. But when the
man finds his place and the place finds its man, and God blesses the union
to the welfare of souls, there the Society would have him stay — other
things being equal, the longer the better.
There is a good use for itinerant ministers. " It is well to give a cup
of water to a thirsty traveler," and on the frontier a class of the Society's
workers conform their methods, for the time, partly to the itinerant idea ;
but it is a temporary conformity, keeping always in sight the organization
of a church under a permanent minister as the thing desired. For, "to
dig a well in the desert, to flow forever, is better " than the giving of that
cup of water to the passing traveler. Moreover, much of the good of
that sort of work is done to our hand. Missionaries of other denomina-
tions with whom itinerancy is a favorite method are usually to be found
far to the front. Partly supporting themselves by manual labor through
the week, they talk to the people on the Sabbath, in their way, and com-
monly with this result : they meet for a time the demand for some sort of
Sabbath service and the externals of religious worship, and then produce,
at least in a portion of their hearers, a dissatisfaction, often intense dis-
satisfaction, with this sort of spiritual provision for the people and their
children, and a craving for something better. This craving our missionary
comes up in time to meet, while his forerunner very likely pushes on to
some still newer place, to go over the same routine again, and with a like
result. Well for us if the pioneer's worst fault has been ignorance, and
he has not left such a disgust at the very mention of religion as to paralyze
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effort in a higher direction. Professor Stowe spoke from long personal
observation of the temporary high-pressure methods of great numbers of
western haranguers concerning rehgion when he said, " The West par-
ticularly needs strength and permanency in its institutions, and it is the
very last place on earth where it is safe to try temporary and time-saving
expedients. You can very soon build a steamboat of shingles nailed
together with carpet tacks, with an invalid teakettle for a boiler, and
engine to correspond. But if, with such a boat, you embark on the Mis-
sissippi your voyage will be short and your profits small." The West has
too many such crafts already. We must build with more solid material,
if it does take a little longer. As good old John Eliot used to say, "We«
must learn to stay a little that we may speed the faster."
There is an apparent exception to this policy of permanence in the
service — that of the employment of theological students in their long vaca-
tions of three to four months. This is justified by the practical experi
ence and training it gives a student — the unfolding to himself and others
of his adaptation or lack of adaptation to this kind of work, so helping him
and his advisers to settle the question of his life's calling. Moreover, these
early labors of our young brethren have not unfrequently led to the very
permanence we seek. The acquaintance has ripened into friendship on
both sides, and at the close of his seminary studies the student has entered
at once on a field providentially prepared for him. It should be known
that, as to students, the Society has an understanding with the theological
faculties that it will commission none but those either formally " licensed "
or specially commended by their teachers to such employment, and that
these shall be employed only in vacation, not infringing on the time de-
voted to the seminary course.
4. It may be well to speak here of a rule of the Society which has
seemed unnecessarily stringent to some who know little of its reason
That is, that requiring the missionary, while under commission, to hav^
no other calling than his ministry. Doubtless there may be men so wise
and conscientious that, with no very great harm to their work, they might
blend with it a little farming — the care of a proper garden is allowed and
encouraged — or a little teaching, or a superintendcncy of schools, or a
homeopathic practice of homeopathy, but it is hardly safe to add, even
"a little " of land agency, or book canvassing, or life-insurance soliciting ;
for where one might safely do it, ten would be likely to overstep the line.
No one who has not seen for himself can understand the temptations to
secularity that beset a poor western minister — in prosperous times of land
and mining speculation, for example — nor would one have ever guessed at
the evils of a secularized ministry, if years of sad experience had not shown
how destructive of all good such men are. A secularized missionary in a.
new country, one seen to be interested in something else than his ministry.
October, 1895 The Home Missionary 347
is worse than none. This is not a matter of argument, but of experience,
and the line is so hard to draw that, in dealing with a thousand men, the
only safe rule is that which shuts up all alike to the apostle's motto :
" This one thing I do."
So, too, of the rule requiring that ordinarily the missionary shall receive
the commission or aid of no other Society. There must in such work be
responsibility to some authorized oversight somewhere ; and experience
shows that the allegiance cannot be safely divided.
5. The policy of the Society in the selection of its fields has been sharply
criticised. Its looking for what, for brevity's sake, we sometimes call " the
New England element," "Congregational material," has been satirized as
if it indicated a want of appreciation of the inherent value of a soul, and
an inexcusable partiality for those of our own kin. The explanation is
near at hand. If the Society had thousands of men and millions of money,
it might " strike in " almost anywhere where souls are found, agreeing with
its critics that souls are Congregational material. But not having enough
of either, it feels bound to use a wise Christian economy in the disposal of
what it has of both men and money, bound to go after those most likely
to be reached and likely to do the best work for Christ after they are
reached. It looks for fields, and it easily finds more of them than it can
enter, which are both needy and promising. All new western settlements
are needy ; some give promise of return for labor. The Society has, say,
one man and the money to sustain one man. Here are two new settle-
ments side by side. One is made up of the class of foreigners who hate
our religious faith and polity, and can only be won in the second gener-
ation by patient years of labor toward which they will give neither moral
nor pecuniary aid ; the other has in it families from New England or the
East, believing our doctrine, approving our polity, anxious for the institu-
tions and ordinances of the Gospel, and ready to do their best for the
support of an educated, faithful missionary of their choice. Thfe Society
sends its one man to the latter place, for the sake of that place, and as the
readiest way to reach the other — yes, and all other settlements that shall
come into being thereabouts — and, furthermore, as the best way to do its
share in going into all the world and preaching the Gospel to every
creature— to the souls abroad, as well as at home, that are "Congrega-
tional material." Let it be borne in mind, too, that usually our mission-
aries are not alone on these new fields. Other denominations are there to
some of which this anti-New England element, whether native or foreign,
is far more easily drawn— and one sees a reason, if not a full vindication,
of the Society's course with reference to " Congregational material."
6. A word on another point of policy — i/ie amount of aid granted to the
missionaries, often very small, seemingly inadequate, sometimes unfavor-
ably compared with the compensation of foreign missionaries. To begin
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with, remember that our Foreign Missionaries are sent to "the heathen,"
from whom nothing is expected in the way of pecuniary support. The
Board assumes the whole expense, and has but one question to ask :
How much is needed for the missionary family's comfort and useful
influence ? The Home Missionary goes to people nominally Christian,
desiring " aid " in sustaining a missionary, not his entire support, except
temporarily on the newest frontier, where entire support is given tempo-
rarily when it must be. The object is to form churches, not of paupers,
but of self-respecting persons, recognizing the duty of taking care of
themselves and others, and the fact that the workman is worthy of his
hire. This Society helps those who help themselves. It no longer, as at
first, supplies a fixed sum ; but first having the written certificate of the
deacons of the church and trustees of the parish where there is a church
— where there is not, then the certificate of those who desire to form one
— that they have pledged their utmost, the Society seeks to provide the
sum which, in the judgment of the missionary, his neighboring brethren
of the local missionary committee, and the superintendent of his district, is
needed for his comfortable support — " comfortable " in the home mission-
ary sense of the word ; as comfortable as are the average of his people.
The true Home Missionary does not ask to live much better than his
people live, so injuring his best influence with them. For their good, he
does not want them to receive a dollar more of aid than is needed, and it is
not at all unusual for the missionary to object to the amount asked as too
large for the church's good. Then sometimes a part of what the people
do pledge is lost by drought, flood, fire, grasshoppers, or something else,
and so it comes about that the Home Missionary's life in our own land is
often one of greater physical hardship than that of a foreign missionary
among the heathen. How could this be helped ? Some critics say that
the Society should have fewer missionaries and assume a larger share of
the support of those it does commission, but this idea gets little counte-
nance from those in the field. The compensation having been arranged
between the missionary, his neighboring brethren, and the superintendent
according to their best judgment, he will rather submit to such temporary
self-denials as circumstances impose, and which some gratuity from the
Society or Christian friends cannot prevent, than let down the principle he
sees to be so important to the church's well-being and usefulness. " No,"
is the almost invariable response to propositions for larger appropriations.
" No ; if you will make an appropriation for another man at such and
such a station I have developed, I will get on somehow." It is only just
to say that the Home Missionary is usually far more anxious to see his
work a success than to secure a little better fare for him and his.
Some other points of the Society's policy and methods may be touched
upon in a future number of The Home Missionary.
October, 1895 The Home Missionary 349
THE GENERAL HOWARD ROLL OF HONOR
To the names previously reported in The Home Missionary as having
been inscribed on the Roll of Honor by a contribution of one hundred
dollars toward the payment of the debt, we are permitted to add the fol-
lowing, which make a total of one hundred and ninety-one.
Y. P. S. C. E., Beneficent Church, Providence, R. I.
Mr. Frank Wood, Boston, Mass.
Mrs. Julia Billings, Woodstock, Vt.
Rev. James F. Brodie, Salem, Mass.
A Friend, Clinton Avenue Church, Brooklyn, N. Y.
O. B. Green, Chicago, 111.
Estate of J. M. Stone, North Andover, Mass.
Rev. Thomas Uzzell, Denver, Col.
Grace Church, South Framingham, Mass.
A Friend, Groton, Mass.
Mr. Elbridge Torrey, Boston, Mass.
D. M. Mitchell, South Britain, Conn.
Miss Abby W. Turner, Randolph, Mass.
" Our Country," by Rev. E. B. Palmer, Boston, Mass.
Mrs. Z. Crane, Dalton, Mass.
John At water, Wallingford, Conn.
A Lady Missionary in Turkey.
As will be seen by this last subscription upon the list, the note sounded
by General Howard at Saratoga has crossed the seas and found a respon-
sive heart among our noble foreign, missionary band in Turkey. We ven-
ture to give our readers the letter of this unknown friend, in which the
draft of her one hundred dollars was enclosed. Are there not many
others to whom the cause is alike " most sacredly precious and impor-
tant," though not viewed from the standpoint of a foreign land ?
" Turkey, /«/// 18, 1895.
"To the Treasurer of The Congregational Home Missionary Society.
"Dear Sir:— Please accept from me $100 (one hundred dollars) towards the Gen-
eral Howard Fund for canceling the debt of The Congregational Home Missionary Soci-
ety. I wish I could take ten shares instead of one. Th = s is given instead of taking a
trip to Palestine. The nucleus of that trip, fifty dollars, being left me twelve years ago
by an aunt, I have added small sums given by friends at Christmas, etc., since. I have
never seen the time I could properly leave pressing school work to go, and the money
had better be doing good in a cause most sacredly precious and important, as viewed by
every American engaged like myself in the foreign missionary work.
" Sincerely,
" Your Friend."
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APPOINTMENTS IN AUGUST, 1895
Not in commission last year
Blish. William H., Cross. Okla.
Cruzan, John A., San Francisco, Cal.
Day, William C, Mckelumne Hill and San An-
dreas, Cal.
Gavlik, Andrew, Cleveland, Ohio
Howard, Charles E., Clearmont, Wyo.
Jones, W. S., Brantley, Ala.
Lange, John G., Leigh, Neb.
Larson, Anton, Merrill, Wis.
McCroskey, John A., Leavenworth, Wash.
Melvin, John G., Dunbur and North Crandon,
Wis.
Pearse. Franklin F., Los Angeles. Cal.
Phillips, W. O., Demarest, Ga.
Read, James L., Medford, Okla.
Simmons, Henry C, Fredonia, Ala.
Stewart, William J., Amery, Wis.
Thomas, John A., Fifield and Butternut, Wis.
Upshaw, William L., Logan Co., Okla.
Whitcomb, Thomas M., Lyle, Wash.
Re-com m issioned
Anderson, Chas., Big Horn, Wj^o.
Anderson, Emil A., Winona, Minn.
Banham, Henry E , Sierra Valley, Cal.
Beadenkoff. Thomas M., Baltimore, Md.
Berry, Edward A., Chattanooga, Tenn.
Billings. C. S., Evangelist in Neb.
Biscoe, Geo. S., Birnamwood and Norrie, Wis.
Brewer, William F., Atlanta and Stone Moun-
tain, Ga.
Bridgman, Fred B., Plankinton, So. Dak.
Brier, John W., Antioch. Cal.
Burgess. Hubert F.. Auburn, Cal.
Butler, William, Byron and Bethany, Cal.
Campbell. James, Black Diamond, Franklin, and
Port Gamble, Wash.
Childs, Edward P., Ashland, Ore.
Cibula, John, Colporter and Student Missionary.
Conrad, Geo. A., Lake Preston, So. Dak.
Davies, William, Spokane, Wash.
Davies, William A., Bladen, Campbell, and Up-
land, Neb.
Edwards, Jonathan, Hillyard, Pleasant Prairie,
and Trent, Wash.
Ely. Edward L., Omaha, Neb.
Evans, Geo S., Hudson, So. Dak.
Fleming, Moses G., Amandaville, Ga.
Fletcher. Rufus W.. Quillayute, Wash.
Foster, Jesse D , Lorin, Cal.
Gordon, William, Hydesville and Rohnerville,
Cal.
Hancock. Joseph J., Deer Park, Clayton, and Loon
Lake, Wash
Hayes. James. Coal Bluff and Cardonia. Ind.
Helms. Geo. L , Myron and Cresbard, So. Dak.
Henderson. Thomas H., San Francisco, Cal.
Henry. Miss E. K., Evangelist in So. Dak.
Hilkerbaeumer, Richard, Sutton and Stockham,
Neb.
Hodel, Abraham, Culbertson, Hayes Co., Mc-
Cook, and Trenton, Neb.
Hodous, Miss Anna, Braddock, Penn.
Hughes. Evan P., Hubbard, Elliot Prairie, and
Smyrna, Ore.
Jewett, John E. B.. Aurora, So. Dak.
Jones, John D., Medical Lake. Wash.
Kevan, James H., Forman, Rutland, and Cayuga,
No. Dak.
Kidder, Josiah, Hetland, Badger, and Spring
Lake, So. Dak.
Koch, Johannes, Portland, Ore.
Lindsay, George, Aberdeen, Wash.
Luark, Marcellus J., Murphy's, Douglas Flat, and
Sheep Ranch. Cal.
Luck. Charles W., Ogden, Utah.
Martin, C. Victor, San Juan, Cal.
Mason, Charles E., Challis, Idaho.
Massie, Wm. M., Kenwood and Glen Ellen, Cal.
Merrill, Henry A.. Kansas City, Mo.
Mobbs, Horatio M., Endicott and St. John, Wash.
Morris, George, Los Angeles, Cal.
Nelson, Gustave W., Kalama, Wash.
Nichols, John T., Seattle, Wash.
Orchard, John, Fargo. No. Dak.
Paradis. Eucher, Welsh. La.
Parker, Frederick W., Huntington. Ore.
Peterson, Hans, Washburn and Bayfield, Wis.
Peterson, John, Clear Lake, Wis.
Pettigrew, Mrs. Nina D., Lusk, Wyo.
Pierson, William. St. Joseph, Mo.
Rea, John. Sausalito, Cal.
Robertson, Angus A., Port Morris, N. Y. City.
Root. Edward T., Baltimore. Md.
Rowe. James, Alexandria and Bard, So. Dak.
Sanborn, 1). Lee, Bruce and Appollomia. Wis.
Schaufeld, Paul M., Nelson, Deshler, Edgar, and
Deweese. Neb.
Shockley, Albert D., Manville, Wyo.
Slyfield, Frederick A., Brightwood, Ind.
Smith, J. Franklin, Arcadia and Weslcott, Neb.
Stallings. J. J., General Missionary in Ala.
Taylor, David F., Chewelah and Springdale,
Wash.
Thomas. Chas. M., Whitewater, Colo.
Tubb, Wm. H., San Francisco. Cal.
Turner, Leonard A., Plymouth and Kilpatrick,
Neb.
Upton, Rufus P.. Lake Park and Audubon, Minn.
Veazie, W. C., Evangelist in Kan.
Vogler, Henry, Blumenthal, Freidens, and Jacobs,
So. Dak.
Warren, Leroy. Brookfield, Mo.
Webber, Edwin E , Custer, So. Dak.
Webster, Geo. J., Loomis, Cal.
Woods. Nelson R., Central, Beachwood, and
Cedarwood, Ind.
RECEIPTS IN AUGUST, 1895
For account of receipts by State Au.xiliary .Societies, see pages 355 to 357
MAINE $77.65.
Received by J. L. Crosby, Treas.
Maine Miss. Soc:
Designated by donor
Bath, a Friend, for the debt
$12 10
Bridgton, First Ch. and Soc, by J. H.
Caswell $12 00
Kennebunkport, by Rev. C. H. Pope. 6 05
New Gloucester, by Rev. H. G.
Mank 44 50
Waterville, Member of Cong. Ch.,
by A. M . Kennison i 00
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NEW HAMPSHIRE— $123.20.
F. C. I. and H. M. Union, Miss A. A.
McFarland, Treas $16 00
Centre Harbor. Y. P. S. C. E., by
Mrs. H. F. Morse 3 25
East Brentwood, H. H. Colburn 4 00
East Derry, First, by F. C. Saure 15 68
Manchester, Franklin St. Ch., special
collection, by John T. Carpenter 57 27
Milford, First, by A. C. Crosby 25 00
New Hampshire, A Friend 2 00
VERMONT— $966.88 ; of which legacy,
$250.00.
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs.
R. P. Fairbanks, Treas. :
Barton, A Friend $5 00
Fairlee, W. H. M. S., for
Salary Fund 7 50
Middlebury, L. D. M. S 25 00
Norwich, S. S., for Salary
Fund 5 00
Waterford, Mrs. H. N. Ross 2 00
44 5°
Brattleboro, A Friend 400 00
Essex, Legacy of Amasa Osgood, on
account, by A. A. Slater, Ex 250 00
Rochester, by W. C. Tyler, Treas.
Vt. Dom. Miss. Soc 15 12
St. Albans, Miss Eleanor Bramerd... 2 26
Vermont, " Friends" 50 00
West Brattleboro, Mrs. E. Stedman,
Gen. Howard Roll of Honor, for
the debt 100 00
Windsor, E. G. Ruggles 5 00
Woodstock, Mrs. Julia Billings, Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor 100 00
MASSACHUSETTS— $12,101.08.
Mass. Home Miss. Soc, by Rev. E. B.
Palmer, Treas 5,000 00
By request of donors, of which for
Gen. Howard Roll of Honor, $600 :
special, $5.75 ; debt, $25 879 25
Brighton, Hiram Barker, deceased,
by his sons 5,000 00
Woman's H. M. A., Miss A. C. Bridg-
man, Treas.:
Boston, Mrs. Frank Wood, Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor 100 oc
Amherst, South Ch., by Walter B.
Rose 12 18
A Friend 10 00
A Friend 5 00
Boston, J. A. Lane, Union Ch., Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor, for the
debt 100 00
E. Torrey, Gen. Howard Roll of
Honor, for the debt 100 00
W, A. Wilde, for .Salary Fund 50 00
Dalton, Mrs. James B. Crane, Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor 100 00
Fall River, Dr. A. J. Abbe, Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor, for the debt 100 00
Fo-\boro, M. N. Phelps ' 50 00
Gloucester, Mr. and Mrs, Herbert M.
Walen 5 co
Holbrook, Mrs. Ellen M. Spear. Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor, by Miss S.
A. Whitcomb 100 00
Lowell, H. B. S., Gen. Howard Roll
of Honor 100 00
Monson, Cong. Ch., Gen. Howard
Roll of Honor, $100; by E..F.
Mains 106 65
Pittsfield, Y. P. S. C. E. of South Ch.,
by Miss Anna HT South $5 00
Salem, Rev. Jas. F. Brodie, Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor 100 00
South Deerfield, Cong. Ch., Miss C.
Williams, by C. B. Tilton 5 00
South Framingham, Grace Ch., by F.
G. Stearns 28 co
H. A. P 10 00
Ware, Silver Circle, by H. S. Hyde . . 35 00
Mrs. H. N. Hyde, Gen. Howard
Roll of Honor loo 00
RHODE ISLAND— $491.99; of which
legacy, $405.25.
Bristol, First, by P. Skinner, Jr 61 96
East Providence, Estate of Mrs.
Fanny M. Bicknell, by Lyman Hay-
ward, administrator 405 25
Peacedale, by J. A. Brown 2478
CONNECTICUT-$2,363.59.
Miss. Soc. of Conn., W. W. Jacobs,
Treas., by Rev. W. H. Moore,
Sec 237 66
Miss. Soc. of Conn., W. W. Jacobs,
Treas., by Rev. W. H. Moore, Sec,
for Gen. Howard Roll of Honor, by
a contributor, Windham 100 00
Woman's H. M. Union. Mrs. W. W.
Jacobs, Treas.:
Kent. Aux. Salary Fund, $30: Bible
Readers Home, $20 ; by Mrs. S.
M.Roberts 5000
Berlin, Second, by C. S. Webster .... 20 00
Bridgeport, Second, for the debt,
$250 ; Edward Sterling. $100 ; Gen-
eral Howard Roll of Honor, by O.
H. Brothwell, to const. L. P. Dean, ,
Mrs. J. M. Ives, C. E. Sanford, and
D. H. Terry, L. Ms 350 00
Connecticut, a Friend 200 00
Danbury, First, by Julia Hatch 30 00
Gilead, by A. W. Hutchinson 2600
Hartford, Park Ch., by Willis E.
Smith 23 95
Higganum, by R. J. Gladwin ig 00
Kensington, Mrs. L. J. Peck s 00
Kent, First, by G. R. Bull 21 94
Manchester, Y. P. S. C. E. of the Sec-
ond, by C. S. Phelps, special 500
New Fairfield. Ella M. Brush i 00
New Haven, Davenport Ch., byG. F.
Burgess 83 99
College St. Ch., by Saml. Loyd 21 08
A Member of Dwight Place Ch 18 08
"M." Centre Ch 25 00
Norfolk, Norfolk Ch., by J. N. Cowles 115 38
A Friend, for the debt 5 00
Northford, by W. Maltby 31 i3
Norwich. Park Ave. Ch., by H. L.
Butts, for Salary Fund 288 52
Portland, First, by Henry Kilby 39 59
South Manchester, by C. E. House.. . 168 27
Stratford, of which $6.42 from Oron-
oque mon. con., by Mrs. S. A. Tal-
bot, in full, to const. Mrs. E. M.
Curtis a L. M 34 00
A Friend ^ °°
Suffield, First, by W. E. Russell, to
const. Mrs. Martha A. Hemenway a
L. M 50 °o
Talcottville. Mrs. H. Maria Talcott,
$100: Horace G. Talcott, $100;
Gen. Howard Roll of Honor 200 00
Thomaston, First, by Geo. H.
Stoughton 8 00
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West Cornwall, D. L. Smith and fam-
ily, tor work in the Northwest $40 00
West Winsted, L. J. Pease 25 00
Windsor, Annie M. Sill and Sister,
Gen. Howard Roll of Honor 100 00
Woodstock, First Ch. and Soc, H. T.
Child 2000
NEW YORK— $6,078.69 : of which leg-
acies, $4,302.46.
Received by William Spalding,
Treas. :
Asheville $5 00
Busli 3 00
Griffins Mills, Y. P. S. C. E. i 25
Lakewood 2 00
North Java 1500
Potterville i 00
Strykersville 8 78
Summer Hill 500
Union Centre 10 00
Volney 3 00
54 03
Albany, First, by G. W. Pierce 29 25
A. S. Castleton, for the debt i 00
A Friend 5000
Angola, First, by R. U. Blackney 9 25
Brooklyn, A Friend, Clinton Ave. Ch.,
Gen. Howard Roll of Honor 100 00
A Friend 1,000 00
Clifton Springs, A Friend 821
Clinton, Mrs. A. H. Post, $1; Agnes
Post of Mt. Holyoke College, Silver
Circle, $1 200
East Rockaway, Bethany Ch., Thank-
offering, by Rev. T. S. Braithwaite 25 co
Galway, Mrs. W. B. Smith 10 00
Groton, T. T. Barrows 10 00
Honeoye, Rev. S. M. Day 5 00
Kiantone, S. S., by Lewis Cheney 215
Lebanon, Estate of Dr. Henry D.
Wright, by Claudius Rockefeller... 2,603 36
New Haven, S. Lloyd, Gen. Howard
Roll of Honor, for the debt 100 00
New York City, Pilgrim Ch., Homer
N. Lockwood, Gen. Howard Roll
of Honor 100 00
Estate of John F. Delaplaine, by J.
McG. Smith, Ex 1,699 10
N. Y,, Wm. B. Howland, Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor 100 co
Wm. Ives Washburn, Gen. Howard
Roll of Honor 100 00
William C. Conant 2 05
O. W. Coe 50 00
Northfield, S. S.. by A. L. White 6 89
Utica, M. E. Brown 40
Wautagh, Memorial Ch., by G. H.
Northup 7 00
West Brook, by T. S. Hoyt 4 00
NEW JERSEY— Sioooo-
Woman's H, M. Union of the N. J.
Assoc, Mrs. J. H. Denison, Treas.:
Montclair, First, for Salary Fund,.
PENNSYLVANIA— $175.40.
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs.
r. W. Jones, Treas.:
Horatio $2 00
Ridgeway.Mrs.W.H. Oster-
hout. Gen. Howard Roll
of Honor 100 00
Chandlers Valley, Swedish Ch,, by
Rev. C. J. Lundquist
Charmian. Hawley Memorial Ch., by
Rev. A. Davison
Lander, First, by Dr H. H. Cowles,
for the debt
Philadelphia, Central Ch., by J. Ed-
wards
Slatington. Bethel Ch., by Rev. W.
T. Williams
Warren, Swedish Ch., by Rev. J. A.
Dalgren
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-$25.oo,
Woman's H. M. Union of the N, J
Assoc, Mrs. J. H. Denison, Treas.:
Washington, First, for Salary Fund
GEORGIA- $12.00.
Atlanta, Duluth Ch., by Rev. W. F.
Brewer
Friends
OKLAHOMA-$io.oo.
Cross, by Rev. W. H. Blish
Deer Creek and Spring Creek, by
Mrs. L. E. Twyford
Donly, Mt. Calvary Ch., and Wau-
komis, by Rev. F. Foster
Jennings, by Rev. C. W. Snyder
NEW MEXICO-S3.15.
Woman's M. Union, Mrs. Samuel
Dilley, Treas.:
Albuquerque, Territorial Union
OHIO— $327.12.
Received by Rev. D. L. Leon-
ard. Acting Sec:
Cleveland, Lakewood $1 10
Chester Cross Roads, by J.
M . Johnson 3 50
Sullivan 7 05
Received by Rev. D. L. Leon-
ard, Acting Treas. Bo-
hemian Board, Cleveland :
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs,
G. B. Brown, Treas.:
Andover $5 00
Jr. C. E I 00
Austinburg 5 00
Oberlin. First, L. A, S... 7 00
Painesville, Enterprise
Miss'y C I 00
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs.
G. B. Brown, Treas. :
Fairport Harbor, Mrs, Mor-
ris $5 00
Oberlin, First, L. A. S., for
Salary Fund 7 00
Toledo, First, Working
Band, Mrs. babbitt's bank 5 00
Twinsburgh, a Friend, to
const. Rev. C. H. Lem-
mon a L. M 50 00
Ashtabula Harbor, Finnish Ch., by
Rev. K. F. Henrikson
Aurora, $3.20 : Y. P. S. C. E., $3.00 ;
Jr. Y. P. S. C. E., $1.80 : by Rev. E.
R. Fuller
$2 39
2S 75
3 15
30 00
10 00
2 00
I 50
6 00
I 00
I 50
II 65
67 00
3 00
8 00
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Bellevue, First, by Mrs. W. C. Walter $7 00
Chillicothe, Plymouth Ch., by Rev. J.
G. Smith I 14
East Liverpool, Rev. H. D. Kitchel. . loo oo
Garrettsville, by H. N. Merwin 14 26
Marietta, First, 158.52 ; Y. P. S. C.
E., S14.70 ; by A. D. Follett 73 22
Second, Lawrence, Little Muskin-
gum, and Stanleyville, by Rev. C.
B. Shear 641
Oberlin, Mrs. E. B. Clark 10 00
Windham, First, by C. E. Smith 6 44
INDIANA— $2'3.5o.
Received by Rev. E. D. Curtis, D.D. :
Anderson, Hope Ch
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs. A. H.
Ball, Treas. :
Lake Gage
MISSOURI— $5.15.
Honey Creek, by C. A. Armstrong. . .
St. Louis, Swedish, by Rev. A. G.
Johnson
MICHIGAN— $52.50 ; of which legacy,
$47.50-
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs. E. F.
Grabill, Treas. :
Stockbridge, Mrs. E. W. Woodward
Adrian, Estate of Mrs. A.M. Lathrop,
by A. L. Millard
IOWA-$7.63.
Davenport. German Ch., by Rev. C.
F. Finger
Siou.x City, German Ch., by Rev. C.
W. Wureschmidt
MINNESOTA— $761.28.
Received by Rev. J. H. Morley :
Cottage Grove $1 68
Dexter and Elkton 6 50
Lake City 15 58
Minneapolis, Como Avenue 25 00
Plymouth 189 ig
Rev. H. L. Chase 25 00
Rochester 44 61
Winona. First 175 09
Woman's H . M. Union, Mrs.
M. W. Skinner, Treas.:
Anoka, Jr. C. E 75
Ada 5 00
Austin 8 45
Duluth, Pilgrim, $5.16
Rescue Fund 16 28
Fergus Falls 5 00
17 96
ILLINOIS-$i55.5o.
Illinois Home Miss. Soc, by Rev. J.
Tompkins, D.D.:
Chicago, by request of donor, for
Gen. Howard Roll of Honor 100 00
Chicago, German, reported by Rev.
G. L. Brakemeyer 9 00
H. C. Wilmot 45 00
Paxton, M. Schlosser i 50
2 6s
2 50
5 00
47 50
6 13
I 50
Faribault, Two Deaf and
Dumb Ins., Three Y. P.
S. C. E |io 00
Freeborn n 00
Minneapolis, First 9 00
Lyndale, S. S 1384
Park Avenue 19 00
Plymouth 45 01
Vine 5 00
Mankato, Rescue Fund... 3 35
Mapleton i 00
Owatonna, Rescue Fund. 10 00
Saratoga 3 00
St. Anthony Park 14 00
St. Paul, Plymouth 27 13
Winona, First, in full, to
const. Miss W. V.
Cance and Mrs. J. H.
Clark L.Ms 33 00
Second 4 00
Waterville 3 00
729 46
Less expenses 25 00
Belgrade, by Mrs. Y. B. Steel
Claremont, by Rev. W. F. Trussell . ,
East Brainerd, Second, by Rev. G. F.
Morton
Mankato and Kasota, Swedish Chs.,
by Rev. C. E. Ryberg
Minneapolis, Forest Heights Ch., by
Rev. J. P. Dickerman
North Branch and Sunrise City, by
Rev. P. H. Fisk......
Sheiburn, $5.60; Lake Belt, 14.50; by
Rev. C. E. Walker '...
Silver Lake, T. Trutna, $2 ; L. Totu-
sik, $1 ; E. Jerabek, S5 ; J. S. Jera-
bek, $3 ; by J. S. Jerabek
St. Paul, German, by Rev. W. Oehler
Spencer Brook, Swedish Ch , by Rev.
A. P. Engstrom
Springfield, by Rev. C L. Mears
Upsala, Swedish Ch., by Rev. A. G.
Petterson
Winthrop, by Rev. C. A. Ruddock. . .
KANSAS— $167.34.
Received by Rev. J. G. Dougherty,
Treas. :
Arvonia $1 69
Douglass 753
Highland 6 25
Independence 5 30
Inghram Memorial i 25
Lawrence, Plymouth, add'l i 00
Topeka, First, Y. P. S. C. E. 10 00
Jr. C. E I 50
Wakarusa i 73
Independence Branch. ... i 95
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs. E. C.
Read, Treas. :
Blue Rapids $13 94
Dime Bank 5 00
Clay Center, by Mrs. Ora
Starkweather 5 00
Do 4 50
Dover 5 00
J. E 5 00
Emporia 15 00
By Rev. Pearse Pinch 5 00
Garnett 5 00
Goodland 2 50
Hutchinson, Y. P. S. C. E.,
Bank 2 50
Kensington i 00
$704 46
6 80
2 67
I 46
38 20
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Kiowa. Miss Evelyn Ewell,
Bank $500
Kansas City, Pilgrim Ch... 3 20
Leavenworth, toward L.Mp.
of Mrs. Thos. M. Boss ... 7 50
Louisville, by Mrs. Bitman,
Bank 500
Paola 7 50
Ridgeway 2 50
Seneca, towards L. Mp. of
Mrs. Elizabeth P. Tuller. 15 30
Sedge wick. C. E 2 00
Tonganoxie, C. E., Bank .. 3 00
Wellington, b'y Harold Her-
rick. Bank 5 00
125 44
Less e.xpenses 2 50
Atwood. by Rev. J. J. A. T. Di.xon ..
Kansas City, Pilgrim Ch., by Rev. H.
D. Herr
Oswego, First, by Rev. I. D. Barnard
Topeka, reported by Rev. S. D. Storrs
NEBRASKA $65.71.
Received by J. W. Bell, Treas. :
DeWitt '. $500
Geneva 11 25
Lincoln Pilgrim S. S 2 50
McCook 4 00
S. S S 00
Waverly 5 00
Aurora, Y. P. S. C. E., by Mrs. S E.
Hammond
Culbertson, Hayes Co.. McCook, and
Trenton, German, by Rev. A. Hodel
New Castle, by Rev. J. Roberts
Silver Creek, by Mrs. A. C. Robins..
Stanton, S. S.. by Rev. W. J. Paske..
York, Y. P. S. C. E., by F. A. Hannis
8 01
10 55
5 85
5 00
NORTH DAKOTA - $1,579.70 ; of
which legacy, $1,555.
Received by Rev. H. C. Simmons :
Dwight, Y. P. S. C. E $700
Inkster i 47
Niagara i 19 966
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs. J. M.
Fisher. Treas. :
De.xter, Ladies Miss. Soc g 34
Buxton, Estate of James P. Gould, by
A. Sargent, Ex 1.55500
Harvey, Dy Rev. A. G. Young 70
New Rockford. Y. P. S. C. E., by Rev.
N. W. Hankemeycr 5 00
SOUTH DAKOTA-$5i.8s.
Received by Rev. W H. Thrall :
Garretson 2 50
Received by Rev. C. J. Hansen,
Scand 21 00
Bryant, by Rev. I. R. Prior 2 35
Cold Brook, by Rev. J. Hall i 03
Hermosa and Rockerville, by Rev. J.
A. Becker 4 00
South Shore, by Miss E. K. Henry. . . 6 00
Webster, Rev. C. Parsons $5 00
Willow Lakes and Pitrodie, by Rev.
J. F. Walker 10 00
COLORADO— $183.50.
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs. H. San-
derson, Treas.:
Boulder. Ladies' Aux $5 00
Denver, Ladies' Aux. of Ply-
mouth Ch 57 40
Whitewater, Ladies' Aux 2 65
65 05
Denver. Rev.T. A. Uzzell, Gen. How-
ard Roll of Honor 100 00
Rev. E. B. Gramcko i 50
Highland Lake, Ch. of Christ, by E.
G. Lennon 545
Lafayette, by Rev. J. F. Smith 9 50
Otis and Hyde, by Rev G. Dungan . . 2 00
WYOMING-S3.50.
Dayton, Englefeld, and Ohlman, by
Rev. A. L. Brown 3 50
MONTANA-$4.6o.
Received by Rev. W. S. Bell :
Horse Plains and Thompson Falls. .
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs. H. E.
Jones, Treas.:
Red Lodge, Miss. Soc
CALIFORNIA-$68.o5.
Lincoln, by Rev. E. D. Hale 2 50
Mokelumne Hill, by Rev. M. J.Luark 50 00
San Luis Obispo, by Rev. W. W.
Madge 4 05
Sunol Glen, by Rev. J. H. Strong.... 3 00
Vernondale, S. S. Rally, by Rev. G.
A. Rawson 8 50
OREGON— $25.00.
Independence, by Rev. O. B. Whit-
more 4 00
Portland. Hassala St. Ch., by Rev. C.
F. Clapp II 00
German Ch., by Rev. J. Koch 1000
WASHINGTON-$i9.75.
Received by Rev. A. J. Bailey :
Conlee City $3 00
Puyallup I 50
Rev. Jas. B. Clark 5 00
Chewelah and Springdale, by Rev. D.
F. Taylor
Colfax, Plymouth Ch , by Rev. H. P.
lames
Lyle, by Rev. T. M. Whilcomb
New Whatcom, Rev. J. W. Savage...
3 00
I 00
5 00
HAWAHAN ISLANDS-S;2oo.oo.
Kohala, A Friend 200 00
Ho^TE MiSSION.'iKY 42 65
$26,272 96
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Contributions for August, excluding contributions for the debt ' «i6 -.(,. ^^
Legacies for August .....".'.'."".'"" 6 =60 21
Contributions for the debt in August ^-486 1 1;
Total receipts in August $26,410 gi
Contributions for first five months, excluding contributions for the debt «67 ™,8 81
Legacies for first five months 66,646 8q
Contributions for the debt to September ist:
General Howard Roll of Honor , 14.465 00
Special for the debt 1,134 48
Total receipts for first five months $149,965 18
Donations of Clothing, etc.
Brooklyn, N. Y., Miss Mary E. Horton,
box.
Castine, Me., Rainbow Mission Band,
by Mrs. John P. Cushman, package.
Hartford, Conn., Estate of M. Lewis,
by Mrs. H. S. Fitch, box;
Kensington. Conn.. Ladies' Sewing So-
ciety, by Mrs. S. M. Cowles, package.
Ridgway, Penn., by Mrs. B. Bevier,
barrel
AUXILIARY STATE RECEIPTS
MASSACHUSETTS HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Receipts of the Massachusetts Ho7ne Missionary Society in August, 1895.
B. Palmer, Treasurer
Rev. Edwin
The Gen. O. O. Howard Roll of
Honor : "
Boston, " Our Country". ... $100 00
Frank Wood 100 00
Dalton, Mrs. Z. Crane 100 00
Framingham, South, Grace
Ch., by G. M. Amsden .... 100 00
Groton. A Friend 100 00
North Andover, Estate of J.
M. Stone, by J. H. Stone. . . 100 00
Woman's Home Missionary
Association :
Boston, Mrs. Jno. A.
Lane $ 100 00
Brookline, Mrs. A.
H. Lovett 100 00 200 00
Acton, Evan. S. S.. bv Rev. F. P.Wood,
Treas
Andover, West, by F. S. Boutwell,
Treas
Anonymous
Bank Balances, Int. for July
Barnstable, Centreville^ South, by Mrs.
Owen Crosby
Barre. Sunday School, by Francis A.
Gaylord
Bedford, by E. G. Loomis
Davis, Emily M
Billerica, A Friend
Boston, Charlestown, Winthrop, by
Geo. S. Poole
Kimball, Miss Olive, by S. C. Wil-
kins
Neponset, Winsor, Arthur A
Park St., by E. H. McGuire
Braintree, First, by Arza B. Keith
Brockton, A Friend
Campello, South, S. S.. by Nellie F.
Thresher, for Girls' Indian Home,
Vinita
Brookline, Harvard S. S Class of E. C.
Mills
000 00
10 00
35 00
4 00
8 05
10 36
100 00
I 00
3 °o
125 91
5 00
5 00
55 00
5 32
I 00
5 75
6 76
Cambridge, North Ave., A Friend. .... $20 00
Concord, Ames, Mrs., Maria E., to
const, self a L. M. of C. H. M. S 50 00
Dalton, S. S. Prim, Dept.; by W. B.
Clark to const. '" H. M. Army." 10 co
Dedham. Islington, add'l, by Rev. W.
F. Bickford 50
Deerfield, Orth.. Gunn, Rufus, by
Nath'l Hitchcock 10 00
Fitchburg, C. C, Members, by Miss
Lulie Holden 25 00
Framingham, A Friend, Relief from
debt 25 00
South, Grace, by G. M. Amsden 100 00
Greenfield, Net value of bonds reported
in July on account of Harriet A. Cook,
bequest 4,000 00
Hampden Benevolent Association, by
Geo. R. Bond, Treas. :
Chicopee, First $48 50
S. School 9 86
Second 5292
Holyoke, Second 31432
Ludlow, First 1344
South Hadley Falls 1623
Springfield, First (of which
$1.50 for debt) 78 86
Indian Orchard 34 22
Olivet, S. School 20 00
West Springfield. Park St. ... 34 18
■ ^ 622 53
Hatfield, by Alpheus Cowles 8500
Hinsdale, by Rev. J. H. Laird 15 00
Hyde Park, Blue Hill Evan. Soc. by S.
T.Elliott 1730
Lowell, H. E. C 5 00
Oxford, by Rev. A. E. Bradstreet. to
const. Franklin F. Ryder L. M. of
C. H. M. S 55 00
Individuals, by Rev. A. E. Bradstreet,
" Special for debt " 27 25
Mass., A Friend, " G " 5 00
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Maynard, Y. P. S. C. E., by Annie G.
Adams $5 oo
Millbury, First, by Carolyn C. Waters. 34 06
New Braintree, by Chas. A. Gleason. .. 25 00
Newburyport. Belleville, by Rev. A. W.
Hitchcock, ad d'l 5 00
Orange, Central Evan., by F. D. Kel-
logg, for debt 27 00
Petersham, by Geo. K. Wilder 5 76
Y. P. S. C. E., by G. K. W i 80
Portsmouth, Va., a Friend, for C. H.
M. S 1000
Randolph, First, by Joseph Graham 194 57
Reading, by Dean Peabody 25 00
Turner, Clarissa H., Estate of, by
Solon Bancroft, Admr 401 06
Richmond, Y. P. S. C. E., by Mabel
E. Sharp 3 28
Rutland, First, by Rev. Sidney Craw-
ford, to const. Mrs. Sarah D. Spooner
L. M. of C. H. M. S 50 50
Sandestield, First, by Mrs. S. J. Hawley 5 00
Sharon, Church, $24.48 ; S. S., $10, by
D. W. Petter, to const. Mrs. B. F.
Rhodes L. M 34 48
Stow, Bartlett, Mrs. L. C $10 00
Townsend, by J. W. Eastman 16 32
Upton, First, by Horace Walker 43 07
U.xbridge, Taft, Mrs. Jacob, to consti-
tute Miss Mary Ellis, Mrs. R. C. Bra-
man, and Mrs. Minnie J. Seagrave
L. Ms 100 00
Wakefield, by W. P. Preston 51 95
Wellesley Hills, a Friend, by Rev. D.
E. Adams ... 5 00
Weymouth, South, Old South, by Rev.
H. C. Alvord 21 00
Worcester. Park, by C. E. Trumbull... 12 08
S., and M. F. W., special for Rev. S.
H . Brunker 10 00
South, Conference, by A. Armsby 36 58
Wrentham, First, by S. M. Gerould 16 50
HiME Missionary
©7.442 52
II 50
$7,454 02
MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF CONNECTICUT
Receipts of the Missio)iary Society of Confiecticut in August^ 1895. Ward W. Jacobs,
T7-eastirer
Andover, by Rev. G. A. Curtis $10 50
Ashford, Westford, by E. N. Billings... 2 25
Canton, Collinsville, Pilgrim, Swedish,
by Charles J. Johnson 12 50
Chatham, Cobalt, by Rev. J. W. Moul-
ton 10 00
Cobalt, see Chatham.
Collinsville, Pilgrim, Swedish, see Can-
ton.
Coventry, Second, by H. L. James 46 75
East Woodstock, see Woodstock.
Glastonbury, South Glastonbury, Ch,
and Sunday-school, by H. D. Hale... 8 73
Granby, South, by C. P Loomis 4 50
Greenwich, Stanwich, by L. M. Close.. 10 00
Haddam, Haddam Neck, by William F.
Brainerd 7 00
Hartford. First, by C. T. Welles 138 09
Park, by W. E. Smith 21 46
Litchfield, First, for C. H. M. S., by
Miss C. B. Kenney 48 63
Middlebury, by Rev. W. F. Avery 3 00
New Britain, South, by W. H. Hart S120 43
New Canaan, by H. B. Rogers 52 17
North Woodstock, see Woodstock.
Old Say brook, by Robert Chapman ig 24
ForC. H. M. S 19 24
O.xford, by R. B. Limburner 621
Ridgefield, by John F. Holmes, for C.
H. M. S 26 25
South Glastonbury, see Glastonbury.
Stanwich, see Greenwich.
Westford, see Ashford.
Windham, by William Swift 33 4°
Rev. Frederick H. Means, for C. H.
M. S., to constitute Rev. Mr. Means
a member ol the Roll of Honor 100 00
Woodstock, East Woodstock, by Rev.
F. H. Viets 9 46
North Woodstock, by Rev. F. H.
Viets 33 00
I742 8t
MICHIGAN HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Receipts of the Michigan Home Missionary Society in August, 1895. Rev. John P.
S.ANDERSON, Treasurer
Chassell $2 17
Clinton 12 50
Detroit, First ,. 50000
Mt. Hope 1; 00
East Giliad 2 28
Ensign 34
Farwell 4 00
Garden 2 30
Grandville 650
Greenville 1500
Ironton 4 75
Jacobsville. . . .
Kenton
Matchwood. . .
Mecosta
North Adams.
Nunica
Pine Grove. . .
Ransom ,
Roscommon. .
St. Jaques
Sack Bay . . . .
>i 35
46
I 28
2 50
I 00
90
7 87
I 00
40
45
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Trout Creek go 83
Union City^ Mrs. L. L. Lee, to con-
stitute her daughter, Mrs. Sarah L.
Carpenter, a life member C. H. M. S. 50 00
Vans Harbor i 20
Wheatland, A. W. Douglas and family. 4 00
Whittaker 2 00
W. H. M. U., by Mrs. E. F. Grabill,
Treas 370 00
Total $1,007 56
Receipts of W. H. M. U. of Michigan
for August, per Mrs. E. F. Grabill,
Treas. : ,.
SENIOR FUND
Addison, W. H. M. S $12 00
Almont, W. M. S 500
Calumet, W. H. M. S 20 co
Dowagiac, W. M. S 10 00
Grand Blanc, W. M. S 12 10
Hudson, W. M. S 6 00
Laingsburgh, W. M. S 272
Lowell, W. H. M. S
$5 00
Manistee, W. H. M. S
10 88
Muskegon
Olivet, L. B. S
12 00
Pontiac. W. H. M. S
2 50
Rochester, W. H. M. S
5 00
Salem, Second, W. H. M. S
5 00
Somerset, W. H. M. S
10 00
South Haven, W. M. S
6 40
Traverse City, W. H. M. S
Victor. W. H. M. S
25 00
5 00
Ypsilantic, W. H. M. S
7 00
YOUNG PEOPLE S FUND
Cooper, Y. P. S. C. E
Harbert, S. S., col. " Children's Day "
Morenci. Jr. C. E. Soc, from "Silver
Circle " fund
$162 60
$5 00
fi73 60
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.
Sec7-etary, Mrs. John T. Perry, Exeter.
Treasurer, Miss Annie A. McFarland, 196 Main
St., Concord.
4. MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE
ISLAND *
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY ASSOCIA-
TION ■
Organized February, 1880
President, Mrs. C. L. Goodell, 9 Massachusetts
Ave., Boston.
Secretary, Mrs Louise A. Kellogg, 32 Congrega-
tional House. Boston.
Treasurer, Miss Annie C. Bridgman, 32 Congre-
gational House, Boston.
2. MINNESOTA
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized September, 1872
President, Miss Catherine W. Nichols, 230 E. gth
St., St. Paul.
Secretary, Mrs. A. P. Lyon. 17 Florence Court,
S. E., Minneapolis.
■Treasurer, Mrs. M. W. Skinner, Northfield.
5. MAINE
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY AUXILIARY
Organized June, 1880
Pi-esident, 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.
3. ALABAMA
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION
Organized March, 1877
Reorganized April, i88g
President, Mrs. G. W. Andrews, Talladega.
Secretary, Mrs. J. S. Jackson, Montgomery.
Treasurer, Mrs. E. C. Silsby, Talladega.
6. MICHIGAN
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized May, 1881
President, Mrs. I. M. Powell, 76 Jefferson Ave.,
Grand Rapids.
Secretary, Mrs. J. H. Hatfield, 301 Elm St., Kala-
mazoo.
Treasurer, Mrs. E. F. Grabill, Greenville.
* While the W. H. M. A. appears in the above list as a State body for Massachusetts and Rhode
Island, it has certain auxiliaries elsewhere.
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7. KANSAS
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized October, 1881
President, Mrs. F. J. Storrs, Topeka.
Secretary, Mrs. George L. Epps, Topeka.
Treasurer, Mrs. D. D. DeLong, Arkansas City.
8. OHIO
WOMANS HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized May, 1882
President, Mrs. Sydney Strong, Lane Seminary
Campus, Cincinnati.
Secretary, Mrs. J. W. Moore, 836 Hough Ave.,
Cleveland.
Treasurer, Mrs. George B. Brown, 2116 Warren
St., Toledo.
13. WASHINGTON
Including Northern Idaho
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized July, 1884
Reorganized June. 1889
President, Mrs. A. Judson Bailey, 704 Olympic
Ave., 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. Wilco.x, Huron.
9. NEW YORK
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized October, 1883
15. CONNECTICUT
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized January, 1885
President, Mrs. Wm. Kincaid, 483 Greene Ave., President, Miss Ellen R. Camp, 9 Camp St., Newr
Brooklyn. Britain.
Secretary, Mrs. Wm. Spalding, 511 Orange St., Secretary, Mrs. C. T. Millard, 36 Levins St.,
Syracuse. Hartford.
Treasurer, Mrs. J. J. Pearsall, 230 Macon St., Treasurer, Urs. W. W. Jacobs, 19 Spring St.,
Brooklyn. Hartford.
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. Blackman, Whitewater.
16. 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.
n. NORTH DAKOTA
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized November, 1883
President. Mrs. W. P. Cleveland, Caledonia.
Secretary, Mrs. Silas Daggett, Harwood.
Treasurer, y\.T%. J. M. Fisher, Fargo.
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.
12. OREGON
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized July, 1884
President, Mrs. F. Eggert. The Hill. Portland.
Secretary, Mrs. Geo C. Brownell. Oregon City.
Treasurer, Mrs W. D. Palmer, 546 3d St., Port-
land.
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.
October, 1895
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ig. CALIFORNIA
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Organized October, 1887.
Presidejit, Mrs. E. S. Williams, 572 12th St., Oak-
land.
Secreta.7-y, Mrs. L. M. Howard, gii Grove St.,
Oakland.
Treasurer, Mrs. J. M. Haven, 1329 Harrison St.,
Oakland.
20. NEBRASKA
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized November, 18S7
President, Mrs. J T. .Duryea, 2402 Cass St.
Omaha.
Secretary, Mrs. H. Bross, 2904 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.
22. INDIANA
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized May, 1888
President, Mrs. W. A. Bell, 223 Broadway, In-
dianapolis.
Secretary, Mrs. E. S. Smith, E. nth St., Indi-
anapolis.
Treasurer, Mrs. A. H. Ball, Anderson.
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, Claremont.
Treasurer, Mrs. Mary M. Smith, Public Library,
Riverside.
24. 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
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, 1710 i6th Ave.,
Denver.
26. WYOMING
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION
Organized October, 1888
Reorganized December, 1892
President, Mrs G. S. Ricker, Cheyenne.
Secretary, Mrs. VV. L. Whipple, Cheyenne.
Treasurer, lAxs. H. N. Smith, Rock Springs.
27. 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, M.r%. L. H. Turner, 3112 12th St.; Me-
ridian.
29. LOUISIANA
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION
Organized April, 1889
President, Miss Bella Hume, corner Gasquetand
Liberty Sts.. New Orleans.
Secretary, Miss Matilda Cabrere. 152 North Gal-
vez St., New Orleans.
Treasurer, Mrs. C. M. Crawford, Hammond.
30. ARKANSAS, KENTUCKY, AND TEN-
NESSEE
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION OF THE
CENTRAL SOUTH ASSOCIATION
Organized April, 1889
Preside7it, Mrs. Ella S. Moore, Bo.x 8, Fisk Uni-
versity, Nashville, Tenn.
Secretary, Mrs. Jos. E, Smith, 304 Gilmer St.,
Chattanooga, Tenn.
Trea.iurer,MTS. J. E. Mbreland, 1214 Grundy St.,
Nashville, Tenn.
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31. NORTH CAROLINA
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION
Organized October, i88g
President^ Mrs. J. W. Freeman, Dudley.
Seer eta ry \
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.
7'reasierer, Mrs. C. I. Scotield, Lock Ro.x 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, 1890
President, Mrs. J. W. Thomas, Lansford.
Secretary, Mrs. C. F. Yennie, Ridgway.
Treasurer, Mrs. T. W. Jones, 511 Woodland Ter-
race, Philadelphia.
35. OKLAHOMA
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION
Organized October, iSgo
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
Organized March, 1891
President, Mrs. A. H. Bradford. Montclair.
Secretary, Mrs. J. D. Hagerman, Montclair.
Treasurer, Mrs. J. H. Denison, 150 Belleville Ave.,
Newark.
37. UTAH
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION
Organized May, 1891
Reorganized December, 1892
President, Mrs. W. S. Hawke.<;, 135 Si.\th East
Street, Salt Lake City.
Secretary, Mrs. H. K. Warren, 508 Third South
Street, Salt Lake City.
Treasurer, Mrs. J. D. Nutting, Third North and
Quince Streets, Salt Lake City.
38. INDIAN TERRITORY
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION
Organized April, 1892
President. Mrs. Fayette Hurd, Vinita.
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
President, Mrs. E. H. Ashmun, Albuquerque.
Secretary, Mrs. Peter Simpkin, Gallup.
Treasurer, Mrs. Samuel Dilley, White Oaks.
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, Miss Carrie Towner, Custer, Black
Hills, South Dakota.
Treasurer, Miss Grace Lyman, Hot Springs,
Black Hills, South Dakota.
42. IDAHO
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION
Organized May, 1B95
President, Mrs. R. B. Wright, Boise.
Secretai-y, Mrs. E. A. Paddock, Weiser.
Treasurer, Mrs. D. L. Travis, Pocatello.
Congregational Home Missionary Society
Field Secretaries
Rev. W. G. PuDDEFOOT, South Framingham, Mass.
Rev. C. W. Shelton, Derby, Conn.
Rev. H. D. WiARD, 153 La Salle St., Chicago, 111.
Superintendents
Rev. MopiTZ E. EVERSZ, D.D., German Department, 153 La Salle St., Chicago, III.
Rev. S. V. S. Fish«;r, Scandinavian Department, Minneapolis, Minn. .
Rev. Henry A. Schaufflek, D.D., Slavic Department, Cleveland, Ohio.
Rev. Edw. D. Curtis, D.D Indianapolis, Ind. Rev. W. H. Thrall Huron, S. Dak.
Rev. S. F. Gale ■ Jacksonville, Fla. Rev. H. C. Simmons Fargo, N. Dak.
Rev. J. H. MoRLEY ..* Minneapolis, Minn. Rev. H. Sanderson (Acting) Denver, Col.
Rev. Alfred K. Wrav Kansas City, Mo. Rev. W. S. Hawkes Salt Lake City, tftah.
Rev. L. P. Broad Topeka, Kan. Rev. J. K. H arkison San Francisco, Cal.
Rev. E. H. Ashmun Albuquerque, N. M. Rev. James T. Ford Los Angeles, Cal.
Rev. A. JuDSON Bailey Seattle, Wash. Rev. C. F. Clapp Forest Grove, Ore.
Rev. T. G. Grassie Ashland, Wis. t3„„ t -iir t^„,c-c n n J 511 Woodland Terrace,
R^v A A Browm j Black Hills and Wyoming. Ke^ . i. W. Jones, D.D -j Philadelphia, Pa.
Kev. A. A. BROWN. . . -j jjoj Springs, South Dakota. Rev. W. S. Bell Helena, Mon.
Rev, Harmon Bross Lincoln, Neb. Rev. S. C. Mc-Daniel Atlanta, Ga.
Rev. S. E. Bassett (Supt. Alabama). .Ft. Valley, Ga. Rev. J. Homer Parker Kingfisher. Okl.
Secretaries and Treasurers
of the Auxiliaries
Rev. Jonathan E. Adams, D.D., Secretary. . .Maine Missionary Society Bangor, Me.
John L. Crosby, Esq., Treasurer " " " Bangor, Me.
Rev. A. T. HiLLMAN, Secretary New Hampshire Home Miss. Society Concord, N. H.
Hon. Lyman D. Stevens, Treasurer " " " " " .. ..Concord, N. H.
Rev. Charles H. Merrill, Secretary Vermont Domestic " " . . . . St. Johnsbury, Vt.
Wm. C. Tyler, Treasurer " " " " ... .St. Johnsbury, Vt.
Rev. Joshua Coit, Secretary Massachusetts Home " . " .... I 9 Cong'l House,
Rev. Edwin B. Palmer, Treasurer " " " " ....( Boston, Mass,
Rev. Alexander McGregor, Secretary Rhode Island " " " ....Pawtucket, R. I.
Jos. Wm. Rice, Esq., Treasurer " " " " ....Providence, R. I.
Rev. William H. Moore, Secretary Missionary Society of Connecticut Hartford, Conn.
Ward W. Jacobs, Esq., Treasurer " " " Hartford, Conn.
Rev. Ethan Curtis, Secretary New York Home Miss. Society Syracuse, N. Y.
William Spalding, Treasurer " " " " Syracuse, N. Y.
Rev. J. D. Fraser, D.D., Secretary Ohio " " " Cleveland, Ohio.
Wm. B. Howland, Treasurer " " " " New York City.
Rev. James Tompkins, D.D., Secretary Illinois " " " I 153 La Salle St.,
Aaron B. Mead, Esq., Treasurer " " " " 1 Chicago, 111.
Rev. Homer W. Carter, Secretary Wisconsin " " " Beloit, Wis.
C. M. Blackman, Esq., Treasurer " " " " Whitewater, Wis.
Rev. T. O. Douglass, D.D., Secretary Iowa " " " Grinnell, Iowa.
J. H. Merrill, Esq., Treasurer " " " " Des Moines, Iowa.
Rev. William H. Warren, Secretary Michigan Congregational Association Lansing, Mich.
Rev. John P. Sanderson, Treasurer " " " .... Lansing, Mich.
Geo. H. Morgan, Secretary Cong. City Miss. Society St. Louis, Mo.
Rev. Arch'd L. Love, Superintendent " " " " St. Louis, Mo.
Lewis E. Snow, Treasurer " " " " St. Louis, Mo.
Communications
relating to general business of the Society may be addressed to either of the Secretaries for Correspondence.
Communications relating to the Editorial Department of The Home Missionary may be addressed to Rev.
Alex. H. Clapp, D.D. Correspondence of the Woman's Department may be addressed to Mrs. H. S.
Caswell, Bible House, New York.
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in Drafts, Checks, Registered Letters, or Post-Office Orders may be addressed to Wm. B. Howland,
Treasurer, Bible House, Astor Place, New York.
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of the Congregational Home Missionary Society, formed in the City of New York, in the year eighteen hundred
and twenty-six, to be applied to the charitable use and purposes of said Society, and under its direction.
Congregational Home Missionary Society
Bible House, Astor Place, New York
Major-Gen eral Oliver O. Howard
President
Rev. Alexander H. Clapp, D.D., Ho7iorary Treasurer
Secretaries for Correspondence
Rev. Joseph B, Clark, D.D.
Rev. William Kincaid, D.D.
Rev. Washington Choate, D.D.
Mr. William B. Rowland, Treasurer
Executive Committee
Wm. Ives Washburn, Esq., Chairman
Asa a. Spear, Esq., Recording Secretary
Mr. Charles H. Parsons
Rev. James G. Roberts, D.D.
Rev. Samuel H. Virgin, D.D.
Mr. Joseph Wm. Rice
Mr. Herbert M. Dixon
Rev. Charles H. Richards, D.D.
Mr. George P. Stockwell
Rev. Robert J. Kent, D.D.
Rev. John D. Kingsbury, D.D.
Mr. George W. Hebard
Rev. Henry A. Stimson, D.D.
John H. Perry, Esq.
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Contents for Noveniber, 1895
PAGE
Review of the Latest Thirty-five
Years' Work of the Society. . . . 361
Notes by the Way :
The First Effort 368
Reviving Lapsed Churches 371
After Many Days 372
Notes of Long Service in Colorado :
VIL Organizing a Church 374
Work Among the Slovaks 377
PACK
Further Points of the Society's
Policy and Methods 379
From Oregon Women 383
A Voyage on Land 384
Progress on the Pacific Coast 385
Items from the Field 387
From Prayerful Givers for the Debt 391
Missionary Army Rally Day 392
The Treasury 393
The General Hov<7ard Roll of Honor 395
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The Home Missionary
Vol. LXVIII NOVEMBER, 1895 No. 7
REVIEW OF THE LATEST THIRTY-FIVE YEARS'
AVORK OF THE SOCIETY
A PAPER READ BEFORE THE CONGREGATIONAL NATIONAL
COUNCIL AT SYRACUSE, N. K, OCTOBER ii, 1895
By Rev. Washington Choate, D.D., Secretary of the Congrega-
tional Home Missionary Society
ROMINENT among the topics considered by the National Council
held in Boston thirty years ago were the great Christian activ-
ities of our churches — evangelization in the West and South,
ministerial education and support, church building, and evangelization
in foreign lands.
Once again the Council gives generous consideration of these lines of
Christian enterprise and effort, which the churches, in recognition of their
responsibilities for the advancement of Christ's kingdom throughout the
land and world, have uninterruptedly maintained.
In behalf of the Home Missionary Society the following statement is
presented.
Since the last assembling of the National Council, this Society has, by
due legal process, changed its corporate name from the honored one
adopted at its organization and borne for sixty-seven years, " American,"
to that which is distinctive of the ecclesiastical body whose organ it is,
and now presents this statement as the " Congregational Home Missionary
Society." This change of name took effect, under order of the Supreme
Court of the State of New York, 'October i, 1893, The Societ}', in its
aims and spirit and field of activity, is none the less American than before.
The whole land is the sphere of its service. Yet it is surely due to the
order of faith which it propagates, and the inheritance from a Pilgrim
ancestry which it seeks to honor and transmit, that the name and polity
which characterize and individualize the churches whose agent it is, and
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the churches which it plants and fosters, be declared by its corporate title
and proclaimed by its messengers, its literature, and its work.
i860 TO 1895
Now, for thirty-five years of the three score and ten of this Society's
history has it been the organ of Congregationalism alone; the last of the four
allied denominations which, in 1826, united in its formation, having with-
drawn in 1 860. These years of distinctive Congregational work consti-
tute a period worthy of special review by the churches in this Council
assembled. It is a period incomparable in its shaping power in our
national life. In its first half-decade, American nationality was irrevoca-
bly determined " through the arbitrament of the only court known to
nations from which there is no appeal." Within its first ten years the
continent was spanned by the iron rail, and the vast interior realms opened
for the incoming of those great migrations which have characterized the
past quarter-century.
Minnesota had been entered by the missionaries of this Society ten
years before this period began ; Kansas five years, and Nebraska four.
But the great Rocky Mountain section, and its eastern slope to the
Missouri River, with its northwestern to the Pacific, were waiting for the
beginnings of those States that have since been planted there. Colorado's
first missionary entered in 1863 ; Dakota's, in 1867 ; Utah, Wyoming,
Montana, Idaho and Washington, New Mexico and Arizona, since 1870.
These thirty-five years constitute the period of the nation's most rapid
expansion. Within that time our population, which in the nearly two and
one-half centuries previous had reached 31,000,000, leaped to 69,000,000.
While the total immigration to our land since 1790 is about 17,500,000,
13,000,000 of these have come since i860.
The 30,000 miles of railway in the country thirty-five years ago have
become 180,000 miles, giving five trans-continental lines whose branches
are penetrating every quarter of the land, by which our increasing mil-
lions are scattered over our great territory.
In the effort to keep pace with this unparalleled growth of population
and expansion of life, and to fulfill its duty to the peoples who were laying
the foundations of great commonwealths and building up mighty States,
and rearing institutions, educational and religious, by which the nation's
highest life is secured, Congregationalism has accomplished the following
results, so far as such can be tabulated and numbered.
The missionary force which, in 1861, by the withdrawal of the" Presby-
terian churches — not of all Presbyterian givers, for many a gift and legacy
down to the present time has come from a sympathizing heart and benev-
olent hand of our sister denomination — the missionary force which, in
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1 86 1, dropped from 1,062 to 863, has since the close of the war had an
almost continuous upward movement, reaching 2,010 in 1893-94, and not
far from that number to-day.
The annual receipts, which by the separation of the Presbyterians
showed a decline of about $20,000 only, have steadily increased, and
from $163,852 in 1861-62, reached $645,911 in our last completed year,
touching high-water mark in 1892-93, when more than $738,000 were ad-
ministered by this Society, including its auxiliaries. For these thirty-five
years the grand total is $12,652,722, or more than three-fourths of the
whole amount given to this cause in the entire seventy years of its history.
In i860 Congregationalism was a Christian force in our land of 2,734
churches, with a membership of 260,389. Through the agency of this
Society in this period, 3,418 churches have been organized, and 1,509
brought to self-support ; 266,726 additions to the membership of these
home missionary churches have been made, of which 104,396 were, by
confession of faith in Jesus Christ, gathered from the world into the
Kingdom.
Out of these churches, thus planted and fostered by this ministering
hand of the denomination, there have come into the ranks of the Christian
ministry not far from 1,000 young men — those who have responded to the
Master's command to " go, preach," doubtless being drawn to the service
by the godly lives and faithful counsels of the men who were shepherding
the churches that had been gathered through the agency of this Society.
THE MODERN PROBLEMS OF HOME MISSIONS
During this time thus reviewed in outline, and in its later years, the
great modern problems of Home Missions have had their rise and com-
manded recognition. It was upon the platform of this Society, at an
annual meeting, that the first note of warning touching the peril in our
national life of the centralizing of population in our cities was sounded.
The keen eye of its then honored vice-president, the late Dr. Julius H.
Seelye, discerned the revelations which the successive census returns had
made, and in 1884 traced that startling line which marks the increase of
urban population through the decades from 1790 to 1880, and the attend-
ant decrease of the rural towns with which all are now familiar.
One year earlier the Problem of the Foreigner among us had come to
the front in the Society's discussions, with the result that definite and sys-
tematic efforts in behalf of the immigrant were entered upon.
Up to that date the line of work had been largely the simple one of
the fathers— to follow the American families emigrating from the New
England and Middle States to the newer West, and aid them in establish-
ing and maintainincj the institutions of religion.
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The council of 1865, so largely devoted to the great missionary enter-
prises of the denomination, gave no intimation then of these problems,
to-day so serious and urgent.
They are the developments of the past score of years, within which
the one simple task of the first half-century of national work has become
a complication of intricate, interrelated, and interdependent problems, con-
ditions for the meeting of which in the application of the Gospel this
Society has been a chief agency of our Congregational churches.
THE FOREIGN DEPARTMENTS
In the eleven years since the startling increase in the volume of immi-
gration awoke the conviction that Congregationalism has its duty, with
the other branches of the church, toward the foreign life coming to make
its home here, this Society has devoted to this department of its work the
sum of ^364,620 — exclusive of the expenditure of the several auxiliaries
along the same lines within their fields. This sum — averaging above
j|36,ooo per year — is that only which, in view of the whole great national
field, could be devoted to these specific lines. It in no way indicates the
needs, or suggests the unseized opportunities, of this foreign home mission
field.
The test has been abundantly sufficient to demonstrate that our Con-
gregational polity is readily adaptable to every phase of foreign nation-
ality that has made this land its adoptive home — the Scandinavian, the
Hungarian, the Bohemian, the Pole, the German, the French. That
which was for many years our greatest desideratum — trained Congrega-
tional pastors to supply these churches of foreign tongues — is now pro-
vided, in a degree almost beyond our power of use, through the Oberlin
and Chicago Theological Seminaries, whose well-equipped graduates
stand ready to enlarge this field of our missionary service whenever the
means are at the command of this Society to employ them.
THE CITY
From the first years of the Society's existence the larger centers have
commanded the attention of the Executive Committee as strategic points
to be occupied and held with a strong force.
But as a leader in the discussion of the city problem in its modern
aspect — a subject which in one form or another has been considered from
its platform annually — the Society has during the recent ten years multi-
plied many-fold its efforts to establish the centers of Christian influence
and power and life at these points of alarming growth.
At least one-third of its expenditures each year are thus directed ;
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and, with an estimate of five and a quarter millions of dollars devoted to
this increasingly important department of the whole field during the
entire seventy years of work, it is without doubt true that not less than
four millions have been thus appropriated within these five-and-thirty
years now under review.
THE SOUTH
At once, upon the close of the Civil War, a door of entrance into the
devastated South was opened to the workers of this Society ; and the year
1865-66 found one missionary under its commission in each of the four
States, North Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas. States which had
in earlier years appeared on the pages of the Annual Report of the
Society, but for nearly a decade — the tumultuous years immediately pre-
ceding and during the strife — had had no representative of this organiza-
tion within their bounds, reappeared ; and the national scope of the work
was restored.
The conditions of the Southern field have rendered it a work of
slow development ; but it was evident that one result of the great
national struggle was to turn thither an increasing volume of Northern
life.
The scope of this work in the South has had its expression along two
lines — that of Northern migration thither, first for agricultural enterprises,
and later for the industrial and manufacturing interests which have
already had large growth and are manifestly at the point of greatly vaster
expansion ; and secondly, that of existing Southern Christian bodies,
notably the Congregational Methodists, brethren thoroughly evangelical
in faith and Congregational in polity, who have spontaneously sought
alliance with our order, and among whom are found deep piety and the
eager desire for fellowship with the great body of churches standing on
the faith and order of the Pilgrims.
The four missionaries of this Society laboring south of Mason and
Dixon's line thirty years ago, in four States, had become, in 1893-94, 150,
distributed through the entire Southern field, in every State save South
Carolina and Mississippi. This work in the Southern field finds its
urgent necessity in the fact that there are two races in the South, and the
great Southern problem cannot find its solution by dealing with either to
the exclusion of the other.
To-day the South in its superb exposition at Atlanta is displaying and
measuring its progress in all material interests during this period under
review.
Among the forces which are shaping and energizing the new South is
the Congregational Home Missionary Society through the six-score labor-
ers bearing its commission.
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1892 TO 1S95
While this outline review of the thirty-five years of distinctive Con-
gregational work above given has included the period since the last
National Council, a closing paragraph upon these intervening years may
be pertinent.
FINANCIAL
Financially, these years have shown the vicissitudes which all mission-
ary organizations experience through the varying business conditions of
the country.
At the close of the year 1892-93 the Society had fulfilled every pledge
to its missionaries and canceled every obligation at the banks — the tem-
porary use of loans, during the dry months of the summer, being neces-
sary to fulfill the command of the churches that their missionaries be
promptly paid on reporting their work.
The universal disaster of 1893-94 no one had anticipated. Its com-
ing caused a shrinkage in the receipts of this Society of $126,000. So
well was the work in hand, so carefully had the plans been made while
such a disaster was wholly unforeseen, that March 31, 1894, showed an in-
debtedness of but $88, 000, notwithstanding the shrinkage of $126,000.
A second year of widely depressed business conditions followed upon
that of 1893-94. Although the pledges of the Society were reduced
almost to the point of irreparable injury to the work, so that the cry of
distress and suffering has come up from every part of the field, a second
year of reduced receipts, equal to that of 1893 and 1894, carried the
indebtedness of the Society to $132,000 on March 31, 1895. These
figures have already been spread before the churches, and are restated
here for the sake of completeness.
It is confidently anticipated that returning prosperity in the business
world will soon be felt by our benevolent agencies, and that this burden
which now so heavily rests upon us will be removed and the work be
extended into the many and urgent open fields of service.
ANNUAL AfEETINGS
In 1883 the Society made the experiment of holding a popular annual
meeting at Saratoga, and the successive gatherings during nine years
proved, by their large attendance and lofty spiritual uplift, the wisdom
and success of the experiment.
Within the past three years the succession of the Saratoga gatherings
has been twice broken that this Society, which has wrought so largely for
the upbuilding of Congregationalism in the land, niight go out into the
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midst of the field where the fruits of her labors abound, and where the
claims of her scattered constituency for a share in these annual gather-
ings might be met. .^
Following the first departure from Saratoga, at Washington, in 1892,
the Society met, in 1894, in the very heart of the great field of her ser-
vice for sixty-eight years — at Omaha, Nebraska ; a meeting memorable in
the minds of all in attendance for the depth and power of the missionary
spirit enkindled through the presence and close touch with the brethren
from the great field in the midst of which the meeting was held. If the
East brings together the supporting constituency of the work, the West
gathers the laborers, who are bearing the burden and the stress of the
service.
THE FUTURE OF THE FOREIGN DEPARTMENTS
It is now ten years since the munificent bequest of $460,000 by Mr.
Samuel W. Swett came into the treasury of the Massachusetts Home
Missionary Society. The disposal of that sum by the ever generous
supporter of the national work, our Massachusetts Auxiliary, by which
^50,000 were at once transmitted to New York for use in current work,
$50,000 more designated as a perpetual loan for emergencies, and which
constitutes, in part, the collateral by which necessary loans at the banks
are now secured, and another $150,000, to be paid in annual installments
to the National Society during ten years, for missionary work among
immigrant populations at the West, was made known to this Council at its
session in Chicago in 1886.
It is the last item of this magnanimous distribution of the great
legacy to which special reference is necessary at this time. This sum,
thus set apart, has yielded some $18,000 annually, and has been rigidly
devoted to the support of the foreign departments, whose growth has
been such as to require an increasing appropriation, from $8,451 in the
year 1884-85 to $39,356 in 1894-95, having reached $43,897 in 1893-^4,
and amounting, as has been earlier stated, to a total of $364,620. One-
half of the sum total thus expended has come from this Swett legacy.
But this fountain, so providentially opened ten years ago, must cease to
flow in the immediate future. This great and growing foreign work will
soon be dependent upon the churches for its entire support. It is the
field of greatest urgency to-day, in many of its features.
With the revival of business prosperity the streams of population from
the old world, which rise and fall with commercial activity here, will swell
to their alarming proportions of twelve years since. Upon the work
among the immigrants, the emphasis of home missionary energy must
be laid in the future ; and to the churches, for its maintenance and fur-
ther development, must this Society look.
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In the great work before our American Christianity this Society will
gladly bear its share. Striving to keep pace with the calls of God's
providence, it has a past full of glorious achievement. Its record is not in
its archives, but in the churches established, the communities blessed, the
Christian influences set in operation, the souls gathered into the King-
dom of God. But, while rejoicing in the past, the face of the Congrega-
tional Home Missionary Society is ever toward the future and the greater
work yet to be done.
NOTES BY THE WAY
By Mrs. H. M. Union
The First Effort
The dark of an early winter's mcrning had settled down upon the
little prairie town whose railroad station was the center of all that was
interesting thereabouts. This station, a two-story building, with a long
platform, and a tall windmill and tank at the end, was quite a pictur-
esque feature of the landscape. The town lay along on one side of the
station only ; and away from the front of it, where the main track lay,
stretched the unbroken prairie.
It was dark now. The signal lights had been hung out at the switches,
and the great light which illumined the front of the station meant " all
right, go ahead ! " should any train come along in the night with no need
of stopping to discharge freight, or to let off a gang of hungry men for
supper. For the station agent was hotel keeper to the train hands, and
irregular passengers who sometimes ride in the caboose.
The last train for the day had gone, but a freight came thundering
along at midnight, and another rushed through in the small hours of the
morning. This time it might have been a long train of heavy ore cars
from Montana, shaking the earth and rattling the windows, but not awak-
ing the family of the .'Station agent, who lived over the waiting-room, for
they were used to it. But the home missionary pastor — who, by the way,
is a woman, and whose only possible accommodations in the town were
the family " sitting-room," turned at night into a bedroom — never got
" used to it." To her there was always something startling and momen-
tous in the passing of the trains at night. A sudden flash and gleam and
roar out of the dead silence into the darkness ; then darkness and dead
silence again — such a grewsome silence, made audible by the weird
thrumming of the night wind upon the telegrai)h wires.
To stand upon the platform of this ]irairie station alone at night and
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look around you and up into the wide, starry heavens was, in the solemn
stillness, coming face to face with immensity. Sometimes, after a weary
and most discouraging day, the missionary paced a nightly beat up and
down the long platform, and gazed with a certain fascination upon those
pulsating lines of steel stretching away into the night. How quickly she
could return to the whirr and rush of cities ! She could, should she
choose, unbury herself. The distant home away off to the eastward
beckoned her in the stillness. It was something of a comfort to realize
how easily she could reach friends and privileges renounced for the sake
of that Friend who had once given up all for her ! She could if she
chose. There was liberty in the thought, but there was greater joy in
being the "prisoner of Christ Jesus."
Let me tell you of one particular evening. It had been a busy day of
traffic. The trains had passed, the loungers had gone. The station agent
and his boy, by the aid of lanterns, were busy rolling great piles of freight
into the freight-house for safe keeping over night. Strains of music from
a saloon stole out upon the evening air. The fiddlers were playing an
invitation to the usual Saturday night dance at the only place of enter-
tainment for the youth of the town. Unlimited drinking, playing cards,
and dancing had full sway, with the usual fight to close the festivities.
The missionary vexed her righteous soul over this state of things, and
redoubled her energies to stem this tide of evil. Her congregations were
increasing in numbers Sabbath by Sabbath as they met in the waiting-
room of the station. She had ventured to appoint a weekly prayer-meet-
ing, the first ever held amid these godless surroundings. The invitation
to all the people had been urgent and cordial. The hour had arrived.
The meeting was to be held in the " sitting-room " upstairs.
A group of boys, big and little, gathered in the waiting-room of the
station. They stood about the stove, talking together in whispers.
Finally one of the number, a long, lank fellow in a collarless shirt, a rim-
less hat, blue overalls which were held in place by a single suspender,
called out : " Come on, Jimmy ! Le's me an' you go up, anyhow ! "
This being in the nature of a challenge, not only Jimmy responded,
but he was followed by a whole trail of boys of all sizes. They ascended a
dark, winding stairway, edged along a narrow passage, hesitated a moment
before an open door, from which a bright light streamed, and finally
sidled into the room, slipping into some chairs that mercifully stood near
the door. They were really at "the prayer-meeting," concerning the
nature of which they had not the remotest idea ; it might be a "sleight-of-
hand show," for all they knew — those boys !
That " upper room " ! How redolent the very name with prayer !
How it calls up the early days of apostolic labors !
The missionary knew how to greet boys, and they responded brightly
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to her salutations. A row of sweet-faced little girls, in warm hoods which
they insisted upon keeping on their heads through the evening, but on
that winter's night wearing no other wraps, sat on the lounge on the other
side of the room. A madonna-faced mother sat in the doorway of the
little bedroom that opened out of the sitting-room, rocking a small infant
— a little two-year-old being already asleep in his crib in the same room.
A hush was over all.
Such a strange, strange church prayer-meeting, and not a church mem-
ber present! What should she do with it? Her mind traveled swiftly
back to the " place of prayer " in the old New England meeting-house.
The very smell of the underground vestry greeted her memory, and there
arose before her, one after another, each in his regular turn, each from
his accustomed seat, the good ''brethren" who "took part." The very
sound of their voices, each with his peculiar tone and turn of expression
from time immemorial, was in her ears.
A slight stir among the children aroused the missionary and brought
her back to present surroundings, to find herself again confronted with the
question. What shall I do with this strange prayer-meeting? Do? Why,
open the meeting with prayer, at least ! And with a mental appeal for
guidance she knelt and offered a simple, child-like prayer, leading these
little ones into the "audience chamber of the King." But the presence
was that of Him who on earth had spoken these sweetest words : " Suffer
the children." Then a simple Sunday-school hymn was sung, one of the
simplest and sweetest, "Jesus loves me." " I am so glad," sang the
children, "that Jesus loves me ! "
A pause. There were no " brethren " to " occupy the time," and a
prayer-meeting that is all leader is not good for much. Ah ! she has it
now. There is nothing in all the world to children like Bible stories; so,
turning to that matchless one, the story of Joseph, she read, word for
word, chapter after chapter of the Scripture history. Say what you will
about putting the stories of the Bible into modern English, there is a
wonderful virtue in reading to children, even young children, the straight
word of God as found in the Book. So the missionary read on and on.
The room was very still. Even the little mice crept out, and with bright
eyes seemed to listen. The children listened with open mouths and
round, wide eyes.
When the story was finished there was a moment's pause, a long-
drawn breath, then down the stairs scurried the boys without ceremony,
making a great clatter with their coarse boots. The missionary hastened
to the door to send after them a pleasant parting word, when she over-
heard one boy say to ancjther — the boy with the great, hungry, brown
eyes :
" My ! Wasn't that a bully story, though ! "
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At a late hour that evening, the missionar}^ again stepped out upon the
platform for a bit of rest and communion with the Unseen. Her face
was flooded with the beams of light shining about her other than the rays
from the holy stars above her, and as we walked back and forth upon that
platform, and shared that night the little room at the station-house, she
told me, as 1 have told you, the story of her first effort at a prayer-meet-
ing in the little prairie town.
Perseverance, prayer, pluck, with faith as a background, and the little
church has a building now and holds regular services. There is a live
Sunday-school, a missionary society, and a real church prayer-meeting.
Thus hath God rewarded that ''first effort."
REVIVING LAPSED CHURCHES
The year has shown that there is hope for the old lapsed fields if men of
tact, piety, and push can be found to man them. The experience of these
months has raised the question whether there is any field in the State
that cannot be made fruitful under wise, energetic, persistent spiritual
culture. Indeed, the suggestion is raised whether by long waiting these
lapsed fields have not become fallow ground, yielding large results to the
spiritual farming adapted to them. Let us illustrate. A pastor began
last June in the only English-speaking church in a small village of a
farming community. Several denominations were represented in the
straggling houses along the country roads. They were nominally his
parishioners. A few attended church ; the many did not. The church
edifice was not attractive ; the workers wei'e few, and not used to work ;
were not favorable to new^ departures, and were not over-harmonious.
The new pastor began to preach earnest gospel sermons, to put himself
into every department of church work, to call persistently from house to
house, to come into touch with individuals — the farmers, the merchant
and others in trade, the women, the young people, the children, the
laborers, the non-church-goers, the drunkard, and others well outside
the means of grace. This was persisted in month after month. The
congregations began to grow ; all departments took on new life ; by
wise management the church was renovated, refurnished, and made
attractive. Individual conversions began to occur ; now it was a
member of a church-going family, and now it was the railroad flagman
in his little booth as the pastor kneeled by his side. After nine months
of such work the time seemed ripe for a more special effort. An evan-
gelist was procured, and the pastor spent whole days going from house
to house, talking, praying with people, and urging them to attend the
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meetings. The weather was against the evangehst, but the pastor carried
the church to the homes of the people. What was the result ? Scores
upon scores converted, the church membership doubled, crowded congre-
gations, and the church more prosperous than for many years. Who will
say that such work will not be fruitful in any field ?
A second lesson for the year is that to be drawn from the revivals
which have blessed so many of our churches. Each year it is our happy
privilege to make some such mention. But should we be content to sim-
ply note their occurrence ? Is there not a great, divine purpose to be
discerned in them ? Is this not a normal and perfectly natural method
used by the Holy Spirit to convert the world and build up Christ's king-
dom on the earth ? If so, should we not aim to work in harmony with
this divine purpose, to study how to preach and labor so as to further
God's plan in- this direction ? As we look at difficult fields and hard
conditions of spiritual work, should we not count upon " seasons of
refreshing " as one of the mighty instrumentalities by which God shall
make " the desert to blossom as the rose " ? Should not revivals be to us
more a natural means of the Spirit's working, and so be expected ? We
would wish to praise God that revivals have become so common a factor
in our home missionary work. It is to us a sign and seal of his approval
of the labors of our faithful missionaries. — New York, from Report of Rev.
E. Curtis, Sec.
"AFTER MANY DAYS"
By Rev. George S. Ricker, Faribault, Minnesota
The story of the planting and building of a Christian church, like the
Gospel which it is founded to proclaim, is ever fresh and new. Some-
times tragic scenes are involved, as when, by the fall of a staging, a
workman employed on the church building is killed ; sometimes it is
veritable comedy ; but hardly a day passes in the early history of a church
that does not yield some peculiar and interesting experience.
A recent visit to a former parish, where I was permitted to lay the
foundations of a Christian church a dozen years ago, has suggested the
telling of this story for the encouragement of those in the midst of simi-
lar difficulties.
It was in a small city of the so-called Northwest. The home mission-
ary authorities had decided thtit it was practicable and needful that Con-
gregational work should be begun, and the writer, an Eastern pastor of
ten or twelve years' experience, was invited to take the helm. The first
unpleasant experience was had in tlie discovery that there was nothing
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but "the helm'' to take ! It was, indeed, new work; no church building,
no lot, no people, no welcome. It was a "booming" town — the boom
burst almost immediately after the work was begun — and it was impos-
sible to find a vacant house for rent. Half a dozen churches were build-
ing new houses of worship, and the people appeared to have their hands
full. The time seemed most inopportune.
After prospecting for a few weeks, several families were found willing
to join in the new enterprise ; a beautiful site in a needy part of the city
was purchased ; a tent was secured by the generosity of a noble church
in a neighboring city, and the work was fairly begun. After two months
the weather became too cold for further tent service, but Providence
kindly opened the way into a neighboring Swedish church building, and
the work went on. . The most important feature of that work then was
the securing of funds to pay for the lot and build a little chapel to cost
altogether about $2,500. The first subscription, a generous one of $500,
was made on condition that $4,000 be raised. Doubtless the subscriber
thought, as was so often said by others, " It cannot be done ! " The
constituency was small and poor, and by great sacrificing could not raise
more than |i,ooo. What should be done? Providence opened the way
to the heart of another man of large wealth, who gave $500 ; Congrega-
tional friends in neighboring cities contributed f 1,000; Eastern friends
of the pastor gave several hundred dollars ; the Church Building Society,
by grant and loan, provided another $1,000 ; and, at length, after most
trying and most joyous experiences, the beautiful chapel, costing
together with the site over $5,000, was given to God without incum-
brance, except the loan from the Church Building Society. "Who art
thou, O great mountain ? before Zerubbabel . . .a plain ! "
The writer of this story will never forget the first day that the little
flock worshiped in the new chapel. It was a little more than a year
after the work had begun in the tent. The building was far from being
finished, but by a little Yankee contrivance was made usable. After the
discourse, the pastor made a brief statement as to financial needs, con-
cluding with the statement : " We will now try to raise $300 or $400."
The people had already given all they thought they could give. " He
can't raise forty dollars," said a woman in the congregation to herself, as
she told him afterwards. The pledges began to come in, and over $300
were pledged and paid. Nearly every member of the congregation was
in tears. The Holy Spirit manifestly led in that giving, and it was good
to be there ! There were many other most delightful experiences — some
were far otherwise — but I must not take space to record them here ; are
they not all written out in the books above?
Another year passed by, and the pastor thought it wise to heed a
call to go to another State, and nearly another year had gone by before
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his successor was found. The interim was well-nigli disastrous, but the
new pastor proved to be strong, wise, capable, and speedily got the work
in hand. The growth was mainly along the lines of Sunday-school and
young people's work. The Sunday-school ran up to 100, and after a
few years passed the 200 mark, becoming the largest Protestant school in
the city. Meanwhile, the church was slowly growing in every good
way, coming at length to independency. The development was gradual,
but sure and real along all lines. Everything was making ready for a
great work of grace, which swept over the city under the leadership of a
noble evangelist. Large numbers applied for membership in "the little
church on the hill," and the hearts of all were filled with joy, as fathers
and mothers, brothers and' sisters, sons and daughters, came flocking, as
doves to their windows, into the thriving church.
Twelve years have passed since the beginnings were made in the
face of seemingly insuperable obstacles, and nine years since the present
pastor took the helm. Now there is a vigorous, self-supporting church
of nearly 200 members, a flourishing Sunday-school with an enrollment
of more than 200, a large and enthusiastic young people's society, a
large junior society, missionary organizations, a beautiful chapel, a hand-
some and comfortable parsonage — in fine, a good and growing church
of Christ, comprehending its mission, and nobly seeking to fulfill it. The
title of this article has long been in mind ; but, after all, would it not be
more fitting to write it : '' After Few Days " ?
The sagacity of the Home Missionary Society in this case, finding
expression through the noble personality of the late Marcus Whitman
Montgomery, was not at fault ; the generous gifts of large-hearted men
in "the twin cities," and in various places in the East, were not mis-
placed ; the timely aid of the grand Church Building Society was wisely
bestowed ; and abundant fruits have already been gathered, but only the
first fruits of a harvest to continue through the years. "Cast thy bread
upon the waters, for thou shalt find it after many days."
NOTES OF LONG SERVICE IN COLORADO
By Rev. Rosei.le T. Cross, York, Nebraska
VII. — Organizing a Church
Forty-five miles south of the missionary's field was a growing town
which the new railroads had developed from a Mexican pueblo (village)
of adobe houses into a booming town and incipient city. It promised to
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be a sort of Pittsburg to the Rocky Mount^iin region, and it was certain
to be the second railroad center of the State. The place had been occa-
sionally looked over with reference to a church organization ; but nothing
definite had been done until the summer of 187S, when the new superin-
tendent visited the place, and secured a theological student, who is now
a college president, to spend the summer there in Christian work. He
labored faithfully, and in the early fall they were ready to organize.
Churches were too far apart to call a council, and, besides, it was the well-
known desire and judgment of the other brethren and churches that there
should be a church at that point.
The superintendent was off in the Black Hills, so the brother who had
gathered the church and the brother who had come to succeed him sent
for your missionary, as one who knew more than themselves about eccle-
siastical methods, to come and organize the church. He was more than
glad to go. It was to be on Tuesday. On" Monday he helped his wife
do the washing, and then drove eighteen miles to preach at his sub-sta-
tion in the pine woods. It was necessary for him to be at home early
the next morning, so after the evening service at the out-station he drove
about half-way home, picketed his horse, made a bed on the ground with
the bedding which he had in his buggy, and there under the clear sky he
lay down to sleep from midnight to daylight. Perfect quiet reigned
around him. He looked straight up at the bright stars that never seemed
brighter, and then he thought of the church that was to be organized the
next evening, and earnestly prayed for the future of that church, that
through all trials and discouragements that were sure to come, it might
hold on, loyal to the faith, and that it might go down the ages to meet the
Lord at his coming. A few hours of sweet and peaceful slumber, with no
fear of coyotes or mountain lions, and daylight found him driving home
to an early breakfast.
That night the church was organized. Your missionar)'^ examined the
members, fifteen in all, and preached the sermon, on " a strong church,"
from the double text, " Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the
Lord " ; " Awake, awake, put on thy strength, O Zion." He also offered
the prayer of organization. The theological student made an address,
while the one who was to be pastor read the covenant, and gave the right
hand of fellowship. It was a small audience of about fifty persons that
gathered to see that church organized, and the event was not blazoned
abroad in the papers ; but who can tell what delegates, invisible to
mortal eyes, were present from the Church Triumphant above, and what
dispatches about the new-born church were sent to the court of heaven ?
Fourteen years have passed since then, and now in that flourishing city
that church, with also another of the same order, has a goodly member-
ship and a beautiful house of worship.
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Your missionary now had a church and pastor of his own order within
forty-five miles. In other ways, too, he was getting back many times
over that delightful fellowship which he thought he was sacrificing when
he left his Eastern field About this time, or a little later, there were in
his church, counting himself, twelve persons who were either ministers
or who had had a theological education. Of course he valued highly
Christian fellowship with the members of his church as members simply,
or as Christians ; but he was not oblivious to that peculiar fellowship
which ministers have with each other. Consultations and seasons of
prayer with the college president and missionary superintendent were fre-
quent, sometimes in their or his study, and sometimes in a mountain val-
ley or wild canon. One such prayer-meeting was held by a great preci-
pice of red rock and under some pine trees, through whose branches
above a terrific wind was howling. But the " still small voice " was
mightier than the whirlwind.
There was one retired minister in the church who was specially help-
ful to the pastor in his work. He was more conservative in some things
and was a man of decided convictions, but he never differed from his
pastor in public, and no', often in private. He was a man of excellent
judgment, and of the sweetest spirit. A more loyal, considerate, and
helpful member the pastor had never had. He always had some encour-
aging or appreciative word, and any suggestion that he had to make to
his pastor was put forward in the most delicate and considerate manner
possible. He held up the pastor's hands in every way that he could He
was an invalid, and totally blind, but he was always in his place at prayer-
meeting and church ; and he never felt slighted, or if he did he never
showed it in any way. He is in heaven now, but he was a saint before he
went there.
The pastor's outside work constantly grew on him, and it sometimes
crowded his time for study and for pulpit preparation. A brother minis-
ter gently hinted this to him one day. He thankfully took the hint, and
tried to bring about a better adjustment between outside activities and the
time spent in his study.
But interruptions of study hours were frequent, and occasionally, when
he had some special sermon to prepare, he would drive a few miles out
on the plains or into the bluffs, picket his horse where it could feed,
throw a wagon cover over the uplifted thills of his buggy, unfold his wife's
folding work-table, and then in perfect quiet spend a few hours of work in
his extemporized study-tent on the plains. Sometimes when needing men-
tal rest, he would jump on his horse, gallop in half an hour to the high
bluffs four miles north, wander an hour or two over the gravel beds near
the bluffs, and fill his horse's nose-bag with many interesting si)ecimens of
petrified wood, carnelian, opal, chalcedony, jasper, agate, etc. One day,
November, 1S95 The Home Mlssionar}^ 377
however, his horse, which had borne him safely over many a mountain
trail without ever making a false move, died. Soon afterwards a wealthy
man of another denomination sent him a pony to try for a week, telling
him that he could have the pony or fifty dollars, whichever he chose.
The pony shied so badly, and sometimes so unexpectedly, that he returned
him and took the money with thanks. One out-station made up a purse
of forty-five dollars, and an anonymous friend at another out-station sent
twenty-five dollars, and the preacher secured a better horse than he had
before with which to carry on his out-station work. That he could iind
use for a horse will appear from the record of his work for fifty consecu-
tive hours at the beginning of one week. In these hours he preached five
regular and two children's sermons, attended one funeral, two prayer-
meetings, and a Sunday-school, and traveled fifty miles, seventeen of
which were on foot.
The next spring he was called to Denver to help organize the second
church in that rapidly growing city. A chapel had been put up and paid
for, a Sunday-school started, and a church gathered, by the efforts of the
pastor of the First Church, who in previous years had had the privilege of
starting the Second Church (now the Park Avenue) in Minneapolis, where
also he was pastor of the leading church. In the growth of a denomi-
nation in a city very much depends on the pastor of the leading church.
The history of the growth or lack of growth of our churches in the great
cities is an instructive commentary on the influence of first-church pastors.
One such pastor said that he should oppose the starting of a new enter-
prise in a needy part of the city if it were going to take a man or a dollar
from his church. Such men cannot always hinder the growth of the work ;
but by their shortsighted and selfish policy they lose a glorious opportu-
nity for themselves and their churches.
WORK AMONG THE SLOVAKS
I MAKE my visits with books, going from house to house, where I offer
them and get opportunity to talk of the Word of God. It seldom hap-
pens that I speak with a single man, for the Slovaks, Poles, Magyars, and
Croatians live very much together, from five to twenty men in one house,
which tends to work the greatest bodily and spiritual injury. It often
happens that I come among them when they have a keg of beer, are play-
ing cards, or whiling away the time with vain, often filthy, talk. When I
first come I open my satchel of books and begin to speak to them of
what is necessary for the salvation both of the body and the soul. They
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are often angry at this, and say that they do not need any priest, that they
have their own, and that they confess to him. But when I ask them
what their manner of Hfe does for them, then some agree with me and
buy books or tracts. Very often it happens that men stand in a crowd
on the street, and I go up to them, open my satchel, and begin a conver-
sation with them on the needs of men, and then I often sell books or
tracts. It sometimes happens that I can speak of the Word of God to
as many as twenty men on the street. Sometimes this does not please
one and he leaves, grumbling, or else begins abuse ; but again he will
return and listen further. When I talk to them of the love of Christ
some gladly listen. I cannot say that this people does not want Christ,
and are not desirous to receive the truth of God ; but they are greatly
blinded by their priests, who* warn them against going over to another
faith than that in which they were born.
I found a youth when he was considerably drunk, and spoke with him
against that vice ; but it did not please him, because he was so much given
up to drink. Finally he bought a Bible, showed it to his comrade, and
they together read it ; later the second one also bought a Bible ; they
came to our meetings, and now they are both children of God. But it
was not easy, because enemies of the Word of God immediately began to
shout at them and to consider them as heathen. The priests themselves
stirred their people up to this. When any one comes to our meeting and
people see him, immediately they go to him and lead him away that he
may not come to us, whom they call " heathen and accursed."
In a visit I spoke of how necessary it is to read the Word of God.
A man grew very angry, and said he knew it all before I did, and that he
is sufficiently righteous. Wlien I invited him to the meeting he would
not listen. Finally he came, but remained indifferent. Once I went to
him ; it was on Saturday, and he had come from work. I saw in him the
marks of a conflict. He came straight to me, gave me his right hand,
and I saw there another feeling. He stepped to the table and asked that
we might pray. I opened the Bible and read, and we prayed. He was
not ashamed to kneel ; when we had risen from prayer he wept like a
little child, and went out of the room to hide his weeping. When he
returned he said : " How good is God that he did not let me perish, but
gave me to know his grace ! " He is converted. This man boards in a
family, and with the man of the family often reads the Bible. When the
priest found it out, and the members of his Mutual Aid Society, in their
meeting they asked him whether he had been with us, wanted him to
swear that he had not, and told him that if he should go but once they
would cut him off from the society. In this way the priests are working
for their people only to keep them in slavery. The harvest truly is great,
but the laborers are few. — Pennsylvania.
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FURTHER POINTS OF THE SOCIETY'S POLICY
AND METHODS
Resuming the consideration of this matter, begun in the October
number of The Home Missionary, we come to another item of the
Society's poHcy:
6. Its constant pressure to the front. — The Home Missionary Society
was formed " to assist congregations that are unable to support the
gospel ministry, and to send the Gospel to the destitute in the United
States." And " the destitute " it is ever reaching after, seeking with the
apostle to preach the Gospel "where Christ has not been named," lest it
should build on another man's foundation. Its settled policy is, as far as
possible, to keep abreast of the front wave of population — not so much
following the new comers from all the world as going with them, laying the
religious foundations, along with the domestic and social, at the very out-
set ; then welcoming other comers to privileges and institutions the germs
of which are already planted, instead of coming into a nursery of noxious
saplings to be rooted up before the ground can be prepared anew for a
healthy growth. The fact that an evangelical church and school are
started, and religious people combined, may, indeed, drive farther on some
who need the Gospel, but do not want it ; but it decides the desirable
class of home seekers to drive their stakes here, and cast in their lot with
the little cluster of friends of order, education, law, and religion.
Of course these churches should not be deserted and left to their fate
as soon as they are formed ; for our churches are organized to be perma-
nent, saving life-forces in the community, and not merely to count one
each in the "Year-Book." It is not always easy for the Society, its
advisers, or the church itself to decide just when aid may be wisely with-
drawn. (The Society does not restrict its aid to any fixed amount or to
any number of years.) But as soon as there seems to be reasonable hope
that by itself, or by joining with a neighboring church in the support of a
pastor, a church can get on without further aid, the Society transfers that
aid to some church farther to the front — aiming, whenever and wherever
it is possible, to be at the beginning of things. This is a vital point in its
policy, justified by long experience.
The religious and denominational character of many of the oldest
towns of Vermont to-day, is due to the shrewdness of an early land com-
missioner at the opening of that State for settlement. Having sold a
farm to a Baptist in one place, a Methodist in another, and a Congrega-
tionalist in another, and so on, he cleverly induced each successive seeker
of a home to believe that the very best farm for sale lay in the tract to
which his denominational brother had gone ! And the poor town to
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which he sent those gruff fellows who s^iid they " didn't care anything
about religion " has too many who care nothing about it to-day. The
hostility to religion of an early agent of the " Holland Purchase " in New
York, says the local historian, Hotchkin, brought into the region many of
like spirit. An infidel club was formed, which circulated the works of
Voltaire, Paine, Volney, Hume, and their like. No evangelical church
was organized till 1822, and "for years it used to be said that the Sab-
bath had not found its way west of Genesee River." And of the
several sections of the State it is true (as it is of all New England) that
the tone of their society to-day is a fair indication of the diversified
religious or irreligious character of the earliest settlers, proving the
wisdom of Franklin's saying, long ago : " Ten men will do more in
forming the character of the first settlers of a country than one hundred
men can do, coming in at a later period."
And what sublimity of import this fact gives to the words of the late
beloved Professor Phelps : " Five hundred years of time, in the process
of the world's salvation, may depend upon the next twenty years of United
States history." This obvious advantage the Society is ever anxious to
secure. And one can readily see the complicated questions it involves —
as to the comparative number of men and amount of outlay for the old
fields and for the new ; the length of time which a church should be aided
in one of the older Western States ; the point of Christian culture to be
reached before duty to those farther on should be imperatively pressed ;
the relative amount to be appropriated, for example, to the feeble churches
of New England, and to the feebler churches of the new Territories.
Here are calls for practical Christian wisdom, that have tested from the
beginning, and still continue to test, the best judgment of the soundest
minds.
7. Another perplexing point of policy is the relation of the Society's
missionaries to other prof essed ministers of the Gospel in the same fields.
The relations of our missionaries and missionary churches to other
evangelical denominations are precisely like those of Congregational
pastors and churches in the East — relations of fraternal love and co-
operation in the grand design of saving our country for Christ. It has
always been a rule of the Society, from which it never knowingly departs,
not to enter a field that in the judgment of Christian wisdom is already
occupied. The unpleasant differences of which the world hears, usually
arise from a want of agreement as to what constitutes " occupation " in
this Christian use of the word. When the question lies between us and
our " next of kin," the Presbyterians — who in theory agree substantially
with us as to what constitutes "occupation " — it would seem as if it might
be easily settled ; more easily than it sometimes proves to be for human
nature not whollv sanctified. Our relations with these brethren have been
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materially helped by certain " comity " arrangements between the two
denominations on long settled principles, laid down in articles which may
be found in The Home Missionary for November and December, 1874,
and January, 1875, and which, with little modification, have been theo-
retically in force for twenty years. At a conference of representatives of
the two bodies in December, 1892, these principles were substantially re-
affirmed " as wise, and sufficient to cover the whole ground," and provision
was made for their effective application in such difficult cases as might
arise.
But there is very much " occupation " of a far different kind from
that so regarded by these two bodies. As was shown in our October
number,-many new communities — some of the newest — are largely over-
supplied with those calling themselves Christian ministers, and recognized
as such by some portion of the settlers. Though we often do find and
enter a field where no one before us has ever professed to preach Chris-
tianity, common sense forbids the adoption of the rule, often proposed
for us, to set up our tabernacle only in such places. To explain our
process a little :
The ordinary call for a new man comes from the normal growth of a
missionary's field, the development of his out-stations, till he can no longer
care for them all, and he begs for a recruit. Here there is little difficulty
in "placing" the new man. His brother knows the ground to be open,
knows just where he can go to work to-morrow in a field no other claims
to have preempted. But not all our advance is so effected. An Indian
reservation, or a tract of government or railway land is sold, and opened
to settlement, A new mine, or spring, or water-power is discovered ;
some widely advertised land speculation attracts settlers this season in
a direction very different from that of last year's tide. The location of a
capital or county seat ; some public institution, railway junction, or bridge ;
or terminus of division, with its repair-shops, roundhouse, etc., after long
strife, is settled at last. Here is to be an important center, and the crowd
rushes in. A sod, canvas, slab, or log " city " rises in a week. Some of
the people are Congregationalists by education and preference. They
apply to the nearest minister, or to the superintendent, to help them to a
missionary. One may not be at hand at the moment. Meanwhile others
of various names, less exacting in their ideas of ministerial qualifications,
start Sunday services. If among them is one who preaches the Gospel
intelligently and earnestly, so preaches it as to meet the demands of a
serious Christian mind and heart, and makes it possible for such a one to
work with him, it will be well-nigh universally admitted that Congrega-
tionalists have not withheld their cooperation.
But if, as is so often the case, the preacher is some ranter, calling him-
self by a denominational name known and respected at the East, but
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showing no other Hkeness to those bearing that name in the older States ;
without even a common-school education ; grossly ignorant of the Scrip-
tures, his treatment of which is as sacrilegious as his use of the English
language is ludicrous ; coarse in nature, vulgar in habits, irreverent even
to profaneness ; his burlesque of religious service producing only disgust
in minds of ordinary culture — a disgust which the more decent of his
unbelieving hearers but too easily transfer from the man to the religion
he degrades and travesties — does such a man offer real spiritual provision
for an ordinarily educated Congregationalist and his family? Should a
superintendent visiting thait place pronounce it " occupied " ? No. " An
ordinarily intelligent Christian " will not attend, nor let his children at-
tend, such a degrading performance. He says it is worse than no public
worship for him and his ; he will rather keep his family at home, with the
•Bible and such other spiritual food as he can command. And is he not
right ? And is the Society not right in coming, as soon as it may, to the
relief of a band of desirous souls in such a case? Yes ; even though the
next newspaper correspondent stopping there long enough for a railway
lunch shall hear and publish the story that in this place of 300 souls
about thirty sects are represented, and several missionaries of evangel-
ical denominations are supported.
Not till an evangelical name insures an evangelical influence ; not till
we give up our conviction that religion is something more than a passing
whirlwind of feeling, that a minister's duty is something more than the
temporary rousing of mere animal excitement, and the door to church
membership is something more than the pronouncing of a shibboleth or
submission to some outward form of unmeaning ordinance, shall we be
justified in deciding, without examination, that every such place as has
been described is "occupied " and has no claims on us.
For all these sectarian ills there is periodically urged a sovereign
remedy — '■ Union" churches. Not many years ago there was an epidemic
of forming them in some parts of the West and Northwest, as there has
been at times in the East. The epidemic will periodically reappear.
The notion is a " taking " one. Most of the weak churches — while they
are weak — are ready to come into such a union, to be fed and strength-
ened. For this they will temporarily lay aside their pet peculiarities and
vow eternal fraternity. As the Congregationalists are the only body that
can receive these different sects, ignoring the " peculiarity " of each, and
insisting only on the essentials of Christian experience, so the " Union "
church must look to them for aid. Other denominations will give it only
to those who speak always and everywhere the language of their Canaan.
Perhaps our younger readers may live to see the realization of this pleas-
ing dream of getting rid of all the evils of sect by forming yet another
sect — the '* Union " sect— but, so far, at the West, if not in the East also,
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" Union " churches have been too generally contrivances for getting Con-
gregational aid for all sects till, one by one, they were strong enough to
shift for themselves, when they made haste to do it, leaving oftentimes
at death's door the mother who had nursed their common infancy. Yet
the "union" scheme has seemed to be sometimes the only thing practi-
cable in an entirely new field ; and if Christian union were something
more of a reality and less of a pretense, if all had the true "union"
spirit of genuine Congregationalists, it might be made a valuable method
of working our great newly-opening Western Territories. Hitherto, how-
ever, its chief virtue has seemed to come too often in the way of sore trial
of " the faith and patience of the saints."
FROM OREGON WOMEN
The following personal message from the President of the Oregon
Woman's Union will be of special interest to our Eastern readers. She
writes :
" Having, as far as time, opportunity, and privilege would allow, in-
formed myself of the condition of the work in our State, I improved the
first opportunity to lay the same before the women of our churches
at the Willamette Association. I took for my theme, 'What? Why?
Whither?' relating to the condition, reasons, and tendency of our
present status. I placed our comparative standing, as related to other
Unions, so plainly before the Association that all partook of the surprise
and chagrin, and resolved to attain to better things.
" Mrs. F. R. Cook, who has been elected to office since my term
began and who is proving an exceptionally efficient aid, at once entered
into the spirit of my effort, and the effect was very evident. In conjunc-
tion with the officers of the Woman's Board of the Pacific, we agreed
upon a Union Missionary Rally, which we held in the First Church of
Portland, and all agreed that we had a most interesting and profitable
day. A majority of the churches in the State sent either greetings or
representatives. The question with us was not : ' How shall we fill the
day ? ' but ' How shall we gather in all we have ? '
" ' The Outlook,' in speaking of the Annual Meeting of the Woman's
Department at Saratoga, says : ' It was conducted on time, to the tick
of the watch,' and also that ' No one was ever known to get tired at that
meeting.' This we bore in mind ; and, as far as capable, conducted our
meeting on the plan of the Saratoga meeting.
"We took this year for our motto, 'Knowledge Precedes Interest,' and
expect to reach results by the three steps, ' Information, Reformation,
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Transformation.' I hold that Oregon women are no less interested,
devoted, and self-den5'-ing than others, as far as their knowledge of the
needs of the work goes. I held them up, at this meeting, in comparison
with Washington, where conditions are, at least, not more favorable than
in Oregon, save, of course, in the matter of leadership, in which respect
we are heavily handicapped.
" Since the Rally 1 have received many kind letters expressing confi-
dence of good results from our day's work, and several auxiliaries have
since been organized."
A VOYAGE ON LAND
I WILL give you in detail the account of one trip to the front, which
will illustrate others of the same sort. It was necessary to ascertain about
our work in Loup County and some fields lying to the south of Loup
County in Custer County. The distance it not so very great, but the
traveling by rail was for the most part on a branch road where there is no
train but a freight. I left home on the evening of September 13th, taking
a passenger train to Aurora, about seventy-five miles distant, where I had
to remain over night. Nearly all day long the next day the freight train
was on the way from Aurora to Burwell, a hot, dusty, wearisome ride. At
Burwell, Rev. D. F. Bright, pastor of our church at Taylor, met me with his
team, and we drove to his home about eighteen miles distant. I wish you
could see the concern — the box of which he has built himself, and calls
the whole thing a "buggy." The box is a close coop, constructed so as
to protect him from the weather, rather high and narrow, with seven win-
dows and one door, in the upper part of which is also a glass.
After we two were in and the door was shut, the bronchos started, and
the concern began to roll and toss like a schooner on a rough sea. For
a time you are compelled to hold on to the sides to keep from tumbling
over upon your seatmate ; but at length you get used to it and keep
your position much as a captain of a schooner keeps his legs in a storm.
But when I disembarked at the end of the drive I felt very much as I did
one day, some years ago, when I stepped off a schooner at a Boston wharf
after a stormy sail from Wellfleet. It takes time to make one's self sure
whether he is on sea or land.
The next morning we started early for Sargent, Custer County, about
eleven miles away, and nearly thirty miles from a railroad station. To
reach it we were to climb up out of the valley of the North Loup upon
the tableland and down again into the valley of the Middle Loup. Up
the canons, across creeks, over sideling places, then down again over the
same sort of road, our schooner-buggy swaying in the air and threatening
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to topple over. Everybody knows the minister is coming when they see
that buggy. I had a good service with the Sargent church, with a churcli
meeting following immediately. After dinner we drove to the Dye school-
house, where I had another service followed by a church meeting. From
there we took another road home, as rough as the former, passing through
farms and ranches, and having to open seven barb-wire gates on the way.
Reaching Taylor about seven o'clock, we had the usual preaching service,
with a church meeting following, making three preaching services, three
church meetings, and a ride of twenty-eight miles in a frontier buggy. I
rode all day till one o'clock at night to get home.
This visit did not include all of the field, as there are two other preach-
ing stations. The result of the meetings was the understanding that
Brother Bright would confine his work to the North Loup Valley, and we
should put in another man for the Sargent field. Do you know a minister
at leisure who wants to come and take it ? In all this region over which
I went we are furnishing practically the only permanent service the people
have, and I feel as though we must try to take care of these fields. —
Rev. H. Bross, Superintendent^ Nebraska.
PROGRESS ON THE PACIFIC COAST
Sitting in church the other evening during a meeting where the
children were especially interested, a lady asked me, " Do all these
children belong to this church ? " After an affirmative answer, she
remarked, " Truly, then, this church has a promising future." The
next generation is being remarkably well drilled in this Far West to useful,
active Christian life, and because of this, we (Christians and non-Chris-
tians) rejoice, and prophesy a new condition of things for the coming
generation. It would do our kind friends in the East much good to see
what their benevolent gifts accomplish in this Far West. They see our
reports, and sometimes listen to our speeches, but nothing can truly
impress them with the nature of the work like seeing it.
Why these favorable changes? A detailed answer would require too
much time ; but I say it without any fear of valid contradiction, that no
agency has been more efficient in these lines than that of the Congrega-
tional Home Missionary Society. 1 believe it will be everywhere acknowl-
edged that its work has been and is broad, intelligent, and wholesome,
therefore winning. When Dr. Atkinson, of Portland, died a few years
ago, it was acknowledged in our leading newspapers that no other one
man had done so much toward the true progress of this country as he.
He had not only endeavored to lead men to the higher life, but in every
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sense he had been an apostle of well-doing. He went about doing good
in every possible manner ; he tested the wealth of prospectors' minerals,
analyzed the soil, cultivated the mind, gave directions and stimulants to
higher education. The State high school, the Christian academy, the
Christian college, were great favorites of his. Of course, in connection
with all this, he constantly worked to bring men and women to Christ by
means of an intelligent Gospel. Dr. Atkinson is no more, but the Gospel
he preached remains, and the Society that he represented carries on the
Master's work with renewed energy. For various reasons we have not
succeeded everywhere, and there are towns and villages where thus far no
Congregational church exists ; but never have we felt the pressure com-
ing from so many such places as at present, where the people are anxious,
and more than anxious, to have a church of our name. One of our best
towns, some months ago, took steps to secure a Congregational church,
and finally drew up a petition to be signed by all concerned, to the effect
that the town needed enlightened, unselfish, and efficient presentation of
the (iospel, and that they believed that the Congregational church was
the church that would best meet these demands. The people extensively
signed the petition, and being called to look over the situation, we found
a good Sabbath-school started, a church organized on the basis of Dr.
Roy's Manual, and a Christian Endeavor Society in working order, all in
a large hall neatly furnished and centrally located. It was decided that
the work could not be ignored, and we gave the new church the right
hand of fellowship, to the manifest delight of all interested.
Three months later we organized another church, at a railroad town,
to which, as before, we went at the earnest request of many leading citizens.
On visiting and conversing with the people, we found their plea to be, " We
must have either the Congregational or a nearly related church. We
prefer the Congregational, and have voted on that question amongst our-
selves." They insisted that the Christian development of the community
demanded this movement, and we could not do otherwise than to comply
with their request. We were greatly impressed in this place with seeing
how misleading is ignorance of Christian truth, and how the blind will
lead the blind into " isms " and " forms," until the intelligent become
indifferent and disgusted. It is remarkable how many people will forget
what the Master said — that " God is a Spirit," and the condition of
acceptance with him, to " worship in spirit and in truth." — Rkv. A. Judson
Bailey, Siipcrinteudent.
Our country's center of population has moved westward at the aver-
age rate of five miles a year during the past century. East of Baltimore
a hundred years ago, it is now in Indiana approaching the Illinois line. —
( liiirch at Home and Abroad.
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ITEMS FROM THE FIELD
"Circumstances alter Cases." — Sunday here is given up to buggy
riding. Women who will ride in the broiling sun with pleasure all the
afternoon, when asked to attend church at eight p.m., blandly reply, " Oh,
it is so warm ! " ,
Reading-room Wanted, — If we had the means to do " institutional "
work, we could secure a larger interest here, but for lack of it we are
" pegging away " on the old formula, which was effective before institu-
tional work was dreamed of. Our special need is a reading-room and
library to keep the boys out of the " pool-room." The city near by is the
great cesspool into which we dump our moral filth, and the allurements
of the city are stronger than ever. This is a grand opportunity for test-
ing the power of the Gospel. May the Lord help us to dispense it faith-
fully ! — Nebraska. ,
Come and See for Yourselves. — In a visit to my boyhood's home
I gave public addresses in Massachusetts and Connecticut, and found the
people- surprised at the spiritual, moral, and physical facts of Home Mis-
sions as we experience them in the Far West. Many of the New England
churches are well-nigh asleep in spite of all that is written and spoken
regarding home work. I believe that it would be a blessing to the cause
and to the people if there could be a well-planned rotation of pastors
between the East and the frontier. — Wyoming.
The Hard Times. — These would have troubled us less if there had
been any alleviation in a quickened spiritual life among the people, but
with us it has seemed to work the other way. Still we are hopeful, and
as the good foreign missionary, John Williams, once said : " Our pros-
pects, dark as they are, are yet as bright as the promises of God." One
seems to have two hearts — one sad and one glad. God gives one a glad
heart always. — Oklahoma.
" Society Women." — My earnest prayer is that those women who
seem to live for '' society " ends and doings may be brought to see that
there is a better way, and so become better church members and workers.
Too many seem to make their standing in the church subservient to social
requirements, so casting great obstacles in the way of a minister's work. —
Oklahoma.
The Spirit's Power. — The case of one recent convert deserves spe-
cial mention. He was a drinking man, kind when sober, but in drink
liable to become dangerous to his family. About the time of our special
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meetings he was arrested, on what I think was a false charge, and taken
to jail. While there the Spirit of the Lord strove with him, and he
resolved to turn. Let out on his own recognizance, he came home, and
at once attended our meetings. In a few evenings, he confessed Christ,
We have received him into the church, and he is living happily with his
family. His voice is heard in public in prayer and testimony, and at home
at the famil)- altar. — A Southern Missionary.
Born Anew at Eighty-five. — Yesterday I admitted an old gentle-
man to membership, upon the confession of his faith, who is eighty-five
years of age. He is the oldest person to commence a Christian life that
I have ever admitted to the church. And he is so joyful in confessing
the dear Lord ! — California.
A Praying Four-year-old. — A little girl, four years old, a member
of our Sunday-school at X, a mining camp, comes to church every Sun-
day when her mother will allow it. Her father is a saloon-keeper, and
the mother, when she wishes to punish her daughter, does it by keeping
her from church, which almost breaks the child's heart. Nearly every
day the little four-year-old has church service at home. She preaches,
then prays for her father and mother that they may become Christians.
The father is often much affected by his daughter's simple, child-like
trust in Christ as her dear friend. The other day one of her dolls died
— so she said — and she called in her pastor to conduct a funeral service. —
Colorado.
Singing-books Wanted.— Rev. E. Carter, of Edgerton, Minn., writes
to the ladies of the Wellesley (Mass.) church : We very much need sing-
ing-books to assist us in our church work. We thought of buying them
two years ago, but were not able, and waited. But now we are far less
able than we were then. We would be more than glad if some church
having books that they have laid aside would send them to us. They
would do good missionary service here on the frontier. We are not par-
ticular as to the kind of books, if only they will be helpful in " the service
of song." The little church of fifty-five members has a building, dedi-
cated in July, 1 89 1, free from debt, and with the aid of the Church Build-
ing Society built a parsonage the following spring. Their Sunday-school
numbers eighty members, and with the Master's blessing they have made
spiritual advance. '
In a New Country. — We are in a new country, where the people
are poor. It is difficult for those living in New England to know just
what that means. I will try to explain. I get from the-Home Missionary
Society $300 a year. My two churches, aggregating 125 members, promise
November, 1895 The Home Missionary 389
ninety dollars for six months. They will not go beyond their promise. I
also get a small pension, and 1 am in much better circumstances than any
of my people, except one or two families. We are glad to be able to
relieve the necessities of many families. Our daughter is still in school,
studying" medicine with a view to being a foreign missionary. — Oklahoma.
Appreciated Blessings. — A good woman whom I visited yesterday,
and who supplements her husband's fifty cents a day by taking in wash-
ing, said : " I am thankful that we have good schools and free pews in
these hard times." — Colorado.
Too Busy for Religious Matters. — Evangelist assisted me for
one week at '■, but without special results. The farmers were too busy
with their threshing ; we could neither draw nor drive them out. The
regular work continues, however, with unabated interest. — Northwest.
From the Idaho Woman's Home Missionary Union. — We have
had such pleasant greetings from the officers of the Woman's Union,
Their kind words were very encouraging, and will make a pleasant addi-
tion to our report. These words will tell for work in Idaho.
The Dime Banks. — The home missionary dime banks had been dis-
tributed at an evening meeting in Massachusetts. Mrs. G. secured one
for herself and her little six-year-old daughter Helen. The child was
especially joyful when she had a dime in her bank while her mother's was
still empty. " Rebecca," said she to a playmate, " did your mother bring
you a dime bank ? Mamma brought me one, and I am going without a
plaything when I want one, so as to send some light where it is all dark."
" Mamma, do you suppose five dollars will be enough to send a preacher
and the lady, too ? "
Revivals versus Saloons. — Of the three saloons lately doing busi-
ness in our village only one is now open, and the wife of the man who
runs that one is among our late converts. — Oklahoma.
A Fruitful Vacation. — This last day of the month is being spent
in the annual rest. Yet in these rest days God's victory is with your
servant, for in these days of outing it has been my privilege to see twenty-
three publicly seek the Lord's favor and forgiveness. — Kansas.
" A Little Child Shall Lead Them."— One day, when making
pastoral visits, I called at a certain house and invited the family to our
church, particularly requesting that the children might join our "Juvenile
390 The Home Missionary November, 1895
Temperance League." I asked that the little boy and girl might come
and recite. They did so, and their father, who was a Catholic, came to
hear them. Soon after this they recited again, and the mother came to
hear them. The next Sunday night the whole family came to church.
They continued to attend. Their interest grew, and at our special ser-
vices, at which many professed conversion, both the father and the mother
came forward and "yielded themselves to God." They have since given
unmistakable evidence that they are "new creatures in Christ Jesus."
On Sunday last it was my great pleasure to receive these with others into
the communion and fellowship of our church.— F. A. S.
A Wise "Condition." — The church and congregation have extended
to me a hearty and unanimous call to remain with them for another year.
But I do not know how this matter will develop, for I have told the peo-
ple that I thought 1 should make self-support on the part of the parish
the chief condition of my staying, and I am afraid that the field cannot
accomplish the task. But we are going to make a hard fight for it, despite
the fact that times are extremely hard in this lumber district. — JVisconsin.
Hungry for the Gospel. — I have been holding an evening service
in the schoolhouse of a new country place seven or eight miles back from
here, where we hope soon to organize a church. Many of the people
came two or three miles through the timber on footpaths. They are all
poor and trying to make homes in the forest, which costs much hard work
and privation. In the providence of God 1 have been permitted to preach
the Gospel to heathens in Africa and to the people of several new places
here in the West, and I think I never before met a community where the
people were all so hungry for the Word, or so appreciative of it, as they
are here. — Washington.
Decided Gain. — I have very good news to tell you. The first year,
as you know, when I came here I had a very hard time to get into the
houses of my countrymen. Some good policemen warned me not to go
out at night, because I would be killed by my countrymen ; but now,
glory to God ! I have access to about 500 families. I can go in and out
without any danger. Even the good policemen are wondering at this
big change. What do you think of it, dear brethren ? — Michigan.
Those Helpful Women. — Our Ladies' Aid Society was never more
flourishing. Their "teas," every two weeks, bring a goodly number to-
gether, and help greatly in social ways, as well as financially. We enjoy
them much for their promotion of good-fellowship. — South Dakota.
November, 1895 The Home Missionary 391
FROM PRAYERFUL GIVERS FOR THE DEBT
Spread before the Lord. — Your letter was read with sorrow, that
in a land where so many people have abundance of wealth, so just a
cause as that of Home Missions should suffer. As I read, my first
thought was, " We must help them ;" but my heart sank when I remem-
bered that our salary from the people was during the last quarter only
fifty-five cents more than my husband paid for the insurance and lights
for the church, and that the quarter's salary from the Society, with the
exception of enough to pay our son's expenses at school, had all been
given or loaned to the poor people of our parish. But the thought came
to me, that, however poor we may be, we can give our prayers to the
cause ; so, like one of old, I spread the letter out before the Lord and
asked him to bless your work and prosper it, and, if it was his will, that I
might take some little part in helping you in your time of need. I asked
that he would put it into some one's heart to give me something to give.
So here it is. Inclosed find five dollars. It came to me from a friend
who lives a long way off, and was to be used " to buy the thing I most
desired." We need books and other things ; but the thing I desire more
than these is to see the dear old Home Missionary Society on her feet
again. This won't do it, but it will help a little. I accepted the money
as a direct answer to my prayer, and gladly send it to you. I hung your
letter on a nail, where I can see it every time I enter the study, and I
always ask God to bless and help the Society that its blotted, apparently
tear-stained face brings to my mind. — A Home Missionary Wife in
Oregon.
Giving from their Growing Crop. — Please find inclosed six dol-
lars and thirty-two cents from this field. I am sorry it is not more, but
we have only twenty members left, as more than half have moved away
on account of two years' total failure of crop, and the Society has now
withholden the aid we are so much in need of. One old man said, " Sil-
ver and gold have I none, but what I have that I will give. In the name
of Jesus of Nazareth I give an acre of oats." Two others followed with
an acre of corn each, to be sold by the trustees in due time, and the pro-
ceeds will be forwarded to you. We want to give a dollar per member, if
the Lord will enable us to do so. We have now a subscription out for
more acres of the growing crop. I have written this as suggestive for
others to follow. May the Master bless our mite, and speedily remove
the debt so that you can again help us. — Colorado.
One-third of his Week's Wages. — I have your letter containing
statements in regard to your work, and herewith inclose postal money-
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order for two dollars. I had hoped to do better, but a careful investiga-
tion of my affairs will not allow it. The fact is, I am a poor man, have
always been poor, and have no hope or desire at this age of my life — being
nearly seventy-five years old — to be otherwise. I work six or eight hours
each day, and earn six dollars a week on an average. After paying my
share for the support of the family, I have but little left. Please accept
this little with the assurance that I realize the value of the work you
are engaged in, and hope and pray for its success. — Neiv York.
Cheerful Givers. — I have never found our peoi)le more responsive
to spiritual realities than they are now — more convinced that the ideal
attainment is not in land or wheat, not in mere possession, but in being ;
in what one is, more than in what one has. I am often surprised at the
self-denial of some of them in these times of material depression. When it
shapes itself in the form of a gift, it is often " the widow's mite," but it is
always cheerful, I have known men and women here who, from their
standpoint, had " nothing to give " to benevolent causes from their abun-
dance, who now in their destitution are cheerful givers. — Washington.
Nonagenarian's Gift. — A Vermont church treasurer sending a gen-
erous remittance to our treasury writes : " Fifty dollars of this is for the
Howard Roll of Honor. It comes from our eldest lady member, just
ninety years of age, a bright, sparkling, thoroughly Christian woman,
with a comparatively small income, all of which, above her simple needs,
she is giving to the cause of Christ. She would like to have some other
old lady, or some younger one, add fifty dollars and take the place of
honor on the Roll — the name of our aged giver not to be known." Who
is ready to complete the share, and add to our kind donor's happiness ?
MISSIONARY ARMY RALLY DAY
Our next Rally Day will occur on Sunday, November 24th ; that is, if
the President and Governors follow the usual custom of late years, as they
doubtless will, by appointing the annual Thanksgiving on the last Thurs-
day (28th) of the month. The officers of this Society have sent to the
Sunday-school superintendents a letter to the boys and girls of the Home
Missionary Army — a letter which the Army will like to hear — with a request
that it be read in every Congregational Sunday-school, so that our young
friends may keep pace with the work, may see what the needs of the
Society are, and may be moved to contribute on Rally Day even more lib-
erally than usual of their earnings and savings.
The " hard times " have so reduced the Society's receipts that its
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393
appropriation for publications has been materially cut down, and, among
others, the Rally Exercise has been dispensed with for this year. But of
the four Rally Exercises already issued, a reasonable number of either
can be supplied to schools that have not used them, on application to the
officers at the Bible House. They have been used with great profit by
many schools.
Will not pastors, parents, Sunday-school superintendents and teachers,
and all other friends of Home Missions, exert themselves to keep alive
the interest already awakened in the children and youth under their influ-
ence, and to awaken it in others who have not already joined the Boys'
and Girls' Home Missionary Army ? And will not the Army boys and
girls themselves see to it that the Rally Day this year be made the occa-
sion of greater help than ever to the cause which needs help more than
ever, and for whose advancement they have banded themselves together^
and have already given so liberally.
To you, young friends, that cause is, under God, soon to look for sup-
port. Will you not be now accustoming yourselves to the privilege, and
winning for yourselves the joy of working for and with your Savior in
behalf of our beloved country ?
THE TREASURY
The financial condition of the Society on October i, 1895, may be
summarized as follows :
Contributions for September, excluding contributions for the debt $15,027 82
Legacies for September 4^9'^'^ 85
Contributions for the debt in September 3)291 95
Total receipts in September I23.221 62
Contributions for first six months, excluding contributions for the debt $82,726 63
Legacies for first six months 7^1 548 74
Contributions for the debt to October ist :
General O. O. Howard Roll of Honor - I7,400 00
Special for the debt i.SH 43
Total receipts for first six months $i73.i86 80
DEBT STATEMENT
Due the banks April i. 1895 $i34,ooo 00
Cash received for General O. O. Howard Roll of Honor $i7-400 00
Cash received special for debt i.S" 43 — 18,911 43
Balance of old debt $115,088 57
Money borrowed during current year 63i9^^ 43
Total debt October i, 1895 $179,000 00
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The present debt to the banks is |i 79,000. Of this, ^109,000 is secured
by collateral from the permanent funds of the Society. The remaining
$70,000 has been borrowed simply on the credit of our treasury^ — a credit
resting on our bankers' trust in the purpose and ability of the Congrega-
tional churches to meet the pledges given in their behalf. Two weeks ago,
however, the limit of this credit was reached, so that we are now depend-
ing solely upon daily receipts for the payment of our missionaries. It is
the present policy of the Executive Committee, as instructed by repeated
votes of the Society, to meet its obligation to those on the field with abso-
lute promptness. For the last six years, at least, our missionaries have
not been asked to wait for their money. In the present emergency, how-
ever, prompt remittances are impracticable, and more than $14,000 are now
due the missionaries, which we have no means of paying until the churches
furnish them. Under these circumstances the pastors and treasurers of
churches, and the executors of estates, will see the need of hastening and
increasing collections, and forwarding all available means without delay
to our treasury. Only in this way can extreme suffering on the frontier
be avoided, in the winter rapidly approaching, and in many of our dis-
tant fields already begun.
The circumstances under which so great a debt has been incurred
have been often described, but may here be referred to again in answer
to very natural and proper inquiries. Two years ago last spring the
Society closed its year out of debt and with a small surplus in its treasury.
Its proposed expenditures were carefully scheduled, and adjusted to
expected receipts, and it was confidently hoped that debt would be
avoided. As in business, however, so in benevolent operations, no finan-
cial management can provide against such monetary panic and depres-
sion as that through which we have recently passed. During the last
two years the receipts of the Society, as was to be expected, have sud-
denly fallen off, so that from $250,000 to $300,000 less than the ordinary
donations have come into our treasury during that time. Under these
circumstances, notwithstanding a radical reduction in expenses, debt has
been inevitable.
Donations for the General O. O. Howard Roll of Honor in liquida-
tion of the debt have yielded, at this writing, in cash, over $20,000, and,
since the summer vacations, are coming in more rapidly. This plan
makes its strongest appeal to the abler members of our churches, and
all friends of Home Missions, as the practicable way out of our embarrass-
ment. Will you not, dear reader, respond to the appeal by your own
offering, and by moving others to give, as God has prospered them?
Surely no obligation can justly take precedence of this in the esteem of
the Christian patriot. If Americans do not provide for America's evan-
gelization, who will ?
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THE GENERAL HOW^ARD ROLL OF HONOR
To the names previously reported in Tlie Home Missionary as having
been inscribed on the Roll of Honor by a contribution of one hundred
dollars toward the payment of the debt, we are permitted to add the fol-
lowing, which make a total of two hundred and twenty-nine.
A Friend, Stockbridge, Mass.
Mrs. R. W. Valentine, New Gloucester, Me.
Misses Sarah E. and Ellen J. Harding, Ware, Mass.
Mrs. Helen Foster McLean, Boston Highlands, Mass.
First Congregational Church, New Milford, Conn.
A Friend, State Street Church, Portland, Me.
" H. D. R.," Kensington, Conn.
Julia Hovey, Berlin, Conn,
Mrs. Elbridge Torrey, Boston, Mass.
North Congregational Church, St. Johnsbury, Vt.
First Church of Christ, Unionville, Conn.
First Church, Hyde Park, Mass.
Jacob Rogers, Lowell, Mass.
Mrs. H. A. Wolcott, Longmeadow, Mass.
East Church Auxiliary, Barre, Mass.
A Lady Friend, Brighton, Mass.
Mrs. Mark Hopkins, Williamstown, Mass.
A Friend, Bradford County, Pa.
H. C. Thompson, Bristol, Conn.
Y. P. S. C. E. OF Memorial Church, Springfield, Mass.
A Friend, Princeton, Mass.
Park Street Congregational Church, Bridgeport, Conn.
An Unknown Lady, Concord, N. H., two shares.
Three Ladies at " Dana Hall," Wellesley, Mass.
Mrs. E. B. Wheaton, Norton, Mass.
Ladies' Home Missionary Society, Ware, Mass.
Ladies' Home Missionary Society of the First Congrega-
tional Church, Middletown, Conn.
Ladies of the Church in Amherst College, Mass.
Center Congregational Church, Brattleboro, Vt,, three shares.
Miss A. L. Whitin, Whitinsville, Mass., two shares.
George W. Walker, Maiden, Mass,
A Friend, Dorchester, Mass.
A Friend, Newton Highlands, Mass,
First Congregational Church, Sufifield, Conn.
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APPOINTMENTS IN SEPTEMBER, 1895
Not in commission last year
Burkholder, Abraham H., Eustis. Neb.
Dawson, William L., Chelan, Wash.
E.xtence, George, Williston, No. Uak.
Flawith, Frederic, San Francisco, No. Cal.
Frost, Lewis C, Cortland and Johnson, Ohio.
Grieb, Edmund, Needy, Ore.
House, J. T., Hennessey, Okla.
Jones. John L., Clearwater and Hasty, Minn.
Lee, George, Dundee. Ala.
Lindquist, Nels J , Tacoma. Wash.
Lyman, Mrs. H. C, Ft. Pierre. So. Dak.
Noyce, George T., Brunswick and Willow Valley,
Neb.
Pease, Frank W., Ravenna, Neb.
Rominger, Henry V.. Hot Springs, So. Dak.
Steiner, Edward A., St. Paul, Minn.
Stewart, John L., Leon. Ala.
Wales, Frederick H., Black Diamond and Stew-
artsville. No. Cal.
Walker, Cornelius E., Sherburne, Minn.
Re-commissioned
Bair, William B., Dunlap, Kan.
Bishop, Albert W., Parsons, Kan.
Brookshier, R. R., General Miss"y in No. Caro-
lina.
Campbell, John P., New Ulm, Minn.
Carter, Elijah, Edgerton, Minn.
Clark, Virtue F., Holdredge. Neb.
Comptcn, Herbert E., Cathay, Sykeston, and Fes-
senden. No. Dak.
Crater, George W., Carthage, Redstone, and Es-
mond, So. Dak.
Day, Ernest, Lyle, Minn.
Enoch, Owen, Julesburg, Colo.
Evans, William L., Plymouth, Penn.
Foster, Festus, Donly and Waukorais, Okla.
Fowler. Olin L., McMillan, Alderton, and Rhode
Lake, Wash.
Fuller, Almon T., New Smyrna, Fla.
Gilt, Henry F., Eugene, Ore.
Gimblett. William H., Carrington and Rose Hill,
No. Uak.
Gray, David B., General Missionary in Portland,
Ore.
Hardy, William P., San Rafael, No. Cal.
Harris, Ransom C.. Jackson Gap, Ala.
Herloer, Rasmus. Chicago, 111.
Hinckley, Frank E., Oakland, No. Cal.
Huntley, Mrs. Abi T., Templeton and Logan, So.
Dak.
Huntley, Sanford F., Wessington Springs and
Anina, So. Dak.
Jackson, Frank D., St. Petersburg. Fla.
Jamison, Henry W., Beresford and Pioneer, So.
Dak.
Jenney, E. Winthrop. Oacoma, So. Dak.
Krey, Martin A., St. Louis. Mo.
Lyons, Eli C , Appleton, Minn.
McAllister, Alexander, Verndale, Minn.
Marble, William H., Wallace and Macon, Kan.
Mints, Benjamin D., Riverdale, Mo.
Moody. Benjamin F., Pokegama and Hornbrook,
No. Cal.
Newell, Arthur F., Lincoln and North Lincoln,
Neb.
Newell, William W., Duluth, Minn.
Nilson, Frank, General Missionary among the
Scandinavians in N. E. Pennsylvania and
Western New York.
Northrup, George E., Biwabik. Merritt, and Mc-
Kinley, Minn.
Parsons, Julius, Cumberland, No. Wis.
Paul, Benjamin F., Lamberton. Minn.
Perry, George H.. Ogden and Slaterville, Utah.
Piatt, D wight H.. General Missionary in N. W.
Kan.
Reese, Thomas P., Canova, So. Dak.
Rood, John, Sauk Rapids, Mmn.
Terborgh, Isaac N., Ada, Minn.
Thayer, Oramel F., Tekoaand Farm ington, Wash.
Tomlin. David R., General Missionary in So.
Dak.
Trandt, Adam, Globeville, Colo.
Wheeler, Charles T., Pueblo, Colo.
Winslow, Jacob, South Western Kan.
Young, Harry W., Portland, Ore."
RECEIPTS IN SEPTEMBER, 1895
For account of receipts by State Auxiliary Societies, see pages 401 to 405
MAINE-$27i.oo.
Bangor, Central Ch., by G. S. Hall . .
Eliot, First, by Rev. A. L. Colder. . .
New Gloucester. In memory of Mrs.
R. W. Valentme, by Mrs. C. V.
Berry, Gen. Howard Roll of Honor
Portland, State Street Ch , A Friend,
for Gen. Howard Roll of Honor..
Rev. J. G. Wilson
"Mrs. A. B. T."
NEW HAMPSHIRE — $358.67;
which legacies, $276.67.
of
Dover, Y. P. S. C. E. of the First, by
E. H. Ham
E.xeter, Estate of Mrs. Anna W.
Chadwick, on account
5 00
40 00
10 00
26 67
Fitzwilliam, Legacy of Eliza W. Jen-
kins, by T. D. Jenkins, E-x $100 00
Francestown, Legacy of William But-
terfield, on account, by G. Kings-
bury, E.x 13000
By A. Downes 25 00
Hanover, S. A. Brown 25 00
Henniker, Estate of Horace Gibson,
by Hon. L. D. Stevens 20 00
A Friend 15 00
Mason, Eveline Whitaker 2 00
Milford, First, by A. C. Crosby 5 00
VERMONT-
28.25 ; of which legac)-.
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs. W. P.
Fairbanks, Treas. :
Westminster, West. forSalarv Fund
4 60
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Cornwall, E. R. Robbing $12 25
A Friend 5 oo
St. Johnsbury, Northi Ch., of which
$ioo for Gen. Howard Roll of
Honor, by J. H. Brooks, to const.
N. K. Houghton a L. M 401 40
South Royalton, Legacy of Mrs.
Emily R. Morse, by E. Foster 300 00
Waterbiiry, Y. P. S. C. E., by S. R.
Parker, for Salary Fund 5 00
MASSACHUSETTS — $12,729.77 ; of
which legacies, $1,250.
Mass. Home Miss. Soc, by Rev. E. B.
Palmer, Treas S,ooo 00
For work among foreigners in the
West 4,500 00
By request of donors, of which $500
for Gen. Howard Roll of Honor 912 00
Pepperell, Estate of Rev. E.W. Har-
rington, by Charles Crosby, Ex. . 1,000 00
Woman's H. M. A., Miss A. C. Bridg-
man, Treas. :
Enfield I50 00
Newton, Mrs. A. Spear of
the Eliot Ch 2 70
Springfield, Memorial Ch.,
Mrs. J. L. R. Trask. . 20 00
Westboro, Y. P. S. C. E.,
for Salary Fund 5 00
77 70
Amherst, South Ch., by W. B. Rose . 7 6^
M. H.M 5 50
Belchertown, by A. D. Randall 37 82
Boston, W. A. Wilde, for Salary Fund 50 00
Mrs. Elbridge Torrey, for Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor 100 00
F. M. Newcomb 360
Boston Highlands, Alpine McLean,
In memory of Mrs. Helen F. Mc-
Lean, for Gen. Howard Roll of
Honor 100 00
East Boston, Maverick S. S.,by W. S.
Pearson 12 48
Holbrook, Mrs. H. A. Smith 40
Longmeadow, S. S., by W. B. Medli-
cott 9 07
Middleboro, A Friend of Missions ... i 00
Monson, by E. F. Morris 26 18
Northampton, Mrs. L. M. Smith 5 00
North Brookfield, Y. P. S. C. E., $10;
Extra-Cent a-Day Band, $10, by
S. E. Thompson 20 00
C. W. Nutting... I 00
North Wilbraham, R. Sikes i 00
Pepperell, From Estate of Rev. Eli
W. Harrington, by C. Crosby, Ex. . 150 00
Pittsfield, First, by F. W. Button 25 00
S. S. of the First, by A. A. Mills,
for Salarv Fund 15 00
Sheffield, by'A. T. Wakefield 9 19
Shelburne Falls, S.S., Primary Dept.,
by J. W. Clark 2 00
South Hadley, Mt. Holyoke College,
Silver Circle 5 00
South Lawrence, J. A. Lithgow 8 00
South Sudbury, Legacy of Mrs. Bet-
sey R. Hunt, by S. B. Rogers, Ex. . 100 00
Springfield, Y. P. S. C. E. of the Me-
morial Ch., by Rev. J. L. R. Trask,
D.D., Gen. Howard Roll of Honor. 100 00
- Stockbridge, A Friend, for Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor 100 00
Sunderland, Miss A. T. Montague... 2 00
Upton, Ladies' Aux., by Miss A. A.
Wood 10 00
Ware, Misses Sarah E. and Ellen J.
Harding, Gen. Howard Roll of
Honor 100 00
Westboro, Y.'P. S. C. E., by Rev. H.
A. SchaufHer, for Salary Fund
West Springfield, A Lady Friend, for
Gen. Howard Roll of Honor. .
West Wareham, Mrs. G. P. Morse....'
Williamstown, Members of Cong. Ch".
in name of Mrs. Mark Hopkins,
Gen. Howard Roll of Honor, by
Mrs. J. H. Denison
Worcester, Plymouth Ch., by F. W.
Chase
RHODE ISLAND-$2oo ; legacy.
Pawtucket, Estate of Hugh McCrum,
by F. H. Wiggin
CONNECTICUT-$s,6i6.44 ; of which
legacies, $2,636.72.
Miss. Soc. Conn., W.W. Jacobs.Treas.,
by Rev. W. H. Moore, Sec
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs.
W. W. Jacobs, Treas. :
Berlin, Julia Hovey, for
Gen. Howard Roll of
Honor , $100 00
Hartford, Primary Dept. S.
S. of the First 5 00
Kensington, by Mrs. J. C.
Graham, for Salary
Fund 20 00
H. D., by Mrs. J. C.
Graham, for Gen. How-
ard Roll of Honor 100 00
Milford, Plymouth Ch., by
Mrs. O. T. Clarke, toward
L. Mp. of Mrs. A. A. Bald-
win 6 00
Newington, Miss J. M. Bel-
den... 1000
• 241 00
Berlin, Second, add'l, by C. S. Web-
ster 3 50
Bristol, H. C. Thompson, Gen. How-
ard Roll of Honor 100 00
Colchester, Mrs. O. O. Destin, $2 ;
Miss S. T. Destin, $2 4 00
East Haddam , A Friend 5 00
East Woodstock, by J. M. Paine 30 00
Ellington, A L. M 100
Ellsworth, by A. L. Hall 3 25
Fairfield, by S. Morehouse, to const.
Miss E. F. Wakeman, Miss E. S.
Bulkly, and E. B. Mills L. Ms 150 00
Goshen, Mrs. M. Lyman 20 00
Greenwich, Second, by I. G. Mead. . . 156 50
Stillson Benev. Soc. of the Second,
by Miss K. M. Mead, to const.
Mrs. C. Dresbach, Mrs. N. B.
Homer, Mrs. T. A. Mead, Mrs.
W. H. Pullen, Mrs. D. M. An-
thony, Miss E. S. Mead, and
IMiss R. M. Gordon L. Ms 445 00
Mrs. C. A. Dresbach of the Second
Ch 5 00
A Friend to Missions 70 00
A. L. B 5 00
Hartford, Legacy of Morgan Lewis,
by T. E. Steele, Trustee 2,000 00
Warburton Chapel S. S., by J. C.
Hills 15 52
" In loving memory of M. C. H.".. 250 00
"C. E. H." 1,000 00
Lisbon, by Rev. Q. M. Bosworth 16 00
Marlboro, by W. W, Bolles 5 59
Millington 2 00
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New Haven, Estate of Charlotte L.
Wilcox, by J. W. Hickok and
Hiram Stevens $36 72
E. Pendleton 3 00
L. A. B 5 00
Rockville, G. Angell i 00
South Britain. D. M. Mitchell, for
Gen. Howard Roll of Honor 100 00
South Britain, Special Coll., $18.41 ;
Annual Pledges, $21.59, by M. C.
Bradley 40 00
Stonington, First, by Rev. J. O. Bar-
rows 35 59
Thomaston, First, by H. A. Welton.. 7 15
Walling-ford. J. Atwater, for Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor 100 00
West Hartford, From Estate of Nancy
S. Gaylord, by F. H. Parker. E.\ . 600 00
West Winsted, Rev. H. A. Russell
and wife 500
Windsor, First, by S. H. Barber 60 50
NEW YORK— $868.78 ; of which leg-
acy, $148.46.
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs. J. J.
Pearsall, Treas. :
Albany Home Circle $500
Brooklyn, Tompkins Avenue
Ch., Mrs. G. W. Hcbard,
Gen. Howard Roll of
Honor 100 00
Cambria 1000
Coventry ville 400
Honeoye 5 00
Homer 5 00
Miss r. Stebbins i 00
Mrs. H. Hawley 2 00
Rutland 1 1 00
143 00
Received by William Spalding, Treas.:
Deer River, Y. P. S. C. E. $5 10
North Pitcher 7 00
Otisco 5 66
Ladies' H. M. Soc 11 00
Rev. E. Curtis 16 00
'■ — 44 76
Albany, Mrs. S. D. Hale 20 00
Batavia. Estate of Phineas L. Tracy,
by J. F. Lay, Trustee 148 46
Brooklyn, Tompkins Avenue, for debt.
Gen. Howard Roll of Honor. G. W.
Hebard, by P. Palmer 200 00
Central, New York, A Friend '5 00
East Bloomfield, by F. Munson 23 84
Flushing, R. B. Parsons 30 00
Jamestown, Y. P. S. C. E. of the First,
by Mrs. S. A. Baldwin 18 50
Lebanon Center, Miss S. Gilbert i 00
New York City, C. H. Parsons, Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor 100 00
Parkville. by Rev. W. A. Kirkwood.. 3 86
Prohibition Park, Union Ch., by Z.
W. Bliss 250
Saratoga Springs, Mrs. G. F. Harvey,
for Gen. Howard Roll of Honor. . . . 100 00
Warsaw, by F. W. Relyea 12 86
West Brook, Mrs. T. S. Hoyt 5 00
NEW JERSEY-$272.8o.
Woman's H. M. Union of the N. J.
Assoc, Mrs. J. H. Denison,
Treas. :
Closter $5 29
S. S 7 51
Montclair, First, for Salary
Fund 100 00
Bloomfield, Mrs. R. P. Coe . . .' $50 00
M. E. C 1000
East Orange, K 100 00
PENNSYLVANIA— $127.70.
Bradford Co., Friend, Gen. Howard
Roll of Honor 100 00
Minersville, S. S. of the First, by S. J.
Evans 2 70
Johnstown, Slovak Ch., by Rev. A.
Mata 5 00
Miss F. Bochek, for Salary Fund . . 20 00
MARYLAND-$6.oo.
Frostburg, by Rev. G. W. Moore .... 6 00
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-$25.oo.
Woman's H. M. Union of the N. J.
Assoc, Mrs. J. H. Denison,
Treas. :
Washington, D. C, First Ch., for
Salary Fund 25 00
GEORGIA— $5.00.
Demarest, by Rev. W. O. Phillips 5 00
ALABAMA— $4.90.
Clanton, by Rev. J. L. Busby
Echo, Blackwoods, and Wicksburg,
by Rev. M. V. Marshall
Tallassee, Kent, Cowles Station, and
Central, by Rev. A. C. Wells
LOUISIANA-75 cents.
Hammond, Y. P. S. C. E., by G. S.
White
1 50
1 40
2 00
75
FLORIDA— $89.25; of which legacy,
$40.00.
Bushnell, Mrs L. W. Bigelow 2 00
Fort Meade, Estate of Thomas Jewett,
by Alfred Williams, E.x 40 00
Key West, First, Extra-Cent-a-Day
Band, $10.55 ; Self-denial Box, $5.25 ;
H. M. Offering, $28.90, by Rev. C.
W. Frazer 44 70
Melbourne, Y. P. S. C. E.,by Rev. E.
VV. Butler 2 55
OKLAHOMA-$7.75.
Alva, Olivet Ch, by Rev. A. Connet. 3 75
Choctaw City, by Rev. L. B. Parker.. i 25
Enid, by Rev. J. Collins 2 75
OHIO-$2i8.27.
Received by Rev. D. L. Leonard,
Acting Sec. :
Belpre. by A. W. Glazier. . . $11 00
Cleveland, Union Y. P. S. C.
E., by Miss S Durant ... 2 18
North Bloomfield, by Miss
M.J.McAdoo 840
Thomaston, Miss R. Davis. i 00
Saybrook, by C. W. Sexton. 24 60
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R.eceived by Rev. D. L. Leonard,
Acting- Treas. Bohemian Board,
Cleveland. :
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs.
G. B. Brown, Treas. :
Andover, Jr. Y. P. S. C.
E., for Salary Fund $4 oo
Akron, West 4 50
Clarksfield, Y. P. S. C. E.,
Bible Readers School. . . 15°
Columbus, Plymouth Y. P.
S. C. E., Bible Readers
School 7 00
Geneva, I. H. M. S 5 00
Huntsburgh, K. E. S 4 00
Lexington, King's Daugh-
ters 5 00
Lodi, for Salary Fund i 50
North Bloomfield, L. H.
and F. M. S i 00
King's Daughters i 00
Oberlin, First, L. A. S 4 00
Painesville, for Salary
Fund 6 00
Springfield, First, for
Salary Fund 5 00
Wauseon, C. W. A 2 50
Woman's H. M. Union, Ohio, Mrs.
G. B. Brown, Treas.:
Clarksfield, for Salary Fund I2 75
Cleveland Union, Y. P. S.
C. E 500
Marietta, First, for Salary
Fund 2 xo
Marysville, Earl Piperi s 20
Medina, Mrs. O. N. Leach.. 5 00
Oberlin, First, L. A. S., Mrs.
A. B. Johnson 5 00
James Cowen 30
Painesville, First, for Salary
Fund 6 00
Sandusky, Mr. Lemmon and
Mrs. Judson 10 00
Springfield, First, for Salary
Fund 5 50
Franklin 2 50
Wakeman 1 1 00
Brunswick, Ch
Columbus, Eastwood Ch., by F.
Humphrey :
Lenox, by Rev. F. W. Link
Oberlin, First, by A. H. Johnson
Rootstown, Lloyd Hinman
Sweden, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Morris..
INDIANA— $37.60.
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs. A. C.
Ball, Treas. :
Fremont, Ladies, $6.gb ; Children,
$1.70
Brazil, Mrs. C. S. Andrews
Ft. Wayne, M. J. White
Michigan City, S. S., by Rev. K.
Freitag
Ridgeville, by Rev. G. Hindley . . ...
60 35
9 00
4 50
2 00
37 24
5 00
I 00
3 00
5 00
8 00
13 00
MISSOURI— $4i'.i2.
Cole Camp, by Rev. J. V. Willis
Republic, First, by R. Hathaway.. . .
By Rev. I. T. Hull
St. Louis, People's Tab. Ch., by Rev.
W. Johnson
WISCONSIN-$5.78.
Arbor 'Vitae, by Rev. A. A. Martin. . .
Clintonville, Scand., by Rev. H. F.
Josephson
Glenwood, Swedish, by Rev. O. Ohl-
son
IOWA— $55.00 ; of which legacy, $50.00.
Durant, Legacy of Mrs. S. M. Dutton,
by S. A. Dutton, Adm
Lansing, A. Kern
MINNESOTA-$274.65.
Received by Rev. J. H. Morley :
Brainerd, Y. P. S. C. E. of
the First, special $5 00
Minneapolis, Open Door. . . 6 00
Pljrmouth Immanuel Mis-
sion, special 10 00
Plymouth, to const. Mrs.
S. Slater a L. M 38 50
$59 50
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs.
M. W. Skinner, Treas. :
Anoka, Conf. Coll $3 75
Benson 3 00
Cannon Falls 14 00
Lake Benton 50
Lake City 21 qi
Minneapolis, Plymouth.. 5020
Fifth Avenue 15 16
Northfield, S. S., Rescue
Fund 10 00
Paynesville 2 15
Sauk Center, $14.85; Y.
P. S. C. E., Rescue, $5. 1985
St. Paul. Ply mouth, $16.55 ;
Rescue, $1 17 55
Bethany, $1.50; Jr. Y.
P. S. C. E., $1 2 50
West Dora Rescue 3 52
Zumbrota 19 37
$183 46-
Big Lake, by Rev. W. H. Evans
Campbell and Tintah, by Rev. F. L.
Moore
Edgerton, by Rev. E. Carter
Ellsworth, Ash Creek, and Kanaranzi,
by Rev. W. J. Conard
Fosston and Mcintosh, by Rev. R. T.
Jackson
Granada, by Rev. C. T. Halbert
[120 00
6 00
5 00
1 03
2 50
2 25
50 00
5 00
7 a9
I 75
6 05
4 00
ILLINOIS— $101.00.
Illinois H. M. Soc, Aaron B. Mead,
Treas. :
By request of donors, for a mis-
sionary's salary
Dwight, by Rev. M. E. Evercz.
KANSAS— Ssi-oo-
Received by Rev. L. P Broad :
Cheney. Mrs. R. L, Minnis, to const.
Rev. T. W. Minnis a L. M
Dunlap, by Rev. W. R. Bair
5000
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NEBRASKA— $62.39.
Received by J. W. Bell, Treas.:
Calhoun $216
Eustis 2 19
Lincoln, Plymouth 5 07
Rokeby, S. S 5 00
$14 42
Woman's H. M.Union, Mrs.
G. J. Powell. Treas,:
Eustis $5 61
S. S 2 50
$8 II-
Alma and Naponee, by Rev. A. E.
Ricker
Dodge and Howells, by Rev. A.
Farnworth
Doniphan, West Hamilton, and North
Hastings, by Rev. E. Cressman
Harbine, by Rev. J. B. Doolittle
Milford, by R. M. Travers
Riverton, by Rev. S. Williams
Trenton and Fairview, by Rev. O. A.
Palmer
NORTH DAKOTA-$9.75.
Caledonia, by Rev. W. Griffith .
SOUTH DAKOTA-S110.50.
Ashton, Athol. La Prairie, and Clyde,
by Rev. A. Beede
' Edgerton, E. F. Lyman
Faulkton, by Rev. J. Stevens
Powell, by Rev. J. T. Lewis
Siou.'c Falls, German Ch., by J. M.
Freese
South Dakota, Friends
Tyndall, German Ch., by Rev. A. F.
Schmalle
COLORADO-$35.75.
Flagler, Seibert, and Claremont, by
Rev. G. E. Tuttle
Longmont. First, by E. White
Manchester, by Rev. H. Sanderson. . .
WYOMING-$72.4o.
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs. H. N.
Smith, Treas. :
Cheyenne
6
71
7
25
13
00
5
00
I
90
5
CO
I 50
I 00
20 00
I 00
4 50
80 00
Douglas, $1.50 ; Glenrock, 50 cts., by
Rev. W. H. Brearley
MONTANA— $17.20.
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs. H. E.
Jones, Treas. :
Castle $5 00
Livingston 1 1 60
Missoula 60
IDAHO-$3.so.
Pocatello, by Rev. D. Q. Travis.
CALIFORNIA -$37.05.
Chula Vista, by Rev. W.A. McGinley 5 00
Fresno, German, by Rev. J. Legler . . 2 75
Fruitvale,by Rev. C. C. Kirtland. .. 12 80
San Francisco, Bethany Ch., Rally,
by W. C. Pond 8 50
San Francisco, A Friend 8 00
WASHINGTON-$i5.6i.
Aberdeen, Jr. Y. P. S. C. E. of the
First, by C. W. McKinlay 61
Ahtanum and Tampico, by Rev. D.
W. Wise 10 00
Port Gamble, Ch. of Christ, by J.
Campbell 5 00
OREGON-$i7.i5.
Condon and Lexington, by Rev. E.
Curran 300
Hood River, Riverside Ch., by Rev.
J. L. Hershner 7 65
Ontario, G. L. King, by Rev. C. F.
Clapp 5 00
Weston and Free water, by Rev. A. R.
Olds I 50
TURKEY-$ioo,oo.
Turkey, A Lady Missionary, for Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor 100 00
Home Missionary 34 75
J22,5l2 53
Donations of Clothing, etc.
Amherst. N. H., Ladies' Charitable
Asso., by Mrs. Everline M. Harts-
horn, bo.\ and cash
Bloomfield, Conn., by Etta B. Bid well,
barrel
East Jaffrey, N. H., "Cheerful Help-
ers," by Mrs. Will J. Mower, box and
Kingston,' R,' l',' H. M.'SocV, byEdria's.
A Perry, barrel
Lancaster, N, H., by Mrs Nellie H.
Fletcher, package and freight
New Haven, Conn., American Journal
of Science, package.
Newington, Conn., Ladies' H. M. U.,
by Mrs. F. C. Latimer, half barrel .. . $53 52
$137 04 New York City, by F. Francisco, pack-
age.
64 85 Norwood, N. Y., Ladies' Miss. Soc, by
Mrs. H. B. Hall, box 49 31
Talcottville,Conn., Woman's Miss. Soc.
42 95 by Mrs. L. A. Talcott, barrel 74 37
Wellsville. N. Y., Woman's Miss. Union,
20 00 by Miss H. A . Russell, bo.x 64 72
Wethersfield, Conn., Ladies' Aid Soc,
16 38 by Mrs. T. Standish, barrel 81 65
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AUXILIARY STATE RECEIPTS
MAINE MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Receipts of the Maine Missionary Society from Jtme 12 to September i, 1895.
John L. Crosby, Treasurer
Anson, Ch., by S. Dinsmore $5 00
Augusta, South, by Miss S. W. Wald-
ron 45 00
Leavitt's Corner, Church Hill, and
No. Parish, by H. G. Megathlin 5 00
Bangor, First, Soc, by W. P. Hubbard,
$70 85 ; Y. P. S. C. E., by Nellie R.
Baker, $6.00 ; S.S., by P. A. Hubbard,
$8.70 91 55
Bath, Central, by Thomas P. I. Ma-
goun 50 75
Belfast, North, Y. P. S. C. E„ by S. C.
Pattee 5 00
Brooksville, Ch., by Rev. J. E. Adams. 4 27
Bucksport, Elm Street, by Edward
Swazey 124 00
Bu.xton, South, by Rev. E. M. Cousins. 7 00
Cumberland Mills, Warren, by James
Graham 53 44
Deer Isle, Sunset, by John R Johnson. 4 34
Denmark, Ch., by Augusta C. Brown.. 5 00
Embden, Schoolhouse, by x^ev. G. A.
Matthews i 50
Falmouth, First, by Alfred Merrill .... 9 00
Freedom, Ch., by Rev. J. E. Adams 5 00
Gorham, S. S., for destitute S. S. in
Maine, by John A. Hinkley 20 00
Hallowell, Legacy of Mrs. Mary Fifield.
addl. byj. L. Fifield, Ex 83 19
Hampden. Ch., by Mrs. Kate Whit-
more 4 40
Harrison. Legacy of Mrs. Mary R. Ham-
lin, by W. L. Grover, Ex 174 97
Honolulu" Hawaiian Isles, Rev. Elias
Bond 100 00
Intervale, see New Gloucester.
Island Falls, Ch., by B. R. Walker 10 00
Kennebunkport, First Ch., $7.50 ; Soc,
S4. 45, by Rev. J.E.Adams 11 95
Lewiston, Pine Street 5 00
Limerick, Ch., by Rev. J. A. Water-
worth 8 10
Lovell, Ch., by John M. Farrington 18 32
Lyman, Ch 5 00
Machias. Center Ch.. by A. L. Heaton. i 19
Marshfield, Ch.. $4.00! Y. P. S. C. E.,
% 1 .00, by Jennie Lyon 5 00
Medway. Ch., by Mrs. C. E. Simpson .. 3 60
Minot, Verrill District, $5.36 ; Hersey
Hill, $3.75, by Miss M. P. Harlow. . . . 911
Minot Center, Ch., by Dea. James E.
Washburn 7 00
Monroe. Ch., by Rev. J. E. Adams 4 40
New Gloucester (Intervale), Y. P. S. C,
E.. by Mrs. A. L. Rideout 4 25
North Anson. Ch 3 73
North Bridgton. Y. P. S. C. E., by Eu-
dora W. Gould 5 00
Northfield, Ch., by Rev J. E. Adams
(see also " For the Debt " below) 6 00
Norway, First, by B. S. Rideout i 00
Oxford Conference, by H. W. Bolster. . 6 75
Pittston. Ch., by Rev. J. E. Adams 6 30
Portland, State Street, by H. M. Bailey. 200 00
Williston, Ch 15 n
St. Lawrence street Ch , S. S., S5 00;
Y. P. S. C. E., $5.00, by Rev. E. M.
Cousins 10 00
Readfield, J. B. and E. A. Mayhew 5 00
Richmond, Y. P. S. C. E., by Mrs. S.
G. Payne, $2.00 : Mrs. S. G. Payne,
„|ioo $300
Rumford, Ch., by J. K. Elliot 7 00
Skowhegan, Island Avenue, Y. P. S. C.
E.. by L, L. Walter 1000
South Gardiner, Ch., $11.06; Y. P. S.
C. E., $1.00. by M. C. Phillips 12 06
Springfield, Ch., by Mrs. A. A. Blanch-
ard 6 15
Stillwater, Ch. and Soc, by Mrs. W.
H. Woodard 5 00
Union Conference, by H. E. Farnham. 9 10
Vassalboro, Adams Memorial Ch 4 00
Waterville, Ch. (a member), by A. M.
Kenniston, $1.50 : Y. P. S. C. E., for
mission work at Oakfield, Me , to
const. Miss Sara Blanche Matthews,
West Fairfield, Me., a L. M., I20 21 50
Wells, Ch., for C. H. M. S, by Rev.
W. H. McBride 12 10
Westbrook. Y. P. S. C. E., by Mrs. J.
V. Morris lo 00
West Brooksville, Ch. , by Mrs. Maggie
B. Stevens 3 65
West Dresden, Ch., by Hugh McCul-
lum 7 60
Windham, Windham Hill, Y P. S. C.
E., by Miss Martha A. Allen i 00
Woodford, Ch. and Soc, by J. H.
Clark 6 33
Woolwich, Ch. and Soc, by Rev. S.
W. Chapin 8 50
York Conference, by George A. Lock-
wood 18 19
Woman's Maine Missionary Aux., by
Treas 351 99
Rev. E. M. Cousins, Preaching 27 00
FOR THE DEBT
Allen's Mills, Ch.. by Rev. J. C. Young.
Ashland, by Rev. Charles Whittier
Bar Harbor, Ch., by Mrs. W. Rogers. .
Blanchard, Ch., by C. A. Packard
Bucksport, Elm Street, by Rev. H. W.
Conley
Calais, Ch., by Rev. Chas. S. Holton..
Deer Isle, Second
East Machias, Ch., by Chas. L. Holton.
Ellsworth, Ch., by Geo. P. Dutton
Farming, ton, Ch., by Rev. J. C. Young.
Farmington Falls, Ch., by Rev. J. C.
Young
Fort Fairfield, Ch., by Rev. G. B. Hes-
cock
Franklin Conference, by Rev. J. C.
Young
Garland, Ch. and Soc, by Rev. P. B.
Thayer ..
Gilead, Ch., by Miss I. Burnham
Harrison, Ch., by Rev. A G. Fitz
Houlton, Ch., by Rev. G. B. Hescock..
Island Falls, Ch., by Rev. G. B. Hes-
cock
Jonesport, Ch., by D J. Sawyer
Lebanon, Ch , by Samuel Shapleigh
Madison, Ch., by K. C. Gray
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Mercer, Ch., by K. C Gray $7 oo
New Portland, by K. C. Gray 3 oo
New Sharon, Ch.. by Rev. J. C. Young n 04
Norridgewock, Ch., by K. C. Gray 16 60
North Bridgton, Ch., by Rev. A. G.
Fitz 1320
Northfield, Ch., by Rev. J. E. Adams.. 2 20
North New Portland, by K. C. Gray... i 00
Orland, Ch., by Charlotte L. Buck 8 40
Otisfield, Ch., by Samuel G. Spurr 4 00
O.Kford, Y. P. S. C. E., by Rev. J. E.
Adams i 50
Patten, Ch., by Rev. G. B. Hescock 13 00
Phillips, Ch., by Rev. J. C. Young 7 20
Presque Isle, Ch., by Rev. G. B. Hes-
cock 20 00
Rockport, Ch., by Rev. J. E. Adams. . . 7 50
Searsport, Second, by Rev. R. G. Har-
butt 5 00
Sherman Mills, Ch.. $10 ; Y. P. S. C. E.,
$4, by Rev. G. B. Hescock 14 00
Solon, Ch., by K. C. Gray $5 60
South Berwick, Ch., by Rev. George
Lewis, D. U 28 00
South Gardiner, Ch., by Rev. J. E.
Adams 12 00
Temple, by John R. Wilson 13 00
Waldo Conference, fourteen persons,
by Rev. H. S. Dolliff 14 00
Washington Conference, by Rev.
Charles S. Holton 20 87
Weld, Ch., by Rev. J. C. Young 3 00
West Brooksville, Ch., by Rev. J. E.
Adams 11 50
West Newfield, by Rev. J. G. W. Her-
old 816
Whitney ville, Ch., by James Pope 4 00
Wilton, Ch., by Rev. J. C. Young 9 00
Total for the debt, $595.87
Income from invested funds 957 >3
$3,227 99
MASSACHUSETTS HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Receipts of the Massachusetts Home Missionary Society in September, 1895. Rev. Edwin
B. Palmer, Treasurer
Gen. O. O. Howard Roll of
Honor :
Hyde Park, First, by D. W.
Lewis $11000
Longmeadow, Wolcott, Mrs.
Harriet A 100 00
Lowell, Rogers, Jacob 100 00
Princeton, A Friend 100 jo
Through Woman's Home Mis-
sionary Association :
Barre, East, Ladies'
Auxiliary $100 00
Boston, Brighton,
Lady Friend 100 00
Randolph, Turner,
Abby, Miss 100 00
300 00 — $710 00
Bank Balances, Int. for August 44 25
Belmont, Waverley, by Wm. Jewett.... n 61
Blank i 00
Boston, Allston, S. S., by James H. Bell 5 37
Anonymous 40 00
Eayrs, Emily P., Proceeds of 899 38
Jamaica Plain, Central, by A. A. Ma.x-
well 176 og
Parkhurst, Elizabeth C. Estate of, by
E. F. Brackett, Ex., on acct 5,000 00
Bradford, Ward Hill, by Mrs. J. W.
Bowles 1 1 42
Braintree, First, Ladies' H. M. Soc,
by Miss Sarah H. Thayer, to const.
Mrs. Helen A. Bearing a L. M 30 00
Buckland, by E. F. Smith, to const. E.
F. Smith a L. M. of C. H. M. S 5000
Carver, North, by Rev. N. Lincoln 12 00
Charlemont, East, by Chas. H. Leavitt 13 84
Concord. Trinitarian, by Thomas Todd 34 57
Rev. G. A. Tewksbury 10 00
Danvers, Maple St., by C. G. Mears, to
const. Frank M. Spofford. Luther A.
Guppy, Clarence A. Crocker, Everett
C. Cook, O. L. Carleton, and Mary F.
Perry L. Ms. of C. H. M. S 333 28
Dedham, First, add'l, by Elijah Howe,
Jr 5 00
Easthampton, Payson, Miller, Dorcas C. 5 00
Everett, Kent, Mary, for debt 2 00
Falmouth, A Friend, by A. McL. Good-
speed $100 00
First, by Mrs. O. F. Hitch 57 39
Grafton, Evan., by G. K. Nichols 74 78
Greenfield, Cook, Harriet A., Estate of ,
by Henry F. Nash, Ex 6,343 71
Groveland, by Rev. L. F. Berry 17 64
Hampden Benevolent Association, by
Geo. R Bond, Treas. :
Longmeadow, Benevolent As-
sociation $141 36
Springfield. North, to const. J.
Elliott Bliss and Geo. T.
Murdough L. Ms. of C.
H. M. S 100 00
Olivet 32 56
273 92
Hardwick, Calvinistic, by Rev. Harlan
Page 625
Marblehead, First, by Nathan P. San-
born 92 00
Methuen, First, add'l, by Jacob Emer-
son 6 00
Milford, by George G. Cook 56 31
Newton, Eliot, by F. C. Partridge... . 150 00
Newtonville, Central, by E. W. Green,
to const. Prof. J. B. Taylor, Mrs. J.
H. Willey, Mrs. W. A. Corson, Mrs.
Nathaniel Davidson, Mrs. Lucia E.
Auryausen, and Herbert R. Gibbs
L. Ms. of C. H. M. S 329 34 •
North Andover, by Jos. S. Sanborn 25 00
Northfield, by Mary T. Dutton 5 00
Norton, Beane, Mrs. E. R.. by Rev. W.
G. Puddefoot 4 00
Plainfield, by Rev. John A. Woodhull. . 9 07
Plympton, Silver Lake, Y. P. S. C. E.,
by A. W. Clemens i 00
Reed, Dwight, fund. Income of 30 00
Rockland, by Will A. Clark 40 00
Rockport, First, by Z A. App'eton 7 36
Shrewsbury, by Henry Harlow 7 00
South Hadley, First, by L. M. Gaylord 17 00
Stoughton, on acct. of Sam'l Clapp mort-
gage 1,040 42
Taunton, Winslow, by Geo. W. Andros. 138 53
W-Ipole. by S. E. Bentley 26 05
Ware, First, by W. L. Brakenridge. . . . 30 25
Warwick, by Rev. E. L. Blanchard . 3 10
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Wells, Me., Maxwell, B., for debt $10 00
Westboro, S.S., by Sophe D. Porter... 25 00
Whitman, First, by Bela Alden lo 40
Winchester, First, D. N. Skillings' An-
nuity, by W. D. Middleton loo 00
Worcester, Central, by E. Whitman (of
wh. $100 for debt) 150 00
Goddard, D. B , and family $io 00
Plymouth, by F. W. Chase 46 48
„ - . $16,637 81
Home Missionary 7 70
$16,645 51
RHODE ISLAND HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Receipts of the Rhode Island Home Missionary Society from April i to Septetnber
30, 1895. Joseph William Rice, Treasurer
Barrington, Ch $50 00
Central Falls, Ch 125 28
Newport, United 69 73
Pawtucket, Park Place 60 00
Congf. Ch 300 oc
Providence, Beneficent 165 49
Central 255 00
Highland Chapel 50 00
Providence, Pilgrim $11692
River Point, Ch 30 00
Slatersville, Ch., Y. P. S. C. E 5 00
Tiverton, Four Corners 10 00
Westerly, Pawcatuck 10 00
Woonsocket, Globe 33 28
$1,280 70
MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF CONNECTICUT
Receipts of the Missionary Society of ^Connecticut in September, 1895.
Jacobs, Treasurer
Ward W.
Bristol, First, A Friend
East Granby, by J. R. Viets
East Haven, by Lottie E. Street
Georgetown, Swedish, see Weston.
Greenwich, Second, by Isaac L. Mead,
forC. H. M. S
Hanover, see Sprague.
Hartford, Warburton Chapel, Sunday-
school, by J. Coolidge Hills
Lebanon, First, by Julia R. Maxwell. ..
New Haven, Emanuel, Swedish, by
Rev. C. J. Ledin
North Branford, by Charles Page
North Canaan, Pilgrim, by J. B. Reed.
North Stamford, see Stamford.
Portland, Swedish, by Rev. Carl E.
Carlson
Scotland, by Rev. Henry B. Mead
$5 00
2 52
34 00
78 78
5
83
10
70
7
18
13
00
56
2
00
24
10
Sprague, Hanover, by Rev. L. H. Hig-
gins
Stamford, North Stamford, by William
B. Weed
Weston, Georgetown, Swedish, by Rev.
A. A. Nordlund
W. C. H. M. U. of Connecticut, Mrs.
Geo. Follett, Secretary:
Hartford, Miss Annie Moore, $10 00
Bethel, Ladies' Mite-box Of-
fering, by Miss H. H.
Seelye, Tr 13 56
Pomfret, Auxiliary, by Miss
M. E. Denison 37 00
Wauregan, Auxiliary, by Miss
Carrie L. Fellows, Tr 2 00-
62 56
$283 40
ILLINOIS HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Receipts of the Illinois Home Missionary Society itt June, 1895. Aaron. B. Mead,
Treasurer
Aurora, New England $65 00
Beardstown 22 25
Chicago, First, Individuals go era
Plymouth, E. T. Cushing 10 00
Union Park (Mrs. L. A. Bushnell,
$100) 12000
Decatur, Mrs. O. Z. Greene 15 00
Dwight 2 25
Earlville, J. A. D $50 00
Evanston 6300
Forrest 16 73
Geneseo 25 00
Geneva 8 78
Griggsville, S. S 17 67
Harvard, Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Thomp-
son • . S 0°
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Highland, S. S $S 00
Ivanhoe 5 oo
Joj' Prairie 10 00
Kerap;r, Mr. and Mrs. O. Palmer S 00
Morrison, William Wallace 5 00
Morton Park 5 25
Morris City (S. S., $2) 7 00
North Aurora, S S 5 00
Oak Park, Forest Avenue Branch 26 67
Ottawa 23 14
Park Ridge 5 cx>
Plainfield, Y. P. S. C E 5 00
Princeton. Mrs. S. C. Clapp 100 00
Quincy, First Union Church 71 71
Ridgeland 24 25
Rockefeller 6 00
Roseville. J. B. Brown 5 00
Seward (Winnebago County) 66 30
Sheffield 15 00
Stillman Valley
Sycamore, Pledge Signer
Waukegan, German
Wauponsie
Winnetka, Junior Endeavor Society . .
Wyoming
Wythe
Woman's Home Missionary Union :
Avon $4 38
Chicago, New England 8 14
Leavitt Street 898
Lincoln Park 9 10
Dundee i 00
Oak Park 13 00
Pittsfield, Young Ladies" Miss.
Soc 1000
Springfield, Third
1^15 00
25 CK)
2 00
5 00
7 67
22 00
20 00
— 56 49
$1,059 16
Received in July, 1895
Albion, Rev. F. B. Hines $12 50
Alton 15 00
Beecher 7 00
Blue Island 550
Cambridge 5 00
Chicago, First (Mrs. Bigelow, $25) 144 03
Union Park, S. S 25 00
Creal Springs 4 40
Creston, S. S 3 55
DeKalb, S. S 10 00
Dover 1000
Earlville, J. A. D 25 00
Evanston 40 00
Farmington 52 00
Geneva, (C. H. Beers, $50) 53 00
Gibson City, Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Skeele 3 00
Gridley 5 00
Half Day 14 01
Hamilton, Charles Donnan 5 00
Harrison, John Wilco.\ 5 00
H illsboro 6 00
Homer 828
Jacksonville ( A Friend, $5) 23 50
Johnson City 2 56
La Moille $6 00
La Vergne 200
Lyndon 11 00
Napervil le 1000
Neponset 10 00
Nora 750
Oak Park, Wm. R. Wickes 2 00
Payson 12 26
Princeton 16 00
puincy. Dr. Virgil McDavitt 5 00
Rockford, Second, Mrs. Julia P. Warren 100 00
Rosemond 20 71
Seward (Winnebago Co.) 5 00
Sycamore 20 00
Thomasboro, H. M. Seymour 5 00
Villa Ridge 600
Waverly 15 75
Wilmette 20 00
A Friend in Southern Illinois 10 45
The Misses Grace and Gertrude Wyck-
oflf, Pang Chuang, China 1500
A Friend, Illinois 50 00
$834 00
MICHIGAN HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Receipts of the Michigan Horne Missionary Society in September, 1895. Rev. John P.
Sanderson, Treasurer
Alamo $7 68
Allegan, N. B. West 100 co
Almont, Y. P. S. C. E 4 20
Muir, Y. P. S. C. E i 69
Alpena 3855
Baroda 3 31
Bay Mills 2 00
. Benzonia 4 00
Bridgman n 15
Cannon 1000
East Paris 4 00
Grand Rapids, East i 18
Harrison 685
Hartland 2 00
Highland Station 3 00
Lansing. Plymouth 30 00
Maple City i 46
Olivet, Y. P. S. C. E 5 co
Pittsford 2 00
St. Ignace 65
Sawyer
Sugar Island, Payment
Solon
Williamston
$.
50
SO
2
76
I
57
$245 05
Receipts of the Woman's Home Missionary Union
in September, Mrs. E. F. Grabill, Treas. :
SENIOR SOCIETIES
Allendale, W. H. M. S $10 00
Benton Harbor, W. M. S 5 50
Benzonia, W. H. M. S 5 30
Clinton, W. M. S 1500
Dowagiac. W. H. and F. M. S 15 00
Gaylord, Ladies of the Church 5 00
Grand Lodge, W. H. M. U 500
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Grand Rapids, Park Ch.,W. H. M. S. $30 00 young people's fund
Greenville, W. H. M. S 5 25
Highland Station WHM^S lo oo Greenville, Juvenile Miss. Band
J^^"f'i'^'/l^°J? [^' W- H- M. S 20 00 Litchfield, Y. P. S. C. E.
Litchfield, L. M. b 9 33 PrattviUe, C. E. See, per pastor's
Onekama ■■■■■■^■■- ' °° receipt ...
Ransom, L. A. and M. S 5 oo ■ . . .
South Lake Linden, W. M. S 7 50
Tipton, W. H. and F. M. S 10 00
S158 88
405
$? 00
$165 88
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 Sar^eant, Plymouth.
Secretary^ Mrs. M. W. Nims, 16 Rumford St.,
Concord.
Treasurer, Miss Annie A. McFarland, 196 Main
St., Concord.
4. MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE
ISLAND*
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY ASSOCIA-
TION
Organized February, 1880
President, Mrs. C. L. Goodell, 9 Massachusetts
Ave., Boston.
Secretary, Mrs. Louise A. Kellogg, 32 Congrega-
tional House, Boston.
Treasttrer, Miss Annie C. Bridgman, 32 Congre-
gational House, Boston.
5. MAINE
2. MINNESOTA
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY AUXILIARY
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized June, 1880
Organized September, 1872
President, Mrs. Katherine B. Lewis, So. Berwick.
President, Miss Catherine W. Nichols, 230 E. gth Secretary, Mrs. Gertrude H. Denio, 168 Ham-
St., St. Paul. mond St., Bangor.
Secretary, Mrs. A. P. Lyon, 17 Florence Court, Treasurer, Mrs. Rose M. Crosby, 26 Grove St.,
S. E., Minneapolis. Bangor.
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.
Treastirer, Mrs. E. C. Silsby, Talladega.
6. MICHIGAN
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized May, 1881
President, Mrs. I. M. Powell, 76 Jefferson Ave.,
Grand Rapids.
Secretary^ Mrs. J. H. Hatfield, 301 Elm St., Kala-
mazoo.
Treasurer, Mrs. E. F. Grabill, Greenville.
* While the W. H. M. A. appears in the above list as a State body for Massachusetts and Rhode
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7. KANSAS
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized October, 1881
President, Mrs. F. J. Storrs, Topeka.
Secretary, Mrs. George L. Epps, Topeka.
Treasurer, Mrs. D. D. DeLong, Arkansas City.
8. OHIO
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized May, 1882
President, Mrs. Sydney Strong, Lane Seminary
Campus, Cincinnati.
Secretary, Mrs. J. W. Moore, 836 Hough Ave.,
Cleveland.
Treasurer, Mrs. George B. Brown, 2116 Warren
St., Toledo.
13. WASHINGTON
Including Northern Idaho
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized July, 1884
Reorganized June, 1889
President, Mrs. A. Judson Bailey, 704 Olympic
Ave., 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. Iroquois.
Secretary, Mrs. W. H. Thrall, Huron.
Treasurer, Mrs. F. M. Wilcox, Huron.
9. NEW YORK
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized October, 1883
15. CONNECTICUT
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized January, 1885
President, Mrs. Wm. Kincaid, 483 Greene Ave., President, Miss Ellen R. Camp, g Camp St., Newr
Brooklyn. Britain.
Secretary, Mrs. Wm. Spalding, 511 Orange St., Secretary, Mrs. C. T. Millard, 36 Lewis St.,
Syracuse. Hartford.
Treasurer, Mrs. J. J. Pearsall, 230 Macon St., Treasurer, Mrs. W. W. Jacobs, 19 Spring St.,
Brooklyn. Hartford.
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. Blackman, Whitewater.
16. 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.
II. 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.
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.
12. OREGON
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized July, 1884
President, Mrs. F. Eggert. The Hill. Portland.
Secretary, Mrs. Geo. C. Brownell, Oregon City.
Treasurer, Mrs W. D. Palmer, 546 3d St., Port-
land.
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.
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ig. CALIFORNIA
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Organized October, 1887
President, Mrs. E. S. Williams, 572 12th St., Oak-
land.
Sec?-etary, Mrs. L. M. Howard, 911 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. Duryea, 2402 Cass St.,
Omaha.
Secretary, Mrs. H. Bross, 2904 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.
22. INDIANA
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized May, 1888
President, Mrs. W. A. Bell, 223 Broadway, In-
dianapolis.
Secretary, Mrs. E. S. Smith, E. nth St., Indi-
anapolis.
Treasurer, Mrs. A. H. Ball, Anderson.
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, Claremont.
Treasurer, Mrs. Mary M. Smith, Public Library,
Riverside.
24. VERMONT
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized June, 1888
President, Mrs. J. H. Babbitt, West Brattleboro.
Secretary, Mrs. M. K. Paine, Windsor.
Treasurer, yirs. 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 508, Denver.
Treasurer, Mrs. Horace Sanderson, 1710 i6th Ave.,
Denver.
26. WYOMING
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION
Organized October, 1888
Reorganized December, 1892
President, Mrs. G. S. Ricker, Cheyenne.
Secretary, Mrs. W. L. Whipple, Cheyenne.
Treas2irer,yixs. H. N. Smith, Rock Springs.
27. 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, Wxs. L. H. Turner, 3112 12th St., Me-
ridian.
29, LOUISIANA
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION
Organized April, 1889
President, Miss Bella Hume, corner Gasquetand
Liberty Sts., New Orleans.
Secretary, Miss Matilda Cabrfere, 152 North Gal-
vez St., New Orleans.
Treasurer, Mrs. C. M. Crawford, Hammond.
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, Mrs. J. E. Moreland, 1214 Grundy St.,
Nashville, Tenn.
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31. NORTH CAROLINA
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION
Organized October, i88g
President^ Mrs. S. S. Sevier, McLeansville.
Secretary J
and \\
Treasurer^ )
Secretary i
and )-MissA. E. Farrington, Oaks.
32. TEXAS
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized March, 1890
President^ Mrs. J. M. Wendelkin, Dallas.
Secretary, Mrs. H. F. Burt, Lock Bo.x 563, Dallas.
Treasurer ,yir%. C. I. Scolield, 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, 1890
President, Mrs. J. W. Thomas, Lansford.
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
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
Organized March, 1891
President, Mrs. A. H. Bradford. Montclair.
Secretary, Mrs. J. D. Hagerman, Montclair.
Treasurer,y\.x%.']. H. Denison, 150 Belleville Ave.,
Newark.
37. UTAH
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION
Organized May, 1S91
Reorganized December. 1892
President, Mrs. W. S. Havvkes, 135 Sixth East
Street, Salt Lake City.
Secretary, Mrs. H. K. Warren, 508 Third South
Street, Salt Lake City.
Treasurer, Mrs. J. D. Nutting, Third North and
Quince Streets, Salt Lake City.
38. INDIAN TERRITORY
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION
Organized April, 1892
President, Mrs. Fayette Hurd, Vinita.
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
President, Mrs. E. H. Ashman, Albuquerque.
Secretary, Mrs. Peter Simpkin, Gallup.
Treasurer, Mrs. Samuel Dilley, White Oaks.
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, Miss Carrie Towner, Custer, Black
Hills, South Dakota.
Treasurer, Miss Grace Lyman, Hot Springs,
Black Hills, South Dakota.
42. IDAHO
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION
Organized May, 1895
President, Mrs. R. B. Wright, Boise.
Secretary, Mrs. E. A. Paddock, Weiser.
Treasurer, Mrs. D. L. Travis, Pocatello.
Rev. T. G. Grassie . . . .^. . .- . . ..... . . .Ashland, Wis
Rev. A. A. Brown
Congregational Home Missionary Society
Field Secretaries
Rev. W. G. PuDDEFOOT, South Framingham, Mass.
Rev. C. W. Shelton, Derby, Conn.
Rev. H. D. WiARD, 153 La Salle St., Chicasro, 111.
Superintendents
Rev. MoRiTZ E. F.VERSZ, D.D., German Department, 153 La Salle St., Chicago, 111.
Rev. S. V. S. Fisher, Scandinavian Department, Minneapolis, Minn.
Rev. Henry A. Schaufflek, D.D., Slavic Department, Cleveland, Ohio.
Rev. Edw. D. CJrtis, D.D Indianapolis, Ind. Rev. W. H. Thrall Huron, S. Dak.
Rev. S. F. Gale Jacksonville, Fla. Rev. H. C. Simmons Fargo, N. Dak!
Rev. J. H. MoRLEV Minneapolis, Minn. Rev. H. Sanderson (Acting) Denver, Col!
Rev. Alfred K. Wray Kansas City, Mo. Rev. W. S. Hawkes Salt Lake City, Utah!
Rev. L. P. P.ROAD Topeka, Kan. Rev. J. K. Harrison San Francisco, Cal!
Rev. E. H. Ashmun Albuquerque, N. M. Rev. James T. Ford Los Angeles, Cal.
Rev. A. J u DSON Bailey Seattle, Wash. Rev. C. F. Clapp Forest Grove, Ore.
• ■••■ Ashland, Wis. Rp„ t W Tonfc: n D J 5" Woodland Terrace,
Black Hills and Wyoming. Rev. 1. W. Jones, D.D -j ^ Philadelphia, Pa.
1 Hot Springs, South Dakota. Rev. W. S. Bell Helena, Men.
Rev. Harmon Bross Lincoln, Neb. Rev. S. C. McDaniel ..Atlanta, Ga.
Rev. S. E. Bassett (Supt. Alabama). .Ft. Valley, Ga. Rev. J. Homer Parker Kingfisher, Okl.
Secretaries and Treasurers
of the Auxiliaries
Rev. Jonathan E. Adams, D.D., Secretary. . .Maine Missionary Society Bangor, Me.
John L. Crosby, Esq., Treasurer " " " Bangor, Me.
Rev. A. T. HiLLMAN, Secretary New Hampshire Home Miss. Society. . . .Concord, N. H.
Hon. Lyman D. Stevens, Treasurer " " " " " Concord, N. H.
Rev. Charles H. Merrill, Secretary .Vermont Domestic " " . . . . St. Johnsbury, Vt.
Wm. C. Tyler, Treasurer , " " " " ....St. !johnsbury, Vt.
Rev. Joshua Coit, Secretary Massachusetts Home " " .... I 9 Cong'l House,
Rev. Edwin B. Palmer, Treasurer " " " " ....( Boston, Mass.
Rev. Alexander McGregor, Secretary Rhode Island " " " ... .Pawtucket, R. I.
Jos. Wm. Rice, Esq., Treasurer " " " " .... Providence, R. I.
Rev. William H. Moore, Secretary Missionary Society of Connecticut Hartford," Conn.
Ward W. Jacobs, Esq., Treasurer " " " Hartford, Conn.
Rev. Ethan Curtis, Secretary New York Home Miss. Society. Syracuse, N. Y.
William Spalding, Treasurer " " " " Syracuse, N. Y.
Rev. J. G. Fraser, D.D. , Secretary Ohio " " " Cleveland, Ohio.
Wm. B. HowLAND, Treasurer " " " " New York City.
Rev. James Tompkins, D.D. , Secretary Illinois " " " I 153 La Salle St.,
Aaron B. Mead, Esq., Treasurer " " " " ( Chicago, III.
Rev. Homer W. Carter, Secretary Wisconsin " " " Beloit, Wis.
C. M. Blackman, Esq., Treasurer " " " " Whitewater, Wis.
Rev. T. G. Douglass, D.D. , Secretary Iowa " " " Grinnell, Iowa.
J. H. Merrill, Esq., Treasurer ,. " " " " Des Moines, Iowa.
Rev. William H. Warren, Secretary Michigan Congregational Association. . . .Lansing, Mich.
Rev. John P. Sanderson, Treasurer " " " Lansing, Mich.
Geo. H. Morgan, Secretary Cong. City Miss. Society St. Louis, Mo.
Rev. Arch'd L. Love, Superintendent " " " " St. Louis, Mo.
Lewis E. Snow, Treasurer " " " " St. Louis, Mo.
Communications
relating to general business of the Society may be addressed to either of the Secretaries for Correspondence.
Communications relating to the Editorial Department of The Home Missionary may be addressed to Rev.
Alex. H. Clapp, D.D. Correspondence of the Woman's Department may be addressed to Mrs. H. S.
Caswell, Bible House, New York.
Donations and Subscriptions
la Drafts, Checks, Registered Letters, or Post-Office Orders may be addressed to Wm. B. Howland,
Treasurer, Bible House, Astor Place, New York.
A PAYMENT OF $50 CONSTITUTES A LIFE MEMBER
Form of a Bequest
I bequeath to my executors the sum of dollars, z'n trusty to pay over the same,
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Contents for January, 1896
PAGE
Mr. Puddefoot's Book 457
Breaking New Ground 458
Further Qualifications of " The
Right Men " 463
For the Silver Circle :
The Widow's Cruse and Barrel. . 468
Items from the Field 472
Annual Conference of Secretaries. . 476
Notes of Long Service in Colorado :
IX. Our Fallen Leader 477
PAGE
A Wide and Needy Field 480
Men Not at Church, and Why
Not 481
Practical Christian Fellowship . . . 484
After the Freeze 485
A Plucky State 485
The Treasury 486
The General Howard Roll cf Honor 487
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Vol. LXVIII
JANUARY, 1896
No. 9
MR. PUDDEFOOT'S BOOK
TS title, "The Minute Man on the Frontier," will recall a
striking article from his pen in The Home Missionary for
November, 1894. It is a volume of thirty-two pages, with
fifteen illustrations (that illustrate), besides a speaking portrait of the
author. Its fair, bright pages
and large, clear, old-style pica
letters are good for aged eyes
in these days of small, worn
type, muddy ink, and spongy
paper. (Its price is $1.25.)
For these mercies thanks to
the publishers, Messrs. Crowell
and Company, 100 Purchase
Street, Boston, and 46 East
Fourteenth Street, New York.
Old friends of Home Mis-
sions will read this book with
intense interest, and new
friends will be made by it
wherever read. One warning
we are in duty bound to give.
Don't take it up with a press-
ing engagement an hour or so
ahead, thinking you can drop
the book at any moment. You
cannot. The chapters are short
and you'll think you can read one more before you go. You'll forget to
look at your watch, and may lose with one more party your reputation
for punctuality. The thousands who, with laughter and tears by turns,
have heard Mr. Puddefoot talk on Home Missions, will find in the book
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the same fascination that held and moved them from the platform. But
the varied beauty of its diction will be a surprise to most. The rheto-
rician may learn from it that in writing for a purpose, as in some othet
things, nature often surpasses art in matters commonly thought to call for
the most consummate artistic skill. Literary execution is a new business
with Mr. Puddefoot; so, instead of worrying over precise conformity to
its rules, he writes as his nature dictates of things he has seen and
known, and a great part of which he was; setting down each event just
as it occurred, portraying people just as they were — :not " working up "
feeling, but so picturing the scene that his reader does the feeling for
himself.
In one sense, however, fortunately for himself and his readers, Mr.
Puddefoot is an "artist." His skill in pencil drawing and water
colors, his keen eye for color and proportion, his sincere love of nature,
have been utilized by him to put hundreds of dollars into the work he
loves. This artistic sense colors his verbal descriptions and directs his
instinctive selection of the choicest words to set before his reader the
very picture the artist sees, and just as he sees it — investing with
beauty scenes that to unillumined eyes are dull, flat, prosaic.
Through the book runs a deep love for, and faith in, the great work
to which the author's life is devoted; and that must be a strangely
made-up being whom the reading does not warmly interest in the
same cause.
For its information on Home Missions — its fields, needs, successes,
promise, obstacles, encouragements, its argument for continuing and
enlarging the work all over our land — we commend the book to our
readers. To justify our hints as to its merits we give in the follow-
ing article one of its chapters, for the use of which, and of the illus-
trations that accompany it, we are indebted to the courtesy of the
publishers.
BREAKING NEW GROUND
By Rev. W. G. Puddefoot, Field Secretary C. H. M. S.
A GRAND sight is " the forest primeval " when the birds fill all its
arches with song, or we sweep through them to the music of sleigh-
bells. A pleasant sight is the farmer, surrounded by his wife and chil-
dren, with well-kept farm, ample barns, and well-fed stock. But what
wild desolation once reigned where now these fine farms are seen!
The great trees stretched on for hundreds of miles. The hardy settler
came with ax and saw and slow-paced oxen, cleared a little space, and
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built a log-hut. For a little time all goes well; then thistles, burdocks,
mulleins, and briers come to pester him and increase his labors. Be-
tween the blackened log-heaps fire-weeds spring up. The man and his
wife grow old fast. Ague shakes their confidence as well as their
bodies. Schools are few, the roads are mere trails.
Then a village starts. First a country store; then a saloon begins
to make its pestilential influence felt. The dance thrives. The chil-
K REARING NEW GROUND
dren grow up strong, rough, ignorant. The justice of the peace mar-
ries them. No minister comes. The hearts once tender and homesick,
in the forest grow cold and hardened. At funerals perhaps a godly
woman offers prayer. Papers are few and poor. Books are very
scarce. In winter the man is far off with his older boys, in the lumber
camps, earning money to buy seed, and supplies for present wants.
The woman pines in her lonely home. The man breaks down prema-
turely. Too many of these pioneers end their days in insane asylums.
It is the third generation which lives comfortably on pleasant farms,
or strangers reap that whereon they bestowed no labor.
This may seem too dark a picture. Song and story have gilded the
pioneer life so that its realities are myths to most people. It is better
when a colony starts with money, horses, books, etc. ; but it is hard
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enough then. Few keep their piety. I visited a community where
nearly every family were church-members in their early homes; but
after twenty years only one family had kept up the fire upon the altar.
It is hard to break up such fallows. How different had a minister gone
with them, and a church been built!
The missionary has different material altogether to work on in the
natural-born pioneer. I visited one family which had a black bear,
two hounds, some pet squirrels, cats, and a canary; over the fire-place
hung rifles, deer-horn, and other trophies of the chase. The man was.
getting ready to move. At first his nearest neighbors were bears
and deer; but now a railway had come — also schools and churches.
He said: " 'Taint like it was at fust; times is hard; have to go miles
for a deer; folks is getting stuck up, wearing biled shirts, getting
spring beds and rockers, and then ye can't do nothin' but someone is
making a fuss. I shall cl'ar out of this! "
And he did, burying himself and family in the depths of the woods.
The homesteader often takes these deserted places, after paying a mere
trifle for the improvements.
Homesteaders are numerous, generally very poor, and are apt to
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have large families. One man who had $800 was looked upon as a
Rothschild. Many families had to leave part of their furniture on the
dock as a pledge of payment for their passage or freight-bill. But
homesteaders or colonists, all must work hard, be strong, live on plain
fare, and dress^ in coarse clothing. The missionary among these people
must do the same. A good brother told me that on a memorable cold
New Year's day he went into the woods to cut stove-wood, taking for
his dinner a large piece of dry bread. By noon it was frozen solid.
"But," said he, "I had good teeth, and it tasted sweet." Another
lived without bread for some time, being thankful for corn-meal.
Those who live far from the railways are often brought to great straits
through stress of weather and the wretched roads. Little can be
raised at first; the work must be done in a primitive way.
As it is with the farmer, so it is with the missionary. The break-
ing of new ground is hard work. Everything at first seems delightful.
The people are glad, " seeing they have a Levite for their priest." They
promise well. The minister starts in with a brave heart, and begins to
underbrush and cut down the giant sins that have grown on such fat
soil. But as they come down he, too, finds the thistles and the mul-
leins; jealousies, sectarian and otherwise, come in and hinder him, and
it is a long, weary way to the well-filled church, the thriving Sunday-
school, and the snug parsonage.
Often he fares like the early farmer. The pioneer preacher is sel-
dom seen in the pretty church, but a man of a later generation. The
old man is alive yet, and perhaps his good wife; but they are plain
folks, and belong to another day. Sometimes they look back with
regret to the very hardships they endured, now transfigured and glori-
fied through the mists of years. Should the reader think the picture
too dark, here are two condensed illustrations from Dr. Leach's " His-
tory of Grand Traverse Region." Remember this was only a few years
ago, and where to-day 70,000 people dwell, on improved farms, and in
villages alive with business, having all the comforts, and not a few of
the luxuries, of civilized life.
In those early days, Mr. Limblin, finding that he had but one bushel
and a half of corn left, and one dollar and a half in money, prevailed
on a Mr. Clark to take both corn and money to Traverse City, thirty
miles away, and get groceries with the money and have the corn ground,
Mr. Clark to have half for the work. One ox was all the beast of
burden they had. Mr. Clark started with the corn on the back of the
ox; about half way he exchanged for a pony and sled for the rest of
the road, leaving the ox with the Indians until his return. On his way
back a fierce snow storm hid the shores of the bay from view. Pres-
ently he came to a wide crack in the ice; his pony, being urged, made
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a spring, but only got his fore-hoofs on the other side. Mr. Clark
sprang over and grasped the pony's ears, but, as he pulled, his feet
slipped, and down he came. His cries brought the Indians, who res-
cued him and the pony. Exhausted, he crawled back to their camp.
But, alas! the corn-meal and groceries were at the bottom of the bay.
A sad scene it was to see his poor wife's tears on his arrival, home.
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A TYi'ICAL LOG-HOUSE
Rev. Peter Daugherty, now of Wisconsin, was the first missionary
in these parts. He once missed his way; and, night coming on, he saw
that he must sleep in the woods. The air was chill. Not daring to
build a fire for fear of the damage it might do to the dry woods, he cast
about for shelter. Spying two headless barrels on the beach, with much
trouble he crawled into them, drawing them as close together as he
could, and so passed the night. He got up early and finished his jour-
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ney. But do we have such places yet ? and does the missionary still
have to expose himself ? Yes, friends, there are scores of such places
in every frontier State and Territory; and strong men are needed
more than ever to break up new ground, and cause the desert and soli-
tary places to be glad and blossom as the rose. Send us such men!
FURTHER QUALIFICATIONS OF "THE RIGHT MEN"
CoNTiN-uiNG the suggestions to which our readers' attention was
asked in our issue for last month, pages 420-425, we name another
requisite of success in home missionary work:
7. Versatility. — It is well for the work that the Master has called
into it so many men trained in families of moderate pecuniary means (or
which, if they had money, had common sense, too), so that they were early
accustomed to shift for themselves and to find or make a way of doing
anything that needs to be done. And of things that do "need to be
done" in a new settlement, with as yet few or no skilled mechanics,
the missionary finds an endless variety. He is in the very paradise of
the " Jack-at-all-trades." The proverbial Yankee knack at getting out
of tight places he finds the value of, not more in the promotion of his
own and his family's comfort than in the favor it wins from his neigh-
bors. He who, without neglecting his ministry, but in a way helpful to
it, can give practical lessons in selecting land, building a sod-house or
log-cabin, rearing, training, and doctoring cattle, raising, gathering,
preserving, and profitably selling crops, making and repairing farming
implements, mending stoves, clocks, furniture, garments, or kitchen-
ware, hasn't to wait for an introduction nor long for a cordial welcome.
Let his wife have a like gift at making things ship-shape, and they will
command the loft of some settler's log-hut even where there is neither
cabin nor room "to let." The most unbelieving and churlish of hosts
admits that " them Yankees are a handy couple to have in the house;"
and they will not be there long before they'll find the way through the
tough briers into his heart. When such a missionary calls the people
around the door or under a tree for Sabbath service, they come — come
expecting something practical and useful, plainly and lovingly told; and
they get it.
So when, with ax, plane, or trowel in hand, he says, " Come, let us
build a house for the Lord," though it be months or years before
another would have dared to suggest it, he finds "the people have a
mind to work." When they see him laying the foundation wall, build-
ing the pulpit or shingling the roof, his wife, meanwhile, nailing the
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laths, or contriving shades for the southern windows, they do not stand
by idle; nor when the house is completed do they leave him to preach
to empty pews.
Many a man who wouldn't like to be called effeminate, and is not so,
has found himself sorely put to it in some of those frontier emergencies
which their more fully initiated brethren look upon as giving to life a
pleasant spice of variet3^ Mired in a "slough," out of depth in ford-
ing a river, miles from help with a parted harness or a broken axle, lost
on an unknown prairie in a blinding blizzard on a starless night, fodder-
ing the last cornstalk, burning the last fagot, eating the last loaf — these
experiences wear very different aspects to different men. To one they
are calamities before which he stands helpless; another sees in them
some ludicrous side and enjoys beforehand the little joke with which
he'll meet his family or his brethren.
And when the more serious experiences, the real calamities, do come
— the burning of the little home, with its family stores, its few precious
books, its manuscripts, fruits of years of wearing mental toil; the anx-
ious sickness, the dying children or wife, or even the finding, as the
Rev. John M. Ellis found on returning from a missionary tour, that his
wife and two children, his entire household, had during his absence been
swept away by cholera — the mind that has learned to ward off so many
trials, the heart that has cheerfully borne such as could not be pre-
vented or remedied, will know where to go with these. While another
wrings his hands in despair, faith lifts his to the great Consoler. The
character is compacted, the soul is sanctified by such trials, submis-
sively borne for the Master's sake. Blessed are they whom Christ
makes willing to pay the cost of such a gain!
8. We scarcely need to say, in the next place, that this Versatility,
with the qualities named before it, greatly needs to be under the control
and guidance of Common Sense. This is the faculty which so many
lack — of understanding and molding all sorts of men; of adapting one's
self and others to all sorts of circumstances; of readily seeing and mak-
ing others see, the best time and way of doing things. Not that narrow
shrewdness, certainly not that sharp cunning, sometimes falsely called
common sense, which undertakes the work after methods of worldly
policy; but the large, roundabout sagacity which wisely plans, arranges
and executes the proper missionary work in Christ's own spiritual
methods; that practical sense or tact which prevents the loss of precious
power through an unfortunate bearing of one's self; a misapprehension
of others, an injudicious choice of times and methods, a wrong presen-
tation of motives, too great or too little earnestness in pressing desired
issues. Indeed, there are few qualities that a Home Missionary cannot
more safely want than genuine, sanctified common sense. It makes a
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little of any other good quality go a great way; while for lack of it,
some of the best things, as afifluent learning, purest intentions, and even
sincere piety, in some conditions lose half their pi^ctical value.
Profound learning may effectively deal with the trained unbeliever;
the gentleness of love may disarm the violent opposer; but one wants
something more — is it not this rare and precious quality which we call
common sense ? — to deal wisely with, say, the apostate lost to self-
respect, embittered toward the very name of religion, the church, the
minister: himself, perhaps, once a "minister" of one of the countless
sects, fallen through dishonesty, intemperance, impurity; now a curse to
the little community the missionary is seeking to save, and him with it.
Is it with learning that the sensible worker proposes to meet and
confute the hordes of ignorant preachers, very popular in some parts of
the West ? — like the " Hardshell " whose sermon one of our home mis-
sionary brethren reported; a sermon in all sincerity describing the
Home Missionary Society as "one of the scorpions spoken of in the
Revelation; of which scorpion the missionaries were the tails, and tracts
were the stings therein!"
Great learning might be thrown away on him, and yet as the next
requisite of the utmost importance to our work we name
9. Thorough Culture. — The notion is too prevalent that in the
new, and especially the newest West and South there is little call for
this; while the fact is there are few men who may not more safely
dispense with thorough intellectual culture than the Home Missionary.
Of course, we are speaking not of the showy acquisitions which with
some get the name of "culture," but of the athletic mental training
and substantial furnishing that prepare a man for work rather than
display.
Of the men, native and foreign, who have gone far to make new
homes and new States, a large share are men who do their own thinking
— crudely often, but vigorously and independently. They have opin-
ions on most subjects, and dare to state them. In very raw and rough
settlements may be found men educated in the best universities of
Europe. The young Andover graduate, Joseph Ward, who gathered
the first Congregational church in Dakota, a Territory then scarcely
wrested from the Indians, found in his little Yankton audience seven
college graduates — more than would be found in most Eastern congre-
gations many times the size of his. Without books, lyceums, lectures,
and the like, new settlers run to talk. They are fond of discussion and
become apt at it. Religion attracts its full share of debate, if not of
reverence, and the minister must look well to himself who would heed
the injunction, "Let no man despise thee." Liable any day and any-
where to meet some vulgar scoffer of the Tom Paine school, a ration-
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alist from some German University, a brawling Mormon, a cunning
Romanist, or a renegade from five or twenty sects, the utter hypocrisy
of which he professed to have learned before he " fell from grace" in
them all, one by one — what branch of knowledge is there for which our
young friend may not have occasion? What weapon of the skilled
scholar may he not use to advantage? A thorough knowledge of human
nature he must have; quickness to discern men's characteristics and
tendencies; acquaintance with the numberless systems and phases of
belief and unbelief, new and old, represented around him. Specially
does he need to be mighty in the Scriptures, acquainted with the best
results of Biblical scholarship, able to defend the essential doctrines of
the Gospel against all comers. Above all, he wants to have his weapons
ready, his facts at hand; his clinching arguments not carefully laid
away in drawers of manuscript, but all at the tip of his tongue and
fingers, ready at an instant's notice. Whether it be the knowledge
gained in schools, in solitary study, or the haunts of busy men, the
readiest command of his stores he must have who would successfully
cope with all the phases of mind and character that the Home Mission-
ary encounters.
And of all men has not he the most vital need of that peculiar
culture, both of mind and heart, that comes from intimate prayerful
communion with the great Teacher — that training of the spirit which
enriches and sanctifies all other culture? Of all men has he not need to
be the most profoundly a man of prayer? Queen Mary, our readers
will remember, " would rather encounter an army of twenty thousand
men than the prayers of John Knox in the pulpit." The Home Mis-
sionary has to meet enemies of the truth not a whit less bitter in spirit
than the bloody queen. And amidst such opposition think what he is
doing — laying the foundation of many generations ; planning, working,
leading others in matters so vital to human walfare as are schools,
libraries, various charitable, beneficent, reformatory instrumentalities
which shall combine and wisely use the talents, acquisitions, and prac-
tical wisdom of the best men around him, and which, to prosper, must
be so started as to secure the interest and cooperation of their like-
minded successors for generations to come! xA.nd, more than any and
all of these, he is planting and training our free evangelical churches —
churches that evermore make their appeal to all that is best, and give
scope and use to all that is best in the best men. Has not one coming
under such responsibility to his country and his age — to all countries
and all ages; this organizer of society, this builder of institutions — has
he not need of all the wisdom that the best and largest human culture
can garner, all that Heaven will graciously bestow on the desirous,
praying, consecrated soul?
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And now is it not clearly evident that all these important qualifica-
tions— true Christian culture, sanctified common sense, versatility,
proper self-reliance — with the cheerful temperament and tireless activity
that come with vigorous health and youth, important as they are to the
outdoor, everyday work of the missionary, have their value multiplied
manifold when viewed with reference to his chief work, that of
PREACHING? As wc havc all along insisted, and should never forget,
the one object of our home missionary work, to which all other objects
are subsidiary, is the bringing of souls to Christ through the preaching
of his Gospel. It is Christ's method. We have no confidence in any
other. We will use no other. An educated, pious, consecrated minis-
try with a call to preach the Gospel, with gifts and acquisitions fitting
them to preach the Gospel and thereby teaching men, to save them —
this is our instrumentality.
Effective preachers of the Gospel the Society needs and seeks for
its work. Few of our mature readers need to be taught what are the
requisites to success in preaching. In its great essentials, the human
heart is ever and everywhere the same; and the preaching which God
owns and blesses at the East he owns and blesses at the West and the
South — that which simply, directly, and earnestly sets forth the funda-
mental doctrines of Christianity, in their just proportions and relations
to each other, building evermore on the foundation of prophets and
apostles, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner-stone. The story
of the Cross, told out of a sincere, loving heart that has felt and feels
the saving power of that old, old story — this the renewing Spirit makes
" the power of God unto salvation," whether it be told at the East, the
West, or the South; in Boston, in India, or in Utah. Yet "he that
winneth souls is wise." And there are obvious differences of mental
structure and training, differences of condition and circumstances,
which the wise preacher will carefully regard in settling the manner
and methods of his preaching.
In these new fields preaching should be eminently practical; these
doctrines should be made to appear as they are, not dry abstractions
for scholastic discussion, but more nearly and vitally related than any
other truth can be to all human experience, character, and life. They
should be preached lovingly and winningly, for where men hear not as
a matter of course, but must be drawn to the preacher if they come at
all, they must feel that he is their friend, seeking their best good.
They must see that he is "in dead earnest," or they'll hear him but
once; that he is preaching from within, his actual experience, not matter
gleaned from books for purposes of Sundav rehearsal. They must see
that he knows his message is true, precious, and potent; that he is press-
ing it on them for just one object — their conversion to God, the radical
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change of their entire character, life, and destiny. The Home Mission-
ary will do well to preach no sermon till, like Christmas Evans, the
Welsh preacher, he has " taken the text up into his heart," as he called
it, by prayer and intense reflection, with a wrestling that seemed to
strain every faculty of soul and body. Nor let him deliver it till, as
Schwartz was wont to do, he has said to himself on entering the pulpit:
" My soul, remember what it cost Jesus Christ to save you." Then his
discourse, like theirs, will fall upon his hearers as the living truth of one
who has talked with God, or just come from the eternal world and
familiar with its realities.
Simple, direct, variously illustrated, sharply aimed, growing out of
and meant for these times and not for those of the poor belabored Jews
of 'old; meant for the men before him and not for the Pharisees of
Christ's time — this is the preaching for our home missionary fields; the
very preaching that our Savior, if we prayerfully ask him, will enable
us to give them.
FOR THE SILVER CIRCLE
By Mrs. H. M. Union
The Widow's Cruse and Barrel
The following message will be intelligible when you know that the
Minnesota Association graciously offered to the women one hour on their
own programme in the interests of the Woman's Home Missionary Union:
" Dear Mrs. Union ; — Please give us for this occasion a fifteen-minute paper on
Home Missions. Choose your own way of putting it. , .SVc. "
About this time my attention had been arrested by these words of
Dean Stanley :
" UnbeHef puts circumstances between the soul and God ;
Faith puts God between the soul and circumstances."
I decided to take for my subject " Circumstances," and thus 1 spoke :
Let me tell you of something that happened in a little historic town
delightfully situated on a wooded sea-coast, — but, alas ! the inhabitants
could only echo the moan,
" Water, water, everj'where,
Nor any drop to drink,"
for the springs were dried up, the brooks and rivers had become beds
of stone, the trees were withered, the grass had vanished, the heavens
had become as brass, and the earth as iron. In fact, the whole country
was suffering from a terrible drought.
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The mountain pioneer, who had been sent by God to this stricken,
heathen town upon the sea-coast, was a true messenger. He bravely
shared the sufferings of the people, and regarded this painful visitation
as his opportunity in a godless community. This man would have im-
pressed you as a person of marked individuality. He was a rough, plain-
spoken, fleet-footed mountaineer, who was not afraid to call sin sin, and
denounce the sin in terms not to be misunderstood. Like Luther, he
" was capable of waxing to a white heat, and then hurling the bolts of his
mighty anger out of the fire."
But while our pioneer was thus faithfully and fearlessly giving the
Divine message, hunger and exposure had been doing their work, and one
day he sat down by the roadside quite overcome by a sense of physical
exhaustion. Not far away, a woman was gathering a few sticks with
which to kindle a fire and prepare her last meal, for she, too, was a famine
sufferer. Her attention was arrested by a voice — faint and weak : " Fetch
mo, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink." She turned
and beheld our exhausted mountaineer, and recognized in the gaunt,
rough-looking figure by the roadside, worn with travel and famine and
fatigue and drought, the man who had given the Divine message. With the
natural instinct of humanity, she was about to try to minister to one who
suffered as she was suffering, when her attention was painfully arrested by
another cry from those white lips. " Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of
bread in thine hand." Bread ! Ah, the man did not know that they were
starving — she and her boy — that with the very last handful of meal she
was about to prepare the very last mouthful of food, which could only
prolong the agony a few hours at the most. She turned, and cried out in
the bitterness of her suffering heart :
"As the Lord thy God liveth " — poor soul ! she could not claim the
dear comfort of saying, ^' my God" — ''as the Lord thy God liveth, I
have not a cake, but an handful of meal in the barrel, and a little oil in
the cruse ; and, behold ! I am gathering two sticks that I may go in and
dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die."
And the rough man said to her in gentle tones : " Fear not ; go and
do as thou hast said ; but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it
forth unto me, and afterward make for thee and for thy son."
Ah, what a test ! Remember, she had no sweet promise of God hidden
in her heart to sustain her at this trying moment. Could she do it?
Ought she to do it ? Ought she to minister to God's messenger before
providing for her famished boy, her only son ? All the instincts of the
mother-heart rebelled against it ; and this was the only cake, the last
mouthful. The man said, " Fear not," but what assurance had she that
she need not fear ?
Dear, bewildered soul ! Yet, how often have you and I, even in the
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radiance of Gospel light, been torn in spirit by the same pitiful question-
ings, as we, too, reach out after things seen and sure, forgetting that true
faith is the evidence of things not seen here and now, but, blessed be God !
"eternal in the heavens."
The man of God noted her hesitation and took into account the dark-
ness of her mind. How could she trust blindly in a God of whom she
knew almost nothing? He must help her. Although a heathen woman,
she had heard something about the powerful God of the neighboring
Israelites. So this wise worker used this one ray of light to open her
eyes to more wondrous things.
" Jehovah," said he, " the Holy One, the mighty One, the wonderful
provider, the powerful God of Israel, of whose marvelous works you have
heard — this mighty Jehovah says to you, If you will but listen and obey
— ' The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail,
until the day that the Lord sendeth rain upon the earth.' "
Not one word of this remarkable promise was lost upon the wonder-
ing woman, and, by an act of supreme faith, she put her trust, first in the
holy man, and then in his God. Without a moment's hesitation, she
added the necessary works to her faith. She went at once into the house ;
she poured the last drop of oil into the last handful of meal, and prepared
the last cake for God's messenger. We can imagine how this mother
avoided the hungry eyes of her boy, as she turned from him to save the
life of the exhausted prophet. But what a reward awaited this act of
faith ! While multitudes perished with hunger in that famine-stricken
country, from this hour until the end of the drought her barrel of meal
wasted not, neither did her cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the
Lord.
Does any one doubt that every incident of this remarkable story was
in God's plan for those two people ? Suppose that Elijah, or the woman,
through pride or unbelief or self-interest, had chosen to put forth hinder-
ing hands and interfered with God's plan for them. Would he have per-
mitted it ? We learn by the word that he may, that he does permit such
interference, but oh, at what a terrible, terrible loss to the human being
who thus sets up his own will and his own plan for himself against God's
will and God's plan for him !
Suppose Elijah had said, " I will perish by the roadside, but I will not
ask bread of a starving woman ! " Would not he have defeated God's
plan for him ? Suppose the woman had reversed the order of her obe-
dience, and yielding to nature's call had supplied her own need first, and
then trusted for more oil and meal for a second cake. Would there have
been a second cake ? Would not she have defeated God's plan for her ?
But no — these two people simply obeyed the word of the Lord ; the
prophet did as he was told, although to the human vision the " circum-
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stances " were all against him ; but he looked beyond circumstances to
the God of circumstances, and here let me remind you of our subject :
" Unbelief puts circumstances between the soul and God ;
Faith puts God between the soul and circumstances."
The woman simply believed and obeyed in the face of the most painful
circumstances. She was asked for all she had. She gave it, and received
in return a promise. This is God's law.
Had this woman lived in the nineteenth century, she might have said :
*' It is my duty to care for myself and my own first, under any circum-
stances ; and it is plainly evident that with but a handful of meal in the
house, I am in a condition to receive rather than to give." How this
spirit of the nineteenth century hinders God's work ! Let it never be
said of us by him through whom we can do all things : I can do no mighty
work in them, or through them, or by them, because of their unbelief and
self-indulgence. Let us remember our Lord's words : "All things are
possible to him that believeth."
Shall we find another lesson in this story? The prophet said, " Bring
me a little cake first.'' God wants the first from tis. He wants the first
hour of each new day. To one who does not know the joy of spending
the morning hour with God in reverent waiting for the morning message,
we would say :
" Miss thou all else, but fail not thou of this :
Thou need'st not all alone thy burdens bear ;
Listen and wait ; obey, and learn his will ;
His love and service all thy life shall fill."
Young people, God wants the best, the brightest, the freshest years
of your life. There is no such thing on record as a regret at having
entered the Divine service too young.
God wants the first of our earnings, whether through physical, mental,
or spiritual effort. He wants the first of our silver and gold. Sometimes
we forget, and use the first of our time, talents, silver, and gold for our
own gratification, and grudgingly tithe the remainder for him.
One more lesson from the story of the woman of Zarephath. That
magic cruse was never full. Chrysostom says, " The Lord fed the widow's
cruse with oil just so long as she found other vessels into which it could
be poured. When these failed, the supply ceased." So it was only as
she used the oil for others, that it was supplied to her. Suppose she had
begun to hoard it for another drought. The fresh, sweet oil would have
become a poison to all who had to do with it. It was the daily using,
you observe, in obedience to the Divine command that kept the cruse in
fresh oil, and the barrel in sweet meal.
Do we find a type in this magic cruse — a type of God's treasury?
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We pour the stream of golden oil into it only to pour it out again for his
own work. The treasury cruse was never meant to be full. There is no
use for the golden oil in the cruse. Diffusion is the law in missions.
"■ Give my Gospel to every creature," Said Christ ; and if, in simple obe-
dience to his word, we pour our offerings into his treasury, he will see to
it that the sacred cruse fails not until the dawn of that day when there
shall be no more need to send the Gospel message for all ; for all shall
know the Lord our God from the least even to the greatest.
ITEMS FROM THE FIELD
What He Lacks. — The work here moves slowly for lack of Ameri-
can people. Yet to give it up would be to leave a whole half-county
without an evangelical minister. — Missouri.
Hard Work. — It is not easy work in a poor, struggling, and ill-situ-
ated church like ours. It is said that Mr. Spurgeon once expressed his
gratitude that he was the minister of a large church, saying he did not
think he had the talent to lead a small charge. — Pennsylvania.
Giving till They Feel It. — It is only by great self-denial and
self-sacrifice that some of our members do what they do — some going
without butter and others denying themselves things they really need,
in order to give more to the support of the church. Most of the mem-
bers here give out of their poverty, and they are blessed in their giving.
We greatly need the outpouring of the Holy Spirit; and we are praying
for it, working for it, and expecting it. — Minnesota.
Opening up. — I feel that the Lord has been with us in the work, in
view of the fact that Congregationalism is a new factor in religious
operations of this community, being until lately unknown here. A few
years ago myself and wife were the only Congregationalists in this
section. Hence I begin to believe that our cause will grow here even
though the Master may call me to another field of labor. — Georgia.
Rebuffed. — The other day I was trying to get some money to
buy a lamp for the church, and went to the principal business man of
the town to see what he would do for us. He refused point blank to
give a thing, and he is a specimen of too many of our moneyed men
here. But we have much that is encouraging, much to be thankful for.
While there are so many opposers, there are others who love God and
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his truth, and who really want and try to do better. These it is a
pleasure to help and work for; they are really the salvation of the place.
Others are beginning to take hold and are willing to do what they can.
This is encouraging. — Ores^on.
Glad in His Work. — With many things to grieve us in our Western
country missionary life, we have very many more to gladden our hearts.
Our Sunday evening congregation is composed largely of young men,
perhaps an average of thirty, all away from the restraints of home, but
some mothers and fathers are praying for them. While the responsi-
bility is great, it is a blessed work to preach to these the truth, and reach
out to them the hand of welcome. — Colorado.
Pinched. — What will be done in this year of great scarcity of home
missionary money is hard to say. I shall probably have to take another
church on my hands, or find a new field, or devise some other way to
add to my income if I remain here; for without home missionary aid
these churches will not pay enough to support a family and give any
educational advantages beyond the village school, or even without that
if. there are several of them. — Michigan.
Among the Germans. — The German part of our work has been
carried on with pleasing success. Some of them come from three, four,
and more miles to every service, and they have done it all through the
winters, when the roads were absolutely impassable for wagons and they
were compelled to come all the way on foot. The lack of spirituality
among our German friends here is by no means as great as among the
English. The time will come when all our people here shall rejoice in
the blessings of the Christian relis^ion. — Ores:on.
Hampered by Sickness. — We have been greatly hindered in our
work by sickness. Typhoid and scarlet fever and diphtheria have been
so prevalent that our public schools had to close. This, of course, has
made great inroads on our church and Sunday-school attendance; yet
the spiritual interest is greater than it has been heretofore. — Indiana.
Remembered Experience. — When I get troubled about delayed
answers to prayer, I fall back on an experience I had in Wisconsin some
three years ago. Our church home was at last finished, but we were
short of an organ. We did not see any way to raise money for it except
through the ladies of the Sewing Society. But the Lord says if we
take all things to him in prayer we shall receive. We had been asking
the Lord to help us in some way to get an organ in the church before
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we dedicated. One evening I went to the post-office, and as I stepped
out a good old man said to me, " Good evening; you are just the man
I want to see." He asked me to come inside, and there handed me a
check, saying, " Here is a check for $100, to be used in your new
church building." — H. P.
Immigration Problems. — There is no question more important
facing any people than this "Modern Migration of Nations" facing
the Christian churches of the United States. Let us concjuer them for
Jesus of Nazareth; and it is time that it should be done, or they will
conquer us. Just think of about 100,000 people in and around Pennsyl-
vania not only not able to read, but, with a few exceptions, without
literature in their language or dialect, and there are coming more and
more of them; and although perhaps they stay here no more than four
or five years, the majority of them, scores of thousands of them, do stay
ten years and become voters — think of it! I know how to defend my
home and family from robbers. I can be on the lookout for them. But
how can you and I defend our homes and dear ones from these votes,
and the influence of this ignorance and superstition? — Pennsylvania.
Sunday Sports. — I have been disappointed in the matter of attend-
ance at the services, frequent storms having often kept the people away
from church. I thought the fine weather would bring fuller congrega-
tions, but soon found that Sunday is the favorite day here for picnics.
It has greatly troubled me to see and hear of parties, including Chris-
tians, going off on Sunday to fish and pick berries. Children who would
otherwise have been in Sunday-school have been taken out by parents
and friends. One Sunday, at the time of our evening service, a
number of prominent citizens held a caucus to nominate a ticket for the
town election. — Montana.
Word comes to us from our coal mine missionary. Rev. James
Hayes, of the dedication of the new church there which has arisen as by
miracle from the ashes of the old one; also of the dedication of a new
church at Caseyville, and the dedication anew of the church at Car-
donia, which has been remodeled and has had a reading-room attached.
"This," writes the preacher, "has meant hard work all summer, but
oh, how we do appreciate our church home again at Coal Bluff! It is a
gem of which the miners are proud. We expect that many precious
souls will be led to the Savior here." — Indiana.
Praying for Their Teacher. — It was a blessing to be in prayer-
meeting last evening when two of our young men prayed earnestly for
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the salvation of their Sunday-school teacher. He is a man about sixty,
well instructed in the Bible, but a backslider from religion, though
always attending church and Sunday-school, and maintaining a good
character. He admitted to his schplars (young men from twenty to
thirty years of age) that he could not explain the lesson as he would,
on account of his denial of, or rather of not confessing Christ publicly,
and at last he asked them if they ever prayed for him individually.
They made up their minds to do so, and last evening one of them even
mentioned his name in his prayer. May God hear and answer their
prayers ! — Pennsylvania.
Narrow Quarters. — About thirty families have come to us, and we
did hope to build in the fall, but the hard times prevented. So we had
to build a shanty of rough lumber, 14 x 30 feet, eight feet high, with a
flat roof. Our benches seat one hundred and twenty, and the rest, have
to stand or take a flat seat — on the floor. We hope to build something
better in the spring. — Colorado.
Still Shifting. — We have been favored by the addition of a few
new families, but have lost several by removals. Such is the ever-
changing life of the West. Nine have been added to our membership
this quarter. — Minnesota.
A Needed but Sad Vacation. — This report is delayed from the
fact that I have taken my first vacation in eighteen years of work in
Nebraska. The first of September, by advice and consent of the people,
supplemented by a thirty-dollar donation, I drove with my wife and
daughter 240 miles to visit a married daughter. Driving saved expense
and enabled us to visit friends on the way. Our son-in-law was taken
ill three days after our arrival, and after eighteen days' suffering was
called home. Our daughter in her sorrow needed father and mother as
never before, so we staid until last week to comfort her as best we could
and help her to settle the affairs of her husband. — Nebraska.
" In Prison and Ye Came." — I am reaping great spiritual benefit
from my services at the jail. The boys are shackled, hands and feet, and
in a cell about 4x8 feet. Oh, how depressed they are ! " One week," they
say, " is like a month ; we wish that we could be liberated for a day to feel
the rays of the sun." I am the only one that visits them ; have only
missed one Sunday in the quarter. The week goes away far better when
the monotony is broken by a religious service. They practice the hymns
during the week, and many a good season we have had. Some of the
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men are well educated. One is a prominent young man from a distant
city, but he is not anxious for his friends to know his whereabouts. —
South Dakota.
T^A^ENTY-THIRD ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF
SECRETARIES
The Conference of Secretaries of State Congregational Home Mis-
sionary Societies Auxiliary to the Congregational Home Missionary
Society convened for its twenty-third annual meeting in the Congrega-
tional House, Boston, Mass., at 9 a.m., Tuesday, October 29, 1895. There
were present :
Rev. Jonathan E. Adams, Acting 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 McGregor, 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 Horrie Missionary Society ; Rev. Delavan L.
Leonard, Acting Secretary of the Ohio Home Missionary Society ; also,
by invitation :
Rev. William Kincaid, Secretary of the Congregational Home Mission-
ary Society ; Rev. Moritz E. Eversz, Superintendent German Depart-
ment, Congregational Home Missionary Society ; Rev. Charles W. Shelton
and Rev. William G. Puddefoot, Field Secretaries of the same ; Rev.
Henry C. Simmons, Superintendent, North Dakota.
Mr. Adams was made chairman, and Mr. Moore secretary. Prayer
was offered by Mr. Leonard. Messrs. Merrill and Curtis were made a
Committee on Business.
The report of the treasurer was made and accepted. The report of
the registrar was made and accepted, and topics contained in it were re-
ferred to the Committee on Business.
Mr. Moore was made registrar and treasurer for 1 895-1898. The
Committee on Business made a report, which was accepted, and topics
were considered, as follows :
1. To what extent should dependent churches be self-governing?
2. What are the results to date of the Howard appeal ?
3. The proposed changes in the terms of the January Convention.
At 12.30 a recess was taken till 2.
4. (At 2.) To what extent should home missionary money be used
in enterprises of uncertain issue?
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5. How shall we Congregationalize ministers who come to us from
other denominations ?
6. How many effective and available Congregational ministers in your
field are unemployed ?
7. Have you any light on the out-district problem ?
8. The proposed joint annual meetings of the six societies.
9. The employment of male and female lay evangelists in destitute
places.
At 5, adjourned till 9 a.m.
Wednesday, October 30. — At 9 a.m. prayer was offered by Mr.
Merrill.
10. Statements of the condition of the work and field were given for
the following States : Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hamp-
shire, North Dakota, Ohio, and Vermont.
The minutes were approved, and it was voted that they be offered for
publication in The Home Missionary.
Prayer was offered by Mr. Coit, and at 11.30 the body adjourned to
meet at the same place at 9 a.m., Tuesday, October 27, 1896.
William H. Moore, Registrar.
NOTES OF LONG SERVICE IN COLORADO
By Rev. Roselle T. Cross, York, Nebraska
IX. — Our Fallen Leader
In November, 1879, the meeting of the State Association convened
with the church of Colorado Springs. It was one of the largest meet-
ings we had ever held,. and it was one of the best, no shadow of com-
ing affliction falling upon it. All the churches were represented, and
all the pastors but one were present. The number of active churches
in the State had doubled during the preceding year. Professor B. told
about the new educational work that had been started in New Mexico;
a report of the condition of the college was given; an exceedingly
interesting meeting of the Woman's Missionary Society was held, and
there were other interesting features. But the chief interest of the
meeting centered in the report of Superintendent Pickett. He com-
manded the closest attention of the audience as he spoke for more than
an hour, his soul all on fire with apostolic zeal. He told of his work
in the Black Hills, where seven churches had been organized, five
pastors secured, four church buildings and three parsonages erected, an
academy founded, an association of the churches and a Bible society
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organized. He gave a thrilling description of the condition of things at
Leadville and of his recent trip East, where he had secured $1,200 for
the church at that place. Never had the progress of the work in the
Rocky Mountains seemed more gratifying, and all rejoiced in it. One
topic was postponed in order to offer special prayer for the home mis-
sionary work.
On Saturday afternoon the delegates were taken on an excursion to
Cheyenne Canon, and on Monday they went to the Garden of the Gods
and to other points of interest around Manitou, a lunch being fur-
nished in one of the large hotels by the ladies of the new church at
that place.
At the communion service, Sunday morning, thirteen new members
were received into the church. In the afternoon the church was crowded
for the dedication service, which consisted in part of five six-minute
talks on the relation of the church building to public worship, to the
prayer-meeting, to the Sunday-school, to social gatherings, and to
reform movements. The dedication hymn was written by the pastor.
One thousand dollars were called for to pay off the debt, and the con-
gregation responded with fourteen hundred. At a missionary meeting
in the evening the Superintendent presented the claims of the church
at Leadville, and a collection was taken of $130 for that cause. It
showed the hearty, loving interest which the people took in the work
at large, and the confidence which they had in their leader in that work.
No one had enjoyed the meetings more than that leader, and no
one had contributed more than he to their interest. On the Tuesday
following he left for the work at Leadville, which had then no pastor.
Wednesday and Thursday he spent in Denver, raising money for the
Leadville church, writing many letters in its behalf, and leading the
prayer-meeting at the First Church. On Thursday night he took the
South Park train for Leadville. His last word home was on a postal
card as follows: " On cars, South Park, midst of snow storm. Hope
to get over range without trouble. Love to all of you, John, George,
Eddie, wife.— J. W. P."
At the end of the railroad fourteen passengers took the stage to
cross the Park Range. It was storming hard, but they voted to go on;
and the best driver was selected to guide the six horses over that high
mountain pass in the snow storm. Mr. Pickett generously gave up his
inside seat and was riding outside with the driver. It was very cold,
and he was strapped into the boot in such a way that he expressed fears
for the result in case the stage should go over. The range was crossed
in a fearful storm, and crossed with no more trouble than a few delays
on account of some stalled freight teams. But on account of those
delays darkness came on before they were fairly down in the valley of
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the Arkansas. In going down a little hill the wheels of the stage sud-
denly slid; the brake, clogged with snow, was applied in vain, and the
coach suddenly went over. Mr. Pickett fell under it and was killed, his
neck probably being broken. He was caught up to be forever with his
Lord, to tread with many loved ones the Delectable Mountains of
Paradise, on which no storm ever rages.
" ' He is dead among the mountains ! ' — thus the ringing message sped,
And a thousand hearts' deep fountains stirred with grief, and tears were shed ;
And the Eastland and the Westland felt a loss beyond repair
When they knew the dreadful jnessage, when they knew the dead was there."
On Saturday night, late in the evening, the writer received a tele-
gram announcing the sad news and requesting him to inform the family.
Never did he and President Tenney, who went with him, have a sadder
task to perform than to waken that family from their sleep and tell
them the dreadful news. When the widow was told that there was an
important message for her, she instantly surmised what it was. She
dressed, and then knelt and prayed for strength before going down-
stairs. When she came down Mr. Tenney said to her: " Your pastor has
come with sad news." " What is it ? " said she; " is it Mr. Pickett ? "
" It is well with him now," was the answer; and she knew it all. She
knew before she was told that her unselfish husband, while riding out-
side with the driver, had been killed, when others had the warmer
inside seats. Very sad was the congregation that gathered in the new
church the next morning. The gloomy clouds and the chilly air helped
to emphasize the great contrast between that Sunday and the preced-
ing one. The minister could hardly preach; for though in one sense
he had been the superintendent's pastor, yet he felt that in a larger
sense Mr. Pickett was his pastor, and the loss moved him deeply. An
informal memorial service was held in the evening. Services were held
over the remains in Leadville, and then they were sent to the family.
The funeral sermon was preached on Thursday.
The spirit in which Mr. Pickett wroifght, and which made him so
successful in his work and so beloved by his brethren and by the
churches, is indicated by the following extract from one of his annual
reports:
" The work before us is so plain and simple that we cannot mistake
it. Courage, courage, faith and courage to do great things for God;
a complete resting of the individual life in the divine life, till the soul
throbs and thrills with God's mighty purpose in the world's redemption
and rises from this baptism of power to undertake with inexpressible
thankfulness and joy the hardest service for Christ, assured of the
hundred-fold of richest reward."
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A WIDE AND NEEDY FIELD
This county may seem to need relocatino^. as our miners say of neg-
lected claims. Certain it is that I know of no other regular pastor or
missionary in this giant county, with a circumference of 480 miles, except
brother M on the railroad in the extreme south, and two or three
Campbellite farmers who occasionally occupy the schoolhouses. This
region supports a growing population of small farmers — " ranchers" — and
a variable number of miners. I say variable, but a new mining excite-
ment may break out a hundred miles away and still be in the same county.
Where every valley is a law unto itself, and every surrounding mountain
range is a barrier against the great, busy world, it is difficult to character-
ize the work as a whole, further than to say that all are poor and conse-
quently becoming ignorant. The legal three months of school are the
rule, and a total failure of funds no exception. But it is in just such
unfortunate secluded valleys that the pioneer preacher is welcomed ;
partly, perhaps, because he is a vara avis, but more because there is a
genuine hunger for the good news. In such places five Sunday-schools
have been visited, while two others bid fair to obtain recognition, if some
about here can be led to see that He who appeared to Christ on the
Mount is the same who appeared to Mo.ses.
As to the work here a whole historical volume might be written. Of
the past, suffice it to say that when I came and immediately applied for a
commission, I reported honestly enough thirty members. Upon investi-
gating and "boiling down," I find sixteen. The fault lay in half-kept
records. But the faithful few are an earnest band, whose aim henceforth
is not to tease half-Christians to join a dying cause, but to build up from
within, by the help of Him who worketh from within, a body of Christ
worth belonging to.
Novelty is the word which works wonders with the non-Christian
element, for, as in Athens, sitting in the accumulated dust of her ancient
glory, hearing and telling new things is a flourishing business among us.
But as there is no municipal corruption to inveigh against, I am only
preaching the new-old Gospel of the loving Savior.-
Our collection may seem a very small sum to set beside the Society's
appropriation, nor, candidly, do I expect the people to be in any wise able
to raise their pledged $100 ; but I beg of you not to judge of them by
other standards, for I am sure that many a widow's mite sparkles in the
hat. When I look about me in these moneyless, marketless, stagnant
days, and wonder how some of my poor parishioners keep soul and body
together, I could shed a tear for every well-thumbed nickel in the collec-
tion.— Washi}igto7i.
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MEN NOT AT CHURCH, AND WHY NOT
By Rev. A. A. Robertson, Port Morris Congregational Church,
New York City
1. Some men tell us they " have no use for the church." These are
so vacant of heavenly aspirations that only things of decidedly earthly use
interest them. They do not attend church even occasionally. They are
so utterly indifferent to religious interests that they do not even ridicule
foreign missions ! Nothing but the Spirit of God can move such men
from their religious stolidity. They have no conception of what a church
is, except what the outside of the building suggests to them. A mission
in heathendom is more promising than are attempts to reach this class.
Our only hope for them is the power from on high, that works that divine
miracle of redemption in the human heart at which men marvel. Some
of this class have been converted ; but thousands of them die as indiffer-
ent as they have lived, and the fitting requiem for them is, " Mourn for
the thousands slain " by the fatal sword of indifference.
2. Another class are prejudiced against churches. They cordially
hate them, and openly ridicule ministers and church members. They are
persecutors, taunting young converts and ridiculing godly men. But
they are a more hopeful class than the former, because they have relig-
ious feeling enough to hate the church of Christ. And as Jesus came to
Saul on his Damascus journey, so these men are sometimes converted
and become earnest Christians. Take one of this class as an illustration.
A coal dealer remarked to a Christian neighbor, that he would rather see
his children laid away in the cemetery than in any church or Sunday-
school. A clerical customer of the coal dealer, but not known to him as
a clergyman, after leaving an order for coal fell into a chat, in which the
dealer remarked that he " detested clergymen and churches." The dom-
inie replied that he was one of those " detested " men, and pleasantly
took his leave. About a month later the clergyman called to order more
coal. The dealer hastened to apologize, saying he did not mean to be
personal, and had no suspicion that it was to a clergyman that he spoke
^o discourteously, and insisted that the minister should come into his
office and have a social talk. He frankly gave as the grounds of his pre-
judice that " churches and clergymen were clubs of rich people, who
sided against the poor ; were the friends of capitalists and foes of labor ;
were about like the Scribes and Pharisees of Christ's time, who would be
the first to cry out ' Crucify him ! ' if he came and championed the poor,
the publicans, and sinners with a view to helping their condition tempo-
rally and morally, as he did when on earth. If ministers and churches
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did as Jesus did when he was on earth, they would be a benefit ; but as
they were, they retarded the progress of the world." But he had an ad-
mission to make, which was this : as his family were in need of a good
social environment, and as he believed in the best morality, he saw no
place but the church where that was provided. But he was not hypocrite
enough to make religious pretensions for the sake of social advantages.
The clergyman suggested that he might at least come and investigate
what the church is ; that he could not fairly judge of it until he did so,
as he was a professed non-church-goer. He accepted the invitation, and
this is the result : after a few months he was elected a trustee of the organ-
ization, and is now one of the men most interested in church matters ; his
family are in the church every Sunday, desirous above all things to enjoy
the blessing of salvation, and be of service to the Master. The explana-
tion is, as the changed man confesses, that he did not know what the
church w^as doing, nor the noble purposes that actuated Christians. Now
he is a missionary to others who were, like himself, prejudiced against and
ignorant of the spirit and work of the churches. There is often more
hope for those who are outspoken in their prejudice and dislike than for
those who are so politely indifferent that they can admire a Christian
character as they would a beautiful painting. When men are prejudiced
and bitter toward religion the Spirit of God is often not far off.
3. The class who do not attend church " because they cannot " is
increasing every year in our city. What an army of Sunday laborers in
our many railroad corporations ! The trolley, the cable cars, the mail
service, and the city police all swell this list. These men have no Sunday;
they cannot attend church with any regularity. The shortened dividends
of stockholders have more influence in keeping them away than has the
dullness of the preacher or of the service.
4. The last class of men of whom we will speak do not go to church
" because they cannot afford to." They decline spiritual charity as they
would temporal alms, and as they cannot give financial support to the
churches their self-respect keeps them away. There are more of these
than many of us realize. And among them are men of character who
would be of value morally and spiritually in the churches. But so long
as they measure their religious value, and the churches measure the value
of men to its service by the gold standard, so long will these self-respect-
ing men remain outside of our churches. There may be pride in the way,
but it is so near akin to self-respect that men of this class commend them-
selves to our regard. Some do not even think it honorable to let their
wives and children attend church — though many of these have their own
way in the matter ; and, as one man said. " If a woman drops a nickel into
the collection plate, or a child a penny, no one remarks it ; but if a man
goes to church and cannot keep his end up with well-to-do men, it marks
January, 1896 The Home Missionary 483
him." If this class of men should become well-to-do they would be at
the front in our churches ; for they believe in the church, and regard its
work as our greatest blessing here below.
How can we get these classes of non-church-goers to attend Sabbath
worship ? Not by entertainments, innovations on Sabbath usages, nor
by changes in the order of services. Six years' experience of the weekly
entertainment, and modifications of the Sunday evening services — by extra
singing, shortened sermons, etc. — proved that you can fill your chapel
with the frivolous people of the community at every entertainment, and
yet fail of evidence that it has won a man or woman to regular church
attendance. Innovations in Sunday services may draw a few, curious to
see what it is like, but it does not add a regular church-goer from the
roving ranks. This is no condemnation of innovations or changes in the
regular services, for the regular church-goers are entitled to the best that
can be given, and to more variety in services than they get as a rule.
Our only contention is that men of the classes herein named are not won
to church by such means.
There is but one eflicient way to win them, and that is on purely
spiritual lines. The church must go to the indifferent and convince them
that they are lost, and that salvation is the one thing needful for them.
And this we must do in prayerful reliance on the Holy Spirit.
To those who are bitter against the church, we must go in the spirit
of meekness, bearing with them till their eyes are opened and their hearts
are touched by the tender, earnest, benevolent spirit they see in God's
people. Since knowing the true Christian is the winning of this class, it
becomes our duty to make the acquaintance of such. Remember that
Jesus sought the persecutor when " breathing out threatening and
slaughter," and when Saul made the acquaintance of Jesus, he became
the most zealous of Christians.
The class deprived of Sunday privileges by Sunday work we must
meet with a spirit of tolerant charity, with our eyes open to every oppor-
tunity to secure laws in their favor, meanwhile putting forth our best
spiritual efforts in their behalf. The harder their lot and the greater
their spiritual deprivation, the more they need the church's help and
sympathy. The men who feel that they surrender their self-respect by
accepting church privileges which they cannot pay for financially, need
to be taught that men are more to Christ and the church than a treasury
overflowing with gold. Moses, coming down from the mount with divine
life shining from his face and the law of God in his hands, is greater
than all the gold the people contributed to Aaron, of which the golden
calf was the outcome. The poor man must not be left to feel that he
loses his self-respect in a church when he cannot contribute as liberally
as men pecuniarily more favored. The man is worth more to Christ than
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is his gold ; and the church still values a " beloved John " who leans on
the Master's bosom daily, more than a rich Joseph of Arimathea or a
Nicodemus, who only make their tardy appearance in season to bury
their crucified Lord. How much is a man better than a sheep ! Yes,
the poorest prodigal returning to his Father is infinitely better than a re-
covered sheep or lost coin. Every man coming into a service as a son
of the Father is a brother to every Christian ; and the church receives
that son of God, that returning brother, not in the spirit of the elder
brother of the parable, but with a joyous welcome such as the sisters
of Bethany had for their brother when Jesus restored him to their loving
arms.
PRACTICAL CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP
By Rev. Robert G. Hutchins, D.D.
Does it not become us to minimize the differences among Christians,
and to magnify the great principles of similarity ? 'J^he men who walked
with Christ to Emmaus did not know that he was the Lord. Do we
always, dear friends, know our fellow-Christians when they bear a denom-
inational name different from ours? Must we not be ready to recognize
the Christ in them, if we are to fulfill the prayer of the Savior that we may
all be one ? There must be among our churches no more denominational
competition, but an honest cooperation. When even a political econo-
mist recognizes that there is far greater need of cooperation in matters
of business than there is of competition, shall we not, as Christians, come
to the same position in matters of religion ?
But what if another denomination comes and plants a church right by
the side of ours, and takes away our financial strength and our best mem-
bers ? For my own part, I would have the Home Missionary Society
imitate Isaac, who, when Abimelech said unto him, " Go from us, for thou
art much mightier than we," "departed thence and pitched his tent in the
valley of Gerar, and dwelt there." There his servants dug a well and
found springing water. And the servants of Gerar strove with his ser-
vants, saying, " the water is ours ; " and he left the place and called it
" Esek, because they strove with him there." And when Isaac had
driven another well, they strove for that also, and he abandoned it, calling
it "Sitnah," which means recrimination. And when Isaac and his serv-
ants had sunk a third well, his enemies let him alone. And he called
the place " Rehoboth," meaning largeness, breadth. In this broad land,
brethren, there is room enough without the spirit of contention and
church competition. — From the Annual Sermon, 1895.
January, 1896 The Home Missionary 485
AFTER THE FREEZE
I HAVE nearly one hundred church members in my pastoral charge,
reaching from the minimum to almost the maximum in moral character.
I do not believe we have any immoral people on our roll of members, but
we have a large number who can't write their names, and are not much
further advanced otherwise than they are in education.
A log house, sixteen by twenty feet, makes a home. A little Indian
corn ground into meal, and sometimes a few slices of fried bacon —
sometimes ndhe — and coffee without either sugar or cream, is a very
common bill of fare. Two days ago I used a broken cup without a saucer
for my coffee, while the lady of the house drank hers out of the bottom
half of a pint black glass bottle. A brother preacher told me that while
he was visiting a family in the same neighborhood, during the same meet-
ing, he sat down to a meal of new sweet potatoes and corn-bread only.
He was the only person at the table who had anything to eat with, and
that was only a knife with more than half the blade gone. Bedding and
other comforts are in keeping with the table fare, and now and then it
necessarily falls to us to spend the night where surroundings make sleep
impossible. But these people need and want the Gospel ; they are kind
and hospitable ; and the crowning glory of our Lord's ministry was,
" The poor have the Gospel preached unto them."
We have other experiences, however, which would be represented by
a picture of plenty, with the sun rising over the eastern slope. No rich
folks are under my charge, but there are some who have comfort. They
are generally kind to me, show their esteem for me in many ways, and I
love them.
I rejoice to see all along the lines signs of improvement and progress.
These people have been taught by " Hardshells " that " the Gospel is
free," and therefore they should not pay anything to support it. But they
are getting over all that, and generally when they become converted, and
the subject of support is mentioned to them, they respond as liberally as
their financial condition will allow.
It is safe to say the prospect of our church is brighter than ever before.
I believe we shall be able to show a good financial report in our next
returns. So far, no products have been sold from which my farming
people could realize any money. — Florida.
A PLUCKY STATE
Washington has from the very first, even before coming to State-
hood, shown a laudable zeal in behalf of Home Missions. In contribu-
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tions to the cause her churches have always stood among the foremost,
if we compare their dollars with their numbers and ability. As a result,
the State has now 113 Congregational churches, with more than 5,000
members, nearly 1,300 of whom have been added within the last reported
year.
These churches are now making a united effort to raise their full share
of this Society's debt — doing it by assessing themselves, for a special
offering, at the rate of thirty-two cents a member.
Already has this stirring example reached Montana, whose churches
are moving in the same direction, and the other far western States can
hardly fail to catch the impulse.
Suppose our churches in all the States — the abler ones of the Interior
and the East as well as their younger and feebler sisters far away — should
follow \Vashington's example, each one in good earnest undertaking to
raise its share of the debt ! Will some one skilled in figures tell us how
much longer the work would have to be depressed by this incubus, and
the amount of actual suffering that would be caused to those conspiring
to bring about its death ?
THE TREASURY
The summary on page 496 shows that the entire receipts in November,
including those for the Gen. O. O. Howard Roll of Honor and other
offerings specifically for the debt, were ^31,084.48, and those in the eight
months of the current fiscal year, April to November, $247,419.41.
The amount already paid in on the Howard Roll of Honor is $34,200,
and there remain unpaid eighty-eight subscriptions ($8,800) which will
doubtless be realized. I'his promises well for the success of the plan.
At the Executive Committee's December meeting the Treasurer re-
ported additional receipts of $9,000 on the Roll of Honor, with $1,176.43
special offerings for the debt, whereupon the Comn'iittee voted that
$10,176.43 be paid on the bank debt (;r;i3_;,ooo) of April i, 1895. This,
with the amount previously appropriated, reduced that debt to $95,912.73.
The Society's pledges already made and to be made for keeping up
the work on its reduced scale for the next four months will call for a
monthly average of $60,750, in addition to all contributions for the debt.
This is but $3,752 more than the monthly average of receipts in those
closing months of the last five fiscal years.
Is it too much to hope that extra efforts of our ever-faithful steady
givers and offerings from some fair proportion of the ciuirches that gave
nothing for Home Missions last year will bring this needed amount into
the treasury by the first of April ?
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THE GENERAL O. O. HOWARD ROLL OF HONOR
Previously reported 352
Subscriptions added below ; g2
Total number of shares , . , 444
Mr. J. H. Merrill, Des Moines, Iowa.
Mr. William H. White, Lowell, Mass.
Mr. Russell L. Snow, Cambridgeport, Mass.
Second Congregational Church, Berlin, Conn,
Mrs. J. N. FiSKE, Boston, Mass.
Mrs. C. L. GooDELL, Brookline, Mass.
A Friend, Taunton, Mass.
RosLiNDALE Church, Boston, Mass.
G. Henry Whitcomb, Worcester, Mass.
William Maynard, Worcester, Mass.
Charles D. Tucker, Worcester, Mass.
Mrs. Rebecca D. Morgan, Worcester, Mass,
Congregational Church, Brandon, Vt.
First Congregational Church, Cheyenne, Wyo.
Nebraska State Association.
Mrs. E. B. Ripley, Central Congregational Ch., Philadelphia, Pa.
In Memory of Mrs. Emily G. Hall, Andover, Mass.
Charles E. Harwood, No. Ontario, Cal,
Congregational Church, Pawtucket, R. I,
General E. Whittlesey, Washington, D. C.
A Friend, Deansboro, N. Y,
A *' Shut-in " Friend of Missions ; a thank-offering, Mass.
A Friend, New Haven, Conn,
First Congregational Church, Derry, N. H.
Asylum Hill Congregational Ch., Hartford, Conn., four shares.
Cash, New London, Conn., two shares.
First Congregational Church, Baltimore, Md.
Lorenzo Bull, Quincy, 111.
Y. P. S. C. E. of Congregational Church, Sherburne, N. Y.
First Congregational Church, Yarmouth, Mass.
Mrs. George E. Stray, Ludington, Mich.
Second Congregational Church, S, S.; Keene, N. H.
Bethany Church, Montpelier, Vt,
Mrs. P. L, MoEN, Worcester, Mass.
Payson Congregational Church, Easthampton, Mass.
Congregational Church, Sunday-school and^ Christian En-
deavor, Lenox, Mass.
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Niagara Square People's Church, Buffalo, N. Y.
Mr. and Mrs. Hollis Jordan, Rochester, N. H.
Mr. J. Q. Adams, Wheaton, 111.
Mr. N. D. Crosby, Elgin, 111.
Mrs. L. A. BusHNELL, Chicago, 111.
A Lady of First Church, Amherst, Mass.
Mrs. Mary M. Billings, Newton, Mass. "
First Church and Sunday-school, Dover, N. H., two shares.
Nelson Valentine, New Gloucester, Me.
First Congregational Church. Wallingford, Conn.
Mr. A. C. Hillard, Manchester, Conn.
North Congregational Church, Lynn, Mass.
Mrs. G. W. Marston, San Diego, Cal.
Dea. N. W. Blanchard, Santa Paula, Cal.
Zenana Band, Central Congregational Ch., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Mrs. W.G. DELAMATERand Miss Emma L. Bridges, Westfield,N. J.
Eliot Congregational Church, Newton, Mass., seven shares.
Mrs. Edward Sweet, Montclair, N. J.
Ladies of Orthodox Congregational Church, Walpole, Mass^
First Congregational Church, Walla Walla, Wash.
Mr. W. B. Bentley, Des Moines, Iowa.
Cash, New London, Conn.
Ladies' Home Missionary Society of First Ch., Buffalo, N. Y.
Mrs. G. R. Haines, Buffalo, N. Y.
In Memoriam for Helen Gertrude, by Mr, and Mrs. H. K.
White, St. Joseph, Mo.
Mrs. George W. Coburn, Boston, Mass,
Mrs. L. Weston, Dalton, Mass.
Mrs, Ephraim Flint, a Memorial, Cambridge, Mass.
South Church, Concord, N. H., two shares.
Clara Howe Circle of King's Daughters of South Church,
Concord, N. H.
Sunday-school of South Church, Concord, N, H.
Mrs. Asa Mc Fare and. Concord, N. H.
Ladies of First Church, Concord, N. H,
Congregational Church, West Concord, N, H.
Pilgrim Congregational Church, Providence, R. I.
North Congregational Church, St, Johnsbury, Vt,, three
shares additional.
Congregational Church, Tilton and Northfield, N. H,
Congreg.ational Church, Athol, Mass,, three shares.
Mrs. J. K. Burn HAM, Kansas City, Mo.-
Harriet S. C, BiRNiE, Springfield, Mass.
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APPOINTMENTS IN NOVEMBER, 1895
Not in commission last year
Adams, James R., Bevier, Mo.
Avery, Holly H., Steele City, Neb.
Bollinger, E. S., Astoria, Ore.
Bruce, Charles R., Plankinton, So. Dak.
Cunning-ham, John T., Lakeland, Minn.
Fisher, Owen D., Indianapolis, Ind.
Gearhart, Charles D., Sheridan, Wyo.
Hicks, William H., McAlester, Ind. Ter.
Jones, Robert G., Stewartville, Minn.
Marts, William G., Clarksfield and Brighton,
Ohio.
Mead, M. H., Provo, Utah.
Philbrook, Charles E., Rainier and Scappoose,
Ore.
Pierce, Albert E., Liber, Ind.
Townsend, Stephen J.. Ocoee, Fla.
Travis, Lee James, Weymouth, Ohio.
Turner, John, Denver, Colo.
Wellman, Wheeler M., El Reno, Okla.
Re-comm issioned
Bente, Christopher H., St. Louis, Mo.
Bixby, William S., Powhattan and Netawaka,
Kan.
Blaisdell, William S., Tavares, Fla.
Bochek, Miss Fannie, Johnstovsrn, Penn.
Bright, David F., Taylor, Neb.
Camfield, Lewis E., Academy and Kirkwood, So.
Dak.
Crane, Edward P., Pelican Rapids and West
Dora, Minn.
Cressman, Edmund, Doniphan, West Hamilton,
and North Hastings, Neb.
Dada, Edward P., Hemingford, Neb.
De Groff, Charles F., Revillo and Elmira, So.
Dak.
Grinnell, Eugene I., Steamboat Springs, Colo.
Harger, Charles H., Lyons, Colo.
Hemenway, Frank W., Newton, Kan.
Holleyman, Thomas E., McAlester, Ind. Ter.
Houston, Albert S., Indianola, Neb.
Ingham, John E., Mazeppa and Zumbro Falls,
Minn.
Isaac, William J., Melville, Pingree, and Bucha-
nan, No. Dak.
Jefferies, John, Crawford, Neb.
Kirkwood, William A., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Knapp, George W., Grant, Madrid, and Venanga,
Neb.
Larson, Anton, Merrill, Wis.
Lathrop, Stanley E., Washburn, No. Wis.
Lenno-x, Alexander M., West Guthrie. Ohio.
Luter, Elves D., Moss Bluff, Fla.
Melton, Jesse J., Warnell and Panasoffkee, Fla.
Morton, G. F., Brainerd, Minn.
Nelson, A. G., General Missionary among the
Swedes in Minn, and North Wis.
Parker, Lyman B., Tecumseh and Minnehaha,
Okla.
Pease, William P., Hay Springs, Neb.
Pfeiffer, George M., Diamond Springs and Six
Mile, Kan.
Preston, Charles W., Curtis, Neb.
Rattray, Benjamin F., Columbia and Renton,
Wash.
Ruddock, Edward N.. Burtrum and Grey Eagle,
Minn.
Snell, C. Y., Inkster, No. Dak.
Sumner, Frederick A., Glenwood, Minn.
Thomson, James, Hannibal, Mo.
Town, Willard O., Thompson, Ohio.
Waldrop, Isaac M., Buffalo Park and CoUyer,
Kan.
Walters, T. W., General Missionary in Wash.
Wood, Edwin A., Ipswich and Rosette Park, So.
Dak.
Wuerrschmidt, C. W., Hastings and Inland, Neb.
RECEIPTS IN NOVEMBER, 1895
For account of receipts by State Auxiliary Societies, see pages 498 to 501
MAINE— $365.60 ; of which legacy,
- §45-60.
Blue Hill, Ladies' Miss. Circle, $3 ;
Mrs. A. Hinckley, $5, by Mrs. R.
G. Lord $8 00
Bucksport, Mrs. E. Buck 5 00
Castine, " Christmas Gifts," Rev. J.
P. Cushman, $2.50 : Miss Mary F.
Cushman, $s 750
Eliot, Legacy of Phcebe J. Shapleigh.
by J. P. Moody 45 60
Kennebunk, Union Ch., Gen. How^-
ard Roll of Honor, by H. S. Brig-
ham 100 00
New Gloucester, N. Valentine, Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor 100 00
Pittston, S. S., by C. A. Lapham 75
Portland, by Zenas R. Farrington,
collector 60 00
St. Lawrence Street Ch., by J. J.
Gerrish 15 oo
" Ladies of Seamen's Bethel " 23 75
NEW HAMPSHIRE — $2,816.78; of
which legacies, $1,825.00.
N. H. H. M. Soc, Hon. L. D. Stevens,
Treas., of which $200, Gen. How-
ard Roll of Honor $259 60
Alstead Center, S. S. of the First, by
Mrs. L. A. Linsley 2 00
Chester, Ladies' Soc, by Miss H. A.
Melvin, special 3 00
Concord, A Friend 5 00
Derry, First, of which $100 Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor, by Rev.
H. B. Putnam in 00
S. S. of the First, Rally, by Rev.
C. S. Campbell 10 00
Exeter, A Friend, First Ch 510 00
Haverhill. Estate of Teremy L. Cross. 825 00
S. S. Rally, by G. H. Stevens i 32
Lebanon, Friends, by Rev. W. G.
Puddefoot 3 00
Littleton, First, by D. C. Reimeto 20 86
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Manchester, Legacy of Chester B.
Southworth, by Hon. L. D. Stevens. $i,ooo oo
Northwood Center, S. S., by A. H.
Clark I oo
Rochester, First, by Mrs. M. W. Horr. 25 00
By H. M. Plumer 35 00
Suncook, P. A. Mills S 00
VERMONT-$963.6o.
C.
Vermont Domestic Miss. See, W
Tyler, Treas.:
Benson $9 85
West Brattleboro 1500
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs.
Fairbanks, Treas. :
Burlington, First, for Salary
Fund
Hardwick, East, Jr. C. E...
Orwell, for Salary Fund
R. P.
S 00
10 00
24 85
60 00
Barnet, J. S. S. Wallace 3 00
Barton, by H. R. Joslyn, of which
$100 Gen. Howard Roll of Honor... 103 25
Brandon, of which gioo Gen. Howard
Roll of Honor, by W. S. Smart 112 00
Esse.x Junction, Ladies of the Ch., by
Rev. T. Bacon 10 00
Jericho, Second, by C. Van Vliet..... 6 10
Middlebury, J. C. Houghton 10 00
Newbury, by Miss M. P. Keyes, of
which $100 Gen. Howard Roll of
Honor jio 00
St. Albans, by C. Wyman, Gen. How-
ard Roll of Honor 100 00
Mrs. J. G. Smith, Gen. Howard Roll
of Honor 100 00
Springfield, by B. F. Aldrich 17 4°
Thetford, A Friend 17 00
Vergennes, of w-hich $200 Gen, How-
ard Roll of Honor, by Mrs. F. A.
Goss 290 00
MASSACHUSETTS — $11,859.29 ; of
which legacies, $3,350.00.
Mass. Home Miss. Soc, by Rev. E. B.
Palmer, Treas 2,50000
By request of donors, of which
$2,200 Gen. Howard Roll of
Honor; debt, $264.28; Salary
Fund, $15 ; special, $34.50 3,886 18
Woman's H. M. A., Miss A. C.
Bridgman. Treas. :
For Salary Fund, of which from
Worcester. Salem Street Aux., $3 ;
Westhampton, $25 14400
Amherst, First, of which $64 33 for
the debt, by W. Hamlin 100 00
Andover, Juvenile Miss. Soc. of the
West Ch., by Miss H. M. Col-
quhoun 25 00
In Memory of Mrs. Emily Grace
Hall, for Gen. Howard Roll of
Honor 100 00
Blandford. S. S., by F. G. Tiffany. .. 2 72
Boston, W. A. Wilde, for Salary
Fund 5000
Easthampton. Payson Ch , by H. L.
Clark. Gen. Howard Roll of Honor. 100 00
Fitchburg, Rev. and Mrs. John Wood. 20 00
Greenfield. Mrs. M. K. Tyler 15 00
Holyoke, First, of which $2 for the
debt, by J. H. Wylie 75 15
Hopkinton, A Friend $0 40
Indian Orchard, Y. P. S. C. E. of the
Evangelical Ch., by M. E. Atwood. 8 00
Leno.x. Ch., S. S., and Y. P. S. C. E.,
Gen. Howard Roll of Honor, by E.
C. Carter, to const. Rev. A. H.
Sedgwiek and Dea. E. Barrett L.
Ms 100 00
Littleton, Orthodox, by J. S. Hart-
well II 15
Lowell, From Estate of Lucinda R.
Parker, on account, J. F. Savage
and S. P. Hadley. E.xs 3,000 00
By A. L. Thompson .... loi 50
Highland Ch., addl., by Rev. C. L.
Merriam .so 00
Lynn, Legacy of Mrs. Mary T. Parker,
by T. Cutler, Ex 50 00
Massachusetts, A Shut-in Friend, a
Thank-offering, Gen. Howard Roll
of Honor 100 00
Melrose, Mrs. C. L. Lewis i 00
Middleborough, S. S. of the Central,
by E. S. Hathaway 6 67
Monson, E. F. Morris 200 00
Northampton, A Friend 300 oo
Two Friends, Gen. Howard Roll
of Honor 200 00
North Wilbraham, Grace Union Ch.,
by H . W. Cutler 25 00
Pepperell, Legacy of Rev. E. W. Har-
rington, on account, by C. Crosby,
Ex 300 00
Plainfield, S. S. Rally, by Mrs. L. S.
Cudworth 50
Pittsfield, Y. P. S. C. E. of the South,
by A. H. South 500
Princeton, A Friend, of which for
Salary Fund, $2 . . . 4 00
Roxbury. Three Little Girls, by M. A.
Smith :o
Sheffield, by Dr. A. T. Wakefield.... 8 53
Somerville, Prospect Hill, by M. P.
Elliot 62 54
South Framingham, Rev. W. G.
Puddefoot 60 00
Special, by Rev. W. G. Puddefoot. . 12 00
Spencer. C. W. Powers i 00
Springfield, Park Ch., by M. K. Ste-
vens 24 45
Tovvnsend Center, " Mother" 25 40
Uxbridge, A Friend 2 00
Walpole, Ladies of the Orthodox Ch.,
by Mrs. H. M. Plimpton. Gen. How-
ard Roll of Honor ico 00
Ware, Silver Circle, Mrs. C. J. Sage,
$10 ; Mrs. H. N. Hyde, $10, by H. S.
Hyde • 20 00
Weston, Mrs. S. J. Pennock 2 00
Worcester, Union Ch., Mrs. P. L.
Moen, Gen. Howard Roll of Honor,
by C. B. Greene 100 00
RHODE ISLAND.— $292.50.
Pawtucket, Ch., Gen. Howard Roll
of Honor, by J. W. Rice, Treas.^
R. I. H. M. S 100 00
Young People's Soc. of the Park
Place Ch.. by T. P. Barnefield. . . . 12 50
Providence, S. S. of the Central, by
M. E. Torrey 50 00
S. S. of the Beneficent, by W. P.
Cliapin 25 00
Y. P. S. C. E. of the Beneficent, by
Miss E. W. Olney, to const. Sam-
uel B. Prentice and Miss E. W.
Olney L. Ms., Gen. Howard Roll
of Honor 100 00
Slatersville, A Loyal Friend 5 co
January, 1896
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491
CONNECTICUT.-$5,8o2.43; of which
legacies, $1,432.86.
Miss. Soc. of Conn., by Rev. W. H.
Moore, Sec $156 01
Ansonia, A. B. Downs 500
Berlin, Second, $185.77, oi which $100
Gen. Howard Roll of Honor ; S. S.,
$14.23, by C. S. Webster 200 00
Bethel, First, by A. H . Kno.x 88 30
Bridgeport, S. S. Rally of Park Street
Ch., by C. L. Beach 12 59
A Friend of Missions in the Second,
by O. H. Brothwell 10 25
Bristol, of which $100 Gen. Howard
Roll of Honor, by Rev. C. W. Shel-
ton 108 75
Buckingham, S. S., by F. J. Leavens. 25 00
Canaan, Pilgrim, by J. B. Reed 17 45
East Berlin, Charles M. Jarvis, Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor 100 00
Goshen, Two Friends of Home Mis-
sions 17 oa
Greenwich, Mrs. R. P. Todd, of the
Second 2 00
Hartford, Estate of Isaac E. Frisbie. 832 86
Asylum Hill Ch., by C. E. Thomp-
son, Gen. Howard Roll of Honor. 400 00
Asylum Hill Ch., Friends, of which
for the debt, $20, by C. E. Thomp-
son gg 00
A Friend, Asylum Hill Ch., by C.
E. Thompson 10 00
Roland Mather 500 00
Mrs. M. A. Williams 12 00
Ivoryton, Ladies' H. M. Soc, $22 ;
add'l, $22 44 00
Manchester, Second, add'l, by L.
Drake 20 00
A. C. Hilliard, Gen. Howard Roll of
Honor, by Rev. C. W. Shelton... 100 00
Meriden, W. H. Catlin, Gen. Howard
Roll of Honor . . . . , ... 100 00
Center Ch., by Miss M. A. Wood . . 23 00
Middletown, First Ch., Miss L. W.
Hazen 5 6a
Mt. Carmel, by L. A. Dickerman 44 8g
Naugatuck, Gen. Howard Roll of
Honor, by E. Spencer 300 oa
New Hartford, North Ch., by J. P.
Hawley 891
New Haven, Legacy of Samuel Mil-
ler, by G. D. Miller, Trustee 600 00
A Friend, Gen. Howard Roll of
Honor 100 00
First, by F. S. Bradley 444 00
New Lebanon, Mission S. S., by C.
W. Whittlesey 11 36
New London, " Cash," Gen. Howard
Roll of Honor, by Rev. C. W.
Shelton 100 00
"Cash," by Rev. C. W. Shelton,
Gen. Howard Roll of Honor. . . 200 00
New Milford, First, by Rev. F. A.
Johnson, Gen. Howard Roll' of
Honor 100 00
New Preston Village, by D. Burnham 76 30
North Guilford, S. S. Rally, by E. W.
Rossiter 3 50
Norwich, Second, A Friend 5000
Mrs. C. A. Northrop, by Rev. C. A.
Northrop 5 00
"X" 1000
Norwichtown, In loving memory of
Dea. Edward A. Huntington of
First Ch., by his daughter, through
Rev. C. W. Shelton, for Salary Fund ' 25 00
Plainville, Miss H. R. Mitchell 5 00
Salisbury, Woman's Board of H. M.,
by Mrs. A. B. Robbins 14 35
Sharon, Ladies, of which $100 Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor, by Mrs. F.
S. Carter 105 00
Simsbury, by A. J. Holcomb $66 79
Stafford Springs, by W. H. Heald 20 72
Stonington, Second, by Rev. C. J.
^ Hill S3 00
Unionvillc, First Ch. of Christ, Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor, by J. R.
Jenkins 100 00
Wallingford, First, of which $roo
Gen. Howard Roll of Honor, by
W.H.Newton 10200
Y. P. S. C. E., by A. F. Smith 10 00
Jr. C. E. of the First, by J. J. Blair. 5 00
H. L. Judd, Gen. Howard Roll of
Honor, by Rev. J. J. Blair 100 00
West Winsted, Second, of which fioo
Gen. Howard Roll of Honor, by J.
Hinsdale 113 30
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs. W. W.
Jacobs, Treas.:
Canaan, Ladies' Miss. Soc,
by Miss S. W. Adams, part
of a Thank-offering $8 00
Middletown, First, by Mrs.
J. H. Bunce, contents of
dime banks of Miss Sarah
Bacon, Miss W. L. Hub-
bard, and Mrs. A. Putnam 15 50
Norwalk, Mrs. J. A. Lock-
wood, Gen. Howard Roll
of Honor 100 00
West Hartford, by Mrs. E.
Keeney 20 00
143 50
NEW YORK — $3,097.90 ; of which
legacies, $373.10.
Received by William Spalding,Treas. :
Black River and St. Law-
rence Asso., J. J. Doty,
Treas $6 54
Busti 3 00
De Peyster, Y. P. S. C. E. . i 00
Griffin's Mills 5 00
Middletown, North Ch 11 00
North Java 16 00
North Lawrence 5 00
Richville 18 00
Strykersville 935
Summer Hill 5 00
Westmoreland 8 00
Rev. E. Curtis 20 00
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs. J. J.
Pearsall, Treas :
Albany, First $3 00
Buffalo, First, Gen. Howard
Roll of Honor 100 00
Miss G. R. Haines, Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor. 100 00
Fairport 20 00
Canandaigua, special 18 00
Homer, Mrs. B. W. Payne.. 5 00
Ithaca, special 13 20
Lakewood, Louise Burrow's
Mission Band 7 00
Northville 5 00
Osw^ego Falls 1000
Rodman 20 00
Sherburne, of which $20
Dime Banks, Mrs. M. C.
Brooks and Mrs. W. Mil-
ler 61 50
Syracuse, Mrs. E. Curtis... 9 00
Utica, Bethesda Ch 10 00
From Dime Banks :
Albany, First, Mrs. D.
Newland, $5 : Mrs. R.
D. Williams, $5 : Miss
A. E. Hughes, $5 15 0°
Whatsoever Circle,
492
The Home Missionary
January, 1896
First, Mrs. D. A.
Thompson $io oo
Buffalo, First. Mrs. H.
Fayfield, |io ; Mrs. F.
M. Hayes, $5 ; Master
Edwin Hayes, $5 20 00
Bridgewater, Mrs. D. S.
Wood 5 00
Homer, Mrs. W. Jones, $5;
Mrs. T. Stebbins, $5 ;
Mrs. G. Daniels, $5 ;
Mrs. Smith, $5 ; Miss I.
Beach. $5 25 00
Oswego 10 00
Syracuse, Geddes, Y. P. S.
C. E., Mr. and Mrs. H.
A. Flint 5 00
West Winfield, Miss Net-
tie Spencer 500
$476 70
Albany, First, by G. W. Pierce 52 75
Aquebogue, by G. L. Welles 914
Aurora, D. A. Walker 1000
Bedford Park, by W. R. Post 27 10
Binghamton, L. J. Breckinridge 5 00
Brooklyn, Bushwick Avenue, by Rev.
C. W. King 21 33
Puritan, by H. W. Goll ... 20 27
Puritan S. S., by S. E. Hosford 15 00
South Ch., by E. D. Ford 184 65
Tompkins Avenue, by P. Palmer . . 1,000 00
H. M. Silver Circle of Tompkins
Avenue Ch., by Mrs. C. E. Settle. 5 00
Mrs. R. P. Buck, Gen. Howard Roll
of Honor 10000
Mrs. C. S. Hartwell 5 00
A Life Member i 00
Buffalo, First, by R. K. Strickland . . . zoo 00
T. D. Demond 20 00
Canton, H. C. Brown 5 00
Clifton Springs, Two Friends 12 00
Deansboro, A Friend, Gen. Howard
Roll of Honor 100 00
Fairport, by M. OIney 36 26
Homer, From Estate of Mrs. S. E. K.
Hobart 345 00
Lakewood, Eddie Barnett, Sweet Pea
Mission, by J. H. Barnett 6 40
Lisbon, First, by M. T. Stocking 12 38
Little Valley, by Miss R. W. Chase.. 4 00
Lockport, Silver Circle of the East
Avenue Ch., by Mrs. S. F. Gooding 5 00
McGrawville, H. D. Carey. . . i 00
Massena, by M.J. Stearns 12 65
New York City, Central S. S., Rally,
by Dr. J. A. Sanders 7 14
Trinity, by Rev. C. W. Shelton 10 00
C. Zabriskie, special 25 00
Oneonta, A. C. Palmer 5 00
Perry, West End S. S., by Mrs. N. G.
Watrous 10 00
Richford, Harvest Sunday coll., by
W. J. Hutchinson 40 00
Sherburne, A Friend, Gen. Howard
Roll of Honor 100 00
Union Center, S. S. Rally, by W. L.
Edson 2 64
Wellsville, by M. F. Lewis 43 so
West Winfield, by A. A. Leach 26 00
Willsborough, Estate of Mrs. S. A.
Stower, by A. J. B. Ross 28 10
NEW JERSEY-$3o6.38.
Woman's H. M. Union of the N. J.
Asso., Mrs. J. H. Denison, Treas. :
Bound Brook, for Salary
Fund . . $20 00
Westfield, Mrs. Mary Patton
Welles, Gen. Howard Roll
of Honor 100 00
Cedar Grove, by Rev. B. F. Bradford $25 38
Jersey City, Waverly Ch., by Rev. J.
C. Emery 30 00
Montclair. W. H. M. S. of the First,
Mrs. E. Sweet, by Rev. C. W. Shel-
ton, Gen. Howard Roll of Honor. . . 100 00
Newfield, A Friend 3 00
Rahway, Miss M. B. Morris 3 00
Stanley, S. S., by J. T. Wagner 25 00
PENNSYLVANIA-$353.go.
Woman's Missionary Union, Mrs. T.
W. Jones, Treas. :
Guy's Mills $5 00
Ridgeway, Y. P. S. C. E.. 10 00
IS 00
Arnot. Swedish Ch., by Rev. C. J.
Wideberg 2 10
Chandler's Valley, Swedish by Rev.
C. J. Lundquist 2 00
Edwardsdale, Jr. C. E. of the Welsh
Ch., by Rev. T. C. Edwards, D.D.. 5 00
Germantown, First, by S. J. Hum-
phreys. Gen. Howard Roll of Honor. 100 00
Guy's Mills, by Mrs. F. M. Guy 12 00
Kane, Ladies' H. M. Soc, by W. H.
Davis 1080
Kensington, Danish Mission, by Rev.
N. N. Bormose 5 00
Philadelphia, Mrs, E. B. Ripley of
Central Ch., Gen. Howard Roll of
Honor 100 00
Pittsburg, " Cash, Sewickley " 100 00
Warren, Swedish Ch., by Rev. J. A.
Dahlgren 2 00
MARYLAND^$iii.oo
Baltimore, First, Gen. Howard Roll
of Honor, by Mrs. M. R. Hawley.
Canton Ch., by Rev. T. M. Beaden-
koff
Frostburg, by Rev. G. W. Moore
5 00
6 00
DISTRICT OFCOLUMBIA-$i84.oo
Woman's H. M. Union of the N. J.
Asso., Mrs. J. H. Denison, Treas.:
Washington, D. C, First 39 00
Washington, Gen. E. Whittlesey, Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor 100 00
Mrs. W. Pitkin, by W. S. Pitkin. ... 25 00
B. N. Seymour 20 00
NORTH CAROLINA-$3s.34.
Greenlees, $1.47; Moorhtad, $1.95;
McClurds, $1.92 ; Rev. R R. Brook-
shier. $20, by Rev. R. R Brookshier. 25 34
Hendersonville, Miss E. I. Brown,
$5 ; Miss S. R. Ives, $5 10 00
GEORGIA-$34.5o.
Atlanta, Thanksgiving offering of
the Central Ch. S. S., by W. Fuller. 13 50
Barnesville, Fredonia, by Rev. W. L.
Jones 16 00
Demarest, by Rev. W. O. Phillips. .. 5 00
January, iJ
The Home Missionary
493
ALABAMA— $4.50.
Catalpa, Caris Chapel, by Rev. N. H.
Gibson $1 00
Lightwood, Union Ch. and Kingston,
by Rev. W. C. Culver 2 50
Volina, New Hope Ch., and Halton,
Hickory Grove, by Rev. I. J. White i 00
FLORlDA-$36.os.
Bushnell, Mrs. L.W. Bigelow,Thanks-
giving oiifering 5 00
Florida, Thank-offering 10 00
Key West, $8.65 ; Men's Miss. Soc,
$9.55 ; A Friend, $2, by Rev. S. F.
Gale 20 00
Moss Bluff, by Rev. E. D. Luter i 05
TEXAS-$i6.s5.
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs. C. I.
Scofield, Treas. :
Dallas, First $7 55
El Paso, First i 00
Sherman 5 50
14 05
Sherman, W. M. Soc, for Salary
Fund, by Mrs. E. Heflin 2 50
INDIAN TERRITORY-fi.oo.
McAlester, Trinity Ch., by Rev. T.
E. Holleyman
OKLAHOMA— $28.02.
Carney and Lincoln, by Rev. W.
Lumpkin 612
Choctaw City, Rev. H. Atkinson 8 75
Donly, Mt. Calvary Ch., and Wauko-
mis, by Rev. F. Foster 50
Jennings, by Rev. C. W. Snyder. ... 65
Medford, by Rev. J. L. Read 2 00
Vittum, Memorial, and Mt. Hope
Chs. of Logan Co., by Rev. W. L.
Upshaw 10 00
TENNESSEE-f25.oo.
Knoxville, Pilgrim Ch., by Rev. J. H.
Frazee, D.D
OHIO-$437.o7.
Received by Rev. J. G. Fraser,
D.D. :
Chardon, by Rev. T. D.
Phillips $17 09
Hampden, by Rev. T. D.
Phillips 4 00
Medina, by H. A. Horn, bal.
in full to const. Henry A.
Horn, M. E. Nettleton,
Wm. H. Sipher, and Mrs.
A. E. Penfield L. Ms 180 S5
Norwalk, by A. T. Symons. 20 00
Paddy's Run, by Jas. Scott. 18 30
Radnor, S. S., by Geo. N.
Davis 10 00
Rootstown, Mrs. C. N. Sey-
mour, by W. J. Dickinson. 5 00
(Omitted by error in May
report.)
Toledo, Wash. St.,. by A. U.
Young, Treas 825
Wayne, Ch., $26.52 ; S. S.,
$20.23; Thank-offering Y.
P. S. C. E., $3.25, by W.
B. Smilie $5000
$313 19
Received by Rev. J. G. Fraser,
D.D., Treas. Bohemian Board,
Cleveland :
Cleveland, First, Y. P. S. C.
E $6 25
Medina, Y. P. S. C. E 1500
Ruggles 15 70
Y. P. S. C. E 495
Strongsville, S. S 250
Unionville 8 63
Wilberforce, Mrs. L. C.
Campbell i 00
31 00
9 35
3 00
.. . ^54 03
Less error, $15 contribution
of Mt. Vernon Church, re-
ported twice, June and
July 15 00
Castalia, First, by J. C. Prentice
Freedom, by J. B. Kellogg
Lawrence, by Rev. C. B. Shear
Leno.x, Woman's Miss. Soc, by F.
W. Link
Rootstown, by H. A. Deming
Weymouth, First, by Rev. L. J.
Travis
INDIANA— $399.85.
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs. A. H.
Ball, Treas. :
Elkhart $13 60
Terre Haute, Thank-offer-
ing, to const. Mrs. C. M.
Preston a L. M 55 00
68 60
Andrews, by Rev. H . Janes 8 00
Angola, Dorothy, of which $100 Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor 300 00
Fremont and Jamestown, by Rev. C.
E. Grove 7 00
Michigan City, Sanborn Memorial
Ch., Scandinavian, by Rev. A.
Lundberg 10 00
Porter, by Rev. R. Smith 5 00
Washington and Cannelburgh, by
Rev. R. Mackintosh i 25
-ILLINOIS— $707.67 ; of which legacy,
$92.67.
Illinois H. M. Soc , by Rev. James
Tompkins, Supt. :
Gen, Howard Roll of Honor.. $400 00
Salary Fund 100 00
500 00
Buda, Estate of John F, Hyde, by H,
T. Lay , Trustee 92 67
Caseyville, German Ch., by Rev. E.
Neumann 10 00
Payson, J. K. Scarborough 100 00
Peoria, Rev. A. A. Stevens 5 00
MISSOURI-$34i.7o.
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs. K. L.
Mills, Treas. :
Hannibal $>3 00
Kansas City, Olivet 43
Plymouth ; i 00
Pierce City 13 00
St. Joseph 10 50
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January, 1896
St. Louis, Compton Hill .... $20 00
First 8 38
Central 19 37
Pilgrim 70 00
Hope I 00
Sedalia, First 16 25
Springfield, First 10 60
Y. P. S. C. E 1000
Webster Groves 31 25
$214 78
Less expenses 10 74
$204 04
Brookfield. Si7-35; S. S. Birthday of-
fering, $7.19, by Rev. L. Warren... 24 54
Hamilton, by J. N. Morton 10 62
St. Louis, First, by F. T. Kno.\, Gen.
Howard KoU of Honor 100 00
Swedish Ch., by Rev. A. G. John-
son 2 50
MICHIGAN-$i47,5o ; of which legacy,
$47.50.
Adrian, Estateof Mrs. A. M. Lathrop,
by A. L. Millard
Ludington, Mrs. G. N. Stray, Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor
WISCONSIN— $13.75.
Bruce and Appolonia, by Rev. D. L.
Sanborn 2 00
Sharon, S. S. Rally, by A. B. Wilson. 2 00
Sun Prairie, by N. E. Thompson 9 75
IOWA-$i34.33-
Clinton, Y. P. S. C. E., by H. R.
Whitehouse 10 00
Columbus City, Rev. T. W. Evans. .. 5 00
Des Moines. J. H. Merrill, Gen. How-
ard Roll of Honor 100 00
Long Creek, Welsh, by D, D. Davies 10 33
Maquoqueta. J. McCloy 5 00
Wells, Mrs. I. W. Brownell 2 00
Wilton, German Ch., by E. Mann-
hardt 2 00
MINNES0TA-$2O4.8i.
Faribault, Ch., $87.75; Cannon City,
$2, by A. Young
Glenwood, by Rev. F. A. Sumner
Glyndon, Ch. and S. S., by C. W.
Tracy
Graceville, $21 ; Olivet S. S., $2.20, by
Rev. H. A. Cotton
Minneapolis, First Scandinavian, by
H. O. Juve
Fifth Avenue, by W. A. James
" Rodelmer "
New Brighton, by Rev. C. B. Fellows
North Branch and Sunrise City, by
Rev. P. H. Fisk
St. Charles, Ch., S7 ; S. S., $1.76, by
Mrs. L. N. Howe
St. Paul. German, by Rev. W. Oehler
Sherburn, $5 ; Lake Belt, ^3 ; Eraser,
67 cts., by Rev. C. E. Walker
Silver Lake, Bohemian Free Reformed
Ch., $13.92 : Y. P. S. C. E., $17.08,
by J. S. Jerabek
Spencer Brook, Swedish, by Rev. A.
P. Engtrom
Upsala, Swedish, by Rev. A. G. Pet-
terson
Villard and Hudson, by Rev. G. R.
Searles
89 75
I 25
23 20
2 50
6 45
3 00
4 32
2 25
8 76
2 50
8 67
KANSAS— $584.05.
Received by Rev. J. G. Dougherty,
Treas. :
Alton $5 00
C. E 160
Y. L. Miss. Soc 3 50
Centralia, S. S. Birthday
Bo.x 8 00
Independence 2 49
Jr. C. E 5 00
Ingraham, Mem. Fund 2 00
Lawrence, A. L. Goudy.... 3 60
Maple Hill 15 50
Overbrook 13 s6
Topeka, State Board Y. M.
C. A 1000
VVakarusa 4 10
Branch 323
Wellsville 13 68
93 26
Harvest Festival :
Chase $8 30
Covert. S. S 3 69
Great Bend 4 65
Highland 21 oo
Linwood 27 00
Nickerson 4 50
Paola, S. S 6 87
Scatter Creek, S.S. i 77
Sedgwick -.8 75
Sycamore. S. S... 2 65
Tongano.xie 1526
114 44
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs. E. C.
Read, Treas.:
A,xtell $100
Burlington 5 00
Kansas City, Chelsea Park. 3 50
Clay Center 4 50
Carson 3 05
Council Grove 5 00
Centralia. in full, to const.
Mrs. B. U. King a L. M. . 23 00
Douglass 375
Dodge City i 00
Emporia 2000
Eureka 6 00
Goodland i 25
Hiawatha 13 70
Highland 500
Kansas City, First 535
Pilgrim i 80
Kensington i 06
Lawrence, Plymouth 31 00
Leavenworth 50 00
McDonald 60
Olathe 6 25
Ottawa 1443
Plevna, Ladies' Aid Soc... 3 00
C. E 56
Russell 13 00
Sabetha 3 25
Seabrook 4 00
Seneca, toward L. Mp. of
Mrs. E. P. Tullcr 19 00
Smith Center 4 00
Udall, Dime Bank 250
Wabaunsee 12 50
Westmoreland 421
Wakarusa Valley 7 00
Wellsville 300
$282 20
Less expenses 5 64
$207 70
276 56
Received by Rev. S D. Storrs
Atwood. by Rev. J. J. A. T. Dixon..
Brookville, H. H. Wright and wife...
January, l{
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495
Clay Center, First, by Rev. H. A.
Lawrence $21 00
T. Morse 5 00
Dial, by Rev. N. Emmerson 7 00
Dunlap, by Rev. W. R. Bair 3 00
Haven, by Rev. O. T. Wattenberger . 14 00
Hiawatha, by Rev. W. C. Veazie ' 7 50
Onaga, Y. P. S. C. E., by E. Pratt. . . i 45
Seabrook, by Rev. J. E. Kirkpatiick. 13 13
Sabetha, First, by Rev. A. C. Hogbin 15 00
Wliite City, by Rev. E. Rictiards 6 21
NEBRASKA~$47.23.
Dustin, Lonneyview, and Richmond,
by Rev. W. T. Williams
Hallam, Woman's Miss. Soc, German
Ch., by Rev. J. Morach
Hastings, $7; Inland, $8.75, German
Chs., by Rev. C. W. Wuerrschmidt
Minden, Mrs. H. W. Sprague
Newcastle, by Rev. J. Roberts
Princeton, German, by Rev. J. Mo-
rach
Sutton and Stockham, German, by
Rev. R. Hilkerbaeumer ..
NORTH DAKOTA— $170.01.
Received by Rev. J. Sattler :
Eigenfeld, German $3 54
Friedensfeld, German, S. S. 2 00
Guadenfeld, German 29 68
Kulm, German 20 72
St. Paul, German 16 g2
Amenia, by Rev. E. H. Stickney
Fargo, Scand., by Rev. L. J. Pedersen
Plymouth Ch.,by Rev. E. H. Stick-
ney
Hankinson, by W. Ranger
Harwood, by Rev. E. H. Stickney. . .
Hillsboro, by Rev. N. P. McQuarrie..
Mayville, Ch., $q ; Y. P. S. C. E., $10,
by J. P. Haber. -
New Rockford, by Rev. N. W. Han-
kemeyer
Portland, by Rev. J. Killen
Rose Valley, by Rev. E. H. Stickney
Sykeston, by Rev. H. E. Compton...
SOUTH DAKOTA-$i5i.9i.
Received by Rev. J. Sattler :
Hosmer, German Asso., St.
Mathew Ch Is 00
Salem, German Ch 500
Received by Rev. C.J. Hansen, Scan-
dinavian Chs
Alexandria, Jr. Y. P. S. C. E., $3 ; S.
S., $1.09 ; Bard, S. S., $1.04. by Rev.
J. Rowe
Armour, by Rev. W. B. Hubbard
Beresford, by Rev. H. W. Jamison ..
Cold Brook, by Rev. J. Hall
Elmira, by M. I. Black
Henry, by Rev. F. L. Drew
Hermosa and Rockerville, by Rev. J.
A. Becker
Highmore, Rev. R. Jones
Lake Preston, by Rev. G. A. Conrad.
Myron, $10; Ladies' Miss. Soc, $5;
Frankfort, $8.26, by Miss E. K.
Henry
Parkston, German Ch., by Rev. M.
Treiber
• Revillo, by Rev. C. F. De Groff
6 50
15 15
5 00
6 lo
3 36
72 86
I.s
00
3
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13 75
4
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00
17
00
5
00
4
70
5 13
10 00
5 00
4 00
12 50
23 26
30 00
3 40
Siou.\ Falls, by Rev. D. R, Tomlin. . .
Waubay, by Rev. C. Parsons
COLORADO-$i36.5s.
Buena Vista, by Rev. H. Sanderson. .
Coal Creek, Union, by Rev. W. W.
Mc Arthur
Denver, Harman, by Rev. G. W. Rose.
Elyria, Pilgrim, by Rev. C. B. Wells.
Highland Lake, Ch. of Christ, by E.
G. Seaman
Lafayette, by Rev. J. F. Smith
- Littleton, People's Ch., by Rev. J. E.
Collom
Otis and Hyde, by Rev. G. Dungan. .
Telluride, by Rev. H. Sanderson.
MONTANA— $17.30.
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs. H. E.
Jones, Treas. :
Helena
Horse Plains, $1.15 ; Thompson Falls,
55Cts.,by Rev. W. S.Bell
Hunters, by Rev. W. S. Bell
IDAHO— $33.70.
Weiser, First, by N. L. Hawthorn.. .
CALIFORNIA-$586.35.
Woman's H. M. Union, Southern Cal.,
Mrs. M. M. Smith, Treas. :
To const. Mrs. W. F. Day
aL. M $60 65
Los Angeles, Mrs. S. B.
Ford 25 00
Perris 7 00
$7 72
10 00
Alpine and Flinn Valley, by Rev. J.
A.Rogers
Belmont, Mrs. E. L. Reed
Dehesa, by Rev. A. Douglass
Etiwanda, by Rev. C. H. Davis
Florin, Mary A. Whitman
Lincoln, by Rev. E. D. Hale
North Ontario, C. E. Harwood, Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor
Pokegama and Hornbrook, by Rev.
B. F. Moody
San Diego, Mrs. G. W. Marston, Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor
San Jos^, A Friend
San Luis Obispo, First, by Rev. W.
W. Madge
San Rafael, by Rev. W. P. Hardy. . .
Santa Monica, Prohibition Ch., by
Rev. G. K. De Kay
Santa Paula, Dea. N. W. Blanchard,
Gen. Howard Roll of Honor, by
Rev. J. T. Ford
Sausalito, Ladies, by Rev. J. Rea
Sunol Glen, by Rev. J. H. Strong . . .
Tulare, A Friend •
OREGON-$4i.g6.
Hillside, by Rev. J. M. Beauchamp. .
Huntington, by Rev. F. W. Parker..
Needy, " German," by Rev. E. Grieb
Portland, Jr. Y. P. S. C. E. of the
First, $10 : by Mrs. W. D. Palmer,
Mission Class of Miss Florence
George, 60 cents
German Ch . , by Rev. J. Koch
2
50
5
00
5
00
6
00
6
05
2
00
2
00
33
00
92 65
3 80
10 00
8 00
S 00
10 00
23 30
100 00
5 00
100 00
2 90
4 50
100 00
62 50
4 00
10 00
8 65
6 67
6 04
10 60
10 00
496
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WASHINGTON-$297.47.
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs. J. W.
George, Treas $ioo oo
Quillayute 21 30
$121 30
Anacortes, Pilgrim, by G. M. Haga-
dorn 2 50
Chelan, by W. L. Dawson 3 65
Colfax, for the debt, by Rev. H. P.
James 4165
Endicott, German Ch., by Rev. J.
Hergert 325
Kalama, by Rev. G. W. Nelson i 50
Ritzville, First, by Rev. J. Lockwood 6 87
St. John, for the debt, by Rev. T.
Walters $7 00
Steilacoom, Oberlin, and Lakeview,
by Rev. J. M. Lydgate 4 75
Tacoma. Y. P. S. C. E. of the Swedish
Ch , by L. Larson 5 00
Walla Walla, First, by Rev. E. L.
Smith, Gen. Howard Roll of Honor 100 00
CHINA-$io.oo.
North China, Two American Ladies. lo 00
Home Mission.^rv 38 45
30,836 00
Contributions for November, excluding contributions for the debt $13,741 72
Legacies for November 7, 166 73
Contributions for the debt in November 10,176 43
Total receipts in November $31,084 88
Contributions for first eight months, excluding contributions for the debt $126,643 27
Legacies for first eight months 82,688 87
Contributions for the debt to December ist :
General O. O. Howard Roll of Honor 34,200 00
Special for the debt 35887 27
Total receipts for first eight months $247,419 41
Donations of Clothings etc.
Alstead Center, N. H., Ladies' Circle of
First Ch., by Mrs. Ella B. Greene,
barrel $35 00
Auburn, Me., Young Ladies' Band of •
High St. Ch., by E. T. Simmons, bar-
rel 50 00
Aurora, III., Corban Assoc, of New
England Ch., by Mrs. D. W. Hurd,
two barrels 130 00
Bath, N. H., W. M. S., by Mrs. Annie
S. France, bo.x 100 00
Black Rock, Conn., by Mrs. S. J. Bar-
tram, barrel . . 60 00
Bennington Center, Vt., First Ch., by
Mrs. H. H. Harwood, two barrels
and box 75 00
Bridgeport, Conn., South Ch., by Mrs.
A. D. Lewis, box and barrel 114 77
Bristol, Conn., W. H. M. Aux., by Mrs.
A. E. North, box
Brooklyn, N. Y., Rev. Wm. W. Fessen-
den, communion set.
Buffalo, N-. Y., Miss. Com. of Y. P. S.
C. E. of People's Ch., by Miss Emma
M. Isley, box 65 00
Canandaigua, N. Y., W. H. M. S., by
Mrs. Mary G. Parmele, three barrels
and check . 224 48
Cheshire, Conn., Ladies' Aid Soc, by
Mrs. S. E. Judd, box 6145
Chester. N. H., W. M. U., by Harriette
A. Melvin, barrel 53 00
Colchester, Conn., Ladies' Benev. Soc,
by Mrs. Fannie S. Curtis, box.
Dover. N. H., L. H. M, S. of First Ch.,
by H. E. Wyatt, two barrels 144 40
Durham, N. H., Ladies and Children, by
Mary A. Burnham, barrel 92 5°
East Concord. N. H., by Mrs. Geo. H.
Dunlap, box 46 00
Elyria, O.. Ladies' Soc, by Mrs. C. E.
Crandall. box 79 33
Fairport, N. Y., by M. Olney, barrel,
box, and cash 95 84
Groton, Conn., First Ch., by Elizabeth
M. Avery, barrel 85 30
Guilford, Conn., L. H. M. S., by Fred.
E. Snow, two barrels $98 00
Hartford, Conn., Ladies' Benev. Soc.
of Asylum Hill Ch., by Mrs. S. M.
Capron, barrel and box '33 31
Homer. N. Y., Ladies' Aid and H. M.
Soc, by Mary P. Tuthill, two barrels 8q 82
Hopkinton, Mass., Friends, box and bar-
rel.
Ithaca. N. Y., W. H. M. S., by Mrs. C.
M. St. John, box 120 90
Lyme, N. H., Ladies, by Mrs. C. E.
Gordon, box 64 00
Madison, Conn., Soc of Fellow Work-
ers, by Miss E. B. Lee, barrel and
freight 103 75
Manchester, N. H., Ladies' Benev. Soc.
of First Ch., by Mrs. C. F. Flanders,
box and barrel 170 00
Meriden, Conn., Ladies' Benev. Soc. of
First. Ch., by Mrs. Homer A. Curtis,
barrel, cash, and freight 196 43
Middletown, Conn., L. H. M. S. of First
Ch.. by Mrs. A. R. Crittenden, barrel 78 00
Milford, N. H., Ladies' Charitable Soc,
by Mrs. J. B. Melendy, barrel 65 00
Mnline, 111., Ladies' Aid Soc. of First
Ch., by Mrs. S. M. Atkinson, barrel. 54 00
New Britain, Conn., First Ch. of Christ,
by Emma L. Pickett, box 85 00
New York City. W. C. Conant. package.
Norfolk, Conn., L. H. M. S.,byMrs. R.
I . Crissey , barrel 85 59
North Ridgeville, O., Church and La-
dies' Benev. Soc, by Mrs. J. Host-
lander, bo.x 35 72
Norwalk, Conn., Ladies" Benev. Asso.
of First Ch., by E. W. Brown, barrel 105 00
Old Lyme, Conn., Friends, barrel.
Old Saybrook, Conn , L. H. M. S., by
Agnes A. Acton, box and barrel loi 00
Pasadena, Cal., W. M. Soc. of First
Ch., by Mrs. E. A. Walker, box 91 50
W. H. M. S., by Miss Annie Longfel-
low, six boxes 390 50
Pittsfield, N. H., by J. S. Rand, box ... 57 00
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Ridgway, Penn., by Mrs. B. Beyier,
barrel $78 64
Rupert, Vt., C. H. M. S., by Mrs. Geo.
R. Thompson, barrel 6700
St. Louis, Mo., Ladies' Asso. of Pilgrim
Ch., by Hattie A. Carman, carpet 7 25
South Windsor, Conn., L. H. M. S., by
Mrs. O. S. Jones, barrel 76 94
Terryville, Conn., Ladies' Benev. See,
by Mrs. W. H. Scott, box and barrel.
Toledo, O., Working Band of First Ch.,
by Mrs. Henry A. Lacey, two bo.xes. .
West Hartford, Conn., Elmwood Soc,
by Miss Julia L, Faxon, barrel
Winsted, Conn., Ladies' Aid Soc. of
First Ch., by Mrs. W. H. Williams,
box
$140 00
132 00
Donations of Clothing, etc. , received and reported at the rooms of the Woman' s Home
Missionarj^ Association, from August i to November 30, 1895, Mrs. Louise A.
Kellogg, Secretary
Amherst, Aux., by Mrs. Marshall Hen-
shaw, box and barrel $177 00
L. B. S., by Mrs. O. D. Hunt, pack-
age and barrel ; 13S 00
Andover, South Ch., L. C. S., by Miss
Alice Rogers, barrel 103 24
Beverly, Dane St. Ch., Aux., by Miss
Sarah D. Cleaves, two barrels 92 00
Boston, Friends, by Mrs. E. Smith, bar-
rel 75 00
Union Ch., L. S. C, by IVIiss Marion
Gay, barrel 90 50
Brighton, L. B. S., by Mrs. Granville
Fuller, barrel 103 00
Cohasset,Aux.,by Miss M. A. Stoddard,
barrel 109 1 1
Dalton, Ladies, by Miss Clara L. Crane,
box 66 39
By Mrs. W. B. Clark, barrel 17 09
Dorchester, Village Ch.,L. H. M. S.,by
Mrs. Fred M. Swan, two barrels 170 20
Essex North Alliance, by Mrs. E. J.
Bonette :
Amesbury, Main St. Ch., by Mrs. S.
J. Dauphinee, barrel 75 00
Haverhill, North Ch., Bethany Asso-
ciation, by Mrs. Warren Hanjcom,
two barrels 182 00
Everett, Mystic Side Ch., L. A. S., by
MissS. D. Bartley. barrel 107 98
Fitchburg, Calvinistic Ch., Ladies, by
Mrs. Annie E. Parker, box 75 45
Rollstone Ch., Aux., by Miss Ida L.
Fox, two barrels 94 49
Hartford, Conn., Glenwood Ch., by
Miss Mary Warren, barrel 62 00
Hinsdale, Ladies, by Mrs. C. J. Kit-
tredge, barrel 84 66
Hopkinton, by Mrs. S. B. Crooks, three
barrels 205 00
Lee, Ladies, by Mrs. Elizabeth R. May,
barrel 65 00
Lincoln, Ladies' H. M.S., by Miss Alice
M. Peirce, barrel 75 00
Littleton, Aux., by Miss Julia S. Conant,
barrel 35 84
Longmeadow, Aux., by Mrs. Martha C.
Goldthwait, barrel 26 00
Lowell, Kirk St. Ch., L. M. S., by Mrs.
Adiline W. Patterson, box 127 66
Lunenburg, L. S. C by Mrs. Susan B.
Bone, barrel and package 100 00
Marlboro', Aux., by Mrs. W. A. Walker,
barrel 87 30
Maynard, Aux., by Mrs. Amory May-
nard, box 48 18
Medford, Mystic Ch., Aux., by Miss M.
S. Clark, three barrels 212 52
Newburyport, Whitefield Ch. .Tyler Mis-
sion Circle, by Mrs. Adelaide S. Reid,
barrel 63 65
Newton Center, First Ch., Maria B.
Furber Missionary Society, by Mrs.
Mary R. Whipple, box $35 00
Newton Highlands, Aux., by Mrs. Em-
ily W. Hyde, barrel 148 51
North Amherst, Aux., by Mrs. George
P. Spear, barrel 90 00
Northampton, Edwards Ch., Aux., by
Mrs. Adelaide F. Kneeland, two bar-
rels 140 00
Orange, Au.x., by Mrs. M. J. Pomeroy,
barrel 95 00
Pittsfield, First Ch., Free Will Society,
by Mrs. Mary B. Davis, two barrels. . 186 06
Providence, Union Ch., H. M. S. S., by
Mrs. Wm. Knight, two boxes 334 97
Roxbury, Highland Ch., by Miss Caro-
line T. Hall, two barrels 61 38
Immanuel Ch., by Mrs. S. A. Brackett,
barrel and box 70 00
Salem, South Ch., Benevolent Associa-
tion, by Miss Susan S. Driver, two
barrels 183 30
Sharon, Ladies, by Miss Emma L. Pet-
tee, barrel 105 00
Somerville, Winter Hill Ch., Aux., by
Mrs. Emma S. Hayes, barrel 98 15
Spencer, L. C. S., by Mrs. George P.
Ladd, barrel 94 26
Springfield, Hope Ch., Ladies, by Mrs.
E. H. Cutler, barrel 60 00
Sunderland, Ladies, by Mrs. H. D.
Graves, box 105 00
Taunton, Broadway Ch., L. H. M. S. S.,
by Mrs. L. L. Rhodes, barrel 78 56
Walpole, L. B. S., by Mrs. M. H. Piper,
box and barrel 132 00
Ware, Ladies, by Miss Emma T. Eaton,
barrel 69 55
Warren, Ladies, by Mrs. M. L. Hastings,
box 19227
Westboro', L. S. C, by Miss M. M.
Peckham, barrel 7° 34
West Boxford, F. C. S., by Miss Anna
P. Park, barrel 75 65
Westfield, First Ch. Aux., by Miss Lucy
C. Smith, box 265 61
Second Ch., L. B. S., by Mrs. Henry
Hooker, barrel 42 '7
Westminster, Ladies' Circle, by Mrs. T.
S. Wood, barrel... 67 43
Winchendon, L. B. S., by Mrs. C. C.
Parker, box 165 46
Winchester, L. W. M. S., by Mrs. J. P.
Boutwell, two barrels 13460
Worcester, Old South Ch., Aux., by Miss
E. M. Sibley, two barrels 210 99
Plymouth Ch., L. B. S., by Mrs. Ma-
rion S. Sibley, box , 202 15
$6,379 64
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AUXILIARY STATE RECEIPTS
MASSACHUSETTS HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Receipts of the Massachusetts Home Missionary Society in November, 1895.
B. Palmer, Treastirer
Rev. Edwin
Gen. O. O. Howard, Roll of Honor :
Amherst, A Lady of First Ch $ioo oo
Boston. Roslindale Ch., by W. H.
Warner io6 oo
Cambridge, Flint, Mrs. Ephraim, A
Memorial loo oo
Cambridgeport, Snow, Russell L loo oo
Dalton, Weston. Mrs. L loo oo
Newton, Eliot Ch., by S. C. Partridge,
Seven Shares 720 00
Springfield, North Ch.,byC. H. Rush. 100 00
Taunton, A Friend 100 00
Worcester, Maynard, Mrs. William,
of Plymouth Ch 100 00
Morgan, Mrs. Rebecca A., of Ply-
mouth Ch 100 00
Tucker, Charles D., of Plymouth Ch. 100 00
Whitcomb, G. Henry, of Plymouth
Ch 100 00
Woman's Home Missionary Associa-
tion, by Miss A. C. Bridgman,
Treas. :
Boston, Coburn, Mrs. Geo.
W $100 00
Fiske. Mrs. J. N 100 00
Brookline, Goodell, Mrs.
C. L 100 00
Newton, Billings, Mrs.
Mary M 100 00
400 00
$2,226 00
Acushnet, Two Friends 700
A Friend 10 00
Amesbury, Main St., by C. F. Hovey . . 27 55
Andover, Chapel, add'l, by W. F.
Draper, for C. H. M. S 160 00
Free Christian, by Mrs. M. C.Cole... 60 00
Auburn, by Rev. Chas. M. Pierce .... 61 00
Blackstone, by C. H. Lee 13 00
Y. P. S. C. E., by C. H, Lee 200
Boston, Barnes, Mrs. E.J 3 00
Central, by John A. Bennett 1,432 45
Eager, E. R 5 00
Jamaica Plain, Central, add'l, by A.
A. Maxwell 19 37
Mt. Vernon, add'l, by H. S. Palmer. 10 00
Old South, by Joseph H. Gray, in
part 880 67
Parkhurst, Elizabeth C, Estate of,
by E. F. Brackett, Ex 5,000 00
Parkhurst, Elizabeth C, Estate of,
one half of a Jacksonville (Illinois)
Railway Bank, unappraised.
Park St. S. S., by E. H. McGuire,
Special for Greek work 25 00
Roxbury, Eliot, by A. McLean 8 50
Day, W. F., for C. H. M. S 150 00
Union, by W. H. White 445 14
Braintree, First, by A. B. Keith 7 22
South, by H. B. Whitman 23 00
Brookfield, Blanchard, Rev. Chas. P.,
Estate of, by Albert H. Blanchard, Ex. 2,000 00
Cambridge, Root, Mrs. F. S 10 oo
Concord Junction, Union, by Rev. W. J.
Batt 100
Conway, by Francis Howland 23. 36
Cummington, West, by Mrs. S. D. Ben-
jamin $10 00
Dedham, First, S. S., by Sarah R. Bur-
gess 12 80
Islington, by Rev. W. F. Bickford ... 6 00
Deerfield, by Rev. E. N. Munroe 6 72
Childs, James 5 00
Stebbins, B. Z., Jr i 00
Douglas, First, by Rev. A. B. Peffers . . 10 00
Easton, by Rev. A. H. Fuller 28 22
S. S., by Rev. A. H. Fuller i 85
Edgartown, by Miss Florence E. May-
hew 1022
Everett, Kent, Mrs. Mary, for debt i 00
Foxboro, Bethany, by Horace Carpen-
ter ; 30 51
Framingham, Plymouth, by J. H. Tem-
ple, for Greek work 6 lo
South, Grace, Y. P. S. C. E., by W. C.
Travis, for debt 10 00
Gardner, "Rally" Collection, by Rev.
C. W. Shelton 43 00
Georgetown, Memorial, by Henry Hil-
liard 32 37
Goshen, by C. Nelson Shaw 37 2:?
Granville. West, by Rev. T. S. Robie . . 2 38
Groton, Union, add'l, by Frank T.
Lewis 3 50
Hamilton, First, add'l, by J. P. Lever-
ing 4 50
Hampden Benevolent Association, by
Geo. R. Bond, Treas.:
Chicopee, First $4 25
Ludlow, First, Ladies' Home
Miss. Soc..' 1000
Palmer, Second 23 4^
Springfield, Hope 3929
West Springfield, First 43 50
120 4S
Hardwick, Gilbertville, by A. H. Rich-
ardson, L. Ms. to be named 54 55
Hawley, West, by Clarence C. Fuller.. 18 00
Hinsdale, by M. M. Went worth 83 00
Holliston, Burnap, Mrs. S. G 1000
Leicester, First, by J. C. Watson 65 00
Leominster, Burnap. H. T 5 00
Lexington, Hancock, by W. W. Baker
(of which $50 to const. Rev. Cyrus
Hamlin, D.D., a L. M. of C. H. M. S.) 7s 00
Lowell. Carter. A. D., by Rev. W. G.
Puddefoot, for C. H. M. S 25 00
First, by Joseph W. Griffin 55 7°
High Street, by Sam'l A. Chase, to
const. C. D. Burtt, Jason Fuller, and
D. P. Stacy L. Ms. of C. H. M.S... 164 60
John Street, by Wm. Morey 109 55
Pawtucket, add'l, by J. J. Colton 25 00
Lynn, Central, by I. K. Harris, for C.
H. M. S 100 00
Chestnut St., by Geo. E. Sargent, for
CH. M. S 3000
First, by Mrs. C. M. Staton 60 00
North, by Rev. W. A. Hadley. tow-
ards " Roll of Honor" and to const.
Rev. and Mrs. W. A. Hadley L.Ms. 79 28
Maiden. First, by Chas. F. Belcher 113 99
Massachusetts, A Friend to Missions. . . 3 00
Medford, West, by J. H. Gerrish 11 00
Middleton, by C. P. Stiles 4 16
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Newbury, Byfield, by Alvin C. Poor $11 00
First, by Edward Perkins 2095
Newburyport, Belleville, by Rev. A. W.
Hitchcok, " For expenses ■' 11 00
North, Y. P. S. C. E., by Jese L.
Coffin, for debt 10 00
Prospect St., by C. H. Bliss, for C. H.
M. S 5000
North Andover, by Jos. S. Sanborn.... 65 00
Special for Greek work, by Jos. S.
Sanborn 10 00
Northboro, Evan., by Abbie A. Adams,
Taft thank-offering 22 00
Northbridge, Whitinville, E.-C.-a-Day
Band, by Mrs. C. E. Whitin i8 01
Norton, Proceeds of Entertainment in
Dist. No. 6, by Rev. G. H. Hubbard.. 15 10
Peabody, Second, Y. P. S. C. E., by
Chester Tudbury 5 00
Pepperell, by Chas. Crosby 14 41
Plymouth, Chiltonville, by Miss C. E.
Langford 2 00
Rowley, by Woodbury Smith 26 75
Royalston, First, by Colin. McKenzie. . 7 82
Rutland, First, Y. P. S. C. E.,byH.
C. Bray 8 00
Salem, Tabernacle, by Jos. H. Phippen. 14 50
Saugus, by John E. Stocker 43 14
Shrewsbury, by Henry Harlow 11 00
Shutesbury, by N. A. Briggs 20 00
Somerville, Franklin St., A Member... i 00
Tewksbury, by Enoch Foster 11 91
Tolland, by Rev. Thomas S. Robie i 37
Townsend, Kendall, Mrs. S. C, special 2 00
Upton, First, add'l, by Horace A.
Walker i 85
Ware, East, by Rev. A. B. Bassett 58 00
Warren, A Friend 50 00
West Brookfield, by A. G. Blodgett, w.
p. g. to const. Lillian Barnes a L. M.. 8 00
Westhampton, Mass., by A. D. Monta-
gue 34 08
West Stockbridge, Center, by Rev. W.
W. Curtis 12 era
Village, by Rev. W. W. Curtis 27 50
Weymouth, North, Pilgrim, Y. P. S. C.
E., by S. G. Rockwood $2 00
South, Old South, by Rev. H. C. Al-
vord 24 00
Whitcomb, David, Fund, Income of .. . 250 co
Whitman, A Friend 290
Winchester, First, by Eben Caldwell,
Treas. , partial 2 00
Worcester, Hope, by Mrs. Emma G.
Hall, for C. H. M. S 36 08
Hope, Special, for Greek work, by
Mrs. Emma G. Hall 8 00
Plymouth, in addition to "Roll of
Honor " gifts, by F. W. Chase 327 64
Misses Wheeler, $25; do., special,
825 50 00
Woman's Home Miss. Association, by
Miss A. C. Bridgman, Treas.:
Amherst, Au.x $132 00
Boston, Bennett, Mrs. Oliver,
for debt 75 00
Roxbury, Wal. Ave. Aux.,
towards Salary of Rev.
Sam'l Deakin 34 5°
Chelsea, Central, Aux., for
Salaries 15 00
Dedham, Aux., for debt 5 00
Gloucester, Aux., to const.
Mrs. F. H. Abbott a L. M.
of C. H. M. S 50 00
Greenwich, Aux., for debt,
$12.50 ; for salary fund,
$12.50 25 00
Haverhill. North, Bethany
Asso., Flint, Mrs. Mary C,
for debt 50 00
Reading, Pratt, Mrs. Joseph
L., to make member of Sil-
ver Circle 5 00
391 50
$15,772 45
Home Missionary 13 10
$15-785 55
RHODE ISLAND HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Receipts of the Rhode Island Home Missionaiy Society in November, 1895. Joseph
William Rice, Treasurer
Pawtucket, Cong. Ch., $300 forC. H. M.
S. ; for Howard Roll of Honor, $100.
Providence, Pilgrim Cong. Ch., for
Howard Roll of Honor
Riverton, Amicable Cong. Ch
J400 00 Westerly, Pawcatuck Cong. Ch
Interest on deposit.
100 00
ltt)25 00
9 00
I 47
$535 74
MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF CONNECTICUT
Receipts of the Missionary Society of Connecticut in November, 1895.
Jacobs, Treasurer
Ward W.
Ansonia, German, by George E. Cordes.
Bridgeport, Park Street, by A. S. Hall..
Bridge water, by Mrs. A. J. Bennitt
Bristol, Swedish, by Rev. Otto Swen-
son
Burlington, by Samuel Russell
Chester, by Rev. Alexander Hall
Clinton, by Daniel W. Stevens
Colchester, First, by E. L. Strong, Treas.
of Benevolent Fund, for C. H. M. S. ..
$3 54
20 73
10 00
14 00
15 60
40 25
31 52
East Canaan, see North Canaan
East Haddam, First, by E. W. Chaffee,
for C. H. M. S $17 63
Fairfield, Greenfield, by Oliver H.
Meeker 6 80
Grassy Hill, see Lyme.
Greenfield, see Fairfield.
Greenwich, North Greenwich, by B.
Close 7 75
Haddam, First, by Rev. E. E. Lewis. . . 12 00
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Hartford, First, Homer Blanchard, for
C. H. M. S $20 00
Park, by Willis E. Smith 15 33
Danish, by Rev. S. K. Didriksen 4 53
Harwinton, by A . W. Buell 3 48
Long Ridge, see Stamford.
Lyme, Grassy Hill, by J. S. Hall 14 00
Middletown, First, by E. P. Augur 29 84
Nepaug, see New Hartford.
New Hartford, Nepaug, by Rev.
William M. Gay 17 00
New Haven, Dwight Place, by Fred. C.
Lum 16244
Danish, by Rev. N. C. Christensen. . . 5 00
North Canaan, East, by A. B. Garfield. 6 86
North Greenwich, see Greenwich.
Old Say brook, by Robert Chapman $23 61
For C. H. M. S 23 61
Plymouth, First, by Arthur Beardsley.. 28 00
Putnam, Second, by F. J. Daniels 21 02
Stamford, Long Ridge, by Rev. C. B.
McLean i 50
Thomaston, Swedish, by August Carl-
son 4 02
Washington, Swedish, by F. L. Forbes. 5 41
Waterbury, Third, by Rev. F. P. Waters. 15 38
Woodstock, Swedish, by Charles Swen-
son 4 00
$594 85
ILLINOIS HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Receipts of the Illinois Hofiie Missionary Society in October, 1895.
Aaron B. Me.a.d, Treasurer
Albion, First $500
Altona, Mrs. Cornelia Ward i 00
Batavia 36 74
Brimfield 25 00
Caledonia 4 88
Cambridge 12 00
Centralia S 00
Champaign 82 17
Y. P. S.C. E 12 76
Jr. C. E 2 65
Chesterfield 30 36
Chicago, First 70 69
Mrs. L. A. Bushnell, Roll of Honor.. 100 00
Warren Avenue, Young Ladies 13 00
Mount Clare 125
Zion 9 00
Grass Park 1 62
Des Plaines, Y. P. S. C. E 2 80
Earlville, J. A. D 25 00
Elburn 3 50
Y. P. S. C. E 10 00
Greenville i 60
Gridley, S. S. Birthday-bo.x 8 90
Griggsville 57 92
Hinsdale 23 00
Mrs. L. P. Haskell 10 00
Homer, Will County ... i 50
Homer. Champaign County 29 75
La Grange 49 92
Lawn Ridge 2 64
M alta 3 65
Melville 300
Moline, Mrs. William Butterworth $1000
Normal, " Perry " 2 00
Quincy, Lorenzo Bull, Roll of Honor. . 100 00
Sandwich, Y. P. S. C. E 6 66
Springfield, Plymouth 25 00
Hope, S. S 2 40
Summer Hill 4 30
Victoria 41 00
Wheaton, First, Miss Carrie N. Lewis. 50 00
Mrs. Harriet Newell Smith 300
Winnebago 32 00
Wyanet 6 00
Woman's Home Missionary Union :
Ashkum, Y. P. S. C. E $2 00
Champaign 17 11
Chicago, New England 7085
Leavitt Street 811
Lincoln Park 6 50
Elgin, First 10 00
Elmhurst, Missionary Band.. i 00
mini 8 75
La Salle 5 00
Metropolis i 28
Rockford, Second 10 50
Mrs. Julia P. Warren 100 00
241 10
Proceeds sale of farm produce 47 30
A Friend 20 82
Interest on Emergency Fund 7-! 33
pi, 310 12
MICHIGAN HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Receipts of the AJichigan Home Alissioiiary Society in Novemlu
Rev. John P. S.^nderson, Treasurer
1S95.
■Alpena $10 00
Lake St. S. S i 81
Bedford 6 50
Calumet 4° 85
Charlotte, Y. P. S. C. E 5 00
Chelsea 40 46
Clarksville 5 30
Clinton 16 50
Columbus 7 00
Covert 48 25
Detroit, German 12 00
East Gilead 283
Eastport $3 10
Ellsworth 2 65
Ensign 17
Ewen , . . I 50
Farwell 4 10
Finkton 151
Fruitport 944
Grand Junction 21 20
Grand Rapids, First 100 bb
South 1295
Plym. S. S 6 26
Grandville 1 05
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Hudson ville $20 00
Ironton i 25
Isabella i 05
Kinderhook 2 30
Lewiston 10 00
Manistee 25 00
Mecosta 2 52
Muskegon, First 38 12
Nahma i 07
Newport 4 75
Northport, Y. P. S. C. E i 00
Nunica i 00
Olivet, L. Shepard 5 00
Rosedale 6 20
Roscommon 3 00
St. Jacques i 10
St. John's 70 8s
Anonymous, to const, eight Life Mem-
bers of the C. H. M. S 400 00
Anonymous, subject to annuity i,oco 00
Interest on C. L. Ford Fund 28 29
W. H. M. U., by Mrs. E. F. Grabill,
Treas 95 00
Receipts of the W. H. M. U. of Michi-
gan for November, 1895, Mrs. E. F.
Grabill, Treas. :
SENIOR SOCIETIES
Addison, W. H. M. S
Allegan, W. H. M. S
Breckenridge, W. H. M. S
Clare, W. M. S.
Chelsea, W. M. S
$2,077 93
Is 00
II 44
2 25
585
50 00
Church's Corners, W. H. M. U $15 00
Detroit, W. A., First Ch 45 00
" Thank-offering for the Michigan
debt " 28 00
Dundee, W. H. M. S 10 00
Eaton Rapids, W. M. S 10 00
Galesburg, W. M. S 25 00
Grand Rapids, W. H. M. S., Second
Ch 12 00
Greenville, W. H. M. S., of which
$4.30 is Thank-offering 9 00
Harrison, W. H. M. S 500
Hudson, W. M. S., Thank-offering of
Mrs. C. B. Stowell 25 00
Kalamazoo 50 00
Leland, W. H. M. S 5 5°
OUvet, L. B. S 20 "o
Pinckney, Church Workers' Soc 5 00
Red Jacket, W. M. S 4° 0°
Saginaw, W. S 54 0°
Salem, First, W. H. M. S 2 50
Sherman, L. H. M. U 5 0°
Union City, VV. H. M. S... 5 0°
Whittaker 5 0°
$450 54
YOUNG people's WORK
Covert, S. S $2 00
Y. P. S. C. E 3 36
Detroit, First Ch., Y. P. S. C. E 12 50
Leland, S. S., Rally Day i 50
$19 36
$469 90
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 Sarg'eant, Plymouth.
Secretary, Mrs. M. W. Nims, 16 Rumford St.,
Concord.
Treasurer, 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.
3. ALABAMA
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION
Organized March, 1877
Reorganized April, i88g
President, Mrs. G. W. Andrews, Talladega.
Secretary , Mrs. J. S. Jackson. Montgomery.
Treastirer, Mrs. E. C. Silsby, Talladega.
* While the W. H. M. A. appears in the above
Island, it has certain auxiliaries elsewhere.
4. MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE
ISLAND *
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY ASSOCIA-
TION
Organized February, 1880
President, Mrs. C. L. Goodell, 9 Shailer St.,
Brookline.
Secretary, Mrs. Louise A. Kellogg, 32 Congrega-
tional House, Boston.
Treaszirer, Miss Annie C. Bridgman, 32 Congre-
gational 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.
Treasttrer, yirs,. Rose M. Crosby, 26 Grove St.,
Bangor.
6. MICHIGAN
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized May, 1881
President, Mrs. I. M. Powell, 76 Jefferson Ave.,
Grand Rapids.
Secretary, Mrs. Cornelia C. Denison. 132 N. Col-
lege Ave., Grand Rapids.
Treaszirer, Mrs. E. F. Grabill, Greenville.
list as a State body for Massachusetts and Rhode
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7. KANSAS
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized October, 1881
Presidefit, Mrs. F. J. Storrs, Topeka.
Secretary, Mrs. George L. Epps, Topeka.
Treasurer, Mrs. D. D. DeLong, Arkansas City.
8. OHIO
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized May, 1882
President, Mrs. Sydney Strong, Lane Seminary
Campus, Cincinnati.
Secretary, Mrs. J. W. Moore, 836 Hough Ave.,
Cleveland.
Treasurer, Mrs. George B. Brown, 2116 Warren
St. , Toledo.
13. WASHINGTON
Including Northern Idaho
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized July, 1884
Reorganized June, 1889
President, Mrs. A. Judson Bailey, 704 Olympic
Ave., 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.
9. NEW YORK
WOMAN'S HOME xMISSIONARY UNION
Organized October, 1883
President, Mrs. Wm. Kincaid, 483 Greene Ave.
Brooklyn.
Secretary, Mrs. Wm. Spalding, 511 Orange St.
Syracuse.
Treasurer, Mrs. J. J. Pearsall, 230 Macon St.
Brooklyn.
15. CONNECTICUT
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized January, 1885
President, Miss Ellen R. Camp, g Camp St., New
Britain.
Secretary, Mrs. C. T. Millard, 36 Lewis St.,
Hartford.
Treasurer, Mrs. W. W. Jacobs, 19 Spring St.,
Hartford.
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. Blackman, Whitewater.
16. 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.
II. 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.
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, Mr«. L. A. Field, Wilmette.
12. OREGON
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized July, 1884
18. IOWA
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized June, 1886
President, Mrs. F. Egeert. The Hill. Portland. President, Mrs. T. O. Douglass. Grinnell.
Secretary. Mrs. Geo C. Brovi^nell, Oregon City. Secretary. Mrs. H. H. Robbins. Grinnell.
Treasurer, Mrs. W. D. Palmer, 546 3d St., Port- Treasurer, Miss Belle L. Bentley, 300 Court Ave.,
land. Des Moines.
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ig. CALIFORNIA
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Organized October, 1S87
President, Mrs. E. S. Williams, 572 12th St., Oak-
land.
Secretary, Mrs. L. M. Howard, 911 Grove St.,
Oakland.
Treaszirer, Mrs. J. M. Haven, 1329 Harrison St.,
Oakland.
20S, NEBRASKA
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized November, 18S7
President, Mrs. D. B. Perry, Crete.
Secretary, Mrs. H. Bross, 2904 Q St., Lincoln.
Treasurer^ Mrs. J. W. Dawes, Crete.
25. COLORADO
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized October, 1888
Hon. Pres., Mrs. J. W. Pickett, Whitewater.
President., Mrs. E. R. Drake, 2739 Lafayette St.,
Denver.
Secretary, Mrs. Charles Westley, Bo.x 508, Denver.
Treasurer, Mrs. B. C. Valentine, Highlands.
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,M.TS. H. N. Smith, Rock Springs.
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.
27. 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.
22. INDIANA
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized May, 1888
President, Mrs. W. A. Bell, 223 Broadway, In-
dianapolis.
Secretary, Mrs. E. S. Smith, E. nth St., Indi-
anapolis.
Treasurer, Mrs. A. H. Ball, Anderson.
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, Mrs. L. H. Turner, 3112 12th St., Me-
ridian.
23. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized May, 1888
President, Mrs. Warren F. Day, 353 So. Hope St.,
Los Angeles.
Secretary, Mrs. W. J. Washburn, igoo Pasadena
Ave., Los Angeles.
Treasttrer, Mrs. Mary M. Smith, Public Library,
Riverside.
24. VERMONT
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized June, 188S
President, Mrs. J. H. Babbitt, West Brattleboro.
Secretary, Mrs. M. K. Paine. Windsor.
Treasurer, Mrs. Wm. P. Fairbanks, St. Johns-
bury.
29. LOUISIANA
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION
Organized April, 1889
President, Miss Bella Hume, comer Gasquetand
Liberty Sts., New Orleans.
Secretary, Miss Matilda Cabrere, 152 North Gal-
vez St., New Orleans.
Treasttrer, Mrs. C. M. Crawford, Hammond.
30. ARKANSAS, KENTUCKY, AND TEN-
NESSEE
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION OF THE
CENTRAL SOUTH ASSOCIATION
Organized April, 1889
President, Mrs. Ella S. Moore, Bo.x 8, Fisk Uni-
versity, Nashville. Tenn.
Secretary, Mrs. Jos. E. Smith, 304 Gilmer St.,
Chattanooga, Tenn.
Treasurer, Mrs. J. E. Moreland, 1214 Grundy St.,
Nashville, Tenn.
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31. NORTH CAROLINA
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION
Organized October, 1889
President, Mrs. S. S. Sevier, McLeansville.
Secretary J
and ;-MissA. E. Farrington, Oaks.
Treasurer., \
32. TEXAS
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized March, 1890
President, Mrs. J. M. Wendelkin. Dallas.
Secretary, Mrs. H. F. Burt, Lock Bo.x 563. Dallas.
Treasurer ,y\.r'i,. C. I. Scoheld, Lock Box 220,
Dallas.
33. MONTANA
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized May, i8go
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, 1890
President, Mrs. J. W. Thomas, Lansford.
Secretary, Mrs. C. F. Yennie. Ridgway.
Treasurer, '^\r%. 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.
Treasztrer, Mrs. A. B. Hammer, Oklahoma City.
36. NE'W JERSEY
Including District of Columbia, Maryland,
AND VlRGlNI.\
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF
THE NEW JERSEY ASSOCIATION
Organized March, 1891
President, Mrs. A. H. Bradford. Montclair.
Secretary, Mrs. J. D. Hagerman, Montclair.
Treasurer, Mrs. J. H. Denison, 150 Belleville Ave.,
Newark.
37. UTAH
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION
Organized May, 1891
Reorganized December, 1892
President, Mrs. W. S. Hawkes, 135 Sixth East
Street, Salt Lake City.
Secretary, Mrs. H. K. Warren, 508 Third South
Street, Salt Lake City.
Treasurer, Mrs. J. D. Nutting, Third North and
Quince Streets, Salt Lake City.
38. INDIAN TERRITORY
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION
Organized April, 1892
President, Mrs. Fayette Hurd, Vinita.
Secretary, Miss Louise Graper, Vinita.
Treasurer, Mrs. Raymond, Vinita.
39. NEVADA
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION
Organized October, 1852
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. E. H. Ashmun. Albuquerque.
Secretary, Mrs. Peter Simpkin, Gallup.
Treasztrer, Mrs. Samuel Dilley, White Oaks.
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, Miss Carrie Towner, Custer, Black
Hills, South Dakota.
Treasztrer, Miss Grace Lvman, Hot Springs,
Black Hills, South Dakota.
42. IDAHO
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION
Organized May, 1895
President, Mrs. R. B. Wright, Boise.
Secretary, Mrs. E. A. Paddock, Weiser.
Treasurer, Mrs. D. L. Travis, Pocatello.
Congregational Home Missionary Society
Field Secretaries
Rev. W. G. PoDDEFOOT, South Framingham, Mass.
Rev. C. W. Shelton, Derby, Conn.
Rev. H. D. WiARD, 153 La Salle St., Chicago, III.
Superintendents
Rev. MoRiTZ E. EvERSZ, D.D., German Department, 153 La Salle St., Chicago, 111.
Rev. S. V. S. Fisher, Scandinavian Department, Minneapolis, Minn.
Rev. Henry A. Schaufflek, D.D,, Slavic Department, Cleveland, Ohio.
Rev. Edw. D. Curtis, D.D Indianapolis, Ind. Rev. W. H. Thrall Huron, S. Dak.
Rev. S. F. Gale Jacksonville, Fla. Rev. H. C. Simmons Fargo, N. Dak.
Rev. J. H. MoRLEf Minneapolis, Minn. Rev. H. Sanderson Denver, Col.
Rev. Alfred K. Wray Kansas City, Mo. Rev. W. S. Hawkes Salt Lake City, tjtah.
Rev. L. P. Broad Topeka, Kan. Rev. J. K. Harrison San Francisco, Cal.
Rev. E. H. Ashmun Albuquerque, N. M. Rev. James T. Ford Los Angeles, Cal.
Rev. A. Judson Bailey Seattle, Wash. Rev. C. F. Clapp Forest Grove, Ore.
Rev. T. G. Grassie Ashland, Wis. -p rp -.jj t„,,„<, ri n ( 511 Woodland Terrace,
T5 . . „ , ( Black Hills and Wyoming. J<.ev. 1, w. jones, iJ.JJ -j Philadelphia, Pa.
Kev. A, A. hiROWN...-^ jjy^ Springs, South Dakota. Rev. W. S. Bell ! Helena, Mon.
Rev. Harmon Bross Lincoln, Neb. Rev. S. C. McDaniel .Atlanta, Ga.
Rev. S. E. Bassett (Supt. Alabama) . . Ft. Valley, Ga. Rev. J. Homer Parker Kingfisher, Okl.
Secretaries and Treasurers
of the Auxiliaries
Rev. David, P. Hatch, Secretary Maine Missionary Society Bangor, Me.
John L. Crosby, Esq., Treasurer " " " Bangor, Me.
Rev. A. T. Hillman, Secretary New Hampshire Home Miss. Society Concord, N. H.
Hon. Lyman D. Stevens, Treasurer " " " " " ... .Concord, N. H.
Rev. Charles H. Merrill, Secretary Vermont Domestic " " St. Johnsbury, Vt.
Wm. C. Tyler, Treasurer " " " " St. Johnsbury, Vt.
Rev. Joshua Coit, Secretary Massachusetts Home " " /g Cong'l House,
Rev. Edwin B. Palmer, Treasurer n »i n "....( Boston, Mass.
Rev. Alexander McGregor, Secretary Rhode Island " " " Pawtucket, R. I.
Jos. Wm. Rice, Esq., Treasurer " " " " Providence, R. I.
Rev. William H. Moore, Secretary Missionary Society of Connecticut Hartford, Conn.
Ward W. Jacobs, Esq., Treasurer " " " Hartford, Conn.
Rev. Ethan Curtis, Secretary New York Home Miss. Society Syracuse, N. Y.
William Spalding, Treasurer " " " " ..Syracuse, N. Y.
Rev. J. G. Eraser, D.D. , Secretary Ohio " " " Cleveland, Ohio.
Wm. B. HowLAND, Treasurer " " " " New York City.
Rev. James Tompkins, D.D. , Secretary Illinois " " " I 153 La Salle St.,
Aaron B. Mead, Esq., Treasurer " " " " f _ Chicago, 111.
Rev. Homer W. Carter, Secretary Wisconsin " " " Beloit, Wis.
C. M. Blackman, Esq., Treasurer " " " " Whitewater, Wis.
Rev. T. O. Douglass, D.D. , Secretary Iowa " " " Grinnell, Iowa.
J. -H. Merrill, Esq., Treasurer " ' " " " Des Moines, Iowa.
Rev. William H. Warren, Secretary Michigan " " " Lansing, Mich.
Rev. John P. Sanderson, Treasurer " " " " Lansing, Mich.
Geo. H. Morgan, Secretary Cong. City Miss. Society St. Louis, Mo.
Rev. Arch'd L. Love, Superintendent ". " " " St. Louis, Mo.
Lewis E. Snow, Tre^urer " " " " St. Louis, Mo.
Communications
relating to general business of the Society may be addressed to either of the Secretaries for Correspondence.
Communications relating to the Editorial Department of The Home Missionary may be addressed to Rev.
Alex. H. Clapp, D.D. Correspondence of the Woman's Department may be addressed to Mrs. H. S,
Caswell, Bible House, New York.
Donations and Subscriptions
in Drafts, Checks, Registered Letters, or Post-Office Orders may be addressed to Wm. B. Howland,
Treasurer, Bible House, Astar Place, New York.
A PAYMENT OF $50 CONSTITUTES A LIFE MEMBER
Form of a Bequest
I bequeath to my executors the sum of dollars, £n trust, to pay over the same,
in months after my decease, to the person who, when the same is payable, shall act as Treasurer
of the Congregational Home Missionary Society, formed in the City of Ne\v York, in the year eighteen hundred
ind twenty-six, to be applied to the charitable use and purposes of said Society, and under its direction.
Congregational Home Missionary Society
Bible House, Astor Place, New York
Major-General Oliver O. Howard
President
Rev. Alexander H. Clapp, D.D., Honorary Treasurer
Secretaries for Correspondence
Rev. Joseph B. Clark, D.D.
Rev. William Kincaid, D.D.
Rev. Washington Choate, D.D.
Mr. William B. Rowland, Treasurer
Executive Committee
Wm. Ives Washburn, Esq., Chairman
Asa a. Spear, Esq., Recording Secretary
Mr. Charles H. Parsons
Rev. James G. Roberts, D.D.
Rev. Samuel H. Virgin, D.D.
Mr. Joseph Wm. Rice
Mr. Herbert M. Dixon
Rev. Charles H. Richards, D.D.
Mr. George P. Stockwell
Rev. Robert J. Kent, D.D.
Rev. John D. Kingsbury, D.D.
Mr. George W. Hebard
Rev. Henry A. Stimson, D.D.
John H. Perry, Esq.
Rev. Thomas B. McLeod, D.D.
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Contents for February, 1896
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Notes by the Way : ,
Pepper-Sauce 505
Big Heart and Small Purse 509
"Box" Experience on the Frontier 511
A Marked Conversion 513
Jerry's Good News 515
Items from the Field 517
Notes of Long Service in Colorado. 521
Our Home Missionary Academies. 524
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A Primitive Settlement 526
Another, Not Less Primitive 527
Correction 527
Good Mother Necessity 528
Brightening Light in Alabama. . . . 528
A Kind Offer to Home Missionaries 528
To Our Homeland Silver Circle. . . 529
The Treasury 530
The General Howard Roll of Honor 531
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NOTES BY THE WAY
By Mrs. H. M. Union
Pepper-sauce
FTER days and nights of confinement in the "sleeper" of an
express train, it was indeed refreshing to sit by the fireside of
" Mother Sunshine " while she prepared for me, away out here
in Oregon, a delicious New
England breakfast. The next
luxury was a sweet, fresh,
newly-painted, newly-carpet-
ed, newly-furnished room
looking out on an orchard.
Mother Sunshine is a charac-
ter— an Oregon pioneer wo-
man. I beg her for frontier
stories. She says: " If you are
a-mind to follow me 'round
the kitchen while I'm doing
up my work, I'll tell you one
experience that may interest
you." In the intervals of
washing dishes, scolding the
boys at work outside, attend-
ing to several visitors, feed-
ing the hens and the pig, and
preparing vegetables for din-
ner, I gleaned the following :
In the early days of Ore-
gon Mother Sunshine and her husband "took up " a piece of land greatly
coveted by the Indians. In fact, they considered it their property. After
building a little cabin and settling his wife and two boys on this spot, the
father took the older boy and returned to their former home to get some
MOTHER SUNSHINE
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sheep and cattle belonging to him. Mother Sunshine was left alone with
the younger boy.
Day after day the Indians came about the house. Some of them
came in. They did not look pleasant, and she felt constantly that her life
was in danger, but dared not show her fear by the slightest sign.
One of these Indians was very curious about a bottle of pepper-sauce
which he had discovered upon a high shelf. Again and again he came to
the cabin and begged Mother S.to give him to drink from that bottle. In
vain she made known to him by signs that it was not good ; it would kill
him. Day after day this Indian presented himself at the cabin with the
same request, until Mother S., overcome by his persistency, took down the
bottle, poured the contents into a cup, and handed it to him. He was
greatly delighted, seized the cup greedily, and poured the fiery liquid down
his throat.
Then began a series of gymnastic performances which that woman will
never forget. The Indian leaped into the air, ran out, rushed in, rolled
upon the floor, his eyes starting from his head, his tongue out full length,
at the same time thrashing his arms and feet wildly about, choking, gurgling,
strangling, spitting, and at intervals looking with pathetic entreaty at the
woman who had brought this evil hour upon him. She told him by every
sign in the language that she could not help him. With one wild leap he
left the cabin, and darted into the woods.
For several days Mother Sunshine was not easy in her mind. She was
absolutely sure that the angry Indian would bring his people there and
take revenge ; so she was constantly on the watch.
One day she saw a party of Indians in the distance coming toward her
cabin. Then she knew her hour had come, and that some means must be
devised by which she might save her own life and that of her boy. The
quick-witted woman hastily wrapped the child in a blanket, and laid him
before the open fire.
" Now," she said to him, '' remember you are very sick. When I
touch you with my foot, you must groan and howl and cry ! "
The party came on, led by the man of the pepper-sauce, and sur-
rounded the house. The leaders came in, casting ugly glances at her as
they sat down near the fire. She appeared perfectly calm, and after a few
words with them, her foot, unobserved by the Indians, gently touched the
bundle lying before the fire. The boy groaned, and soon began to cry,
his cries developing into howls of distress.
" What is the matter ? " asked one of the Indians. " Oh, my boy !
my boy ! " cried the mother, rocking back and forth ; " he is sick ! he is
sick ! " She touched him again. He howled the louder. Then the
Indians wanted to see him, and she began to unroll the blanket, wailing
and crying over him. Suddenly she let slip the word " small-pox ! "
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Now, this disease had made fearful havoc amo'ng the Indians the year
before : they knew that word only too well. In an instant the cabin was
deserted, and she looked from the little window to see the leader taking
to his heels for the mountains, followed by every one of his band. Mother
Sunshine was not molested again during her husband's absence, but occa-
SUDDEN RECOVERY FROM SMAl,l.-POX
sionall)' caught sight of the face of an Indian peering over the high bluff
above them, and suddenly disappearing.
In after years the Gospel came to this region, and this frontier woman
and her family found themselves surrounded by Christian influences ; and
now, here we were, from Boston, from New York, from Chicago, from
many sections of the great State of Oregon, for a grand missionary rally.
One Oregon lady came 450 miles, as a delegate to this meeting. It was
interesting to hear the addresses from these frontier Home Missionaries,
but the most pathetic part of the meeting to me was the reports from the
struggling home missionary churches.
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A sweet-faced lady arose and said : " Our church has been in terrible
need. It was thought best to give it up, but some of the Oregon ladies
told us to keep up good courage, and they would try and save that church.
These ladies are all members of home missionary churches, and yet they
raised $400 extra to save our church. At last we have found a man who
is willing, for that sum, to come and be our preacher, and our hearts are
very grateful to-day that this candle of the Lord has not been put out."
One of these Oregon mothers was offered a life-membership of the
Congregational Home Missionary Society. Like many another mother
at that meeting, she had her baby in her arms. Pressing the child to her
bosom, she exclaimed : " Make my daughter a life member, and she will
be a member of the Missionary Society all her life."
An Oregon layman made the remark that he wished to pay ten dollars
into the treasury of the Woman's Union. "I do this," he said, "because
my pastor never holds a missionary meeting, or asks any collections for
this cause, and I do want to do something for missions." This thought
flitted through my mind while he was speaking: " Would that all laymen
East and West, North and South, who are so unfortunate as to have a
Christless pastor — for how can he know Christ and have no desire to ad-
vance the interests of his kingdom ? — might follow the example of this
earnest Oregonian."
The activity of one small auxiliary connected with a struggling home
missionary church ought to put some of us to shame. The members hold
a meeting every week, and two public meetings a year, taking a collection
at each, and contribute to every one of the national societies. At a late
meeting one man said, as he dropped a dollar into the contribution box :
"This meeting has been worth a dollar to me." It is needless to add that
the pastor of this little church gives his hearty support to the woman's
work. Knowing that a lady was to speak to them on the subject of mis-
sions, the little company did their best to bring in the uninterested. One
of these, as she handed her contribution to the treasurer, remarked : " That
woman made me think about missions." Another, having no money, but
wishing to do something substantial, visited a number of uninterested
women, repeating all that she had heard at the meeting, and collected
from them sixty dollars.
One auxiliary was reported as being very small in numbers, but going
ahead of all the others in giving. This Oregon auxiliary never takes a
vacation, but holds twelve meetings a year. They glean every cent pos-
sible for the good work. "We get much help," said the leader, "from
the gentlemen by following out the theory that a man's pocketbook lies
very near his stomach, and we reach his purse through his stomach ! "
(Oh, the pity of it !) This auxiliary was formed when there was no church
in the place, nor indeed within miles of it.
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One lady exclaimed that she was a crank on missionary literature, and
made it her business to ask every family to take the missionary magazines.
One man, in response to her appeal, replied : " I do take the missionary
magazines." " Which do you take ? " she asked. " The Advance, and the
Sunday-school Tunes " ! One good honest brother, unwearied in his efforts
for souls, said : " I tell you, brothers and sisters, saving the heathen is
dirty work ; and if you want to save them you've just got to get right
down into the dirt with them."
A Home Missionary was asked to talk about the " Church of the
Times — What should it be?" Let me give you a few of his points :
I. It should be a church of the Holy Spirit. 2. It should be a church
of less emotion, and more intelligence. 3. It should be a church of greater
activity. No church-member has any business to have an easy time in this
world. 4. It should be a church of the Son of Man. We must exalt the
human side of our Lord's mission more than we do. 5. It should be a
missionary church in the largest, broadest, most intense meaning of the
word. The missionary spirit is not a phase of Christianity — it is Chris-
tianity.
The superintendent told the pathetic story of a godless town, ten
years old, which had at last been reached by the Gospel, and a little
church started. Within a few days he had taken to it a beautiful com-
munion service, a gift from a Boston society to the little church. Grown
people and children opened their eyes in amazement, and asked with
bated breath, '' What is that ? What is it for ? " Then, for the first time
in their lives, those people heard the story of the Sacrament.
BIG HEART AND SMALL PURSE
[The following letter was written by one of the oldest — seventy-five years old —
ablest, most energetic, devoted, and widely-esteemed Kansas frontier missionaries to the
Society's superintendent in that State. It may serve to show our readers what manner of
spirit these brethren are of, and may partly explain how, with God's help, the grand re-
sults which swell the Society's reports of frontier work amid many setbacks have been
brought about. We are glad to know from the superintendent that in this case " relief
goods have been already forwarded." — Ed.]
Dear Brother Broad : You well enough know that in Wallace we
are plodding on bare ground. The white blanket has not yet come
in original texture thick enough to make transportation easy, or to keep
mother earth warm ; which translated into the religious realm means —
you know precisely what, as well as I can be telling you.
The Harvest Home festival we dare not hold, lest we should be thought
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ironical at the expense of Providence. Macon, I hope, may swell her
contribution to Home Missions to ten dollars. We hope to do something
like that here. If we do, please credit us with swelling our deep poverty
into a liberality beyond most of our churches.
Kansas Congregationalists know many things. I cannot say that they
are not intelligent above the average, but few of them know the depths
of a deep Western Kansas poverty. A " comfortable " poverty carries a
placid face, but a Western Kansas " deep " poverty brings a wrinkled
woe beyond expression. God help us to bear it ! He does, and
will.
We have been able to dispense with a collector for three years. Our
collector is a man of equanimity. I think he has easily filled two places
at the same time, collector and treasurer. We have not felt it necessary
to put him under heavy bonds to hold and disburse honestly. Indeed,
perhaps you have not heard that our treasurer and collector, both in one
person, has fled into Missouri — left his bondsmen, the people, and
the minister in the lurch. He did not take the books, nor any funds
with him. I doubt whether he has seen any funds to speak of for three
years, but he certainly took his precious self. Him we miss sadly, most
sadly.
But all this is to reach the elevation of inveterate, interminable beg-
ging. Year before last we begged, last year we begged, this year — I
blush to my ears — we are to beg, beg, beg. Dear brother, you may smile
— not a derisive, but a sympathetic, brotherly smile.
Wait a moment, please; we have a word for your ear. We should
hardly dare to speak it in any other. Macon has had a half-crop ; can
feed herself and clothe herself, as she thinks. But Wallace — there is the
rub ! She raised a little garden-sauce, and feed for .stock. Nothing to
sell and get money. How to clothe the boys and girls, who can devise ?
Can they go to school, day or Sabbath, or attend church, or stay at home
even ?
But why did not those people leave the country last summer ? They
had abundant rain the first of June; corn and vegetables might be raised.
They were planted and grew to hope and faith for one or two months ;
then the Lord sent the drought and scorch again till all was gone. Af-
ter thus waiting, it was too late to fly. The Father in the parable did
not so treat his son fresh from the swine. Can you take a hint .? Not the
best robe or ring, my brother, but a few old clothes; we won't accept
any better — they are all we ask.
God's hand is heavy upon us. Heaven bless you and yours !
Yours sincerely,
Wallace, Kan. (Rev.) W. H. Marble.
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A "BOX" EXPERIENCE ON THE FRONTIER
I REMEMBER a day during one winter that stands out like a boulder in
my life. The weather was unusually cold ; the people's part of our salary
had not been regularly paid, and it did not meet our needs when it was
paid. My husband was away traveling from one district to another much
of the time. Our boys were well, but my little Ruth was ailing, and at best
none of us \yere decently clothed. I patched and repatched, with spirits
sinking to their lowest ebb. The Avater gave out in the well and the
wind blew through the cracks in the floor. The people in the parish were
kind and generous, but the settlement was new, and each family was
struggling for itself.
Little by little, at the time I needed it most, my faith began to waver.
Early in life I was taught to take God at his word, and I thought my lesson
was well learned, I had lived upon the promises in dark times until I
knew, as David did, who was ''my fortress and deliverer." Now, a daily
prayer for forgiveness was all that I could offer. My husband's overcoat
was hardly thick enough for October, and he was often obliged to ride
miles to attend some meeting or funeral. Many times our breakfast was
Indian cake and a cup of tea without sugar. Christmas was coming, and
the 'children always expected their presents. I remember the ice was
thick and smooth, and the boys were each craving a pair of skates. Ruth,
in some unaccountable way, had taken a fancy that the doll I had made
was no longer suitable. She wanted " a nice large one," and insisted on
praying for it. I knew it was impossible, but oh ! how I wanted to give
each child its present. It seemed as if God had deserted us ; but I did
not tell my husband all this. He worked so earnestly and heartily that I
supposed him to be as hopeful as ever. I kept the sitting-room cheerful
with an open fire and tried to serve our scanty meals as invitingly as
I could.
The morning before Christmas, James was called to see a sick man. I
put up a piece of bread for his lunch — it was the best I could do — wrapped
my plaid shawl around his neck, and then tried to whisper a promise as
I had often done, but the words died away upon my lips. I let him go
without it. This was a dark, hopeless day. I coaxed the children to bed
early, for I could not bear their talk. When Ruth went, I listened to her
prayer. She asked for the last time most explicitly for her doll and for
skates for her brothers. Her bright face looked so lovely when she
whispered to me, " You know, I think they will be here early to-morrow
morning, mamma," that I thought I could move heaven and earth to save
her from disappointment. I sat down alone and gave way to the most
bitter tears. Before long, James returned, chilled and exhausted. He
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drew off his boots, the thin stocking sHpped off with them, and his feet
were red with cold. " I wouldn't treat a dog that way, let alone a faithful
servant," I said. Then, as I glanced up and saw the hard lines in his face
and the look of despair, it flashed across me James had let go, too. I
brought him a cup of tea, feeling sick and dizzy at the very thought. He
took my hand, and we sat for an hour without a word. I wanted to die
and meet God and tell him his promise wasn't true ; my soul was full of
rebellious despair.
There came a sound of bells, a quick step, and a loud knock at the
door. James sprang to open it. There stood Deacon White. " A box
came for you by express just before dark. I brought it around as soon
as I could get away. Reckoned it might be for Christmas. At any rate,
I said, they shall have it to-night. Here is a turkey my wife asked me to
fetch along, and these other things I believe belong to you." There was
a basket of potatoes and a bag of flour. Talking all the time, he hurried
in the box, and then, with a hearty good-night, rode away. Still without
speaking, James found a chisel and opened the box. He drew out first
a thick red blanket, and we saw that beneath it was full of clothing. It
seemed at that moment as if Christ fastened upon me a look of re-
proach. James sat down and covered his face with his hands. "I can't
touch them," he exclaimed, " 1 haven't been true ; just when God was try-
ing me to see if I could hold out. Do you think I could not see how
you were suffering, and I had no word of comfort to offer ? I know now
how to preach the awfulness of turning away from God."
" James," I said, clinging to him, " don't take it to heart like this. I
am to blame. I ought to have helped you. We will ask him together to
forgive us." " Wait a moment, dear; I cannot talk now." Then he went
into another room. I knelt down and my heart broke. In an instant, all
the stubbornness rolled away. Jesus came again and stood before me, but
now with the loving word, " Daughter ! " Sweet promises of tenderness
and joy flooded my soul. I was so lost in praise and gratitude that I for-
got everything else. I don't know how long it was before James came
back, but I knew he too had found peace.
"Now, my dear wife," said he, "let us thank God together;" and
then he poured out words of praise, Bible words, for nothing else could
express our thanksgiving. It was eleven o'clock, the fire was low, and
there was the great box, and nothing touched but the warm blanket we
needed. We piled on some fresh logs, lighted two candles, and began to
examine our treasures. We drew out an overcoat, and I made James try
it on. Just the right size ! and I danced around him, for all my light-
heartedness had returned. Then there was a cloak, and he insisted on
seeing me in it. My spirits always infected him, and we both laughed
like two little children. There was a warm suit of clothes also, and three
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pairs of woolen hose. There was a dress for me, and yards of flannel, a
pair of arctic overshoes for each of us, and in mine was a slip of paper.
I have it now, and mean to hand it down to my children. It was Jacob's
blessing to Asher — " Thy shoes shall be iron and brass ; and as thy days, so
shall thy strength be." In the gloves, evidently for James, the same dear
hand had written : " I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, say-
ing unto thee. Fear not ; I will help thee."
It was a wonderful box and packed with thoughtful care. There was
a suit of clothes for each of the boys and a little gown for Ruth. There
were mittens, scarfs, and hoods. Down in the center was a box. We
opened it, and there was a great wax doll ! I burst into tears again.
James wept with me for joy. It was too much. And then we both
exclaimed again, for close behind it came two pairs of skates. There
were books for us to read, some of them I had wished to see. Stories
for the children to read. Aprons and underclothing, knots of ribbon, a
gay little tidy, a lovely photograph, needles, buttons, and thread. Actually
a muff, and an envelope containing a ten-doilar gold piece. At last we
cried over everything we took up. It was past midnight, and we were
faint and exhausted, even with happiness. I made a cup of tea, cut a
fresh loaf of bread, and James boiled some eggs. We drew up the table
before the fire. How we enjoyed our supper ! And then we sat talking
over our life and how sure a help God had always proved.
You should have seen the children the next morning. The boys
raised a shout at the sight of their skates. Ruth caught up her doll and
hugged it tightly without a word, and then she went into her room and
knelt by her bed. When she came back she whispered to me, "I knew
it would be here, mamma; but I wanted to thank God just the same."
"Look here, wife; see the difference." We went to the window, and
there were the boys out of the house already and skating on the crust
with all their might. My husband and I both tried to return thanks to
the church in the East that sent us the box, and have tried to return
thanks unto God every day since. Hard times have come again and
again, but we have trusted in him, dreading nothing so much as a doubt
of his protecting care. Over and over agaii) we have proved that " They
that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing." — Point and Purpose. —
Bible Inst. Colp. Asso.
A MARKED CONVERSION
One case of conversion is, we think, unusually hopeful — a man about
thirty-eight years old, full of grit and vim in the service of the devil, as
hard and careless and dare-devil a fellow as one could find even in the
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West. He has a superb Christian woman for a wife, a cultured and
refined lady, and a young growing family of six — five girls and a boy.
Night and day without ceasing did this blessed wife and mother plead
with God for her husband's salvation. At last the answer came. The
call of the Gospel was heeded and the convicting power of the Holy
Ghost got hold of the man's conscience. For several days and nights the
battle raged. The wife, watchful and hopeful for victory over the power
of the enemy, found the man at three o'clock in the morning pacing up
and down outside the house. When asked for the reason, he replied in
his own hard way, *' I am just fighting God and the devil too." This was
quite characteristic of the man. But, blessed be God ! the story of the
cross and the Savior's imperishable love for the guilty sinner, and the
irresistible faith of a grand Christian wife, prevailed. Now the life and
testimony of this man are beautiful to behold, and inspiring as a type of
splendid Christian manhood and invincible pluck and faith in the service
of the blessed Master and the church. Shortly after his conversion your
missionary had a sick horse, and asked this man to lend him a horse for a
few days. His reply was : " Brother B., there is nothing on this claim that
is not yours. When you want anything, just don't wait to ask for it, but
go and take it." Afterwards, finding the horse fiery and keen to be on
the go, I said to him : " Brother C, your horse is just like yourself." With
snapping eyes he asked my meaning. I said : "Well, she is right on the
bit." " Well," he replied, " perhaps so ; but, Brother B., now I want to be
as much 'on the bit ' for my Savior as I have been for the devil." Who
can estimate what the results shall be of this one conversion, and the
simple faith of the Gospel as proclaimed by Congregationalism, and the
gifts and graces of Congregationalists which, under God, have made it
possible ? Your missionary is bound to give thanks always to our God for
the grand privilege of being commissioned by the Home Missionary
Society to preach the Word on this fruitful field. . . .
Our blessed Lord is granting us a spiritual blessing all over our field.
A call has just come from another place. "Come over and help us," is
the cry of many communities. Eight miles to the northeast I go at my
first opportunity to organize a church, and, as far as possible, I shall try
and supply it with the Gospel. But oh, how much one needs just a little
physical rest, and how jaded does the missionary team look ! When it is
taken into consideration that they have helped to carry the Gospel, and to
do other church work, over the field, and have traveled during the quarter
over 1,250 miles, no wonder they do need a rest.
We pray for our grand Home Missionary Society and implore that
many helpers shall be found, to release it of its great burden of debt and
make it yet more abundantly successful in the work of "saving America
to save the world." — Rev. T. A. Brunker, Wakita, Oklahoma.
February, 1896 The Home Missionary 515
JERRY'S GOOD NEWS
FOR THE BOYS
By Miss M. Henrietta Eve
"I TELL you, boys, I've heard good news for once." "What is it,
Jerry ? Has somebody invited you to dinner ? " " Or promised you a job
of work ? " '^Better than either." " Given you money without the work,
then?" "Wrong again." " Perhaps some rich chap has left you his old
clothes." Jerry colored a little at this thrust and shook his head. " Give
it up. You'll have to tell us." " I came to tell you." But Jerry hesitated.
" Out with it, we are waiting to hear."
"You" don't know what it is," Jerry said, " or you'd be still. It isn't
just for me. It's for all of you fellows as much as for me. And it's
wonderful," he added softly. Something in his face quieted the boys.
" I'll tell you how it came about," added Jerry. "I was on the street
last Sunday, in front of the big church with the broad steps and great,
round steeple."
" And you went in ? "
" I did. " " In your Sunday clothes ? " Jerry colored again, but would
not give up.
" I wasn't quite as fine as I am to-day, because I was dripping wet
from head to foot. That was how it happened. It was one of the big
whirligig storms that catch you up before you know. So I ran right up
the steps and in at the door." "You must have made them feel bad, if
they were not dressed up, too." " One of the church officers met me at
the door," Jerry went on, without noticing the interruption. " He must
have been a big man, because people called him ' Sexton Carter.' And
the finest ladies sat just where he told them." " And he let you in with
all your finery ? "
" Yes ; he carried me straight up, close in front of the man that was
talking. And who do you guess he was ? " " Give it up again." " The
very man that was so good to Widow Grimes, when lier children were all
down with the scarlet fever. The one that brought in a doctor, and left
some money on the table for bread and milk." " What's that got to do
with it ? " "A heap. He told the most wonderful things. But I said to
myself, * Every word that man says is just so, because he's good. So
I'm going to listen.' And I did." "What did you hear?" *' I can't
begin to tell you. It's just wonderful — wonderful." "The good
news?" "Yes." "For all of us?" "Yes." "Out with it, then."
But Jerry's heart was full. " Suppose you go with me next Sunday, and
let the man that knows all about it tell you." " No, you tell us."
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Jerry's eyes filled with tears. Then he looked up with so bright a
smile that- he was really pretty in his rags. "A long time back there was
big trouble. Everybody was bad, and all were to die. But the great
King, the very one they were fighting against, was so sorry that he sent
his only son to die instead. For somebody had to die." " And did his
son come ? " " He did." " And did he die? " " Yes, to save us." "Us?
— you mean them."
" No, us. Everybody born was to be in the same fix," " What made
him do it ? " " Because he loved us. And he rose from the grave. And
he wants us to be his sons."
Jerry's voice trembled so he had to stop. This time the children did
not laugh. Something in the last words touched the fatherless waifs.
" People don't want the like of us in the house or yard, hardly about
the streets, much less to be sons," said one, slowly. '■''He does." "You
reckon?" "I am sure." "Rough as you are, Jerry, you never did tell
us a lie. Are you saying the square thing now ? "
"I am — just as straight as I can remember." "We might go next
Sunday," said Tom; "but suppose they put us out." "They didn't put
me out." " That was because there was a storm." " Let us go in a storm,
too," suggested one. " Good ! " they all agreed. It was decided, at last,
to go to church the first rainy day.
They did not have to wait long. Perhaps a kind Providence sent the
rain. It came the next Sunday. Not all of the six boys were at the place
agreed upon. Sam laughed it off as a joke. Jim forgot all about it. Peter
came to see what the rest were going to do. Jake and Tom started for
church with Jerry, but Jake's courage failed at the last. So Jerry walked
up the broad steps with only Tom, the youngest of the party. They were
drenched with rain, for umbrellas to them were unknown luxuries.
There was plenty of room to-day, the rain having set in early. But,
clutching Tom firmly by the hand, Jerry walked straight up in front of
the pulpit, to the same pew he had been asked in before. The preacher
read his text : " Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed
upon us, that we should be called the sons of God." Jerry's great brown
eyes opened wider. He could not understand much that was said to-day,
but kept repeating over to himself, to be sure not to forget — " Should be
called the sons of God — the sons of God."
There was a collection for the poor at the conclusion of the sermon.
" Be liberal," the preacher said. "There are not many of you here to
give ; and our King has children in this great city who are really in
need." Jerry thrust his hand in his pocket and drew out the seven pen-
nies he had been so long gathering to buy a new coat. " I did want the
coat," he said to himself, " but the King's children must not be hungry."
Of course, Jerry came again, and many times again. For " of such is
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the kingdom." He could understand better b)^ this time. And he did
not wait for rain now. And so it came to pass that on one beautiful day
in early June, when the doors of the church were opened " to all who were
willing to give themselves to the Lord," Jerry was the first to come for-
ward.
"Do you know what you are doing, my boy?" the preacher asked.
"Tell us all about it."
"Jesus says, 'Come,' Jerry answered. "And I am bought with his
blood, so he has a right to me if he wants me. That is all there is of it.
Only I am gladder than I can tell that he does want me."
'Augusta, Ga.
ITEMS FROM THE FIELD
After Four Years. — Twenty-four, of substantial character, have been
added to the church membership, that will prove of real help. Society
here is quite heterogeneous, Americans, Germans, Bohemians, Danes, etc.,
and the incomers, attracted by the cheap lands and inviting opportunity
to make for their families homes at a small outlay, have been largely Ger-
mans and Bohemians whose religion is Lutheran or Roman Catholic or
none at all. This fact has been a positive obstacle to the extension of our
church work. — Nebraska.
Weakened by Removals. — We have to regret the removal of one of
our families to Maryland, and another goes to California this month.
Also one of our young Christians has gone up to the Father's house. A
good woman, who would have entered the church on confession, has also
gone to the Church above. She was a Dane, to whom God blessed our
Christian sympathy to the brightening of what proved to be the last few
months of her life. Her case was one of the fruits of pastoral visitation.
She had begun to assist us in our work, but was smitten down by pneu-
monia, and speedily passed away. The family was about to move into a
more convenient house, for which she had bought some pieces of furniture
with which to surprise her husband, who is a section hand on the railroad.
As she lay on her bed, she sent her little girl to ask the owner of the
property, finally, whether she could have the house ; two days afterwards
she was gone to the better home. — Minnesota.
Change for the Better. — Our souls have long been vexed within us
at seeing the practices of the people on the Lord's Day. Business has
proceeded as on other days, and seemingly with increased defiance of our
dear Lord and all that is good. A blacksmith, a near neighbor, seemed
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to delight in doing all his " odd jobs " of blacksmithing on the wSabbath,
keeping his anvil ringing upon this day. A man, who had made a practice
for a long time of coming to the shop, whenever he had blacksmithing to
be done, on the Sabbath, came two weeks since, as usual, when our neigh-
bor told him : " I will not do your blacksmithing any longer unless you
can come on some other day of the week. I don't care myself, but I
must have respect for the Home Missionary and his wife." Not a few
others are ceasing to work on the Lord's Day. — Washington.
A Spiritual Uplift. — It is impossible to tell the work which has
been wrought in our hearts in the past three months. We thought we
knew something of Jesus and the power of his full salvation before, but
we feel now that we are as yet only babes in Christ. We " follow on to
know the Lord." One beautiful singer has given her voice to God, and
recently, when asked to take part in a very popular choral club, which
claims to be religious but is not, she refused, and, though a mere girl and
addressing a man in high social and religious standing, she said : " I can-
not ; I have consecrated my voice to the Lord." — California.
Twenty-five Dollars Greatly Wanted. — Do you know of any
person or church that would like to aid us with means to floor our little
church in Cummings Park ? We have succeeded in getting the sod build-
ing, which is fairly comfortable, except that the earth floor in winter time
is very damp and cold, there being fire only on Sundays. There has been
considerable sickness in the neighborhood, and I fear some of it may be
due to the dampness of that earth floor. Twenty-five dollars would do
what we want. — Rev. D. Y. Bright, T^y/^?/-, Neb.
[Since this was in type we are happy to learn that the desired twenty-
five dollars has been supplied — Ed.]
Straitened. — If you were to see the little places that we all live in,
and the scant fare of many, I am inclined to think your heart would fail
you when you come to ask for money. Still, there is no complaining.
All cheerfully submit to their inconveniences and thank God that things
are no worse than they are. Almost all live in log houses with but one
room. I propose to take another collection, and perhaps two, before the
quarter closes. I will do all I can for the cause. If I had a church with
members in good circumstances I would " go for them " until they gave a
good collection for the dear old Society. — Oklahoma.
Hard Work, but it Pays. — In the morning we drive three miles to
Sunday-school at ten o'clock, and preaching service at eleven o'clock.
Then we are invited to take dinner with some good brother or sister, as we
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have not time to come home. I endeavor to reach 'another out-station for
Sunday-school at two o'clock, with preaching service at three o'clock,
attending the Christian Endeavor meeting and giving a short "sermonette"
of about fifteen minutes, usually on some phase of the lesson topic, or on
some subject which I judge will be of interest to the young people. Thus
I attend two Sunday-schools as teacher, preach two sermons, attend a
Christian Endeavor meeting, and give a short talk or " sermonette,"
besides the driving back and forth. The day is full and I am usually
tired in the evening, but the work pays. — Nebraska.
Work for the Future. — We have sent another young man to our
German-English College at Wilton, la., to prepare for the ministry.
This is the fifth young man sent from here, if not direct from this
church, yet through the influence that came from the work of the Con-
gregational Home Missionary Society. All five of these young men are
preparing for the ministry. Thus we see that the work of the Society
has not been in vain. — Nebraska [German).
After the Children and Their Mothers. — 1 have tried to gather
the children on Sabbath afternoons, but with small success on account of
the poverty of the people, who cannot get respectable clothing. I found
one mother on Saturday night washing the dress her little girl had worn
all the week, that she might come to Sunday-school ; but others, just as
poor, were "too tired" or had not sufficient interest. Another class for
which my heart is most deeply stirred is the mothers. Many of them add
to the cares and anxieties of maternity all the work done for a family of
six or eight — washing, ironing, cooking, churning, often milking several
cows, with all the sewing, and this day after day, with nothing to lift up
their souls from earth, and with apparently little desire for anything
higher or better. I find a few who have learned the strength that Christ
can give, but most, though they welcome my coming, would much rather
I would tell them of city news than talk of Christ. — Kansas.
Infant Baptisms. — Last month a man asked me to come over to his
house in the evening to " christen " his sick babe. The mother is
unbalanced mentally and the father is an uncouth man. They were
afraid the babe would die, and thought it should be christened. The
practice may be irregular, but I have responded to such requests, feeling
that the arms, outstretched toward the church, toward Christian faith
and hope, should not be allowed to fall empty. Wife and I went over
after prayer-meeting. The poor babe was too sick to hold his head up.
The father and mother discussed the name to be given him. She tried
to recall the Scripture name suggested by a neighbor—" a name," the
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father said, "of a good man ; but that is no name to give a baby."
They finally decided on a name, but the babe died before morning, and
they were comforted that it was baptized. I had the pleasure yesterday
of baptizing two babes in connection with our communion service. In
the absence of the father of one of them, an uncle, not a professing
Christian, held the child for the mother. We are praying for him and
hope to see him come out for Christ. — North Dakota.
Wide Destitution. — It is here a very great field. Over hundreds
of miles in every direction you can find not one of our pastors among
our people, who are plentifully scattered all around here. Therefore is
a missionary in such a place a real necessity. In some places it is hard
to obtain entrance to any family, because of their suspicion and warnings
from the pastors who hitherto have been the only steady preachers all
around here on the different places. But by the grace and help from
God, with prayer and work, shall the suspicions and prejudices of our
people leave, and the Word of Life shall make them wise unto salva-
tion.-— Pennsylvania {Slovac.)
A Bright Spot. — One bright spot in the quarter's work was the con-
secration of one of our young ladies to the foreign missionary service,
according to Acts xiii. She was surely sent away filled with the Holy
Spirit. She is now in the training institute in New York, and will go to
India as soon as the preparation is complete. Others are hoping
to follow. — Colorado.
Openings for Work. — There is a wide field open in Escambi
County for missionary work. If I had time I think I could work up at
least two new churches in a little while. The people are poor, but
honest. An efificient worker could do much good in these lower counties.
I have no one to do anything here when I am gone. The churches pay
so little I am compelled to be at home except on my days of meetings for
the church. I am praying for better times. Good Lord, bless Congrega-
tionalism ! Good Lord, bless the Home Missionary Society ! Were it
not for the help the sisters and the Society have given me and my family
I do not know what I should have done. God bless you ! — Alabama.
Raising Money and Making Friends. — My time has been given
to securing funds to buy lots for our church. It required not less than
500 calls to secure as many dollars, and I can now understand what busi-
ness men mean when they say " collections are slow." But this work has
brought me into friendly contact with many. That the whole $500 was
raised from people only two of whom are Congregationalists, shows the
good feeling towards our work.— ilV^c York.
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NOTES OF LONG SERVICE IN COLORADO
By Rev. Roselle T. Cross, York, Nebraska
» X. — -A Missionary Vacation Trip
In the summer of 1880 there was a great "rush to what was called
"The Gunnison," by which term was meant the region around the head-
waters of the Gunnison River. It is a common thing in the mining
region to use the definite article with the name of a river or mountain to
designate a large region. It is the same as though the people of the East
should speak of " the Hudson," and mean by it, not the river of that name,
but the whole region through which it flows.
The special mining excitement was in the Elk Mountains, which were
on the Pacific side of the continental divide. It seemed then a very
promising mining field. In June the superintendent visited the new towns,
organized three churches, and arranged for the organization of another.
In all those places, or all but one, it was the first ch.urch organized.
Three men were engaged to go and take those fields, and they were to
be on the ground in a few weeks. But it was necessary for some one to
look after them in the meantime. The superintendent asked the writer
to go and supply them as a part of his summer vacation. He was very
glad to do so. Leaving home at eleven p.m., and passing through the
Grand Canon of the Arkansas in the night, he reached South Arkansas,
now Salida, at six a.m. It was not far from the point which, three years
before, it had taken his camping party seven days to reach. It was a long
day's journey, by stage, of sixty miles over the continental divide to
Gunnison City. Two men on the stage opened the day's ride with con-
siderable profanity. One of them learned incidentally that their fellow-
passenger was a clergyman, and he whispered something to his compan-
ion, of which the only word the pastor caught was " preacher." They
did not swear any after that, and during the day it was learned that the3'-
belonged to the church, in New York City. They were going to
the mines with a good deal of money, and probably thought it prudent to
put on a rough exterior.
A long, steady, uphill pull of twenty miles, with one change of horses,
brought them to the summit of Marshall Pass, 10,852 feet above the sea.
On one side of them Mount Ouray rose nearly 4,000 feefhigher. To the
north rose Mounts Shavano, Antero, Princeton, Yale, Harvard, Elbert,
and Massive, all over 14,000 feet high ; the grandest range of high peaks
in Colorado, if not in North America. This range stretched north some
fifty miles to a point near Leadville. Across another valley, leagues and
leagues away, rose the sharp, serrated line of the Sangre de Christo
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Range. The eye could follow it far to the south, where it formed the
eastern wall of San Luis Park.
In going down on the other side, the pastor had his first experience in
riding down a mountain road with six horses running at full speed. The
curves were sharp and the descent rapid, but the roadbed was good, and
there was nothing to do but trust in a strong brake, a skillful driver, and
a good Providence, and lean back and enjoy it. At the first halt on the
other side to change horses, the tires of the hind wheels were hissing hot,
so closely had the brake been applied. The forty-mile ride from the
summit to Gunnison was through a lovely valley, but it was a rough and
dusty ride. At one point among the thick bushes beside the road, five
highwaymen or " road agents " were lying in wait for the stage, after it
had passed ! Fortunately it was nearly two hours ahead of its usual time,
not having been hindered as much as usual by freight wagons on the pass.
The robbers got about $joo from a solitary horseman. What the capital-
ists from New York would have done if the stage had been attacked is
not known. Swearing would probably have done no good.
Reaching Gunnison at nine p.m., the loud cry of " Keno, keno ! " was
heard from a gambling tent in which that game was in full blast. Here
the writer learned that a few days after the superintendent had organized
a church, a minister of the denomination had arrived, and that he
too was going to organize. This was not encouraging ; it certainly was
not comity. Thirty miles more of staging the next day brought us to
Crested Butte, another point where a church had been organized. Making
this place headquarters, we walked the next clay to Ruby Camp, where
some 2,000 people were living in log cabins and tents, at an altitude of
10,000 feet, and where sixty feet of snow were said to have fallen the
previous winter. Securing the use of a large tent, we got some handbills
printed, announcing services on Sunday, and on Saturday we left them
at all the houses, tents, stores, and saloons. Going to the tent Sunday
morning, horses were found stabled in it. The owner took them out, and,
returning after breakfast, the preacher found it full of smoke from a fire
built on the ground to disinfect the tent. He borrowed lumber and
blocks, got some young men to help him, and prepared seats. A steel
bar vigorously pounded called the people together. A large congregation
of men, with only three or four women, listened to the sermon. The Chris-
tian people remained after the service, and discussed the question of a
church organiza'tion. A joint committee of the two denominations inter-
ested reported in favor of a church of the other denomination from the
one which your preacher represented. This was through the influence of
a member of the committee who did not want the responsibility that would
fall upon him if a church of his own denomination was started. In a few
years both church and town were completely run down, the mines of that
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camp not meeting expectations. Sixteen miles of horseback riding and
walking brought the preacher to Gothic in time for an evening service
with the new church at that place, where he found a number of acquaint-
ances. That town also is now almost deserted, and the church long ago
became extinct. The location of the place from a scenic point of view
was one of the grandest in the Rocky Mountains. In riding eight miles
the next day from Gothic to Rock Creek, we passed five embryo towns
or " cities." It seemed as though every man who could find a tolerably
level forty-acre lot laid out a town on paper.
In the region of Rock Creek, thirty-three feet of snow had fallen the
previous winter. On every side were evidences of the fearful snow-slides
that had thundered down into that valley, bringing down great rocks and
masses of debris and breaking off trees a foot in diameter. In one place
a deep canon had been packed full of snow, and now in mid-summer
heavy teams were being driven across it on the snow. Lake Beauty, at
the head of this valley, was formed by the debris of an avalanche. Part
of the week was spent in visiting mines and collecting crystals. One day
was spent in a long climb to Redwell Basin, where some church members
were found, and where was seen the lofty, ragged precipice of rock over
which a young prospector had fallen to his death a few days before. He
was in a place of danger, and his partner cautioned him about it. The
boy answered with an oath and ventured a little nearer to the edge ; the
crumbling rock gave way beneath his feet, and with a cry of despair he
was dashed to death on the rocks below. His was the first funeral in
Ruby Camp.
One day, while walking through the woods on a mountain side, the
preacher stooped over to drink from the mountain brook, and in the
brook found a silver mine that ran over twenty thousand ounces to
the ton, the richest silver mine in Colorado — while it lasted. He gave it
all to the Home Missionary Society. It consisted of two silver dollars,
which some thirsty traveler had dropped into that brook while stooping
over for a drink. On the next Sunday, after preaching again at Gothic,
he walked to Crested Butte to preach in the evening. He had to pull off
his boots to wade through the snow-cold waters of Snake River. At
Crested Butte there was some excellent material in the church, and it is
now the only church of its order left in that region, as Crested Butte, on
account of its rich coal mines, proved to be the only permanent town of
any consequence.
Soon after his return from The Gunnison, the pastor happened to have
at the depot a few minutes' conversation with General Grant, who was
just starting for a visit to the same region. He had been stopping at Mani-
tou with his family, and while there his room and pockets were " burglar-
ized " by some unpatriotic wretch. The pastor expressed the hope that
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the General might escape the "road agents" as nicely as he himself had
escaped them. " Oh," said General Grant, " if they don't do anything
but rob me I don't care ; they have already done that at Manitou."
Those who saw him a few days later, climbmg a steep mountain near
Gothic by holding on to the tail of the mule, could well believe that he
was not cumbered with too much dignity and red tape in the army.
Soon after the pastor's return, one young man was ordained in his
church for the work at Crested Butte. The other young men who had
promised to come to that region all failed to appear, and as a consequence
the work suffered for want of pastors.
OUR HOME MISSIONARY ACADEMIES
Rev. Prof. J. W. Scroggs, Principal of Rogers Academy, Rogers,
Arkansas, reports the fall term in that institution just closed as very suc-
cessful. The attendance has been ninety-two in the Academic classes, as
against sixty-five for the first term last year, an increase of nearly fifty per
cent. There has been almost as great an improvement in the character
of the students and their work. Professor Scroggs spent the summer in
indexing the library on the Dewey system, which has greatly increased its
ROGERS ACADEMY, KUULKb, ARKANSAS
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use and usefulness. The Academy has now twenty-two in the graduating
class. It draws students from Texas, Indian Territory, and Missouri, as
well as from Arkansas. Much interest is taken in the religious work,
which is very largely done in connection with the Congregational church
of Rogers. Several King's Daughters circles are in existence, and a King's
Sons, or Brotherhood of St. Andrew, is contemplated for the boys. It is
claimed that if the institution had $10,000 more for needed buildings the
attendance could be doubled in a year or two. Mrs. Mary F. Ames,
Haverhill, Mass.; Mrs. S. D. Warren and Miss Cynthia Warren, of Boston,
LIBRARY — ROGERS ACADEMY, ARKANSAS
Mass., and Mrs. J. W. Fiske, of the same city, are referred to with grati-
tude for their generous donations to this institution.
Rogers Academy was founded in 1883. It would be difficult to exag-
gerate the influence which has gone forth from it throughout the needy
country in which it is situated. From the beginning it has been under
the care of this Society, which has invested nearly $30,000 in its support.
The present principal. Professor Scroggs, has been connected with the
school in that capacity from the first. He was previously principal of
Worcester Academy, in Vinita, Indian Territory, and has now been for
seventeen years associated with the work of this Society. He is to be
congratulated upon so long a term of earnest, wise, and successful
labor.
The Rev. Franklin B. Doe, formerly Superintendent for Missouri and
Arkansas, in an article recently written upon " The Christian Academy,"
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makes the following reference to the two schools of this Society, at
Rogers, Arkansas, and at Vinita, Indian Territory :
" The writer knows an Academy in Arkansas, under the Congregational
Home Missionary Society, started in ignorant and hostile surroundings,
which, by patient and persistent work, has overcome all prejudices, and in
ten years has actually transformed that whole region, as all now admit. One
young man from that then benighted village is already in the university,
and several are on the way. The change wrought in all that section of
country is wonderful. All say the Academy has done it, a fountain in
the desert, whose life-giving streams enrich and beautify everything.
There are now happy homes. Christian refinement, and higher ideals of
life. On my first visit to Worcester Academy, in Indian Territory, 1 was
quite surprised at the bright looks of some of the maturer students.
Walking down town with one of the young men, I expressed that surprise,
knowing that he was a full-blooded Cherokee. He replied : ' But wouldn't
you suppose that three or four years in a Christian Academy would take
a good deal of the rough Indian out of a young man and improve his
looks?' 'Yes, I see. "A man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and
the boldness of his face shall be changed." '"
A PRIMITIVE SETTLEMENT
I THINK this is one of the most primitive white settlements in the
State, Several Sabbath mornings there has not been a man at the service,
the audience consisting of about twenty-five women and children. Several
evenings the key to the schoolhouse in which we worship was missing,
and some one would climb in at the window and open from the inside.
About a month ago I preached until all the lights went out, and then had
not preached more than one-tenth of the time Paul took in his long
service. I was told that had occurred several times before, so I asked
the executive committee to procure some one to attend to lighting the
lamps. No one would do this without pay, and I was asked if part of my
salary should be used for that purpose. But as I had only received a
dollar and a half from the people on salary, I did not think I could afford
it. Last Sabbath I was asked to conduct a funeral there upon three
minutes' notice, although they had had thirty-six hours in which to inform
me. I think many regret such proceedings, and that we shall soon have
better arrangements. In other respects I have been cordially received, and
I hope that the people will soon begin to take more interest in religious
things. Ours is a lumbering town, and we have had two visits of " river
men," who " paint the town red " and make night hideous. One asked me
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into the saloon for a drink, and a drunken youth has responded " Amen I "
at prayer during two evenings, and some were ready to censure the preacher
for not pitching him out. The town is almost bankrupt because of
delayed payment to employees, many of them taking the larger part of
their earnings in strong drink, on credit. — California.
ANOTHER, NOT LESS PRIMITIVE
This is a small town in Wyoming, but large enough to support two
saloons. Several of our buildings have bullet holes in them. Only a few
weeks ago two men. stepped from the saloon into the street and com-
menced shooting at each other. Surely, in a place like this there is need
of the Gospel. When we came here our greeting was : " Oh, you can't
do anything for this place ; ministers have tried before, but have soon
left us." These were not encouraging words with which to greet one just
from the seminary. But if God be for us, what are words like these ?
With hearts full of hope and trust in the Master, we called from house to
house, and talked with men as they toiled in the field or drove their cattle
over the hills. The work has been hard, but, thank the Lord, the clouds
are breaking away and light is shining through. Can you imagine our
feeling of thankfulness when on the last Sunday of last month our little
schoolhouse was filled full ? Some were even standing in the door. Here
were a number of cowboys who had not seen the inside of a church or
heard a sermon for years. They sang heartily and listened attentively
throughout the services, and then met us with these words : "" This is
more like living." Ours is a good field for hard labor — the Lord has no
easy ones about here. In our Sunday-school we have had children and
grown people, too, who have never been to Sunday-school or church
before. One little girl so wanted to come that she teased her papa till he
hitched up his team to bring her. But the grown people have a perfect
passion for "balls." They have even ended a funeral with a dance. —
Wyoming.
Correction. — In fitting to its place on the opening page of our
January number Mr. Puddefoot's handsome face, the compositor slipped
up and shrunk the volume of " The Minute Man on the Frontier " to
"thirty-two pages" — altogether too small a space into which to crowd
such an amount of entertaining and profitable- reading. Three hundred
and twenty-six pages would better accommodate the solid contents. — Ed.
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GOOD MOTHER NECESSITY
For five of my six months here I was unable to rent anything, not
even a tent, to Uve in, and therefore my family had to stay in our former
home, two hundred and thirty miles away from me. It is plain to be
seen that they could not help me much, and that I could not feel much
at home. But at last I succeeded in renting a small house with three
little rooms, and the five of us are now doing the best we can.
Our salary was so small and everything here so high that we were unable
to buy or to move much furniture, so I have been making a piece each
week, until now we have a folding-bed, bookcase, table, stands, and some
other little things, and our three-roomed home is quite comfortable.
After looking at the darkest side of the case, I can't help saying : God
bless " Mother Necessity ; " she is the best mother most of us ever have,
for she will help us when we help ourselves, and she always compels us
to do first everything that we can. Those who have had her assiduous
care are truly among the blest. — Oregon.
BRIGHTENING LIGHT IN ALABAMA
I ATTENDED the National Council, going and returning by the " Sea
Board Air Line " to Norfolk, and thence by steamer to New York, from
there to Syracuse by the New York Central Railroad. Since my return
I have attended the annual meeting of the United Congregational Con-
ference of Alabama, held at Henderson, Pike County, in the southeastern
part of the State. While the delegation was not so full as we desired, on
account of the lack of funds to pay railway fare from one or two of the
districts remote from Henderson, yet the conference was one of the most
interesting and pleasant we have ever had, both in the way of educating
our people in the usages and principles of Congregationalism, and in
spiritual enjoyment. I feel very much impressed that, since the recogni-
tion by the National Council of the Convention as the State body for
Alabama, a new era has begun in the South for Congregational work and
progress. — Rev. S. E. Bassett, Superintendent for Alabama.
A KIND OFFER TO HOME MISSIONARIES
Mr. George L. Weed, whose skill in adapting the great truths of
the Bible to the comprehension of children has been proved to the satis-
faction of hundreds of teachers of youth at home and abroad, lately
wrote a little book of 171 pages, entitled " Great Truths Simply Told."
February, 1896 The Home Missionary 529
It has already reached its third edition, and has received warm praise
from those best quahfied to judge of its merits.
Through the generosity of a friend of Home Missions we are
enabled to supply a limited number of copies of this book to such of our
working brethren in the field as may ask for it by postal or otherwise.
Address Officers of the C. H. M. S., Bible House, New York. Prefer-
ence will be given, in the distribution, to brethren in the distant fields, far
from bookstores and least likely to be able to increase their little libraries
without aid from others.
TO EACH MEMBER OF OUR HOMELAND SILVER
CIRCLE
Dear Friend : Having accepted a dime bank from the Congregational
Home Missionary Society, New York City, you are a member of our Silver
Circle. The object of this Circle is to aid the Society in its great work, a
work of national interest. Through the Dime Bank you have an oppor-
tunity to "lend a hand."
Should you fill your bank in one year you will have given ten cents a
week to help send a Home Missionary where he is needed. We do not,
however, limit you as to time, in filling the bank, but would remind you
that we have 2,000 preachers on the field, and could place 2,000 others
where the need is great, did our treasury permit. You may be interested
to know how some of these Dime Banks are filled.
DIFFERENT METHODS OF MEMBERS
1. To place a dime in the bank every Sunday morning, prayerfully
remembering the missionary on the field,
2. To place an extra dime in the bank when buying luxuries in the line
of candy, nuts, etc.
3. To place in the bank every dime that is received in making change.
4. To place a dime in the bank when it can be spared from necessary
expenses.
5. To invite friends to contribute occasionally to the bank. Certain
gentlemen, members of the Silver Circle, keep a bank in the counting-room
or office for the benefit of callers.
6. Sometimes Sunday-school teachers use the banks in their classes.
This method has been adopted by leaders of mission circles.
DIRECTIONS
To make a deposit in the bank, turn the screw until the dime slips
easily into the slot. When the bank is full, use the screw to push out the
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column of dimes. This pushes out the bottom of the bank, which can be
easily replaced and the bank refilled for the same object. As soon as
possible turn your fifty dimes into a money order, or check, and send it to
the Treasurer of the Woman's Home Missionary Organization of your own
State, carefully designating it as " From the Home Missionary Silver
Circle." Be sure to give the missionary society in your own church the
credit of your contribution before sending it away.
Should you find this course inconvenient, send the contribution directly
to our Treasurer, William B. Howland, Bible House, New York City, stat-
ing distinctly that it is from " The Home Missionary Silver Circle." The
careful designation referred to will keep correct records of the Circle and
its work.
Our Silver Circle now numbers about 5,000, who maybe found through-
out the land from ocean to ocean. If each rne/nber is faithful in filling the
bank, our Society, which is now held back by an empty treasury, may go
forward with a work of vital importance.
AN IMPORTANT QUESTION
Will the faithful who filled their banks for us last year Jill them again,
and by so doing profit themselves as well as others ?
THE TREASURY
The condition of the Treasury on the first of January, 1896, will be
found in a memorandum at the close of our usual statement of monthly
receipts, on page 542 of this issue.
When this number reaches our readers but a few days more than two
months will remain of the Society's fiscal year. The receipts in January
will not then be known, but it seems probable that an average of about
^72,000 for the first three months of 1896, exclusive of offerings for the
Howard Roll of Honor and specials for the debt, will be required to meet
the reduced obligations of this sixty-ninth year.
The Treasurer reported, at the Executive Committee's January meet-
ing, $8,300 received in December on the Roll of Honor and $758.13
specials for the debt; whereupon the Committee voted that $9,058.13
additional be paid upon the debt of April i, 1895, reducing that debt to
$86,854.60.
With a fair prospect of early blotting out the debt of last year, and the
loud call from every one of the Society's fields for increased missionary
labor, it cannot be that the faithful friends of Home Missions will consent
February, 1896 The Home Missionary 531
to close the present year with a new debt which -can be avoided with a
reasonable self-denial on the part of the nearly 600,000 members of our
churches.
THE GENERAL O. O. HOWARD ROLL OF HONOR
Previously reported 444
Subscriptions added below , . .- 96
Total number of shares 540
[An occasional question from some subscriber to the General Howard Roll of Honor
leads us to remind that helpful brotherhood of a privilege of which comparatively few
of them have as yet availed themselves— that of naming Life Members of this Society.
Every hundred dollars sent to this treasury on account of the Roll entitles the donor —
individual or church — to name two Life Members, and these are entitled to vote at the
annual meetings of the Society ; also, on request, to receive, during life, without further
payment if desired. The Home Missionary and our other publications. — Ed.]
Woman's Home Missionary Society, First Church, Montclair,
N.J.
South Congregational Church, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Mrs. Hannah Stevens and Mrs. Sally Green — In Memoriam,
by the Ladies' Stevens Home Missionary Society, First
Congregational Church, Stoneham, Mass.
Mr, J. C. Brown, Attleboro, Mass.
Mrs. Mary C. Bemis, Hartford, Conn.
Congregational Church, North Hampton, N. H.
John P. French, Candia, N. H.
Junior Auxiliary of First Church, Hartford, Conn.
First Parish Church, East Derry, N. H.
Susie B. Bancroft, Lynn, Mass.
Mrs. Leonard H. Bacon, Hartford, Conn.
A Friend, First Church, Newton Center, Mass.
Mrs. A. D. Stebbins, Granby, Mass.
Congregational Church, Wellesley Hills, Mass.
Congregational Church, Reading, Mass.
Mrs. Lucy Maynard, Maynard, Mass.
Mrs. A. C. Thompson, Roxbury, Mass.
A Member of First Church, Westfield, Mass.
Parker Blood, Groton, N. H.
Third Congregational Church, Torrington, Conn., two shares.
A Friend, Dane Street Church, Beverly, Mass.
Mrs. M. W. Skinner, by A Friend, Northfield, Minn.
Mrs. Timothy Higgins, Plantsville, Conn.
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David Fales, Chicago, 111.
Victor F. Lawson, Chicago, III.
In Memory of Miss Phoebe F. McKeen, by Miss Philena Mc-
Keen, Andover, Mass.
First Congregational Church, Gardner, Mass.
First Congregational Sunday-school, Gardner, Mass.
Plymouth Church, Framingham, Mass.
Richard H. Stearns, Old South Church, Boston, Mass.
Mrs. Richard H. Stearns, Old South Church, Boston, Mass.
First Church, New Haven, Conn., four shares.
Mrs. Horace Cousins, Redlands, Cal.
Mrs. A. B. Ross, Cambridgeboro, Pa.
E. H. Wheeler, New London, Conn.
Mrs. H. P. Strong, New Britain, Conn,
S. N. Williams, Glastonbury, Conn.
Good Cheer Club, Union Congregational Church, Provi-
dence, R. I.
John McAuslan, Union Church, Providence, R. I.
Ladies' Home Missionary Society, Union Church, Providence,
R. I.
John E. Troup, Union Church, Providence, R. I.
Washington Street Congregatioxal Church, Beverly, Mass.
First Congregational Church, Brockton, Mass.
First Church Sunday-school and Christian Endeavor So-
ciety, Webster, Mass.
Mrs. C. C. Harrington, Union Church, Providence, R. I.
Miss E. L. Howard, Union Church, Providence, R. I.
Mrs. Ralph Emerson, Second Congregational Church,
Rockford, 111.
Mrs. L. W. Allen, by Church of the Pilgrims Woman's
Home Missionary Society, Brooklyn, N. Y,
Congregational Church, Old Lyme, Conn.
Congregational Church, Reading, Mass., second share.
South Congregational Church, Framingham, Mass., three
shares.
Dr. Edward Spaulding, in Memoriam, First Church, Nashua,
N. H.
Dea. JosiAH A. Wheat, First Congregational Church,
Nashua, N. H.
Dea. Stephen L. G. French, First Congregational Church,
Nashua, N. H.
Miss Sarah W. Kendall, First Congregational Church,
Nashua, N. H.
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Ladies' Home Missionary Society, Union Church, Provi-
dence, R. I., second share.
Union Congregational Church, Sunday-school, Providence,
R. I.
Union Congregational Church, Providence, R. I.
Dane Street Congregational Church, Beverly, Mass., three
shares.
Congregational Church, Stratford, Conn.
Danforth Congregational Church, Syracuse, N. Y.
Rev. S. G. BuckinghajV^ D. D., by Ladies' Society, South
Congregational Church, Springfield, Mass.
Rev. Philip L. Moxom, D.D., by Ladies' Society, South
Congregational Church, Springfield, Mass.
Mrs. H. L. HiGGiNS, by Ladies' Benevolent Society of Tomp-
kins Avenue Church, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Ladies' Missionary Society, Newton Center, Mass.
Andover Theological Seminary, Andover, Mass.
Mr. and Mrs. Mellin, North Brookfield, Mass.
South Church, Peabody, Mass., three shares.
Olivet Church, Springfield, Mass.
Central Church, Chelsea, Mass.
Mrs. S. H. Rawson, Eliot Church, Newton, Mass.
Congregational Church, Westminster, Vt.
Ladies of First Congregational Church, Westfield, Mass.
Congregational Church, Terryville, Conn.
FiRST^ Congregational Church, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
Congregational Church, Newtonville, Mass.
Sunday-school and Young People's Society of Christian
Endeavor of First Congregational Church, Manches-
ter, N. H.
Rev. R. A. Beard, D.D., Nashua, N. H.
Pilgrim Church, Nashua, N. H.
Miss Julia Pierpoint, Rutland, Vt.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles N. Prouty, Spencer, Mass.
Eliza Shumway, Spencer, Mass.
Home Missionary Auxiliary, Old South Church, Boston,
Mass.
George P. Merrill, a Thank-offering, First Church, Min-
neapolis, Minn.
Ladies' Home Missionary Society, North Congregational
Church, Portsmouth, N. H.
Mrs. Margaret L. Eddy, through Woman's Home Mission-
ary Union of Kansas,
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APPOINTMENTS IN DECEMBER, 1895
Not in commission last year
Barnes, Albert E., Fertile, Maple Bay, and Men-
tor, Minn.
Breish, S. R., Dawson, Minn.
Caldwell, Asbury, West Palm Beach, Fla.
Cheadle, C. H., San Juan, Cal.
Chevis. Ernest C, Clear Lake, Wis.
Coate. R. M., Canton, So. Dak.
Cole, H. Hammond, Weaverville and Lewiston,
Cal.
Donaldson, David, Trenton and Fairview, Neb.
Drake, Ulysses S., Condon and Lexington, Ore.
Farquhar, Robert W.. Pullman, Wash.
Gilles. Elbert W., New York Mills. Minn.
Hill, De.xter D., East Los Angeles, Cal.
Jenkins, D. Lloyd, Eagle Rock, Cal.
Krause, Frank O., Sheridan and Willamina, Ore.
Russell, Frank H.,Kirwin and Kensington, Kan.
Rutledge, G. N., Hazel Park, St. Paul, Minn.
Sarkis, Elias J., De Smet, So. Dak.
Tillberg, John M., Lincoln, Neb.
Wheeler, Sheldon H., Compton, Cal.
Whillock, Frank M., Indianapolis, Ind.
Re-cotn m issioned
Ailing, Horatio, Whatcom, Wash.
Banham. Henry E., Fresno, Cal.
Barber, Jerome M., Wilsonville, Butlerville, and
Champoeg, Ore.
Barnard, Isaac D., Altoona and Village Creek,
Kan.
Bingham, Charles M., Daytona and Port Orange,
Fla.
Brereton, John, Grandin, Mo.
Brookshier, Reuben R., General Missionary in
No. Car.
Brown, Frank J., Rose Creek and Taopi, Minn.
Brown, John F.. Needles, Cal.
Colp, Donald G.. Georgetown, Minn. '
Davis, William, Plevna, Kan.
Deakin. Samuel, Cowles and Pleasant Ridge, Neb.
Doane, Frank B., Dayton, Wash.
Doyle, Amos A., Seattle, Wash.
Earl, Theophilus R , San Diego and La Mesa, Cal.
Edmonds, Robert H., Mansfield, Ohio.
Egerland, Franz, Chicago, 111.
Galloway, Emil R., San Francisco, Cal.
Gramcko, Ernest B., Gilman and Red Cliff, Colo.
Hall, George C, Nebraska City, Neb.
Hall, George D,, Dover, N. J.
Hayes, James, Coal Bluff, Cardonia, Perth, and
Caseyville, Ind.
Henning, George W., Los Angeles, Cal.
Hess, Henry, Gladdale, Neb.
Hills, William S., Wymore, Neb.
Johnson, William, St. Louis, Mo.
Lewis, John, Detroit, Mich.
Lewis, John B., Erwin, So. Dak.
Lich, John, Lincoln, Neb.
Maar, Frederic H., Niles and Mission San Jos°,
Cal.
McLellan, Archibald S., Etna, Oro, Fino, and
Callahans, Cal.
Markham, Reuben F., Almena, Kan.
Alarsh, William J., Gothland, So. Dak.
Martin, Edwin, Bloomfield and Addison, Neb.
Mobbs, Horatio M., Chewelah and Springdale,
Wash.
Okerstein, John F., General Missionary among
the Scands. in Minn.
Parker, Frederic W., Huntington and Ontario,
Ore.
Pearse, Franklin F., Los Angeles, Cal.
Pearson, Samuel, West Point, Neb.
Phillips, John W., Baker.-field. Cal.
Richards, Emanuel, White City, Kan.
Rogers, Enoch E., Groveland, Minn.
Ruddock, Charles A., Arlington, Gaylord, and
Gibbon, Minn.
Smith, L. Adams, Christopher and Star Lake,
Wash.
Spire, William J., Park Rapids, Minn.
Stevens, Clarence H.. Crested Butte, Colo.
Stevens, Julius, Bryant, So. Dak.
Tomlin, D. R., General Missionary in South Da-
kota.
Tubb, William H.. San Francisco. Cal.
Welch, Moses C, Pomona, Fla.
White, Austin B., Escondido, Cal.
Wise, Daniel W., Ahtanum and Tampico, Ore.
Wood, Samuel, Havelock, Neb.
RECEIPTS IN DECEMBER, 1895
For account of receipts by State Au.xiliary Societies, see pages 545 to 549
MAINE— $145.45.
Andover, Rev. F. V. Norcross
Bath. A Friend
Calais, First, by A. L. Clapp
Fort Fairfield, by Rev. G. B. Hescock
North Searsport, Mr. Miller
Portland, Rev. J. G. Wilson, A
Christmas Gift
Rockland, by E. M. Stubbs
Scarboro, S. S. Rally, by A. S. Jones.
South Freeport, by Rev. A. Smith . . .
Stockton Springs, Mrs. F. I. Pendle-
ton
Thomaston, by H. E. Tillson
Waterville, First, by A. M. Kennison.
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NEW HAMPSHIRE-$i,694.95.
N. H. H. M. Soc, by Hon. L. D. Stevens,
Treas. :
Gen. Howard Roll of Honor
F. C. I. and H. M. Union of
N. H., Miss A. A. McFa.---
land, Treas. :
Mrs. Asa McFarland and
daughters. Gen. Howard
Roll of Honor $ioo oo .
Concord. Ladies of the First,
by Mrs. J. E. Thorne, Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor.. . 100 00
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(2laremont, by H. W. Frost $icx3 oo
Concord, So. Ch., of which $200 Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor ; Debt, $5;
by Hon. L. D. Stevens, Treas.
N. H. H. M. Soc 221 78
West Ch., by O. L. Shepard, Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor 100 00
Franklin,Y. P. S. C. E., by H. W. Shaw 5 07
Goffstown, M. A. Hadley, a Christmas
Gift 10 00
Groton, Parker Blood, Gen. Howard
Roll of Honor 100 00
Hampton, M. A. Getchell 5 00
Lyme, by D. A. Grant 46 70
Manchester, J- W. Johnston 50 00
Meredith, by R. T. Osgood, for the
debt 9 00
Mt. Vernon, A Friend, for the debt . . 25 00
Nashua, First, by W. P. Clarke, to
place the names of Dr. E. Spalding,
Dea. J. A. Wheat, Dea. S. L. G.
French, and Miss Sarah W. Kendall
on Gen. Howard Roll of Honor 400 00
New Ipswich, by I. E. F. Marsh 4 72
Newport, Cong. Ch 50 00
North Hampton, by E. M. Smith,
Gen. Howard Roll of Honor 100 00
By E. M. Smith 18 10
Northwood Center, Mrs. M. A. D.
Grace 2 00
Felham, A Friend lo 00
Penacook, V. P. S. C. E., byM. L. R.
Farnum, for the debt 5 00
By L. M. Currier, for the debt 30 00
Pittsfield, by M. H. Nutter 22 90
South Tam worth, Miss A. B. Beede,
special 10 00
Stratham, by J. D. Littlefield 14 60
Swanzey, by C. E. Milliken, for the
debt 19 00
Walpole, by C. E. Sparhawk 21 68
West Ridge, G. G. Williams 14 40
Norwich, N. R. Nichols, for the debt,
by Rev. C. W. Shelton $1 00
Putney, Extra-Cent-a-Day Band, by
M. E. Washburn 4 60
Rupert, by G. R. Thompson 26 10
Rutland, S. S., to place Hon. H. F.
»-Field'sname on Gen. Howard Roll
of Honor, by L. G. Bagley 100 00
Rockwood Barrett, Gen. Howard
Roll of Honor, by L. G. Bagley . . 100 00
By C. M. Smith 27 56
Saxton's River, Gen. Howard Roll of
Honor, by Rev. G. F. Chapin 100 00
Williston, by W. M. Barber 2 34
Windsor, Old South Ch., by M. K.
Paine, Gen. Howard Roll of Honor 100 00
MASSACHUSETTS — $18,304.20 ; of
which legacies, $340.76.
Mass. Home Miss. Soc, by Rev. E. B.
Palmer, Treas 8,000 00
For work among foreigners in the
West $4,500 00
By recjuest of donors, of
which $2,600 Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor ;
debt, $172.52 ; Salary
Fund, $79.79 3,10616
7,606 16
Received by Rev. C. W. Shelton :
Barnstable Conference. . . $3400
Greenfield, A Friend,
for Salary Fund i 00
Harwich Center, for the
debt I 00
North Falmouth, for the
debt 10 00
Sandwich, for the debt 500
VERMONT— $1,800.11 ; of which lega-
cies, $646.66.
Vermont Domestic Missionary Soc,
W. C. Tyler, Treas., of which
S53.80 for the debt
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs. R. P.
Fairbanks, Treas. :
Berlin, A Friend, forthedebt $500
Burlington, Gen. Howard
Roll of Honor, $100 ; debt,
$7.65 107 65
Middletown Springs, Mrs.
L. Gray's S. S. Class, for
Salary Fund 3 00
Milton, for Salary Fund 12 00
St. Johnsbury, North Ch.,
for Salary Fund 25 00
Swanton, Mrs. E. and Miss
H. Stone, for the debt 5 00
157 65
Bennington Center, Mrs. F. Hicks,
" In Memoriam " i 00
Burlington, First, by M. H. Stone 300 00
Derby, Y. P. S. C. E., $1.50 : Jr. C.E.,
$1.50. for the debt, by H. M. Perkins 3 00
East Burke, S.S. Rally, by M. E. Har-
ris 118
Georgia, by Rev. C. M. Clark, for the
debt ... 200
Hartford, Legacy of Mrs. Marie Ann
Marsh, by S. E. Pingree, Atfy 646 66
Lowell, Ch.. $4 ; Westfield. Ss,byRev.
L. P. Atwood, for the debt 9 00
Middlebury, by A. W. Dickens, Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor 100 00
North Troy, S. S., by E. C. Fowler.. 2 58
Woman's H. M. Assoc, Miss M.
L. Woodberry, Treas.. . $1520
Boston, Mrs. H. H. Hyde 100 00
For Salary Fimd :
Easthampton, Aux 5 00
Sheffield, Aux 23 80
South Hadley, Mt. Hol-
yoke Coll. Aux 172 00
Ware, East Ch 160 00
476 00
Amherst, South Ch., by W. B. Rose.. 14 13
Beverly, Dane Street, by H. R White,
Gen. Howard Roll of Honor 100 00
Blandford, Second, by M. M. Mann. . 4 75
Boston, A. G. Nelson, for Salary
Fund 50 00
Prof. F. H. Woodbridge 10 00
Rev. M. De.xter, for the debt 100 00
Boylston Center, Ch., $15 : S. S., $5 ;
Y. P. S. C. E., $5 ; by Rev. D. E.
Burtner 25 00
Bridgewater, Central Square Ch., by
A. G. Boyden, special for the debt . 25 00
Cambridgeport, A Friend, forthedebt 3 00
Curtisville, Dea. A. A. Barnes, $10;
G. E. Dreser, f 10 for the debt 20 00
By D. H. Newton 28 gi
Dorchester, Second, by Miss E. Tol-
rnan 25 00
Easthampton, Payson Ch., by H. L.
Clark 246 89
Easton. Legacy of Daniel M. Dailey,
M. J. Dailey, Ex., by Rev. A. H.
Fuller 100 00
Floience, Y. P. S. C. E., by L. J.
Ranney 15 00
Gilbertville, S. S., by C. Frey 25 00
Haverhill, " M. L. C," for the debt. . 5 00
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Holyoke, First, Jr. C. E. Soc, by C.
H. Baird $1000
Ladies' Prayer Circle of the Second,
by Mrs. F. H. Cliamberlin 10 00
Hudson, Y. P. S. C. E., by Miss A.
Bus well 5 00
Lawrence, Estate of Mrs. M. T. Ben-
son, by Mrs. A. T. Brewster 20 00
Lee, Sarah Smith, $5 ; Amelia Kilbon,
$1.50; J. L. Kilbon, $5, for the debt,
by J. L. Kilbon 11 50
Longmeadow, Benev. Assoc, of the
First, by W. Bliss 5 00
Lowell. Highlands, by C. F. Emerson 123 66
Massachusetts, A Friend 50 00
A Friend, special 100 00
Millbury, M. D. Garfield 10 00
Mittineague, A Friend 3 00
Monson, E. F. Morris 13 72
Natick, S. S., by Rev. C. W. Shelton,
for Salary Fund 50 00
Needham, S. S., by Rev. C. W. Shel-
ton, for Salary Fund 2 oi
North Andover, Mrs. A. M. Robinson 5 00
North Attleboro, J. C. Brown, Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor 100 00
Northampton, Y. P. S. C. E. of the
Edwards Ch., to const. Miss Mina
E. Woods a L. M., by M. F. Geer. 50 00
Pittsfield, First, by F. W. Button 40 59
S. S. of the First, by A. A. Mills, for
Salary Fund 20 00
Shelburne Falls, add'l, by L. M.
Packard, in full to const. Mrs. J. A.
Richmond a L. M 11 10
Southampton, Legacy of Miss Susan
S. Edwards, by H. L. Edwards,
E.x 25 00
"Sunshine Band," by Miss C. Ed-
wards 10 00
South Framingham, Rev. W. G.
Fuddef oot 57 °o
South Hadley, Mt. Holyoke College
Silver Circle, $30 ; E. Trells, $5, by
Miss F. Hazen 35 00
South Hadley Falls, by S. C. Weld.. . 17 56
Spencer, S. S., by E. W. Norwood,
M.D., for the debt 28 00
" Extra-Cent-A-Day Band" of the
First, by F. E. Dunton 50 00
Springfield, Memorial Ch., by H. W.
Bowman 36 55
C. E. Bowdoin, toward a L. Mp 2c 00
S. C. Burnham 5 00
Mrs. H. S. Birnie, Gen. Howard
Roll of Honor 100 cxa
Webster, First Ch., S. S. and Y. P. S.
C. E., by E. L. Spalding, Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor 100 00
West Boylston, Legacy, in part, of
Mrs. A. P. H. Hunt, by C. W.
Wheeler, Adm 75 76
West Newbury. S. S., by F. A. Kennett 12 71
Wilmington, Legacy of Rev. A. B.
Smith, by Rev. E. Harmon 120 00
Worcester, S. S. Class in Plymouth
Ch.,by Mrs. M. W. Fitch 10 00
Salem Street Ch., by G. W. Hodg-
kins 20 00
Bethany, S. S. Rally, by C. H. Hill. 10 20
RHODE ISLAND -$605.00.
Kingston, S. W. E., for Salary Fund.
Providence, Union Ch., Good Cheer
Club, $100 ; A Friend, ^iioo. Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor
Union Cong. Ch., Gen. Howard Roll
of Honor, Mrs. C. C. Harrington
and Miss E. L. Howard, by Rev.
C. W. Shelton
Woman's Soc. of Union Ch., by C.
L. Smith, Gen. Howard Roll of
Honor $10000
Pilgrim Ch., by W. M. Bangs, Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor 100 00
CONNECTICUT-$5.o97. 88; of which
legacies, $1,462.08.
Miss. Soc. of Conn., W. W. Jacobs,
Treas., by Rev. W. H. Moore, Sec:
Received by Rev. C. W. Shelton :
Brandford, Y. P. S. C. E... $1500
Glastonbury, S. N. Wil-
liams, Gen. Howard Roll
of Honor 100 00
New Britain, Mrs. H. P.
Strong, Gen. Howard Roll
of Honor 100 00
Suffield, Nathan Pierce 2 00
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs. W. W.
Jacobs, Treas :
Bridgeport, No. Ch. Aux.,
by Mrs. J. E. Sanderson,
for Salary Fund $16 50
Danielson, by Miss E. Dan-
ielson, for Salary Fund. . . 10 00
Hartford, First, Mrs. L. H .
Bacon, Gen. Howard Roll
of Honor ... 100 00
Hartford, First. Jr. Aux.,
by Miss C. M. Cooley,
Salary Fund, $50 ; Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor,
652 77
Mrs. F. B. Cooley, First
Ch., for Salary Fund. . . 15 00
Kent, Aux., by Mrs. S. M.
Roberts . 10 00
Y. L. M. C, by Miss M.J.
Seger, for the debt 10 00
Middletown, First, b)' Mrs.
J. H. Bunce, Dime Banks
of Miss E. Patten and Mrs.
O. V. Coffin 10 20
Milford, First, by Miss E. J.
Baird, of which $2.50 from
Plymouth Ch, Mrs. O. T.
Clark, for H. M. Silver
Circle, toward L. Mp. of
Mrs. A. A. Baldwin 5 00
Milford, Plymouth Ch., Mrs.
O. T. Clarke, for the debt,
toward L. Mp. of Mrs. A.
A. Baldwin 12 00
Norfolk, Aux., by Mrs. G. T.
Johnson, for Salary Fund. 10 00
Plainville, Aux., by Mrs. C.
E. Blakeslee, for Salary
Fund 5 00
South Norwalk, by Miss G.
H. Benedict, Salary Fund,
$go ; special, $5, to const.
Mrs. J. H. Light a L. M . . 95 00
448 70
Abington, by E. L. Williams, for the
debt 800
Berlin, Mrs. J. Brandegee, by C. S.
Webster 5 00
Branford, A. J. Palmer 10 00
Chapinville, A Friend, by Rev. J. C.
Goddard 5 00
Colebrook, by J. M. Grant 9 51
Columbia, Y. P. S. C. E., by Miss A.
J. Fuller 1700
Mrs. M. L. Fuller, for the debt i 40
Connecticut, A Friend 100 00
Danbury, S. S., by Rev. A. F. Pierce 12 51
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East Morris, J. W. Skilton $4 40
East Norwalk, S. S., by E. Anderson 2 00
Enfield, Gleaners Mission Circle, Mrs.
L. P. Abbe 25 00
Fair Haven, A Friend, of which $5
for the debt 10 00
Greenwich, Second, by I. L. Mead... 19 84
Griswold, First, by Rev. F. E. Allen,
for the debt 28 19
Guilford, First, by E. W. Leete 25 00
Hartford, Mrs. M. C. Bemis, Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor, by C. T.
Wells 100 00
" L. C. D." 6000
Higganum, Y. P. S. C. E., by M. F.
Bailey 10 00
By R. J. Gladwin 15 00
Killingworth, S. S. Rally, by N. L.
Parmelee i 47
Lebanon, Goshen, by Rev. M. Burr,
to const. F. G. Clark a L. M 56 35
A Friend 2 00
Madison, by J. S. Scranton 5 00
Mansfield, Second Ecclesiastical Soc,
by B. F. Koons 13 54
Meriden, E. I. Merrimah, to const.
Mary E. Merriman a L. M 50 00
Middlefield, Y. P. S. C. E., by Miss
L. C. Miller S 00
Middletown, H. M. Soc. of the First,
by Mrs. A. R. Crittenden, Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor 100 00
Milford, First, by G. J. Smith 20 00
Mystic, by A. F. Young 21 43
Naugatuck, A Friend 15 00
New Britain, Estate of Sophia Stanley,
by Julia A. Loomis, Ex'x 415 16
Estate of Cordelia Stanley, by Julia
A. Loomis, Ex'x 96 92
A Friend, South Ch 13 40
New Haven, First, by M. E. Mersick,
for Salary Fund 250 00
Center Ch., of which $5 for the
debt, by F. S. Bradley 15 00
Yale College, in part, by Prof. H. A.
Newton 345 81
Newington, by E. W. Atwood 24 88
New London, E. H. Wheeler, by Rev.
C. W. Shelton, Gen. Howard Roll
of Honor 100 00
New Milford, James Hine 20 00
Norfolk, A Friend, Christmas offer-
Nortliford,' S.' S. Rally, by W.' Maitby. 5 00
Norwalk, " Highwood " 10 00
Old Lyme, by Rev. A. Shirley, Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor 100 00
Orange, by S. D. Woodruff 9 59
Plantsville, Mrs. T; Higgins, Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor, by E. P.
Hotchkiss 100 00
Plymouth, Mrs. G. L. Gordon 2 00
Redding, of which $10 from Y. P. S.
C. E., by C. F. Luther 30 17
South Britain, by Miss M. C. Bradley. 20 00
South Canaan, $6 ; Falls Village,
$4.25, by Rev. C. W. Hanna, for
the debt 1025
Stonington, S. S. of the Second, a
Christmas gift, by Rev. C. J. Hill. . 5 00
Stratford, by Rev. J. S. Ives, Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor 100 00
Thompsonville, C. Kingsbury 5 00
Torrington, Third, by F. M. Wheeler,
of which $200 Gen. Howard Roll of
Honor 209 00
Unionville, Woman's Miss. Soc, by
Miss C. Tapley, for the debt 12 00
Vernon Center, by A. W. Post 15 00
Wallingford, S. S., by W. F. Smith .. 7 81
Washington, by E. Mitchell 22 47
West Hartford, Estate of Nancy S.
Gaylord, on account, by F. H.
Parker, Ex 450 00
West Hartford,- First Ch. of Christ,
by E. S. Elmer $43 96
Wethersfield, Legacy of Miss M. M.
Ayrault, by E. W. Redfield, Ex 500 00
Windsor Ch., I66.50 ; S. S., $11.85, by
L. H. Barber 78 35
{Erratum : $400 of the $444 received
in Nov. from the First Ch., New Haven,
for the debt, is for Gen. Howard Roll of
Honor.]
NEW YORK- $2,343.55.
Received by Wm. Spaulding, Treas.:
Brandon Si 25
Carthage, Y. P. S. C. E. . . . 5 00
Copenhagen 10 00
Cortland 40 00
East Pharsalia 2 50
Greene .... 39 00
Ironville 7 06
Paris 6 00
Pitcher n 10
Roscoe, Rev. W. J. Carter. 5 00
Siloam 22 86
Syracuse, Good Will 6 50
Union Valley 7 00
Woman's H. M. Union of N. Y., Mrs.
J. J. Pearsall, Treas.:
Brooklyn, Tompkins Ave.,
S. S., Salary Fund $250 00
Tompkins Avenue, Jr. C.
E. , special 10 00
Tompkins Avenue, L. B.
S., Mrs. G. C. Stebbins,
Gen. Howard Roll of
Honor 100 00
Ch. of the Pilgrims, to
place the name of Mrs.
L. W. Allen on Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor . 100 00
Central Ch., L. B. S., for
Salary Fund, and to
const. Mrs. Geo. Lowe
a L. M 50 00
Mrs. S. V. White, Salary
Fund 100 00
Buffalo, People's Ch., Silver
Circle, $25; M. D. Rankin,
$S; E. F. Kelsey, $5 ; H.
D. Sheldon, $5 ; H. Potter,
$5 ; H. E. Ilsley. $5 5000
Cortland, Silver Circle, Mrs.
Newel Lovering 5 00
Honeoye 10 00
Homer, Aux 8 00
S. S 4 57
Aux. Dime Banks, Mrs.
P. Kingsbury, Mrs. De-
witt Carpenter, Mrs. C.
Hitchcock IS 00
Ithaca, special 11 80
SilverCircle, Mrs. Whiton,
$2 ; Mrs. E. Watles, S5 ;
Mrs. L. Truman, $5 ;
Mrs. C. M. Titus, $5 ;
Morgan St. John, $5 :
Miss E. E. Jones, $5;
Miss F. Andrew, $5 ;
Mrs. S. Sawyer. $5 37 00
New York City, Broadway
Tabernacle, S. S., for W.
W 17 50
Oswego, Silver Circle 15 00
Poughkeepsie 25 00
Rochester, South Ch 10 00
Woodville, Aux., for the
debt 10 50
163 27
829 37
The Home Missionary
February, i{
Angola, A. H. Ames
Binghamton, F. A. Stowell, Silver
Circle
Black Creek, Y. P. S. C. E.. Thanks-
giving offering, by A. B. Case
Brooklyn, Lee Avenue Ch., by C. H.
Gillespie
South Ch., of which $ioo Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor, by E. D.
Ford
Park Ch., by H. P. Smith
Beecher Memorial, by Rev. D. B.
Pratt
Bushwick Avenue, by Rev. C. W.
King
ParkviUe, by Rev. W. A. Kirkwood
A Friend, for the debt
Buffalo, First, by R. K. Strickland...
Plymouth Ch., by A. L. Grein
Canaan Four Corners, by Rev. W. W.
Curry, for the debt
Clifton Springs, Miss J. M. Gilman,
for the debt
Danby. Ch., S8.90 ; S. S., $10.10, by
L. H. Hollister
East Orange, " K.," for Salary Fund.
Far Rockaway, Ch
Fillmore, Mrs. S. M. Norton
Honeoye, by S. M. Day
Ithaca, by S. U. Sawyer
Jamestown. First, by F. R. Moody...
Lebanon, S. S., by F. F. Hatch
Madison, S. S. Rally, by W. T. Tay-
lor
Middletown, First, add'l. by S. R.
Corwin
Munnsville, by T. G. Ketcham
Newark Valley, by Mrs. H. Winship.
New York City, Camp Memorial, by
F. E. Francisco
Mrs. L. H. Valentine, Gen. Howard
Roll of Honor
Rev. E. Bontils, for the debt
Northfield, Union Miss. Soc., by W.
S. Webb
Olean, First, by W. S. Brickell
Orient, S. S., by R. W. Tuthill
By M. B. Brown
Potsdam, Mrs. M. C. Daggett
Richmond Hill, Y. P. S. C. E of the
Union Ch., by G. C. Reis
Riverhead, by Rev. W I. Chalmers. .
Rochester, Plymouth, by E. W. Peck
Sherburne, S. S. of the First, by L.
Collins
Sidney, by M. C. Johnston
Syracuse, Danforth Ch . by Rev. E.
Curtis, Gen. Howard Roll of Honor
Utica, Bethesda, Welsh, by W. W.
George
Warsaw, S S. Rally, by H. L. Martin
West Bloomfield, by Mrs. G. B. Ayers
NEW JERSEY— $323.23.
Woman's H. M. Union of the N. J.
A-^so., Mrs. J. H. Denison. Treas. :
Montclair, First. Gen. How-
ard Roll of Honor. ....... $100 00
Westfield, Mrs. W. G. De
Lamata and Miss Emma
L. Bridges. Gen. Howard
Roll of Honor 100 00
Bound Brook, by P. V. Bergen
y. P. S. C. E , by P. V. Bergen, for
Salary Fund
Jersey City, First, by G. Krouse
Milburn. Mrs. C. B. Emerson
Montclair, First. Dea S. Holmes, $20;
A Friend, $1, by F. T. Bailey
$5 00
5 00
3 30
91 12
140 83
14 35
19 41
3 -I
20 00
100 00
10 25
69S
PENNSYLVANIA-S83S.72.
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs. T. W.
Jones, Treas.:
Horatio
$5 00
19
00
100 00
4
02
I
00
3^
80
Q^
13
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5
00
4
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10
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33 93
20
00
100
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3
00
13
50
2
75
1,5
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13
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3
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10
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12
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13
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95
100
00
5
00
11
23
30
00
Woman's H. M. Union, of the N. J.
Asso., Mrs. J. H. Denison, Treas. :
Philadelphia, Central Ch., for Sal-
ary Fund 76 60
Allegheny, First, by Miss A. M. Jones 9 20
Bangor, Welsh, by J. Williams 5 00
Braddock, Ch., $8.48 ; S. S., $6, by T.
Addenbrook 1448
Cambridgeboro, Mrs. A. B. Ross, Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor 100 00
Coal Dale, First, by E. D. Jones 2 00
Ebensburg, First, by C. T. Roberts.. 16 24
Jermyn, by J. T. Roberts 10 00
Minersville, First, by S. J. Evans 3 13
Mt. Carmel, S. S., by M. Davis 13 00
Philadelphia, Central, by W. H. Lam-
bert 461 91
Germantown, First, by S. J. Hum-
phrey 2218
Pittsburgh, Ladies' Miss. Soc, $10.10 ;
Jr. C. E. Soc, $2.72 : S. S. Rally,
$3.95, by Rev. J. Edwards 16 77
Ridgway, First, by W. H. Osterhout 54 00
Swedish, by S. A. Newburg 4 21
J. Penfield, for the debt i 00
Scranton, Puritan Ch., by Rev. N.
Matthews 600
Wilkes-Barre, Puritan Ch., by O. L.
Evans 15 00
MARYLAND-$7.5o.
Baltimore, Second, by Rev. E. T.
Root
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA— $61.34.
Washington, First, bal. of coll., by W.
Lamborn
A Friend, A Christmas offering. . . .
WEST VIRGINIA-$5.oo.
Ceredo, Thank-offering, Rev. G.
Gadsby
GEORGIA— $59.84.
Woman's H. M. Union :
Atlanta, Central
Ba.xley, Mrs. G. N. Smith..
|ii4 00
4 00
25 CO
36 28
3 00
Americus, Davis Chapel Mission
Band, by I. W. Rouse
Atlanta, Central, by C. E. Kemp
ALABAMA— $9.81.
Brantly, Oak Ch. $1 ; Henderson,
Wesley Chapel, $3.11, by Rev. J. J.
Stallings
Gate City, by Rev. T. B. Haynie
Hauieyville, Union Grove Ch. and
Liberty Grove, by Rev. W. J.
Thrasher
Tallassee, Kent, Mt. Olive, Cowles
Station. Texas Union, and Central
Equality, by Rev. A. C. Wells
Verbena, Shady Grove Ch., 4octs.;
Clanton. Mountain Springs, 40 cts. ;
South Calera, 20 cts., by Rev. J. R.
Crowson
8 80
33 04
February, li
The Home Missionary
539
a^OUISIANA— $7.75.
Walnut Lane, Union Ch.,.by Rev. C.
F. Sheldon
Willhite Point, by Rev. C. F. Sheldon
.ARKANSAS— S3.00.
Gentry City, D. W. Feemster.
f3 25
4 50
rLORIDA-$iii.7S.
Campton, Shoal River, and New-
Light, by Rev. W. G. Miller
Fernandina, A Friend
Key West, Rev. C. W. Frazer
Leesburg, S. A. Benedict
Ocoee, $2.15; Rev. S. J. Townsend,
$4.30, by Rev. S. J. Townsend
Ormond, Woman's Miss. Soc. by Mrs.
H. H.Stewart
Tacoma, Ch. $4.25 : Sanderson, Oak
Grove Ch., $1.50, by Rev. S. F.
Gale
Warnell and Panasoffkee, by Rev. J.
J. Melton
TEXAS— $18.90.
Austin, Tillotson, Ch. of Christ, by
Miss M. J. Adams
Paris, Y. P. S. C. E. of the First, by
Rev. L. Rees
INDIAN TERRITORY— $1.00.
McAlester, Trinity, by Rev. T. E.
Holleyman
OKLAHOMA-$i.3s.
West Guthrie, by Rev. A. M.;Lenno.x
IJEW MEXICO— $35.00.
Albuquerque, First, by Rev. F. H.
Allen
White Oaks, by Rev. E. H. Ashmun.
ARIZONA— $2.00.
Nogales, Ladies' Home and Foreign
Miss. Soc, by Mrs. J. F. England. .
■OHIO- $770.56.
Received by Rev. J. G. Eraser, D.D. :
Andover, by Mrs. L. R.
Grifffs $6 25
Ashtabula, First, by F. J.
Wood 24 00
Austinburg, by M. Parker. 8 60
Cleveland, Euclid Avenue,
by J. Snow 92 30
Bethlehem, S. S. Rally, by
Mrs. T. T. Piwonka 5 00
Geneva, by S. P. Searle, in
full to const., Dea. J. E.
Cook a L. M 51 00
<Jlenville, Rev. T. Y. Gard-
ner I GO
Huntington, West Va., by
Joseph Clare 35 45
JMansfield, Mayflower Mem-
orial Ch JLO.OO
I 50
75 00
10 00
3 00
6 45
5 75
6 05
.3 90
15 00
30 00
5 00
Medina, W. H. Sipher, by
H . A. Horn $4 00
North Ridgeville, by Rev.
J. P. Riedinger 1930
Sandusky, by H. H. West.. 39 41
Toledo, Second, Ch., $4.45 ;
Y. P. S. C. E., $11.30, by
John Quaife 15 75
Received by Rev. J. G. Eraser, D.D.,
Treas. Bohemian Board, Cleve-
land :
Cleveland, Euclid Avenue,
by J. Snow $103 81
Cyril Chapel, by Dr. Schauf-
fler 35 00
$138 81
Woman's H. M. Union,
by Mrs. G. B. Brown,
Treas. :
Alexis, Willing Workers . $2 00
Cleveland, Euclid Ave-
nue, L. H. M. S 10 00
Kent, Y. P. S. C. E., for
Salary Fund 3 00
Painesville, First, Jr. C.
E., for Salary Fund. . . i 00
Windham, Y. P. S. C. E.,
for Salary Fund 3 00
19 00—
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs. G. B.
Brown, Treas. :
Alexis $4 00
For Salary Fund ;
Alliance, Mrs. J. M.
Thomas 3 00
Columbus, P. L. A 10 00
Oberlin, First, L. A. S 13 00
Rochester, Mrs. E. C.
Cummings 2 00
Dime Banks, for the debt :
Columbus, Eastwood, P.
R. Crafts 5 00
Oberlin, First, N. W.
Sherrill, $5: C. H.
Adams, $5 ; F. Thomp-
son. $5 15 00
Toledo, Central, Mrs. A.
Cooke 5 30
Akron, Arlington Street Ch., by E, T.
MacMahon
Bellevue, First, by Mrs W. C. Walter.
Columbus, W. A. Snow, for the debt.
Cortland and Johnson, by Rev. L. C.
Frost
Eagleville, S. S., by F. G. Peck
Fargo, Mrs. C. B. Remington, by L.
C Meeker
Fredericksburg, S. S. Rally,' by W.E.
Watson
I.enox, Y. P. S. C. E., by Rev. F. W.
Link
Marietta. Mon. Con. of First Ch., by
A. D. Follett
Mt. Vernon, First, by O. F. Murphy.
■Silver Circle of the Y. P. S. C. E.,
$5.24 ; S. Fredericks. $4 ; W. J.
Turner, $1.50, by Miss S. Welshy-
mer
Oberlin, First, Mrs. M. A. Keep, for
the debt
By N. Huckins
Penfield, by Rev. W. A. Schwinley...
Pittsfield, by Mrs. M. S. Weft
Saybrook, S. S. Rally, by C. W. Sexton
Springfield, Y. P. S. C. E. of the
First, by H . Grant
:Sweden, E. L. Morris
2 50
10 00
3 00
I 00
6 50
5 00
12 43
45 00
29
40
55
14
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10
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10
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The Home Missionary
February, li
Toledo, First Ch., Silver Circle, Mrs.
W. E. Cawood $5 oo
Birmingham, by Rev. R. Quaife ... 3 56
Wakeman, by W. W. Whiten 13 28
INDIANA-$62.i5.
Received by Rev. E. D. Curtis, D.D.:
Hammond, Jr. Y. P. S. C. E., $3.50 ;
Terre Haute, First, $50 53 5°
Coal Bluff, $2 ; Cardonia, $2, by Rev.
J.Hayes 400
Michigan City, S. S. of the First,
Rally, $2.65 ; Sanborn, Mission S. S.,
Rally, $2, by W. W. Cloud 4 65
ILLINOIS-$34o.
Illinois Home Miss. Soc, by Rev. J.
Tompkins, Supt.:
Chicago, David Fales and Victor F.
Lawson, Gen. Howard Roll of
Honor 200 00
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs. L. A.
Field, Treas. :
Elgin. Mrs. N. D. Crosby. Silver
Circle S 00
Chicago, Zion German Ch., by Rev.
F. Egerland 9 00
Silver Circle, Mrs. E. L. Richardson 5 00
Morrison, Miss E. S. Brown i 00
Rockford, Second, to place Mrs. R.
Emerson's name on Gen. Howard
Roll of Honor, by A. R. Rea. . . . 100 00
S. S. of the Second, by J. M. McNair 20 00
MISSOURI-$284.26.
Eldon. S. S., by Rev. J. Vetter 3 50
Kansas City, J. K. Burnham, by Rev.
H. Hopkins, Gen. Howard Roll of
Honor 100 00
Old Orchard, by C. O. Twining 21 00
St. Joseph, Tabernacle Ch., by G. P.
Myers 40 10
Y. P. S. C. E. of the Tabernacle, by
G.E.Jones 440
In Memory of " Helen Gertrude,''
for Gen. Howard Roll of Honor.. 100 00
St. Louis, Ch. of the Redeemer, by
Rev. E. F. Wheeler i 11
Emmanuel S. S. of Harlem Place,
by L. M. Pool I 15
Springfield, German Ch., $7 ; S. S.,
$3 ; Y. P. S. C. E., $3, by Rev. J. F.
Graf 13 00
MICHIGAN— $39.03 ; of which legacy,
$25.00.
Ann Arbor, For Permanent Fund, Es-
tate of Dr. C. L. Ford, by B. Walker,
Adm., $500.00
Columbus, S. S. of the First, by H. J.
Vogt
Detroit. Y. P. S. C. E. of Mt. Hope
Ch., by Arthur Mitchell
East Lake. S. S., by H. W. Carey. . .
Pierport, Bequest of " One gone be-
fore," by Executor
5 00
4 75
Clintonville, Second, by Rev. H. F.
Josephson
Eagle River, First, $6.50 ; S. S., $7, by
Mrs. T. Morgan
Eau Claire, Rev. H. R. Vaughn
Fifield, S. S., by Rev. J. A. Thomas. .
Mauston, T. L. North
Rhinelander, First, by Rev. J. H.
Chandler
IOWA— $31.90.
Almoral, S. S., by E.G. Strickland...
Anamosa, S. S. Rally, by W. B. Skin-
ner ,
Clarion, A. E. Gibbs
Cresco, S. S. of the First, Rally, by
Miss M. L. Huntting
Edge wood, S. S. Rally, by R. J. Bixby
Traer, Ch., $16.50; Ladies, $5, by
Mrs. T. H. Best
MINNESOTA— $571.79.
Received by Rev. J. H. Morley :
Ada, S. S $300
Freeborn, S. S i 00
Hancock, S. S i 91
Lamberton 26 61
Minneapolis, Friends 100 00
Como Avenue S. S 3 20
Rev. H. L. Chase 40 00
Silver Lake 8 50
Mankato, S. S 3 00
Mantorville 621
Morris 12 78
Morristown 7 03
Mentor, Kings' Daughters,
special 4 00
New Richland 765
Ortonville, S. S 9 00
St. Paul, Olivet 7 00
Sleepy Eye,.Sii.55; S.S.,$i.45 13 00
Springfield, S. S i 00
Waterville, Ch. and S. S 10 00
$264 89
W. H. M. U., Mrs. Skinner,
Treas. ;
Fergus Falls $5 00
St. Paul, Plymouth 18 41
13 50
I 00
3 75
1 80
2 52
I 28
4 00
WISCONSIN-S30.15.
Clear Lake, Swedish Ch., by Rev. J.
Petterson
23 41— 288 30
Woman's Missionary Union, Mrs. W.
W. Skinner, Treas. :
By A Friend, Gen. Howard Roll of
Honor 100 00
Ada, by Rev. I. Terborgh 7 42
Belgrade, S. S. Rally, by W. H. Sharp 2 02-
Big Lake. Ch., $3.65 ; S.S., $2; Orrick,
S. S, $1.85, by Rev. W. H. Evans.. 750
Edgerton, by Rev. E. Carter i 75
Faribault, S. S., by A. Young 12 00
Glyndon. S. S., by J. H. Reid 2 50-
Grand Meadow, by Rev. H. M. Mul-
leni.x 2 CO-
Hamden, S.S., $2.25 ; Audubon, $3.45 ;
Lake Park, $8.50, by Rev. R. P. Up-
ton 14 so-
New Duluth, Mayflower Ch.. $4.90;
S. S., 62 cts., by Rev. W. N. Moore. 5 52
Northfield, First, by F. J. Couper.. . 94 5^
Park Rapids, by Rev. W. J. Spire 5 oc
St. Charles, by Mrs. L. N. Howe i 00
St. Paul. Plymouth Ch., by H. E. Os-
good 6 95
Atlantic Ch., by C. L. Tracy 4 50.
Staples, by Rev. D. W. Cram 16 25
February, i<
The Home Missionary
541
KANSAS-$292.8s.
Received by Rev. J. H. Dougherty,
Treas. :
Barkers $3 25
C. E 3 54
Bloomington, Harvest Fes-
tival 6 00
Capioma 11 00
Chapman 715
Fowler 2 50
Highland, Jr. C. E 135
Kansas City, Pilgrim 3 20
I^eavenworth, Dime Bank.. 260
Nickerson 20 25
Paola 39 27
Partridge, S. S 4 95
A. L. Goudy 2 40
Altoona, by Rev. I. D. Barnard
Atwood, by Rev. W. C. Veazie
Blue Rapids, by L. B. Tibbitts
Carbondale, by Rev. W. E. Brehm...
Comet, by Mrs. H. Cashman
Diamond Springs and Six Mile, bv
Rev. G. M. Pfeiffer '.
Gaylord, by Mrs. C. E. Ream
Manhattan. A Friend
Onaga, S9.21 ; Vienna, $7.43, by Rev.
E. Pratt
Pittsburg, Tabernacle, by Rev. J. H.
B. Smith
Sabetha, First, by Rev. A. C. Hogbin
Stafford, Ch., $5 ; S. S., $5 ; Y. P. S. C.
E., $3, Rev. W. EUwood, $5
Wabaunsee, First Ch. of Christ, by J.
F. Willard
$107 46
6 50
13 00
35 00
25 00
3 9°
6 05
2 00
24 00
16 64
25 30
NEBRASKA— $503.54.
Received by H. G. Smith, Treas.
Neb. H. M. Sec. :
Camp Creek, S. S $10 15
Leigh 26 60
Red Cloud 4 27
Weeping Water 10 38
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs.
J. W. Dawes, Treas. :
To const. Mrs. J. T. Dur-
yea, Mrs. D. B. Perry,
Mrs. J. Jefferies, Mrs.
H. Bross, Mrs. G. J.
Powell, and Mrs. V. F.
Clark L. Ms 335 00
386 40
Albion, Y. P. S. C. E. of the First, by
F. M. Weitzel, through Rev. H. D.
Wiard 5 50
Arborville, $4.13 ; Y. P. S. C. E., $10,
by F. N. Recknor, for the debt 14 13
Blair, by E. A. Erikson 3 00
Cortland, Ladies' Miss. Soc, $10 ;
Pickrell Mission Works, $12 ; Ch.,
$11.01, by Rev. F. G. McHenry 33 01
Cowles and Pleasant Ridge, by Rev.
S. Deakin 2 96
Crete, German, by Rev. W. Fritze-
meier 15 00
Franklin, by Rev. H. Bross 3 39
Hay Springs, Ch., a Christmas Gift,
by S. A. Powers 7 75
Holdrege, by Rev. V. F. Clarke 6 40
Nebraska Citv, by Rev. G. C. Hall. . . 16 50
Ravenna, bv Rev. F. W. Pease 3 00
Rokeby, by'Mrs. J. F. Hay 6 50
NORTH DAKOTA-$ioi.23.
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs. J. M.
Fisher, Treas.:
Buxton 5 00
Inkster 18 00
7
50
67
57
2
00
6
95
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12
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6
45
I
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624
26 85
5 00
Carrington and Rose Hill, by Rev.
W. H. Gimblett $32 30
Buxton, $8.16; Cummings, $4.55, by
Kev. J. D. Whitelaw 12 71
Dawson, by Rev. T. W. Thurston 15 oo
Getchel, $11.51; Harvey, $5.56, by
Rev. H. C. Simmons 17 07
Williston, by Rev. G. Extence i 15
SOUTH DAKOTA-$276.9o.
Academy and Kirkwood, by Rev. L.
E. Camfield
Burdette, $21.35 ; Yankton, $46.22, by
Rev. W. H. Thrall
Canova, Cambria Ch., by Rev. T. P.
Reese
Ch. , $1.95':' Rev. G. E. " Green, ' $5,
by W. E. Leonard
Canton, by Rev. C. M. Coate
Columbia, by Rev. I. R. Prior
Dover, by Rev. G. E. Green
Eureka, by Rev. H. Hetzler
Gettysburg, $2.39 ; Lebanon, $1.36 ;
Logan, $2.49, by Rev. S. E. Fish. . .
Hot Springs, First, $19.10 ; S.S., $5.25;
Y. P. S. C. E., $2.50, by Rev. H. V.
Rominger
Howard, by Rev. Z. H. Smith
Ipswich and Rosette Park, by Rev. E.
A.Wood
Jacobs, German, D. Hoffman, $2 ; P.
Uhl, $2 • J. Gross, $5 ; J. Merkel,
$3 ; C. Gross, $s ; P. Broeckel, $4 ;
Friedens, German Ch., $2.15, by
Rev. H. Vogler
Neckling, by Rev. D. J. Perrin
Pierre, First, by Rev. W. A. Lyman.
Ree Heights, by Miss E. K. Henry...
South Dakota, A Friend, $8.50 ;
Worthing, $10.51 ; Alcester, Y. P.
S. C. E. $3, by Rev. W. H. Thrall..
Tyndall, by Rev. A. F. Schmalle. . . . .
Viola, Immanuel Ch., by Rev. P.
Bechtel
Yankton, S. S. Rally, by M. Oleson..
COLORADO— $50.31.
Flagler, Seibert, and Claremont, by
Rev. G. E. Tuttle
Grand Junction, First, $12 : Jr. Y. P.
S. C. E., $3.81, by Rev. S. F. Dick-
inson
Greeley, Park Ch., by Mrs. E. C.
Palmer
WYOMING-$i28.5o.
Cheyenne, First, by Rev. E. E. Smi-
ley, Gen. Howard Roll of Honor.
South Ch., S. S. Rally, by E. Sher-
man
Manville, by Rev. A. D. Shockley
Rock Springs, First, by Mrs. M. A.
Clark
Wheatland, by Rev. J. M. Brown
MONTANA— $15.75.
Castle, Mrs. A. S. Barnes
Red Lodge, by Rev. W. H. Watson. .
UTAH— $12.25.
Salt Lake City, Phillips Ch.,and Sandy,
by Rev. D. W. Bartlett
23
15
5
00
21
00
12
30
■22
01
29 50
3
00
I
19
15 ai
30 00
00
00
I
6
50
25
17
3
SO
25
5 30
10 45
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IDAHO— $46.01.
Boise, by Rev. R. B. Wright $23 05
Challis, by Rev. C. E. Mason 6 oo
Genesee, by Rev. W. C. Fowler 7 46
Hope, by F-. M. Nickerson.for the debt 4 50
Weiser, S. S., by E. Wolfe 5 00
CALIFORNIA- $323.67.
Woman's H. M. Union, Southern Cal.,
Mrs. M. M. Smith, Treas. :
Claremont , Friend, for the
debt $1 00
Los Angeles, West End Ch.,
Children's Mission Band. 2 50
Ontario, S. S 7 00
Pasadena, S. S 1500
Pomona, Pilgrim Ch., Wo-
man's Miss. Union 300
Redlands, S. S. of First.... 3 14
Y. P. S. C. E. of First.... 265
W. M. Soc. of First 20 00
Riverside, S. S 12 35
San Bernardino, Woman's
Miss. Soc 33 00
Claremont, by Rev. J. T. Ford
Compton, First, by Rev. S. H.
Wheeler
Elk River, First, $15 ; Fields Land-
ing, $2-90. by Rev. G. A. Jasper. . . .
Fresno, German Ch., by Rev. J. Leg-
ler
Los Angeles, Olivet, by Rev. G. W.
Henning
Moreno, by Rev. S. G. Emerson
Redlands, Mrs. H. Cousens, by B. F.
Cousens, Gen. Howard Roll of
Honor
Riverside, First, by Mrs. B. Morse. ..
E. Miller
West Saticoy, A Friend
lErraiitiii :
Woman's H. M. Union, Southern
Cal., Mrs. M. M. Smith, Treas.,
by Mrs. H. K. W. Bent :
Buena Park, C. E $2 00
Highland, Jr. C. E 800
Pico Heights 5 00
San Diego, First, A
Friend 5 00
C. E 1500
Santa Barbara, A Friend. 15 00
'Whittier 5 00
Sierra Madre 6 28
$61 28
Erroneously ack. in Dec. Home Mis-
sionary as reported by Rev. J. T.
Ford. J
99 64
16 78
15
00
5
50
100
00
46
■50
4
«5
I
00
OREGON— $54.41.
Ashland, First, by Rev. E. P. Childs.
Forest Grove, by Rev. C. F. Clapp.. .
Hillsboro, First, and Reedsville, by
Rev. J. M. Dick
Portland, Irving Street Mission, $3.41 ;
Clackamas, $3, by Rev. D. B.
Gray
S. S. of Hassalo Street Ch., $7;
Willsburgh, First, $1.50, by Rev.
C. F. Clapp
Weston and Freewater, by Rev. A. R.
Olds
fi7 00
8 00
6 4r
8 50
WASHINGTON— $268.05.
Aberdeen, by Rev. G. Lindsay 10 oo^
Ahtanum, $10.25 '• for the debt, $7.52;
Tampico, $1.73, by Rev. D. W.Wise 19 50.
Colville, First, 414.45 ; for the debt,
$6. 10, by Rev. T. G. Lewis 10 55
Eagle Harbor, by Rev. O. H. Johnson,
for the debt 20 00.
Endicott, by Rev. T. W. Walters, for
the debt 800
Ferndale, Mountain View, and Enter-
prise, by Rev. O. S. Haines 2 50'
Lowell, by Rev. T. W. Butler 15 oo-
Medical Lake, First, by S. Hallett, for
the debt 21 50.
Oakesdale, by Rev. F. V. Hoyt, for
the debt 4 80.
Puyallup, Plymouth Ch., by A. B.
Gibbs, for the debt 130'
Ritzville, First, by Rev. J. W. H.
Lockwood, for the debt g 00.
Rosalia, by Rev. T. W. Walters, for
the debt 4 50
Seattle, Edgewater Ch. of Fremont,
of which $25.90 for the debt : Ch.,
$26.65 ; Y. P. S. C. E., $3 ; Jr. Y. P.
S, C. E.,$5, by Rev. J. T. Nichols.. 34 65
Spokane, Second, by W. Davies, for
the debt . . 34 00
West Side Ch., by W. S. Hoyt, for
the debt 7 05
•"prague, by Rev. T. W. Walters, for
the debt 19 20-
Tacoma, East Ch., by A. J. Smith, for
the debt 13 so
Tolt, by Rev. G. Kindred, for the
debt 10 oo-
Uniontown, by Rev. W. C. Fowler . . 4 30
Walla Walla, First, by T. C. Elliott.. 6 oo-
West Ferndale, by Rev. O. S. Haines
for the debt 1 2 70
Home Missionary 142 80.
S35.820 44.
Contributions for December, excluding contributions for the debt $24,733 36
Legacies for December 2,474 S^
Contributions for the debt in December 9,058 13
Total receipts in December $36,265 gg^
Contributions for first nine months, excluding contributions for the debt $151.37663
Legacies for first nine months 85,163 37
Contributions for the debt to January ist :
General O. O. Howard Roll of Honor '. 42,900 oo-
Special for the debt 2,245 40
Total receipts for first nine months $283,685 4o>
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Donations of Clothings etc.
Ansonia, Conn., L. A. S. of First Ch.,
Aux. to Women's C. H. M. U., by
Mrs. F. L. Gaylord, two barrels.
Baltimore, Md., W. H. M. U. of First
Ch., by Mrs. F. S. Brown, bo.x and
barrel $ioo oo
Bangor, Me., Ladies' Asso. of First Ch.,
by Eugenie L. Beckwith, bo.x and
barrel 7S oo
Bangor. N. Y., W. M. S., by Mrs. Geo.
D. Bradford, barrel and twelve pack-
ages 17 00
Beverly, Mass., Mrs. E. T. Proctor,
package.
Biddeford, Me., L. M. S. of Pavilion
Ch.,byMrs.E.M. Estabrook, barrel 62 00
Ladies' Miss. Soc. of Second Ch., by
E. L. P. Garland, barrel 3500
Binghamton, N. Y., Helpers' Soc. of
First Ch.,by Ellen C. Goff, box iqi 60
Black Creek, N. Y., Aux. of H. M. S.,
by Mrs. M. V. Hatch, barrel 32 18
Branford, Conn., L. A. S. of First Ch.,
by Mrs. T. S. Devitt, barrel 106 61
Bridgeport, Conn., Ladies of South Ch.,
by Mrs. A. L. Lewis, box 55 00
West End Ch., by Miss CM. More-
house, box 106 73
Bristol, Conn., Woman's C. H. M Aux.,
by Mrs. A. E. North, box 85 26
Brooklyn, N. Y., L. B. A. and Miss.
Soc. of Central Ch., by Mrs. James
H. Goldey, four barrels 227 50
Young Ladies' Zenana Band, by Es-
telle D. Wagner, two barrels 190 65
L. B. S. of Clinton Ave. Ch., by M. C.
Thompson, box 215 25
Buffalo, N. Y., L. M. S. of People's Ch.,
by Lizzie E. Rankin, box 10000
Burlington, Vt., L. B. S. of First Ch.,
by Mrs. S. L. Bates, two barrels. . . 129 48
L. B. S. of College Street Ch.,by Mrs.
Edward Lyman, box 92 00
Calais, Me., First Ch., by Rev. C. G.
McCully , barrel 30 00
Candia, N. H., Ladies of Ch., by Mrs.
Harriet L. Hubbard, barrel 50 00
Carthage, Mo., Y. P. S. C. E., by Ger-
trude D. Green, barrel 25 00
Cincinnati, O., W. H. M. S. of Vine
Street Ch., by Miss Mary A. Myers,
box and barrel 130 00
Cleveland, O., H. M. S. of First Ch., by
Mrs. S. S. Leonard, box 200 00
L. A. S. of Hough Avenue Ch., by
Mrs. H. G. Bragg, barrel 30 00
Collinsville, Conn., Ladies, by Mrs. J.
B. Flint, bo.x. 13000
East Bridgeport, Conn., Ladies' Union
of Park Street Ch., by Mrs. C. K.
Bishop, barrel 133 22
East Orange, N. J., C. E. Society of
First Ch., by Harriet C. Skinner, two
barrels and carpet 82 99
Falls Church, Va., L. H. M. S., by Miss
Gertrude Nourse, barrel 60 50
Geneva. O., Industrial H. M. Soc, by
Mrs. H. B. McCollum, two barrels. . . in 21
Germantown, Pa., First Ch., by Mrs. D.
E. Marvin, barrel 42 55
Greene, N. Y., L. M. U., by Mrs. W.
Kelly, barrel and cash 5279
Jr. C. E., cash 5 oo
Greenwich, Conn.,Chas. N. Mead, pack-
age.
Hanover, N. H., L. B. S.. by Mrs. Susan
A . Brown, bo.x and barrel 200 00
Hartford, Conn., L. B. S., by Mrs. S.M.
Capron, bo.x ..... 15728
Second Ch., by Mrs. Mary H. Graves,
two barrels and freight $140 00
Park Ch. Miss. Soc, by Thomas W.
Russell, box 55 00
Jamaica, N. Y., Mary and Martha Soc.
of Richmond HillCh., by Mrs.A.AUer,
barrel 50 00
Keene, N. H., L. H. M. S of First Ch.,
by Emma W. Richards, barrel 119 75
Lewiston, Me., W. M. S. of Pine Street
Ch., by Mrs. R. C. Stanley, barrel 47 62
Lockport, 111., L. H. M. S. of First Ch.,
by M. F. Goodnoh, box 17 00
Manchester, N. H., L. B. A. of Frank-
lin Street Ch., by Miss L. H. Dan-
iels,two barrels 118 42
Ladies of Main Street Ch., by Mrs. G.
H. Eastman, barrel 40 35
Medina, O., W. M. S., by Mrs. J. T.
Calvert, barrel 50 00
Middletown, Conn., Ladies of South
Ch., by Mrs. N. A. Douglas, box 175 00
Montclair, N. J., W. H. M. S. of First
Ch., by Mrs. J. H. Denison, three bar-
rels 250 00
Mount Pleasant, D. C, L. M.S., by Mrs.
L. S. Emery, barrel 82 00
New Britain, Conn., L. B. S. of South
Ch., by Mrs. S. H. Wood, two boxes
and package 176 39
New Haven, Conn,, Mrs. F. L. Trow-
bridge, package.
L. A. S. of United Ch., by Mrs. J. E.
Pond, box. . 182 60
L. H. M. S. of First Ch., by Mary-E.
Bennett, six boxes ii35i 40
New York City, a Lady, package.
Miss Frances E. Lake, two boxes. . . . 194 oo
North Cornwall, Conn., L. B. S., by
Harriet F. Rogers, barrel 64 47
Norwich, N. Y., Ladies' Working Asso.,
by Mrs. Lorenzo Bolles, box and bar-
rel 80 77
Norwich, Conn., Second Ch., by Mrs.
Jennie H. Bushnell, box 170 00
Norwich Town, Conn., First Ch., by
Mrs. Hubert L. Yerrington, three
barrels 192 78
Oberlin, O., Ladies' Soc. of Second Ch.,
by Adell N. Royce, barrel 61 57
Ogdensburgh, N. Y., W. H. M. S. of
First Ch., by Miss J. E. Stacey, bar-
rel 41 54
Orange, N. J., L. H. M. S. of Orange
Valley Ch., by Mrs. A. L. Russell,
barrel 312 56
Orient Point, N. Y., Mrs. D. T. Tuthill,
barrel.
Patchogue, N. Y., L. A. S., by Mary R,
Deery, barrel.
Plymouth, N. H., L. H. M. S , by Mrs.
F. G. Clark, barrel 65 70
Philadelphia, Pa., Ladies of Central
Ch., by Mrs. J. H. Denison, barrel ... 43 37
Pomona, Cal., Woman's Working Chap-
ter of Pilgrim Ch., by Mrs. H. Putnam,
box 50 60
Portland, N. Y., First Ch., by Mrs. W.
L. Smith, barrel 2075
Providence, R. I., Y. P. S. C. E. of
Beneficent Ch., by Elizabeth W. Ol-
ney, two boxes 260 00
Putnam, Conn., W. H. M. S. of Second
Ch., by Hattie E. Clark, four barrels. 171 88
Rockville, Conn., L. A. S. of Union Ch.,
by Mrs. H. K. Talcott, two boxes 106 25
St. Albans, Vt., W. H. M. S. of First
Ch., by Miss Emma L. McDonald,
box 238 52
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February, 1896
St. Johnsbury, Vt., W. H. M. S. of North
Ch., by Martha J. Hall, two barrels . . $122 55
St. Louis, Mo., L. A. S. of First Ch., by
M. J. Anderson, barrel 63 00
Decimal Club of First Ch., by Cora
Myers, two boxes 30 5°
Ladies' Soc. of Pilgrim Ch., by Mrs.
J. E. Lyman, three barrels 12825
H. M. S. of Central Ch., by Miss Eve-
leen MuUer, three barrels 150 00
H. M. S. of Compton Hill Ch., by
Mrs. Isabelle B. Ebannes, two
barrels gi 00
Saco, Me., by Miss A. C. Johnson,
barrel 30 00
San Diego, Cal., Mrs. Ellen E. Wiggin,
two bo.xes — 25 00
Sharon, Conn., Ladies' Sew. Soc, by
Mrs. Barnum, barrel 85 70
Sidney, N. Y., First Ch., by Mrs. G. S.
Arms, barrel 23 00
Simsbury, Conn., First Jr. C. E. Soc,
by Ella B. Ensign, bo.x 6 00
Somers, Conn., Y. P. S. C. E., by Mrs.
W. C. Pease, box 124 49
Stanley, N. J., Miss. Soc, by Mrs. W.
F. Hunt, barrel and package 105 56
Stratford, Conn., Ladies' Sew. Soc, by
Mrs. R. W. Bunnell, bo.x and barrel. . 104 00
Swanton, Vt., by Mrs. Ellen E. Ran-
slow, barrel 49 00
Thompson, Conn., Ladies, by Mrs. J.
Scott Lewis, three barrels and cash . . 116 iS
Toledo, O . , Woman's Home and Foreign
Miss. Soc. of Washington Street Ch.,
by Mrs. J. D. Price, barrel, carpet, and
express $107 15
Torringford, Conn., Ladies, by Rev. A.
H. Norris, box 85 00
Upper Montclair, N. J., Woman's Miss.
and Aid Soc, of Christian Union Ch.,
by Mrs. J. C. Waldron, barrel 56 00
Vergennes, Vt., L. H. M. S.. by Mrs. H.
H . Hickok, barrel and cash 130 35
Wallingford, Conn., L. B. S., by Mrs.
Leonard B. Bishop, bo.x.
Ware, Mass., Miss S. R. Sage's S. S.
Class, by M. A. Barlow, two barrels.. 165 00
Waterbury, Conn., L. B. S. of First Ch.,
by Mrs. Mary D. Griggs, bo.x 200 00
Webster Groves, Mo., Woman's Asso.
of First Ch., by Mrs. E. Ticknor, box. 150 00
Wells River, Vt., H. M. S., by Mrs. E.
W. Smith, barrel 50 00
West Brattleboro, Vt., Ladies, by Mrs.
C. S. Clark, box 22 15
Willimantic, Conn., H. M. S. of First
Ch., by Mrs. Huber Clark, barrel 72 39
Windsor Locks, Conn., H. M. S., by
Mrs. Chas. H. Coye, barrel 6500
Woodstock, Vt., W. H. M. S., by Miss
C. A. Munger. bo.x.
Worcester, Mass., Old South Ch., S. S.
Class Twenty-one, by F. W. Ruggles,
package.
Donations of Clothing, etc. , received and reported at the rooms of the Woman' s Home
Missionary Association, in December, 1S95, Mrs. Louise A. IvELLOGG,
Secretary
Arlington, H. M. C, by Mrs. Mary C.
Hardy, barrel
Athol, L. U., by Mrs. A. R. Tower, two
barrels
Auburndale, Aux., by Mrs. H.A. Hazen,
barrel
Boston, Old South Ch., Ladies, by Mrs.
W. B. Garritt, barrel and box
Park St. Ch., H. L. C by Mrs. Eras-
tus Smith, three barrels
Bristol. R. L, Ladies, by Miss Mabel
Lord Gardner, box
Clinton, Aux., by Mrs. Edward L.
Greene, barrel
Concord, Aux., by Miss Harriet J. Hub-
bard, two barrels
Dalton, L. S. S., by Miss Clara L. Crane,
barrel and box
Dorchester, Pilgrim Ch., Aux., by Mrs.
Arthur Dempster, barrel
Second Ch., Aux., by Mrs. J. M.
Phipps, barrel
East Hampton, Payson Ch., L. S., by
Miss Lydia Ferry, box
Essex North Alliance :
Bradford, First Ch., Aux., by Mrs.
Wm . K. Farrar. barrel
Newburyport, North Ch., P. M. C,
by Mrs. K.. B. Anderson, barrel
Exeter, N. H., A Friend, box
Falmouth, Ladies, by Miss Eugenia F.
Hawlin, barrel
Framingliam, Plymouth Ch., Ladies, by
Miss E. Stone, box
Globe Village, Union Ch., L. C.,byMrs.
Charles Hyde, barrel and box.
Hard wick, L. A. S., by Mrs. Elijah
Bridges, barrel
Holyoke, Second Ch., L. B. S., by Miss
Agnes R. Allyn, box
$53 00
61 66
76 38
130 00
300 00
132 82
77 00
125 00
141 87
90 00
97 42
140 00
67 33
85 00
II 50
55 00
366 40
100 00
2 5 39
120 00
Hyde Park, Ladies, by Mrs. Mary C.
Clark, $10, and two barrels $128 61
Jamaica Plain, L. S. S., by Mrs. Lucy J.
Ward, two barrels 196 00
Lawrence, Lawrence St. Ch., L. B. S.,
by Miss Emma Aldred, barrel 115 00
Lowell, High St. Ch., Aux., by Mrs. C.
W. Huntington, barrel and box 75 5°
Marion, Ladies, by Miss Abbie S. Tre-
vett, barrel 4° 25
Milford, L. B. C, by Mrs. Mary A.
Jones, barrel 59 5°
MiUbury, Aux., by Mrs. Hattie E.
Searles, two barrels 183 58
New Bedford, North Ch., Ladies, by
Mrs. Jeannette MacColl, box 143 24
Newbury, Aux., by Miss Addie M. B.
Little, barrel 85 00
Northampton, Edwards Ch., Aux., by
Mrs. A. F. Kneeland, box. 150 00
North Brookfield, First Ch., L. B. S., by
Mrs. E. G. Cutler, barrel 81 20
Northfield, Ladies, by Miss Mary T.
Dutton. barrel 60 00
North Middleboro', W. W., by Mrs. J.
M. Chisholm, barrel 56 00
Peterboro', N. H., L. C. I., by Mrs. W.
J. Knight, barrel 30 00
Pittsfield, First Ch., F. W. S., by Mrs.
Mary B. Davis, box 35 44
Plymouth, W. H. M. A., by Mrs. Harriet
E. May, box 17S 08
Providence, Central Ch., Aux., by Mrs.
T. B. Stockwell, three boxes 389 53
Plymouth Ch., Ladies, by Mrs. C. A.
Barker, barrel 41 75
Randolph, Ladies' Aux., by Mrs. A. L.
Chase, barrel 7° iS
Salem, Tabernacle Ch., Aux., by Mrs.
Choate, two barrels 270 00
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Sandwich, Ladies, by Rev. Wm. H.
Woodwell, $15 and barrel $60 00
South Weymouth, Old South Ch., L. A.
S., by Mrs. George C. Tower, barrel.. 69 39
Taunton, Winslow Ch., L. S., by Mrs.
Hiram L. Davis, barrel and box 95 00
Wellesley Hills, Ladies, by Mrs. David
Souther, barrel nS 00
Westboro', L. S. C, by Mrs. O. K. New-
ton, barrel $81 26
West Brookfield, Ladies, by Mrs. Abbie
M. Rockwell, box 107 70
Westfield, First Ch., L. B. S., by Miss
Lucy C. Smith, barrel 149 74
Worcester, Central Ch., W. A., by Mrs.
Carrie Gordon Leland, box 57 37
15,388 06
AUXILIARY STATE RECEIPTS
VERMONT DOMESTIC MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Receipts of the Vet'mont Domestic Missionary Society from JVovejiiber 20 to December 20,
1895. Wm. C. Tyler, Treasurer
Berkshire, East $25 00
For Rev. and IVIrs. Canfi'eld, from W.
M. S 7 00
Y. P. S. C. E 5 00
Chester 15 75
Cornwall 1 1 88
Craf tsbury, North 2 35
Hardwick, East S 00
Lamoille County, A Friend 100 00
Johnson, addl 2 00
Newbury, West 4 30
Newport, First Ch 10 45
Olcott, Y. P. S. C. E 6 00
Pittsford, addl S 00
Post Mills, for Women Evangelists ^lo 40
Rev. L. Harlow, for Women Evange-
lists 5 00
St. Johnsbury, South Ch., for district
work 41 05
Simonsville 5 45
Wallingf ord 21 50
Ladies' Cent Society 19 12
Waitfield 10 00
For C. H. M. S 20 00
Wilmington 6 04
Interest from Invested Funds 390 00
Vermont Mission.'^ry 22 45
$750 74
MASSACHUSETTS HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Receipts of the Massachiisetts Home Missionary Society itt December, 1895. Rev. Edwin
B. Palmer, Treasurer
Gen. O. O. Howard Roll of Honor:
Andover, Students of Theological Sem-
inary, by Warren F. Draper $100 oo
Athol, Evan., by C. A. Chapman, three
shares 300 00
Boston, Old South, Stearns, Mr. and
Mrs. R. H 20000
Roxbury, Thompson, Mrs. A. C 100 00
Brockton, First Ch., by John T.
Burke 100 00
Cambridgeport, Pilgrim S. S., by
Arthur B. Averill (in part) ■ 10 00
Chelsea, Central Ch., by Richard R.
Wyllie 100 00
Framingham, Plymouth, by John H.
Temple 100 00
South, by G. M. Amsden, three
shares 300 00
Granby, Stebbins. Mrs. Acelia D 100 00
Lynn, Bancroft, Susie B. (in part). ... 75 00
Maynard, Maynard. Mrs. Lucy A . . . 100 co
Newton (Center), First, A Friend, by
J. E. Rockwood 100 00
(Center) First Ladies' Missionary
Societv, by Rev. E. M. Noyes. . . . 100 00
Eliot, Rawson, Mrs. S. C, by F. C.
Partridge 100 00
Eliot, A Member, in part, by F. C.
Partridge 50 00
North Brookfield, Miller, Mr. and Mrs.
James 100 00
Peabody, South Ch., $263; S. S., $25;
Y. P. S. C. E., $10 ; by Benj. N.
Moore, three shares 300 00
Reading, by Dean Peabody ($100 a
thank-offering), two shares
Springfield, Olivet, by Edward C.
Hazen
Wellesley Hills, by L. U. N. Peck. . . .
Woman's H. M. Asso., by Miss A. C.
Bridgman, Treas. :
Westfield, First Church, A Member
100 00
103 00
$2,840 00
Amesbury, Union Evan., by John T
Bassett 10 00
Amherst, North, by E. H. Dickinson... 105 90
Andover, A Friend 5 00
Chapel Ch., add'l,by W. F. Draper. .. 28 00
Ashby, Orth., by C. F. Haywards 6 10
Athol, Evan., by C. A. Chapman, add'l
to Roll of Honor 96 55
Bank Balances, Oct. and Nov. interest. 94 52
Barnstable, Centerville, by Rev. W. R.
Joyslin 15 00
Hyannis, by Rosie C. Bearse 6 50
Barre, Evan., by Abner R. Mott., 130 74
Becket, Center, by Mrs. L. O. Ells-
worth 412
Bedford, by Wm. M. Sawin 120 61
Belchertown, A Friend to the Mission-
ary Cause 5 00
Berlin, by Rev. H. F. Markham 26 51
Beverly, Rally Collection 26 91
Billerica, Orth., add'l, by J. F. Bruce.. 5 00
Boston, Allston, S. S., by James H.
Ball 5 71
546
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Boston, Barton, Rev. W. E.,D.D., Spe-
cial for desk, on S. Em. acct..Si2.oo
Dewing, Benj. F $50 00
Dorchester, Central, by D. McCurdy. 37 60
Second, by Miss E. Tolman, for
Greek work 6 22
Joyslin, Mrs. L. B 5 oo
Neponset, Trinity, by H. Tucker 23 00
Norwegian, Ch . , by Jul ius Rude 3 00
Old South, by Jo.'^eph H. Gray (add'l
to Roll of Honor) ... 1,425 00
Roxbury, West, South Evan., by Mrs.
C. H. Botsford . . 3 19
Shawmut, by D. E. Partridge 158 35
South, Phillips, by Henry C. Bird 135 00
Bo.xborough, Y. P. S. C. E., by Lucie C.
Hager 10 00
Bo.xford, First, by D. W. Conant 28 57
Brockton, Campello, by Geo. A. Morse. 85 00
Brookline, Harvard, by Jas. H. Shap-
leigh. special, for Italian work 146 12
Brookline, Harvard, by Jas. H. Shap-
leigh, special, for German work 48 84
Carlisle, by W. B. Chamberlin 10 00
Chelsea, First, By C. A. Bacon 4 od
Chester, Second, by E. O. Redfield. . . 5 oo
Ladies" Home Miss. Society, by Miss
Cora Abbott 413
Clinton. First Evan., by J. A. Field... 26 75
Cohasset, Beechwood, by Rev. G. J.
New»on 5 00
Sankey, R. W 50 00
Coleraine, by Rev. F. H. Bodman 7 50
Cummington, by Miss F. M. Porter 33 20
Dalton, First, by H. A. Barton, to const.
Mrs. Lewis Bradford, Mrs. Julia A.
Eddy. Edith R. Price, and Payson E.
Little L. Ms. of C. H. M. S 215 06
Danvers, Maple St., S. S., by H. M.
Bradstreet 25 00
East Bridgewater, Union, by Geo. M.
Keith 4 77
Easthampton, First, by W. H. Wright. 37 43
Ladies' Benev. Society, by Miss H. E.
Chapman, debt 10 00
Eayrs, E. P., fund. Income of 10 81
Edgartown. by Miss Florence E. May-
hew 4 05
Erving, by Rev. J. W. Brownville 5 00
Everett. Y. E. S 1000
Foxboro\ Y. P. S. C. E., by Annie L.
Payson, for Rev. R. Harper, Darling-
ton, Ok 8 CX3
Framingham, Plymouth, add'l to Roll
of Honor 109 60
Saxon ville, Edwards, by G. H Tower 26 40
Frost, Rufus S., Chapel Trust fund.
Income 10 81
Graf ion, Union, by James T. Shirley. .. 5 00
Granby, by Rev. R. C. Bell, w.p.g. to
const. F. A. Forward a L. M 25 00
Great Barrington, First, by Clarence R.
Sabin 68 20
Greenfield, Second, by Miss Lucy A.
Sparhawk 20 05
Gurney, R. C, fund. Income of 25 67
Hadley, First, by J. N. Pierce 21 37
Haile, Sab. W., fund. Income 62 50
Hale, E. J. M., fund. Income 51 24
Haverhill, West, S. S, by H. A. Poore,
to const. Lewis C. Chapman a L. M.
ofC.H.M.S 5000
Hawley, by T. T. Clark i 09
Hingham, Evan., by Woman's Board
Aux., by Mrs. Chas. Bates 10 00
Huntington. Second, by Schuyler Clark 9 60
Hyde Park, First, by D. W. Lewis 52 15
Ipswich, First, S. S., by Miss Abbie L.
Newman 5 00
Kingston, Silver Lake, Y. P. S. C. E.,
by Harry demons 3 00
Lee, by W. J. Bartlett 650 00
Lenox, by E. C. Carter 35 30
Lexington, Hamilton, Rev. H. H., for
debt $5 00
Hancock, Rally Collection, by Rev.
W. W. Eaker 56 30
Lincoln, by M. C Flint 48 00
Littleton, Orth., by John S. Hartwell,
for Greek work 7 oo-
Ludlow, A Grateful Christian 10 oo-
Lynn, First, add'l, by Mrs. C. M. Staton 2 00
Maiden, A Friend, for debt 50 co-
Linden, by William Gray 25 6(v
Marion, Pitcher, John, Annuity, by A.
J. Hadley 43 68
Marshfield, First, by Rev. E. .Mden 112 37
Medford, Mystic, McCullom Mission
Circle, by Louise Montgomery 40 oo
Medway, West, Third, by George W.
Bullard 17 25.
Melrose, Highlands, by Chester A.
Combs 37 51
Middleboro, North, by Chas. S. Tinkham 44 88
Middlefield, by Rev. L. E. Kimball, to
const. Bertha E. Morrill a L. M. of
C. H. M. S 50 00
Millbury, First, by Carolyn C. Waters. 30 27
Putnam, Mrs. Louisa S., by Rev.
George A. Putnam 5 00
Milford, S. S., by J. E. Barns 10 00
New Braintree, by Chas. A. Gleason. . . 20 oa
Newburyport, Belleville, add'l, by Rev.
A. W. Hitchcock for debt 5 00
North, by J. B. Creasey 33 64
Newton (Center), First, by J. E. Rock-
wood 19 50
Eliot, add'l to Roll of Honor, by F.
C . Partridge 279 25
Highlands, by George May 6 67
West, Second, by J. J. Eddy, for Greek
work 833
Northampton, First, bv J. H. Searle. .. 265 53
North Attleboro, Trinity, by R. G.
Semple, Thank-offering 16 00
Northboro, Silver Circle, by Miss Abbie
A. Adams 5 00
Northfield, East, Y. P. S. C. E., by
Jennie S. Pierce 500.
Orange, by F. D. Kellogg 67 02
North, by Maria L. C. Blodgett 8 00
Huincy, Wollaston, by E. L. Robbins.. 169 15
aynham. First, by Joseph W. White.. 23 50-
Reading, " P." 2 00
Reed, Dwight, fund. Income of 43 24
Rehoboth, by F. A. Bliss n 44-
Rockport, First, by Zeno A. Appleton
(of which $5 from Z. A. A.) 18 93.
Bible Class of Rev, J. Ainsworth, to
const. John Butman a L. M 30 00
Y. P. S. C. E., by Mrs. Geo. L. Bray. 11 84
Rutland, First, Y. P. S. C. E., by H. D.
Bray 2 00
Salem, South, add'l, by Rev. J. L. Brodie 105 oa
Sharon, by D. W. Pettee 26 33
Sherborn, Pilgrim, by Lowell Coolidge 40 00
Somerville, First, by G. A. Southworth 17 31
West, Day St., by J. F. Terry 9 00
Southboro, Southville, by Samuel R.
Day 400
Springfield, Olivet, add'l to "Roll of
Honor," by Edward C. Hazen 81 60
Sterling, Evan., by Rev. Geo. H. Pratt 29 oo-
Stockbridge, by D. R. Williams 69 53
Taunton, Broadway, by Geo. M . Wood-
ward, to const. A. E. Williams, R.
P. Hamblen, W. S. Buffum. C H.
Worthen, Mrs. C. E. Walker, Mrs.
Annie B. Hamden. Mary A. Whit-
comb, and Ella B. Robinson L. Ms... 265 52
Topsfield, by Edwin S. Clifford 4.=; 01
Truro, by Daniel E. Paine .". 10 00
Wakefield, by W. P. Preston 15 41
Mrs. G. H. S 5 oo
Rally Collection 41 00
Wall fund, Income of 21 60
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Wellesley Hills, by L. V. N. Peck (add"!
to Roll of Honor) $30 23
Wellfleet, First, by Rev. Albert Donnell 31 60
Wenham, by Mrs. Mary F. Richards. . . 13 00
Westfield, Second, by R. L. Scott (of
which $22.52 for debt) 87 19
Whitcomb, David, fund, Income of 283 73
Whitman, S. S., by C. P. Faunce, H.
M. Army ofi'g S 00
Williamstown, White Oaks, by Rev.
Warren Morse 25 00
Winchendon, North, by H. S. Allen 178 60
Winchester, First, by Eben Caldwell,
Treas. (with $205.65 for workamong
foreign population) 152 03
First, by Eben Caldwell, Treas.,
special for Fr. Prot. Coll 2 00
Woburn, North, by S. A. Thompson. . . $33 or
Yarmouth, West, by Abbie B. Crowell. 6 oc
Woman's Home Missionary Associa-
tion, by Miss A. E. Bridgman,
Treas. :
Boston, Roxbury, Wal. Ave.
Aux., for Rev. S. Deakin,
Cowles, Neb $79 79
Medford, Mystic, Ladies' Aux.,
for debt 20 00
99 79.
$10,795 II
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RHODE ISLAND HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Receipts of the Rhode Island Home Missionary Society in December, 1895. JOSEPH.
William Rice, Treasurer
Central Falls, Ch S134 99
Chepachet. Ch t8 20
Franklin Ch., Howard $3 00
Y.P.S.C.E 200
5 00
Luther's Corner, Ch 2 12
Providence, Beneficent Ch., James
Coats 50 00
Pilgrim Cong. Ch $1758
Y.P.S.C.E 1000
■ $27 58'
Providence, East, Newman Ch. , to
make Harry B. Ellis L. M 50 00.
Thornton, Ch 6 50
$294 39
MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF CONNECTICUT
Receipts of the Missionary Society of Connecticut in December, 1895. WARD W.
Jacobs, Treasurer
Avon, West Avon, by E. H. Woodford. fig 16
Barkhamsted, by Wallace Case 7 02
Coventry, Second, by H. L. James, with
prev. conts. to const. Henry N. Hill a
L. M 5 00
East Grandby, by J. R. Viets 7 88
East Haddam, First, by E. W. Chaffee. 29 40
Hadlyme, by Charles H. Rich 5 79
East Windsor, First, by E. G. Morton.. 32 95
Fairfield, Southport, by Mrs. H.T. Bulk-
ley 20 00
Franklin, by Rev. H. E. Hart 500
Grassy Hill, see Lyme.
Glastonbury, First, by H. E. Andrews,
for C. H. M. S., to const. Mrs. Mary
J. Waters and Miss Helen E. Waters
L. Ms 228 01
South, Ch. and S. S., by H. D. Hale.. 14 52
Hadlyme, see East Haddam.
Hamden, Whitney ville, by James M.
Payne 20 00
Hartford, Wethersfield Avenue, S. S.,
by Henry S. Forbes 11 S3
Hartland, West Hartland, byH. L. Wil-
cox, for C. H. M. S 5 00
Kent, by George R. Bull 16 83
Killingly, South, by Rev. William H.
Beard i 00
Lisbon, by Rev. Q. M. Bosworth 6 00
Litchfield, First, S. S., for C. H. M. S.,
by Robert A. Catlin 20 00
Milton, by Rev. Aurelian Post 15 75
Lyme, Grassy Hill, by J. S. Hall 3 00
Madison, First, " Ladies' Missionary
Society." by Mr. J, A. Gallup 27 00
Meriden, First, by Wilbur H. Squire. . . 100 00
Middlefield, by Rev. John Allender. ... 48 02
Middletown, First, by E. P. Augur 24 65
Milton, see Litchfield.
New Britain, First, by A. N. Lewis $60 oc
South, by William H. Hart, to const.
Phineas M. Bronson, Edward L.
Prior, and Edwin W. Schultz L. Ms. 189 33.
New Haven, Howard Avenue, by Rev.
W. J. Mutch 12 55
Taylor, by Gordon Williams, for C.
H. M. S 12 00.
North Haven, by Whitney Elliott 107 00
Norwalk, First, by E. L. Boyer 50 oo^
Norwich, Broadway, by F. J. Leavens. 531 99
Park, by H. L. Butts 5780
Plainfield, First, by Milton J. Kingsley. 4 51
S.S., by R. A. Hall 6 00
Sherman, by William B. Hawley 42 00
South Glastonbury, see Glastonbury.
Southport, see Fairfield.
Talcottville, see Vernon.
Vernon, Talcottville, by M. H. Talcott. 100 00
ForC. H. M. S 27400
S. S., Rally for C. H. M.S.. 2000
West Avon, see Avon.
West Hartland, see Hartland.
Whitneyville, see Hamden.
Windsor Locks, by C. A. Porter, for C.
H. M. S I 00
Wolcott, by H. L. Andrews 8 00
Woodstock, First, by Henry T. Child. . 1525
W. C. H. M. U. of Conn., Mrs. George
Follett, Secretary :
Hartford, First, Ladies' Home Mis-
sionary Society, Mrs. S. M. Hotch-
kiss, Treas., for family of Rev. S.
Kristian Didriksen, of Danish Cong.
Church, Hartford 10 oo-
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Receipts of the Illinois Home Missio7!ary Society in November, 1895
Aaron B. Mead, Treasurer
Albion, Union $4 80
Blue Island, Y. P. S. C. E 5 00
Brimfield 1000
Buda '05 3!
Cambridge, S. S 2 05
Champaign, Y. P. S. C. E., $10 18 62
■ChandlerviUe, Y. P. S. C. E 10 oo
■Chicago, Mrs. J. G. Slafter 2 00
Victor F. Lawson, Howard Roll of
Honor 100 00
Leavitt Street 45
Mrs. H. D. Wiard i 50
Ravenswood, Dr. Gates, $10 26 76
Jefferson Park, German, S. S.,$3.45.. 9 22
Forestville 5 00
Bethlehem, Branch S. S 2 75
Mont Clare, S. S 325
California Avenue 66 80
First Evangelical Lutheran, S. S 5 76
West Pullman, S. S 308
•Crete, Rev. J. K. Shultz 500
Dwight, S.S 500
Elburn. S. S., $10.57; Jun. End. Soc, $1 11 57
Elgin, N. D. Crosby, Howard Roll of
Honor 100 00
Galesburg, Central 100 00
Glen Ellyn 1600
Granville, Y. P. S. C. E 20 00
Grossdale 10 00
Healey, S. S , $2.17 7 So
Hinsdale 10 00
Ivanhoe 2712
Jacksonville $78 00
Johnson City, Rev. Z. T. Walker 2 50
Mattoon 1 1 25
Molina 7500
Normal, First 16 19
North Aurora 40 00
Ontario, S.S 8 29
Park Ridge, German S. S 2 30
Poplar Grove 15 00
Rockefeller, S.S 2 61
Springfield, First, Rev. Mr. and Mrs.
Preston 45 00
Toulon. S. S., $19.41 60 00
Waverly 1730
Wheaton, J. Q. Adams, Howard of Roll
of Honor 100 00
Woman's Home Missionary Union :
Bunker Hill $30 00
Chicago, New England 7 00
Union Park 50 00
Forestville 3 00
Evanston 3 00
Oak Park 17 50
Rockford, First 7 00
Second 2300
A Friend of Missions in Illi-
nois 25 00
Interest on Invested Funds.. .
A Friend in Southern Illinois.
165 so
71 32
10 42
MICHIGAN HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Receipts of the Michigan Home Missionary Society in December, 1S95.
Rev. John P. Sanderson, Treasurer
..Almont, Y. P. S. C. E S3 18
S. S 4 83
Ann Arbor 98 00
Bay Mills 2 00
Bedford S 00
Bethel 398
Bridgman 2 50
Canandaigua i 75
Charlotte 30 00
Clinton 7 61
Y. P. S. C. E 1667
Copemish 4 00
Detroit 250 00
Dexter, Dennis Warner 30 00
Dorr 29 30
S.S 329
Dowagiac '. 53 01
"East Paris 5 00
Eaton Rapids, S. S 2 38
Grand Blanc 32 00
Grand Haven 45 00
Grand Rapids, First 100 00
'Grand Rapids, Second 10 00
Grandville 2 05
Greenville 137 00
Helena 2 32
Homestead 415
Hopkins, S. S 4 00
Hudson, to const. Mrs. Jane E. Finney
a L. M. of C. H. M. S". $63 49
Imlay City 20 00
Jackson, First 290 42
Kalkaska 10 15
Lamont 4 73
S . S 4 02
Lansing, Plymouth 5 00
Leslie, First 13 00
Litchfield 500
Ludington 3403
Y. P. S. C. E s 00
Middleville 22 00
Muir, S. S 166
North Adams 6 10
Oakwood 15 00
Pinckney 15 60
Pittsford 2 00
Prattville 21 01
Rockford 22 00
S.S 600
Y. P. S. C. E 5 00
Jr. Y. P. S. C. E 2 00
Shelby 2 25
South Lake Linden 9 25
Sugar Island, Payment 40
Union City 25 00
Vicksburg lo 42
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West Adrian $15 00
Williamston 6 6g
Ypsilanti 11 15
Rev. James Vincent, Tecumseh 10 00
W. H. M. U., by Mrs. E. F. Grabill,
Treas 377 75
1,1,930 14
CLOTHING
Lansing, Plymouth, box $73 55
Flint, box 31 00
Jackson, bo.x 50 00
Receipts of the W. H. M. U. of Michigan
for December, 1895, Mrs.E. F. Gray-
bill, Treas.:
SENIOR FUND
Calumet, L. M. S $20 00
Charlotte, L. B. S 50 00
Cheboygan, W. H. M. S 8 50
Coloma, W. M. S 12 00
Covert, W. H. M. S 10 00
Alamo, W. H. M. S '. 8 00
Allegan, W. M. S 1215
Bronson, W. H. M. S 5 00
Dowagiac, W. M. S 10 00
Frankfort, W. H. M. S 3 06
Grass Lake, W. H. M. S 10 00
Greenville, W. H. M. S 8 94
Hancock, W. H. M. S 25 00
Hopkins, First Ch., W. H. M. S 5 00
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Kendall, W. H. M. U
Kinderhook, W. M. S
Lansing, Plymouth, W. H. M. S
Lamont, W. H. M. S
Litchfield, L. M. S
Ludington. W. H. M. S
Mattawan, Mrs. E. M. Goodrich
Manistee, W. H. M. S
Napoleon, L. S
North Adams, W. H. M. S
Otsego, W. H. M. U
Olivet, L. B. S
Ransom, L. A. and M. S
Sault Ste Marie, W, M. S
Victor, W. H. M. S
YOUNG PEOPLE FUND
Detroit, First Ch., Jun. C. E. S $500
Dexter, Jun. C. E. S 5 00
Greenville, Juvenile Miss. Band i 17
Kalamazoo, Y. P. S. C. E 3 00
Kinderhook, Jun. Y. P. S. C. E 2 50
Saginawr, First Ch., Y. P. S. C. E.... 12 50
South Haven, Y. P. S. C. E 10 oo-
Watervliet, S. S. Birthday-box 923
$48 40.
Total I385 05.
WOMAN'S STATE HOME MISSIONARY
ORGANIZATIONS
OFFICERS
4. MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE
ISLAND *
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY ASSOCIA-
TION
Organized February, 1880
President, Mrs. C. L. Goodell, 32 Congregational
House, Boston.
Secretary, Mrs. Louise A. Kellogg, 32 Congrega-
tional House, Boston.
Treasurer, Miss Annie C. Bridgman, 32 Congre-
gational 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.
6. MICHIGAN
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized May, 1881
President, Mrs. I. M. Powell, 76 Jefferson Ave.,
Grand Rapids.
Secretary , Mrs. Cornelia C. Denison, 132 N. Col-
lege Ave., Grand Rapids.
Treasurer, Mrs. E. F. Grabill, Greenville.
* While the W. H. M. A. appears in the above list as a State body for Massachusetts and Rhode
Island, it has certain auxiliaries elsewhere.
I. NEW HAMPSHIRE
FEMALE CENT INSTITUTION
Organized August, 1804
and
HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized June, i8go
President, Mrs. Cyrus Sargeant, Plj'mouth.
Secretary, Mrs. M. W. Nims, 16 Rumford St.,
Concord.
Treasurer,'Wvs& 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.
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.
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7. KANSAS
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized October. 188 1
President^ Mrs. F. J. Storrs, Topeka.
Secretary, Mrs. George L. Epps, Topeka.
Treasurer, Mrs. D. D. DeLong, Arkansas City.
8. OHIO
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized May, 1882
•President, Mrs. Sydney Strong, Lane Seminary
Campus. Cincinnati.
Secretary, Mrs. J. W. Moore, The Morris,
Cleveland.
Treasurer, Mrs. George B. Brown, 2116 Warren
St., Toledo.
13. WASHINGTON
Including Northern Idaho
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized July, 1884
Reorganized June. i88g
President, Mrs. A. Judson Bailey, 704 Olympic
Ave., 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.
9. NEW YORK
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized October, 1883
15. CONNECTICUT
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized January, 1885
President, Mrs. Wm. Kincaid, 483 Greene Ave., President, Miss Ellen R. Camp, g Camp St., New-
Brooklyn. Britain.
Secretary, Mrs. Wm. Spalding, 511 Orange St., Secretary, Mrs. C. T. Millard, 36 Lewis St.,
Syracuse. Hartford.
Treasurer,'i>\x%. J. J. Pearsall, 230 Macon St., Treasurer. lAx%. W. W. Jacobs, 19 Spring St.,
Brooklyn. Hartford.
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. Blackman. Whitewater.
16. 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,Vix%. K. L. Mills, 1526 Wabash Ave.,
Kansas City.
II. 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.
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.
12. OREGON
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized July, 1884
President, Mrs. F. Eggert, The Hill, Portland.
Secretary, Mrs. Geo. C. Brownell, Oregon City.
Treasurer. Mrs. W. D. Palmer, 546 3d St., Port-
land.
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.
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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, gii Grove St.,
Oakland.
Treasurer, Mrs. J. M. Haven, 1329 Harrison St.,
Oakland.
20. NEBRASKA
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized November, 1887
President, Mrs. D. B. Perry, Crete.
Secretary, Mrs. H. Bross, 2904 Q St., Lincoln.
Treasurer, Mrs. J. W. Daw€S, Crete.
25. COLORADO
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized October, 1888
Hon. Pres., Mrs. J. W. Pickett, Whitewater.
President, Mrs. E. R. Drake, 2739 Lafayette St.,
Denver.
Secretary, Mrs. Charles Westley, Box 508. Denver.
Treas2irer, Mrs. B. C. Valentine, Highlands.
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. Smith, Rock Springs.
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.
27. 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.
Treaszirer, Miss Virginia Holmes, Barnesville.
22. INDIANA
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized May, 1888
President, Mrs. W. A. Bell, 223 Broadway, In-
28. MISSISSIPPI
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION
Organized April, 1889
Presidetit, Mrs. C. L. Harris, 1421 31st Ave., Me-
ridian,
dianapolis - - Secretary. Miss Edith M. Hall, Tougaloo.
Secretary, Mrs. E. S. Smith, E. nth St., Indi- ^^'-^^^''-^^^Mrs^L. H. Turner, 3112 12th St., Me-
anapolis.
Treasurer, Mrs. A. H. Ball, Anderson.
ridian.
23. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized May, 1888
President, Mrs. Warren F. Day, 353 So. Hope St.,
Los Angeles.
Secretary, Mrs. W. J. Washburn, 1900 Pasadena
Ave., Los Angeles.
Treasurer, Mrs. Mary M. Smith, Public Library,
Riverside.
24. VERMONT
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized June, 1888
President, Mrs. J. H. Babbitt, West Brattleboro.
Secretary, Mrs. M. K. Paine, Windsor.
Treasurer, yix^. Wm. P. Fairbanks, St. Johns-
bury.
29. LOUISIANA
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION
Organized April, 1889
President, Miss Bella Hume, corner Gasquetand
Liberty Sts., New Orleans.
Secretary, Miss Matilda Cabrfere. 152 North Gal-
vez St., New Orleans.
Treasurer, Mrs. C. M. Crawford, Hammond.
30. ARKANSAS, KENTUCKY, AND TEN-
NESSEE
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION OF THE
CENTRAL SOUTH ASSOCIATION
Organized April, i88g
President, Mrs. Ella S. Moore, Box 8, Fisk Uni-
versity, Nashville, Tenn.
Secretary, Mrs. Jos. E. Smith, 304 Gilmer St.,
Chattanooga, Tenn.
Treasurer, Mrs. J. E. Moreland, 1214 Grundy St.,
Nashville, Tenn.
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31. NORTH CAROLINA
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION
Organized October, 1889
President^ Mrs. S. S. Sevier, McLeansville.
Secretary \
and rMiss A. E. Farrington, Oaks.
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, yir%. C. I. Scotield, Lock Bo.\ 220,
Dallas.
33. MONTANA
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized May, iSgo
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, 1890
President, Mrs. J. W. Thomas, Lansford.
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
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 VlRGINI.\
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF
THE NEW JERSEY ASSOCIATION
Organized March, 1891
President, Mrs. A. H. Bradford, Montclair.
Secretary, Mrs. J. D. Hagerman, Montclair.
Treasurer, Mrs. J. H. Denison, 150 Belleville Ave.,
Newark.
37. UTAH
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION
Organized May, 1891
Reorganized December, 1892
President, Mrs. W. S. Hawkes, 135 Sixth East
Street, Salt Lake City.
Secretary, Mrs. H. K. Warren, 508 Third South
Street, Salt Lake City.
Treasurer, Mrs. J. D. Nutting, Third North and
Quince Streets, Salt Lake City.
38. INDIAN TERRITORY
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION
Organized April, 1892
President, Mrs. Fayette Hurd, Vinita.
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
President, Mrs. E. H. Ashmun, Albuquerque.
Secretary, Mrs. Peter Simpkin, Gallup.
Treasurer, Mrs. Samuel Dilley, White Oaks.
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, Miss Carrie Towner, Custer, Black
Hills, South Dakota.
Treasurer, Miss Grace Lyman, Hot Springs,,
Black Hills, South Dakota.
42. IDAHO
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION
Organized May, 1895
President, Mrs. R. B. Wright, Boise.
Secretary, Mrs. E. A. Paddock, Weiser.
Treasurer, Mrs. D. L. Travis, Pocatello.
Congregational Home Missionary Society
Field Secretaries
Rev. W. G. PuDDEFOOT, South Framingham, Mass.
Rev. C. W. Shelton, Derby, Conn.
Rev. H. D. WiARD, 153 La Salle St., Chicago, 111.
Superintendents
Rev. MoRiTZ E. Eversz, D.D., German Department, 153 La Salle St., Chicago, II!.
Rev. S. V. S. Fisher, Scandinavian Department, Minneapolis, Minn.
Rev. Henry A, Schaufflek, D.D., Slavic Department, Cleveland, Ohio.
Rev. Edw. D. Curtis, D.D Indianapolis, Ind. Rev. W. H. Thrall Huron, S. Dak.
Rev. S. jF. Gale .^ Jacksonville, Fla. Rev. H. C. Simmons Fargo, N. Dak.
Rev. J. H. Morley Minneapolis, Minn. Rev. H. Sanderson Denver, Col.
Rev. Alfred K. Wray Kansas City, Mo. Rev. W. S. Hawkes Salt Lake City, Utah.
Rev. L. P. Broad Topeka, Kan. Rev. J. K. H arrison San Francisco, Cal.
Rev. E. H. AsHMUN Albuquerque, N. M. Rev. James T. Ford Los Angeles, Cal.
Rev. A. JuDSON Bailey Seattle, Wash. Rev. C. F. Clapp ■. Forest Grove, Ore.
Rev. T. G. Grassie . . .'. Ashland, Wis. tj_ , 01 -.tt t_,,__ r> n J 511 Woodland Terrace,
I? 4 4 T3„^w., S Black Hills 'and Wyoming. -Kev. 1. w. Jones, u.u ^ Philadelphia, Pa.
Kev. A. A. BROWN... ■jjj^j Springs, South Dakota. Rev. W. S. Bell ; Helena, Mon.
Rev. Harmon Bross Lincoln, Neb. Rev. S. C. McDaniel Atlanta, Ga.
Rev. S. E. Bassett (Supt. Alabama). .Ft. Valley, Ga. Rev. J. Homer Parker Kingfisher, Okl.
Secretaries and Treasurers
of the Auxiliaries
Rev. David P. Hatch, Secretary Maine Missionary Society Bangor, Me.
John L. Crosby, Esq., Treasurer " " " Bangor, Me.
Rev. A. T. Hillman, Secretary New Hampshire Home Miss. Society. . . .Concord, N. H.
Hon. Lyman D. Stevens, Treasurer " " " " " ... .Concord, N. H.
Rev. Charles H. Merrill, Secretary Vermont Domestic " " . . . . St. Johnsbury, Vt.
Wm. C. Tyler, Treasurer " " " " St. Johnsbury, Vt.
Rev. Joshua Coit, Secretary Massachusetts Home " " ) 9 Cong'l House,
Rev. Edwin B. Palmer, Treasurer " " " "....( Boston, Mass.
Rev. Alexander McGregor, Secretary Rhode Island " " " .. . .Pawtucket, R. I.
Jos. Wm. Rice, Esq., Treasurer " " " " .... Providence, R. I.
Rev. William H. Moore, Secretary Missionary Society of Connecticut Hartford, Conn.
Ward W. Jacobs, Esq., Treasurer " " " Hartford, Conn.
Rev. Ethan Curtis, Secretary New York Home Miss. Society Syracuse, N. Y.
William Spalding, Treasurer " " " " Syracuse, N. Y.
Rev. J. G. Eraser, D.D. , Secretary Ohio " " " Cleveland, Ohio.
Wm. B. HowLAND, Treasurer ; " " " " New York City.
Rev. James Tompkins, D.D. , Secretary Illinois " " " ( 153 La Salle St.,
Aaron B. Mead, Esq., Treasurer " " " " f _ Chicago, 111.
Rev. Homer W. Carter, Secretary Wisconsin " *' " Beloit, Wis.
C. M. Blackman, Esq., Treasurer " " " " Whitewater, Wis.
Rev. T. O. Douglass, D.D., Secretary Iowa " " " Grinnell, Iowa.
J. H. Merrill, Esq., Treasurer " " " " Des Moines, Iowa,
Rev. William H. Warren, Secretary Michigan " " " Lansing, Mich.
Rev. John P. Sanderson, Treasurer " " " " Lansing, Mich.
Geo. H. Morgan, Secretary Cong. City Miss. Society St. Louis, Mo.
Rev. Arch'd L. Love, Superintendent " " " " St. Louis, Mo.
Lewis E. Snow, Treasurer " " " " St. Louis, Mo.
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Communications relating to the Editorial Department of The Home Missionary may be addressed to Rev.
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Congregational Home Missionary Society
Bible House, Astor Place, New York
Major-Gen eral Oliver O. Howard
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Rev. Alexander H. Clapp, D.D., Honorary Treasurer
Secretaries for Correspondence
Rev. Joseph B. Clark, D.D.
Rev. William Kincaid, D.D.
Rev. Washington Choate, D.D
Mr. William B. Rowland, Treasurer
Executive Co7nmittee
Wm. Ives Washburn, Esq., Chairman
Asa a. Spear, Esq., Recording Secretary
Mr. Charles H. Parsons
Rev. James G. Roberts, D.D,
Rev. Samuel H. Virgin, D.D.
Mr. Joseph Wm. Rice
Mr. Herbert M. Dixon
Rev. Charles H. Richards, D.D.
Mr. George P. Stockwell
Rev. Robert J. Kent, D.D.
Rev. John D. Kingsbury, D.D.
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Rev. Thomas B. McLeod, D.D.
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Contents for March, 1896
PAGE
Notes by the Way:
A Unique Missionary Meeting. . 553
Education versus Religion 557
Mrs. Busybody's Account Book... 558
Weiser Academy 559
Reporting Progress 561
Northern Idaho — Its Resources
and Needs 561
Items from the Field 564
PAGE
Work for the Greeks 569
The Swedish Church of East
Orange, N. J 571
The Boys' and Girls' Army in
Texas 574
Change of Oversight 574
The Treasury 575
The General Hov/ard Roll of Honor 575
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Vol. LXVIII MARCH, 1896 , No. 11
NOTES BY THE WAY
By Mrs. H. M. Union
A Unique Missionary Meeting
NIQUE, because the audience consisted largely of Nebraska
Home Missionaries who were attending the State Association.
I wish I could reproduce for you the prayers, the testimonies,
and, above all, the wonderful Presence who illumined that meeting. A
dozen " testimonies " may give a taste of the feast:
No. I. " My Presence shall go with thee." This means, " My Face
shall go with thee." What a comfort to the little child when the
mother's face is near. No. 2. "Hitherto hath the Lord helped me."
This is my assurance that he will help me to the end. No. 3. Our
brother who has passed on lived a life of great trial and great triumph.
When he died he said: " The best of all is Immanuel — God with us."
No. 4. " I will guide thee with mine eye." The Christian is led by God
in one of three ways: by his eye; by "the bit and bridle ; " by the
divine hand. No. 5. The word Missionary expresses the very pith and
heart of the Gospel. No. 6. When a boy in a home missionary family,
I lived in a dugout. We were very poor. One day all my mother had
to set before us was summer squash. The noon mail brought a check
for fifty dollars from the Home Missionary Society. Father said: " My
boy, get the horse and go to the treasurer and hand twenty-five dollars
of this to him for the new church." I thought a good dea^ about this
during that horseback ride: it didn't seem right, but I had to obey.
No. 7. A man found a vein of richest silver which, through lack of
observation, hundreds of people had passed over: so multitudes lose the
rich things God has for us because we are not in sensitive communion
with him. No. 8. God's design in suffering is to give us strength of
character. No. 9. To me it is nothing that I have had to live on corn
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bread and potatoes and corn coffee; that I have been many times thrown
into the water in crossing the streams; that I have been lost on the prairie
and frozen to my saddle; but it is much to me that I may give the
Gospel to thousands who need it. I have had many ambitions and
many hopes. My one ambition now is that I may die a faithful soldier
of the Lord Jesus Christ, and my hope now is that I may see him face
to face. No. 10. Abram went out not knowing whither he went. That
was my experience when I came to the frontier. At home they said,
" What will you do when you get where there is no church ? " I said,
"I will trust God and try to make one." Now when I look at six
churches, in spite of drought, the devastating prairie fires, and the hard
times, I would not change my present estate for all this world can give!
"What hath God wrought ! " No. 11. I wanted to be a minister, but
had no money. My father was poor and couldn't help me. He advised
me not to take seven, years out of my manhood to study for the min-
istry, but I was impressed to do it. I had earned $125, and resolved to
go to school as long as that would last. When that gave out, I would
work my way; but, like the cruse of oil, it held out. The Lord has led
me by the way. This is my comfort and support. No. 12. If the Bible
were utterly destroyed, I should have that in my experience which would
lead me on to declare the truth as it is in Jesus.
While listening to these testimonies, and looking at the careworn but
happy faces of these missionaries, who without complaint were enduring
hardship as good soldiers of Jesus Christ, I was reminded of the story of
THE OLD WHITE HORSE
•
as told me by a Nebraska woman. When asked to say an encouraging
word to these warkers, I could think of nothing more fitting than this
story:
A lady was obliged one day to wait over several hours at a small
railway station where she had occasion to change trains. There was
nothing inviting in the outdoor prospect, and nothing interesting in the
waiting-room to occupy the time. As she sat looking from the station
window, she saw a white horse at work in a tread-mill. The horse was
poor and old and with difficulty moved up the incline. A boy stood
near prodding the weary beast with a sharp stick. The lady spoke
kindly to the horse. He took no notice. She tried to comfort him
with a few bunches of grass and clover, but without avail. He appeared
utterly discouraged. He had no spirit; no hope. He said to her as
plainly as actions could speak, " My life is spent in this weary routine
of work, and all to no purpose.''' The lady returned to the waiting-
room.
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555
After a while the station agent came in, and, making a few remarks
upon the tediousness of waiting, asked the lady if she would like to go out
and see their wheat elevator. She gladly consented, and, climbing to
the upper story, stood watching the elevator-cups as they came up, one
after the other, full of wheat, and were emptied into the bins. " But
where is \h^ power that does all the work ? " she asked. " Come to the
window, and I will show you," said he. As she looked out he pointed
THE I'OWER AND THE PRODUCT
to the poor old discouraged white horse treading his weary way.
" There," said he, " is the power that brings all this wheat up here."
Some time God will take us upstairs and show us the fruits of the
tried laborers in his vineyard here.
A SIGNIFICANT QUESTION ANSWERED
The Colorado Superintendent of Home Missions being providen-
tially present, was invited to speak the closing words. Noting the inter-
est with which some visitors from the East had listened to the experi-
556 The Home Missionary March, 1896
ences of these missionaries, be said: "You people of New England,
sometimes besieged, question, ' Why should the East be continually
asked to aid the West?' Let me tell you why: i. Because the East
has large investments in the West. 2. Because the children of the East
are largely the builders of the West. Everything is to be done when
you reach the frontier. The town is to be built. Suppose your town
were new, with no homes, no gas, no schoolhouse, no roads, no sewer,
etc. It is \.\\Q few in the new town who interest themselves in Christian
work.
"A young man comes from the East. He comes from a Christian
home. He is a graduate of Amherst College. He locates at Chey-
enne, Wyoming. He is influenced by the home missionary pastor to
come into the church. The young man's mother writes a grateful letter
to the pastor. But Massachusetts boys are not all of this sort.
'* Pap Wyman — the assumed name of a Massachusetts boy — is dead
now. He was a 'character.' He opened one of the first saloons and
variety theaters in Leadville — a 'three-decker.' In front was the
brilliant saloon. Over the bar was a large, old-fashioned clock. On its
face were the words, 'Please don't swear!' Next came the 'gold
room ' or gambling den. In the archway between these two rooms
was a light stand. Upon this stand lay a well-worn family Bible ! The
third room was the theater, with all its terrible foulness. When the first
missionary entered Leadville, ' Pap Wyman ' took a fancy to him, called
a public meeting at his saloon, and during the meeting made a speech:
' Boys, we must have a church here. You must chip in and raise the
money.' He collected $700. If Massachusetts sends such a boy to
the West, should she not aid the home missionary pastor in counteract-
ing his influence for evil, and converting him to Christ ?
" In the early days, Mr. T., now the richest man in Colorado, was a
poor, struggling miner. Mrs. T. cooked for the miners. Had the Con-
gregational Home Missionary Society been able to locate there an espe-
cially choice Home Missionary, one who knew how to reach men, even
at a cost of $2,000 for the first year, possibly he might have reached
that family, saved much scandal, and turned Mr. T.'s millions into
Christian channels. What an investment that! There are young T.'s
in the mines to-day. Why not reach them ? Oh, you privileged people
of the East, lend us a helping hand a few years longer, and your in-
vestments shall yield ' an hundredfold in this present time, and in the
world to come eternal life' to thousands of souls."
The last word was not from the Colorado superintendent after all,
but from the Eastern visitor who said: " God helping us, we will stand
by you; for what obligation rests upon you messengers of God to give
your lives to this work that does not rest upon us to sustain you in it ? "
March, 1896 The Home Missionary 557
EDUCATION VERSUS RELIGION
In a certain seaport town in Maine, some fifteen years ago, there
were two churches, each fairly well supported. The town seemed pros-
perous. The schools were old-fashioned, short as to " terms," and lim-
ited in the training, not going much beyond the " the three R's." For
some unexplained reason there came a reaction against the churches and a
strong movement in favor of the schools. Well-to-do sea captains used
not seldom to say, " I am embarrassed many times for lack of ' school-
in', and if I subscribe money to any object it will be to have better
and longer schools." So the schools were improved, and the year was
divided into three terms of some twelve weeks each. The churches were
left to struggle on as best they could.
After some ten years the conditions had greatly changed. The
schools were fine. The old-fashioned school-teacher was banished, and
there was a flourishing high school. But the churches were virtually
closed, one absolutely. In the other there was preaching only about a
third of the time. Both buildings were sad monuments of indifference
and neglect, and the houses of the town had grown shabby; yards were
full of debris, fences were unpainted and broken. The public roads
were miserable. The moral tone of the community had degenerated.
Social vice had increased alarmingly.
Then, again, for an unaccountable reason, when religion seemed vir-
tually dead, men who in former times had withheld from the church
and given to the schools now began to give to the church. But when
they looked around there was no church to receive their gifts. The two
old churches had lost heart. One had abandoned the field, and the
other was too poor to rally. Correspondence was had with the Maine
Missionary Society, with the result that under a promise of $300 from
that source, these men, assisted by the few Christians left, invited a
graduate of Bangor Seminary to settle with them in the spring.
A visit to this town last summer showed a surprising change for the
better. Three nice meeting-houses kept in good repair were each well
filled on Sunday. There was a more enterprising expression on the
whole appearance of the place. The houses were well painted, the
fences up, the lawns trimmed, and the roads in fine condition, and the
ethical environment had improved equally with the material.
This fact impressed the visitor, who had studied the town for about
fifteen years, and known the facts stated above ; that, with increasing
wealth and increasing secular educational facilities, the moral tone and
culture of the town had steadily declined until there was almost an
entire lack of pride or feeling of thrift; but with the advent of a
558 The Home Missionary March, 1896
strong Christian man, supported at first by the Maine Missionary Soci-
ety, while the schools continued to gain, the vicious moral tendency
was suddenly checked, and now the town is fair to look upon.
MRS. BUSYBODY'S ACCOUNT BOOK
The question is often raised, and not unreasonably, in Eastern
churches. Why need a Home Missionary ask and receive a box of
clothing every year ? I have been an inmate of Rev. Mr. Busybody's
home for some time, and a peep into Mrs. B.'s account book — kept at
first for curiosity — reveals the following figures:
The church to which they were called was in debt to the Congrega-
tional Church Building Society, $600; to an Eastern party, $400 besides,
for the new parsonage. A fuel bill of eighty dollars was two years
old, and still unpaid; a carpet as old was bearing the same record.
Other bills brought the amount up to more than $1, 200. The first year is
gone, and Mrs. B.'s account book shows this somewhat startling record:
For a reception tendered the public, and the numerous socials and
suppers given to raise the $300 which has been paid on the debt, she
has made and given fifteen cakes, ten loaves white bread, fifteen loaves
brown bread, two cans corned beef, one roast of beef, eight cans salmon
made into salad, one gallon of baked beans, two gallons of coffee, two
quarts of pickles, two quarts of milk, six large plates of.molasses candy,
one gallon of cabbage salad, three gallons of potato salad, five dozen
eggs, and one dollar's worth of sugar and molasses, for a social. The
above list does not include the quantities of things sent to the poor and
sick. There have been five social gatherings at the parsonage, besides
innumerable meetings. " Socials " take extra wood for baking, and heat-
ing the whole house. Wood at six dollars per cord, coal at nine dollars a
ton, pile up the expense. Oil is fifteen to eighteen cents a gallon; audit
does not take long to burn a gallon in the many lamps required. An-
other peep into her account book tells me she has made and superin-
tended the freezing of twenty gallons of ice-cream. Socials, suppers,
and entertainments during the year have cost Rev. Mr. B. all the way
from ten to seventy-five cents and a dollar, according to the state of the
family purse, and the numbers who attend from the parsonage.
With a salary of $700, if Parson B. gives a tenth (as I know he
does), sends a son to college, and helps so materially in raising the
church debt, how much will be left for clothing at the end of the year ?
That is the question which many Home Missionaries meet, and puzzle
over till some kind church in the Eastern States steps in and solves the
problem.
March, i{
The Home Missionary
559
WEISER ACADEMY
We present herewith a cut of " Weiser Academy," in Weiser, Idaho.
Our fathers made no mistake when they located a school by the
church. Christian schools are fully as much needed in the newer
Western States as are Christian churches. Indeed, the latter can never
hope to become strong and aggressive without the former.
Our Home Missionary stationed at Weiser clearly appreciated this
fact, and as soon as the church building was completed, with the assist-
ance of a noble Christian young woman, Miss Miriam Lee, started an
academy in the church building. The school grew in numbers and
interest during the first year, and a larger place was needed for it. A
hotel building was rented and fitted up for boarding hall, recitation
rooms, etc., as shown in the cut. Rev. A. G. Upton, formerly State
Missionary Superintendent of New York, his wife, daughter, Miss Lee,
and Professor Shiach — a recent graduate of Pacific University, Oregon
— are now employed as instructors. The second term of the second
year opens with great promise. The following is a quotation from the
Weiser Academy Bulletin :
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" During the winter term there will be classes in Latin, Greek,
English literature, English grammar, history, geography, arithmetic,
algebra, geometry, and bookkeeping. Instruction will be given also
in orthography and penmanship. The rhetorical and literary work of
the school is subject to the oversight of a teacher, under the charge
of two literary societies; and essays, recitations, and readings are pre-
sented by them every Friday afternoon.
"One prominent feature of the school work is the attention given
to music. All regular students, subject to the approval of the faculty,
may receive piano lessons twice a week, free of charge.
" Academy Hall has proved to be well adapted to the present needs
of the school. Besides recitation rooms, parlor, dining-room, and
kitchen, it affords sleeping and study rooms for about twenty young
ladies, at an expense of only two dollars and fifty cents per week for
room, board, fuel, and light. A portion of this the young ladies are
permitted to pay by housework, all of which is thus performed by
them. A limited number of young men can find table board at the
academy dining-room for two dollars per week. Rooms can be pro-
cured in private houses at reasonable rates."
The religious welfare of the students is very faithfully cared for by
all the teachers. The faculty of the academy believe most thoroughly
that the education of the heart is even of greater importance than the
education of the head.
Of course this infant institution has many needs, as do all such en-
terprises in their beginnings. The expense of running the school at
present exceeds the income from tuition by about fifty dollars per week,
which must be met by the gifts of friends of Christian education.
Perhaps the greater need is a suitable building for the school. Here
is a chance for some generous-minded man or woman to build a monu-
ment that shall endure and bless Idaho and the whole country for gen-
erations to come. It is hoped that a building, costing not less than
$10,000, may be erected during the coming summer. Gifts or bequests
to this promising young child of the churches may be sent to the prin-
cipal of the academy. Rev. A. S. Upton. Information concerning the
school will be most gladly furnished by any member of the faculty or
by our Home Missionary, Rev. E. A. Paddock, who is now spending
some time at the East in the interest of the Academy. His address is
Bible House, New York, care of Rev. Dr. William Kincaid.
[Let us lovingly remember the cultured men and women who are laying the founda-
tions of our home missionary academies and colleges. Many of them able to command
conspicuous and paying positions, they yet voluntarily hide themselves under the surface
at this frontier foundation work. There is One who never loses sight of them, and who
will see that they lose not their reward. — Ed.]
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REPORTING PROGRESS
The series of meetings held at , with the assistance of the
neighboring ministers, proved in many ways quite profitable and satis-
factory. There were five conversions in the back slums of the town,
besides a general good feeling, which was greatly accelerated. I am
much more encouraged this winter than last about the church, for, as
you will notice, the average attendance is much better than one year
ago. And I find the people working better. There is less stress laid
on the old feuds, and fewer criticisms made against church members.
Or, if any one speaks of Christian shortcomings, it is to preface it with
" I don't think that is a valid excuse for me ; " whereas last year they
would urge the delinquencies of Christian living for all they were worth
as an argument against entering the church.
If anyone had told me one year ago — after I had tried in various
ways to move them to different lines of effort, and was told, " If you hold
the meetings at that man's house I cannot attend," by so many different
individuals — that it was possible ever to sink these old feuds into the
background enough to get any kind of union, I should have greatly
doubted that person's judgment, if not his sanity. But the situation is
much improved. It is not all that I could wish; there is room for great
improvement yet. Still, I am very hopeful, and with the new blood
that will come into the church soon, I shall look for steady gains along
other lines. I am specially pleased with the Young People's Union. I
found one year ago a feeble organization called Y. P. S. C. E., com-
posed of the older members of the church. No one of them, I think,
had any real appreciation of the pledge. Now we have some thirty-two
full members, with meetings held on every second Sunday evening.
The young people also have a literary meeting once in two weeks, and
in the interim a " sociable " for all the church and community.
But it is a hard community in which to obtain definite results. There
is a lack of energy which is exceedingly trying. One has to be every-
where and see to everything himself, or the work slips. — Massachusetts.
NORTHERN IDAHO, ITS RESOURCES AND NEEDS
By Rev. T. W. Walters, General Missionary
This body of country lies just east of the State of Washington,
which is its western boundary. On the east it is bounded by Montana,
on the north by British Columbia, on the south by obstructive mountain
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ranges, so that it can be said, as of old, that there is no intercourse
between northern and southern Idaho, except through Washington and
Oregon. All its traffic and all traveling to southern Idaho and the
capital of the State from the Panhandle is being done, by railroad
through Washington in a southwesterly direction to the boundary line
between Washington and Oregon (about 175 miles), and thence south-
east again back to Idaho. This body of land is very rich in resources;
it contains vast prairies of some of the best agricultural and grazing land
in the whole Northwest. This especially is applicable to Camas prairie,
the Potlatch country, and the vast Nez Perce reservation, which opened
for settlement last November, and where thousands of white families
have located their future homes. This is another Oklahoma, but blest
with any amount of timber and water. Here, at an early date, impor-
tant towns will spring up and new railroads will be constructed. In this
agricultural belt, and about twenty miles north of the reservation, is
the beautiful young city of Moscow, with its 4,000 or 5,000 inhabitants,
surrounded, I believe, by some of the richest land on the globe, which
is the continuation of the Palouse country. Just two miles northeast of
the reservation is the town of Genesee, with about 1,000 inhabitants,
where about seven years ago we trespassed either ignorantly or thought-
lessly; but we have not been troubled by any keen sense of remorse, as
the outcome has been a flourishing, aggressive Congregational church.
Fourteen miles south of Genesee, at the head of navigation of the
Snake River, and only a few miles from the boundary of the Nez Perce
reservation, is the town of Lewiston, of 1,000 to 1,500 inhabitants. It
is beautiful in location, and undoubtedly has a very bright future.
There are other important inland towns in this agricultural belt, such as
Kendrick (400 or 500 people), and Juliatta, both on the branch of the
Northern Pacific Railway. There are still other smaller towns, located
far from existing railroads, that are prophetic of what the future of
this country must be. It is in place for me to mention that this is not
only an agricultural belt, in the ordinary sense, but a number one fruit
land. The low lands are well adapted for peaches, prunes, plums,
grapes, apricots, etc. The high land, like that of the Palouse country,
rivals that of Michigan or Western New York for the abundance and
the excellent quality of its apples. Ten acres of land here make a
comfortable home for an average family. I make these somewhat posi-
tive statements because I know whereof I speak, as I have had the
privilege of watching the development of the country during the last
thirteen years. Within the whole of the above vast rich territory we
have but one church, and under existing conditions we do not feel at
liberty to take possession of the land, which, however, is at the very
door of our Washington work. Other less important valleys and prai-
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ries I will not try to describe. All this agricultural belt is surrounded
by mountain ranges, the Coeur d'Alenes, which supply the towns, the
cities, and the prairies with lumber and fuel. They are also rich in
minerals, lead, silver, and even gold. When I say this I am not merely
giving the report of enthusiastic prospectors, but speak of mines that
are well tested, and many of them in full operation, where two rail-
roads daily are busily engaged in transporting concentrated ores of the
various smelters to Tacoma, Denver, etc.
It was my privilege, ten days ago, to visit one of these mining cen-
ters in the Coeur d'Alene, a town, I was informed, of no less than
1,500 inhabitants. One mine in this town, for instance, loads eighty
tons of concentrated ore per day; its pay-roll in November was $38,000.
There are two other mines in operation in this town, and each has a
large pay-roll, though I did not learn the particulars.
I was informed that the mines tributary to the town employed no
less than 600 men directly in and around the mines. This, as we ordi-
narily figure, you see, would imply about 3,000 inhabitants under ordi-
nary circumstances, without counting the middle or business men who
are supported by the income of these producers of wealth.
Hotels, boarding-houses of many descriptions, stores, saloons, and
gambling dens are visible on every street. Everything suggested thrift,
if business — that is, money making and money spending — implies
thrift.
This typical mining town did not pretend to have any sacred days or
sacred hours. Business, money making and sporting were the great
aim of life. The miners work seven days each week and twenty-four
hours each day. The great concentrators know no pause; the cables
are ever busy transporting the mineral from the tunnels to the mills.
The streets are full of busy teams on the Sabbath, just as on any
other day; the same is true of all the stores but one, the proprietor of
which put out as his first advertisement, " This store will be closed on
the Sabbath." He, by the way, is a Congregationalist, with whom the
writer had the pleasure of dining on Sabbath afternoon. The saloons
and gambling dens boomed in iniquity on the Lord's Day as well as
on any other day.
The question is naturally asked, "What do the various missionary
societies do for this and similar towns in the Coeur d'Alene ? "
Spending the Sabbath at one of the busy mining towns, I made it an
object to find out and visit if possible every religious movement therein.
I found two small Sabbath-schools, with about forty scholars in each,
about a mile and one-half apart; one was superintended and carried
forward by a young girl, who is herself a pupil of the public school.
The other was better equipped, being cared for by some half a dozen
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Christian women, but not one man was visible. The first school is held
in the schoolhouse; the other in a dancing-hall.
In the evening I found a half a dozen or more young people assem-
bled in a well-located hall, with a purpose to hold a young people's
meeting, similar, I take it, to that of the Christian Endeavor or the
Epworth League. After the audience of thirty or more had been kept
for about an hour waiting patiently or otherwise for the meeting to
commence, the leader reported that they would not be able to hold the
service, as those on whom she had depended to carry on the meeting
were not in attendance.
The above covers all the religious efforts of the place as witnessed
by the writer, and gives you some idea of the religious condition of the
mining towns in northern Idaho. From what I understand, the above
description is typical of the other mining towns thereabout. Some of
them, like Wallace, are larger and more important centers. Such
places as Mullan and Murray, as well as others, belong to the same
group of thrifty towns.
No comments on my part are necessary as to the absolute need of
more energetic, noble, aggressive Christian work in these towns. Surely
if the Gospel is peculiarly to be preached to the destitute, and if the
missionary funds are to be devoted to send the Gospel to those who
have it not, the mining centers of the Panhandle deserve a prominent
place in the list.
The Congregational church can wisely, and we believe profitably,
put some money in such districts; and I want to suggest, in conclusion,
what I think I have often mentioned during the last ten years — that if
we are going to develop Christian work in the country herein described,
and I emphatically believe we ought to, economy and efficiency demand
that it be work connected with and under the same management as that
of Washington.
In the same connection I must suggest that, if possible, the Execu-
tive Committee at New York set apart a small apportionment for the
development of Congregational work in northern Idaho — say $1,500,
which I believe would support three such men as the nature of the
work demands. And I do not believe that any $1,500, other things
being equal, could possibly result in more wholesome returns.
ITEMS FROM THE FIELD
Spiritual Awakening. — The second Sabbath in October was a
red-letter day, when fourteen came into the church, ten of them on con-
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fession of faith. Seven of these were men, and all of them were
from the best families in town. October 20 another man (an editor)
united on confession, and on October 27 two more men and one most
excellent woman. Our congregations have been trebled twice over.
On November 3 we began union services with the Methodists, Presby-
terians, and Baptists, and of the twenty-seven who joined the churches,
thirteen came to us. All of these twenty-seven are earnest, devoted
Christians. — Oklahoma.
Rejoicing. — God has indeed been with us, and while we do not
expect strong churches financially, we fully believe that the Giver of all
good has been and will remain with us. I have never, in my almost
thirty years' ministry, seen more religious enthusiasm than I have wit-
nessed among the poor, uneducated mountaineers of this portion of the
South. An educational interest has been awakened; strong schools are
springing up all over the country, and the members of our denomina-
tion are striving to educate their sons and daughters. — Alabama.
An Impressive Scene. — Our baptismal service yesterday was very
impressive. Seven were baptized. It was refreshing to see a father,
of sixty-five years, kneel beside his daughter (a young lady), and with
them a husband and wife, about fifty, bending together for the same
blessed consecration. — Nebraska.
Church Building. — I have been engaged in building. We were in
great need of a house of worship that we, as Congregationalists, could
call our own, and have succeeded in getting the ground on which to
build, with a good proportion of the material, and have laid the foun-
dation of a wooden building which we hope to be able to occupy by the
time spring opens. — Georgia.
A Capital Idea. — A new feature of great spiritual promise is our
weekly Bible reading. It goes around from house to house, and is well
conducted by one of our lay members, the pastor always being present.
It combines thorough topical Bible study with the benefits of a devo-
tional meeting. It promises to be a standing institution of the church,
and we already see its good effects in enlarging and enlivening the mid-
week prayer-meeting. — Florida.
Overcoming Evil with Good. — I visited a number of times a
family in my field, treating them in a friendly way, but they did not
want even to talk to me. The husband told his wife that if she should
go to our meetings he would forsake her and go away. But she comes
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to our prayer-meetings, and her husband now also comes sometimes.
A man who bought a Bible began to read it, and gave himself wholly
to the Lord. He is already a member of the church. He had a great
conflict with his comrades, for he was a member of a society from
which he was excluded because he visits our meetings; but he said, " It
was better to obey God than man." There is good hope of a great
work in my fields. — Pennsylvania [Slovak).
A Swedish Brother's Joy. — Of this quarter ending we are having
a good time. We had a large meeting on November 21 to 23. Many
missionary brothers attended, and also a large number of people from
all around. I can say that it was the best meeting of this place. Many
were converted, and we all prayed to God to forgive them their sins,
for our Lord has promised to forgive when we pray from our heart.
I am glad that my work is doing good here. We have prayer-meetings
now every night in the week. They are well attended, and God is with
us. So we are having a bright outlook, and hope in our Lord that it is
not going to be dark any more at this place. — Wisconsin.
A Disheartening Exodus. — The second week after my arrival an
exodus began. Two or three of our leading families went together,
and nearly every week since has seen one or more families follow. In
these three months we have lost a third of our actual resident member-
ship, and more than half of our financial strength and ordinary con-
gregation. To-day I can count but thirty-seven actual resident mem-
bers. The report for the next quarter will show still greater shrinkage.
— South Dakota.
Women Working for the Debt. — The debt of our dear Home
Missionary Society presses heavily upon me, and I wish I could do some-
thing toward its liquidation; but it seems as if we were making all the
sacrifice we can at present. The people here have no money to give,
but eight of us ladies meet every two weeks and sew one afternoon, the
proceeds of which go one-half to the home work and one-half to the
foreign. Thus we are able to add our mite, about twenty dollars a year.
Pray for us, that the baptism of the Holy Spirit may rest upon our few
members and our work be blessed. — A. C. B., Montatia.
Looking after the Young People. — We still hold our monthly
sunrise prayer-meetings, with an average of from twelve to fifteen pres-
ent. The Band of Prayer have held their two o'clock afternoon
Sunday cottage prayer-meetings, and I also report eleven Thursday
night sermons or lectures on the Sunday-school lesson for the following
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Sunday. They are well attended by the teachers, averaging fifty or
sixty present. We also note the attendance of children and young men
at our week-night meetings. The children recite texts of Scripture at
the prayer-meetings and also at the close of the Thursday night ser-
vices. A brother has his pocket full of Bible-text cards and all the
children who come to the week-night meetings and the Sunday band-of-
prayer meetings get cards. He has gathered a goodly number of chil-
dren who love him dearly, and he will not forget to pray that they may
love God best of all. — Florida.
Spiritual Reviving. — As the old Romans said, " Every road leads
to Rome," so we may say of every department of church work: Every
path leads to the. implanting and sustaining of spiritual life. Our prayer-
meetings are well sustained, and a deep spiritual atmosphere is felt in
them. Last week we closed a series of revival meetings which have
resulted in good. The Christian Endeavorers' missionary committee
are to occupy one Sunday evening a month with a popular presentation
of some phase of missionary work. Six have been added to our mem-
bership during the quarter, and a number more are ready to unite at
the next communion. — Arkansas.
Cannot Have a Prayer-meeting. — We have no social prayer-
meeting, and cannot have, for not one of our members would offer
prayer in public. Our deacon is in "the band," and whenever he is
called on he plays all night for a dance. A majority of the people of the
town are Romanists, the greater part of the remainder are atheists,
infidels, etc., with no interest in church nor willingness to give for its
support. — On the Northwest Frontier.
Gain of Eight, Loss of One. — Among our church people there
is a growing interest and increasing spirituality. Eight have joined the
church, and two are unsettled as yet. This greatly straitens the work
here. We have lost one member by water. A wandering star happened
here and preached his doctrine so forcibly that one of our members suc-
cumbed and went under. Aside from that we have lost nothing. We
are holding cottage prayer-meetings that seem to do more good than
any other form of prayer service. — Oregon.
A " Tough " Country. — Our town is settled largely by foreigners,
and has the name, which it well deserves, of being "a tough place."
The people are very indifferent to religion and everything else that is
good. Their leisure time is spent, for the most part, in drinking, danc-
ing, and card-playing. A few days ago twenty-two teams were counted
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leaving town by one road, and every driver and every occupant of the
vehicles was drunk. One man lost his wife out of the wagon, and
didn't discover it until he got home. Such is the social and moral con-
dition of the place. Yet I have faith to believe that before another
quarter ends, some, I pray many, will have found the Savior. The
young people attend meetings very regularly, and it is for them I pray,
and upon them I build my hopes. — In the Northwest.
Young Men at the Front. — During the year 1895 we received into
church fellowship, on confession of faith, thirty-six; by letter, eleven;
in all, forty-seven. The outlook never was better. Our attendance is
quite as large as we can comfortably accommodate, and they are of a
better class than were some of the first comers. We are moving for a
new church building. One of the most cheering features is the devel-
opment of Christian character in our young people, who are rapidly
coming to the front. Our young men are on the most important boards
of the church. They are becoming very devout, spiritual, and intelli-
gent. — Missouri.
Ingathering. — At Venango we held a week of extra meetings, as-
sisted by Rev. Mr. Preston, of Curtis. The Spirit was present from
the first, and souls were saved. Seven adults and three children were
baptized, and nine were added to the church. At Madrid we held a
two-weeks' meeting in union with the Methodist pastors. These two
churches worship together in our house of worship. Rev. Mr. Preston
also assisted there. The entire community was moved. More than
forty persons signed cards, expressing their purpose to lead a Christian
life. We received eleven into the church December i. I have also
taken seven other names for membership and hope to receive others.
I think the Methodist church will receive as many xvlox^.— Nebraska.
Times of Refreshing. — Our meetings at Fairview schoolhouse are
still in progress, and increase in interest every night. People are hungry
for the truth. I began preaching one week ago, with only a small
attendance, but our number has increased until now we can scarcely
crowd into the building, much less get seats. Some of the people here
after working all day come ten miles to church. I have never seen the
Spirit of God take hold of young men and women as in these meet-
ings. Yesterday twelve broke away from the world and united with us
in a Congregational organization at Fairview. Old gray-haired soldiers
and ranchmen, school-teachers to whose care the children of this com-
munity are intrusted, farmers' sons and daughters — all with tearful eyes
stood spellbound during the services yesterday. Pray that God will
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bring this people into the Hght of his Gospel of infinite love and
mercy. — Rev. I. M. Waldrop, Buffalo Park, Xan.
New Doctrinal Discovery. — While waiting for a train at the station
I had a chance to talk with a youth who was in great anxiety about
getting work. I offered- him Christian books, but he said he had no
money; then I offered him a New Testament to read, telling him that
it would take away his anxiety. He answered that he was determined
never to read or pray any more. I asked him why. He replied that he
needed neither to read nor to pray, since no one can go to hell, because
already five thousand people are standing at the gates of hell, which
has not room enough for them all; so that everyone must now go to
heaven, even if he does not serve God. Then he told me that he read
the Bible; to which I answered that he had read it in vain, for the Bible
says that we must seek first the kingdom of God and all the rest will
then be added to us. — Pennsylvania.
WORK FOR GREEKS
By Rev. Willis D. Leland, Ph.D.
The census of Massachusetts for 1885 states that in this State there
were then thirty-five Greeks, of whom out nine were women. Now in
the city of Lowell alone there are over 400. This is an example of the
way people of this noble race are coming not only to the Bay State, but
also to New York, Chicago, San Francisco, and the cities and towns
adjoining. In almost all cities of large size there are colonies of
Greeks. In their native land they are peasants. There they have little
farms or work for others that have farms. The raising of fruit is that
in which they are most skilled. Of these farmers, young men of from
eighteen to twenty-five years for the most part are emigrants. Among
a hundred Greeks there are not likely to be found two women, one old
man, nor more than three or four children. Besides youth, strength, and
a means of a livelihood, because of our immigration laws each one
when he lands has twenty-five or fifty dollars in his pocket. Such
people are the best citizens Greece has to offer, and are good material
for this republic.
In this country many of them go to California, to be employed in
the culture of fruit. Others seek the cities, to be employed in factories
or to gain a living as venders of fruit. They are among the best of
operatives. In more than one place there has been a standing offet to
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employ every Greek that comes. They are employed when other
nationalities are not — being usually honest, industrious, reliable, saving,
temperate. One that knows all the communities in the East and some
in the West has said that in these communities it was not known that a
Greek had ever come upon the public for aid because of insanity, sick-
ness, or poverty, or that one had been arrested for drunkenness, or for
crime of any kind, save violating a peddler's license by standing too
long on a street corner. Since then a few instances have occurred.
They are ambitious to learn. In several cities in Massachusetts are
evening schools. In these are classes of Greeks numbering perhaps half
the colony. Among these students are not only the young men, but oc-
casionally one in the forties, patiently laboring to read and write English.
In religion they are of the Greek Orthodox Church, but are, in
most communities in America, without the privileges of their church.
On this account the great majority of them attend no religious service.
There are in the United States colonies of 2,000 or 3,000 well bunched
together, with little or nothing done for their religious instruction. Of
late, however, their native service has been established. Boston,
Lowell, New York, Chicago, and San Francisco have regular established
Greek services, with regular orthodox Greek priests, congregations, and
churches.
Very little has been done to convert this people to an evangelical
faith. In November, 1895, a Greek preacher of Marsovan, converted
under the American Board, and a post-graduate student, began evangel-
ical services in New York. This work had the small beginning of a
meeting of six persons. Already it has grown to a meeting that aver-
ages sixteen. By far the largest work was begun in Boston. In 1891
Mr. Stephen Vaitses, also a convert of the American Board, and with
his wife educated in the Board's schools at Constantinople, while study-
ing at Andover became interested in the Greeks of that city. Then
the Greeks there numbered thirty. Later on, these earnest and devoted
persons held a meeting for Greeks in Lowell, when the total population
was five or six, all of whom came to that first meeting. From these
little meetings have grown large and encouraging ones, and others in
other places. Mr. Vaitses holds regular Sunday services for congrega-
tions in Boston, Lowell, and Woburn, and weekly prayer-meetings in
Lowell, Woburn, and Stoneham, and meetings of an Endeavor Society
of two branches, one in Lowell and one in Woburn. Churches have
Sunday-schools for the Greeks in Lowell, Woburn, and Stoneham. He
has also secured classes or separate schools in Fall River, Newport,
Providence, Worcester, Haverhill, Springfield, and Lynn. From these
faithful efforts sixteen Greeks have joined various Protestant churches
during the past year.
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To gain the truth they are willing to make sacrifices and effort. In
New York a number in some way have heard of the Gospel and have
left that city and their work and gone all the way to Melrose High-
lands, Mass., to gain more Christian knowledge. In one place where
there were seventy-nine Greeks, it was no uncommon occurrence to find
between fifty and sixty of them at an evangelical service, thirty or
more at an evening school. A large number of them were mem-
bers of a Greek Endeavor Society. In another New England city a
Greek husband and a Roman Catholic wife became converted. When,
because of their eight children, they became very poor, and financial aid
was offered them, they refused and said, with many expressions of ear-
nest gratitude, that they did not want to give the appearance of becom-
ing Christians for the sake of aid. They preferred to give money to
support their church. This certainly is a white field. God bless the
laborers in it!
THE SWEDISH CHURCH OF EAST ORANGE,
NEW JERSEY
By its Pastor, Rev. A. P. Nelson
This church dedicated its new house of worship, in the presence of
a crowded assembly of Swedish and of English-speaking Congregational
ministers and lay members, on October 13, 1895. The account sent for
these pages at the time was lost; hence the delay of this notice.
The church is built of wood, with brick basement. The upper story
is divided into two rooms; the larger being the main church service
room, and the smaller for prayer-meetings, sewing society, and various
other uses. By sliding-doors both can be combined into one for use,
whenever needed. Besides, there are two other small rooms, the min-
ister's study and a kitchen. The church is neatly finished within and
without. The church with lot cost about $6,400, on which is a debt of
$2,500, due the East Orange Building Loan Association, and being paid
in monthly installments.
The mission among the Swedes in East Orange was begun in 1887 by
Mrs. Carolina Darrow, a member of the Trinity Congregational Church
of East Orange, and was first started as a Sunday-school for a few
Swedish servant girls. At the first meeting about fifteen were present,
and this was thought to be a good number. The school was kept up
regularly every Sunday afternoon, and the class grew larger every time,
so that after half a year or so it numbered of men and women between
forty and fifty, and sometimes more, with five or six teachers.
After a while preaching service in the Swedish language was
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demanded to be held in the same place — Trinity Church Chapel — every
Thursday evening. Pastors and laymen from New York and Brooklyn
came out in turn and led the meetings. Thus the service was kept up
for about two years or more, till at last the Sunday-school also was
changed to a regular preaching service.
In the spring of 1892 the Rev. C. F. Blomquist, who for some years
had studied at Chicago Theological Seminary and Carleton College,
SWEi:)ISH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, EAST ORANGE, N. J.
came, under the auspices of the Congregational Home Missionary
Society, to take charge of the mission. He stayed but six months,
when the mission was again taken care of, as before, by ministers from
other places, until the 15th of January, 1893. Then Rev. A. P. Nelson,
a graduate from Chicago Theological Seminary, was sent to East
Orange by Superintendent M. W. Montgomery. Mr. Nelson had for
about a year and a half had charge of a Swedish Congregational church
at Mankato, Minn. The work was most heartily taken up. The Trin-
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ity Church chapel was opened to the Swedes on Sunday evenings,
which was a great advantage to the work. A good number came out
from the very beginning, and interest was shown on the part of the
people, as well as of the minister. In the spring of 1893 an ecclesias-
tical society was organized, according to the laws of New Jersey, and
called the Swedish Free Congregational Society. Meanwhile a sub-
scription for a church building fund was started, which, after two
months, had grown to over $1,200. In the fall a lot was purchased for
$2,000, on which $1,125 was paid down, and the balance in the follow-
ing spring.
In October, 1893, a church with thirty-four members was organized,
which now has a membership of fifty-three, and nearly as large a
number of adherents.
Early in the spring of 1895 the ground was broken for laying the
foundation of a church building, and the structure was immediately
begun. After five months it was ready for use, and opened for service
on the 13th day of October.
The interest has steadily increased since the Swedes got a church
home of their own. They have a young people's society, a sewing
society, and a church choir, each in its own way working for the inter-
ests of the church. Mr. Nelson is still its pastor.
In connection with what is said here about the church in East
Orange, a few words may be added of
THE GENERAL WORK AMONG THE SWEDES OF NEW JERSEY
The Swedes in New Jersey are, compared with those of New Eng-
land and the Western States, few. The last census gave the Scandi-
navian population in New Jersey as 11,808. Of these 5,739 were
Swedes. The Scandinavians are settled largely in the northern part of
the State — at Jersey City, Newark, Paterson, Elizabeth, Perth Amboy,
Plainfield, Orange, Montclair, Arlington, and Dover. It is only in the
last four or five years that any regular missionary work has been done
among them. There are now organized churches in East Orange, Mont-
clair, Dover, Arlington, Perth Amboy, Plainfield, not speaking of two
Norwegian churches in Hoboken and Jersey City. There are also
preaching stations in Morristown, Elizabeth, Elizabethport, Orange,
Montclair, Dover, Perth Amboy, and Plainfield.
Four of these churches have been organized under the care of Mr.
Nelson in Orange, and for two years he was pastor of East Orange,
Montclair, and Arlington, and sometimes conducted the meetings in
Dover and Morristown. Besides this, he also for one year was made
superintendent of the Swedish mission work in New Jersey and New York
by the Eastern Swedish Mission Association of Congregational Churches.
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Besides the Swedish churches now supported by the Congregational
Home Missionary Society, there are a few other prominent fields that
need help. Among others is the church in Plainfield, organized last
summer. In Newark, where there are said to be 2,000 Scandinavians,
a Swedish missionary is much needed. But who will support him ?
Swedes have lived there for ten or fifteen years, but have been left with-
out care, and for this reason it is probably one of the hardest mission-
ary fields that can be found. But is that any reason for leaving them
alone, to go down in degradation and sin ? No; it is our duty to help
them, lift them up, and save them, by giving them the Bread of Life.
THE BOYS' AND GIRLS' ARMY IN TEXAS
We are quite proud of some of our Texas regiments. One hundred
and fifty boys and girls here in Dallas are loyal soldiers of the great
home missionary army. Our little ones take great delight in the work
and earn their own money. It was a pretty sight, last Christmas-eve,
to see this army divided into three parts, with red, white, and blue bells
on their breasts — these were Gospel bells, you understand. The first
division was " the call to salvation; " the second, " the call to service; "
and the third, the little tots, " the call to missions."
When asked what they had in their little tents, they held them high
and shook them. When asked how they earned the money, they told
us with great shyness. One little fellow said:
" I earned my money hauling wood,
Which made my muscle strong and good ;
I took this money I might have spent,
And put it in my little tent."
The testimonies were all very interesting, and, I assure you, the
children are very much alive in this army business. — A Lady Friend.
CHANGE OF OVERSIGHT
With deep regret this Society has been called to part with its ever-
faithful general missionary, Rev. Cyrus I. Scofield, of Texas. For the
past ten years his successful work in that wide and important field has
praised him in the gates. Having accepted a call to the pastorate of the
Congregational Church of Northfield. Mass. — a work for which he is well
fitted — he removed to that place on the first of January last. May all
best prosperity attend him there !
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The Executive Committee have appointed Rev. Luther Rees, since
1892 pastor of the First Church of Paris, Texas, to succeed Mr. Scofield.
His acquaintance with the field, his love for the work, and his record thus
far warrant the confident expectation of the best results from this larger
service.
THE TREASURY
The usual monthly summary of the Treasurer, giving the state of the
Society's finances on the first of February, will be found at the close of
the statement of receipts in January, on page 588 following.
At the February meeting of the Executive Committee the Treasurer
reported $7,700 as received in January upon the General Howard Roll of
Honor, and 11,600.65 more in specials for the debt. The Committee voted
that $9,300.65 additional be paid upon the debt of April, 1895, which
reduces that debt to $77,553.95.
The present prospect is that an aggregate of nearly or quite $175,000,
besides subscriptions to the Roll of Honor and other specials for the debt
of April, 1895, will be needed in February and March, if the year is to be
closed without debt. Such an amount of voluntary offerings in that space
of time is not without precedent in the Society's history. Never was the
help more urgently needed. Shall it come ?
THE GENERAL O. O. HOWARD ROLL OF HONOR
Previously acknowledged 540
Subscriptions added below 109
Total number of shares 649
Mrs. T. K. Noble's Bible Class, First Congregational
Church, Norwich, Conn.
A Friend, Maryland, ten shares, to place the following names on
the Roll :
Rev. A. C. Thompson, D.D.,
Rev. E. K. Alden, D.D., and Wife,
Rev. JuDSON Smith, D.D.,
Rev. A. H. Clapp, D.D., and Wife,
Rev. H. A. Schauffler, D.D.,
Rev. Edward S. Parsons,
Mr. William B. Howland.
Sunday-school of First Cong. Church, Rochester, N. H,
Congregational Church, Norfolk, Conn.
" A Friend," Philadelphia, Pa,
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" G," South Hadley Falls, Mass.
Dea. R. A. Savage, Stowe, Vt.
Congregational Church, Lyme, N. H.
Ladies of Pilgrim Church, Canaan, Conn.
The First Church, Bradford, Mass., two shares.
Mrs. T- L. Richardson, Calvinist Congregational Church,
Fitchburg, Mass.
Mrs. Mary C. Ford, Curtisville, Mass.
Congregational Church, Chelsea, Vt.
Woman's Home Missionary Union of Northern California.
Congregational Church, Danville, Vt.
W. W. Dole, Fitchburg, Mass.
Mrs. Mary Johnson, Rollstone Church, Fitchburg, Mass.
Ladies' Missionary Society, Cong. Church, Auburndale, Mass.
Congregational Church, Hatfield, Mass.
Second Congregational Church, West Medway, Mass,
A Friend, Winchendon, Mass.
Y. P. S. C. E. of Pilgrim Church, Nashua, N. H.
" Two Connecticut Sisters."
A Friend, Windsor Locks, Conn.
Congregational Church, Melbourne, Fla.
Cong. Church and Sunday-school, Williamsburg, Mass.
Dea. L. W. Hubbard, Lyndon, Vt.
Mrs. H. O. Harris, South Church, Springfield, Mass.
First Congregational Church, Danbury, Conn.
In Memory of H. S. C, Ivoryton, Conn.
West Congregational Church, Manchester, N. H.
Franklin Street Church, Manchester, N. H.
Ladies' Union Meeting, Manchester, N, H.
Hanover Street Church, Manchester, N. H., five shares.
First Congregational Church, Buffalo, N. Y.
Y. P. S. C. E. OF First Cong. Church, Spencer, Mass.
Mrs. Hannah Brown, West Brookfield, Mass.
South Florida Conference of Congregational Churches.
Ladies' Aid Society of First Cong. Church, Oberlin, Ohio.
Northern and Central California, six shares.
Sarah Conzelman, Bristol, Conn.
Elmwood Te:\iple Church, Providence, R. L
Highland Church, Providence, R. I.
A Friend of Home Missions, Berkeley, Mass.
E. L. Freeman, Providence, R. I.
Marian A. Kendall, Cambridge, Mass.
Sunday-school of First Cong. Church, Hinsdale, Mass.
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In Memory of Mrs. Sally Marsh Hill, East Douglass, Mass.
Elijah Howe, Jr., Dedham, Mass.
Mrs. C. C. Burr, Auburndale, Mass.
Mrs. B. U. BuGBEE, Southbridge, Mass.
North Church Industrial Society, Haverhill, Mass.
Mrs. H. R. Gould, Jamaica Plain, Mass.
Plymouth Church, Framingham, Mass.
Young Ladies' Society, Pilgrim Church, Cambridgeport, Mass.
Mrs. John H. Washburn, New York City.
Sunday-school Class of E. C. Hungerford, Chester, Conn.
Third Congregational Church, Chicopee, Mass.
Second Congregational Church, Greenfield, Mass.
Ladies' Western Miss. Soc. of First Church, Winchester, Mass.
Ladies' Home Miss. Society, First Church, Braintree, Mass.
Wm. S. Carter, Lebanon, N. H.
Jonathan G. Parkhurst, Beneficent Church, Providence, R.I.
North Congregational Church, New Bedford, Mass.
Trinitarian Congregational Church, New Bedford, Mass.
Ladies' Union Meeting, New Bedford, Mass.
Seabury N. Haley, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Sunday-school of First Cong. Church, Bridgeport, Conn.
Woman's Society of First Church, East Orange, N. J.
The Misses Seabury, New Bedford, Mass.
Members of Congregational Church, Plainfield, N. J.
Y. P. S. C. E. of Congregational Church, Brighton, Mass.
"In Memory of my Mother," A Friend, Hopkinton, Mass.
First Congregational Church, Adams, Mass.
Young Ladies and Children, North Adams, Mass., per W. H.
M. A. Aux.
Mrs. Thos. F. Deane, Freetown, Mass.
Second Congregational Church, Greenwich, Conn.
In Memoriam of Rev. S. A. Williams, East Hartford, Conn.
First Congregational Church, Madison, Conn.
" Tithes," California.
Ladies' Home Missionary Society, Ivoryton, Conn.
Ivoryton, Conn., three shares.
Congregational Church and Society, Atkinson, N. H.
Rev. W. J. Tucker, D.D., by Congregational Church,
Dartmouth College, N. H.
Dr. William T. Smith, by the Same.
T. Haskell, Windsor Locks, Conn.
Mrs. E. P. Barbour, Ansonia, Conn.
Mr. Benjamin Stowe, Lawrence, Kans.
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APPOINTMENTS IN JANUARY, 1896
Not in commission last year
Archer, William C, Julesburg, Colo.
Armitage, Durand E., Badger and Hetland, So.
Dak
Austin, H. H., Buffalo, Wyo.
Bicknell, Dennis H., Kirkland, Wash.
Blankenship, Jeff. D., De Funiah Springs, Fla.
Brower, A. A., Wichita, Kan.
Buck, Geo. J., Springfield and Selma, Minn.
Butler, Franklin C, Edmonds, Wash.
Cheeseman, Thomas W. C, Spearfish, So. Dak.
Christy, Dennis H., Albion, Penn.
Clancey, Nathan B., Bonifay, Fla.
Davies, Thomas V., Salina, Kan.
Davis, Joseph W., St. Mary's, Ohio.
Hastings, Allen, Bloomington and Rialto, Cal.
Jones, Burton H, Windsor, Mo.
Judd. Hubert O., Coolville, Ohio.
Keyes. Russell M., Willow Lakes and Pitrodie,
So. Dak.
Lee, Geo., Bonifay and Mary Esther, Fla.
Lee, George, Vernon, Fla.
Lodwick, William, Lake Benton, Tyler, and Lake
Stay, Minn.
Malcolm, J. Finlay, Honey Creek and Anson. Mo.
Oehler, Frederic H., New Richland and Hart-
land, Minn.
Rasmussen. Peter, Cope, Colo.
Sharratt, James, Atlanta, Ga.
Townsend, Morris B., Mountain Home, Idaho.
Trutna, Miss Frances, Milwaukee, Wis,
Wickham, A. A., Hibbing and Eveleth, Minn.
Re-com m issioned
Ball, Marcellus A., Garrelson, So. Dak.
Banham, Henry E., Fresno. Cal.
Barteau, Sidney H., Lake Charles, La.
Bartlett, Dana W.. Salt Lake City, Utah.
Bascom, Geo., S. Hankinson, No. Dak.
Bates, John M., Wakonda, So. Dak.
Bauman, Gustave, Butte and Naper, Neb.
Belt, S. D., Ellensburg. Wash.
Billings, C. S., Evangelist in Neb.
Blakeslee, Allen D., Denver, Colo.
Bormose, N. N., Philadelphia, Penn.
Breckenridge, Daniel M., Mt. Dora and Tanger-
ine, Fla.
Butler, Thomas W., Everett, Wash.
Conard, William J., Ellsworth, Kanaranzi, and
Ask Creek, Minn.
Crawford. Chas. D., Kansas City, Mo.
Cunningham. John T.. Lakeland. Minn.
Davies, William A., Bladen, Campbell, and Up-
land, Neb.
Dixon, James J. A. T., Atwood, Kan.
Douglass, Alexander, Dehesa, Cal.
Driesbach, Charles H., Frankfort and La Prairie,
So. Dak.
Emerson, Frederick C, Glen Ullin, No. Dak.
Emery, John C Jersey City, N. J.
Evans. James G., Bangor, Penn.
Everett, John E., Kiowa, Kan.
Fisk, Wilbur, Freeborn and Freedom, Minn.
Fisk, Pliny H., North Branch and Sunrise City,
Minn.
Gerrie, Wm. A., Embarrass, Wis.
Gould, J. Sidney, Wichita, Kan.
Graf, John F., Springfield, Mo.
Green, George E., Canova and Dover, So. Dak.
Gregory, Herbert, Roy, Hart Lake, and Yelm,
Wash.
Grieb, Rev. Edmund, Hubbard and Needy, Ore.
Heald, Josiah H., Nogales, Ariz.
Henderson, Thomas H., Pass Robles and San
Miguel, Cal.
Hull, Irvin T., Republic, Mo.
Jones, John A., Adin, Cal.
Judah, Solomon B., Wausau, Fla.
Killen, John T., Portland, No. Dak.
Langdale, Thomas G., Clark, So. Dak.
Lehtinen, Franz, Ashtabula, Ohio.
Lewis, T. Henr}', New Brighton, Minn.
Lich. Peter, Nelson, Deshler, Edgar, Firfield, and
Deweese, Neb.
Loba, Victor E., Noble, Mo.
Lopez, J. M., New York City, N. Y.
Lyons, Eli C, Appleton, Minn.
Merrill, William H., Gaylord, Twelve Mile, and
Cora, Kan.
Miller, Charles G., Valencia, Kan.
Miller, Louis, Holly and Hurobo, Fla.
Miller, Willie G.. Dorcas and Campton, Fla.
Moffatt. T. Clemence, Palisade, Hayes Center,
and Hayes County. Neb.
Nelson, Gustave W., Port Angeles and Pine Hill,
Wash.
Northrup, Geo. E., Binabek, Merritt, McKinley,
and Mesaba, Minn.
Page, Charles E., Minneapolis, Minn.
Parsons, Henry W., Sauk Rapids and Cable,
Minn.
Perry, Frank S., Centennial, Ohio.
Quaife, Robert R., Toledo. Ohio.
Reynolds, Lauriston, Redfield, So. Dak.
Robbins, Anson H., Iroquois and Osceola, So.
Dak.
Robertson, Angus A., Port Morris, New York
City, N. Y.
Robinson, Wm. H., Palermo and Wyandotte, Cal.
Rood, Frances D., Avon Park. Fla.
Rouse, Thomas H., Belleview, Fla.
Shear, Charles B., Marietta. Lawrence, Little
Muskingum, and Stanlej'ville, Ohio.
Slyfield, Frederick A., Brightwood. Ind.
Smith, Jonathan G., Chillicothe. Ohio.
Sprague, Elmer E., Farnam and Eustis, Neb.
Tangemann. Gottlieb D., De Witt, Neb.
Thayer, O. Franklin, Cheney, Wash.
Ticknor, Owen E., Hyannis and Reno, Neb.
Totten, Matthew J., Rose Valley, No. Dak.
Travers, Robt. M., Alma, Neb.
Tre Fethren. Eugene B., Worthing, So. Dak.
Treiber, Daniel J., Sycamore. Kan.
Widing, Carl A., Ashtabula, Ohio.
Woodruff, Purl G., Bagdad, Crestview, and New
Effort, Fla.
RECEIPTS IN JANUARY, 1896
For account of receipts by State Au.xiliary Societies, see pages 590 to 597
MAINE -$239.89.
Bangor, Central Ch., by G. S. Hall . . $13 00
Hammond Street, by E. F. Rich.. . 5 00
Bath, Central Ch., by T. P. I. Ma-
goun 43 80
Norridgewock, Rev. B. Tappan $5 00
Portland, State Street, by H. M.
Bailey 8000
West Ch., of which $3.50 from
Extra-Cent-a-Day, by B. C. Fuller 38 00
A Friend i 80
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579
Saco, First, by F. A. Lord $10 29
Sherman Mills, Washburn Memorial
Ch., by Rev. I. C. Bumpus 800
Yarmouth, First, by C. L. Marston... 35 00
NEW HAMPSHIRE-$i,835.24 ; of
which legacy, $50.00.
N. H. H. M. Soc.,byHon. L. D.Stev-
ens, Treas 1,013 7^
Received by Rev. C. W. Shelton :
Auburn $10 63
East Concord, Rosco Stan-
iels 1 00
Pembroke, First 13 97
F. C. I. and H. M. Union of N. H.,
Miss A. A. McFarland, Treas. :
Bristol, in full to const. Mrs.
F. Bingham a L. M $25 00
Portsmouth, North Ch.,Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor. . . 100 00
25 60
125 00
Bennington, Ch., $4.32; Y. P. S. C.
E., $3.45, by C. J. Kimball 7 77
Bethlehem, by Rev. A. J. Eastman. . . 10 00
Candia, M. L. Brown 5 00
Gorham, by Rev. T. D. Davies 5 00
Hampton, by Mrs. R. A. Getchell,
for the debt 29 75
Hanover, Estate of Andrew Moody,
by J. K. Lord 50 00
Hillsboro Bridge, Mrs. C. M. Burn-
ham 50 00
J. Dutton I 00
Keene, S. S. of the First, by A. C.
GilHs 25 00
Lebanon, W. S. Carter, Gen. Howard
Roll of Honor, by Hon. L. D. Stev-
ens, Treas. N. H. H. M. Soc 100 00
Manchester, Franklin Street Ch., by
J. T. Carpenter 33 46
Meredith, add'l, by Rev. R. T. Os-
good, for the debt 100
Nashua, Pilgrim Ch., $200; Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor, of which
$too to place the name of Rev. R.
A. Beard on the list; debt, $32.14,
by R. M. Sawyer 232 14
New Boston, Mrs. L. Colburn So
Newmarket, T. H. Wis wall 10 00
Pelham, Mrs. E. W. Tyler 10 00
Rochester, S. S. of the First, by C. M.
Brown, Gen. Howard Roll of Hon-
or 100 00
VERMONT— $3,420.56 ; of which leg-
acies, $2,250.00.
Vermont Domestic Miss. Soc, W. C.
Tyler, Treas. : of which from Leg-
acy of Sarah Arnold, of Brookfield,
$25° 30384
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs. R. P.
Fairbanks, Treas. :
Bellows Falls, S. S. of the First, to
place the name of Mrs. C. N. Das-
comb on Gen. Howard Roll of
Honor 100 00
Berlin, by G. W. Dustin 10 70
Burlington, College Street Ch., by G.
G. Benedict 78 77
Rev. D, Goodhue 5 00
Chelsea, Cong. Ch., Gen. Howard
Roll of Honor 100 00
Cornwall, by Rev. S. H. Barnum, Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor, $100 ; debt,
$8 $108 CO
Danville, by Rev. S. Knowlton, Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor 100 00
Hartford, by J. G. Stimson 50 00
Jericho, Ladies of the Second, by C.
Van Vliet, for the debt 10 25
Lyndon, Dea. L. W. Hubbard, Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor, by O. O.
Howard 100 00
Manchester, Mrs. J. D. Wickham 5 00
Pittsford, Gen. Howard Roll of Honor,
by Rev. C. H . Smith 100 00
Royalton, by J. Wild 9 00
Rutland, Miss J. Pierpoint, Gen. How-
ard Roll of Honor, by L. G. Bagley 100 00
St. Albans, L. M. G i 00
South Royalton, Y. P. S. C E., by A.
G. Whitham 5 00
Stowe, Dea. R. A. Savage, Gen. How-
ard Roll of Honor, by H. E. Savage 100 00
Vergennes, add'l, by Mrs. F. A. Goss,
for the debt 10 00
West Brattleboro, from the Estate of
Mrs. Elvira Stedman, by D. B. Sted-
man, adm'r 2,000 00
Westminister, by Rev. C. W. Thomp-
son, for the debt 24 00
Windsor, Friend, Gen. Howard Roll
of Honor 100 00
MASSACHUSETTS — $18,141.24; of
which legacies, $1,023.46.
Mass. Home Miss. Soc, by Rev. E.
B. Palmer, Treas 10,000 00
By request of donors, of which for
debt, $336.15 ; Gen. Howard Roll
of Honor, $1,600 2,837 'S
Woman's H. M. Assoc, Miss M. L.
Woodberry, Treas. :
Dorchester, Mrs. A. Demp-
ster $5 00
Newton, Eliot, Aux., for Sal-
ary Fund 200 00
New Bedford, for Salary
Fund 200 00
Received by Rev. C. W. Shelton :
Amesbury, S. S., Salary
Fund $8 00
Amherst, Young Ladies of
Miss Stern's school, for
the debt 5 00
Lynn, Friends, First, for
the debt 20 00
33 0°
Amherst, First, by W. Hamlin 27 00
Arlington, by S. A. Towle, Jr loi 75
Athol Center, A. D. C 25 00
Auburn, C. E. Hunt 25 00
Auburndale, Extra-Cent-a-Day Band,
by Mrs. L. M. Hill, special 30 00
Berkley, A Friend, Gen. Howard
Roll of Honor 100 00
Beverly, Dane St. Ch., J. L. Morse,
Gen. Howard Roll of Honor, by
H. R, White 100 00
Boston, W. A. Wilde, for Salary Fund 50 00
Rev. L. Farnham 10 00
Chicopee, S. S. of the Third, by W. H.
Ordway 3 79
Curtisville, Mrs. M. C. Ford, Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor 100 00
Dorchester, Second, by E. Tolman... 166 25
Second, by Miss E. Tolman 25 00
By A. Dempster 30 00
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East Northfield, "C. F. M.," for the
debt $io oo
Essex, Legacy of Addison Cogswell,
by E. D. Cogswell, Ex'x i,ooo oo
Fitchburg, Mrs. J. L. Richardson,
Gen. Howard Roll of Honor, by
Rev. G. R. Smith " loo oo
Miss J. M. Gould 5 oo
Foxboro, M. N. Phelps 50 00
Great Harrington, Y. P. S. C. E. of
the First, by E. M. Pixley 10 50
Gloucester, L. S. Davis, for the debt. . 2 00
Greenfield, S. S. of the Second, by K.
T. Slate 10 00
Greenwich Village, S. S., by N. L.
Snow 3 00
Hadley, Estate of J. B. Porter, by W.
P.Porter 1282
Haverhill, Algernon P. Nichols, by J.
D. Kingsbury 50 00
Haydenville, by C. D. Waite 13 70
Holliston, Estate of G. Batchelder, by
J. M. Batchelder 10 64
Holyoke, Second, by J. N. Hubbard.. 193 10
Lowell, Kirk Street, by A. L. Thomp-
son 398 50
C. L. Anderson 3 00
Massachusetts, A Friend 500
Middleboro, S. S. of the First, by A.
Deane 10 00
Monson, G. E. Fuller, M.D 20 00
S. E. Bradford 10 00
Needham, S. S., by G. A. Snow 3 09
New Bedford, Y. P. S. C. E. of the
North Ch., by J. W. Buchanan 25 00
North Wilbraham, Grace Union Ch.,
by H. W. Cutler 23 71
Norton, Trinity Ch., $13.57 ; Mrs. E.
B VVheaton, $50. by S. H. Cobb... 63 57
Oxford, Three Friends 1200
Palmer, Second S. S., by F. B. Pope,
for a L. Mp 50 00
Reading, Mrs. M. E. Nichols 5 00
Salem, Y. P. S. C. E. of the Tab. Ch.,
by Miss E. S. Pitman, special S 00
Sheffield, by A. T. Wakefield 12 71
South Framingham, Rev. W. G. Pud-
defoot go 00
South Hadley, Silver Circle, Mrs. L.
H . Porter S 00
South Hadley Falls, "G." of which
Sioo Gen. Howard Roll of Honor.. 150 00
Spencer, Y. P. S. C. E. of the First,
by G. R. Wakefield, Gen. Howard
Roll of Honor 100 00
Mrs. E. Shumway 100 00
Springfield. South Ch., $118; Mrs. H.
O. Hains, $;oo. Gen. Howard Roll
of Honor, by J. S. Kirkham 218 00
Ladies' Sew. Soc. of the South Ch.,
by Mrs. J. S. Kirkham, to place
ttie names of Rev. S. G. Bucking-
han> and Rev. P. S. Moxom on
the Gen. Howard Roll of Honor.. 200 00
A Friend 40
Warren, by H. S. Howe, to const. W
S. Beeman, Miss S. J. Arnold, Dea.
W. D. Hosley, Dr. C. A. Deland,
J. T. Leonard and F. M. Stevens L.
Ms 300 00
Warwick, Rev. E. F. Blanchard i 00
Webster, First, add'l, byE. L. Spald-
ing, in full, to const. Mrs. E. Rein,
L. D. Perry, and Miss B. M. Clark
L.Ms 4928
West Brookfield, Mrs. H. Brown, Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor 100 00
Westfield, First, by M. E. Searle 305 25
Ladies of the First, by Miss F. A.
Chadwick, Gen. Howard Roll of
Honor 100 00
West Springfield, A Friend to the
Cause 5 00
Williamsburg, Ch. and S. S., Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor, $100 ; debt,
$15, by H. W. Hill
Worcester, Central Ch., by E. Whit-
man
1 16 03
RHODE ISLAND-$307.i9.
Central Falls, Hon. E. L. Freeman,
Gen. Howard Roll of Honor 100 00
Little Compton, S. S., by Mrs. C. C.
Wordell 8 79
Newport, E. P. Allan 40
Providence, Beneficent Ch., for the
debt, by F. S. Bosworth 9200
J. G. Parkhurst, of Beneficent Ch.,
by F. S. Bosworth, Gen. Howard
Roll of Honor 100 00
Mrs. D. H. Leonard 5 00
A Friend i 00
CONNECTICUT— $4,263.53.
Miss. Soc. of Conn., W. W. Jacobs,
Treas., by Rev. W. H. Moore, Sec. 237 20
Woman's H. M . Union, Mrs. W. W.
Jacobs, Treas. :
Middletown, Silver Circle
of the First, Mrs. G. N.
Ward.byMrs. J. H. Bunce $500
New Britain, First, by Mrs.
A. McManus, Dime
Bank 5 00
South Ch., by Mrs. G.
Root, Dime Bank 5 00
New Haven, Silver Circle,
Mrs. C. E. Curtis 5 00
Norwalk, First, Y. P. S. C.
E., by F. C. Randle. for
the debt, $1 ; Thanks-
giving offering, for Salary
Fund, S15 1600
Terryville, Ch., Gen. How-
ard Roll of Honor 100 00
For Salary Fund :
Hartford, Asylum Hill
Ch., by C. E. Thompson 58 20
Meriden. First, A Friend's
contribution 3 00
First, Mrs. E. Hubbard,
a self-denial gift 5 00
New Hartford, Aux.. a
Christmas gift, by Mrs.
H.R.Jones 500
North Haven, by Mrs. M.
W. Elliott 18 00
Norwalk, First, Mrs. W.
E. Marvin, by Mrs. A.
B. Hill 25 00
Prospect, by Mrs. W. H.
Phepps 13 00
Wallingford, Aux., by
Mrs. L. B. Bishop too 00
Watertown, Aux., by Mrs.
T. P. Baldwin 5 00
West Winsted, Second,
Mrs. H. Gay 2300
Woodbury, First, Aux., by
Mrs. C. M. Harvey 13 00
■ 404 20
Bethel, First, $159-26 ; A Friend. $5,
by A. H. Knox 164 26
Bridgeport, Memorial Mission Circle
of the North, by C. L Hart 25 00
Bristol, Sarah Conzelman, Gen. How-
ard Roll of Honor 100 00
Bv L. G. Merick 50 00
H. A. Carrington, M.D., by L. G.
Merick 1000
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Canaan, Pilgrim Ch., by J. B. Reed.. $31 37
Chaplin, H. T. Crosby 2 00
Chester, by Rev. A. Hall 12 23
S. S. Class of E. C. Hungerford,
Gen. Howard Roll of Honor .... 100 00
Mrs. A. L. Smith i 00
Colebrook, C. E. Soc, by S. Carring-
ton 1 00
Connecticut, "Two Sisters," Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor 100 00
Cornwall, First, by J. E. Calhoun 91 5°
Coventry, S. S. of the Second, by A.
Kingsbury, for the debt 37 0°
Cromwell, by S. M. Savage 156 70
Danbury, First, by H. E. Averill 143 75
First Ch. Rally, by A. E. Pierce, for
the debt 51 00
East Hampton, by L. M. Bevin 20 06
East Hartford, First, by A. P. Hill. . . 150 00
Farmington, First, by R. H. Gay 120 00
Greenwich, Mrs. Z. Mead of the
Second Ch., Dime bank 5 00
Hartford, Fourth, by C. E. Miller 23 97
Prof, and Mrs. A. T. Perry, for the
debt .' 100 00
Mrs. H. Bushnell, for Salary Fund . 100 00
A Friend, Asylum Hill Ch., by C.
E. Thompson, for the debt 25 00
Mrs. F. M. Smith, special S 00
Ivoryton, In Memory of H. S. C, A
Friend, Gen. Howard Roll of Hon-
or 100 00
Kensington, by S. M. Cowles 22 51
Kent, by Rev. W. G. Puddefoot 11 01
Ledyard, by G. Fanning g 80
S. S., by J. M. Gray 3 82
Lyme, Old Lyme, by W, F. Coult. ... 72 32
A Friend i 00
Meriden, First, by W. H. Squire 2 50
Member of the First 2 00
Middlefield, M. E. Lyman 50 00
Middletown, South Ch., by G. A.
Craig 63 10
Monroe, by A. Wheeler 9 76
Morris, Ch., $15 ; S. S., $10, by S. A.
Whittlesey 25 00
Mrs. M. W. Skilton, by J. W. Skil-
ton 3 00
Naugatuck, Union Meeting, by Rev.
W. G. Puddefoot 60 00
New Hartford, Extra-Cent-a-Day
Band, by F. B. Jones 11 00
New Haven, by Rev. W. J. Mutch. . . sg 18
Grand Avenue, by A. F. Heming-
way 6184
M. B. Deane, for the debt, by Rev.
C. W. Shelton 5000
I. M. B 3000
A Member of Dwight Place Ch.,
for the debt 5 00
New. Lebanon, M. Mead 4 80
New London, First Church of Christ,
by H. C. Learned 59 94
Newtown, by G. F. Duncombe 10 00
Norfolk, Ch., Gen. Howard Roll of
Jionor ICO 00
F.E.Porter 500
John De Pew 3 00
Northfield, by H. C. Peck 23 07
Northford, add'l, by W. Maltby li 00
North Stonington, by T. S. Wheeler. 106 00
Norwalk, First, by E. L. Boyer, to
const. Miss S. Miller and F. P.
Randle L. Ms 155 92
Norwich, Second, by N. A. Gibbs m 24
Second, S. S., by H. D. Johnson 20 09
Greeneville Ch., by F. H. Potter. . . 15 00
Orange, by S. D. Woodruff 30 66
Ch.. add'l, by S. D. Woodruff z 40
Pomfret Center, S. S. Rally, by Miss
C. M. Grosvenor 5 00
Sharon, First, by R. E. Goodwin 27 15
Simsbury, A Friend 5 00
Southington, by J. F. Pratt $68 71
South Manchester, S. S. of the Center,
by F. W. Mills 7 86
Southport, Miss G. A. Bulkley, $45 ;
Miss E. A. Bulkley, $45, by Miss
E. A. Bulkley 90 00
A Friend, I9; A Friend, $5, for the
debt 14 00
Stratford, A Friend, toward the L.
Mp. of Myra Curtiss 20 00
Terryville, by A. B. Beach S3 20
Union Meeting, by Rev. W. G.
Puddefoot 49 02
Mrs. R. D. H. Allen 60
Thompsonville, D. Pease 100 00
Unionville, M. M. Smith 30 00
Westchester, by E. E. Carrier 7 10
West Hartford, A. Chappell 10 00
Westport, Saugatuckjby H. C. Wood-
worth, to const. Miss M. E. Taylor
a L. M 7241
Windham, Union Meeting, by Rev.
W. G. Puddefoot 26 28
Windsor Locks, Friend, Gen. Howard
Roll of Honor 100 00
NEW YORK— $2,670.27 ; of which
legacies, $1,062.50.
Received by William Spalding, Treas. :
Albany, Clinton Avenue... $40 50
Black River and St. Law-
rence Assoc, add'l so
Columbus 26 00
Crown Point, S. S., Christ-
mas offering 30 80
East Ashford 2 00
Homer 15 90
Lisle 2 25
Osceola 10 00
Randolph, Ch., $26, for the
debt; S. S., $10 3600
Rensselaer Falls, I5.62 ; S.
S., $1 ; C. E. S., $1 7 62
Rochester, South Church.. . 33 25
Rev. H. C. Riggs 3750
Sinclairville 15 00
South Granville 4 00
Syracuse, Good Will 15 5°
Plymouth 7 35
West Groton 25 38
Rev. E. Curtis 600
315 55
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs. J. J.
Pearsall, Treas. :
Barry ville $5 00
Buffalo, First, Gen. Howard
Roll of Honor, $100 ;
Silver Circle, $35 13s 00
First, Mrs. Haines' Bible
Class s 00
Canandaigua, Mrs. C. T.
Fitch, for the debt i 00
Carthage, Silver Circle 500
Central Assoc, Annual
Meeting 4 05
Cincinnatus. Miss G. Dunton 5 00
Cortland, Silver Circle, Mrs.
Angel Levering 500
Greene, for Salary Fund ... 20 00
Homer, Aux 3 00
New Haven, A Lady 1000
New York City, Broadway
Tabernacle, for Women's
Work 26 50
Norwood, Aux 10 00
Rutland n 30
245 85
Angola, by Rev. J. H. Mallows 7 00
Berkshire, Y. P. S. C. E., by J. J.
Hough 5 00
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March, 1896
Brooklyn, Plymouth Ch., in part, by
H. Porter $269 93
Tompkins Avenue, by P. Palmer... 50 00
The Earnest Workers' Mission
Band of the Lewis Avenue S. S.,
by E. A. Smith, special 25 00
Nazarene Ch., by Rev. A. J. Henry 2 00
Miss J. Roberts i 00
W. H. Williams, for the debt 25 00
Canandaigua, First, by H. C. Buell.. 40 68
Clifton Springs, A Friend 5 00
A Friend 4 40
Fairport, Misses E. E. Dickinson and
S. E. Dowd, by C. D. Case 2000
Galway, H. T. H. Smith 1000
Jamesport, by C. S. Tuthill 3 33
Lockport, A. E. Crocker -js
Lysander, of v^^hich $20 toward the
debt, by W. C. Van Doren 30 00
Massena, Y. P. S. C. E., by M. S.
Bayley 4 89
New York City, Legacy of Mrs. J. L.
Peyton, by E. P. Schell, W. L.
Condit and S. Pope. Ex's 1,000 00
Broadway Tabernacle, add'l, by I.
C. Gaylord 10 00
Bethany Ch., $14.56 ; Y. P. S. C. E.,
$10, by Rev. F. B. Richards 24 56
Forest Avenue, by Rev. W. S.
Woolworth 14 "ji
Christ Ch. of Mt. Hope, by H. M.
Brown 7 50
Mrs. J. H. Washburn, Gen. Howard
Roll of Honor 100 00
A. Bourn 100 00
A Friend, Broadway Tabernacle
ch 25 00
N. Y., G S. Hickok 2500
Friend, for freight 75
Northville. S. S.. by H. Luce 2000
Oswego, by W. B. Couch 46 78
O.xford, by Dea. J. W. Thorp 40 00
Peekskill, A. W Baker i 00
Perry Center, Ch., $10.63 ; S. S, Rally,
S8.16. by H. C. Butler 18 79
Poughkeepsie, First, by E. E. Deyo,
Gen. Howard Roll of Honor 100 00
Warsaw, Estate of Martha B. Shel-
don, by W. A. Barber 62 50
Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Barber, in mem-
ory of W. F. Barber 5 00
West Brook, by T. S. Hoyt... 400
Blossburg, Second, by Rev. J.T. Mat-
thews $700
Cambridgeboro, by Dea. G.W. Rhodes 7 00
Centerville, Mrs. L. C. Walker 10 00
Edwardsdale, Welsh Ch.. by Rev. T.
C. Edwards 12 50
Bethesda Ch., by Rev. D. L. Davis. 6 30
Gibson, Estate of Mrs. Augusta S.
Ingalls, by L. O. Stevens, Ex 27 00
Guy's Mills, Mrs. F. M. Guy 5 00
Johnstown, F. Bochek 5 00
Nanticoke, Bethel Ch., by W.M.Smith 10 73
Philadelphia, Park Ch., by S. Ware-
ham 20 00
A Friend, Gen. Howard Roll of
H onor 100 00
A Friend 80 00
Pittsburg, Swedish Ch., by Rev. A.
Danielson 2 50
Plymouth, Puritan Ch., by Rev. T.
McKay 475
Providence, Welsh Ch., by Rev. R. S.
Jones 15 00
Renovo, Swedish Ch., by Rev. D.
Marcelius 3 00
Shamokin, Welsh S. S., by Rev. D. T.
Davies 1000
Wilkes-Barre, First Welsh, by Rev. R.
Lloyd Roberts 15 00
Tabernacle Ch., by Rev. E. G. Heal 5 00
DELAWARE -$5.00.
Montchanin, Mrs. M. F. Emerson, by
H. M. Bartlett s 00
MARYLAND-$i,o93.6i.
Baltimore, First, by G. L. Brown... . 78 21
Canton, by Rev. T. M. Beadenkoflf 5 00
Mrs. S. F. Smith . 40
Frostburg, Ch. and S. S., by Rev. G.
W. Moore, for the debt 10 00
Maryland, A Friend, to place the fol-
lowing names on the Gen. Howard
Roll of Honor, Rev. A.C.Thomp-
son, Rev. and Mrs. E. K. Alden,
Rev. J. Smith. Rev. and Mrs. A. H.
Clapp. Rev. H. A. Schauffler. Rev.
E. S. Parsons, and W. B. Howland. 1,000 00
NEW JERSEY— $302.07.
Woman's H. M. Union of the N. J.
Assoc, Mrs. J. H. Denison,
Treas. :
Montclair, First, for Salary Fund. . 100 00
Closter, First, by Mrs. 1. H. Dema-
rest, 8 78
East Orange, Trinity Ch., by R. D.
Weekes. for the debt 51 00
Swedish, by Rev. A. P. Nelson 6 60
Perth Ambojr, Swedish, by Rev. F. E.
Ambrosiani 5 co
Summit, by Rev. W. F. Cooley 8 42
Upper Montclair,Christian Union Ch.,
by G. W. Bostwick 100 00
S. S. of the Christian Union Ch., by
F. W. Dorman 22 27
PENNSYLVANIA-
legacy, $27.00.
31.7S; of which
Woman's H. M. Union of the N. J.
Assoc, Mrs. J. H. Denison, Treas. :
Philadelphia, A Friend
Audenried, Welsh, by W. Hughes
30 00
6 00
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA— $139.00.
Woman's H. M. Union of the N.J.
Assoc, Mrs. J. H. Denison,
Treas. :
Washington, First, of
which $50 for Salary
Fund; for the debt, $12.. $104 00
Mrs. M. L. Brown, for the
debt 25 00
Washington, Rev. W. C. Scofield.
VIRGINIA— 40 cents.
Snowville, N. M. Richardson
GEORGIA-S75.6S.
Atlanta, Duluth, $1; Stone Mountain,
Antioch Ch.,70 cents, by Rev. W. F.
Brewer
Baxley, Friendship Ch., by Rev. G.
N. Smith
Braswell, by Rev. W. B. Armstrong.
Clara, by Rev. W. C. D. Christian.. . .
2 00
2 00
12 50
March, li
The Home Missionary
583
Columbus, Americas and Huntington,
by Rev. G. W. Cumbus $7 75
Fort Valley, by Rev. S. E. Bassett.. . 17 25
Hoschton, Macedonia Ch., by Rev. J.
R. Robinson S 00
Meansville and Conyers, Liberty
Chapel, by R. C. Manley 6 70
North Rome and West Rome, by Rev.
J. W. Gilliam i 00
Powersville, by Rev. W. C. Carter... 6 00
Roberta, Walker's Chapel and Mag-
dalena, by Rev. G. Home 8 75
Teagle, $2.50 ; Orford, $2.50, by Rev.
J. C. Forrester 5 00
ALABAMA— $114.52.
Bluff Spring, Mount Carmel Ch., and
Milner, XJnion Hill Ch., by Rev. H.
T. MacKay 3 75
Catalpa, Carr's Chapel, by Rev. N. H.
Gibson i 00
Central, Balm of Gilead, by Rev. A.
J. McCain 75
A. J. McCain 100
Clauton, by Rev. J. L. Busby 2 50
Courtland, Liberty Grove Ch., by Rev.
R. Hardin 70
Dundee, Hurricane Ch., by Rev. G.
Lee 2 50
Ebenezer, $3 ; Zoar, $3 ; Liberty, $3 ;
Concord, f i.io, by Rev. M. G. Flem-
ing 10 10
Echo, Christian Hill Ch., $3.15 ;
Blackwoods, $1.70, by Rev. M. V.
Marshall 4 85
Edwardsville, Salem Ch., by Rev. G.
W. Vaughan 5 00
Ft. Payne, Emanuel Ch., by Rev. J.
A. Jenson 6 06
Jackson's Gap, Rev. E. B. Gunn 2 00
Lamar, Union Ch., by Rev. M. Pres-
cott 5 00
Lightwood, Union Ch., and Kingston,
by Rev. W. C. Culver 7 50
Lon, Liberty Ch., by Rev. J. L. Stew-
art 2 00
Millerville, Bethel and Oak Hill Chs.;
Lineville, Mt. Grove Ch.; Mountain
Meadow, Shady Grove Ch., by Rev.
T. Wright 5 00
New Site, Antioch Ch.,$2.3S ; Jackson
Gap, Liberty Ch., $2.60 ; Rev. R. C.
Harris, $3.80, by Rev. R. C. Harris 8 7s
Opelika, Mt. Jefferson, by Rev. J. S.
Holt 500
Perote, Corinth Ch., by Rev. L. J.
Biggers 50
Phoenix City, by Rev. J. M. Gipson. . 10 00
River Falls, New House Ch., and
Brantley, Oak Grove Ch., by Rev.
W. S. Jones 6 35
Rose Hill, New Hope Ch. ; Henderson,
Wesley Chapel Ch.; Georgiana,
Union Ch. ; and Hilton, Antioch
Ch., by Rev. T. A. Pharr 4 50
Shelby, Covenant Ch., by E. T. With-
erby 15 46
Tidmore, Nectar and High Rock Chs.;
Tidwell, Concord Ch.; and Hance-
ville, Mountain Grove Ch., by Rev.
W. R. East 3 00
Tucker, Union Hill Ch., by Rev. W.
H. Brisendine 75
Volina, New Hope Ch., and Halton,
Hickory Grove Ch., by Rev. I. J.
White 50
LOUISIANA-$s.7o
FLORIDA— $276.45.
Avon Park, by Rev. F. D. Rood $2 30
Bagdad, Crestview, and New Effort,
by Rev. P. G. Woodruff 23 80
Bonifay, Mary, Esther, and Vernon, by
Rev. G. Lee 3 90
Interlachen, $2 ; Ladies' Miss. Soc,
$12.02 ; A Friend, $8.48, by Rev.
W. D. Brown 22 50
Longwood and Palm Springs, by Rev.
G. W. Hardaway 5 45
Melbourne, by Rev. E. W. Butler,
Gen. Howard Roll of Honor 100 00
Moss Bluff, by Rev. E. D. Luter i 50
Orange City, Rev. J. C. Halliday 15 00
Potolo, Carmel Ch. ; Coatsville, Pleas-
ant Hill Ch., by Rev. E. A. But-
tram i 00
South Florida Conference, by C. E.
Walker, Gen. Howard Roll of
Honor 100 00
Wausau, Harmony Ch., by Rev. S. B.
Judah I 00
TEXAS— $50.18.
Woman's H. M. Union, by Mrs. J.
H. Gray :
Dallas, Ladies' Missionary
Soc. of the First
S. S. Rally of the First...
Grand Avenue Branch S.
S. Rally 1552
Sherman, for Salary Fund.
7 06
S 10
5°
Palestine, First, by Rev. J. H. Dobbs,
OKLAHOMA— $43.55.
Alpha, $2.10 ; Park, $2.20, by Rev. J.
F. Robberts
Chandler, by Rev. M. D. Tenney
Okarche and Mt. Pisgah, by Rev. J.
S. Murphy
Parker and Otter, by Rev. W. Kelsey
Seward and Oak Ridge, by Rev. L. S.
Childs
Tohee, Soldier Creek, and Pleasant
Valley, by Rev. O. G. Le Grande. ,
Waynoka, $2 ; Belleview, $5, by
Rev. J. W. Mc Williams
TENNESSEE-$22.2o.
Memphis, Strangers' Ch., by J. G.
Bock
KENTUCKY-$ii.8o.
Berea, by A. J. Hanson.
Welsh, English, and French, by Rev.
E. Paradis
S 70
OHIO— $1,551.37 ; of which legacy,
$500.00.
Received by Rev. J. G. Fraser, D.D.:
Chester Cross Roads, S. S.,
by Rev. T. L. Brown $960
Claridon, by A. C. Treat. . . 14 50
Cleveland, First, by F. E
Spelman 8 90
Pilgrim, by H. C. Holt... 67 38
Union, by Rev. C. H.
Lemmon 10 80
Cyril, Y. P. S C. E., by
Rev. J. Musil 3 50
Columbus, Wash. Ave., by
Rev. J. P. Williams 5 29
40 18
10 00
4 30
1 25
9 00
5 00
14 5°
2 50
7 00
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March, 1896
North, S.S.,BirthdavMoney,
by Bert Rhodes..' $992
Findlay, by G. B. Crane,
Tr 15 00
Gustavus, by Rev. L. P.
Hodgeman 5 00
Hudson, by Miss E. E. Met-
calf, in full to const. Carl
C.Scott a L.M 900
Jefferson, by Rev. D. L.
Leonard, D.D 11 41
Lima 5 00
Lodi, by A. B. Taylor n 33
Madison, Central S. S., by A.
S. Stratton . . 9 57
Newark, Welsh, Y. P. S. C.
E., by Mrs. Sylvanus
Jones 1000
Oak Hill, by Evan D. Davis 8 60
Radnor, J. S. J., W. R.,
and J. VV. Powell, $1 each ;
D. H. and E. Powell, 50
cts. each, by John Powell. 5 00
Sharon, Pa., S. S., by John
J.Thomas 303
Springfield, First, $4.80 ; S.
S., $5-39, by Henry G.
Foi bes 12 49
Thomaston, by Miss Rachel
Davis 2 50
Toledo, Central, by C. C.
Jenkins 16 06
Twinsburg, by O. O. Kel-
sey 13 00
Wellington, by A. F. Skeele,
in full to const. Dea. T.
F. Roodhouse and Mr. J.
M. Crabtree L. Ms 117 47
West Milgrove, Howard
De Witt, by Rev. G. B.
Brown 5 00
Received by Rev. J. G. Fraser, D.D..
Treas. Bohem ian Board, Cleveland :
Chatham, S. S., Christmas
Gift $25 00
Cleveland, First, by F. E.
Spelman 1695
S. S, by Nellie E.Bailey 1658
Plymouth, Christmas Gift,
by S. H. Stetson 4219
Y. P. S. C. E., by Dr.
Schauffler 15 00
Pilgrim, by H. C. Holt.. . log 37
Madison. Central S. S., by
A. S. Stratton 10 00
$235 09
Woman's H. M. Union,
Mrs. G. B. Brown,
Treas :
Columbus, Mrs. Crafts... $50°
Lexington 5 00
Lock 3 00
Toledo, Central, Mite
Bo.x from Miss Emma
Hirtirs class, for Miss
Reitinger i 01
Union ville 5 00
Wayne S 00
$389 35
P24 01 — 259 10
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs. G. B.
Brown, Treas.:
** C " $20 00
Cincinnati, Walnut Hills,
Miss Minnie Maler's
Dime Bank 5 00
Salary Fund 1300
Cleveland, Euclid Av., Mrs.
E. H. Shepard's Dime
Bank $5 00
First, for Salary Fund.. . 1654
Pilgrim, W. A., for Salary
Fund 12 50
Hudson, for Salary Fund... 6 75
Huntsburg, Kingdom Ex.
Soc, for Salary Fund 4 70
Mansfield, Miss S. M. Stur-
fes, Silver Circle of the
irst 5 00
Marietta, First, for Salary
Fund 600
Medina, Miss Wheatley's
Dime Bank 5 00
Mrs. P. L. Alcott 30 00
Mt. Vernon, Miss Ermina
Day's Dime Bank 5 00
No. Fairfield, for Salary
Fund I 50
Oberlin, First, L. A. S., for
Gen. Howard Roll of
Honor 100 00
Miss Kidds Dime Bank. 5 00
Painesville, J. C. E., for
Salary Fund i 00
Tallmadge 10 00
$251 99
Ashtabula, Finnish, by Rev. F. Lehti-
nen , 2 00
Bellevue, First, by Mrs. W. C. Wal-
ter 13 90
Berlin, Second, Silver Circle, C. E.
Wright 5 00
Brecksville, First, by H. M. Rinear. i 92
Centennial, by Rev. F. S. Perry i 46
Clarksfield and Brighton, by Rev. W.
G. Marts 4 07
Cleveland, Cyril C. E. Soc, by Rev. J.
Musil 400
Elyria, J. F. Brooks 5 00
Lorain, -Silver Circle, by Mrs. E. M.
Pierce 11 00
Medina, C. E. Steeb, Silver Circle.... 5 00
Oberlin, First, by A. H. Johnson. . 67 23
Ohio, a retired Minister, anticipating
his legacy 50000
Olmsted, Second, by A. W. Eldred... 8 50
Ridgeville Corners and Pettisville, by
Rev. T. C. Kodgin 362
Saybrook, Mission Band, by L. Hil-
bert 323
Wakeman, S. S., by C. E. Hendrix... 15 00
INDIANA.— $705.39 ; of which legacy,
$614.40.
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs. A. H.
Ball, Treas.:
Cardonia $4 00
Casey ville i 00
Indianapolis 29 5°
Perth I 00
35 50
Central, Beachwood, and Cedarwood,
by Rev. N. R. Woods 5 00
Ft. Wayne, Estate of Elihu Baldwin,
by D. C. Fisher 614 40
South Ch.. by Rev. E. E. Frame... 3 50
Hammond, Ch.. J^io; S. S. Rally, $1.11;
by Rev. E. D. Curtis 11 11
Indianapolis, Mayflower Ch., by J. P.
Scott 2450
Liber, by Rev. A. E. Pierce 3 88
West Indianapolis, Pilgrim Ch.. $2.50;
Lawrence Pollard MemorialOffering
for the debt, $5, by Rev. S. W. Pol-
lard 7 5°
March, 1896
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585
WISCONSIN-$i28.58.
Amery, by Rev. W. J. Stewart
Antig-o, by Rev. T. G. Crassie
Birnamwood and Norrie, by Rev. G.
S. Biscoe
Clear Lake, by Rev. E. C. Chevis. . . .
Glenwood, Swedish Ch., by Rev. O.
Ohlson
Kenosha, J. C. Dowse
Ripon, Y. W. C. A. of Ripon College,
by A. M. Kelley
Mary E. Denison, by E. P. Denison
Washburn, First, by Rev. S. E. Lath-
rop
Washburn and Bayfield, Scand., by
Rev. H . Peterson
Wood Lake and Doctor's Lake, Swed-
ish Ch., by Rev. N. I. Nelson
IOWA-$38.6s.
Blairstown, Mrs. J. H. French
Dubuque, "Thankful," First Ch
Goldfield, C. Phillbrook
Newton, Mrs. I. Cutler
Vining, Bohemians, by Rev. A. Paulu.
Waterloo, Rev. M. K. Cross
Wilton Junction, German Ch., by Rev.
E. G. L. Mannhardt
MINNESOTA— $727.93.
Received by Rev. J. H. Morley :
Austin, to const. Ida M.
ColeaL. M $5000
S . S 10 99
Ash Creek, S. S i 00
Cannon Falls, S. S 2 58
5
00
10
00
5
00
10
00
5
00
25
00
ILLINOIS-$7o.oo.
Chicago, M. R. Blackburn
Glencoe, Dr. J. T. Plummer, by Gen.
O. O. Howard
Ivanhoe, Y. P. S. C. E., by A. E.
Smith
Peoria, German Ch., by Rev. M. E.
Eversz
Quincy, Y . P. S. C. E. of the First
Union Ch,, by F. G. White
Shepherd, S. M. Spencer
Sycamore, H. Wood
[Erratii^n ; Chicago, Zion German
Ch., by Rev. F. Egerland, $9. Errone-
ously acknowledged in February Home
Missionary.]
MISSOURI— $562.72.
Amity, by Rev. J. P. Field 5 73
Bonne Terre, by Rev. J. B. Fiske 41 50
Breckinridge, by Rev. A. K. Wray. . . 31 70
Carthage, Caroline Smith i 00
Green Ridge, by Rev. A. H. Rogers. 41 00
Kansas City, Miss M. A. Kendrick.... 2 00
Kidder, by Rev. A. L. Gridley 32 50
St. Louis, First, by F. T. Knox, M.D. 200 27
Pilgrim Ch.. by G. L. Day 136 00
Reber PL Ch., by Rev. F. Stringer 20 00
A Friend i 00
Windsor, by Rev. B. H. Jones 50 00
MICHIGAN— $27.00.
Detroit, First, Wom.'s Asso
Jackson, Mrs. R. M. Bennett
Milford, Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Liddell.
ID 00
2 00
IS 00
50
48 00
2 03
2 50
30 00
S 00
I 50
5 00
5 00
5 °o
I 60
5 00
Crookston $824
Ellsworth, S. S 400
Kanoranzi, S. S 3 00
Lake Benton 24 05
Minneapolis, Como Ave. ... 25 00
Plainview 9 70
Rochester, S. S 2 48
St. Paul, Olivet S. S 5 57
Tyler 595
Wabasha, $20; S. S.,$3.22... 23 22
Waseca, S. S 2 84
Zumbrota 32 12
Woman's Missionary Union,
Mrs. M. W. Skinner,
Treas. :
Alexandria 10 00
Cannon Falls 7 00
Detroit 5 00
E.xcelsior 6 77
Fairmont, $8.60; S. S.,
$2.70 II 30
Fergus Falls 5 00
Glenwood 6 25
Morris, S.S 613
Moorhead 310
Minneapolis, Miss. Union 5 co
Park Ave 19 09
Tremont Ave., $s; S.
S., $2 7 00
Lyndale 637
First 3 77
Plymouth 45 60
Como Ave., C. E. Soc. 10 00
A Friend 800
New Ulm 5 00
Robbinsdale, Y. L 2 50
St. Paul, Park, Rescue
Fund I 00
St. Charles, $5 ; Birthday
boxes, $7.40 12 40
Winona, First, S. S., for
Bohemians 4 00
Mrs. C. N. McLaughlin,
Birthday gift 5 00
Zumbrota 1050
I416 52
Less expenses 20 00
$396 52
Burtrum and Grey Eagle, by Rev. E.
N. Ruddock 5 00
Clearwater, by Rev. J. L. Jones 3 50
Duluth, Pilgrim Ch., A. B. Siewert,
$50; C. H.'^Patton, $50, by J. W. Nor-
ton, for the debt 100 00
Fertile, Maple Bay and Mentor, by
Rev. A. E. Barnes 13 93
Glenwood, by Rev. F. A. Sumner i 00
Minneapolis, First, G. P. Merrill, a
thank offering. Gen. Howard Roll
of Honor, by Rev. G. R. Merrill,
D.D 100 00
Lyndale, by Rev. L. H. Keller 45 00
Rev. J. P. Dickerman, for the debt. 10 00
Red Wing, D. C. Hill, in full to const.
a L. M 1000
Robbinsdale, by Rev. S. J. Rogers. ... 10 00
Rose Creek and Taopi, by Rev. F. J.
Brown 8 25
St. Paul, Pacific Ch., by M. Lundberg 9 33
Stevvartville, Rev. R. G. Jones 7 40
Worthington, Union Ch., by G. O.
Moore 8 00
KANSAS-$8
$?oo.oo.
;.93 ; of which legacy.
Received by Rev. J. G. Dougherty,
Treas. :
Alma $3 00
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March.
Cawker $6 75
Cora, Harvest Festival 4 25
Ellis, G. Johnston 500
Ford 8 00
Kansas City, Bethel 8 00
Kanvvaka 7 30
Kensington 8 00
Kirwin 5 08
Ottawa 12 18
Partridge, S. S 4 13
Scatter Creek i 64
Tonganoxie, Harvest Fes-
tival 3 CO
Topeka, Jr. C. E. of the
First 1 90
$78 23
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs. E. C.
Read, Treas.:
Mrs. M. L. Eddy, Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor. . . $100 00
Centralia , . . . . 10 00
Clay Center 4 50
Kirwin 2 50
Manhattan 51 75
Osawattomie 6 00
Parsons 235
Russell 9 00
Stafford, Y. P. S. C. E. . . . 2 00
Topeka, First 13 46
Wyandotte, Forest Ch 3 85
$205 41
Less e.xpenses 210
203 31
Anthony, by Rev. J. L. Henderson.. . 15 00
Brookville, by H. H. Wright i 76
Chelsea, by Rev. W. B. Fisher 3 25
Garden City, First, by Rev. L. Hull. 5 00
Goodland, by Rev. W. C. Veazie 5 65
Herndon, Logan, and Ludell, German,
by Rev. W. Suess 4 00
Longton, by Rev. J. D. Moore 2 75
Newton, First, by Rev. F. W. Hemen-
way 21 50
Onaga, by Rev. E. Pratt, add'1 2 00
Plevna, by Rev. W. Davis 11 05
Powhattan and Netawaka, by Rev.
W. S. Bixby 16 35
Sabetha, S. S., " Class A,"' by Rev. L.
P. Broad, for Salary Fund 3 00
Seabrook, by Rev. J. E. Kirkpatrick. 5 58
Vienna, by Rev. E. Pratt i 00
Waubaunsee, Y. P. S. C. E., by H.
M. Noyes 450
Wichita, from Estate of R. P. Abel,
by A. N. Hitchcock 500 00
NEBRASKA— $458.99.
Received by H. G. Smith. Treas. :
Albion $700
Avoca 5 II
Beatrice 27 32
Chadron 16 17
David City 21 80
Fairfield 10 11
Franklin 13 65
Fremont 60 56
Genoa 8 00
Grand Island 3 50
Paisley i 73
Verdon, Mission Band 400
Wisner 20 65
$199 60
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs.
J. W. Dawes, Treas $8 95
Rev. C. S. Billings 3649
Arcadia and Wescott, by Rev. J. F.
Smith
Bladen. $5 ; Campbell, $4 ; Upland, $2,
by Rev. W. A. Davies
Carroll, Welsh, by Rev. S. Jones
Culbertson, Hayes Co., McCook and
Trenton, German Chs., by Rev. A.
Hodel .,
Farnam and Eustis, by Re'v. E. E.
Sprague . .
Franklin, S. S., by F. D. James
Lincoln, Plymouth Ch., by A. W.
Lane
German Ch., by Rev. J. Lich
Germantown, German, by Rev. F.
Woth
Guide Rock, Superior and Beaver
Creek, German Chs., by Rev. F.
Brumecke
Hastings, German Ch., $6.60 ; Wom-
an's Soc, $5, by Rev. C. W.
Wuerrschmidt
Hemingford, by Rev. E. P. Dada
Macon, German Ch., by Rev. J. F.
Koehler
Ogalalla, by Rev. W. S. Hampton
Omaha, Pilgrim, by Rev. A. F. Irvine
Scribner, H . A. Bowlus
Sutton, First, by W. E. Thompson. .
Wymore, by Rev. W. S. Hills
NORTH DAKOTA-$io6.67.
Received by Rev. D. Neuensch wander:
German chs. :
Eigenheim $720
Fessenden 645
Einhert 8 60
Hoffnungsvoll 4 02
Caledonia, by Rev. W. Griffith
Cooperstown, by Rev. E. S. Shaw. . .
Dickinson, by Mrs. E. E. Cook
Glen Ullin, by Rev. F. C. Emerson.
Melville, Pingree and Buchanan, by
Rev. W. J. Isaacs
Oberon, by Rev. O. P. Champlin
SOUTH DAKOTA— $197.75.
Aberdeen, Plymouth, by Rev. T. J.
Dent
Alexandria, S. S., by W. Marble
Armour, by Rev. W. B. Hubbard
Aurora, by Rev. J. E. B. Jewett
Bowdle and Spring Lake, by Rev. L.
A. Brink
Buffalo Gap, by Rev. G. Wadsworth.
Chamberlain, by Rev. E. W. Jenney.
Chs. and Individuals, by Rev. C. J.
Hansen, Scandinavian
Custer City, by Rev. E. E. Webber..
Deadwood, First, by Mrs. G. G. Ben-
nett
Faulkton, by Rev. F. Mitchell
Glenview, by Rev. M. Doty
Greenleaf, by Rev. P. B. Fisk
Iroquois, SS-^S ; Gettysburg, $11.52,
by Miss E. K. Henry
Ch.,$7; Osceola, $2.20, by A. H.
Robbins
Johanne, German Ch., f 10 ; Branch of
Johanne Ch., $1, by Rev. J. Saltier.
Mission Hill, by Rev. D. B. Nichols. .
Redfield College, Philadelphia Soc,
by R. F. Black
Scotland, German Ch., by Rev. M. E.
Eversz
Springfield, Wanari, and Running
Water, by Rev. C. Seccombe
fi4 16
II 00
20 00
5 05
4 20
15 00
4 80
II 60
8 00
80 45
2 60
2 CO
10 00
9 00
6 00
26 27
7
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20
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8
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10
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The Home Missionary
587
Turton, S. S., $1.30 ; Burdette, $8 ;
Myron, S. S., $3: De Smet, fg-sg,
by Rev. W. H. Thrall
Wakonda, by Rev. J. M. Bates
Winfred, Ch., $5 ; Y. P. S. C. E., S5 ;
S. S., $2, by Rev. T. Thompson....
[Erratu7n : Waubay, by Rev. C. Par-
sons, $10, should be credited to Webster.
Erroneously acknowledged in January
Home Missionary.]
COLORADO -$68.80.
Colorado Springs, S. S. of the Second,
by Rev. M. D. Ormes
Cope, Rev. P. Rasmussen
Crested Butte, by Rev. C. H. Stevens
Denver, German Ch. of Globeville, by
Rev. A. Trandt
Harmon Ch., by Rev. G. W. Rose..
H. M. Skeels
Minturn, Rev. E. B. Gramcko
Pueblo, First, by A. A. Tanner
Whitewater, by Rev. G. Foster
WYOMING-$5.oo.
Buffalo, by M. S. Watkins.
MONTANA-$26.9o.
Horse Plains, by Rev. W. S. Bell. . . .
Laurel, by Rev. J. Pope
Missoula, First, by Rev. O. C. Clark,
for the debt
UTAH— $83.00.
Park City, First, by C. M. Wilson,
M.D
IDAHO-$8.30.
Woman's Missionary Union, Mrs. D.
Q. Travis, Treas. :
Challis
CALIFORNIA -$3,040.62 ; of which
legacy, |i, 000.00.
Received by Rev. T. J. Ford :
De Luz, Rev. H. M.
Daniels and family $2 50
Highlands . . 33 20
Ventura 44 15
Villa Park i 50
Received by John D. McKee, of which
$600 Gen. Howard Roll of Honor:
Benecia $9 00
Berkeley, First 104 45
Campbell 12 00
Clayton g 20
Crockett iS 50
East Oakland, Pilgrim 85
Ferndale 9 40
Fitchburg n 30
Fresno 14 20
Fruitvale 6 50
Glen Ellen 2 85
Green Valley 3 00
Hydesville 13 30
Kenwood 10 00
Lewiston 2 50
Lincoln 6 35
Little Shasta 8 20
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00
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S 00
8 30
81 35
Lodi $7 50
Mill Valley .".75
Murphy's 4 45
Niles 16 GO
Ocean View i 50
Oakland, First 300 00
Plymouth Avenue 29 60
Fourth 40 00
Market Street 34 0°
Pilgrim 3 35
Pacific Grove 18 00
Paradise 2 50
Petaluma 37 80
Port Costa i 65
San Francisco, Plymouth ... 12 00
Bethany, S. S. Rally n 35
San Jose 11 70
San Rafael 3 75
Saratoga 6 50
Sausalito 5 00
Soquel IS 00
Tipton 5 00
Vacaville 10 00
Edward Coleman 500 00
Miss Gunnison 2 00
Mrs. M. L. Hall 2500
Rev. F. B. Perkins 12 50
Mrs. E. Snell 200
Mr. Warne 50
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs.
J. M. Haven, Treas 62 00
Woman's H. M. Union, No. Cal.,Mrs.
J. M. Haven, Treas. :
To const. Mrs. D. H. Mathes
aL. M.:
Oakland, First, Self-denial
week $17 65
Sonoma, for the debt 5 00
Tulare, Y. P. S. C. E., for
the debt 4 50
W. S. H. M. S 32 8s
For Gen. Howard Roll of
Honor 100 00
Woman's H. M. Union, Southern Cal.,
Mrs. M. M. Smith, Treas.:
Los Angeles, First, for Sal-
ary Fund $25 00
Ontario 3 00
Riverside, for the debt 13 00
Ventura, S. S 3 42
Avalon, by Rev. E. O. Tade
Berkeley, North Ch., by Rev. J. C.
Robbins
Byron and Bethany, by Rev. W. But-
ler
Chs. and Individuals, by Rev. A. S.
Parsons, No. Cal
Cottonwood, by Rev. G. M. Dexter..
Escondido, by Rev. A. B. White
Guerneville, by Rev. F. Lawson
Hydesville and Rohnerville, for the
debt, by Rev. W. Gordon
Loomis, by Rev. G. J. Webster
Los Angeles, Third, by Rev. F. F.
Pearse
Olivet, by Rev. G. W. Henning
Mentone, by Rev. G. Robertson
Mokelumne Hill and San Andreas, by
Rev. W. C. Day
Nordhoff, by Rev. J. A. Milligan
Ontario, by Rev. F. E. Tracy, for the
debt
Pacific Grove, Mrs. H. S. Goldsmith..
Perris, Y. P. S. C. E. of the First, by
Rev. W. N. Burr
Pescadero, by Rev. E. Hoskins
Pomona, Pilgrim S. S., by E. N. Bas-
sett
44 42
4
00
20
00
28
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00
5
12
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60
15
00
2
60
6
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12
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10
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March, 1896
Porterville, First, by Rev. J. G. Eckles $24 50
Redlands, Legacy of Mrs. Edna H.
Keagle, by Miss J. M. Perkins,
Trustee 1,000 00
Rocklin, by Rev. E. D. Haven 3 oo
Rosedale and Poso, by Rev. A. K.
Johnson 5 00
San Francisco, by Rev. J. K. Harri-
son, for the debt 4 20
San Diego and La Meso, by Rev. T.
R. Earl 5 00
South Riverside, by J. S.Jewell, for
the debt 15 00
OREGON— $40.71.
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs. W. D.
Palmer, Treas.:
Wilsonville
Beaverton, Bethel Ch., and Tualitin,
by Rev. W. Hurlburt
Corvallis, First and Plymouth, by
Rev. H. J. Zercher
Oswego, Leland and Beaver Creek,
by Rev. R. M. Jones
Portland, Hassalo Street Ch., by Rev.
C. F. Clapp
A Member of Hassalo Street, $3 ;
D. D. Oliphant, $5, by Rev. C. F.
Clapp
■WASHINGTON-$6i6.47.
Received by Rev. A. J. Bailey:
For the debt :
Aberdeen $6 65
Black Diamond 7 50
Christopher 8 75
Coupeville 1590
Fairhaven 7 50
Fidalgo City 5 70
Fo.\ Island 4 20
Hart Lake i 84
Mount Constance 4 05
Port Angeles, First 4 66
Port Gamble 8 00
Port Townsend 14 40
Rosario 2 60
Roy 3 50
South Bend 7 00
Star Lake 85
Steilacoom 7 15
Tacoma, Swedish 22 00
Vancouver 13 00
Yelm 2 06
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs.
J. W. George, Treas $11 10
Toledo... 2 00
»i3 10
Big Creek, $3.50 ; Sunnyside, $3.50 ;
Wenas, $4. 85 ; Nachez, $4, by Rev.
R. G. Hawn 1565
Cheney, by Rev. O. F. Thayer, for
the debt lo 00
Chewelah, by Rev. H. M. Mobbs 11 00
Clayton, by Rev. T. W. Walters, for
the debt 8 00
Columbia and Renton, by Rev. B. F.
Rattray 4 00
Colville, add'l, by Rev. T. G. Lewis,
for the debt i 00
Conlee City, by Rev. C. L. Wise, for
the debt 5 00
Dayton, First, by Rev. F. B. Doane,
for the debt 10 00
Fairhaven, Plymouth, by Rev. J. C.
Wright ig 00
Hillyard, Pleasant Prairie and Trent,
by Rev. J. Edwards 7 00
Lake Park, Spanaway Ch., §5 ; Hill-
hurst, $1, by Rev. W. H. Atkinson. 6 00
Leavenworth, by Rev. J. A. Mc-
Croskey 7 00
McMillan, $3.80; Alderton, $3.50, for
the debt, by Rev. O. L. Fowler 7 30
Marysville, $15 ; Edison, $3.60, by
Rev. R. Bushell 18 60
Oakesdale, Pilgrim Ch., by Rev. F. V.
Hoyt 2 77
Ritzville, German Ch., of which $14.40
for the debt, by Rev. G. Schenerle.. 67 05
Seattle, Brooklyn Ch., by Rev. A. A.
Doyle 7 25
Edgewater Ch. of Fremont, add'l,
by Rev. J. T. Nichols go
Plymouth Ch., $116.40; Kalama,
$3 6Si by Rev. A. J. Bailey 120 05
By Rev. G. H. Lee, for the debt 15 00
Snohomish, Rev. W. C. Merritt, for
the debt 43 5°
Sultan, by Rev. H. W. Mercer 4 55
Star Lake and White River, add'l, by
Rev. L. A. Smith 24
Tekoa, by Rev. M. Baskerville 10 00
Walla Walla, First, by T. C. Elliott. . 50 00
Washougal and Mt. Pleasant, by Rev.
G. Baker s 00
Home Missionary 157 80
$42,906 41
Contributions for January, excluding contributions for the debt $29,323 63
Legacies for January 7,027 36
Contributions for the debt in January 9,300 65
Total receipts in January $45,651 64
Contributions for first ten months, excluding contributions for the debt $180,700 26
Legacies for first ten months 92,190 73
Contributions for the debt to February 1st :
General O. O. Howard Roll of Honor 50.600 00
Special for the debt 5,846 05
Total receipts for first ten months $329,337 04
March, li
The Home Missionary
589
Donations of Clothings etc.
Alameda, Cal., Pansy Class (primary
dept.) of First Ch., by Mrs. L. T.
Snow, box I25 00
Alexandria, Minn., First Ch., by Mrs.
G. E. Soper, barrel 70 00
Berkeley, Cal., L. A. S. of the First Ch.,
by Mrs. Philo Mills, two boxes 80 00
Theodora Miss. Soc. of First Ch., by
Georgia Barker, three boxes 50 00
Bridgeport, Conn., Ladies' Benev. Org.
of North Church, by Mrs. F. B. Sam-
mis, box 167 17
Brooklyn, N. V., L. B. S. of South Ch.,
by Mrs. O. A. Zabriski, box 213 71
Campbell, Cal., by Mrs. Moulton, pack-
age 4 00
Cleveland, O., Y. L. M. S. of Euclid
Ave. Ch., by Miss Edna L. Gibbs,
box 27 75
Concord, N. H., North Ch., by Mrs. H.
G. Clark, box 223 00
Crockett, Cal., by Mrs. Butler, box 10 00
Danielson, Conn., L. B. S. of Westfield
Ch., by Mrs. Edward H. Jacobs, box
and three barrels 128 25
East Hartford, Conn., First Ch., by
Mrs. F. F. Street, barrel 52 00
East Fairfield, Vt., L. A. S., by Mrs.
Carl J. Peterson, box 15 00
Elmwood, 111., King's Daughters Cir-
cle, by Edwin S. Pressey, box 19 00
A Friend, by Edwin S. Pressey, box. . 23 50
Elyria, O., L. H. M. S., by Miss C. E.
Crandall, box 71 91
Exeter, N. H., Ladies of First Ch., by
Mrs. L. M. Perry, barrel no 00
Francestown, N. H., L. B. A., by Mary
Pettee, barrel 56 65
Franklin, Vt., L. H. M. U., by Levi
Wild, barrel 52 29
Glastonbury, Conn., S. S., by S. H.
Williams, barrel.
Gloversville, N. Y., Blue Bell Miss.
Band, by Mrs. D. H. Tarr, two bar-
rels 113 00
Hartford, Conn., L. H. M. S. of First
Ch., by Mrs. E. C. Curtis, box and
barrel 145 00
Second Ch., by Mrs. M. H. Graves,
box 12447
L. B. S. of Asylum Hill Ch., by Mrs.
S. M. Capron, two boxes 423 40
Fourth Ch., by Mrs. H. H. Kelsey,
box 113 6i
L. H. M. S. of Pearl Street Ch., by
Mrs. H. K. Lee, box 154 29
Kenwood, Cal., by Mrs. A. E. Gage,
box 22 00
Lorain, O., L. M. S. of First Ch., by
Mrs. F. A. Moulton, barrel 80 00
Martinez, Cal., by Mrs. Eugene Stod-
dard, box 50 00
Middletown, Conn., L. H. M. S. of First
Ch., by Mrs. M. L. Crittenden, barrel 90 00
-Milford, Conn., Miss. Soc. of Plymouth
Ch., by Kate S. Tibbals, two barrels. in 25
New Britain, Conn., First Ch., by Em-
ma L. Pickett, package 121 68
New Haven, Conn., L.H. M. S. of First
Ch., by Mrs. John G. Lewis, three
boxes 461 07
New York City, A Friend, box 2000
Hospital Book and Newspaper Soc,
package.
North Berkeley, Cal., by Annie McDon-
ald, box $10 00
North Java, N. Y., H. M. S., by Mrs. E.
L. Reeves, barrel and cash 50 00
Oakland, Cal., L. A. S. of First Ch., by
M. B. Snow, box 175 00
Orange, Mass., James D. Kimball, by
Mrs. G. H. Cummings, box,
Paxton, 111., by Mrs. G. H. Wilson, box
and freight 148 04
Petaluma, Cal., by Carrie I. Hooper,
box 35 00
Redwood City, Cal., L. A. S. of First
Ch., by Clara M. Shelley, box 20 00
Ridgefield, Conn., L. A. S., by Mrs. E.
A. Hoyt, barrel. go 00
Sacramento, Cal., L. A. S. of First Ch.,
by Sara C. Hoyt, barrel. 81 83
San Francisco, Cal., L. B. S. of First
Ch., by Mrs. E. M. Cutler, box., .. 12445
W. H. M. S. and L- A. S. of Third Ch.,
by Mary L. F. Eastman, box and
freight loi 25
The Faithful Followers of Third Ch.,
by Mrs. Sara A. D. McKee, box 100 00
L, H. M. S. and L. A. S. of Plymouth
Ch,, by Mrs. J. Q. Garfield, box 144 45
Park Ch., King's Daughters, box 113 00
San Jos^, Cal., L. H. M. S., by Mrs. F.
N. Greeley, box 20 00
Santa Barbara, Cal., W. H. M. S. of
First Ch., by Mrs. Caroline I. Sawyer,
box 5° 55
Saratoga, Cal., by Mrs. Cross, box 10 00
Sharon, Conn., Ladies, by Mrs. F. B.
Hamlin, box 123 00
Sheldon, Vt., L. H. M. S., by Miss
Martha G. Durkee, box 20 00
Sherman, Ct, L. A. S., by Mrs. J. M.
Pickett, package.
Springfield, Vt., W. H. M. S., by Fannie
W. Brown, barrel and check 53 75
St. Paul, Minn., Ladies' Soc, by Mrs.
B. B. Boynton, box 400
Stamford, Conn., L. A. S. of First Ch.,
by Mrs. E. B. Willcox, two barrels. . . 125 00
Sterling, 111., First Ch., by Mary H.
Crowl, three barrels and freight 49 49
Suisun, Cal., by Mrs. Flora Woolner,
box 20 00
Thompson, Ct., Ladies of First Ch. of
Christ, three barrels, cash and freight 266 67
[Erroneously ack. in Feb. Home Mis-
sionary,]
Vernon Center, Conn., Mrs. H. H. Wil-
lis, bo.x 10 GO
Warsaw, N. Y., C. H. M. S., by Mrs. A.
S. Bagg, box 31 5°
Wellington, O., Ladies' Benev. and H.
M, S., by Mrs. E. H. Wait, box 30 00
Westport, Conn., Woman's Beneficent
Soc, by Florence A. Wakeman, bar-
rel 58 30
West Rutland, Vt., W. H. M. S,, by Mrs.
F. A. Morse, box, barrel, and freight. 76 25
Wilton, Conn., L. H. M. S., by Mrs.
Edward Olmstead, barrel and cash. . . 78 25
Woodbridge, Conn., L. B. S., by Mrs.
R. C. Newton, box 62 00
Woodland, Cal,, by Mrs. Faulkner, bar-
rel 1500
Zanesville, O,, Ladies' Miss. Soc. of
First Ch., by Mrs. Carlos H. Hanks,
barrel 35 00
The Seventieth Annual Meeting of the Congregational Home Missionary Society will
be held in New Haven, Conn., beginning on Tuesday, June 2, 1896. Particulars hereafter.
590
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March, 1896
Donations of Clothing, etc., received and reported at the rooms of the Woman's Home
Missionary Association, in January, 1896, Mrs. Louise A. Kellogg,
Secretary
Allston, Aux., by Mrs. Emilie A. Ray-
mond, boxes and barrels
Auburndale, Aux., by Mrs. H. A. Hazen,
barrel
Boston, Old South Ch., Ladies, by Mrs.
Wm. B. Garritt, barrel
Brockton, Porter Ch., L. B. S., by Mrs.
Chas. S. Pierce, two barrels
Cambridge, First Ch., by Mrs. R. B.
Hall, two barrels
Campello, by Mrs. Ella L. Washburn,
barrel
Chelsea, Central Ch., Ladies, by Mrs.
H. A. McLachlan, box and barrel ....
Concord, A Friend, barrel
Danvers Center, Ladies, by Mrs. C. M.
Geer, barrel
Dedham, L. B. S., by Mrs. A. T. Wight,
barrel
Dorchester, Pilgrim Ch., Ladies, by Mrs.
G. H. French, barrel
Georgetown, First Ch., W. M. S., by
Mrs. E. J. Bonette, two barrels
Greenfield, Au.x., by Mrs. Helena Rich-
ardson, box
Holbrook, Ladies, by Mrs. E. N.Thayer,
barrel
Hyde Park, Ladies, by Mrs. Mary Clark,
barrel
Jamaica Plain, Central Ch., L. S. S., by
Mrs. R. W. Wood, barrel
Lexington, Hancock Ch.,Ladies,by Mrs.
G. D. Milne, box
Lynn, Central Ch., L. H. M. S., by Mrs.
Amelia J. Parker, two barrels
North Ch., H. M. S., by Mrs. W. F.
Haskell, barrel
$347
36
71
56
171
53
127
31
130
25
45
00
72
13
21
70
61
38
109
95
88
70
81
75
208
16
60
00
52
69
106
22
151
S8
90
12
6S
00
Melrose, S. S., Y. L. Normal Class, by
Mrs. Henry C. Brown, box $25 00
Middlefield, L. B. S., by Miss Bertha E.
Morrell, barrel 43 85
Natick, Ladies, by Mrs. G. W. Howe,
two barrels 82 50
Pawtucket, R. L, Aux., by Mrs. L. B.
Goff, box 128 00
Providence, R. L, Academy Ave. Ch.,
L. A. S., by Mrs. Josephine Kellogg,
barrel 50 00
Central Ch., Aux., by Mrs. T. B. Stock-
well, barrel 116 84
Roxbury, Immanuel Ch., Aux., by C.
F. Adams, barrel 6647
Somerville, Prospect St. Ch., Aux., by
Mrs. E. S. Tead, barrel 50 00
Spencer, L. C. S., by Mrs. G. P. Ladd,
box 85 00
Springfield, First Ch., W. H. M. S., by
Mrs. C. A. Graves, two barrels 127 21
Hope Ch., L. B. S.,by Mrs. E. H. Cut-
ler, barrel 75 00
Stockbridge, L. S. S., by Mrs. C. P.
Warner, barrel 72 35
Watertown, Phillips S. S., by Mrs. M.
Fuller, barrel 130 00
Westboro', L. S. C. by Mrs. O. K. New-
ton, barrel 15556
Westfield, by Rev. Lyman H. Blake, bo.x
and barrel 60 00
West Tisbury, L. B. S., by Mrs. Horace
Parker, barrel 49 87
Whitinsville, Ladies, by Miss Lila S.
Whitin, box 169 92
Williamstown, Ladies, by Miss Eleanor
Ralston Duncan, barrel 80 35
,630 41
AUXILIARY STATE RECEIPTS
MAINE MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Receipts of the Maine Missionary Society frotn September i to September 21, 1895.
John L. Crosby, Treasurer
Albany, Ch., by L E. Bird $800
Anson, Ch., by K. C. Gray, for debt. ... 4 50
Amherst and Aurora, Ch., by W. J.
Minchin 12 55
Ashland, people, by Rev. Chas. Whittier 5 50
Bangor, Central. A Friend 1000
Essex St., by Rev. J. E. Adams 6 35
Belfast, legacy. Miss Nancy M. Moulton,
by James Pattee, Ex 500 00
Boothbay Harbor, Second Ch., by Miss
Hattie B. Adams, Tr., to const. Rev.
Donald McCormick a L. M 20 00
Carrilunk, Ch., for debt, by K. C. Gray 2 75
Deer Isle, Second, by Francis E. Gray. 3 00
First, by Rev. J. S. Richards, for debt 45 60
First, by Rev. J. S. Richards, with
prev. gift, to const. Augustus C.
Gross and Edwin L. Haskell L. Ms. 4 00
East Bangor, by Rev. J. E. Adams 11 00
Gardiner, by Mr. Dingley, Tr 20 30
Gorham, annual gift from S. E. Stone,
by Rev. J. E. Adams $5 00
Grand Lake Stream, People, by Rev. J.
E. Adams 4 08
Gray, by Mrs. Mary H. Merrill, Tr 16 00
Jackson, by Rev. H. S. Dolliff 12 00
Jonesport, by Rev. Chas. Whittier 10 00
Litchfield, by Rev. James Richmond,
S15: Y. P. S. C. E., by Rev. James
Richmond, $5, to const. Mrs. Helen A.
C. FlintaL. M 2000
Machias, Center St., by A. L. Heaton,
Tr 5 04
Marshfield, by C. P. Marshal-! 10 20
Milford, by Mr. Freeze 3 00
North Belfast, by Rev. H. Abercrombie 8 00
Outer Long Island and individuals, by
Rev. J. E. Adams 12 78
Patten, by Rev. J. S. Strong 6 14
Perry, Second, by Rev. W. B. Kenniston 7 50
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Presque Isle, add'l, by Rev. Charles
Harbutt, with prev. gifts, to const.
Dea. George E. Wilkins and Mrs. A.
H. Jenks L. Ms
Princeton, of which for debt, I7
Portland, State St., add'l, by H. M.
Bailey, Tr., to const. Rev. J. L. Jen-
kins and Mrs. Sarah E. Jenkins L. Ms.
Riverside, by Rev. J. E. Adams
Rockland, by E. M. Stubbs, Tr., to
const. Rev. Charles A. Moore a L. M..
Sandy Point, by Rev. J. E. Adams
By B. A. Lucas
Topsfield, by R. W. Dunbar
$2 so
9 30
40 00
I 70
26 00
5°
7 35
Upton, by Mary B. Godwin, Tr $6 00
Vanceboro, by Rev. Charles Whittier. . 5 12
Veazie, by H. E. Lombard 3 13
Warren, Second, by J. R. Starrett 7 25
Willimantic, by A. B. Hunt 175
Winthrop, by George O. Packard 10 00
Dividend 3 00
Woman's Maine Missionary Auxiliary. . 37 50
$944 39
Previously acknowledged 3,227 gg
Total from June 12 to Sept. 21, iSgs... $4,172 38
NEW HAMPSHIRE HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Receipts of the New Hampshire Home Missionary Society from November i, 1895, to
January 31, 1896. Hon. L. D. Stevens, Treasurer
Colebrook, Church and Soc $10 00
Danbury, Ladies' Prayer-meeting 5 00
Rochester, Ch. and Soc, for C. H. M. S. 20 00
Boscawen, Ch. and Soc 21 08
Exeter, First Ch. and Soc, $61.72 ;
Second Ch. and Soc, to const. Frank
N. Graves and Augaste Block L. Ms.,
$205 ; a Friend, for C. H. M. S., $800 1,066 72
Keene, First Ch. and Soc, $58.37 ; for
C. H. M. S., $47.17; Second Ch. and
Soc, for C. H. M. S., $36.25 141 79
Hampstead, Missionary Rally Collection 17 00
Concord, South Ch. and Soc, for Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor, $226 ; Legacy
of Mrs. Sarah E. Hamilton, $500 726 00
Manchester, Legacy in part of Chester
B. South worth, $500, and Legacy from
the same in part for C. H. M. S.,
$1,000 ; First Ch. and Soc, for C. H.
M. S., $74.60 ii574 60
Berlin, Ch. and Soc 15 00
Campton, Ch. and Soc, for C. H. M. S. 8 60
Swanzey, Ch. and Soc 13 64
Dover, First Ch. and Soc, for Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor, $100 ; S. S. of
the same, for Gen. Howard Roll of
Honor, $100 200 00
Portsmouth, North Ch. and Soc, for C.
H. M. S 31 00
Westmoreland, Ch. and Soc 8 00
Bridgewater, Thank Offering from
Friends 5 00
Hampton Falls, Boys' and Girls' Home
Miss. Army 5 00
Kingston, Ch. and Soc 4 00
Epsom, Ch. and Soc 11 20
Milton, Collection in Nute Chapel 8 00
Candia, John P. French, for Gen. How-
ard Roll of Honor 100 00
North Weare, Ch. and Soc $16 20
Gilsum, Ch. and Soc, $4 ; S. S. of
same, $16.78 20 78
East Derry, Ch. and Soc, $1.30 ; for C.
H. M. S., $3.70 ; Collection at Miss.
Rally, $14.47 19 47
Salem, Ch. and Soc 3 00
South Merrimack, Rhoda Converse 5 00
Andover, Y. P. S. C . E 14 50
East Andover, Ch. and Soc 17 75
Croydon, Ch. and Soc 10 00
Meredith, Mrs. Julian Lang 5 00
N. H. Cent Union -. 135 14
Greenfield, Union Ch., for C. H. M. S. . 8 00
Franklin, Ch. and Soc, for C. H. M. S. 25 00
Nashua, First, Ch. and Soc 53 00
Wentworth, Ch. and Soc 4 00
Union Ch . and Soc 10 76
Tilton. Ch. and Soc, $26.05; Ch. and Soc. -
and S. S., $45 ; S. S. Class, $2.75 73 80
Hollis, Friends in Hollis 10 00
Lisbon, Heirs of W. H. Cummings 75 00
Somersworth, First Ch. and Soc, for C.
H. M. S ig 00
Greenville, Ch. and Soc 5 00
New Ipswich, Trustees of Estate of
Leavett Lincoln 200 00
Hooksett, Ch. and Soc, for C. H. M.S.. g 16
Nelson, Ch. and Soc 21 50
Meriden, Ch. and Soc 25 00
Epping, Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Spaulding. 21 00
Hampton, Ch. and Soc 6 94
Newington, Ch. and Soc 7 10
Short Falls, Rev. J. O. Tasker 5 00
Lebanon, Ch. and Soc, $19.50 ; Wm. S.
Carter, for Gen. Howard Roll of Hon-
or, $100 119 50
Dunbarton, First Ch. and Soc 20 00
$4,857 23
MASSACHUSETTS HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Receipts of the Massachusetts Home Missionary Society in January , 1896. Rev. Edwin
B. Palmer, Treasurer
The General O. O. Howard Roll
of Honor :
Andover, McKeen, Miss Phil-
ena, and in Memory of
Phebe T. McKeen $100
Anonymous, in Memory of
Mrs. Sally Marsh Hill of
East Douglas $100 00
Braintree, First, Ladies' Home
Miss. Society, by Sarah H.
Thayer (in part) 36 00
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Cambridge, Kendall, Marion
A $ioo oo
Dedham, Howe, Elijah, Jr... loo oo
Fitchburg, Dole, William W.. loo oo
RoUstone, Johnson, Mrs.
Mary, by S. H. Lowe loo oo
Framingham, Plymouth (in
part), by Rev. L. R. East-
man so oo
Hatfield, Congl. Ch., by Al-
pheus Cowles, and to const.
Mrs. Martha D. Graves and
Miss Emma A. Waite L.Ms.
of C. H. M. S 103 oo
Haverhill, North, Industrial
Society, by Katherine M.
Chase 100 00
Hinsdale, First, Sunday-
school, by Myron C. Sto-
well 107 10
Med way, West, Second Ch.,
by James Fales , 100 00
Newton, Auburndale, Burr,
Mrs. C. C 100 00
Ladies' Home Miss. Soci-
ety, by Miss E. A. Rider 100 00
Newtonville Ch., by E. W.
Greene 100 00
Southbridge, Bugbee, Mrs. B.
U 100 00
Winchendon, A Friend 100 00
Woman's H. M. Association,
by Miss A. C. Bridgman,
Treas :
Arlington, Ladies'
Aux. Soc. and
Friends $135 00
Boston. Jam. Plain,
Gould, Mrs. Harriet
R 100 00
Cambridgeport, Pil-
grim. Young La-
dies' Soc. $20 ; Sr.
Y. P. S. C. E.. $io;
Jr. Y. P. S. C. E.,
$10 (in part) 40 00
Winchester, First,
Ladies' Westn.
Miss. Soc. and
Friends 100 00
375 00
• $1,971 10
Abington, First, by E. M. Nash 14 45
Acton. First, by Wm. D. Tuttle 27 00
South, by William F. Hale 10 17
Andover, South, by T. F. Pratt 394 55
West, tjy F. S. Boutwell 52 5°
Ladies' Soc. of Christian Workers,
by F. S. Boutwell, Debt 12 19
Attleboro. Second, by Chas. E. Bliss... 150 20
Ayer, an Invalid 3 00
Bank Balances, Dec. interest 33 61
Bedford, Trin., by W. M. Sawin 9 53
Belmont, Waverley, by W. F. Little ... 13 29
Bernardston, Y. P. S. C. E., by Mrs. H.
L. Crovvell i 60
Beverly, Washington St., by Samuel
Abbott 89 00
Boston, Charlestown, Winthrop, by
Geo. S. Poole 129 35
Dorchester, Murdock. Mrs. C. H.,
special for W. M. Wellman 5 00
Second, by Miss E. Tolman, for
French Prot. Coll 2 00
Howard, Geo. H i 50
Missionary Extension Course, by W.
• H. Thompson, C. H. M. S 1942
Mt. Vernon, Tucker, Mrs. J. T 5 00
Parkhurst, Mrs. E. C, Estate of . by
E. F. Brackett. E.x 1,093 9°
Park St., by E. H. McGuire, to const.
Edwin M. Putnam a L. M. of C. H.
M. S 104 72
Park St. Society, Mehitable E. Gay
Income, by Chas. S. Lewis
Roxbury, Eliot, A Friend of Missions,
by Rev. Dr. A. C. Thompson
Wal. Ave., by F. O. Whitney
Shawmut, by D. E. Partridge
Bradford, First, by S. W. Carleton
Braintree, First, by A. B. Keith
S. S., by Miss Charlotte Thomas,
forC. H. M.S
Bridgewater, Scotland, by Mrs. S. O.
Keith
Brimfield, Second, by Geo. M. Hitch-
cock
Brookfield, by J. M. Grover
Cambridgeport, Pilgrim, by N. H. Hol-
brook
Chelsea, Dutch, Miss A. M
Chicopee, Third Ch., " Rally " offering,
by Rev. Chas. Pease
Cohasset, Second, by Philander Bates. .
Dalton, Crane, Miss Clara L., to const.
Mrs. Geo. H. Warren, Mrs. J. W.
Flansburgh, Mrs. Laura Harrison,
Miss Adele Groesbeck, Miss Camilla
B. Perry and Miss Lillian Tooley
L. Ms. of C. H. M. S
Crane, Mrs. James B., to const. Miss
Lizzie Clark, Mrs. S. E. Gates, E.
H. Brewer and S. W. Ransbothan
L. Ms. of C. H. M. S
Crane, Miss Mollie
Crane, W. Murray
Crane, Zenas, Mr. and Mrs., to const.
Nettie Cleveland, Mrs. Lizzie L.
Smith, Lilian Simmons, Geo. Kraft
and Walter Peters L. Ms. of C. H.
M.S
Crane, Mrs. Z. Marshal, to const. Miss
Jennie E. Pierce, Mr. Perry Helms,
William H. Dodge, Walter H. Sears,
Henry N. French and Robert John-
ston L. Ms. of C. H. M. S
Dedham. First, by Elijah Howe, Jr
Two Friends, for debt
Douglas, East, by Thomas H. Meek...
Easthampton, Payson, by John N. Ly-
man
Enfield, by Lyman D. Potter
Fall River, First, by E. S. Thayer
Falmouth, North, by Ward Eldred
Fitchburg, Jaquith, Eunice W., Estate
of, by Caleb H. Jaquith, Ex
Rollstone.by David Salmond, to const.
Mrs. Alice Harris, Mrs. Ella M.
Keyes, Elwood E. Taylor and Ern-
est C. L. Whitney L. Ms
Frost. Rufus S., Chapel, Trust Fund,
Income of
Gardner, First, by D. H. Rand
Georgetown, First, by Mrs. H. H.
Noyes
Gloucester, Brooks, Mrs. Reuben
Trinity, by Joseph O. Proctdr,to const.
W^m. H. Wyman and Chester P.
Dodge L. Ms. of C. H. M. S
Granville, East, by Rev. Geo. A. Beck-
with
Greenfield, Second, " Rally " offering,
by Rev. G. G. Atkins
"H," Mrs
Hadley, First, S. S., by M. S. Pierce. . . .
Halifax, by Rev. L. Ellms
Harvard, by J. W. Bacon
Torrey, Rev. C. C
Harwich, by W. H. Underwood
Hatfield, A S. S. Class, by Alpheus
Cowles
Haverhill, Fourth, by Rev. Geo. L.
Gleason
Riverside, by Rev. Geo. L. Gleason..
West, by W. F. Poore
Special for French Prot. Coll., by
W. F. Poore
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S. S., by Henry A. Poore $5 83
Y. P. S. C. E., by Mary L. Poore. . . 4 00
Hingham, Bethany, by H. O. Beale 2 00
Hopkinton, S. S., Primary Class, by S.
I. Valentine 7 00
Hyde Park, Clarendon Hills, S. S., Adult,
$9.09; Prim., $2.93; Birthday Offering
by C. D. Griggs 12 02
Ipswich, First, by N. R. Farley 52 47
South, by Rev. T. F. Waters 75 00
Lancaster, Evan., by L. Rowell 51 38
Ladies' Benev. Soc, by Harriet A.
Keyes 10 00
S. School, by Miss E. F. Merrick 5 59
Lawrence, Lawrence St., byC. K. Pills-
bury 174 25
Leicester, by J. C. Watson 136 82
Lexington, Hancock, by W. W. Baker. 38 82
Lmcoln, by M. C. Flint, add'l 500
Lowell, First, by J. W. Griffin 10 35
Mace, Ella W 500
Swede, by Nils O. Dellgren 525
Maiden, Maplewood, by Thomas Rush-
ton, Jr 20 00
Mass., E. H .- 50 00
Maynard, by W. H. Gutteridge 200 00
Medford, West, Y. P. S. C. E., by
Walter W. Kingsbury 25 00
Medway, West, Third, by Geo. W. Bul-
lard 1600
Melrose, Orth., by C. C. Goss 87 58
Merrimac, First, S. S., by H. K. Emery 40 00
Y. P. S. C. E., by Ida M. Libby 25 00
Middleton, by C. P. Stiles 3 00
Monson, "Rally" offering, by Rev. F.
S. Hatch 32 86
Montague, First, by Sanford Marsh 31 00
Natick; First, by R. H. Randall, L. Ms.
to be named 100 00
Newbury port, Whitefield, by H. B.
Packard 70 08
S. School, by H. B. Packard 6 70
Y. P. S. C. E., by H. B. Packard 5 00
Newton, First (Center), by J. E. Rock-
wood 228 87
West, Second, by J. J. Eddy 104 96
North Adams, by W. W. Richmond, to
const. Misses Mary R. Cady, Annie
B. Jackson, Almira W. Porter, Mrs.
Thomas Sykes, and Mrs. Andrew
Hunter L. Ms. of C. H. M. S 258 88
Northampton, Edwards Benev. Soc, by
S. D. Drury 230 00
Northbridge, Whitinsville, E.-C.-a-Day
Band, by Mrs. C. E. Whitin 18 68
Y. P. S. C. E., by Edward Whitin.... 5 60
North Brookfield, First, by John S.
Cooke 30 23
Norwood, Hale, Mrs. J. B 2 00
Oakham, by Wm. S. Crawford 8 84
Oxford, by Rev. A. E. Bradstreet (of
which $9 Taf t thank-offering) 50 00
Palmer, Second, by James H. Tuthill... 21 47
For Greek Work, by Tas. S. Tuthill 9 80
Thorndike, by C. F. Smith 15 61
Parkhurst, E. C., fund. Income 1500
Phillipston, by Mrs. T. H. Chaffin 7 28
Pittsfield, First, by Frank W. Button.. 35 29
Plymouth, Chiltonville, by Miss C. E.
Langf ord $50 00
Princeton, by Rev. Chas. A. White no 05
Reading, by Dean Peabody 31 25
Reed, Dwight, fund. Income of 90 00
Richmond, by C. H. Dorr 37 27
Y. P. S. C. E., by Mabel E. Sharp... 154
Rochester, East, by Rev. V. J. Harts-
horne 2 00
First, by Geo. B. Haskell 17 00
Rockland, by Will A. Clark, L. M. to
be named 50 00
Royalston, First, by Colin Mackenzie
(of which $29.40 for debt) 33 00
Salem, South, by Frank W. Reynolds.. 5 76
Saugus, Cliftondale, Cross, Rev. A. E.. 10 00
Scituate, Center, S. S., by Mrs. Percy
Brown 400
Shelburne, First, by Z. D. Bardwell, to
const. Miss P. J. Stone a L. M. of C.
H.M. S 71 00
Somerville, East, Howard, Mrs. MaryC. 10 00
Winter Hill, by S. A. Underbill 24 27
Southbridge, by E. S. Swift 23 88
Bugbee, Mrs. B. U. (in addition to
Roll of Honor) to 00
South Sudbury, " R.," for C. H. M. S.
debt 25 00
Sterling, Y. P. S. C. E., by Miss Mabel
L. Kingsbury 10 00
Stoughton, Clapp, Samuel, Mortgage in
full 30563
Swampscott, by Mrs. J. Watson Butcher 20 00
Walpole, Orth., Y. P. S. C. E., by John
S. Allen 5 00
Waltham, Trin., by T. W. Temple 18 93
A Friend 9 40
Wendell, by Mrs. E. L. Baker 7 45
Westboro, Evan., by Harriet E.Brigham 48 41
West Boylston, by E. B. Rice 15 00
West Hampton, S. S., by Edw. H.
Montague 30 43
Weston, by J. C. Macdonald 6 50
Westport, Pacific Union, by J. C. Ma-
comber 12 04
West Springfield, A Friend, by Samuel
Smith 5 00
Weymouth, North, Pilgrim, by S. G.
Rockwood 12 00
Whately, by C. K. Waite, Jr 41 25
Whitin, J. C., fund, Income of 120 00
Williamstown, First, by Chas. S. Cole.. 80 49
Woburn, First, by J. W. Fox 310 87
Worcester, Denny, Chas. A., for the
debt 25 00
Denny, Mrs. Mary D., for the debt... 25 00
Immanuel, by Lorenzo Pratt 25 00
Piedmont, by Chas. F. Marble 52 04
Union, by C. B. Greene 129 72
E.-C.-a-Day Band, by Miss H. T.
Boardman 833
Yarmouth, First, by E. D. Payne 50 00
$11,795 92
Home Missionary 24 75
$11,820 67
MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF CONNECTICUT
Receipts of the Missionary Society of Connecticut in January,
Jacobs, Treasurer
Ward W.
Ashford, Westford, by Rev. E. N. Bil-
lings $2 75
Bridgeport, Olivet, by L. F. Marshall. 10 25
King's Highway, by F. W. Storrs 6 87
Bristol, by L. G. Merick
Danbury, First, by Harriet E. Averill.
Danielson (see Killingly).
Granby, First, by M. C. Hayes
P25 00
68 74
66
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Goshen, S. S., by Miss Alice H. Scoville $27 31
Guilford, North Guilford, by M. L.
Chittenden 15 00
North Guilford, for debt of C.H. M. S. 3100
Hartford, Asylum Hill, by Charles E.
Thompson 2qo 65
Asylum Hill, A Friend 25 00
Fourth, by C. E. Miller 7 19
Killingly, Danielson. by Charles Phillips 36 07
Danielson, for C. H. M. S ,... 68 23
Lyme, First, by Rev. E. F. Burr 30 00
Mansfield, First, by A. W. Buchanan,
special, for C. H. M. S 7 00
Middletown, First, by E. P. Augur 30 82
South, by G. A. Craig 20 63
Milford, First, by C. T. Merwin 10 00
Monroe, by A. Wheeler 9 01
Montville, First, by Henry A. Baker.. . 10 00
New Britain, First, by A. N. Lewis,
with prev. contrs., to const. Mrs.
Emma E. Blake, Mrs. Flora B. An-
drews, Mrs. Mary G. Davis, Miss
Marion R. Ellis, Clark Hine, Lucius
H. Taylor, Henry C. Capin L. Ms.. . . 10 84
New London, First, by H. C. Learned. 40 80
Norfolk, by Rev. John De Peu 50 00
North Guilford (see Guilford).
Old Lyme, by William F. Coult 18 00
Orange, West Haven, by Rev. S. J.
Bryant 32 28
Plymouth, First, by Arthur Beardsley.
Rockville (see Vernon).
Salem, by Rev. Jairus Ordway
Salisbury, by Theo. F. De.xter
Somers, by H. L. James, for C. H. M. S.
Southington, by J. F. Pratt
South Windsor, Wapping, by F. W.
Gilbert
Suffield, West Suffield, by Benjamin
Sheldon
Torrington, Third, by Frank M.Wheeler
Vernon, Rockville, S. S., by Luther H.
Fuller, for C. H. M. S
Wapping (see South Windsor).
Waterbury, First, by F. B. Hoadley...
Westford (see Ashford).
West Hartford, Estate Abigail P. Tal-
cott, for C. H. M. S., by S. A. Gris-
wold. trustee
West Haven (see Orange).
West Suffield (see Suffield).
Willington, by Rev. E. N. Billings
Woodbridge, " Home Missionary So-
ciety," by W. M. Beecher
Woodbury, First, by J. H. Linsley
W. C. H. M. U. of Conn.. Mrs. George
Follett, Sec, "Burrville Silver Cir-
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Aaron B. Mead, Treasurer
Abingdon, Y. P. S. C. E., $10
Alton
Atkinson
Aurora, Dr. Sturtevant
Byron
Champaign
Chenoa, S. S
Chicago, First
New England, David Fales, Roll of
Honor
Bowmanville
Jefferson Park, Miss Mary Roberts...
Covenant
Central Park, Y. P. S. C. E
Mont Clare, Ladies' Society
Clarendon Hills, S. S
Delavan, R. Hoghton
De Pue
Des Plaines
Dundee, S, S., $3.03
Elgin, First
Fall Creek, Evangelical Zion
Galesburg, East Main St. S. S
Knox St. S. S
Glencoe
Gridley
Griggsville, Mrs. Anna McWilliams
Harvey
Havana
Illini
Ivanhoe
Joy Prairie
La Grange, Jun. End. Society
La Harpe
Loda
Moline, First
Naperville, R. H. Dickinson, $5
Neponset
North Aurora . ...
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Paxton 150 00
Payson 18 07
Port Byron 10 00
Ridgeland, S. S. 10 23
Rockford, Second 48 67
Rockton, S. S i 05
Roodhouse 325
Roseville 12 70
Sandwich m 25
Shirland, S. S 2 50
South Danville, S. S 420
St. Charles 12 00
Sterling 54 33
Sublette, Harris Brown 2 00
Summer Hill, S. S in
Sycamore 102 82
Wheaton, First, Y. P. S. C. E 10 00
Winnetka 61 35
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Bloomington $13 00
Chicago, Lincoln Park 9 50
Englewood, Pilgrim 700
Mont Clare i 00
Dundee, Jun. C . E 116
Geneseo, Mrs. P. Huntington 15 00
Granville 10 00
Metropolis 90
Oak Park 20 75
Oneida ... 2 58
Ottawa 25 00
Rockford, Second 18 00
Mrs. Sarah M. Allen, Mrs.
Julia P. Warren 100 00
Sandwich 39 60
Stillman Valley 20 00
283 49
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Kilner, Chicago.... 10 00
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Albion, Rev. F. B. Hines $15 00
Aurora, Mrs. J. L. Greenfield 10 00
Avon 4 50
Batavia, Mrs. Lucy C. Bull 5 00
Mrs. L. C. Patterson 10 00
Big Rock, Mrs Dr. Long- 5 00
Centralia 31 43
Creston, S. S 2 45
Decatur 26 85
Dover 24 00
Earlville, J. A. D 25 00
Galesburg, Central 46 19
Geneseo ^ 52 72
Godfrey, S. S 6 03
Granville 18 28
Greenville, Rev. J. P. Preston 10 00
Harrison, Floyd Smith 5 00
Henry, S. S 13 5°
Hillsboro 9 00
Hinsdale 30 00
Lee Center 24 25
Marseilles 22 16
Melvin, S. S 3 50
Moline, First, add'l 3 00
Morgan Park 12 go
Oak Park, C. S. Pellet 9 87
C. G. Marsh i 00
Ontario 10 75
Ottawa 37 08
Payson, Edward Seymour $30 00
Pojjlar Grove 40 00
Prophetstown 53 93
Rantoul, S. S 3 43
Seward, S. S. (Winnebago Co.) in
St. Charles, Rev. George H. Smith 5 00
Sterling, S. S 864
Sycamore, Pledge Signer - 25 00
Wayne, S. S 3 15
Woman's Home Missionary Union:
Chicago, New England $5 00
Lincoln Park 8 00
Union Park 100 00
Covenant 62 50
Evanston 3 00
Griggsville, M. B i 00
La Grange 25 00
Lombard 12 00
Marseilles, Y. P. S. C. E 8 87
Payson 10 00
Peoria, First 25 00
Stillman Valley 11 87
Mrs. J. W. Willard 200
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A Friend in Southern Illinois 20 84
Interest on Investment 107 28
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Receipts of the Michigan Home Missionary Society injanuaty, 1896.
Rev. John P. Sanderson, Treasurer
Allegan, Dea. N. B. West $100 00
Almont 30 00
Belding 16 77
Cannon 7 00
Cannonsburg 2 00
Cedar Springs 225
Clinton, S.S 5 00
Detroit, First 142 88
S.S 3621
Y. P. S. C. E 27 50
Mt. Hope 500
Dowagiac, Y. P. S. C. E 4 00
East Nelson 4 75
Ewen 436
Gaylord 25 00
Grand Junction i 30
Grand Rapids, First 100 00
Plymouth 5 00
Harrietta i 02
Helena 5 00
Jackson, Plymouth 6 02
S. S 12 29
Y. P. S. C. E 7 50
Plym. Jr. Y. P. S. C. E 58
South Lake, Linden 3 30
Lamont 10 00
Matchwood 1 46
Muskegon, First 8 00
H. K. Soper 5 00
Nashville 3 25
Olivet 25 00
Onekama i gi
Pierport 81
C. W. Perry 10 00
Rapid River $3 95
Rochester 7 79
Saginaw 109 13
Sherman , 5 00
Tawas City 1; 00
Tipton, Y. P. S. C. E "5 00
Trout Creek 3 00
Union City 25 00
Vermontville • 44 72
White Cloud 10 00
Wolverine 10 00
W. H. M. U., by Mrs. E. F. GrabilJ, Tr. 454 00
$1,302 75
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in January, 1896, Mrs. E. F. Gra-
bill, Treas.:
SENIOR SOCIETIES
Almont, W. H. M. S
Ann Arbor, W. H. M. S
Athens, L. D. S
Bay City, W. S
Benton Harbor, W. M. U
Church's Corner, W. H. M. U
Detroit, First Church, W. A
Woodward Ave. Church, W. U
Farwell, W. H. M. S
Grand Rapids, Smith Memorial, W.
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South Ch., W. H. and F. M. S
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Irving. Women of the Church
Jackson, VV. H. M. S
Kalamazoo, W. H. M. S
Lamont, W. H. and F. M. S
Lawrence, W. H. M. S
Litchfield, W. M. S
Mulliken. W. H. M. U
Muskegon. W. H. M. S
Portland, W. M. S
Reed City, W. M. S
Rochester, W. M. S
Romeo, W. M. S
Saginaw, W. S
St. John, W. A
St. Joseph, W. H. M. S
Salem. Second, W. H. M. S
Stanton, W. H. M. S
Stockbridge, Mrs. E. W. Woodward.
Williamston, H. M. Soc
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Jackson, S. S. Birthday bo.x, pr. N.S.M.
Kalamazoo, Y. P. S. C. E
Muskegon, Jun. C. E. S
Reed City, Jun. C. E. S
BOXES OF CLOTHING
Hancock, W. M . S., i box
Detroit, Woodward Ave., 2 barrels ..
Clinton, I box
Fredonia, East Newton and South
Emmett, i box.
Saginaw, Y. P. S. C. E., a Christmas
box.
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Receipts of the Iowa Home Missionary Society in JiDiuary, 1896. J. H. MERRILL,
Treasu7'er
Alden $27 59
Algona, W. H. M. U 4 24
Alvord, W. H. M. U i 75
Ames, W. H. M. U 1000
A voca 2 00
Bear Grove 19 85
Belle Plaine 9 20
E. E. Hughes 20 00
Mrs. D. W. Read 10 00
Blairstown, Mrs. J. H. French 10 00
Bondurant i 65
Boone, B. C. Tillitt 500
Burlington, W. H. M. U 6g 42
Cedar Falls 60 80
Y. P. S. C. E 5 00
Cedar Rapids, H. A. Munger 10 00
E. M. Scott 3 00
Correctionville 7 50
Rev. J. B. Chase 2 50
Corning, W. H. M. U 1000
A. M. Beman, Anna S. Beman 10 00
Davenport, Edwards S. S. . 5 89
Decorah, Y. P. S. C. E 5 00
Des Moines, Moriah 5 70
Pil grim 20 00
Plymouth 48 00
Y. P. S. C. E 5 00
J. H. Merrill 100 00
E. S. Miller 10 00
Doon 3 25
Eldora 12 50
Eldon, S. S 2 50
Edgewood, T. D. Piatt 5 00
Emmetsburg i 00
J. H. Hinckley 5 00
Exira 7 61
Fairfield, W. H. M. U 2 20
Fort Dodge, A Friend 5 00
Fontanelle, W. H. M. U 5 00
Genoa Bluff i 70
Green Mountain 50 00
Grouse Schoolhouse 8 50
Grinnell, Y. P. S. C. E 750
Prof. Chas. Noble 5 00
Mrs. N. L. Sherman 5 00
Mrs. J. B. Grinnell
Rev. T. O. Douglass
Harmony
Hartwick
Harlan. M. K. Campbell
Hillsboro, Jno. Mickelwait
Hiteman
Iowa Falls, Robt. Wright
Keosauqua
Mrs. Morton, Valentine & Eno,
Kingsley
Y. P. S. C. E
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Lakeside
Lake View
W. H. M. U
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Larchwood
Lime Grove
McGregor, W. H. M. U
Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Gilchrist
Marion, S. S
Magnolia. Mrs. Mary L. Hillis...
Moorland
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Muscatine, Mrs. B. B. Kirby
Miss Alice H. Mulford
Newell, S. S
New Hampton
L. M. S
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Ogden
Mrs. D. C. Nelson
Orient, Chas. H . Slocum
Ottumwa, First, Y. P. S. C. E. . . .
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WOMAN'S STATE HOME MISSIONARY
• ORGANIZATIONS
OFFICERS
1. NEW HAMPSHIRE
FEMALE CENT INSTITUTION
Organized August, 1804
and
HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized June, iSgo
President, Mrs. Cyrus Sar^eant, Plymouth.
Secretary^ Mrs. M. W. Nims, 16 Rumford St.,
Concord.
Treaszirer., Miss Annie A. McFarland, 196 Main
St., Concord.
4. MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE
ISLAND *
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY ASSOCIA-
TION
Organized February, 1880
President, Mrs. C. L. Goodell, 32 Congregational
House, Boston.
Secretary, Mrs. Louise A. Kellogg, 32 Congrega-
tional House, Boston.
Treasttrer, Miss Annie C. Bridgman, 32 Congre-
gational House, Boston.
2. MINNESOTA
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized September, 1872
5. MAINE
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY AUXILIARY
Organized June, 1880
President, Miss Catherine W. Nichols, 230 E. gth President, Mrs. Katherine B. Lewis, So. Berwick.
St., St. Paul. Secretary, Mrs. Gertrude H. Denio, 168 Ham-
Secretary, Mrs. A. P. Lyon, 17 Florence Court, mond St., Bangor.
S. E., Minneapolis. Treaszirer, yirs. Rose M. Crosby, 26 Grove St.,
Treastcrer, Mrs. M. W. Skinner, Northfield. Bangor.
3. ALABAMA
6. MICHIGAN
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.
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized May, 1881
President, Mrs. I. M. Powell, 76 Jefferson Ave.,
Grand Rapids.
Secretary, Mrs. Cornelia C. Denison, 132 N. Col-
lege Ave., Grand Rapids.
Treasurer, Mrs. E. F. Grabill, Greenville.
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7. KANSAS
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized October, 1881
President^ Mrs. f". J. Storrs, Topeka.
Secretary^ Mrs. George L. Epps, Topeka.
Treasurer, Mrs. D. D. DeLong, Arkansas City.
8. OHIO
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized May, 1882
President, Mrs. Sydney Strong, Lane Seminar>'
Campus, Cincinnati.
Secretary, Mrs. J. W. Moore, The Morris,
Cleveland.
Treasurer, Mrs. George B. Brown, 2116 Warren
St., Toledo.
13. ■WASHINGTON
Including Northern Idaho
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized July, 1S84
Reorganized June, 1889
President, Mrs. A. Judson Bailey, 704 Olympic
Ave., 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.
9. NEW YORK
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized October, 1883
15. CONNECTICUT
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized January, 1885
President, Mrs. Wm. Kincaid, 483 Greene Ave., President, Miss Ellen R. Camp, 9 Camp St., New
Brooklyn. Britain.
Secretary, Mrs. Wm. Spalding, 511 Orange St., Secretary, Mrs. C. T. Millard, 36 Lewis St.,
Syracuse. Hartford.
T'r^'dw^rer, Mrs. J. J. Pearsall, 508 JeflEerson Ave., Treasurer, yirs. W. W. Jacobs, 19 Spring St.,
Brooklyn. Hartford.
10. ■WISCONSIN
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized October, 18S3
President, Mrs. E. G. Updike, Madison.
Secretary, Mrs. A. O. Wright, Madison.
Treasurer, Mrs. C. M. Blackman, Whitewater.
16. MISSOURI
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized May, 1885
President, Mrs. Henry Hopkins, gi6 Holmes St.,
Kansas City.
Secretary, Mrs. E. C. Ellis, 2456 Tracy Ave.,
Kansas City.
Treasurer, Mrs. K. L. Mills, 1526 Wabash Ave.,
Kansas City.
II. 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.
17. ILLINOIS
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized May, 1885
President, Mrs. Isaac Claflin, Lombard.
Secretary, Mrs. C. H. Taintor, 151 Washington
St., Chicago.
Treasjirer, Mrs. L. A. Field, Wilmette.
12. OREGON
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized July, 1884
President, Mrs. F. Eggert, The Hill, Portland.
Secretary, Mrs. Geo. C. Brownell, Oregon City.
Treasurer, Mrs. W. D. Palmer, 546 3d St., Port-
land.
18. IOWA
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized June, 1886
Presidettt, Mrs. T. O. Douglass, Grinnell.
Secretary. Mrs. H. H. Robbins, Grinnell.
Treasurer, Miss Belle L. Bentley, 300 Court Ave.,
Des Moines.
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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.
20. NEBRASKA
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized November, 1887
President, Mrs. D. B. Perry, Crete.
Secretary, Mrs. H. Bross, 2904 Q St., Lincoln.
Treasurer, Mrs. J. W. Dawes, Crete.
25. COLORADO
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized October, 1888
Ho7i. Pres., Mrs. J. W. Pickett, Whitewater.
President, Mrs. E. R. Drake, 2739 Lafayette St.,
Denver.
Secretary, Mrs. Charles Westley, Box 508, Denver.
Treasurer,yix'&. B. C. Valentine, Highlands.
26. WYOMING
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION
Organized October, 1888
Reorganized December, 1892
President, Mrs. F.W. Powelson, Cheyenne.
Secretary, Mrs. W. L. Whipple, Cheyenne.
Treasurer, Mrs. H. N. Smith, Rock Springs.
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.
27. 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.
22. INDIANA
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized May, 1888
President, Mrs. W. A. Bell, 223 Broadway, In-
dianapolis.
Secretary, Mrs. E. S. Smith, E. nth St., Indi-
anapolis.
Treasurer, Mrs. A. H. Ball, Anderson.
28. MISSISSIPPI
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION
Organized April, 1889
President, Mrs. C. L. Harris, 142 1 31st Ave., Me-
ridian.
Secretary, Miss Edith M. Hall, Tougaloo.
Treasurer,'^r%. L. H. Turner, 3112 12th St., Me-
ridian.
23. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized May, 1888
President, Mrs. Warren F. Day, 353 So. Hope St.,
Los Angeles.
Secretary , Mrs. W. J. Washburn, 1900 Pasadena
Ave., Los Angeles.
Treasurer, Mrs. Mary M. Smith, Public Library,
Riverside.
24. 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.
29. LOUISIANA
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION
Organized April, 1889
President, Miss Bella Hume, corner Gasquetand
Liberty Sts., New Orleans.
Secretary, Miss Matilda Cabrfere, 152 North Gal-
vez St., New Orleans.
Treasurer, Mrs. C. M. Crawford, Hammond.
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, Mrs. J. E. Moreland, 1214 Grundy St.,
Nashville, Tenn.
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31. NORTH CAROLINA
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION
Organized October, 1889
President^ Mrs. S. S. Sevier, McLeansville.
Secretary ]
and VMiss A. E. FarringtoD, Oaks.
Treasurer, |
32. TEXAS
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized March, i8go
President, Mrs. J. M. Wendelkin, Dallas.
Secretary, Mrs. H. F. Burt, Lock Box 563, Dallas.
Treasurer, Mrs. J. H. Gray, 297 So. Boulevard,
Dallas.
33. MONTANA
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized May, i8go
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, 1890
President, Mrs. J. W. Thomas, Lansford.
Secretary, Mrs. C. F. Yennie, Ridgvvay.
Treasurer, Mrs. T. W. Jones, 511 Woodland er-
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. NE-W JERSEY
Including District 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. J. D. Hagerman, Montclair.
Treasurer, yixs.}. H.Denison, 150 Belleville Ave.,
Newark.
37. UTAH
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION
Organized May, 1891
Reorganized December, 1892
Preside?it, Mrs. W. S. Hawkes, 135 Sixth East
Street, Salt Lake City.
Secretary, Mrs. H. K. Warren,^ 508 Third South
Street, Salt Lake City.
Treasurer, Mrs. J. D. Nutting, Third North and
Quince Streets, Salt Lake City.
38. INDIAN TERRITORY
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION
Organized April, 1892
President, Mrs. Fayette Hurd, Vinita.
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
President, Mrs. E. H. Ashmun, Albuquerque.
Secretary, Mrs. Peter Simpkin, Gallup.
Treasurer, Mrs. Samuel Dilley, White Oaks.
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, Miss Carrie Towner, Custer, Black
Hills, South Dakota.
Treaszirer, Miss Grace Lyman, Hot Springs,
Black Hills, South Dakota.
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Rev. C. W. Shelton, Derby, Conn.
Rev. H. D. WiARD, 153 La Salle St., Chicago, 111.
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Contents for April, 1896
PAGE
Robbie 6oi
Notes by the Way 607
Items from the Field 609
One Way to Help 613
At the Eleventh Hour 614
Notes of Long Service in Colorado :
XI. — Discovering a Cave 614
They Want Hymn Books 618
So Does This One 618
And Yet Another 619
Does It Pay? 619
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Sunshine in the Soul 622
Our New Church Home 624
A Foreign Home Missionary 624
A Short Home Missionary Study. 625
The Stickney Legacy 627
The Seventieth Anniversary 627
Those Great Truths Simply Told. . 628
The Treasury ' . 628
The General O. O. Howard Roll of
Honor 629
Index.
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ROBBIE
By Mrs. Joseph Ward, of Yankton, South Dakota
ERE, Missy W , look. Here are fwee pen-
nies ! Some other peoples may want to build
schurches."
And dear little Robbie extended a fat
little hand, scarcely large enough to keep
three pennies from slipping through the slits
between his fingers, or from rolling off from
the tiny palm, as he came tumbling in his
eagerness to bestow the gift of precious
pennies, just as I came in from a walk.
He had been waiting for me. I hardly think he would have landed
the pennies at all, had not those same chubby fingers been sticky — oh, so
sticky — with the candy he had just been devouring, *
It seems that Robbie had received a nickel from one of his numerous
admirers, for he was a bright, "cute " little fellow ; and because he had a
loving little heart inside that small roundabout of his, he made friends by
the wholesale. And now, if you will take the trouble to think of it,
Robbie had accomplished a wonderful thing that particular Saturday
afternoon, for he had been to the little country store and spent two cents
for the candy he dearly loved, and had eaten, too, and which had so
besmeared the rosy, round face and plastered the chubby hands, and he
had reserved three cents to give, for the noble use already stated, to
" Missy W , who pweeches at 7ny schurch." Robbie's giving could not
be explained simply as a matter of conscience, although that conscience
was a fresh, new one, scarcely more than three years from the hand of its
Maker.
Robbie had a way of saying, in moments of sweet confidential chatter-
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ing with his "dear, best mamma," when she asked, "Whom do you love,
Robbie?" "Oh, I loves my Jesus and my schurch — and — my dearie
mamma ! "
So, knowing Robbie well, one could not help concluding that it was
love which inspired him to give gifts, to help with his wee strength, or
to share nobly with others. Love always works that way, and will always
enable one to accomplish Robbie's remarkable feat in benevolent giving,
ROBBIE S OFFERING
which, succinctly stated for grown-ups, is : " Money for tnissions in excess
of money spent on self."
Dear, precious little Robbie ! I seem to see him now, as he came to
me with his royal gift to missions that Saturday afternoon, his great,
generous soul shining out of those large, luminous blue eyes. (Alas for
his mother ! he is singing with the angels now.)
What a pretty, bashful way he had of bending his brown head, and
casting down those glorious eyes veiled with long lashes ; and then giving
you a sidelong glance to see whether you were pleased with him or not.
April, 1896 The Home Missionary 603
Then the eyes flared upon you a wide-open glance that was perfectly
bewitching, and off he would skip as happy as could be, if you looked
pleased, scarcely waiting to hear words of surprise and pleasure and the
" Thank you, Robbie, oh, thank you! " sure to follow. Robbie was always
doing these pleasant little things. " It was his nature to."
Those precious pennies for Home Missions ! " Some other peoples may
want to build schurc/ies." It is the very marrow and pith of the Gospel
you are preaching to me in memory to-day, with your rosy lips and love-
lit eyes. When you received some good thing you ran quickly to share it
with those who had it not ; and yotir way, O Robbie, was always to give
away the largest share.
The special event that had made so marked an impression on Robbie,
and led up to this munificent giving, was the building of a little church,
after the coming of a Home Missionary to labor in that God-forsaken
town where Robbie lived. And, O joy ! his father became the first con-
vert, and his mother, who was already a Christian, became the " happiest
little woman alive." And both entered with heart and soul into the work
of helping to regenerate the town and the people.
Like other towns possessed by the devil, there were plenty of signs
with the big letters SALOON, but never a sign of a church spire in
any direction. There had never been any church services in town.
There never had been any Sunday. Now there were church services and
a Sunday-school, and books and songs and papers and bright picture
cards for the little ones.
But meetings had been held quite long enough in dance-halls and
depots, and the town was going to have a real church building for its
own. It was a moment of intense excitement when this news was given
out. Even the hardened old grogshop sinners were not wholly indifferent
in the midst of the general agitation. They knew well enough that there
was something better for their children than a saloon education. The
blessedest best thing about our home missionary work is the way it gets
hold of the children, who are ever the chief hope in all our endeavors to
better the world.
One of the most touching things about the building of this church was
its effect upon the children. It was a picnic every day for hosts of these
little ones. They were always playing about it and within it, watching
the builders. It was a wonder that the workmen were so patient with
them. But they were quiet, respectful, well-behaved. This was a re-
markable state of things, for everybody knows that children are pro-
verbially " always in the way." But when in the vicinity of this church
a spell of goodness seemed to come over them all, even the most un-
ruly. They said to each other, " This is our church, you know ; haven't
we given our own pennies to help build it? To be sure we have."
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And right here was to be the place for their beautiful new Sunday-
school.
They were always gathering ends of boards and blocks and building
their endless block houses on the ground near by, and even within the
sacred inclosure. At sight of these little ones one was reminded of the
Psalmist's " sparrow " that had " found an house, and the swallow a place
to build her nest, even Thine altars, O Lord of Hosts." In this happy way
these crowds of children spent the play time of those long summer months ;
playing, chattering, hopping in and out, singing like flocks of busy, happy
little town sparrows. With a great expectancy and open-eyed wonder
these dear children watched the grand, palatial structure as it grew and
grew up — up into the blue of the summer sky. Some children there were
who did not know what such a thing as a church was like, and stared and
waited quite curiously and longingly to see.
As the building grew day by day, it was afterward found that some of
the older inhabitants had such visions of their own days of innocent child-
hood and youth, with memories of church-going and Christian homes and
pious parents, as sent them to their knees in an agony of shame and re-
morse. This resulted in some cases in a downright good, honest repent-
ance ; and so the church began to " preach " long before a bell was in its
spire, or a minister in its pulpit.
Most pathetic of all was the way a venerable old Christian couple,
stranded on these prairies far away from their Eastern home and " sanc-
tuary privileges," would mount the attic stair of their little dwelling
(which, being on a rise of land, though miles away, commanded a wide
view of the country), and with field glass in hand would each take a turn
at the window, and report to the other progress in the building of the
church day by day. It was, " Ah, wife, they're getting the roof on
to-day." And the wife's invariable rejoinder at every new statement was
a " Praise the Lord ! " Or it was, " The chimneys are building ; " or
" Husband, do you hear ? — as sure as you live they're putting on a
steeple." Now it was, " They're painting the church ; it's a fine color."
And so the remarks had gone on to the end of the chapter, till one day a
farmer, on his way home from selling his wheat in town, stopped at the
door to tell the old couple that the new church was " finished inside and
out." Whereat these worthy people went to the ever-open family Bible,
their comfort and anchor on that great sea of prairie, as on the tempes-
tuous sea of life, and reading with great emotion the 137th and 84th
psalms, they knelt and returned thanks to God.
But perhaps no one in all that town or country was quite so satisfied
and happy as was our dear Robbie. He appropriated that little church,
and gloried in his possession. It was "my schurch " from the first.
"Isn't you coming to my schurch?" he asked everybody he saw. He
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pointed a fat little forefinger to call the attention of strangers to its beau-
tiful proportions — an entirely superfluous proceeding, for it was the most
noticeable building in all the town to a person entering by wagon or rail-
road train, and no country editor was needed to inform anybody that
the new church was '"^ truly an ornament to the town." There was noth-
ing that could keep our Robbie from church services on the Sabbath.
Though he sat on seats that were so high that his short legs dangled
down, it did not seem to be a weariness to the boy, whose sweet face in
God's house bore the rapt expression of the little child angels in the
picture of the Sistine Madonna. Sometimes, however, he slipped down
and walked about noiselessly, still with that same happy, rapt expres-
sion.
Many happy weeks went by. For parents and child the most of their
" good times " centered about the beautiful new church. Then came to
the community that always dreaded disease, diphtheria. Robbie was
among the first stricken. The illness was short and decisive. There
was scarcely any hope in Robbie's case from the first. It was terrible —
that isolation from friends who otherwise might have rendered such com-
forting service in the sick-room. What could Robbie's parents have
done — what could many a family have done, but for the services of
'' the Great Physician," who comes at call, and whose reputation as a
healer of all human ailments and heart-maladies was beginning to be much
bruited about in that community since the little church began to be ?
Nothing but the name of Jesus had the least power to make Robbie will-
ing to submit to the painful applications and remedies so necessary in the
case. But this adorable Name made Robbie such a patient, brave little
man ! Saturday night came. A sunset sky of brightness and glory fore-
told the Sabbath peace. Robbie, who had grown rapidly worse, roused
from the appalling stupor; but it was the flaring up of the flame before
the "light of the home" went out. ''Mamma, what day is this?" he
asked. His broken-hearted mother, hardly able to control her voice,
spoke in the old, soothing mother-tones. " It is Saturday, dear Robbie."
Then, with a beautiful smile and a great content, he whispered, as
his mother bent low to hear, " To-morrow, Sabbath day, go to my
schurch."
As the Sabbath bell was ringing little Robbie was dressed in his " Sun-
day suit," but no eager little feet would take him again along the well-
worn path to the earthly temple of God — for he had gone to that city
of which " the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple."
The father himself bore the little coffin down the winding stairway,
and they carried the precious body away into God's beautiful green
country, where, in a grove of tall cottonwoods, they laid Robbie's body
in its small earth bed. His sorrowing mother said : " Oh, we wouldn't
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leave you here, Robbie, if we could help it ; but the Lord's will be
done."
There was then no home missionary pastor to offer a prayer over the
little grave. The missionary had been called elsewhere. But the father
read words of comfort from The Book and poured out his soul in a prayer
of faith and resignation, and so gave his son " Christian burial." The
birds sing sweetly and the winds sigh softly over this new-made grave,
and the farm children playing near whisper to each other, " You must
walk very quietly here, for Robbie is dead."
ROBBIE S GRAA'E
But Robbie's parents look up, and say, " Robbie lives, for ' Christ is
risen ! ' "
And this is the beautiful, loving Gospel of hope and peace that the
Home Missionary Society is sending by its messengers to many a be-
nighted region in the homeland. And still there are "regions beyond."
These we must "occupy" before the Lord comes. What and if he
should come " suddenly," as we are told he will come ? How many of us
will " have the face " to meet him, should there be any such debts as are
now pressing upon our great Missionary Boards ? Such debts will be
unknown when all God's people act on little Robbie's principle : " Money
for Missions in excess of money spent on Self."
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NOTES BY THE WAY
By Mrs. H. M. Union
New England Tact
The California ranch from which I now write, lying at the foot of
Mount Diablo, is a fruit ranch of 160 acres. Would that you could see
these 700 apricot trees, 150 Bartlett pear trees, 150 French prunes, whole
groves of the fig, almond, English walnut, etc. Mount Diablo towers
above us 3,000 feet. The ranch house has eight rooms. The Massachu-
setts man who made this home was one of the California " Forty-niners."
After six years of ranch life he was joined by his wife, who came from
Massachusetts via Cape Horn. This was a voyage of several months.
She found her husband in a ranch house of two rooms, one above the
other. There was not a comfort or convenience in the house. She
arrived on a Friday night, and with New England thrift went to work at
once to make things more comfortable. This good woman was somewhat
startled on Saturday by being told that she might expect a houseful of
company for the Sabbath. It seems that this holy day was really a holiday
to the ranchmen in all that region, who were in the habit of gathering at
some house and holding high festival. The Christian influences of New
England were apparently forgotten, and so this woman found herself in
a godless community, and with a pain at her heart which she could not
express, discovered that her own husband had yielded to the influences
of the community and become thoroughly heathenized. No word of this
change, however, had ever come to her in his correspondence with home
friends.
When this New England woman left home, her brother, a Boston
minister, put a volume of sermons in her hands, saying : " Now, sister,
there is no need of living like a heathen even if you do live in a heathen
country."
When this bewildered woman of Puritan antecedents learned that she
was to prepare a feast for these men on the Sabbath day she maintained
a wise silence, to the great surprise of her husband, who had an uncom-
fortable conviction that there would be a scene. When the company
arrived on Sunday morning, she received them graciously, and carried out
her husband's wishes to the letter. At the close of the dinner, she invited
them all to come again next Sunday; not to a dinner, she explained, but to
a meeting ! She told them she intended to have a meeting at that ranch
every Sunday, at which time she would read a sermon from the book
given her by her Boston brother.
It is needless to say that the Sabbath visiting at that ranch was en-
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tirely broken up; and a few who were reminded by this brave woman of
the Christian home at the East, were touched in their hearts, and came
regularly to hear the sermon. After a while a church was organized in
that room. That church has now a good building of its own, and a good
company of active members. So much for the tactful influence of one
heroic Christian woman, again proving that " one woman with God
is a majority. "
CONVERSATION WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT
In conversation with the superintendent of Southern California, I
asked, "What is your greatest hindrance in the work here ? "
"The form of your question perplexes me," he replied. "It is not
easy to distinguish between greater hindrances and lesser hindrances ;
and then I don't like that word 'hindrances.' I have difficulties and per-
plexities, but I am not sure that they should be reckoned as hindrances.
Besides, whatever we call them, it is not the greatness of any of them that
troubles me so much as their multiplicity and variety."
"Well, then," I said, " I will change my question. What are some of
the lights and shadows of your life as a superintendent in this country ? "
"Ah, now you open a clear path to me," said he, brightening. "And,
first, some of the shadows : i. The difficulty of keeping a right line be-
tween true Christian enthusiasm in my work and a mere denominational
ambition. I am not a fighting man ; I instinctively avoid conflict ; and yet
I am not willing that others should take advantage of me to push their
work to the detriment of ours.
" 2. Another perplexity. Shall we plant churches in places where they
are less needed, but promise more speedy self-support, or in places where
they are more needed, but promise less speedy self-support. Some
people, you know, think it a waste of home missionary money to put it
into work that has little prospect of coming early to self-support.
"3. Then there are the difficulties in securing and locating mission-
aries. If I had the authority of a bishop to say who should come and of
what church he should have charge, perplexities in this respect would be
greatly reduced. Since any one may encourage a minister to come, and
the minister when he comes may claim the privilege of trying several
churches before he decides where to locate, and the churches may claim
their privilege of trying several ministers before they give a call, it
requires no little care and forethought to prevent endless confusion."
"Why don't you supply your vacant pulpits with men already in the
State ? "
" I do try to do this, but I find the churches often more ready to
accept a man from a distance whom they have not heard, than to accept a
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man here whom they know, even though he be a good man. Then there
is the difficulty of finding men for strictly missionary fields, such as mining
camps, scattered populations, railroad towns, the slums of cities, etc.
'' One other perplexity of the superintendent is church quarrels ; but
the less said upon this point the better, perhaps."
" Of course," I said, " you have not touched upon a multitude of per-
plexities that harass the soul of every superintendent in the land, the
greatest of which with you all is the open doors which you may not enter
for want of means."
"Yes, indeed ! All other tribulations are insignificant beside that — but
now let me give you a bit of the sunshine in my life as superintendent.
" I. A wise, indulgent, helpful home missionary committee, ready to
encourage every considerate effort to forward the work.
" 2. Our secretaries at New York. Many a time I have been made glad
by encouraging words from them. I thank God, every time I make report,
for the certainty that it will be received with kind consideration.
" 3. Our missionaries and mission churches are so patient with their
superintendent.
" 4. It is a joy to see the work prosper. So few churches when I began
work here ; so many churches to-day. I bless God, and take courage."
At this point we were interrupted, but I often wonder if the friends of
Home Missions realize ths burdens which rest upon the man whom we
call the home missionary superintendent.
It is too true that the secretaries at headquarters are not " carried to
the skies on flowery beds of ease." Their work with an empty treasury
must be heart-aching, heart-breaking work. But the superintendent on
the field, it seems to me, is even more keenly alive to the financial stress.
He eats, sleeps, lives with it. It is before him every hour of the day, and
haunts his visions of the night. He is beside the suffering missionary
family. He looks upon whitening fields which he may not enter, while
he knows that there is money enough in the church, going to waste,
to relieve every overburdened missionary, and furnish a preacher for
every waiting field.
I have made up my mind that when I pray for the missionary I ought
also to pray for the secretaries and the superintendents.
ITEMS FROM THE FIELD
The Right Spirit. — After recounting sore trials, disappointments and
many unusual hindrances, the missionary continues : " But we are not
discouraged. * Have not I commanded thee ? Be strong and of a good
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courage : for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.'
The work is his and we rejoice in it. May he strengthen our hands and
our hearts and keep us always faithful. And may he also bless richly our
Home Missionary Society and enable it to extend and magnify its service
in his Kingdom." — Oklahoma.
Rejoicing over Souls Saved. — I have the pleasure of reporting
for this quarter an accession of eleven to our membership, ten of them on
confession of faith. This is partly the result of a union evangelistic
meeting in which Presbyterians, Methodists, and Baptists worked with us,
assisted by Rev. N. J. Bryans and his wife. It was an earnest effort on
the part of the evangelists and ourselves. We visited the factories and
succeeded in getting the people in large numbers to the meetings. We
hope the way has been opened for still greater work. — Washingtoji.
Reports Ten Conversions. — " O sing unto the Lord a new song ; for
he hath done marvelous things ; his right hand and his holy arm hath
gotten him the victory ! " I do thank God that he has been with me and
blessed me in the Master's work. Some of the people in these times of
terrible business depression have come to Christ and received forgiveness
for their sins. May God bless us still more in the future. — Minnesota
[Scand).
Cheery and Growing. — Our congregations have largely increased
and are still growing. Those who have watched the founding and growth
of this work from the first say the audiences are unprecedented. We
have had special meetings that were well attended and many were per-
manently interested. The fruits are not all gathered in. Next Sunday
several will unite with the church on confession. These meetings we
conduct with no outside aid and there was no " wildfire " in them. There
are results here that cannot be measured by numerals, yet we are greatly
encouraged by them, and are hopeful for the year to come. — Indiana.
Hopeful but Anxious. — This quarter closes with a hopeful view, yet
not without attendant anxieties. Many of the members have moved away
on account of the drought and the hard times, and more are going soon.
Should we not have rain before seeding time many will not feel like risk-
ing another crop. We have begun revival meetings, hoping to secure the
ripening spiritual harvest. — Nebraska.
Souls Added to the Church. — We have taken ten into the church,
eight of them on confession. We observed the " week of prayer " with
cottage prayer-meetings from house to house. There was great interest,
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and Christians were warmed and quickened. ' The spiritual outlook for
the coming year seems very hopeful to me. — Southern California.
Church Organized. — A new manufacturing town, called Lanette,
which has sprung up in the last four years, has over 2,000 inhabitants,
and a large cotton mill built there employs from 700 to 1,000 people.
We have organized a church there with thirty-six members, and the outlook
is for a strong church, most of the members who went into the organiza-
tion having belonged to the Congregational body previously. — Georgia.
Tokens of Progress. — Our work has kept up its even tenor in spite
of storms, blizzards, and sub-zero temperature during most of the quarter.
With the help of the Ladies' Aid Society we have bought a new stove for
forty dollars, and are now after a new organ, which will cost about seventy
dollars. Had we only a bell, which I hope to secure, we shall be out-
wardly equipped for years to come. If, in addition, we have the approval
of Christ in our work, all will be well. There are many tokens of progress
along spiritual lines, for which we are devoutly grateful. — Wyoming.
Spiritually Quickened. — In the " week of prayer " we joined with
the Methodists in meetings that have continued now for four weeks.
Christian people, both residents and visitors, many of them, have worked
with unusual harmony and earnestness, and were greatly quickened, as
the testimony of about forty last evening showed. One elderly man from
Boston has taken up again the Christian life which he had dropped for
several years. Another young man from Connecticut said he believed
the Lord had sent him down here for the blessing received from these
meetings, and he would leave Florida both physically and spiritually
strengthened to become a Christian worker at home. — Florida.
Greatly Revived. — We have experienced a blessed revival, and
upward of one hundred were seeking the better life. I do not know
how many conversions there have been, but we have already received ten
members, among whom are some of the most earnest and influential men
and women in town. More are coming in with us soon. The spirituality
of our members is manifestly increasing, and some strong and beautiful
Christian characters are being developed. Wife and I expect to sail in
about two months for West Central Africa, to take up medical missionary
work there under the i\merican Board. — Oklahoma.
Encouraged. — We feel that this little church is prospering in every
way. , Numbers are increasing at all the services, and the people are ral-
lying round us as never before. There is very much pastoral work needed,
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and your missionary has been doing a great deal. In spite of very hard
times in this region we are making strenuous efforts toward self-support.
The church is becoming more and more spiritually inclined, and we have
great reasons for thinking that we are being wonderfully favored of God
in quiet spiritual ways. — South Dakota.
Some of Our Hindrances — The floating character and disposition
of the outsiders, roaming from one church to the other, prevents a con-
tinued influence of truth. I find little Christian reading. Our Christian
business men seem to be so dependent upon the saloon element that they
are bound hand and foot in acting in any cause that antagonizes the lives
of the people. Many personal and family stumbling-blocks have been in
the way for years. But these are being removed, and I can see slow
growth. — Calif or }iia.
Seeing Hard Times. — My work is now in four townships, all in the
dry strip. The abundant rains of this winter are giving new hope and
courage to the farmers, although in one township many have been obliged
to go elsewhere for the winter, and those who remain are in very destitute
circumstances. Boxes or barrels of second-hand clothing for distribution
would be acceptable. Attendance upon our services is diminished by the
lack of clothing ; and in one church the Sunday-school has been discon-
tinued until April. We found it necessary to carry our own horse-feed the
entire winter, as absolutely nothing for food, either for man or beast, was
raised last year. Still we trust for the coming harvest, both in temporal
and spiritual things. — Oklahoma.
Skeptics Won. — My wife was very sick all the time 1 have been hold-
ing revival meetings, compelling me to drive home every day, seven or
eight miles, to look after her needs, then to drive back at night in time to
preach. When I spoke of closing the meetings, so I could care for her,
she said : " Oh, no ; some soul might be lost ! " She was willing to make
the sacrifice for their sakes ; and while I went forth to preach she lay on
her sick-bed praying for God to help us in our work. And he did help.
Whole families of hardened skeptics were converted, and in their homes
are now heard family prayers. Blessed be God for this victory ; and now,
if God blesses us with crops this year, we shall have all these new-born
souls with us to help support the home missionary work. — Kansas.
"The Parched Places in the Wilderness" (Jer. xvii. 6).— Oh,
for the outpourings of the Spirit and for times of refreshing ! Our own
souls feel parched and withered from long residence in a spiritual desert.
Our own feelings sometimes suggest, as a possible explanation of the
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frequent changes in tlie ministry of Arizona and New Mexico, that
perhaps the brethren dry up and blow away. Well, we intend to hold
on and pray hard for rain. We have extended our work for this quarter
to a little town thirty miles away — a fickle place, the population ebbing
and flowing with the varying success of adjacent mines. It is now at its
lowest ebb ; a good time to begin work. Twenty-one people gathered to
hear us, and seemed eager for more, so we appointed a monthly service
to be held in the middle of the week. We hope on our next trip to visit
another somewhat larger town ten miles further on. We are still living
in the hope that -the Society may be able to send us an evangelist next
year. — Arizona.
A Joyful Heart. — We have this quarter received seventeen into
the church, all adults. Our audiences at both Sabbath services are
increasing, and prayer-meetings are well attended. Our Sabbath-school
and Christian Endeavor Society are doing grand work, and our people
are doing well in every way. We expended over $290 last quarter in
repainting, plastering, and papering our church building. Every dollar
is paid. My salary is paid up to date. We have simply taken new life
and are going ahead to win for God and Congregationalism. Taking all
in all, I believe our church is in better condition in every way than it has
been for years. This is all due to the blessing of God and a grand body
of self-sacrificing men and women, who are standing by their pastor with
heart, soul, and money. — Indian Territory.
ONE WAY TO HELP
The church in Weaverville, California, has discovered one way to
assist the Society in this time of its financial need. It has passed the fol-
lowing resolution : " Whereas, Our Home Missionary Society is largely in
debt ; and whereas, many of our sister churches are observing this as a
self-denial week in order to help relieve the Society —
'■'■Resolved, That we hereby reduce our application for aid this present
year beginning September 16, 1895, by the sum of fifty dollars ; that is,
we would amend our application so as to apply for ^300 instead of $350,
in thankful recognition of what the Society has done for this field and
as our part in this movement."
\^First. — We desire to express to the Weaverville church our hearty
appreciation of the timely thoughtfulness and liberality shown in the
voluntary action here recorded.
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Secondly. — In the way of kind fraternal suggestion we would call the
attention of all aided churches throughout the country to this generous
act of one of their sisters in the rocky, mountainous region of Northwest-
ern California, far less able than are many others to take just now a
further step towards self-support. What a burden would be lifted from
the Society if all its aided churches should make a similar effort ! — Ed.]
AT THE ELEVENTH HOUR
A SHORT time ago I visited a man living in this parish who was dying
of consumption. He was a city man who had come to the country in
search of health. But instead of growing better he only grew worse. I
visited him, week after week, and gradually got from him the story of his
life. His mother had been a Methodist Christian, but gradually her son
had drifted away from the influence of a pious home to infidelity and
profaneness. He had no fear of God before his eyes. He had lived
many years without a thought of God, except to blaspheme his holy
name ; and now he was upon his dying bed, with a wife and two children
by his side likely soon to be left in the world alone. For the first time
in his life, so he said, he sent up a prayer to God to have mercy upon
him, and to forgive his sins. Day after day as we visited him we found
him searching eagerly after the truth, until at length he was enabled to
trust Christ as his personal Savior and realized the forgiveness of his
sins. His life had been almost a tragedy, but he found that even for the
most sinful there is a merciful Savior. — B., New York.
NOTES OF LONG SERVICE IN COLORADO
By Rev. Roselle T. Cross, York, Nebraska
XI. — Discovering a Cave
The pastor loved the children. He wanted to see them happy, and
he wanted them to learn that the surest way to be happy was first of all
to love, obey, and serve God, and then to become interested in the works
of God. His wife met some of the Sunday-school children every month
in a Pike's Peak Mission Band, an organization that was kept up for many
years. He found out when the children's birthdays came, and sent them
birthday letters. Soon after going to the place he began the custom,
April, 1896 The Home Missionary 615
which he continued a great many years, of preaching a five-minute ser-
mon to the children every Sunday morning. He found enough moral and
spiritual lessons in that part of the natural world represented by crystals,
and in his experiences in hunting for them, to furnish fifty children's ser-
mons on the general subject : Clear as Crystal. He also organized,
several years before the Christian Endeavor Society was started, a society
which he called the Try-in-Earnest Band, whose members took the fol-
lowing pledge : " Knowing that I need divine help to save me from my
sins, I receive the Lord Jesus Christ as my Savior and consecrate my life
to his service. Looking to him for help, I will earnestly try to keep his
commandments and live a true Christian life." This pledge was neatly
printed on a card and given to the children to sign. Many whose names
were attached to it are now active members of the church and of Christian
Endeavor societies. The Band held regular meetings. He also took
occasional trips with the boys and girls to the surrounding hills, and longer
trips, with the boys only, to the mountains. Once he and a crowd of the
children explored an empty house which they found with doors wide open
in a lonely glen. They made very quick time out of and away from it,
however, when they found a faint sign showing that it had been used as
a pest-house for smallpox. No harm came of it, though it made the
pastor quite anxious for a few days. Once he and a number of the boys
spent a day in Glen Eyre, climbing high rocks, from which they descended
with great difficulty and some danger, and then found that there was a
perfectly safe way by which they might have descended. One day they
spent in Red Canon, taking their lunch around a camp fire built in the
mouth of a large open room or cave in the rocks. Another trip was taken
to the Garden of the Gods, where they all crowded into a narrow opening
in one of the great upright masses of red rock, and found a huge, dark
cavern, whose top they could not see even with the help of a birch bon-
fire. In it they sung some Gospel hymns loud and lustily. Near this
place was a very fine echo from the great smooth precipice of rock, at
which they hurled manifold exclamations and remarks, and received back
as good as they gave. They found Mr. Echo fully as saucy, as good-
natured, as sarcastic, or as humorous as they could possibly be.
It has already been recorded how the boys camped with the pastor at
Cheyenne Mountain, in 1878. In 1880 he was camping for a week or so
in Crystal Park, a charming valley far up on the mountain side, but in
plain sight of home. With his good glass he could tell the time of day
from the town clock, six miles away. He could see his children and his
chickens running around his house, and could almost tell who called at his
home. Here, too, the Sunday-school boys joined him for a day or two,
and one day they all joined in a crystal hunt which was partially success-
ful, while part of the number ascended Cameron's Cone.
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A short time before this last outing the pastor had organized the boys
into a society called the Boys' Exploring Association, the object of which
was to make explorations in that region, camp out occasionally, collect
minerals and other objects of interest, and secure physical, mental, and
moral improvement. None of the members were allowed to use intoxi-
cating drinks, tobacco, or profane or vulgar language, nor were they to
carry firearms while on their exploring trips.
Their first trip, June 26, 1880, five days after the society was organ-
ized, was a grand success and a great surprise to themselves and to
everybody else. There were eighty boys in the party that day. They
went to Williams' Canon, five miles dis-
tant, a remarkably fine canon which the
pastor had not seen until he had been
in the region nearly three years. Near
the mouth of the canon was an old and
small cave, a sort of huge crevice in the
caiion wall. They took along candles,
thinking that they might explore it. But
the man in charge, a rough, drinking
man, was going to charge them fifty
cents each to enter the cave. It was
more than the boys could afford, and
the man would make no reduction.
Thus he utterly ruined his own busi-
ness, for in a few days or hours his
cave was no longer of any account
and has hardly been visited since
then.
"Boys,"
go up the
own cave."
proved to
The boys were possessed with the idea
of exploring, and as they passed up the canon the pastor, who was their
leader, would occasionally send a squad of two or three boys, in charge
of one of the assistant leaders, to explore and report on some opening or
crevice up on the canon walls. While one party was doing this, John and
George Pickett, sons of the superintendent who had been killed the year
before, found their way up to an almost inaccessible place near the top of
the canon v/all, and discovered the entrance to a cave which, in honor of
them and their father, was named Pickett's Cave, a name that was after-
ward ignored by the owners, who called it the " Cave of the Winds." The
whole party climbed to the spot with great difficulty, passing under an
PICKETT S CAVE, OR
WINDS
CAVE OF THE
said the pastor, " we will
canon and discover our
And so they did, and it
be the finest cave then
known in the Rocky Mountains.
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arch of dangerous rocks. A current of air was blowing from the opening,
and that convinced them that there was a cave of considerable size. The
pastor led the way in, crawling through the very narrow passageway,
carefully inspecting the ground for possible tracks of wild beasts. They
entered one chamber after another, and found room after room from
whose ceilings hung beautiful stalactites, or whose sides were covered with
fold after fold: of thin stone drapery, through which the light of the
candles could be seen. In one room were immense masses of stalactite
matter that looked as though a river had flowed into the cavern and sud-
denly frozen as it was leaping down in successive cascades. As the eye
followed this frozen river of lime up the side of the cavern it rested on a
very long and large stalactite just visible in the gloom of the uppermost
dome. Other passages were found which they could not explore, as they
had no ropes or ladders with them. The boys filled their pockets with
fine specimens, and just as they were ready to leave the cave the pastor
gathered them in a circle and led them in prayer, thanking the kind
Heavenly Father that he had permitted them to discover that beautiful cave,
which he had been so many centuries preparing for human eyes. Those
boys are men now, and most of them are Christian men. They will never
forget that day's experience nor that season of prayer inside the mountain.
They agreed to keep their discovery a secret for a few days. They
took their lunch in a deserted cabin, and then climbed the canon wall and
returned another way, so that the guide to the other cave might get no
hint of their discovery. It was planned to put the cave in charge of Mr.
West, the fees paid him as guide to be used for his new church at
Manitou. But the cave was found to be on private property. As soon as
the account of it was published there was a rush of men to it, and the
best stalactites were quickly carried away. One man took charge of it
and made some improvements, but lost money on it. Then others bought
it, explored it still further, found a great many more rooms, and some of
wonderful beauty. Another cave, doubtless connected with it, was found
since on the other side of the hill, and since then tens of thousands of vis-
itors to that summer resort have paid a dollar each to see the wonders of
tMOse marvelous rooms. Beyond a few specimens and the privilege of
going in free at any time, neither the pastor nor the boys derived any
financial benefit from their discovery. Even the name they gave it was
ignored. But they felt well repaid in adding one more to the list of
striking attractions found in that immediate vicinity.
" A SOUND body, a trained mind, linguistic talent and common sense,
a rounded character, a loving heart, clear, firm faith and consecrated
piety — these constitute fitness for the missionary work." — The late Rev.
E. A. Lawrence.
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THEY WANT HYMN BOOKS
Many a time when my heart has been full of care and anxiety over
the work have I exclaimed to myself, Why doesn't someone get up a
Mizpah Calendar for Home Missionaries ? If anyone on the globe
needs continual praying for, it is the Home Missionary, his people, and
his wife. I suppose that you are all praying for us, in a general sort of
way, but if we felt at a certain time that all over our country prayer
was being offered up for the work in Boise, what an inspiration it would
be. Why doesn't someone?
When we came here two years ago, about the first thing we did was
to take an inventory of the Congregational church, deceased. We
found five poor disheartened members, a very good organ, twenty-four
hymn books (Laudes Domini), and about thirty of Peloubet's Select
Songs, formerly used in the Sunday-school. We gathered the organ,
hymn books, and the forlorn five together, and seven more adults gath-
ered with us, and thus we worshiped for a month, when our congrega-
tion outgrew our hymn books, and keeps growing. Something must
be done; but as we are putting all we can collect into church lots, we get
along as best we can with what we have. Let me describe one feature
of our order of service. Mr. Wright announces: "We will now sing
number 1128 in Laudes Domini, number 87 in Select Songs." Immedi-
ately those who have Laudes Domini turn to number 87, while those
possessing Select Songs look the book through in vain for 11 28. Well,
we smile and think of the time when things of this kind will cease to
annoy. And now another question: Don't you think there is a pile of
these same Laudes Domini laid by on some shelf that we could have, if
the church which is through using them knew of us and our need? — Idaho.
SO DOES THIS ONE
Rev. E. p. Crane, Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, makes an appeal for
200 copies of Gospel Hymn Books, of either number, to be used in his )
four preaching places. Here is an opportunity for churches or Sunday- \
schools to dispose of such books and purchase for themselves something
new; or, still better, to raise the money and send the new books to the
missionary at the front. This pastor is hoping that some large-hearted
friends or some church will send him a stereopticon outfit through which
he may reach the young people " back in the timber." He writes: " I
know of nothing that would be a more efficient helper as a means of
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drawing people within reach of the Gospel message. Any church or
individual interested in our work may have a detailed account of the
necessities and possibilities of the field, if so desired."
AND YET ANOTHER
We need" hymn books very much. Cannot the Missionary Society
inform us of some church that may have some to dispose of, which could
be gotten at a small price, or as a gift ? We have been using Gospel
Hymns No. 5, but they are nearly worn out. If we had fifty more of
them or seventy-five of some other kind, we should have enough for the
present. — Rev. G. W. Nelson, Kalama, Wash.
DOES IT PAY?
Eight years ago I was changing parishes, and our missionary super-
intendent said: "Brother Cinereus, I wish you would go to those people
in P . They were once a fair-sized church, but quarrels, dissensions,
and removals have depleted them, so that now they have but eighteen
members. I think the cause of the trouble is removed, and something
might be done there. And across the country about fifteen miles is the
little town of A , a county seat ; I wish you would give them a portion
of your time and see if there is anything there."
An invitation came from P to visit them. I went and preached
to them. After morning service the church was called together for con-
sultation, and they gave me a unanimous call to be their pastor. The
evening congregation was, I think, the most forlorn assembly I ever
addressed. The old church had a faded gray and white paper on its
walls, that looked cheerless and cold. It was a cold night, and the
church was cold. One boy kept striking matches and holding them in
the hollow of his two hands to warm them. I saw I was needed. I had
not time to go across the country then, so I made appointment to spend
another Sabbath with them, and wrote over to the one man in A who
was said to be interested to have Congregational preaching, requesting
him to meet me in town at ten o'clock on the next Saturday. I went, ten
o'clock came, but no man ; so did eleven o'clock, but he was still invisible.
When I " go for " a man he may just as well come, for I shall be sure to
fetch him. I inquired the direction in which he lived, in the country,
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and started to walk to his place. When I arrived I found him in a field
pressing hay, and asked him whether he was coming to town to meet me.
He said, "No." Did you get ray card? "Yes." I said, I understood
that you were a member of the Congregational church and interested to
have Congregational preaching here. He said, " Once I thought so, but
people are irreligious; they do not go to church. A Methodist preacher
preaches every other Sunday and does not have a congregation of more
than eighteen or twenty." Well, I said, if they are irreligious, all the
more need to look after them. But you do not seem interested, and
evidently do not think there is any good in my coming. I will not tres-
pass on your valuable time any longer, but will wish you a good day.
"No," he said; "let us go to the house and talk to my wife." I went
with him. He melted somewhat in the home, and finally said, " Well,
Mr. Cinereus, if you come here to preach, my wife and I will do all we
can for you." The wife said, " Come." I went from there to my last
Sunday's people and preached twice to larger congregations. After
morning service I called the church together and told them I wanted
them to pledge themselves that they would stand by me and help me
build up the kingdom of God there. We took a rising vote, and they all
stood up. Then I told them I would accept their call and go back for
my family. Four of my children were in the right position to attend
college classes, and for financial reasons I was tempted to leave my family
at the college town I would pass through, and go by myself to the field.
But as the previous ministers had only stayed three or four months, I
thought that if I left my family they would feel I was just experimenting
with them. It would not be a "settlement," and, therefore, I would not
be able to do my work with them. So I put the temptation aside, and
took my family there, telling them I had come to stay two years, anyway,
and we must work together to build up the church.
But I was not going to write about P , where is now a self-sup-
porting church of 100 members, with renovated church building and
parsonage. I want to tell of the work in A . As soon as I was
settled, choosing a moonlight Sunday, I sent word over that I would
preach on the next Sunday morning and evening. Thursday I went over
and called on every man in town, shook hands with him, told him the
Home Missionary Society had sent me there to preach, and invited him
to come on Sunday. I called also on two or three ladies said to be
interested. One non-Congregational brother said, " What good do you
suppose you will do by coming here? The people do not go to church."
I said. If I do no other good, your church will have a minister of greater
ability and character the next year.
On Sunday morning I had a congregation of 150, which I kept right
along. I gave notice that I would come every fourth Sunday. When I
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had been over four times I organized a church of seventeen members,
which rapidly increased until there were thirty-one — sixteen men and
fifteen women. We called a council to recognize the church, which they
did without demur. Then the other church gave us notice that they
would need their house every Sunday, as they would have preaching all the
time. Just before this the county fair was held for the first time at A ,
and its managers requested us to cater to the crowd ; so we had a dining
tent on the fair grounds, and cleared about $135. When crowded out of
our Sunday quarters we were able to hire a hall, furnish it, and gather
our own Sunday-school. Later we laid foundations and built a $3,000
church. Our membership by this time had increased to fifty-four. Now
they have a beautiful church building, a membership of about 140, sup-
port their own minister all to themselves, and last year gave $135 to
general benevolence. I think it paid, and was a good investment.
You may be interested to hear how we built the church at A .
We talked about it quietly among ourselves, then more publicly. One
day in the hotel one of the trustees and I were talking when one of the
citizens said, " What are you talking about ? — that new Congregational
church ? I will give you the stone for the foundation if you will make
a bee and haul it." We were pleased, because he was a man who before
had seemed so little interested that we doubted whether we should ask
him for anything. I then wrote to the town-site company and suggested
that I wanted them to give me two lots on Main Street, near the court-
house. Drawing a plan of that part of town and marking on it first,
second, third, and fourth choices of position, I told them I did not like
to see God's house crowded out on to a back street. No lot was too
good for the Lord and a Congregational church. They answered by
giving me my second choice, two fine lots worth $400, and sent the deed
in fee simple to their agent, to be given us when we had a building on
the lots worth at least ^1,500. The next thing was to draw plans and
specifications. Then the trustees, by direction of the church, solicited
subscriptions, payable at the bank, with the understanding that when
$500 were in sight we should begin to build. Secretary Cobb, with his
usual large heartedness, sent notice of a grant promised us by the Church
Building Society. We dug a cellar and laid the foundation, thirty by
fifty feet, and then, buying our lumber at wholesale, with the consent of
our lumbermen, we let the contract, and the building went up, was
painted, and a bell put in the tower. There was quite a little sum to
raise on the last day ; but Secretary Douglass is a master hand at raising
such amounts, and our church was dedicated free from debt. So one
Congregational family had become a church of fifty-four members, with
a $3,000 church building, all paid for inside of three years.
Iowa. Cinereus.
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"SUNSHINE IN THE SOUL!"
[This letter has been accidentally delayed, but sentiments like tliese are always timely. — Ed.]
Our hearts are full of praise and gratitude to God because of what
he has been to us, and what he has done for us and through us on this
new field during the quarter just ended. What hopes and fears, what
blessings and trials have been ours ! What needs created, and then sup-
plied ; what painfulness and healings ; what doubts and surprisings ;
what clouds, and what sunshine ; what scarcity, and what plenty ! In-
deed the good hand of our God has been upon the missionary and his
wife, leading them by a way they had never before known or trodden.
How abundant has been the labor ! How many miles wearily, yet
joyfully, traveled in a little road cart (borrowed), with its only spring
broken, and the wheels rattling and creaking as if in warning of near
collapse. How cold and dreary and long have been some of these drives,
and scanty the covering from the blizzard and the gale ! And yet —
praise God ! — there has been, for the most part, "sunshine in the soul ! "
Early in January Superintendent Parker — than whom there could not
be truer and more devoted friend and helper — sent us to this new field.
We went to a point twenty-four miles northwest of this, and found a com-
munity quite hungry for the bread of life — for material bread, in some
instances, as well as for spiritual. A good man lent us a little room,
made of half-inch boards, up and down, and twelve by twenty feet in
dimensions. Into this " cupboard " we packed ninety-five men, women,
and children, using boards on blocks of wood for seats. Here for two
weeks through very stormy weather, with the thermometer considerably
below zero, we preached the Gospel of Jesus Christ to perishing men
and women, with a little nucleus of God's dear children. Fancy, for a
moment, what it would be like to have such a building, the only available
one for three square miles, in New York or Brooklyn or Chicago or
Boston or Philadelphia, during an intensely cold winter, and to hear
devout and thankful souls praising God for the privilege of worshiping
" in his house." And surely it was the House of God as truly as any
costly and well-equipped cathedral, for was not he who inhabits eternity
also dwelling with the contrite and the humble, to revive them ? And then
the contrast between the conditions of pulpit ministrations is also quite
striking. Fancy for a moment being compelled to stand for over two
hours, conducting a revival service, in such a cupboard of a room, the
atmosphere stiflingly uncomfortable, and yet the feet as though standing
on ice. Another thing that would seem strange by contrast with ah
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Eastern congregation was the worshipers warming their feet by beating
time with the singing. Yet what enjoyment was ours, and what worship-
ing of the Father in spirit and in truth prevailed ! In this place we were
able to organize a church of twelve members. Others will unite as soon as
they receive letters of dismissal from the churches from which they came.
We are trusting that our Building Society will be able to help us build very
soon. The "cupboard" is now required by the good man's wife for
family use. Surely it is no wonder that the good man and his wife should
be converted during the meeting. Praise the Lord !
The noise of this revival having gone abroad, appeals soon came in
from other places ; earnest inquiry was raised as to the faith and polity of
our denomination, and soon your missionary was hard at work in another
protracted meeting, which was carried on over five weeks. Here were
several conversions, and a good, strong church was organized. To those
composing this church Congregationalism was quite unknown until your
missionary and his wife went among them and taught them from the
Scriptures the doctrines and practices of the apostolic churches. Then
they said among themselves, " Here is a simple basis of union, upon
which we can all agree to meet together and work together for the wor-
ship and service of God." Four precious souls were converted, among
whom was a very bright and intelligent young man, a schoolteacher, who
came over on the Lord's side in a very happy way. He had been under
deep conviction for several days and nights. On this particular occasion
we had dismissed the congregation, feeling sure that there was some one
resisting the Spirit's strivings. Just as the last words of the benediction
had been uttered, the young man rushed forward from his seat and
grasped my hand, saying : " Brother Brunker, I must and do yield to my
Savior, and want to unite with the church. I have been a very wicked
sinner, but, by the grace of God, I will start now to live the Christian life."
Of course there was much rejoicing among the people, and this conversion
and testimony were the means of reclaiming an old backslider, who also
united with the church, bringing with him his wife and three daughters.
From this meeting another point was secured, six and a half miles away,"
and then another. The former place will count as another church in the
near future, and also a Sunday-school.
We hope soon to have six preaching places, and churches organized in
each. This will be made the more practicable by the kindness and
generous giving of some blessed friends in the East who are interested in
our glorious Oklahoma work.
These are no fleeting gleams of sunshine, but a glorious radiance,
filling our path of service for the Master with light and song. Blessed be
the name of the Lord for giving to his servants and to Oklahoma kind
friends and sympathizers ! — Rev. T. A. Brunker, Oklahoma,
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OUR NEW CHURCH HOME
The principal event of this quarter has been the opening of our new
church. To build a church in these times and in a place which has suf-
fered so severely during the last few years as has this raisin country, is
no slight undertaking. Many were skeptical as to the success of the
movement, but one and all now rejoice that by the blessing of God the
work has been done. The building gives great satisfaction and will be
an ornament to the district. There is seating room for about 200, but
at present we are not able to make provision for more than 150. Nine
hundred and thirty dollars have been expended for land and building.
At the opening we used " The Congregationalist " service, entitled " The
House of our God," and found both the music and responsive readings
very appropriate. I have given a series of addresses designed to meet
the skepticism that prevails to some extent in this part of the country, on
these subjects : How Jesus Received Doubters — Is the Bible True ? —
Popular Objections to the Bible — ^Who is Jesus Christ ? — Does God hear
Prayer ? — Is there a Heaven and a Hell ? I trust that these addresses have
not been altogether fruitless, though there are doubters who love to dwell
in an atmosphere of doubt. — California.
A FOREIGN-HOME MISSIONARY
In my early Christian experience I thought my life might be spent in
the foreign field as a missionary, and it was the burden of my heart until
I came to this State, about five months ago ; still deeming it a blessed
privilege to pray for the millions yet under the curse of heathenism, and
for the consecrated missionaries who carry the Gospel of Christ to them.
I have learned that I can do some work for Jesus, even at our own door.
After four weeks of revival effort, which resulted in half a hundred
conversions and renewals, believing that the Lord was leading, we called
a council and organized a Congregational church with forty-one charter
members; and since that time there have been six additions to the church,
for which we praise the Lord. Our membership is made up of seven
different denominations. Of course we meet with many hindering things,
are ofttimes tired, tempted, and financially embarrassed, but remembering
what Jesus said, " I will never leave thee nor forsake thee," we " take
courage." — Oho.
April, 1896 The Home Missionary 625
A SHORT HOME MISSIONARY STUDY
FOR THE INQUIRING GIVER
Time of service covered, three years. Amount expended by the
Society, $800. The field lay in north Wisconsin, in the pine belt,
the pine industry being almost the sole support of the town. The pop-
ulation was heterogeneous and numbered about 1,000. It had the repu-
tation of being the hardest town in that section of the State. In the
year preceding the commencement of our work orgies of the wildest
character were indulged in, and the whole town was given over to wick-
edness. Ministers of four denominations had attempted work, but all
signally failed and retired after a brief trial. Our general missionary
then came to the town with his band of assistants, and, after a season
of faithful labor, succeeded in winning a few who had a desire to see
the town reformed. With the ten members thus gathered the work was
inaugurated. A feeble beginning, truly, but it was the leaven in the
meal. By faithful effort and the aid of our Building Society, a neat meet-
ing-house was built; and in the spring of 1892 the writer was sent to
the field to take the first pastorate of the church and town, serving at
the same time an older church ten miles away.
A description of the town on the Sabbath afternoon of my arriva'v
(having preached at the other church in the morning) will illustrate the
place and its character most readily. Here on a vacant lot near the
main street is a congregation of brutal men and boys engaged in dog-
fighting. Driving up the street we notice that all the saloons, stores, and
shops are wide open. Here, tied to a post in front of a store, is a
wagon-load of hogs and sheep for the butcher, and yonder is another,
likewise loaded, with a pair of steers tied behind. The streams and
lakes of the vicinity are well patronized by fishing and boating parties.
During the first service, slimly attended, an amateur brass band makes
hideous discord in the hall just across the street, and when its members
have blown themselves out of breath, a fight breaks out, just in the
middle of the sermon, at the boarding-house some forty feet away,
and helps to mar whatever portion of the service the band did not.
On the streets the greater number gather to see the horse-race, one of
the standing village amusements on Sunday. This is just a fair sam-
ple of the experiences your missionary encountered for months on the
Sabbath. The town was dominated by the saloons, the atmosphere was
gross, the population skeptical and intensely worldly, the number of
moral people very small.
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We began at once a campaign for temperance and righteousness.
For a year little, seemingly, was accomplished; and when we closed
the first year with a membership of twenty-one, and the vote for "no
license" showed only fourteen against 160, we were not at all cheerful.
But the turn of the tide came slowly. At the end of the second
year there were thirty members in the church, an Endeavor Society of
fifty members, and a vote for temperance of eighty-six against ninety-
one. At the end of three years' work, we had over fifty members in
the church, but were compelled to leave the field in early spring.
If you go into that town to-day you will find it as orderly as the
average Eastern village. Sunday is as well observed as in any town in
Wisconsin. There is a pride in having all things in order. Through
much bitter opposition and persecution has this thing been brought
about by the grace of God, the labor of your workers, and, not least,
by the expenditure of your gifts. There has been no other organiza-
tion at work in the field until the last year, when work was begun among
the Swedes and Norwegians. All has been done through the medium
of that feeble band planted under the care of the Home Missionary
Society; and what has been done there is only one instance of thou-
sands that its missionaries could furnish of what is being wrought for
the regeneration of America.
How much did it cost thus to lift up to the level of decency, clean-
liness, morality, the beginning of the highest life, this town ? Spread
over the membership of the Congregational churches of the country,
it cost a little over a cent and a half each, and that outlay spread
over three years. It does pay! It will pay always. Why? Because
it is God's work, and that work shall prosper until its glory shines
" from the river unto the ends of the earth."
Every cent of that money has brought visible results. The harvest
of the blessed things not seen we must wait for. " The message of
life's great to-morrow will have that story in its sweet strain. Duty has
her finger pointed unerringly to the pressing needs of to-day. It is no
ten per cent, investment that seeks our (or rather the Lord's) capital;
but one whose most meager return, the saving of one soul, overbalances,
in the great scale of the hereafter, the wealth of the universe.
How much still stands tinpaid on the debit side of your life ledger,
that you can pay to your Lord ? The time to begin payment is to-
day." He is speaking loudly — in the great opportunities to spread the
work; in the pinch and suffering of many faithful missionaries; in the
perplexities of our national officers; in the shadow of a needless and
irritating debt; in the alarming conditions of our national life, whose
need is the Gospel. Is not this his word to you: " Pay me what thou
owest " ? — Atherton.
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THE STICKNEY LEGACY
The Executive Committee of the Congregational Home Missionary
Society, with deep gratitude to God, reports to the churches the receipt
of the securities constituting the Stickney legacy of ^150,000.
This money has come to us, after two years of delay, under circum-
stances so remarkable as to make us feel that the good hand of our God
is upon our home missionary work and the churches, in answer to the
abundant prayer that has been offered in behalf of the Society in the
months of exigency and trial.
We believe that the historic policy of the Society— to do its work with
such money as from year to year the churches put in our hands, and to
keep out of debt^should be maintained. We hope, therefore, that the
contributions of the churches during the present month will enable us to
close the year with all its current obligations met and discharged. This
will require about $148,000.
We hail with gratitude, also, the magnificent response that has been
made through the General Howard Roll of Honor toward paying off the
deficit remaining at the end of last year. We look to see that work go
forward until the entire deficit is provided, $80,000 out of the $134,000
having already been subscribed.
The receipt of this legacy ought not to be considered by the churches
as relieving them from the duty and privilege of keeping the work of this
Society in their own hands and increasing its extent by their contributions.
We therefore hope that the total contributions of the churches and
friends of the Society by the close of our year, March 31, will be so ample
and generous as to permit our reserving the whole or a substantial part of
the Stickney legacy as the basis of restoring our appropriations and enter-
ing upon a steadily maintained advance in our work in the years to come.
We look upon this as the very best use to which the Stickney gift in its
generous munificence could be put, and we now appeal to the country to
enable us to carry out this purpose.
We shall wait until the close of our fiscal year, and, indeed, until the
Annual Meeting, for your answer. The gift, meanwhile, constitutes
the guaranty that our financial credit is reestablished.
THE SEVENTIETH ANNIVERSARY
By invitation of the First Church of New Haven, Conn., Rev. Newman
Smyth, D.D., pastor, the seventieth annual meeting of this Society will be
held with that church. The public sessions will begin with the annual
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sermon, on Tuesday evening, June 2, by Rev. Daniel Merriman, D.D., of
Worcester, Mass., and close on Thursday evening, June 4, 1896.
Particulars as to fares, entertainment in New Haven, tlie preacher,
speakers, etc., will be given in the next (May) issue of The Home
Missionary.
THOSE "GREAT TRUTHS SIMPLY TOLD"
The supply of this useful volume put at our disposal, as noticed in
The Home Missionary for February, page 528, was speedily exhausted,
and called forth hearty thanks from the receivers. We are happy to say
that the generous donor has kindly sent us a still larger number for the same
use, and our brethren who applied too late, with others who will now send
their addresses to the Secretaries, at the Bible House, New York, shall be
supplied by mail until our store gives out.
THE TREASURY
The usual monthly summary of the Treasurer, giving the state of the
Society's finances on the first of March, will be found at the close of the
statement of receipts in February, on page 638 following.
At the March meeting of the Executive Committee the Treasurer
reported ^10,900 as received in February upon the General Howard Roll
of Honor, and $1,052.70 more in specials for the debt. The Committee
voted that $11,952.70 additional be paid upon the debt of April, 189c;,
which reduces that debt to $65,601.25.
Our friends, reading the foregoing article, will unite with us in devout
thanks to God that the long and trying delay in the settlement of the
Stickney legacy is ended, so far as this Society's share is concerned. The
interest-bearing securities are in our Treasurer's hands, to be held until
the Annual Meeting in New Haven, June 2-4, when the judgment of the
churches and individual givers to Home Missions as to the wisest disposal
of this legacy will be made known.
Meanwhile, the General Howard Roll of Honor is daily growing,
considerably more than half the desired number of shares having been
already subscribed, with "specials for the debt," in addition, that carry
the amount up to ^80,000. This leaves but $54,000 to be made up on the
" Roll " account by friends whom the Lord has prospered, making a grand
success of the scheme of our great-hearted Christian general.
April, 1896 The Home Missionary 629
Then, if the churches will rise to the demands of the hour, as they
have been wont to do in similar emergencies heretofore, the year may be
closed without debt either to the banks or the missionaries, and all lovers
of our country's welfare will unite in singing " Praise God, from whom all
blessings flow ! "
h
THE GENERAL O. O. HOWARD ROLL OF HONOR
Previously acknowledged 649
Subscriptions added below ■ 83
Total number of shares 732
First Congregational Church, Tacoma, Wash.
L. B. S. OF Tompkins Avenue Church, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Ladies' Miss. Aux., Plymouth Church, Worcester, Mass.
First Congregational Church, Turner's Falls, Mass.
Miss C. W. Nichols, by W. H. M. U. of Minn.
Sunday-school, South Church, Hartford, Conn,
Home Mission'y Rally of Six Churches at Washington, Conn.
First Congregational Church, Fairfield, Conn.
Home Missionary Rally, Six Churches, at Fairfield, Conn.
Franklin Street Church, Manchester, N. H., second share.
Eliot Church, Newton, Mass.
President Franklin Carter, Williamstown, Mass.
In Memory of Rev. D. B. Coe, D.D., Bloomfield, N. J.
In Memory of " J. L. T.,"'Mass.
A. P. Williams, West Upton, Mass.
Ladies' Union of First Cong. Church, Kansas City, Mo.
Mrs. G. A. Harris, Chepachet, R. I.
Miss Sophie Moen, Worcester, Mass.
Mrs. Isabella R. Tuttle, Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Mrs. Samuel B. Duryea, Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Mrs. Wm. B. Boorum, Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Congregational Church, New Preston, Conn.
Rev. D. L. Furber, D.D,, Newton Center, Mass.
First Congregational Church, Middletown, Conn.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur F. Whitin, Whitinsville, Mass., five shares.
Mr. John L. Hobson, Haverhill, Mass.
Ladies' Home Miss. Society, Cong. Church, Norfolk, Conn.
First Congregational Church, CoUinsville, Conn.
Rally of Neighboring Churches at Putnam, Conn.
Mrs. H. S. Caswell, by " A Country Friend."
Mrs. Dwight Spencer, Manchester, Conn.
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Mrs. Lucy J. Ford, Manchester, Conn.
Mr. James W. Porter, Chicago, 111.
Congregational Church, Pomfret, Conn.
Woman's Home Missionary Auxiliary, Bristol, Conn.
Pilgrim Church, Providence, R. I., two shares.
Mrs. William H. Laird, Winona, Minn.
Woman's Home Missionary Society, Winona, Minn.
Woman's Society for Christian Work, Congregational
Church, Orange Valley, N. J.
Miss Sylvia Pope and Miss Sarah Pope, Norwich, Conn.
Home Missionary Rally at Second Church, Norwich, Conn.,
two shares.
Mr. and Mrs. William Mackay, Brooklyn, N. Y.
A Few Ladies in Central Church, Providence, R. L
"A Friend," Whitinsville, Mass.
Edward Whitin, Whitinsville, Mass., two shares.
Estate of Mrs. C. P. Whitin, Whitinsville, Mass., three shares.
Estate of W. K, Whitin, Whitinsville, Mass., five shares.
Anony.mous, Whitinsville, Mass.
Second Congregational Church, Chicopee, Mass.
" A Friend," Maiden, Mass.
In Memory of Mrs. R. B. Fuller, by Two Daughters,
Brighton, Mass.
W. Q. Wales, by Mrs. Wm. Wales, Dorchester, Mass.
Congregational Church, West Brookfield, Mass.
In Memory of J. Franklin Fuller, by Mrs. J. F. Fuller, West
Newton, Mass.
Central Church, Sunday-school, Fall River, Mass.
J. B. Harley, Fall River, Mass.
Arthur's Mission, Millbury, Mass.
Mrs. H. H. Hyde, Boston, Mass.
First Congregational Church, Woodbury, Conn.
Congregational Church, Peacham, Vt.
Mrs. W. W. Converse, Hartford, Conn.
Mrs. Erastus Hubbard, Meriden, Conn.
In Memory of Mrs. Catherine R. Hillyer, by Mrs. C. E,
Hillyer, Hartford, Conn.
Miss Maria R. Hicks, Fall River, Mass.
Second Congregational Church, Attleboro, Mass.
Mrs. E. S. Horton, Attleboro, Mass.
Mrs. J. C. Brown, North Attleboro, Mass.
In Memory of Rev. Daniel Denison, N. J.
Congregational Church, Auburndale, Mass.
April, 1896
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APPOINTMENTS IN FEBRUARY, 1896
Not in commission last year
Adams, Clinton B., Philadelphia, Penn.
Bennett, Albert L., Jerome Park, Denver, Colo.
Blanks, J. Lee, South Shore, So. Dak.
Chew, James, Thayer, Mo.
Cross, Rowland S., Monticello, Minn.
Faulkner, W. J., Redmond, Highland, and Belle-
view, Wash.
Harris, Benjamin, Palmyra, Ohio.
Harris, Robert N., Coaldale, Penn.
Hjetland, J. H., Granite Falls, Minn.
Hull, George H., Severy, Kan.
lorns, Benjamin, Belle Fourche, So. Dak.
Johnson, A. R., Kalama, Wash.
Locks, Robert J., Turton, So. Dak.
McClane, William R., Randall and Maplewood,
Mian.
Miller, E. C, Port Townsend, Wash.
Parker, S. A., Ft. Calhoun, Neb.
Surdival, William, Jermyn, Penn.
Wells, Mark, Baltimore, Md.
Williamson, Allen J., Great Falls, Mont.
Re-commissioned
Baskerville, Mark, Tekoa and Farmington, Wash.
Battey, George J., Harbine, Neb.
Bessey, William N., St. Louis, Mo.
Billings, C. S., Evangelist in Neb.
Cibula, John, Evangelist in Penn.
Danford, James W., Brownton and Stewart,
Minn.
Goodsell, Dennis, Lodi and Gait, Cal.
Griffith, William, Caledonia, No. Dak.
Hayward, John S., Benson, Minn.
Henry, Miss Emma K., Evangelist in So. Dak.
Hergert, Jacob, Endicott and Alkali Flats, Wash.
Ibanez, D., El Paso, Texas.
Jenkins. David T., Dwight and Antelope, No.
Dak.
Jenney, Edward W., Chamberlain, Oacoma, and
Pukwana, So. Dak.
Jones, John E., Hope, No. Dak.
McHenry, F. G., Cortland and Pickrell, Neb.
McRae, Isaac, New Castle, Colo.
Mata, John, Braddock, Penn.
Mitchell, Frank, Faulkton, So. Dak.
Morris, Maurice B., Fairport Harbor and Rich-
mond, Ohio.
Murphy, Charles G., Wallace, Neb.
Newell, William W., Duluth, Minn.
Oehler, William, St. Paul, Minn.
Orr, James B., San Francisco, Cal.
Paddock, Edward A., Weiser, Idaho.
Pierce, Robert S., Urbana, Neb.
Poling, Daniel V., Albany, Ore.
Pope, Joseph, Laurel, Mont.
Ricker, Albert E., Chardon, Neb.
Saunders, Eben E., Abercrombie, So. Dak.
Shuman, Henry A., Monroe and Wattsville, Neb.
Smith, William, Nanticoke, Penn.
Teis, Edward B., Joplin, Mo.
Trutna, Miss Frances, Milwaukee, Wis.
Webber, E. E., Centerville, So. Dak.
Whittlesey, Charles T., Blaine, Wash.
Williams, William T., Aten and Crofton, Neb.
Wells, Chas. W., Cathlament, Wash., and Ranier,
Ore.
RECEIPTS IN FEBRUARY, 1896
For account of receipts by State Auxiliary Societies, see pages 639 to 644.
MAINE— $259.12.
Auburn, High Street Ch., by J. F.
Atwood $50 00
Augusta, A Friend 40 oo
A Friend 5 00
Bucksport, Mrs. J. Bradley, by Mrs.
E. Buck 3 00
Hallowell, Ladies Cent Soc, by Miss
M. C. Dole 1500
" In His Name " 5 00
Harrison, Y. P. S. C. E., by A. G.
Fitz 2 00
Machias, Center Street Ch., by A. L.
Heaton 4 37
Minot Center, $2.36; Miss L. E. Wash-
burn, $8.89, by Miss L. E. Wash-
burn II 25
Norridgewock, A Friend 10 00
Portland, Williston Ch., by A. L. Bur-
bank 100 50
A Friend i 00
Waldoboro. J. H. Lovell, In Me-
moriam 10 00
Miss M. J. Bulfinch, by J. H. Lovell.. 2 00
NEW HAMPSHIRE — $1,037.37; of
which legacy, $500.00.
N. H. H. M. Soc, by Hon. L. D.
Stevens, Treas., of which $300 Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor
349 66
Amherst, Mrs. E. Aiken $0 40
Durham, by L. Thompson 39 48
Epping, by G. S. Thompson 10 06
Manchester, S. S. and Y. P. S. C. E.,
by J. A. Goodrich, Gen. Howard
Roll of Honor 100 00
North Londonderry, Y. P. S. C. E., by
by J. P. Manwell i 50
Penacook, by L. M. Currier 6 75
Piermont, by Rev. W. A. C. Converse 15 00
Plaistow, Legacy of Mary S. Kelly, by
L. G. Hoyt 500 00
And North Haverhill, Mass., by
Mrs. M. E. Haseltine 9 02
Wilton, St. Paul Soc. of the Y. P. S.
C. E., by E. C. Cram 5 50
VERMONT— $674.77.
Vermont Domestic Miss. Soc, W. C.
Tyler, Treas., of which $300 Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor 308 37
Barnet, Voluntary Offering Soc, by
Mrs. R. P. Fairbanks, for the debt. . 30 00
Burlington, Hon. W. J. Van Patten,
Gen. Howard Roll of Honor, by M.
H . Stone loooo
Derby, by Mrs. A. B. Hopkinson, for
the debt 200
Manchester, Miss E. J. Kellogg 5 00
Montpelier, Y. P. S. C. E. of Bethany
Ch., by H. E. Savage 20 00
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Peachatn, by Rev. J. K. Williams,
Gen. Howard Roll of Honor, to
const. L. Welsh and Miss L. C.
Bailey L. Ms $100 00
St. Johnsbury, Mrs. R. P. Fairbanks,
Gen. Howard Roll of Honor 100 00
Weathersfield, Mrs. J. K. Walker.. .. 2 00
Weston, Mrs. C. W. Sprague 2 00
Williston, by W. M. Barber 5 40
[Erratum : Rutland, by C. M. Smith,
$27.56, should be credited to West Rut-
land—erroneously acknowledged in Feb-
ruary Home Missionary.]
MASSACHUSETTS — $12,854.49 ; of
which legacies, $6,775.73.
Mass. Home Miss. Soc, by Rev. E. B.
Palmer, Treas. :
By request of donors, of which for
Gen. Howard Roll of Honor,
$3,700 ; debt, $209.09 ; Salary
Fund, $21 ; special, $5 4-153 06
Woman's H. M. Asso., Miss A. C.
Bridgman, Treas. :
South Hadley, Mt. Holyoke College,
Miss M. Benedict and Miss M.
Byington, by Miss F. Hazen 10 00
Andover, Estate of Calvin E. Goodell,
by S. H. Boutwell, E.x 2.329 18
Berkeley, Mrs. T. F. Deane, Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor 100 00
A few Friends 50 00
Beverly, " Cash," for Gen. Howard
Roll of Honor 100 00
Boston, " In Memory of I. L. T.," for
Gen. Howard Roll of Honor 100 00
W. A. Wilde, for Salary Fund 50 00
Brockton, Estate of Cephas Soule, by
Dr. S. J. Gruver, Ex 500 00
Cambridgeport, Estate of Henry M.
Bird, by W. W. Bird, Trustee 1,000 00
Chesterfield, by Rev. H. E. Thyge-
son 12 36
Dorchester, Second, by Miss E. Tol-
man 50 00
Framingham, Legacy of Joseph A.
White, by F. A. White. Ex 475 00
Globe Village, Evangelical Free Ch.,
by A. L. Hyde '578
Georgetown, Helen A. Holmes 10 00
Gloucester, Y. P. S. C. E., by Rev. R.
P. Hibbard, for the debt 2500
Hamilton, Mrs. E. F. Knowlton, for
the debt 2 00
Haverhill, John L. Hobson, Gen. How-
ard Roll of Honor, to const, himself
and Miss Nettie M. Flad L. Ms., by
Dr. J. D. Kingsbury 100 00
Holyoke. Y. P. S. C E. of the First,
by W. Van Wagenen 377
Manomet, Y. P. S. C. E., by H. E.
Bartlett 2 00
Mill River, by E. W. Rhoades 10 00
Monson, by E. F. Morris 25 00
Montague, Y. P. S. C. E., $8.51 ; A
Friend, $1, by S. Marsh, for the
debt 9 51
New Bedford, Trinitarian Ch., The
Misses Seabury, Gen. Howard
Roll of Honor 100 00
Mrs. M. C. Sherman, special 5 00
Northampton, Dorcas Soc. of the
First, by Mrs. J. E. Clarke, for Sal-
ary Fund 62 50
North Brookfield, H. A. Poland 5 00
North Leominster, by Miss L. E.
Shedd 20 51
Norton. Y. P. S. C. E.,by Rev. G. H.
Hubbard 5 00
Orange, Swedish, by J. A. Edman,
for the debt $10 00
Pittsfield, Estate of Mrs. H. M. Hurd,
by J. A. Burbank, Admr 1,228 26
Sharon, Miss L. M. Geissler 2 00
Southampton, S. S., by E. M. Tif-
fany 22 49
South Framingham, Rev. W. G.
Puddefoot 75 00
Springfield, Park Ch., by M. K.
Stevens 15 50
Hope Ch., by R. R. Upson 21 48
Swedish, by G. Stauf 6 32
Walpole, Estate of Mary B. Johnson,
by Frederic Guild, Ex 1,243 '9
Wellesley, M. E. Townsend, for the
debt 1000
West Boylston, A Friend 5 00
West Springfield, First, by A. H.
Smith 3725
West Upton, A. P. Williams, Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor 100 00
WhitinsvillCj^ Mr. and Mrs. A. F.
Whitin, Gen. Howard Roll of
Honor 500 00
Worcester, Plymouth S. S., by S. I.
Wall 47 23
Ladies' Miss. Aux. of Plymouth Ch.,
Gen. Howard Roll of Honor, by
Mrs. R. P. Beaman, to const. Mrs.
M. L. Greene and Miss M. J.
Lamb L. Ms 100 00
Miss S. Moen, Gen. Howard Roll of
Honor 100 00
RHODE ISLAND— $518.28.
Woman's H. M. Asso. Mass., Miss A.
C. Bridgman, Treas. :
Providence, R. I., A few Ladies in
Central Ch., Gen. Howard Roll
of Honor, to const. Mrs. Walter
B. Vincent and Miss H. Lathrop
L. Ms 100 00
Chepachet, Mrs. G. A. Harris, Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor, by Rev.
A. McGregor 100 00
Little Compton, United Ch., by A. H.
Simmons, for the debt 4 00
Providence, Pilgrim Ch., for Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor, to const.
A. A. Arnold, Mrs. E. H. Arnold,
H. E. Thurston, Mrs. A. I. Thurs-
ton and Miss M. B. Shepley L.
Ms., by J. W. Rice, Treas. R. I.
H . M . Soc 200 00
A Friend in Pilgrim Ch 5 00
Union Ch., S. S., by J. F. Hunts-
man, Sr., for Gen. Howard Roll
of Honor, to const. Miss R. E.
Chase and J. M. Lee L. Ms 100 00
Pawtucket, A Friend 5 00
Riverpoint, Y. P. S. C. E., by M. E.
Reoch 428
CONNECTICUT-$i2,248.9i ; of which
legacies, $8,206.10.
Miss. Soc. of Conn., W. W. Jacobs,
Treas., by Rev. W. H. Moore,
Sec:
Of which for Gen. Howard Roll of
Honor, $200 ; debt, from Rally in
Wilton, $22.07 ; Spanish work,
$4-54 268 74
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs. W. W.
Jacobs, Treas. :
Berlin. Second, by Mrs. W.
S. Brandegee, for Salary
Fund $25 00
April, 1896
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^ZZ
Bristol, Aux., by Mrs. A. E.
North, Gen. Howard Roll
of Honor $100 00
Hartford, A Friend in Asy-
lum Hill Ch., by C. E.
Thompson 600
First Ch., by Mrs. S. M.
Hotchkiss 10 00
Mrs. W. W. Converse,
by Mrs. S. M. Hotch-
kiss, Gen. Howard
Roll of Honor 100 00
Middletown, Mrs. A. E.
Foster, of the First, by
Mrs. J. H. Bunce, for the
Silver Circle 5 00
Meriden, A few individuals
of the First Ch., by Mrs.
E. Hubbard, Gen. How-
ard Roll of Honor, to
const. Mrs. S. A. Smith
and Mrs. J. S. Lane L. Ms. 100 00
Trumbull, by Mrs. S. B.
Beach, for Salary Fund. . . 15 00
Wallingford,Mrs. M.Phelps,
Silver Circle, by Mrs. L.
B. Bishop 5 00
$366 00
A Friend in Connecticut 400 00
Bridgreport, Park Street Ch., by A. S. '
Hall, to const. Mrs. W. F. Tibbals
and Miss M. L. Dimond L. Ms. . . 140 59
S. S. of the First, for Gen. Howard
Roll of Honor, by H. F. Parrott,
to const. A. B. Naramore and R.
E. Wheeler L. Ms 100 00
Connecticut, A Friend 150 00
Cornwall, Estate of Silas C. Beers. . . . 800 00
Danielson, Y. P. S. C. E., by N. A.
Woodbridg'e 3 60
Deep River, by L. Kellogg 16 03
Easton, by C. Nichols 10 00
Fairfield, Miss'y Rally. Gen. Howard
Roll of Honor, by E. Osborn 100 00
S. S., by W. O. Burr, for the debt. . 6 15
Greenwich, Second, by I. L. Mead,
Gen. Howard Roll of Honor .... 100 00
T. Ritch, Gen. Howard Roll of
Honor 100 00
A Friend, Gen. Howard Roll of
Honor 100 00
H. M. Woods 100 00
Hadlyme, R. E. Hungerford 5 80
Hartford, S. S. of the South Ch., Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor, by A. H.
Loom is 100 00
Mrs. Clara E. Hillyer, in Memory
of her Mother, Mrs. Catharine R.
Hillyer, Gen. Howard Roll of
Honor. 100 00
Mrs. M. C. Shipman, for the debt.. 50 00
A Friend, Asylum Hill, by C. E.
Thompson 50 00
Ivoryton, Gen. Howard Roll of Hon-
or 300 00
Ladies' H. M. Soc, Gen. Howard
Roll of Honor, by Mrs. A. W.
Comstock 100 00
Manchester, Mrs. D. Spencer, Gen,
Howard Roll of Honor 100 00
Mrs. L.J. Ford, Gen. Howard Roll
of Honor 100 00
Rally, by Rev. C. H. Barber 41 go
Meriden. A Friend 10 00
Mystic. Y. P. S, C. E., $2.50; Friends,
50 cts., by Miss A. C. Denison, for
the debt 3 00
Nepaug, Two Friends 4 00
New Britain, Estate of Sophia and
Cordelia Stanley 7i39i 00
New Haven, Yale College, by W. W.
Farnam 85 00
A Lover of Missions 50 00
New Preston, Cong. Ch., Gen. How-
ard Roll of Honor, by A Friend, to
const. Rev. E. Evans and Mrs. T.
L. Smith L. Ms $100 00
Norfolk, Estate of Oliver L. Hotch-
kiss, by R. P. Crissey, Trustee. . . 15 10
Ladies' H. M. Soc, by S. A. Selden 55 00
By Rev. J. De Pew 10 00
Norwich, Miss Sylvia Pope and Miss
Sarah Pope, Gen. Howard Roll of
Honor 100 00
Rally of Cong. Chs., Gen. Howard
Roll of Honor 100 00
Old Saybrook, Y. P. S. C. E., by Miss
C.M.Acton SCO
Plainville, Ladies' Soc, by Mrs. C. E.
Blakeslee, freight 3 50
Pomfret, W. H. M., by Miss O.
Mathewson, for the debt 20 00
Of which $50 to const. Rev. W. B.
Greene a L. M., by Mrs. C. C.
Williams 186 89
Rockville, G. L. Grant 2 00
Southbury, by Rev. W. H. Barrows.. 24 51
South Windsor, First, by R. Grant. .. 30 31
Stratford, add'l, $29.81 ; W. J. Peck,
$s; Y. P. S. C. E., $10; by J. S.
Ives, with previous dons., to const.
E. H. Judson and Miss G. Booth L.
Ms 44 81
Suffield, Y. P. S. C. E., by M. B.
Mason 2 00
Terry ville, Mrs. L. Gridley 10 00
Y. P. S. C. E., by Miss M. Thomp-
son 10 00
Thomaston, First, by H. A. Welton.. 6 74
Tolland Co. , A Friend 5 00
Torrington, by Rev. W. G. Puddefoot. 14 24
Washington, Union Rally, for Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor, by Rev. R.
E. Carter roo 00
Waterbury, A Friend. 50 00
Westminster, by A. A. C. Greene .... 2 00
Woodbury, First, by J. A. Freeman,
Gen. Howard Roll of Honor 100 00
NEW YORK— $6,121.41 ; of which lega-
cies, I791.93.
Received by William Spalding,Treas. :
Black Creek $11 8g
Buffalo, Fitch Memorial 1000
Busti 3 30
Camden 4 00
Elmira, St. Luke's n 75
Gasport 5 00
Middletown, North Street
Ch 8 00
North Java 5 00
Summer Hill 5 00
Syracuse, Good Will 2 75
Tallmans 10 00
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs. J. J.
Pearsall, Treas. :
Brooklyn, Park L. M. C $14 00
Tompkins Avenue L. B.
• S., Gen. Howard Roll
of Honor 100 00
Ladies' Benev. Soc,
Tompkins Avenue Ch.,
for Salary Fund 100 00
Ch. of Pilgrims, special.. 25 00
Buffalo, First, special 5 00
Gloversville, L. B. A 30 00
Ithaca, Silver Circle, Mrs.
H. J. Grant and Miss C.
K. Storms 10 00
Ithaca, Silver Circle, Mrs.
E. C. Reed 5 00
76 69
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Middletown, First Ladies'
Guild, for the debt $80 oo
New York City, Bedford
Park C. E 1000
Broadway Tabernacle, S.,
for W. W 291 50
Warsaw, Y. P. S. C. E 10 00
$680 so
Albany, A Friend of the First 50 00
W. S Brower i 00
Binghamton, First, by A. G. Sheak.. 256 84
Black Creek, by Mrs. M. Case, for the
debt 2 50
Brooklyn, Clinton Avenue Ch., by M.
Finlay .... 2i5i5 27
Ch. of the Pilgrims, in part, by J.
E. Leech 791 41
Plymouth Ch., Mrs. L R. Tuttle,
$100 : Mrs. S. B. Duryea, $100 ;
W. B. Boorum, S'oO: for Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor, by H.
Porter 300 00
Penn. Avenue Ch., by Rev. W. T.
Stokes 4 00
Lewis Avenue Ch., by F. E. Idell. . 128 20
Rev. S. B. Hallidaj' 20 00
Seabury N. Haley of Plymouth Ch.,
Gen. Howard Roll of Honor 100 00
Buffalo, Miss M. A. Hoag, in full to
const. Miss N. M. Hassal a L. M . . . 10 00
Deansboro, Y. P. S. C. E., by Rev. C.
W. Mason i 00
De Kalb. Rev. R. C. Day 2 00
Eaton, Estate of James H. Maydole,
by J. T. Brinckerhoff, Adm 750 00
Fairport, S. S., by W. H. Dobbin 20 00
Ithaca, A Friend 20 00
Mt. Vernon, First, by Rev. L. F". Buell 50 02
Napoli, by A. Bliss 6 00
New York City. Estate of J. F. Dela-
plaine 41 93
" Pro Patria " 50 00
Little Morris's Birthday Gifts, In
Memoriam 2 00
C. L. Smith 30 00
Ogdensburg, First, by S. W. Leonard 20 57
Oswego, Primary Dept. of the S. S.,
by Mrs. W. B. Couch 4 00
E. E. Strait 15 00
Pulaski, by G. L. Sherwood 3 00
Sherburne, Y. P. S. C. E. of the First,
by M. N. Rexford, Gen. Howard
Roll of Honor 100 00
Spencerport, Ch. and S. S., by Miss
A. Mclntyre 34 48
Syracuse, Ladies' Aid of Pilgrim
Chapel, Silver Circle, by Mrs. M.
Stevens 7 00
Woodhaven, First, by Rev. F. I.
Wheat 28 00
NEW JERSEY-$592.oo.
Woman's H. M. Union of the N. J.
Assoc, Mrs. J. H. Denison,Treas. :
Montclair, First, for Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor. . . $100 00
Orange Valley, W. Soc. for
Christian Work, for Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor, to
const. Mrs. H. M. Mat-
thews and Mrs. A. W.
Hillsinger L. Ms 100 00
200 00
Bloomfield, In Memory of Rev. D. B.
Coe, D.D., Gen. Howard Roll of
Honor 100 00
Chatham, Stanley Ch., add'l, by M.
F. Cooley i 00
East Orange, Woman's Soc. of the
First, by G. Stevenson, Gen. How-
ard Roll of Honor $100 00
Jersey City Heights, Mrs. H. O. Ames 5 00
Morristown, Y. P. S. C. E. of the
First, by Miss A. W. Higbie 10 00
New Brunswick, Miss M. H. Parker.. 10 00
Paterson, W. Mitchell 30 00
Plainfield, by M. E. Whiton, Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor 10000
Vineland, by T. A. Gardner 36 00
PENNSYLVANIA— $114.80.
Woman's Missionary Union, Mrs. T.
W. Jones, Treas. :
Braddock $625
Kane 8 00
Lansford 12 00
Woman's H. M. Union of the N. J.
Assoc, Mrs. J. H. Denison,
Treas. :
Philadelphia Central Ch., for Salary
Fund
Arnot, Swedish Ch., by Rev. C. J.
Wideberg
Chandler's Valley, Swedish Ch., by
Rev. C. J. Lundquist
Johnstown, A. W. B
Lancaster, Mrs. M. C. McClelland ...
Mt. Jewett, Mission Ch., by O. Mel-
lander
Philadelphia, Central Ch., by W. H.
Lambert
Reading, O. S. Doolittle
.Spring Creek and West Spring Creek,
by Rev. T. D. Henshaw
Vandling, by Rev. J. G. Evans
Warren, Swedish, by Rev. J. A. Dahl-
Rren
Williamsport, Rev. F. W. Tuckerman
MARYLAND-$6.oo.
Frostburg, by Rev. G. W. Moore
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-$9oo.
Woman's H. M. Union of the N. J.
Assoc, Mrs. J. H. Denison, Treas. :
Washington, First
NORTH CAROLINA— $7.00.
Moorhead,$5.25 ; McClurds, Si-75- by
Rev. R. R. Brookshier
GEORGIA-$22.so.
Atlanta, A Friend
Baxley, $2.50 ; Barnesville, $5, by Rev.
S. C. McDaniel
Demorest, by Rev. W. O. Phillips
ALABAMA- $6.65.
Fairford, St. Thomas Ch., by Rev. M.
M. Schwarzauer
Lamar, by Rev. M. Prescott
River Falls, Rev. W. S. Jones
Spio, Mt. Pisgah Ch., Asbury, Union
Hill Ch. , and Echo, Friendship Ch.,
by Rev. S. Weatherby
26 25
2 00
I 00
3 00
TI 00
25 00
4 70
13 5°
I 50
10 00
7 50
5 00
2 00
I 00
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The Home Missionary
635
LOUISIANA— $7.65.
Jennings, by Rev. C. W. Snyder.
ARKANSAS-$io.oo.
Siloam Springs, First, by Rev. W. W.
Williams
FLORIDA— $299.83.
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs. W. D.
Brown, Treas. :
From February i, 1895, to Febru-
ary II, 1896.
Cbnant, Miss O. I. Wor-
cester $15 00
Dayton, Aux 10 00
S. S 10 00
Haines City, Mrs. J. H.
Combs I 00
Interlachen, Aux 4 50
Jacksonville, Aux 49 81
Lake Helen, Aux 17 So
S. S S 25
Melbourne, Mrs. A. O. M.
Phillips S 00
Mt. Dora, Aux 10 00
Mannville, Aux 2 00
New Smyrna, coll. at An.
Meeting 10 25
Orange City, Aux 10 31
Birthday offering i 00
Ormond, Aux 11 00
Pomona, A Friend 54
South Jacksonville, Phil-
ips Ch. , Aux 1223
Tangerine, Aux 5 S3
Children 217
Tavares, Aux 11 50
Tampa, Aux 32 50
S. S 6 00
Y. P. S. C. E 1000
West Longwood, Aux 7 00
Children i 29
Winter Park, Aux 21 92
Y. P. S. C. E 650
Miss Nellie Lyman 5 00
Ybor City, Mission School,
Tuition 10 75
$295 S7
Less expenses 2900
Bonifay, Second, by Rev. N. B.
Chancey
Holly and Hurobo, by Rev. L. Mil-
ler
Jacksonville, Union Ch., by J. E.
Merrill
Mt. Dora, $3.52 ; Tangerine, $1.64, by
Rev. D. M. Breckenridge
Plummers, W. E. Mather
TEXAS— $11.70.
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs. J. H.
Gray, Treas.:
Dallas, First $8 00
Paris, First 3 70
INDIAN TERRITORY— $37.00.
Vinita, First, by Rev. N. Forrest
$7 65
266 57
5 16
5 00
OKLAHOMA-$s9.39.
Carrier, Y. P. S. C. E., for the debt,
by Rev. J. S. Hawks
Choctaw City, Y. P. S. C. E., by H.
Atkinson, for the debt
Donly, Mt. Calvary Ch., and Wauko-
mis, by Rev. F. Foster
Independence, by Rev. R. P. Brown.
Medford, by Rev. J. L. Read
Newkirk, Y. P. S. C. E,, by Miss M.
D. Mofifatt, for the debt
Perkins and Olivet, by Rev. R. B.
Foster
Pond Creek, Union, by Rev. W. C.
McCune
Salem, $2 ; Ridgway, 80 cts.; Wakita,
$2.20, by Rev. T. A. Brunker
Vittum Memorial and Mount Hope of
Logan Co., by Rev. W. L. Upshan.
OHIO-$555.72.
Received by Rev. J. G. Eraser,
D.D.:
Ashtabula, Finnish, by Rev.
F. Lehtinen $4 00
Berlin Heights, Y. P. S. C.
E., by A. M. Gunn 2 04
Cleveland, Plymouth, by S.
H. Stilson 60 86
Irving Street, by J. Reece 18 02
Madison Avenue. ...... 22 78
Bethlehem, Bohemian C.
E., by Mrs. Piwonka. . 5 00
Hough Avenue, by E. L.
Clarke 6 02
Trinity, by Rev. R. A.
George 11 87
Olivet, of which for debt
$4-05 7 10
Mrs. E. F. Harrington... 20 00
Croton, by Rev. J. W. Dick-
son 3 55
Fairport Harbor, Rev. M.
B. Morris 5 00
Geneva, S. S., by B. Barnum 1500
Glen Roy 476
Grafton, by Mrs. E. Tran. . 2 02
Granville, by Rev. D. Jones,
D.D 1000
Kent, by C. M. Power 1695
Lock, by W. H. Mitchell. . . 3 50
Marietta, Harmar. by R. B.
Hart 5 37
Marysville, by E. W. Porter 8 33
Steubenville, by Mrs. M. W.
Campbell 3 00
Tokio, Zion, Welsh, by J. J.
Jones II 35
Vaughnsville, Y. P. S. C.
E., by Miss M. Williams. 4 00
Youngstown, Elm Street C.
E., $s; Jr. C. E., $5, by
Rev. J. B. Davies 10 00
Received by Rev. J. G. Eraser, D.D.,
Treas. Bohemian Board, Cleve-
land :
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs.
G. B. Brown, Treas., for
Bible Readers School
and Home :
Chatham $500
Cincinnati, Walnut Hills.. 10 00
Claridon 5 00
Clarksfield 3 00
Cleveland, Euclid Avenue 3 00
Plymouth 8 00
Edinburg 5 00
New London i 46
50
S 00
7 50
260 52
636
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Painesville, First $8 oo
Pettisville, L. A. S 65
Springfield, First, Primary
Class, S. S 1 00
Toledo, Central, W.M.U. 5 00
West Williamsfield 6 00
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs. G. B.
Brown, Treas.:
Bellevue, for Salary Fund.. $3 00
Burton, for Salary Fund... 3 00
Chatham Center, Miss Band,
for Salary Fund 6 00
Cincinnati, Vine, for Salary
Fund 17 00
Mrs. Beresford's, Mrs.
Merrill's, and Miss Ben-
ley's dime banks 15 00
Walnut Hills, for Salary
Fund 10 00
Mrs. Barton Johnson's
dime bank 5 00
Claridon 5 00
Cleveland, Euclid Avenue,
Mrs. Andrews's bank 5 00
Columbus, Eastwood, for
Salary Fund 20 00
Plymouth, for Salary
Fund 500
Coolville, for Salary Fund.. 16 00
Hudson, Y. L. M. S., for
Salary Fund 3 00
Medina, Miss Hartman's and
Miss Smith's dime banks. 10 00
Mount Vernon, Mrs. Fair-
child's dime bank 500
Oberlin, Second, S. S., for
Salary Fund 10 00
Sandusky, Mrs. Vincent's
dime bank 5 00
Springfield, First, for Salary
Fund 10 00
Toledo, Central, for Salary
Fund 500
First, Working Band, for
Salary Fund 6 00
164 00
Akron, West Cong. S. S., by C. E.
Bingham 5 00
Columbus, Mrs. I. P. Williams's S. S.
class of Washington Avenue Welsh
Ch., by Rev. I. P. Williams 5 00
Dover, by D. D. Osborn 2 1 75
North Madison, Y. P. S. C. E., by
Mrs. I. E. Hunt 2 00
Oberlin, Mrs. E. B. Clarke 10 00
W. M. Mead 10 00
Ravenna, Mrs. G. Weigand, H. M.
Silver Circle 500
Tallmadge. $5 ; Y. P. S. C. E., $1.34,
by J. W. Seward 6 34
" E.xtra " 5 00
ARIZONA-$s.oo.
Congress, Mrs. W. MacGregor 5 00
INDIANA-$78.35.
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs. A. H.
Ball, Treas. :
Indianapolis, Fellowship Ch. $535
Plymouth 50 00
Ridgeville 5 00
60 35
Bremen, by Rev. E. D. Curtis
Elmwood, Welsh Ch., by Rev.
Powell
ILLINOIS-$29o.7o.
Illinois Home Miss. Soc, by A. A.
Mead, Treas. :
Of which $100 for Salary Fund $150 00
Chicago, James W. Porter, Gen. How-
ard Roll of Honor 100 00
Griggsville, A Friend, for the debt. . . 10 00
Highland Park, Rev. W. Greenwood. 5 00
Lombard, First Ch., by Rev. M. E.
Eversz 12 70
Morrison. William Wallace 10 00
Prairieville, Amanda Powers 3 00
MISSOURI-$269.69.
Brookfield, First, by Rev. L. Warren. i 00
Kansas City, Plymouth Ch., $5.02 ;
Ladies' H. M. Soc. $2 ; Ladies'
Aid Soc., 98 cts.: Y. P. S. C. E..
$2, by Rev. C. D. Crawford 1000
Ladies' Union of First Ch., Mrs. H.
M. Fletcher and daughter, by Mrs.
W. Webb, Gen. Howard Roll of
Honor 100 00
Lebanon, First, by L. G. Wallace 10 00
Neosho, by E. Skewes 15 25
Y. P. S. C. E., by E. Skewes i 80
Pierce City, of which $5 from Y. P. S.
C. E., by Rev. J. E. Pushing 20 00
Riverdale, by Rev. B. D. Mints 2 42
St. Louis, Maplewood S. S. Birthday
bo.x, by Rev. A. L. Love 4 03
Sedalia, First, by W. H. Van Wagner. 85 00
Webster Groves, by J. R. Bettes 20 19
MICHIGAN-$i5o.69 ; of which legacy,
$150.00.
Benzonia, Estate of Amasa Waters, by
L. P. Judson, Adm 150 00
Rondo, Y. P. S. C. E., Mrs. C. H.
Hoffman 69
WISCONSIN-$io,o23.oo ; of which
legacy, $10,000.00.
Bruce and Appolonia, by Rev. D. L.
Sanborn i 00
Fort Howard, Estate of Mrs. C. L. A.
Tank, by J. W. Porter. Trustee 10,000 00
Menomonee Falls, Rev. T. Loom is, of
which $2 for the debt 12 00
Racine, Mrs. T. J. Emerson 10 00
IOWA— $50.09 ; of which legacy, $3409.
Des Moines, Estate of Mrs. Harriet L.
Rollins, by S. A. Merrill 34 09
Nora Springs, Jr. C. E., by N. E.
Clark 3 00
Toledo, by W. A. Dexter 13 00
MINNESOTA-$66i.83.
Received by Rev. J. H. Morley :
Alexandria, C. E $6 00
Brainard. C. E 5 00
Elk River 4 00
Freeborn 2 69
Freedom 3 54
Lamberton, S. S 2 10
Medford, C. E. $5 ; S. S.,
$4.20 9 20
Minneapolis, E. R. S 5 00
Rev. D. B. Jackson 5 00
New York Mills 3 15
Ne w Ulm 9 72
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Selroa $6 oo
Walnut Grove i oo
Woman's H. M. Union,
Mrs. M. W. Skinner,
Treas. :
Alexandria 25 oo
Austin 15 70
Benson, S. S i 25
Campbell i 00
Elk River 20 21
Groveland 6 65
Minneapolis, Lyndale.... i 75
Pilgrim 14 50
Park Avenue, toward L.
M. of Mrs. F. Black. . 19 60
Vine 5 so
Plymouth. 43 77
First...-: 6 54
New Richland 10 00
Owatonna , 30 00
Princeton 6 00
Rochester, C. E 400
Springfield 2 50
St. Paul, Bethany 2 50
Park , 7 20
South Park i 00
Zumbrota, I5.50 ; C. E.,
$15 20 50
$307 57
Less expenses of W.
H. M. U 20 00
$287 57
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs. M. W.
Skinner, Treas. :
Of which $100 to place the name of
Miss C. W. Nichols on Gen. How-
ard Roll of Honor 100 52
Appleton, First, by Rev. E. C. Lyons. 7 50
Duluth, Morley Ch., by Rev. W. W.
Newell 415
Lakeland, by Rev. J. T. Cunningham 4 25
New Brighton, by Rev. T. H. Lewis. i 00
Pelican Rapids, I5.28 ; Sand Lake, 75
cts.. and West Dora, $3.76, by Rev.
E. P. Crane q 79
St. Paul, Park Ch., by W. B. Gerry. . 31 80
People's German Ch., by Rev. W.
Oehler 7 00
Spencer Brook, Swedish, by Rev. A.
P. Engstrom i 25
Upsala, Swedish Ch., by Rev. A. G.
Patterson ... 2 00
Winona, Scand., by Rev. E. A. Ander-
son 5 00
Mrs. W. H. Laird, Gen. Howard
Roll of Honor, by Mrs. G. F.
Hubbard 100 00
W. H. M. Soc, Gen. Howard Roll
of Honor, by Mrs. G. F. Hub-
bard 100 00
KANSAS -$289.56.
Dunlap, by Rev. W. R. Bair 5 00
Fredonia, First, by Rev. H. D. Herr.. 7 00
Garden City, First, by Rev. L. Hull. . 5 00
Gaylord, by Mrs. C. E. Ream 6 30
Haven, by Rev. O. T. Wattenbarger. 4 00
Lawrence. B. Stowe, Gen. Howard
Roll of Honor loo 00
Manhattan, First, by C. P. Blachly,
to const. Miss G. Clark a L. M 82 3^
Partridge, Ch., $13.63 ; S. S., $2.10 ;
Y. P. S. C. E., $1.20, by W. A.
Crotts ig 02
St. Mary's, by F. Hayslip c ,0
Stafford, $16 ; McPherson, $9, by
Rev. W. C. Veazie 25 00
Wakefield, by W. Eustace . ik 6-:^
S. S.,byE. D. W. Dodson 5 o5
White City, by Rev. E. Richards 9 98
NEBRASKA— $227.64.
Received by H. G. Smith, Treas.:
Gen. Assoc, of Neb., Gen.
Howard Roll of Honor, to
const. F. C. Taylor and
John N. Bennett L. Ms. . . $100 00
Bruning 70
Fairmont 14 61
Rising City 1567
Shickley i 05
Strang i 70
Rev. E. S. Billings 51 24
$184 97
Curtis, by Rev. C. W. Preston 7 47
Havelock, by Rev. S. Wood 2 00
Lincoln, Swedish, by Rev. J. M. Till-
bug I 55
Omaha, Y. P. S. C. E. of the Hillside
Ch., by S. W. True 2 50
Taylor, by Rev. D. F. Bright i 50
Wallace, by Mrs. E. G. Norton 6 65
Wilco.x, Rev. S. L. Unger 21 00
NORTH DAKOTA-$68.78.
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs. M. M.
Fisher, Treas.:
Cummings, Mission Band.. I2 25
Dwight, Ladies' Aid Soc. . . 7 15
9 40
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Cando, Ch., $23.39 ; S. S., $8.29, by
Rev. C. A. Mack
Cathay, Sykeston, and Fessenden, by
Rev. H. E. Compton
Fargo, Scand., by L. J. Pederson
Fort Berthold, by Rev. C. L. Hall . . .
Oberon, Ladies' Miss'y Union, by
Rev. O. P. Champlin
SOUTH DAKOTA-$262.8s.
Received by Rev. W. H. Thrall :
Friends $100 00
Canova 2 15
Milbank 15 00
Rosebud, Helen and Ruth
Cross I 05
118 20
Beresford and Pioneer, by Rev. H. W.
Jamison 2 50
Clark, Jr. C. E. Soc, by M. McAlpine. 50
Cold Brook, by Rev. J. Hall i 00
Glen Ullin, $5 ; Valley City, $14.80 ;
Fargo, First. $32 ; Hankinson,$2.5o,
by Rev. H. C. Simmons 54 30
Highmore, by Rev. R. Jones 6 65
Hudson, by Rev. G. S. Evans 11 00
Mazeppa, Sio ; De Smet, $15.25, by
Rev. E. K. Henry 25 25
Redfield, by Rev. L. Reynolds 21 50
S. S., by C. G. Bickford i 95
Scotland, Rev. J. Kraehenbuehl, by
Rev. M. E. Eversz 2 50
Valley Springs, by Rev. W. C. Gil-
more 5 00
Webster, Y. P. S. C. E., $6 ; Woman's
Miss. Soc, $3 ; Waubay, $3.50, by
Rev. C. Parsons 12 50
COLORADO— $160.43.
Received by Rev. H. Sanderson :
Woman's H. M. Union, Mrs. B. C.
Valentine, Treas. :
Crested Butte $13 55
Denver, Plymouth 26 18
South Broadway 25 00
Boulevard 3 97
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Harmon Si 30
Longmont, S. S 8 00
Pueblo, Pilgrim Ch 100
First Ch 10 00
$89 00
Coal Creek, Union Ch., by Rev. W.
W. McArthur 2 00
Colorado Springs, Second, by Rev. M.
D. Ormes 20 65
Denver, People's Tab. Ch., by Rev. T.
A. Uzzell 15 00
Mayflower Ch., by Rev. J. Turner.. 10 00
North Denver Ch., by Rev. A. D.
Blakeslee 7 88
Rev. E. B. Grancko 50
Highland Lake, Miss. Soc. of the Ch.
of Christ, by E. G. Seaman 415
Otis and Hyde, by Rev. G. Dungan. . 5 00
Steamboat Springs, by Rev. E. I.
Grinnell 625
WYOMING- $9.30.
Lusk, Mrs. N. D. Pettigrew 3 50
Sheridan, First, by Rev. C. D. Gear-
hard t 6 00
MONTANA— $16.40.
Horse Plains, by Rev. W. S. Bell 2 40
Missoula, $10 ; Bonner, $4, by Rev. O.
C. Clark 14 00
IDAHO— $5.00.
Challis, Rev. and Mrs. C. E. Mason.
CALIFORNIA-$3i7.i7.
Woman's H. M. Union, Southern Cal.,
Mrs. M. M. Smith, Treas. :
Alpine and Flinn Valley $9 35
Claremont, S. S 200
Jr. C. E 2 50
North Pasadena 4 60
Perris 10 00
• 28 45
Antioch, by Rev. J. W. Brier, Jr 12 50
California, " Tithes " 100 00
Dehesa, by Rev. A. Douglas . 2 00
Etiwanda. by Rev. C. H. Davis 8 67
Lincoln, by Rev. E. D. Hale 10 00
Los Angeles, Y. P. S. C. E. of the
First, by A. K. Irey 2 10
National City, First, by Rev. F. A.
Bissell 1200
Needles, by Rev. J. F. Brown 8 00
Oceanside and Encinitas, by Rev. J.
L. Pearson $5 00
Pokegama and Hornbrook, by Rev.
B. F. Moody 2 00
Redondo Beach, by Rev. F. A. Field. 10 00
San Francisco, Mrs. D. F. Bigelow .. 2 00
San Juan, by Rev. S. H. Cheadle 21 00
San Luis Obispo, First, by Rev. W.
W.Madge. 360
Santa Ana, First, by Rev. J. H.
Cooper 12 00
Santa Monica, Prohibition Ch., by
Rev. G. H.De Kay 8 00
Santa Rosa, First, by Rev. B. F. Sar-
gent 5 00
Spring Valley, Jamul and Lemon
Grove, by Rev. I. W. Atherton 34 00
Sunol Glen, by Rev. J. H. Strong 30 85
OREGON— $8.00.
Portland, Mississippi Avenue, by Rev.
H. W. Young 8 00
WASHINGTON-$296.75.
Received by Rev. A. J. Bailey :
Holly $2 25
Seattle, Y. P. S. C E. of
Plymouth Ch 1000
South Bend 50
Tacoma, First, for the debt 85 00
97 75
Colfa.\, Plymouth, by Rev. H. P.
James
Coulee City, by Rev. W. C. Wise
Endicottand Alkali Flat, German, by
Rev. J. Hergert
Medical Lake, First, $11 ; Y. P. S. C.
E., $5, by Rev. J. D. Jones
North Yakima, by Mrs. L. R. McDer-
mid, for the debt
Pullman, by Rev. R. W. Farquhar,
for the debt
Quillayute, for the debt, by Rev. R. W.
Fletcher
Spokane, Westminster, by Rev. F. B.
Cherington, for the debt
Tacoma. First, by Rev. A. J. Bailey,
Gen. Howard Roll of Honor
UNKNOWN— Sioo.oo.
A Country Friend, to place the name
of Mrs H. S. Caswell on Gen. How-
ard Roll of Honor 100 00
Home Missionary 131 10
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$48,876 12
Contributions in February, e.xcluding contributions for the debt $10,860 64
Legacies in February 26,457 85
Contributions for the debt in February 11-952 7°
Total receipts in February $49,271 19
Contributions in first eleven months, e.xcluding contributions for the debt $191, 560 90
Legacies in first eleven months 118,648 58
Contributions for the debt to March ist :
General O. O. Howard Roll of Honor 61,500 00
Special for the debt 6,898 75
Total receipts in first eleven months $378,608 23
April, 1896
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Donations of Clothing, etc.
Ashtabula, O., Mrs. J. S. BIythe, box.. $40 00
Brooklyn, N. Y., Plymouth Ch., by Mrs.
F. A. Van Iderstirie, barrel 200 00
• Ladies' Miss, Benev. See. of Central
Ch., by Mrs. J. H. Goldey, two
barrels 93 19
L. B. S. of South Ch., by Mrs. C. Za-
briskie, three boxes 292 33
Dover, N. H., L. H. M. S. of First Ch.,
by Miss H. E. Wyatt, two barrels 158 71
Duluth, Minn., W. M. S., by Mrs. W. S.
Horr, barrel 5° 90
East Orangre, N. J., W. S. of Christian
Work of First Ch., by Miss G. Steven-
son, barrel ...r 94 32
Glen Ellen, Cal., First Ch., by Elizabeth
Clark, bo.x.
Glen Ridge, N. J., L. A. S., by Mrs. M.
E. Chitterling, barrel 116 00
Homer, N. Y.. L. A. and H. M. S., by
Mrs. Mary P. Tuthill, barrel 75 00
Indianapolis, Ind., Ladies of Mayflower
Ch., by Mrs. A. H. Ball, two barrels
and box 95 00
Ivoryton, Conn., Memorial Chapel, by
Harriet M. Comstock, box 120 00
Kansas City, Mo., First Ch., by Mrs. A.
S Kimberly, barrel and package 55 00
Litchfield, Conn., Ladies, by Mrs. H. R.
Coit, barrel 134 42
Meriden, Conn., Center Ch., by C. B.
H. Griswold, barrel 120 00
Middletown Springs, Vt., W. F. M. S.,
by Henry L. Bailey, barrel 30 00
Newark, N. J., Ladies of Belleville Ave.
Ch., by Miss H. S. Palmer, sewing
machine.
New Haven, Conn., L. H. M. S. of Ch.
of The Redeemer, by Mrs. W. A.
Hotchkiss, box 87 00
L. H. M. S. of First Ch., by Mrs. John
G. Lewis, four boxes S954 63
L. A. S. of United Ch., by Mrs. J. E.
Pond , box 100 00
Benev. Soc. of Dwight Place Ch., by
Mrs. H. P. Downes, barrel 77 00
Norwich, Conn., Broadway Ch., by
Mrs. Ellen W. Bishop, two boxes. . 532 61
W. H.M. S. of Park Ch., by Louisa G.
Lane, three boxes
Orange, Conn., L. B. S. of Orange Ch.,
by Mrs. I. P. Treat, barrel 40 00
Pacific Grove, Cal., L. A. S. of May-
flower Ch., by M. L. Holman, box. 15 60
Philadelphia, Pa , H. M. Dept. of Y. L.
Guild of Central Ch., by Mrs. L. M.
Turner, two boxes and barrel 107 93
Plainville, Conn., Ladies, by Mrs. C. E.
Blakeslee, barrel 44 50
Reading, Mass., Y. P. S. C.E.,by Mrs.
Abbie E. Stinchfield, two barrels 79 32
St. Louis, Mo., Third Ch., by Mrs. W.
Slawson, barrel 60 00
South Glastonbury, Conn., Miss. Soc,
by Mrs. E. S. Hale, barrel 41: 33
Stonington, Conn., W. H. M. U. of First
Ch., by Emma A. Smith, three barrels 200 00
Syracuse, N. Y., Danforth C. E. Soc,
by Miss Blossom Rill, box 30 00
Uxbridge, Mass., W. W. Thayer, box.
Waterbury, Conn., Mission Circle of
First Ch., by Mrs. Frederick Adams,
box 128 81
Wellsville, N.Y., Ladies' Miss. Circle, by
Miss H. A. Russell, box, freight and
cash 27 44
Wetherstield, Conn., L. A. S., by Mrs.
T. Standish, barrel 8000
Woods Hole, Mass., First Ch., commun-
ion set.
AUXILIARY STATE RECEIPTS
MAINE MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Receipts of the Maine Missionary Society from September 21, 1895, to January 15, 1896.
John L. Crosby, Treasurer
Albany, J. E. Bird $5 00
Alfred, Ch., by J. M. Akers 9 70
Annual Meeting, contribution 32 00
Augusta, Y. P. S. C. E., $25 ; Juniors,
$5 30 00
Hon. J. W. Bradbury 10 00
Bangor, First Ch., B. B. Thatcher 100 00
Hammond St. Ch., Y. P. S. C. E 691
Mr. W. J. Lord, $2 ; Prof. L. L.
Paine. $10 12 00
Central Ch., by Geo. S. Hall 145 75
Rev. J. S. Penman 19 5°
S. S., Mrs. J. W. Porter's class, in
part to const. E. W. Ware a L. M. . 2 50
Central Ch., J. G. Clark's class 20 00
Central District S. S., by R. H. Hunt 12 25
Central Ch., by Rev. D. P. Hatch, to
const. Helen Winslow Hatch a L. M. 20 00
Bath, Central Ch. (amt. pledges), by
Thos. P. Magoun 35 35
Belfast, First Ch., special, by A. O.
Stoddard 50 00
Y. P. S. C. E., by Harold T. Libby... 10 00
Biddeford, Second Ch., by E. H. Gold-
thwait $25 05
Legacy of Mrs. Elizabeth Cole, by
Grace W. Hill and Alta O. Huff,
Exs 500 00
Blanchard, Ch., by Jacob Blanchard. . . 5 00
Boothbay Harbor, G. B. Kenniston, by
Rev. J. E. Adams 2 00
Brewer, First Cong. S. S., by Rev. B.
B. Merrill 10 00
First Ch., Manly Hardy, to const.
Miss Laura H. Holmes a L. M 20 00
Bridgton. First Ch.. by J. H. Caswell. . 20 00
Brooksville, Ch., for debt, by Rev. J.
E. Adams 2 co
Burlington, by Miss Myrtle P. Harlow. 10 00
Calais, First Ch. and Soc, by A. L.
Clapp 3 1 00
Castine, Legacy of David Dunbar, add'l,
by George M. Warren, Ex 200 00
Cornish, Ch., by Margie C. Marr 10 05
Cumberland Center, Ch. and Soc, by
Rev, F. W. Davis 32 00
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Dexter, Cong. Soc, by Charles S. Hutch-
inson $19 00
East Otisfield, Mrs. Susan K. Loring... 5 00
Eastport, Ch., by Rev. C. S. Holton 15 00
Farmingdale, Ch., by Mrs. Helen A.
Ballard 2 00
Farmington Falls, Ch., by Rev. J. C.
Young 1068
Forks, The, by Rev. T. B. Halt, $5 of
which to complete life membership of
Mrs. Lovina Bumpus, and $5 in part
to const. Mrs. Sarah Pierce a L. M . . . 10 co
Foxcroft and Dover, Ch., by C. H. B.
Woodbury 16 25
Garland, Ch. and Soc, by Rev. P. B.
Thayer 400
Gorham, First Ch., A Friend 10 00
Grand Lake Stream, by Miss Myrtle P.
Harlow 18 00
Green's Landing (Deer Isle), Third, by
Rev. S. A. Apraham 11 50
Greenville, Ch., for debt. $15.50 ; S. S.,
$10, by Rev. Charles Davison 25 50
Harpswell, Ch. and Soc, by W. C.
Eaton 3500
Harrison, Ch., by Rev. A. G. Fitz 3 00
Hiram, Mrs. J. P. Hubbard 500
Houlton, Rev. H. L. McCann 2 50
Jonesport, S. S., by Mrs. D. D. Kelley. 7 57
Hon. D. J. Sawyer 10 00
Kennebunk, Union Ch. and Soc, by
H. S Bingham 60 32
Levviston, Pine St. Ch., by A. L. Tem-
pleton, to const. Frances Blanche
Saunders and Ella May Saunders L.
Ms 43 88
Limerick, Ch., by Rev. J. A. Water-
worth 627
Machias, Center St. S. S., by Hattie M.
Heaton, $7.41 ; add'l, i6.ig 23 60
Miss Longfellow, by Rev. C. S. Hol-
ton . 1 00
Machiasport, by Rev. Charles Whittier. 3 70
Milltown, St. Stephens, for debt 30 80
Monmouth, Ch , by Rev. J. E. Pierce.. 35 50
Monson, Ch., $10, by Rev. H. A. Free-
man ; add'l, $15 : Y. P. S. C. E., $5.. . 30 00
New Gloucester, S. S., by Mrs. F. A.
Greene, in pt. for L. M. to be
named 12 50
y. P. S. C. E., by same, in pt. for L.
M. to be named .... 3 00
North Bridgton, Ch., by Rev A. G. Fitz. 5 00
North Waterford, Ch., bv E. D. Hersey 5 25
Norway, S. A. Holt, by Rev. J. G. Mer-
rill 200
Orland, H. G. and S. E. Buck 2000
Outer Long Island, by Rev. Charles
Whittier i 25
Perry, by same i 50
Phippsburg, Ch., by F. S. Bowker. . . . 8 £2
Portland, Second Parish Ch., Hon. W.
W. Thomas 20 00
Ch., by R. Acres 5500
Ch., by Hon. W. W. Thomas 100 00
High St. Ch., by H. W. Shaylor 200 00
A Friend in same Ch 150 00
StateSt. Ch., special, by H. M. Bailey 282 95
State St. Ch, add'l, by same, wh. with
prev. dona, const. L. Ms as follows:
Mrs. Mary A. Ellis, Mrs. James F.
Hawkes, Dr. Wm. L. Dana, Mr.
Burton Smart, Mr. Clarence H.
Gifford, Mr. Clarence Hale, Mrs.
Margaret J. Hale, Mr. Geo. S. Pay-
son, Mrs. Louise G. Payson, Mrs.
Abbie M. Dewey $77 05
St. Lawrence St. Ch., by J. J. Gerrish 15 00
By Rev. A. H. Wright, at West-
brook 2 00
Legacy of Mrs. Mary M. Cram, by
Gardner Cram ' 1,000 00
Red Beach, Ch., by Rev. C. S. Holton.. 6 00
Richmond, Ch., by S. E. McGeehon... 3 00
Robbinston, by Rev. Charles Whittier.. i 25
Saco, First Parish Ch , by Fred. A.
Lord, Tr 9 06
Sanford, Ch , by Minor Spinney 10 00
Scarboro, Ch., by C. F. Walker 7 65
Searsport, First Ch. (special), by Mrs.
J. G. Pendleton, §22 and $6 28 00
Second Ch., Y. P. S. C. E., by Miss
Amita Griffin 5 00
Sebago Lake, Ch., by Mrs. N. E. Saw-
yer 3 00
South Bridgton, Ch., $10 ; S. S., $10.50,
for L. M., by T. B. Knapp 20 50
South Freeport, Ch., extra, by Arthur
Smith 12 00
South Paris, Ch.. by Rev. J. E. Adams. 7 01
Southwest Harbor and Bass Harbor, by
Rev. Charles Whittier 12 00
Springfield, by Rev. Charles Whittier.. 5 16
Standish, Estate of Mrs. Esther Sar-
gent, deceased, by Mrs. M. S. Dudley,
of Nantucket 50 00
Sumner, Ch., by Geo. A. Ma.xim 17 55
Sumner Hill, S. S. $5 57; Y. P. S. C. E.,
$2 ; by Rev. D. P. Hatch 7 57
Temple, Ch., by J. R. Wilson 6 25
ThoEiaston, Ch. and Soc, by Harriet E.
Tilson 10 00
Topsfield, Ch., by Rev. C S. Holton... i 00
Waldoboro, First Ch., by Rev. D. P.
Hatch 6 46
Warren, Second Ch. (special), $13.50 ;
Y. P. S. C. E., $3, by I. P. Starrett. . . 16 50
Wells, First Ch., by N. M. Bailey,
pastor 12 00
Second Ch., by Rev. W. H. McBride. 7 20
West Brooksville, Ch., by Mrs. M. B.
Stevens. $4.50 and $2.76 7 26
West Newtield, Ch., by Rev. J. G. W.
Herold 1500
Wilton, add'l, by Rev. F. A. Sanborn,
for debt 2 00
Yarmouth, First Ch., by C. L. Marston 25 00
Yarmoiithvilie. legacy of Rev. Amasa
Loring, by Rev. F. Southworth. E.x.. 200 00
York Conf , by Geo. L. Lockwood 23 95
Woman's Maine Miss. Aux., by Rose M.
Crosby 363 45
Income from Investments 1,074 55
$5,770 02
VERMONT DOMESTIC MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Receipts of the Vermont Domestic i\Iissionarv Society from December 20, 1895, to January
20, iSg6. ^VM. C. Tyler, Treasurer
Bakersfield
Bellows Falls, First Ch
Bennington, Second Ch.. to const. Bur-
ton Harwood and Miss Norah Hall
L. Ms
$4 50
12 63
65 91
For C. H. M. S., to const. George Part-
ridge a L M $42 71
Brattleboro, West 1330
Brookfield. Sarah Arnold legacy 250 00
ForC. H. M. S 250 00
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Burke
Y. P. S. C. E
Burlington, College St. Ch
Cabot
Coventry, " Busy Bees," C. H. M. S. . .
Essex Junction, First Ch., C. H. M. S. .
Fair Haven, Xmas offering for debt, C.
H. M. S
Granby, Stevens Mills
For C. H. M. S
Hartland, Two Friends, Xmas offering
for C. H. M. S
Harvard, Mass., Rev. C. C. Torrey ...
Johnson, add'l
Marlboro
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Peru : $3 00
Pittsford, Mrs. A. N. Loveland 2 00
Randolph, Ch 551
S. S s 00
Randolph, West, Thayer Fund 125
Hannah Wood Fund 12 12
Rochester 8 69
Sharon, forC. H. M. S 14 64
Rev. E. B. Chamberlain, for C. H.
M. S 200
South Hero and Grand Isle. 13 00
Waitsfield 2 00
Whiting, for C. H. M. S 7 70
Vermont Missionary 58 36
Interest 106 18
|i,i49 66
Receipts from January 20 to February 20, i?
Barnet, S. S $6 42
Barton, Y. P. S. C. E., for C. H. M. S. . 7 37
Bradford, for C. H. M. S., Howard Roll
of Honor 100 00
Brattleboro, Mary L. Hadley 25 00
Brookfield, Y. P. S. C. E 500
Burlington, First 182 00
Hartford, West, " E. M. C," for C. H.
M.S I 00
Jamaica 13 75
Newbury, West ... 2 00
Newport, First 13 Qo
Northfield 16 33
Norwich 2 00
Pawlet, West, A Friend 2 00
Putney 23 10
Townshend, West 11 25
Troy, North, A Two-year-old Boy i 00
Waterbury 13 34
Waterbury, Y. P. S. C. E $2 19
C. H. M. S., Howard Roll of Honor. 100 00
Woodstock, C. H. M. S., Howard Roll
of Honor 100 00
Interest from invested funds 60 00
Vermont Missionary 59 °6
w. H. M. u.
Burlington, First, W. H. M. S.. $35 00
Chester, W. H. M. S 1050
Fairfax, Mrs. A. B. Beeman 3 oo
Mrs. E. Purmont 2 00
Rutland, W. H. M. S 500°
Springfield, W. H. M. S 1400
St. Johnsbury, North Ch 50 00
164 50
MASSACHUSETTS HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Receipts of the Massachusetts Home Missionary Society in February, \i
B. Palmer, Treasurer
Rev. Edwin
The Gen. Howard Roll of Honor :
Adams, First Ch., by T. K. McAllister $100 00
Amherst, First, Ladies of, by Mrs. M.
L. Hall, add'l 100 00
Beverly, Washington Street, by
Samuel Abbott 100 00
Boston, Brighton, Y. P. S. C. E., by
F. W. Dickerman. and to const.
S. B. Carter and Fannie L. Bald-
win L. Ms. of C. H. M. S 100 00
Dorchester, Second, Wales, William
Q., by Mrs. Wm. Wales 100 00
Braintree, First, Ladies' Home Miss.
Soc, balance, and to const. Miss
Elizabeth Sugden and Miss A. A.
CookL. Ms. of CH. M. S 6400
Chicopee, Second, by Chas. A. Taylor 100 00
Fall River, Central, S. S., by R. B.
Borden 100 00
Harley, James B., by R. B. Borden 100 00
Hicks, Miss Maria R., by R. B. Bor-
den 100 00
Hopkinton, A Friend of Missions, and
to const, a L. M. of C. H. M. S 100 00
Lowell, White, William H 100 00
Lynn, Bancroft, Susie B. , balance 25 00
Maiden, A Friend $100 00
Millbury, Arthur's Mission 100 00
Newton Center, Furber, Rev. D. L.,
D.D 100 00
Eliot, by Geo. N. Putnam (add'l) . . . 100 00
North Bridge, Whitinsville, A Friend 100 00
Anonymous, and to const, a L. M. of
C. H, M. S 100 00
Whitin, Mrs. Chas. P., Estate of,
three shares 300 00
Whitin, Edward, two shares 200 00
Whitin, W. H.. Estate of, five shares 500 00
West Brookfield, by Edwin Wilbur,
and to const. Mrs. E. W. Combs,
Miss Grace White and Albert W.
Bliss L. Ms 100 00
Williamstown, Carter, Franklin,
LL.D 10000
Woman's Home Miss. Asso., by Miss
A. C. Bridgman, Treas. :
Boston, Brigfhton, In mem-
ory of Mrs. Rebecca B.
Fuller, two daughters. . ^loo 00
Hyde, Mrs. H. H 100 00
Old South, Ladies' Au.k-
iliary 100 00
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New Bedford, Aux. Wom-
an's Dep't, to const.
Mrs. J. C. Hitch and
Mrs. William H. Besse
L. Ms. of C. H. M. S.. $100 00
North Ch 100 00
Trinitarian 100 00
Newton, West, In Memory
of J. Franklin Fuller, Jr.,
by Mrs. J. F. Fuller 100 00
North Adams, W. H. M.
Au.x., Young Ladies and
Children 100 era
$80
$3,789 00
Amesbury, Un. Evan., Y. P. S. C. E.,
by Lillian Blaisc^ell i 50
Andover, Chapel, by Warren F. Dra-
per 2000
Attleboro, Second, H. M. Rally, Col-
lection for debt 15 30
Bank Balances, Jan. interest on 28 56
Bernardston, Y. P. S. C. E., by Mrs. H.
L. Crowell 215
Blandford, In Memoriam 10 co
Boston. Boylston, by G. E. S. Kinney.. 88 04
Dorchester, Mrs. A. P. C 5 00
Village, by Miss H. D. Hutchinson. 25 64
" X." 500
Brockton, "J." 25 00
Burlington, Walker, Mrs. A. J 10 00
Cambridge, No. Ave., by Adam K. Wil-
son 90 04
Charlemont, S. S.. by Rev. I. A Smith. 10 00
Chelsea, A Friend i 00
Cohasset, Beechwood, Y. P. S. C. E.,
by Clara F. Hyland 2 00
Concord, Norwegian, by Rev. Ole O.
Thorpe 8 00
Danvers, First, by Geo. Tapley, to
const. Chas. W. Page, M.D., and
Mrs. Mabel French L. Ms. of C. H.
M. S 126 54
Dartmouth, South, Y. P. S. C. E., by
Hattie S. Bailey 3 00
Dedham, S. S., by Sarah K. Burgess... 15 71
Douglas. First, by Rev. A. B. Peffers. .. 15 00
Dunstable, by Wm. P. Proctor 30 00
Easton, Evan., by H. Y. Mitchell, for C.
H. M. Soc 23 25
Y. P. S. C. E.,by Mrs. Heman How-
ard, for Indian Girls' Home at
Vinita 500
Fall River, Central, by R. B. Borden... 556 58
Franklin, H. M. Rally 69 49
Freetown, Wilson, J. D 10 00
Fuller, Thomas H., Fund, income 500
Gloucester, West, by J. E. Roberts 5 00
Hadley, First, Y. P. S. C. E., by J. N.
Pierce 12 00
Hanson, by I. C. Howland 7 79
Haverhill, Union, by C. H. Ordway, for
debt 16 00
Holbrook, Winthrop, by F. W. Blan-
chard $5 00
Ipswich, A Friend 5 00
Leominster, Orth., S. S. Class of Hon.
J. D. Miller, by A. O. WUder, for re-
sponse 21 00
Lincoln, Hartwell, Jonas i 00
Lynn, First, Y. P. S. C. E., by Miss S.
B. Bancroft 5 00
Scandinavian Evangelical, by John A.
Nelson 5 00
Lynntield, Center, by L. B. Smith 30 00
Maiden, Linden, Jr. Y. P. S. C. E., by
Mrs. E. T. Parker . i 00
Mass., A Friend 700
Millbury, Second, by A. Armsby 130 43
Newbury, First, by Edward Perkins. . . 20 63
New Salem, by Rev. A. V. House, for
Taft thank-offering 6 65
Newton, Auburndale. Y. P. S. C. E., by
Gertrude M. Young 20 00
Center, Y. P. S. C. E.,by W. H. Rice. 7 26
Highlands, by George May 101 18
North, Evangelical, by Chas. A.
Worth 3 76
Northampton, Anonymous 500
Pepperell. S. S,, by Etta M.Elliott.. 709
Quincy, Y. P. S. C. E., by Albert Hay-
den I 00
Reading 5 00
Revere, First, by Mrs. Clara S. Nelson. 27 16
Rochester, East, Ch., $2 ; Y. P. S. C.
E., $1, by Rev. V. J. Hartshorne ... 3 00
Rockport, First, Butman, John 5 00
Salem, South, Special, by Rev. Jas. F.
Brodie, for C. H. M. S 25 00
Somerville, Broadway, by F. S. Holden 11 03
South Hadley Falls, by A. N. Chapin. .. 14 42
Spencer, First, by F. E. Dunton, 1895
contribution . 308 81
Two Sisters, for largest need 100 00
Ware, French Evan., by Rev. L. E.
Rlvard 11 00
Webber, George M 2 00
Wareham, by Mrs. P. N. Bodfish, to
const. W. W. Ryder and John Stever
L.Ms 6500
Wellesley, by Geo. T. Hall iii 26
West Brookfield, by Edwin Wilbur (ad-
ditional to Roll of Honor) 5060
Westhampton, by A. D. Montague 41 '3
Weymouth, First, Y. P. S. C. E., by
Miss Jennie Kendall 6 50
Whitin, J.C., Fund,Oct., incomedelayed 362 50
Profit from disposition of Bond drawn
for redemption 44 17
Windsor, Y. P. S. C. E., E. C. a Day
offering, by Mrs. W. D. White 2 00
Woman's Home Miss. Asso., by Miss A.
C. Bridgman, Treas. :
Monson, E. C. a Day Band, by Mrs.
James Tufts 40 00
$6,6s5 27
Home Missionary 13 9°
$6,669 17
MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF CONNECTICUT
Receipts of the Missionary Society of Connecticut in February, 1896. WARD W.
Jacobs, Treasurer
Bridgeport, Olivet, by L. F. Marshall .
Durham. Ladies' Home Miss. Soc, by
Mrs. Mary F. Gatzmer
Glastonbury, First, by M. S. Tracy. . . .
$26 00
5 00
5 88
So. Glastonbury, Ch. and S. S., by H.
D. Hale $6 89
Y. P. S. C. E., for C. H. M. S., by
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Hartford, First, by C. T. Welles $159 71
" Hawes Fund " 3525
Second, by H. E. Harrington 350 00
Killingvvorth, by N. H. Evarts 10 50
Litchfield, First, Mrs. Lavinia M. Coe,
to const. Philip F. Coe and Frederic
L. Coe, of Litchfield, L. Ms 100 00
Middletown, Swedish, by Rev. H.
Palmer 3 00
New Canaan, Y. P. S. C. E., by H. B.
Rogers 4 00
New Milford, Y. P. S. C. E., by Rev. F.
A. Johnson 10 00
Norwich, First, by Lewis A. Hyde 147 72
Y. P. S. C. E 13 00
Old Saybrook, by Robert Chapman 18 09
ForC. H. M. S 1809
South Glastonbury (see Glastonbury).
Stratford, by Charles C. Wells 10 43
Torringford (see Torrington).
Torrington, Torringford, by C. H. Bar-
ber i 25 00
Union, by Roscius Back 15 85
Waterbury, Third, by John Henderson,
Jr 16 74
Wilton, by B. Gilbert
By Rev. W. D. Hart, for debt of C.
H. M. S., part of share in Gen. O.
O. Howard Roll of Honor, taken
at the Missionary Rally at Fairfield
meeting, February 13
Y. P. S. C. E., for C. H. M. S., Span-
ish work in New Mexico, by E. S.
Benedict
Winchester, by E. B. Bronson
Windham, First, by William Swift
Woodbury, First, by J. H. Linsley
Mrs. E. P. Barbour, of Ansonia, In Me-
moriam of Edward P. Barbour, for
Gen. Howard Fund, for C. H. M. S. .
Thomasine Haskell, of Windsor Locks,
for Gen. Howard Fund, f or C. H. M. S.
f 27 46
4 58
43 58
84 23
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100 00
100 00
Middletown, First, Ladies' Society, box
and cash
MICHIGAN HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Receipts of the Michigan Home Missionary Society in February, i8g6.
Rev. John P. Sanderson, Treasurer
Allegan $39 25
S. S 8 63
Bay Mills 14 76
Big Rock 7 35
Breckenridge 4 00
Cheboygan 4 60
Clio, J. B. Sandersfield and family 6 00
Columbus 7 15
Cooks I 04
Coral 5 70
Detroit, First 185 00
East Gilead 3 83
East Grand Rapids : 5 00
East Paris 10 79
Farwell 18 00
Fremont 18 75
Grand Rapids, So 18 60
Grand Blanc 3 00
Grass Lake 35 10
Harrison 13 15
Howard City 3 50
Imlay City 10 00
fronton 2 00
Kinderhook i 05
Lake Linden 13 06
Lansing, Pilgrim 20 00
Lewiston 1625
Mulliken 457
Nunica 2 50
Old Mission 20 00
Port Huron 32 74
Red Jacket i 00
Somerset 4 00
So. Lake Linden i 05
Stanton 48 25
Tipton 500
Union City 25 70
Vanderbilt ■. 15 00
Vermontville 625
Vienna 8 00
Wacousta g 66
Webster ^ g 30
West Branch 24 00
Whittaker 3 00
W. H. M. U., by Mrs. E. F. Grabill,
Treas ^68 84
Receipts of the W. H . M . U. of Michigan
in February, 1896, Mrs. E. F. Gra-
bill, Treas.:
SENIOR SOCIETIES
Alamo, W. H. M. S $225
Allegan, W. M. S 81
Armada, L. A. S 26 08
Benton Harbor, W. M. U 2 00
Cereseo, W. H. M. U 830
Constantine, W. H. M. S 15 04
Cooper, Mrs. O. C. Walker,
free-will offering 5 00
Ellsworth, W. H. M. S 5 00
Greenville. W. H. M. S 655
Litchfield, L. M. S 837
Maybee, L. A. S. and W. H.
M. U 4 so
Memphis, Aux 6 25
Middleville, W. M. S 500
Olivet, L. B. S 1755
South Haven, W. M. S 1000
South Lake Linden, Womans'
Union 22 50
Three Oaks, W. M. S 1500
Watervliet, W. H. and F.
M.S 433
West Adrian, W. M. S 1200
YOUNG PEOPLE S FUND
Ann Arbor, Children's Miss.
Soc $25 00
Benton Harbor, Y. P. S. C. E. 4 00
Detroit, First Ch., Y. W. U... 38 50
Greenville, Mission Band
5176 53
67 50
I 46
$1,164 42
Omission in October report :
Watervliet, W. H. and F. M. S,, of
which $17.07 was thank-offering. , , ,
I245 49
$19 64
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Receipts of the Iowa Home Missionary Society in February, \\
Treasurer
J. H. Merrill,
Algona, A. Zahlton
Alton
Ames
Woman's Miss. Soc
Silver Circle
Anamosa, J. S. Stacy
Aurelia
Avoca, German
S. S
Mrs. Rev. John Single
Belle Plaine, Mrs. A. Stone
Bellevue, Y. P. S. C. E
Junior
Blairsburg, W. H. M. S
Boone, B. C. Tillitt
Brighton, H. Ingham
Burdette, Y. P. S. C. E
Burlington
Cass
Cedar Falls, Roger Leavitt
Cedar Rapids
Mrs. J. S. Ristine
Center
Central City, W. M. S
Charles City, H. C. Raymond. .
Cherokee
R. H. Scribner
Chester Center
Clarion
College Springs, W. M. S
S. S
Cresco, S. S
Danville, S. S
Davenport, Edwards
W. M. S
German
Mrs. C. F. Finger
Denmark, W. M. S
Des Moines, Pilgrim L. M. S. . .
S. S
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Plymouth, W. M. S
Silver Circle
J. G. Rounds
German, Rev. J. Henn
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Dubuque Summit, J. T. Adams.
Earlville, W. M. S
Eldon, Y. P. S. C. E
Emmetsburg, S. S
Eldora
S. S
J . F. Hardin
Ezra Knuckolls
Ellsworth
Elma
Elkader, Mrs. Mary Carter
Fairfa.\, W. M. S
S. S
Fairfield, Edwin Davis
Fort Dodge. W. H. M. U
Mrs. M. P. Deming
T. N. Bnutelle
Forest City
Gait. W. M. S
Giltiert
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Good H.ipe
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Independence, W. M. S . . 10 00
Ionia, S. S 5 00
Larchwood, W. M. S 3 00
S. S 200
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Manson 21 60
W. M. S 9 00
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S. S 3 00
Y. P. S. C. E 6 00
McGregor 102 77
Y. P. S. C. E 21 40
C.F.Bell • 1000
Midland, W. M. S 5 00
Mitchell 32 25
S. S 10 00
Mondamin, W. M. S 400
Monticello, Y. P. S. C. E ' 10 00
Mt. Pleasant 10 00
Nashua, J. W. Dickman, Silver Circle. . 5 00
Newell 43 31
S. A. Parker 5 00
New Hampton, Y. P. S. C. E 10 22
Niles, S. S 200
Nora Springs, S. S 5 00
Old Man's Creek, Y. P. S. C. E i 35
Orient, Y. P. S. C. E i 00
S. S 14s
Osage, Mrs. Dr. S. B. Chase 5 00
Mrs. J. C. Moorland 3 00
Ottumwa, First, Jr. C. E 6 00
W. M. S 2 00
S . S 10 00
Y. P. S. C. E 4 20
Otho II 50
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Pleasant-Prairie, S. S 2 00
Polk City 200
Preston 2288
Red Oak, First, Personal 20 00
South Side 3 50
Reinbeck, S. S 15 00
Riceville, W. M. S 575
S. S 6 75
Rodney 2 35
Sabula, Mrs. H. H. Wood s 00
Shenandoah, S. S 2 40
Sheldon, Y. P. S. C. E 2 83
Sheldahl, Will Herbert s 00
Sloan, Mrs. Gallaher i 00
Spencer. Mrs. F. C. Adams 5 00
King's Daughters 10 00
Smithland 2 50
Strawberry Point 14 10
Takor, W. M. S 625
Tipton, Henry Britcher 3 00
Traer. Mrs. Nettie H Pcrterfield 10 00
Van Cleve 3^ 55
Waverly '9 43
Wayne, Sylvester Smith 500
Weaver, S. S 327
Webster, S. S 6 70
Webster City 22 43
S. S 2 30
Y. P. S. C. E 10 00
Winthrop 7 80
Miscellaneous 20 00
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WOMAN'S STATE HOME MISSIONARY
ORGANIZATIONS
OFFICERS
I. NEW HAMPSHIRE
FEMALE CENT INSTITUTION
Organized Augiast, 1804
and
HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized June, i8go
President, Mrs. Cyrus Sargeant, Plymoutli.
Secretary, Mrs. M. W. Nims, 16 Rumford St.,
Concord.
Treasurer, Miss Annie A. McFarland, 196 Main
St., Concord.
2. MINNESOTA
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized September, 1872
5. MAINE
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY AUXILIARY
Organized June, 1880
President, Mrs. Kathierine B. Lewis, So. Berwick.
Secretary, Mrs. Gertrude H. Denio, 168 Ham-
mond St., Bangor.
Treasurer, Mrs. Rose M. Crosby, 26 Grove St.,
Bangor.
6. MICHIGAN
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized May, 1881
President, Miss Catherine W. Nicliols, 230 E. gth President, Mrs. I. M. Powell, 76 Jefferson Ave.,
St., St. Paul. Grand Rapids.
Secretary, Mrs. A. P. Lyon, 17 Florence Court, Secretary, Mrs. Cornelia C. Denison, 132 N. Col-
S. E., Minneapolis. lege Ave., Grand Rapids.
Treasurer, Mrs. M. W. Skinner, Northfield. Treasurer, Mrs. E. F. Grabill, Greenville.
3. ALABAMA
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION
Organized March, 1877
Reorganized April, 1889
President, Mrs. G. W. Andrews, Talladega.
Secretary, Mrs. J. S. Jackson, Montgomery.
Treas2irer,yixs. E. C. Silsby, Talladega.
7. KANSAS
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized October, 1881
President, Mrs. F. J. Storrs, Topeka.
Secretary, Mrs. George L. Epps, Topeka.
Treasurer, Mrs. D. D. DeLong, Arkansas City.
4. MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE
ISLAND*
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY ASSOCIA-
TION
Organized February, 1880
Preside?it, Mrs. C. L. Goodell, 32 Congregational
House, Boston.
Secretary, Mrs. Louise A. Kellogg, 32 Congrega-
tional House. Boston.
Treasurer, Miss Annie C. Bridgman, 32 Congre-
gational House, Boston.
8. OHIO
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized May, 1882
President, Mrs. Sydney Strong, Lane Seminary
Campus, Cincinnati.
Secretary, Mrs. J. W. Moore, The Morris,
Cleveland.
Treasurer, Mrs. George B. Brown, 2116 Warren
St., Toledo.
* While the W. H. M. A. appears in the above list as a State body for Massachusetts and Rhode
Island, it has certain auxiliaries elsewhere.
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g. 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, Mrs. J. J. Pearsall, 508 Jefferson Ave.,
Brooklyn.
15. CONNECTICUT
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized January, 1885
President, Miss Ellen R. Camp, g Camp St., New
Britain.
Secretary, Mrs. C. T. Millard, 36 Lewis St.,
Hartford.
Treasurer, Mrs. W. W. Jacobs, 19 Spring St.,
Hartford.
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. Blackman, Whitewater.
16. 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, M.TS,. K. L. Mills, 1526 Wabash Ave.,
Kansas City.
II. NORTH DAKOTA
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized November. 1883
President, Mrs. W. P. Cleveland. Caledonia.
Secretary, Mrs. Silas Daggett, Harwood.
Treasitrer, Mrs. J. M. Fisher, Fargo.
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.
12. OREGON
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized July, 1884
President, Mrs. F. Eggert, The Hill, Portland.
Secretary. Mrs. Geo. C. Brownell, Oregon City.
Treasurer,M.TS. W. D. Palmer, 546 3d St., Port-
land.
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.
13. WASHINGTON
Including Northern Idaho
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized July, 1884
Reorganized June, 1889
President, Mrs. A. Judson Bailey, 704 Olympic
Secretary, Mrs. W. C. Wheeler, 424 South K St.,
Tacoma.
Treasurer, Mrs. J. W. George, 620 Fourth Street,
Seattle.
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.
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.
20. NEBRASKA
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized November, 1887
President, Mrs. D. B. Perry, Crete.
Secretary, Mrs. H. Bross, 2904 Q St., Lincoln.
Treasurer, Mrs. J. W. Dawes, Crete.
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' 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.
27. 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.
22. INDIANA
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized May, 1888
28. MISSISSIPPI
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION
Organized April, i88g
President, Mrs. W. A. Bell, 223 Broadway, In- President, Mrs^C.^L. Harris, 1421 31st Ave., Me-
Secretarv Secretary, Miss Edith M. Hall, Tougaloo.
Treasured, Mrs. A. H. Ball, Anderson. Treasurer, Vlr^l.. H. Turner, 3112 12th St., Me-
23. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized May, 1888
President, Mrs. Warren F. Day, 353 So. Hope St.,
Los Angeles.
Secretary, Mrs. W. J. Washburn, iqoo Pasadena
Ave., Los Angeles.
Treasurer, Mrs. Mary M. Smith, Public Library,
Riverside.
29. LOUISIANA
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION
Organized April, 1889
President, Miss Bella Hume, corner Gasquet and
Liberty Sts., New Orleans.
Secretary, Miss Matilda Cabrfere, 152 North Gal-
vez St., New Orleans.
Treasurer, Mrs. C. M. Crawford, Hammond.
24. 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.
30. ARKANSAS, KENTUCKY, AND TEN-
NESSEE
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION OF THE
CENTRAL SOUTH ASSOCIATION
Organized April, 1889
President, Mrs. Ella S. Moore, Bo.x 8, Fisk Uni-
versity, Nashville, Tenn.
Secretary, Mrs. Jos. E. Smith, 304 Gilmer St.,
Chattanooga, Tenn.
Treasurer, Mrs. J. E. Moreland, 1214 Grundy St.,
Nashville, Tenn.
25. COLORADO
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized October, 1888
Hon. Pres., Mrs. J. W. Pickett, Whitewater.
President, Mrs. E. R. Drake, 2739 Lafayette St.,
e ^ Aj ?u^'^i -tiT ., Ti ., T-^ President, Mrs. S. S. Sevier, McLeansville.
Secretary, Mrs. Charles Westley, Box 508. Denver. Secretary '
Treasurer, yifs,. B. C. Valentine, Highlands. -
31. NORTH CAROLINA
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION
Organized October, 1889
and VMiss A. E. Farrington, Oaks.
Treasurer, )
26. WYOMING
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION
Organized October, 1888
Reorganized December, 1892
President, Mrs. F.W. Powelson, Cheyenne.
Secretary, Mrs. W. L. Whipple, Cheyenne.
Treasurer, Mrs. H. N. Smith, Rock Springs.
32. TEXAS
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized March, 1890
President, Mrs. J. M. Wendelkin, Dallas.
Secretary, Mrs. H. F. Burt, Lock Bo.x 563, Dallas.
Treasurer , Mrs. J. H. Gray, 297 So. Boulevard,
Dallas.
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33. MONTANA
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION
Organized May, 1890
38. INDIAN TERRITORY
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION
Organized April, 1892
President, Mrs. O. C. Clark, Missoula.
Secretary, Mrs. W. S. Bell, 410 Dearborn Ave., President, Mrs. Fayette Kurd, Vinita.
1- Aj u^u . 17 T T- • » Secretary, Miss Louise Graper. Vinita.
Treasurer, Mrs. Herbert E. Jones, Livingston. Treasurer, Mrs. Raymond, Vinita.
34. PENNSYLVANIA
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION
Organized June, 7890
President, Mrs. J. W. Thomas, Lansford.
Secretary, Mrs. C. F. Yennie, Ridgway.
Treasurer, Mrs. T. W. Jones. 511 Woodland Ter-
race, Philadelphia.
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.
35. OKLAHOMA
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION
Organized October, 1890
President, Mrs. J. H. Parke.. Kingfisher.
Secretary, Mrs. J. E. Plati. Guthrie.
Treasurer, Mrs. A. B. Hammer, Oklahoma City.
36. NEW JERSEY
Including District of Columbia, Maryland,
AND Virginia
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY L^NION OF
THE NEW JERSEY ASSOCIATION
Organized March, 1891
President, Mrs. A. H. Bradford. Montclair.
Secretary, Mrs. J. D. Hagerman, Montclair.
Treasurer, Mrs. J. H. Denison, 150 Belleville Ave.,
Newark.
37. UTAH
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION
Organized May, 1891
Reorganized December, 1892
President, Mrs. W. S. Hawkes, 135 Sixth East
Street, Salt Lake City.
Secretary, Mrs. H. K. Warren, 508 Third South
Street. Salt Lake City.
Treasurer, Mrs. J. D. Nutting, Third North and
Quince Streets, Salt Lake City.
40. NEW MEXICO
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION
Organized November, 1892
President. Mrs. E. H. Ashmun, Albuquerque.
Secretary, Mrs. Peter Simpkin, Gallup.
Treasitrer, Mrs. Samuel Dilley, White Oaks.
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, Miss Carrie Towner, Custer, Black
Hills, South Dakota.
Treasurer, Mrs. S. Cushman, Deadwood, Black
Hills, South Dakota.
42. IDAHO
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION
Organized May, 1895
President, Mrs. R. B. Wright, Boise.
Secretary, Mrs. E. A. Paddock, Weiser.
Treasurer, Mrs. D. L. Travis, Pocatello.
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